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Roland Harker, "Crusader"

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Prologue
+ NAME + Roland Harker, Surname formerly Mercer
+ ALIAS +  The Reaver of Hawkes Hall, Lord of War, Sir Roland Harker
+ AGE + 34
+ GENDER + Male
+ STAR SIGN + The Iron Knight
+ BORN + Year's End
+ ORIGIN + Lynden, Bellkrath
+ SPECIES + Human, probably
+ RESIDENCE + The Road, Hawkes Hall,  Varandus
+ OCCUPATION + Ex-Mordecai / Disgraced Knight / Crusader against the Grand Duke
+ COUNTENANCE + Dirty blond hair / Red-Orange eyes
+ STATURE + 6'1" / 200 lbs.
+ SEXUALITY + Heterosexual


CH. I – Painting a Portrait
Stories paint him to be a much larger figure than he is, that he is a giant among men, or a monster coming from the shadows. In either case, he's a warrior in stature and statement. His face is stern, if a little grim, and his eyes are deep in his skull, fluctuating in lightness and contrast at times. He's mostly clean shaven,  and has a scar across his cheek and crosses his lips just at the bottom left corner.

+ NOTABLE MARKS +
Tribal patterned tattoos of a hawk along his shoulder, with wings wrapping around his shoulder blade and chest, left side.  A snake wrapping itself around his right wrist.

CH II – Mental Make-up
Outwardly, he seems fierce, the beast of a man in the heat of battle. Roland doesn't think of himself as noble, nor kind.  While he is loyal to those he stands with, he sees people as pawns that can either help or hinder him, and if it's the later, they must be dealt with accordingly.  He is not without heart though, and has given alms to the poor and helped those that have been burned by the war. Roland does it simply because he sees it that no one else will help the people, mages or ordinary folk alike.

They are fools to him and not worthy of his time. He believes wholeheartedly in his cause, that Connlaoth has been taken away from it's people by the Grand Duke, and has built a force against him.

+ FAITH +
Went out the window a long time ago.

+ HABITS +
A practitioner of strange taboo magics, praying into smoke, although it's more like a deep meditation than the kind of prayers one might use within the Church of Ansgar.

CH III – Social

+ RELATIONSHIPS +
Braxton, friend, Right Hand, deceased.
Alanna Mercer, estranged Wife. She presumes he is dead.

Maddison Hart, Friend and comrade, Sentinel of the Red Legion
Dyson Volker, Friend Comrade, Sentinel of the Red Legion
Rowan Marsh, Spymaster of the Red Legion

CH IV – Abilities / Skills
+ MORDECAI +
His gift came at a young age, and he had spent years training to shoot with a musket, and learning to wield his weapons well. His gift is particularly strong, ranging to approximately three quarters of a mile.   

CH V – Gear / Equipment
+ ANGUISH +
The long sword he's wielded since the war began. It was given to him from a friend named Braxton, a knight that died. His shield was given to him as well. It's a long piercing blade, with a blue-wrapped hilt and diamond-shaped pommel. It's a beautiful blade, but he's careful not to use it if he doesn't have to.

CH VI – Reflections of the Past
Few people know of his past, most know of the stories surrounding his presence. They say he was a soldier once in the Grand Duke's army, and that he was betrayed. Others claim him a deserter that forgot his duty. But let the naysayers speak. He has no time for such fools. He believes only in Connlaoth and the nation was robbed from it's people by the Grand Duke.

What is left unsaid is that Roland was there since the beginning of the war, serving as Mordecai since he was 18. As the years progressed, he became disillusioned with whom he served and after a battle left him for dead, he went on find his own way. He spent a year or so in between as a mercenary, fighting for whoever had the coin for it, and recruiting former soldiers or others that needed an occupation, forming the Red Legion.

Soon after, he saw a better use for his company, and his skill, and saw an opportunity to serve, perhaps driven by guilt or some need for redemption. None can say for sure.


[Maybe I'll add more later.]


THREADS
Descending from most current:
A Mercyful Fate [YR 10 - OFFICIALLY DUKE OF FALKENRATH]
The Devil, The Son, And the Fool [YR 10 - INVADES FALKENRATH, DEPOSES DUKE CHARLES BRENNICK]
A Night at the Red Hawk Tavern
Sounds Like Rain

An Officer and a Gentleman [FLASHBACK]




Like to kill mages?  Join the Order!
The Order of St. Agratha

Help Rebuild Connlaoth from the ashes of war!
The Red Legion

Jump in the water's fine!
Desert Valley Nights
Wrong Turn

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