Menes Ilvius

[Menes Ilvius]

Menes Ilvius Appearance Race: Human Gender: Male Age: 19 Birthday: 02, Winter, 494 Birthplace: Sunberth Appearance: Very few people throughout the course of Menes's life have called the young man remarkable, memorable, or worth notice and certainly not for any of his physical attributes. Menes is a moderately attractive young man in a sort of provincial manner with strong but plain features. He is the kind of man who would smile at you in the street and you would automatically smile back then move on and forget he ever existed. His hair is black and roughly shoulder length cut raggedly at the ends, as if by a dagger, and is constantly filled with dust or straw giving it a slightly gritty texture. Menes's eyes are dark brown like pools of melted chocolate and seem to radiate a constant warmth that some find disarming and more find suspicious. A rather telling feature about the hard life of Menes is that, despite his youth, wrinkles have already begun to appear on his face. Just a few of course, some on his brow, a few at the corner of his eyes, and same around his mouth; just enough for people to believe at first glance that he is older than he really is. A rather long-limbed person, Menes's is thin but could not be called emaciated. Through his work he manages to make enough money to keep some skin on his bones and the lean muscles earned from hard labor easily dispel any notions of malnourishment. Not a particularly towering individual, Menes seems to fit into a crowd at 5 feet 10 inches allowing him to reach the things on the top shelf without bumping his head on a door frame. Another of his more notable features are Menes's hand which are rough and callused but always steady, always gentle. Clothing wise, Menes prefers utility and simplicity over pomp and luxury which is good because as a man of little means he has little access to the latter. Typically he can be found wearing a simple outfit of shirt, pant, coat, and boots in browns and tans. Character Concept Menes was born and raised in the city of Sunberth and, as such, is no stranger to deceit, violence, and manipulation. Menes learned at a young age that many of the people who dwelled in the city lied as easily as they breathed, that in order to survive in a place were order was all but nonexistent it was necessary to separate the truth from the lies. As Menes grew older he began to realize that many of the problems and difficulties most people met with were caused by some form of dishonesty, a ridiculous thing in his mind because to Menes telling the truth was such a simple thing. The longer he observed and studied the people on his doorstep the more he began to pity them. Trapped in a cycle of lies and deceit they could not see that the one causing their misfortune and pain was themselves. This belief would go on to shape the philosophy of absolute honesty followed by Menes and the drive to expose the lies and deceits of other to the world. By shoving the shadows of people's lives into the light Menes believes they could begin to trust and break the cycle of pain they thrust themselves into. Character History Menes never really had an interesting history and nothing tragic or out of the ordinary ever happened to him. Both of his parents are still alive and well, if a little older, and Menes visits them often. When growing up they provided for their son as best they could; his father with his hands and his mother with her loom. They never beat their child more that what was necessary for discipline but they did not spoil Menes either. As a child, the young Menes was never really a loner having a small close handful of friends that he enjoyed spending his time with and still hangs out with many of them as adults. Any education Menes received was purely by accident or of a technical manner. Altogether it was a normal childhood and a normal life filled with life, laughter, tears, sadness, joy, and love. Language Fluent Language: Common Basic Language: Poor Language: Skills Skill EXP Total Proficiency Interrogation 15 RB , 11 SP 26 Competent Persuasion 15 SP 15 Novice Acrobatics 10 SP 10 Novice Stealth 9 SP 9 Novice Unarmed Combat 5 SP 5 Novice Lores Helpful Lores: Lore of Sunberth Street Layout Lore of Sunberth Culture Possessions 1 Set of Clothing -Simple Shirt -Simple Pants -Simple Undergarments -Simple Coat -Simple Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Metal) -Brush (Metal) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week’s Worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel 100 Gold Mizas Heirloom: N/A Housing Location: Sunberth House: Menes lives in a small apartment in the Sunset District that has simple furnishings and very few personal possessions laying about. Despite the permanence of his living arrangements, the lack of personal items and cleanliness of the room give the impression that one is merely passing through. The only thing of note is a small clay cup that sits on Menes's window sill and is often home to a flower picked by him. Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Clay Cup -3 CM 99 GM, 9 SM, 97 CM Thread List Link your current & past threads here!