Mancer Type: Gaiamancer
Title: "The Champion"
Nickname(s)/Alias(es): Champion, Earth-Breaker
Age: 23
Face Claim: Gazef Stronoff, Overlord
Weight: 93 kgs (205 lbs)
Build: Mesomorph
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Grey
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings: Multiple scars across his body due his life as a Guardian and tournemant fighter.
Has a tattoo of the Gaia Symbol on his upper right arm
Description: Roland is an incredibly large man, towering above both friend and foe, giving him a rather intimidating appearance, despite him being kind to everyone he meets, taking a lot of care so he doesn't frighten children (something which he tends to fail at).
He is always seen wearing a serious or stern look on his face.
Preferred Clothing: Being both Guardian and tournament champion, Rolandfeels uncomfortable in social scenarios unless he is able to wear his standard armour, which normally consists of a chest and shoulder plates, wrist guards and hip guards.
The only other time when he's not wearing his armour is when he is busy training (either himself or other Guardians) or when he's blacksmithing in the forge.
Only feeling in a normal state in his standard armour, Roland is rarely seen out of it, and occasionally seen wearing a heavy hooded cloak depending on weather or travelling.
His main weapon his two handed steel sword.
Roland keeps a large warhorse as both his pet, and closest friend, to which he's aptly name Titan.
Titan carries Rolands second armour, what he refers to as his Champion Gear (see picture to the right)
His Champion Gear consists of a full body suit of plate mail, named Genesis, Envoy of the Beginning, the armour is made of out a mixture of Dark Iron and Obsidian, causing it it give an earthy brown colouring to it. It's been trimmed with gold.
It also consists of a one handed long sword, name Exitium, Envoy of the End, it's blade is forged with adamantium for it's core and titanium for it's edge, making it practically unbreakable. The handle is forged out of gold with a diamond embedded in the hilt.
Skills/Mancer Abilities:
Bind: Roland's kind nature has allowed to be able to use and manipulate plants to his will effortlessly, and the simplest of those moves is his bind. This technique allows Roland to entrap his opponents and immobilize them completely with large vines that sprout rapidly from the ground.
Spear: Roland has two variations of his Spear ability, the first variation of it is large spikes of earth shoot from the ground or nearby earthen walls in a straight line trying to strike the target, the second variation is much like the first, but instead of stone spears, he summons up large vines to strike the target. He can summon up to 5 of each type of spear.
Quake: A small, but powerful earthquake in a focused 4 meter area.
Gravity Field: Rolands rare Gaiamancer ability and what allowed him to join the Guardians at an older age. He's currently able to cause a small gravity field in a 1 meter diameter that's 5x the normal gravity within 20 meter's of himself. Or, he can cause a much lager, but weaker gravity field that's 5 meters around him that's 2x the normal gravity.
Black Hole: Able to create an extremely powerful gravity field on a small object for a few seconds, causes a lot of exhaustion.
Metal Forging: Due to Roland working as a blacksmith before he became a Guardians, he's been able to cause the ores and metals that are being forged to become much harder than what they would be originally.
Weapons Expert: Because of Rolands upbringing in the village Blacksmith, he's become accustomed to learning with training with a large variation of weapons he's forged over the years.
Gifted Fighter: Roland is an incredibly talented fighter, which is only made better by his large size, having no trouble beating opponents with years more experience.
Strengths:
Roland is very calm and collected during fighting, since it's what he is best at, preferring to rely on his brute strength over his mancer abilities. Because of his natural affinity for combat, Roland is capable of reading his opponents attacks well before they've started the action, so he tends to force them into situations much worse then what could of been.
Weaknesses:
Because of his preferred method of using force instead of his abilities, Roland tends to lose when it comes to fighting someone with much greater mancer abilities than his own. Something he's neither proud of nor willing to admit.
Oddities:
Roland has a quickly solemn nature when he's not fighting
Likes:
Because of his nature and past, Roland likes to stay by himself, generally going for walks through the outskirts of Caefall, listening to the animals
Dislikes:
Roland doesn't like being lied to, manipulated, or controlled. He also despises monsters.
Hobbies:
Rolands hobbies include, forest walks, blacksmithing, training/sparring and farming.
Phobia(s):
Rolands greatest fear is not being able strong enough to protect anyone.
Sexuality:
Heterosexual
Personality:
Roland is a very quiet and easy going person, who isn't much one for confrontations or drama, preferring a nice quiet room over loud crowds. Though he isn't one for confrontations, he will rush headfirst into anything that involves either his friends or family, especially if it concerns his younger sisters.
