Thomas Taliaferro

[Thomas Taliaferro]

Public Name: Ferro
Character Name: Thomas Taliaferro
Race: Mixed Blood (Human/Zith)
Birthday: 72nd of Spring, 495 AV
Birthplace: Syliras
Age: 24
Gender: Male

Appearance:

The man is middling in height and build. Head is kept shaved, beard is kept long. He has a rather flat nose and strong jaw. His eyes are dark, his hair is dark, his skin is dark.

Character Concept:

He left his home because he became interested in the nature of law. He thought it seemed odd that law persisted after the world and civilization was destroyed. He is going on a journey to look into this. He hopes to understand this further by finding journals of anyone post Valterrain that speaks of any laws they crafted, their effects they had or their decisions made. It is imagined that there is something that is in all people that makes law possible. He especially wants to find different races' journals so he can do cross examination of their legal systems. He has yet to realize just how long this task will take.

His personality is muted in a boring conversation, and passionate in a stimulating conversation. He likes discussion and dislikes pleasantries.

He is ethically ambiguous. He left civilization, Syliras, it was easy to be civil there. Now it is not so easy to be civil.

Character History:

In an attempt to avoid a stigma being placed upon their family and their child, Thomas’ parents went to great lengths to conceal his nature as a half Zith. This desire, to not let anyone know their son was the product of rape, went so deeply that not even his siblings were informed. While the secrecy was cumbersome in a mental regard, it otherwise impacted little of his growing up as a normal, healthy, citizen of Syliras.

During this upbringing he enjoyed a decent living, his father being a successful merchant. His father had enough money to teach his children their letters and indulge them in soft handed pursuits -a luxury not afforded to most. Thomas wished to be indulged in concepts of Syliras' legal code. His father, as a status symbol, sent for a Konti tutor to educate his son, he learned a bit of Kontinese this way. His father knew the trade language Fratava"Fratava is sometimes considered tradespeak and is often utilized in barter among cultures that are not even related to the Svefra", Thomas picked up on it rather well.

His father died in 517 AV, his three brothers and two sisters have done what they could to maintain what their father had built and to add onto it. Their results are mixed. He decided to leave to avoid all this. His mother forced him to take his father's beloved dog, she couldn't stand to look at it any more after his death.

Language:

Fluent - Common
Basic - Fratava
Poor - Kontinese

Skills:

SOURCE	NAME	AMOUNT	LEVEL
SP	History	10	Novice
SP	Law	10	Novice
RB	Sling Staff	10	Novice
SP	Writing	30	Competent

Lores:

Basic knowledge of Syliras legal code
Basic knowledge of Syliras legal principles

Possessions:
1 Set of Clothing

-Simple Shirt
-Simple Pants
-Simple Undergarments
-Simple Cloak
-Simple Boots

1 Waterskin
1 Backpack which contains:

-Soap
-Razor
-Balanced Rations (1 Week’s Worth)
-1 eating knife
-Flint & Steel
-Ink vial (1 oz) [1gm]
-Quill [5cm]
-Sling Bullets (30) [3sm]
-Parchment (10) [20sm]
-Book, Common (individual's journal) [7gm]

1 Horn [1gm]
1 Staff Sling [3gm]

Heirloom: Father's female guard dog named Clay (mutt).

Ledger:

Winter 519
600 gm (starting package, shelter cash in)
-45.5 gm (poor) [living expenses]
-5 gm, 50 sm rental fee at Drunken Fish
-11 gm, 23 sm [Fall 519 purchases]

Housing
Currently renting a room at the Drunken Fish until alternative accommodations can be found


Thread List:
Fall 519

WIP