[hider=Lucilia Tinath] [center][b][i]Name :[/i][/b] Lucilia Tinath [b][i]Nicknames :[/i][/b] Lucy (Shorten), Sunshine (Her pet name used by her family and close friends), Riovas (her mother's maiden name which she uses when trying to hide her nobility) Gender : Female [i][b]Age and birthday :[/b][/i] 24, Summer of 1278 [i][b]Origin :[/b][/i] Born of low nobility in the House of Tinath. Her father is a squire-turned-knight while her mother is an acclaimed herbalist. She has three older brothers and a younger sister. [i][b]Length and build :[/b][/i] Stands at a height taller than most men (Six feet three inches) and built like a fortress. That is to say, underneath the layers of clothing, she is very muscular, as though she has spent years hauling rocks. She has a healthy layer of fat around her stomach and other major muscles that don't take away from her well-toned physique, but also allow her to keep on going even under duress. [i][b]Weight :[/b][/i] Two Hundred Twenty Pounds [i][b]Sexuality :[/b][/i] Heterosexual but unmarried (much to the chagrin of her mother) [/center] ------------------------ [center] [i][b]Appearances :[/b][/i] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5UEnwuF.jpg[/IMG] No dragon, unfortunately. She also has a [url=http://www.propzone.be/fotos/picsfree/freebies_Skyrimuard.png]helmet.[/url] [/center] ------------------------ [center] [i][b]Occupation :[/b][/i] Guard [i][b]Favorite phrase/saying :[/b][/i] [b]"Heroes and Villains are just fantasy. Out here, there are only victims and survivors."[/b] Lucilia's general view on war and other conflicts. [b]"There is more color to this world than black and white."[/b] Lucilia thoughts on (Often extreme) dichotomy. [i][b]Favorite Food :[/b][/i] Apple Cabbage Soup and Garlic Bread [b][i]Favorite Weather and Season :[/i][/b] Lucilia likes the spring, where the plants are just beginning to bloom. But she also likes cold days, so that she doesn't burn up when she's in her uniform. [i][b]Patron God/Goddess :[/b][/i] Brafald, for the obvious reason that she wishes to protect the people using justice as her tool (And her bardiche as the weapon). [/center] ----------------------- [center] [i][b]Personality :[/b][/i] Lucilia is a stoic girl, good for a guard, not so much for everything else. It seems like she simply is apathetic to the world as a whole, like she wouldn't shed a tear at her own father's funeral (She won't). But it's just now she's learn to deal with things. Lucilia isn't one to likes to constantly create close personal attachments to everyone and everything; all things physical will be gone one day, and who is she to have to mourn the inevitable? Not that she won't feel sadden by it, she just learned not to show it under the impression that it makes her look weak. But aside from her stone-expression, she has a heart of gold. Or maybe silver, depending on how charitable she is that day. She didn't become a guard just to mooch off the power; she wants to take an active part in helping protect the people of the land, from the royal court to the lowly beggars. While she isn't afraid to dirty her hands in the name of justice, she also won't betray her principles and honor just to fulfill the letter of her credo. She wants to do good the best way she can; sometimes this means following the law, other times it means commanding the law itself. [i][b]History :[/b][/i] Lucilia's story began with a knight and a healer. The knight was deathly ill, stricken with a disease that had plagued his family for years. He sought to use his short time on this world to do good, but as he neared his end, he regretted that there was much more to do, and very little time to do it. That's when he met the healer. The healer saw his pain, and she worked hard to alleviate the worse of it. But she was able to do much more. She was able to cure him of his curse. The knight, no longer ill, was able to continue to fight for justice and honor. To thank the anonymous healer the knight took her hand in marriage, to live with him and his family. And that's the basic basics of how Lucilia's parents met. Her father was a knight of House Tinath, while her mother was simply an herbalist who happened to chance upon the knight's sicken body. It was a storybook romance that had a happy ending, that ending involving five children and a family who does well for itself. As a child Lucilia always loved stories. tales from her father, mother, friends, extended family, complete strangers. The tales of fantasy drew her into a world that seemed magical and awesome. And she wanted to be part of a world like to, to be the hero who vanquishes great evils and brings happiness to the land. Lucky for her, her father was more than willing to show her the ropes of how to uphold justice. While her three older brothers were, at first, much stronger than she was, as they grew older her strength began to surpass their. Only her eldest brother could outdo her in strength and skill, so it came to no surprise that when he reached