Benalder

by **Benalder** on September 9th, 2010, 3:14 pm

Name: Benalder, AKA Ben or Ben “The Blade”
Race: Human
Age: 23; born sometime in the Fall of 487

Concept
Benalder is a mercenary and a rogue. He works for coin, not for causes, and does the shadowy work of richer and more powerful men (and women).

Personality
Benalder lives his life based on two three word maxims. The first is, “All men die.” That means a couple things to him, and best describes who he is. On the one side, Benalder likes to enjoy life, with all its vices. This does not prevent him from planning for the future, however. Quite the opposite, Benalder has grown to be a meticulous planner, and is cold and cunning when it comes to such. The other side is that profit can be made from a man’s death, whether it is a wager in the Blood Pits, or a handful of coins paid for a quiet murder in the night. The second maxim is, “Knowledge is Power.” Over his short life, he has learned that information can be worth a lot to the right person, and he seeks to capitalize on that fact. The more knowledge and information he can hoard, the longer he’s likely to live. And Benalder likes living.

Benalder is neither friendly, nor trusting, having seen his older brother and mentor killed by a supposed friend. The experience jaded him, and he is quite paranoid most of the time. He is not squeamish about killing, maiming, or torturing others, and has done so on many occasions. He also comes off as proud and confident, looking down on others like they are just pawns in a game of his.

Physical Attributes
Benalder’s looks are remarkably plain. He stands six foot tall, and weighs just over two hundred pounds. He is not skinny, fat, or heavily muscled, but is corded with the lean muscle common to natives of Sunberth. The muscle that is necessary to live, or even thrive, in such a violent place. His has short brown hair, and plain brown eyes that take in everything. He has all his teeth and they are mostly straight, with the exception of one that is slightly behind its neighbors. His voice is as near bass as it could be while still being a baritone. He has dozens of small scars indicative of a rough childhood in Sunberth, but no major identifying marks.

Benalder always wears dark colors, be it gray, green, blue, brown or black. He prefers light, quiet armor, and wears a long, broad dagger where ever he goes, as well as numerous throwing daggers.

by **Benalder** on September 9th, 2010, 3:20 pm

History
Benalder came squalling into this world in Sunberth, birthed by a whore and fathered by an unknown patron. His mother worked for a ‘businessman’ that allowed his employees to have children, with the intent that the girls would work his brothel once they flowered, and the boys would grow to be his lackeys, or be sold as slaves. So it was that Benalder, called Ben by his half siblings, grew up in a brothel. His childhood was a rough one, full of hungry days and lots of fighting. He loved to run around and climb anything that would hold his weight, so at the age of ten his mother’s employer, Jaquo, started using him as an errand boy, mostly carrying messages. For five years he ran through the streets and alleys of the city, delivering messages, collecting debts, or filching items that Jaquo requested. He was the pride and joy of what Jaquo called his ‘Brood,’ until Lucreth showed up. Lucreth was Benalder’s half brother, and he visited Jaquo’s brothel when Benalder was fifteen and demanded to see his mother and all her children. He pointed at Benalder, and Jaquo said nothing as Lucreth took his younger brother away.

Lucreth was a mercenary, a shadow hired to do terrible things in the secrecy of the dark, and overnight he made Ben his apprentice, citing that ‘blood is the closest thing you can find to real trust.’ It was from Lucreth that Ben learned all he knows of the shadowy world of Sunberth. He learned how to sneak around quietly and unseen, how to best kill a man, how to fight in close spaces with a dagger, and how to find information. For seven years he was Lucreth’s go-to guy. He spied for his brother, acted as a lookout, and often accompanied him to accomplish dark deeds in the black of night. And he loved it. His brother was his best friend, his mentor and his idol wrapped all in one. And then things turned ugly.

In the chill of winter Lucreth took a job infiltrating a gang so he could help a rival gang take them out. Or so he thought. In reality his ‘friend,’ a greedy man named Tiny (because he was huge), set him up. Tiny sold out Lucreth and Benalder to the gang, telling them that the brothers were there to kill them. The gang didn’t take to kindly to that. Ben watched as his brother was cut down, and then fled as the gang turned on him. His days running for Jaquo paid off, he knew much more of the city than his pursuers, and he lost them after a short chase. Ben made several loops to make sure he wasn’t being followed, and then made for his brother’s apartment. He was almost there when he noticed Tiny, along with several gang members, trying to be inconspicuous across the street. Ben snuck in the back way to get his stuff, then fled again, this time to the outskirts of town, where he preyed on newcomers for half a year, laying low and letting the trouble blow over.

Now he’s back, with a hunger for vengeance, and a yearning to make something of himself.

by **Benalder** on September 9th, 2010, 3:31 pm

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by **Benalder** on September 9th, 2010, 3:53 pm

Inventory
Black Cotton Cloak w/ Hood
Dark Green Cotton Shirt
Brown Leather Belt
Dark Green Cotton Pants
Low Black Leather Boots
Black Leather Gloves
Dark Green Mask

Black Leather Armor
Assassin's Dagger

Dagger ScabbardThrowing Dagger, x5

Backpack

Belt Pouch

by **Benalder** on September 9th, 2010, 3:55 pm

Ledger

GM	SM	CM
472	7	8

Fall, 510 :

Pre-Creation :

by **Benalder** on September 9th, 2010, 3:58 pm

Threads

Flashbacks :

Fall, 510 :

by **Benalder** on September 9th, 2010, 4:01 pm

Character Development

General Information :

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Skill	Competency	Level	Breakdown
Dagger	Novice	20	15 RB + 5 SB
Intelligence	Novice	15	15 SB
Stealth	Novice	10	10 SB
Throwing Dagger	Novice	5	5 SB
Larceny	Novice	5	5 SB
Climbing	Novice	5	5 SB
Running	Novice	5	5 SB

Language	Proficiency
Common Tongue	Fluent
Sunberth Cant’	Basic

Lore	Receipt
Streets and Alleys of Sunberth	Initial
Basic Humanoid Anatomy	Initial

Date	Thread
9	Just Like Always...
11	Sunset Quarters
11	I Just Want a Room!

+/-	GM	SM	CM	Item	Date
+	100	0	0	Starting Funds	Pre-Creation
+	500	0	0	Cashed In Shelter
-	4	0	0	Assassin's Dagger	Pre-Creation
-	10	0	0	Leather Armor	Pre-Creation
-	5	0	0	Throwing Daggers, x5	Pre-Creation
-	30	0	0	Theives Tools	Pre-Creation
-	0	3	0	Mask	Pre-Creation
-	2	0	0	Bag of Caltrops, x2	Pre-Creation
-	20	0	0	Weapon Tarnish, x5	Pre-Creation
-	50	0	0	Blackface (5 Uses Left)	Pre-Creation
-	0	1	0	Bedroll	Pre-Creation
-	1	0	0	Grappling Hook	Pre-Creation
-	1	0	0	Hemp Rope, 50 FT	Pre-Creation
-	1	0	0	Belt Pouch	Pre-Creation
-	0	8	0	Ivory Dice Set	Pre-Creation
-	2	0	0	Dagger Scabbard	Pre-Creation
-	0	0	2	Whetstone	Pre-Creation
-	0	5	0	Leather Gloves	Pre-Creation