Sofia Oaks is an example of resolve, having gone from street urchin to royal guard while still holding onto her idealism and caring heart. Master of the outdated sword, she seeks to somehow become a hero in this gritty world of industry and heartlessness.

Name: Sofia Claire Oaks
Aliases: Sophie, The Silver Knight
Titles: Royal Guard, 3rd Class
Age: 26
Place of Origin: Eagrose
Kingdom: Eagrose
Gender: Female


Eyes: Blue
Hair: Oddly Grey
Day To Day Attire: Usually simple shirts, shorts, and capris. This is usually paired with ankle length shoes, though to be honest, she feels more comfortable in her ceremonial armor.
Strengths: Master combatant, iron willed, very skillful
Weaknesses: Little strength, Guarded

Determined * Resilient * Level-Headed * Romantic

Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Sofia is a person who exemplifies resolve, having grown up in the streets to not only become a knight, but one of the most accomplished swordsmen - though she did have a natural talent for such. She is kind and cares for others, even though she has had her trust failed many times over, causing her to be guarded. Sofia still believes in others though and the potential of everyone, hoping to somehow play the bit of the hero in her own way. Though she doesn't seem like the type to be a leader, people never the less look to her for her clever way of seeing problems.

Underneath it, she is a romantic and lover, though she carries scars of past relationships. She still pushes forward however, hoping that maybe someday she will find love or find a family of her own, somehow.

A listing of skills, such as horseback riding or cooking. Levels include novice (1 pt), apprentice (2 pt), journeyman (3 pt), expert (4 pt), master (5 pt). Each character can spend 21 points & only two skills can be mastered. If your character knows magic, it counts as a skill.

• Swordsmanship (Master): Sofia was always naturally talented with a blade, even during her younger years when she was forced to use a small knife. Since becoming a knight, she has become one of the master combatants even among veterans. Her style is more focused on single wielding a blade, despite it's supposed impracticality.
• Stealth (Apprentice): From her younger years, she can still recall the basics of sneaking through dark alleyways and stepping quietly in a forest.
• Lockpicking (Apprentice): Only able to really get past average locks, she can still remember the basics on how to get in without keys.
• Parkour (Expert): The art of acrobatics for the purposes of travel, she can fluidly move through her environments whether it is the cities or the forests. To some extent, this can be applied to combat as well.
• Sense Motive (Master): From a natural knack of it from trained master, Sofia can sense when someone is lying, trying to bluff, or otherwise mislead her. More importantly however, she can also sense an opponent's skill and read their movements. It's certainly not perfect, but does allow her a notable edge against even other masters in swordsmanship - even against ranged enemies.
• Handle Animals (Journeyman): While being a knight, you are expected to ride a horse and train it. Most knights have the ability to handle at least their horses, but Sofia picked up tricks that generally extend to any of the natural animals of the world. This can be used to tame and train any animal, given enough time, especially she still is not an expert - like some rangers.

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• Stasis Sword: With a swing of the weapon, a ghostly blue ice seems to fly towards the intended target, cutting them in dozens of places. If the target is particularly unconditioned towards the cold, they find themselves moving noticably slower.
• Hallowed Bolt: Slicing in front of her causes the air around the target to electrify suddenly, temporarily making it difficult to speak and move as their system is jolted from within and without.
• Icewolf Bite: Another swipe of her sword that seems to push out a chilling bite of cold air, though do not be fooled by it's lack of visual indicators. Besides causing minor blunt trauma, it magically makes metals brittle and sometimes break all together if made cheaply - unless magically guarded against.
• Ruination: The swing of the blade causes a bright flash to surround the target, burning them with magical energy, making it by far the most damaging technique.

Parents: Unknown
Siblings: Unknown
Childhood: Sofia grew up on the streets of Eagrose, orphaned and only raised by a teenage girl, whom she considered to be her only family. Raised from a babe, life was hard as the younger girl could hardly make ends meet and eventually died of starvation herself when Sofia was only seven years old. A life filled with loss and being ignored by most anyone, she turned to thievery for a time. Until she came of age, though she did have a romantic encounter first with a boy that decided to leave her for a rich girl, then a girl that treated her like she was a treasure, until one day she simply disappeared. Though by this point, Sofia was used to being left alone.
Adulthood: Caught by the local guard and thrown into jail for stealing from a lesser noble. However after a conversation with an older knight, she was given the choice to face her crimes or make it up by joining the knights and serving the kingdom. She choose the latter, but no one knew how talented she would be at the blade. Despite her awkwardness in social situations, she was praised for her skill and her surprising kind heart for what she had been through and done. Before long, she heard respect and was invited into the royal guard - though she is still on the look out for love and a family to let in past her walls.
Special Moments: Being forced into knighthood and being invited to the royal guards. Also her memories of the young woman who took care of her, Ovelia.
Current Events: Currently, she spends her time serving the crown as a royal guard, though of a lesser rank.

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Character Quote: "I just want to do the right thing."
Theme Song: TBA
Aura Color: A soft, warm pink.
Scent: Sofia smells of lilacs, even without any perfume.
Anything Else: N/A

Name: Clayton Walker
Aliases: Fly-Boy
Titles: N/A
Age: 24
Place of Origin: Grusk
Kingdom: Aligned with no Kingdom
Gender: Male


Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Day To Day Attire: Usual clothes are what's seen in pictures. Most of his outfits don't really deviate from that style.
Strengths: Talented Engineer, Fearless, Agile
Weaknesses: Not the strongest, Headstrong

Brave * Headstrong * Imaginative * Ambitious

Sexuality: Bisexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Clayton is a talented young inventor who lives for thrills and using his skills in the name of Adventure! While not a warrior of sorts, he loves showing off fancy moves with his boots, even able to use the wheels to create boosted skates. Being able to explore everywhere is a fantastic option to have, and Clayton aims to travel the world to discover new, fascinating technologies he may have never conceived. Ever the optimist, Clayton wants to find the fun in everything, make the most out of every opportunity and help as many people he can.

While certainly ambitious, sometimes he is considered a mere reckless boy with some powerful toys. First to volunteer for most things, Clayton has developed a habit of rushing ahead without much planning, much preferring to improvise and think on the spot. Hey, that's where the best ideas come from. right? The young inventor is constantly tinkering with something, and his skills have allowed him to fix or sometimes improve many pieces of machinery. As long as a tool isn't far away, there's nothing Clayton can't dream of.

A listing of skills, such as horseback riding or cooking. Levels include novice (1 pt), apprentice (2 pt), journeyman (3 pt), expert (4 pt), master (5 pt). Each character can spend 21 points & only two skills can be mastered. If your character knows magic, it counts as a skill.

• Engineering (Master): Clayton's skill as an inventor/engineer allows him to work with a large plethora of machines. As long as he's come across the technology before, it's likely he can fix or operate it.
• Flying (Expert): The Fly-Boy has practiced using his hand-built rocket boots, making him a wonder to see soar throughout the sky.
• Agility (Journeyman): Being a quite slim guy, he's able to vault, climb and maneouvre around a variety of environments, and he likes to throw in some stunts when he's flying or using his boots as skates.
• Hand-to-hand combat (Apprentice): While his boots can help in a fight, he's never had skilled training, able to scrap at best.
• Firearms (Novice): Clayton can fix a gun, maybe even make one with the right materials, but he's never fired one. Fact of the matter is, he's scared of them.
• Inventing (Master): Any manner of small to medium size gadget could be created by Clayton's gifted hands, not one to shy away from a challenge either. With the right materials and enough time, Clayton is capable of creating useful items that are nothing short of magnificent.

Parents: Arthur Walker, Military Engineer, Alive. Agatha Walker, Nurse, Alive. Clayton visits when he's can but isn't often at all.
Siblings: None.
Childhood: Showed incredible talent in creating, building and fixing things. Trained by his father when he was old enough, he was rarely seen without a spanner of screwdriver in hand.
Adulthood: Not much yet. Afterall, he's not had a long time being an adult.
Special Moments: The first time he made his boots work. He went out for his first flight, exhilarating to say the least. His second was fixing a central power unit that powered a whole town. He was offered much compensation but turned it down, happy that he was able to help in the first place.
Current Events: Clayton is looking for his next adventure. He doesn't know where he's going and that's not a bad thing to him.

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• Name: None as of yet.

Character Quote: "Why not live for the moment? That's why we live!"
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Aura Color: An excitable orange aura surrounds Clayton, even more prominent when flying or skating.
Scent: Clayton has an almost metallic scent. That kind of garage/workshop smell.
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Name: Rose Elizabeth Hargrove
Aliases: Elizabeth Rosegrove
Titles: Heiress to the Hargrove estate, the Wandering Librarian
Age: 23
Place of Origin: Town of Vale, a small coal mining town nestled in the mountains of northwest Eagrose
Kingdom: unaligned
Gender: Female


Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Day To Day Attire: Rose can usually be seen wearing leather bound corset. If she is traveling she usually wears leather pants but in town or relaxing she usually is wears a skirt of either knee or full length.
Strengths: Long distance endurance, Well read, Smooth talker
Weaknesses: Fear of insects, superiority complex

Intelligent * Confident * Rational * Cunning

Sexuality: Sapiosexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Rose is wandering soul with little attachment to the world. She is never content at staying in one place for long or being around the same people for long. She has a deep love on knowledge and will not stop taking until When not walking the long roads through the Eagrose countryside, she can be seen reading or telling stories to other travelers around the campfire. Making her way into taverns she can be seen chatting with the locals, gambling, and drinking.

Rose is a good social chameleon. She can quickly observe the behaviors of a group and then act appropriately within that group. She is so good at acting, she is rarely called out as a faker. The fact she can fool people so easily make her look down on those around her. She both admires and treats those as equals who are not so easily fooled by her. She wanders alone most of the time because she feels that is the only time she can truly be herself.

