Arte
05-18-2008, 03:06 PM
Full Name: Artemus Bloodwing
Nicknames: Arte, That Bastard
Date of Birth: Unknown
Age: Appears in his early 30s, (about 90+ years)
Race: Sin’Dorei
Gender: Male
Hair: Black
Skin: Dark Tanned
Eyes: Emerald Green
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 190 lbs
Place of residence: Wandering Vagabond, though he has been recently given a small apartment on the Scryer’s Tier that he rarely uses
Place of Birth: Farstrider Lodge, Eversong Woods
Known Relatives: Sakiyah Sunflare (cousin), Nocturne Bloodwing (Father, unknown), Nova’lynn (mother, deceased), Diirak Sunstrider (fiancé)
Religion/Philosophy: Believes in Luck deified more than a religion. Believes in the strong protecting the weak. Practices a belief in relying on oneself.
Occupation: Ranger, accidental hunter, herbalist, cook and vagabond
Group/Guild affiliation: None
Guild Rank: n/a
Enemies: Nocturne, his father; and various others whom he finds hates him seemingly everyday.
Likes: His cigarettes, the peace of the wilds, the rush of battle and fishing.
Favorite Foods: Spiced bread and Bear Kabobs.
Favorite Drinks: Mead and Cuergo’s Gold with worm.
Favorite Colors: Blue
Weapons of Choice: Rifle and staff
Dislikes: The constant state of trouble he finds himself in whenever he sets foot in Silvermoon to restock on supplies or have a drink. Having his cigarettes taken away or be lectured on the bad habit of smoking.
Hobbies: Fishing
Physical Features: Usually appears scruffy or unkempt, spending most of his time away from cities and not caring how he looks. Usually he has several days or weeks of stubble. The majority of his back and shoulders are covered in swirling pattern of tattoos, while his torso, arms and hands are dotted with scars. His hands are calloused and usually dirty from collecting herbs or bloody from battle. He has the constant signature odor of cigarettes (a tobacco he blends himself) and spices from his cooking.
Special Abilities: He can sing very well but only for very special occasions. He draws but rarely, instead using his talent to keep a record of different herbs he encounters. He is an excellent cook, though it seems his talents are usually put to feeding Boar and Jasper.
Positive Personality Traits: Kind, empathetic, charming and independent.
Negative Personality Traits: Can be dense, hardheaded, stubborn and with a lack of respect for authority and nobility.
Misc Quirks: Chain smoker and with a slight fear of women and their seeming constant attack of his manhood (both literally and figuratively.) Is an emotional drunk but tries not to over indulge anymore due to his past alcoholic nature.
Played by What Famous Person: Dean Martin (Think Rio Bravo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2OHR0F5GIo))
Theme Songs: “You Don't Know How It Feels” by Tom Petty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQhGfucHbtc); “Wherever I May Roam” by Metallica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH-aQMc1x5s)
Pets: Boar is a large black battle boar that follows him around and is a signature ‘ladies man.’ Jasper is a mangy, ugly, black furred stray kitten with anger issues.
Mounts: Cid, his young male black Hawkstrider with a terrible disposition.
History:
(Arte dislikes speaking of his past and will usually not even admit to his family name)
Artemus was born the bastard son of Blood Magus, Lord Nocturne, and a young ranger named Nova’lynn. Nocturne took Artemus from his mother once he learned he had a son after several years of no contact with Nova’lynn. With plans to raise his only child to be groomed as heir to the Bloodwing household, he regarded Artemus as more of a project than son. He was rigorously educated and trained, with high near impossible standards set by his father. But when Artemus did not show the natural aptitude for the arcane as his father imagined his own blood would, he was tossed aside as a failed project. His younger cousin Sakiyah was then taken in as apprentice and took over his studies; Sakiyah would later be named the new heir.
With his life in his father’s house more like that of an unwanted guest or stray, he sought out apprenticeship that would take him far from his family estate. During his training with the Farstriders as a ranger, Artemus would visit Sakiyah every winter, despite also having to see his father. His father’s ambition and drive for greater influence and power finally drove Artemus away when he was ordered to marry Sakiyah and produce “…offspring befitting the Bloodwing household. With my blood and her strength in the arcane and dark arts.”
Arte then forsake his family name and especially any last shreds of affection for his father. He now only feels ties to Sakiyah, whom he still views as a sister to him. The current whereabouts and status of his father are unknown after a near successful assassination attempt on Arte’s life. Sakiyah was able to save Arte by using a soulstone created with part of Arte’s weakened soul and a small part of Sakiyah’s life essence. He bares a scar over his heart that resembles a demonic rune that is now faded and barely distinguishable from the others.
