Rohiron Noramaeth Gallard
Appearance
Tall and broad of shoulder and chest, Rohiron bears a ruggedness apart from the grace often seen in elves. Where those of the wood or the high cities may be likened to noble hawks, Rohiron is unmistakably the tiger and the wolf. His sinew is supple with steely beneath fair skin, his face a mask carved of stony planes and angles beneath a modestly groomed beard. Golden eyes of a feline suggestion smolder like coals beneath a sharp and sullen brow. As one might expect, Rohiron's ears bear a gradual taper to a point. Too small to be an elf at a glance, but also unable to pass as man-folk. His right ear bears a notable notch near the point. Sculpted by strife and crucible, Rohiron bears his share of scars, but also a pale silver brand beneath his neck.
Rohiron carries himself as neither elf nor man, being too wild for one and too ethereal for the other. His time attending his patron has instilled in Rohiron a posture of predatory poise and propriety. He was taught to honorably represent his mistress, even in his stride.
In and out of battle-dress, Rohiron garbs himself in the colors of winter, bearing an uncommon coat-of-arms upon his breast and shield. A stag's head with horns wreathing the eight-pointed north star. His armor is a polished breastplate of blackened steel with silvered thorn (or antler) accents, a theme carried through matching pauldrons, gauntlets, and greaves.
Rohiron carries himself as neither elf nor man, being too wild for one and too ethereal for the other. His time attending his patron has instilled in Rohiron a posture of predatory poise and propriety. He was taught to honorably represent his mistress, even in his stride.
In and out of battle-dress, Rohiron garbs himself in the colors of winter, bearing an uncommon coat-of-arms upon his breast and shield. A stag's head with horns wreathing the eight-pointed north star. His armor is a polished breastplate of blackened steel with silvered thorn (or antler) accents, a theme carried through matching pauldrons, gauntlets, and greaves.
Skills and Abilities
Trained extensively to perform as a champion for his patron, Rohiron possessed a firm and fearsome familiarity with martial skills. A capable slayer with most weapons - though he never could master the bow - Rohiron is an artist with lance and sword. Since he was taken in by his mistress as a boy, he'd been groomed as a Winter Knight, physically bolstered by the eldritch favor of his Lady, becoming a living conduit of her will.
Through Pact and Oath sworn to his Lady Winter, she has opened his mind to Fae-magicks, if only just. He has to earn every scrap of power and knowledge through service to his Lady and her Court
Sidhe-Sight: Rohiron's eyes are not those he was born with, but those given by Lady Winter. His eyes are as hers in appearance and in sight. Keener than his natural eyes, they not only see further, but are able to tangibly see the arcane aura of another with an effort of will.
While this can permit him to 'see' through certain illusions, dense concentrations of magical aura can be disorienting, even blinding. His eyes are also inherently unnatural, marking him as surely as the brand on his neck.
Might of the Mantle: The strange brand upon his neck has stimulated Rohiron's physical self through nearly two decades, bolstering him with enhanced speed and strength. This Mantle, however, is also his tie to Fae-Magicks.
If the brand is broken or removed through potent enough arcane means, Rohiron loses all his Gifts.
Gifts of Air and Darkness: The Gifts of his Lady Winter are few, but generous, with the promise of more. But the magicks of the Fae are not for the constitution of the otherwise mundane. The more Rohiron uses his Gifts in strenuous succession, the more the brand will blacken and burn, as if frostbitten. If not careful, the damage will become permanent.
-Storm-Lance: Channeling Air through his brand, Rohiron manifests a crackling arc of lightning that can be thrust at a foe. This Gift can prove difficult to control, the lightning acting naturally in the direction it is cast.
-Helfrost: A Gift of Darkness, Rohiron bathes his weapon in arcane helfrost, capable of brittling metal and freezing flesh. Unless used with a magically forged blade, Helfrost runs a significant risk of damaging or destroying the weapon it is cast on.
-Northwind: An invocation of Air and Darkness in tandem, Rohiron brings to bear the bitter, pitiless cold of a blizzard concentrated in a small area. Ice, sleet, and savage winds all condensed into a cone to freeze the ground and strip flesh from bone.
