"When you are a hero you are always running to save someone, sweating, worried and guilty. When you are a villain you are just lurking in the shadows waiting for the hero to pass by. Then you pop them in the head and go home... piece of cake."
Nine Lashes || The Void.
Tarvak Volkhov.
{ A G E }
Twenty-five.
{ M O N I K E R }
Deadfall.
{ C L A S S }
A mercenary, contracted assassin, pickpocket, thief, spy, pirate. If you're offering enough money, he can be anything or anyone you could want.
{ S H I P }
The Harbinger, serving under Captain Jack Janye.
Approximately 5'11".
{ B U I L D }
All things considered, Deadfall isn't exactly skinny, but he's not too bulky either. He's on the borderline of being skinny, in truth, but he's got enough strength in him to get things done if need be.
{ A P P E A R A N C E }
Despite his profession and generally rough personality, Deadfall is a well-groomed lad. He takes great pride and care in his appearance, always making sure that his clothes are spotless (or at least as clean as possible) and his hair is well-washed and knot-free. It is rare that he'd grow out his beard, but not impossible, as even then it would be well-maintained and neat upon his face.
Deadfall as a fairly plain appearance, really. He doesn't go out of his way to stand out, despite his evident cleanliness. He's the sort of guy your eyes just kind of skim past, which - despite what you may be thinking - is a good thing when it comes to his profession, as he'll often need to blend into the background. Although, some would say he's not exactly hard to look at. He's more pretty than handsome, however, which he has always hated about himself.
Example Outfit #1 - Pirating.
Example Outfit #2 - Wealthy Civilian (cover).
Example Outfit #3 - Poor Civilian (cover).
Instead of saying that Deadfall is either one thing or the other, it's safer to state that he's heterosexual when he's sober; any other time is questionable.
{ F A M I L Y }
Deadfall was raised by his father, Kosyak, who is a known Smith in Nassau. As far as he knows, his mother was a whore, but not the same whore that mothered his 16-year-old sister, Alya. He has long since disowned most of his family, but still keeps in touch with Alya when she needs money and such.
{ P E R S O N A L I T Y }
Despite all the cruel remarks, witty comebacks and generally annoying ways, Deadfall has a few good qualities to back him up. The first of which would be his determination. Once he has been given a job, there isn't anything he won't do to see it through. It is through this that he can be thought of as merciless, single-minded, and sometimes even dangerous. However, with his overabundance of concentration and determination, there comes the fact that his loyalty is not so much earned as purchased. It is rare that he'll commit to anything without a good enough pay, and can be easily be persuaded to switch to the highest bidder, therefore making him untrustworthy, though he accepts payments in more ways than one. It's hard to figure out what'll switch him.
On another note, Deadfall is often considered to be playful, in most ways, and generally just a happy person. He loves to make light of most situations with some sort of light-hearted joke. In this sense, he is known to be highly facetious. As well as this, he can be considered somewhat gentlemanly, with a dapper appearance to accompany this. He's the sort of guy that will pull a chair out for another without question, or to pay compliments without expecting one in return. Or, in other words, just being genuinely pleasant to be around.
+ Alcohol.
+ Trinkets.
+ Money & profit.
+ A good sense of humour; witty banter.
+ Chaos and drama.
+ Good company.
+ Written stories.
+ Amusing situations.
{ D I S L I K E S }
- Feeling cornered.
- Captivity.
- Grumpy people.
- Soberness.
- Cold weather.
- Children.
- Bad company.
- Being out-witted.
{ F E A R S }
- He doesn't fear open water as much as being in said open water.
- Being captured.
- Torture.
- The idea of heaven and hell; the afterlife.
- Getting dirty.
{ G O O DXH A B I T S }
+ He'll never take a life unless it's part of a written contract.
+ He shows respect to those who earn it.
+ He's a strong believer that women can be just as deadly and frightening as men; this was, of course, only after meeting Robyn.
+ He's strict on personal hygiene.
+ He often thinks things through before he does them.
{ B A DXH A B I T S }
- He drinks like nothing you've ever seen; quite often, actually.
- He steals things, a lot. Usually he'll sell them, or keep them for personal use.
- He'll take any contract offered to him, if the pay's high enough.
- He often allows money to take over his priorities.
- Much like with the money, he is often tempted by the possibility of sex.
Being the son of a respectable smith, Tarvak was born into a life of common luxury. While his family weren't exactly wealthy, they also weren't poor. He and his father got on well enough, and had enough money in their pockets to buy food and clothing when such things were needed. Tarvak was being groomed to take over his father's business once he passed, which was an idea that didn't exactly appeal to Tarvak's free-spirited nature, and desires to travel and generally just live the life of a free man. He wanted to drink and fight and sail. In truth, he just wanted to escape his family. He'd always been the boy who wanted much more than he could have or handle, which is something that followed him into his adult years, and corrupted him.
It wasn't until he turned seventeen that he made his first attempt at pursuing these dreams of his, when he snuck out to visit the local tavern. Little can be said about what actually happened on that night; Deadfall can't remember for the life of him. The only thing he does remember, which just so happens to be the most important detail, was that this was the night where in which he shed his old name, and was given Deadfall as his moniker. That was the night in which he made the decision to abandon his family life.
He was recruited immediately by a cut-throat, much like Deadfall is today. Even Deadfall does not know why, but the father figure he calls 'Ol' Man' took him in, provided for him, and trained him. It took a few years in whole, but eventually he became skilled in most areas of Mercenary work; stealing, sneaking, fighting, assassinating, etc. You name it, and it was most likely taught to him. He took to it well, because it was the life he'd always wanted; one of adventure and chaos. It was during his training that Ol' Man realised what he'd actually clocked on to when he recruited Deadfall.
Of course, little did he know, Deadfall loved money. He loved the idea that he could get more money than what the Ol' Man was providing him, and so he took to his own path. He relished the idea that he wouldn't have to give 80% of his pay to a man who used it solely for whoring and such. And so, as he worked alone, his money was his own, and he didn't owe it to anyone but himself. However, being along was, well, lonely. And if there's one thing you should remember about Deadfall, it's that he hates being alone. He needed a profession where in which he worked with others to achieve goals, and that gave him enough money that sharing with others wouldn't be so much of a loss to his own personal wealth. He needed the Pirates.
He joined a crew the first chance he got, aboard a ship called the Harbinger. That was about a year ago to this day, and while he holds no real desire to leave them, he's still open to the possibility that he could be purchased for a higher price than he's earning through his work with the crew.
{ F A C EXC L A I M }
Ben Barnes.
{ C O L O U R S }
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