Post by 🐴Can🗡️ on Jun 22, 2017 9:26:33 GMT -8
Ariel le Blanc
Resolve level: 0 (Seeker)
-Appearance
Age: 23 (Birthday: August 18)
Sex: Male (can easily be perceived as female by people with poor perception and/or prejudices)
Height: 5'9" (1,75m)
Weight: 140lb (With Armor: 160lb)
Physical Description:
With a slender build and a long, French-braided ponytail; one could describe his physical appearance as 'elegant'. He has soft, fair skin that clearly shows that he takes care of himself. His 'peruvian brown' wavy hair is well-groomed and its braided ponytail is long enough to reach his waist. He supports a pair of hazel eyes in which the color green is dominant over blue and brown. His face has overall smooth features, with a small nose, small reddish lips, high cheekbones, medium-sized eyebrows and medium-sized eyes. He also applies a little bit of blusher on his cheeks.
Attire:
He wears a light cream colored thin long leather glove on his right hand, a short-sleeved turquoise colored tunic under his leather vest, dark green linen pants, and sturdy leather boots extending to the middle of his thighs. He wears a blue & white embroidered cloak, but usually doesn’t wear the hood.
-Biography
Quirks:
Nosophobia: After suffering from pneumonia for a full month, Ariel started doing his best to not get sick again.
Soft: As the child of a 'noble' family, most of Ariel's life was spent in the comfort of a manor, which coupled with the fact that he is a careful person in hygiene made him a softie.
Thinker: Ariel loves finding a quiet and secluded place and letting his mind go free.
Eagle Eye: The training in marksmanship Ariel received by an expert of the trade (namely his mother) also included drills for improving eyesight, which turned out to be quite successful thanks to the genes he inherited from his mother.
Pacifism: Ariel acquired a hatred of violence after listening to the stories of war and suffering from an old man for years.
Synopsis:
Ariel was born in England into the family of a secret royal guard that disguised as nobles. He wasn't a social child and he was tutored inside the manor they were given in a variety of subjects. However, for important reasons, he had to live a part of his life in the forest where he was taught animal handling, herbalism and philosophy by a hermit who guided him and his family through the hardships of living in the nature. He also had to disguise as a girl during this time due to the lack of clothing for boys. When they could return to their home, he got out of disguise but he was already affected by this. He resumed his studies and also took marksmanship and fencing courses. However, there was no happy ending for Ariel because another problem arose. His family's payment from the king was cut, which lowered their income to zero. To avoid impoverishment, Ariel's father and mother left the manor to find ways to earn money, but they never came back. So Ariel had to leave to search for them. He heard rumors of the Darkest Estate and thought his parents would be there, so he made his way to the Hamlet.
Full:
Misc. Notes:
Talk: Ariel usually speaks eloquently with an androgynous, soft and caring voice. His speech is refined, but unpracticed.
Walk: Ariel walks casually and usually cheerfully when no one is around. When there are people around, his walk becomes that of a noble. However, his steps always carry a hint of grace regardless of the amount of people around him.
Scars: Ariel has no scars on his person and his skin is cared for, however it's not flawless.
Scent: He sometimes has a refreshing scent of vanilla and lavenders coming from him. The smell is usually centered on his bag.
-Skills & Equipment
Weapons:
A light crossbow painted white that is strapped on his back and an ancient but sturdy baselard that is stored inside a leather sheathe on the left side of his belt.
Armor:
A clean set of armor that's never seen battle, which consists of a light leather armor vest, a hard leather gauntlet that is reinforced with steel on his left arm, and a leather gorget on his neck.
Other gear:
Bolas on the right side of his back and a large and sturdy leather bag on his right side. One of the bag's pockets is used as a quiver and is filled with slim precision bolts. There is an old and empty censer alongside lots of antiseptics, healing salves and bandages inside one of the bigger pockets. The other pockets are mostly empty, their contents include a jar of mixed vanilla and lavender oils as herbal medicine for mental ailments, and a small brass salve container filled with colorless ointment for treating burns and a silver coated blusher with a built-in small hand mirror.
