Difference between revisions of "Bertram Luxaerion"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL HISTORY</center></div></span></h3> | spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL HISTORY</center></div></span></h3> | ||
| − | <div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">'''Originally''' hailing from The Holy See of Ishgard, Bertram spent the first 20-something years of his life as a knight in the House of Luxaerion. Although the family had never reached a level of extreme notoriety, the House of Luxaerion was still a well-established family that had produced generations of loyal, steadfast, and obedient knights. Bertram was no exception to this, and he was praised by his fellow knights for his stoic temperament and skill with the sword. He was never arrogant, but he was certainly prideful to be respected and admired by his family members and peers. However, that entire illusion would eventually be shattered.<div>'''Some''' time during his mid-twenties, Bertram had been given an order from his father to apprehend a few thieves that had caused a disturbance at a food stall in Ishgard's Jeweled Crozier. Upon discovering the thieves, a young woman and a teenage boy, Bertram seized them and returned to his family's estate, his father waiting in the courtyard. Because something like this was an everyday occurrence for Bertram, he expected the typical scene of his father praising his swift work followed by a pair of other knights taking the criminals to prison. But this time it was different. Yes, his father did indeed praise Bertram's work, but the young knight was immediately told after to execute the two, young thieves. Caught off-guard, Bertram asked his father why they couldn't be sent to prison and later judged, only to be told that the excuse that the prison cells were at maximum capacity and "alternative punishments" needed to be dealt. Bertram had indeed slain many ''violent'' criminals in his career, but the pair in front of him had put up absolutely no resistance, and he would later discover they were long-abandoned siblings trying to feed themselves while living on the streets. <div>'''In''' his singular act of defiance against his father, Bertram refused his father's order and boldly denounced the barbaric, cruel act. Of course, this was a grave mistake. Enraged by the defiance, his father drew his own sword and quickly cut down both thieves, their lifeless eyes staring directly at Bertram. Afterwards, he was seized by a pair of knights, his own cousins, and strapped to a chair inside the manor. There, his father, the man he had respected and admired for all of his life, declared Bertram a disgrace to the House of Luxaerion and the knights, and that he would be punished for his defiance. Schooled in Magick along with the sword, Bertram's father held his open palms directly in front of his eyes, where flames burst forth and the and all noises from the manor were drowned out by his screams. <div>'''Days''' later, Bertram could be seen wandering the snowy lands of Coerthas. Disowned by his family, he was thrown into the wilderness with only a set of ragged clothes, a dulled sword, and the ring he had since he was a young child bearing the Luxaerion crest in hand. His left eye was covered with bandages, damaged so beyond repair by his father's punishment that he was forced to gouge it out. Although his other eye was still intact, the burns severely impaired his vision, and his formerly amber-colored eye became a foggy white. In his mind, he somehow managed to remain as stoic as he always had been, but his thoughts were also filled with plots of vengeance, or rather ''justice'' towards his family. Several weeks had passed, and that time, Bertram had dangerous encounters with beasts and bandits, somehow managing to survive each time. He was also met with unexpected kindness from strangers that the House of Luxaerion would probably consider to be "deviants", "dogs", and "whores". Although stripped of his knighthood, Bertram's loyal disposition and skill with the sword remained. Months had passed, and the knight-turned-vagrant had successfully managed to stowaway on an airship, not even caring where he would be taken to. <div>'''Dismounting''' the airship once it had finally landed, Bertram was introduced to a scenery and environment that he had only read about in books. The city was warm and by the sea, and its architecture was completely foreign. The people were dressed in unusual clothes, with some holding parasols made from paper and others with an unusually-shaped sword sheathed in its scabbard at their waist. He had arrived in the city of Kugane in the Hingashi region, and although he had occasionally read about it, witnessing the city in person was a greatly different experience. However, because of his scruffy and foreign appearance, it didn't take long before he was arrested by the Sekiseigumi. Although they were in many ways similar to the Ishgardian knights, the Sekiseigumi sympathized with Bertram's story, and they were equally impressed with his displays of swordsmanship. While several officials were reluctant, Bertram was asked to be a temporary officer with the group. For his services, Bertram received food