Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160205120927/@comment-24696651-20160208001410

Two days later...

Cynric sat in the Council Chamber, a dark room at the back of Mistveil Keep. The smoke from the candles hung low above the table, making it seem cramped and claustrophobic. As well as Cynric, there was Astata Vilica, Steward, Skuldar Half-Tooth, Housecarl, Asjath, Captain of the Watch and Thane, and Salma, Thane.

Astata, as the senior administrator, spoke first.

"As you know, our current Jarl is too young to rule for himself," she said, more to clear her throat than anything else. "As we cannot be sure of Saerlund's wishes, I think we should act cautiously and avoid rushing-"

"The Jarl would want us to avenge his father," Skuldar interrupted. "As long as those scumbags control Fort Treva, we are not safe."

"But we can't afford-" she began, before being cut off.

"If we kill those bandits, we'll take all the loot they've plundered from Riften," Salma interrupted, eyes lit up with the idea of gold.

"I don't think we should march in and kill them all," Asjath said, softly. "But we have to deal with them."

"All in favour of capturing Fort Treva, say "aye"," Skuldar boomed, sesing the mood of the room.

Asjath, Salma and Skuldar shouted "aye". Cynric and Astata remained silent.

"Then we will capture it," he said, happily.

Character Card

Name: Astata Vilica

Race: Imperial

Gender: Female

Age: 22

Appearance: Quite pretty, with long blonde hair and brown eyes. She's of average height and skinny, though not unhealthily so.

Equipment: White cotton dress and red open shoes.

Skills (1 Master, 2 Expert, 3 Adept): Master: Stewardship; Expert: Riding, Restoration; Adept: Singing, Botany

Spells (Max 8): Healing Hands, Heal Other, Healing

Powers (Racial + 1 more max): Racial

Personality Traits (at most 5 traits, must have 2 bad traits): Loyal, Hard-working, Friendly, Naive, Sees in black and white

Bio: Astata's father had been part of the court of the previous Jarl, Erarik, for as long a she could remember, and he was like a second father to her, despite his youth. When her father died of tuberculosis, Erarik took care of her, and offered her a position in his court. As a result, Astata has lived a somewhat sheltered life, but is very loyal to her Jarl.

Character Card

Name: Skuldar Half-Tooth

Race: Nord

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Appearance: Skuldar is tall and strong, but not handsome by any means. His face is marked with scars, and half his teeth have been knocked out (hence the name.) He has an impressive red beard and long, frizzy hair.

Equipment: Steel Battleaxe, Steel Plate Armour

Skills (1 Master, 2 Expert, 3 Adept): Master: Two Handed; Expert: Heavy Armour, Block; Adept: Athletics, Unarmed, Sneak

Spells (Max 8): None

Powers (Racial + 1 more max): Racial, Beserk - capable of working himself into a frenzy during battle. As a result, he can hit harder and faster, and can take more hits. However, this comes at the expense of technique and agility.

Personality Traits (at most 5 traits, must have 2 bad traits): Hot-headed, Cruel, Insecure, Fearless

Bio: Skuldar was born into a poor Riften family. He had an abusive father, and he was often targeted for bullying. As a result, he learnt how to fight and hide from his tormentors, but this generally got him into trouble. When he was fourteen, he ran away from home and joined the army, pretending to be sixteen (hence people think he is 29). He put his skills to good use there, but had an unfortunate tedency to rush into battle when inappropriate. However, his fearlessness lead to him being involved in many daring raids, earning him quick promotion and eventually the position of Housecarl, thanks to Erarik's focus on personal valour over military organisation.

Character Card

Name: Asjath

Race: Nord

Gender: Male

Age: 38

Appearance: Asjath is short, 5'7", with short brown hair hair and a stubbly face. His build is stocky.

Equipment: Riften guard armour, shield, steel longsword, and hunting bow with fifty steel arrows.

Skills (1 Master, 2 Expert, 3 Adept): Master: Block; Expert: Light Armour, One-Handed; Adept: Archery, Speech, Awareness

Spells (Max 8): None

Powers (Racial + 1 more max): Racial

Personality Traits (at most 5 traits, must have 2 bad traits): Diligent, Compromising, Idealistic, Dislikes Wealth

Bio: Asjath's parents were miners, and Asjath was constantly exposed to low level crime and the difficulties of the poor. He eventually joined the guard as an escape, but owing to his previous experiences, he is more lenient on criminals and focuses on addressing the root problems of crime.

However, he becamse Captain of the Watch not because he was a just guard but because he lead the defence of the cities against bandits whilst the Jarl and his army was out adventuring, despite the previous Captain having just been killed.

Character Card

Name: Salma

Race: Redguard

Gender: Female

Age: 31

Appearance: Tall for a woman at 5'8", with black hair tied in a pony tail. Her face is rather unassuming.

Equipment: Two Steel Scimitars, Steel armour

Skills (1 Master, 2 Expert, 3 Adept): Master: One-handed; Expert: Heavy Armour. Destruction; Adept: Lockpicking, Mercantile

Spells (Max 8): Chain Lightning, Flame Cloak, Fireball, Ice Storm, Flames, Sparks, Frost, Ice Spike

Powers (Racial + 1 more max): Racial

Personality Traits (at most 5 traits, must have 2 bad traits): Avaricous, Violent, Sociopathic, Reckless

Bio: Salma was a Redguard sellsword operating in Hammerfell, who used this as an oppurtunity to loot the cities captured and kill the inhabitants. However, when she was cast out of her mercenary group, she started adventuring, eventually reaching the court of Jarl Erarik, killing many bandits and amassing a substaintal wealth from their loot.