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Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

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@Saltwater Thief

You missed one mention. I've got someone there too. :P

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

Lilianna Belwiss

Lilianna's morning had been spent taking stock of what currently remained at Candaeln--both in the supplies sense, as far too much space was still being taken up by the inexplicable appearance of dozens of jars of lime marmalade, and in case the king had something that demanded the intervention of another hundred blades or so. It seemed that breaking from the accounting for lunch was more than necessary from the people gathering around the entrance to the mess hall. It seemed that she wouldn't be able to take a break after all...

"Sunfield, is your entire family bereft of sense? Fanilly is not here. Even if you had the authority to demand a meeting when the knights owe no fealty to your parents, there is no way for her to be summoned. You may either wait and deliver your missive upon her return or you can deliver it to us now and return home," the grey-haired knight said, straightening out her coat. Three of them in a few weeks? It was beginning to seem like there was some infestation among the knights. At least the girls hadn't taken their family's rank straight to the head and assumed it allowed them to ignore the very structure of the realm.

"That applies to you as well, miss. Fanilly is leading many of the knights on royal business and, as such, could be occupied for any length of time."

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

• Name: Lilianna Belwiss
• Age: 29
• Gender: Female
• Race: Human
• Appearance

  
• Personality: Though not as harsh as she often first appears to be, Lilianna is generally quite cold to most people--polite but closed off and unfortunately prone to coming across as supercilious. As her family and the captain can attest to, she just takes a long time to warm up to anyone and only relaxes in private.
  She also hates anyone that claims a position or privilege solely on the circumstances of their birth or their connections. If you haven't the skills for the role, then you should be stripped of it at the soonest convenience in her opinion--something that sets her at odds with the more traditional members of the knights, though it earns her some prestige amongst more progressive sections of the nobility.
  If there's one thing that Lilianna takes pride in above everything else, it's her swordsmanship: any knight claiming to be better than her has been asked to prove it... and their oldest member's refusal to accept her terms for a fair duel frustrates her to no end.
• Brief Backstory: As the fifth daughter of the Countess Belwiss, Lilianna received a thorough education, including instruction with the sword, but after that was left to make something of her life on her own. The young woman pledged her service directly to the royal family, serving admirably and proving her skills sufficiently to be granted a position as a commander in some minor engagements. It was this experience that gave her the leverage to join the Iron Roses.
  After Phoran Cal's rebellion, there was the obvious need to find those able to train the new Captain--a job that Lilianna, refusing to have some uneducated ditz there with no qualification other than their birth, volunteered for immediately. In the end, was the captain's primary tutor when it came to military matters--aside from a brief leave of absence due to a romance with one of the Danbalion family maids, which got cut short due to her replacement's unexpected death.
  Despite being one of the few knights that are actually married and responsible for raising a daughter, Lilianna has no intention of stepping off the battlefield any time soon. Though she quite likes the captain, she won't rest before the order is reformed--it hardly has a religious mandate nowadays and tradition is no reason that its leader should continue to be chosen for such foolish reasons. Better to select someone that already has the skills needed than train a random girl from scratch.
• Equipment: Lilianna wields two weapons, both of dwarven make and alloy--a much newer, and more ornate, rapier and a dagger with which to parry or (frequently) stab someone more concerned with the more 'obviously' dangerous weapon. So confident is Lilianna in her abilities that she eschews any form of armour when going into battle. She must be doing something right in order to still be alive and pretty much unscathed.
• Skills: As befitting one of those tasked with bringing the new captain's abilities up to a level where she could competently fill the post and avoid a painful death in battle, Lilianna is an exceptionally skilled swordsman. Despite having no abilities beyond her swords and footwork, she is more than able to serve on the field of battle alongside her more heavily armoured comrades. Her awareness of combat seems quite exceptional as well, since arrows don't seem to trouble her.
  The swordsman is also a practised battlefield commander and tactician, having been responsible in part for all the militant aspects of Fanilly's education. Though a large portion of her knowledge comes from history, her posts prior to joining the knights have given her direct experience of command--as did being one of those involved with battle plans when putting down Phoran Cal's rebellion.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

Since Merilia's there mostly for occasional background stuff/harassing the bunny:

