Name: Atkin Bowman
Darke Name: *Leave blank - GM will tell you what to put here*
Age: 15 (barely)
Birthday: December 11th
Birthplace: The Ramblings
Residence: *Leave blank - GM will tell you what to put here*
Gender: Male
Education: Nothing formal
Position: Extra-Ordinary Wizard Apprentice
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 138lbs, 9 st. 12 lb.
Build: Wiry, developing
Eyes: Bright Green
Hair: Brunette, straight, kept very short.
Skin Tone: Tanned
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Scar running down the front of his right calf from when he fell off a roof when he was 10
Personal Style: Up until very recently, Atkin wore very little simply due to the material circumstances he and his family bore. On his torso he wore a dull off-white wool chemise (and a tan tunic during colder months) with brown, full leg hose with a pair of worn, barely intact but surprisingly sturdy boots. He didn't really mind the clothes. They were comfortable for the most part and kept him warm and less wet than if he were naked. However, since becoming the ExtraOrdinary Wizard apprentice, he's in a green robe that just doesn't feel right. Unlike his normal clothes which were hand-me-downs from who knows how long ago, these new clothes were actually meant for him to wear. He likes how they look though.
Kind * Rule-Breaker * Moral * Curious * Determined * Stubborn
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Atkin was born and raised on the streets, and his personality reflects that. He speaks roughly, is skeptical of strangers, and doesn't care much for pomp and circumstance or much of what goes on in the more 'civilized' parts of the city. However, what growing up in the Ramblings hasn't done to him is turn him into a thug or a beggar. The lad is a deeply compassionate individual who wants to see his friends and family done right in the world and will fight tooth and nail to protect what he can.
Despite his underprivileged upbringing, Atkin has a nearly unquenchable curiosity in just about anything. He'll do or try anything once if only to experience it. And to back this up, he also possesses a powerful work ethic that allows him to see through these curiosities to the end, usually around the point where investigating backfires on him.
Habits: Spitting and checking his nails
Hobbies: Wandering/Exploring
Fears:- Ghosts
- His Mother's Angry Face
- Centipedes
Likes: - Arya Rincewind
- Learning new things
- Sunny Days
- His family
- Sweet things
- Vivid colors
Dislikes: - Sitting still
- Injustice
- Insults
- Thieves
- Asparagus
- Slackers
General Skills:
- Archery
- Brawling
- Streetwise
- Climbing
- Sneaking
- Trivia Knowledge
Occupational Skills:
- Intermediate Magyk - The ability to perform basic spells without the aid of a Charm. This includes the ability to perform intermediate spells with the aid of a Charm. Success without the use of a Charm is limited for intermediate spells, but possible.
- Basic Charms and Spells - The knowledge of incantations for the most commonly used spells by the practitioner. This does not include the ability to create new Charms
- Basic Potions - The ability to turn Magyk into a liquid form by mixing together various ingredients. This skill can only be used if the user has either a recipe to follow or some form of guide.
- Basic Wizard Etiquette - The knowledge of how to behave amongst wizards and an awareness of the basic operations/hierarchy of Wizard Tower.
- Untapped Talent - An ability unique to wizard apprentices only. The ability to accidentally cause magyk to happen when is not desired, but usually to some positive outcome
What Is On Your Person:
- Clothing: Wizard Apprentice Robes, hose, old hand-me-down boots
- Dagger - for general purpose knife things
- Assorted Paper Charms
- Small burlap sack containing his pocket change
Residence: - New Magyk Book
- Bow and some arrows - Gift from his father
- Spare clothes - Both apprentice robes and his old commoner wear
Your Path: If you had asked him at the beginning of the year where he would be at the end of it, his answer would have been nowhere close to where he actually ended up. A few months back he was wandering around the city and came across the Wizard Tower. He'd managed to get in a couple times before, but he never managed to get in far before some Sub-Wizard or Ordinary Wizard would find him and kick him out. However, this time he managed to sneak in with a crowd of Wizards without them noticing, and took the weird, magykal staircase up higher than he'd been before.
