» Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:00 pm
I thought I'd use Gerrard from Night Mother's Embrace for this. This description would contain MASSIVE spoilers for what I had in mind for NME, had it turned out, but since no one seems interested in NME any more, I thought I'd go ahead and use Gerrard, assuming his plan played out all right.
Name: Gerrard Benton
Nick Name: Sir Gerrard the Redeemed (knightly title)
Age: 35
Race: Breton
six: Male
Appearance: Somewhat tall and thin with a moustache and some stubble around his chin.
Misc. Appearance: Has a small scar on his forehead, but it's mostly healed over.
Height: Average
Apparel Worn Most Often: Dark shirt and trousers with a white tabard emblazoned with a silver Imperial Dragon.
Armour: Steel shoulder pads and a gorget, leather boots and chest piece with chainmaile gloves.
Other Apparel: For his formal duty, Gerrard wears a blue silk tunic and tights with a black cape.
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Style: Medium-length hair going to the back of his neck and swept forward across his crown.
Hair Colour: Black with some grey spots.
Skills: Blade, Medium Armour, Illusion, Sneak, Block, Speechcraft, Restoration.
Weapons: He usually uses a steel hand-and-a-half sword. He does still have his daggers if necessary, though.
Equipment Sack: He keeps most of his pouches on his belt, including his old tobacco pouch. His sword is kept on a scabbard.
Miscellaneous: He's still a tobacco user, and still keeps his plugs around, though as a knight he refrains from chewing in public. If it's all right, he also has a horse.
The Heroes or the Dissenters?: Heroes
Why are you there?: To redeem himself, and as his duty as a knight to serve the Empire.
Background Information: Gerrard first served in the Imperial Legion, but was discharged for his sadistic urges. To get away from the Legion's ire, he joined the Dark Brotherhood, and served as an assassin to get money, mostly to finance his tobacco addiction. This all changed when he had heard that his mentor in the Brotherhood, Mathieu Bellamont, had been killed. Distraught, Gerrard decided that his mentor was right: the Brotherhood were evil and must be stopped. In secret, Gerrard began sabotaging his sanctuary's missions: intentionally screwing up his jobs, letting the law know about the Brotherhood's secrets, and persuading other assassins to betray the Brotherhood with him. Eventually, Gerrard managed to bring down the Cheydinhal sanctuary. For this deed, he was redeemed in the eyes of the Empire and awarded knighthood, but some remain sceptical of his true nobility. Gerrard served the League of Righteousness now, defending Tamriel against the Dissenters as his duty, and to show the world that he really has changed his ways.