Nicky's Biography Bin

[Nicky]

Name: Shaha Muhavos.
Age: 64.
Nationality: Sarrian ethnically. Sarrian-Khergit culturally.
Religion: -

Spoken languages: Khergit (Native), Sarrian (Second), Common (Fluent), Norse (Fluent).
Literacy: Illiterate.

Appearance: Shaha is a dark-skinned woman in her mid-sixties, still strong and capable for her age, she is tall, especially for a woman, standing at almost six feet in height. Her once dark hair is now grey-white although her head is mostly kept shaved. The life she has lived is apparent, she has a scarred body, particularly her hands and areas on her face.
Personality: Shaha is a quiet woman with little to say, although what she does say expresses the experience and wisdom she has garnered throughout her life. She will barely speak unless spoken to or in the company of close companions. She is a patient and calm woman with a strong will and a woman of practicality, understanding that there are hardships in life and on occasion difficult decisions need to be made. She is adaptable to many situations and the life of a slave has made her hardy and strong, capable of learning quickly to any job or task she puts her mind to.
Likes: Children, Law & order, Structure, Nature, Stories, Songs, Displays of bravery, Integrity, Strength.
Dislikes: Fickleness, Cowardice, Disloyalty, Anarchy, Oppression.
Flaws: Despite being adaptable, Shaha is in some form set in her ways, having lived her life in her own way and in a certain manner since a young age, having finally earnt her freedom, she is both torn between finding freedom to be a new experience and finding freedom to be pointless and simply having no purpose. Shaha despite once being a skilled fighter has had her ability dulled by age and time, still capable with the bow and sword, but certainly no longer an expert. As comes with age, Shaha is effected by fatigue at a quicker rate than in her youth, and in some respects her senses have dulled slightly.

Character history: Shaha was a slave even before she was born, her Sarrian parents slaves to a lawless Khuzait-Khergit tribe. By the time Shaha was born, her Father had already died and her Mother shortly after her birth. Most of the other slaves were Sarrian, and through them Shaha vaguely learned the tongue of her parents, many using the Sarrian tongue to avoid the listening ears of the slavers. Over the years spent as a slave for the Khergits, several of the elders would hold secret lessons in the night for the child slaves of Sarrian descent to teach them their native tongue, the lessons were swift and to the point and many of the children were unable to adapt to learning the language, in the end, Shaha, and only a handful of other children, stuck to the lessons. Even without the elders present, and after they died, the children would sit in circles at night practicing the language with eachother as it gave them a strange sense of victory over the slavers knowing that they could speak without being understood, and thus through years of on and off practice and difficulty, Shaha learnt the tongue of her parents. Through the slavers, Shaha grew to understand the Khergit language from birth more naturally than Sarrian, lest she be punished for misunderstanding. They would solely speak Khergit so since birth, it is all Shaha heard. Thus Shaha holds Khergit as her native tongue.
The concept of religion was never introduced to Shaha by a meaningful figure in her life, thus she grew up to be pragmatic and held faith with no God simply due to never learning a faith. She is not however an Atheist, and does condone religions and even takes an interest in them. Although various other slaves throughout her youth tried to educate Shaha on the Sarrian Faith they were never around her long enough for any of these lessons to stick, all of which she gradually forgot over time due to simply having to concentrate on survival, now moving into the last stage of her life, Shaha considers her own ruthlessness to be wrong and has made efforts to find the right and true Faith to follow.
Shaha was raised to learn how to perform tough and menial tasks for many hours a day with little rest, physical work and labour as well as often having to fight other slaves for food and resources. Her saving grace as she grew was that she was an exceptionally beautiful woman and was often able to coerce goods and resources out of the slavers and men watching her. Becoming something of a leader to the men, women and children in the same situation as her, in her seventeenth year, Shaha led the slaves in an armed revolt against their oppressors which resulted in all of the other slaves escaping and Shaha choosing to stay behind to give them time to escape, as they were being pursued.

For this, Shaha was beaten brutally and branded as a troublemaker, being sold cheap onto the highest bidder, another rich slaver, an exiled Swadian in the Sarrian lands, who put her to work as a fighter in pits and arenas, where rich nobles and merchants would bet on the victor. During these years Shaha became fluent in the common tongue, both through her Master's teachings, talking to other slaves from different cultures who could only communicate with eachother via the mutual common tongue, or through simply listening, for if anything, Shaha was not short on time. Also during this period as a fighter, Shaha would have to train by her Master's orders, initially being unable to understand the trainer's commands, her Master put her through intense lingual sessions with a Monk to learn the common tongue, which would happen for hours daily. Although it took Shaha a long time to learn the new language, eventually she was able to do so, and through training and simply time, she became fluent in the tongue. For many years thereafter Shaha's life was split between being a fighter and a bedwarmer for her owner, who forced many children onto her. Over the years as a fighter, Shaha gained much experience in improvisational surgery and injury treatment. Eventually the fat Swadian choked on his food and Shaha was repossessed by his heir, sold off with her offspring to a slaver in the far south.

