[OOC] Along a Dark Road (Athos & Kate)

[Katelyn]

Name: Lillith Canderlin

Age: 224

Title/Occupation: Princess of Esper (King and Queen's only child)

Background: Having been raised a princess in the large Providence of Esper, Lillith has wanted for very little and is unduly spoiled because of her situation. Though her parents tried for years and years they were unable to give the girl a sibling, someone she could lean on in their absence. They home was filled with much love and training for the young girl in the ways of education, societal acceptances and regalia. For her own protection the young Lillith was not allowed to live the large walls that surrounded the massive castle, but seemed to find the highest window to sneak out of in order to view all that would one day be hers.

Not being afforded time in society, she often made friends with the servants children in the palace and with visiting family and other royal allies offspring. It was rather lonely and she yearned for adventure above all else, to leave the walls of her safe haven and see all that lay beyond her grasp. After she completed her twelve years of tutorial training her father agreed to allow her a trip into the city so that she might consider how to began establishing herself as an adult, but before the trip could commence her beloved mother fell quite ill, leaving both Lillith and her father at a lost for what could be done.

Various healers were brought into the kingdom and yet it was a witch doctor that finally discovered that the woman's cue lie in the seed of a small plant that could only be found in the Carpathian mountains, a place much to dangerous for anyone to travel and yet, what choice did they have? In the midst of his grief the King allowed his young daughter to manipulate him into allowing her to take a string of guards and travel to the saving grace for his queen but they were attached just beyond the city walls and only the princess and another survived, the towns people rushing to aid them and thwart off their attackers.

After a few days of healing, Lillith was ready to try again, but no one was willing to assist her on her journey and her father refused to allow her to go alone. In his grief he knew that it must be Lillith to go because of her devotion to saving her mother. He put a decree to the people of Esper that if someone worthy of protecting the princess would step up to assist her in her journey that he would bestow great riches and undue honor on the Elf. The day had almost drawn neigh when the story begins and no one at even brushed a shadow against the walls of the castle.

[Athos]

Sounds lovely, I'll get started on mine as well.

Thanks~

[Katelyn]

Alright - Mine is up. Let me know if you want to see/know something else and I'll add it. Also, the backstory is somewhat our intro, so if I got anything wrong don't hesitate to let me know. :)

[Athos]

Name: Lyall Bookchild

Age - 22

Race - Elven

Personality - Loyal to the point of fanaticism, Lyall is a headstrong youth with an indomitable will to serve his King. His loyalty runs deep through his core and views the royal family with an almost unhealthy admiration. Despite his humble upbringings, he makes up for his lack of education with a very rapt perception of the world around him. He is a youth however and is still prone to childish folly. He has a very honest heart however and would follow his King through the fire if that is what His Majesty truly desired.

When it comes to dealing with others, Lyall’s faith in the goodwill of others is borderline gullibility. He has been sheltered his entire life and it shows when others talk to him. He speaks boldly about subjects he has no knowledge of and brashly about subjects he has no experience in. He has a tendency to ramble when he speaks and comes off as a good natured young man to most that talk to him.

In Experience, Lyall has not yet shed a drop of blood. In Wisdom, he is an infant. In Courage however, his heart holds no bounds.

Background – Raised in an orphanage, it is said that Lyall landed onto the building’s doorstep swaddled in blue satin without any warning as if he was carried by a specter. Laying in an worn yet sturdy fruit basket, the young man’s only inheritance in the world was his name. Carved in a delicate yet regal calligraphy onto the side of the basket, the only note that came with the abandoned child was the word ‘Lyall’. Thus that is how Lyall Bookchild came into the world.

His life at the orphanage was troubled to say the best. He was always a small statured child and frequently the subject of both verbal and physical abuse by the other students. His only true friend throughout his brief yet strenuous schooling was the orphanage’s nurse who acted as both a motherly and sisterly figure to the young man. Forming a rather peculiar relationship with the young woman, Lyall would spend much of his time with her instead of his peers and even began to learn the nurse's trade.

