Adarain Tannis (Unfinished)

[Adarian Tannis]

Name: Adarian Tannis (The Black Rider, Rider)
Age: 50 (Though he appears to be 25)
Race: Half-Elf
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 164lbs

Physical description: Adarian is tall and thin, the traces of Elven blood making him lithe and quick. His piercing blue eyes seem supernatural in appearance and stand out starkly against his deathly pale skin. A ragged mop of stringy, chin length black hair sits atop Adarian's head, framing his gaunt face and slightly elven features perfectly. His hair also covers the chunk of flesh missing from the top of his left ear, a wound that he often toys with unconsciously when he's deep in thought. Most often, Adarian can be seen clad in a light weight set of black traveling clothes with calf high boots, black leather gloves, and a heavy black cloak, usually with the cowl pulled up.


Possessions: To this day, Adarian only has the possessions that he had when he rode into Marn. His clothes, an ornate long sword with a matching long bow, a quiver of arrows, a hunting knife, a heavy black clock, his faithful horse, whom he calls Darkstar, and a elegantly crafted pendant in the shape of a star on a silver chain.


Strengths: Rider, as he's called by many, is proficient with the long sword and more than proficient with the long bow. Adarian is a decent tactician but his his main strength lies in his naturally cunning nature. His most prominent strength is sheer luck. Adarian has an uncanny ability to survive situations that others who are equally, if not, more capable don't make it through.


Weaknesses: The biggest flaw Adarian has is his ego. He has a tendency to underestimate his foe forcing himself to really on his wits and sheer force of will to get him out of trouble when he's in over his head. Even though Adarian is conniving and manipulative, he is also uncouth and tends to say the wrong thing in social situations. Another major drawback for Adarian is his amnesia. He cannot remember anything before his arrival in Marn, not even his name. In addition, Adarian is also extremely sensitive to sunlight, which is why he stays hidden beneath his cloak.


History: Prince Adarian Tannis of Aerylin was born in the year 172. The combination of a neglectful father and an over-protective mother yielded what could only be described as a "monster." From an extremely young age Adarian showed all the demanding and dire need for attention possessed by his older noble counterparts. The fact that he was a single child and doted open quite excessively by his mother did absolutely nothing to help.

Even as a prince, the lack of respect that Adarian was shown due to his heritage was infuriating to him. He often wondered how his father could allow a member of the royal family to experience such horrible treatment at the hand of people in a lesser station.

As a teenager, Adarian's had progressed to full on narcissism. It wasn't entirely unwarranted, as most of the women (both noble or peasant) could not bring themselves to resist his charms.

[Niabi]

Just some ideas I had, you don't have to use any of them if you don't want. I just thought I would throw out some thoughts I had while reading this character.

-I could see him being extremely egotistical or narcissistic

- I could see him being some sort of spoiled brat as a child and only getting
worse as he aged

- I could see him being a womanizer in a way, women should feel special just being in his presence

-You mentioned that you want to give him a sort of magical amnesia but maybe this didn't completely erase his memory, maybe parts of it come through if only random bits at random times.

-Maybe he has a fear of magic users but doesn't really know why

-I could imagine that not knowing who you are or who you were would be very hard and frustrating. I would think that he would do whatever he could to try to remember who he is. Maybe he would give himself headaches just trying to focus hard enough to recall even the tiniest little detail of who he was.

-Maybe he has a bit of self-pity or jealousy of others because he can't remember his past.

-You said that a piece of his ear is going to be missing do to an old injury, maybe he has a habit of fiddling with it when he is upset or concentrating.

-he could plot revenge for the unknown person who stole his life.

-Maybe he is paranoid or has obscure conspiracy theories as to the cause of why he lost his memories

-Seeing as how his horse and his pendant are the only things that connect him to his past, I can see him not wanting to be apart from either if he can help it. When he has to go inside of a building, I could see him frequently looking out a window to repeatedly check to see if his horse is nearby.

-I will assume that he was trained in using his sword, his bow and riding his horse when he was young and maybe when using these things he feels some sort of reconnecting to the person he was

[Adarian Tannis]

Thank you, Niabi. I definitely plan on working a lot of those ideas into his history.