A listing of skills, such as horseback riding or cooking. Levels include novice (1 pt), apprentice (2 pt), journeyman (3 pt), expert (4 pt), master (5 pt). Each character can spend 21 points & only two skills can be mastered. If your character knows magic, it counts as a skill.

• World Lore (Master): Everything that can be read in a book from History to Philosophy, from medicine to metallurgy, from mythology to farming. This of course includes occult writings on magic. All this is just knowledge not practical experience.
• Silver Tongue (Master): Nothing like a silvery snakelike tongue to get one out of a bad situation. It is also useful to make a unreasonable sale seem reasonable
• Pistol Marksmanship (Expert): This is her primary means to defend herself. She can shoot a pistol with ease and can maintain the pistol. She even carries the equipment in her pack to smelt more pistol balls. She still needs to master mixing the gunpowder so she mainly uses what she can buy.
• Wilderness Survival (Journeyman): Rose is well versed in how to survive in the wild lands. She knows how to make makeshift shelters and how to start a fire without matches. She also knows how to hunt small game and which berries and mushrooms are edible.
• Dagger play (Journeyman): Rose can use any knife or dagger to defend herself when she has to fight too close for pistols. She usually hides a dagger in her boot or up her sleeves.
• General magic (Novice): Rose reads and reads and reads. it is her favorite way to pass the time. Among her readings on her travels, she has come across a few obscure books and scrolls depicting how to use magic. She has attempted in vain to implement magic and make it work. However, while knowing the basics she has not figured out the fundamental understanding behind how to make it work. She knows how to create magic circles, chant spells, and even read tarot cards. She uses magic now as a side show, parlor tricks, and sleight of hand. She would love to know how to finally cast a fireball or make plants grow unnaturally fast.

A listing of favorite or unique spells, if any. Maximum of four.

• Spell: none yet.

Parents: Rose's mother was named Rachel Victoria Hargrove. She died in childbirth giving birth to Rose. Rose's father is Marcus Andrew Hargrove. He is still living and is head of a monopoly on coal production in and around the town of Vale. He is quite wealthy and quite enterprising. Rose is not in good relations with her father.
Siblings: Rose has one older brother about 6 years older than her. His name is Robert Douglas Hargrove. He is apprenticing and ready to take over the company when their father steps down.
Childhood: Rose had a sheltered upbringing. She was raised in her families walled off manor. She could spend a lot of time either in the garden or in the family library. She was raised mainly by servants and was home schooled by a hired teacher. Rose's father was often away on business and was rarely not working. The only time Rose truly had to interact with her father was at dinner time. Overall she had a cold upbringing which forced her to escape into books and stories. She interacted more with her brother than her father but upon him entering his teens, he was sent to study in a boarding school. Rose was alone except for the servants.
Adulthood: When Rose was 17, she took her life into her own hands. Sneaking out one night while her father was away in town, she fled the manor with only what she could carry on her back. Assuming her book smarts could carry her far and her own wits would carry her the rest of the way. She avoided any one who might turn her in and never looked back. She does worry about her father and brother but she felt she was never wanted or needed. That was enough to justify her abandoning her station.
Special Moments: Rose remembers constantly her childhood, the confinement of being stuck in that manor, and how it felt like a gilded prison. She remembers it as a cold, lonely place where the world ended at the walls of the manor. She never wants to be caught again. Stuck in a place where she is not free to wander, to explore, and dependent on other's written stories to experience.

Rose's second life defining moment was when she met a man who showed great intelligence and Cunning. He taught her how to survive and how to use a firearm. She fell head over heels for him. Rose traveled with this man for about a year before he proposed marriage. However, he had to break some ties in the township. Rose was to meet him outside the town in the morning and they would elope together. However, Rose's lover never showed. Instead, Rose was ambushed. As she was surrounded, one of her three assailants confessed that she had been sold out by her lover to a criminal gang to settle a debt. Rose shot the man dead with her pistol and took off running never to look back.
Current Events: Rose is forever wandering town to town, tavern to tavern. She makes a living as a traveling street peddler and story teller.

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Character Quote: "Trust No one, expect betrayal from everyone, and know when your welcome is no longer warm."
Theme Song: youtube.com/watch?v=vzDPIrEiS-U
Aura Color: light green
Scent: Rose always uses a rose-scented perfume, but some have noted her hair naturally smells like strawberries.
Anything Else: TBA

Name: Cassandra Maximilian Ruskin Wetherell
Aliases: Cassandra Ruskin.
Titles: Princess, 8th in line to the Ludoran throne. Captain of the Sky Hammer.
Age: 27
Place of Origin: Ludoran capital city of Norvona
Kingdom: Ludoran Empire and it allies
Gender: Female


Eyes: Red
Hair: White
Day To Day Attire: For the most part it the same as seen in the picture. Although as needed she will wear dresses fit for a royal woman. However she is never more then a few paces away form her googles. Cassandra clothes no matter what she wears always look like them are made of high quality materials.
Strengths: Quick Witted, Honorable, High pain tolerance
Weaknesses: Short tempered, Short Sighted

Resourceful * Straightforward * Unyielding * Adventurous

Sexuality: Bisexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: A relatively happy person who is content so long as she had clothes on her back and solid roof over her head. Although born and raised as a Royal Cassandra hardly act like one. Preferring the company of common class over those in the upper most echelon of society.
Although given her she born a Royal she was given the very best as child she has little interest in the finer things in life 90% of the time. At times or when told Casandra will throw her title around and engage with upper echelons of society briefly before getting fed up with them. She is also the Adventurous type and will give anything a go at least once.

Cassandra is a fairly straight forward woman and tends to keep herself easy to read. So people that are dealing with her are able to see if she's happy, sad or angry. Making her quite expressive of her current. She will stating to those how she is feeling if she thinks they are not aware. However she does make an effort to hide when she is flustered or afriad. Finding the display of those traits unbecoming of any person of her background.
She also tends offer her thoughts on subjects freely most of the time weather they are wanted or not. Caring little if they upset someone.

Cassandra is a woman whos live her life by a personal code making her her behavior in some situations somewhat easy to predict. Once that code she live buy has been learnt. When it comes to facing problems or challenges Cassandra fairs well even when under pressure. Able to come up with plans quickly and execute them effectively. However her plans are about the long term result and as she cares little if some must endure hardship so long as things end in success in the end.

Cassandra is also a woman with relatively short fuse. Push her buttons and she'll quickly snap. Offering a torrent of nasty words and if pushed to far the end of her blade. (or a serving of her water Magic later on)

A listing of skills, such as horseback riding or cooking. Levels include novice (1 pt), apprentice (2 pt), journeyman (3 pt), expert (4 pt), master (5 pt). Each character can spend 21 points & only two skills can be mastered. If your character knows magic, it counts as a skill.

• Strategy (Master): Cassandra as been taught how to plan strategically for both Military and Civilian operations/projects and effectively and how to lead them till completion. Honed by experience she knows how to adjust plans quickly on the fly and enact her plans with only a small amount of resources at her disposal.
• Swordsmanship (Expert): Given her short sight thus limiting her skills with firearms Cassandra has worked hard to become very proficient a blade. Given the finest teachers and having used it more times then she'd care to recall Cassandra can wield any one handed blade like it was a part of her body and take on most foes and come out on top.
• Water Magic (Expert): (Currently locked) Once Cassandra has gained magic she will quickly come to discover that she is naturally very talented at using it. Once she as adjusted to having Magic and worked out the basics. She'll find that the steps to cast and use spells come to her as easily as drawing breath. Able to create and manipulate water with relative ease.
• Literacy skills (Journeyman): Due to her birth as Royal Cassandra was taught to read and write. While Cassandra can only write in her country's native language Cassandra can read text form any of the major world powers or nations allied with her homeland.
• Survival Skills (Apprentice): Since leaving her family Cassandra as had to learn at times fend for herself. Sometimes stuck in wilds or less civilized lands with no supplies. She had learn to find shelter and hunt. Alongside treat minor wounds or patch more serious ones till proper care can be obtained.
• Marksmanship (Novice): Part of her Military training she has been taught how to use both rifle and pistol. Her skills with weapons suffer due to her short sightedness and the fact. She is slow to line up shots that not close range and struggles to hit moving targets beyond close range.
• Math (Novice): Cassandra as been taught mathematics as child, although struggles with anything beyond basic addition and subtraction. Give her enough time and some paper and she can work anything out ... most of the time.
• Etiquette (Novice): Due to being born a Royal Cassandra as been taught in the art on how to act proper and how to address the upper echelons of society correctly in accordance to her homelands customs. While she is able to do it, she as forgotten all but the basic's due to her disliking the subject and seeing it a pointless.

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Parents: Cassandra father is dead, having passed away when she was still a baby. Cassandra as little contact with her mother. Loving her greatly but does not like her. The two clashing in personality and rarely see eye to eye and the two can not be around each other long before arguments break out. Being side they respect each other and will happy help each other when needed.
Siblings: The youngest out of 8 siblings. While Cassandra has little to do with her siblings she loves them all and they all maintain good relations with Cassandra.
Childhood: Born as the 8th child to her mother Empress Claudia. During a time of war. Cassandra was groomed form a young age while be a princess of her nation but also be a Military commander. Taught how to plan and lead strategies and if needed to fight. It was expected she lead and if needed die for her nation. Cassandra while a member of the Royal family considered to be expendable given how far down the line she was for the throne.
Adulthood: From 17 she was placed in command of portion of the Empire Sky Ship Navy after a string of victories. The war coming to a close by the time Cassandra was 25. Cassandra was seen to be seen as hero to her people. Cassandra playing a large part in seeing the Empire to victory. After the war she quickly fell out of the public eye after she stopped making public appearance. But she is still considered to be a national hero.
Special Moments: The day her mother agreed to let her live a life away form her her Royal family and duties. While under a tight set of rules she has to obey or risk being disowned and deemed a traitor and the day she arrived in the city of Lobrisk on her first day of her knew life.
Current Events: Cassandra is currently moving form town to town trying to find some big adventure. Having the itch to have one so has been hiring herself out to anyone that seems to have a job that might lead to this.

