Armed Thief
Lord of the Feel
Name:
Carness Rodriguez
Gender: Female
Age: Exact age unknown, estimated to be at her late twenties or early 30s.
Race: Human
Appearance:
Averagely built, Carness stands at 5’8”, weighing in at 139 lbs. She prefers her dark clothing which is rather…ahead of its time in the setting. She keeps her hair in a bun, decorated with white feathers and a flower.
Student or Mentor: Mentor
KNIGHTHOOD: Teutonic
Weapon: A simple civilian espada ropera. It’s been forged and reinforced a few times, but it basically boils down to a slightly more sturdy sword.
Secondary Weapon: A reinforced leather single-tailed whip, designed to split skin and fabric, causing as much pain as possible to the recipient.
Social Class: Noble
Province: The Rolling Plains
Liege(if any): Herself
Mount: A Friesian breed
Mount Name: Ozymandias “Ozzy”
Mount Personality: A stubborn and finicky steed that would more likely jerk its rider off its back rather than let her ride it. It does seem to only do that just to spite her more than anything else. Its intelligence, however, should be praised in that it does recognise a time when to not buck Carness off.
Social Class (if dragon, then explain family history/reason why they were chosen): Noble
Family Description:
“A sword cannot cut ideas.”
Rodriguez. An odd name amongst the more Germanic-themed nobles. Nevertheless, the Rodriguez family were not a family to be sneezed at, or to be even trifled with. Mere farmers and land-keepers in the beginning, the Three Hundred Year War changed the fate of the family. Samuel Rodriguez was drafted into the war, where he found his calling as a strategist. With him at the helm of a majority of the troops, Samuel led the Teutons to their victories, crushing their opponents with not only superior power, but with skill and tactics. He was knighted after the peace treaty was affirmed, given a land to call his own, and proclaimed a noble. Being one of those who had not actually shown combat prowess in war, it was a rare act of respect given by the Teutons. Samuel humbly accepted his position as a Teutonic noble.
The Rodriguez family always has at least ONE knighted person in the family as a form of tradition. It doesn’t matter if the knight is from the main branch, that is to say, descended from the eldest of the eldest etc. Currently, there are 8 living knights in the family, Ygritte, Johann, Lima, Krauss, George, Frederica, Natalie, and Nessie, three of which are from the main branch. The family rarely sees conflict within.
The Rodriguez family keeps their surname, even the females when they marry. Should the eldest daughter of the eldest son be married, their child will bear the Rodriguez name and the title of patriarch/matriarch when the daughter passes the title to him. This practice usually sees a bit of scuffling between both the son-in-law’s family and the Rodriguez’s, but most leave it at that.
Personality: Carness…is a very difficult person to describe with a few words. She seems to have a million and a half thoughts boiling inside her and is often so often engrossed with her own thinking that she would neglect basic human necessities. She can be seen striding around the academy, papers in hand and reading faster than a student cramming for his last-year exam, or scribbling theories, hypotheses and equations of some sort. Other times, she can be seen sitting somewhere and being lost in thought. What she is usually lost in, though, seems to be directly linked to her past with the Foresworn War. Carness, being a talented strategist like her ancestor, is recognised and defers from Samuel by the fact that she has pinpoint accuracy in predicting enemy movement and actions, so much so that she bases her assumptions, movement and actions through studying other people. Her deferring from her ancestor does not end here. She is simply unable to control that side of her. She cannot stop thinking. She is always thinking. She is always trying to know. This takes on a more sinister scale when she is interested in a person or a thing, as she will obsess over them, watching and learning, and charting their activities.
Carness, however, does have a more human side to her. Though mostly obsessed with her own mind, she has a teacher’s heart. Students who wish to learn will receive her utmost attention and care so she can nurture them into knights of the future. Those she sees potential in them will, too, see her be more mother-like. Throughout all things, she is protective of those who study under her, and those who are willing to take the time to gain knowledge. While she is one of the least physically-based combatants on-field, nothing will come close to harming a single hair on her students.
Take note, though, she has no heart for those who have none for their lessons. They can die for all she cares.
Best trait: Mind over body, pen over sword. She treasures intelligence over brawn.
