Gwendolyn Black

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    Gwendolyn Black
    “The best of both worlds.”
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    Basic Information
    • Fullname: Gwendolyn Anne Black
      • Nicknames: Gwenny
    • Race: Stateland Ailor
      • Culture: Heartland Ceardian
    • Age: 26
      • Birthday: 11th of June
    • Gender: Female
    • Sexuality: Bi-sexuality
    • Eye Color: Green eyes
    • Preferred Weapon: Saber and Dagger
    • Ambition: Making a name for herself
    Core Concept
    Being raised as a unionist, Gwendolyn does have a small altar where she lights candles to the
    God Empress Elia before her trips at sea. She is devoted but not to the extreme of some individuals.

    She presents herself to others as an upstanding general even if her tactics are more privateer-like. She wishes to gain back the confidence she had before the vampire's occupation.


    Proficiency Information
    50 + 10 Hobby = 60 points (might have 6 points to spare for ic developments)
    • Sword Combat - 15 (10 + 5(Stateland))
    • Dagger Combat - 9
    • Light Bow Combat - 8
    • Brewing Art - 10 (5H + 5 Honed Skill 2)
    • Linguistic Science - 6
    • Sailing Art -10 (5 + 5 H) ‘Stargazer’ - Yacht
    • Sorcery - 12 - Exist Sorcerer
    • Physical Stat: 25 (Hit passed cap on the points)
    Ability Information
    • Sorcery:
      • Element Control 1
      • Element Control 3
      • Element Brand 1
      • Dueling Brand 1
    • Light Bow Combat :
      • Light Shot
      • Evading Dash
    • Racial Abilities:
      • Omniaware 1
      • Honed Skill 2 - Brewing Skill
      • Empath Sense 7
    • Languages
      • Common - Fluent
      • High-Anglian - Fluent - Grew up in Border city of Dragenthal
      • Sofaal - Time Spent Travelling
      • Modern Altalar - Fluent - Linguistic
    • Progression Talents
      2 Warrior (forced), 1 Admiral
    Basic Information (Expansion)

    Position In Regalia:

    Gwendolyn has recently moved to regalia at the request of her mother. She has traveled here to find a name for herself as an admiral. She currently lives in the Black Estate by the shoreline out on the countryside of the Regalian Isle.

    Characters Upbringing:

    Gwendolyn’s upbringing was a mix of noble etiquette and constant stories of naval warfare. She was born in the city of Regalia to Christopher and Dianne Black. She has in total 4 siblings, her older half brother, Oliver Black, and her younger brothers and sister, Arthur, William, and Angelina.

    Short Term Goals:

    Gwendolyn wishes to join the army and climb the ranks as her father did before her.

    Long Term Goals:

    Gwendolyn wishes to be the person everyone goes to for assistance, she wants to establish connections between parties that would otherwise not have any.
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    Visual Information

    Eye Colour: Green eyes
    Hair Colour: Dark Brown Hair
    Hairstyle: In a bun up with strands of hair flowing on the side
    Skin Colour: Tan skin
    Height: 6’


    Facial Features: Gwendolyn is almost the perfect fusion of both her parents, from her mother she inherited the distinctly Howlester nose and the distinct dark hair color. From her father, she inherited his hairstyle, his angular face, and his sea-green eyes which appear slightly misty as though it were a cold morning.

    Describe the Character’s body: Gwendolyn has a toned body due to long days spent at sea and training with weapons. Standing relatively tall for her people at six foot she strikes a slender and elegant figure that conceals true strength which lies beneath.

    Describe the Character’s fashion appearance and accessories: Gwendolyn tends to flip flop between two distinct clothing types. Due to her mother's influence gowns and dresses are part of her repertoire, however thanks to the more pragmatic naval dress of her father she can also be found wearing trousers, shirts, and coats. As far as Jewelry is concerned she has a pair of brooches that identify both her parents. A silver brooch, with the lilacs surrounding a blue sapphire from her mother and a silver bear with green emeralds for eyes to represent her father.

