[OOC] Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

[Greven]

Is this still open for applications?:)

[VitaVitaAR]

It is, yes.

[Greven]

Cool! I had something like a well traveled mercenary in mind. Practical, kind, mellow and somewhat of a dabbling polymath (not nearly an expert in anything, just a broad but shallow base of knowledge). Would there be room for someone like that?

[VitaVitaAR]

Hmm. There has to be a reason for him to be in the Iron Rose Knights, at least, so just being a mercenary doesn't quite work.

[Greven]

I was thinking that maybe tiring on wandering around and selling his blade for coin to high and low, wanting to make a name for himself...and for a greater cause aswell! of course!;)

[VitaVitaAR]

If you can think of an explanation for why he gained knighthood, then sure.

[Greven]

Nice! I will fill out the CS after work tomorrow and you could look it over and give your opinion and such?

[VitaVitaAR]

Alright.

[Styrgwyr]

@VitaVitaAR
Honestly, there were about several other backstories I'd thought of for this character.

One had her parents be executed in court for some kind of crime, turning her into an orphan and a street urchin at the age of five. She'd spent the rest of her childhood begging and stealing in the streets before getting captured by slavers just before puberty. In this slavery ring, she'd be put through terrifying, traumatic experiences that would be left to your vague imaginations. Then later, a detachment of Iron Rose Knights would come in and break this slavery ring. Seeing this, Silfern decides to join the Knight Order with the vague goal of eradicating slavery. (But with this, I can't think of a way for her to learn magic)

Another one had her be spoiled rotten for five years, before her madman of a father suddenly decides to kick her out of the house. Simultaneously teaching her the importance of money, influence and power. Then I realized this kind of background doesn't fit this story.

Perhaps describing her as an inborn Psychopath who's good at hiding her mental illness would fit more?

EDIT:
@VitaVitaAR
forget my first sheet, I wasn't thinking straight when I made it @_@.
I'll write up something better later.
sorry about that m(_ _)m

[Styrgwyr]

Name:
Silfern Valenthorn

Age:
20

Gender:
Female

Race:
Human

Appearance:

My Hider

Silfern stands at 5'5 feet, sporting shoulder-length black raven hair and pinkish purple eyes. A small head adorned by childish features sits atop her petite frame.

Personality:
Silfern is easy-going almost to a fault. She has a gentle nature and kind to most people she meets outside the battlefield. But when she gets to work, she does it diligently. In battle, she prioritizes the lives of her fellow knights over the mission (if said mission does not hold the lives of innocents in jeopardy). Few things can break her aura of serene calmness but on the very rare occasion something does...

Brief Backstory:
Silfern's family is an odd little bunch. Her father, a Count, wanted a son so badly he began to raise Silfern as a boy when they couldn't get another child. Silfern's mother was naturally against this and did her best to put a stop to her husband's shenanigans while trying to teach her daughter proper manners befitting of a proper lady. But Count Valenthorn was a persistent man, even if he couldn't directly go against his beloved lady's wishes, he would secretly train his "son" in the ways of a gentleman, grooming "him" to become an honorable Knight of Chivalry that would follow in his footsteps.

In the end, Silfern became her own person, retaining some of values from both the paths her parents tried to force in her. She had both the grace of a lady and the chivalry spirit of a gentleman. She kept flower arranging as a hobby as she went on and became a Chivalric Knight as his father wished... just not in the same Order he was in, much to his dismay.

Equipment:

Enchanted Light Plate Armor set (Only covers the vital areas): A light-plated armor made of magically hardened materials designed for nimble movement.

Siege Crossbow: A powerful heavy crossbow with a crank-operated reloader. Silfern only uses this in Sieges or in times she thinks she might need it.

Mithril Longsword: A sturdy light-weight blade, forged especially for Silfern's use.

Daggers: Multi-purpose weapons for combat, survival and other miscellaneous things

Plate armor set, Heater shield and Steel Lance: When fighting in an open battlefield, Silfern can fight as a heavily armored mounted Knight, although not as well as on foot.