Worst trait: An unfeeling machine towards those who do not find intelligence to be a treasure trove.
Soft Spot: Students who are willing to learn
Strengths:
+Unarmored foes are easy targets for her, since her weapons run around dealing as much pain as possible across fabric and skin. (combat)
+Her whip allows her to perform more flexible manoeuvres in combat, allowing her to disable a limb or to affix her to something. She has sufficient knowledge on how to wield the length of leather efficiently. (combat)
+Focusing on opponent strategies and movement, she can predict the next action taken by her opponent with near-pinpoint accuracy, and can utilise this to turn the tide. It’s optimally used in the war room, though. She also utilises the human psyche to turn her opponent against themselves (such as using a whip’s crack to bring out a person’s innate fear of pain even if they are wearing armor, and cause them to flinch)
Weaknesses:
-Armored foes are her bane. Her weapons simply glance and bounce off more heavily armored foes.
-Her psyche-manipulating is considered pretty useless against those who are confident of their prowess, and are not affected by, what she calls it herself, “a mewling kitten’s playing around with its prey”.
-Her strategies are highly based on knowing her enemy. Should she encounter something or someone she has yet to study, she will be at the disadvantage. Don’t count on this advantage for long, though. She can easily pick up on one's ability and prowess just by watching one swing a sword a few times.
-As said above, she is a heartless machine to those she has no interest with. She would gladly see them die, and not even raise a finger to help them. Mind over body. She absolutely HATES people who try to believe that knowledge is not needed.
Personal History (what affects them):
Carness Rodriguez was born at the southern part of the Rolling Plains, in the Rodriguez estate. She left the family at 15 to continue her studies in the Templar grounds, before she was requested by her father to take up knighthood at the academy. She paused her education for the moment's time, and departed to the academy to gain her title of a knight. Carness was described as a student who did not talk much, but participated in all that the academy had to offer. She was above average for a regular student in all her physical subjects, and was reportedly to be a proficient fencer, and a rather skilled swordswoman. Her horseriding, having been taught at home, was also rated highly amongst her mentors. Where she shone, however, was in her academic studies. She was one of those students who forged a career in knighthood through her studies than combat prowess.
After her knighthood, she went back to her apprenticeship as a doctor. She obtained her title as a medical professional at 25, and continued to study other things, and taking up the study of dragon biology. During this time, the Foresworn came to a full swing, and she was called back by her duty to the Teutonics as a knight of their folds to serve the alliance against the Foresworn. Her reputation in the Academy preceded her, as well as her bloodline, and she was put to serve as a strategist, though her job was likened to be more of an advisor's. She later participated in the worst of the Foresworn attacks, where their troops were nearly decimated when trekking through a forest. Taking the reins of the platoon after their commander was rendered...'unserviceable', Carness turned the tide of the battle through her own genius. The skirmish ended with a net loss of thousands of Foresworn, lost in the forest, as compared to the hundreds of knights lost. She was given the official role of a strategist in the alliance, and she played a key role in commanding the troops to their victory, where the name of Rodriguez soon echoed once more in the halls of war rooms.
The war ended, with the alliance claiming victory. The emergence of the dragons brought her much interest, and it thrilled her more to see their activity than the victory. After the war, she headed a group of interested individuals to study the dragons, and captained the establishment for a while, using her family's influence and money to fund it. At an age of 28, however, she halted her leadership, and passed it to her right hand man, George Friederich and his wife Lucy, and left them with enough funds for research for ten years. She left to wander the earth, taking up practical learning and studying actual specimens. Once or twice, she was approached by the armies of the three different knighthoods to take up a position in their military as a strategist. She declined all the offers.
A year before modern day, she suddenly applied for mentorship in the Academy. When asked why, she gave a straightforwards answer of that she wanted to study the knights of tomorrow, and perhaps, there was no guarantee she would do so, she added, lead them down a brighter path to aid their respective knighthoods. She taught for a while, almost a whole year, staying in campus for the whole while. Just recently, however, her father had taken ill, and as the eldest daughter, she had to return home, taking a leave off her work. There was been no news from her since, though the winds indicate that she may be returning soon....
Drives and motives: Currently, to pursue knowledge of the highest caliber, and to open the eyes of the youths who should be doing the same.
