Hoerfing Bloodiron
| Hoerfing Bloodiron | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Highlander |
| Clan | Dragonblight |
| Citizenship | Dravanian |
Basic Info
When physically materialized he appears to be a tall, muscular, scarred Hyurgoth with a nasty look and eyes that turns from cold steel to scarlet embers depending on his mood. His body when summoned is mainly comprised of Aether and thus the extent of his powers and time allowed to fight and roam in the physical realm is entirely dependent on the amount of energy the summoner has to spare.
History
Hoerfing was a Warlord born around 1220 in a clan of Hyurgoth warriors who settled in the current Dravania. The life there was tough and few of the clan that settled there survived for more than a few years, the clan he descended from though, the Dragonblight managed, thanks to their encounter with wandering Roegadyn warriors, by learning how to awake the beast in themselves and how to smelt and forge meteoric steel, to survive in this hostile environment. However, expansion and agriculture were nearly impossible due to the climate of Dravania and the constant threat posed by dragons and wyverns that's why, soon after getting to know the warrior's way, the Dragonblights began to turn to raiding. This caused may conflicts with Ishgard which respected them for their persistence to fight the dragons but also hated them for their barbaric ways. When Hoerfing got in his late thirties he had already managed to rise to the position of clan head, at this time he was still known as Hoerfing Dragonblight. He was admired and feared by his men for his martial prowess and extreme cruelty toward his enemies. Five years after taking power he realized that Dravania and Ishgard were too small for him, he wanted to see more battlefields and led his clan southwards. There they surprisingly were welcomed due to the fact that the first opponents they met were beastmen. Pushing further south they got to the current Sagoli Desert. Their deed got to Ala Migho and they were soon engaged to "protect" the land. Sadly this state of affairs didn't last for long, during the year he served for Ala Migho he earned the title of Warlord as well as the name of Bloodiron, which originally was the name of his Bravura that had the particularity of being tied to a chain and weight by the pommel. Soon Hoerfing realized that he already defeated all the worthy opponents he could... All except for the Ala Mighan and the Divine fists... That's when he turned his axe toward them and his bloody tale began. For ten years he fought a guerilla war, slaughtering an unaccounted amount of military and civilians alike until he finally got cornered. Facing a whole troup of Rhalgr's Monks, he and his remaining men were slaughtered. Afterwards the order decided to erase his name from history books and forbid anybody to ever speak of him ever again, his weapons, armours, and treasures were scattered across Eorza and he was cursed so that his soul may never find its way to Thal's realm.
Now, strange rumors has been spread in the Tanalan's region, rumours of old relics bringing nightmares to the people finding them, rumors of a tall, scarred, iron-claded and axe wielding ghost wandering and looking for a new battlefield...
Personality
He is definitely not the kind of man you'd want to befriend, he always looks and acts all high and mighty, his apparent quietness contrasting deeply with the savage, murderous, beast like aura that surrounds him. He is prone to cruelty and is the kind of man for whom the means always justifies the ends, in fact you could tell that the means doesn't have any importance to him. He lived for the sake of fighting and even now that he is cursed and can't find peace his thoughts are all directed towards the battlefield.
But what makes him even scarier aren't his incredible battle prowess, but the ease he had to switch from quietness to unrestrained fury, you could call him short tempered but you would be far from the truth. In fact, this versatility of his perfectly illustrates the saying "he is like fire under the ice". The fires of his wrath are ready to melt the ice at any second which makes him totally unpredictable.
Affiliations
Former Warlord of the Dragonblight
Other Notes
When materialized his appearance depends on his summoner's skills, however he is usually wearing his traditional warrior gears and carries a peculiar Bravura with its pommel linked to a long chain and weight, along with two throwing axes at his belt. His fighting style being really versatile and beast like it is not uncommon for him to switch weapons in the heat of battle or make use of any part of his weapons (using the shaft and pommel to both parry, lock an opponent's movements or stunning them, using the blade to carve into flesh and crush armors or using the blades sides as a shield).