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Character Quote: (working on one.)
Theme Song: (Currently looking for one. Suggestions welcome)
Aura Color: A mix of ocean blue and aqua.
Scent: Cassandra carry's a pouch of cinnamon on her as it a common practices for of wealthier women in her homeland.
Anything Else:
Cassandra is captain of the Ludoran sky ship called the Sky Hammer. Although it is currently docked back home. If she can get word home she requires it she can have it deployed to where she needs it. All she needs then is to wait for it to arrive.

Cassandra being royalty and traveling with her mothers blessing has her travels as access to the her share of the Royal coffers so is rarely strapped for money in nations her homeland has a presence. Provided she can prove she is indeed a princess. Normally using a medallion that her mother gave to her.

Name: Arabella Ambrose
Aliases:
Bella Clearstone, Belladona Stoneworth, Abigail Rivers - she's used many an alias over the few short years she's been active, and only one or two more than once.
Titles: Doctor Ambrose, Star Touched, Child of the Stars
Age: 25
Place of Origin: Coalmire
Kingdom: Coalmire & Werneath Institute
Gender: Female


Eyes: Violet, a color commonly seen in Coalmire.
Hair: Black
Day To Day Attire:
In her usual attire, Arabella prefers fancy, high class suits and clothing. Typically a high collar blue suit that would denote someone of some wealth. It's somewhat tight fitting, with gold trimmings and a bag hanging from her hip. Usually, a blue top hat with a white flower inlaid in it can be seen atop her head. Her brown leather boots are surprisingly durable and light, specifically made to aid in comfort and silence whilst moving. She always can be seen wearing white gloves.

Strengths:
- Academically Learned
- Agile
- Always Optimistic
Weaknesses:
- Mentally unsound
- Selfish

Upbeat * Driven * Fickle * Resourceful

Sexuality: Bisexual, finds a lot of...things attractive.
Relationship Status: She has a little black book of lovers she keeps into contact with.

Personality:
As far as Arabella goes, she's somewhat of an...eccentric.

Arabella is by far, friendly. A bit overly so, some might say. Indeed, she's quick to give people her affections in the way of hugs, compliments, and otherwise just general somewhat overly friendly personal space invading behavior. Obviously, this sort of thing can be a major put off to most people, but she doesn't seem to care one way or another. Indeed, she seems to take a small bit of delight in making people just a tad bit uncomfortable in such a manner.

Aside from that, she tends to speak fairly formally, as evidence by her impressive academic abilities and Education.

She is a pleasure seeker, first and foremost. She doesn't care where this pleasure comes from. A hedonist through and through, as most people in Coalmire are. She also has a bit of a selfish streak in her, and has a tendency only to care for herself and her own desires and urges, whatever those may be. She doesn't have a very large list of things she'd never do, and once she decides she wants to do something, she will definitely attempt to do it regardless of the danger or harm involved - that's part of the thrill, after all.

It's unfortunate its the result of a less than friendly or...morally correct work space that has given her some odd tendencies. Due to certain happenings in her life, she has a few odd quirks.

She can often be found talking to herself, even having full, seemingly coherent conversations. Other times, she suggests that there are unseen things moving around people, and sometimes she'll seem to know something about something she really shouldn't.

She has little regard for human life, ever since her mom died she's distanced herself a bit from other people, though won't intentionally or go out of her way to harm anyone - but if they happen to get in her way or something, she won't hesitate to stage a little 'accident' for them.

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• Esoteric Medicinae (Master): Esoteric Medicine. Born in Coalmire as one of Amator's Lariviere's many illegitimate children, Arabella has had a somewhat charmed life in her home town. She was blessed at an early age with great intelligence and learning environment. Most notably, as a Doctor of Coalmire she is a skilled physician in the medical field and with chemicals.
• Casus disciplinam (Master): Espionage Training. The act of using spies and subterfuge to do gain an edge of an enemy. Like most doctors of the various Coalmire institutions, Arabella is trained in the art of espionage. While technically a 'Master' of this field, this is more of a general skill set defined by her practice and chosen profession.
  
  However, Arabella is a master of none when it comes to this skill set. Sure, she can pick locks, move silently - but she's only average when compared to other, masters of their field. Lock picking, safe cracking. Effectively only 'Journeyman' in terms of skill when compared to others.
• Charisma (Expert):She has received some basic speech training and can fairly easily talk with people, and seems to have a bit of a charm around her. Perhaps not the best smooth talker out there, but can talk her way out of a number of things and knows how to get lost in a crowd or convince someone she was 'just out for an evening stroll'
• Marksmanship (Journeyman): Likewise, she received training in how to both fire a rifle accurately as well as maintain them. While not one of the best, she has training with rifles and handguns of all sorts and can use them fairly adeptly. Aside from her cane-rifle she has a tendency to carry a fairly high powered pistol or two on her, along with some ammo
• Self Defense (Journeyman): Of course, she wouldn't be a very good spy and infiltrator without some sort of self defense technique. While she isn't the best, any doctor from Coalmire knows how to defend themselves with hand to hand combat and bladed weapons. In her case, this would happen to be her cane-rifle, though she knows how to fight in more unconventional methods and while she isn't the most physically strongest person alive she's a fairly resourceful sort.
  
  It should be noted she's not built or equipped for drawn out fights. While she can hold her own against a single opponent of similar or high skill easily enough as she's not afraid of fighting dirty, she's not built for protracted battles and typically is ill suited to handle anything other than a single opponent directly..
• Lorem Magia(Novice): Like any respected Cylnath scholar, she has knowledge of magical things. Of course, they currently don't do anything but she has knowledge of magic circles, rituals, and other such things. At the moment she doesn't do much with this, but Coalmire is a veritable bastion of occult practices and things. As such, she has basic knowledge of how magic works and how to use it.
  
  In theory, of course. She likes to pass off her 'magic' as card tricks and pulling things out of her hat.
• Sewing (Novice): A basic proficiency in sewing. Repairing and making small articles of clothing. She's far from an expert, but she picked up a few things from her mom. Useful when making disguises.

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Parents: Amator Lariviere (Deceased) and Isolde Ambrose (Deceased)
Siblings: Notable half-siblings
Cordella Porter (Half-sister, High Deacon of Coalmire), Charlotte LaChance (Half-Sister, Fellow Doctor)

Childhood:
Arabella's own childhood and history is shrouded in as much mystery as her current life. She doesn't really speak of it much, and she doesn't really go around telling people who her father was.

Arabella's Childhood was...colorful, to put in a positive light. Coalmire is a relatively peaceful place during the day to be sure, but at night hedonistic acts are always about, though often in secret behind closed doors. It can be rather bad place to raise a child, honestly. Even more so if your one of the ones that live on the Lower Levels with the Canals - which is where most of the homeless and less well off live. As well, its where the majority of the Scholars find desperate souls willing to partake in experiments at the promise of money or being given an affordable living space.

As for Arabella, she was one of these such children. She didn't know her father that well growing up - she only met him a handful of times and all those times he was rather...distant. Instead, for the first years of her life she lived with her mother. A seamstress by the name of Isobel, who after gave birth to Arabella left a comfortable life in the upper layers of the city and started again in the Canals.

She never told Arabella why, but she said the upper layers just weren't a good place to raise a child. Now that she's older, she suspects her mother didn't want her getting involved with the Scholars, though hindsight is 20/20.

None of the Scholars can exactly tell you when or where Arabella simply showed up on their doorstep, wanting to be taught how to be a doctor, but when she was seven years old she made the trip to the Clock tower herself and demanded to be made one. After a few initial tests to determine her 'aptitude' it was discovered she was a blood relative of Amator's, and given the privilege of getting one of the best education and treatments possible for those of Coalmire.

Most of her childhood was spent reading, writing, and learning various academic pursuits, though mostly and focusing on involving Biology, Chemistry, and medical practices. It's reported she quickly took to the practices, and was a savant in her field, even more so than most of her siblings were. Her life continued following a strict regiment of academic study and physical fitness for most of her early childhood. After she was eighteen however, she was sent to High Mountain, where her actual 'Doctor' training began, in their branch of the Werneath Institute.

Here she was taught how to fight physically, maintain and use various guns, as well as further her medical skills by putting them into actual practice on the people of High Mountain. It was her first time doing actual work on people, but with a steady hand and remembering her training she was a natural. It was a few months after she began practicing there as an apprentice there was an accident where a girl by the name of Melni was injured - it wasn't pretty, but Arabella managed to patch her up with minimal scarring and without much of an issue.

Perhaps this was also a case of love at first sight for Arabella, too.

Whatever the case after the incident Arabella kept hanging around Melni, and spent most of her free time when she wasn't working, training or carousing in typical Coalmire fashion bothering the other girl. The two have remained fast friends, since then and Arabella gets most of her gun work and gadgets built by the girl - for a price, of course.

Adulthood:
As far as her life goes after graduated, she was given a proper medical license and a place to practice in Eagrose in the main Werneath institute, as well as opening her own small clinic in High Mountain. She often travels between the two cities and staying two weeks or so each month. It's a well paying job, though of course she doesn't do it solely for the money. She does in fact like to help people and simply enjoys healing them.

