Nanuk

[Nanuk]

Nanuk Physical Description Name: Nanuk Race: Vantha Age: 21 Birthday: 17 Summer 492 AV Nanuk certainly looks his heritage; he stands about 5’9’’, with straight, fine black hair that shines a deep, vibrant purple, and falls to his shoulders unbound, with lightly tanned skin and a lean build. His face doesn’t have quite the same “round” quality as the rest of his people; it takes on a slightly more angular type. He has broad shoulders(which he brag to many women are good for leaning on) and slender fingers with well kept nails and small toughened pads of skin across from drum playing. His teeth are mostly straight and white, and he takes to wearing a slightly scruffed beard of late. Character Concept Nanuk, sometimes referred to affectionately as Nanu, loves to live and lives to love. He’s very happy go-lucky, very flirtatious, and has a smile aimed to charm women. It doesn’t always work, but he will certainly try! He will pick a place with lots of people and sing his stories, either in Vani or Common. At nights, he will frequent any tavern that Ionu permits him to find and sing or drum or tell stories. Maybe take a lady home if he’s lucky. As long as he spends his days fed, he’s happy. He has a roof over his head, and a living he loves. It’s very hard to insult Nanuk. Most times, he just writes it off as the day wearing on other people. However, the few things that are cut close to him emotionally he just sort of tries to ignore, or laugh off. He believes that the path of least resistance is always best, and is the epitome of “make love, not war”. When someone forces him into a conflict, he almost shuts down. He just doesn’t like conflict. If he can talk his way out, he will. If he can find a diplomatic way out, he will. Something he doesn’t address often is the split identity; by blood he is Vantha. But he only knows Alvadas as a home. His Vani isn’t as strong as his mother’s, though he knows a good deal of it. Due to this split identity conflict he has in himself, he doesn’t often talk about Avanthal except in terms of a student reporting on his findings. There is probably a lot more to his concept, that I will add to as I discover through playing him. Character History Nanuk’s birth was that of chance. His mother was an Icemaiden in Avanthal that took to traveling with caravans on trade routes to bring outside goods to Avanthal and visa versa. His father was a great storyteller that spent some years traveling the world to bring back rich stories to the people. As he was coming home to Avanthal, she was leaving. The two had a tryst that night, and a few months down the road, his mother realized she was pregnant. She decided to settle down somewhere to raise her child where there wouldn’t be any biases against him; where she could find a job, and where her child could grow up doing anything they wanted with themselves. So she settled in Alvadas. He met his father once. He was ten or eleven, and his father hadn’t known that the one night stand he had resulted in a kid. He just knew that his mother had settled in Alvadas and meant to visit her...and a boy answered the door. Before his father left, he gave Nanuk one of his favorite drums that he would play during his singing and storytelling. His father wrote letters to him here and there, to make sure he was doing well; And his father’s visit inspired him to try to learn more about Vantha culture and ways. They were after all, his birth culture. His mother decided to get back on the trade routes once he came of age, and he chose to stay in Alvadas. He wanted time to take up his father’s craft, and learn the art of storytelling. However, like all good story tellers and bards, he cannot stay the same place his whole life! He recently moved from Alvadas to Syliras and intends to take residence there for a while, before moving residence again at some juncture. Possessions 1 Set of Clothing (Very Colorful) -Linen Red Shirt -Linen Brown Pants -Linen White Undergarments -Wool BlackCloak -Simple Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (wood) -Brush (wood) -Soap -Balanced Rations (1 Week's worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel Heirloom: Kettle drum from his father 100 Gold Mizas Housing: I am starting in Syrilas, with a a 20x20 apartment with the furniture listed in the Housing section. The apartment includes a hearth, bunk, chest, chair, and table. Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Skills, Lores, Magics, Gnosis, Languages Common Skills: Trade skills related to a wide variety of unique Crafts and Arts, Merchants, and Entertainers Skill EXP Total Proficiency Story Telling 10 SP, 10 RB 20 Novice Music Composition 10 SP 10 Novice Singing 15 SP 15 Novice Musical Instrument(Kettle Drum) 10 SP 10 Novice Seduction 5 SP 5 Novice Practiced Languages: Fluent Language:Common Basic Language: Vani Poor Language: - Helpful Lores: (Pick 2) Lore of Religion: Rhaus Lore: Legends of Alvadas Thread List Winter 1 AV 513 (Morning): The Thrills of a Bard's Life: ( http://www.mizahar.com/forums/topic43572.html ) Winter 12: Sing me a Melody: http://www.mizahar.com/forums/topic45199.html Winter 40 513: A Different Deal: http://www.mizahar.com/forums/topic44779.html Winter 51 513: A Song Sung: http://www.mizahar.com/forums/topic45198.html