Post by erasmus on Sept 20, 2008 16:04:04 GMT -6
Character
Name: Torant (Tor)
Rank: Lord Holder of Star Hold
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Family
Father: Delach, 80, and happily retired. He’s become gruff in his old age, and sometimes (often) forgets that Enald is the one in charge of the Hold. He loves his wife, though he’s been unfaithful in the past.
Mother: Lamica, 73, gracefully retired. She’s a quiet, obedient woman who rarely thinks for herself, and relied greatly on the headwoman during her tenure as Lady Holder, though no one is quite as good at being a hostess as she is. Retiring has done wonders for her health.
Siblings:
Ulria, 49, married to a Minor Holder in Fort
Teriana, 45, married to a Minor Holder in Crom
Sirish, 44, married to a Minor Holder in Nabol
Leana, 41, married to a Minor Holder in Telgar
Enald, 40, Lord Holder, married to Lady Leshya, daughter Kimlye
Rishna, 35, married to a Healer
Korenish, 34, deadglow. Employed in the main hold as a cleaner.
known Nieces/Nephews:
Kimlye, 13, daughter of Lord Enald and Lady Leshya
Tonhler, 12, son of Lord Enald and Lady Leshya, Heir of Telgar Hold
Wife: Lady Alsea
Children: Eveddin(m), 8, Heir/Steward to Torant, Star Hold
Radoray(f), 6, Holdbrat, Star Hold
~Miscarried one child, would have been 4 turns old~
Ahanja, 2, Holdbrat, Star Hold
Location: Star Hold
Appearance: i119.photobucket.com/albums/o152/acousticemu/Torant2.jpg
Torant is a handsome man, as is common with those from carefully selected bloodlines, though not in such a way that his looks are overbearing or threatening. He keeps his fairly average brown hair, that tends to turn a bit towards sandy blond during the Summer months, short and simple though a touch of curl gives it some volume. His naturally arched eyebrows are set low, just atop his deep blue eyes, but the roundish shape of his face keeps them from making him look to severe. His nose is large, broad across both the bridge and tip. His upper lip is small, but his lower lip is a bit fuller to compensate.
Build wise, Torant is neither skinny nor overweight. He has his share of muscle here and there from riding runners and other such pastimes, but he has an average physique overall. His choice of clothing is, quite simply, loud. He enjoys wearing bright and rare colors like orange, purple, and teal, though he also takes pride in matching his attire to Alsea's on occasion. Beside the coloration of his clothing, he wears nothing outside of the norm.
As far as jewelry goes, Torant keeps it simple. He wears a plain, wide, silver band with a large, circular, dark emerald set in it (think a man's high school/college class ring). The ring was a gift from his brother, Lord Enald, and Lady Leshya on his wedding day, and the stone reminds him of Alsea's eyes.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Personality: Torant is the kind of man that others of his gender seem to make friends with easily. His fun-loving, gregarious personality makes him the life of any gather or smaller group. He's well known to indulge in the vices of Pern, notably wine and ale, from time to time, but he has managed to slow down a bit in that area as he has matured into his thirties. His own sort of childish love of life sometimes makes it hard for him to be a proper father, but he truly does love his children.
His natural charisma helped him fall into the role of a decent, if not reluctant, leader. As the second son of Telgar's Lord Holder, Torant never desired his brother's spot as the Heir, much less his father's as the Lord Holder. Torant was content with the freedom given to the second son of a bloodline. People seem to like him despite his sometimes over the top faults, for he is truly and honesty himself. Torant has never tried to hide his personality quirks or defects, depending on what light you view them in, so people trust him with little effort.
Torant is the kind of person that gets antsy if he's confined to one set task, one place, etc. for any prolonged length of time. He enjoys taking on anything he views as an adventure, but after a time the adventure of any situation starts to wear off. Alsea has helped him maintain focus and stay on track with some important tasks, but some of his endeavors still go unfinished. She is very much his better, more responsible half. The flighty sort of aspect of his personality certainly manifested itself in his relationships while he was younger. He has not engaged in relations with any other young women since he realized his love for Lady Alsea, but that doesn't keep him from looking elsewhere and his fidelity is far from set in stone.
Despite his obvious faults, Torant is quite an intelligent man. He fancies that he's taken more than a Lord Holder's belt pouch in marks in dragon poker winnings, and he can hold a conversation with any harper worth his keep.
Hobbies/Skills: Torant has always loved the thrill of riding a fast runner, and he indulges in the pastime, often with Alsea, as much as he can. He finds a special delight in teaching his children even the simplest things. He always tries to make things fun, for himself and for the children, so the kids seem to enjoy time spent with him. Torant enjoys the game of dragon poker for the intellect needed to win the game. In Telgar, no one but those just traveling through would play a hand against him, but he can still find some willing to go against him in Star Hold.
Pets:
Name: Kand
Age: 6
Color: Bronze
Species: Firelizard
Appearance: A smaller bronze built more for speed and agility than the pure strength most of his kind seem scaled towards. Kand has a bright, even bronze coloration with just the slightest tint of red like that of molten copper. His neck and tail are perfectly in proportion with his smaller frame, but his wings are perhaps a touch too long. His body falls somewhere between lithe and average.
