Illam Whitevine (WIP)

[Illam Whitevine]

Illam Whitevine Appearance Race: Vantha Gender: Male Age: 18 Birthday: 82, Summer, 494 Birthplace: Avanthal Appearance: To look at Illam is to look upon the face of friendliness. An easy, welcoming smile is never far from this Vantha and coupled with his warm eyes, typically dark amber in color, and one would be hard-pressed to feel anything but cordiality. Standing slightly taller than average, Illam was graced with a lithe body characterized by a wiry strength and vast reserves of stamina. His broad shoulders and long arms are indicative of a swimmer, and while they have never been used in this endeavor, they do lend a slight advantage in throwing a spear. Out of convenience and personal preference, he keeps his dark hair short. A small crescent shaped scar adorns his left thumb knuckle from a carving slip, and his right ear has multiple bone piercings as a joking nod to a childhood incident with fishing tackle. Character Concept Illam is of mild temperament with a desire to have fun and enjoy the most out of everything he does and encounters, especially learning. Quick to smile and easy to laugh, the young man finds being fluid and adaptable to situations preferential to opposition and as such it is a rare event to find him truly troubled for any extended amount of time. Illam likes to see the best in people, and his greatest desire is to be able to be helpful, namely by eventually becoming a great healer. The sanctity of life is something Illam holds in reverence and the waste or needless destruction of it is one of the true ways to enrage him. His rage is best analogized to a cold snap: infrequent, frigid, and decisive. Character History If a stranger were to ask Illam about his family, his likely response would be a cheerful laugh and an inquiry to how much time the stranger had to waste. His immediate biological family is easily outlined: Father, a member of the Icewatch; Mother, a crop-tender who occasionally assisted herbalists as a hobby; but after that the lines blur. Whether it was because his parents wished to instill a sense of community in him at an early age, or because they genuinely needed the help in raising him, many were the neighbors involved in Illam’s upbringing and his use of familial identifiers was encouraged by both his nuclear and soon extended family. Elderly Vantha became grandparents, adults became aunt and uncle, and nearly everyone his age was a cousin. Whether or not it indeed does take a village to raise a child, a decent amount of the populace seemed to be involved in his growth in some shape or fashion, whether it was helping care for him as a baby or helping track down and catch him after some adolescent mischief. As he neared adulthood and began considering what and how he was going to give back to the community that raised him the answer increasingly became as obvious as the temperature in Avanthal: Illam decided to learn how to heal people—in whatever way they required. Language Fluent Language: Vani Basic Language: Common Poor Language: None yet. Skills Skill EXP Total Proficiency Carving 10RB 10 Novice Hunting 5SP 5 Novice Observation 15SP 10 Novice Trapping 5SP 5 Novice Weapon: Spear 5SP 5 Novice Winter Survival 20SP 15 Novice Lores Helpful Lores: Lore of Vantha Culture Lore of History: Icewatch Possessions 1 Set of Clothing -Simple Shirt -Simple Pants -Simple Undergarments -Simple Fur Cloak -Simple Fur Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Bone) -Brush (Bone) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week’s Worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel 100 Gold Mizas Heirloom: Small whalebone carving of a fox. Housing Location: Arvanthal House: 1 basic 20x20 Arvinta in a Hold with a hearth, bunk, chest, chair, and small table. Each Arvinta consists of a communal meeting or sitting room. Then there are private rooms for couples, and a common sleeping/living room for all the children. Visitors are often given a private room, while a couple will move in with the children to make extra room. Some of the larger, more expansive Holds with wealthier families have spare rooms in their Arvinta or special guest quarters when people move from place to place visiting. Holds often have common areas and craft cottages in buildings attached and are always made of solid stone. External buildings are often built from ice and warmed from within by special braziers that conduct heat into the room but do not melt the thick ice walls. A Hold may contain multiple Arvintas and might hold upwards of a couple hundred people. Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Shortspear -2 GM 98 GM Knife -5 SM 97.5 GM Thread List Link your current & past threads here!

