Kelken Shadowstare
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:34 pm
Age: 24
Race: Human
Physical description: He has a strong lean build, his muscles though not as large are just as good as someone of large stature. His arms and legs are wirey but quite strong despite there lean apperance. He has dark hair, which he wears short and light green eyes along with fair skin, giving him a pale complexion. He also sports a clean shaven face, which he prides himself at keeping himself well kempt.
Possesions:
Armor- His cuirass, arm braces, gloves, girdle, thigh gaurds, shin gaurds, and boots are all made of a specially treated leather that is soaked in a special die that gives then a darker than night hue and makes them twice as stronger then normal leather, able to repel blades much more easily than most leather. He also wears a cloak most of the time, a mithril clasp holding it to his leather armor under his neck. The cloak is also darker then midnight color and when he wears his cowl on his head it completly obscures his face's features.
Weapons- He usually carries a steel long sword in a black scabbared, that is belted to his right hip. This however though is the only openly visible weapon he carries on his person at all times. Occasionally he know to carry hidden weapons about his person, of which are, a elven dagger possessed of a very sharp edge, a copper dwarven throwing ax, and a inginious invention of elvish origins, a hand crossbow that fires little bolts usually coated in poision for the bolt itself is not usually very leathal. He ususally carries the crossbow on a hidden holster on the side of his hip. The others are usually found in hidden scabbards found in his thigh gaurds.
Items- On his right ring finger he wears a onyx ring that matches a amulet he wears around his neck. The significance of these is yet to be determined except by him of course. Also he carries around a water skin and a knap sack around with him. Inside of the knap sack is dried fruit and salted meats along with a parcel of paper and a unopened letter with a strange seal on it. Several vials of clear liquid are located in a small bag tied to the outside of his knap sack. The contents of which are most likely poison for his small crossbow quarrels. Several small quarells are bundled up into his bag as well and he wears a small cloth bag tied to his right hip that carries 30 Bishan.
Strengths:
Blade skill- He is fairly effecient with the blade having undergone extensive traning since he was a boy of 14 years of age. He is a skilled parryer and blocker and has even invented a few conters of his own and is just as comfortable with a dagger as he is with a short sword but skill suffers when he trys a two handed style making him clumsy and inneffeicent. This is why he perfers to use one blade as that is truely where his finess lies.
Accuracy- It is was of his greatest talents and wheter it be throwing a dwarven hand ax or shooting that hand crossbow of his, or even his percision with the blade, accuracy is what he most trains on and which is most important in his line of work.
Charm- He is possesed of a quick wit and is able to think on his feet well and quickly work through difficult situations. He is also quite the charmer among the ladies but this often gets him in trouble.
Stealth- Due to some of the traning in his background he has learned to travel with a certain degree of stealth often sneaking up on people eaisly before they know his is there.
Reflexes- His training with the blade and his lean, and toned muscles allow him great reflexes.
Hidden skill- ?
Weaknesses:
Passionent: He is somtimes none emotional and others he is prone to bits of rage or passion which also gets himself into alot of trouble or occasionally him or causes him to go off on tangents like abandon whatever he was doing to stay with a woman he just met or hunt for someone that stole minorly from him.
Strength: Although strong enough his own right, he does not have the strength to compare to someone like a laborer, warrior, or gaurd for that matter.
Fatigue: He is not possesed of great stamina and tends to fatigue in any fight longer than a few minutes.
His charm: Often gets him in trouble with the ladies as he rarely stays true to just one and often some are involved with other men and causes him to get in many fights.
History:
Born in Zhaltev, Kelken grew up in a rather humble background, belonging to a rather small middleclass family of small means. Inducted at a young age of 14 by a unknown place called the academy he was trained as a personal assasin from where he got out at 20 and began performing his first contract jobs for the acadamy. He soon grew to get used to his tasks and eventually grew to even like his job relishing the kill of each person and enjoying the flow of Bishan that each death brought him. Back then he was a highly decorated assasin and one of the favorites for the "Acadmey" which he later learned was actually known as the Blade Forge. He quickly grew in ranks and would have progressed all the way to the top and became a master assasin, but a accident middway through his training ascent caused the Blade forge to figure him for dead. He had been given a contract to kill a well renowned "mage" that had somehow obtained a deadly profficency in frost magic along with a bit of light magic and happen to be cutting a swath through the contryside and raising followers from every village he passed. This was supposed to be a simple mission that he would go in and eliminate the target quickly and quietly when he could find him alone. All was going as plan as he had followed the mage out into a open field stealthly tracking him, but what he and the mage did not know that day was when another man that was a well known necromantic type magic user had chosen that time as well to strike out at his rival. So hidden was he that the necromancer did not see him nor did the mage when he turned around at the necromancer's utterance of his name. Unlucky for him though was the fact that he by happened to be sitting right between the two wizards where their fields of fire met. And so when the necromancer casted his shadow life drain spell and the mage cast his burning light incantatinon they met right in the middle melting and mixing together and causing a cataclysmic blast that stunned both of the wizards and made Kelken insubstansial for what seemed like a few brief seconds and passed out as well. When he awoke next he was in a far off grain field on a hill that overlooked the circle of ash and scorched ground that layed around the site of the spell mixing. The wizards where long gone and how he survived he had a hard time of figuring out. His red silk ornamented cloak and armor had been burned away in the cataclysm and the wizards no where to be found, he had to wander the for the next two years not getting his old life back but starting a new one and started to take his own contracts soon earning enough money to buy his own armor and weapons to cut his own little niche in this harsh world he finds himself in. Thus a contract in Athena, brings him to the city of Marn on none other than bussiness.
