» Tue May 11, 2010 7:17 pm
The character I'm thinking of using.
Name - Raves Arvel
Race - Dunmer
Age - 36 (looks 19)
Birthsign - The Apprentice
Eye Color - Dunmer red
Skin Color - Dunmer gray
Hair Color - Red, cut short and styled to stick up
General appearance - Raves is as expressive as a performer and is built like an acrobat. He is relatively small and slim, and exudes a sort of lazy energy. He has dark red hair, which he keeps cut short and styled to stick up. He also has five piercings: three in his right ear and two in his left. He typically wears his feelings on his sleeve, his easy smile seeming open and guileless despite his profession, which he makes no attempt to hide.
House- Hlaalu
Rank - 1 (Retainer)
Class - Arcane Thief
Class Description: An arcane thief uses magic to augment their activities, taking full advantage of the various stealth capabilities of spellcasting. They tend to fall behind more "pure" thieves when it comes to raw skill, and can suffer for it when Silenced.
Skills Illusion, Sneak, Alteration, Mysticism, Acrobatics, Security, Marksman, Light Armor, Speechcraft, Mercantile
Favored Attributes - Personality, Willpower
Known Spell Effects:
(*=one he's particularly strong in)
Illusion:
Blind
Calm Humanoid
Chameleon
Charm
Invisibility*
Light
Night-Eye
Paralyze
Silence
Sound
Mysticism:
Detect Enchantment
Detect Key
Mark
Recall
Telekinesis*
Alteration:
Feather
Levitate*
Lock
Open*
Slowfall
Water Breathing
Water Walking
Mental Description: Above anything else, Raves loves excitement. He welcomes challenges, and loves pitting his skills against them. His jumbled magical training gives him a unique--if fractured--take on spellcasting.
He's a natural performer: friendly and outgoing, usually optimistic and always quick to crack a joke. He tackles most problems with a flippancy bolstered by his own self-confidence... he rarely doubts his own skills, and, even when they fail him, he figures he can get it right next time.
This sort of attitude also means he enjoys gaming and gambling on the side. He's not a dupe, but he never knows when to give up, so he's accumulated a good share of debts that he never gets around to paying.
Armor/clothing - A red jacket with white trim, tan trousers with pockets up and down the outside of the legs, and soft Nordic fur boots of brown. When he's up to no good, he switches to more muted furs and leather... usually.
Weapons - Steel throwing stars (12 secreted about his person)
Misc items - 200 gold in his belt pouch, 3 Restore Magicka vials in a button pocket at his knee, lockpicks and probes secreted around his person (but, admittedly, never very well), and a set of cards and dice inside his jacket.
Biography -
Raves is the son of Delas and Galina Arvel, a Dunmer couple who own a book and scroll shop in Sadrith Mora called "Words of Wisdom". Even as a boy, Raves was restless, and never took to the store and its stodgy customers. He often sought adventure while his parents worked, sneaking out to hang out with his less wealthy friends. He and four other elven boys enjoyed pranking grumpy neighbors and sneaking sips of Skooma behind a shifty tavern.
Raves's parents spent much time punishing him, either by having him serve in the shop under a strict eye or, if his recent mischief was particularly severe, locking him in his room. However, working in a bookstore frequented by Telvanni had its advantages. He spent much of his grounded time reading novice magicka books, and slowly taught himself some basic spells. When he used a simple Open Lock spell to get out of his room, his interest was piqued, and he began seeking out back-alley trainers and bugging Telvanni apprentices for tips. By the time he reached adolescence, he'd reached Apprentice level in Illusion and Alteration, and had no intention of stopping.
Over the years, Raves became fond of thievery and con work, enjoying both the adrenalin rush and the challenge. After a particularly nasty incident in Tel Mora, his parents disowned him, and he was forced to flee a group of angry Telvanni retainers who chased him well into the Ashlands.
Since then, he's been moving among Vvardenfell's more degenerate cities. He picks up change as a street performer--favoring sleight-of-hand con games--as well as doing odd jobs for the Thieves Guild and freelance. He has been caught many times, usually on petty counts (he enjoys the hunt more than the capture, so to speak). It's never enough to throw him in jail for more than a week or two.
Raves has a weak spot when it comes to gambling. Recently, House Hlaalu has called in the substantial debt Raves owes at several of their establishments, enlisting him as a retainer in their House until his debt is paid. Since he owes upwards of 15,000 drakes, he could be working for them for quite a while
Although I'm really really hoping I can make a vampire character *crosses fingers* 
