Since we're sharing, here's what I have so far; haven't taken the time to make it pretty yet, and the backstory is TBC until after "session zero". [hider] [center][h3]Hasdrubal Hjort[/h3] [b]Orderborne Stouttusk[/b] (Giant/Orc) [b]Vengeance Guardian[/b][/center] [hider=Description]Standing a hair over seven feet tall, Hasdrubal is a striking--if not outright intimidating--presence. Slabs of hard muscle and greyish skin give him a statue-like appearance, decorated by an eyepatch over the leftmost of his three emerald-green eyes and the stained carvings on his long tusks. The right side tusk has apparently been snapped off at some point, and replaced with a steel prosthetic honed to a lethal point. His hair is a bright orange-red, normally keeps it tied in a knot atop his head; he also has a braided goatee, roughly six inches in length, hanging from his chin. He is wide for a giant and lanky for an orc; his overall build is that of a strong swimmer, both broad and powerful. Whether in or out of battle, he moves with purpose and an economy of motion that speaks to his experience and dedication.[/hider] [hider=Background] Violence has been a part of Hasdrubal's life since before he was born. Both of his parents were soldiers--Haven guards who met each other on the wall. He grew up chasing the other guards' children around the barracks and guard towers and fencing them with sticks. Later, when he became of age to join the guard himself, many of those same children became his comrades-in-arms. For a time, life was good. Though being a guard was not without risk even then, it was a job he was well suited for. Surrounded by his family and had a close-knit community of friends and comrades, he rose through the ranks and became well-respected among his fellow soldiers. Before long, he married the daughter of one of the merchants whose caravan regularly passed by his patrol; they had children of their own, and with his father-in-law cutting him in on the profits from the caravan, Dru found himself with plenty of money to make sure that they would be brought up well. All of that just made it more painful when the Serpent's Sickness took them. First, his father in law--then, while she was running the business in her father's stead, his wife. Finally, his children began to show signs of the disease; filled with the need to do something other than watch them die as well, Hasdrubal left them in the care of one of the still-living members of his family and enlisted in the army Archmage Phylax had begun assembling. He marched with the main body of troops into Fanewick, and cheered with everyone else when the Reaping Eye was ripped from the Great Owl Nikta, anticipating an end to the nightmare that gripped his nation. [/hider] Domain Cards: Valor - I Am Your Shield Blade - Get Back Up Experiences: Rage Against the Heavens Born a Soldier Orderborne Sayings: - "We watch the wilds" - The incursion of the wilds--with their patron deities--is the greatest threat to the safety of Haven. - "We help the helpless" - Havenite or not, a guard does not leave a helpless person to the mercy of the wilds. - "We are the shield" - A guard must be willing to give their life so that those behind them can be safe Ancestry Features: - Endurance (Giant) - Tusks (Orc) Class Questions: - Who from your community did you fail to protect, and why do you still think of them? - I failed to protect my family and my comrades in arms; they were ravaged by the Serpent's Sickness before I could bring them a cure. Every day, their deaths remind me of the gods' cruelty. - You’ve been tasked with protecting something important and delivering it somewhere dangerous. What is it, and where does it need to go? - A young, naive magus who is searching for another way to cure the Serpent's Sickness; I am to keep them safe in the dangerous wilds. [/hider]