HylianRose

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

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I'm slowly adding to him as of now. I might have a lot of questions when I actually get into specialty and powers/abilities because I have no plan for any of those right now.

@The Savant

Honestly fair!

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

Work in Progress

Alpheus Pleiades Hoel

character summary

Name: Alpheus Pleiades Hoel
Aliases: Alphi/Alfi or Pleiades
Age: Sixteen-years-old
Class: First year
Gender: Male
Specialty: _____
Role/Rank/and Order: Noble, ___, ___

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Physical Attributes

Height: 6'2
Weight: 190
Build: Semi-athletic, slender, body-type not broad though shoulders are broad for his body type.
Eyes: Green. Alpheus has green eyes that look no different from everyone else unless you have known him long enough. The problem is that the young man was diagnosed with a genetic condition that deteriorates the individual's sight. When he was younger, he could see perfectly fine, but he began deteriorating after the age of twelve. Currently, Alpheus can make out everything in blurs and smudges. If something is very close to his face, he can see the slightly finer details, but he will never be able to see like others.
Hair: A sea of black with tight waves and loose curls make up his hair.
Skin: Fair though he can become sun-kissed if he's outside a lot.
Scars/tattoos/piercings: Currently there are no tattoos or piercings on his body. Alpheus does have a scar from when he was ten years old. It's a nasty-looking scar that zig-zags from his left shoulder blade to the lower right part beside his spine. He got it from playing with siblings and friends. Alpheus fell off the porch onto one of his mother's decorative clay flower pots.
Day-to-day attire: A mild-colored dress shirt that usually has complimentary colored high-waist dress pants. Depending on the colors he wears, his nicer-looking leather dress boots are either a shade of brown or black that are cut off before the knee. Each pair laces up from toe to the top.
Strengths: Fantastic listener, eavesdropper, and hearer. His heart.
Weakness: Extremely limited eyesight, defensive tendencies for the ones he cares about, passionate about keeping the ones he cares about safe, shutting himself down and others, and talks way too much sometimes.

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Psychological Attributes

☦︎ ☦︎ ☦︎

Sexuality: Bisexual
Relationship Status: Currently Single
Personality: ___
Habits: A nervous tick of his is squeezing his thumb along with his pointer and middle finger around his wrists. Extremely animated when he speaks. Examining things by feel, scent, sound, and taste - yes, Alpheus will lick almost anything to keep it in his memory because he can't use sight to remember what it is.
Hobbies: "Reading", lounging around in nature or being out in nature, hanging out in the stables, trying to identify people as their "smudge" form, and hanging out in cafes.
Fears: Going fully blind, forgetting what certain people, colors, or animals look like, and being vulnerably attached to people.
Likes: Proving to people that he can do anything as a "seer" can, ___
Dislikes: People who assume his disability holds him back, ___

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Skills

• Skill (level): ___.
• Skill (level): ___.
• Skill (level): ___.
• Skill (level): ___.
• Skill (level): ___.
• Skill (level): ___.

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Talents & Powers

• Talent/Power/Item: ___.
• Talent/Power/Item: ___.
• Talent/Power/Item: ___.
• Talent/Power/Item: ___.

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History

Parents: Pran and Anuli Hoel.
Siblings: Suad (older brother), Galo (younger brother), and Elsie (youngest sister).
Childhood: ___.
Adulthood ___.
Special moments: ___.
Current events: ___.

Relations

* ☠ Enemy * ⚜ Unfriendly * ☯ Neutral * ☮ Friends * ღ Ally * ♥ Crush/Significant Other *

• Name: ___.
• Name: ___.
• Name: ___.
• Name: ___.
• Name: ___.
• Name: ___.

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Extras

Character Quotes:

"Can't you see I am reading!?"
"You have something on your face; right there."
"Is that a ___inserts scary animal/insect/etc here___ right there!?"
Theme Song: ___.
Aura Color: ___.
Scent: ___.
Partner: ___.
More: ___.