Of course, sometimes the good doctor disappears for a few weeks or a month or so. On 'Vacation' and whatnot, visiting other cities in empires and other things. It's merely a cover of course. She does a lot of spy and espionage work for Coalmire, making sure its potential enemies are kept in check through subterfuge, as well as backing its allies in some manner and other such practices.

Special Moments:
The first time she met her father when she was ten. She had been invited to meet him at a fancy dinner, made with freshly caught fish and other meat from animals from the swamp and some fruits from their fields. It was a...stiff affair. Atamor wasn't much of a talker, though Arabella did learn a few things from him in the coming days.

When she finally graduated from Werneath and became a fully fledged 'Doctor'. It was a fun little affair for those who did graduate. A feast and a little night of revelry in true Coalmire style.

The death of her mother by illness, as she was the entire reason she wanted to become someone who could heal people. The event impacted Arabella greatly, though most of the time she doesn't linger on it.

Current Events: Currently is in High Mountain, paying a visit to her favorite little gunsmith. She will, however, be heading to Grusk soon to see what all the fuss is over their military.

* ☠ Enemy * ⚜ Unfriendly * ☯ Neutral * ☮ Friends * ღ Ally * ♥ Crush/Significant Other *

• Cordella Porter ღ☮: High deacon of Coalmire and current head of the Cylnath Scholars. A friendly, energetic girl that likes sweets. Can often be found shirking duty. Cares greatly for the residents of Coalmire. Supposedly. She oversees all the Scholars do, more or less - which means she has to at least, on some occasion, approved something that was likely less than reputable.
• Charlotte LaChance ღ☮: Fellow doctor, trained together and on occasion end up working together though Charlotte is not fond of Coalmire or the institute for various reasons, believing them to be corrupt organizations. They didn't know they were half-siblings when they met which led to...an interesting situation. A specialist in chemistry.
• Melni Ophel ♥: Gunsmith and Engineer at High Mountain, that Arabella met when she was in training in the High Mountain Institute. Now, it might be a bit of a one sided love on Arabella's end, but out of all her travels she still vists Melni the most. She often has Melni handle and clean her guns. Arabella often visits frequently when she's not busy, just for giggles. Often by way of coming in through a second story window - which usually results in her getting shot at.
  
  Played by - @Pyromania99
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Character Quote:
"I'm a doctor. I cure people of sickness. Sometimes the only cure to their sickness is death. And let me tell you...I am extremely good at that. Now hold still, darling. The little black ones are hungry. Tearing at your flesh so eagerly, like viscous little piranhas of the swamp. Shh, shh, don't worry. I'm a doctor, as I said. It won't...hurt...a bit!"

Theme Song: ~WOOOORKING ON IIIIT~
Aura Color: Deep, dark blue speckled with white
Scent: Salty scent of the sea, mixed with a sharp chemical smell.
Anything Else:
Has amassed a small fortune. Coalmire pays their doctors well, as does the doctor gig.
Typical Inventory - Note gadgets are either given from the Institute or she has someone else makes them:
To be added to and adjusted as the RP progresses

• Cane-Rifle: A top of the line item made from heavy metal, disguised as a mere walking cane it is a rare weapon that can fire two shots before needing to be reloaded, and is often her 'trump card' as most fire arms these days still need to be reloaded after firing even once. Most wouldn't be aware that it can fire again without the need to do so. This is done simply by a mechanism that 'rotates' the chamber the projectile rests in. She does not use it much. It lacks a bit of power, and is best used at close to mid range due to accuracy constraints.
  
  The butt of it works as a fairly effective bludgeoning tool, and she is surprisingly trained fairly well in the sue of self defense with it. (Easily concealed in public)
• Poison Darts x10: Small darts designed to be tossed from mid range towards an enemy. Sharp and able to pierce most standard clothing worn at this time and able to deliver a dose of a toxin of some sort. However, not very sturdy and prone to breaking easily and works best on an unknowing target. Usually kept in her purse. (Easily concealed in public)
• Grenades x2: Typically, Arabella carries a few grenades on her. Not of the explosive kind mind you. More of the subterfuge kind. Usually, either an obscuring smoke grenade, a grenade designed to produce a sound to distract or alert, or a corrosive, deadly gas grenade. (Does not carry in public)
• Pistol: A simple flintlock pistol of some power. One shot, hopefully one kill. Simple and effective, and comes with a rudimentary scope on it to assist in aiming. Surprisingly effective at long range and carries a few extra bullets to reload with. (does not carry in public)
• Medical Syringes x10: Filled with a number of different toxic chemicals designed for various uses. Some simply to knock out, others a more specialized purpose. Several are highly lethal and would kill a man nigh instantly. Difficult to use in a direct fight, but not impossible if she could get close enough. Only used when she's on the job. Typically, this is most doctors method of taking out foes silently. (Does not carry in public)
• Shrapnel Spring x2 - A deadly little clockwork trap that can very effectively kill or cripple a pursuer or foe. Place it on a surface and and the trap unleashes numerous pieces of sharp, metal shrapnel at foes that tear and cut flesh. One armed, a timer will count down until a spring activates and flings its deadly shrapnel in every direction. (only carries one in public)
• Medical mask x1 - a mask developed by the doctors of Coalmire. Officially, it's a mask to be worn during surgery in order to help protect the wearer from breathing in harmful bacteria and bodily fluids. Unofficially, it also works pretty well at protecting the wearers face and eyes from gaseous chemicals as well as covering their identity. (To be worn only on the job)
• Lockpicks x5 - a simple tool, usually kept in her bag. Used for picking most easy to access locks.

Name: Cordella Crowley Porter
Aliases: N/A
Titles: Arch Deacon of Coalmire, 'Blessed of the Stars'
Age: Appears to be young, though never gives her actual age to people.
Place of Origin: Coalmire
Kingdom: Coalmire
Gender: Female


Eyes: Brown
Hair: Blond
Day To Day Attire: Typically, Cordella can be seen wearing a variety of dresses ranging from gothic styles to more flamboyant suits. As fickle and free-spirited as she is, she doesn't particularly have one way she prefers to dress and tends to change on whatever she's feeling at that moment. If she feels the urge, she'll walk around in just her undergarments if it takes her fancy.

Cordella herself stands at a short five foot four, and supports a slender frame and pale skin. In all, she's a rather unassuming and not too intimidating woman upon first glances.

Strengths:
Calm
intuitive
Intelligent
Weaknesses:
Physically weak
Holds grudges

Whimsical * Jovial * Childlike * Unforgiving

Sexuality: Bisexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality:
If there is one thing most would agree upon about the current Archdeacon of Coalmire, is that she's as fickle as the sea itself. One moment she might fancy white flowers and order her servants to fill the halls with them, and then the next she'll find them distasteful and want them all thrown out. It's fairly hard to predict what she will do in her day to day life, making her guards and the other scholars of Cylnath quite troubled at times.

She's a fairly friendly and upbeat woman who has a childlike curiosity about a lot of things, and like most people of Coalmire likes experiencing new things and will never say no to trying something at least once. One should note however, that she will put the advancement of Cylnath and the city of Coalmire above all else. Those who betray her - or the city - will find themselves on the receiving end of their infamous doctors.


Character Quote: "They say genius and insanity are two sides of the same coin. I wonder which side we're on, my dear Scholars? It's difficult to tell at times, isn't it?"
Theme Song: What would be playing when they walk up if we were in a movie?
Aura Color: Murky white
Scent: Moonlit flowers and Paint.
Anything Else:

"Men are capable of so much more than they think - they just need to look harder...and keep their minds open and realize that not everything in this world can be understood or explained by humans."

- Osgood Glass, founder of the Institute



Located near the edge of Eagrose, the Werneath Institute is looked upon with favor and accolades. Formed some odd years ago from a group of scholars from Coalmire who sought a new environment to start practicing in, and to bring their revolutionary medicines and practices to other people. After a few months of suspicion, they finally convinced the government to allow them to set up a medical school after their craft was able to cure a deadly sickness.

Now, It is the foremost collage in Eagrose - where one can go to learn practically anything. From engineering, medical studies, to more labor and trade related professions. Many of the elite send their sons and daughters to the prestigious school to better themselves and learn. The scholars, professors, and those who work here pride themselves at being the absolute best in their field.

Additionally, the Institute also doubles as both a hospital and place of medical practice. It is here that most doctors in Eagrose go to learn, practice, and otherwise learn their trade of healing people and keeping them alive. It is one of the only place in Eagrose not held back by the past - and constantly strives for bettering their healing techniques through technology and other means by combining a mix of medicine and technology to ensure people are kept healthy and alive.

It is currently headed by Osgood's successor, Zophar Legget.

"The swamps of Coalmire? Bah...something eerie about those swamps, lad. Don't linger there and no matter what don't leave the road. More people go missing around there than anywhere else in the known world."



Situated next to the ocean in a swampy wetland, the city-state of Coalmire is one of the younger 'Nations' to crop up in recent history. Used to be a part of a larger nation but after a rebellion led by the current ruling class, it's maintained a tenuous independence from its former parent country. This, in part, is because the city itself is well - has practically zero strategic resources, as well, the area surrounding the city is nothing but swamps and rumored to be home to all kinds of supernatural things. Hauntings, disappearances, etc. Indeed, the swamp itself is incredibly difficult to navigate unless you know how. Thick vegetation that can block out a good bit of sunlight, bogs one can get stuck in...it's more than a little difficult for anyone to navigate without the aid of locals or knowing the path.

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"Been to the city proper. Let me tell you one thing, lad. You go there, get your business done and get out. That place...something be strange about it, I assure ye."

