Mercius Blackgale (finished)

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Your character's full name: Mercius Blackgale
Age: 33 seasons
Species: Stoat
Gender: Male
Allegiance: Evil
Appearance:

A tall and handsome creature, Mercius cuts a dashing figure at first glance. His meticulously groomed fur is a lusterous brown color, most similar to the hue of polished walnut wood. His chest, throat and belly have a wide band of plush, pure white fur, and his fabulous brushy tail is black-tipped and silky. Not a tiny inkling of plaque lies anywhere on any of his teeth. His claws are constantly inspected for grime and dirt. His eyes are often angled right down his small nose, but it's easy to tell that they are blue-gray.

Mercius's apparal is rich and fashionable. His sandals are made of the finest black leather, his tunic is deep royal blue and made of fine cotton from the far south. He wears a dark brown cape of velvet trimmed with iridescent starling feathers, fastened about his shoulders with a gold, spreadeagle brooch. When battle-ready, he wears a set of gold-trimmed segmentata plate armor.

Belongings:

His dreaded weapon is a loop of medium-grade iron chain threaded through the eye of a marlinspike-- essentially a giant needle. He can stab with the marlinspike, swing the whole weapon like a flail, or throttle enemies with just the chain.

As a back-up weapon he carries a razor-sharp assassin's dagger. It is secured to his leg by a leather legband.

Job or Position:

Major Position in the horde of Ragnar Lodbrock! Long live the Warlord!

Personality:

Mercius has a very inappropriate first name. This stoat is a prime example of the charisthmatic but wicked vermin--he talks fancy but he fights dirty. Officious and prissy, Mercius is just high-toned enough to pass as a gentlebeast at first glance. But woodlander beware: He is a brutal taskmaster and a coniving trickster, a creature who cares little for the rights and freedoms of others. He does away with friend and foe and slave alike if they do not offer him some sort of gain, making him some strange kind of "pompous sociopath".

History and Background Information:

It is known that Mercius originates from the region of Southsward. He is rumored to have been a wealthy shipbuilders's son, one of four brothers. The three younger brothers all decided to continue the honest trade, building riverboats and small seafaring vessels for the otterguard and squirrel royalty of the southern kingdom. But you know the saying "every barrel has its bad apples"? In the case of Mercius Blackgale, it rang true. He stole an unspecified amount of money, timber and other resources from his father's workstation and hid them away in a willow alcove. For five seasons he built himself a waveskimmer--a small coast-going boat meant only for a small crew that looks like a longboat except slightly longer and with a simple diamond sail. With the stolen loot and boat Mercius sailed to the sea from the Southern Broadstream and traveled north up the coast... which is where he encountered the great Warlord, Ragnar Lodbrock, and his wife Caden. The wildcats were making ready to conquer the area north of Southsward but south of the high north known as Mossflower. Needing fresh troops and fresh commanders, the Warlord recruited an eager Mercius as a sort of low-ranking Captain. A few untimely and mysterious officer deaths later and the handsome stoat rose to the position of Major, and a few poor ranking beasts bumped off here and there who couldn't even avoid being assassinated was no issue with the tyrannical wildcats--there was always a place in the horde for a wily killer, provided the stoat avoids getting taken out himself.

Any other details:

Family:
Father--Farlassi Blackgale(good, living still in Southsward)
Mother--Meia Lapwing(good, died of an illness)
Brothers--Roteio Blackgale(good, alive), Horthu Blackgale(nuetral, alive), and Damara Blackgale(nuetral, alive and now married)
Sister-in-Law--Wrensong Blackgale(nuetral, alive)

Commanding Officers:
Ragnar Lodbrock--Warlord
Caden Lodbrock--Ragnar's Wife
Venrah--General (watch your back around this ambitious stoat!)