Again, nothing drastically different, just.. more, better details. [hider=James Clearwater History Revision][b]History Summary:[/b] James has had a comfortable, upper-middle-class experience in the Sorian capital for most of his life. With some hard work and a scholarship, he was able to gain entry to university. Two years ago, Knight Captain Stratya Durmand, Hero of Encia, took him as her squire and, subsequently, stuck him into her personal squad in the army. She told her men she’d be training him to be their lieutenant, and before very long, they’d left the Capital Sorian on an investigation, with himself kept close by her side. She only took her closest men and him with her. The Captain relied on his education heavily during her investigation, and by the time it was over and they’d returned to the capital, he had earned her men’s respect and his position as Stratya Durmand’s officer.[/hider] Oh, and a Baron NPC [hider=Successor to Ruined Plans, Baron Raynor Lancaster] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1212590514981965864/1283458569647165494/8-GG5hBluC1fnYKRi.png?ex=66e31170&is=66e1bff0&hm=90d02a48c4305bf0650f22c69908b1a546441546d34b7f6e8ef2a6531ed5906a&[/img] Baron in Rural Vermillion [h3][b]Raynor Lancaster, 30, Male[/b][/h3][/center] [hr] [h2][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u][/h2] [b]Height:[/b] 5'7" [b]Weight:[/b] 145 lbs [b]Eye Color:[/b] Blue [b]Hair Length/Texture:[/b] Short and well-kept, straight, smooth, somewhat oily [b]Hair Color:[/b] Black [b]Skin Color:[/b] Fair [b]Facial details:[/b] Gentle but strong features and a shaved mustache and beard. [b]Distinguishing features:[/b] His eyes are [I]very[/I] blue. [b]Clothing Preferences:[/b] Robes and billowy things, though sometimes a nice, crisp suit is good, too. [hr] [h2][u][b]Psychology[/b][/u][/h2] [b]Likes:[/b] Fine spirits, quiet, firelight, old lore, plays and theater, anthropology, archeology [b]Dislikes:[/b] Electric light, burned things, lost knowledge, too much company [b]Sexuality:[/b] Heterosexual [b]Hobbies:[/b] Reading, star-guided divination, ancient rituals to the Gods, preserving knowledge, sketching [b]Life Goals/Dreams:[/b] He has much to learn and rebuild, after the ruin that visited his family. He had been looking forward to a relaxing life of reading, and had been considering becoming a priest, though how serious that consideration had been is unknown. He must soon consider finding a wife to be an important priority. [b]Personality Summary:[/b] Raynor has become a serious man out of necessity. The rigors of rebuilding the trust in his family his father lost and dealing with staffing issues has drained him of whatever humor he once had. He prefers his time spent alone in the library or in his study, but finds himself often in meetings with his staff. When he’s not drowning in work and lament, he’s kind and easy-going, he’ll even crack a joke. He’s not a very tidy man, often haphazardly tossing garments onto the floor or some such, though he takes care of his appearance. [hr] [h2][u][b]Background[/b][/u][/h2] [b]Current occupation:[/b] Baron [b]Any past occupations?:[/b] None [b]Relatives:[/b] Father, Baron Maximilian Lancaster (Deceased) Step-Mother, Baroness Analise Lancaster (Missing, Wanted) Brother, Lord Donovan Lancaster (Deceased) [b]Skills:[/b] Literature and Lore, wine and mead tasting, delegation, star navigation, acting [b]History Summary:[/b] Before the Kingdom of Caesonia expanded into the region now known as Vermilion, the barbarians that occupied the area around present-day Encia were particularly resilient. Whenever one clan came under attack, with an alarming frequency, another clan would come from a flanking position on the Kingdom’s advancing army. While the Kingdom advanced steadily, engagements were trying. Their strategic coordination was strange and powerful. Their warriors, as well, were particularly formidable among the barbarians in the area. Due to the costly nature of engagements, when the Kingdom received an offer of submission, they took it. The warrior clans asked only to keep their way of life, their culture, and a treaty was struck. The Lancaster Barony is old, old enough that many have forgotten the importance of it. Up until two years ago, Raynor Lancaster had an easy life to look forward to. Nothing too opulent, like you might find in the capital city, but easy enough. His needs were to be met and he would marry a woman from one of the clansmen elder families, or marry upward, if possible. Two years ago, such ideas were shattered when the then Lieutenant Stratya Durmand shattered his father’s underground sorcerer ring and black market. Raynor was left with many pieces to pick up and put back together. With his time, the bookish man had read much of the library in his home since childhood. Myths, legends, fiction, non, he’d read much and more in the thousands and thousands of pages. That’s how he noticed something amiss in his town. It started with the disturbances in 1733, speckled with murders. Stratya, the first child of an elder family and his old friend, had come to him for counsel after the first murder in 1734. Her keen observation and his literary mastery proved useful together, to his surprise. The implications of the things they discovered ran deep into the Barony. It was discovered that Maximilian Lancaster had been keeping things quiet as his own . The problems were routed in 1737.