The bit about interacting soldier-to-soldier instead of soldier-to-captain was one thing I was thinking about. In the case of the former they’d probably develop more of a sibling-like relationship instead of just a commander (protector) to soldier (ward) type of thing. Especially considering he’d know she was the heir of Jehanna he’d likely do a bit of the ‘stay out of harm’s way’ type of thing. What I think would work nicely would be—

(Depending on how you want her to be make her 19/20/21/22)

864 – Ismaire joins the guild. (She could be 12/13/14/15); Captain would be 21
867 – Major destruction of most the troop, Captain (24) inherits position of leadership. Ismaire could be 15/16/17/18

This would leave four years between then and the start of the story. I was planning on having my thief character have joined after her and be a quite young/rookie type of member, but I can edit it if you’d like her to be the newest. I’ll also be playing three members, just for notes: the Captain, a Mage-type, and a thief; If you have no objections of course. If you make her 19 or 20 he’s probably going to be a bit more protective of her than if she’s 21 or 22 – Since if we go with the above mentioned he would have first meant her when she was quite young. Or if you’d like her to be younger she could have always joined 865/866 to age her up a little. What do you think?

Like I said, you are in charge of the dates and I trust you on this one. As far as my character goes, after reading a bit of what you said I came with a more define personality for Ismaire and decided she joined the guild really young. She'd be, after the 4 year gap, about 19 years old. I don't mind if your character joined after, he could be younger or older, too. If someone joined after her, then that means she's not the newbie anymore and that probably will reflect in her interactions with the newer member. :P

I want her to be adult and responsible, but her young age and lack of experience will reflect in her actions and interactions. I've already got an aloof princess, no need for two. :P

You don't want a horde of aloof princesses running around? I think that would be funny. XD

I'm assuming by the 'joining really young' statement she joined the troop at ~12? If she's going to have been that young the Captain definitely could have helped her hone her sword talent, if you want to include that in history. I'm glad our discussion has helped to define your character. I've always liked it best when my characters further their development that way. Anyway in that case I’m going to write up a summary of the mercenary group as well as my three characters within it.

And yes, the newbie is going to be the target for all of the teasing until a new newbie comes along. Although I think the Captain might also tease her a little for no longer being the newbie.

You might also want to come up with a pseudonym for her, considering the name Ismaire is a rather noticeable hint to who she is.

And two more questions—
Is your knight-mercenary going to be male or female?
Do you want Ismaire to be smiling or not in her portrait?

Smiling or not - Doesn't matter. Maybe half a smile, or a shy smile? She's going to be serious, but know how to relax herself when around her group. I didn't even think of the name, but guess your right. x) The teasing is also what I was referencing to. :3 Oh, and I didn't think she'd join so young as 12...but it could be even better. If she joined at 12, it means one year after she was exiled which would make sense. If your character found her and found out who she was, he could have took her to his group and convinced the leader to accept her in without telling him who she was. Incidentally, maybe he did tell his captain who she was which was the reason he accepted such a young child in, but died with his secret leaving your character the only one to know?

When you say mercenary knight, you mean the Wyvern knight? I didn't think she'd (Female to answer your question, 3 males 3 females) be a mercenary. More of a Wyvern Knight that, for a reason I need to define, decided to pledge allegiance to Renais. She could be considered Mercenary, I guess, by some.

Alright, I’ll see what I can do. Wait so she’s going to be 21? I thought you just said she was going to be 19. Ten years from 19 means she would have been exiled at roughly 9. o_0 Wherever this is off to I think the old Captain would definitely have known but since he had to die so the new Captain could take his place his secret can go to the grave. Also for being taken in so young—she probably wouldn’t have been fighting on the battlefields at first. Forgive me if I keep saying the same things over and over and seem to not be able to grasp simple concepts. I could use some more sleep.

And whether or not she likes it I think the Captain will probably call her Marie as a play on the last part of her name.

No, not your Wyvern Knight.

Twinklemoon said
Mine's a Myrmidon, and I might make my second one a Knight, actually. If that is the case, you could be a Thief? Or Mercenary? We also don't have any Cavaliers yet o_o.Wyvern Rider it is, then. Should we all start as first tier classes, or should some of our stronger units start at higher classes such as Generals and stuff?