    Describe the character’s voice: Gwendolyn has an upper-class Heartlander accent however due to her skill with linguistics she has a distinct ability to mask this. Her tone of voice usually changes between her more elegant and softer spoken tones when around those she likes. And a louder more authoritative tone developed from years of learning to command upon the sea.
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    Personality

    How would your character express Happiness and Contentedness?

    Gwendolyn gets real grinny when she is happy, a trait she got from her father no less. She becomes very talkative when it comes to a topic that she enjoys. When it comes to being satisfied by matters of food or company, she tends to cross her arms and nod with this grin that can only be described as her father being there.

    How would your character respond to experiencing Fear?
    Gwendolyn gets extremely tense when it comes to fear. There are a handful of things that she fears, such as huge werebeasts and the occasional huge, using the term lightly, spiders. Usually grabbing the first thing in sight and chucking it at the threat. If the threat comes close, her trusty saber is there to help but she will usually shake when it comes to very dangerous situations.

    How would your character respond to experiencing Stress?
    Gwedolyn’s way to express stress is a bit unusual. Something she picked up from her father. She usually either writes down the stressful situation into a notebook or parchment and then throws it away. This is meant to represent that this stress can easily just disappear and doesn’t need to be mulled over. If there is no paper, she usually carries a piece of wood to carve, in a way to kill time before a stressful meeting or to calm her nervousness.

    How does your character view Law and Authorities?
    Gwendolyn has been taught to follow the law as it is. From stories of punishments for going against the guards, something about cleaning the prison, to stories of having to face your own family. Gwendolyn has always tried to keep herself straight and on the right side of the law.

    How does your character feel about Races other than their own?
    Gwendolyn was raised with the belief that ailorians are superior to anyone else. However, an admiral is only as good as the crews that run their ships. She is wary of some races, such as urls, but she is open to working with them to better the ailor way.

    How does your character feel about Religion for themselves and other faiths?
    Gwendolyn was raised under the religion of Unionism. Her faith is in the spirit even while out at sea. She does question some points of the religion however, she won’t open question it as to not cause problems for herself. Gwendolyn doesn't oppose other's religious views so long as the other party isn't forcing it on her. If such is the cause, she will fall into her stubborn ways to defend Unionism and her ways before attempting to try another religion.

    How does your character feel about the Arcane and Magical in the world?
    Gwendolyn has always been stuck in the middle. She knows the power of magic and how it can be helpful but she also knows how in the wrong hands it can cause problems. This is based on what her parents have told her, from stories and interactions.

    How does your character feel towards their family?
    Gwendolyn adores her family, she was never stopped from following what she wanted to do. As of late, with her mother as head of the house and her father out on sailing trips, she has grown slightly lonely. She does want to get to know her mother’s side of the family more as she has lived with her grandparents from her father’s side most of her life.

    What is your character the most proud of about themselves?
    After going to the admiral academy, Gwendolyn took over the post her father left in the Black Fleet. She is determined to make this her legacy to a sense to keep up the tradition. She has room to grow but for now, this fills her with pride.

    What motivates your character to move forward and better their life?
    Gwendolyn is motivated by the aspect of growing. If she is able to grow her skills, she would be able to grow in rank in the army. The aspect of growing the legacy that has been put in place by her parents inspired her to move forward.

    What is your character's biggest insecurity?
    Gwendolyn is very quiet about the subject, but she is insecure that the skills that she has learned, not only from the academy but from her father, won’t be enough to live up to her name. She sees that her parents have accomplished so much in their time as heads of the house and worries she won’t live up to it. She hopes that this is just in her mind.

    What is your character's biggest fear?
    Gwendolyn’s biggest fear is to be a horrible admiral. She isn’t only trying to prove to everyone she is one of the best, but also because she is a female admiral. She doesn’t make for her mistakes to be the norm for anyone else who might want to do what she is doing.

