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Zoie Hart
Name:
Eadric Sophus
Age:
19
Gender:
Male
Class:
Adventurer, (Bastard of the Noble house Iterus [will change if need be to have him be a Merchant’s son])
Appearance:
Eadric is young looking for his age, with a boyish, naive face and bright eyes. His hair is longer, with an unruly strand sticking out in front. He stands at 5’ 10”, and is quite slender. While he isn’t a mountain of a man, he does have an athletic build. When not in armor, Eadric tends to dress more formally than required.
Personality:
Eadric grew up fast, yet he never lost a child-like sense of wonder. Eadric wants only to see as much of the world as possible, and finds the world to be a beautiful place. Despite knowing first hand the cruelty of most of mankind, he sees the best in everyone he meets. Some may call him an optimist. Most would call him a naive fool. Eadric is social, perhaps too talkative. His words are chosen carefully, however, and Eadric is a skilled mediator and communicator.
Backstory:
Eadric was born to a whore and the noble Erebus Iterus. Iterus found out about the pregnancy too late to abort, and to his chagrin the child came out the spitting image of him. Knowing he could not deny that the boy was his, he shamefully acknowledged him and raised him as one of his sons. Eadric lived an almost normal noble life, until his father died. His oldest brother, trueborn of Erebus and his wife, kicked Eadric out of the estate and forced him to take a new name. Eadric shed the Iterus name and took the surname of the bastards in Iteran territory, Sophus. Left with nothing but one of his father’s undesired swords and the clothes on his back, he used his skills to make money guiding trade caravans through the wilderness.
Eadric has lived a fairly maintainable life since then, making a name for himself locally as a skilled adventurer. Eadric wanted more than a life spent guiding caravans, and so he spent his money on armor and supplies and took to the road. He’s just returned from that long journey, but he’s itching to travel again.
- Swordsman: Knowing that a bastard was not entitled to a comfortable life in the Iteran estate, Eadric spent a good portion of his life training with a sword. He is especially skilled with his sword, Serpentis. Eadric’s style is intended for monsters and beasts, not other armed men. As a result, Eadric can easily slay a mighty beast, but would likely be defeated by any slightly-above-average swordsman.
- Barterer: Being poor most of his life, Eadric became quite skilled at bartering. It is said that he acquired his armor at a quarter of the selling price.
- Adventurer’s eye: Eadric has become quite skilled at identifying monsters and beasts, as well as being able to navigate quite skillfully. His primary source of income is trade caravans who hire him to lead them through the wilds between cities.
- People Person: Eadric is charismatic and exceptionally skilled at communicating and reading body language.
Equipment:
- Serpentis:Fittingly enough, Serpentis is a “hand-and-a-half” sword, often called a “bastard sword”. Heavier and longer than a longsword, but shorter and lighter than a greatsword, Serpentis can be wielded with either one or two hands, dependent on the situation. It is forged of steel and dyed a pale green color. It was the only thing he inherited from his father, and the nicest thing he owns.
- Adventurer’s Armor: The armor worn by Eadric is simple tanned leather, not capable of stopping more than a dagger slash or a weak arrow. However, the chest, forearms, and shins of the armor are covered in a layer of dragon scales. While this gives him significantly more maneuverability than a solid dragonscale plate would, it leaves him vulnerable in the unarmored areas.
- A copper knife:Exactly what it says on the tin. Rarely used as a weapon, the cheap, yet solid, copper knife is for cutting things (like food or fabric) that Serpentis is too unwieldy for.
- Adventurer’s bag: A well-crafted leather satchel with the Iteran Serpent stitched into the side. It holds the odds and ends that Eadric might carry, like money, food, clothes, and other mundane things.
