Post by Arman Grey on Nov 1, 2007 18:01:04 GMT 10
Name: Arman Grey
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Allegiance: Lilan Navy
Race: Human
Class: Agent
Weapons of Choice: Flyssa and Shotel
The Flyssa are very long swords that are well suited to parrying and fencing, and are best known, however, for their amazing skill at getting through chainmail or ringmail.
Shotels are swords with almost half-circle blades. They are not used as much for fencing, rather they are better suited to reaching easily around an opponents shield to stab vital areas such as the lungs and kidneys. So, it is a correct asumption to believe Arman uses his Flyssa more in battles than his Shotel, which would only be used against a shielded opponent.
Pet: N/A
Inn: N/A
Ship: N/A
Wings: N/A
Appearance:
Arman has been treated harshly by the years, and his years of experience are clearly shown across his face in the form of wrinkles. He looks older than he is. Arman has wavy, silvery-greying hair that reaches his shoulders before being cut in a neat and stylish way. His most powerful feature by far however is his eye colour. Arman has deep blue eyes, the colour of the ocean without the green. His eyes can be cold beyond words, or they can seem wise and gentle. However, they always look powerful and commanding. Eyes not to be argued with. Aric often wears comfortable clothes, but if called into battle he wears chain mail underneath leather armour, dressing in lighter armour than heavy plates. This gives him a better speed in battle.
Personality:
Arman is a passionate person. He has strong emotions. Arman rarely talks about these emotions, but often reflects on them.
Arman has a long memory, and holds grudges for far longer than most people would or even could.
Arman is proud and noble. He has enough poison in his words to affect most people. However, he only really uses this ‘stinging’ ability if he is seeking revenge or feels that he has been in some way hurt or betrayed.
Arman has a strong awareness of what other people around him are feeling, and keeps his own emotions and thoughts detached, often keeping a blank face, despite what he is thinking. He can often use this emotional awareness to sting another person.
Arman is constantly trying to detach himself from the rest of the world, the quarrels and the emotional struggles. For this reason, he often walks around alone, or spends hours alone in his chambers.
People are often drawn to Arman’s dark, mysterious personality, but they find it difficult to know him. Arman is a very secretive person, and therefore finds it hard to establish lasting friendships. He has a lot of emotions, and those emotions are powerful. What Arman really wants is someone that he can merge feelings with, someone who thinks alike to him. However, if he is ever hurt in a relationship he becomes cold and withdrawn. Arman can often use his positive outlook to light up the dark, and people often turn to him for this. If people try to invade Arman's more private feelings, he can attack them vigorously with words, and depending on how strong the feelings are, physical violence.
Arman is a fiercely loyal friend, lover and family member. But he is also very competitive. He is subject to vindictive fits of jealousy and possessiveness and can be manipulative as he reaches for his goals.
Arman is strong-willed and wary of being controlled by other people. He is very determined, and once his mind has been made up, he rarely just ‘lets go’. Often remaining annoyingly true to something even after everyone else has abandoned it. This leads to a slightly stubborn attitude.
Arman always has his own agenda, and works ceaselessly to meet his own desires. If someone else’s agendas clash with his own it can create a power-struggle. It is hard for other people to change Arman’s mind, as they find it difficult to see his true motivation. Arman is too complex and secretive to be fully understood without him actually opening up and telling people.
Arman is an intelligent person, often working better as a behind-the-scenes tactician to being in the front lines making a spectacle of himself. He often works beneath shadows, still getting his will done, but not letting himself be known.
Arman is fiercly loyal to the Lilan Navy and has a high position thanks to his long years in its servitude. As such he is an experienced sailor and fighter. He is also well trained in the arts of diplomacy and debate. Making him a great tactian as well.
Arman is an honest man. He is known for his sometimes blunt nature, and his way of 'telling it as it is'. In his eyes, the truth hurts far less than any lie ever could.
A great power of Arman’s is his determination to see things through to the end. He refuses to allow boredom to make him stop and is completely committed. Once he starts something, he sees it like a binding contract. His passion and strength makes him one of the strongest characters around.
Arman can be likened to water. Water symbolises emotion. Water runs deep; it seeks its own level and will not stop until it has found it. The cycle of water is endless, it snows in the mountains, that snow makes a mountain stream, that stream will join a large river that runs to the sea. The tides and currents churn the oceans. Arman’s feelings are flowing as they connect the present to the past and try to find answers to all questions. Sometimes water runs so deep that no one can reach the bottom and fully understand what lies on its floor. Not even Arman. Arman’s river is frozen. But ice flows too, and moving glaciers can have the power to crush mountains and forests.
Another likening would be the phoenix. A far-seeing predator that will one day no longer have to worry about the petty quarrels of the human world, but will soar into the spiritual sky. Arman’s goal, though at the beginning he doesn’t know it, should not be love or pleasure, but to fully understand humanity. He is a fascinated and probing person, and when he is truly evolved, he will be able to use these skills to help other people. The Phoenix is regenerated from its own ashes. Arman one day should aim to regenerate himself from harsh times, not fall into the fire. Suspicion and jealousy may pull him down, but passion and awareness will make him rise above everybody else.
