Yeah, I'm finding it hard to focus on the roleplay since the TESV section is up. I've posted like, 20 posts in that section since last nite so far.
:nod: I had my character sheet about halfway done Saturday night and then Skyrim was announced and I just couldn't focus on anything TES-related except Skyrim the past few days.
Name: Thalamas Dren (simply known as ‘Dren’ to most)
Gender: Male
Race: Dunmer
Age: 43
Appearance: Just about six feet tall, slightly above average for a Dunmer. He is slender, but built athletically. Possesses an intimidating face with striking blood red eyes, a flat nose, short black hair, and a pointed chin. Skin is a pale blue which shows no sign of weathering; has a tattoo of a pair of tongs on his back, each tong standing for the ‘Commona Tong’ and the ‘Morag Tong’, both of which he is a member.
Class: Ordinator in Mourning (of Necrom)
Lifestyle: Born into the highly aristocratic and renown Dren family. He has spent most of his life between his time as an ordinator and the traditional trappings of upper-class Dunmer society. Now he is neither the latter or the former. Thalamas’ wealth and prestige extends as far as the apparel he wears, but he has no fortunes back home. The current situation in Morrowind caused him to forfeit his career as an ordinator, because he felt that he no longer lived in the country that he once loved. With the death of the Tribunal, he still honors them, but only prays to Azura now.
Equipment: The most valuable item is a family heirloom, a Mask of Indoril Nerevar. The design is the same as an ordinator’s helm, the head of a Dunmer with a mohawk. The Mask is constructed of multiple thin layers of ebony with rich jewels encrusted on the outline of the face. The mohawk is made of glass derived from the Dren family mines at Red Mountain. It is Thalamas’ most treasured item.
In conjunction with the Dren’s wealth, his ebony armor is built in the mold of the High Ordinators of Mournhold. It was personally tailored for him by removing the greaves and any armor near the joints, as well as built thinner and lighter. With these modifications it is not nearly as resilient as regular ebony armor, but is still more serviceable than steel. The right gauntlet has the design of a crescent moon carved into it, and the left gauntlet has a design of a star carved into, they are the signs of Azura.
Thalamas’ weapon of choice is an ebony scimitar that is standard issue to the Ordinators in Mourning. The handle of the scimitar imitates bone, in respect to the dead that reside in Necrom.
When traveling, he wears a tan cloak with a mosaic of Vivec, Almalexia, and Sotha Sil on the back. Other miscellaneous items include a waterskin, a bottle of shein, a map, a pouch of drakes, some kwama eggs, and a torch.
Starting location: Bruma
Background:A member of the prestigious Indoril Dren family. The Indoril Dren are loosely related to the Hlaalu Dren family (Duke Venim Dren of Vvardenfell). The wealth of Thalamas’ family has been forever tied to the prosperity of Morrowind itself. They were heavily involved with glass and ebony mining, the slave trade, slave plantations, kwama mines, and banking. In addition to their mercantilist empire, they were also famous for their wide support of the Temple and House Indoril.
Thalamas grew up under the influence of his families power and was shoehorned into his duties as a protector of the Temple and Dunmer society. That is not to say he did not willingly commit to this life, but rather that his fate was determined before his birth. In the years between his childhood and his ascendance to the position of ordinator, he became an active member of the Morag and Commona Tong. The racism and xenophobia of the Commona Tong channeled the mental angst of his youth. The sheer adrenaline and sensation of carrying out Morag Tong contracts fulfilled his desire to leave his mark on society.
From his early childhood, he was chosen to one day become part of the Hand of Almalexia. It was an honor above all others to serve and defend the immaculate and merciful goddess. During his waiting years before being inducted into the Hand, he served as an Ordinator in Mourning of Necrom. The city of Necrom was the holy resting place of Dunmer ancestors. As sacred of a duty it was, he did not want to stay in Necrom for the rest of his life.
The monotony of his career was broken when the death of Almalexia severed his dream of serving the goddess. The repercussions of the fall of the Tribunal led to the collapse of House Indoril. King Helseth, now possessing absolute power, abolished slavery. The economic impact of the ban on slavery left his families’ empire in ruin. The three most valuable commodities to the Dren family; the Temple, House Indoril, and wealth, were all destroyed. Many in his family chose ritual suicide over the embarrassment of their situation. His uncle, Fadril Dren, attempted to maintain the slave plantations by claiming that the abolishment of slavery violated the Treaty of the Armistice. Fadril Dren was arrested and charged for ‘uncivil crimes against citizens of the Empire’.
The Dren Estate east of Mournhold was abandoned when the newly freed slaves stormed it and burned it to the ground. Thalamas no longer had a place to call ‘home’. This land, these people, this Empire, was not the Morrowind that he knew. He left the land he used to call ‘home’ with only the Daedric deity, Azura, as his guide.
Personality: His upbringing only fostered the racism and xenophobia rooted in Dunmer society. He does not pity the poor, but prefers even the most desolate Dunmer over the richest Argonian. Despite his xenophobia, he is rather cunning and level headed. Nice is certainly not an adjective used to describe him, but he is kind to those that he is close to and respects. He usually knows when to hold back his tongue from intervening with promising prospects. However, he is not averted to letting his tongue roll and compose a symphony of insults that even a deaf man would struggle to ignore.
Other:- Heavily interested in Yokudan weaponry, fighting techniques, and history
» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:12 am 
But don't cheat now just because I've told you her secrets. This is OOC info.