If anyone wants to look at what I have so far. Here it is. There isn't much.

@The Savant

Looks great so far! I look forward to seeing more!

(F seeking F for MxF) Searching for long-term partner interested in Historical, Post-Apocalyptic and more!

@dianthuspetals

Tentatively interested! I'm a bit lazy when it comes to historical accuracy, so as long as you're willing to be kind and patient with me. (I.E. "Hey, just to let you know. It's actually more like x in this time period.")

What really interested me was Modern Day Royalty! I'm not entirely sure where to take that. I get a lot of "blank canvas" artists block but I'd be happy to brainstorm something. There's a lot we can do with it. One of the plots I did a long time ago involved more fantasy aspects, bridal sacrifices sent to demon nobles, etc. But totally understand if that's not your cup of tea.

No hard feelings if you're not interested at all. <3

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

Spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zmR4…

If you need help with the spreadsheet, please let me know! Instructions within~

EDIT: Here's my copy in case you want to see how it looks. I'm slowly filling info for the Duel Coordinator. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zmR4…

@The Savant

You're welcome to create two! Depending on how many folks we get, I'm going to try to keep it to one character per person. But I don't mind people creating two to start with even if we end up only needing one per person. If that makes sense.

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

@HylianRose

I have an idea about a character but I want to ask before I get off work and start really dabbling in creating this character. I'm planning on making them at least mildly to full blind. In the sense of that, I haven't thought about it too much but the best they would be able to see is hues/shadows/lights and at worst they see nothing.

Do you believe a character with that disability would be an appropriate attribute to this party or no?

@The Savant

I have no problems with you creating a blind character. So, unless anyone else has any major issues with it, I think you'll be fine to get started.

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

Please feel free to begin working on characters! I'm currently working on designing a spreadsheet that will make filling out the spreadsheet easier (at least in my mind) and will be posting that once I've finished.

Basically, you can fill out the sheet with the information and it will auto-input the data into the format for you. So you don't have to change the color for every single line.

Rose: I'm lazy.
Also Rose: but spreadsheets are fun.

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

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I thought First Years were 15? Sorry.

In England, you graduate from high school at 16, taking exams at the end of the school year for Advanced Levels (GCE A-Levels), Ordinary Levels (GCE O-Levels), and General Certificates of Secondary Education (GSE).

16 is also when you can get a job, enlist in the military (although I think the Brits are unique in that), and legally drink.

Not sure how other European nations do schooling. Is this a private high school or a private college? Or a private academy with both a high school and college program?

@Expendable

I'm going to be real with you here. I don't know much about how schooling is done in Europe and I'm not super keen on trying to dig into learn how it is done. While I do want the RP to be something that people spend time on making a good story, I also want it to be fun and not work. And for me, that means assuming that this is a private school that follows American ideas of schooling because I'm a lazy America who only understands k-12 lingo. lmao.

I apologize if that comes across rude or makes you lose interest but I really just want something fun and casual.

To answer, I'd also imagine this is an academy with both high school and college programs. So, let's assume it's an international school? idk.

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Took the words right out of my mouth, I think we can have a minus or plus one year wiggle room. Someone who entered the school earlier, right on 'schedule', or later, so then we'll have 15, 16, or 17 as PC age choices, quite the range if you ask me. Then, of course, they'll grow up over the course of the RP with each school year.

This isn't even including "outliers" such a genius prodigy who started really early or a delinquent who began quite late, both cases I've seen happened IRL.

All in all, I wouldn't worry about being too restrictive in IC age choices. Unless someone wants to play a 50-year-old first year or somethin'...

@Izurich

Lol, fair enough. We can say characters should be between the ages of 15 and 17, unless otherwise approved by the GM.

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

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I'm afraid it'll spread the playerbase too thin with that method, I say either we restrict the PCs to first years only then progress through the IC together, or we narrow the power level gap, or we do away with the "major/minor" distinction of the Skills section and just list each entry then judge them on a case-by-case basis.