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    Relationships (Optional)

    Christopher Black: @Film_Noir :

    Her father and role model to be a captain in her own right. She learned most of her sailing skills.
    Dianne Black: @darkarely

    Her mother and the one that taught her how to present herself in the noble scene.
    Harlow Ketch: @fantuinn
    Her first friend in the city, still strange to see an ailor with magic, but she is learning alot about her Heartland friend.
    Nerissa @BiBiBirdie
    My first mentor in magic. I felt at ease studing under her and I learned alot more from her than I would have thought possible.
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    Life Story

    Birth and Childhood:

    Gwendolyn is born to Christopher and Dianne Black on the 11th of June (year), at the Black Estate in the City of Regalia.

    Gwendolyn was raised by her mother and co-raised in Narlas by her grandparents, Christopher’s parents.

    The oldest of her siblings, Gwendolyn always tried to be a role model for her three siblings.

    Gwendolyn was raised around with her step-brother, Oliver Black, at the Black Estate in Narlas where they spent most of their years under the protection of their grandparents.

    Young Adolescence - Late Adolescence

    Gwendolyn spent her early years shadowing her mother, as she believed that her daughter should be raised as a proper lady. However, when her mother wasn’t looking she would sneak away with her father and read over old Naval books.

    Gwendolyn would often find herself being trained in swordsmanship by a personal trainer her father hired for her.

    Gwendolyn learned a few languages from her parents. D’Ithanian from her mother, who wished for her to be ready for court life. Alt-Regalish from her father, who wanted her to know their native tongue.

    At the age of 14, Gwendolyn would move and travel from Formin Naval School of Thought in Essalonia to the Silverwind Pirate Commune in Silverwind. In a search to better understand the seas and be able to be the admiral to beat. Under the protection of a bodyguard that her father hired, she was allowed to conduct her studies at the Silverwind Pirate Commune without many issues.

    In between her lessons at the academy, Gwendolyn would often go on trips with her father. This helped her learn another language through experience, Sofaal.

    Towards her later Adolescence, when discovered a passion for learning more languages. As she believed that being able to talk to more people in their native tongue would make for easier understanding, these years were spent learning Modern Altalar.

    During her years in her studies, Gwendolyn was always fascinated by the different ways an admiral could maneuver their fleet. However, the thought always crossed her mind about protection and assault at a distance. This leads the young lady to beg her parents for archery lessons under the belief that it was for the protection of herself. Her mother wanted to be against it but allowed it under the guidance that Gwendolyn would benefit from such skills. So in the evening after her Statecraft lessons, she was allowed to learn archery with a light bow.

    While serving on an expedition, Gwendolyn's ship was attacked forcing them to retaliate. In the fight, while loading a cannon, Gwen miss calculated the amount of gun powder that had come in contact with her sleeves. As the fuse was lit, the flames exploded and rushed up to her arms. Her arms were saved by the medics on board but were heavily scarred with the burns from the accident. Gwendolyn most always tried to keep her arms covered and only shows those she trusts heavily with her secret.

    Present Day

    Gwendolyn moved back to the Black estate in the city of Regalia to take the role of matriarch of the house after her mother passed it on to her.

    Gwendolyn has slowly started developing magical skills. She was taught by Nerissa, who was recommended to her by a mutual associate. Gwen is still learning more ways to keep her fleets and ships from crashing while she is at the helm.

    Gwendolyn started to move up the ranks in the Marshal Cabinet, first as a retinue, then as Wind Admiral, and now as Division Admiral. She wrote to her parents and they were proud of what their daughter has accomplished.

