Markisbeest
Lord of Altera
Markus Groothart, a human born with black hair and a firm build, like most of his father's line. His family lead a band of very succesful raiders. But when his father turned his back on the raiders to marry his true love, their wealth soon degraded. As an honest man his father was not as succesful, but he and his wife, who was the daughter of a farmer, lived a happy and content life. That is untill Markus was born, because while giving life to him, his mother couldn't sustain herself and she died shortly after giving birth. His father didn't take this well, and while trying to love his son, he started drinking, and blaming him more and more for taking away his only joy in life. After some 10 years, he hang himself, forcing his child to be taken to an orphanage.
At the age of fifteen he ran away from the orphanage to explore the world. Where he soon came in touch with all types of people, but only one had an influence on him worth mentioning, a dark-robed man who told him about Kilrox. Markus was horrified by this god, untill the man started to talk about his stance on oppression. Markus listened more closely from that moment and he enjoyed the tales about oppression in the name of this cruel god. Markus had no thirst for the blood of others, but he was very aware that with cruelty came powers far greater then with chivalry, as his father had reminded him time and again. His father had also motivated him to always strife for power. He never saw the dark-robed man again, but he left a lasting impression, as Markus now saw that to obtain power, his best guess would be to honor Kilrox. He became a master manipulator, appearing friendly at the surface, but always looking for a way to obtain power from his dealings. Not shunning any means to obtain it, gladly backstabbing, betraying or lying to anyone.
As his confidence, and his manipulative behaviour advanced he became aware of his biggest flaw, his tunnel vision on power. Not looking at possibilities other then the ones that had profit straight away he realised that his decisions sometimes backfired. He changed, became the longer the more cautious, which without him knowing became a new flaw. His manipulative nature stayed however and he always remembered his goal: power.
Markus respects, but at the same time envies all with power greater then his. Being glad to take it from them. He however dislikes the chivalrous kings, but respects their power nonetheless.
He has a sympathy for orphans, and a dislike for bandits, of the likes who mercilessly abandoned his father, he however understands their purpose in Altera.
and to make it complete one of those template thingies for the people who prefer that:
Name: Markus Groothart
Nickname/Alias: *none so far*
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Height: 1.80 meter
Weight: 75 kg
Hair: Black hair cut loosely
Eyes: Blue
Skin: White, a bit tinted.
Identifying Marks: *none so far*
Appearance: Well-built young man.
Strengths: Greatly manipulative, Eyes on the prize.
Weaknesses and fears: Overly cautious, Tunnel visioned.
Religion and cults: Follower of Kilrox, yet more out of necessity then out of love for cruelty (from his point of view)
Profession: Scavenger for a long time, woodcutter, hunter and various other very temporary jobs.
I have not yet been whitelisted, have been accepted, so I thought I'd start of with creating a character, please tell me what you think, and pardon any grammatical errors I made, as English is not my primary language. Thanks
At the age of fifteen he ran away from the orphanage to explore the world. Where he soon came in touch with all types of people, but only one had an influence on him worth mentioning, a dark-robed man who told him about Kilrox. Markus was horrified by this god, untill the man started to talk about his stance on oppression. Markus listened more closely from that moment and he enjoyed the tales about oppression in the name of this cruel god. Markus had no thirst for the blood of others, but he was very aware that with cruelty came powers far greater then with chivalry, as his father had reminded him time and again. His father had also motivated him to always strife for power. He never saw the dark-robed man again, but he left a lasting impression, as Markus now saw that to obtain power, his best guess would be to honor Kilrox. He became a master manipulator, appearing friendly at the surface, but always looking for a way to obtain power from his dealings. Not shunning any means to obtain it, gladly backstabbing, betraying or lying to anyone.
As his confidence, and his manipulative behaviour advanced he became aware of his biggest flaw, his tunnel vision on power. Not looking at possibilities other then the ones that had profit straight away he realised that his decisions sometimes backfired. He changed, became the longer the more cautious, which without him knowing became a new flaw. His manipulative nature stayed however and he always remembered his goal: power.
Markus respects, but at the same time envies all with power greater then his. Being glad to take it from them. He however dislikes the chivalrous kings, but respects their power nonetheless.
He has a sympathy for orphans, and a dislike for bandits, of the likes who mercilessly abandoned his father, he however understands their purpose in Altera.
and to make it complete one of those template thingies for the people who prefer that:
Name: Markus Groothart
Nickname/Alias: *none so far*
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Height: 1.80 meter
Weight: 75 kg
Hair: Black hair cut loosely
Eyes: Blue
Skin: White, a bit tinted.
Identifying Marks: *none so far*
Appearance: Well-built young man.
Strengths: Greatly manipulative, Eyes on the prize.
Weaknesses and fears: Overly cautious, Tunnel visioned.
Religion and cults: Follower of Kilrox, yet more out of necessity then out of love for cruelty (from his point of view)
Profession: Scavenger for a long time, woodcutter, hunter and various other very temporary jobs.
I have not yet been whitelisted, have been accepted, so I thought I'd start of with creating a character, please tell me what you think, and pardon any grammatical errors I made, as English is not my primary language. Thanks