Evandro Stormstrider

[Evandro Stormstrider]

Evandro Stormstrider Basic Information Race: Drykas Birthday & Age : Autumn 24th, 486. 24. Gender: Male Physical Description With gray-green eyes set upon a dark tanned face and skin toughened by the heat of sun and cold of winter, the young man’s body is clearly one of someone who’s been raised in the harsh life of the Drykas. He stands at 6’2” and has the athletic physique of many years of travel and combat training. His windmark encompasses his right shoulder and lower on the same arm Evandro has another tattoo, its meaning: a mystery to all buy him. Unlike most Drykas, Evandro’s hair holds little length and falls well above his shoulders. Character Concept Evandro is the guy you really want to be mad at but is so charismatic he makes it incredibly difficult to hold ill will against him. His hair is short but his people don’t shun him because he remains a very competent fighter. He is a joyful and outgoing guy who people can’t help but enjoy having around. With a wide smile always present on his lips Evandro lights up a room and within minutes has everyone drinking, dancing and having a merry time. His infectious personality makes him glow to those whose eyes fall his direction. Likes: Women, men, strong gusts of wind, thunderstorms, the outdoors, alcohol and other mind-altering substances Dislikes: Normalcy, boring people, losing, papaya… Character History From a very young age Evandro was dubbed the golden child. He was clever, strong, creative and good at nearly everything he tried. And though he’d so often succeed at all his attempts, he was always very grounded and quick to help those who didn’t find the ease he did. He was well liked amongst adults as well as his peers easily making friends with everyone. When he was only 11 years old, he was chosen by a strider. It was a one-year-old palomino filly. Both were quite young but from the day the filly approached Evandro, they were forever united. As per some strange coincidence, the horse’s parents had bonded with Evandro’s own and to the whole pavilion as well as the clan it was taken as a sign from the gods. Evandro’s father was the Ankal and had only married once, which was his way of showing his wife that their union was a mark of true unmistakable love and that’d he’d let nothing get in the way. When Evandro was 12, his parents gave him a younger brother, Leandro. The bubbling baby made the four the epitome of the perfect family. Everything seemed to set for Evandro’s future. He grew to be a skilled rider and a prodigy with a bow much like his father had been before him. From his mother he learned the arts of medicine and herbalism. The son of an expert marksman and a Rak’keli healer, everyone expected good things to come from Evandro but the boy knew he was unsure of such a future. Like his father he’d been marked by Zulrav, a Stormwatcher, and the youth often found solace in standing in a windstorm, feeling the cold air hit him, breathing in the gusts as they came. As an adolescent Evandro was very much liked by more girls, he was tall, handsome, strong. And he liked them too but he also noticed that he was more attracted to boys. As he grew older Evandro had relationships with both genders much to his father’s annoyance and his mother’s worry. His father wanted Evandro to be like him with a wife and family. His mother desperately wanted grandchildren. Their son’s ambiguity towards sexuality was like a game of chance where both parents hoped he’d end up with a woman but the game never seemed to end. When his game him the ultimatum or either getting married or not being chosen as his heir Evandro chose the later. He’d never wanted to be the pavilion’s leader in any case. This seemed like the best way out. His father respected his decision though he disagreed with it. In an attempt to announce his stepping down from the pavilion heir position Evandro cut his hair short and presented his long locks to his father in a gesture of respect. “This is a symbol of the power I give up and bestow upon my brother or whomever you choose to be your heir.” There was great disapproval from the other Drykas but because his parents were held in such high regard and neither held ill will towards him, Evandro’s life wasn’t terribly damaged by his choice. His next choice however was enough to change everything. After much thought and deliberating, Evandro decided he had to leave. Leave his land, leave his people. He needed distance, and in this distance he hoped a goal in his life, a meaning to his life. And with that, Evandro packed his bags and said his goodbyes, one day he’d return but until that day he’d be on his own, just him and his mare. Training Skill Notes Proficiency Rank Gnosis Marks Rank Riding Racial Bonus 10 Novice Stormwarden 1 Marked Shortbow Starting Package 30 Competent Medicine Starting Package 10 Novice Herbalism Starting Package 5 Novice Seduction Starting Package 5 Novice Equipment and Possessions   Clothing ~White cotton shirt ~Brown leather pants ~Brown leather boots ~Black woolen cloak   Wilderness Gear Leather backpack Toiletries Eating knife Flint & steel Large tent (4 person) Large tarp 100 ft of rope Lantern Torches (2) Bedroll Blanket Fishing tackle & hooks Full set of tack Large saddlebags Horse blanket & hood   Consumables ~Waterskin (full) ~Dried foods (1 week)   Weapons ~ShortbowHeirloom given to him by his father(40 arrows)   Mounts ~Cyphrus Palomino Strider Mare :Tempest: Ledger +/- Comments Available Coin Starting off Money 100g 0s 0c -4g Horse blanket and hood 96g 0s 0c -2g Shortbow arrows 94g 0s 0c Lore Equine Health Drykas Culture Thread List