and shelter as well as meager pay. He was even taught how to wield the katana used by the Sekiseigumi's samurai, something he was unusually quick and adept at learning. Despite being a foreigner, Kugane had eventually become Bertram's new home. <div>'''Several''' years had passed, and in that time his swordsmanship had improved even further to the point that he had managed to make something of a name for himself among the townsfolk. With enough Gil saved, Bertram eventually decided to end his services for the Sekiseigumi, where the officials who were reluctant to lose such a skilled and loyal officer were also relieved to finally be rid of the foreigner who boldly stood out among the others and unwillingly began overshadowing them. He managed to afford a small apartment in the Shirogane and soon offered his services as a guard, sellsword, and instructor to anyone in need of him. In the following years, Bertram had wandered through the entire Hingashi region, meeting friends, lovers, rivals, and enemies who came and left smoothly and quickly like the passage of time. <div>'''Now''' in his 50's, Bertram has also been a victim to the passing of time, not that he paid it much mind. Despite his age, his skill with the sword has only improved along with his wisdom and knowledge of the world around him. His thoughts of vengeance that had plagued him for the first half of his life | + | <div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">'''Originally''' hailing from The Holy See of Ishgard, Bertram spent the first 20-something years of his life as a knight in the House of Luxaerion. Although the family had never reached a level of extreme notoriety, the House of Luxaerion was still a well-established family that had produced generations of loyal, steadfast, and obedient knights. Bertram was no exception to this, and he was praised by his fellow knights for his stoic temperament and skill with the sword. He was never arrogant, but he was certainly prideful to be respected and admired by his family members and peers. However, that entire illusion would eventually be shattered.<div>'''Some''' time during his mid-twenties, Bertram had been given an order from his father to apprehend a few thieves that had caused a disturbance at a food stall in Ishgard's Jeweled Crozier. Upon discovering the thieves, a young woman and a teenage boy, Bertram seized them and returned to his family's estate, his father waiting in the courtyard. Because something like this was an everyday occurrence for Bertram, he expected the typical scene of his father praising his swift work followed by a pair of other knights taking the criminals to prison. But this time it was different. Yes, his father did indeed praise Bertram's work, but the young knight was immediately told after to execute the two, young thieves. Caught off-guard, Bertram asked his father why they couldn't be sent to prison and later judged, only to be told that the excuse that the prison cells were at maximum capacity and "alternative punishments" needed to be dealt. Bertram had indeed slain many ''violent'' criminals in his career, but the pair in front of him had put up absolutely no resistance, and he would later discover they were long-abandoned siblings trying to feed themselves while living on the streets. <div>'''In''' his singular act of defiance against his father, Bertram refused his father's order and boldly denounced the barbaric, cruel act. Of course, this was a grave mistake. Enraged by the defiance, his father drew his own sword and quickly cut down both thieves, their lifeless eyes staring directly at Bertram. Afterwards, he was seized by a pair of knights, his own cousins, and strapped to a chair inside the manor. There, his father, the man he had respected and admired for all of his life, declared Bertram a disgrace to the House of Luxaerion and the knights, and that he would be punished for his defiance. Schooled in Magick along with the sword, Bertram's father held his open palms directly in front of his eyes, where flames burst forth and the and all noises from the manor were drowned out by his screams. <div>'''Days''' later, Bertram could be seen wandering the snowy lands of Coerthas. Disowned by his family, he was thrown into the wilderness with only a set of ragged clothes, a dulled sword, and the ring he had since he was a young child bearing the Luxaerion crest in hand. His left eye was covered with bandages, damaged so beyond repair by his father's punishment that he was forced to gouge it out. Although his other eye was still intact, the burns severely impaired his vision, and his formerly amber-colored eye became a foggy white. In his mind, he somehow managed to remain as stoic as he always had been, but his thoughts were also filled with plots of vengeance, or rather ''justice'' towards his family. Several weeks had passed, and that time, Bertram had dangerous encounters with beasts and bandits, somehow managing to survive each time. He was also met with unexpected kindness from strangers that the House of Luxaerion would probably consider to be "deviants", "dogs", and "whores". Although stripped of his knighthood, Bertram's loyal disposition and skill with the sword remained. Months had