[Ashley Clifft]

That is a one hundred percent yes. Welcome aboard

[His Bella]

A Legion RP eh?

Can't have a Legion without an Imperial, can we?

In all seriousness, tell me if I need to change anything.

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Summary: Ida Voudantas, an 18 year-old Imperial (Nibenese) girl hailing from Leyawiin. She is joining the 1^st Auxiliary on her own accord.

Appearance: Standing at a height of 5’6” with a slender build, she has little in the way of muscle. Her hair is thick and dark – something she hates. As a result, she likes to keep it in a ponytail. She has balanced features, and looks the average girl. Perhaps her most distinguishing feature is that she has hazel eyes. As with most Imperials, Ida has a swarthy complexion.

Equipment: Dark green trousers and a simple beige tunic, with a fur coat thrown over top. The most ‘expensive’ thing on her body are her leather boots.

Skills: Numbers, figures, equations and coin always made sense to her. Just as well, she enjoys dealing with them. Coming from merchants, she is used to handling such things, as well as appealing to (potential) customers. Her time with the Auxiliary will be the first time she’s holding a weapon, let alone using one.

Personality: Slow to trust and slow to call a person ‘friend’, Ida can appear resistant and distant. Yet, on the exterior she remains polite, if even courteous to others. However, once she trusts an individual, and calls them friend, she means it, and intends to keep it that way. Comfortable living in a hierarchy, she is obedient in the face of authority. Quick to anger, but also quick to forgive unless she has reasons not to, Ida has little patience and does not like making people wait, or waiting for others. She is a superficial joker when dealing with stressful situations. At times, she will develop the odd habit of counting to deal with heavy situations.

History: The youngest of two children, Ida was born to merchants, Janus and Estella. She has only one sibling, an older brother, Agrippa ten years her senior. Although he was set to take over the family business, Agrippa decided to join the city watch at 16, something he felt suited him better. Naturally, Ida would have then taken over the family business in place of Agrippa, when she was older. After all, it seemed that sort of life would fit with her. Ida lived a relatively quiet and sheltered life in Leyawiin, and often helped her parents in the shop.

The age-gap between her and Agrippa meant they weren’t particularly close, as they didn’t grow up together. However, this didn’t mean they never got along. Instead of spending time with her brother, she spent them with her friends and cousins, sometimes leaving the city walls to explore.

By the time she was 17, the war broke out. The Voudantas family stayed in Leyawiin partly hoping that it would be over soon, and not wanting to abandon Agrippa (despite his protests against their decision) who was unable to leave as he was part of the watch. However, shortly before Leyawiin fell, Ida’s parents gathered just enough money to get one person out of the city. Choosing their own daughter, they paid a man who (quietly) claimed he could do the job, and get her to safety. The man aided her escape and one other boy her age, named Jason.

When they were well away from Leyawiin, Jason, who had family in Bruma, offered her board to which she agreed. She lived with Jason and his cousins for many months, cooking, cleaning and helping where she could out of immense gratitude. Due to the ongoing war, both Jason and Ida never knew what happened to their parents and siblings back in Leyawiin. When she heard of the Legion recruiting for the 1^st Auxiliary, Ida was quietly desperate to join, but a part of her was afraid after all Jason’s family had done for her. But it seemed he had the same idea, and the pair of them enlisted together. Ida sees her reason and motivation of joining the Legion as one out of anger, perhaps even revenge. However, beneath these reasons, she hopes to see her family again – or at least, have some form of closure as to their status.

[Yung Prince]

SCHMUTEHHHHH! Most certainly accepted.

NOTE TO ALL:

While not strictly necessary, it might be a good idea to mention the basic gear that your character has received from the legion; basically a chainmail tunic under a leather cuirass and pauldrons as well as some kind of sword or axe. Again, not strictly necessary, but just in case anyone was wondering what kind of armour that your recruit will be given

EDIT:

Also, we pretty much have enough members. Just waiting on Rex's sheet. Hoping to start this within a day or so of New Year's day.

[Abel Vazquez]

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Character Summary: Akamon Leki named after one of The Four (The Four refer to the Elite of the Elite of the Yokudan Ansei (Sword Saints), who cut a bloody swath into the Nedic lands back in the early First Era), (Redguard, 20) hails from Sentinel, Hammerfell. Akamon's father signed him up for the 1st Auxiliary without Akamon's consent, to teach his son the lesson of hard work and how to become a warrior, whether he liked or not.

