Arthur Smith

## Traits

Arthur has never been good with people, and the loss of his home and family have done nothing good for that part of him. He is extremely risk averse and tends to push people away, the man just not being ready to make new connections yet. Lest he lose them like he lost his family.

Outside of that he is kind, well meaning and dedicated to his work, while having a love for animals.

## Goals & Motivation

Short term:

Develop the plot of farmland he has been granted.

Long term:

Finish integrating into this new land he's found himself in. Moving past the tragedy that set him on this path

## Physical strength

As said before, Arthur isn’t the strongest by a fair margin, but inst the weakest human in Oracle either. He can hold his own in combat and doesn't need help from others with manual labour.

## Speed & Agility

Like his strength, Arthur is painfully average when it comes to speed. It’s nothing to be scoffed at for sure, but it isn’t a standout trait of his.

## Endurance and Stamina

Endurance is where Arthur shines. Having worked on a farm for most of his life, he can work at a field or in a cave for days at a time with few breaks, and can also run for miles without getting tired.

## Charisma & Intelligence

Arthur is above-average when it comes to intelligence, able to come up with ideas easily and profit off of them… Though this doesn't at all translate to his people skills

## Combat ability

He trained with bows on-and-off with his father in his childhood… That’s it really, he'd much rather avoid combat if possible

## Fears

* Arthur is afraid of fire and storms. Whenever he's working with fire/campfires he will be as careful as possible to make sure they wont spread. And he more often than not tries to find shelter as a first priority when it rains

## Early Life

Arthur’s early life was pretty uneventful, at least compared to the other people inhabiting this land… He was born in a small village outside of the area the border now encircles, a village no living person even remembers the name of. His parents were both farmers, and thus a life of farming was to be his destiny… It didn’t take long for him to be put to work on the field, alongside occasional training by his father for survival, archery, ect. Arthur was never the biggest social butterfly, but his parents didn’t try and force him out of his comfort zone when it came to socialising.

## Recent life events

As Arthur transitioned into adulthood, not much changed in his day to day life. He did take over the farm from his ageing parents, but he had already been working it in some capacity for a decade now, so becoming the de-facto owner wasn't as big of a change as you'd expect.

He met a woman called Madelyn around this time as well. Their blooming love was obvious to everyone but themselves. Arthur didn't realise his feelings before it was far too late.

Everything was going welll in Arthur’s life, until one day came, a day that Arthur will never forget… It was a stormy night, everyone in the village was asleep or in the process of sleeping. That’s when disaster struck, literally. A bolt of lighting struck the shed where they kept the hay, the dry material proving the perfect environment for a small fire to build up into an inferno not even the rain could put out… The sounds of the storm drowned out the flames until it was too late for most, Arthur getting a few burns himself before he managed to escape the flames. But he was the only survivor, taking refuge in a cave until the storm died out while the few others that escaped the flames succumbed to the storm outside. There was nothing left.

After that, he just picked a direction and started walking. Not knowing what to do with himself... By chance, he ended up walking straight into the barrier, and now he's stuck here with the rest of us.

## Present life

Having arrived in Oracle, Arthur has spent most of his time in a camp far away from any civilization... But recently, he has been given a plot of land in Arcadia to develop into a farm.