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[ilinot]

PLAYER

Name: pel
Age: old
Contact: wehwalt
Other Characters: amos, jone, mhavos (side), svetlana (side)
Interests: Ashere is a character whose world I've been working on for ages, and I'm really excited to see how his values, experiences, etc, interface with the world of Thedas.

CHARACTER

Name: Ashere Lebruin
Canon/OC: OC
Canon Point: Before the second Kesketyn murder.
Journal: ilinot
Age: 31

Canon World

Ashere's world is one that would be grouped into fantasy, but not medieval. Technological levels vary from country to country, and the city he lives in, Viderey, is closer to Victorian. In the founding of the city, magic-- a skill anyone can perform with sufficient training-- was outlawed two hundred years ago in a revolution against the now-toppled Tsekesh empire. Viderey now stands as an independent city state, as do many former Tsekesh outposts.

Viderey is a city of upheaval. Due to the city's revolutionary founding, political reform is a constant tug of war between the common and laypeople of the city, and the nobility that ostensibly rules it. Due to a plague twenty years ago, the price of labor has shot up, enabling a merchant class to fight alongside the common people for more control over the city's rule.

This is further complicated by the makeup of Viderey, which is a city of immigrants. By a long-held edict known as the Vide Principle, anyone who owns or rents living quarters in Viderey is Videreyn. This means Viderey is a hotspot for immigration, however, it doesn't keep 'native born' Videreyns from feeling prejudice at their 'foreign' neighbors, even when Viderey has historically subjugated other city-states and populations, making moving to the jeweled capital one of the safest options for continued survival.

Notably, Ashere's world has a sky that, due to geological differences in its makeup, spans the color of light pink to red, depending on the weather.

History

-Ashere is born in the island country of Beler 6 years after the Sorenan Revolution.

-The Sorenan Government enforces strict educational reform, and despite being a poor orphan, Ashere is allowed to study and learn (Sorenan approved) history, philosophy, music, etc.

-When Ashere comes of age, he joins the Sorenan army, and helps fight to keep Beler out of the hands of Videreyn colonial interest.

-It is a very bloody conflict, and Ashere 'washes out', IE developed PTSD that kept him from being an able soldier, just before the war ends.

-At twenty-six, he takes his meager severance package, and moves to Viderey in the midst of a ceasefire between the two powers.

-The ceasefire has held for the last eleven years, thanks to several interlocking trade agreements and immigration reform between the two powers.

-Ashere lives in Viderey, getting involved in their politics on a local level. He makes himself known at the Eterkyne Club, the center of a pro-reform (and eventually pro-revolution) political club (not precisely equivalent to a political party, but close enough).

-During a raid on the Eterkyne (it was getting too popular for a noble's liking), he is arrested and jailed.

-He is released when an Investigator Minor (not precisely equivalent to a low level police detective, but close enough) named Iche Bacach needs him for the a mystery surrounding the disappearances of several young Belersian expatriots.

-The mystery is solved with Ashere's help, and he strikes up a friendship with Iche, especially when she shows latent sympathy for his political ideas. Being of the Sine people, instead of the ethnic Videreyn majority, helps a bit.

-They continue to meet and help one another for several years. Ashere crafts a new political identity in a new club, this time more subtly.

-A Nntan maid is killed in the Kesketyn district of district of Kesketyn. Iche asks Ashere for his perspective, because the maid may have attended one of his political clubs.

-Ashere helps, though he withholds some information to keep his political party safe. There is an important vote coming up on the price of coffee, and he doesn't want to potentially jeopardize their influence with police involvement.

-He takes a nap.

Personality

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Strengths & Weaknesses

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Suggested Nerfs

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Arrival Inventory

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Humanization

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Fit

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SAMPLES

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