Ian

[Ian]

Ian Basic Information Race: Human Birthday & Age: Winter 488 AV, 22 years old Gender: Male Physical Description Ian is an athletic young man with a height of 6 foot and a weight of 192 pounds. He has dark blue eyes, short dark blond hair and slightly tanned skin. Without much facial hair and curious eyes he is often mistaken for someone younger. At his left shoulder he have a tattoo of a black sun and over his body a couple of dozens of scars can be found. Character Concept Ian is a cheerful young man who is curious and a seeker for adventure and attention. He enjoys company and booze as well as being alone either relaxing or training. When it come to business he have learned to keep his head cool and focus on the moment, not letting his thoughts wander away. Believing that you should try and follow the custom were you come to Ian tries to stay out of trouble if possible but he won't let himself be pushed around either. Easily respond with violence against violence, Ian have no problem hurting other people without warning if he feel they pose a threat to him. Victory before honor, Ian have no trouble using dirty tricks to win a fight or to get what he wants and look down on people who he think follow stupid ideals. Character History Ian was born as the only child to an mercenary and his wife. His parents being in their late forty's and already having given up on a child saw Ian as a blessing from the gods. With his father being a mercenary spending most of his time outside the city guarding caravans, Ian grew up with his mother in the poor neighbourhood of Zeltiva. Ian remembers his childhood as mostly happy. His mother working with weaving on the side of raising Ian gave them enough wealth to be able to always be feed and his father returning from work meant a small gift and exciting story's. In winter 496 AV luck changed. Ian's mother got ill and despite the healers help and medicine she passed away shortly after getting the disease. He was temporally taken care for by a neighbour housewife until his father arrived in the middle of spring 497 AV. Crying and begging his father not to leave him in the care of the neighbour housewife, who had taken care of him and treated him badly compared to her own children, his father finally decided to take Ian with him knowing that he would have to pass on his trade sooner or later. The first few years after Ian's mother passed away was hard both for Ian and his father. Trying to do his best to train Ian into a mercenary as well as doing his job put a lot of stress on Ian's father. Luckily Ian's father managed to join a stable group of older mercenaries who only took jobs guarding caravans on somewhat safe trade routes. After a few seasons most of the old mercenaries had become fond of Ian and viewed him as a mascot for the group, entertaining him with stories of past and helping out with his training, passing on some of their knowledge to Ian. As Ian got older he got to help out more when it actually came to the few combat encounters. Instead of the order to run and hide he now got to stay in the background guarding the rear while the older men fought. Despite the way the old mercenary's might look they were veteran fighters all still capable and working well as a unit. Many bandits who thought they had found a easy prey found themselves quickly outflanked and dominated in a fight by the old men. Casualties did however occur and in 505 AV Ian's father was hit by a arrow piercing his lung. Ian's father managed to stay alive for a few days before finally passing on. Dealing with death was nothing new to Ian, but losing his father was tough to deal with. Ian stayed with the group of mercenary's for a few more years now with the role of a fully grown fighter earning his full share of the payment received. Finally he decided he wanted to explore the world outside of the familiar routes and left the mercenary group in 509 AV. Ian have been travelling ever since without a clear goal on what to do next. Training (Skills, Arcana, Gnosis, Lore) Sword (Greatsword) 30 SP Brawling 10 SP Wilderness Survival 5 SP Riding 5 SP Land Navigation 5 RP Medicine 5 RP Tracking 5 RP Lore - Sylira geography - Mercenaries Equipment and Possessions 1 Set of Clothing: -Brown fur cloak -Wool shirt -Leather belt -Rough brown leather pants -Wool pants (under the leather pants) -Black leather boots -Wool muffler -Wool jacket -Brown fur hat 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -1 Set of Toiletries (comb, brush, razor, soap) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel -Sharpening Stone, Personal -Healer’s Kit -Dice Set, Ivory -Blanket, Winter -Bedroll -Tent, one-person -2 Torch 1 Rucksack which contains: -Food for a week Weapons: 1 Greatsword 1 Shortsword Armor: Banded Mail (heavy armor) Housing Ledger Money - 202GM -1SM -37CM Languages - Common (fluent) - Pavi (basic) - Navi (poor)

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WINTER 510 AV

1st of winter, 510 AV - [Location] The Icewall Gates (NPC)