The city of Coalmire itself is a bit of a layered city. Land was difficult to build upon, as the mud and mire of the swamp meant it was difficult to build solid foundations near the coal. Eventually they decided that if they couldn't built outwards, they'd build upwards. It took a good bit of manpower as well as time to actually achieve making a suitable foundation for most of the city, building large metal support beams into the more stable ground deep beneath the water and thick soil. The lower streets aren't streets at all - but rather canals of water that people use either bridges or boats to build across. Any roads in the city are typically in fact, peoples roofs. It makes for quite an amusing, and somewhat odd sight for any outsiders.

Once done, the people started building their homes and business up, while the miners built down under the city. The largest part of the city is the massive clocktower that is the center of the city, and the head of the current ruling class of scholars known locally as the 'Cylnath Scholars'. The clocktower is the most notable feature of the city, aside from its canals.

The city itself is only moderately industrialized, and most industrialization is kept to the upper parts of the city on the opposite end of the Clocktower.

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"Aye, started out as a coal gem mining operation. Poor fools though...the coal dried up faster than I do on a summer day, haha! Still, did well for themselves...but the guys who run the place? The Academy or whatever they call themselves? I don't trust them."

The history of Coalmire started out as a small Coal-gem mining town upon the coast, the swampy lands supposedly holding an abundance of the valuable resource. Miners and those who wanted to get rich quick upon the resource rushed there, promises of wealth and fortune driving them. A 'Coal Rush' as it was labeled. Unfortunately, the Coal was not nearly as abundant as people believed and only within a year the resources had dried up.

This led to many problems, especially for the people living there. At the time, leaving the swamp would have been difficult and expensive. Many of course, looked to the government for help, and despite some supposed rescue attempts being made in the swamp the government said multiple parties and efforts had simply gotten lost in the area, never to be heard from again. Of course, the people didn't believe this and unrest grew among the populace.

It was then a young and charismatic scholar and occultist by the name of Amator Laruentius Lariviere came to power. Amator was able to make himself the defacto leader of the populace, setting himself up as the leader of Coalmire. He convinced people to keep digging at the promise of a long buried, ancient treasure resting deep beneath the swampy earth.

Records after this are a bit unclear. It's said that they did, indeed, find something and that because of it Lariviere had unprecedented influence among the city and it's populace. It's also said that the mining was just a convenient way to keep people busy while he worked on furthering his own power by creating a group of elite scholars within the city before wrenching power and declaring independence

Whatever the case is, after a year or so Lariviere had made Coalmire into a fairly self-sufficient city state, only having to import Coal at times to run things. He and a select few scholars established an occult school and place of learning while mining operations were still under way. The city grew as their research into the occult and other sciences, such as chemistry, grew.

Amator eventually died of old age, leaving behind a large number of illegitimate children, and is currently headed by one of his older children, Cordella Porter.

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"Friendly enough, lad. Just don't take a drink from anyone claiming to be a doctor. Might wake up naked on an operating table missing a liver, haha!"

The people of Coalmire are an oddly happy bunch. Rumors of the Scholars using various drugs and other techniques to make that happen are rampant outside of the city, though they strongly deny it and in truth they do nothing of the sort. Such a thing would detract from the overall quality of their own populace, and the scholars want nothing if only the insight and abilities of their own people expanded. They value knowledge and the use of it above all.

While during the day they attend various jobs and live a fairly normal life like any would expect, at night things are quite lively. Balls, feasts, and other such happenings are a regular occurrence for the people of Coalmire, often lasting well into the night. The people are fairly friendly and jovial, and even towards outsiders who visit they treat with hospitality. The only place that isn't, is the enigmatic upper portions of the city where the Scholars stay and conduct their occult experiments.

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"You go there and meet anyone from Coalmire that calls themselves 'Doctor' you can be sure of two things Lad. They're some of the best physicians in the field...and they've probably killed more people than you can call your acquaintance. But I'm just a drunk beggar, what do I know?"

One of the most sought after people in Coalmire, are their doctors. Using advance medical techniques involving Chemistry, technology from the Werneath institute, and other somewhat...esoteric practices, rather than technologically advanced ones, they are rumored to be able a number of diseases and ailments that would otherwise be extremely difficult to treat.

However - it is also heavily rumored that anyone with the title of 'Doctor' in Coalmire is far more than a simple physician. Many are rumored to double as both spies and assassins, though of course such claims are denied strongly by most of them.

As far as their military goes, they are protected by the swamps on one front, and the sea on the other. The swamps themselves are as previously stated, difficult for a large army to travel through. There are a number of dangerous wild animals and bogs in the area. Likewise, Coalmire has seen to set up various traps to hinder invaders progress, and the swamps are typically watched by a group of trained scholars and soldiers from Cylnath.

As for more actual military, they have a few airships but their army is by far, not large or extremely powerful. Even so, they know how to win wars, strategically at least. Cut off their supply lines. Poison their soldiers. Guerrilla warfare. When dealing with naval enemies they have a few shoreline defenses - but their spies could easily slip aboard a ship unseen and plant explosives and other such things, winning battles before they even began.

Name: Pesha Vendai
Aliases: none
Titles: none
Age: 19
Place of Origin: Eagrose
Kingdom: none
Gender: male


Eyes: Brown
Hair: Blonde
Day To Day Attire: Simple, rugged clothing built for travelling. For special performances, he has a set of gaudy, flamboyant clothing, traditionally worn by his troupe.
Strengths: Healthy, Cheerful, Adaptable
Weaknesses: Boastful, Fickle

Adventurous * Superstitious * Quick-Witted * Carefree

Sexuality: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Pesha is a wandering bard, currently in search of the Song, his unique performance to bring back to his troupe. He believes that this, like many things in the world, cannot be rushed, and as such, he spends his days carefree, exploring where his whims take him. He is fascinated by all of the new places and things he's seen in his travels and wishes to visit all the places he has heard about in stories and songs.

Although he's often dismissed as a hillbilly due to his lack of formal education and his superstitious beliefs, Pesha is surprisingly sharp and adaptable. He's well aware of the state of the world and while he knows that not everything is songs and roses, he also firmly believes that a little music can make life a bit less bleak.

A listing of skills, such as horseback riding or cooking. Levels include novice (1 pt), apprentice (2 pt), journeyman (3 pt), expert (4 pt), master (5 pt). Each character can spend 21 points & only two skills can be mastered. If your character knows magic, it counts as a skill.

• Performance (Master): Growing up as part of a travelling troupe, it was natural that Pesha learned to perform from a young age. He favors playing the flute and the lute, though he's also had experience with dancing and singing.
• Quarterstaff (Master): Being part of a travelling troupe, Pesha spent much of his life travelling between villages and towns. As such, safety from the wildlife was a major concern and Pesha learned to wield a quarterstaff from an early age. Having practiced for years, his skill with the quarterstaff rivals those of his elders.
• Riding (Expert): The primary means of transportation for the troupe. While the troupe did not have enough deer steeds for everyone to ride, he has had a fair amount of experience, often serving as a scout. Being around the animals, he has also had plenty of experience of caring for them.
• Wilderness Survival (Expert): The troupe often spent the evenings outside, sometimes because there were no towns nearby, and sometimes because they weren't welcome. In any case, Pesha has had experience helping set up shelters and gathering food.
• Diplomacy (Apprentice): The troupe was not always welcome to the towns they arrived at. Other times, the villages would try to pay them less than their initial agreement. In these situations, the troupe leader would go negotiate, stressing that anger and violence would not solve their problems. Pesha has learned the basics of negotiation and has seen the the troupe leader negotiating before.
• Archery (Novice): Although Pesha has practiced archery somewhat in the past, he devoted most of his time to training with the quarterstaff. He considers the bow too bulky and inconvenient to carry in his travels, though he could use one in a pinch.

A listing of favorite or unique spells, if any. Maximum of four.

• Spell: None

Parents: His biological parents are Alderan and Kathia Vendai, but he considers the entire troupe his family. While on good terms with them, he has not seen them recently due to his travels.
Siblings: none
Childhood: Growing up in a travelling troupe, Pesha doesn't remember a night without some sort of music, story, or celebration. Life was simple, performing in small towns they stopped by and living off of the land when they weren't near civilization. Despite the simplicity, every day was busy, whether with quarterstaff practice or with preparations for a performance.
Adulthood: As is traditional in the troupe, Pesha left the troupe at the age of 18 in search of the Song. He would be considered a full member of the troupe when he brought back the performance to add to the community repertoire. Some return in a year, some in five, and some never, choosing to settle down instead. While there is no doubt in his mind that he will eventually return, he is in no rush, eager to explore the world outside of small towns and wilderness.
Special Moments: Pesha still remembers the day he finished carving his first quarterstaff. While not a carpenter by any stretch, it is tradition to craft one's first weapon and many continue to craft their own weapons. He also fondly remembers his sending off celebration, which was the last time he has seen the other members of his troupe.
Current Events: Currently, Pesha is wandering from town to town, making a living as he always has. While he plans to head to the capital, having never seen a large city, he also doesn't mind taking a detour, visiting some other places on the way.

* ☠ Enemy * ⚜ Unfriendly * ☯ Neutral * ☮ Friends * ღ Ally * ♥ Crush/Significant Other *

• Name: None

Character Quote: "What will be, will be."
Theme Song: What would be playing when they walk up if we were in a movie?
Aura Color: Blue-green
Scent: Dried leaves
Anything Else: While technically a citizen of Eagrose, Pesha, like the rest of his troupe, considers himself a free soul, not part of any nation.

Name: Carson Jackal.
Aliases: Stalker.
Titles: Mercenary
Age: 21
Place of Origin: Grusk
Kingdom: Whoever pays the most.
Gender: Male


Eyes: Grey
Hair: Brown
Day To Day Attire: His heavily armored gear that covers him from head to toe. He's been known to be a workaholic.
Strengths: Excellent marksman, trained swordsman and a decent brawler.
Weaknesses: Slow and short tempered.

