Username: PimpedButterflyxx

Real Name: Byron Kute

Gender: In and Out, Male

Age: 17
Race: Half-Alv
Class: Bard
Subclass: Musician
Level: 76

Appearance:
Background: Born to an African immigrant butcher and an educator, it was pretty obvious from an early age that Byron wasn't going to handle traditional education well. He was something of a prodigy, easily blowing through work that other children struggled through which lead to him becoming rowdy and disruptive. Not too long into his career in school, around the third grade, he had to officially be pulled and home-schooled by his mother. It wasn't exactly a positive situation as Byron's apathy lead him to slacking as he grew older and their lack of funding due to his mother's inability to work a full time job as she attempted to educate him lead to a significant strain on the relationships in the family as some not so subtle disdain boiled under the surface. Luckily, or unluckily, this all changed when one of Byron's relatives died.

A wealthy, but stingy man, he left the family a modest sum. Some of which went towards keeping them afloat and the rest which went to getting Byron a personal laptop. Now, the family wasn't the most tech savvy and his father was in many ways suspicious of technology, but it quickly proved useful as Byron was able to occupy himself and take his teaching at his own pace. Now, of course, everyone knows that a teenager with a laptop is going to occupy themselves with everything else but their work, but Byron was determined to keep the peace long enough that his family could reward him for his good behavior. While in the past, rewards systems never worked, the potential punishment of having the laptop taken from him was enough of a motivator to keep him from fucking up too hard.

Spending so much time on the internet, it only made sense that he'd eventually learn about and get into games, eventually finding out about Elder Tales and managing to get it.

In Game History: Initially mortified that he had been locked into the game as a Bard, one of his least favorite classes, Byron quickly found some utility in it as he effortlessly swapped into several different parties without having to dedicate himself to anyone. Picking up the Musician sub-class to keep himself occupied and his brain moving when he's by himself. Sustaining himself as a wandering support to anyone who needs it, he's managed to pick up some unique loot over his time moving across the server.

Guild/Position: None.

Personality: Byron's the quiet, cynical type. He does things because he feels obligated to but not often because he wants to, and when he does things he wants to he tends to keep them to himself. He's a genuinely bright kid, seemingly more mature than his age, and he picks up on things quickly. But despite that, he's incredibly poor at reading social cues and even worse at upholding societal norms. He's rude, blunt, and often sarcastic when the situation doesn't call for any of those things.

Often, he takes interest in small, simple things or very exact concepts which consume his attention and he'll utterly obsess about them until he can find a worthwhile outlet for it, which usually tends to be his musical skills. His music is his primary outlet for any form of emotion that isn't his usual blank-faced cynicism, often causing him to get far more into it by accident than he even realized. When performing in any occasion, whether it be for him or for others, he does it like he's the only person listening at any given moment. This sort of brash self-confidence translates into him naturally, where he often finds himself uncaring who he's talking to how.

There are some soft, mushy emotional bits of him somewhere that are hard to reach and even harder to actually interact with due to how hard he pushes people away. More often than not, any display of emotion is attributed to the heat of the moment and he refuses to actually engage with his feelings on a level further than a musical performance. A lot of Byron's identity has become attached to his newly found love of music and his self-perceived intelligence, and he feels that many people see these traits as marketable or use-able while disregarding him due to how difficult of a person he can be to talk to.

Skills:

Equipment:

Theme song: youtube.com/watch?v=twT1zz5GMfU
Fun Facts: Has an odd habit of speaking in rhyme, and sometimes does it without noticing.
Has developed several albums' worth of songs and will perform a set of them if asked.

Name: Sigil-Master Garkan
Race: Half-Alv
Class: Enchanter
Subclass: Sigilmancer
Level: 92
Brief Appearance: While being at the maximum height of his race at around 5' 6", everything else about Garkan screams the appearance of a traditional mage. His character sports a dark cloak with a hood that hides his slender figure. Garkan's face is pointed, and lacks physical mass. In regards to age, the avatar looks to be a young adult, perhaps in his mid-20s.
Brief Personality: Being the cynical man he is, Garkan is often considered to be sarcastic and bitter. He often has a wisecrack, and speaks down on nearly everyone he meets (Cassio included). However, he is one of the most knowledgeable players in Elder Tales, especially when it comes to his subclass. Garkan has been attempting to figure out how to craft mythical items his entire life, and the rumored Artifact-level Sunblade and Moonblade are the latest items on his list. He's incredibly focused on the creating of these swords, and won't quit trying to get them crafted.
Brief History: Garkan is well-known in particular communities for his focus on being the first to help create mythical items. Being a Sigilmancer, his skills are required by many to help give crafted items the extra "magical breath of life" that makes them properly powerful. In the past month, he has helped Garkan finish crafting his current swords while leading the charge on finding the locations for the materials for the Sunblade and Moonblade. Within The Blades, he acts as the unofficial second-in-command despite being the only non-swordsmith. He has other side projects he is working on, and works with various other guilds as necessary.
Guild: The Blades, member