Post by Swift Otter on Sept 7, 2008 22:31:57 GMT
Swift Otter
Swift Otter is seventeen years old, fairly tall and lean, with (typically unkempt) short, dark brown hair and brown eyes - relatively unusual features for a Sommlending. His often slightly scruffy appearance is a source of much (usually) good-humoured mockery from his fellow acolytes and of much (nearly always) ill-tempered admonishment from his tutors.
Swift Otter revels in natural environments, particularly forests and rivers. Although not uncomfortable within the monastery walls, he is always keen on opportunities to escape them. The disciplines that he has excelled in reflect this, whilst the particular weakness of his studies of the focused mental arts demonstrate his tendency to rely on his instincts rather than exercising the more controlled powers of the mind.
His Kai name was judged the ideal epithet due to his being almost as at home in water as out of it, and due also his fleetness in either environment. Needless to say he is an excellent swimmer. His tendency to playfully manipulate anything that comes to hand - whether in twirling his spear, rolling leaves up into a ball or idly passing a stone from palm to palm - and to use the forests and rivers that he loves so much as a source of fun - whether in sliding down muddy river banks into the water, climbing any available tree or stalking animals that he has no intention of permanently capturing - only strengthened the appropriateness of the 'Otter' moniker in his tutors' minds.
Combat Skill: 18
Endurance: 23
Kai Disciplines
1. Hunting
2. Tracking
3. Sixth Sense
4. Animal Kinship
5. Camouflage
Weapons
1. Bow
2. Axe
Backpack
1. P of L
2. Rope
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8.
Belt Pouch
16 Gold Crowns
Special Items
1. Quiver (12 arrows)
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Swift Otter is seventeen years old, fairly tall and lean, with (typically unkempt) short, dark brown hair and brown eyes - relatively unusual features for a Sommlending. His often slightly scruffy appearance is a source of much (usually) good-humoured mockery from his fellow acolytes and of much (nearly always) ill-tempered admonishment from his tutors.
Swift Otter revels in natural environments, particularly forests and rivers. Although not uncomfortable within the monastery walls, he is always keen on opportunities to escape them. The disciplines that he has excelled in reflect this, whilst the particular weakness of his studies of the focused mental arts demonstrate his tendency to rely on his instincts rather than exercising the more controlled powers of the mind.
His Kai name was judged the ideal epithet due to his being almost as at home in water as out of it, and due also his fleetness in either environment. Needless to say he is an excellent swimmer. His tendency to playfully manipulate anything that comes to hand - whether in twirling his spear, rolling leaves up into a ball or idly passing a stone from palm to palm - and to use the forests and rivers that he loves so much as a source of fun - whether in sliding down muddy river banks into the water, climbing any available tree or stalking animals that he has no intention of permanently capturing - only strengthened the appropriateness of the 'Otter' moniker in his tutors' minds.
Combat Skill: 18
Endurance: 23
Kai Disciplines
1. Hunting
2. Tracking
3. Sixth Sense
4. Animal Kinship
5. Camouflage
Weapons
1. Bow
2. Axe
Backpack
1. P of L
2. Rope
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Belt Pouch
16 Gold Crowns
Special Items
1. Quiver (12 arrows)
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.