Skills:

Duelist:
Despite being a woman of honor and chivalry, when it comes to combat, Silfern fights to win through any means necessary. Her main fighting style is made unique and extremely unpredictable when supplemented with her telekinesis. Whereas she uses it to deflect, parry, swing and strike with her sword in ways nobody would expect.

Horse Riding:
Silfern’s equestrian skills are above average at best, that doesn’t mean she can’t get creative though.

Telekinesis
An unpopular novice spell made deadly in the hands of Silfern. elekinesis is a spell that lets the user “move” things around with their will. Although even at full power, It's still barely powerful enough to lift Silfern's sword.

Wind Spells

Chilly Breeze: Creates a comforting cold breeze
Wind Blast: Funnels the wind into a concentrated, one-directional shockwave that can blow even grown men away.
Air Bubble: Can be conjured on allies to allow them to breathe underwater, and on enemies to silence them by creating a membrane of vacuum around a certain area to prevent sound from travelling afar... for those covert missions that need some measure of discretion.
Razor Wind: Fires a small barrage if wind blades that can slice up a man apart with apparent ease. (Long Casting Time, And Heavy Mana Depletion)

Note:
Has a natural affinity to cats, especially kittens.
Is fond of Dwarves in general.
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Okay, I wasn't sure if the last one was accepted but like I said, I wasn't thinking straight when I was constructed that sheet. But regardless of that, I want to apply with this char sheet now.

[Raineh Daze]

Already got an ice mage, too. Err... fire? Rocks? Wind? xD

[Styrgwyr]

Already got an ice mage, too. Err... fire? Rocks? Wind? xD

@Raineh Daze

Curses!
Why can't we have two of one element again? DX
It's not like she'll be a dedicated Ice Mage.

[Raineh Daze]

Mostly because at this stage, you'd be as good at ice magic as the actual ice magic specialist. Awkward. ;P

[Styrgwyr]

@Raineh Daze
Really? lol XD
You'd think it'd be okay if I remove the Icy spear and Freezing Fields?

(I honestly would just like her to be able to create Cold Breezes... unless that's also the current Ice Specialists shtick)

[VitaVitaAR]

@Styrgwyr: You could probably work that into wind?

Wind could also be useful in like, disorienting or knocking over enemies with small bursts of it.

[Greven]

Name: Asaikes Xyphothes
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Race: Human

Appearance
Head covered by a thick black mop of hair and brown eyes framed by heavy eyebrows gives the chiseled and long face of gives one the impression a dour and serious man. That is an assumption quickly dispelled however as this sun kissed son of Velt is a man of calm cheer and quick smiles.

Personality
Asaikes is by large an unobtrusive man with a careful optimism and patience like a saint, even though his humor leans towards the ironic and darker side. He is quick to befriend people in a shallow sort of way and slow to trust and open up in a more meaningfull way to comrades in arms, this being a sideeffect of his mercenary part. That being said, he is in all situations a teamplayer, recognising that a battle line is as strong as its weakest member. For those he considers companions he would go to the ends of the world, knowing they would do the same for him.

Brief Backstory

Life thus far

Growing up as the third child to a scrivener and an inkeeper there Asaikes had a comparatively easy upbringing, not rich but never starving he was a quiet if somewhat restive boy. Being apprenticed to an apothecary at age ten laid the foundations for skills that would save his life a multitude of times, while not a healer by far the now elder knight knows enough about broken bones, fleshwounds and camprot that he can comfortably treat several of the multitude of dangers facing fighting men and women. Fate intervened however and the teenaged Asaikes lost his apprenticeship at age fifteen when master Laurentius remarried and the new lady of the house saw fit for her own son to take his place. In hotheaded anger he stole from his master and spent the coin drinking through out the night finally falling asleep in the cart of a travelling caravan.

