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[fieldbox="Lord Keadan Lorgain, #ccccff, ridge, 7, Monotype Corsiva"]
| Age: 24 | Birthdate: March 6th, 254 NE | Gender: Male | Ethnicity: Caerleon | Sexuality: Heterosexual |
| Height: 5'11'' | Weight: 160lbs |
[/fieldbox]| Height: 5'11'' | Weight: 160lbs |
Appearance:
He wears solid black from head to foot.
He wears solid black from head to foot.
Personality:
Keadan is quiet to the point of being nearly silent. He rarely speaks, instead tracking the world around him with a perpetual frown and disconcerting stare. He is incredibly private and withdrawn, rarely seeking out the company of others beyond what he absolutely must. While he may typically come across as cold, he doesn't particularly intend to alienate others, but is rather acutely aware of the difficulties involved due to his handicap (see weaknesses). While he can think quite deviously, he rarely acts on such ideas as he sees no reason to harm others without cause.
Keadan is quiet to the point of being nearly silent. He rarely speaks, instead tracking the world around him with a perpetual frown and disconcerting stare. He is incredibly private and withdrawn, rarely seeking out the company of others beyond what he absolutely must. While he may typically come across as cold, he doesn't particularly intend to alienate others, but is rather acutely aware of the difficulties involved due to his handicap (see weaknesses). While he can think quite deviously, he rarely acts on such ideas as he sees no reason to harm others without cause.
Likes:
Keadan is very fond of poetry, history, and writing or reading of any kind.
Keadan is very fond of poetry, history, and writing or reading of any kind.
Dislikes:
He despises loud, busy areas such as large social gatherings or markets, or anything that involves a great deal of noise. Fears:
Perhaps his two most notable fears are loneliness, and being inadequate. Secrets:
Only a few of the servants he employs are aware of his ability to read lips. He also has a mental strategy outlined that would allow him to monopolize the entirety of black market trading in Caerleon and most of the surrounding kingdoms (see history).
During the Plague of 259-60 NE (recounted in one of his most famous poems, The Mark of Death and also referenced in The Eyes of Fate, which describes the birth and early life of Princess Orlagh in dramatized form), Keadan contracted the plague and his father took him to be treated by a so called 'healer' living on the border. For days the 'healer' refused to allow them to see each other while he 'treated' Keadan, insisting that his work would fail and Keadan would die if he were to be disturbed, and other such nonsensical drivel. All the while, he continued increasing his fee by the day. More and more continued going wrong throughout the weeks that followed, until the final straw came with one of the healer's methods rendering Keadan permanently deaf. It took time, but he eventually recovered from the plague, albeit with rather a weak constitution that has persisted ever since. Over the following years he learned how to read lips, and while he can still speak, he very rarely does.
Six years ago, the border city of Gerana near Castle Lorgain began to experience difficulties with trespassers and bandits from the neighboring kingdom of Shancera. Thefts and vandalism were frequent, and for a time Lord Lorgain was unsuccessful in solving the problem. Shortly thereafter, he was killed in a skirmish with the bandits. Even after an appropriate time to mourn his father had passed, he continued to wear black, and even now still does. However, upon hearing the news, Keadan took it upon himself to personally barge into the throne room of the King of Shancera, demanding to know if he had sanctioned the action. The exchange was poem worthy, in part simply for the impropriety of it, but also for the dramatic style of nonverbal communication that ensued.
Due to being stretched thin on other fronts, the King of Shancera chose not to inflame the potential for new conflict, and offered a handsome reward to whoever would bring in the the bandits, dead or alive. Keadan took his time, and eventually set a trap that succeeded in killing more than half of the bandits at once. The rest disbanded, and he and the king of Shancera parted ways as amiable acquaintances.
Keadan used the money from the King of Shancera by way of investment and expansion. In the years since his father's death, he has become quite wealthy through a business in logistics, utilizing his command of his father's soldiers - everything from wagons to horses to escorts; whatever it is, he can move it to almost anywhere while also guaranteeing security. Two main components of his success involve his acquaintance with the King of Shancera (who has granted him certain trading liberties), and the location of Castle Lorgain on the border, with direct access to the main trade route through Caerleon. While Keadan is a King's man by way of loyalty to his father's memory, he could just as easily use his connections to trade in the black market without anyone to be the wiser, and even monopolize it if he wished.
