Edric Ursorif

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> Edric Ursorif
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> ### Alias
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> The Bear of Men
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> Characteristics
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> ### Race
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> Human
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> ### Gender
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> Male (He/Him)
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> ### Hair Color
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> Dark Blonde
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> ### Eye Color
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> Reddish Brown
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> ### Height
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> 6"8 (203 cm)
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> ### Age
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> 45
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> ### Birthday
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> August 25th
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> ### Sign
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> Virgo
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> ### Affiliation(s)
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> Ursorif Empire
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> ### Occupation
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> King
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> ### Previous Partner(s)
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> Juvell Ursorif (late wife)
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> ### Status
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> Alive
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> Augur
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> ### Weapons
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> Steel Greatsword
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> *"I am a man first, an Ursorif second. I love with fealty, I fight with fury. All I know is that forever in me will linger two memories: the struggle to walk behind my wife's casket even with an army of men behind me, and the screams of the men I executed who caused her death. I am Edric Ursorif, and I will remain to finish what she started, even if I spill blood for my beloved." -*Edric Ursorif
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**Edric Ursorif, also known as The Bear of Men,** is the current High King of Alanatasia and a widow from his "late" wife Juvell Ursorif. Renowned for his strength and willpower, he is considered a fearsome king, especially after his mass execution of Alanatasian anti-radical extremists in retribution for the supposed assassination of his late wife, which became known as the **Feast of Ursus**.

## Appearance

Much like his epithet, Edric is a tall human man with a strong, well built form inherited from his father, and like the many other men in his family, he is incredibly strong and hulking, much stronger than other men. Alongside his strong, massive form, he has prominent facial and body hair, with him sporting a noticeable beard alongside long, well kept light brown, almost dark blond hair. Like his wife, he has two small braids which then are tied together at the back of his head by a ceremonial pin. His eyes are a reddish brown, and his eyebrows are thick and scruffy. Due to his age, he also has various scars and signs of aging all over him, such as wrinkles around his eyes, mouth, and forehead.

For attire, Edric wears traditional Alanatasian clothing, combined with long, heavy fur lined and adorned cloaks which he often wears on his shoulders, or even heavy fur lined coats with bulky leather boots. On his shirts is a silver brooch shaped like a bear, given to him by his late wife as a wedding gift, which he is never seen without. Sometimes wrapped around the brooch is a cluster of azalea flowers, which according to Edric, were Juvell's favorite flower.

## Personality

Like his epithet, Edric is described to be a cruel and powerful man above all other man, powerful like a bear. Although despite his fearsome nature, he is a good and wise king. While in the current time he mourns for his late wife, even refusing to remarry, before his wife's "death" Edric was loving and open of his love, even if he was intimidating in his expression of such to anyone who was not his family.

As a child, Edric's upbringing had led to him becoming rigid, close-minded, and more open and willing to commit violence or cruel acts against those he disagreed with, although he is intelligent enough to know which of his advisors were the most trustworthy and useful to him. He also possessed a degree of paranoia, which was inflated even more after his wife's death. This emotional collapse led to his leadership skills being weakened a bit, even relying a bit on some of his relatives for help, and with his prideful nature causing such a need for help to exasperated his mental state even further. After his period of depression, Edric managed to gain a degree of mental stability, although he became more nilhilistic and quiet. In current times, Edric rarely interacts with the commonfolk, although he retains his promise to his wife to make her dreams of equality come true, displaying Edric also as determined and refusing to bow down in his promises.

Before his marriage and her death, Edric held an unshakable confidence which was commonplace in his family, and often thirsted for battle and glory, which resulted in him being incredibly skilled in battle and tactics, although he held a code of ethics where he would never perform cruelty against his loved ones and believed he could never retreat from battle: he could only ever win or die. When meeting Juvell, he was uncertain in his feelings as he had never fallen in love before, but as he got to know the mysterious, yet powerful woman, he fell hard, claiming that his feelings were the result of him being "a bear among men". Being incredibly dedicated to her, he wished to marry her as soon as possible, and found himself more at peace due to her grounding nature. Being more open to her words and suggestions compared to others, many of his family joked that he was like ice being melted by her fire, and for a time his mental state was at peace and even elevated, especially after the birth of his multiple children, and despite his own problems in his youth, he vowed to be a good father, a promise he still keeps even after his wife's death, viewing his children as the only ones he could ever truly trust.

When Juvell "died", Edric suffered an intense emotional collapse which caused his fragile mental state to completely break, become more physical and violent, as well as creating various secret state policies which were dedicated to the destruction of his enemies, although later on he would regret such actions and even begin to dissolve these policies and groups, much with the help of a distant relative and fellow royal, Gascon Parsaeus. After receiving aid from Team Endanta and even reuniting with his late wife, Edric began regaining some of his lost positive traits, although he remained with a fragile mental state which was fortunately protected by his loved ones.

## History

Born to High King Torgir and his wife Evana, Edric was the eldest of five sons, only two other brothers surviving to adulthood. As crown prince, he was trained from a young age to become the future leader of his nation. However, for a period of time, his father and mother suffered an illness which forced Torgir's advisors to raise him, and the child was unfortunately manipulated which resulted in a sense of paranoia and mistrust growing in the boy, and with the death of his mother at just 10 years old, his mental state became reactionary and fragile. For a time, he was sent away by his father to study under warriors in the servitude of his family, and there found a sense of stability with combat, although he also found a sense of bloodlust, especially against his enemies. Suspecting that his father and mother were poisoned by his family advisors, he murdered one of the advisors' sons and framed another advisor, which caused a massive scandal to reveal that another advisor had been lobbying the family doctor to poison the king so that they could potentially manipulate and eventually murder Edric and his brothers. This event only confirmed and enabled Edric's paranoia issues, and after Edric came forward as the catalyst, his father forgave him of the crime of murdering another and gave him the title of "The Bear Among Men".

Deciding to teach his son personally, Torgir began training and teaching his son the ways of family tradition, many of which included personal codes of chivalry and restraint, many of which helped Edric ground and calm himself, allowing him to be perceived as in control and powerful. Once he reached the age of 25, Edric became High King after his father stepped down and became an advisor, and his younger brothers became surlords of the kingdom, ruling other parts with Edric's permission and borrowed power. He ruled fairly well for a couple of years until he met a woman named Juvell, whom claimed she wanted to become a court mage, even provide magic as power for the king.