Reykr Oirx - Character Profile

Name: Reykr (smoke) Oirx

Nicknames:

great - ríkr

just, unswerving - réttr

powerful - ríkr

red - rjóðr

secret - rún

strong - rammligr

angry - reiðr

divine - reginkunnr

Species: Ljosalfar, Svartalfheim

Gender: Male

Age: - 128 (equivalent to a young adult)

Nationality: Ljosalfar

Socioeconomic Level as a child: Lower class

Socioeconomic Level as an adult: Middle class

Hometown: Bedivere, Svartalfheim

Current Residence: Somesri, Svartalfheim

Occupation: Warrior General (Àed) in the Queen’s Palace

Income: -

Talents/Skills: Genius with a longbow

Salary: -

Birth order:

Siblings (describe relationship): Half-sisters Blóm, 50 (10), and Laeva, 45 (9), (meyla – little girl) and half-brother þrǫmr, 35 (7), (rim of shield). Good relations. Would do anything for them.

Spouse (describe relationship): None.

Children (describe relationship): None.

Parents (describe relationship):

• Mother: 42, Myuka. Used to call him ‘Reykr kind’ - He is as tangible as smoke. Very kind, but treated badly because of her husband and mixed child. Housewife. Supported by Reykr.

• Father: Sker. Only has a vague memory of him. Persecuted for being of the light elves and mating with a dark elf.

Grandparents (describe relationship): Old, grumpy grandfather ‘forn einn’ – old one behind his back, faðir (father) and grandmother ‘kerling’ – old hag whom he and his mother laugh at. Grandmother secretly good-natured but grandfather just grumpy and judgmental.

Significant Others (describe relationship): None. Queen?

Relationship skills: diplomatic, very business-like /professional

Physical Characteristics:

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 140 pounds

Race: Ljósálfar

Eye Color: Dark grey (the smooth dark grey of polished stone)

Hair Color: Dark blue/midnight blue – wild except snaking braid around left ear

Glasses or contact lenses? No.

Skin color: White tinged silver

Shape of Face: Inverted triangle

Distinguishing features: curving scar from eyebrow around following the nose to spread out in a web of branches on his cheek. Strong nose, pointed ears

How does he dress? Black cloak with silver twisting design, black knee-high boots laced up in the back, light grey trousers, worn, dark grey tunic with a dark brown belt (with knife sheath).

Mannerisms: Tapping the tip of his knife against his teeth/lips. Gets lots of little cuts as a result.

Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) Likes cider but rarely drinks.

Health: Perfect health besides cuts and bruises from fighting

Hobbies: training obsessively. Visiting his mother. Cutting out little wooden figurines. Needs to fiddle with something.

Favorite Sayings: Mostly quotes about justice.

Speech patterns: Clear, concise, honest. Stuck in his ways. Stutters when furious.

Disabilities: Scar on one eye that can sometimes impair his vision- more psychological than anything

Style (Elegant, shabby etc.): neat, organized, clean, and well worn

Greatest flaw: Too levelheaded, emotionless

Best quality: strong sense of justice

Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes

Educational Background: Training to be a warrior. Learned about politics from watching royalty (i.e. the Queen – ‘dróttning’).

Intelligence Level: Quite high, but not in the traditional way. More as in common sense and deduction.

Any Mental Illnesses? Sometimes prone to depression (at injustice in the world).

Learning Experiences: training all his life in the armed guard. Chosen to safeguard Queen from young age.

Character's short-term goals in life: Not get killed or fired.

Character's long-term goals in life: Take care of his mother and family. Rise to highest and most trusted Queen’s advisor. Delve out punishment for those who are unjust. Rarely thinks about settling down or having a family.

How does Character see himself/herself? Sees himself as Forseti’s messenger on Svartalfheim. Rarely thinks about his physical appearance but sometimes ashamed of lack of education. Hates to appear weak in any way.

How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others? Believes he is seen as a competent leader and the worst enemy of thieves and traitors.

How self-confident is the character? Pretty self-confident.

Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? Definitely logic. Rarely does he act on his own emotions, but in reality his emotion over his father’s death is what drives him.

What would most embarrass this character? Being ridiculed or made to feel inferior. Especially in the art of strategy, justice and fighting.

Emotional Characteristics

Strengths/Weaknesses:

Introvert or Extrovert? Not afraid to speak his mind, but only when he has an opinion and knows he is right. A little of both?

How does the character deal with anger? Fighting practice. Serving justice.

With sadness? Buries it. Resorts to anger instead.

With conflict? Competently, logically. Unless he’s very angry. Then he’s like a machine and kicks everyone’s ass.

With change? Very well. He’s very adaptable, but he likes his life in Svartalfheim, though many do not like him.

With loss? Through anger. Again, buries it as much as possible until he explodes.

What does the character want out of life? To be respected. To be just and carry out the duty of Forseti.

What would the character like to change in his/her life? The way people perceive him as weak because of his skin color. How his mother is treated poorly because of him.

What motivates this character? Deep-seated sense of right and wrong. Morality.

What frightens this character? More family members dying. Being undermined. Being unnecessary or weak. Being unable to fix a problem or injustice prevailing.

What makes this character happy? Saving others from those that would hurt them. Being busy, always having something to do so he doesn’t have to focus on himself.

Is the character judgmental of others? Yep. Immediately judges their character and acts on that image.

Is the character generous or stingy? Can be either depending on the person and what they want from him.

Is the character generally polite or rude? As a rule, very polite. It is against his morals not to be.

Spiritual Characteristics

Does the character believe in God? He believes in Forseti and the gods.

What are the character's spiritual beliefs? ^

Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? A big part, yes, though sometimes he can get upset that the gods are not intervening into some of the injustices in the world and that they don’t play an active role in controlling life.