[hider=Itkovian Drel] [center][h2]Itkovian Drel[/h2] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/aa/d0/3d/aad03dbcda066659035b7d8c4ef2afe5.jpg[/img] [sub]Things happen. Only way to survive is turning those things to your advantage.[/sub][/center] [b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 24 [b][u]Race:[/u][/b] Human [b][u]Origin:[/u][/b] Keirous [b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b] Itkovian is a person of dark skin with a strange set of amber eyes that runs through his family, many of them saying it comes from their elvish ancestry. He stands at around six feet and three inches with broad shoulders, a wide back, and a dense physique that has some small amount of fat which serves to make him look bigger [s]although he tries to hide the small but somewhat visible pot-belly he's earned[/s]. His hair comes in the form of dreads that fall just beyond his shoulders and a thick, but cropped and well-kept beard frames his face. [b][u]Personality:[/u][/b] Many would say that Itkovian is a resourceful individual, and they would be right. His resourcefulness comes in the form of trying to turn everything that happens to him in his favour, whether that be immediately or slowly over time. He has an understanding, instilled in him from a young age by his parents, that life will serve him if he but only learns to grasp it by the reins and pull it along. He's stubborn by nature, and when his mind is set upon something it's almost impossible to sway him otherwise; which comes in handy when he tries to turn all the shit that happens to him in his favour. Naturally, he also has a good outlook on life. Where others may believe that life has dealt them a bad hand, he sees it as an opportunity to not only grow, but to show that he can get ahead with less. Itkovian is also an ambitious individual. Highly ambitious with dreams of not only becoming powerful, but rich and highly respected. He's kind, but gruff and will do just about anything if the pay is right. He believes that morality is something that people restrict themselves by in order to conform with societal standards, and instead shapes the world in his own personal view of what he believes are worthy standards. That being of loyalty and trust. Those two, once earned from him are never given up, despite how much coin may be presented to him, and he is willing to go to the ends of the earth with those that have earned his loyalty and his trust. However, once they are broken they are broken forever, and if he has anything to say about it, they also end in the death of whoever betrayed his trust. [b][u]History:[/u][/b] Itkovian was born to a powerful and prominent merchanting family in Keirous with ties extending the Kingdom of Iora and even having ties with The Order. His early childhood was spent in training as was a custom in their family, where he learned how to handle a sword, spear, and a glaive. The sword however being his best weapon, but because fighting wasn't a specialty of theirs, his skill was only passing and enough to defend himself with. Along with that, he learned commerce, business, and was put to studying the various trade routes and relationships that his family had. As he grew older, his father put him at the head of a caravan travelling to Iora. It was during this trip, at the age of seventeen, that he met the mercenary band that he would eventually join. He talked the leader, paid him a few pretty coins and the caravan was thus guarded. During the trip, Itkovian would talk to the mercenary leader, Brush Tath, a large muscle-bound tiefling and slowly during the trip, Itkovian grew to like the mercenary lifestyle more and more. Once the caravan reached its destination, he sold their goods to several prominent merchant families within the Kingdom and more covertly, sold weapons and armour to the Order. Once he returned home, he told his family of his desire to leave the family business and join a mercenary band. His mother tried talking out of it, but his father was all for it, saying that the harsh life would teach him to become a man. He left with a few coins and subsequently joined the mercenaries, where he expanded on his skills as a swordsman and even managed to learn some small amount of magic from one of the wizards in the band. Several years later he learned his sister was married off to a particularly powerful human legislator. He attended the wedding and wished his sister many sons and daughters before going off once more with the mercenaries; however he returned with a blazing sword several years later when he learned that his sister was being regularly beaten by her husband. He stormed their palace and hung the man at the front of his house with his bowels hanging dangling beneath his feet. Itkovian confessed to the crime and was set for execution when he learned that his father made a bargain with The Order to keep him alive. He was let go but exiled to the north. [b][u]Relationships:[/u][/b] [list] [*] Tanakalian - Father [*] Haremiss - Mother [*] Nitheria - Sister [*] Vorkarian - Brother [*] Brush Tath - Mercenary Leader [*] Sulky - Mercenary Wizard [*] Grinner - Mercenary armourer [*] Hoen Vast - Seedy Merchant [*] Erika Maltres - Black Market contact [/list] [b][u]Skills:[/u][/b] [list] [*] Swordsmanship [*] Diplomacy/persuasion [*] Business management [*] Social skills [*] Basic strategy [*] Hand-to-hand combat [/list] [b][u]Magic:[/u][/b] Unattuned - Pyromancy [list] [*] Can light his sword on fire [*] Can make a small mote of fire appear on his hand [*] Can manipulate a small flame, including creating and snuffing candle, lantern and small campfires [/list] [b][u]Equipment:[/u][/b] [list] [*] Bedroll and blanket [*] Torches [*] Flint [*] Rations [*] Waterskin [*] Sword and swordbelt [*] Armour [*] Shield [*] Heavy fur-tipped cloak [*] coin pouch containing 50 gold pieces [*] Family ring [/list] [/hider]