Oooooooooooooooooooooooh. The knight, yeah. xD This one might be a boy indeed. I'll see with the vibe I got off of it. I actually want for you to create your captain first so I can write part of the lore we are discussing about in Isamaire's character, you see? I'll make the Knight after that :3.

I am ok with Marie, it saves me the trouble of finding another name.

I know I said a lot of things about my characters over the time... so it's not your fault if you're ocnfused x_x. This is why I like to be able to search all the infos I wrote about in the past. xD Okay, let's be clear.

I remember she was exiled at the age of 11. I wrote that, but she could be exiled at the age of 9 simply because I don't want you to go over all the dates again and because I don't know them by heart either. Let'S say she's exiled at the age of 9, then she would be living by herself until at least 10-11 years old where your character finds her. Living in the streets and what not would have toughen her up for sure and she wouldn't look much of a princess, and act even less like one. I want her to retain some of her pride, though, which probably would flourish after she was taken in. Then she' stay with the group until the present time. I gotta let you do the exact dates, but I hope that helps somewhat...? Do your dates, calculate the time and tell me if she's 19 or 20 or 21, I really don't mind. xP I'll change it if need be.

P.S: Please? <3

Ha-ha. Hahh…. And I’m about half-way done with my Captain. I have basically everything done except his appearance and some of his history/personality because I was making his a bit extra-long to detail things about the mercenary group. It shouldn’t be too long before I get him uploaded (and my other two will follow really close behind) and then I only have quite a few more.

I don’t mind. Alright, final verdict. She was exiled at nine (861). Roughly three years later (864) she joined the mercenary group and has been with them since. She is now, in the year 871, 19. I hope that helps. I will go add these things to the timeline. (Except her current age).

Edit: The Captain has been added. His biography/personality ended up as more of a chronology of certain times in the Mercenary Groups history. (The blank space is where I'll fill in more information about your final character). I can probably get the other two up shortly but I do have an idea. Should I make the fifth man be a thief-type or a fighter-type? I noticed we're strongly lacking both.

I wanted to answer through my cell phone, but it proved impossible because it died on me yesterday T_T.
Everything looks good with the dates and all. :)

I began working on my Wyvern Knight, but after that I'll be working on my other mercenary also. ^^

That’s unfortunate—as in damaged dead or out-of-battery dead? And good, I’m glad we got all of that settled. Since you didn’t reply to my question about whether I should make the fifth member a thief-type or a fighter I’m just going the route of fighter. I have a more solid character in mind for that route.

I’m looking forward to seeing her (the Wyvern Knight). I’m interested to see your Mercenary-Knight as well [I’ll henceforth refer to this character in this manner (until they have a name) to help you understand who I’m talking about]. Do you have any idea how long that character is going to have been with the group? I do hope my questions/recordings/precisions for dates aren’t too annoying.

Finally, I was planning to have at least Devonte and Itho uploaded by now but I ended up taking a break to work on character images instead. If we’re lucky I can upload Ismaire’s and Mona’s soon. I half-finished one for either Eldys or Laures (leaning toward the latter now), but I still haven’t managed to draw anything suitable for Farsine or the others. I might try and use a few found-images for some of them, in order to save time. If I can’t find anything decent I’ll just go the route of written descriptions.

Edit So, as odd as this might be, I'd rather like to switch to playing this on my other account. As I'd like to not have to constantly switch accounts it would require a new OOC [But we could just copy+paste the first three posts] I understand if you'd rather I just continue using this one. ^^'

You have two accounts? oO Why. Lol.

It's the only question that comes through my mind right now. xD I am still working on my characters, though, they should be up soon!

Because I made my other (original) one and then I made this one on a stupid whim? My thought process doesn't always seem to make sense. But if you don't mind I would really like to switch over.

Otherwise, nice to see another character up. I should start working on mine more fervantly as I'm falling quite behind.

Not really, two of my characters are just there but empty yet. :P

Also, yeah, do switch over I don't mind. We'll just copy and paste it into a new OOC ^^ Same deal with 3 first posts, I'll just copy mine from here and make sure all works.