Alderic Belmont

An Unyielding Legacy

> My father, my grandsire, and my great-grandsire were all killers, murderers. That's how they earned their place in the world and kept a family legacy alive. A few hundred lives mattered little in the grand scheme of defending Navarre.
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> **Alderic** in *Questions and Answers*

Alderic Belmont is a first-year cadet in the Rider's Quadrant at Basgiath. He's both equally beloved and loathed by the student populous.

## Biography

### Early Life

House Belmont prided themselves on strength. That was evident by three generations of captains that carried the exact same name. When he was born on a stormy, summer night in Elsum Province, Alderic was expected to be the fourth and was raised as such. He was the apple of his father’s eye, despite being the cause of his wife’s death. He could always get another one, after all, and he did only a month or so later, siring a girl about a year after Alderic’s birth.

The only true respite he got from the incessant training was the five years it took for him to go from babe to boy. After he reached the milestone age of six, his father, Captain Alderic Belmont III, took him to the family smith to pick out a weapon of his fancy. There were swords, daggers, and clubs aplenty for his choosing, but the young lad left with his fingers curled around the stalk of a flail. He wasn’t ever permitted to use that exact weapon during his training, given their rather crushing, lethal result when in use, so he was given a much safer, wooden replica.

Because the busyness of training took up most of his youth, by the time he reached his late teens, Alderic had very little hobbies outside of it. His father reprimanded him when he was caught even entertaining the idea of going out on the town, but he did it anyway, often stealing away in the middle of the night to have a drink or five. He shadowed his father during strategy proceedings every morning, trying his best to hide the hangover plaguing him but to no avail. Then, he’d wear bruises on his face for the next week and swear off drinking forever, only to head off for another escapade in the night once the blemishes went away.

Once the news broke that they were building Basgiath, his father informed him that he was to enroll as a candidate when the time came. Alderic had no objections, for he had little clue what attending Basgiath actually entailed and because having the opportunity to become a dragon rider seemed badass, but he was determined to be ruthless and live up to his family name.

### First Year - 213 AU

Alderic arrived at the Basgiath Training House, a place made in mind for housing future conscripts in the time between school years. He fit in somewhat, though his rather brash attitude and terrible insistence on telling everyone the truth, led to him developing a hostile rivalry with another Candidate named Elian Daeven. The pair of them ended up undergoing a footrace, where Belmont secured the victory. Tensions remained high between them, and it's very unlikely that the pair will ever truly get along. There were a few more hostilities poised towards him, such as the constant threats from Lucia Vestorius.

When the day of the Parapet finally arrived, Alderic made it across with ease, though not without taking out a few candidates. He killed two people with little hesitation, and it would've been three if his oldest friend, Ellie Lightgaard hadn't swayed him to spare Vestorius' life.

## Physical Description

House Belmont has been properly seeded for generations. The patriarchs of each subsequent line have diligently married women of high-blooded stature to preserve the noble blood. As a result, certain traits have been made commonplace for most Belmont offspring. Alderic holds his fair share of familial physicality, such as the strong, rather sharp nose that's belonged to the family since the reign of his great grandsire. His hair is an oaky brown, controlled by ceaseless curls, kept trimmed just below the ears. Everything about his face screams Belmont, except his eye, colored a golden-ish hazel, the only gift he received from his late mother. His stature is muscular and imposing; Alderic stands at a solid three inches over six feet and often uses that height to his advantage.

On Their Person

* A flail with a morningstar attached at the end of a chain, holstered in a loop on his belt.
* Two daggers.
* A necklace, gifted to him by Ellie Lightgaard

In Their Bag

* Three sets of fine, black clothes, varying in style.
* A flask.
* A fine, leatherback journal filled with bird sketches.

## Personality

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Positive Traits

Neutral Traits

Negative Traits

## Power and Abilities

### **Powers**

#### **Lesser Magic**

* Every rider is capable of using Lesser magic once their dragon begins channeling through them after Threshing. Alderic hasn't bonded, so he hasn't been able to channel.

#### **Signet**

* Unknown.
	+ Hasn't yet bonded, thus can't manifest a signet.

## Relationships

### **Enemies and Rivals**

#### Elian Daeven - Rival

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