Name: Maria ''Sevy'', real surname ''De Tonnancourt''
Age: 26
Race: Human
Nationality: Born in Valania
Allegiance: The order of St. Melitas and Valadia's true King
Appearance:
Maria is a bit above average height compared to other women of Valania. She has an athletic, yet slender build that shows off she's damn well able to take care of herself in life. She have dark brown eyes that have a serious look about them, and always keep her hair, also brown. at shoulder length, conformed to the order's code. While she is 26 years old, Maria lived as a soldier all her life and it shows on her physic, making her look about 2 to 3 years older, if not more. She have scars on multiple parts of her body that she wears with pride. Maria value practical thinking over all else, including clothing. She will choose practical cloths over femininity or fancy stuff at any given time. That is, when she is not wearing a chain mail, or part of or her full body armor. She has decorated her armor herself by engraving parts of the order's creed, as well as Augurian prayers, on it. She would wear her armor at any given time, but duty and official meetings, and the such, required of her to wear more formal clothing at times, which she finds very uncomfortable.
Maria is serious, most of the time, and tend to relax only when off duty and surrounded by her sisters-in-arms. Having a hard time trusting strangers, she remains tense and ready around them. With anyone that is not part of the order, Maria keep her wits about. Extremely pious, she often trusts in her faith to tell her if someone is to be trusted or not by obeying the signs the gods sends her way.
I loved the idea of Romaneck about the 'General Feel' stuff, so I am stealing it. Full credit to him. ( I also suck at description by words of a person's physic, but found no right images )
Profession: Valkyrie Apostle for the Sororitas Melitas
Biography:
To Maria, she was born a soldier and will die a soldier. In reality, Maria was born within a wealthy and noble family of Valania known as Gilders. Her father had a place within the old royal family's closed circle of nobles and advisers, meaning that Valania's fading chances of survival was in direct correlation to their own. Both her parents failed to see a future where Valania fell and their King was dead or taken prisoner. They preferred to take their own lives along with that of their daughter. However, a servant witness the horrible act and kept the now mad parents from killing off their own child, aged of 11 years old at the time, and fled the house with Maria. The servant walked far and wide until she found a family that accepted to raise the child as their own, and then died.
The family buried the servant's body close by and kept on their promise of raising the girl as their own since they had no other. Things took a turn for the worst yet again, a few years later, when the couple's wife died, rendering the husband mad with sadness. Abused and beaten, Maria fled the adopted house at the age of 17 years old. She wandered the land, not knowing where she was or where she was going, barely living out of what people accepted to give her. No matter how hard it was, she never stole nor food, nor money from anyone. The girl remained lost until she stumbled upon the steps of the Order's citadel, hungry and on the brink of death. A shield maiden took her in what would become her first true home.
Anger at life was the fuel driving her through the first few years of being an initiate. As she began reading the holy writings and focusing on her duty as a member of the order, anger slowly turned to acceptance as Maria's faith grew. Her undying loyalty to their faith, her sisters and herself made for a will of steel. She used this will to master the art of fighting, above all else, in all of the order's ways. She mastered horseback fighting above all else and, once she became a full fledged Shield Maiden, Maria was one of the best rider under her superior. She embraced the life of a Shield Maiden with all of it's duty, faithfully obeying any orders given.
At one point she and her group were attacked while escorting pilgrims. The battle took a grim turn of events as they suffered many losses. Maria's horse had died in battle, and she had been fending off enemies for quite some time when she spotted her direct superior encircled and wounded. She rallied a few sisters on her and managed to save her superior, pushing back the enemies until, finally, the day was won. On that day, Maria was promoted to Valkyrie Apostle and given command of a group of Shield Maidens under the officer who's life she saved.
Notable skills/abilities: Maria is an incredibly talented heavy cavalryman. She fights with a flail and shield, which makes for a fearful combo, but also carry a long two-handed sword sheathed on her back. Her skills with a two-handed sword are also well known among her group, even if she uses it only in dire situations.