Personally, I like the first one the most because it's both more convenient to organize OOCly and IC progression feels more tangible when the PCs advance into the next year.

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The Knight Club. 😎

@Izurich

I'll wait for others to weigh in on that, but I'm okay with everyone starting as first years! Just means everyone will have to play a 16 year old character, unless they want to play someone who has been held back a year for whatever reason.

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

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With the context of such a significant power disparity between the years, most especially 4th years being a cut above everyone else, will all PCs being required to start as 1st years? Since dueling is a big part of the RP and unless anime protagonist shenanigans are pulled, I don't see a way anyone can compete with a 4th year PC unless they're a 4th year themself.

I deliberate exclude teachers from the equation because teachers are obviously meant to be a master at their craft, otherwise, they won't be a teacher in the first place lol.

@Izurich

Hmm... I see your point. Maybe we have class rankings instead? That way 1st years compete with 1st years, etc.

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

Alright, the Headmaster is up. If I have time I'll try to get to filling out some of the other major NPC roles, such as the Duel Coordinator.

For now, here are a few of the other Knight/Noble pairings I'd used in the past. They don't have Character sheets like the Headmaster, but I can give you a rough idea of what their dynamic would be/is.

Cain and Criston

Cain Yuver

19 years old
25th Knight
Noble: Criston Cross

Criston Cross

18 years old
Noble
Knight: Cain Yuver

Dynamic: Cain is older and wiser, though still a bit of a trouble maker. Criston is playful and immature, lady's man. Cain has slowly started to pick up on Criston's tendencies and is often there before Criston can get himself into trouble. Criston doesn't much like being a noble and doesn't want to take up his father's work at the nearby Academy. He dreams of being a singer. He tends to treat every day as if it didn't matter.

Cedric and Ethan

Cedric Green

17 years old
Noble
Knight: Ethan Walker

Ethan "Demon" Walker

17 years old
18th Knight
Noble: Cedric Green

Dynamic: Cedric grew up in the family of a mob boss. Though his father wouldn't appreciate him calling him that, but Cedric never wanted for anything. Except for a house that wasn't filled with men who want to fight each other all the damn time. Growing up, Cedric never knew if his father would come home alive and that twisted his reality of how the world works a bit. He is conniving and cut-throat. He will do most anything to get his way. Ethan is a rather depressed young man who just wants to make it through HS. Though he never complains about the way Cedric treats him, he doesn't seem to enjoy it. Still, he never complains and does whatever Cedric asks of him.

Henry, Isaac, Ivan, and Marie

Henry and Isaac McGregor

(Henry = Brown Hair, Isaac = White Hair)
17 years old, Fraternal Twins
1st and 2nd Knight, Henry being Rank 1
Henry's Noble: N/A
Isaac's Noble: Marie Constantin

Marie Constantin

17 years old
Noble
Knight: Isaac McGregor and Henry McGregor

Dynamic: Twin Knights just sounded cool. Henry is the more serious of the two, with Isaac being a bit more fun loving. They both love Miss Marie as she has been their childhood friend from nearly birth. Each of them would do anything to protect her. It took a LOT of coaxing for the school to agree to two knights for one noble, but they eventually did. However, officially, on paper, Henry has no Noble.

Coren and Philip

Corenthia "Coren" Jones

18 years old
3rd Knight "The Sword Stealer"
Noble:

Philip Parish

18 years old
Noble
Knight: Corenthia Jones

Dynamic: Corenthia takes her job VERY seriously. As the daughter of the CEO of the biggest Bodyguard company in the country, she has a lot to live up to. Corenthia, in her own right, should be a noble but chose to be a knight instead. She practices constantly to the point where she doesn't even really know her Noble very well. Philip is young a foolish. His family are rich but don't expect too much of their 3rd son. So, Philip tends to be a lot more... relaxed that most.

I hope this helps a bit? If not, please let me know. Happy to help.