Name:
Irene Rendower
Alias(es):
None so far
Gender:
Female
Race:
Human
Age:
21
Rank:
C
Personality:
Irene would describe herself as a “seeker of beauty”, which is absolutely true, but not in the way most might think. Irene does not merely seek random baubles that look mildly attractive, nor is she satisfied with a handful of handsome people around her. Instead, she seeks to make every aspect of her life “beautiful” to some degree, believing that everything can and should be beautified through proper action. Anything from the way someone eats to how they walk can be made “beautiful”, and Irene won’t stand for anything less than perfection on the part of herself and others. Anybody that isn’t quite “beautiful” yet is to be encouraged to become so, and anyone that can’t be must be avoided.
However, Irene is rarely an overtly mean spirited person. If she finds someone distasteful for their lack of “beauty” she will not be openly hostile, instead preferring to either subtly hint at their potential for change or politely avoid their company. She is also not above helping others, as she believes that part of being “beautiful” is to adhere to the idea of “Noblesse Oblige”, and so will perform seeming acts of charity and sacrifice in the name of her own ideology. Her willingness to act on behalf of others is not limitless, however, and expecting her to go beyond simple and easy acts of kindness will not work out. Ultimately, she is someone who will do seemingly nice things for her own reasons, though she is hardly a “good person” in the traditional sense of the word.
History:
House Rendower is one of the noble houses of Irithia, of which Irene is a child of its current patriarch. Horatio Rendower is a corpulent and ugly man, and is equally ugly in personality, being one of the kingdom’s biggest sycophants and is well known for stuffing his face recklessly at many social gatherings. His children are also renowned for their bad habits and terrible looks, and have come to be collectively known as “Rendower’s Monsters”. Irene, being the only one among the current Rendower household that isn’t as repulsive as the rest, grew to despise the way they acted and looked. At social events, she was constantly embarrassed by their bad behaviour, and wished she could be a part of just about any other family in Irithia. She developed a highly contrarian lifestyle, seeking beauty in all things almost as a way to spite the family that she resented so much.
As she grew up, Irene became aware of the existence of the Iron Rose Adventurer’s Guild, and desired to join their ranks. She saw them as both an escape from the repulsive house of Rendower and as the heralds of a romantic lifestyle of adventure and exploration. She threw herself into martial studies so that she might prepare herself to leave for the guild’s headquarters. She even pestered some of the realm’s greatest knights for advice and training, as though some of the Rendower children had martial ability, none of them made for a remotely adequate teacher. Eventually, she felt confident enough to go forth and join the guild, and left her family without a word. Given their dispositions, they ultimately cared little for her departure, with her father only mildly irked by the scandal of one of his daughters abandoning the family. However, given he was smart enough to know his reputation was already practically mud, even that mattered little in the end.
Arriving in Swynport, Irene immediately made a great effort to initiate herself into the ranks of the Iron Rose guild’s membership. While not everything about them was “beautiful” enough for her liking, they were the biggest and most renowned guild in the land, and so Irene considered it the perfect place to make a new home within. She has been a regular member of the Guild for three years now, and fully intends to one day make the rank of Legend, believing it to be the most “beautiful” ideal one can strive for.
Magic:
Irene is an Electromancer, and can send forth strikes of lightning at her enemies. Irene considers the swift and deadly bolts to be the most “beautiful” way of magically dispatching her foes that she can imagine.
Skills:
-If there’s one thing Irene has taught herself to do, it’s to pretend she’s perfectly fine with everything around her while she couldn’t be less okay with any of it. Having grown up in the Rendower household, she had to learn to ignore her family’s disgusting habits and carry on as though nothing was wrong. She has thus developed a general ability to maintain her cool under pressure and discomfort.
-As many an aristocrat does, Irene knows how to ride a horse. She does not possess a horse any longer, but she certainly knows how to use one if she ever needs to.
-Having practically forced her way into learning from some of Irithia’s knights, Irene knows a fair bit about swordplay from the perspective of Irithian martial arts.
Equipment:
Steel Sword – Common Grade
Chainmail Armour – Common Grade