Strengths:
Has an excellent eyesight, has an extensive area of knowledge, is open-minded and somewhat wise, feels at home both indoors and outdoors, his attacks and maneuvers are elegant and precise, is unlikely to get ill due to his habits
Weaknesses: Greatly lacks physical strength, not very durable, somewhat introverted and shy, lowered performance in crowded places, likes to keep loot than to sell it, his cleanliness habits make his life harder and sometimes make him seem impolite
Resolve level: 0 (Seeker)
-Appearance
Age: 23 (Birthday: August 18)
Sex: Male (can easily be perceived as female by people with poor perception and/or prejudices)
Height: 5'9" (1,75m)
Weight: 140lb (With Armor: 160lb)
Physical Description:
With a slender build and a long, French-braided ponytail; one could describe his physical appearance as 'elegant'. He has soft, fair skin that clearly shows that he takes care of himself. His 'peruvian brown' wavy hair is well-groomed and its braided ponytail is long enough to reach his waist. He supports a pair of hazel eyes in which the color green is dominant over blue and brown. His face has overall smooth features, with a small nose, small reddish lips, high cheekbones, medium-sized eyebrows and medium-sized eyes. He also applies a little bit of blusher on his cheeks.
Attire:
He wears a light cream colored thin long leather glove on his right hand, a short-sleeved turquoise colored tunic under his leather vest, dark green linen pants, and sturdy leather boots extending to the middle of his thighs. He wears a blue & white embroidered cloak, but usually doesn’t wear the hood.
-Biography
Quirks:
Nosophobia: After suffering from pneumonia for a full month, Ariel started doing his best to not get sick again.
Soft: As the child of a 'noble' family, most of Ariel's life was spent in the comfort of a manor, which coupled with the fact that he is a careful person in hygiene made him a softie.
Thinker: Ariel loves finding a quiet and secluded place and letting his mind go free.
Eagle Eye: The training in marksmanship Ariel received by an expert of the trade (namely his mother) also included drills for improving eyesight, which turned out to be quite successful thanks to the genes he inherited from his mother.
Pacifism: Ariel acquired a hatred of violence after listening to the stories of war and suffering from an old man for years.
Synopsis:
Ariel was born in England into the family of a secret royal guard that disguised as nobles. He wasn't a social child and he was tutored inside the manor they were given in a variety of subjects. However, for important reasons, he had to live a part of his life in the forest where he was taught animal handling, herbalism and philosophy by a hermit who guided him and his family through the hardships of living in the nature. He also had to disguise as a girl during this time due to the lack of clothing for boys. When they could return to their home, he got out of disguise but he was already affected by this. He resumed his studies and also took marksmanship and fencing courses. However, there was no happy ending for Ariel because another problem arose. His family's payment from the king was cut, which lowered their income to zero. To avoid impoverishment, Ariel's father and mother left the manor to find ways to earn money, but they never came back. So Ariel had to leave to search for them. He heard rumors of the Darkest Estate and thought his parents would be there, so he made his way to the Hamlet.
Full:
Ariel was born in England into the family of a secret royal guard that disguised as nobles. The reason of this disguise that was approved by the king was making it possible for the secret guards to stand close to the queen during public appearances or meetings without giving the impression of a bodyguard so that these secret guards would be able to get the upper hand against any would-be assassins. These secret guards were given a noble's manor and were treated like actual nobles by everyone.
Ariel's mother was the secret guard Cecily Le Blanc, the markswoman of the team who carried hidden hand-crossbows for subtlety. She was married with a traveling merchant and antiquarian with the name of Ferrand Bauquemare who took the surname of his wife to blend into the 'noble' family. However, he still used his own surname when he went on his travels, as it would've been weird for a noble to travel around like that.
Ariel was tutored by teachers inside the manor of his family, not going out much. He didn't have many friends because of this, but he gained knowledge in a wide variety of subjects. He lived his life like this until he was 11 years old. The king's son was attacked, and the secret guards apparently couldn't save him. The king declared the royal secret guards that were ordered to protect the prince that day guilty of getting too buttered-up and not doing their work. The punishment was the execution of them and their families. Hearing this from her colleagues, Lady Cecily quickly took his husband and son, and escaped into the woods. The weather conditions were too bad for the patrols to find them, but it also made Ariel and his family's chances of survival negligible. That was until they met an old man in the woods who offered to help, asking if those people were still pointlessly warring and killing each other. He pitied these fragments of the humans' pother and took them inside his humble abode. However, the patrols knew there was a house like this in the forest, which meant that they were going to visit the hut eventually. So Ariel's family had to disguise as farmers by wearing the old clothes of the hermit's long dead family that he had kept inside his hut. The 11 year old Ariel had to wear the clothes of the hermit's daughter and disguise as a girl.
