Damian

Damian Tomber is a hero of Gielinor.

Appearance
He has a shaven head and wears animal hide clothes.

Deep within Juba
A male child was left in the forests of Juba, a hidden kingdom of Gielinor near Karamja. He was taken in by cannibals. The hungry group decided to eat the child for dinner. But an eagle swooped down and carried him away to its nest. On its way, it accidentally dropped the child. Luckily, his fall was cushioned in a clump of bushes. After an arduous day, a miner was walking past the child in the bushes. He took the forest route as it was a shortcut to his home. The miner, named Rolf Tomber, spotted the child and took him to his home. Rolf named the boy as Damian.

Early Life
Damian spent his early life diving in the nearby lake, climbing trees and catching small animals. His father taught him to fish and mine the rocks. Damian was an expert in mining and fishing. Every night, his father took him in his arms and sitting in his armchair by the fireplace, told him tales of great warriors like Essar, Philip(the Son of Arrav), Ryphus and Justin. Tomber's favourite hero was Essar. He used to imagine himself as the legendary warrior, the rumoured Child of Saradomin. He wanted to join Essar in his adventures, defeating villains like Devleand saving the day. He couldn't believe a man of 20 years(ten years older than Damian) doing such things. His father dismissed his stories and instead told him to focus on becoming a miner or something else. Though little Damian always ended up agreeing with his father, he was secretly wishing to become a hero. He didn't know that his wish would become true one day and would have major consequences.

The Dream
One night, he dreamed that he and Essar were in a mountain top. Essar was hanging from a cliff. His hero seemed to be telling something to him, urgently; in fact he seemed to bepleading to him. Tomber reached out his hand but as he did so Essar seemed to move away from him. Finally, the hero gave a scream of despair and fell down, down down... Tomber awoke screaming and started to cry. Only his father's timely interference save the child from breaking down.

Although Damian had recovered from the dream, he still wondered what it meant. Why would Essar be hanging from a cliff? Would Damian really meet his hero? But gradually Damian forgot about the dream and instead, as his father said, started focussing on his life. He began to help his father at work. Eventually, Damian became a young man of twenty and began working as a miner himself.

Mishaps
One day, his father sent him to the nearby village of Hillnite, the most important mining site in all of Gielinor. He bid farewell to his father and continued eastwards to Hillnite. On his way a fox stole his pick axe. Tomber ran after the nimble fox but it was faster. That's when he reached a huge cave. And that's when he heard the growl.