character lore Carter Lockwold's Lore: A Citizen Gaurd

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Carter Lockwold: A Valmont Legend
Chapter 1: A Mysterious Stranger.

"Carters New Beginning"

Carter Lockwold was born along the village of Faravale, a place in the far most eastern, sparsely mapped, and unknown regions of the known world. occupied by a mix of all forms of races who co-exist peacefully, despite the conflicts and struggles of the main nations further out west. in what his people often referred to as the old-world. it was a remote place cut completely off from the main roads, and the influences of more modern feudal societies including religion, politics, cultures. here the society's tended to blend together in a melting pot, where town watches kept the peace as soldiers no more equipped better than standard law enforcement then soldiers. and the one rule of those who intended harm, were hostile, those that went about their business. were permitted. regardless of race, beliefs, or ethnicity. it was a peaceful place, where orc, goblin, human, elf, or dwarf could all drink together and have a blast selling merchandise and making coin or whatever currency they could come by. as due to lack of establishment, was mostly reliant on "shinnies" (rare metals.) or bartering. 

Carter's life was that of at first a Humble carpenter, who had two loving parents educating him as most parents often do in the family trade and profession. he looked as though he would grow old, get married, and be a carpenter and die just as any other peasant would do. He spent his free time meeting travelers from the west who were fleeing seeking lives away from the political strives in the insanity. hearing tales of the liberating life they could had if they caught themselves off from civilization. he would have drinks with them in a tavern and learn stories and tales of the wars and conflicts, political endeavors, and the craziness of the western world. and for a time, he even probably had his eyes set on a women tending the bar at his local tavern.

But Faravale wouldn't last long, the Town came face to face with a horrendous outcome. one day, a plague came through the town, it left many with a fever, dreaded marks, and a paleness of the skin. it would only be as short as two weeks before death would claim a life, and the bodies began to pile up. the town tried burying those who they could. but it ultimately was a disaster. and would little to resolve. for one evening while everyone was asleep. the bodies awoken, and started mauling and attacking their loved ones, many crawled out of their graves. and chaos caused fires and panic to spread out of control. Carter would search the town tirelessly, being met with the death of his parents, and his lover, and the turning of his friend into the dreaded Dark spawn. Carter would be bitten at the time, and barley survive his encounter, awaking from the rubble of a ruined building that had collapsed onto him. when he looked around, there was nothing left of Faravale, but the rising smoke and smoldering outlines and wreckage of buildings. he would wander for days, eating wild herbs and trying to ward off the effects of the strange creatures bite.
 

   (a digitally animated scene of Faravale during the attack of the vampires)

Carter would survive his encounter, of which the two people, a Human named Lark and his friend a Troll would be the first of many carters growing circle of friends. would find him on a bridge leading to one of the Empires many cities. they would rescue him just barley in time as the herbs were finally losing their strength in resisting the creatures venom. and he was slowly on the edge of turning, there, the two men would pick him up and carry him to the clinic where at the time, a Magi named Ark. would barley save his life using a special Herbal tea that helps cure the infection. and a special spell to remove the rest of the affliction. Carter was barley saved. though the scars of the attack will linger with him forever. and the Vampires only followed him to his new life.

Carter would officially after being healed dropped his Carpenter ways and dedicate his life to learning swordsmanship and a means to defeat his vampire adversary's. under the charge and watchful eye of Sir Antonious. whose son Trajan Helene would oath into service as a guardsman for the family. Carter would spend the following years learning much of the capital, and the family, growing quite close to protecting them all. and establishing a sense of dedication and loyalty. and a great Fondness for Anton and his family. there was much strife for carter as well, as his kind heart, and respectful heritage of other races often lead him into conflict with his fellow man. and his obsession and trauma from the dark spawns put him on edge of insanity and personal destruction. though one thing remains certain, carter has a powerful desire for vengeance in his heart.

Chapter 2: The Sharpshooters Birth
"Conflict with Orcs."

 

Carter would grow into his skills later on, Within the next six years of his life. after joining up with Antonious and his kids, would sharpen many of his skills, Carter showed great promise despite his growing Paranoia. seeking comfort from Ale and the church. he would grow his circle of friends to include many among the citizenry, including a bard from the capitals Local Tavern. and impress many an imperial figure in the court. many people respected him for his Loyalty and had mixed feelings of care and concern for his growing trait of compassion and eagerness to help. he would face many problems that would turn and cause many to break their loyalty to the empire. but he would resist. and even on the eve of a pressing conflict with the orcs in their stronghold. Carter would lead the helm from the frontline, cloaked in armor and strength. he would adapt to circumstances and even directly shout and challenge the strength and bravery of the orcs directly in front of their keep head on. narrowly avoiding archer fire to the anger of the orcs inside. Shooting and killing many a few of them with his Crossbow. earning him the reputation of an incredible Sharpshooter. as he managed to accomplish ten near impossible shots, landing them clean into the heads of ten orcs, including one particularly wearing special cladded golden armor.

