Character Description
Name: Rhistel Elnorin
Species/Race: Elgafolk
Sex: Male
Age: 449
Court Alignment: Eastern Empire
Role: Chair-Director of Elnorin-Liawraek group
Appearance:
Strengths and Weaknesses
Skills:
Weaknesses:
Background:
Name: Rhistel Elnorin
Species/Race: Elgafolk
Sex: Male
Age: 449
Court Alignment: Eastern Empire
Role: Chair-Director of Elnorin-Liawraek group
Appearance:
Strengths and Weaknesses
Skills:
- Once a Soldier, Always a Soldier: A fact seldom known by those outside the reaches of his inner circle, Rhistel was one of the many Elgafolk who rode under the command of the man he once considered a friend, Voron Corfina. Under the grand leadership of Voron, Rhistel served as but one of the many people who carved out the empire into what it stands as today. Although in modern times he has taken to the sea rather than the horse, his ability upon a stallion's back with a sword and blunderbuss has yet to diminish over the centuries since.
- There is Wealth in Knowledge: To be educated is to be but only at an advantage over those among you. This was a reason learned by even the juvenile Rhistel in his 50s. While within his nomadic community, he sought every drop of knowledge that could be afforded to him, and with the advent of the empire this thirst for knowledge only grew. Rhistel is a learned man, not only in the field of academics but in the secrets that float in the background.
- A Pair of Well-faring Sea Legs: Rhistel is but a captain by trade, back in his early 100s the Elnorin-Liawraek group was but only a single ship managed by him and his co-captain. Some say the man spends more hours upon the seas than he does upon land, Rhistel knows the water around the empire like the back of his hand.
- There is Wealth in Knowledge: To be educated is to be but only at an advantage over those among you. This was a reason learned by even the juvenile Rhistel in his 50s. While within his nomadic community, he sought every drop of knowledge that could be afforded to him, and with the advent of the empire this thirst for knowledge only grew. Rhistel is a learned man, not only in the field of academics but in the secrets that float in the background.
- A Pair of Well-faring Sea Legs: Rhistel is but a captain by trade, back in his early 100s the Elnorin-Liawraek group was but only a single ship managed by him and his co-captain. Some say the man spends more hours upon the seas than he does upon land, Rhistel knows the water around the empire like the back of his hand.
Weaknesses:
- A Man of His Years: Despite the shine of outward appearance Rhistel is but a soul older than the empire itself. His mind is often stuck on the norms of days past and resistant to change that disrupts the known flow.
- The Sight Never Leaves You: Rhistel rarely mentions his days upon horseback for a reason. Although the war was a success, he'd rather not talk about those days at all. His hands have played a role and his eyes have bore witness to scenes none be inclined to see or act within.
- Lost in Time: Rhistel frequently loses track of the time within a day, often staring out into space for hours believing only minutes have passed. Being late to events and meetings has become the norm for him because of his age. It seems to Rhistel that the day rarely seems to feel like it's 24 hours.
- The Sight Never Leaves You: Rhistel rarely mentions his days upon horseback for a reason. Although the war was a success, he'd rather not talk about those days at all. His hands have played a role and his eyes have bore witness to scenes none be inclined to see or act within.
- Lost in Time: Rhistel frequently loses track of the time within a day, often staring out into space for hours believing only minutes have passed. Being late to events and meetings has become the norm for him because of his age. It seems to Rhistel that the day rarely seems to feel like it's 24 hours.
Background:
Backstory: Frankly, as a little over energetic younger Elgafolk, Rhistel sought for more beyond simply that of the clan life. Born as the eldest child to a smaller family by Elgafolk standard, Rhistel spent most of his younger days on grasslands with his father tending the herd which kept their family afloat. Shepard stick in hand, the boy would spend his free hours swinging the tool around as he likened it to a sword in his mind. He lived this life of solitude with but his mother and father for decades, until a raid upon the lands the called home took the life of the two older Elgafolk from his life. Alone, without those who had given him life and destitute with no way of survival, Rhistel had joined up with the gathering horde after hearing of the news of the captain's call.
His years within the ranks of the horde were but all Rhistel would describe as abject survival. A land where although upon the backs of horses they slaughtered, the strength of the human ingenuity still managed to take a couple of the men he would call his friends to the world beyond. The bonds he formed with the men who in the horde were ones that wouldn't be broken in the coming century as they conquest came to an end with the founding of the empire.
Although the war had ended, it had left a mark on his soul which would never leave his side. Rhistel floated around odd jobs in the Empire for decades with appointments from his former captain, now emperor, before settling upon the Empire's almost non-existent navy. Working with one established Officer Flinar Liawraek to build up the branch from practically the ground. The two men worked tirelessly upon enhancing the Navy in which they had made strides, but it was soon that Liawraek would suggest the two create their own shipping company, one separate from that of the empire's government. Thus was the day the Elnorin-Liawraek group was born with pooled together coin of the two to purchase but a single ship to begin their business.
In only but the span of a 100 years the company had grown into the size it is at present. A shipping company that deals in trade between several countries around the Circle Sea with a fleet of ships that challenges some navies. A company Rhistel now fully runs after Liawraek stepped down years prior, one who hands that of the Empire's contracts with deep connections within the state. Elnorin-Liawraek group follows where the money flows, yet as the days pass it seems more and more like the Empire's coffers are lowering with every year.
His years within the ranks of the horde were but all Rhistel would describe as abject survival. A land where although upon the backs of horses they slaughtered, the strength of the human ingenuity still managed to take a couple of the men he would call his friends to the world beyond. The bonds he formed with the men who in the horde were ones that wouldn't be broken in the coming century as they conquest came to an end with the founding of the empire.
Although the war had ended, it had left a mark on his soul which would never leave his side. Rhistel floated around odd jobs in the Empire for decades with appointments from his former captain, now emperor, before settling upon the Empire's almost non-existent navy. Working with one established Officer Flinar Liawraek to build up the branch from practically the ground. The two men worked tirelessly upon enhancing the Navy in which they had made strides, but it was soon that Liawraek would suggest the two create their own shipping company, one separate from that of the empire's government. Thus was the day the Elnorin-Liawraek group was born with pooled together coin of the two to purchase but a single ship to begin their business.
In only but the span of a 100 years the company had grown into the size it is at present. A shipping company that deals in trade between several countries around the Circle Sea with a fleet of ships that challenges some navies. A company Rhistel now fully runs after Liawraek stepped down years prior, one who hands that of the Empire's contracts with deep connections within the state. Elnorin-Liawraek group follows where the money flows, yet as the days pass it seems more and more like the Empire's coffers are lowering with every year.