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Who am I OOC? Hi Everyone, my name is Nick but by my forum name I think you can all guess that I’m also Canadian. I live in Quebec in Montreal specifically and I’m currently locked in my apartment like most responsible people working from home until further notice. I’m a trained Librarian and Archivist having just wrapped up a masters in information studies and I will know in a few weeks whether or not in the winter I’ll be moving to Germany (Berlin specifically) for a second masters in History. I have a fair amount of experience roleplaying both on Minecraft, some MMOs and within the last two years, Dungeons & Dragons. My character is actually (heavily) inspired by my second D&D character, Karl von Kassar an Aasimar Paladin for Tyr – with the noble (knight) background. The big difference being he’s much more zealous, he has a different flaw, is human and has much more specific and defined goals as a character as well as a different background. I’m pretty jazzed about joining this group, I haven’t played Minecraft for more than a week or two since I was in highschool 5-7-ish years ago. I also haven’t done major RP or combat RP since I was a teenager I think. I’m really looking forward to getting back into it. Who am I IC? I’m Karl von Kassar, a human driven into adventure and a strong sense of justice as defined by the church of canon. I aspire to be a holy knight spreading the word of my god through compassion and fire as canon deems it. I will do whatever it takes to realize this and no heathen or heretic will come between that goal. I’m not of noble blood, not yet at least. Until then, I look at nobles with a degree of envy and insecurity about my lower station in society. Praise be to canon and the saints of our holy church!
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Born into a middling family of heartlanders within the great Holy Orenian Empire, his father leading a storied life of as a mercenary captain, later amateur scholar and finally a priest in the church and his mother a merchant. Karl von Kassar was given a rich a education comparable to the of the nobility, in both a rich intellectual sense which he took to easily and in a martial sense, which did not hold as well as his tutors and fathers had hoped. Looking up to his father in his religious faith, Karl has become a particular religious man after his father began incorporating church teaching and religious philosophy and texts into his curriculum. Aside from long hours of study, Karl also spent hours working with his mother in her business as a merchant selling and buying exotic wares to far flung travelers, adventurers and merchants. This experience left Karl with a strong desire to see the world and travel. However, the cosmopolitan nature of his life also conflicted with his deeply held beliefs regarding the church of Canon. Particularly faiths he deemed less civilized or less connected in a positive way to the church of canon. Upon completing his education as well as an extended time with local as well as traveling tutors and scholars in the imperial city Karl von Kassar has decided to take his first steps out into the world. His goal is to ascend into the ranks of the nobility, or at least minor nobility and become a Knight of the Empire. Personality Continued: Karl von Kassar has a bigoted outlook towards other religions, varying from utter contempt to biased intellectualism depending on circumstance and what he is able to do in the position he finds himself in. In a situation that requires careful diplomacy – he is happy to play realpolitik and play to his advantage. However, if he were ever to be in a position of power, he would be happy to force others into the church, for their benefit after all. Furthermore, he can often come across as arrogant and self-centered often to a fault revealing a deep insecurity he has about his own importance – particularly in relation to his aspirations towards nobility and the fact that he is not noble. At the best of times this may lead to long stories centered on his own merits at the worst of times it will result in him making choices that benefit himself before others without breaking his other values or virtues. (for example, if he was given the choice of saving lives as a leader of a patrol of militia and accepting a bribe, he would save the lives but ensure that all of the praise that the local lord would here is about his leadership and his deeds in the encounter, and less about the militia).
