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Darius of Eastwatch

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General Information:

Name: Darius
Other Names: Greg.
Titles: n/a

Age: 15
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Hetersoexual.
Current Residence: Queensport
Relationship Status: n/a

Social Status: Commoner.

Darius began his life reluctantly. He was born a small and sickly infant, and he would later hear his parents talking about how he did not actually scream for an entire minute, until the midwife pricked his finger with a needle when spanking him did not do the trick. From then on he would later hear humorous stories about how he didn't seem quite all there, where he seemed to have strange lapses in memory where he would nearly burn himself on a candle and then approach it moments later with the same experiment. Though he assumed he got along well enough, it left him with a nagging doubt as to his own mental acuity, and it all felt quite easy indeed to blame his shortcomings on his ill birth.

Physical Appearance:

Height: 5'8
Weight: Darius is predominantly thin by lack of means, not by lack of trying.
Eye Color: Green
Skin Color: Olive
Shape of Face: Shapely.
Distinguishing Features: Darius looks perpetually out of place. His shoulders, back, and arms are immediately noticeable as being disproportionate to the rest of his body. They are pronounced, broad, and well-muscled. The rest of him looks much like the peasant he is.
Build of Body: See above.
Hair Color: Blonde
Hair Style: A little long.
Complexion: Smooth.
Posture: Darius stands tall.
Is Seen By Others As: Darius is an odd morash of cultures.
Scars: n/a
Voice: It's mostly lost its boyish tennor.


While Darius grew up he developed into as mundane of a childhood as could be conceived. His mother was the inheritor of his maternal grandfather's meagre estate in Eastwatch, little more than an acre of wheat and a house fit for four but housing eight. Darius's childhood was an active one, where he would often accompany his father on his travels as a bard, and by the time he was nine a bow was put into his hand. That was at his uncle's insistance, who had no sons of his own but those born to him in his campaigns. He left quite the impression on Darius, even if he could not always be there to teach him the familial rites of archery. Thus it was that by the time he was thirteen, Darius was able to draw fifteen pound bows, and he had all but given up on the work at the farm, having been entranced by his uncle's tales of the greater world, and went with his father everywhere over the Kaltic dominion.

Personality:

Likes: A long day of honest work, and seeing new places and peoples.
Dislikes: Darius isn't much of one for his letters, and finds reading less appealing than experiencing.
Strengths: He is sociable and tolerable to be around.
Weaknesses: Darius could hardly be called a man by any but the most generous definitions.
Fears: Death, disease.
Values: Hard work and hard play. Cleverness, and brevity.
Education: Darius's father, Andor, a traveling bard. As well as his uncle, a household longbowman who did not retire until he was well into his forties - Karl.
Languages: Common, a fragmentary understanding of Rede.
General Attitude: He is adventurous and optimistic.
Religious Inclination: Darius pays homage to the angles more than the Ignis.
General Intelligence: He is not well-read, but he is well-storied.
General Sociability: Darius enjoys the company of others.
Alignment: Chaotic neutral, after a fashion.


When Darius was nearly a man at thirteen he was straining for any chance to leave his little family farm and go out into the world. It made his mother weep to see him go, but when he was fourteen he insisted that he had to. He went out into the Kanelands to find a way in the world, with his seventy-five pounder that only he and his uncle could pull. For a time he was lost, until he found sympathy in the city watch of Queensport, where he felt welcome and content.


Possessions:
Wardrobe: Darius dresses like a dandy.
Jewelry: n/a
Pets/Animals: n/a
Owned Homes: n/a
General Wealth: Poor.