As he was poking around the tower, he turned a corner and bumped into Arya Rincewind. After a moment of surprise from both, Atkin tried to make a run for it, only to be frozen almost immediately by the ExtraOrdinary wizard's stopping Charm. After a brief interrogation where she learned his name, that he didn't actually belong to any wizard and that he was only there to sate his own curiosity, she offered to take him up as her apprentice. Atkin never had any great love of Magyk or interest to learn it, but he could tell a once in a lifetime opportunity when he saw it, and becoming a Wizard seemed like a far better choice than the other employment options available to him. All it took after that was convincing his family (it didn't take much), and sneaking his way back into the tower again the next day and tracking down Arya without getting caught, only to find out afterwards that he could have just knocked.
General History: The Bowman family is a slightly renowned family line within the Ramblings. Most of the members are generally competent archers at the very least. It's not uncommon for a Bowman to join the guard and be among the best shots among the force. There appears to be a bit of inborn aptitude for the skill, but at this point, every child in the family to be trained to shoot from a young age. They've never been so notable as to raise above their commoner status or gain any real prestige, but it's notable to the point of archery becoming their surname.
Atkin was the fourth of five children (the others being Bryon, Pamela, Ida and Gordon from oldest to youngest. Gordy being Atkin's only younger sibling) borne from the coupling of Adam Bowman, one of the city guard and Edythe Langley, a woman known locally for having the strongest grip around, both physically and monetarily. By the time he was born, the siblings were advanced enough in age and sufficient enough in quantity that they took care of a great deal of raising the boy both by parental delegation, and just as a matter of him hanging around them more than his usually busy parents.
Most of his childhood was spent playing in the Ramblings and going places her wasn't supposed to be going. Any chance he could, he'd steal away from the watchful eye of his guardians and go off in whatever direction his heart bade him. Normally he would stick to within the boundaries of The Ramblings, but sometimes he'd venture out further. Once he even tried to sneak into the Wizard Tower, only to be foiled by a passing Sub-Wizard who took notice and kicked him out. After that particular stint, everyone close to him noticed his eyes had shifted from a wooden brown to bright green, but nothing was ever done about it other than a remark or two. Atkin's expeditions away from home would generally end when he got tracked down by one of his siblings, or he managed to return home of his own accord. Afterwards, Mum would give him a beating for going off to dangerous places, but it didn't stop him.
If there were two things that were drilled into his head over the course of his childhood, it was "don't let people walk all over you," and "look out for your own." That second one especially seemed to crop up all the time during situations that didn't seem to make any sense at all. For instance, once when he was 8, his older sister Pamela found abandoned in a ditch a beautiful silver necklace with a ruby embedded at its center. She showed it off to the whole family and wore it around the house for weeks. However, one day the jewelry was noticeably absent from her breast. When he asked what happened to it, she just forlornly stated that she had to look out for her own.
Only years later did he learn of the arguments within the household over what to do with the jewelry: either to sell it for money or keep it for familial prestige, and how others had learned of her new treasure and the danger that put the Bowmans in. It was only when he learned of things like this that he started to truly understand what his family meant when they uttered that phrase.
Before being chosen to become the Arya's apprentice, the major problem in Atkin's life was what he was going to do once he came of age. The most likely outcome was to join the guard like his father, or become a cobbler like his brother, but neither of those options seemed very appealing. Both were doable, but rather dull, and he'd gotten the impression that he'd slowly lose his soul doing a job like that. Since becoming a Wizard apprentice, he's had a very different set of issues. Having to adjust to this new, alien lifestyle while simultaneously catching up on years worth of study he'd never had.
Thoughts on Queen Meliscente: Being a low-class teenage boy, one of the last things on Atkin's mind are castle politics. He's quite busy with learning Magyk and other wizardy things that he doesn't have the time to wonder what was the
real reason Meliscente died. In short, the answer to 'what do you think about the Queen' is 'he doesn't.'
Character Quote: Look out for your own.
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