Post by Tantalus Xeno on Mar 4, 2012 2:32:00 GMT -6
What's your Name?
Name: Tantalus Xeno
Nickname: None
Ah, I see. Tell me, what do you look like?
Age: 28
Race: Dunmer
Gender: Male
Hair color: White
Eye color: Red
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 125 lbs
Advanced description: Small and compact in size without being easily mistaken as a girl.
Tell Me About Yourself:
Homeland: Skyrim
Personality: Tantalus is very shy, withdrawn and introverted, having experienced extreme abuse as a child. He is now very grim with no sense of humor, avoids eye contact and harbors a burning desire for a fresh start and a new life. But due to the damage done to him as a child, he is a highly unbalanced individual and unable to forgive or forget his past(so unable to give himself a fresh start), leaving him almost paralyzed in his past anguish.
Skyrim's strife breaks his heart, but his desire for a new start has manifested into a desire for a new start for the world. The truth is that he will never be satisfied until he forgives himself and his father. It will take a very unique individual to help him heal his wounds, and it will also take the kind of time that Skyrim doesn't have right now.
He makes up for his dislike of people by working with animals, and is very fond of dogs and horses. He is also familiar with putting these animals out of their misery. He is deeply saddened by loss of life, and will stay with his kill until it passes onto the next life to comfort it.
Tantalus is also something of a vigilante. In truth he is very tender hearted and caring, but his experiences have twisted his sense of caring into a dark thing that he will come to regret in later years if he survives.
Likes: Animals, being a Ranger, being alone in the wilderness, people who remind him of his mother and brother
Dislikes: Signs of aggression, drinking, injustice, anyone who reminds him of his father
Fears: His father, most people taller than him
Theme: Lux Aeterna
Theme Artist: Clint Mansell
Relationship status: Single and awkward
Gender Preference: Women (but is slightly bisexual)
Skills:
Prefered Skill: Archery
Secondary Skills: Alchemy, Illusion, Sneak
Least Favored Skill: Smithing
(*Note: They can use all skills, but they can only start out good with a few.)
Weapons and Armor:
Light or Heavy Armor: Light
Armor type: Leather
One or Two handed weapon: One
Weapon: Hunting Bow, Iron Sword
Affiliation:
Affiliation: Dovahkiin
Words of Power: Fus (Unrelenting Force), Raan (Animal Allegiance), Laas (Aura Whisper)
Tell Me About Your Past:
Bio/History: Tantalus Xeno was born on a farm in the Rift of Skyrim with his father, older brother and mother. Being Dunmer in Skyrim was difficult, and being farmers was sometimes even more difficult. When he was young his father began to drink in order to escape from the issues of farming in an unforgiving land and his inability to get along with the local Nords. His father also began getting creative in his growing hate for the Nords, and when he became too drunk he took it out on his wife and children. When his wife was not in the house, the abuse got worse.
Tantalus and his brother stuck close to their mother, and became terrified of their father at a young age. Both of them learned not to contest or fight their father, passively accepting the abuse for fear of being beaten further. At age 13, Tantalus's mother became sick and passed away within the year, leaving both boys alone with their father. The beatings increased almost immediately, and were administered whenever their father deemed the boys to be 'failing him', 'not doing well enough', 'poorly skilled', 'too Nord-like', 'not being fast enough', 'looking at him the wrong way' and a variety of other undeserved reasons.
Fearing death at the hands of their increasingly unstable father, both boys fled the failing farm in the dead of night when Tantalus was age 14, taking what little skills they had to survive. They traveled to Riften to find work, Tantalus following his older brother and sticking closely to him as he had never developed any kind of self-confidence on his own. The truth was that neither had his brother, but he forced himself into it to protect Tantalus.