[Illam Whitevine]

An Interview With Illam (Image Here - Optional) General Information : 1. What is your Name? 2. Do you go by a nickname or pet name? 3. How old are you? 4. What is your height? 5. What is your weight? Aesthetics : 1. Describe yourself as you see yourself. 2. Describe yourself as others typically see you. 3. What is your favorite body feature? 4. How physically fit are you? 5. How do you typically dress and what is your style? Family : 1. Who are your parents and what are they like? 2. Do you have any brothers or sisters? 3. What is your extended family like? 4. Do you consider close friends as important or more/less important than family? 5. Do you treat animals like family? Location : 1. Where were you born? 2. Where do you live now? 3. If you could live anywhere in Mizahar where would that be? 4. Do you have a favorite place to vacation or spend leisure time? 5. Where do you fear to be? Traits : 1. Do you have any physical weaknesses (disease, scars, and missing limbs?) 2. Are you right handed or left handed? 3. What languages do you speak? What do you sound like? Do you have an accent? 4. Do you have any odd mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics? 5. Do you have (or want to get) any tattoos or piercing? Why do you have them (or will get them) ? Occupations : 1. What is your occupation? 2. Do you like/dislike your work? Why? 3. If you could be anything you wanted to, what would you be? 4. What occupation do you admire the most? Why? 5. What occupation do you lest like? Why? Childhood : 1. What sort of child were you? 2. What is your favorite memory from childhood? 3. What is your worst memory from childhood? 4. What sort of relationship did you have with your parents? 5. Who was your most influential rolemodel? Education : 1. What sort of education do you have? 2. Do you like/dislike learning? 3. Where or how did you learn most of your skills/abilities? 4. How do you learn best? 5. What are your educational goals for the future? Relationships : 1. Do you form close bonds with people? Why? Why not? 2. Do you trust people easily? If not, why not? 3. Do you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else? 4. Have you ever been kissed? If so, describe the first time. 5. Have you ever had sex? If so, describe the first time. Drugs and Alcohol : 1. Have you ever been drunk? If so, describe your first time. 2. Do you like to drink on a regular basis? 3. What sort of alcohol do you prefer? 4. Have you ever tried drugs (mood altering substances)? If so, which kinds and what did you think of them? 5. What do you think of drugs and alcohol? Be specific. Likes and Dislikes : 1. What are your hobbies? 2. Do you like to read? 3. What annoys you more than anything else? 4. What do you find the most relaxing activity to do? 5. What kinds of things embarrass you? Why? Favorites : 1. What is your favorite color or colors? 2. What is your favorite time of day? 3. What is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? 4. What do you like to eat? What do you hate to eat? 5. What is your favorite type of weather? Does any kind scare you? Outlook : 1. Are you optimistic or pessimistic? 2. What are your religious views? 3. Would you be able to kill? 4. What are your views on sex? 5. What, in your opinion, makes a successful life? Actions : 1. What is the worst and best thing you’ve ever done? 2. What is your greatest regret? 3. What is your best/worst memory? 4. If you could change one thing about your past, what would it be and why? 5. What are you the most proud of doing in your life? Emotions : 1. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings with others? 2. Do you have any biases or prejudices? 3. What makes you happy? 4. Who or what, if anything, would you die for? 5. What makes you angry? Relationships : 1. In general, how do you treat others? 2. Who is the most important person in your life, and why? 3. Who is the person you respect the most, and why? 4. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If not, describe an ideal lover. 5. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why Group Situations : 1. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict? 2. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations? 3. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not? 4. Do you care what others think of you? 5. What do you think of others, in general? Self Image : 1. What is your greatest strength as a person? 2. What is your greatest weakness? 3. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 4. Are you generally introverted or extroverted? 5. Are you generally organized or messy? Beliefs : 1. What God or Goddess do you find most appealing, if any? 2. Which God or Goddess do you fear, if any? 3. Do you have any Gnosis Marks? If so, how did you receive them? 4. What lengths would you go to to please your deity? 5. Where do you draw the line at pleasing your deity? What is too much? Life & Death : 1. What do you absolutely live for? 2. What is the best part of life? 3. What is the best part of death? 4. If you could choose, how would you want to die? 5. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?