Ifran

by **Ifran** on April 13th, 2010, 4:48 am

Threnody for the Victims of the Valterrian :

Physical Information

• Eypharian
• 36th Spring, 479 A.V. (31)
• Male

Physical Description
Ifran stands at 6'2", with short black hair and blue eyes. His skin is the color of aged ivory limned in pale gold. With six graceful arms, he is leanly built like a dancer; a sword-dancer. Broad-shouldered, wide-chested, and slender of waist. Elegant and sophisticated. With a Northwinds' eye for aesthetics, he dresses appropriately for whatever the occasion, but generally in deceptively simple clothes that are striking, but not overwhelming.

Character Concept
The Northwinds are a House of artists, academics, and captains of industry, but there are only a few who seek to be dealt a hand in the game of politics. Ifran is one such scion of the North Wind with plans for the future. Empowered by the idea that his grandfather almost single-handedly put the Pressorah Bashti on the throne, he has high hopes for himself that he might follow in Sadiki's august footsteps. He has the charm and wit to be a dangerous politico, and is an old hand at manipulation. Whether or not he could actually be called a sociopath, his goals for Ahnatep are benevolent, but great lights cast great shadows and he embraces those as well.

Character History
Ifran was born to Direnç, son of Sadiki, and Auset re Bisret of the Eastwinds, making him the oldest grandchild of the leader of the Northwinds. As the first of a new generation given light, he was fêted by the entire family, and even Pressor Teremun granted him the honor of being his godfather. His lusty yells were tolerated with a sense of humor, and jokes about lung capacity saw him in early training in the Eyktol Opera performance style.

At five years old, he was taken on as an apprentice by the famed performer, Taharqa, and for seven years he lived apart from his family to train. For those seven years, he rose at dawn to practicing singing, sword-dancing, and gestures. Tutors sent by his parents gave him an extensive and liberal education. At twelve, he returned to the palace of his grandfather, took rigorous lessons with his tutors, and spent most evenings as an apprentice at the Royet Theatre, until his treble began to lower into a lyric tenor and he became a member of the company.

The early separation from his family, though not complete, allowed him to grow through some formative years with a unique perspective among his kin -- from the outside. When he returned to the fold, he was able to ask about decisions made by Sadiki and learn the internal motivations, or at least the alleged motivations, what his grandfather wanted him to believe. The elder statesman was not unaware of his grandson's keen interest in his affairs, and indulged him to some extent, though Ifran seemed content with his role as an educated artist with a fascination with, if not an urge toward, politics.

It was his childhood friend, Aru, who

helped him learn to think logically. The boy became a member of the Ano Cult not long after Ifran moved into the home of Taharqa for a different sort of discipline. In spare moments in their various training, they would mull over logic exercises that Aru was assigned, and applied them to their young lives. This continued into adulthood, when they debated the logic of random things like the likelihood Sadiki would arrange a marriage between Ifran and the Pressorah or her sister, or whether the powers that be among the Cult allowed this friendship to continue because they saw something in Ifran or hoped to use the friendship for their own purposes in the future. They both learned to imagine plots within plots.

As life continued, Ifran became more adept at his trade and more famous for his performances, but still he and his friend plotted. Whether they were mere mental exercises or real plans for the future couched in game theory and practice was anyone's guess. Most lauded Ifran as another in a long line of artists from the House of the North Wind. A few suspected that he harbored hidden depths. Nobody knew if his ambitions were as epic as the men he portrayed on the stage.

Time would tell.

Training

Skills

Skill Name	Skill Level	XP Source	Proficiency
Khopesh	37	20@SP/10@RB/7@XP	Competent
Singing	47	30@SP/17@XP	Competent
Rhetoric	33	33@XP	Competent

Lesser Skills :

Gnosis

Gnosis	Deity	Level
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Lore

Eyktolian Art Forms	Eypharian Politics	Ahnatep High Society
Eypharian Origin Myth	"Anubis of the Pillars"	Singing Arias
Aesthetics	Opportunism	Makeup Removal
A Truthful Mind	Using Skills of Those Around	Eypharian Duels
Benshira Names	Nomadic Benshira	Mirage Trade (partial)
[Song Theory] Breathing Excersizes	[Song] The Love-Suicides of Menehat	Subtlties between High and Common Arumenic
Distingushing Dialects in Arumenic	Rumati's Strengths	Leth's Crown Flower

Languages

Ancient Tongue

Arumenic

Common

Equipment/Possessions
* Per Colombina: "Ifran has been granted permission to be a member of the noble house of the North Winds.

As such he has access to but not private ownership of house resources such as communal servants, litters, chariots and the home of the Whatever Winds. His starting package clothing may be a little more ornate than standard Eypharians'. Reasonable starting jewelry is allowed.

As long as he is in Ahnatep his living expenses are covered. Any personalized possessions must come from his pocket."

* Skyglass Scarab Pendant from Zintila

Skyglass Scarab Pendant :

Family Heirloom
* See above.

Ledger
* See above.

* 600 gm - personal savings
-600 gm - to pay off Cyrah
+273 gm - Summer 511 income
+273 gm - Fall 511 income
+276 gm - Winter 511 income
+276 gm - Spring 512 income
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1098 gm

Thread List

Flashbacks :

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Spring 510 A.V. :

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Summer 510 A.V. :

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Winter 510 A.V. :

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Summer 511 A.V. :

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Fall 511 :

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Winter 511 :

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Spring, 512 A.V. :

5th Summer * [Temple of Ionu] Fare Thee Well [Fallacy]
6th Summer * Out of the Valley [Victor] -- complete
6th Summer * Leaves Alvadas. [Patchwork Port] Leaving Illusion Behind [Galys] -- complete

16th Summer * Arrives & Departs Riverfall.

56th Summer * Arrives Ahnatep.

59th Summer * The Price of Freedom [Surei] -- complete

42nd Fall * Contemptuous
75th Fall * [Amphitheater] Extortion [Vikeer]

by **Ifran** on May 7th, 2010, 8:35 am

Aru re P'aaleq

Physical Information

• Eypharian
• 50th Fall, 479 A.V. (30)
• Male

Character Concept
He is the one Ifran trusts, and he might actually be his illegitimate brother.

Character History
Much the same as Ifran's, only he joined the Ano Cult.

Skills
Intelligence - 30
Rhetoric - 10
Politics - 10

Manipadme

Physical Information

• Eypharian
• 90th Fall, 497 A.V. (14)
• Female

Character Concept
As a daughter of the noble House of the North Winds, she was picked early as a candidate for the Eypharian traditional art, semhu. Kept in a cocoon of training by Master Taharqa, she is awkward with people, but eager to make her debut upon the boards. She has discovered boys, much to the chagrin of all adults around her.

Character History
Manipadme was born of noble parents, but raised by wetnurses and nannies until, at six, she became the apprentice of Master Taharqa. She learned discipline and skill, blossoming like a lotus under her teacher's instruction. Everything was lined up for her career to be a success until her elderly instructor died in the Summer of 512 A.V. While still in mourning for her master, the patriarch of her House, Sadiki, bequeathed the remainder of her training unto her cousin, Ifran, perhaps as a test of filial devotion, and perhaps as a punishment for spending so long abroad.

Skills
Dance - 30
Song - 10
Acting - 10

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