Carter's reputation in the capital and the passion against the Dark Spawn and eagerness to find, kill, and burry his friend who had turned from his village. would eventually lead to him being sent on a mission to Alba. upon request of his Lord and Friend, Sir Antonious. where he would purchase one of the many crowning achievements of his rapidly growing military career. a Slayers Blade, a powerful sword with strength against the unholy and supernatural. encouraging him to face his fears and make him strong enough to challenge Dark Spawn Directly. he even Challenge a lady of the realm directly a few months prior, risking his very life and limb despite facing overwhelming odds, aiming a crossbow at everyone including her. to protect Antonious's Son from being thrown into the ice-cold river during the winter months. Carter simply retorted with. Carter Lockwold: "I'm assigned to protect him, so ill happily die for him, but if anyone wishes to die as well in stopping me, so be it. so, who wants to be the one to die first?" 

 (a profile picture of Carter Lockwold, Crossbow in hand, Fighting Vampires.)

For many a soul in the Empire of Man, carter is considered bluntly insane, but his Loyalty and Compassion made him known and famous. not just for many a man, but Elf, Dwarf, and Orc across the world. who have heard words and tales of the stranger from a far-off village, who went from a refugee & survivor of a vampire attack. to a guard in a single month, participated in a victorious battle. and have earned glory and renown beyond measure. and if you found carter sometime around then, you may have found him watching the gate, getting a pint at the tavern. and for a time, if you were really lucky, you will catch him staring off into the sky, watching and waiting with crossbow in hand, a sworn protector of the Capital. ready to shoot any Dark Spawn, who dares to threaten him, or his city. until one day a dark cloud rolled into the capital. and an evil presence was finally detected on its outskirts. an old encounter was beginning to be emerged.

 

Chapter 3: A Hero's Kidnapping
"Carters Kidnapping"

one fateful evening on his 33rd year, carter would be sent on a patrol by Antonious throughout the hills and surrounding regions east of fort Valmont. there the patrol was cold bit hard, and the company of his commanding officer, Guardsmen Urikk. was just as ruthless as the snow that fell around them. they would patrol along the river until finally arriving again at fort Valmont, but a strange presence was detected by Urikk in the nearby dark forest, known as the "Wald." by the many races of the world. a short brief investigation was in order. the forest was creepy and dark. filled with an Erie sense of evil. spiderwebs filled the trees, the dark black oak and many shadows could easily hide many foes. 

Then it happened, the faint crying and weeping of a woman was heard in the stretch of the woods. and carter and Urikk both found and made eye contact with her. that's when it had finally befallen on them that the encounter was unnatural. as many sounds and shadows begin to surround the pair. fair to say that carter and Urikk were both on guard and on edge. as Carter had seen many a strange thing from fort Valmont in the many years prior. a tormenting set of sightings of his former best friend, Harldin Ralford. a "supposed" victim of the scourge of his Village prior. when in truth, it possibly could have been the fact, that Harldin was never a victim, and responsible for the attack the entire time. For one thing was for sure, carter would discover

 

 

swiftly that these vampires were by no means the normal and feral kind. these were stronger and more powerful than the scourge of the Corcituri that plagued and killed the entirety of his home. and it was clear that they both were in a struggle for their very lives, as four of the Dark Spawn, were now slowly creeping up on them through the branches and trees. with speed that would terrify any man. Carter would find himself in a struggle and grapple, as the fighting would force him and Urikk to separate. as Carter was surrounded and grappled by three vampires, practically forcing him to writhe and wreath on the ground, as he was knocked unconscious, and given a nasty scar across the face. long before his friend Urikk fell as well and met an untimely fate. that of which carter did not know of at the time, but Urikk was doomed to fall victim of the Scourge itself. his mind lost to the poison of the Vampyre. though he was fortunate yet to not be turned by the monsters that would claim his home, For Harldin had other plans.

Carter on the other hand would be kidnapped, taken to a far-off part of the realm, unknown, Harldin, the vampire responsible for the destruction of his village, and the loss of his home, now revealed to be a vampire Scourge in the far-off lands carter was whisked away to. would now hold carter captive. with plans and intentions that carter will only slowly to begin discovering and unraveling. with grave injuries. it seems there is little hope for him to escape this situation. but fate may yet intervene for our brave hero. as many a soul would remember carter. and perhaps wish to seek to come to his aid. For carter's tale as a Human at least, was possibly yet just far from over.

 

Chapter 4: The Grand Escape

"Carters Cleverness"

Carter was trapped and all hope seemed lost for the beloved guardsmen, his captor turned into a bat and flown him all the way to the far reaches of Iduna, away from the lands of the empire to the bowels of a hidden ruined village and castle. shrouded in mysterious woodlands. there in the ruined keep. would lock carter away in the dark inside of a coffin. plotting a manacle scheme above his body, he would torture and play with an unconscious and struggling carters mind, clawing at his face with his tendrils, and giving and fleshing out for him a scar. he toyed with carter, declaring that no matter how hard or wherever he went, he would always claim carter to be a part of him and his dastardly evil intentions. but if there was one thing that his rival had underestimated on carter. that despite all his weakness's and his flaws. the true advantage of humans, was their deception, and cleverness. 