Carness Rodriguez
Gender: Female
Age: Exact age unknown, estimated to be at her late twenties or early 30s.
Race: Human
Appearance:
Averagely built, Carness stands at 5’8”, weighing in at 139 lbs. She prefers her dark clothing which is rather…ahead of its time in the setting. She keeps her hair in a bun, decorated with white feathers and a flower.
Student or Mentor: Mentor
KNIGHTHOOD: Teutonic
Weapon: A simple civilian espada ropera. It’s been forged and reinforced a few times, but it basically boils down to a slightly more sturdy sword.
Secondary Weapon: A reinforced leather single-tailed whip, designed to split skin and fabric, causing as much pain as possible to the recipient.
Social Class: Noble
Province: The Rolling Plains
Liege(if any): Herself
Mount: A Friesian breed
Mount Name: Ozymandias “Ozzy”
Mount Personality: A stubborn and finicky steed that would more likely jerk its rider off its back rather than let her ride it. It does seem to only do that just to spite her more than anything else. Its intelligence, however, should be praised in that it does recognise a time when to not buck Carness off.
Social Class (if dragon, then explain family history/reason why they were chosen): Noble
Family Description:
“A sword cannot cut ideas.”
Rodriguez. An odd name amongst the more Germanic-themed nobles. Nevertheless, the Rodriguez family were not a family to be sneezed at, or to be even trifled with. Mere farmers and land-keepers in the beginning, the Three Hundred Year War changed the fate of the family. Samuel Rodriguez was drafted into the war, where he found his calling as a strategist. With him at the helm of a majority of the troops, Samuel led the Teutons to their victories, crushing their opponents with not only superior power, but with skill and tactics. He was knighted after the peace treaty was affirmed, given a land to call his own, and proclaimed a noble. Being one of those who had not actually shown combat prowess in war, it was a rare act of respect given by the Teutons. Samuel humbly accepted his position as a Teutonic noble.
The Rodriguez family always has at least ONE knighted person in the family as a form of tradition. It doesn’t matter if the knight is from the main branch, that is to say, descended from the eldest of the eldest etc. Currently, there are 8 living knights in the family, Ygritte, Johann, Lima, Krauss, George, Frederica, Natalie, and Nessie, three of which are from the main branch. The family rarely sees conflict within.
The Rodriguez family keeps their surname, even the females when they marry. Should the eldest daughter of the eldest son be married, their child will bear the Rodriguez name and the title of patriarch/matriarch when the daughter passes the title to him. This practice usually sees a bit of scuffling between both the son-in-law’s family and the Rodriguez’s, but most leave it at that.
Personality: Carness…is a very difficult person to describe with a few words. She seems to have a million and a half thoughts boiling inside her and is often so often engrossed with her own thinking that she would neglect basic human necessities. She can be seen striding around the academy, papers in hand and reading faster than a student cramming for his last-year exam, or scribbling theories, hypotheses and equations of some sort. Other times, she can be seen sitting somewhere and being lost in thought. What she is usually lost in, though, seems to be directly linked to her past with the Foresworn War. Carness, being a talented strategist like her ancestor, is recognised and defers from Samuel by the fact that she has pinpoint accuracy in predicting enemy movement and actions, so much so that she bases her assumptions, movement and actions through studying other people. Her deferring from her ancestor does not end here. She is simply unable to control that side of her. She cannot stop thinking. She is always thinking. She is always trying to know. This takes on a more sinister scale when she is interested in a person or a thing, as she will obsess over them, watching and learning, and charting their activities.
Carness, however, does have a more human side to her. Though mostly obsessed with her own mind, she has a teacher’s heart. Students who wish to learn will receive her utmost attention and care so she can nurture them into knights of the future. Those she sees potential in them will, too, see her be more mother-like. Throughout all things, she is protective of those who study under her, and those who are willing to take the time to gain knowledge. While she is one of the least physically-based combatants on-field, nothing will come close to harming a single hair on her students.
Take note, though, she has no heart for those who have none for their lessons. They can die for all she cares.
Best trait: Mind over body, pen over sword. She treasures intelligence over brawn.
Worst trait: An unfeeling machine towards those who do not find intelligence to be a treasure trove.
