[h3][b][u][color=f7941d]Name:[/color][/u] Mars Anthony Edward Lokken (Anthony)[/b][/h3] [COLOR=f7941d][b]Age:[/b][/COLOR] 19 [COLOR=f7941d][b]Gender:[/b][/COLOR] Male [COLOR=f7941d][b]Appearance:[/b][/COLOR] Anthony Lokken stands 5'9" tall and weighs 155 Lbs. He has a sallow complexion, very thin and frail. He wears long black greasy hair and has hazel-green eyes. His nose is crooked and pointy. Anthony Lokken usually wears a white under-tunic, dark green woolen vest, dark colored trousers, knee-high black leather boots and a black hooded cloak with a dark green satin lining. [IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn77/proberge82/MarsLokken.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=f7941d][b]History:[/b][/COLOR] Herod Lokken, Duke of Norfall has five sons. The first four are hearty young men, physically fit with fortuitous spirit making their father proud. The fifth son is frail and sallow in appearance. He was named in honor of the deity Mars, implying that the boy would one day develop into a stalwart warrior worthy of the Lokken family name. The Lokken family is also the opposition family to the current emperor of Alethea. Herod Lokken is also the emperor's staunchest supporter. He would cut down any traitor to his liege. Young Mars could not live up to his father's expectations, a sickly boy often shunned by his father for his physically diminutive stature. Whereas the boy's brothers all stood in excess of six feet, the shortest of who held no fewer than four inches over the youngest Lokken boy. Mars was left out of various family activities, but due to his noble birth was granted the title of Seventh Earl of Fenwick. It brought no political power. The village of Fenwick numbered fewer than 1000 residents. As Earl of Fenwick, Mars is entitled to collect taxes from his inhabitants. He attempted to collect taxes when he was 16 years of age. He received a few gold bits for his efforts, smiled meekly and went home. The activity made him very uncomfortable. He has not returned. As a teenager, Mars learned to ride a horse and loved the feeling of riding, free and independent of others. He also enjoys reading and writing. His favorite subject to read is magic. Since non-magical authors wrote most of the material on this subject, all of what he knows is speculative. Mars has been able to make logical sense of the writings in the physical world and has grown to accept them as truths. When Mars is not sleeping, eating or enduring some "forced fun" at his father's behest, he has his nose firmly planted between the pages of a book about Magic. He also carries a 12" wooden stick he claims is his magic wand. The stick has been lacquered and is kept shiny and polished. Mars Anthony Edward Lokken hates his first name. He refers to himself as [i]Anthony[/i]. He detests the name and everything that it stands for. Only his family call him by the name, Mars. He tells all others outside the family palace, that his name is Anthony. Due to his curiosity with all things to do with magic, Mars Anthony admires Sahayle the Victorious. He is the one person Anthony looks up to with respect. He is the one person, whose wisdom he would accept as word of law. He respects the word of the emperor because the emperor's word is backed by force; a strength Anthony is ill prepared to contend with. Anthony repeatedly queried his mother about an apprenticeship with Sahayle the Victorious. Through political wrangling by his father, Anthony, the Seventh Earl of Fenwick has been granted his desire. [COLOR=f7941d][b]Personality:[/b][/COLOR] Anthony is quiet, introverted, intelligent, and keeps to himself. He prefers not to be in the company of others and becomes uncomfortable if someone approaches him. Frankly, Anthony does not care about others leaving him remorseless and selfish. He is comfortable approaching others, but somehow feels threatened or suspicious by those who approach him. Who would want to be his friend? There must be some ill in the personality of the person who chooses to befriend Anthony Lokken. If Anthony should feel slighted in some way, he can be vindictive, vengeful, bitter, pompous, and two-faced. He will smile, uttering flowery words to appease those whom he believes he needs to align himself with in order to get whatever he wants. He has always retained good favor with his mother; the one ally he has in this cruel dark world. Physical strength is a quality Anthony looks condescending upon. It is not a quality he would admire. [COLOR=f7941d][b]Non-magical skills, talents and/or strengths:[/b][/COLOR] Horse riding, book reading, calligraphy and singing (an activity he does not do publicly). [b][COLOR=f7941d]Weaknesses/fears:[/COLOR][/b] Anthony is physically weak, possessing immense fear of embarrassment or shame. Due to his obvious fragility, Anthony runs from a fight. He avoids physical pain at all costs. [b][COLOR=f7941d]What they think about magic:[/COLOR][/b] Anthony can be arrogant about his knowledge of magic. He believes he knows all there is to know about magic as he had read every book on the subject he could get his hands on. However, he has been unable to lay his hands on books of actual worth on the subject. In reality, he is the master of the speculative art of the subject. His arrogance is pure and utter foolishness. He remains unaware that his knowledge of the subject is ill conceived and may lead him down a precarious road. He desires more than anything to confirm or deny what he knows as an apprentice of Sahayle the Victorious as well as a full and complete understanding of the arcane arts. [b][COLOR=f7941d]Other character notes:[/COLOR][/b] Mars Anthony Edward Lokken would one day love to see his family back in power at the seat of the throne in Alethea. This is a notion he keeps personal. He has told no one.