Personality: Kand is a natural peace keeper. He's an easy going sort of creature that would rather go with the flow than start any type of squabble. He's selfless in that he'll do anything to keep others content, more for the hope of keeping things easy than for being kind hearted. He quite fancies Alsea, and can be seen riding on one of her shoulders as often as he is on one of Torant's.
History: Torant was born the second son and sixth child overall of Lord Delach and Lady Lamica. Torant was far from perfect, even as a boy. His attendance at his harper lessons was always poor, though the harpers would reluctantly admit that he was one of the brightest pupils in his classes.
When Enald had lessons with their father, Torant was free to do largely as he pleased. Even his sisters envied his freedom, as they had to take extra lessons from the Headwoman in order to be suitable wives some day. Torant had a few assignments for his father, he tried working with the Guard Captain and Steward, but his dedication to the tasks matched his childhood school attendance. Torant did design new stables for Lord Delach's runners at one point but again, halfway through the construction he abandoned the project and left it up to the holders to finish.
Torant's main dedication as a young man was young women. He was, and perhaps still is, well known for his playboy lifestyle. He never treated women unkindly, never forcing them to do anything with him or purposefully hurting their feelings, but he never remained faithful to one pretty girl over the other either. At twenty turns he met a half-niece of the Istan Lord Holder, and he brought her to Delach to approve a marriage. Delach denied the union as Telgar needed nothing from Ista, and Torant went on. He hadn't loved the girl, so he wasn't hurt.
He met Alsea shortly after his twenty-fifth birthday, and he was instantly attracted to the woman five turns his junior. Their marriage was arranged, as is typical with the children of Lord Holders, so they had little time to get to know each other before being wed. Torant didn't mind the forced union, he had expected it would have to happen some day, and the fast-pace of it all was a bit exciting to the young man. Alsea and Torant got to know each other over the turns, and about two turns into their marriage he felt in emotion that had been foreign to him; love. She fit perfectly with him in the way that opposite pieces fit snuggly, and he liked the serious, dutiful side of her personality. She had so much more...substance to her than anyone he'd been with before, and that intrigued him.
Thirteen turns ago he agreed to travel back 200 turns to participate in this little project. His excitement about the unusual request came from his love of adventure and the unknown. He may not have agreed to come had he known the others would pick him as their leader, but becoming Lord Holder was another adventure to experience so he agreed. The birth of his children has kept him 'entertained,' so to speak, but the everyday of managing a Hold is beginning to bore him.
Name: Torant (Tor)
Rank: Lord Holder of Star Hold
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Family
Father: Delach, 80, and happily retired. He’s become gruff in his old age, and sometimes (often) forgets that Enald is the one in charge of the Hold. He loves his wife, though he’s been unfaithful in the past.
Mother: Lamica, 73, gracefully retired. She’s a quiet, obedient woman who rarely thinks for herself, and relied greatly on the headwoman during her tenure as Lady Holder, though no one is quite as good at being a hostess as she is. Retiring has done wonders for her health.
Siblings:
Ulria, 49, married to a Minor Holder in Fort
Teriana, 45, married to a Minor Holder in Crom
Sirish, 44, married to a Minor Holder in Nabol
Leana, 41, married to a Minor Holder in Telgar
Enald, 40, Lord Holder, married to Lady Leshya, daughter Kimlye
Rishna, 35, married to a Healer
Korenish, 34, deadglow. Employed in the main hold as a cleaner.
known Nieces/Nephews:
Kimlye, 13, daughter of Lord Enald and Lady Leshya
Tonhler, 12, son of Lord Enald and Lady Leshya, Heir of Telgar Hold
Wife: Lady Alsea
Children: Eveddin(m), 8, Heir/Steward to Torant, Star Hold
Radoray(f), 6, Holdbrat, Star Hold
~Miscarried one child, would have been 4 turns old~
Ahanja, 2, Holdbrat, Star Hold
Location: Star Hold
Appearance: i119.photobucket.com/albums/o152/acousticemu/Torant2.jpg
Torant is a handsome man, as is common with those from carefully selected bloodlines, though not in such a way that his looks are overbearing or threatening. He keeps his fairly average brown hair, that tends to turn a bit towards sandy blond during the Summer months, short and simple though a touch of curl gives it some volume. His naturally arched eyebrows are set low, just atop his deep blue eyes, but the roundish shape of his face keeps them from making him look to severe. His nose is large, broad across both the bridge and tip. His upper lip is small, but his lower lip is a bit fuller to compensate.
Build wise, Torant is neither skinny nor overweight. He has his share of muscle here and there from riding runners and other such pastimes, but he has an average physique overall. His choice of clothing is, quite simply, loud. He enjoys wearing bright and rare colors like orange, purple, and teal, though he also takes pride in matching his attire to Alsea's on occasion. Beside the coloration of his clothing, he wears nothing outside of the norm.