Over the following years, whether by infantile death, disease, murder or other such manners, Shaha lost all of her children one by one, many of them even making it to adulthood but not surviving the hard life they had to endure. Finally, moving into her later years, Shaha once again was prompted to lead an armed revolt against her owners, wishing to taste freedom before age and time caught up with her. This time she succeeded, and killed her most recent and so far final owner.

Freedom did little for Shaha however, and she wandered aimlessly for the next few years as a vagabond, finally ending up where she is now, longing for a purpose and finding a life of freedom to be one with no purpose. Shaha simply travelled for a few years, taking the odd job or work where she could find it as a hunter, bodyguard, cook, mercenary, fisherman, anything that would pay sufficient amounts to get by, whilst trying to avoid cutting other people short or gaining at the disadvantage of others. Through pure coincidence and with no real intent behind it, Shaha found herself in Fearichen just as the last of her money expired, left to find a new manner of survival and hoping to find a purpose once more.

[Nicky]

Name: Vladlena.
Age: 8. (Born 1st January 1054)
Nationality: Vaegir.
Religion: Orthodox Divusism, although doesn't really grasp the concept.

Spoken languages: Vaegir (Native).
Literacy: Illiterate.

Appearance: Vladlena is a slim and short child, extremely pale with light freckles and wide dark eyes, she has a high brow and a slightly squared jaw and her Vaegir features are apparent to all who look at her. Vladlena has various scars around her hands and mouth, mostly from accidental self-inflicted injuries. Her hair is a dark black and curls at the ends, around shoulder length. Vladlena often looks tense when she moves and remains rigid at most times, but will also fidget and squirm around alot if forced to sit still for long periods of time.
Personality: Vladlena exhibits strange behaviour and sociopathic tendencies such as inflicting harm upon animals to view the results. She does not comprehend the dangers of the world and seems to struggle in social situations, almost completely incapable of engaging in a normal conversation with someone due to both her inability to express emotions as well as her lack of desire to verbally speak. She struggles to form strong bonds due to her past but is not incapable of it.
Likes: Rain, snow, the sea, fire, being alone, artefacts and music, songs, rhythmic repetitive noises, sensory stimulation, new experiences.
Dislikes: People, hot weather, animals, speaking, other children, enforced rules, making eye contact, blood.
Flaws: Vladlena was born with Congenital Analgesia, which means she is incapable of feeling physical pain. This however, is by no means a good thing, as it means she is unable to recognise when she is injured and ends up hurting herself more, and provides no help in coping with wounds already sustained. Vladlena has a limited emotional range and struggles to understand body language, making her often misinterpret what people are trying to communicate to her. Her lack of boundaries often mean she ends up in difficult situations due to her impulsive and often spontaneous behaviour. Naturally, as a child, she is not physically strong, and although she is intelligent she lacks emotional maturity and to some degree, common sense. Her speech is poor and she often avoids speaking anyway.

Character history: Vladlena was born in the eastern Vaegir territories to a drunk soldier and a city prostitute. The Mother died in childbirth and Vladlena was taken in by her Uncle, her Mother's Brother. Although she was always despised by her Uncle for causing the death of his Sister, and at the age of two, due to the odd behaviour that she exhibited, Vladlena was abandoned by her Uncle's family and left to die in the wilds.

Found half-dead in the snow by a wandering circus caraveen, Vladlena was rescued by the performers and Circus Master who nursed her back to health. Whilst never treated with any real love or kindness, Vladlena was neither mistreated, and simply spent the next six years of her life travelling the Vaegir Kingdom with this group, by no means an easy life, she would often have to scrounge or beg for food when they stopped in towns and cities, sometimes even having to steal or pickpocket from the unsuspecting. Whilst never a performer in the circus, Vladlena was given jobs to do such as cleaning outfits, feeding animals, etcetera.

During her formative years in the caravan, Vladlena would both self-teach and be taught skills by kinder members of the group. One woman in particular taught Vladlena how to hunt with a knife and bow, although without constant training and practice her skill did degrade as she forgot most of it over time. During one particularly cold winter, Vladlena was unable to find food and out of desperation, killed and ate the dog owned by the Brother of the Circus Master, this set the man against Vladlena from that day.

Many of Vladlena's antics and odd behaviour were tolerated by the circus folk, although when the original circus master died of a pox, his Brother took over and was a far less forgiving man. Whilst stopped in Fearichen to restock, the Brother cast out all of the children from the caravan with the intent of cashing in on the business and moving to Praven, thus Vladlena found herself alone once more.

Since being in Fearichen, Vladlena has managed to renew many of the skills she previously learnt and began hunting small animals and insects for sustenance with a knife that she found, although struggling, she has so far managed to scrape by.

[Nicky]

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Name: Yngvild Cnutsdóttir.
Age: 32. (B. 11th February 1030)
Nationality: Norse.
Religion: Divusism (Unspecific), formerly Healgirar Faith.

Spoken languages: Norse (Native), Vaegir (Fluent), Common (Semi-fluent).
Literacy: Vaegir.

Appearance: Yngvild is slightly over six and a half feet and well-muscled, she possesses a refined natural beauty and poise, dignity, and strength of mind and character, she has almond-shaped deep blue eyes, a stern brow, a long untamed mane of golden hair that curls at the ends. Yngvild has an aquiline nose with a prominent bridge, giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent, her chin is pointed and she has high cheekbones. She has tribal tattoos on her hands and neck.
Personality: Yngvild possesses a very deep well of patience and is slow to anger but implacable when aroused, she is rather enigmatic, solitary and quiet and has an honest, open and genuine nature. Yngvild possesses an unwavering sense of honour and justice to which she tries to conform even when faced with complex and morally ambiguous decisions.
Likes: Honesty, loyalty, Calradia, fighting, archery, hunting, good priests, alcohol, isolation, Fearichen.
Dislikes: Treachery, anarchy, raiding, Norse culture, dishonesty, oathbreaking, kinslayers, Jumne, corrupt priests, horseriding.
Flaws: Yngvild is serious and stubborn and embittered by her own past, she often struggles with her sense of honour and righteousness conflicting with her inner nature and culture. Yngvild's grasp of the common tongue is rather poor. Despite being capable in combat, Yngvild was never formerly trained and as such is prone to making mistakes. Despite being an intelligent woman, Yngvild is prone to leaving her opinion unspoken even if it may positively influence a situation, she prefers to only speak when she must unless she has lost her temper. Despite her rather passive nature, Yngvild is built for war and combat and struggles to function in peacetime.

Character history: Yngvild was born the oldest of six children of the Norse warrior Cnut, the Hersir of Chieftess Yngvild in Jumne, whom she was named after. Jumne was a cold and harsh place growing up, and Yngvild was the only daughter surrounded by five brothers vying for their Father's favour, he did however prefer his Daughter to all of them.

Up until adulthood, Yngvild fought with other children to develop and would often go hunting with her younger siblings, becoming rather adept with ranged weaponry. However after being deemed a woman, Yngvild refused to marry a warrior her Father had picked out for her and lost his favour. Being forced to choose between the unwanted marriage or exile, Yngvild chose the latter and eventually joined up with a group of raiders who sought to leave the harsh landscape of Jumne. Practically becoming a pirate, for many years after Yngvild lived her life as a searaider, most of her time spent at sea and the rest raiding the coasts of both Jumne and Calradia. Not all of the men in their group were strictly Nords, and some spoke Common. Over the course of many years, Yngvild became somewhat fluent in the Common tongue and is capable of understanding it but is not entirely fluent at speaking it.

In her late twenties however, their good fortune came to an end when their ship was destroyed by a Vaegir vessel on the northern coast of Calradia, and Yngvild, amongst others, were taken as prisoners by the Vaegirs themselves. Hauled around at sea for a long time, many of the prisoners became sick and died, eventually taken back to land and shipped to Dubrovska for a public execution, the execution itself was stalled after a local Priest convinced the Boyar to release the prisoners to the Church to re-educate them. At this stage, however, the sole survivor of the group of prisoners was Yngvild, who was unwell herself.

The Priest in question was known locally as Father Olaf, and over the course of a few years Yngvild found a place in the new community, working with the local church after her health restored. Father Olaf dedicated much of his time to teaching Yngvild to understand Divusism, and eventually she was formerly baptised in the new faith and reborn a new woman. Part of her religious education consisted of learning how to read and write which she took as a valuable lesson, despite struggling for many months to tell letters apart she eventually got the hang of it, alongside the vocal language which she found far easier to understand than Common.