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  2. Antimreoir

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    Hello! I'll be taking this application for review! Expect a response shortly. @darkarely
     
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    Here's my review! @darkarely

    Basic Information
    Everything looks good here!
    Skill Information
    You've spent 30 Core points plus an additional 5 Points in Linguistics when you only have 30 Core points to spend, please fix this.
    Special Traits
    Everything looks good here!
    Visual Information
    Please put the Visual Information Expansion into a Spoiler.
    Personality
    Please expand further on how Gwendolyn views other Faiths, as you've only mentioned her adherence to Unionism.
    Life Story
    With your current Investment in Linguistics you would only be able to take two languages out of Sofaal, Modern Altalar and Alt-Regalisch. Please invest 3 points more into Linguistic Science to take all three.
    Where did Gwendolyn study the bow? You've mentioned learning of the Saber from a personal trainer but you have made little mention of any study in ranged combat. Please elaborate on this.

    Once you make the requested edits I'll be glad to mark you as approved!
     
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    @Antimreoir


    Skill Information
    (You've spent 30 Core points plus an additional 5 Points in Linguistics when you only have 30 Core points to spend, please fix this.)

    Sorry that was my bad on my math. Linguistic has 5 free points(the 5 ones we get from birth thing) and 1 Age/Natural point. the other 24 age/natural points are divided into Sword and Light bow.


    Visual Information
    Please put the Visual Information Expansion into a Spoiler.

    Done

    Personality
    Please expand further on how Gwendolyn views other Faiths, as you've only mentioned her adherence to Unionism.

    Done


    Life Story
    With your current Investment in Linguistics you would only be able to take two languages out of Sofaal, Modern Altalar and Alt-Regalisch. Please invest 3 points more into Linguistic Science to take all three.

    Removed Anglian from Linguistic, sorry for the confusion. I was under the impression that parent languages were transferred without points. My bad.

    Where did Gwendolyn study the bow? You've mentioned learning of the Saber from a personal trainer but you have made little mention of any study in ranged combat. Please elaborate on this.

    Added a paragraph just before present-day regarding archery.
     
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    @darkarely Lovely! However, you've still spent 5 extra Core Points. The 5 Free Points are in Linguistics, you have 25 split between Sword, Light Bow, and Linguistics, and then an extra 5 Normal Points invested in Statecraft.

    All of the other changes are looking good!
     
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    Removed the 5 age point from it. Left only the 5 Talent. Sorry again
     
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    @Antimreoir. Sheet needs a re-review due to new ailor abilities. Along with moving points from Light bow to captain command
     
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    All good! I'd recommend shifting the 3 extra points in Light Bow as they don't do anything for your character in terms of abilities. But, if you wish to keep it at 7 for aesthetic, go ahead!
     
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    Added the 3 to Linguistic as suggested, added Leutz-Vixe Dialect
     
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    @Antimreoir, Re-review requested.

    Have made changes to the proficiency and added the parts needed to the back story reflecting them accordingly.
     
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    All good, you currently have 7 free points that may be spent later. @darkarely Reapproved.
     
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    @Antimreoir Re-review needed. Added sorcery (from ic interaction) and changed some admiral stuff back story reflects as well
     
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    @Antimreoir need a re-review
    or any staff for vampire thing
     
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    @darkarely Hello, I've claimed this app for review and will get back to you within 48 hours.
     
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    @darkarely After reviewing your application, a few things need correction:
    • Please include a Vampiric Form section.
    Once you have done this, tag me and I will review it once more.
     
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    @Follower sorry, but due to ic reasons the character has been changed to Rokhaal bloodline added the desciption.
     
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    @darkarely Its all good, Everything seems to be in order, Approved.
     
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    @Follower Re-review needed. Vampire line changed due to IC matters
     
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    @darkarely Everything seems to be in order, Approved. (This isn't immediately relevant, however please do include what type of sorcery your character has at some point, whether it be void or Exist, in the point buy)
     
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    @Follower Re-review needed as some points were move/added with the proficiency changes
     
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    @darkarely Everything seems to be in order, Approved.
     

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