• Name: Lilianna Belwiss
• Age: 29
• Gender: Female
• Race: Human
• Appearance

  
• Personality: Though not as harsh as she often first appears to be, Lilianna is generally quite cold to most people--polite but closed off and unfortunately prone to coming across as supercilious. As her family and the captain can attest to, she just takes a long time to warm up to anyone and only relaxes in private.
  She also hates anyone that claims a position or privilege solely on the circumstances of their birth or their connections. If you haven't the skills for the role, then you should be stripped of it at the soonest convenience in her opinion--something that sets her at odds with the more traditional members of the knights, though it earns her some prestige amongst more progressive sections of the nobility.
  If there's one thing that Lilianna takes pride in above everything else, it's her swordsmanship: any knight claiming to be better than her has been asked to prove it... and their oldest member's refusal to accept her terms for a fair duel frustrates her to no end.
• Brief Backstory: As the fifth daughter of the Countess Belwiss, Lilianna received a thorough education, including instruction with the sword, but after that was left to make something of her life on her own. The young woman pledged her service directly to the royal family, serving admirably and proving her skills sufficiently to be granted a position as a commander in some minor engagements. It was this experience that gave her the leverage to join the Iron Roses.
  After Phoran Cal's rebellion, there was the obvious need to find those able to train the new Captain--a job that Lilianna, refusing to have some uneducated ditz there with no qualification other than their birth, volunteered for immediately. In the end, was the captain's primary tutor when it came to military matters--aside from a brief leave of absence due to a romance with one of the Danbalion family maids, which got cut short due to her replacement's unexpected death.
  Despite being one of the few knights that are actually married and responsible for raising a daughter, Lilianna has no intention of stepping off the battlefield any time soon. Though she quite likes the captain, she won't rest before the order is reformed--it hardly has a religious mandate nowadays and tradition is no reason that its leader should continue to be chosen for such foolish reasons. Better to select someone that already has the skills needed than train a random girl from scratch.
• Equipment: Lilianna wields two weapons, both of dwarven make and alloy--a much newer, and more ornate, rapier and a dagger with which to parry or (frequently) stab someone more concerned with the more 'obviously' dangerous weapon. So confident is Lilianna in her abilities that she eschews any form of armour when going into battle. She must be doing something right in order to still be alive and pretty much unscathed.
• Skills: As befitting one of those tasked with bringing the new captain's abilities up to a level where she could competently fill the post and avoid a painful death in battle, Lilianna is an exceptionally skilled swordsman. Despite having no abilities beyond her swords and footwork, she is more than able to serve on the field of battle alongside her more heavily armoured comrades. Her awareness of combat seems quite exceptional as well, since arrows don't seem to trouble her.
  The swordsman is also a practised battlefield commander and tactician, having been responsible in part for all the militant aspects of Fanilly's education. Though a large portion of her knowledge comes from history, her posts prior to joining the knights have given her direct experience of command--as did being one of those involved with battle plans when putting down Phoran Cal's rebellion.

Fu Sonzai no Genso: An Urban Fantasy Mystery RP(Raineh Daze and VitaVitaAR)(Eventually open to two more players!)

"The money belongs neither to us or our employer. As far as I'm concerned, if you can keep it then do so," Ryuuko stated, not seeing any particular reason to take the money off the thieves simply to give it back to those behind the theft in the first place. It was apparent that the Daidouji's wealth was distributed around the family anyway and, consequently, taking the payment wouldn't leave their current employer any worse off. Nor did they owe it to the family to do so.

On the subject of trapping, she had little to say. It wasn't her speciality to plan such things or set up magical traps of some sort: lying in wait and ambushing was more in the vein of the girl's skills.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

Also I feel like being pedantic and pointing out that the time period the setting happens to be in pretty much precludes the existence of those ranks. xD

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

The undead knight paused a second to look back at the bandit as she climbed back into the saddle. How was it that she'd put the girl on an injured leg? She'd meant to lower her all the way to the ground--though as Indrau was seeing to her injury, no harm was going to be done in the long run. Once they got back to Aimlenn, a healer could see to it--if the girl was going to be allowed to go free, that was.

And she made a note to arrange history lessons for Gillian.

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It wasn't the first time that the paladin had visited this shrine, out of the way as it was, nor the first that she felt that it needed someone to take the time to care for it. Had this been a planned trip, she would have brought some tools to help clean it up--instead, she moved straight to the second part of her rare trips here: take one of the roses and scatter the petals on the water.

The world would have to be ending before she just walked past a shrine like this.

Fu Sonzai no Genso: An Urban Fantasy Mystery RP(Raineh Daze and VitaVitaAR)(Eventually open to two more players!)

Ryuuko, displaying a surprising degree of boldness, walked over to the vase. It was strange to imagine that something like this could be dangerous, though it looked wrong. Oh, she had seen pictures of a similar material made by far more mundane means. It didn't have the strange presence of a magic-ripping vase, even if it was deactivated. Not that the presence was going to stop her from sticking her hand inside to check that there was an inside; the opening could have been a flat top from the lack of shadows.

"Could we simply put runes or ofuda inside the vase to disable him when he arrives?"

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

<Snipped quote by Raineh Daze>

Irish and French are two of Feisty's Irl heritages, so she's done a lot of research into those folklores. It's an odd pairing to be sure, but they're her favorites and Minerva is one of her most beloved characters. (The two of us have worked together on a variety of sites, so we're pretty familiar with each other).

@Saltwater Thief

It's a combination on one character that seems fairly inconsistent given the radically different linguistic bases. xD

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

I think I should point out that there aren't really any defined ranks in the knights, aside from the captain's. ... and that borrowing names from classical mythology for swords doesn't really fit so much. :P

Besides, Irish and French? D: