Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-26446054-20170115015652/@comment-26446054-20170116200955

Name : Gaius Tagati

Gender :Male

Race : Imperial

Age : 38

Appearance :Dark hair reaching the neck (tied), left cheek has claw scars, green eyes,  white Redguard hood. If traveling, will wear a robe over chestplate- rest of armour goes to knapsack in some way.

Equipment:  Chainmail armour (with knightly sigil), steel longsword, light iron shield, knapsack for travel.

Skills (1 Master 2 Expert 3 Adept): Long Blade (M),  Light Armour (E), Block (E),   Alchemy (A), Spear (A), Smithing (A)

Spells  (9 max): none

Bio:   Most of the Tagati family were quite content with life at home, but Gaius' maternal side of Nords led to his later talent in combat and strategy. Early on, however, he was much more interested in alchemy and the world around him.

His father, quite intellectual and a mage, would find or buy copies of the Lessons of Vivec for Gaius, as well as The Cake and The Diamond. Needless to say, the boy found a minor talent in studying such subjects- his mother wished for him to take the same attitude to the art of war.

So, at eleven years of age, he was lifted from his comfortable home to train for the purpose of strength and eventually to perhaps become an adventurer or noble guard. So wished his mother.

For three years, Gaius was insulted, challenged and struggled to make friends among the brawny Nordic boys of Chorrol. His self-defence led to him being disciplined by authorities, but he finally escaped when he concocted an invisibility and muffle potion to run away from Chorrol.

His parents separated when they found out what had happened, exactly, with Gaius' father blaming his mother for pressing him into the service of guards.

Almost fourteen months passed. There was no sign of Gaius in Cyrodiil.

A fifteen year old had found himself in the employ of mercenaries, but attempted to return to Chorrol to try and apologise to his parents. On the way, he was discovered by two guards.

They were his childhood bullies, and attempted to arrest him out of hatred, taking his escape as cowardice. He succesfully resisted arrest, and it seems he could not stay in Chorrol or Cyrodiil. Gaius traveled north, to the Jerall Mountains, where his mix of combat training and botanic knowledge kept him alive.

For some time, he found himself trapped, as there was no safe path to Skyrim, other than a guarded gate crossing- he did not wish to fight guards, and thus, ended up living out in the wild for nine years, where maintaining his armour and practicing fighting led to a legend of the "Bruma Paladin," apparently responsible for eliminating bandits within the area.

Nihilism overtook him. Hoping to only see his father, Gaius tred through fields and forests to Chorrol. Nobody recognized him.

His father had died due to insanity and depression.

As Bruma fell to the Nordic Uprising, he became resolute that the Empire was simply crumbling, and left for Hammerfell. Perhaps he could find his fortune there.

Aged 33, he had become a loyal knight for an order in the slowly recovering independent dominion of Hammerfell, helping coordinate a unit in the ultimately failed defence of Sentinel. His service was commendable, as his strategic ability prevented the absolute slaughter of the Redguard army.

Five years have passed since that terrible war, and Gaius wishes only for peace in this turbulent time. He considers the possibility of unifying a weak Hammerfell an impossible task, remaining as a respected knight commander in Dragonstar (particularly due to the provincial ruler having strong ties to the Empire).

Political Allegiance and Status : Order of the Rose - Commander