Because there has been a little bit of confusion as the Scattered Embers group of writers has grown, in this thread everyone should post a short biography of their character(s). Please post any and all characters you are writing about. Even minor characters can have a small post, just to keep names straight. Also, I think this will work best if everyone only posts once per person (not per character). Edits can be made as characters gain more depth. So, without further adieu...
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Setanta Male of
undisclosed race (at least partially human)
Diety: Setanta is not terribly religious, but his patron diety is Sune. He occasionally prays to her, and even sometimes tries to encourage beauty in her name.
Appearance: Setanta looks like a very strong, muscled human. The only exception is that he does not grow hair anywhere on his body. He has skin of average to fair complexion, and even after years of travel still occasionally gets sunburned. He has blue eyes. His demeanor is confident, but sometimes suspicious of new situations and people. He is, surprisingly, good looking for a life-long fighter, perhaps because of his association with Sune. He doesn't really understand his own charisma, but he knows it occasionally gets him out of trouble (and sometimes into trouble too).
Personality: Setanta is a survivor, first and foremost. He relies on his body, his training and his wits (in that order) to keep him alive. His possessions are a distant fourth on the list, and he pays them little mind.
Second to being a survivor, he is a fighter. He has been fighting for as long as he can remember and is exceptionally good at it. At this point fighting has become second nature to him, and he tends to think of it as natural. He understands combat very well, on both small and large scales. He can read terrain, fortify a position, teach swordplay or unarmed combat. However, he doesn't really understand anything other than combat, and sometimes is surprised by seemingly everyday things.
Setanta is generally a fine individual but he has a mean streak. He is a minimalist in his approach to life, and he has a weak spot for underdogs. He often takes the "it's best to do it myself and get it done" approach. He would like to be a farmer but has had no success in previous attempts at farming (he's really good at killing things, even his own plants). He likes fishing. He has a very limited understanding of how magic actually works, but was "taught" by his master the many ways magic can hurt. Not surprisingly, he prefers to sneak up on magic users before they can be protected.
Background: Setanta was born a slave to a Zhentarium wizard of middle rank in Zhentil Keep. His mother, an enslaved human priestess of Sune, was bred with his father at the behest of his master. Setanta has been trained for combat since he was a boy, and as a teenager he became a pit fighter of no small renown. He was undefeated in death matches, and eventually he ended up fighting monsters instead of other humanoids. After the fall of Zhentil Keep he traveled to live and train with monks north of the Sea of Fallen Stars. He left after a few years of training because he could not reconcile his differences with the monk's lawful approach to life.
Combat: Setanta likes to be in melee range. He is proficient with almost any weapon and will pick up a missile weapon in the heat of battle, but generally he doesn't carry one. As a pit fighter he was a bare handed specialist. This, coupled with his fighter experience and his monk training, makes him a formidable opponent, especially deadly in close quarters.
Equipment of Note: Setanta always carries a backpack that is essentially a
Heward's Handy Haversack. He doesn't let anyone know what is in the sack, although there could be anything in there. Some of the items that he has been known to use include:
Weapons: Because he frequently drops weapons in combat to go unarmend, Setanta tears through armament. He does, however, make it a point to hold on to a matched set of daggers that he wears on his back. He is also partial to short swords and spears.
Boots: Setanta usually carries two sets of boots, one in the pack on one on his feet. When traveling he wears a set of
Boots of Striding and Springing and when he's involved in more clandestine matters he wears a set of
Boots of Elvenkind.
Bracers: The only piece of equipment he is really attached to is a powerful set of bracers he uses only on special occasions. It is a matched set of bracers that have an interlocking spot for a complimentary set of bracelets. The bracers act as
Bracers of Blinding Strike while the bracelets allow Setanta to hit opponents barehanded as if he were a high level monk. When combined the bracers grant all their individual powers, and maybe even more he doesn't know about...
Other stuff too... ho hum... more info later
