[hider=Lions of Rhaetia - CS] [hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=008000][center]Simone Ulmer[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1] [center][img]Character Image[/img][/center] [hr][hr][h3][b][i][color=008000][center]Character Summary[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=008000]Name:[/color][/b] Simone Ulmer [b][color=008000]Rank:[/color][/b] Trooper [b][color=008000]Aliases:[/color][/b] (Nicknames, previous names, maiden names, etc.) [b][color=008000]Age:[/color][/b] 19 [b][color=008000]Birth Place:[/color][/b] Neuben [b][color=008000]Gender:[/color][/b] Female [b][color=008000]Occupation before the war:[/color][/b] Farmer [hr][hr] [h3][b][i][color=008000][center]Appearance[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=008000]Height:[/color][/b] 5'9" [b][color=008000]Weight:[/color][/b] 130 lbs [b][color=008000]Build:[/color][/b] Thin [b][color=008000]Eyes:[/color][/b] Brown [b][color=008000]Hair:[/color][/b] Brown [b][color=008000]Tattoos/Scars:[/color][/b] [b][color=008000]Personal Style:[/color][/b] Fusses over her uniform, making sure that it looks as good as it can given the circumstances. Usually ornaments her outfits in some small way, be it with a wilflower, a discarded feather, or even a bit of paper folded in a pleasing way. [hr][hr] [h3][b][i][color=008000][center]Psychology[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=008000]Relationship Status:[/color][/b] Single [b][color=008000]Personality:[/color][/b] Cheery, but with a snarky streak as long as her arm. Has a flair for the dramatic [b][color=008000]Habits:[/color][/b] Has to make a concious effort to not be looking around, drum her fingers, or some other similar fidget. [b][color=008000]Hobbies:[/color][/b] Poetry, Reading, Woodcarving [b][color=008000]Fears:[/color][/b] Being Imprisoned, Starvation [b][color=008000]Likes:[/color][/b] Candy, Theater, Birds [b][color=008000]Dislikes:[/color][/b] Cattle (But not beef), snow, chesnuts [hr][hr] [h3][b][i][color=008000][center]Cards On The Table[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=008000]General or Specialty Skills:[/color][/b] Experienced forager and scrounger. Skilled at making repairs.Passible in horsemanship and saber fighting but an excellent shot. [b][color=008000]What Is On Your Person:[/color][/b] [list] [*] Clothing - Issued dragoon uniform , matching saddle and blanket. Also wears chest bindings under her clothing. [*] Weapons - Dragoons sabre, carbine, and a pistol. [*] Personal Items - A ciggarette case containing a family portrait drawn by her sister and a protective charm from her parents. Her initials have been etched into it, but it is otherwise a plain metal case. Contains no actual smoking material. [/list] [hr][hr] [h3][b][i][color=008000][center]History[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=008000]The Reason You Become a Soldier:[/color][/b] For the freedom of Rhaetia! And to help protect her family. [b][color=008000]History:[/color][/b] Destitution hung over the Ulmer family like a cloud. Despite her parent's best efforts at farming, injury, blight, and even floods left the Ulmers constantly scrambling to survive. Before she started school, Simone collected watercress on the riverbank with her mother. Her older sister brought her along to help garner sympathy as they panhandled. As girls her age started noticing which boys they liked, she was with her father picking through garbage piles for scrap metal and fuel. During a particularly harsh winter, the family even moved into the barn so the fuel they used to cook could keep the animals warm. The youngest child in the family, Simone grew up used to this life. Hand-me-downs were a fact of life, and even tiny luxuries like sweets were jealously guarded if not immediately consumed. She discovered a smile and some carefully chosen words could often let her stretch out her few coins at the market. She even joined her father and brother when hunting, helping them evade game wardens while they carried their illicit bounty home. Still, she managed to eke out a few moments of pleasure, mainly listening to the old men spin tales at the local tavern, and watching traveling actors on market days. It gave her a pleasant distraction to think back on during the more mind numbing parts of her life, and she managed to memorize some popular plays line by line. Particular favorite plays were that told stories of old Rhaetian heroes, which naturally became more and more common as the rhetoric against the empire grew. It was no surprise when the Declaration of Independence finally reached the Neuben. While her family was usually too busy worrying about their immediate needs to be concerned about larger politics, the flurry of activity surrounding it was a boon. Simone's mother and sister quickly found work making all the gear a soldier needs. The fortune of the family farm had picked up, the weather cooperating and the harvest growing in thick and lush. Their horse had given birth a few years prior, just in time to be trained and sold. However, Simone wanted to fight, to emulate the heroes in the plays she saw so often. With the nearest regiment being formed being the 6th Dragoon, she realized the only way she would be able to join would be to bring her own horse. So, with the blessing of her parents, she took their new horse and rode off towards the muster point, ready to undergo the training to become a dragoon. [hr][hr] [h3][b][i][color=008000][center]Additional Characters[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] (Please create - Named only - NPC's who your character is close with. These individuals will be part of your Troop. Some will die, others you can develop as comrades if you wish. They did not need detailed CS's. They can be in common with other players. No one above the rank of my character, please.) [b][color=008000]Character 1:[/color][/b] Trooper Herman Jager, former Neuben constable [b][color=008000]Character 2:[/color][/b] Trooper Edda Klee, classmate and daughter of local smith [b][color=008000]Character 3:[/color][/b] Trooper Dorthy Blum, classmate and neighboring farmer [hr][hr] [h3][b][i][color=008000][center]Extras[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=008000]Character Quote:[/color][/b] "Look, we can do this. Just need to work at it." [b][color=008000]Theme Song:[/color][/b] N/A [b][color=008000]Anything Else:[/color][/b] [/hider]