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Post by NeoTiamat »

So that's four PCs done.

Lostboy and Nathan of the FoS will be joining us a bit later due to Real-Life issues.

Which leaves three PCs to be completed before the campaign can begin.

Rock - Lia Mournswaithe - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
Cronax - Mr. Agale - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
DocBeard - Tomas Eisenwald
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire =
    Character Brief =
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
Lostboy - Nicolas Etienne de Castaigne
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet =
    Background =
Kaitou Kage - Cyrus Isfahani - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
Nathan of the FoS - Darius Isfahani
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief =
    Character Sheet =
    Background =
Whistler - Celeste Viardot
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire =
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet =
    Background =
Nerit - Nerit Doherty
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet =
    Background = Done
YalenusVeler - Kerrian Mauganson - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief =
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
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*cracks whip* You guys know who you are, so get finished! >P
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Initial concept sketch for Cyrus & Darius

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Still working on defining their head tattoos :D
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Isabella sent you my background, Neo! Maybe I'll PM it just to be safe.
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Working on it.
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I'll sink some time into this over the weekend and get everything to you guys by Sunday night--earlier, if I can manage.
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Also, Doc, Rock, if you two could send me your character sheets either by email or PM, that would be appreciated. AIM is nice, but doesn't usually leave the kind of record I can go back and use to find them when I eventually lose them to a computer malfunction or DMly inattention.

That goes for everyone who hasn't sent in their character sheets, by the by.

Also, Nerit, you are now En-Background-ed. Nathan, you are En-Questionnaire-ed
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Another fan of the last game signing in to say that he's looking forward to reading this.
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Character Name: Kerrian Mauganson

Age: 19

Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Dark brown
Skin Tone/Complexion: lightly tanned

Hair Style: Worn to just below shoulder length, with sideburns that progress into a fairly well maintained beard.

Figure Notes: Lean, but not at all unfit thanks to working predominantly as manual labor. His ears come to somewhat of a point, suggesting perhaps some GREATLY thinned out elven blood, and he's got a wide, flattish nose that's probably been broken at least once in a "disagreement".

Clothing Notes: Usually Kerrian wear simple clothing that's easy to move in and durable. However, he's got a set of "good" formal clothes that he saved up enough to buy, despite the fact that Dementliuese fashion and Veberek born laborer...don't exactly go well together. When it becomes necessary to wear armor, he has a suit of leather armor crafted from bear hide, with a fairly ornate stitching pattern.

Accessories: Very few, as he's not the jewelry sort, though he has a tendency to always be carving something or other in his off time that could be considered a brooch, though few Dementlieuese would call it such.

Personality Overview: Kerrian can be a bit on the gruff side, but once an initial period of awkwardness is over, he becomes a good deal more friendly. When in conversation, he alternates between constant eye contact, or eyes darting everywhere, trying to take everything in.

Other: Kerrian has a bit of a habit of talking to himself.

Room: A bit of a cluttered mess to say the very least, with the wardrobe in his bedroom, along with the mirror, and the desk in his front room usually covered with clippings about Dementliuese high society, or what's been going on at the theater, never mind whatever carving he's been working on lately.
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Darius Isfahani

Age: 22

Eye Color: Like Cyrus, Darius always wears dark glasses. His are "granny glasses", however, which is one of the easiest ways of telling them apart.
Hair Color: None
Skin Tone/Complexion: Somewhat sallow, not really pale, tends just slightly toward yellow.

Hair Style: Hair is barbaric and unclean.

Figure Notes: Like Cyrus, Darius is just a shade short of average height (for a Mulani--by Dementlieuse standards he's just a little over the average height). He, too, is slender, but cut. Like Cyrus, his scalp is covered with geometric designs indicating his lineage. (There are differences, some of which a Hazlani would consider duh-obvious, but which are pretty obscure to Western eyes.) He wears the spear-tattoo of the Lawgiver over his heart, one panther ascending his right arm and its partner descending his left, and six crosses swords on his back.


Clothing Notes: When at home, Darius also usually wears a grey-and-red zarong; when he goes out, he wears robes similar to his brother's. The only easily visible difference in their clothing is the red paneling on Darius' clothing indicating his arcane training.

Accessories: Dark glasses, a holy symbol attached to a steel chain around his neck, and a corncob pipe.

Personality Overview: What comes across as "cocky and brash" in his brother manifests itself more as "massive chip on his shoulder" in Darius. He doesn't party with the same enthusiasm Cyrus does, but he's quite a bit more likely to pick a fight. He's quieter, more self-contained, and less dismissive of other points of view than his brother; he also has a pretty nasty temper, albeit with a fairly long fuse.

Other: Darius keeps odd hours and eats enough to feed any four people of normal metabolism; he does an hour of calisthenics and weapon training every morning at the crack of dawn. Other than that, and the inherent oddity of a Hazlani swordmage in Port-a-Lucine, any unusual habits are kept under tight wraps.