Hot headed * Greedy* Honest* Brutal*

Sexuality: Straight.
Relationship Status: Single.
Personality: Carson is a short tempered man who is committed to his job. He is known to cause trouble where ever he goes and is feared by those with a bounty on their head. He can be a cold hearted man who only does what he does for the payment and will help those in need for the right price. Be it man, women or child, if he's been paid against you he will do as his employers ask. He will also fulfill any promises he has made, he never breaks his word.

Though when he is off the clock, which is rare, he can be a decent man who at least can hold up a friendly conversation, but once money is involved he sinks back into his hired gun ways. He is professional and straight to the point with both his employers and targets. When Carson is alone he enjoys to hunt or simply travel through mother nature. He is very use to the outdoors thanks to his past jobs and knows much about the wildlife and their surroundings.

A listing of skills, such as horseback riding or cooking. Levels include novice (1 pt), apprentice (2 pt), journeyman (3 pt), expert (4 pt), master (5 pt). Each character can spend 21 points & only two skills can be mastered. If your character knows magic, it counts as a skill.

• Marksman (Master): Carson as been shooting targets of all types for years and has become a natural. The best shot he's ever made was when he shot an acorn from a chipmunks mouth without killing the creature itself.
• Swordsman ship (Expert): Carson has learned how to use any type of blade in his hand. There was one time he fought four men at the same time and came out with barely a scratch.
• Nature (Expert): Carson knows almost everything about mother nature and her world. He can tell what animals live in what habitats, what plant is or isn’t dangerous and what spot is right to camp out in for the night.
• Tracking (Journeyman): Carson can tell the difference between man and beast tracks, but he will sometimes have trouble predicting how long it has been since they had past, or what beast belong to the track.
• Bartering (Journeyman): Carson likes to think of himself as a business man and can relate to those trying to run a business, though his people skills are not the best so he can struggle when it comes to a much higher class of people.
• Charisma (apprentice): Making friends has always been a challenge to tough for Carson and his skills with talking to people outside of business has become rather… hard to watch. He will sometimes be rude, blunt or just intimidating. Maybe it’s the armor.

A listing of favorite or unique spells, if any. Maximum of four.

• Spell: No magic yet.

Parents: Never met them, but heard they’re dead.
Siblings: Jason and Carson are not blood related, but they have the bond two brothers would. Sadly though they went their separate ways at the ages of 18.
Childhood: Carson grew up with an orphanage that took care of fallen soldiers children. Carson never actually met his parents, but he was told they had died for a noble cause. He always scoffed at that bit. When did noble causes end up having someone's child grow up without their parents?
Adulthood: Carson grew up idolizing those who served the highest bitter. He believed that those who are paid for their skills are true masters and should be praised. As he reached the age of 18 he went out to make a name for himself and to become a well known mercenary that goes down in history.
Special Moments: The first week he had set out on his own into the wild. He lived like a true beast of the wilds and hunted and thrived off of mother nature. He felt so alive, so free! He was even able to kill his first bear with an old rifle he had stolen from a sleeping traveler. In that very week he had learned he has what it takes to take on the world. He knew he was ready.

Another part of his life was his first job as a grunt. He was hired as a random soldier that helped fight in two nobles petty squabbles. He witness true war, death and brutality and saw what humanity was truly capable of. He and his fellow mercenaries fought on the front lines for weeks as they slowly and painfully fought their way to their enemies front doors. In the end they came out victorious and got their pay, but Carson left with more than just his earnings. He left with the knowledge and experience of a soldier.
Current Events: Continuing his mercenary ways and searching for a well paying job.

* ☠ Enemy * ⚜ Unfriendly * ☯ Neutral * ☮ Friends ღ Ally* ♥ Crush/Significant Other *

• Sarah Teller: Sarah is a fellow mercenary and she and Carson have always butted heads. Both would try to make the other look bad and have on a few occasions traded blows, but every time they go their separate ways they seem to show each other respect. The last time they had separated Carson could have sworn he saw her smile. (☯ Neutral * ⚜ Unfriendly *)
  
  Jason Williams: Jason is Carson's brother from the orphanage they were both raised in. They are not blood related, but they both share the bond that true brothers hold with one another. (ღ Ally*)

Character Quote: "What's the price?"
Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjW81d52t9U&index=126&list=LLxUTXerADhw6YBWqHWHi11A
Aura Color: Shadowy black with a mixture of crimson red.
Scent: Blood, soot and dirt.
Anything Else: He is equipped with a long modified rifle used for ranged combat, three pistols, two strapped to his chest and a extra one on the back of his belt for emergencies. Finally he has two bladed swords, a cutlass on the right side of his waist and a short sword on his left side.

Name: Ros MacFarlane
Aliases: Mac, Chief
Titles: Chief Pilot
Age: 35
Place of Origin: Grusk
Kingdom: Grusk, but she is not blindly patriotic
Gender: Female


Eyes: Dark Grey
Hair: Dark brown with purplish hew
Day To Day Attire: Mac prefers comfortable clothing. She sticks closely to her pilot attire. Leather pants, well-worn boots, loose shirts, darker in color as to obscure any stains she might acquire while tinkering with the airship’s engines and systems. A pilot scarf, hat and goggles, completing the ensemble. A leather jacket is also part of her wardrobe whenever the weather is being fickle.
Strengths: Dexterity, Mac is very good with her hands; Calm under pressure, Ros is a very calm person and doesn’t often allow the pressure of a situation to influence her judgement or actions; Good internal compass, Mac has an exceptional internal compass and is uniquely qualified to her pilot position as she rarely gets lost and always seems to know the correct direction, or how to find her way with navigation.
Weaknesses: Limp - Mac’s right leg was badly injured during an airship crash when she was a young mate. She cannot run at full speed anymore and the limp is more pronounced in cold weather. Defiance of authority – In Mac’s eyes if someone hasn’t earned their authority, they are not deserving of it and she won’t bat an eye telling them just that.

Easygoing * Direct * Steadfast * Unapologetic

Sexuality: Pansexual, but does prefer the company of ladies
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Mac is outgoing, quirky and easygoing individual. That is not to say she can’t be serious. Not at all. She is always serious, it is just that her manner or attitude is friendly and jovial and welcoming. She is almost always calm to the point of annoyance. Intent and attentive to her surroundings and the people in her vicinity. She will offer help whenever one is asked of her and is not beyond sharing her knowledge with whomever is willing to learn. She especially likes teaching people new things and watching them apply the knowledge they received from her in practice.

Although outgoing and friendly Mac has few real friends she trusts implicitly and considers family. She is very loyal to those elect individuals and would go through hell and high water for them. She is frank and direct and honest almost to a fault. She will tell you the truth even if she knows it would hurt you. But she feels that in the end lies hurt far more whenever revealed. And to her experience they always do get revealed.

She has a side to her that is more, well, let’s say, quirkier, than some people would feel comfortable with. But whatever she does in private is no one else’s business really, right.

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• Airship Pilot (Master): Ros is one of the best airship pilots in her home country. She has a natural predisposition for it with her innate sense of direction and almost impeccable internal compass. She knows the ins and outs of her ship to perfection, as well as all her moods and quirks. She will be the first to tell you that flying an airship is not a science. It is a sort of art, as the ships are just as temperamental, if not more so, as humans can be.
• Navigation (Master): As a pilot Mac needs navigation in her work like fish needs water to swim. Even with her internal compass she needs to know where her ship is in relation to its destination to be able to guide her there. To that end she has mastered the art of navigation by any means possible.
• Tinkering/Engineer (Expert): As a daughter and the sister of two esteemed engineers, as well as a pilot who likes to know the nuts and bolts of her ship, Ros is very proficient in tinkering. She is not as good as her dad and big brother, but she can hold her own and is qualified to replace the chief engineer of her ship for short periods of time, should the need ever arise.
• Cooking (Journeyman): Mac loves cooking. It relaxes her and excites her at the same time. She loves to experiment in the kitchen. To read a recipe and then completely ignore it and make stuff up as she goes. Also as the only remaining woman in her family, she kind of has to take care of her brother and father who cannot cook to save their lives. It's becoming a chore however and she doesn't want that, so she's decided on hiring them a maid, or at the very least, a cook.
• Marksmanship (Journeyman): As a former pilot in Grusk's army Mac is a proficient marksmen with several firearms. She is no dead-shot, but she can fire and hit her target most often than not.
• Chemistry (Novice): In her spare time Ros has adopted the habit of dabbling in chemistry. She is still mainly reading a lot and compiling information, before venturing into practical experimentation territory.

Parents: Ros has one surviving parent, her father Stanton MacFarlane. Her mother Lilia MacFarlane Nee O'Tool died when Mac was twelve years old. Ros loves her father dearly. And not only because he's the only parent she and her brother are left with. All members of their family were very close. Their parents loved each other and even though they fought and argued like any two normal people did, their children knew it was nothing serious or out of the ordinary. Mac's mother had been a military nurse and had died during one of the battle campaigns to defend their home land against foreign intruders. She was posthumously honored as a hero.

Siblings: Ros has one surviving sibling, her older brother Roy. She also had a sister, Moyra, who was the eldest of the three siblings who died during the accident which left Mac lame in the right leg. Mac's relationship with both her siblings had been the typical one. The children loved each other but there was also a healthy amount of sibling rivalry between them. Nothing too serious or alarming. But something that served to spur the children to excel.

Childhood: Ros had a happy childhood as much as any citizen of Grusk could have a happy childhood in a country constantly defending itself against foreign invaders. Still, she had two loving parents, caring and supporting older brother and sister and their family wanted for nothing thanks to her father's work with the engineering corps of Grusk's army.

