Post by Juliette on Jan 1, 2019 23:49:10 GMT
I'm going to swap Trisys into Juliette Larkspar - application below:
Biography
Character Name: Juliette Larkspar
Character Level: 3
Race: Human (Variant)
Gender: Female
Alignment: Neutral
Deity: Shar
Size: Medium
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'8
Weight: 122 lbs
Age: 22
Appearance:
A young human woman with pale skin and raven-black hair, Juliette holds herself as though she is constantly expecting violence to erupt around her. As well as the blood-red cape and twin short swords she habitually carries, she also keeps an extremely heavy crossbow and the bolts for such slung over her back for easy use. This tends to set most people somewhat on edge - but not near as much as looking into her eyes.
History:
Juliette was the firstborn daughter of Nostramus Larkspur, an ambitious wizard, and his wife Yaria, who was herself a talented student of the arcane arts. Together, husband and wife were driven by an intense passion. Theirs was a twisted love; a love which turned on itself in an all-consuming spiral of desire for one another and for more power. Juliette was not an only child; she had a younger brother and sister, but as she was the firstborn, she was the most important - to her detriment.
On her sixth birthday, Juliette was offered to Shar in a dark rite which both Nostramus and Yaria believed would spell the girl's end. To this day, Juliette does not know what secrets her parents earned for their display of loyalty, but she was not destroyed. She was instead taken into the Shadowfell, where she was 'rescued' by the vampire lord Malivas in the city of Evernight. In truth, he kept her as a slave, finding it convenient to have a living servant who could be dominated into serving his will in the material world whilst also displaying his power and status by keeping such a young mortal prize alive in the city of undead nightmares.
This was, of course, all part of a plot by Shar. When she slept, Juliette was visited by the Lady of Loss who whispered secrets to her; ones she only half-remembered on waking. For twelve years, Juliette grew, and as she grew, she became bitter, and hateful, and full of rage. But she was not stupid enough to believe that she could strike down Malivas. What she had learned over that decade - an eternity for her, and a blink of an eye for the ancient evil - was how to call upon the power of Shar to bolster herself.
When he sent her into the world, believing that she was dominated to obey as she always had been, she deceived him and did not return. Instead, she travelled to her family home, stealing money and supplies as she went, intent on murdering her parents for the horrors they had inflicted on her.
She found her family home in ruins, burned to the ground. She searched through the ashes for any sign of remains, but could find nothing except a strange idol carved in disturbing fashion. This, she kept, and she swore her Oath in those ruins - that she would dedicate her life to the destruction of all beings who would prey on the innocent.
Since that day, Juliette has searched far and wide for any sign of what became of the Larkspur family, with a frustrating lack of success. She now dwells in Waterdeep, where rumours flow freely, and she can serve her calling easily.
Personality:
Juliette has a singular focus and drive in life: to kill those who would prey on the innocent.
The way she sees things, she has been given a holy duty - a divine mission - to ensure that none other suffers the kind of upbringing she has; that the monsters in the world are slain and that includes both monsters of sentient races and the literal beasts and unholy creations which harm people.
She is relentless in the pursuit of her mission, believing that she has willingly traded her own right to freedom and happiness for a chance to mete out vengeance and retribution upon the heads of those who made her life miserable. She is not so foolish as to believe that she can stand against the Vampire Lord who enslaved her - and she knows that he and his minions are likely seeking to recover her already - but she knows that one day she will grow to that point and she will take his head.
Until then, she is content to busy herself with the tracking and murder of her despicable parents, and those threats which are unfortunate enough to come to her attention.
She has a very strange relationship with her divine patron, not truly understanding the mission that Shar has laid out for her or the reasons why the mysterious entity has chosen her as a champion. She is unaware that it was Shar who ensured that she wound up in the Vampire Lord's clutches, and that Shar has essentially manipulated her every step of the way to become a bitter, hateful woman driven by an insatiable desire to wreak havoc on her enemies. If she were to ever realise such, it might cause a crisis of faith; or perhaps she might shrug it off as an inevitable necessity.
She is curious, though, whether her Goddess might have a purpose in mind for her, and - naturally - as a follower of the Goddess of Secrets, she keeps her worship quiet most of the time.
