Yannick Hodgson
Jan 27, 2012 20:51:49 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2012 20:51:49 GMT -6
Name: Yannick Hodgson
Class*: Mercenary
Hair Color: Light brown
Eye Color: brown
Age: 21
Appearance: Yannick Hodgson is only 5'10 , 170 lbs. He walks with a confident strut which people may notice first about him. He has much leg and arm muscle, which he got from hours of intense training. His hair is short and shaggy , and has a short stubble for a beard and a square face. He has a long, straight cut across the side of his neck, caused by an arrow.
Clothes: Yannick wears a steel spaulder, and a steel vambrace on his dominant right arm. A leather strap goes from his right shoulder to the left side of his waist where it meets a leatherbelt. This is used to carry his sword on his back. He wears wool pants, with steel cuisses and steel greaves on his legs. He is never caught without his cresent moon necklace, and on the necklace is engraved "Omnis artifex primo armature" which means "Every artist was one a amature." in latin. (quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Born in**: Ilia ( Dont know aspecific town name, or do i make one up?)
Story***: Yannick Hodgson was born into the family of Markus and Alice Hodgson. Raised in Ilia, Yannick developed a resistance to the cold, spending so much time outside as a child. He grew up with his two older brothers, Magnum and Eli, and his only sister Jasmine, who happened to be the oldest.
Markus Hodgson (currently 45) was born and raised in Ilia, he grew up in the same town they live in now. He spent 4 years as a libarian, he was quite the scholar and often got invited to be in the army as a strategist. Fascinated by history and language, he became bilingual in a couple different languages. When he was 22, he fell in love with a girl named Alice...
Alice Hodgson (currently 43) grew up in southern Ilia with her mother and three sisters. Her father was sent off to the army one
year... but he never returned. After her father never returned, she was quite displeased with the army and their ways, she didnt trust the army. When she was 20 she moved to Western Ilia, there she started working as an apprentice painter. In western Ilia, she met Markus and they fell in love. 3 years later, her and Markus got married, but her art teacher, Mr.Rose, died of sickness. She vowed to keep his buisness alive and became a well known artist.
Magnum and Eli Hodgson, currently 24 and 23 respectively, are both Shipwrights in Etruria. They grew up teasing Yannick about his height,but after awhile learned to respect their brother. Magnum is more physical and loud, but Eli is calm and a smart thinker. They own their own ship building buisness, Hodgson Brothers.
Jasmine Hodgson is a waitress at a pub in Ilia, she is a pleasant woman and a very kind one. She loves to listen to travellers stories and talk to them, she is very knowledgeable of the area. She also lives in the same town as Yannick. She was quite close to her brother Yannick, often taking care of him when her brothers teased him. Which made their bond even more special...
At a young age, Yannick spent a lot of time outside, fooling around. Although, he spent a lot of time carving things, such as training weapons. His father often attempted to make him study history and become a scholar like him, but Yannick would much rather watch his two brothers spar with lances. Since his father bugged him about going, one day he decided to go. (15 at the time) Yannick turned out to be fascinated at the books his father had owned, his favourite book was a book about studying people. After he read the book, he became quite good at telling what people were like, just by looking at their appearance or the way they talked.
When he was 16, he had become bilingual in 2 languages. He started to get bullied more by his brothers, who teased him about being smart. When Jasmine came home from work, she often told the two brothers off, to help Yannick. This continued until one day, his brothers started stoning him, he was walking home from the library when he started getting hit by rocks. He ran towards his brothers and started punching them, they just laughed and pushed him down. As they ran away, his sister came over to him and took care of him.
As they walked home down the streets of the town, snow falling to the ground, he asked his sister why she cared so much about him. She smiled and responded "If you were a bit more confident in yourself, I think you could surpass your brothers. You have so much potential brother, dont let it go to waste"
After that day, Yannick started to do more things independently. He started doing more studying, doing more around his home, and practicing with a sword. One day, his brother Magnum made him a bet, if he could beat Eli in a swordfight, he would give him money.
Yannick wondered what he should do, then he realised to be confident in himself and said "Lets do it."
Weeks and weeks, Yannick trained with a sword, he trained so much that his sword shattered on a training dummy. As he walked into the blacksmith to get it repaired, he noticed a sign at the front. " Hiring apprentice blacksmiths!"
At the age of 18, he started his apprentice blacksmithing, he often found it challenging and got frustrated with himself, he knew he could do better. He went home and told his mom about what his problems were, she laughed and said "I know what its like, i felt the same way about painting." Then she reached around her neck and gave Yannick her necklace.
"Every artist was once a amature" was written on the back in latin.
From then on he trained and worked at the blacksmith, which he became quite skilled at. When he was 20, his brothers left to move to Etruria, his sister stayed in town.
One day, he was working alone when two brute bandits from the mountains came in. "I need this sharpened" and he threw his axe at Yannick. "Dont throw weapons!" Yannick responded.
The bandits got mad and started taking all the weapons off the shelves. " Thanks for the equipment!" and they left.
Yannick grabbed a nearby sword and chased them down the street. He sliced at the bandit, cutting his back.
A brawl started, but Yannick came out victorious. Then a shadow appeared from the alleyway....
"Nice skills.." the shadow said. " You should be a mercenary!"
Then out of the shadows came a woman dressed in a black cloak.
" We need guys like you!"
Yannick accepted the invitation, and was given all his nessesary equipment. " You can come get your pay at this safehouse , Yannick." Then the woman went inside the building.
Yannick walked home, and told his family about his new job. His mother was scared, she didnt like fighting. Neither did his father, but his sister understood completely.
Then the next morning, Yannick went to the noticeboard, found a job, and left the gates of town...