As far as jewelry goes, Torant keeps it simple. He wears a plain, wide, silver band with a large, circular, dark emerald set in it (think a man's high school/college class ring). The ring was a gift from his brother, Lord Enald, and Lady Leshya on his wedding day, and the stone reminds him of Alsea's eyes.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Personality: Torant is the kind of man that others of his gender seem to make friends with easily. His fun-loving, gregarious personality makes him the life of any gather or smaller group. He's well known to indulge in the vices of Pern, notably wine and ale, from time to time, but he has managed to slow down a bit in that area as he has matured into his thirties. His own sort of childish love of life sometimes makes it hard for him to be a proper father, but he truly does love his children.
His natural charisma helped him fall into the role of a decent, if not reluctant, leader. As the second son of Telgar's Lord Holder, Torant never desired his brother's spot as the Heir, much less his father's as the Lord Holder. Torant was content with the freedom given to the second son of a bloodline. People seem to like him despite his sometimes over the top faults, for he is truly and honesty himself. Torant has never tried to hide his personality quirks or defects, depending on what light you view them in, so people trust him with little effort.
Torant is the kind of person that gets antsy if he's confined to one set task, one place, etc. for any prolonged length of time. He enjoys taking on anything he views as an adventure, but after a time the adventure of any situation starts to wear off. Alsea has helped him maintain focus and stay on track with some important tasks, but some of his endeavors still go unfinished. She is very much his better, more responsible half. The flighty sort of aspect of his personality certainly manifested itself in his relationships while he was younger. He has not engaged in relations with any other young women since he realized his love for Lady Alsea, but that doesn't keep him from looking elsewhere and his fidelity is far from set in stone.
Despite his obvious faults, Torant is quite an intelligent man. He fancies that he's taken more than a Lord Holder's belt pouch in marks in dragon poker winnings, and he can hold a conversation with any harper worth his keep.
Hobbies/Skills: Torant has always loved the thrill of riding a fast runner, and he indulges in the pastime, often with Alsea, as much as he can. He finds a special delight in teaching his children even the simplest things. He always tries to make things fun, for himself and for the children, so the kids seem to enjoy time spent with him. Torant enjoys the game of dragon poker for the intellect needed to win the game. In Telgar, no one but those just traveling through would play a hand against him, but he can still find some willing to go against him in Star Hold.
Pets:
Name: Kand
Age: 6
Color: Bronze
Species: Firelizard
Appearance: A smaller bronze built more for speed and agility than the pure strength most of his kind seem scaled towards. Kand has a bright, even bronze coloration with just the slightest tint of red like that of molten copper. His neck and tail are perfectly in proportion with his smaller frame, but his wings are perhaps a touch too long. His body falls somewhere between lithe and average.
Personality: Kand is a natural peace keeper. He's an easy going sort of creature that would rather go with the flow than start any type of squabble. He's selfless in that he'll do anything to keep others content, more for the hope of keeping things easy than for being kind hearted. He quite fancies Alsea, and can be seen riding on one of her shoulders as often as he is on one of Torant's.
History: Torant was born the second son and sixth child overall of Lord Delach and Lady Lamica. Torant was far from perfect, even as a boy. His attendance at his harper lessons was always poor, though the harpers would reluctantly admit that he was one of the brightest pupils in his classes.
When Enald had lessons with their father, Torant was free to do largely as he pleased. Even his sisters envied his freedom, as they had to take extra lessons from the Headwoman in order to be suitable wives some day. Torant had a few assignments for his father, he tried working with the Guard Captain and Steward, but his dedication to the tasks matched his childhood school attendance. Torant did design new stables for Lord Delach's runners at one point but again, halfway through the construction he abandoned the project and left it up to the holders to finish.
Torant's main dedication as a young man was young women. He was, and perhaps still is, well known for his playboy lifestyle. He never treated women unkindly, never forcing them to do anything with him or purposefully hurting their feelings, but he never remained faithful to one pretty girl over the other either. At twenty turns he met a half-niece of the Istan Lord Holder, and he brought her to Delach to approve a marriage. Delach denied the union as Telgar needed nothing from Ista, and Torant went on. He hadn't loved the girl, so he wasn't hurt.
He met Alsea shortly after his twenty-fifth birthday, and he was instantly attracted to the woman five turns his junior. Their marriage was arranged, as is typical with the children of Lord Holders, so they had little time to get to know each other before being wed. Torant didn't mind the forced union, he had expected it would have to happen some day, and the fast-pace of it all was a bit exciting to the young man. Alsea and Torant got to know each other over the turns, and about two turns into their marriage he felt in emotion that had been foreign to him; love. She fit perfectly with him in the way that opposite pieces fit snuggly, and he liked the serious, dutiful side of her personality. She had so much more...substance to her than anyone he'd been with before, and that intrigued him.
Thirteen turns ago he agreed to travel back 200 turns to participate in this little project. His excitement about the unusual request came from his love of adventure and the unknown. He may not have agreed to come had he known the others would pick him as their leader, but becoming Lord Holder was another adventure to experience so he agreed. The birth of his children has kept him 'entertained,' so to speak, but the everyday of managing a Hold is beginning to bore him.