Overall, Arman’s strongest feat is his strong passion surrounding his feelings. His greatest weakness is that his secrecy can make him isolated.
Other:
Long ago Arman did have a wife. They loved each other dearly, and not long after they got married they had their first child. A daughter which Arman named Scarlett. But the mother died in the childbirth, and it tore Arman's heart out of his chest. He clutched to the child like it was his only access to his deceased wife. But, when the child was five she died from a plague brought to the shores of the Isla de Meuna from the south. With Arman's heart already exposed, it was a blow that completely tore him apart. He changed so much after that, becoming so much more secretive and suspicious, and he is always running from the memories, he is afraid to face them, or afriad to show the emotion required to face them.
Role-Play Sample:
Arman sat silently in the dark room, looking out of the only window. It was one of the least used rooms in the fort, and people had been dumping stuff in the room for as long as Arman had been a part of the Navy. So as far back as he could remember in any rate. The window was above him, and the sunlight lanced through it to land in a wide circle around him, fletched with the shapes made by the stained glass on the window. Around him, the rest of the room was as black as a northern night, with white sheets covering items looming around him like ghosts from the past.
Arman was not looking at them though. They weren't important, and ghosts were always just figments made by the mind to explain human fear. He was not looking at anything with his physical eyes. They were closed, directed towards the warm light in such a dark room. His mental eye was seeing countless things. Perhaps too many to fully understand. Arman doubted he would ever fully understand them. Even if each snapshot of his life passed before his eyes time and time again. It would make no difference. Some things just weren't understood.
A door opening broke Arman from his thoughts with a distasteful jolt that sent him back into reality quicker than he would have liked. His eyes snapped open and turned to look at who had disturbed him in his thoughts.
The maid twitched slightly underneath the gaze of Arman's deep blue eyes, but he was used to it. She mumbled something about a meeting with the Supreme Lady in an hour's passing of the sun. She stayed only a moment longer before hurrying out of the room. She was just a young maid, new to the business on waiting upon the higher ranking officers of the Lilan Navy. As such, she made a fair few mistakes, and was still nervous. Despite it all, Arman still liked her. She had some great potential.
Arman smiled and closed his eyes again, opening his mind's eye to the freeze frames of his life that had never stopped playing.
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Allegiance: Lilan Navy
Race: Human
Class: Agent
Weapons of Choice: Flyssa and Shotel
The Flyssa are very long swords that are well suited to parrying and fencing, and are best known, however, for their amazing skill at getting through chainmail or ringmail.
Shotels are swords with almost half-circle blades. They are not used as much for fencing, rather they are better suited to reaching easily around an opponents shield to stab vital areas such as the lungs and kidneys. So, it is a correct asumption to believe Arman uses his Flyssa more in battles than his Shotel, which would only be used against a shielded opponent.
Pet: N/A
Inn: N/A
Ship: N/A
Wings: N/A
Appearance:
Arman has been treated harshly by the years, and his years of experience are clearly shown across his face in the form of wrinkles. He looks older than he is. Arman has wavy, silvery-greying hair that reaches his shoulders before being cut in a neat and stylish way. His most powerful feature by far however is his eye colour. Arman has deep blue eyes, the colour of the ocean without the green. His eyes can be cold beyond words, or they can seem wise and gentle. However, they always look powerful and commanding. Eyes not to be argued with. Aric often wears comfortable clothes, but if called into battle he wears chain mail underneath leather armour, dressing in lighter armour than heavy plates. This gives him a better speed in battle.
Personality:
Arman is a passionate person. He has strong emotions. Arman rarely talks about these emotions, but often reflects on them.
Arman has a long memory, and holds grudges for far longer than most people would or even could.
Arman is proud and noble. He has enough poison in his words to affect most people. However, he only really uses this ‘stinging’ ability if he is seeking revenge or feels that he has been in some way hurt or betrayed.
Arman has a strong awareness of what other people around him are feeling, and keeps his own emotions and thoughts detached, often keeping a blank face, despite what he is thinking. He can often use this emotional awareness to sting another person.
Arman is constantly trying to detach himself from the rest of the world, the quarrels and the emotional struggles. For this reason, he often walks around alone, or spends hours alone in his chambers.
People are often drawn to Arman’s dark, mysterious personality, but they find it difficult to know him. Arman is a very secretive person, and therefore finds it hard to establish lasting friendships. He has a lot of emotions, and those emotions are powerful. What Arman really wants is someone that he can merge feelings with, someone who thinks alike to him. However, if he is ever hurt in a relationship he becomes cold and withdrawn. Arman can often use his positive outlook to light up the dark, and people often turn to him for this. If people try to invade Arman's more private feelings, he can attack them vigorously with words, and depending on how strong the feelings are, physical violence.