The day after, the patrols visited the hut and saw that there were three more people than expected inside the hut. The hermit had made a plan however, and this wasn't the first time he had taken guests, so the patrols had nothing to do but to record them and continue the search. Since they were recorded and the patrols were visiting the hut every now and then to ask the hermit if he has seen anyone, Ariel and his family had to stay in disguise for an unknown amount of time. For this reason and also because Ariel was recorded as female, they had to make sure he didn't grow up to look like a man, so he was castrated.
Ariel's life changed; while he wasn't secreted away in some house anymore, he was still alone, this time in the nature. He was also taught by his family to act and dress like a girl, including keeping a long hair which he has grown to be fond of. He was taught by the hermit in everything about nature, including handling animals and using herbs for a variety of purposes. He was also taught philosophy by the same hermit who had a lot of time to think during the years he lived alone in the nature. He passed some of his views to Ariel and Ariel also formed the views of his own during his time with him. Ariel, too, started to hate violence after listening to the mostly grim stories of the hermit for years.
Ariel also formed a fear of illnesses and diseases here after suffering from pneumonia for one full month until it subsided thanks to the herbal knowledge of the hermit and the exotic knowledge of his father. This made him a bit ablutomaniac.
His life in the nature continued for 4 years. When he was 15, the prince who was thought to be dead returned to the king's castle, alive. The king then declared amnesty for the people who were declared guilty for failing to protect him. Hearing this from the patrols, Ariel and his family returned to their former home , but they still visited the hermit every once in a while. They returned to their old lives. Ariel was seen as a boy again, however what's lost would never come back. He also refused to cut his hair and kept it long and dressed. Ariel continued his studies and courses, and also started getting fencing courses from an Italian tutor and marksmanship courses from his own mother after getting convinced by his family.
His life would continue like this until he was 22. Because while the king had forgiven them, the people who loved the king and his family hadn't, and they had done their best to make sure the guards didn't live the life of a noble again, which would result in the cut of their payment from the king that'd make them run out of money after a while. Impoverished, they had to sell lots of their furniture and antiques despite Lord Ferrand asking not to. Before they could run out of things to sell, Ferrand left the manor to search for a way to earn money through trading which he hadn't done for a long time, but never returned. Two months after Ferrand's leave, Cecily also left the manor in search of mercenary work to earn money, but she never returned as well, leaving Ariel alone in the manor.
After waiting for 3 months, Ariel bought himself some supplies and equipment and left out to search for his parents. It wasn't long until he heard rumors about a place where you could earn lots of money or die trying. Despite the people telling him not to go there, he left out for the Hamlet, thinking that it must be the place where his parents have gone to.
Ariel's mother was the secret guard Cecily Le Blanc, the markswoman of the team who carried hidden hand-crossbows for subtlety. She was married with a traveling merchant and antiquarian with the name of Ferrand Bauquemare who took the surname of his wife to blend into the 'noble' family. However, he still used his own surname when he went on his travels, as it would've been weird for a noble to travel around like that.
Ariel was tutored by teachers inside the manor of his family, not going out much. He didn't have many friends because of this, but he gained knowledge in a wide variety of subjects. He lived his life like this until he was 11 years old. The king's son was attacked, and the secret guards apparently couldn't save him. The king declared the royal secret guards that were ordered to protect the prince that day guilty of getting too buttered-up and not doing their work. The punishment was the execution of them and their families. Hearing this from her colleagues, Lady Cecily quickly took his husband and son, and escaped into the woods. The weather conditions were too bad for the patrols to find them, but it also made Ariel and his family's chances of survival negligible. That was until they met an old man in the woods who offered to help, asking if those people were still pointlessly warring and killing each other. He pitied these fragments of the humans' pother and took them inside his humble abode. However, the patrols knew there was a house like this in the forest, which meant that they were going to visit the hut eventually. So Ariel's family had to disguise as farmers by wearing the old clothes of the hermit's long dead family that he had kept inside his hut. The 11 year old Ariel had to wear the clothes of the hermit's daughter and disguise as a girl.