Appearance: Akamon stands at 5'11'' supported by a sturdy athletic build normal for most Redguards. With a strong jaw, pronounced and high set cheekbones, and dazzling silver eyes, Akamon catches eye of most females. Akamon sports a finely trimmed goatee and thick, luscious dreadlocks pulled back and tied in a thick ponytail. Finally Akamon has a gold earring on his left ear.

Equipment: Akamon wears dark blue silk and silver trimmed trousers and shirt, with gold trimmed shoes. Has a pouch of 200 gold and his father's silver longsword. Upon recruitment, Akamon received the legion's medium armor, a chainmail tunic under a leather cuirass embroided with the Legion's red cloth. Also sporting leather gauntlets and boots, with a Legion medium shield.

Skills: Even though a Redguard, Akamon was never really interested in learning warrior skills. Despite this, he does have some form of sword training, but not enough to make him a formidable opponent. Akamon spent most of his time at house parties hosted by his father and spending time with friends at local high end taverns and bars. Through these experiences, Akamon is known to have a silver tongue. He is very adept at persuasion and coercing, especially with the ladies. He also learned a bit of Alchemy from one of his father's servants, a Bosmer woman named Elenya.

Personality: Akamon is very flamboyant and outgoing. He always has a way to make people laugh and have a good time. Since he is a noble, Akamon loves anything that is of high quality, whether it be drinks, food or women. He is also somewhat of a womanizer, though not necessarily in the negative definition, he just loves the company of women. Being a noble and growing up with the best education his father could afford, Akamon looks down on some of the races who are not known for their intelligence, especially Nords and Orcs.

History: Akamon Leki was born into the house of statesman and well respected member of the Crowns, Daron Leki. Growing up in the life of privilege, Akamon took everything he had for granted, the clothes on his back, the food he ate, his father's money he spent, and the friends he hung out with. When Akamon was 12 years of age, Daron hired a well respected Ra'gada warrior to his son the way of the sword. Akamon halfheartedly agreed to be trained, but didn't really put much effort into it. Akamon thought that since he was a noble, he would have no use or a need for the warrior skills taught to him.

Through much of his teenage years, Akamon decided to neglect his training in favor of hanging out with his friends who were also children of wealthy statesmen and Crowns. He would spend his time after his schooling, at the local bar taverns, and would would listen to bard tales of epic Yokudan warriors especially the First Era Ansei or Sword Saints. While at the taverns he would usually been seen around a group of young barmaids and wenches, flaunting his father's wealth lavishly.

Back at his father's estate up in the Noble quarter of Sentinel, Daron Leki would host lavish parties, inviting all of the notable politicians and statesmen of Hammerfell. While at these parties, Akamon would disgrace his father by flirting with the other Noble's wives. Daron grew increasingly angered over the course of his sons teenage years. The boy did nothing to contribute to the Leki household and further embarrassed and disgraced his father's good name.

Finally gave enough Doran thought of a way to teach his son a lesson. With hostilities between the Empire and Aldmeri Dominion escalating, Legion recruiters were always looking for new recruits. Then his father heard about the 1st Auxiliary , and they were hiring inexperienced peoples. Seeing this as an opportunity, Doran signed his son up and gave his son his silver longsword and gold for his journey to the training grounds, hoping that through theses experiences, Akamon might become a formidable warrior and bring his family honor.

Hopefully you all like it.

[Alexander Lee]

Doran should have signed his son up for the next season of 'World's Strictest Parents'

[Amanda savory]

Man those Nord parents would have a hard time with Akamon.

"Go on boy lift that hail bay"

Akamon: "That's what servants are for, mead head"

[Emzy Baby!]

Targon's gonna have one hell of a time with these little buggers.

Also, I'm looking forward to this RP now. We have a bunch of nicely written characters.

[Amber Hubbard]

I can't wait to see how Akamon is going to get along with all of the women in this RP. Especially Ida.

[naana]

Same here. It'll be interesting how it turns out. I also wonder how he'd get along with Dum, given that he's a Nord and the way he was named D:

[Amy Cooper]

Lol Dum and he's a Nord so it like a double whammy of stupidity.

[Ashley Hill]

A womanising noble know-it-all? PERFECT! You are in

[Sabrina Schwarz]

Still accepting characters?