Calling upon the powers of Air and Darkness, and being the most potent of his Gifts, it literally freezes Rohiron in place while making his invocation. If channeled overlong, he can freeze himself solid.
Through Pact and Oath sworn to his Lady Winter, she has opened his mind to Fae-magicks, if only just. He has to earn every scrap of power and knowledge through service to his Lady and her Court
Sidhe-Sight: Rohiron's eyes are not those he was born with, but those given by Lady Winter. His eyes are as hers in appearance and in sight. Keener than his natural eyes, they not only see further, but are able to tangibly see the arcane aura of another with an effort of will.
While this can permit him to 'see' through certain illusions, dense concentrations of magical aura can be disorienting, even blinding. His eyes are also inherently unnatural, marking him as surely as the brand on his neck.
Might of the Mantle: The strange brand upon his neck has stimulated Rohiron's physical self through nearly two decades, bolstering him with enhanced speed and strength. This Mantle, however, is also his tie to Fae-Magicks.
If the brand is broken or removed through potent enough arcane means, Rohiron loses all his Gifts.
Gifts of Air and Darkness: The Gifts of his Lady Winter are few, but generous, with the promise of more. But the magicks of the Fae are not for the constitution of the otherwise mundane. The more Rohiron uses his Gifts in strenuous succession, the more the brand will blacken and burn, as if frostbitten. If not careful, the damage will become permanent.
-Storm-Lance: Channeling Air through his brand, Rohiron manifests a crackling arc of lightning that can be thrust at a foe. This Gift can prove difficult to control, the lightning acting naturally in the direction it is cast.
-Helfrost: A Gift of Darkness, Rohiron bathes his weapon in arcane helfrost, capable of brittling metal and freezing flesh. Unless used with a magically forged blade, Helfrost runs a significant risk of damaging or destroying the weapon it is cast on.
-Northwind: An invocation of Air and Darkness in tandem, Rohiron brings to bear the bitter, pitiless cold of a blizzard concentrated in a small area. Ice, sleet, and savage winds all condensed into a cone to freeze the ground and strip flesh from bone.
Calling upon the powers of Air and Darkness, and being the most potent of his Gifts, it literally freezes Rohiron in place while making his invocation. If channeled overlong, he can freeze himself solid.
Personality
At a moment of acquaintance, the onlooker will surmise that Rohiron is nothing like his elven kin. He carries a severity both unbecoming and unexpected, and has since he was a boy. There always appears to be a sort of pensive vexation in the angle of his brows, his poise like that of a panther ready to pounce at all times. While not improper or impolite, Rohiron seems perpetually impatient with those who wax eloquent or speak in circles. This initial impression of cold, aloof abrasiveness is entirely intentional. When one keeps court with the Unseelie, they cannot let their posture or expression betray them.
Rohiron is well-spoken, yet has a tendency for eloquently foul language that is Lady found charming enough to leave intact. His wit is wry, sardonic, wolfish, and roguishly charming on his best days. Capable of speaking in the veiled threats and half-truths of the Fae and politicking like he was born to courtier life.
His vice, however, is wrath. Rohiron is an outsider thrice over, and bitterly resents those whom have scorned him as such. For years, he's carried the intent of patricide in his brain, fed by an innate killer-instinct and the dissonant whispers of the patron. Rohiron human side brings forth great passion that he is constantly suppressing, but can bubble over into an wholly inhuman hatred.
Rohiron is well-spoken, yet has a tendency for eloquently foul language that is Lady found charming enough to leave intact. His wit is wry, sardonic, wolfish, and roguishly charming on his best days. Capable of speaking in the veiled threats and half-truths of the Fae and politicking like he was born to courtier life.
His vice, however, is wrath. Rohiron is an outsider thrice over, and bitterly resents those whom have scorned him as such. For years, he's carried the intent of patricide in his brain, fed by an innate killer-instinct and the dissonant whispers of the patron. Rohiron human side brings forth great passion that he is constantly suppressing, but can bubble over into an wholly inhuman hatred.