Soft Spot: Students who are willing to learn
Strengths:
+Unarmored foes are easy targets for her, since her weapons run around dealing as much pain as possible across fabric and skin. (combat)
+Her whip allows her to perform more flexible manoeuvres in combat, allowing her to disable a limb or to affix her to something. She has sufficient knowledge on how to wield the length of leather efficiently. (combat)
+Focusing on opponent strategies and movement, she can predict the next action taken by her opponent with near-pinpoint accuracy, and can utilise this to turn the tide. It’s optimally used in the war room, though. She also utilises the human psyche to turn her opponent against themselves (such as using a whip’s crack to bring out a person’s innate fear of pain even if they are wearing armor, and cause them to flinch)
Weaknesses:
-Armored foes are her bane. Her weapons simply glance and bounce off more heavily armored foes.
-Her psyche-manipulating is considered pretty useless against those who are confident of their prowess, and are not affected by, what she calls it herself, “a mewling kitten’s playing around with its prey”.
-Her strategies are highly based on knowing her enemy. Should she encounter something or someone she has yet to study, she will be at the disadvantage. Don’t count on this advantage for long, though. She can easily pick up on one's ability and prowess just by watching one swing a sword a few times.
-As said above, she is a heartless machine to those she has no interest with. She would gladly see them die, and not even raise a finger to help them. Mind over body. She absolutely HATES people who try to believe that knowledge is not needed.
Personal History (what affects them):
Carness Rodriguez was born at the southern part of the Rolling Plains, in the Rodriguez estate. She left the family at 15 to continue her studies in the Templar grounds, before she was requested by her father to take up knighthood at the academy. She paused her education for the moment's time, and departed to the academy to gain her title of a knight. Carness was described as a student who did not talk much, but participated in all that the academy had to offer. She was above average for a regular student in all her physical subjects, and was reportedly to be a proficient fencer, and a rather skilled swordswoman. Her horseriding, having been taught at home, was also rated highly amongst her mentors. Where she shone, however, was in her academic studies. She was one of those students who forged a career in knighthood through her studies than combat prowess.
After her knighthood, she went back to her apprenticeship as a doctor. She obtained her title as a medical professional at 25, and continued to study other things, and taking up the study of dragon biology. During this time, the Foresworn came to a full swing, and she was called back by her duty to the Teutonics as a knight of their folds to serve the alliance against the Foresworn. Her reputation in the Academy preceded her, as well as her bloodline, and she was put to serve as a strategist, though her job was likened to be more of an advisor's. She later participated in the worst of the Foresworn attacks, where their troops were nearly decimated when trekking through a forest. Taking the reins of the platoon after their commander was rendered...'unserviceable', Carness turned the tide of the battle through her own genius. The skirmish ended with a net loss of thousands of Foresworn, lost in the forest, as compared to the hundreds of knights lost. She was given the official role of a strategist in the alliance, and she played a key role in commanding the troops to their victory, where the name of Rodriguez soon echoed once more in the halls of war rooms.
The war ended, with the alliance claiming victory. The emergence of the dragons brought her much interest, and it thrilled her more to see their activity than the victory. After the war, she headed a group of interested individuals to study the dragons, and captained the establishment for a while, using her family's influence and money to fund it. At an age of 28, however, she halted her leadership, and passed it to her right hand man, George Friederich and his wife Lucy, and left them with enough funds for research for ten years. She left to wander the earth, taking up practical learning and studying actual specimens. Once or twice, she was approached by the armies of the three different knighthoods to take up a position in their military as a strategist. She declined all the offers.
A year before modern day, she suddenly applied for mentorship in the Academy. When asked why, she gave a straightforwards answer of that she wanted to study the knights of tomorrow, and perhaps, there was no guarantee she would do so, she added, lead them down a brighter path to aid their respective knighthoods. She taught for a while, almost a whole year, staying in campus for the whole while. Just recently, however, her father had taken ill, and as the eldest daughter, she had to return home, taking a leave off her work. There was been no news from her since, though the winds indicate that she may be returning soon....
Drives and motives: Currently, to pursue knowledge of the highest caliber, and to open the eyes of the youths who should be doing the same.
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