Mac was a happy and bright child. Curious about the world and how things worked. She quickly took to her father's profession, but had also inherited her mother's caring nature. Stanton taught Ros and Roy every little thing about tinkering and engineering they wanted to learn, but it quickly became apparent that her brother was far more proficient at it than her and excelled at the craft. Ros was good, but never really had that passion about tinkering like her brother did. A passion which he shared with their father.

When their mother had passed in the line of duty when Mac had been twelve, her older sister Moyra, twenty at the time had taken the rains of the woman of the house. She began taking care of a lot of the things their mother had done while she was still alive. And little Ros found herself following her big sister's every move. She wanted to be just like her when she grew up and so she tried to follow in her footsteps. When Moyra joined the army to become airship pilot, Mac stayed at home with her father and brother and applied to her studies so that she too one day would be able to become a pilot like her big sister.

And one day her dream came true and she was appointed as a mate on the airship to which her big sister was second pilot. Soon after, their ship was engaged in a short but vicious skirmish at the border of Grusk by air pirates. They'd managed to defeat the ruffians, but their ship was badly damaged and crashed taking the lives of several of its crewmates. Including her big sister. And Mac was left lame for life.

Adulthood: After the crash and the long period of convalescence, Mac was even more determined to prove herself. At the age of twenty-five she got her wings and was appointed second pilot of the Airship Intrepid of the Grusk Air Armada. At the age of thirty-two she became the chief pilot of the Grusk Air Armada flagship - Whisper. A marvel of engineering, the ship was the fastest and the stealthiest of all Grusk Airships. Her brother was among its chief designers.

Special Moments: The deaths of her mother and sister left her with a feeling of hollowness that could never really be filled. It really hammered in the lesson that there would always be people out there who wanted what didn't belong to them. And with people like that peace was rarely possible.

The moment when she was appointed chief pilot to the Whisper will always be seared into her memory as one of pride in her accomplishment. The thing she'd worked so hard for had come to pass and she would always remember the gleam of pride in her father's and brother's eyes as she was receiving her commission.

Current Events: At thirty-five, after having seen battle a number of times, with foreign invaders and pirates alike, she is a little bit disillusioned with the war effort in general. But is still a patriot none the less and should her country be in peril, she would answer the call. She has, however, retired from active duty and is currently captain and chief pilot to a small cargo airship - Little Starburst, transporting goods for merchants. It is a quiet life, not very much excitement or chances for adventuring, but she likes it. She has time enough to spend with her father and brother. To engage in brainstorming sessions with them about tinkering and engineering. She also has a bit of free time for herself, for cooking and dabbling in chemistry - her new hobby. And who knows, one of these days she might meet the woman of her dreams who'll laugh at her silly jokes and enjoy a night of quiet stargazing from the deck of her airship.

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Character Quote: Be tender, and she’ll surrender. Offend her and she will harden her heart.
Theme Song: I See Fire
Aura Color: Indigo
Scent: Sage
Anything Else: Mac likes to sing when she's piloting her airship, or working on her engines. She has a pleasant husky voice and is actually rather good. She usually sings boisterous upbeat songs, but has been known to perform some sad, heavy ones as well.

Name: Reinhard Howard Schawrtz di Leonardo
Aliases: Mr. Carbon
Titles: Heir apparent of the Duchy of Xixier
Age:32
Place of Origin: The Serene High Kingdom of Azuria
Kingdom: None, though he will support a certain noble couple.
Gender: Male



Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Day To Day Attire: Either formal suits or protective greatcoats and laboratory coats with not much middle ground.

Strengths: Great intellect, slightly above average strength.

Weaknesses: Too liberal for his time and place, nervous, obstinate, too theatrical at expressing his emotions under very little pressure.

Intelligent * Obstinate * Histrionic * Nervous

Sexuality: Pansexual

Relationship Status: On-and-off

Personality: Reinhard has no great ego nor desire for attention, though it might look otherwise at first glance thanks to his almost acrobatics when expressing a brilliant idea or an intense emotion; which seems to come and blast through the door of his mind in every instance, seemingly without much filter. Nonetheless, before one can even accept or get used to his outbursts, it is easy to realize how much wit comes with each of his grandiloquent antics and proclamations, or the sarcasm and hyperbolic black humour he exclaims with more frequency than delight. Indeed, don’t make yourself the target of one of his caustic sprouts of humour or one those tirades that he falls into that you can’t make out if are serious or not. Combine it with a deep belief on his conclusions and a plethora of nervous habits and you have a person that can never stay quietly in the same place.

Beyond that rough and hard to deal with exterior, Reinhard is a kind and empathic person, with his intelligence not only enveloping the area of chemistry he loves so deeply, but also concerning emotional intelligence: he can read people very well although he rarely shows it, preferring to act indirectly or only when it’s really necessary. His dealings with businessmen since a very young age have shaped a slight, although not ill-intentioned mistrust by default; that isn’t to say he can’t trust people, just that he will take more time to do so and even then, he will prefer not to critically depend on others.

The Heir of Xixier is an obstinate person by nature, with his genius carrying him forward since he has memory and the abilities to implement it only making most of his projects bloom, he held his own opinions in high regard, even when he doesn’t acknowledge it and prefers to believe he always follows the scientific method. He won’t hesitate to change his worldview if there are enough proof, but when dealing with less empirical subjects, like many in life are, makes this hard to archive even when he is open to criticism. Many believe all of this is a just a result of very egocentric person reaching the best position on his field, but the truth is that Reinhard had had the same personality since his adolescence.

But, where in this decided person lies the nervousness when he is so sure in his accomplishments? Simple, the most powerful force in daily life: habit. He might not be as nervous as he appears, but he always appears at least a little bit of nervous. He has always something on his hands, they are never idle, always tinkering with something, making his joints pop or practicing tricks or complex movements such as playing piano in the air. Reinhard is constantly pacing if it isn’t absolutely required that he is still, with a friend even pointing out that he would recognize him after being dead because he wouldn’t stop twitching even after he has been turned to dust. He also is constantly reading, sometime seven when talking to other people. Nonetheless, perhaps his most obnoxious habit is the fact that while he is a very considerate and respectful person, when nervousness attacks, he starts exploring the things laying around the room, looking into drawers, reading books and papers laying around and so forth.

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• Chemistry (Master): What did you expect with a nickname such as Mr. Carbon? Reinhard is a master chemist, the eccentric Chief of the Royal Advisors of Science Division in the Department of War of the city of Azuria and chemical inventor on the side. He is proud to be working in what he has considered his passion since he was a teenager even when that has won him the idea that his personality is the way it is just because he can.
  
  On a more practical role, Reinhard is such in tune with the knowledge he has that he can easily recognize compounds, alloys and such and differentiate them from many similar ones from sight alone be them in laboratory tubes, being part of a machine or in the rocks. The Heir of Xixier is such an expert that he can do wonders with just industrial products lying around.
• Driving (Master): From a submarine to the largest flying ship to the fastest steam-powered monowheel, Reinhard is a natural at the controls once he knows what they do. Thanks to the instruction of his mother, the chemist knows how to drive as if he had been doing it for years. Any and every trick will eventually be discovered and, sooner rather than later, mastered. Dangerous, high speed persecutions in land, air or water, no problem!
• Engineering (Expert): In spite of not being a brilliant inventor nor it being his main area of expertise, Reinhard wouldn’t have come close to ever imagining his success without the technical knowledge of physics, engineering, mathematics and the related areas of knowledge. Despite not having the grace of many clockwork, steam or steamwork scientists that seem to be more and more prevalent with each year that passes, Reinhard can defend himself in the three fields of expertise without difficulty, making him special in the sense that he is a mechanic jack of all trades beyond his field.
• Negotiator (Expert): While growing around merchants and businessmen can be a pain, Reinhard had the fortune to have an exceptional teacher in his mother and the maturity at a young enough age to profit from the environment instead of going against the tides unnecessarily. While he had a rebellions nature in his youth, it was expressed in other ways while he learned to dominate the art of the negotiation, closing and bettering deals, bartering and being an ace in the diplomatic arena. This has given him the ability to rise above and beyond what a simple scientist would be able to reach.
• Pianist (Journeyman): It might have been a pastime in the past, but now it is an ability that Reinhard uses to calm his nerves, one of the many that he uses, one of the few that really works.

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Parents: Father, Aethelwulf Hraf Schwartz Bischoffs II, very close but deteriorating thanks to lack of frequent contact. Mother, Calypso di Leonardo, dead, extremely good relationship while alive.

Siblings: Three sisters who died in infancy thanks to a plague before he was born, one alive: one year younger, Hrafnyr. They have had a very good relationship that has been cooling with the years they have spent apart.

Childhood: Since very young age, Reinhard has shown exceptional talent in the sciences and a good judge of character for other people, nonetheless, this hasn’t meant that he had a good head on his shoulders most of the time. On the contrary, when he was a child and an adolescent, Reinhard had the tendency to take unnecessary risks even knowing full well the consequences. That attitude had gotten him a kindred spirit in the form of a childhood friend, the heir to the Archduchy of Be’ir, Charlotte Aafje Blumenthal. Since of birth they shared their sharp mind and sharper wit, then they had a long-lasting, though mostly secret, romantic relationship through their adolescence that finally faded with time though they remained extremely close friends after that.

In his academic pursuits, Reinhard shone brightly. There was no precise moment in which he decided he wished to be a chemist, but it was obviously inspired by his father being Head Royal Engineer after his seemingly unshakable position fell through with the sudden death of his own father, Aethelwulf I.

His mother died when he was 17 years old, leaving behind a very affected, but capable, Reinhard, a great fortune and a letter congratulating him on keeping even a sliver of a relationship with Charlotte. Yes, she knew everything and was still proud, after all, she was the one to teach Reinhard his liberal views both through example and word.

