Lorick Trahern

[Lorick Trahern]

Lorick Trahern Appearance General Appearance: Female Morphing form: Race: Human Gender: Male Age: 20 Birthday: Spring 15, 493 AV Birthplace: Ravok Starting City: Nyka Appearance: Lorick has brown hair and piercing eyes, and often wears simple clothing that is mono-gendered. He does this deliberately, since he often uses his skill in Morphing to take on a female shape. He at current only has one female model, but is interested in gaining new faces to wear. Lorick does not care what face he wears, so long as he gets what he wants. Character Concept Lorick can be described in a word: selfish. He lives by the maxium, "that which benefits me most" and he'll lie, steal, cheat and kill to get what he wants. Lorick is an accomplished liar, and he often uses his skill in deception to fool people into doing what he wants. While Lorick has absolutely no problem getting down and dirty, he doesn't seek violence unless it seeks him. He'd much rather have his enemies fight each other. Lorick has no problem taking on female form, and often does so to get what he wants. It is partly why he dresses in gender-neutral clothes. The other is to not stand out. Lorick is not exactly immoral, but more amoral. He sees the idea of morals as being a laughable concept. The strong defeat the weak, it was the way of the world. If someone took something from Lorick by force, he'd let them. The fact that they took it meant that he didn't deserve to have it. On the flip side, he has no problem taking from others by force what lies couldn't give by guile, so long as he feels he can get away with it. Lorick rarely acts at all unless he either wants something or needs something. Petty vengeance is not usually something he engages in; mainly because he does not see the profit in it. Character History Lorick was born in Ravok, to fairly wealthy parents who raised him to serve Rhysol. Lorick learned early on that the easiest way to betray is to lie, to gain someone's trust only to crush it. Perhaps if he'd been raised by gentler parents, Lorick would have grown up differently. He'd always have it in him to be who he is today, but he would have likely buried it under layers and layers. Lorick was tutored in magic at an early age, becoming familiar with the art of Morphing to change his face, and Hypnosis to change the minds of others. But neither art was as important to him as the art of Subterfuge, the delicate web of lies he'd spin to entrap people and convince them that he was telling the truth. He quickly gained a reputation in Ravok, earning the name "Lorick the Liar". Things came to a head when Lorick decided the best treachery was against the ones who taught him how. On one moonless night, Lorick took the form of his father's mistress, appearing before his father and claiming to be pregnant. Lorick knew that his mother would arrive home early that day, and when she heard this, she seized a kitchen knife and attacked his father. In the ensuing struggle, his father received a fatal wound, and his mother a near fatal one. Lorick watched as the blood pooled around the two, marveling at how easily his parents had swallowed the lie, almost as though they wanted to believe it. And he learned a valuable lesson about deception that day: the best lies often contain truths. Following this event, Lorick inherited much of his parent's wealth. But not being as good with money as he was with lies, he eventually found himself in dire financial straits. Deciding to cut his losses and look for greener pastures elsewhere, Lorick struck out with what few mizas he could grab hold of, and set out. He landed in Nyka a year later, after having traveled with a merchant group that had braved the journey to Ravok. Finding the city fresh, new, and more importantly, not aware of his nature, Lorick licked his lips. This would be fun. Oh yes. Language Fluent Language: Common Basic Language: Ancient Tongue Poor Language: N/A Skills Skill EXP Total Proficiency Morphing +30 SP 30 Competent Subterfuge +15 RB + 10 SP 25 Novice Hypnotism +10 SP 10 Novice Lores Morphing Model: Young Woman (Father's Mistress) Subterfuge: Keeping a Straight Face Possessions 1 Set of Clothing -Flaxen Shirt -Flaxen Pants -Simple Undergarments -Flaxen Cloak or Coat -Simple Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Wood) -Brush (Wood) -Soap -Razor -Food is given out daily -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel Heirloom: A single Gold Miza coin, slightly scratched. It is worth exactly what it is, a single Gold Miza, but it was the first Miza that Lorick had ever taken from another by subterfuge. He keeps it mainly for laughs, and wouldn't really care if it got lost, but he figured it was fun to keep it around to remind him there's a sucker born every chime. Housing Location: Nyka House: Renting temporary lodgings at Safehaven Hostel Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Cashed-in Housing +500 GM 600 GM Mirror, Small Steel -10 GM 590 GM Thread List Link your current & past threads here!