ArQane's Characters

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Main Characters
Name:
Claius (Clay) Vondale

Gender, Age:
Male, 26

Role (Family):
Guardian

Appearance and Personality:
Brown hair and brown eyes, 6 feet tall, masculine build. Clay is more or less as much as a warrior a warrior could get. He normally fights wearing a full body armor with a reinforced breastplate and shoulder guards. Off combat (pre-expulsion), he wears robes that identify himself as a Guardian Knight. He wields a battle axe.

Clay is more of a easy going person; he is passively serious, but kind and reasonable. His normal speech is calm and dignified, sporting the chivalrous tones that have been a tradition in his Guardian family for years. He is extremely hard to anger, but will get menacing if you cross the line. Clay tends to avoid violence, and prefers to negotiate a solution rather than forcing one out. However, during combat, people often attributed his being to resemble a frenzied beast, attacking with unwavering force and seemingly bloodlust in nature.

Strengths and Weaknesses:
Clay’s immediate decision making is superb, which let’s him be able to, without aid, outmatch his opponent(s) extremely well in unplanned skirmishes. Such includes knowing where to dodge, and when to strike in order to maximize his performance against his opponents. His brute strength and reflexes allows him to combat up to several armed enemies at once. However, in long term stratagem, his role as a tactician falls short to most other experienced officials.

Clay, to his disadvantage, often is submissive, willing to sacrifice more on his part in order to reach his goal. Keeping the non-violence in mind, he tries to provide a peaceful alternative, often allowing the opponent to be the first to strike. Though this makes him most charming and workable in pragmatic situations, it also could be a threat to him if the other party were to try to take advantage of his kindly nature.

As expected, Clay’s efficiency falls if he is fighting a horde of enemies. The more people he has to focus on, the less able he is to secure a victory. However, his abilities in one versus one and quickly picking off opponents one at a time is what makes his combat style stand out.

History or Backstory:
Clay was born into the fear driven life of Guardians in the Impregnable Fortress. He was born to the Vondale family, one of the oldest knight families in the Guardian groups, whom were from the Geraldis Province prior to the war. The Vondales was, from the start, a warrior family, and among the proudest and most influential in the Guardian community.

The Vondales were sent in the first Guardian force to war with the Eruvians. They were perhaps the family that had the most effect in the war as a whole, due to the extensive size of their family and military experience. They are the family that are most tied to their proud Guardian heritage, and were more likely to choose death than defeat by surrendering.

From the age of five, Clay gained his first exposure to fighting. Trained by his father, he became a prodigious soldier, quickly rising to Captain during his teenage years. Currently, he is among the youngest of Generals in the Guardian army.

Both he and his father are Generals, with numerous other family members taking high ranks in the Guardian army. Though they have a bonded relationship with one another, they stand at completely opposite sides of the war. Neither of them were alive during the time the Campaign of Expulsion begun, but they both knew the history with the Luins and their ancestors. His father hated everything to do with the Andelorn family, but Clay sought for a unification between the two warring groups, or at least maintaining the peace between themselves and the Kingdom.
Name:
Vincent Rellus

Gender, Age:
Male, 53

Role (Family):
Geraldi

Appearance and Personality:
A graying man who lives in a remote village in Geraldis with his wife, Vincent makes a living as a lumberjack. He is struggling to make it through each day, despite the support that he gets from the Geraldis government.

Vincent is a kindly man who prioritizes others before himself. Because of this, he often finds himself starving or barely making through the day.

Strengths and Weaknesses:
Vincent's kindness is his greatest strength and weakness. If someone was in need, he will set everything aside to do what he can to help. Vincent is a strong man who has worked his entire life in cutting down trees, and occasionally working on public projects.

History or Backstory:
Vincent had a son who died of the cold weather in Geraldis at a very young age. This wasn't uncommon, but it had devastated him and his wife until this day.
 
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NPCS
Illya Lott-
A Major General in the Guardian army and a personal friend of Claius, Illya is a young woman who is teasingly playful. She always complains about their situation in the fortress, sometimes a little too much for Claius to handle. She uses a sword and a shield, and is a master combatant.
Saxo Vondale-
Claius's father, and also a General in the Guardian army. He is a natural leader and a powerful warrior, but in Claius's opinion overly warmongering.
 
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