Jethen
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:54 am
Name:
Jethen
Race:
Tall-man
Age:
24
Appearance:
173cm (5'8") tall, on the lower end of muscular, and usually wears leather armor that's more flashy than it is practical. Brown skin, hazel eyes, and dark brown hair; his nose looks like it may have been broken once and healed naturally instead of via magic. Typically has some scruff on his chin and sideburns. There's a notch in his left eyebrow, but he did that himself, because it looks cool.
Personality:
Confident, cocky, and a flirt, preferring to try and charm people than fight them if possible, though at times he also gets a kick out of being antagonistic if someone is resistant to his "skills". He's socially smart but kind of clueless otherwise, and tends to brush past boundaries if they're not firmly established. (He's not oblivious to them or anything, he just doesn't always take people seriously if they don't stand up for themselves.) He does like people generally and is fiercely loyal to his friends, but he's also been burned many times, so getting to "friend" level is harder than he makes it seem.
Skills:
His weapon of choice is a falchion, and he's pretty good with it, but his real skill is in charming people. This doesn't work well on monsters (hence the falchion), but if he can talk his way out of something, he will. Has a fair bit of upper body strength and can also run pretty damn fast if the situation calls for it. He's also maybe a little more knowledgeable about underground crime than is comfortable.
Background:
Born to a moderately wealthy family in one of the western continent's few coastal towns, Jethen was the eldest of four siblings and expected to "pull his weight" from a young age. As he neared sixteen, his parents were able to secure an arranged marriage that would elevate them to higher social status if it went through; he couldn't stand the girl, and her interest in him wasn't much better.
Disregarded and put down for voicing his objections, Jethen finally snapped, running away from home shortly before his sixteenth birthday and the impending date of his wedding. Everything he knew about his culture told him that his family would be shamed for his actions, but he washed his hands of the whole affair, deciding it was better to live for himself and no one else.
Over the next few years, he managed to wind up across the sea on the eastern continent; he spent a while in Kahka Brud, smuggling various illegal items and substances for the hefty pay it earned. After a few too-close calls with elves on the prowl for magical contraband in the area, Jethen gave up riskier work in favor of joining up with local adventuring parties. With the Brud Cluster long since neutralized and not many active dungeons otherwise known of anywhere nearby, most of his early experience was in mercenary work and monster hunting on the surface.
When news of the North Sea Dungeon reached him, Jethen found himself blindingly eager to go see it; for so long he'd been telling himself that dungeon-diving just wasn't in the cards, especially since the rise of the Golden Country. Packing what few belongings he had and ditching the last party he'd been working with, Jethen hopped on the first boat to the new island, excited for real adventure.
There's a very good chance that Jethen isn't his real name; at least, not the one he was born with, as he desires to distance himself from his old life as much as possible. When pressed, he offers very little about his childhood, often choosing to simply lie and say he was born in the slums of Kahka Brud.
Typical Role in Dungeon Parties:
Warrior, Negotiator
Jethen
Race:
Tall-man
Age:
24
Appearance:
173cm (5'8") tall, on the lower end of muscular, and usually wears leather armor that's more flashy than it is practical. Brown skin, hazel eyes, and dark brown hair; his nose looks like it may have been broken once and healed naturally instead of via magic. Typically has some scruff on his chin and sideburns. There's a notch in his left eyebrow, but he did that himself, because it looks cool.
Personality:
Confident, cocky, and a flirt, preferring to try and charm people than fight them if possible, though at times he also gets a kick out of being antagonistic if someone is resistant to his "skills". He's socially smart but kind of clueless otherwise, and tends to brush past boundaries if they're not firmly established. (He's not oblivious to them or anything, he just doesn't always take people seriously if they don't stand up for themselves.) He does like people generally and is fiercely loyal to his friends, but he's also been burned many times, so getting to "friend" level is harder than he makes it seem.
Skills:
His weapon of choice is a falchion, and he's pretty good with it, but his real skill is in charming people. This doesn't work well on monsters (hence the falchion), but if he can talk his way out of something, he will. Has a fair bit of upper body strength and can also run pretty damn fast if the situation calls for it. He's also maybe a little more knowledgeable about underground crime than is comfortable.
Background:
Born to a moderately wealthy family in one of the western continent's few coastal towns, Jethen was the eldest of four siblings and expected to "pull his weight" from a young age. As he neared sixteen, his parents were able to secure an arranged marriage that would elevate them to higher social status if it went through; he couldn't stand the girl, and her interest in him wasn't much better.
Disregarded and put down for voicing his objections, Jethen finally snapped, running away from home shortly before his sixteenth birthday and the impending date of his wedding. Everything he knew about his culture told him that his family would be shamed for his actions, but he washed his hands of the whole affair, deciding it was better to live for himself and no one else.
Over the next few years, he managed to wind up across the sea on the eastern continent; he spent a while in Kahka Brud, smuggling various illegal items and substances for the hefty pay it earned. After a few too-close calls with elves on the prowl for magical contraband in the area, Jethen gave up riskier work in favor of joining up with local adventuring parties. With the Brud Cluster long since neutralized and not many active dungeons otherwise known of anywhere nearby, most of his early experience was in mercenary work and monster hunting on the surface.
When news of the North Sea Dungeon reached him, Jethen found himself blindingly eager to go see it; for so long he'd been telling himself that dungeon-diving just wasn't in the cards, especially since the rise of the Golden Country. Packing what few belongings he had and ditching the last party he'd been working with, Jethen hopped on the first boat to the new island, excited for real adventure.
There's a very good chance that Jethen isn't his real name; at least, not the one he was born with, as he desires to distance himself from his old life as much as possible. When pressed, he offers very little about his childhood, often choosing to simply lie and say he was born in the slums of Kahka Brud.
Typical Role in Dungeon Parties:
Warrior, Negotiator