The day after, the patrols visited the hut and saw that there were three more people than expected inside the hut. The hermit had made a plan however, and this wasn't the first time he had taken guests, so the patrols had nothing to do but to record them and continue the search. Since they were recorded and the patrols were visiting the hut every now and then to ask the hermit if he has seen anyone, Ariel and his family had to stay in disguise for an unknown amount of time. For this reason and also because Ariel was recorded as female, they had to make sure he didn't grow up to look like a man, so he was castrated.
Ariel's life changed; while he wasn't secreted away in some house anymore, he was still alone, this time in the nature. He was also taught by his family to act and dress like a girl, including keeping a long hair which he has grown to be fond of. He was taught by the hermit in everything about nature, including handling animals and using herbs for a variety of purposes. He was also taught philosophy by the same hermit who had a lot of time to think during the years he lived alone in the nature. He passed some of his views to Ariel and Ariel also formed the views of his own during his time with him. Ariel, too, started to hate violence after listening to the mostly grim stories of the hermit for years.
Ariel also formed a fear of illnesses and diseases here after suffering from pneumonia for one full month until it subsided thanks to the herbal knowledge of the hermit and the exotic knowledge of his father. This made him a bit ablutomaniac.
His life in the nature continued for 4 years. When he was 15, the prince who was thought to be dead returned to the king's castle, alive. The king then declared amnesty for the people who were declared guilty for failing to protect him. Hearing this from the patrols, Ariel and his family returned to their former home , but they still visited the hermit every once in a while. They returned to their old lives. Ariel was seen as a boy again, however what's lost would never come back. He also refused to cut his hair and kept it long and dressed. Ariel continued his studies and courses, and also started getting fencing courses from an Italian tutor and marksmanship courses from his own mother after getting convinced by his family.
His life would continue like this until he was 22. Because while the king had forgiven them, the people who loved the king and his family hadn't, and they had done their best to make sure the guards didn't live the life of a noble again, which would result in the cut of their payment from the king that'd make them run out of money after a while. Impoverished, they had to sell lots of their furniture and antiques despite Lord Ferrand asking not to. Before they could run out of things to sell, Ferrand left the manor to search for a way to earn money through trading which he hadn't done for a long time, but never returned. Two months after Ferrand's leave, Cecily also left the manor in search of mercenary work to earn money, but she never returned as well, leaving Ariel alone in the manor.
After waiting for 3 months, Ariel bought himself some supplies and equipment and left out to search for his parents. It wasn't long until he heard rumors about a place where you could earn lots of money or die trying. Despite the people telling him not to go there, he left out for the Hamlet, thinking that it must be the place where his parents have gone to.
Misc. Notes:
Talk: Ariel usually speaks eloquently with an androgynous, soft and caring voice. His speech is refined, but unpracticed.
Walk: Ariel walks casually and usually cheerfully when no one is around. When there are people around, his walk becomes that of a noble. However, his steps always carry a hint of grace regardless of the amount of people around him.
Scars: Ariel has no scars on his person and his skin is cared for, however it's not flawless.
Scent: He sometimes has a refreshing scent of vanilla and lavenders coming from him. The smell is usually centered on his bag.
-Skills & Equipment
Weapons:
A light crossbow painted white that is strapped on his back and an ancient but sturdy baselard that is stored inside a leather sheathe on the left side of his belt.
Armor:
A clean set of armor that's never seen battle, which consists of a light leather armor vest, a hard leather gauntlet that is reinforced with steel on his left arm, and a leather gorget on his neck.
Other gear:
Bolas on the right side of his back and a large and sturdy leather bag on his right side. One of the bag's pockets is used as a quiver and is filled with slim precision bolts. There is an old and empty censer alongside lots of antiseptics, healing salves and bandages inside one of the bigger pockets. The other pockets are mostly empty, their contents include a jar of mixed vanilla and lavender oils as herbal medicine for mental ailments, and a small brass salve container filled with colorless ointment for treating burns and a silver coated blusher with a built-in small hand mirror.
Strengths:
Has an excellent eyesight, has an extensive area of knowledge, is open-minded and somewhat wise, feels at home both indoors and outdoors, his attacks and maneuvers are elegant and precise, is unlikely to get ill due to his habits
Weaknesses: Greatly lacks physical strength, not very durable, somewhat introverted and shy, lowered performance in crowded places, likes to keep loot than to sell it, his cleanliness habits make his life harder and sometimes make him seem impolite