Race: Human
Physical description: He has a strong lean build, his muscles though not as large are just as good as someone of large stature. His arms and legs are wirey but quite strong despite there lean apperance. He has dark hair, which he wears short and light green eyes along with fair skin, giving him a pale complexion. He also sports a clean shaven face, which he prides himself at keeping himself well kempt.
Possesions:
Armor- His cuirass, arm braces, gloves, girdle, thigh gaurds, shin gaurds, and boots are all made of a specially treated leather that is soaked in a special die that gives then a darker than night hue and makes them twice as stronger then normal leather, able to repel blades much more easily than most leather. He also wears a cloak most of the time, a mithril clasp holding it to his leather armor under his neck. The cloak is also darker then midnight color and when he wears his cowl on his head it completly obscures his face's features.
Weapons- He usually carries a steel long sword in a black scabbared, that is belted to his right hip. This however though is the only openly visible weapon he carries on his person at all times. Occasionally he know to carry hidden weapons about his person, of which are, a elven dagger possessed of a very sharp edge, a copper dwarven throwing ax, and a inginious invention of elvish origins, a hand crossbow that fires little bolts usually coated in poision for the bolt itself is not usually very leathal. He ususally carries the crossbow on a hidden holster on the side of his hip. The others are usually found in hidden scabbards found in his thigh gaurds.
Items- On his right ring finger he wears a onyx ring that matches a amulet he wears around his neck. The significance of these is yet to be determined except by him of course. Also he carries around a water skin and a knap sack around with him. Inside of the knap sack is dried fruit and salted meats along with a parcel of paper and a unopened letter with a strange seal on it. Several vials of clear liquid are located in a small bag tied to the outside of his knap sack. The contents of which are most likely poison for his small crossbow quarrels. Several small quarells are bundled up into his bag as well and he wears a small cloth bag tied to his right hip that carries 30 Bishan.
Strengths:
Blade skill- He is fairly effecient with the blade having undergone extensive traning since he was a boy of 14 years of age. He is a skilled parryer and blocker and has even invented a few conters of his own and is just as comfortable with a dagger as he is with a short sword but skill suffers when he trys a two handed style making him clumsy and inneffeicent. This is why he perfers to use one blade as that is truely where his finess lies.
Accuracy- It is was of his greatest talents and wheter it be throwing a dwarven hand ax or shooting that hand crossbow of his, or even his percision with the blade, accuracy is what he most trains on and which is most important in his line of work.
Charm- He is possesed of a quick wit and is able to think on his feet well and quickly work through difficult situations. He is also quite the charmer among the ladies but this often gets him in trouble.
Stealth- Due to some of the traning in his background he has learned to travel with a certain degree of stealth often sneaking up on people eaisly before they know his is there.
Reflexes- His training with the blade and his lean, and toned muscles allow him great reflexes.
Hidden skill- ?
Weaknesses:
Passionent: He is somtimes none emotional and others he is prone to bits of rage or passion which also gets himself into alot of trouble or occasionally him or causes him to go off on tangents like abandon whatever he was doing to stay with a woman he just met or hunt for someone that stole minorly from him.
Strength: Although strong enough his own right, he does not have the strength to compare to someone like a laborer, warrior, or gaurd for that matter.
Fatigue: He is not possesed of great stamina and tends to fatigue in any fight longer than a few minutes.
His charm: Often gets him in trouble with the ladies as he rarely stays true to just one and often some are involved with other men and causes him to get in many fights.
History:
Born in Zhaltev, Kelken grew up in a rather humble background, belonging to a rather small middleclass family of small means. Inducted at a young age of 14 by a unknown place called the academy he was trained as a personal assasin from where he got out at 20 and began performing his first contract jobs for the acadamy. He soon grew to get used to his tasks and eventually grew to even like his job relishing the kill of each person and enjoying the flow of Bishan that each death brought him. Back then he was a highly decorated assasin and one of the favorites for the "Acadmey" which he later learned was actually known as the Blade Forge. He quickly grew in ranks and would have progressed all the way to the top and became a master assasin, but a accident middway through his training ascent caused the Blade forge to figure him for dead. He had been given a contract to kill a well renowned "mage" that had somehow obtained a deadly profficency in frost magic along with a bit of light magic and happen to be cutting a swath through the contryside and raising followers from every village he passed. This was supposed to be a simple mission that he would go in and eliminate the target quickly and quietly when he could find him alone. All was going as plan as he had followed the mage out into a open field stealthly tracking him, but what he and the mage did not know that day was when another man that was a well known necromantic type magic user had chosen that time as well to strike out at his rival. So hidden was he that the necromancer did not see him nor did the mage when he turned around at the necromancer's utterance of his name. Unlucky for him though was the fact that he by happened to be sitting right between the two wizards where their fields of fire met. And so when the necromancer casted his shadow life drain spell and the mage cast his burning light incantatinon they met right in the middle melting and mixing together and causing a cataclysmic blast that stunned both of the wizards and made Kelken insubstansial for what seemed like a few brief seconds and passed out as well. When he awoke next he was in a far off grain field on a hill that overlooked the circle of ash and scorched ground that layed around the site of the spell mixing. The wizards where long gone and how he survived he had a hard time of figuring out. His red silk ornamented cloak and armor had been burned away in the cataclysm and the wizards no where to be found, he had to wander the for the next two years not getting his old life back but starting a new one and started to take his own contracts soon earning enough money to buy his own armor and weapons to cut his own little niche in this harsh world he finds himself in. Thus a contract in Athena, brings him to the city of Marn on none other than bussiness.