Role playing characters.

Post » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:42 pm

I just want to see want backstories and role playing styles you have made for your characters Here's mine :)

Race: Nord male
Name: Thor

Note: minor spoilers

Backstory: Illigitamate Descendant of the Champion of Cyrodiil (although this is unknown to him, and he never finds out), Thor has lived a simple life as a farmer in the outskirts of Bruma, then one day, when hunting deer too close to the boarders of the Jerall Mountains, he was captured Imperials, fasley acusing him of being a spy. Thus begins the events at Helgan. While intially planing to sneak back over the boarder to his home after first he warns Jarl of Whiterun about Alduin (he HAS to warn the innocent city of the impending danger, its the responsible things to do), he eventually gets caught up in events and and decides to embrace his destiny as the Dovahkiin. After realizing his power and potential, he decides to stay in Skyrim, traveling across the land, seeking anyway to help the citizens of Skyrim, but mostly to try to find something that will bring honor and glory to himself. He will never return to Cyrodiil, there is nothing for him there anymore.

Character traits: At first, he trys to do the right thing, he will not kill innocent civilians, or do anything illegal, but over time, the power gets to his head, and he creates exceptions to the rules. He eventually comes belives that the Dovahkiin is superior than everyone else, and thus the laws don't apply to him, instead caring more about the challange and glories of the fight rather than whom it affects. HOWEVER, he never becomes outright evil, he still has a conscience about whats right and wrong, but its just more lienient than it used to be. (this does not apply till dozens of hours in, and its gradual, first he steals a couple of gold here or there, then he starts getting into fights with people who annoy him, until eventually he harms innocents he first set out to himself to help.) He is a slight racist, meaning he prefers nords, but he doesn't hate the other races. For example, he only thinks nord women are physically attractive, but still acts kindly to elf women. Politically, he is very patriotic, believing that Skyrim belongs to the nords. Personally, he is a bit dim witted, especially when it comes to interacting with other people, as he only knows about farming, hunting, and eventually, fighting. This is a result of him living a very solitary existance, and his experience in Skyrim is his first foray into the rest of the world, and he is very eager and curious to discover anything he can. He is a Talos worshipper

Roleplaying limitations:
Must join stormcloaks
Must destroy Dark Brother hood, not join (even late in the game, he still despises assasins)
Must defy the Daedric lords, if given the opportunity (he is drawn to the Daedric lords, but mostly as a curiosity, as he has never heard of them before, however, he still believes that they are evil, and trys to undermine them any way he can
If given a choice between helping a nord and any other race, he must help the nord, only allowed to marry nords

Combat limitaions
No magic (including alchemy), while he can use magic, he thinks its a dishonorable way to fight, and would rather go a more traditional route, but he doesn't hate mages in general
No speechcraft or pickpocketing (as a rural farmer, he has very little experience in the city, and thus is not very street smart

Okay, the backstory wasn't too creative, and half of it was sort of an 'after the fact' kinda thing. Also, im not a very good story teller, but whatever. Anyway, what are your characters like? :)
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Post » Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:08 pm

Race: argonian male
Name: blck-birds-cry

note: this will not be crystal clear and will be skewed from the knowledge he [black-birds-cry] had as a child

Backstory: a naga child from a small village just inside black marsh, he grew up happy untill his naming day arrived. a few days prior a group of imperial scum had come to the town looking for "lusty argonian maids" to take back to thier fort, when noone complied they got angry and left. on his naming day the imperials marched into town in full force and started burning the village down with the help of strange wizards clad in black robes. after escaping to hs home on the other side of the village, black-birds-cry found his parants dead, he took an amulet form her mothers body, a silver chain with a black bird hanging form it, and his dad's bow and arrows, then he ran west, into the marsh, to escape the raiders. after some time he came across the end of the swamps he knew so well and something he had only heard stories about. after gaving in wonder at the open expanse of green land in front of him the child walked away from his childhood home forever and into a strange new land filled with fields, ruins and cities that he would never have found at home. after wandering the vast green plains he came across a ruin, broken and hungry he decided to search it, hoping to find some food to eat. he went into the mouth of the ruin and found something far less apitizing than he was hoping for, he found people, people who wore fun armour and had big weapons. this sight was unfamilar yet he resolved to find something to sate his hunger. he managed to get deep into the ruin, at least what he thought was deep, before an animal caught his scent and alerted it's master to the young intruder, out of fear and desperation the young naga nocked an arrow and attacked the bandit. before long the child was easily over-powred by the older warriors and, when all hope seemed lost, saved by another argonian. the other argonian was an older sarpa who had came to cyrodill to make a living as a bandit, but upon seeing another of his kind he thought it best to protect the child and teach him how to survive the only way he could, banditry. after many years the young naga learned much and became even better with his bow, and having gained his name he felt at home with this bandits, but one day he thought it best to leave and take revenge on the empire that ruined his life, so he went north upon hearing rumors of a war, a war he could use to his advantage...

Roleplaying limitations:
will attack imperials when it is a viable option (when he wont be caught or killed)
will never befriend an imperial
support any argonians he comes across
supports his family (brotherhood)
puts his friends above all

Combat limitaions:
no weapons bigger than a dagger or bow
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