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[center][b][u][color=white][h2] Olliver Ainsley[/h2][/color][/u][/b][/center]

[b][u][color=white]Gender[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Male [/b][/color][/indent][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Age[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][indent][color=A1A1A1][b] 30 [/b][/color][/indent][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Appearance[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Olliver Ainsley is a short 4ft 9in man. He has a thin wiry build, that doesn't show muscles really, though he has strong arms from years in the forge, and what he lacks in strength he makes up for in speed and precision. He has black hair, and steel-grey color eyes [/b][/color][/indent][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Personality[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Olliver appears outgoing and social, but likes solitude, and enjoys the darkness and calm. He loves to help others as it brings him great joy, knowing he does the best he can to improve the lives of others. You might become his 'friend' rather quickly, but he is slow to fully trust, but when he does he will risk life and limb for them, as he has proven, by risking his life to drag a friend out of a forge, after oil from a quench spilled and hit a propane tank. [/b][/color][/indent][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Nationality[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Irish American [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Education[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] an associates degree in blacksmithing, and masters in war/military history and Military strategy.  [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Former Occupation[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Historical Weapons Recreator [/b][/color][/indent][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Skills[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Good blacksmith (can forge with modern and traditional techniques. Can make flintlocks/matchlocks, and forges knives in his spare time.) knows the premise of casting but has no experience. Knows a fair bit about ship construction due to its strategic importance in military engagements and logistics.  [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]What you were doing last before falling asleep[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] sketching a new blade design [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Where your awakes up at[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Crete [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Background[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Olliver emigrated to America from Ireland when he was 8, so he still remembers it, and the music. His dad emigrated and brought him due to the increased freedom and the promise of a high paying job as a blacksmith. Olliver Grew up watching, and helping, his dad in the forge, and that is where he picked up the trade. He found that he had a love for military history and strategy, and as such decided that he could combine the 2 things he loved and become a highly respected Historical Weapons Recreation specialist, who specialized in making pieces that could function not just sit on the mantle. What he lacks in formal education in terms of blacksmithing is more than made up for his 2 decades practicing the trade, more than anyone else in the field can boast of at such a young age, there is even video proof of him pounding metal at the age of 10. [/b][/color][/indent]

[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Before she got pregnant, Olliver's mother used to work in the forge with his father, but soon after Olliver was born she fell ill with rabies. After being bit by a rabid badger and, despite their best efforts, she died. Leaving his father alone to raise him. Olliver now lives alone in Worcester MA. He doesn't really have a social life, he doesn't really drink, and mostly just talks about military history and tactics online in his spare time, and occasionally plays nation strategy games and such. He only has a few real friends, 2 guys and a gal. He met Henry in college, and they hit it right off, talking about different military tactics, and how if this or that tactic had been used, how it could've changed the outcome of this battle, and that war. He met in Joey in some blacksmithing lessons/workshops, and they both loved learning about the traditional techniques more than the modern ones. Olliver helped Joey set up his home forge, and in one blacksmithing session, where Joey was trying to make a particularly fancy shortsword, he put too much oil in the quench-tube and it overflowed, carrying the flames on top of the oil to a propane tank, starting a fire that Olliver saved him from. Miraculously the blade survived the fire in the quench tube, and was given to Olliver as a thank you. He met Ophelia when he was but a lad. She was the first person he met at school and would stand up for him when others would bully him, and they stayed friends through highschool and college, and when she was married, he was the ring bearer, and made the proposal ring for them (because Ophelia proposed). [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Goals/Plans[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Establish quality weapons, military tactics and training, possibly establish naval supremacy [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Why you picked your location[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Because it had metalworking at this time, and because greek fire an a few thousand years [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Character Motivations[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Improve the lives of others every way he can, and help guide them. Even if it means he doesn't get to live a life of peace, it is his duty too help who - and where he can.  [/b][/color][/indent]

[b][u][color=white]Playing Yourself or Custom Char[/color][/u][/b]
[indent][indent][color=A1A1A1][b] Custom Character [/b][/color][/indent][/indent]

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