Arman is a fiercely loyal friend, lover and family member. But he is also very competitive. He is subject to vindictive fits of jealousy and possessiveness and can be manipulative as he reaches for his goals.
Arman is strong-willed and wary of being controlled by other people. He is very determined, and once his mind has been made up, he rarely just ‘lets go’. Often remaining annoyingly true to something even after everyone else has abandoned it. This leads to a slightly stubborn attitude.
Arman always has his own agenda, and works ceaselessly to meet his own desires. If someone else’s agendas clash with his own it can create a power-struggle. It is hard for other people to change Arman’s mind, as they find it difficult to see his true motivation. Arman is too complex and secretive to be fully understood without him actually opening up and telling people.
Arman is an intelligent person, often working better as a behind-the-scenes tactician to being in the front lines making a spectacle of himself. He often works beneath shadows, still getting his will done, but not letting himself be known.
Arman is fiercly loyal to the Lilan Navy and has a high position thanks to his long years in its servitude. As such he is an experienced sailor and fighter. He is also well trained in the arts of diplomacy and debate. Making him a great tactian as well.
Arman is an honest man. He is known for his sometimes blunt nature, and his way of 'telling it as it is'. In his eyes, the truth hurts far less than any lie ever could.
A great power of Arman’s is his determination to see things through to the end. He refuses to allow boredom to make him stop and is completely committed. Once he starts something, he sees it like a binding contract. His passion and strength makes him one of the strongest characters around.
Arman can be likened to water. Water symbolises emotion. Water runs deep; it seeks its own level and will not stop until it has found it. The cycle of water is endless, it snows in the mountains, that snow makes a mountain stream, that stream will join a large river that runs to the sea. The tides and currents churn the oceans. Arman’s feelings are flowing as they connect the present to the past and try to find answers to all questions. Sometimes water runs so deep that no one can reach the bottom and fully understand what lies on its floor. Not even Arman. Arman’s river is frozen. But ice flows too, and moving glaciers can have the power to crush mountains and forests.
Another likening would be the phoenix. A far-seeing predator that will one day no longer have to worry about the petty quarrels of the human world, but will soar into the spiritual sky. Arman’s goal, though at the beginning he doesn’t know it, should not be love or pleasure, but to fully understand humanity. He is a fascinated and probing person, and when he is truly evolved, he will be able to use these skills to help other people. The Phoenix is regenerated from its own ashes. Arman one day should aim to regenerate himself from harsh times, not fall into the fire. Suspicion and jealousy may pull him down, but passion and awareness will make him rise above everybody else.
Overall, Arman’s strongest feat is his strong passion surrounding his feelings. His greatest weakness is that his secrecy can make him isolated.
Other:
Long ago Arman did have a wife. They loved each other dearly, and not long after they got married they had their first child. A daughter which Arman named Scarlett. But the mother died in the childbirth, and it tore Arman's heart out of his chest. He clutched to the child like it was his only access to his deceased wife. But, when the child was five she died from a plague brought to the shores of the Isla de Meuna from the south. With Arman's heart already exposed, it was a blow that completely tore him apart. He changed so much after that, becoming so much more secretive and suspicious, and he is always running from the memories, he is afraid to face them, or afriad to show the emotion required to face them.
Role-Play Sample:
Arman sat silently in the dark room, looking out of the only window. It was one of the least used rooms in the fort, and people had been dumping stuff in the room for as long as Arman had been a part of the Navy. So as far back as he could remember in any rate. The window was above him, and the sunlight lanced through it to land in a wide circle around him, fletched with the shapes made by the stained glass on the window. Around him, the rest of the room was as black as a northern night, with white sheets covering items looming around him like ghosts from the past.
Arman was not looking at them though. They weren't important, and ghosts were always just figments made by the mind to explain human fear. He was not looking at anything with his physical eyes. They were closed, directed towards the warm light in such a dark room. His mental eye was seeing countless things. Perhaps too many to fully understand. Arman doubted he would ever fully understand them. Even if each snapshot of his life passed before his eyes time and time again. It would make no difference. Some things just weren't understood.
A door opening broke Arman from his thoughts with a distasteful jolt that sent him back into reality quicker than he would have liked. His eyes snapped open and turned to look at who had disturbed him in his thoughts.
The maid twitched slightly underneath the gaze of Arman's deep blue eyes, but he was used to it. She mumbled something about a meeting with the Supreme Lady in an hour's passing of the sun. She stayed only a moment longer before hurrying out of the room. She was just a young maid, new to the business on waiting upon the higher ranking officers of the Lilan Navy. As such, she made a fair few mistakes, and was still nervous. Despite it all, Arman still liked her. She had some great potential.
Arman smiled and closed his eyes again, opening his mind's eye to the freeze frames of his life that had never stopped playing.