adulthood he joined the Legion, and attained the rank of Centurion before Lucilia would have been considered a young woman. She too wished to join the legion and fight along side her brother, imagining that he protects the land from the likes of criminals and the barbarians of the north. And Lucilia was given that chance when she turned eighteen years old herself. Training since she was a little girl, Lucilia was one of the better skilled soldiers of the Legion. Thanks to her father's influence, she was indeed able to work within the same unit as her brother. But that's where this tale stops being so whimsical. Her brother's unit was sent to assist a Legion towards the north, against a growing barbarian tribe that threaten to overrun one of the smaller villages. The battle was a slaughter, but it also showed the true colors of the world. The barbarians, savage as they were, did not come across as mindless monsters in the shape of men. Instead they looked like a mass collation of desperate men and women trying to survive. Lucilia saw cruelty from her people worse than the villains she heard of in stories. This went on for years as her brother was stationed there. Only recently has Lucilia returned to her home city of Hials, where she spends most of her days patrolling the streets for trouble. [i][b]Theme song :[/b][/i] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Xx-kL0rcw]We are all one[/url] [/center] --------------------- [center] [i][b]Clothing and/or armor :[/b][/i] Lucilia is often seen in her full armor (Image above) when walking the streets, as she is a guard. However she also has more casual attire in the form of fine linen trousers and a tunics. She's still wear her armored boots however, as they're the only footwear she owns. [i][b][u]Tools and weapons :[/u][/b][/i] ======= [b][u]Name :[/u][/b] Carnifex the bardiche [u][b]Description :[/b][/u] Lucilia's main weapon that she is very skilled at using. Capable of impaling, hacking, or slashing her enemies into slabs of flesh and bones. She received this weapon when she joined her eldest brother against the barbarians of the north. [i][b]Appearance :[/b][/i] It is the same weapon in her appearance image. On the blade is written a written engraving: Cast in the name of God, ye not guilty. ======= [b][u]Name :[/u][/b] Lanius the Kopis [u][b]Description :[/b][/u] Lucilia's sidearm. While not as skilled at it's use as she is with Carnifex, she is more than deadly with it. A parting gift from her brother, who rewarded it to her for her strength in battle. [i][b]Appearance :[/b][/i] [img=http://www.macdonaldarms.com/armoury/images/Kopisblack1.jpg] ======= [b][u]Name :[/u][/b] Benedictus [u][b]Description :[/b][/u] Lucilia's horse. It's five years old, and she received it during her time in the north. A close companion of Lucilia's she would often ride it during patrols. Benedictus also has it's own armor, but Lucilia doesn't put it on him unless she's expecting trouble. Benedictus is a war horse and thus more than capable in a fight, but he's also very intelligent, and knows the difference between an army and a crowd of people. Lucilia can whistle for him and he'll come running. [i][b]Appearance :[/b][/i] [img=http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/174/9/4/Red_Dead_Kentucky_Saddler_by_Leashe.jpg] ======= [/center] --------------------------------------- [center] [b][u]Skill/Abilities :[/u][/b] Literate - Lucilia knows how to read and write quite well. If she ever decided to put aside the guardsmen life, she could potentially retire as an author. Skilled Fighter - Lucilia spent six years fighting against the hordes of the north. While they aren't exactly a professional army, Lucilia has found against many cunning and brutal warriors and came out on top. She fights best with her Bardiche, but can kill with her sword or bare-hands if needed. Horse Rider - Lucilia and Benedictus are quite a pair together. Benedictus himself is a very fast, very strong horse, and with Lucilia at the reins they can do various maneuvers that would take others years to learn. Plant Identification - Lucilia has spent some time with her mother, enough that she knows much about the local plants around Hials, such as which ones can sooth a upset stomach and which one will cause you to defecate yourself uncontrollably. --------------------------------------- [i][b][u]Traits[/u][/b][/i] Lucilia is a level-headed individual who tries not to let the confusion and chaos around her to muddle her thinking process. She can be very authoritative thanks to this, good if someone needs to take commands right than and there, but not so much in more casual situations like what to have for dinner. Lucilia is also a good-hearted person who only wants to try to help. Granted, she doesn't always do things perfectly, and no good deed goes unpunished, but regardless she'll want to help. Whether you want her to or not.[/center][/hider] [center][i]I pledge loyalty and honor to the High Ruler of the Empire[/i][/center]