Torbar

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Character Summary: Torbar is a young Nordic man from Windhelm looking to expand his horizons from a dock urchin to a famous and ranking war hero. He very much believe he has what it takes to suceed, and is eager to prove it. He has never wielded anything beyond an improvised shank before, but masks his fears of battle with a confident and prideful air.

Appearance: An able and young Nordic man, Torbar has disheveled blonde hair and fierce, hazel eyes. At 17 years of age, he stands at about 5'10'' (1.8m) tall with a heavily freckled complexion over his otherwise fair skin. He's fairly sinewy and lean, with calloused hands and feet and semi-permanent scowl etched across his face. Missing a few toes due to frostbite.

Equipment: Arriving with little but the itchy woolen clothes on his back, he enthusiastically takes up the legionary equipment assigned to him of a leather cuirass and pauldrons atop a chainmail tunic and linen undergarments. He was also given a pair of standard issue legionary leather boots, given that he didn't have any shoes, as well as a standard issue legionary short sword.

Skills: Torbar doesn't have much in the way of skills that might be useful for service in the Legion. He has a good grasp of sailors knots and is decent at fishing with a rod and line. He's can brawl with the toughest Nordic and Argonian dock boys of his age, but doesn't possess any particular finesse. Torbar is also fairly good at climbing across rigging and is an excellent swimmer. He also assumes the mantle of leadership quite naturally. Maybe too naturally.

Personality: Hot-headed, aggressive, and sometimes cruel, Torbar shows little compassion to his peers and expects none in return. Life for the young Nord has often felt as one long continuous struggle, and he isn't about to give up fighting for the lot in life that he thinks he deserves. Torbar sees everything as a strict pecking order, and his interaction with others is very much based on whether he judges them to be his superior, his inferior, or his equal. However, this fierce personality belies Torbar's own deep insecurities and fears about his place in the world.

History: Born 4E 155 on the twenty-fourth of Last Seed to a young Nordic girl and a transient sailor, Torbar never met his father to his own knowledge. Raised by a mother who didn't have a lot of time or money to spend on him, his memories range from beatings from his mother to scrounging around the docks looking for work. Eventually, as he got older, he spent a lot of time roaming with various Nordic boy gangs down at the docks, eventually leading his own group of boys after some of the older boys left to fight in the war or serve on sea-going vessels. Eventually, as Torbar came of age, he too left to join the war effort and serve as a soldier. His tired mother seeing him off with a mug of Nordic mead and a half-septim for his journey to Whiterun Hold.

[Nienna garcia]

We got a lot of people in fast.

[Anna Krzyzanowska]

I knew you would like Akamon. He's got some good jokes for Targon; just you wait. Also the theme of The Four is going to tie nicely with Akamon throughout the RP.

[Taylor Bakos]

Which kind of reminds me here. I wonder what will Akamon think of Gulag? I imagine it won't be a pleasant opinion..

[Rik Douglas]

Oh Gulag? Akamon will more than likely think Gulag is simple minded, half-witted, dense, barbaric Orc.

[Kyra]

From an outside perspective, that's quite reasonable. I kinda like how there's so many different personalities being tossed in one place for different reasons. And despite the varying personalities here, they all will end up serving the same cause. Whether they truly bought into it or not. (Which doesn't seem to be the case for most of us. Akamon got forced here. Same for Dum. And Gulag is really only here because he heard of some big war going on and wants to kick ass.)

[Noraima Vega]

That's an Orc for you lol.

[Amy Masters]

lol. And that's part of what makes this interesting for me. It seems not too many people in the First Auxiliary joined because of pure loyalty. They signed up because of a diverse amount of reasons. And it's interesting to see if they bought into the ideals of the Empire or at least get molded into a Legionnaire mentality by the time they get to Cyrodiil.

[glot]

I agree. In terms of personality, Akamon is a mix of Vivec, Achilles from Troy, and Dorian from Dragon Age: Inquisition. Eventually Akamon's fighting is going to reflect Achilles. Using his natural athleticism and endurance to wear down his opponents.

[BRIANNA]

They'd actually have some common ground, both being from a noble background. Although with Targon's temper, the jests could go either way depending on his mood.

We certainly are! Welcome aboard

[Emmi Coolahan]

Thank you! I figured the group needed somebody more naturally aggressive and hot-headed to help drive conflict. Too many cool-headed even-tempered individuals, I say. Besides, Targon needs someone to challenge his authority if he's to grow as a commander.

[Nathan Barker]

Same goes for Akamon. Redguards normally don't join the Legion.