Four years and a farm job later, both brothers had almost forgotten about their father. They had both been almost astonished that the world was not as harsh as their father had made it out to be, and the Nords who had hired them were fair and friendly people. But then they received a message via courier from their father, wishing both brothers a happy birthday and saying that he would kill them. The message terrified both brothers, but they stayed at the farm, hiding their turmoil from the farm owners. For the next year, messages continued to arrive, detailing a variety of ways in which their father wanted to kill both boys and containing enough information for both boys to know their father was out there watching them. At age 19, Tantalus and his brother arrived at work to find the livestock slaughtered. When they went to find the owners of the farm, they found their father standing over the dead family. The years had not been kind to their father, and he'd grown wiry, even more hateful, and even more obsessive and mentally unstable.
Both boys fled with their father chasing them, leading to a terrifying game of cat and mouse for the next two years. When he caught up with them, Tantalus's older brother threw himself in the way to protect him, screaming for him to run. Tantalus did run, watching his brother die before escaping.
When he reported the murder to the Jarl in Winterhold, where him and his brother had fled, he found that his pleas fell on deaf ears, thus crushing his hope in the authority of Skyrim. Tantalus ran from his father for another three years, supporting himself by hunting almost exclusively. He'd begun to turn the game of cat and mouse around during the three years, becoming tired of being paralyzed by fear and always running. At the age of 24, the stalking and the threats and the dodging and hunting came to a point after Tantalus discovered he was Dragon born, having encountered a Thu'um wall out in the wild. He faced his father alone in the wilderness and killed him, listening to the hate filled screams about him being useless, weak, cowardly, stupid, lazy and not a true Dunmer. He did not bury his father when he'd finally quieted.
Deeply disturbed by over a decade of being terrorized by his father, and crushed by the loss of his brother, Tantalus stayed away from civilization and other people, unable to handle being in the presence of others. The young Dunmer trades furs and other hunting goods with towns and traveling Khajiit.
He has become adept at poison making and being a Ranger, and often runs if spotted and greeted by others. He will save any one he sees being attacked by thieves or bandits, and will accept bounties in order to get extra gold.
Other:
Other Accounts: Duke, Silas, Ande, Viss
RP experience: 9 Years
Name: Tantalus Xeno
Nickname: None
Ah, I see. Tell me, what do you look like?
Age: 28
Race: Dunmer
Gender: Male
Hair color: White
Eye color: Red
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 125 lbs
Advanced description: Small and compact in size without being easily mistaken as a girl.
Tell Me About Yourself:
Homeland: Skyrim
Personality: Tantalus is very shy, withdrawn and introverted, having experienced extreme abuse as a child. He is now very grim with no sense of humor, avoids eye contact and harbors a burning desire for a fresh start and a new life. But due to the damage done to him as a child, he is a highly unbalanced individual and unable to forgive or forget his past(so unable to give himself a fresh start), leaving him almost paralyzed in his past anguish.
Skyrim's strife breaks his heart, but his desire for a new start has manifested into a desire for a new start for the world. The truth is that he will never be satisfied until he forgives himself and his father. It will take a very unique individual to help him heal his wounds, and it will also take the kind of time that Skyrim doesn't have right now.
He makes up for his dislike of people by working with animals, and is very fond of dogs and horses. He is also familiar with putting these animals out of their misery. He is deeply saddened by loss of life, and will stay with his kill until it passes onto the next life to comfort it.
Tantalus is also something of a vigilante. In truth he is very tender hearted and caring, but his experiences have twisted his sense of caring into a dark thing that he will come to regret in later years if he survives.
Likes: Animals, being a Ranger, being alone in the wilderness, people who remind him of his mother and brother
Dislikes: Signs of aggression, drinking, injustice, anyone who reminds him of his father
Fears: His father, most people taller than him
Theme: Lux Aeterna
Theme Artist: Clint Mansell
Relationship status: Single and awkward
Gender Preference: Women (but is slightly bisexual)
Skills:
Prefered Skill: Archery
Secondary Skills: Alchemy, Illusion, Sneak
Least Favored Skill: Smithing
(*Note: They can use all skills, but they can only start out good with a few.)
