Ser Ashton Cromwell
Age: 24 (1 year as a mage)
Appearance: Ashton is 1.72 metres tall.
History: Ashton was born as the son of a small count in the Empire of Moravias. His father, the Count William Cromwell who ruled the minor county of Auvernge, had him trained in the art of war and the decorum required of a noble knight. Perhaps expected to play an important and decisive role in the heart of the wars to lay claim to the Empire's decaying prestige. Ashton led his father’s armies to war beginning from when he was 16. He won a few battles, but ultimately, 2 years later, the kingdom of Orleans, the kingdom his father supported that wished independence from the empire, fell. His father died in battle, and Ashton fled his homeland.
He wandered the land afterwards, eventually leaving the Empire of Moravias and entering the lesser kingdoms that bordered Moravias to its east. When he was 19, Ashton learned about the existence of mages, and procured the services of his first mage, Kyril, a mage capable of manipulating fire.
It would be a bond that would last for 4 years.
Ashton learned that mages were always female and never aged beyond the age of 20 (living up to 200 years old), and there was some sort of subtle longing within him for that same sort of power. Mages were ultimately under enforced servitude by the Circle, but he wanted power beyond being able to swing a blade, and little would convince him otherwise. At that point.
Ashton spent a lot of time in between mercenary jobs, studying and researching for an artifact that could grant him that power. But the event that turned him into a mage would come completely by accident.
On the day of his 23rd birthday, the pair explored an old temple, a throwback to the mythical times when mages ruled the world instead of their sorry state today. Ashton took a heavy blow from a trap, and had to be supported by Kyril as they progressed further in the dungeon. Without bandages or a healer, Ashton slowly weakened with every step. When the pair had reached the deepest vaults of the temple, Ashton had already begun to hallucinate. He saw a bright flash of light, and heard a loud scream.
It was Kyril’s scream. Not that Ashton would realise it, not even a year later.
And when the former knight of Orleans woke up outside of the temple, Ashton felt strange. ‘He’ felt a little less muscular. ‘He’ felt like ‘his’ chest was more sensitive. And ‘he’ felt like something was missing between ‘his’ legs.
Ashton stripped off to take a bath, but when ‘he’ saw the very evidence of what had happened to ‘him’ upon his chest, she did the very obvious and screamed. While Ashton had retained her semi-youthful face that passed as a young man and most of her masculine body shape, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that her naked body was feminine.
Her hair and eyes had changed colour too. In fact, Ashton now looked quite a bit like a hypothetical brother to Kyril. Eventually regaining her cool, Ashton found herself capable of using magic, the same sort Kyril was able to use.
She decided that nothing should change. Ser Ashton Cromwell was still a brave knight who could seduce some of the ladies some of the time. Getting used to her new body took some effort, but other than a slight muscular weakness that eventually disappeared as she trained, Ashton felt like a capable knight again. She disappeared from her old friends though, considering that they would be suspicious to see her with a different hair colour, red eyes, a more youthful face and a higher-pitched voice.
She decided that she needed to work with a mage again, eventually.
Skills:
Weapon Skills: Ashton's a great sword user, and is competent in many other non-exotic melee weapons.
Fire magic: Ashton was not born a magic user, so she has next-to-no idea on how to use it. While she can do small things like create lights and small fires, bigger things exhaust her quickly. While she doesn't have any power incontinence (aka making random fires when angry/frightened), Ashton's bad at controlling magic.
Noble: Ashton has learned the ways of the noble male, and can be polite and charming to the ladies.
Age: 24 (1 year as a mage)
Appearance: Ashton is 1.72 metres tall.
History: Ashton was born as the son of a small count in the Empire of Moravias. His father, the Count William Cromwell who ruled the minor county of Auvernge, had him trained in the art of war and the decorum required of a noble knight. Perhaps expected to play an important and decisive role in the heart of the wars to lay claim to the Empire's decaying prestige. Ashton led his father’s armies to war beginning from when he was 16. He won a few battles, but ultimately, 2 years later, the kingdom of Orleans, the kingdom his father supported that wished independence from the empire, fell. His father died in battle, and Ashton fled his homeland.
He wandered the land afterwards, eventually leaving the Empire of Moravias and entering the lesser kingdoms that bordered Moravias to its east. When he was 19, Ashton learned about the existence of mages, and procured the services of his first mage, Kyril, a mage capable of manipulating fire.
It would be a bond that would last for 4 years.
Ashton learned that mages were always female and never aged beyond the age of 20 (living up to 200 years old), and there was some sort of subtle longing within him for that same sort of power. Mages were ultimately under enforced servitude by the Circle, but he wanted power beyond being able to swing a blade, and little would convince him otherwise. At that point.
Ashton spent a lot of time in between mercenary jobs, studying and researching for an artifact that could grant him that power. But the event that turned him into a mage would come completely by accident.
On the day of his 23rd birthday, the pair explored an old temple, a throwback to the mythical times when mages ruled the world instead of their sorry state today. Ashton took a heavy blow from a trap, and had to be supported by Kyril as they progressed further in the dungeon. Without bandages or a healer, Ashton slowly weakened with every step. When the pair had reached the deepest vaults of the temple, Ashton had already begun to hallucinate. He saw a bright flash of light, and heard a loud scream.
It was Kyril’s scream. Not that Ashton would realise it, not even a year later.
And when the former knight of Orleans woke up outside of the temple, Ashton felt strange. ‘He’ felt a little less muscular. ‘He’ felt like ‘his’ chest was more sensitive. And ‘he’ felt like something was missing between ‘his’ legs.
Ashton stripped off to take a bath, but when ‘he’ saw the very evidence of what had happened to ‘him’ upon his chest, she did the very obvious and screamed. While Ashton had retained her semi-youthful face that passed as a young man and most of her masculine body shape, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that her naked body was feminine.
Her hair and eyes had changed colour too. In fact, Ashton now looked quite a bit like a hypothetical brother to Kyril. Eventually regaining her cool, Ashton found herself capable of using magic, the same sort Kyril was able to use.
She decided that nothing should change. Ser Ashton Cromwell was still a brave knight who could seduce some of the ladies some of the time. Getting used to her new body took some effort, but other than a slight muscular weakness that eventually disappeared as she trained, Ashton felt like a capable knight again. She disappeared from her old friends though, considering that they would be suspicious to see her with a different hair colour, red eyes, a more youthful face and a higher-pitched voice.
She decided that she needed to work with a mage again, eventually.
Skills:
Weapon Skills: Ashton's a great sword user, and is competent in many other non-exotic melee weapons.
Fire magic: Ashton was not born a magic user, so she has next-to-no idea on how to use it. While she can do small things like create lights and small fires, bigger things exhaust her quickly. While she doesn't have any power incontinence (aka making random fires when angry/frightened), Ashton's bad at controlling magic.
Noble: Ashton has learned the ways of the noble male, and can be polite and charming to the ladies.
