Craevan O'Byrne

[Craevan]

Craevan O'Byrne The Wild King Basic Information Race: Human Birthday & Age : 477 AV (34 years old) Gender: Male Physical Description Craevan is an unimposing man, standing at only 5 feet and 8 inches. Despite his short stature, he has a heavily muscled upper-body, the result of drawing his massive longbow more than a thousand times. His hair is messy, shooulder-length, and auburn which he wears swept back from his face. It is not uncommon to find forest trinkets like beads, twigs, feathers, and bones braided into it. Below his hair rests his deep brown eyes, conveying a sense of knowledge beyond his years. His skin is dark from spending most of his life outdoors hunting, fishing, and training. He spends most of his time in the wilderness which tends to give him a bit of a woodsy smell. His beard confirms anyone's thoughts of his affinity for forests and wild terrain. It is unruly, large and joins with Craevan's mustache which is equally wild-looking. In fact, when seen in urban areas, he appears strange and sometimes frightening! Character Concept Craevan is the strong silent type, but is always the first to make a humorous comment no matter what situation it may pertain to. He enjoys a solitary life in the forests around Sunberth, but ventures into the city every so often to collect a few necessities. He is a great judge of character and can usually create educated hypotheses as to a person's motives and goals. He is very trusting of those who he deems genuine and non-detrimental. However, he is extremely cautious and many times paranoid. Not knowing things brings him great discomfort. Craevan is modest, he'll never admit his proficiency with a bow. But, he is quick to point out the best qualities in others, compliment someone's appearance, or admire another's skills. Character History Craevan was born with the blood of kings flowing through his veins. However, he was born unto a small family of lower nobility. This small family's blood could be traced to kings and queens before the Valterrian. Sadly, after the Valterrian, their claims to royalty dissolved in the chaos and devastation. Nonetheless, Craevan lived a life of luxury, even if he wished he didn't. He despised the idea of nobility and refused to live as his parents and brothers did. He spent his days in the forests on his family's numerous acres of land. From between the trees, he gazed up at the lavish fortress with disdain and resolved to alienate himself from his family. The process began slowly, starting with increased time spent on the outskirts of the estate. He eventually, rarely left the woods. He now resided deep in the forest and not in the stone fortress that the rest of his family called home. He would sneak into the kitchens at night and snatch food and roam through the family's farmland and harvest what he could from the crops. This continued until Craevan reached his seventeenth year of life. His family had forgotten him and erased him from the family tree, but they did not erase him from the family's records. Craevan was still a legal heir to the O'Byrne fortune, much to his dislike. He left O'Byrne land in search of a less extravagant life and found it in a small farming village north of the forests he once called his home. He built himself a small hut near the edge of the forest, he loved the woods and couldn't find it in himself to be separated from it. He made friends among the villagers and found himself a job selling skins and furs to the local tanners and clothiers. His life was quiet and calm for years, living near the forest. He would go into the village, sell his furs and purchase the bare essentials. He worshipped the environment as if it were a god and respected his fellow animals, for he himself had become an animal. He thought like one, moved like one, and considered himself one. He thought himself too good to associate himself with most humans and slowly stopped returning to the village and became self sufficient. When he was twenty-nine, he became the last living O'Byrne. The O'Byrne family had used slaves for hundreds of years, but never had there been any complications. They never taught their slaves to read or write, but all they needed to know was how to light a fire. Craevan's family home had been burned down by it's own slaves. His family had been in the fortress at the time... Craevan, unfazed, travelled to his old stomping grounds, his family's estate. It was left to him, the only living heir, but he had no use of it. Craevan quickly rid himself of the estate, collected a hefty sum of money, and left for a new home. He retrieved a few things from his hut near the village and left for Sunberth. He quickly became entranced with not the city, but the Wildlands around it. There he has spent the last six years, living off the land and only going into Sunberth to collect essential equipment, sell his furs, and to meet his few close friends.   Training Longbow - 30 (15RB, 15SP) Stealth - 15(SP) Flux - 10(SP) Wilderness Survival - 10(SP)   Equipment and Possessions 1 - Camouflage Armor 1 - Fishing net 1 - Small Animal Snare 1 - Flint and Steel 1 - Bedroll 1 - Backpack 1 - Winter Blanket 1 - Bowyer/Fletcher's Toolkit 1 - Woodsman's Axe 1 - Iron Pot 1 - Composite Longbow 1 - Isurian Steel Hunting Knife 100 - Longbow Arrows   Ledger + 100 GM (Starting Package) + 500 GM (Shelter Cash-In) - 50 GM (Camouflage Armor) - 4 GM (Fishing Net) - 5 GM (Small Animal Snare) - 1 GM (Flint and Steel) - 1 SM (Bedroll) - 2 GM (Backpack) - 5 SM (Winter Blanket) - 20 GM (Bowyer/Fletcher's Toolkit) - 4 GM (Woodsman's Axe) - 5 SM (Iron Pot) - 5 GM (100 Longbow Arrows) - 100 GM (Composite Longbow) - 25 SM (Isurian Steel Hunting Knife) Total: 405 GM, 4 SM   Thread List 59th of Spring, 511 AV - Finding Peace Within the Wilds(Ongoing)   Lore Wilderness Survival Techniques Best Materials For Making Bows