A bad peace is worse than a good war
When I go more than ten miles out of the city, the love and loyalty of friends comes to an end
All citizens must place the common good before the private good
Age: 26
Race: Human
Nationality: Born in Valania
Allegiance: The order of St. Melitas and Valadia's true King
Appearance:
Maria is a bit above average height compared to other women of Valania. She has an athletic, yet slender build that shows off she's damn well able to take care of herself in life. She have dark brown eyes that have a serious look about them, and always keep her hair, also brown. at shoulder length, conformed to the order's code. While she is 26 years old, Maria lived as a soldier all her life and it shows on her physic, making her look about 2 to 3 years older, if not more. She have scars on multiple parts of her body that she wears with pride. Maria value practical thinking over all else, including clothing. She will choose practical cloths over femininity or fancy stuff at any given time. That is, when she is not wearing a chain mail, or part of or her full body armor. She has decorated her armor herself by engraving parts of the order's creed, as well as Augurian prayers, on it. She would wear her armor at any given time, but duty and official meetings, and the such, required of her to wear more formal clothing at times, which she finds very uncomfortable.
Maria is serious, most of the time, and tend to relax only when off duty and surrounded by her sisters-in-arms. Having a hard time trusting strangers, she remains tense and ready around them. With anyone that is not part of the order, Maria keep her wits about. Extremely pious, she often trusts in her faith to tell her if someone is to be trusted or not by obeying the signs the gods sends her way.
I loved the idea of Romaneck about the 'General Feel' stuff, so I am stealing it. Full credit to him. ( I also suck at description by words of a person's physic, but found no right images )
Profession: Valkyrie Apostle for the Sororitas Melitas
Biography:
To Maria, she was born a soldier and will die a soldier. In reality, Maria was born within a wealthy and noble family of Valania known as Gilders. Her father had a place within the old royal family's closed circle of nobles and advisers, meaning that Valania's fading chances of survival was in direct correlation to their own. Both her parents failed to see a future where Valania fell and their King was dead or taken prisoner. They preferred to take their own lives along with that of their daughter. However, a servant witness the horrible act and kept the now mad parents from killing off their own child, aged of 11 years old at the time, and fled the house with Maria. The servant walked far and wide until she found a family that accepted to raise the child as their own, and then died.
The family buried the servant's body close by and kept on their promise of raising the girl as their own since they had no other. Things took a turn for the worst yet again, a few years later, when the couple's wife died, rendering the husband mad with sadness. Abused and beaten, Maria fled the adopted house at the age of 17 years old. She wandered the land, not knowing where she was or where she was going, barely living out of what people accepted to give her. No matter how hard it was, she never stole nor food, nor money from anyone. The girl remained lost until she stumbled upon the steps of the Order's citadel, hungry and on the brink of death. A shield maiden took her in what would become her first true home.
Anger at life was the fuel driving her through the first few years of being an initiate. As she began reading the holy writings and focusing on her duty as a member of the order, anger slowly turned to acceptance as Maria's faith grew. Her undying loyalty to their faith, her sisters and herself made for a will of steel. She used this will to master the art of fighting, above all else, in all of the order's ways. She mastered horseback fighting above all else and, once she became a full fledged Shield Maiden, Maria was one of the best rider under her superior. She embraced the life of a Shield Maiden with all of it's duty, faithfully obeying any orders given.
At one point she and her group were attacked while escorting pilgrims. The battle took a grim turn of events as they suffered many losses. Maria's horse had died in battle, and she had been fending off enemies for quite some time when she spotted her direct superior encircled and wounded. She rallied a few sisters on her and managed to save her superior, pushing back the enemies until, finally, the day was won. On that day, Maria was promoted to Valkyrie Apostle and given command of a group of Shield Maidens under the officer who's life she saved.
Notable skills/abilities: Maria is an incredibly talented heavy cavalryman. She fights with a flail and shield, which makes for a fearful combo, but also carry a long two-handed sword sheathed on her back. Her skills with a two-handed sword are also well known among her group, even if she uses it only in dire situations.
A bad peace is worse than a good war
When I go more than ten miles out of the city, the love and loyalty of friends comes to an end
All citizens must place the common good before the private good
- Swiss Reisläufers