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GENERAL INFO Character Name Wesley Fenn Nickname Weasel Gender Male Age 18 Race Human ? Sexuality Heterosexual ? ------------ Occupation Farmhand formerly, Retainer Blackguard Affiliation Raven Company ABILITIES POSESSIONS Abilities DRUIDBORN A rare phenomena among mortals is to be born touched by the spirit of the land. Where many sorcerers spend their lives mastering the elements and attuning to the world around them for the Druidborn it is innate. Because of this for Wesley his gift of magic is latent and wild tied heavily to his emotions, instincts, and surroundings. Capable of manifesting a wide range of Druidic Magicks nature attunement he will require time and practice to master any one skill. Elementalism A Druids most potent and offensive tool is the ability to conjure, shape, and control the fundamental elements of nature Fire, Earth, Water, and Air and their constituent parts. Drawing upon the rawest emotions an Elementalists spells can be volatile unless channeled through an object or font to control the unbridled power of nature. Animal Empathy The beasts of the lands possess mind and souls which are receptive to some. For a Druid they can feel the emotional states and understand the intentions of these creatures no matter how great or small. With focus they can communicate in turn by projecting their intentions back. But a skilled practitioner is one that can alter the emotional states of beasts to pacify, rally, or enrage a beasts mind. Root Mind A very rare talent for a Druid is bonded to life around them, in this, Wesley, is deeply sensitive to his environment granting him and almost precognitive sense. His mind is drawn to the root systems of plant-life drawing him naturally to wellsprings and wild growths. The Root Minds most important ability is the ability to meld with ones spirit and mind within the root systems of plants and see through them. This Sight often manifests as dreams or waking trances in which the practitioner has an out of body experience. Notable Skills Animal Husbandry Born and raised upon a farm it has been his responsibility to tend to the livestock. Because of this he knows the basic needs of beasts, their diets, mating habits, and how to properly tame or approach them. Even for wild animals he understands their basic tendencies and what to look out for. Horticulture The cultivation and tending to crops and medicinal plants is important to any farm. For Wesley he knows what to look for in order to tell which fruits and plants are poisonous, and how they might affect the body. Horsemanship Wesley having tended to many beasts and having to make travels to the market, he has had to pull a wagon, which means riding a horse. Because of this he is comfortable on horseback and understands how to properly control break a steed. Possessions Wyrding Medallion A relic of an old faith it is a simple pale gray stone etched with a wreath and olive branch. This symbolizes Danika, Goddess of Messengers and Travelers, worshipped by the Wyrding Nomads. This was given to Wesley by his mother to hopefully ward off danger. APPEARANCES Play-By Craig Horner Description Often dressed like a pauper or at least appearing it, Wesley, is a young man who does not appear as he seems to be. Long brown cotton or burlap shirt with tanned hide leather slacks with a single belt and a pair of riding boots is all hes ever had to his name. His thick and wiry earthy hair is kept short but the bangs always seem to hang loose, as if always in a haphazard state of indecision. But standing 510 ft tall he is a lithe figure forged out of hard work and labor. In this he possesses a body that is lithe with taut muscles. However while he is considered human the farmboy has an almost exotic and fair appearance to his appearance. Hawkish features form his brow and nose bridge, with almost gaunt chees that are raised far more than his mothers subtler attributes. There is an opinion that he might be a mix breed due to his tilted and softly narrow ear tips. Unmistakably human but there is something oddly Elvish about him. But the dim earthy pools of Wesleys iris seem to whirl with the curiosity of the mundane, and at best he is just an odd appear boy that straddles the fence between sickly and invigorated. He possesses certain signs of a working life such as callous upon his feet and hands and a ruddy olive tan over fair skin. With small faded marks of injuries long since come and passed, but upon his back there are bright and heavy marks of a fierce lashing, a punishment for his attempted theft from the cities granary. PERSONALITY Likes Animals, Tall Tales Stories, Honesty, Family, Cooked Meats Dislikes Treachery, Violence, Cruelty, To Lie, Loneliness Fears Horrors that wait in the Mist, His Family starving or becoming harmed ------------ Description Some would say Wesley Fenn is brave in the classical sense, but it is not a complement, because what they mean is that the farm boy is foolhardy, nave, and completely out of his wits in real danger. They are not truly wrong. Raised on farmland outside of Bleak Borough he hasnt known too much danger besides famine and a straggler from the Mist. In many ways Wesley survives based on his fear and instincts alone, not that he genuinely wishes to face down danger. He is brave as a drunkard lost in deep water. He fights to swim because he wants to survive. Plenty