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[color=39b54a]R O L A N[/color][/center]
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[color=silver][sup][b]“Now why would we rush, there's still so much to see and do here.”[/b][/sup][/color][/CENTER][table][row][/row][row][cell][center][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T[/color]
[color=39b54a]C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][img]https://i.imgur.com/UwwmQrp.jpeg[/img]
[/center][indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R  D A T A[/color]
[color=39b54a]C H A R A C T E R   D A T A[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=silver][INDENT][sub][color=39b54a][b]True Self[/b][/color] 
Lorenz Ferber

[color=39b54a][b]Persona[/b][/color] 
Rolan

[color=39b54a][b]Pathos[/b][/color]
Queon

[color=39b54a][b]Role[/b][/color]
Burst DPS/Controller

[color=39b54a][b]Weapon of Choice[/b][/color]
Estoc

[color=39b54a][b]Domains[/b][/color]
[b]Light[/b]
[b]Illusion[/b]
Frost
Manifestation

[color=39b54a][b]Playstyle & Attitude[/b][/color]
Counterattacker - In tandem with his Controller role via Illusion and Manifestation magics, Rolan specializes in deflecting and evading incoming attacks, each failed blow increasing the instability in the foe's stance and approach. Whether this is literally in their stance, or in their mounting frustration with the defensive playstyle varies, but Rolan rarely strikes with his sword unless he can ensure a critical blow. He maintains aggression with Manifestation based attacks, supported by his illusions.

Controller - Rolan deploys a combination of light infused illusions and frost manifestations to make actual navigation and targeting of himself, and allies by coincidence, difficult. Whether its using flashes of light to dazzle and disorentate, illusions to obfuscate his movements and actions, or mixing manifestation magic with either of his elemental choices, Rolan plays to narrow a threat's ability to maneuver and act, forcing them into a position where they have to start taking hits.

Lore[s]master[/s] Nerd - Rolan has always had an obsession with exploring the lore of Pariah Online. Whether it was getting all the information he reasonably could from NPCs, digging through descriptions of items, locations, and everything he could get his hands on. He would regularly wander off to just explore the land, looking for any sites of interest. Anything he could find to add to his ever growing collection of journals, notes, and scribblings as he gathered first what was told to him (and by extension the player base), and then began theory crafting and trying to fill in the gaps between what has been made apparent or confirmed. Both in game and outside of it, he would post his findings and theories, maintaining an online presence as one of the players obsessed with the lore in a game.

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[/INDENT][/color][/cell][cell][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black]L O R E N Z  F E R B E R  -  D R U D G E R Y  I N  M O T I O N[/color]
[color=39b54a]L O R E N Z  F E R B E R  -  D R U D G E R Y  I N  M O T I O N[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=silver][indent]Lorenz was never exactly what one would call a stand out individual. In his youth, he maintained perfectly serviceable grades, never anything to be ashamed of but nothing to brag about either. It wasn't for a lack of trying at first either, pushing himself even when he felt no engagement with anything in his scholastic efforts growing up. But regardless of effort, he always maintained the same level of acceptable results, so he stopped applying himself. His social life was healthy, if a bit dull, and he had the usual routine of heartbreak that young love would bring. By the end of his high school, he had chosen to go to a trade school instead of college or straight into a career, the most inspired choice he had yet made in life.

Trade School went well for Lorenz, finding a knack for identifying impending problems, fixing them, and maintaining most anything he could get his hands on. It was the first time he had ever truly excelled at anything, which was an odd feeling for the young man as he graduated from his trade school and moved into a career helping maintain infrastructure critical equipment. It wasn't hard work, not for him at any rate, but he noticed very quickly that he never developed a rapport with his coworkers. No matter how many times he went out to company functions or after work drinks, he never felt any particular connection with them, and the feeling was mutual. He was professional, a model worker, but when the shift ended, he would simply go home.

It was during this tedium of routine that Lorenz would hear about the upcoming Pariah Online, and something about it grabbed him and would not let go. He had plenty of money saved up, having few hobbies to spend any real money on, immediately investing in the game and required equipment to be able to log in and play as best as he could. There was something about the idea of immersing himself in a world that was completely unknown, that he would have to learn from scratch, that was itching something in the back of his mind that he had forgotten was ever there. An urge to learn, and maybe this time he would actually be good at it.[/indent][/COLOR]
[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] R O L A N  -  O B S E S S I O N  M A D E  M A N I F E S T [/color]
[color=39b54a] R O L A N  -  O B S E S S I O N  M A D E  M A N I F E S T [/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=silver]Rolan, as he chose his persona to be, is an old soul in Pariah Online, as far as one can be at any rate given the current amount of time the game has been up and running. He had joined as soon as he could at launch, but where some players became legends in raiding, in the art of PvP, Rolan found himself with a new feeling of obsession that he had never had to properly grapple with before. He couldn't tear himself away from the world itself, the stories, folklore, history that preceded the arrival of Wayfarers. He never wanted for companions, when needed, but his eccentric obsession with lore made him few permanent, long lasting connections.

He would hop from guild to guild, party to party, never sticking around for too long. Rolan was always chasing the latest rumor, the latest missing gap between the lore of the world. He spent as much of his free time on forums and creating video essays on the lore of the world of Pariah Online as he did exploring it and improving as a player. He went to whatever content was needed, be it PvP, Raiding, delving dungeons or just wandering the world itself. He never saw anything in borders or sticking to any one activity, instead sometimes spending days of time in game simply pouring over every source of lore he could find, talking with both fellow lore enthusiasts, when they crossed paths, as well as digging through all the information he could from NPCs.