passed, and the knight-turned-vagrant had successfully managed to stowaway on an airship, not even caring where he would be taken to. <div>'''Dismounting''' the airship once it had finally landed, Bertram was introduced to a scenery and environment that he had only read about in books. The city was warm and by the sea, and its architecture was completely foreign. The people were dressed in unusual clothes, with some holding parasols made from paper and others with an unusually-shaped sword sheathed in its scabbard at their waist. He had arrived in the city of Kugane in the Hingashi region, and although he had occasionally read about it, witnessing the city in person was a greatly different experience. However, because of his scruffy and foreign appearance, it didn't take long before he was arrested by the Sekiseigumi. Although they were in many ways similar to the Ishgardian knights, the Sekiseigumi sympathized with Bertram's story, and they were equally impressed with his displays of swordsmanship. While several officials were reluctant, Bertram was asked to be a temporary officer with the group. For his services, Bertram received food and shelter as well as meager pay. He was even taught how to wield the katana used by the Sekiseigumi's samurai, something he was unusually quick and adept at learning. Despite being a foreigner, Kugane had eventually become Bertram's new home. <div>'''Several''' years had passed, and in that time his swordsmanship had improved even further to the point that he had managed to make something of a name for himself among the townsfolk. With enough Gil saved, Bertram eventually decided to end his services for the Sekiseigumi, where the officials who were reluctant to lose such a skilled and loyal officer were also relieved to finally be rid of the foreigner who boldly stood out among the others and unwillingly began overshadowing them. He managed to afford a small apartment in the Shirogane and soon offered his services as a guard, sellsword, and instructor to anyone in need of him. In the following years, Bertram had wandered through the entire Hingashi region, meeting friends, lovers, rivals, and enemies who came and left smoothly and quickly like the passage of time. <div>'''Now''' in his 50's, Bertram has also been a victim to the passing of time, not that he paid it much mind. Despite his age, his skill with the sword has only improved along with his wisdom and knowledge of the world around him. His thoughts of vengeance that had plagued him for the first half of his life are far forgotten, and he had only discovered in the past few years that the House of Luxaerion had dissolved entirely. Although his vengeance was far behind him, the older man still felt a great weight lifted from his shoulders. To this day, he still possesses his family's crested ring along with the dull sword given when he was thrown into the Coerthian wilderness that fateful day. Acquiring a good amount of wealth and notoriety through the decades, Bertram Luxaerion currently spends his time occasionally mentoring people in swordplay and traveling through Eorzea's regions as a wandering swordsman, further expanding his knowledge and wisdom of the world around him and still finding it difficult to completely escape the thrill and excitement of battle. |
</div></div> | </div></div> | ||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">Despite his age, Bertram still maintains an impressively fit body. Standing at six fulms and three ilms, his height is quite noticeable in a crowd but not enough to make him clearly stand out. In his 40's, he decided to grow his hair similar to some of the other samurai in Hingashi, keeping it tied up. The peach-colored complexions on his face and body have several noticeable scars, ones that appeared shortly after being thrown into wilderness of Coerthas. His face has a rather rugged look to it, and his facial hair only exaggerates it. His eyes clearly stand out to most people, especially with the dark eye patch covering his (missing) left eye. Meanwhile, due to being somewhat blinded in his right eye, the eye's maintained a foggy, white color instead of the original, dark amber hue. While both of his ears are pierced, he currently wears one earring on his left year bears a resemblance to a popular symbol in Hingan culture. In terms of his clothes, he became enchanted by the ornate patterns on some Hingan clothing, so he's typically seen wearing an ornately-designed haori and hakama that also don't restrict his movement in battle compared to other Hingan outfits. Compared to most men in their 50's, Bertram's physique is extraordinarily fit and muscular but in no way daunting or imposing to other people. But, some people may find the numerous scars on his face and body a little bit intimidating... </div> | <div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">Despite his age, Bertram still maintains an impressively fit body. Standing at six fulms and three ilms, his height is quite noticeable in a crowd but not enough to make him clearly stand out. In his 40's, he decided to grow his hair similar to some of the other samurai in Hingashi, keeping it tied up. The peach-colored complexions on his face and body have