Overview
Name: Richard Henry the Eighth
Species: Human
Age: 23
Height: 6'0
Weight: 175 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Skin: White
Occupation: Bard/Knight
Place of Birth: Elbion
Affiliation: The Henries
Home: Elbion
Appearance
Richard Henry stands around 6’0 and is broad-shouldered with short curly brown hair and blue eyes. He also sports a somewhat scraggly beard which his father repeatedly reminds him to either brush it or shave it off. Richard sports some light scars from sword fights and jousting tournaments he participated. Richard sports what he calls a “prize-winning smile” known to light up an inn and ease the coldest of souls according to him. Richards usual attire is heavy plated silver armor with the cloth of his family sigil along with a shield and a silver longsword that contains an intensifying rune on it. Richard is never found without his lute, flute along with his pen and paper.
Skills and Abilities
Talented jouster
Very good with shield and sword combat sporting a defensive style
Can sing and play the lute and flute. According to rumor, his music has magical abilities.
Personality
A dreamer, a romanticist and a vociferous reader. Richard would much rather lean against the tree, take in the beauty of nature and then write poetry over the things that inspire him and talk his way out of a problem rather than fight gaining Richard the nickname: The Bard Knight. Richard is an optimist and tries to see the good in people despite the circumstances. He also has a thirst for knowledge and adventure often traveling around Thedas to wherever the wind takes him. Richard enjoys singing, reading poetry he wrote and playing his lute. He loves going into taverns and telling tall tales and telling stories. As for his family, Richard cares deeply about all of them, though there is tension between his father who constantly sees him as a disappointment.
Richard is envious towards his brother because he is the son that his father wanted: a brave and powerful warrior while Richard is more passive and hesitant to fight. Richard is close to his mother and younger siblings though and would shower them with gifts when he returns from his adventures. Though he dislikes fighting in general, Richard is a talented fighter who is trained in the art of the shield and sword and horse combat. His fighting style is mostly defensive looking for any openings that his opponent might give away before cutting down in a quick and efficient manner.
Biography & Lore
Richard Henry the Eighth is the second of four children to Richard Henry the Seventh and his wife Robin Bigge. To continue the family reputation of producing great warriors, Richards father forced him and his older brother forced them to train with the master at arms. Richards father tried to do the same for his daughters but his mother resisted much to his irritation. Richard and his brother: Mathias spent most of their childhood training as knights. However, Richard found training dull and was more interested in books and the arts like his mother. He would sneak out of training and would read a book or come to his mother to learn instruments. His father would often yell at Richard for not being the warrior he was meant to become. Often pointing how lucky he was that he wasn’t in line to inherit the Henry castle or even to wield the ancestral weapon: Dragonsbane. It caused a rift between Richard and his father and even sparked an inferiority complex towards his brother for being the son that his father always wanted.
Like many other nobles who were not firstborn, Richard was free from most of the responsibilities of continuing the family name and running the day to day activities of the Henry Castle allowing him to pursue his passions and pleasures. After being knighted at age 16, Richard left to study at the College of Elbion, at first going to its prestigious university to study World History, Music, Literature and Creative Writing. Studying there for about 3 years before leaving the university out of boredom and setting out on an adventure around which led him to tourneys, taverns, swordfights, and love. Until one day he received a letter from his eldest sister, saying that he was betrothed to a woman he doesn’t even know arranged by his father in order to seal an allegiance. Enraged by his father actions, Richard ripped the letter to shreds and set out farther away from Elbion only communicating with his mother and sisters.
References
(link your roleplays here when you start writing)
Name: Richard Henry the Eighth
Species: Human
Age: 23
Height: 6'0
Weight: 175 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Skin: White
Occupation: Bard/Knight
Place of Birth: Elbion
Affiliation: The Henries
Home: Elbion
Appearance
Richard Henry stands around 6’0 and is broad-shouldered with short curly brown hair and blue eyes. He also sports a somewhat scraggly beard which his father repeatedly reminds him to either brush it or shave it off. Richard sports some light scars from sword fights and jousting tournaments he participated. Richard sports what he calls a “prize-winning smile” known to light up an inn and ease the coldest of souls according to him. Richards usual attire is heavy plated silver armor with the cloth of his family sigil along with a shield and a silver longsword that contains an intensifying rune on it. Richard is never found without his lute, flute along with his pen and paper.
Skills and Abilities
Talented jouster
Very good with shield and sword combat sporting a defensive style
Can sing and play the lute and flute. According to rumor, his music has magical abilities.
Personality
A dreamer, a romanticist and a vociferous reader. Richard would much rather lean against the tree, take in the beauty of nature and then write poetry over the things that inspire him and talk his way out of a problem rather than fight gaining Richard the nickname: The Bard Knight. Richard is an optimist and tries to see the good in people despite the circumstances. He also has a thirst for knowledge and adventure often traveling around Thedas to wherever the wind takes him. Richard enjoys singing, reading poetry he wrote and playing his lute. He loves going into taverns and telling tall tales and telling stories. As for his family, Richard cares deeply about all of them, though there is tension between his father who constantly sees him as a disappointment.
Richard is envious towards his brother because he is the son that his father wanted: a brave and powerful warrior while Richard is more passive and hesitant to fight. Richard is close to his mother and younger siblings though and would shower them with gifts when he returns from his adventures. Though he dislikes fighting in general, Richard is a talented fighter who is trained in the art of the shield and sword and horse combat. His fighting style is mostly defensive looking for any openings that his opponent might give away before cutting down in a quick and efficient manner.
Biography & Lore
Richard Henry the Eighth is the second of four children to Richard Henry the Seventh and his wife Robin Bigge. To continue the family reputation of producing great warriors, Richards father forced him and his older brother forced them to train with the master at arms. Richards father tried to do the same for his daughters but his mother resisted much to his irritation. Richard and his brother: Mathias spent most of their childhood training as knights. However, Richard found training dull and was more interested in books and the arts like his mother. He would sneak out of training and would read a book or come to his mother to learn instruments. His father would often yell at Richard for not being the warrior he was meant to become. Often pointing how lucky he was that he wasn’t in line to inherit the Henry castle or even to wield the ancestral weapon: Dragonsbane. It caused a rift between Richard and his father and even sparked an inferiority complex towards his brother for being the son that his father always wanted.
Like many other nobles who were not firstborn, Richard was free from most of the responsibilities of continuing the family name and running the day to day activities of the Henry Castle allowing him to pursue his passions and pleasures. After being knighted at age 16, Richard left to study at the College of Elbion, at first going to its prestigious university to study World History, Music, Literature and Creative Writing. Studying there for about 3 years before leaving the university out of boredom and setting out on an adventure around which led him to tourneys, taverns, swordfights, and love. Until one day he received a letter from his eldest sister, saying that he was betrothed to a woman he doesn’t even know arranged by his father in order to seal an allegiance. Enraged by his father actions, Richard ripped the letter to shreds and set out farther away from Elbion only communicating with his mother and sisters.
References
(link your roleplays here when you start writing)
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