Adulthood: With the compromise between Charlotte and archduke Marcus III, it seemed that his on-and-off relationship with Charlotte would end, it only became polyamorous after the deep friendship between Marcus and Reinhard (something from before it was even thought that Marcus and Charlotte would marry) became more than platonic. It even reached the point where Charlotte and Marcus offered to elope with Reinhard, something he declined citing that it would only be prejudice against the three of them.

He still visits them as often as he can, even with his new position on the council table of the throne room of Azuria. After he graduated he kept ascending meteorically in the field of chemistry until reaching the position of Chief of the Royal Advisors of the Science Division.

Special Moments: Meeting Charlotte, meeting Marcus, the death of his mother (he still invocates her name each time he climbs into a new and dangerous machine even when is completely faithless in higher powers), Charlotte’s and Marcus’ wedding day… and night.

Current Events: Currently Reinhard is just arriving on the Kingdom of Eagrose in a diplomatic mission to try and stablish commercial and science treaties, mainly selling technology in exchange for the natural resources that Azuria lacks.

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Character Quote: Ah! Nothing like a good ol’ bottle of fluroantimonic acid in the morning to clear the mind of… Well, everything!
Theme Song: Here
Aura Color: A middle ground between burgundy, dried blood and pastel brown.
Scent: Graphite.
Anything Else: Not really.

Name: Melni Jule Ophel
Aliases: Melly
Titles: Gunsmith
Age: 25
Place of Origin: High Mountain
Kingdom: High Mountain
Gender: Female


Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Day To Day Attire: As shown in her image
Strengths:
Can focus intently.
Learned in crafting.
Strong-Headed

Weaknesses:
Greedy
Not Amazingly Athletic

Grumpy * Calm * Greedy * Intelligent

Sexuality: “What?”
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Melni likes to think she is a fairly calm woman, though she can get flustered sometimes and only very rarely when someone doesn’t let her ignore them. In fact, she can go into a deep focus and work on her projects.

That said, she is also highly greedy. If she can make something for a profit, she’ll do it for just about anyone. Just about. This doesn't include people she absolutely despises. Sometimes, she just doesn't like someone so she would refuse to help them. She still has a few points of morals. She doesn’t like to directly harm anyone if she can help it, though she doesn’t mind if her guns are used to kill a few dozen soldiers. Specifically, she doesn't like it when people (at least to her) seem to kill people meaninglessly. It's a waste of life (and possible consumer-base).

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• Gunsmith (Master): Melni is a master of the gun and knows the intricacies of the weapons and is able to make, repair, use and even create ammunition and the ever important “boom powder” that fuels the things.
• Engineering (Master):Melni knows how to configure components to make equipment of interest as well as using said equipment. She can also familiarize herself with foreign equipment, though blueprints make it much easier.
• Bartering (Journeyman): High Mountain runs on trade, almost literally. Most of the citizens are good at giving a decent value at merely a glance for most basic items. Of course, thorough inspection is needed for more rare items or devices. Having a good bit of experience, Melni knows how to drive a hard bargain.
• Cooking (Journeyman): Through the years, Melni has developed a knack for cooking good tasting meals, even taking it as her secondary at Trade School. While nothing worthy of a five star restaurant, her cooking is on the level of “Momma’s Cooking”.
• Blacksmithing (Expert): In her long years at Trade School, Melni started at Blacksmithing. She knows greatly how to bang out metal into plates, pipes, blades and the like.

Parents: Orphaned, though taken in by an old Gunsmith name Kenneth Ophel at a young age. Deceased.
Siblings: None known of.
Childhood: Melni was a young orphan and was taken in by an old man who wanted to pass down his methods. While she never considered the man a father figure, she considered him a great mentor and caretaker. From a young age, he raised her to inherit his skills. He raised her to be smart, but also greedy and to go for the money. At the age of twelve, like all in High Mountain, she was taught how to handle a gun. Of course, she’s practiced for years prior due to Kenneth’s urging her to test his trials for him.

Soon enough, she went to one of the local Trade Schools, specifically, Jerimaiah’s Machinist School. A school mostly dedicated to metal working. She was slightly above the rest of her peers as her caretaker taught her since she was young but she learned some of the other tricks of the trade that Kenneth never bothered teaching. In fact, they added more than firearms to her repertoire. There they taught of some other types of devices that can be made. Water Filtration, various mining devices and some other things necessary to life in High Mountain. Over the years, Melni would go to school during the day then return home and help Kenneth work on firearms and practice some other things.

This routine went on for some years. Melni’s skills were definitely better but shortly after what was assumed to be her eighteenth birthday, Kenneth died. Apparently he inhaled too much Black Fog in some way or another and he succumbed to the poison. With that... She finished her last two years of school and transitioning into working solo at the same time.

Adulthood: Melni continued her work after trade school, becoming better and better at the job. Many of Kenneth’s contracts became hers such as Wilthrop, a great miner that Kenneth liked to use.

She found, though, that as big a hit as her guns were, one nation that seemed to dislike the use of such marvels of technology were of the nation of Eagrose. It was such an untapped market just waiting to be siphoned... Then it hit her. Heavily armored soldiers. Perhaps she could find a way to produce Coal-Gem armored suits of powered armor. It was easy enough, really. It was like many bigger mechanical wonders. It just needed to fit a person in it. Soon enough, she came up with a prototype for it. It was quite a prototype as well. While not the most amazing piece of equipment she built, it served it’s purpose... Making the armor a reality. Now... To perfect it.

Special Moments: First Big sale of merchandise (Guns), When Kenneth took her in at a young age

Current Events: In High Mountain, continuing her craft. Considering traveling to show off her new technology.

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• Arabelle Ambrose ღ: A woman that Melni met. As far as Melni cares, Arabelle is a decent person that pays for gadgets, though she seems unnecessarily clingy. Seems to be decent at repairs at least.
• Wilthrop Kerming ღ: Wilthrop is a miner by trade, Melni finds that he always has the best raw materials so she tends to buy from him. He also usually goes to her first since she doesn’t skimp on money for good material.
• Melanie Hightower ☮: Melanie is an old classmate of Melni’s. They have a similar name so they were often seated together.
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Character Quote: “You need that? Well, fine. If the price is right at least.”
Theme Song: What would be playing when they walk up if we were in a movie?
Aura Color: Shimmering Gold outside with an inner black
Scent: Boom Powder and Singed Cloth
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High Mountain is a heavily industrialized city situated on a mountain range. By pure coincidence, the mountain was found filled with rich resources such as metals and coal and coal gems. As such, many people came to stake their claim. Soon enough, what became a small camp became a small town. Somewhat longer, it became a city. It industrialized rather quickly with the plethora of natural resources at it’s disposal.

Eventually, they decided to stake a full claim as an independent city-state. Quickly, they throw together a council of leaders of most of the groups in the city, or at least those that want to stay in this new sovereign state. The goal of this council was to find the best system to govern the new city. In the end, they decide that a council of each of the major groups as they had was the best idea. Though, as the groups became as one, they eventually phased out and voted for the five most influential people in the city as the Council of Five.

Meanwhile, the city heavily industrialized. There were many problems with this though. The first was a coming lack of land to build on. While there was plenty of space originally, as the city grew and they produced factories, space grew needing. Their first remedy to this was to dig into the mountain side building a lot more of the city into the old mines. While this was not the best solution, it was the most efficient at the time. These housing areas were for those who more often than not mined. Not because they were discriminated against, but rather it made it easier for them to work. In addition, the city was also built up the mountain, utilizing elevators and stairs where necessary.

The second problem was water. As they were high up on the mountain, natural water was hard to come by. To get around this problem, they developed a system to draw natural water from a local river. It worked for a while, but they found that people were getting sick. They narrowed the problem to a certain problem. The heavy industrialization in fact pumped out a lot of the “Black Fog” that covered the ground area of the mountain. The water was unsafe for drinking. With little other choice, they continued drinking the until they contacted the Werneath Institute. The Institute assisted in creating their purification system for the small price of a friendly alliance with it’s home state of Coalmire and the rights to build a branch of the Institute inside the city. High Mountain of course, accepted.

The third problem, and sadly most pressing, is food. High Mountain has no natural source for food that is easily accessible. While it’s a problem, the city handles it in the only real way they know how... Trade. Yes, they trade their surplus of natural resources for the second essential of life. At first, it was fairly easy. The traders would come through the natural passages up the mountain, but as time went on, this method became more and more perilous. Not because of bandits, but because of the same problem that plagued the water source, the “Black Fog.” There were two things that they had as options. The first was the more permanent solution, they carved paths under the ground, safe from the Fog that haunted the above ground. The Grand Path, as it was called, was decently long but was wide enough to allow multiple trains to travel to and from the giant elevators that carried cargo to the city itself.

The second solution to food is the more modern method of Airships. While grand and faster, they are also rarer and less cost efficient. Luckily, there is no lack of supplies in High Mountain. For now.

As far as they go militarily... There is no real organized army. Rather, they are a state of researchers, inventors, engineers, miners and with the addition of the Institute, arguably scholars. Instead, they have training in firearms for every citizen at the age of 12 as a form of state militia. That said, many of their fields of study have to do with the field of firearms or or things of the sort. Mostly, because weapons tend to sell for a lot. There are other things that are produced of course, but when one hears of High Mountain, they think of the guns. Well, maybe just the natural resources.

But, while they are not highly known for it, they also produce armor and other feats of engineering such as small explosive devices called Grenades albeit somewhat primitive.

Education on High Mountain is highly valued, though it’s less in the sense of going to university and more on the tracks of trade schools and apprenticeships though more “formal” education is available with the Werneath Institute. Since much of the work available is related to metal-working or stoneworking or mining, there is a number of schools teaching such skills if not just on the job training. Though,it is also considered proper in the society to learn some skills outside your trade to emphasis ingenuity to think outside the box.