*Present*
After Nocturne left to follow Kael’thas to Outland, Arte turned to a life of solitude. Soon his life became that of a drunkard and wandering vagabond with no direction and little means of money. Once Sakiyah was able to track him down after a few years, Arte began to receive weekly letters and a small allowance from her personal account. Filled with self loathing at what he had become, Arte went back into training.
It was then that, while traveling to visit their new allies the Orcs, he happened upon a large black boar in Durotar that followed him all the way back to Silvermoon because of the bread he carried. Unable to get rid of the beast, he finally began to consent to feeding it. When asked its name, Arte would reply, “Since he never introduced himself, he’s just Boar.”
With Boar at his side, he began his accidental path of the hunter. Arte claims not to have any bond with Boar, but the two share an uncanny ability to read one another instantly in battle. Plus there’s the fact the two seem to mirror a bit in personality; both being very stubborn, crude, and charming despite.
Arte then was able to join the mercenary troop for the Warsong Outriders, giving his life meaning for some time. After feeling he had come back to form, he ended his contract with the Outriders to return to his training full time. At about this time he met a warlock by the name of Diirak and the two started a passionate affair. The young man captured Arte’s attention and heart, though he seems to also drive him mad with all the troubles that he thought followed soon after. The two are now engaged, though obstacle after obstacle seems to block their path to marriage.
After another fight with Diirak that led to drinking, Arte awoke with a hangover in the street of Murder Row. It was there he was found by Jasper, a stray black kitten. The stray was mangy with coarse black fur that stood out like dried grass and skinny to the point of emaciation. Jasper then adopted Arte, and soon began to show his distrust of everyone and thing that wasn’t Arte or Boar by hissing and yowling. As a sign of affection, Jasper can usually be seen scratching and biting Arte bloody, while purring and/or growling. The only other two people he seems to show any tolerance to are Diirak and Carmensita. It seems Jasper knows of Diirak’s feline allergies and has been known to rub up against and purr at Arte’s distressed fiancé.
Not too long ago Arte met a young elf maid named Carmensita by a chance meeting in Thunderbluff. Intrigued by her foreign accent and demeanor, the two became fast friends. After discovering how often Carmensita was being taken advantage of, he took it upon himself to protect and advise her as often as he could. He recently has become aware of the rumors surrounding the two, to his dismay.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/ninjadogsama/arte01.jpg
(First sketch of Arte)
Nicknames: Arte, That Bastard
Date of Birth: Unknown
Age: Appears in his early 30s, (about 90+ years)
Race: Sin’Dorei
Gender: Male
Hair: Black
Skin: Dark Tanned
Eyes: Emerald Green
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 190 lbs
Place of residence: Wandering Vagabond, though he has been recently given a small apartment on the Scryer’s Tier that he rarely uses
Place of Birth: Farstrider Lodge, Eversong Woods
Known Relatives: Sakiyah Sunflare (cousin), Nocturne Bloodwing (Father, unknown), Nova’lynn (mother, deceased), Diirak Sunstrider (fiancé)
Religion/Philosophy: Believes in Luck deified more than a religion. Believes in the strong protecting the weak. Practices a belief in relying on oneself.
Occupation: Ranger, accidental hunter, herbalist, cook and vagabond
Group/Guild affiliation: None
Guild Rank: n/a
Enemies: Nocturne, his father; and various others whom he finds hates him seemingly everyday.
Likes: His cigarettes, the peace of the wilds, the rush of battle and fishing.
Favorite Foods: Spiced bread and Bear Kabobs.
Favorite Drinks: Mead and Cuergo’s Gold with worm.
Favorite Colors: Blue
Weapons of Choice: Rifle and staff
Dislikes: The constant state of trouble he finds himself in whenever he sets foot in Silvermoon to restock on supplies or have a drink. Having his cigarettes taken away or be lectured on the bad habit of smoking.
Hobbies: Fishing
Physical Features: Usually appears scruffy or unkempt, spending most of his time away from cities and not caring how he looks. Usually he has several days or weeks of stubble. The majority of his back and shoulders are covered in swirling pattern of tattoos, while his torso, arms and hands are dotted with scars. His hands are calloused and usually dirty from collecting herbs or bloody from battle. He has the constant signature odor of cigarettes (a tobacco he blends himself) and spices from his cooking.
Special Abilities: He can sing very well but only for very special occasions. He draws but rarely, instead using his talent to keep a record of different herbs he encounters. He is an excellent cook, though it seems his talents are usually put to feeding Boar and Jasper.
Positive Personality Traits: Kind, empathetic, charming and independent.
Negative Personality Traits: Can be dense, hardheaded, stubborn and with a lack of respect for authority and nobility.
