Character 100-ish 111: Garuk
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Annnnd that's all the archers, less of course Nol in the top eight. Not quite all their families, though--there's still Gylepi's daughter to come yet.
IT'S GARUK. No srsly you guys I'm so proud of this one. It's HIM.
NAME Garuk
WHO IS THIS PERSON Archer in the current Raykinian King's Own. Also happens to be the best archer in the kingdom.
GENDER Male
AGE 35
BRIEF BIO Garuk grew up down in Ni-Qewira as the son of a former archer in the army. His father had a low opinion of the King's Own, thinking them all stuck-up snobs who just flaunted their abilities and money. Garuk grew up with that same bias and extended it to the rest of the army. Whether he liked it or not, though, Garuk was forced into army training. His father trained him initially, then he was shipped off to Ni-Yana for formal training at 14, much as Garuk didn't want to, but he's not one to disobey his parents. He started his training in third year due to his initial training with his father, which made him kinda withdrawn among the older boys.
Garuk met Bekala a few years later, at a pub where she was working. He was even more shy then than he is now, and she was drawn to him and his quiet ways. Garuk graduated into Third Company at 19 and married Bekala the next year.
Over the next two years he climbed up to First Company until finally facing the Own challenge. He made it in at 22, the then-youngest member of the King's Own ever. Since getting to know them, he's come to realise they're not so bad after all. Especially since his first mission when he realised what their position actually means and what they do for it. He's realised that most of the showing off comes from how the public worships them. He hates it and does what he can to stay out of the public eye.
CHARACTER Unless he's in the public eye, Garuk is generally pretty relaxed and tolerant until he finds himself in the public eye. He loves being with the other archers of the Own, and is happiest when he's training or on a mission. He just likes to do his job and to do it well.
Garuk hates the public eye. He's convinced the only reason anyone wants to talk to him is because of his fame, so he's always very prickly with anyone who tries. He sees himself as just doing a job and doesn't think he deserves any more recognition for it than anyone else. Whenever this happens, he has no issues with telling them exactly what he thinks of their actions, not caring if he smashes a few dreams while he’s at it.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Originally, Garuk was a little hothead as a trainee, but I don't think that suits him anymore so now he was just shy.
He refuses to 'show off to the trainees' each year.
On the eve of the border crossing, he's calm and relaxed and treats it just as a peaceful evening. He's done this so many times that he allows his mind to wander as he watches the sparks from the fire dance into the sky.
Garuk has a nick in his right ear, from a stray arrow that a now-retired swordie missed deflecting and Garuk forever after gave him good-hearted shit for. He's also broken his nose at some point (I haven't made up a story for that one) and has a biiiiig gash down his back from a dagger that got him through his armour during a battle that also ended up killing General Rau.
Garuk doesn't sight with his eye right up against his arrow. Anyone who tries to 'correct' his technique is told very solemnly that yes, they're right, aiming like that will clearly get him nowhere in life. He also has blue-feathered fletching on his arrows, just to be different.
IT'S GARUK. No srsly you guys I'm so proud of this one. It's HIM.
NAME Garuk
WHO IS THIS PERSON Archer in the current Raykinian King's Own. Also happens to be the best archer in the kingdom.
GENDER Male
AGE 35
BRIEF BIO Garuk grew up down in Ni-Qewira as the son of a former archer in the army. His father had a low opinion of the King's Own, thinking them all stuck-up snobs who just flaunted their abilities and money. Garuk grew up with that same bias and extended it to the rest of the army. Whether he liked it or not, though, Garuk was forced into army training. His father trained him initially, then he was shipped off to Ni-Yana for formal training at 14, much as Garuk didn't want to, but he's not one to disobey his parents. He started his training in third year due to his initial training with his father, which made him kinda withdrawn among the older boys.
Garuk met Bekala a few years later, at a pub where she was working. He was even more shy then than he is now, and she was drawn to him and his quiet ways. Garuk graduated into Third Company at 19 and married Bekala the next year.
Over the next two years he climbed up to First Company until finally facing the Own challenge. He made it in at 22, the then-youngest member of the King's Own ever. Since getting to know them, he's come to realise they're not so bad after all. Especially since his first mission when he realised what their position actually means and what they do for it. He's realised that most of the showing off comes from how the public worships them. He hates it and does what he can to stay out of the public eye.
CHARACTER Unless he's in the public eye, Garuk is generally pretty relaxed and tolerant until he finds himself in the public eye. He loves being with the other archers of the Own, and is happiest when he's training or on a mission. He just likes to do his job and to do it well.
Garuk hates the public eye. He's convinced the only reason anyone wants to talk to him is because of his fame, so he's always very prickly with anyone who tries. He sees himself as just doing a job and doesn't think he deserves any more recognition for it than anyone else. Whenever this happens, he has no issues with telling them exactly what he thinks of their actions, not caring if he smashes a few dreams while he’s at it.
POINTS OF INTEREST
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