Role
Knight of Vóreia
Job
Knight and an accomplished blacksmith
Age
31
Gender
Male
Appearance Description
Rourke's eyes are pure white, even the pupils. Because of this, he wears his helm at almost all times, except for audiences with the king or some other noble. It makes most people who meet him ill at ease when they look into his blank eyes.
Armor/Clothing
Armor is pictured above, with a chainmail tunic and reinforced leather pants. He usually wears his armor in public, even to royal events, preferring to not "strut about like a spineless, sheltered, pansy nobleman who had never completed an honest days work in their prissy lives." Or so he says.
Skills
Rourke is an accomplished blacksmith, and he's a good tanner as well. And he's a good cook in a pinch.
Phobias / Fears
Being buried alive in an avalanche, or just in general.
Bad Habits / Vices
Rourke is quite susceptible to a good brew. "One with enough fire to melt an ice cap."
Best Qualities
He is highly defensive of his best friends and allies. Sometimes, he can go overboard and picks fights for his friends over things he considered grave wrongs. Usually when he's inebriated.
Worst Qualities
Rourke has an incredibly short fuse. It often gets him into trouble with his superiors.
Likes
- Good Ale
- A Good Fight
- Good pipe-weed
- The look of fear in an enemy's eyes
- The Adrenaline rush from battle
- The Princess (He treats her like a little sister or a daughter)
Dislikes
- Prissy Nobles (Except for the Princess)
- Peace
- Closed Taverns
Goals
To cleave his way into legend with his axe and swords.
History
Rourke was the bastard son of Talangar, one of the greatest smiths in all of Vóreia. Rourke was beaten by children and his father when he was not working in the forge. At the age of twelve, Rourke had enough. He abandoned his life and disappeared into the wilderness with an axe and his pack. Ten years later, he returned, as much a beast as he was a man. How he obtained his knighthood is shrouded in mystery, but stories had surfaced that he killed another knight in a duel to earn it. Nobody knows, but they do know that he is indomitable on the field of battle.
Hex Code
#36648B
Other Important Details
Rourke is the only one who knows of the Princesses' debilitating disease. And he's very defensive of her because of it.