Room: Darius and Cyrus share a single suite, which nevertheless manages to look as if one very neat person who's sworn a vow of poverty lives there. Other than one well-stocked bookshelf (alphabetical by title, no exceptions), a few weapons, two devotional ikons, and a bunk bed (both levels made tightly enough to bounce a lunar on them), the room looks exactly as it did before they moved in.
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Two new briefs and a character questionnaire from Tomas, so Tomas is now *done*

Rock - Lia Mournswaithe - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
Cronax - Mr. Agale - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
DocBeard - Tomas Eisenwald - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
Lostboy - Nicolas Etienne de Castaigne
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet =
    Background =
Kaitou Kage - Cyrus Isfahani - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
Nathan of the FoS - Darius Isfahani
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet =
    Background =
Whistler - Celeste Viardot
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire =
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet =
    Background =
Nerit - Nerit Doherty - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background = Done
YalenusVeler - Kerrian Mauganson - DONE
  • Concept Discussed = Done
    Questionnaire = Done
    Character Brief = Done
    Character Sheet = Done
    Background =
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Also, just so I don't forget, in addition to getting tokens for backgrounds/character briefs, the following people are owed some tokens once I get the general log up:

Cronax for rules help - 3
Kage for sketching - 2
Tomas for a particularly exemplary questionnaire - 2
Nerit for quick-art - 2

Anyone I'm missing?
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Character Name: Tomas Eisenwald.

Age: 31

Eye Color: Stormy blue.
Hair Color: Sandy blond.
Skin Tone/Complexion: Fair; Tomas bruises easily for a man as healthy as he is, and when sleeping or caught unawares, he's been compared to a fresh corpse. Normally his sheer force of personality keeps this from occurring to anyone, however, as the man seems far too alive to look dead.

Hair Style: Puffy, like a sheep's wool. It tends to straighten itself when soaked, but quickly re-puff in any sort of humidity. Tomas often wears a jeff cap, despite the associations with the lower class.

Figure Notes: Tomas is shy, physically speaking, and rarely goes around in anything all that revealing. Most people write this off as Lamordian modesty, but his clothing choice really does bell the size and strength of the man; he's a little leaner than you'd think, and slightly asymmetrical, as if one shoulder grew broader than the other. He has a slightly hooked nose, and a calm face that only has a few laugh lines; his mouth is fairly expressive, meaning that Tomas always seems a little animated, even when not particularly excited. A glimpse at Tomas's arms while he was rebuilding a fence revealed a pair of long, winding stitches that mark the joints and connection areas of the arms in question, probably souvenirs from one of his 'adventures'.

Clothing Notes: Tomas wears fairly normal clothes, going for a buttoned blue shirt, a brown workman's coat, baggy brown trousers, and occasionally a pair of suspenders instead of a belt, and heavy boots complete the portrait in politeriat. He sometimes wears a gleaming black breastplate that fits Tomas almost like a vest, seeming to fold in on itself for ease of storage; when going out for a while, Tomas throws an ancient looking backpack and a heavy old shield on his back. Occasionally, Tomas will dress in fancier clothes, though he sticks to the 'bigger than normal' rules. He owns, for example, a cutting edge plum purple suit with a cream colored interior, which he pairs with dress shoes and a straw boater hat with the University's colors on the silk band and a shorter, hooded jacket with 'Property of Schultess International' stitch-written on the back.

Accessories: Tomas usually wears a heavy hammer on his hip, which he claims was a gift from his godfather. He wears a chain watch that's more expensive than someone with his taste should be able to afford, and a strange, cracked steel pendant that doesn't have any real symbolism to it.

Personality Overview: Tomas is a cheerful guy who occasionally puts people off by just how nice he can be. People assume he's conning them, or being insincere; despite this, not many people have a thing to say against the guy, who always seems to have time to go out of his way and help a neighbor with the groceries, watch the kids for an afternoon, or to listen about what that utter cow Ethel did, oh couldn't you just die?! People find themselves opening up to Tomas almost subconsciously, though that doesn't mean that anyone's above gossiping about the man-he doesn't reveal many personal facts, and so in the grand tradition of neighbors everywhere theorizing on the terrible secret of Tomas Eisenwald has become sort of a neighborhood sport.

Other: Tomas is famous -well, infamous, really-for writing popular articles and fiction. He sometimes writes what he claims are memoirs of his own adventures, but he still sells these stories to the fiction magazines so it's never really clear if Tomas just has a massive imagination, or has really deluded himself into thinking he's some kind of knight in shining armor. He's generally considered a harmless eccentric, however.

Room: Tomas has lined his room with souvenirs from his trips around the Core, making his room look a bit like a period equivalent of a TGI Friday's.
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