Name: Richard Ghallander/ Fritz Fernandez
Nickname(?): Ricky/Fritz
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Sexuality: Straight
Kingdom that you call home: Seve, now wonders
Element(s): None
Appearance:
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 150 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Skin Color: Slight Tanned
Extra Information on Appearance: Wears an eye patch though doesn't really need it--he just finds it looks cool.
If Marked, where is the mark? (You may also provide a picture if you want): N/A
Family/friend(s)/allies with: Hard to tell, generally is after his own interests so if anyone has them he goes with them. Basically has ties to mostly himself. Has a vague relationship with his father. He does have a definite affinity to Captain Finley and his crew.
History: Richard was born in the Seve Kingdom but raised mostly by his father. Her mother, Sonya, came from an arranged marriage and sired only for the sole purpose of inheriting his father's role. A boy of curiosity, he was far more becoming a thinker than a doer like his father which while it was at first made him a fast learner, also made him stubborn to becoming his predestined role as a knight; he didn't find the eternal servitude to his liking either. Richard came to know the existence of marked when he encountered one them practicing two elements. It was wonder, beauty and awe at first...then came the grim, dark and danger as the marked child was found and executed on the spot by no less one of his father's fellow blank knights, leaving him terrified and scarred.
He was rekindled by his gentle father about the importance of their safety, both for himself and the kingdom and why his work was so important. When asked "Why must it be this way?", his father simply left a blank stare and said nothing. All he wanted him was to be a 'good boy' just because that's how the world best works--following rules as he told so the next day.
However, he would come to his own terms when his own mother, stricken with an illness that not even the best Lux healers could cure, lay dying and struggling in pain and agony. A hooded stranger came and, like a god sent miracle, removed her illness. The truth of this stranger however, would shock not only young Richard, but the whole world, for he is in fact a Marked. His miracle was soon mocked as a curse. The kind stranger did not care, he knew what his fate would be for the truth and was prepared to accept it. Before he was sent away to the gallows to be hanged for all to see, Richard had a chance to ahve a talk with him. The marked man did confess--the illness was in fact his own doing, so they were right about it being a curse, but it was all an accident. He would've better off running away during the confusion but he could never get away from his guild and so came back to remove the sickness as he knew no ordinary healer could.
A few days however after the marked man's death, their home was approached by blank knights, his father included. This time they came for her mother, claiming that her life was a forfeit and is ''tainted' by the man. Richard pleaded but even his father was powerless to stop his wife's demise and execution. This torn Richard's look on the world; he wasn't sure what was good or evil anymore, so by the age of 11, he went off and ran away from home. His father did not give pursuit; Roderick was afraid that reclaiming his son may result only the same fate as his mother as the whole townsfolk at that time became paranoid of this event, he needed to stay to keep the order and the kingdom from collapsing itself or at least look away from his son's escape.
After his escape, he fled to the outskirts, having no direction and ending up on the streets of a wretched town. Poor and starving, he would later resort to thievery to get his needs to survive can came to mostly relied on himself. That was until he met a pirate named Finley in a very bad way. Fortunately, ruthless isn't one his traits and so, liking his talent and youth, used him and his innocence in a plan to rescue his crew and ship. The plan however to use an innocent young boy to distract elite guards of a high security prison...didn't end worked well as Finley hoped. Ridiculous enough, he was one that got caught and turned in by the boy but as it turned out the price on his head was so high, Richard used the money to bail him and his crew out and get their ship back.
Finley grew a liking to the boy's dubiousness and cunning that he offered him any kind of reward including their private stash of loot. As it turns out, Richard's only desire was to become one of them. A proposal the pirate didn't think twice about it. Despite being thieving scoundrels, they're actually pretty friendly,at least to the boy and themselves. Richard learned a lot from them on their voyages on the high seas including skills with a pistol and a cutlass though he wasn't very promising in the forceful confrontations department. The pirates, after sharing his origins and lifestory, decides to christen him a new alias, as a sign to start a new life.
It wasn't until he was 18 that he decided to trade his life in the sea and to growing independently of his own accord back on land. He went to schooling and studied alchemy, using forged documents they made and procured from their last raid. He promised Finley a better way to produce gunpowder, and of course, RUM since none of the older crew could study the gibberish numbers and science too well. They left him an eye patch to remember them by.
His curiosity reawakened and after gaining his scholarship and Ph.D. He now wonders around the kingdoms, mostly passing off selling potions and elixirs but with agendas of his own. He is still captivated by the Marked, though what he intends to do with them is only limited by his imagination.
Personality: Generally appears as nobleman with his curtsy but one can quickly learn his eccentricity soon enough through his behavior, sometimes on the brink of being delusional yet sometimes can be seen as wise with profound knowledge. In spite having a masked lifestyle, he has troubles with authorities quite often; they have no evidence against him but he is often caught in rather awkward situations like being in a smuggler's hideout, having fish barbecue in the Aquan church and of course the RUM...why is it always gone?
He prefers mostly to negotiations rather than brute force which often leads others to believe he is a coward but is no means completely weak and helpless; he can be crafty and resourceful though beneath it he still has some humanity if he can help it.
Weapon(s): (optional) Cutlass and pistol (mostly has about one shot). Some set of at least six exploding potions with different effects and just about anything he can grab his hands and throw/hit at you
Strengths:
+Resourceful - Combination of pirate wit and he is own scholarly intelligence makes always good use of his surroundings rather than just relying on his person. His resources aren't simply limited to non-living material things either.
+Eccentric - hard to predict what his next move or even what he thinks to do.
+Sharpshooter - Being limited to one shot, trained his accuracy to utmost (note: this shouldn't be taken granted to auto-hitting if against a PC)
+Persuasive - in spite being such a scum, he does have his charm, at least sell his goods to make a living
Weaknesses:
-Mostly just trusts himself and may shamelessly use others
-Eccentric - same reason for his allies if he has any
-Prefers mostly to flee than fight
-Fascination with Marked may put him at odds with authority figures esp...
-His Father, Roderick Ghallander
-A pervert
Additional Information:
*He is often traveling the lands with his wagon, it is brightly colored even at night.
*Loves to do experiments and has procured many random 'impractical things' during his spare time.
*He is also an excellent cook as his skill in alchemy but you better watch out if he mixes up the two.
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