Carried Inventory

  • His longbow, made of yew. Though he is only fifteen, the rigorous strength training that longbowmen (though his training even then was mostly informal) which deforms the body somewhat was all to the purpose that by the time he was a man he could wield a proper warbow. Though they cap out at around one hundred and twenty pounds, and Darius isn't quite there yet. His bow has a draw weight of approximately seventy-five pounds instead, and he hasn't sought to upgrade it quite yet.
  • Darius has a plain and simple hunting knife, about as wide as three fingers and just as plain.
  • He also has a club, which he rarely finds the occasion to use. It's about the length of his forearm, from elbow to fingertip, so it is fairly long. Made of oak, it packs quite the punch. Its grip is wrapped in plain leather, and it is thicker at the thwacking end than where he grips it.
  • Darius has several different kinds of arrows, distinguished by different fletching so he can tell just by the feel of the arrows which one he has grasped. Bodkin arrows have fletchings from that of an eagle; broadhead arrows have their fletchings from a duck; heavy "punching" arrows have their fletching from a goose.

Health:

Illnesses: n/a
Allergies: n/a
Injuries: n/a
Sleeping Habits: Unremarkable.
Energy Levels: Fairly high.
Eating Habits: Darius eats what he can, when he can.
Exercise Habits: Using his longbow and peasant living.
Memory: His memory is fine.
Unhealthy Habits: He likes to drink booze and doesn't get the proper nutrition.
Drinking Habits: Beer is safer than river water.


Though he would move up eventually to a position in Kane's household, guarding their castle instead of the entire city, not all of his adventurous youth was happy. He celebrated his promotion with the death of his mother of some illness which thankfully did not spread to the rest of the family, and he had to leave his post temporarily to stay with his family and attend her funeral. He was not there in time, given the great distances of the north. By the time he had arrived, the estate was settled, and it had been decided that his eldest half-brother (a child born of his mother's previous marriage) would inherit the estate, as is custom. His father had all but left permanently to continue with his wanderlust with the death of his wife, and the welcome he received by his eldest brother was less than welcome. He blamed the death of their mother on the stress it had put on her to see Darius leave, and so he left again, ashamed. He has no intention to return any time soon.

History:

Birthplace: Eastwatch

Childhood: He stayed with his mother, while his father would travel around the world telling stories and singing songs, he grew up with two older brothers and no sisters. As soon as he was able to walk, he was helping in the field.
Teen Years: He took an interest in his uncle's bow, and was taught in its usage by him. But then his father wanted to impart his bardic ways upon him, and so he spent much of his time traveling from place to place learning of people and learning of stories to regale others with. It was a modest living, but better than growing turnips.
Adulthood: Darius enlisted in the city guard of Queensport, and then eventually in the castle guard, and finally the household guard where he serves at the pleasure of the Lady Kane.
Family History: Darius's father was Andor, and his mother Hannah. His father was a native of Kaltstaat, and his mother a new immigrant to Eastwatch from the nearby Astrakhan. She took her brother with her, a native Anhalder, and his father had an elven sister that Darius sometimes would go to Astrakhan to see.
Past Places of Residences: Eastwatch.
Places Traveled: All around that general area.



Combat:
Weaponry: His longbow, knife, and club.
Combat Training: Darius is fine at it. He's hit people before well enough to see them off in the course of his service, but it wouldn't be fair to say he's received particularly formal training or has had a really serious fight before.



Training & Skills:

Archery [5/10]: Darius is an unremarkable archer, but can certainly use it well enough to loose arrows.
Orator [6/10]: Darius learned many common and interesting embellished histories to tell as stories and is fine speaking in front of a crowd.
Slinging [4/10]: He knows how to make slings, and before he was old enough to use a bow his father would let him play with them. He's mostly proficient with short slings, and on a good day he can hurl a piece of chalk hard enough that it atomizes against a hard surface.

Fletching [2/10]: Darius can provide some interesting information on how fletching works and the different sorts of arrowheads, but he's never actually himself made his arrows, he's just knowledgeable about them from a theoretical standpoint.
Bowyer [2/10]: Much like fletching, Darius has no idea how to make a bow. But he has a conversational amount of knowledge with them, and enough that he feels comfortable how to maintain and properly use them such that it won't unexpectedly snap while at full draw or something.





Other Trivia:

Occupation: Household guard.
Favorite Types of Food: Boar.
Favorite Types of Drink: Beer is safer than river water.
Hobbies/Pastimes: He socializes.
Favorite Colors: Purple.
 
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