[/hider] [hider=The Commoner Knight of Caesonia, Stratya Durmand v1.2] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1212590514981965864/1282431120776106125/image.png?ex=66e2a04d&is=66e14ecd&hm=c04a4b966eaa8e070bfe3be1de00390d458114287a273bddeb295d0a07063ec3&[/img] [h3][b] Knight-Captain of Caesonia Stratya Durmand, 26, Female[/b][/h3][/center] [hr] [h2][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u][/h2] [b]Height:[/b] 5'6" [b]Weight:[/b] 160 lbs [b]Eye Color:[/b] Brown [b]Hair Length/Texture:[/b] Down to her shoulder blades and silky [b]Hair Color:[/b] Light Brown [b]Skin Color:[/b] Fair [b]Facial details:[/b] Tall, round, slender and strong. Like Xena, but rounder. [b]Distinguishing features:[/b] Plain but pretty, Stratya can be heard from afar by her thick dialect. Though she dresses to hide them, she has a few scars on her body. A few old cuts on her arms, lots of little ones on the backs of her calloused hands, and one on the left side of her torso, shallow. [b]Clothing Preferences:[/b] Nothing very fancy. She often finds herself in uniform, which suits her fine. It doesn't get in the way of her movement, and she doesn’t have to think about fashion. Clothes that are too nice just make her worry she’ll damage them or get them dirty. [hr] [h2][u][b]Psychology[/b][/u][/h2] [b]Likes:[/b] Peace, music, good food, affordable mead, shellfish, ribs, weird parrying daggers [b]Dislikes:[/b] Competitive pressure, snobs, misogyny, discord, abuse, regular fish, fine clothes [b]Sexuality:[/b] Bisexual [b]Hobbies:[/b] Baking, drinking, playing music, training [b]Life Goals/Dreams:[/b] Peace and safety for her people. She's a simple woman, content with simple things. Food in her belly, the sun on her face, people she likes and cares for. A good pint of mead. That's all she really wants, it's just too bad some people won't let things be that simple. [b]Personality Summary:[/b] Stratya is a simple woman with a sharp mind that thinks too much at times, and an appreciation for nice things. She'd love to just lay on a hillside and play her fife or have a drink at the tavern all day, but unfortunately, there's much work to be done. She's fairly easy-going, which can cause people to lower their guard to her, perhaps even to think she’s less capable than she is. Questions regarding her father have been a specter in her woods since. Whether she could have done something to have come to a different end, to have left him alive. She feels responsible, partly, like she didn't do enough. Like she didn't see things quickly enough. Part of her says she did what she could, part of her says it wasn't enough.[hr] [h2][u][b]Background[/b][/u][/h2] [b]Current occupation:[/b] Knight Captain [b]Any past occupations?:[/b] Baker, Town Guard, Soldier [b]Relatives:[/b] Father deceased. Mother, younger brother and two sisters operate the bakery and brewery in the Vermillion region. [b]Skills:[/b] Flute and vocals, cooking and baking, swordplay and brawling, thought and deductive reasoning [b]History Summary:[/b] A young girl in a small farming village worked in her mother's bakery, helping to make the bread and often carrying the bread throughout her village to the various shops and folks that needed it. Her father, a guard for the village and nearby trading town, taught his eldest child, Stratya, the warrior traditions passed down to him from his father, and to him from his mother, and so on into days they had no records for. The day of her first hunt was an important day for her. At just 15, she brought back a whole wild boar for the festival that had been the purpose of her hunt. A very successful hunt. After another year, when she was considered of age by the militia, she enlisted into the town guard. After two years of guard service, Stratya Durmand began her service to the crown as a woman-at-arms for the local Barony’s militia at the age of 18, but through service exceeding her station, she was recognized for excellence and given an officer position. As a Lieutenant, and with the authority such rank gave her, her sharp mind began sniffing things out. The particular event that earned her knighting was the shattering of an underground sorcerer's ring, the capture of about a dozen gathered magic-users, and the elimination of violent resistors, including her father. She used a small, well-organized squad to breach a meeting and take the ring by surprise. That was in 1737. Since then, she's gone from the capital on a major investigation that was, ultimately, a failure, but not without fruit.[/hider] [hider=Change Log - Stratya Durmand] Personality Summary expanded History Summary revised Distinguishing Features expanded Clothing Preferences expanded[/hider]