[Blaine]

If they impress Targon, then they might just find themselves in positions of authority. He respects backbone, but if they're overly undisciplined, who knows; he won't shout them through a wall, but he'd be thinking about it

[Taylor Tifany]

Here is my character sheet, finally. Sorry for the wait and thanks for the help, Tom.

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Character Summary: Valorin Greenleaf (Bosmer, 57) is a highly skilled archer and hunter. He has served Clan Longstride since his father, Valahil, died in service to them. He is utterly loyal and takes his role seriously.

Appearance: Being quite tall for a Bosmer, Valorin is 5’ 8”. However he is built like most Bosmer, slim and wiry. He has long brown hair, and has adopted a Nordic braid representing the friendship he has with Targon. He has brown eyes and they are often full of interest and truly show off his age.

Weapons, Attire, Misc.: Valorin wears the studded leather and chain armour of a legionary. He wears a green cloak with a silver clasp in the shape of a leaf (the sigil of the Greenleaf family). He carries into battle with him an elven longbow (gifted to him from his father), a pair of elven daggers and a steel longsword. He also has a locket with his wife’s picture inside. He rides into battle upon a grey mare, called Mischa, one of his oldest and dearest friends.

Skills: Like so many of his kind Valorin is skilled with the bow; he also can handle himself in the melee, though the bow is his best weapon. He is a natural hunter and can easily track the most elusive of prey. He is also a great horseman, and knows how to calm most distressed animals.

Personality: Valorin is a quiet person, only amongst Targon and Bjorn, does he speak at any great length. He prefers to keep his own council and is often seen wandering the walls of Whiterun, often in sadness as he goes to war against his own kin. But to those who he cares for he is fiercely loyal and can be counted upon in a tough situation.

History: Valorin was born in 4E 117. His father, Valahil, escaped from the Dominion in 78, eventually finding himself in Whiterun. There he came into the service of Thane Jon Longstride, followed by his son Erik, and then his son Aedan afterwards. Valahil served loyally for fifty-seven years before dying in battle defending his Thane in 135. Valorin was only eighteen but he took up his father’s role as the Thane’s Second.
Serving under Thane Aedan and then his son Stafford, the young Bosmer had ample time to hone his skills as a warrior. However, even his skills weren’t enough to prevent the death of his liege. In the year 155 Thane Stafford fell in battle against staggering odds, resulting in his eldest son – Targon – returning to take up the mantle of Thane. However, it was not long before he left to join the Legion. Out of duty – and partially his own peace of mind - Valorin joined as well to keep an eye on his latest charge.
While it was Targon who was mostly in the spotlight during these early years, Valorin’s duty and service did not go unnoticed, and he too found himself rising in the ranks along with his liege lord; when he resigned in 163, he held the rank of Quaestor. On multiple occasions, Valorin would give wise counsel to Targon, keeping his more volatile side in check, and the two quickly grew to be fast friends, a bond further cemented on the battlefield.
While dealing with a large bandit hideout in 159, Valorin met a young Bosmer surgeon named Lialya, tending to the wounded legionnaires following the assault. The two became quite close to each other in the following years, and the pair eventually wed in 160. Much to the chagrin of his superiors, Lialya lived with Valorin on base and followed him everywhere during his deployment. However, attitudes quickly changed within less than a month, and Valorin found that their situation was now being politely ignored (a turn of events that Targon – even to this very day – still insists he had nothing to do with).
While the two were happily married in that time it was until the autumn of 163 that they were given a son. Having since left the Legion when Targon did, Valorin was now preparing himself for the idea of raising a child. However, the gods proved fickle that day. Lialya gave her life in order to birth the child, something that broke Valorin’s heart and changed him forever, becoming more distant and solitary. In keeping with his wife’s wishes, he named the child Vanion.
The next few years saw him quietly serving the Longstride Household until 171 with the beginning of the Great War. Valorin reenlisted, once again serving alongside his lord and friend, Targon Longstride. They are stationed in Colovia with the Ninth Legion. A year later would see them as heroes, as Targon led the Ninth to victory, breaking the Siege of Kvatch. For his own efforts, Valorin was promoted to the rank of Commander. Now, Targon has called back to his home hold of Whiterun in order to train the First Auxiliary – an army composed of a new kind of legion soldier. Valorin of course follows as he ever does, although at this stage he is more strongly motivated by friendship rather than duty.