Name: Sigismund the Griff
Age: 31
Race: Western
Class: Son of a minor noble
Occupation: Hired blade
Weapon(s): A war cleaver (seen holding in the picture below) a longbow, a quiver of arrows and a shield. His war cleaver is his personal favourite weapon, there aren't many to be seen in Gaia so when he spotted it at a weaponsmith's stand, he grew very curious. Even though the cleaver is a massive piece of flat steel, it was of good craftmanship and the balancing was excellent. It felt really comfortable for Sigismund to hold the weapon upright as the weight was well centred at his hands. He quickly learned many useful advantages of the Cleaver. The strange shapes at the end of the weapon were perfect to rip armour off with if handled properly, especially helmets.
The longbow he carries could be said to generally be a good bow, but it has nothing particularly special about it.
Inventory:
-Flint and steel
-Whetstone
-Small Knife
-His House's Banner
Place of Birth: He was born in a large, eastern fishing village, owned by his father. The village of Pearlshrine, which was called like this because of its beautiful white shrine on a small hill near the coast. The villagers lived peacefully and the lord had hardly any problems save for a few bandit parties that had to be vanquished. Even if prosperous, the village was relatively distant from market towns, making it harder to trade effectively. Instead, the villagers try to be self-sufficient with everything; breeding cattle and growing crops as well as fishing, which significantly made the place richer and safer. The fact that Pearlshrine is so isolated caused people to forget about it, even if many of the eldest villagers claim that Pearlshrine's shrine actually holds secrets.
Marital Status: Unmarried
Brief History: Sigismund trained all his life to be a knight. The life of the lord of Pearlshrine didn't fit him too much, nothing really happened. His father would tell him tales of heroic deeds of the first Griff, Gareth, who was the founder of the Griff house, which used to be, according to Sigismund's father, very renowned. However hardly anyone knew about Sigismund now. He wanted to be a knight, and restore his family name's long lost position amongst the heroes of Gaia. He trained since he was a kid, with all sorts of weapons, but as he grew he decided he like longer weapons that he could wield with two hands.
When Sigismund was around 21, his father passed away. This was, for the young noble, a sign. He took all of the money he could and set off, saying goodbye to his mother who was left at Pearlshrine to take care of the village. He set off to Mournhold with his horse where he bought what equpment he could with his money. That is where he bought his War cleaver and some of his armour.
Since then he has offered his services to all kinds of people; Farmers who wanted a bear killed, traders who's daughters were kidnapped when their caravan was ambushed, nobles needing body guards... No one knew he was a noble, but there was a Griffon on his armour so people just started to call him "the Griff". More recently, he's been hired into the King's army as a mercenary and before the Northen tribes presented any threat, he was sent with other mercenaries and conscripted soldiers alike, to deal with problematic outlaws like rogue knights and large pirate groups. Now that the Northern tribes have gathered together, Sigismund can find work anywhere he goes, however he decided to stay with the King's men, hoping he would one day get a chance to commit a heroic deed and become a true knight; noble, strong, defender of the weak.
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