15 in 15 #3 ~ Garuk
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Rider the third, Garuk. While he's appeared once or twice in mini!fics, he doesn't really have much of a character, if at all, so here he is. Based his character on the song I just wanna live by Good Charlotte.
Name~ Garuk
Age~ 35
Currently Appearing In~ The odd mini!fic here and there, and part of the collective Own when they're mentioned.
Orientation~ Straight
Origin~ Ni-Qewira, second largest city in Raykin, near-ish to the coast (map)
Significant Other(s)~ Wife
Background~ Brought up in an middle-class household in Ni-Qewira, where his father, who used to serve in the army, taught him the basics of swordsmanship, archery and all that kind of stuff. His father also told him about the Own, and how they were all basically stuck-up bastids, so~ Garuk didn't originally have the greatest impression of them. Anyway, when he was fifteen his father sent him upstream to Ni-Yana to join up, even though Garuk didn't particularly want to. He'd heard enough about the Own and had come to think the whole army was like that.
Since he already knew quite a bit, he was thrown into third year, but forth year with archery. For the whole time he was in training, he made it clear what he thought of the stuck-up riders of the Own, and was even cocky enough to say as much to one of the Own's archers at the time. He finished training when he was 19, and was then accepted into the Own when he was 23--before Nol and 'may got in, he was the youngest rider for the King's Own. (For the record, it was the guy he'd told off before whose place he took X3;)
Naturally, he wasn't too popular among the high ranks of the Own, being the cocky young bastard who continued to talk them down even though he rode with them now. He finally calmed down after his first journey to Kazin, where he was able to see the true skills of the Own out of the training room. Once he got back though, and he started saying the guys were actually okay, the general public started poking fun at him, saying he was going back on what he'd been saying all his life. Nothing particularly harmful, but enough that it began to really get on his nerves. He's gradually melded into the Own though, and is now good mates with all of them, but he hates all the attention that comes with being part of that group.
Employment~ First Company archer and rider for the King's Own
Appearance~ Quite tall for a Raykinian, broad shoulders. Short, scruffy hair, healthy growth of stubble. He's got scars here and there, mostly from arrows, but he's got a big gash down his back from a dagger as well, from one of the more recent missions, when the previous General, Rau, was killed.
Distinguishing Characteristics~ Not really, no.
Quirks~ He absolutely hates all the publicity he gets for being in the Own, and is unnecesarily paranoid whenever he's outside the palace or his home. He only ever leaves either place if he's got two or three of the guys with him. That said, he has a lot of fun at the Golden Thrai, just as long as nobody flings themselves on him.
Sin-of-Anger~ He's tolerant of most things except the general public. As it unavoidably happens to these bois, when women jump him, he'll get seriously pissed with them. Think "oh my Gods he's going to kill me" pissed. He wouldn't actually kill anyone like that tho, but he can be bloody scary if he wants to be.
Sin-of-Envy~ He envies the other guys in the Own who can put up with the public so easily. He definitely doesn't envy the general public--they're all too annoying to envy, far as he's concenred.
Sin-of-Pride~ Little bit, but not a lot. He's just there to get the job done, not so much to reap the benefits of his position.
Sin-of-Gluttony~ Nup, not a big eater.
Sin-of-Lust~ Not a lot of that either.
Sin-of-Avarice~ Only really greedy for free time. He loves being on missions, because it's the only time he can really get away and just do what he's in the Own to do.
Sin-of-Sloth~ Not Garuk, surely =0
Virtues~ So long as you can convince him you're not about to patronise him, he's a nice guy. It's just that he's so paranoid of strangers that it takes a lot to get him to talk.
Name~ Garuk
Age~ 35
Currently Appearing In~ The odd mini!fic here and there, and part of the collective Own when they're mentioned.
Orientation~ Straight
Origin~ Ni-Qewira, second largest city in Raykin, near-ish to the coast (map)
Significant Other(s)~ Wife
Background~ Brought up in an middle-class household in Ni-Qewira, where his father, who used to serve in the army, taught him the basics of swordsmanship, archery and all that kind of stuff. His father also told him about the Own, and how they were all basically stuck-up bastids, so~ Garuk didn't originally have the greatest impression of them. Anyway, when he was fifteen his father sent him upstream to Ni-Yana to join up, even though Garuk didn't particularly want to. He'd heard enough about the Own and had come to think the whole army was like that.
Since he already knew quite a bit, he was thrown into third year, but forth year with archery. For the whole time he was in training, he made it clear what he thought of the stuck-up riders of the Own, and was even cocky enough to say as much to one of the Own's archers at the time. He finished training when he was 19, and was then accepted into the Own when he was 23--before Nol and 'may got in, he was the youngest rider for the King's Own. (For the record, it was the guy he'd told off before whose place he took X3;)
Naturally, he wasn't too popular among the high ranks of the Own, being the cocky young bastard who continued to talk them down even though he rode with them now. He finally calmed down after his first journey to Kazin, where he was able to see the true skills of the Own out of the training room. Once he got back though, and he started saying the guys were actually okay, the general public started poking fun at him, saying he was going back on what he'd been saying all his life. Nothing particularly harmful, but enough that it began to really get on his nerves. He's gradually melded into the Own though, and is now good mates with all of them, but he hates all the attention that comes with being part of that group.
Employment~ First Company archer and rider for the King's Own
Appearance~ Quite tall for a Raykinian, broad shoulders. Short, scruffy hair, healthy growth of stubble. He's got scars here and there, mostly from arrows, but he's got a big gash down his back from a dagger as well, from one of the more recent missions, when the previous General, Rau, was killed.
Distinguishing Characteristics~ Not really, no.
Quirks~ He absolutely hates all the publicity he gets for being in the Own, and is unnecesarily paranoid whenever he's outside the palace or his home. He only ever leaves either place if he's got two or three of the guys with him. That said, he has a lot of fun at the Golden Thrai, just as long as nobody flings themselves on him.
Sin-of-Anger~ He's tolerant of most things except the general public. As it unavoidably happens to these bois, when women jump him, he'll get seriously pissed with them. Think "oh my Gods he's going to kill me" pissed. He wouldn't actually kill anyone like that tho, but he can be bloody scary if he wants to be.
Sin-of-Envy~ He envies the other guys in the Own who can put up with the public so easily. He definitely doesn't envy the general public--they're all too annoying to envy, far as he's concenred.
Sin-of-Pride~ Little bit, but not a lot. He's just there to get the job done, not so much to reap the benefits of his position.
Sin-of-Gluttony~ Nup, not a big eater.
Sin-of-Lust~ Not a lot of that either.
Sin-of-Avarice~ Only really greedy for free time. He loves being on missions, because it's the only time he can really get away and just do what he's in the Own to do.
Sin-of-Sloth~ Not Garuk, surely =0
Virtues~ So long as you can convince him you're not about to patronise him, he's a nice guy. It's just that he's so paranoid of strangers that it takes a lot to get him to talk.