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The Basics
|| Full Name ||
Ronan Bjorn Ulfricson
|| Nicknames ||
Ronan's name comes with few nicknames, but he remembers being affectionately called "Cub" by his mother in reference to the nickname his father earned in war.
|| Gender ||
Male
|| Age ||
Twenty-three
|| Rank/Title ||
Prince of Ostwall and Heir to the Throne
|| Sexual Orientation ||
Heterosexual
|| Kingdom/Alliance ||
Ostwall / Himself
What's on the Outside
|| Hair Color ||
It is quite obvious that Ronan's black locks did not come from his brown-haired father. Instead, they bear striking resemblance to his mother's.
|| Eye Color ||
Like his father, Ronan has eyes that are a light jade in color.
|| Height ||
Six feet, two inches
|| Weight ||
Two hundred pounds
||Tattoos ||
Wanting to look like a true warrior, Ronan bears a tribal design on his left bicep.
|| Scars ||
Like Ulfric, Ronan has a variety of scars on his arms and legs. These wounds, however, all come from tournaments rather than battles. He would like to pretend, of course, that they are from a noble war, but he has never even seen a battle.
|| Description ||
Ronan is what Ulfric once was: a bear of a man. Ronan stands over his father at six feet, two inches, and he weighs about two hundred pounds due to his muscle. Therefore, he is obviously a very well-built man. He bears a strong jaw, and his cheeks appear almost sculpted. Very few wrinkles appear on Ronan's countenance, but he does show crow's feet and laugh lines when he smiles. Ronan often grows his facial hair out into a light goatee, and he lets his hair grow in thick curls just on his head. Occasionally, he will grow it out until it can just barely be pulled into a small pony tail of sorts. Unlike his father, he dresses in more-ornate doublets with a thinner coat or cloak on top.
It is quite obvious that Ronan's black locks did not come from his brown-haired father. Instead, they bear striking resemblance to his mother's.
|| Eye Color ||
Like his father, Ronan has eyes that are a light jade in color.
|| Height ||
Six feet, two inches
|| Weight ||
Two hundred pounds
||Tattoos ||
Wanting to look like a true warrior, Ronan bears a tribal design on his left bicep.
|| Scars ||
Like Ulfric, Ronan has a variety of scars on his arms and legs. These wounds, however, all come from tournaments rather than battles. He would like to pretend, of course, that they are from a noble war, but he has never even seen a battle.
|| Description ||
Ronan is what Ulfric once was: a bear of a man. Ronan stands over his father at six feet, two inches, and he weighs about two hundred pounds due to his muscle. Therefore, he is obviously a very well-built man. He bears a strong jaw, and his cheeks appear almost sculpted. Very few wrinkles appear on Ronan's countenance, but he does show crow's feet and laugh lines when he smiles. Ronan often grows his facial hair out into a light goatee, and he lets his hair grow in thick curls just on his head. Occasionally, he will grow it out until it can just barely be pulled into a small pony tail of sorts. Unlike his father, he dresses in more-ornate doublets with a thinner coat or cloak on top.
What's on the Inside
Personality:
{Unpredictable, Charming, Hot-Headed, Obsessive}
On the outside, Ronan appears quite perfect. He's quite intelligent and charming. In public situations, he often speaks eloquently and with deep thought to back up his ideas. In tournaments, he is ruthless and extremely skilled. However, there have always been whispers circulating about the palace concerning his true colors. Around Genevieve, he is a true gentleman. Those who have known Ronan since his childhood remember his temper and his impulsiveness. When alone, he tends to grow childish and hot-headed. In fact, no one truly understands the calming affect the Queen has on her step-son.
His behavior is, in one word, unpredictable. In just a few seconds, he can go from jovial to enraged. Ronan lacks a filter in these outbursts, but his status as Ostwall's only prince tends to give him the ability to get away with just about everything. He is obsessive to the point where he becomes overly protective of anything from a sword to a horse to a human being. If things do not follow the plan he has created in his mind, he quickly angers and often shouts and curses. He lacks the ability to carefully think his actions through, but he certainly isn't a stupid man. In fact, he is quite capable of deep thought to a certain degree. Ronan often finds it difficult to think of the long-term effects of his actions.
Still, he manages to play the role of caring brother to both of his sisters, and he conceals his true self around Genevieve. The extent to which he is capable of dragging out this illusion is unknown to anyone -- including himself.
|| Hobbies ||
- Sparring
- Horse Racing
- Hawking
|| Habits ||
- Furrows his brow when he is thinking deeply
- Grows angry/listless when proven wrong
|| Oddities ||
- The technology of the time (or the lack thereof) prevents Ronan from truly being diagnosed. He is obsessive and noticeable delusional, and he goes back and forth between manic and depressive states like a person with bipolar disorder might.
- He is not an alcoholic, but when presented with it in a festive scenario, he tends to drink past his limit.
- Genevieve
- His sisters
- Control
- Festivities
- Sports
- His father
- Losing
- Sweltering Heat
- Being Still
- Being Lectured
What's Done Is Done
|| Place Of Origin ||
Ostwall
|| History ||
Ronan's birth came in the midst of political turmoil. Freya's stress during her pregnancy, perhaps, can attest to his later behavioral problems. Still, he had a very normal childhood. His earliest memories do not stretch back to a time before life in Ostwall's Palace. Vividly, he can recall a time when he would totter about in the gardens with his mother nearby and perhaps Celia in her arms. Never did he want for something besides, perhaps, a father. For the first few years of his life, he would see very little of his father. Still, his mother played both roles very well. Unlike his father, he managed to achieve a very formal education under the most educated men of the nation and alongside his sister.
As a young boy, he grew temperamental especially when he did not get his way. Perhaps the first instance of this was when he insisted upon being allowed to follow the soldiers and his father to war at the age of nine. His mother, of course, said no. For the next week, he refused to leave his room unless someone physically carried him from it. Between tantrums, he was a very spirited young man, and he quickly found a love for sports and hunting. Through his teenage years, it was quite common to find him out on a day-long hunt with other boys of the court.
During these teenage years, he also began to question his love for Ulfric. There was a time before then that he had wanted nothing more than to be his father. Like most boys, he believed his father was a hero. Resentment toward the man, however, began to build within him. This resentment, however, was simply a result of being unable to prove himself to his father and therefore evoke his love. In the midst of his struggle to stand out, Freya died. Ronan, along with his sisters and father, were distraught, of course. She was the rock that had held them together. The remaining family members only grew more distant. It did not help, of course, that Ulfric married just about a year after Freya's death.
Ronan imagined he would hate her with every bit of his soul. He didn't. In fact, he was absolutely smitten with her. He found himself trailing after her, tending to her, and eventually subtly flirting with her. She was, in turn, affectionate. Finally, one day, he could not hold his obsession back any longer, and he confessed his love for her. His father, too ignorant for his own good, did not realize what was going on. Their affair grew more and more heated until they finally consummated it. Around this point in time, he finally decided on how he would prove himself to Ulfric. In the end, he twisted this idea until he decided that the only way he would be able to achieve this would be by doing what his father had done: rising up and stealing the throne. One, of course, does not simply take the throne from a king. Ronan knew he would need to wait and bide his time. Until the time comes, Ronan merely waits for the chance to strike when The Bear least expects it.
|| Happiest Memory ||
Falling in love with Genevieve, or winning in his first tournament
|| Saddest Memory ||
The death of his mother
Face Claim:Henry Cavill