several noticeable scars, ones that appeared shortly after being thrown into wilderness of Coerthas. His face has a rather rugged look to it, and his facial hair only exaggerates it. His eyes clearly stand out to most people, especially with the dark eye patch covering his (missing) left eye. Meanwhile, due to being somewhat blinded in his right eye, the eye's maintained a foggy, white color instead of the original, dark amber hue. While both of his ears are pierced, he currently wears one earring on his left year bears a resemblance to a popular symbol in Hingan culture. In terms of his clothes, he became enchanted by the ornate patterns on some Hingan clothing, so he's typically seen wearing an ornately-designed haori and hakama that also don't restrict his movement in battle compared to other Hingan outfits. Compared to most men in their 50's, Bertram's physique is extraordinarily fit and muscular but in no way daunting or imposing to other people. But, some people may find the numerous scars on his face and body a little bit intimidating... </div> | ||
| − | |||
=Personality= | =Personality= | ||
Revision as of 21:06, 24 September 2018
[edit]
Originally hailing from The Holy See of Ishgard, Bertram spent the first 20-something years of his life as a knight in the House of Luxaerion. Although the family had never reached a level of extreme notoriety, the House of Luxaerion was still a well-established family that had produced generations of loyal, steadfast, and obedient knights. Bertram was no exception to this, and he was praised by his fellow knights for his stoic temperament and skill with the sword. He was never arrogant, but he was certainly prideful to be respected and admired by his family members and peers. However, that entire illusion would eventually be shattered. Some time during his mid-twenties, Bertram had been given an order from his father to apprehend a few thieves that had caused a disturbance at a food stall in Ishgard's Jeweled Crozier. Upon discovering the thieves, a young woman and a teenage boy, Bertram seized them and returned to his family's estate, his father waiting in the courtyard. Because something like this was an everyday occurrence for Bertram, he expected the typical scene of his father praising his swift work followed by a pair of other knights taking the criminals to prison. But this time it was different. Yes, his father did indeed praise Bertram's work, but the young knight was immediately told after to execute the two, young thieves. Caught off-guard, Bertram asked his father why they couldn't be sent to prison and later judged, only to be told that the excuse that the prison cells were at maximum capacity and "alternative punishments" needed to be dealt. Bertram had indeed slain many violent criminals in his career, but the pair in front of him had put up absolutely no resistance, and he would later discover they were long-abandoned siblings trying to feed themselves while living on the streets. In his singular act of defiance against his father, Bertram refused his father's order and boldly denounced the barbaric, cruel act. Of course, this was a grave mistake. Enraged by the defiance, his father drew his own sword and quickly cut down both thieves, their lifeless eyes staring directly at Bertram. Afterwards, he was seized by a pair of knights, his own cousins, and strapped to a chair inside the manor. There, his father, the man he had respected and admired for all of his life, declared Bertram a disgrace to the House of Luxaerion and the knights, and that he would be punished for his defiance. Schooled in Magick along with the sword, Bertram's father held his open palms directly in front of his eyes, where flames burst forth and the and all noises from the manor were drowned out by his screams.
Days later, Bertram could be seen wandering the snowy lands of Coerthas. Disowned by his family, he was thrown into the wilderness with only a set of ragged clothes, a dulled sword, and the ring he had since he was a young child bearing the Luxaerion crest in hand. His left eye was covered with bandages, damaged so beyond repair by his father's punishment that he was forced to gouge it out. Although his other eye was still intact, the burns severely impaired his vision, and his formerly amber-colored eye became a foggy white. In his mind, he somehow managed to remain as stoic as he always had been, but his thoughts were also filled with plots of vengeance, or rather justice towards his family. Several weeks had passed, and that time, Bertram had dangerous encounters with beasts and bandits, somehow managing to survive each time. He was also met with unexpected kindness from strangers that the House of Luxaerion would probably consider to be "deviants", "dogs", and "whores". Although stripped of his knighthood, Bertram's loyal disposition and skill with the sword remained. Months had passed, and the knight-turned-vagrant had successfully managed to stowaway on an airship, not even caring where he would be taken to. Dismounting the airship once it had finally landed, Bertram was introduced to a scenery and environment that he had only read about in books. The city was warm and by the sea, and its architecture was completely