Edric Van Der Woodsen
"Each man is his own king."
-Unkown
Name:
Edric Van Woodsen.
Nickname:
”Ed” or “Eddy” by other members of the royal family
Age:
23
Gender:
Male
Sexuality:
Heterosexual
Relationship Status:
Single
Rank:
Brother to the King of Seabel
Title:
Baron
Kingdom:
Seabel
In Depth Appearance:
Edric has very dark brown hair and striking green eyes. He has a light beard (as in the picture, thank you David Tennant). He is 6’ 1” and 160 lbs, making him appear quite slim. He has an athletic build, but he certainly isn’t muscular. He has a long scar reaching from his right shoulder the left part of his hip, across his chest.
M Y Q U I R K S
Habits | Quirks | Oddities
Habitual nail biter.
An accent that doesn’t sound quite Seabellian (closer to a Scottish accent)
Constantly doing something with his hands, usually fiddling with his dagger
Dresses simply (albeit formally), despite being at least partially royal
Constantly bouncing his leg
Hobbies:
Reading/Writing
Training with his sword
Making jokes
Likes:
Fantastical stories
Interesting conversation
new technology
salty foods
a good laugh
Dislikes:
Vegetables
Close-minded people
Extravagance
Wine
Large groups of people
Fears:
Insects
The dark
failure
Personality:
♦ Witty ♦ Tactless ♦ Intelligent ♦ Naive ♦
Edric tries his hardest to see the best in people. He makes friends quite easily. The bonds he forges with people are quite deep, but he makes no attempt to mask his distaste for people he doesn’t like, namely over-extravagant royalty. Edric cares very much how people see him and loves to make people laugh. He’s developed a sharp wit in order to satisfy the latter desire.
Edric is quite naturally intelligent, a trait exacerbated by his near constant reading. Edric is a problem solver, and he tends to think a bit over idealistically. He has little care for his personal safety, but cares deeply for the safety of those he likes. For unknown reasons, he has developed a crippling fear of the dark and insects. He rarely gets more than six hours of sleep a night due to nightmares involving such things. Altogether, Edric Van Der Woodsen is a naive, yet caring and intelligent, idealist.
D E F I N I N G M Y P A S T
History:
Edric Van Der Woodsen is actually the half brother of the King of Seabel. He shares the same father, but was born to an unknown prostitute. As such he was abandoned in an orphanage by his father out of shame. He became a scholar’s apprentice, and showed quite a bit of promise. Unfortunately, the Scholar’s wife accused Edric of coming on to her, and the Scholar discharged him. Now alone in the world with no marketable skills, he joined Seabel’s military. He was an almost unranked infantryman, but showed promise and skill with a sword. A general found his skill to be so great that he promoted him to his personal guard. Far away, in the palace of Seabel, his father admitted to fathering a bastard on his deathbed.
Equipped with the name of her husband’s half brother, the Queen of Seabel tracked him down and had him honorably discharged from the military. She invited him to live at the palace, which he did, much to the protests of the King. Due to the King’s resentment, Edric lived a fairly isolated life in the palace. Though he did form a strong friendship with the Captain of the Guard (assuming that writer is okay with that). Eventually, possibly just to get him out of his hair, the King made Edric a baron and gave him some land to the east of the palace. The Queen still invites Edric to certain Palace functions, much to the King’s chagrin
M I S C .
Extracurricular Activities:
Swordsmanship.
Skill as a guard.
Literacy (Not sure how common that is.)
Some knowledge of royal affairs, being a Baron
Extra:
Fantasy and or Horror. I hate realistic fiction, unless it’s by John Green
@HushedWhispers