Argathus Philien

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Thread: Cian

Name: Argathus Philien

Age: 56

Race: Human-Mage

Gender: Male

Height: 6’3"

Weight: 175

Build: Tall, wiry, but muscular

Eyes: Steely gray with a small blue discoloration in the right eye near the pupil; bushy eyebrows; left eye is glass

Hair: Originally black as a starless midnight sky; now streaked with silvery white; long beard is fully white

Skin: Wrinkled, leathery tanned

Clothes: Sturdy leather boots; brown breeches; pine-green-and-black striped tunic that flows over his belt, which carries his axe and dagger

Weapons: Axe, mace, and dagger

Home: Woods about five hundred miles northeast of Lucia

Jobs: Lumberjack, woodsman, hunter, blacksmith, and mage

Special abilities/characteristics: his left eye is a glass eye due to a battle when he was twenty-three

Magic: Natural ability to use and wield magic, he is quite powerful when he chooses to use it, which is not often

Personality: Quiet, a man of few words; shrewd, alert, quick thinking; self-disciplined, orderly, obsessive-compulsive; self-contained, hardworking, uncomplaining; strong values and convictions, staidly firm and determined, doesn’t back down from beliefs and ideals, sees things in black and white, no gray areas

History/Background: Hailing from a large town some miles west of his current home, Argathus was the second son of the blacksmith and learned that trade from his father; when he was twenty-three, Zar attacked the city while a Keeper from Lucia was visiting, and the Keeper was killed; Argathus had befriended the Keeper—who was a Master of magic and had helped him learn to control and use his own natural powers—and swore to avenge his death, but his going after the man of Zar ended in a severe side wound and the loss of his left eye; it took months for him to recover his strength, and his father fashioned a glass eye for him, but he was embittered by it all, and shortly left town to travel aimlessly about the land; during his travels he learned about the strange men that had attacked his town: they had come from Azban

Likes/Favorites: Solitude and quiet; lamah stew; whistling; whittling; light: the sun, moon, and stars;
Dislikes/Least favorites: Kebab fruit; fish; lots of noise and busyness and chaos; Zar, of course, and the undead; putting himself in the control of someone else; surrendering; vulnerability

Strengths: Quick thinking, especially under pressure; rarely panics; physically fit, strong, and healthy for his age; his magic abilities

Weaknesses: His missing left eye decreases his level of visibility; though he is physically fit, he does feel his age and tires quickly and experiences more soreness than he used to after intense physical activity; leans on his own strengths, doesn’t like to rely on someone else

 

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Kira Rorcan

Thread: Cian

Name: Kira Rorcan

Race: Human

Age: 23 (after the time jump)

Height: 5’6"

Weight: 130 lbs.

Build: Slender, small-boned, naturally frailer than most

Hair: Dark green hair;

Eyes: brown eyes (small blue discolorations are barely noticeable—and then only if one is looking for them—in each eye, near the pupil);

Clothes: Long skirt and long-sleeved, loose-fitted shirt; sturdy deer hide boots; a Locket around her neck, kept underneath her shirt

Personality: Friendly and open for the most part, but certain things she keeps to herself very tightly; reflective and thoughtful; struggles with bitterness over her family’s deaths; self-guesses herself fairly often, and is still somewhat shaky in her faith; hates bloodshed but has come to terms with its occasional necessity; a little bolder and more confident than she used to be; more self-sufficient

Profession: Ward/protégé of Argathus; Keeper of the Light; healer

History: Her family was killed by Zar’s people when she was around six, why she was left alive is unknown; the Keepers took her in immediately afterward, and she began learning the art of healing after she accepted the Light; she befriended Jaiden Hiath not long after coming to the Keepers; five years ago, after Jaiden’s death in a battle between him and Kiva, she left Lucia for what she thought was forever, though she still hung onto what little hope she had: that of the Light; about a year after her departure from Lucia, she met Argathus, and he took her in and taught her much of what she now knows.

Weapon: Dagger mostly, but she has learned to use and wield somewhat proficiently the bow-and-arrow and sword

Magic: As far as she knows she isn’t inherently magical; in fact, she sometimes has a bad affect on magic, as though it is lessened by her presence, and it generally doesn’t affect her, at least not to the extent it should. But she herself cannot—as far as she knows—use magic herself; she has some suspicions about her family and past concerning magic

Favorites: Kebab fruit, mialka, the woods, reading, gardening, studying the Word of the Light

Least Favorites: Kias; storms; snakes;

Fighting Style: Stay in the background until it’s imperative she actually fight; defensive

Strengths: She can camouflage easily in forests; is a healer, knows the herbs and plants of Lucia very well; intelligent; she’s very careful and wary, doesn’t like to take risks; she’s built up muscle in the past five years, though her natural build is slender and frail

Weaknesses: Has festering bitterness over what happened to her family; lets her emotions get the better of her sometimes, especially her anger; has moments of severe self-doubt concerning her faith, she isn’t very physical, isn’t strong in body, and doesn’t have much stamina