After a few hours travelling the morning after he was found out and given an earful by the caravans irate owner and a thorough roughening up by the mans sellsword, as he lay there heaving on the muddy road a few meters behind the last cart a band of roving bandits decided to make themselves known. The fight that followed was short but brutal with several men dead or wounded. Asaikes however managed to save the leg of the mercenary captain named Hilde Schussner, and soon thereafter he found himself a place in the mercenary company "The green and blues".

It was in this capacity he found himself travelling across the width and breadth of the world, from hunting bands of marauding orcs in the mountains of Velt to guarding warehouses overflowing with goods in bustling Calthir. The unfortunate destruction of the company five years ago after a particularly nasty run in with a company in the employ of their clients antagonist had the few surviving blue-greens scatter to the winds.

Asaikes struck out as a freelancer, lending his shield, sword and halberd to whomever paid the highest and three years ago fell into the employ of Count Nashell, a middling Thalnian aristocrat. He served loyally and dutifully, glad to have somewhere to belong once more. Lord Nashell found ill however but chance would have it that the sergeant of the guard Xyphotes by chance stumbled across a conversation by the lords wife and the designated lord regent and decided to investigate the matter closely while biding his time. He was however forced to act due to the ever worsening condtition of the count, finally bringing what ever evidence he had to ser Llewellyn the younger brother of the lord. A nasty game of cat and mouse followed with the sergeant and Ser Llewellyn coming out on top with the count luckily surviving. The stain the unfortunate series of events had given the Nashell name however while not ruinating was significant, and evil, jealous whispers spread by long standing retainers and enemies of the count made Asaikes presence at court untenable.

Having taking a liking to his sergeant and ever greatful for his loyal service, Lord Nashell was loathe to send him away but had to put the needs of the family name and stability first. To show his gratitude however, he rewarded Asaikes with a knighthood, dubbing him personally and awarding him the requisite paperwork before sending him away with a generous sum of gold and a fine destrier.

The newly minted knight meandered his way towards the capital and towards the knights of the Iron rose, having heard tales of the brave actions of their previous captain by awed veterans of the war of the red flag. While taking those stories with a heavy amount of salt, Asaikes cannot help but feel bewildered. Never in his wildest boyhood dreams did he belive he would one day become a knight, even as this is now is a fact.

Equipment

Armored

Unarmored

Asaikes gear consists of a mail hauberk topped by a lamellar cuirass, vambraces and shinguards in splinmail protects his legs and arms while chainmail and a trusty metal helmet covers most of his head except his eyes. On his feet sits a pair of good quality shoes in hardened leather. In battle he keeps to his halberd to keep the enemy at a distance, an arming sword at his hip and roundshield on his back helps in situations where the halberd is too long or if the fiends decide to get up close and personal.

Skills

Qualified medic
Asaikes knows alot about how the human body works, and also how to put it together in mostly working order when it inevitably breaks.

Dirty fighter
The man is a vicious fighter, and he who fights the dirtiest is more often than not the one walking away breathing from a fight.

Unyeilding
whether by denying the enemy the room to move as he pleases with the tip of his polearm or by being a living wall with his shield, this man stands and it will take considerable effort to move him.

Dabbling polymath
This man knows much, but not very thoroughly. He may have briefly read about it, seen the place from afar or met someone who was there. Its bits and pieces allright, but sometimes its even usefull.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Greven: I will point out that medics are more an emergency thing and typically magic is used as opposed to actual surgery, just to make sure that's clear. ^^;

He looks good though.

[Greven]

@VitaVitaAR Thanks^^ and yeah thought magical healing was more common. I didn't think it would make any sense with him knowing any magic, also thought it would probably have been expensive for a freelancer or band of freelancers :) On that note, how do i proceed now?

[VitaVitaAR]

@Greven: As long as you understand that, he's accepted!

[Greven]

@VitaVitaARWoho!:D Given that the group is having an encounter in the woods from what i gleaned of the IC, now might be a strange time to just "jump in" should i wait for you as GM to give me a prod when it is more sensical that i join?