[Evandro Stormstrider]

A Horseman's Answers General Information : 1. What is your Name? Evandro Stormstrider 2. Do you go by a nickname or pet name? Evan, mostly. Mom calls me Boedinkles, no idea why. 3. How old are you? 24 4. What is your height? 6'2" 5. What is your weight? 165 lbs Aesthetics : 1. Describe yourself as you see yourself. I don't know, some guy with too dark a tan. 2. Describe yourself as others typically see you. Can't really speak for others. 3. What is your favorite body feature? My shoulders and arms, because they have my tattoos. 4. How physically fit are you? Very, I'm very toned. Exercise has become an obsession. 5. How do you typically dress and what is your style? I try really hard to make it look like I don't try at all. Family : 1. Who are your parents and what are they like? My dad is the Ankal and a Stormwarden, his name is Faelon Stormstrider. He's a very strong leader and a proud man. My mother, Iyana Stormstrider, is a Rak'keli healer and a very unique woman. While to everyone else she is a dignified, passive and leveled healer I know she has a streak of eccentricity. 2. Do you have any brothers or sisters? One brother, 12 years younger than me. 3. What is your extended family like? Skilled. That would be the word I'd use. Everyone seems to find their niche and stick with it letting them get very good at whatever it is they do. 4. Do you consider close friends as important or more/less important than family? Family is family. Blood is always thicker than water. 5. Do you treat animals like family? Most definitely, my strider IS part of my family. Location : 1. Where were you born? Cyphrus, the Sea of Grass 2. Where do you live now? I don't really live anywhere, but I'm currently in Avanthal. 3. If you could live anywhere in Mizahar where would that be? Back in Cyphrus... 4. Do you have a favorite place to vacation or spend leisure time? I had never left Cyphrus until now so I haven't really had time to have a favorite. 5. Where do you fear to be? Don't really fear any place. Traits : 1. Do you have any physical weaknesses? I have a scar on my right ankle but it's fully healed. Umm... I'm very ticklish on my lower back, does that count? 2. Are you right handed or left handed? Right handed. 3. What languages do you speak? What do you sound like? Do you have an accent? I speak Pavi fluently. I can get by with Common but it's a bit broken and heavily accented by my native tongue. I also know a little bit of the Drykas sign language. 4. Do you have any odd mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics? I smile a lot, and I'm a very touchy person which sometimes annoys other people. 5. Do you have (or want to get) any tattoos or piercing? Why do you have them (or will get them)? I have my windmark on my shoulders and right arm, I also have another tattoo on my right arm, it's a fish, my mother has the same tattoo and it reminds me of her. Occupations : 1. What is your occupation? I used to be a hunter, don't have a job right now and am on the way to being broke. Gotta find a job. 2. Do you like/dislike your work? Why? I used to love it, nothing better than riding your horse in the wind. 3. If you could be anything you wanted to, what would you be? Never thought about it, not sure. 4. What occupation do you admire the most? Why? Guardians, protectors and healers. Those are the people you really need the most. 5. What occupation do you lest like? Why? I think every position has it's value. Childhood : 1. What sort of child were you? The perfect child. Good at school, helpful, always full of energy, always did as I was told. 2. What is your favorite memory from childhood? When my strider bonded with me, I was 11. 3. What is your worst memory from childhood? I won't lie, I had a pretty good childhood, no complaints. 4. What sort of relationship did you have with your parents? My mother is my closest friend, it pains me that I left her. I have great respect for my father even though we have many disagreements and though he doesn't really approve of how I live my life he still respects my choices. 5. Who was your most influential rolemodel? Both my parents, they are the kinds of people I want to take from. I want to be strong like my father, noble and respected. I want to be like my mother, forever patient, unendingly generous. Education : 1. What sort of education do you have? I can read and write and do basic math but my family was always more concentrated on teaching their kids things that were vital and practical. 2. Do you like/dislike learning? Everything you learn makes you a more impressive person. 3. Where or how did you learn most of your skills/abilities? The fields of Cyphrus learning from my clan members and parents. 4. How do you learn best? I'm a very quick learning and can usually pick things up from observation and repetition, trial and error, reading, really any way. 5. What are your educational goals for the future? I wish to become a healer and an expert marksman. Also I want to continue to practice riding. Relationships : 1. Do you form close bonds with people? Why? Why not? Yes, I'm a pretty friendly and touchy feely person. 2. Do you trust people easily? If not, why not? I don't distrust them. 3. Do you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else? Gay-ish. I prefer men but every once in a while a woman will do. 4. Have you ever been kissed? If so, describe the first time. My first time? but it was so long ago, how am I supposed to remember it! 5. Have you ever had sex? If so, describe the first time. With a man or a woman? Again, it's happened so many times I can't really recall. Drugs and Alcohol : 1. Have you ever been drunk? If so, describe your first time. 2. Do you like to drink on a regular basis? Absolutely. 