fearful he is not the hero he wishes he was. Concerned deeply with his mother, older sister, and two younger nephews whatever the young man is, is someone who possesses a soft heart and dreams of the adventure. Dutiful Wesley would never leave his family and sacrifices needlessly of himself for his others because all he has known is what was expected of him. But he is a hard worker so for all the flaws of naivety a strong undercurrent of persistence and discipline makes him exceptional. When driven to reason the farmboy can summon an almost zealous dedication to a task that rivals a kind of sainthood. Friendly enough in a world where one is expected to be on guard, what tends to bother most individuals is Wesleys penchant for honesty. Loose lips sink ships but his mouth is a wild fire when set to course. It genuinely is a struggle for him to willingly tell a falsehood. A lie of omission is one thing but to tell someone the exact opposite never sits well with him. And this is where his naivety shines through the brightest, and can endanger others, as he will speak a harsh truth without sense of consequence simply to spite his own face. This will find him conflict with many who struggle with their fears and the fears of others, because to survive the Mists you need the comfort of the lies. Yet regardless of how you come down upon him he can see where someone is trying to help, so long as you have done the right thing in his moral justification, or at least try, then he is fiercely loyal. What he desires more than anything from those he shares company with is for them to be fair with him and others. HISTORY For as long as he has known Wesley Fenn has only ever had a mother and sister, Judith and Margot, and they raised him to be a man. Where his father had been and who he was has eluded him for the entirety of his life. Judith never burdened her children with that information insisting it was better he was good. His sister was only three years older than him, but Margot was a natural matriarch and caregiver for when their mother hand to tend to their farm. So from a very young age family was a strong value which he took too. In a loving a home Wesley was able to foster a compassion for life very few on Tyran and in Bleak Borough possessed these days. When he was old enough to help around the farm, he did, and eventually by his early teenage years it was necessary he take over. Margot would travel into the city and become infatuated a young guard, who by the time she was fifteen, took her hand to marry. Erick Oswick was a fair and kind man who helped the family, and eventually his sister would give birth to twin boys, Connor and Edwin. During his early youth to that time Wesley experienced strange dreams of far off woodlands and fetid bogs. They seemed as nightmares to him as the mist hung wildly about the thickets of strange trees and flora. Unbeknownst to him his Druidic birthright was blooming. Maturing into a man Wesleys dreams became wild and frightening, but he believed them all to be simply his imagination if only unsettling. However as most things on the large island continent misfortune struck at the most unforgiving of moments and a nineteen year-old Margot would return to the Fenn family stead with her two year old boys in hand. Her husband murdered by bandits attempting to flee the city with stolen goods, and without a living family and little inheritance Margot could not earn enough to live in Bleak Borough. The air of desperation clung to the family but the young Wesley took charge and sought to provide for the family. Times would become hard two years later and the eighteen year old man became desperate after a famine spoiled the earth and prevented crops from taking. Barely having enough to sell to sustain the fields until next harvest the family needed to feed. For the first time in his life Wesley turned on his own values for the sake of those he loved venturing into the city. A large granary was hosted by the City Council of Lord and their Guards. This granary was meant to feed the lords, their militia, and could be purchased by the people of Bleak Borough at a certain cost. Without the copper to pay the young man attempted to steal two bags of grain and flee. Not a thief by trade Wesley never made it out of tower before he found himself in shackles, placed into a pillory, and lashed daily. After five days and only surviving on the rains to slake his thirst a journeying band of Blackguards known as the Raven Company arrived to the city to lead a merchant convoy through the Mists. Per the nature and agreement of the Blackguards with Cities and Towns of Tyran, they were allowed to take on prisoners and allow them to pay off their debt. In this way these troupes of fearless journeymen could find exposable hands and retainers to fill their constantly dwindling ranks. So when Tibor the Black, the leader of Raven Company, offered to release any prisoner with compensation for their service, Wesley was quick to jump at the opportunity for freedom. It was not as it would seem as he was able to acquire his share upfront, but at a severe cut in order to buy his family grain, feed, and food. This was not a short travel and still shackled whether Wesley wanted now he was a Blackguard. If his family would ever see him again? Unknown. BEHIND THE SCENES GenreFandom High Dark Fantasy Eras Medieval Proto-Victorian Other Info Shadows Over Black Waters