[hider=Travis]Name: Travis
Class: Mercenary (promotes to hero)
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Appearance: [img]http://media.giphy.com/media/105TPTlFrqaW1G/giphy.gif[/img]
Equipment: Iron sword, two concoctions.
Personality: Travis is a young man that can rarely be seen cracking a smile. He remains mostly stoic at all times and prefers to keep most people at a fair distance. However, those that manage to befriend him can easily obtain his loyalty. Travis is a very diligent worker who can constantly be seen training. Because of this, he tends to put more priority on keeping his body in top shape than improving his book smarts. While he isn't slow-witted by any means, he is considerably less learned than he should be. He can usually be very short-tempered when dealing with carefree people and won't hesitate to chew them out if he catches them fooling around. He tends to be very blunt when he's speaking, never hesitating to speak his mind no matter who he's speaking to. As a result, he often comes off as rude, which, in all honesty, he is. Travis is very aware that he lacks people skills and sometimes tries to remedy this, to mixed results. 

Biography: Travis was born the son of a farmer named Hiram. His mother was nowhere to be seen, as she died soon after giving birth. While his father would sometimes show bitterness over this fact, he knew better than to force his anger upon the child.

For a good portion of his life, Travis  would spend most of his time helping his father run their small farm in Ylisse. Their lives remained mostly uneventful for some years, that is, until bandits struck. They stole what they pleased, threatening to kill Travis and his father if they interfered. Soon afterwards, they left after taking everything they desired, burning down all of the father and son pair's property. With their only means of surviving clearly gone, both of them had to find new work. 

They took what little farm tools they had left and became mercenaries for hire, using the tools as improvised weapons. For obvious reasons, many were reluctant to even consider the duo for work. After only a few days, the two of them became desperate for any sort of job. A new window opened up for them in their time of need. Not to say that it was necessarily a good one. 

On their travels, they were offered a job by an up-and-coming group of bandits. While Travis was reluctant to accept, his father quickly convinced him to accept. By this point in time, they were already reduced to begging for both food and work. Promises of proper equipment for the job also sweetened the deal. The job? Raid a nearby village for goods and supplies. Not only would they be able to keep the weapons they got from the bandits, but also whatever items they managed to pillage. Their offer was suspiciously generous, yet they accepted it anyway.

When the time to actually do the job came, Travis was understandably nervous, as was his father. For the most part, they did next to nothing as the bandits stole supplies. Conflict soon came as the villagers fought back. Due to their lack of proper equipment, they were useless against the group. Travis tried avoiding a fight for as long as he could, seriously considering running away altogether. He wasn't given the chance, however. A young villager came charging right at him, giving him no choice but slash at his enemy to survive. Travis nearly had a panic attack as he saw the other boy's head laying on the floor.

Countless corpses surrounded the area after all was said and done. The village was noted by the bandit leader, Trevor, and was scheduled for a revisit in the future. While Travis was still getting over the trauma of having killed a person, Hiram was being paid their fee  for the job. He, too, had killed on the mission, yet ignored any feeling of regret with the reasoning that he had to commit such atrocities to even stand a chance at surviving in the world.

Upon hearing of Travis's regret, Hiram comforted him by sharing the same thoughts he used to justify his actions. His words successfully calmed Travis down, only for his son's fright to be replaced by anger when hearing what else his father had to say. Trevor offered the duo a permanent spot on their still growing gang, which Hiram accepted. Initially, Travis was outraged. especially because. He thought something strange was going on from the very beginning. But when Hiram brought up that it was their only shot at a steady job, Travis had no choice but to accept as well.

For two years, Travis was forced to help the bandits with their raids. During this time, he noticed some odd changes in Hiram's personality. With each battle, the fury Hiram fought with increased each time. Over time, he had grown very accustomed to fighting with axes and his skill in combat had changed drastically. It seemed as if the man was born to fight, to the point where Trevor had even chosen him as his right-hand man for this fact alone.

Eventually, while attacking another village, the bandits were met with a group of noble warriors who had heard of the bandits' deeds. They went by the "Falcon". Unlike the others they've faced, these people proved to be a significant challenge. Well...to all but Hiram. On the battlefield, the man was an absolute monster. Death befell countless men that day. Travis, who was near the warrior, was still horrified by how much he had truly changed. Shockingly, he even smiled while cutting them down. 

A realization dawned upon him as he saw this. That man was no longer his father. Everything he had been told about joining the bandits for self-preservation was a complete lie, Hiram enjoyed having the power to kill. After being weak for so long, the former farmer had been corrupted as soon as he got the strength he so desired. Completely sickened by the man, Travis decided that putting him out of his misery was his only choice.

Travis stabbed him in the back (both literally and figuratively), killing him on the spot. For the rest of the battle, he sat down with his sword right beside him, surrendering himself to the will of the opposing force. His former comrades all died one by one, including Trevor, signifying the end of his commitment to the man. Then, his turn to die seemingly came as the leader of the Falcon, Lionel, approached him. Before he could be struck down, he inquired as to why Travis sat down and did nothing. Travis replied that he knew the error of his ways and expected comeuppance for them.

Instead, he was given the offer of tagging along to the Halidom of Ylisse instead, which was where the band of warriors were formed. While taken aback by the offer, he consented and rode with the Falcon to the Halidom. During their traveling, Travis asked why Lionel allowed him to come with his group despite his actions. To which Lionel replied that it would be a chance to repay the debt he owed.

Travis would soon come to realize what that meant. Lionel personally welcomed him into his family, telling him that he could make up for his misdeeds if he chose to protect Ylisse. Travis accepted and was welcomed into Lionel's family. The great warrior had even chosen to pay for his admittance to a sword fighting academy. The boy was very young, only 15 at this point, but had great potential due to the experience he had as a fighter.

For four years he worked hard to become a powerful warrior for Ylisse, honing his skills. Soon, as the religious crusades began and the Champion of Naga sought people to help him, Travis decided to step up as his first official task as a soldier. [/hider]

(yes, I have read rule 6)