Scorched Earth

"”Earth is a child’s name - I’ve not been called that since before I left my tribe’s would be invaders’ bodies, homes and fields burning in my wake.”"

Growing Up
Born in the jungles of the isle of Midnight, one of the Isles of Eternal Summer, he was initially called Root by his parents Misty Forestbed and Wild Spark. He is the youngest of three children, his older siblings being Flowermeadow, and Savage Eagleclaw, the Chief of the tribe.

As he reached the age of 15, he was given his first name by his father, a single name to describe his character up until this point in time. He was named Earth, for his calm disposition, and levelheadedness.

Flowermeadow earned her descriptor name when she was 126 and he was 64.

Scorched Earth
When he was 92, his parents went missing, only a small trace of blood found in the jungle. A nearby human settlement with whom the tribe had a long-standing rivalry, was blamed for their disappearances. While he was still young, considered a child really, Earth went with Savage Eagleclaw as they went to avenge their parents.

Though unnecessary, Earth left no survivors, not even livestock or pets. Every building in the settlement was set aflame, as were the fields, as stores of salt was strewn across them. Nothing was left standing once he was done.

He earned his descriptor name in the battle against the humans, as he fought with such conviction and fervor. His brother and chief named him Scorched Earth, once their revenge was complete.

Midnight
As the warriors returned victorious to the Coursing River tribe a grand feast was held in the honor of both the victorious and the fallen, and last but not least, in the honor of Scorched Earth the newly named.

In a bout of inebriation during this feast, a child was conceived.

8 months later, a male child was born - the mother died within hours.

Scorched Earth, now a single parent, named his son Midnight, after the namesake of the island, to the chagrin of his family and the tribe as a whole.

When Midnight was 12, Savage Eagleclaw gave him his first name, "Earthquake", to the chagrin of Scorched Earth.