Thread: Fantasy Mercs Character Profiles

And here we are, the creation rules. They're not concrete, again, 1.0. Do not take everything I say in how these work as gospel, I will likely add more as my comfort grows and give people opportunities to rework concepts, give in universe reasons, etcera. Any discussions to character creation should be over yonder in the OOC so this thread doesn't get swarmed to the gills with questions or what have you. -- Name Samren Gwenna Horne Job Black Lion Leader Age 32 Height 5'9 Hair Blonde Eyes Green Backstory The only daughter to Duke Horne, who was the ruler of the Duchy of Wybrook, which just happened to be the border territory that sustained numorous offensives in the War in it's earlier years. Unfortunately, Wybrook was lost to Furese, and Samren lost her mother and father to the fighting and escaped only by the martial skill of Wybrook's retainers, many of whom still had loyalty to Lord Horne. However, Lord Horne was not popular for marrying a Skanian woman, even more so that she practiced her religion within his walls and saw Samren as little more than a heathen child from a whore mother. Luckily for Samren, Duke Horne's retainers were exceptionally skilled, as much of Horne's duties were fighting of Furesen offensives and many took to the regional Dukes as merecenaries, offering Samren sanctuary for skill. It was an odd way for a noble daughter to grow up, she lived in a world of stark contrasts, where nobody but the loyalty of her father's retainers saw her safe, and everyone viewed her as a stain on their property. She was taught the way of the sword through her loyal retainers, how to fight, how to survive. It was an unfortunate reality that she had nowhere to go, no friends to call on, so she made her own. Samren's first battle was at eighteen, and then she never stopped fighting. Under the banner of her father's former heraldry A Black Lion. She became known as a Mercenary, one that didn't discriminate sides in a long and plodding war. Due to her noble upbringing, she was able to secure a number of contacts on either side and a impressive number of well trained soldiers, who either grow tired of fighting in some noble's war or simply wanted better pay. The Black Lion banner is something of a notorious iconography in the recent days of the war, and the professionalism and almost disturbing passiveness of their leader to do the tasks they are hired for is well renown. Personality Samren is less of a noble and more of a war veteran. A vast majority of her life has been around violence, around the concept of people that you can trust with your life and repay it in kind. She harbors no fondness for nobility, but she is rather well versed in court etiquette through the lessons of her father's former retainers. Despite her passive involvement with the war and how it ebbs and flows, she harbors no concern or care for either side. She sees the Black Lions as a safe haven for the people like her The ones that do not fit into the nobility's perfect view of the poor and impoverished. To that end, she is a harsh mother. She expects people to do as they are ordered, because she knows she can do it herself. She values loyalty and honesty, and understands that reality is never what you want it to be, but even so, she holds herself to the standards that she holds everyone else. Nobody gets left behind, nobody is left alone. This has, at times, been as much of a problem as it is a benefit, as Samren is somewhat known for taking in 'strays'. Due to the influences of her mother at a young age, she pays homage to Donar, Son of Wodan. Abilities Perceptive 1 Intimidating 1 Charismatic 2 Tough 2 Vigorous 2 Iron-Willed 2 Knowledge Noble Etiquette 2 Connected 2 Furese Nobles, Albion Nobles Famous 2 Combat Expert 2 Knowledge Mercenary Leader 3 Position of Power 3 Weaknesses Ineptitude Cartography -3 Code of Honor No One Left Behind -3 Soft-Spot Skanian cultural items -2 Stubborn -2 Fish Out Of Water Nobility -2 Hatred -1 Dishonesty Kind-Hearted -1 Pacifist -1 Sensitivity Her Family -1