Misc Quirks: Chain smoker and with a slight fear of women and their seeming constant attack of his manhood (both literally and figuratively.) Is an emotional drunk but tries not to over indulge anymore due to his past alcoholic nature.
Played by What Famous Person: Dean Martin (Think Rio Bravo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2OHR0F5GIo))
Theme Songs: “You Don't Know How It Feels” by Tom Petty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQhGfucHbtc); “Wherever I May Roam” by Metallica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH-aQMc1x5s)
Pets: Boar is a large black battle boar that follows him around and is a signature ‘ladies man.’ Jasper is a mangy, ugly, black furred stray kitten with anger issues.
Mounts: Cid, his young male black Hawkstrider with a terrible disposition.
History:
(Arte dislikes speaking of his past and will usually not even admit to his family name)
Artemus was born the bastard son of Blood Magus, Lord Nocturne, and a young ranger named Nova’lynn. Nocturne took Artemus from his mother once he learned he had a son after several years of no contact with Nova’lynn. With plans to raise his only child to be groomed as heir to the Bloodwing household, he regarded Artemus as more of a project than son. He was rigorously educated and trained, with high near impossible standards set by his father. But when Artemus did not show the natural aptitude for the arcane as his father imagined his own blood would, he was tossed aside as a failed project. His younger cousin Sakiyah was then taken in as apprentice and took over his studies; Sakiyah would later be named the new heir.
With his life in his father’s house more like that of an unwanted guest or stray, he sought out apprenticeship that would take him far from his family estate. During his training with the Farstriders as a ranger, Artemus would visit Sakiyah every winter, despite also having to see his father. His father’s ambition and drive for greater influence and power finally drove Artemus away when he was ordered to marry Sakiyah and produce “…offspring befitting the Bloodwing household. With my blood and her strength in the arcane and dark arts.”
Arte then forsake his family name and especially any last shreds of affection for his father. He now only feels ties to Sakiyah, whom he still views as a sister to him. The current whereabouts and status of his father are unknown after a near successful assassination attempt on Arte’s life. Sakiyah was able to save Arte by using a soulstone created with part of Arte’s weakened soul and a small part of Sakiyah’s life essence. He bares a scar over his heart that resembles a demonic rune that is now faded and barely distinguishable from the others.
*Present*
After Nocturne left to follow Kael’thas to Outland, Arte turned to a life of solitude. Soon his life became that of a drunkard and wandering vagabond with no direction and little means of money. Once Sakiyah was able to track him down after a few years, Arte began to receive weekly letters and a small allowance from her personal account. Filled with self loathing at what he had become, Arte went back into training.
It was then that, while traveling to visit their new allies the Orcs, he happened upon a large black boar in Durotar that followed him all the way back to Silvermoon because of the bread he carried. Unable to get rid of the beast, he finally began to consent to feeding it. When asked its name, Arte would reply, “Since he never introduced himself, he’s just Boar.”
With Boar at his side, he began his accidental path of the hunter. Arte claims not to have any bond with Boar, but the two share an uncanny ability to read one another instantly in battle. Plus there’s the fact the two seem to mirror a bit in personality; both being very stubborn, crude, and charming despite.
Arte then was able to join the mercenary troop for the Warsong Outriders, giving his life meaning for some time. After feeling he had come back to form, he ended his contract with the Outriders to return to his training full time. At about this time he met a warlock by the name of Diirak and the two started a passionate affair. The young man captured Arte’s attention and heart, though he seems to also drive him mad with all the troubles that he thought followed soon after. The two are now engaged, though obstacle after obstacle seems to block their path to marriage.
After another fight with Diirak that led to drinking, Arte awoke with a hangover in the street of Murder Row. It was there he was found by Jasper, a stray black kitten. The stray was mangy with coarse black fur that stood out like dried grass and skinny to the point of emaciation. Jasper then adopted Arte, and soon began to show his distrust of everyone and thing that wasn’t Arte or Boar by hissing and yowling. As a sign of affection, Jasper can usually be seen scratching and biting Arte bloody, while purring and/or growling. The only other two people he seems to show any tolerance to are Diirak and Carmensita. It seems Jasper knows of Diirak’s feline allergies and has been known to rub up against and purr at Arte’s distressed fiancé.
Not too long ago Arte met a young elf maid named Carmensita by a chance meeting in Thunderbluff. Intrigued by her foreign accent and demeanor, the two became fast friends. After discovering how often Carmensita was being taken advantage of, he took it upon himself to protect and advise her as often as he could. He recently has become aware of the rumors surrounding the two, to his dismay.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/ninjadogsama/arte01.jpg
(First sketch of Arte)