3. What sort of alcohol do you prefer? Anything strong. 4. Have you ever tried drugs (mood altering substances)? If so, which kinds and what did you think of them? Everything from volcanic gas, to various fungi and plants. He'll try anything once. 5. What do you think of drugs and alcohol? Be specific. It is not a night fulfilled until you've had a drink and drugs are fun every now and again with friends. Likes and Dislikes : 1. What are your hobbies? Riding, flirting, drinking, having a jolly good time! 2. Do you like to read? Sure, why not 3. What annoys you more than anything else? Being patronized and people who think they are right when you know they are wrong. 4. What do you find the most relaxing activity to do? Running and riding, ironically the adrenaline relaxes me. 5. What kinds of things embarrass you? Why? Nothing really, I'm incredibly good at being shameless and laughing things off Favorites : 1. What is your favorite color or colors? Green in all forms except for anything bright and obnoxious 2. What is your favorite time of day? Right when the sun comes up, it's like the world is at peace for a moment. 3. What is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? There have been so many, how can I choose only one? 4. What do you like to eat? What do you hate to eat? Anything really, not a very picky eater, but I HATE HATE HATE papaya, nasty stuff. 5. What is your favorite type of weather? Does any kind scare you? No weather scares a Stormwarden. There is no better time than when the sky is grey and the wind blows hard. Outlook : 1. Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Always an optimist. 2. What are your religious views? Zulrav and Rak'keli mostly. 3. Would you be able to kill? For food an safety. 4. What are your views on sex? No better pastime 5. What, in your opinion, makes a successful life? I'll get back to you once I figure it out. Actions : 1. What is the worst and best thing you’ve ever done? The answer to both would be leaving Cyphrus. 2. What is your greatest regret? None. 3. What is your best/worst memory? I'm not very good with the soft fluffy moments of life... 4. If you could change one thing about your past, what would it be and why? I wouldn't change anything, no point in living if you are living with regrets. 5. What are you the most proud of doing in your life? I don't know what's with these questions?! Emotions : 1. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings with others? Perfectly honest, I think. It runs in my race. 2. Do you have any biases or prejudices? Not particularly, don't much like the snake people... I hate snakes. 3. What makes you happy? Happy people, a bottle of wine and music 4. Who or what, if anything, would you die for? My mother. 5. What makes you angry? Unjust treatment of people who don't deserve it. Relationships : 1. In general, how do you treat others? Well and fair. 2. Who is the most important person in your life, and why? My mother, she gave me life and a reason to live it. 3. Who is the person you respect the most, and why? Either of my parents though, my allegiance would always lie with my mother. 4. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If not, describe an ideal lover. Tall, strong, a humanoid race, NOT A SNAKEMAN, a guy who likes to have a good time and enjoys spontaneity. 5. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why. My family if pretty closeknit, I would trust any of them with my life. Group Situations : 1. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict? It isn't that I avoid conflict, if it comes to be I'll deal with it, but I just rarely cause it. 2. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations? No, I dislike leading other thought I'm more than willing to help. 3. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not? Definitely, the more people the bigger chance you'll find someone you actually get along with really well. 4. Do you care what others think of you? Not in the sightest. 5. What do you think of others, in general? I can't give a general statement because that's an extremely individual answer. Self Image : 1. What is your greatest strength as a person? My ability to accept and adapt. 2. What is your greatest weakness? I can be reckless at times I guess 3. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I wouldn't change anything, if I wasn't just the way I am I wouldn't be me. 4. Are you generally introverted or extroverted? Extroverted 5. Are you generally organized or messy? Messy to the extreme Beliefs : 1. What God or Goddess do you find most appealing, if any? Didn't I already answer this? Zulrav and Rak'keli 2. Which God or Goddess do you fear, if any? I do not fear any gods for I have not given them any reason to bear a grudge against me 3. Do you have any Gnosis Marks? If so, how did you receive them? I have one Stormwarden mark, I was marked at birth, my father has one as well, my mother is marked by Rak'keli 4. What lengths would you go to to please your deity? Anything really. 5. Where do you draw the line at pleasing your deity? What is too much? No harm must come to my loved ones. Life & Death : 1. What do you absolutely live for? The fun of living life. 2. What is the best part of life? Every part! 3. What is the best part of death? Never been dead, can't really tell you that can I? 4. If you could choose, how would you want to die? Of old age, after a long long long time. 5. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death? The perfect child who turned into the not so perfect man.