Whenever a credible sighting of something new or unusual was posted or discussed, it was a fairly sure thing among the community that Rolan would not be far behind, carrying an ever growing collection of journals, notes, and books that he kept at his own player home when too dense or not relevant to what he was investigating this time. Sometimes he was recruited for a raid or battleground, given he was still a highly experienced player and one could not find all the lore simply in safety behind town walls and his eye for detail translated to a deadly accuracy in a fight, but he could sometimes be difficult to focus on the right task. He didn't care for the rewards of the content at times, seeing the story said content told as far higher value, and would sometimes take on sidequests and other minor content well below him just to review something he might have missed in the lore of it, however slight. 

Rolan was a man obsessed, having finally found a calling in life that spoke to him beyond just the day to day drudgery of his real world life. He was further isolated from that life than ever before, and while his performance at work didn't suffer, his coworkers noted he was even more distant than usual. A few had tried to talk to him, but his focus on a game none of them cared about made it even harder to connect. So Rolan would continue to descend into Pariah Online, only caring about the real world in as much as it was necessary to keep funding his access to what he truly enjoyed, and found he excelled in, at long last. Even if it was an eccentric field of interest, someone had to know the story of Pariah Online, even if only a fraction of the players cared.[INDENT]

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[color=39b54a]Hall of Mirrors[/color] - A mixture of light and illusion magic that Rolan is fond of, he utilizes his magical grasp on Light to bend it, removing him from immediate view while, at the same time, creating a number of false clones of himself. While they lack substance and can be dispelled in a single blow, shattering one of these mirrors is often accompanied by a flash of light that can leave unaware foes blinded, and even those ready for it dazzled and struggling to see briefly. More effective against singular targets, and notably ineffective against those that do not rely on sight. If he doesn't want to rely on Light, he can use Frost magic instead to cause the mirror image to burst in a cloud of frigid cold, sapping energy and stamina from those caught in the burst for as long as they stay in it, or until it fades. 

[color=39b54a]Whiteout[/color] - Manifesting a field of frigid Frost and dotting it with orbs of Light, Rolan creates a field that is nigh impossible to see in, the Frost sapping the stamina and energy of those trapped in it, while the motes of Light that circle within the storm make it more disorientating and difficult to escape. While Rolan himself cannot enter the manifested storm safely, it creates good cover for escapes, maneuvering, or simply softening up a target before it escapes or the spell expires on its own. Rolan could maintain the spell for longer than the initial burst requires, however such a thing would prove increasingly taxing over time.

[color=39b54a]Lantern's Lure[/color] - A purely utilitarian spell, Rolan can manifest a number of orbs of Light, anchoring each of them over the shoulders of himself and a number of other people. These orbs let off soft light in most directions, but a beam of stronger light in the direction that the person looks at any given time. Rolan developed the spell purely because he got tired of having to keep a torch or lantern handy at any given time and would rather simply have a light source that tracked where he looked at any given time. The fact that it was trivial to expand the number to include allies was mostly coincidental. 

[color=39b54a]Frost Light Arsenal[/color] - An entire set of spells designed to compensate for his far more defensive and patient swordplay, and for dealing with foes that are too large or dangerous to simply duel at close range, the Frost Light Arsenal is as close to a unique creation as Rolan ever gets when it comes to his combat capabilities. Utilizing Manifestation as its core, he can form a variety of temporary Frost or Light constructs, be it sharpened pillars rising from the ground or projectiles to launch at nearby targets. His favorite is a series of blade shaped forms that orbit him, providing both a barrier and a weapon to launch as needed. Using Light magic typically is less directly harmful, but the pattern and hues of the Light often are difficult to see past, while Frost magic is more directly damaging, though even split between stamina and actual physical well being.
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[color=39b54a]Stance of Deflection[/color] - Rolan's method of swordplay lends itself to his entire approach to Pariah Online. Observe, record, and determine what it all means before delivering a thesis on a matter. In a fight, his fighting style revolves around deflecting, parrying, and patiently learning and observing his opponent. When settled into his Stance, it takes a great deal of force or skill to completely bypass his defense. The entire purpose is to draw a foe into more aggressive and, by extension, more exposed attacks until a critical flaw can be found. Then, much like his lore research, Rolan delivers a critical blow to a vital spot in his foe. The more enemies he fights at once, however, the less effective this becomes as he cannot as readily focus on any one foe long enough to deliver critical strikes, his blows less dangerous than if allowed to focus.

[color=39b54a]An Eye for Knowledge[/color] - Rolan cannot, despite his efforts, profess to know everything there is to know, fortunately for him. However, all his time spent gleaning everything he can from sometimes fragmented and especially under duress or other less than ideal circumstances makes him a natural at picking out details. Be it a faulty piece of construction, an old wound that could be targeted on a foe, or even a rare material easily overlooked, Rolan has a naturally high perception and awareness of his surroundings, making it difficult to ever catch him off guard or conceal things from him.

[color=39b54a]Methodical[/color] - Both a flaw and a boon, Rolan has a very particular, and measured approach to all things. Fights with him, by his own dictate, are measured and steady, moving at particular paces. Exploration, down time, all things have a very measured, controlled, and steady pattern to them. When in his element, Rolan is naturally more capable at what he puts his mind to, however being forced out of this by circumstance can be off putting and leave him on the back foot should he not adapt to this new pace or circumstance. 

[color=39b54a]Lore of the World[/color] - Having spent his entire time in game towards the purpose of learning about the world he is in, Rolan has a near photographic memory for anything that happens to catch his eye when exploring, fighting, or otherwise spending his time in Pariah Online. He is also proud to state that he actually understands the world that existed before the existence of the players in it better than nearly anyone else who isn't a part of the world itself, instinctively treating the people of the world appropriate to who they are as people rather than just as NPCs in a game.
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