Weapons and Armor:
Light or Heavy Armor: Light
Armor type: Leather
One or Two handed weapon: One
Weapon: Hunting Bow, Iron Sword
Affiliation:
Affiliation: Dovahkiin
Words of Power: Fus (Unrelenting Force), Raan (Animal Allegiance), Laas (Aura Whisper)
Tell Me About Your Past:
Bio/History: Tantalus Xeno was born on a farm in the Rift of Skyrim with his father, older brother and mother. Being Dunmer in Skyrim was difficult, and being farmers was sometimes even more difficult. When he was young his father began to drink in order to escape from the issues of farming in an unforgiving land and his inability to get along with the local Nords. His father also began getting creative in his growing hate for the Nords, and when he became too drunk he took it out on his wife and children. When his wife was not in the house, the abuse got worse.
Tantalus and his brother stuck close to their mother, and became terrified of their father at a young age. Both of them learned not to contest or fight their father, passively accepting the abuse for fear of being beaten further. At age 13, Tantalus's mother became sick and passed away within the year, leaving both boys alone with their father. The beatings increased almost immediately, and were administered whenever their father deemed the boys to be 'failing him', 'not doing well enough', 'poorly skilled', 'too Nord-like', 'not being fast enough', 'looking at him the wrong way' and a variety of other undeserved reasons.
Fearing death at the hands of their increasingly unstable father, both boys fled the failing farm in the dead of night when Tantalus was age 14, taking what little skills they had to survive. They traveled to Riften to find work, Tantalus following his older brother and sticking closely to him as he had never developed any kind of self-confidence on his own. The truth was that neither had his brother, but he forced himself into it to protect Tantalus.
Four years and a farm job later, both brothers had almost forgotten about their father. They had both been almost astonished that the world was not as harsh as their father had made it out to be, and the Nords who had hired them were fair and friendly people. But then they received a message via courier from their father, wishing both brothers a happy birthday and saying that he would kill them. The message terrified both brothers, but they stayed at the farm, hiding their turmoil from the farm owners. For the next year, messages continued to arrive, detailing a variety of ways in which their father wanted to kill both boys and containing enough information for both boys to know their father was out there watching them. At age 19, Tantalus and his brother arrived at work to find the livestock slaughtered. When they went to find the owners of the farm, they found their father standing over the dead family. The years had not been kind to their father, and he'd grown wiry, even more hateful, and even more obsessive and mentally unstable.
Both boys fled with their father chasing them, leading to a terrifying game of cat and mouse for the next two years. When he caught up with them, Tantalus's older brother threw himself in the way to protect him, screaming for him to run. Tantalus did run, watching his brother die before escaping.
When he reported the murder to the Jarl in Winterhold, where him and his brother had fled, he found that his pleas fell on deaf ears, thus crushing his hope in the authority of Skyrim. Tantalus ran from his father for another three years, supporting himself by hunting almost exclusively. He'd begun to turn the game of cat and mouse around during the three years, becoming tired of being paralyzed by fear and always running. At the age of 24, the stalking and the threats and the dodging and hunting came to a point after Tantalus discovered he was Dragon born, having encountered a Thu'um wall out in the wild. He faced his father alone in the wilderness and killed him, listening to the hate filled screams about him being useless, weak, cowardly, stupid, lazy and not a true Dunmer. He did not bury his father when he'd finally quieted.
Deeply disturbed by over a decade of being terrorized by his father, and crushed by the loss of his brother, Tantalus stayed away from civilization and other people, unable to handle being in the presence of others. The young Dunmer trades furs and other hunting goods with towns and traveling Khajiit.
He has become adept at poison making and being a Ranger, and often runs if spotted and greeted by others. He will save any one he sees being attacked by thieves or bandits, and will accept bounties in order to get extra gold.
Other:
Other Accounts: Duke, Silas, Ande, Viss
RP experience: 9 Years
