» Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:53 pm
Well, here's my Argonian. Approved and ready.
Name: Big-Tree
Nickname(s): None
Gender: Male
Race: Argonian
Age: 37
Birthdate: Unknown, Big Tree doesn't even know the day of the year.
Birthplace: Hla Oad, Vvardenfell, Morrowind
Class: Pirate
Class Focus: Combat
Major Skills: Blade, Light Armor, Alchemy, Destruction, Acrobatics
Minor Skills: Marksman, Hand-to-Hand, Blunt
Birthsign: The Tower
Eyes: Dark Green
Hair: Large Dorsal Fin with several piercings and a few rows of spikes.
Skin/Fur Color: Dark green scales with a deep red stomach and face. He also has strange markings carved into arms and chest.
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 172 lbs
Build: Stocky, slightly athletic/toned but rather more of a bulky-muscular/hearty build.
Physical Description: Big-Tree has the looks to match his name. He is very tall and also quite muscular, both rather unusual for an Argonian.
Tattoo/Scars/Piercings: The dorsal fin on the top of his head has three gold hoops pierced into it. He also sports several septims sewn into his flesh to replace missing scales. As for tattoos, patches of scales on his arms and chest were dyed in order to form different designs, such as native Argonian symbols as well as Daedric runes.
Clothing and Armor: Big-Tree wears iron boots, an iron pauldron on his left shoulder, sackcloth pants, and a very think cow-hide vest. He also wears an eye-patch over his left eye, despite still having both eyes.
Inventory: Bread, three pieces of cheese, a flask of brandy, 100 septims, a lute, and a bedroll. He also carries the small metallic shard left to him by the Dunmer Lord.
Weapons: A finely-made Horn-bow, made from the horns of a Minotaur. Enchanted by a Bosmer to give the use unparalleled aim. Big-Tree also carries a fine steel cutlass with silver and ebony filigree, a steel guard, the grip being wrapped in fine red leather.
Magic: Big-Tree happens to be a gifted Pyromancer, knowing how to cast many spells that could set just about anything ablaze. And he can do it in style!
History: Big-Tree was born into a largely Argonian community in the small coastal village of Hla Oad. He got his name because when he was born, he was incredibly large in size, his father was also named Big-Water and his mother was Small-Flower. Size sort of ran in the family names. For a long time, the whole village served under a Dunmer Lord who treated the villagers like animals. He believed that the beast races were simple animals, and the Mer were of the highest race, Men being in between.
At the age of 20, after his mother and father were both very ill and near death, Big-Tree was gifted with a dream sent by none other than the Daedric Lord Azura. The dark prince told him to swim deep beneath the marshes, there he would find the first step to the salvation of his village. However, it turned out only to be a hoax.
His brandy had been spiked with moon-sugar, a joke played by the cruel Dunmer land-owner. Interestingly enough, the Dunmer lord had often showed great interest in the young Argonian. So one day, or night rather, he showed up and kidnapped Big-Tree, taking him back to his estate. There, it was when Big-Tree learned of Sheograth, the Mad God of the Daedric realms. The Dunmer showed him how to find a strange peace and even strength within chaos. The Dunmer himself even possessed "artifacts" said to be from Sheogorath's own realm. As it happens, there was a piece of cheese, a chessboard, a small metallic crystal, and a vial of strange putrid liquid.
As mundane as these all were, they did end up possessing actual power. Sadly though, a few years later the Dunmer Lord went completely insane after eating the cheese and drinking the liquid, then playing a game of chess and losing to himself, and had to be locked up in prison. Big-Tree was named benefactor, and with his new-found power he freed his village. He also taught them about the wonder and power of chaos through Sheogorath. They even carved a magnificent statue of the Madgod out of a Hist Tree brought all the way from Black Marsh, and planted in the center of the village.
It was at this time that Big-Tree began his life of piracy, along with many of Argonian men in the village. The women kept the village running, and the children were used as messengers, patrols, and spies, making sure the men were safe when on "business". There was one point in which Big-Tree and his crew were hired out as privateers to House Redoran to help safeguard many villages from the overwhelming numbers of Daedra pouring from the hellish gates of Oblivion. This was the point in which Big-Tree's combat abilities were truly tested. Big-Tree was eventually awarded his cutlass from the Thieves Guild for donations he made to them, and his bow was given to him by the Pilgrims of New Sheoth.
The Pilgrims of New Sheoth were a rather small but quite powerful cult, made up of all races. The Pilgrims themselves were all quite delightfully mad, but they possessed immense knowledge of both Mundus and the Daedric realms, able to answer questions at the drop of a coin that even philosophers would have to ponder.
This would continue for years, until one day. Big-Tree would get the chance of a lifetime. He found a flier in the Imperial City while he was getting supplies for a "business venture". He went back to Vvardenfell, told his friends and family, and set off immediately.
Personality: Big-Tree, although being a worshiper of Sheogorath, is actually quite sane. Sometimes he will say or do things that to many people, would not make sense. But there is always a point to it, even if Big-Tree himself doesn't know it yet. Despite being a firm believer in chaos, Big-Tree has always been a kind Argonian, never turning away from someone who needs help. He also respects the many faiths around him, able to see some amounts of chaos in each one. He even admires another Daedra Lord, Mephala, after hearing a story where a person managed to turn a peaceful town of Dunmer and Nords, against one another.
Other Traits and Oddities: When going into a fight, Big-Tree will sometimes go into a kind of trance and begin singing in what seems to be a kind of gibberish. He also speaks a language only known to the worshipers of Sheogorath, called "Glosslalia". Supposedly it contains words and syllables from each language spoken in Tamriel, and has no written form.
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Misc Skills [non-combat]: Cooking, rock-skipping, sailing, rope-tying, and lute-playing. Big-Tree also has a fascination with certain types of cheese, especially Highrock Sharp!
It'll be a retconned version if I do, though. Speaking of which, I'm working on a character sheet, so save me a spot in this. 
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