Family Status:
Vrinik Varithmas: Vrinik, much like Roland himself, was a large and strongly built Gaiamancer, able to control plants easily and to a large number, since he wasn't much of a fighter and preferred the peaceful life, decided to become a farmer and use his skills as best as possible. He died 14 years ago from a monster attack.
Stiorra Varithmas: Stiorra was a small delicate Aquamancer, which made his parents coupling look odd indeed, but their abilities matched perfectly with each other, hers being able to bring fresh rejuvenating water for the plants, and his at controlling the plants. She died 14 years ago from a monster attack.
Amnis and Rivus Varithmas: Roland's twin younger sisters, both are Aquamancers like their mother. Amnis is like their father, she's loud and always rushing off before thinking. Rivus, is like their mother, she's calm and reserved, the opposite of her sister.
Olaf Varithmas: A gifted Gaiamancer, being able to control metal easily, and much like his younger brother and nephew, wasn't much of a fighter, he is one of Caefalls blacksmiths, and one of the village elder.
Personal History:
Roland grew up on the outskirts of Caefall on one of the farming villages with his parents and baby twin sisters. During his childhood, Roland wanted nothing more than to grow up and live a calm and peaceful life.
Roland never got the chance to have his calm peaceful life, when Roland was 8, he awoke to his father yelling and shouting as his mother was pulling him out of bed and telling him to go grab his sisters and hid in the basement. Unsure as to what was going on, Roland did as he was told, grabbed his sisters and hid, hoping that what ever was happening would end soon. But, that night, was the longest of his life. The only sounds that were heard was his house catching of fire, and the death cries of his parents. Roland could only cover himself in a blanket and try to protect his young sisters, hoping that nothing would find them.
He awoke the next morning to the sounds a large group of people shouting, with loud footsteps above him, he gave out a shrilled harsh scream from a dry throat, and after a few minutes, a large amount of burnt debris was removed from around him, as he stared through wet, sun-blinded eyes into the face of his uncle, Caefalls blacksmith.
Unsure as to what had happened, Roland began to frantically look for his parents, among the rubble, despite his uncles shouting and his sisters crying, coming to a stop once he found the charred remains of his parents, surrounded by a group of monster corpses. The only thing Roland managed to do was to turn around, and leave.
During the next three years, Roland hadn't seemed to of come out of his silent trance, only speaking to his sisters when alone. He spent all of his free time just sitting in the forge watching his uncle work.
A few months after Roland had turned 13, his uncle awoke to the sounds of a hammer on metal coming from his forge, and decided to investigate and coming to find Roland forging a sword, instead of interrupting him, his uncle decided best to just wait in the shadows and watch, as this was the first time he had seem Roland do anything apart from sit quietly. After he had finished the sword, Roland passed out due to exhaustion.
Awaking the next morning in his bed, Roland saw his uncle holding the crude sword he had made the previous night before. Staring at his uncle, expecting to be scolded for wasting materials, only to be surprised by the opposite reaction, his uncle was impressed by Rolands ability to copy manual skills just by watching them, and decided to make him his apprentice.
For five years, Roland had spent his entire time either in the forge with his uncle, training with all the different weapons he had made, or trying to keep his rambunctious sisters under control as they continually found things to amuse themselves with.
During the week of the Caefall Grand Tournament, Roland got permission from his uncle to enter after he had begin to notice something rare in him. Managing to make it two the final match, by sheer luck. He came face to face his someone he knew he couldn't of beaten by normal means. But due to some miracle, Roland manage to gain the upper hand and win, by surprising his opponent with the rare Gaiamancer ability to control and manipulate gravity.
After being crowned the Grand Tournament Champion, Roland was taken to the Caefall council, where a lengthy meeting took place, to discuss his future and what to do with it.
By the end of the meeting, Roland was allowed to be inducted into the Guardian training, only due to his rare ability, and physical combat prowess. Though much to Rolands surprise, he was put into the same training class as the person who he had beaten in the final match of the Tournament, and for the next five years. Roland spent his time learning to control his mancer abilities.
Roland participates in the yearly Caefall Grand Tournament, and has managed to hold the title of Champion for the last 5 years, something which he is very proud of.
During the final match in the tournament, Roland came face to face against Zephyr, the heir of the Maelstrom family and grandson on the High Elder. Roland managed to gain the win, due to his ability to control gravity. This sparked a rivalry between the two after Roland was put into Guardian training.