Carter despite his injuries had stashed away months' worth of food in his pockets. and he sat there and remained slightly unconscious, biting his time. hoping the vampire would not decide to turn him against his will, and luckily for him, his newfound vampire adversary, was too busy to notice carter regaining his health and strength. till finally, Carter had managed to find a way to open the coffin. and attempt to sneak out, but alas. he was caught. and he came face to face with a vampire without weapons. but carter wasn't one for thinking on his feet. the creature eagerly watched and observed him. cackling maniacally as if it was in the superior position. the following texts was an in-depth author's report on the encounter, in accordance with carters' interview at the hospital.

the vampire cackled with glee and asked him. "Are you awake?" in which carter in kind, "ugh painfully, if you call living in a coffin awake." the creature would approach, stating "even if you manage to somehow make it past me up those stairs. you will never make it far. I'll always get you." Carter stayed calm and eagerly replied with a grin "didn't anyone ever teach you Dark spawn a cornered rat can still bite?" the creature cackled and continued to approach him. though cautiously now, as carter seemed unphased, and was holding his hands right above his pockets, indicating he was hiding something. "Bite me with what? you haven't even got any weapons." Carter simply sighed and stated "no, but I got cursed taters from heaven" and in his own words it said carter dashed and gave the Dark spawn a full face full of old potatoes right in the eye.

the creature flailed about as carter rushed up the stars and out into the courtyard. in which the beast roared and chased. and thundered after him all the way to the river, in which case, Carter ducked and used the speeds of the rapids and his swimming despite injury to outrun the vampire, who was hot on his heels, trying to dive in and out of the water and scale and run across tree's trying hard to capture him once more. or for all Carter knows finish him off at last. it jeered and taunted him. even sarcastically thanking carter claiming for feeding him a free meal. carter would dive and dodge, coming out of the water rarely trying to hide. with only minor accidents and simple efforts dodging the vampires' tendrils and jaws by simply a few inches.

 (a Visual graphic reference to Carter & Ruby escaping the Vampire on Horseback.)

But the beast was fast, ten times the speed of him, but every sense and ounce of anticipation and sheer luck played off. for downstream, a clueless traveler on a horse just happened chance stop by the stream and bear witness to Carter swimming down the river, having no clue entirely how or why she happened chanced saw a half-armored man floating aimlessly in a river. with the vampire close on his heels, carter barely noticed her and swam to shore screaming "GET OUT OF HERE! GO!" the women by chance, Ruby, was hesitant to help to say the least, thinking carter was simply mad. but then the vampire swooped down at them and roared with his jaws gnashing at them. in a panic carter hopped onto the back of the horse. screaming and pleading with the girl who didn't think twice and drove mad down the road on horseback. the vampire simply barreling down at them in full chase. and them only escaping by a hair.

it was a difficult escape. but some twist and turns and hard maneuvering the vampire couldn't handle. finally resulted in carter and now Mrs. Ruby, to fortunately just narrowly avoid by the skin of their teeth the dreaded bite of the Dark spawn. but it wasn't the last, as the vampire swore that no matter where carter went, or how hard he tried, he would always find him, capture him, and that soon, he was going to have Carter's blood, willingly or not. Carter and the girl managed to travel along the road and hillsides. managing to escape to a nearby city. there. he would be healed by the local city doctor. as the adrenaline had worn off and he reopened many of his old wounds. and a fever would set in now as he struggled to fight the infection. Carter for the time felt safe within the second story of the city's clinic. but he feared for the guardsmen and hunters being sent after those beasts. for it was very certain to him that they were nothing like the beasts that attacked him. Carter had not realized it, nor probably would ever yet put the parts together. But Carter had become one of the first ever to come face to face and survive, a Legendary Moroi Vampyre. one of the strongest variations of its kind. and would hopes that eventually, he would be able to count his blessings. Carter now stares at the Watchmen who also Visited him and worries, as they declare they will search for the vampire, but looking for such a thing can possibly only lead to one outcome. Damnation. for Carter can only feel sadness and despair. for the loss of his fellow guardsmen Urikk. to the Darkspawn. 

Edited January 16 by Actiongameinc2
Added Chapter 4.

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A batish shape looms as a shadow in the night, on rooftops of the capital and its vassals. Animal-glinted eyes perceive the night, beady blinks that watch, but most importantly, they watched Carter Lockwood. It is not long before this shape disappears into the night upon large wings. 

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𝓡uby, the tiny Musin superstar, ambled away from the gates of Petra after handing off the torn up human to the medics.

 

".....This ordeal would make for great LANDSKAR lyrics"

 

he tried to assure himself weakly before bursting in to overstimulated tears, realizing he was covered head to toe in Carter's blood. 

 

"Maybe I'll leave the crying part out"

 

the gentle artist sobbed to himself, alone.