foreign. The people were dressed in unusual clothes, with some holding parasols made from paper and others with an unusually-shaped sword sheathed in its scabbard at their waist. He had arrived in the city of Kugane in the Hingashi region, and although he had occasionally read about it, witnessing the city in person was a greatly different experience. However, because of his scruffy and foreign appearance, it didn't take long before he was arrested by the Sekiseigumi. Although they were in many ways similar to the Ishgardian knights, the Sekiseigumi sympathized with Bertram's story, and they were equally impressed with his displays of swordsmanship. While several officials were reluctant, Bertram was asked to be a temporary officer with the group. For his services, Bertram received food and shelter as well as meager pay. He was even taught how to wield the katana used by the Sekiseigumi's samurai, something he was unusually quick and adept at learning. Despite being a foreigner, Kugane had eventually become Bertram's new home. Several years had passed, and in that time his swordsmanship had improved even further to the point that he had managed to make something of a name for himself among the townsfolk. With enough Gil saved, Bertram eventually decided to end his services for the Sekiseigumi, where the officials who were reluctant to lose such a skilled and loyal officer were also relieved to finally be rid of the foreigner who boldly stood out among the others and unwillingly began overshadowing them. He managed to afford a small apartment in the Shirogane and soon offered his services as a guard, sellsword, and instructor to anyone in need of him. In the following years, Bertram had wandered through the entire Hingashi region, meeting friends, lovers, rivals, and enemies who came and left smoothly and quickly like the passage of time.
Now in his 50's, Bertram has also been a victim to the passing of time, not that he paid it much mind. Despite his age, his skill with the sword has only improved along with his wisdom and knowledge of the world around him. His thoughts of vengeance that had plagued him for the first half of his life are far forgotten, and he had only discovered in the past few years that the House of Luxaerion had dissolved entirely. Although his vengeance was far behind him, the older man still felt a great weight lifted from his shoulders. To this day, he still possesses his family's crested ring along with the dull sword given when he was thrown into the Coerthian wilderness that fateful day. Acquiring a good amount of wealth and notoriety through the decades, Bertram Luxaerion currently spends his time occasionally mentoring people in swordplay and traveling through Eorzea's regions as a wandering swordsman, further expanding his knowledge and wisdom of the world around him and still finding it difficult to completely escape the thrill and excitement of battle.
Despite his age, Bertram still maintains an impressively fit body. Standing at six fulms and three ilms, his height is quite noticeable in a crowd but not enough to make him clearly stand out. In his 40's, he decided to grow his hair similar to some of the other samurai in Hingashi, keeping it tied up. The peach-colored complexions on his face and body have several noticeable scars, ones that appeared shortly after being thrown into wilderness of Coerthas. His face has a rather rugged look to it, and his facial hair only exaggerates it. His eyes clearly stand out to most people, especially with the dark eye patch covering his (missing) left eye. Meanwhile, due to being somewhat blinded in his right eye, the eye's maintained a foggy, white color instead of the original, dark amber hue. While both of his ears are pierced, he currently wears one earring on his left year bears a resemblance to a popular symbol in Hingan culture. In terms of his clothes, he became enchanted by the ornate patterns on some Hingan clothing, so he's typically seen wearing an ornately-designed haori and hakama that also don't restrict his movement in battle compared to other Hingan outfits. Compared to most men in their 50's, Bertram's physique is extraordinarily fit and muscular but in no way daunting or imposing to other people. But, some people may find the numerous scars on his face and body a little bit intimidating...
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam pretium at magna nec volutpat. Ut et fermentum erat, a eleifend justo. Nunc facilisis tellus sem, at suscipit nunc semper sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras vehicula vehicula risus vitae molestie. Mauris dui dui, rhoncus vitae lacus vitae, varius blandit metus. Maecenas ipsum justo, varius at tortor sit amet, scelerisque elementum arcu. Maecenas consectetur libero in mi molestie facilisis. Nam nec lectus pellentesque, ullamcorper tellus semper, sollicitudin nulla. Nam eget nulla sed nulla tincidunt ultrices quis a sapien. Ut faucibus bibendum nulla, ut ultrices dolor convallis in. Nam efficitur dui nec dolor pretium tempor. Nam tempor vestibulum eros, sed eleifend odio congue quis. Duis laoreet sodales augue, at mollis risus malesuada et.
|
Template made by User:Abelia Kir Armiger and free for use! |
