[hider=Frederick Von Holden] Name: Frederick Von Holden Age: 18 Race: Half-Elf Gender: Male Sexuality: Heterosexual Class:Witch Hunter/Magus Appearance: [hider=My Hider] [img]http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy322/edge_519/LuciusMWProfile_zps2494f650.jpg[/img] [/hider] Frederick stands at 6'3", and weighs 189 lbs. His ears are tappered at the ends, and tend to blush when the Half-elf gets embarrassed. Weapon(s): A long sword and an 18 inch diameter buckler. [hider=My Hider] [img]https://38.media.tumblr.com/79ca98d4267a5b01621c84b03c195aaa/tumblr_inline_nikzywn4a31r8c6s8.jpg [/img](92cm long or 3 ft) [img]http://www.preferredarms.com/images/weapons/large/shields/6-Large-Buckler-15-inch.jpg[/img] [/hider] Armor: [hider=My Hider] [img]http://pre14.deviantart.net/5d60/th/pre/f/2012/098/8/a/character_study02_by_tahra-d4vfk1l.jpg[/img] [/hider] Personal Trinkets: A small gold cross on a change that may have once been carved with beautiful engravings, but now worn smooth and featureless. On closer inspection the cross is ever so slightly crossed off center, and the cross is actually two interlocked swords. There is also two other medallions, one of a sapphire glass swallowtail butterfly, and the other a simple iron circle stamped with an open eye. Short History: I wanted to be a Landsknecht, a wielder of a holy great sword, to smite my foe in the name of the seven gods. I was conceived of the union between a Landsknecht and a Wizard the Order had contracted as hired help. So, 14 years later, when I was recruited by the Order of the Seven, I was crushed when instead of being chosen as a Sword of the Gods, I had been chosen to be a Witch Hunter and a Magus. Witch Hunters are the opposite of the Landsknecht, the dagger to the sword if you will. They hunt the demons and monsters that live in the shadows, that can't be confronted by a large standing army. The magi are the eternal journeyman of the magic arts, never able to reach the level of other magic users. They act as skirmishers, raiders and scouts for the Order's army, fighting as hard as the Landsknechts, but never gaining the same fame. My training as soon as I was chosen, and lasted for four years. As a Witch Hunter, I was expected to be able to identify and combat horrors of dark, to be able to investigate and locate the monsters. I learned the rites and rituals to combat certain foes, learned to smite with the power of the Seven. As a Magus, I was schooled to use magic while I fought, applying spells to my blade and shield, and to move quickly across the battlefield, harassing and reinforcing as needed. After my training, I was assigned to a squad of other Witch Hunter Magi, and we were sent off on a Crusade to beat back a demonic incursion. My first battle happened three weeks afterwards. All the training in the world did not prepare me for battle, the crash and din of steel, the cries of anger, fear and misery, the jolting feeling of sliding my sword into another man's chest. The battle ended in our favor, thank the seven, but I was given little time to rest. My group was then called on to investigate and hunt down any fiends that survived and fled. Our groups came upon a village, a poor one that had been rampaged through by a demon. Houses were little more than rubble, broken bodies and limbs were strewn everywhere, and blood filled the streets. I...I vomited at the sight, as did most of my companions, save our leader a veteran Witch Hunter. We began searching for clues as to what kind of demon we were hunting, and we found a group of survivors hiding in a tree in the nearby woods. It was then that the demon decided to show itself. It...it demolished us, it was to powerful for a group of novice Initiates to combat, and three of my ten comrades were slayed in the first few minutes of combat. We had no hope of winning, so I did something that I don't regret. I stabbed the demon in the leg, and led it on a chase deeper into the woods. Of course, it was my luck that a storm began brewing as I ran, slowing me down and disorienting me considerably. I was lucky to find this place, though I worry of the demon finding this place. Other: [hider=Demon] [img]http://pre11.deviantart.net/8340/th/pre/f/2012/341/0/f/demon__naberius_by_deivcalviz-d5nb0zo.jpg[/img] Stands twelve feet tall and wields an ornate glaive that is taller than even itself. [/hider] [/hider]