Unfortunately a nurse’s trade wasn't seen as particularly masculine and it only worsened the bullying. Determined to believe in the best of people however, Lyall would watch as agents of the King came and went, picking out young orphans to be the next generations of the King’s soldiers. Each time the agents came however, they would always pass over the small statured man and Lyall would watch all of his classmates eventually leave the orphanage behind. Feeling as if he had no other option, Lyall one day fled into the night. Away from the orphanage and the world that had rejected him. Before he left however, he placed a note on the young nurses desk to thank her for the kindness that she had showed him throughout the years and promised that he would return as a great knight one day. He promised that he would work hard enough that the King would be forced to recognize his stout heart and that he would become the most loyal and famous knight that the world had ever known.

He said that when that day came, he would personally return to her and build her the new orphanage that she always dreamt of. As a way of giving back to her for her years of kindness. Thus with promises to keep and the night’s chilly gusts at his back, he delved into the world. Landing a spot in the King’s castle as a lowly cleaner, he vowed to work his way up to a knight one day. Practicing his Kendo every night with his broom acting as his sword, he prepared tirelessly for the day that His Majesty would need his services.

Thus when he heard of the tragedy that struck the Queen and the misfortune that happened upon the original armed guard, he leapt upon the opportunity to serve His Majesty finally with all of the judgment and passion of a man jumping upon a live grenade. Determined that this is his chance to finally return to his nurse as the prestigious knight he promised to come back as, Lyall is ready to do anything to protect the royalty he is sworn to.

[Katelyn]

Very nice! :)

[Athos]

Just posted mine as you can see above.

Apologies for it's length.

Thanks~

[Athos]

So, is there any other matters to attend to before we embark?

Thanks~

[Katelyn]

I love how much detail you put into it. Fantastic.

I love the markings on his face and throat. Just makes him that much more real.

Um, no. I'd assume we're starting with him answering the summons that is listed in my background, but you roll the dice and start where you like and I shall follow suite. My assumption is that they do not know each other, namely because she knows no one outside the castle and where he might know of her, she's not really been seen until recently outside the castle. That correct in your thought process? :)

[Athos]

Thank you, I pride myself in my work so it's always pleasing to hear someone enjoying it.

I hope I made an acceptable intro post, if you think I overstepped my writing power in any of it, I can always edit it.

I made the assumption that Lillith would be waiting with the King and that the Queen would not be present in the court.

They do not know each other however, that part you are correct. He is just the janitor, he wouldn't have any need to necessarily know the princess.

That being said though, I can always edit my post to where he doesn't recognize her.

Thanks~

[Katelyn]

I'll go check it out now and then I'm thinking sleep is needed. Thanks for opening the story for us. You rock! :)

Night, love.

[Katelyn]

Alright. Working on this now. Should be done in the next hour or so if things go according to plan!

[Athos]

I'm most terribly sorry for the unexplained absence, an old acquaintance of mine paid me an unforeseen visit and it would of been terribly inhospitable for me not to entertain a guest.

I shall start writing a post.

Thanks~

[Katelyn]

Lovely post. I'll write something up tomorrow. :)

[Athos]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks~

[Athos]

If it is of any interest to you, the armor I describe would look like the set in the picture I provided in the original CS.

Thanks~

[Katelyn]

Absolutely. :)

I'll hopefully get a post up tonight after work.

Doing well?

[Athos]

Alrighty, sounds like a plan

I'm surviving like I said in the PM, not really too much to elaborate on when it comes to that.

Thanks~

[Katelyn]

Alright, love. I posted up. Forgive my absence. Bad - crazy weekend.

[Katelyn]

Hey you - I'm off tomorrow, so I'll work on a post to get us moving.

Hope you're doing okay. :)

[Katelyn]

Hey you -

Our peeps were in a carriage, so I'm going to put them back in it if that's okay with you? :) Just wanted to cause havoc to the method of transportation first before going at it by foot.

If you want to put this on hold until you're feeling up to it you just say the word. I don't mind at all and hope your day is going great.

I'll post up after I hear from you.