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Michael Wolfram, Mercenary

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Name: Michael Wolfram
Age: 32
Sex: Male
Species: Human
Ethnicity: Connlaoth
Height: 5'11"
Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel of the Ash Guard mercenary Regiment
Residence: Varies

Physical Description
Unusually tall for his people, his fair hair, steel blue eyes mark him clearly as Connlaothian.  He has a strong, straight nose and a triangular jaw, many of his imperfections corrected by illegal magic.  He has a tall forehead and prefers his blond hair short and backswept.  Years of training and combat experience has honed him to being lethally athletic, with broad shoulders and lean muscles.  He will often go clean shaven at the start of summer, gradually growing out a full beard and styled moustache toward the end of fall.

Generally, he is dresses well, in close fitting doublets and leggings, often favoring bright, contrasting colors and patterns.  He prefers buttoned cuffs over leather as they are cheaper and less cumbersome.  He is almost always armed with a katzbalger, a broad-bladed sword with a "figure-8" guard worn high on his left hip, as well as a simple quillon dagger with a leaf-shaped side guard sheathed on his right.

On the battlefield, he wears a three-quarter harness of oil-blackened steel in a form-fitting configuration that minimizes weight.  The design combines both sturdy protection with high mobility, only reaching down to his knees.  In harness, he retains his dagger and knife but favors a large, two-handed battle-sword for the brunt of his fighting.

Personality
Michael is a peculiar figure with an outwardly indecipherable character.  Much of the time, he is relaxed and carefree, prone to drinking and gambling, favoring expensive fashion and gaudy displays of his accumulated wealth.

Beneath that benign frivolity is a born warrior who genuinely enjoys violence and warfare.  Even off the battlefield, he can often be found wrestling and fencing.  In battle, he revels in his mastery of the martial crafts, found leading from the front and acting as a spearhead for those under his command.

However, his apparent love of violence exists at odds with his underlying sense of charity.  He is not without mercy, willing to allow those cowed by his brutality to flee and his personal experience in Reahj's underworld compels him to share his wealth more than most would assume.

Abilities
  • Messer - Much of the time, Michael favors the use of a one handed sword, optimized for very close-in fighting, especially when paired with grappling or the use of a dagger in the off-hand.
  • Great-sword - On the battlefield, especially large two-handed swords more closely depend on the use of polearm techniques in the press of a heavy infantry formation.
  • Grappling - A system for fighting with one or both hands free.  Allows for brutal takedowns and submission holds, even against armed and armored opponents.  The lethality of the system is frequently amplified by the use of daggers and swords
  • Apiculture - Wolfram raises bees as a hobby and side trade, for the purposes of producing honey.
    • Mead-Making - The honey his bees produce is often used in the production of mead, a drink he is rather fond of.  He often produces more exotic samples by adding fruits and herbs.

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History
Though many assume by his demeanor and taste that he was born of the merchant class, Michael's parentage was a part of Reajh's underclass; his father was a thief while his mother was a whore.  His parents died by the time he was eight was eight and Michael quickly learned how to fend for himself.  Even then, the boy was large for his age, drawing the attention of the city's gangs, acting as an enforcer.  He took to his martial training easily, with an almost unnatural affinity for the sword.

However, the young fighter quickly found himself dissatisfied with the drudgery of thug work and seeking adventure, at the age of twenty-four, he began to hire himself out as a guard and sellsword.  At first, he was not picky about who he worked for, whether they be merchants, bandits or even slavers.  However, his participation in such atrocities would eventually bring him to a moral crossroad.

Eventually, he joined Alexis' Ash Guard as her XO and became the camp's chief weapons' master and the Colonel's right hand.  However, he often travels on personal quests, hiring himself out for small tasks that do not require the full support of a Regiment of foot soldiers...


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