Mother: Lady Veresa Lorgain (deceased)
Theme Song(s):
Additional info: N/A
Only a few of the servants he employs are aware of his ability to read lips. He also has a mental strategy outlined that would allow him to monopolize the entirety of black market trading in Caerleon and most of the surrounding kingdoms (see history).
Strengths:
He is fairly good at business, and his ability to read lips occasionally allows him to learn things of interest without others realizing his awareness. Weaknesses:
Most notably, the fact that he is deaf can make communication extremely inconvenient, and at times put him at risk as well. He also has a habit of extreme self-reliance and failing to allow others to help him, no matter how badly he might need it. Backstory:
Keadan was born the only child of a Aranin Lorgain, a general who served in the Rebellion of King Rufus V from its inception. His father was quite middle aged and already in possession of the land (a border stronghold formerly called Fort Hastain which Aranin besieged in 247 NE) granted to him by King Rodric before he had Keadan. His wife died when the boy was only two years old. Entirely attentive to his service to the crown and its military, Aranin Lorgain was rarely home, and took his son with him wherever he went on military business. Unable to participate in anything exciting that his father took part in, Keadan took to observing and remembering. Eventually his pent up boredom released in the form of writing short stories and poems, every now and then putting a simple tune to one of them. He wrote about the battles that his father and the other men spoke of, and shared his work with anyone who felt at all inclined to read it. Within a few years, he became recognized for both his exceptionally detailed and accurate accounts of Caerleon's brief history, but also his more dramatic, romanticized version of events. During the Plague of 259-60 NE (recounted in one of his most famous poems, The Mark of Death and also referenced in The Eyes of Fate, which describes the birth and early life of Princess Orlagh in dramatized form), Keadan contracted the plague and his father took him to be treated by a so called 'healer' living on the border. For days the 'healer' refused to allow them to see each other while he 'treated' Keadan, insisting that his work would fail and Keadan would die if he were to be disturbed, and other such nonsensical drivel. All the while, he continued increasing his fee by the day. More and more continued going wrong throughout the weeks that followed, until the final straw came with one of the healer's methods rendering Keadan permanently deaf. It took time, but he eventually recovered from the plague, albeit with rather a weak constitution that has persisted ever since. Over the following years he learned how to read lips, and while he can still speak, he very rarely does.
Six years ago, the border city of Gerana near Castle Lorgain began to experience difficulties with trespassers and bandits from the neighboring kingdom of Shancera. Thefts and vandalism were frequent, and for a time Lord Lorgain was unsuccessful in solving the problem. Shortly thereafter, he was killed in a skirmish with the bandits. Even after an appropriate time to mourn his father had passed, he continued to wear black, and even now still does. However, upon hearing the news, Keadan took it upon himself to personally barge into the throne room of the King of Shancera, demanding to know if he had sanctioned the action. The exchange was poem worthy, in part simply for the impropriety of it, but also for the dramatic style of nonverbal communication that ensued.
Due to being stretched thin on other fronts, the King of Shancera chose not to inflame the potential for new conflict, and offered a handsome reward to whoever would bring in the the bandits, dead or alive. Keadan took his time, and eventually set a trap that succeeded in killing more than half of the bandits at once. The rest disbanded, and he and the king of Shancera parted ways as amiable acquaintances.
Keadan used the money from the King of Shancera by way of investment and expansion. In the years since his father's death, he has become quite wealthy through a business in logistics, utilizing his command of his father's soldiers - everything from wagons to horses to escorts; whatever it is, he can move it to almost anywhere while also guaranteeing security. Two main components of his success involve his acquaintance with the King of Shancera (who has granted him certain trading liberties), and the location of Castle Lorgain on the border, with direct access to the main trade route through Caerleon. While Keadan is a King's man by way of loyalty to his father's memory, he could just as easily use his connections to trade in the black market without anyone to be the wiser, and even monopolize it if he wished.
Family Members:
Father: Lord Aranin Lorgain (deceased)Mother: Lady Veresa Lorgain (deceased)
Theme Song(s):