Despite initially struggling to grasp Vaegir, Yngvild gradually became adept at it over a period of about a year when she acknowledged that she would not be able to communicate with the locals otherwise, as most of them solely spoke Vaegir, and to encourage her to learn, Father Olaf would only speak to her in Vaegir despite knowing Norse himself. Yngvild eventually became fully familiar with the local tongue and could speak it as if it were her own, although continued to struggle with the common tongue at times.

The new life however was not to last permanently when a Nordic force recently attacked the region in what would become known as the Dubrovska Massacre. The church itself was set ablaze and Father Olaf was cut down. Taking up arms in a futile attempt to defend the locals, Yngvild was forced to flee the region, but not before killing various men she knew to serve under her own Father, and much to her horror, and only after her axe was in his neck, Yngvild killed her own youngest Brother; Torryk.

Yngvild fled the region to avoid the consequences of capture by her own Father, who witnessed her act of kinslaying. Filled with remorse and anger, she travelled alone until reaching the region of Fearichen where she deemed it appropriate to stay, to try and find a new purpose.

[Nicky]

Name: Egbert Aethelrich.
Age: 22. (Born 18th July 1040)
Nationality: Swadian.
Religion: Asarism.

Spoken languages: Common (Native).
Literacy: Illiterate.

Appearance: Egbert is a tall, muscled and husky man with a square face, hazel eyes and a bald head. He is brawny with a jut of jaw and arms thick with muscle. He sports a prominent thick walrus-like black moustache that is maintained well. He is stout, big boned and slope shouldered, with a fleshiness indicating he will be fat later in life.
Personality: Egbert is an affable, loyal and tireless man with an immense well of patience. He has a tendency to state the obvious and although not particularly intelligent he is not shy of common sense. He is a simple and patriotic man who takes pleasure from simple things, he tries to hold to his own code of conduct, particularly in regards of treatment towards women and children. Egbert is a patriot and a loyalist of the Empire, he holds his faith highly and is proud of his heritage.
Likes: Children, animals, Swadia, the Empire, family, home, displays of charity, bravery, money (Not greedy by any account).
Dislikes: Change, disloyalty, cruelty, failing, rape, child-killers, women-beaters.
Flaws: Egbert is stubbornly loyal to a fault and would prefer death to dishonour or breaking his oath, thus often putting himself in dangerous situations to protect those he is sworn to, disregarding his own life and safety. He is not particularly intelligent and both fails to grasp and lacks any interest in the game of politics and intrigue, thus occasionally being easy to manipulate if his common sense fails him. He is often prone to seeing the best in everyone and is thus too willing to trust others which puts him at risk of being harmed or used.

Character history: Born in what is known as the "Asari District" of Praven, Egbert's Father is a butcher named Aldwyn, his Mother, an Assistant to his Father in the Butcher's, is named Aeldgyth. Egbert's childhood was tough but loving, as the only child of his parents. Much of his childhood was spent helping his Father work, or hunting in the woods with permission of the local nobility. Egbert would often have to fight to defend himself on the streets in order to earn respect from other children from other districts, often being singled out for his Asari faith. This often harmless prosecution did nothing but reinforce Egbert's pride in his Asari heritage and strengthen his resolve as he grew. Despite not sharing the majority religion, Egbert came to be a strong Swadian patriot and idealise the Empire and it's history.

At a young age, Egbert successfully joined the local army and began training as a recruit, showing great will and motivation to succeed as well as indestructible resolve and a natural skill for soldiering, Egbert became seen as a top prospect although this all came crashing down one day when some other recruits, unknown to Egbert, stole from the local garrison. The Commander in question promised to flog and interrogate every man unless the culprit came forth, and to prevent his friends and comrades from coming to harm, Egbert selflessly confessed to the crime despite not being responsible. He was thus arrested and likely due to lose a hand or to be executed, although it soon became clear that the whole thing had been arranged to test the integrity of the soldiers there, and Egbert had acted selflessly. Thus he was selected to act as a personal guards to Augustus Beaumont, an Imperial nobleman who was set to travel to the region of Fearichen on an important mission.

Thus, after being released and learning of his new task, Egbert said goodbye to his family and left for Haringoth Castle, presenting the document to Augustus that he had been given once he arrived to confirm his role as a personal guard. Egbert then joined Augustus and his squire Claudius on their travels to Fearichen.

[Arraknia]

Accepted.

[Doktor von Pig]

Move to processed!

[mothfyre [forum work only]]

we've decide to put this under review again after some concerns came up.

[Fuchs]

denied

moth raised some good concerns