Thread:Aramirtheranger/@comment-26210095-20160121230526/@comment-26210095-20160124001602

Name: Marius Acrisus

Race: 1/2 Haradic, 1/2 Swan Knight

Appearance: Jet black hair, tan skin, but grey eyes and tall. He has predatory features, and a protruding hawk-like nose. He has a scar on his cheek.

Weapons: One of these (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uL-zkj70L.jpg) blades, and daggers like these (http://static.dudeiwantthat.com/img/gear/weapons/handmade-damascus-steel-8045.jpg) all over him. He has a crossbow specialty made, designed to be light, but deadly. It has a tripod, and is meant for sniping at long range.

Armor: He wears light leather, with some specialty Atmoran Lorica Hamata to reinforce the vitals.

Clothes: While on the job, he wears assassin robes, and a facecloth that conceals all but his steel-grey eyes.

Skills: Assassination, sniping with his crossbow, stealth. Clever, resourceful, and deadly. He is actually a very good violin player, on a brighter note.

Personality: He, on the job, is deadly serious, but off the job, although he is a bit paranoid, is warm and friendly.

Strengths: Killing from the shadows, combat, stealth. He is a crack shot long range with his sniper-crossbow

Weaknesses: Paranoia (on the job and off, though he tries to hide it and integrate into normal society). Although he does drink, he rarely succumbs to it, though he has a major weakness for women. He, needless to say, has a few sons & daughters, none of which know he is the parent.

Sexual Orientation: Straight

History: His mother was the daughter of the Sultan of Harad. She, one day, like all court women, went to the encampment of the army to say farewell. While she was doing so, the Swan-Knights launched a surprise raid. They hoped to find the Emperor, but he had fled into the desert, leaving his daughter behind. The Swan Knights raped her, and they were about to kill her, when her brother, the crown prince, rescued her. They fled back to Ain-al-Harad, and went before the Emperor. The emperor had political marriage plans for her, but because of the Swan-Knights, she was pregnant. Disgusted, the Emperor gave her a choice: go in exile or die. She chose exile. She was quietly smuggled across, to Umbar (they did not want a royal scandal), and from there, she was supposed to be sent off to Far Rhun. She gave birth onboard the ship, to a son. The ship was becalmed off the coast for many days, and all thought they would starve, until an Atmoran ship appeared. The ship brought them all to the mainland. She lied about her true identity, and raised her son in a small village, near the border with the Reach. Her son grew to be tall, and strong, and at age (insert age here), much to the grief of his mother, he was shipped off to become a Praetorian. He endured years of brutal training, and soon he rose to the top of his division. He was not the strongest, but he was quick, clever, and stealthy. When his training was finished, he was about to be shipped of to war, until he caught the eye of a ambitious nobleman. The nobleman took him, and gave him a choice: live a life as an average Praetorian, or advance his training further and become an elite assassin. He chose the latter, and was inducted into the secret Atmoran Assassin's Guild. He impressed his teachers with his skill. The nobleman used him to assassinate political rivals, and clear a way for him to rise to the top. The Emperor was not blind, however. They tried to track him down, anticipating who his next target would be, but he always eluded them. One day, by mere luck, they caught him. Some wanted to have him slowly, painfully, executed, but the Emperor saw that that would be a waste of talent. So now he works for the Emperor.