Stats
Ability Scores
Using point buy or the standard array give us the following stats:
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 16
Constitution: 10
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 13
Charisma: 16
Class
Paladin 3
Skills
Race Skill: Stealth
Class Skills: Intimidation, Insight
Background Skills: Arcana, Survival
Proficiencies & Languages
Common
Undercommon
Background
Haunted One
Feats
Inspiring Leader
Gear
2x Short Swords
Explorer's Pack
Monster Hunter's Pack
Common Clothes
A small idol depicting a nightmarish creature
Holy Symbol
20 bolts
Biography
Character Name: Juliette Larkspar
Character Level: 3
Race: Human (Variant)
Gender: Female
Alignment: Neutral
Deity: Shar
Size: Medium
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'8
Weight: 122 lbs
Age: 22
Appearance:
A young human woman with pale skin and raven-black hair, Juliette holds herself as though she is constantly expecting violence to erupt around her. As well as the blood-red cape and twin short swords she habitually carries, she also keeps an extremely heavy crossbow and the bolts for such slung over her back for easy use. This tends to set most people somewhat on edge - but not near as much as looking into her eyes.
History:
Juliette was the firstborn daughter of Nostramus Larkspur, an ambitious wizard, and his wife Yaria, who was herself a talented student of the arcane arts. Together, husband and wife were driven by an intense passion. Theirs was a twisted love; a love which turned on itself in an all-consuming spiral of desire for one another and for more power. Juliette was not an only child; she had a younger brother and sister, but as she was the firstborn, she was the most important - to her detriment.
On her sixth birthday, Juliette was offered to Shar in a dark rite which both Nostramus and Yaria believed would spell the girl's end. To this day, Juliette does not know what secrets her parents earned for their display of loyalty, but she was not destroyed. She was instead taken into the Shadowfell, where she was 'rescued' by the vampire lord Malivas in the city of Evernight. In truth, he kept her as a slave, finding it convenient to have a living servant who could be dominated into serving his will in the material world whilst also displaying his power and status by keeping such a young mortal prize alive in the city of undead nightmares.
This was, of course, all part of a plot by Shar. When she slept, Juliette was visited by the Lady of Loss who whispered secrets to her; ones she only half-remembered on waking. For twelve years, Juliette grew, and as she grew, she became bitter, and hateful, and full of rage. But she was not stupid enough to believe that she could strike down Malivas. What she had learned over that decade - an eternity for her, and a blink of an eye for the ancient evil - was how to call upon the power of Shar to bolster herself.
When he sent her into the world, believing that she was dominated to obey as she always had been, she deceived him and did not return. Instead, she travelled to her family home, stealing money and supplies as she went, intent on murdering her parents for the horrors they had inflicted on her.
She found her family home in ruins, burned to the ground. She searched through the ashes for any sign of remains, but could find nothing except a strange idol carved in disturbing fashion. This, she kept, and she swore her Oath in those ruins - that she would dedicate her life to the destruction of all beings who would prey on the innocent.
Since that day, Juliette has searched far and wide for any sign of what became of the Larkspur family, with a frustrating lack of success. She now dwells in Waterdeep, where rumours flow freely, and she can serve her calling easily.
Personality:
Juliette has a singular focus and drive in life: to kill those who would prey on the innocent.
The way she sees things, she has been given a holy duty - a divine mission - to ensure that none other suffers the kind of upbringing she has; that the monsters in the world are slain and that includes both monsters of sentient races and the literal beasts and unholy creations which harm people.
She is relentless in the pursuit of her mission, believing that she has willingly traded her own right to freedom and happiness for a chance to mete out vengeance and retribution upon the heads of those who made her life miserable. She is not so foolish as to believe that she can stand against the Vampire Lord who enslaved her - and she knows that he and his minions are likely seeking to recover her already - but she knows that one day she will grow to that point and she will take his head.
Until then, she is content to busy herself with the tracking and murder of her despicable parents, and those threats which are unfortunate enough to come to her attention.
She has a very strange relationship with her divine patron, not truly understanding the mission that Shar has laid out for her or the reasons why the mysterious entity has chosen her as a champion. She is unaware that it was Shar who ensured that she wound up in the Vampire Lord's clutches, and that Shar has essentially manipulated her every step of the way to become a bitter, hateful woman driven by an insatiable desire to wreak havoc on her enemies. If she were to ever realise such, it might cause a crisis of faith; or perhaps she might shrug it off as an inevitable necessity.
She is curious, though, whether her Goddess might have a purpose in mind for her, and - naturally - as a follower of the Goddess of Secrets, she keeps her worship quiet most of the time.
Stats
Ability Scores
Using point buy or the standard array give us the following stats:
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 16
Constitution: 10
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 13
Charisma: 16
Class
Paladin 3
Skills
Race Skill: Stealth
Class Skills: Intimidation, Insight
Background Skills: Arcana, Survival
Proficiencies & Languages
Common
Undercommon
Background
Haunted One
Feats
Inspiring Leader
Gear
2x Short Swords
Explorer's Pack
Monster Hunter's Pack
Common Clothes
A small idol depicting a nightmarish creature
Holy Symbol
20 bolts
