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Gerlof

Gerlof

Name Gerlof
Status
Active
Occupation
Trader of sorts
Age
Young-ish, he's not past his third decade.
Race
Man
Residence
Bree
Kinship
Outward Appearance

A towering man of six feet and seven inches, with a sturdy frame and a good set of muscles, and enough body fat to not look like a sculpted statue. Long, jet-black hair drape down to the middle of his shoulder-blades, and a chin curtain of matching colour completes the frame around his face, the skin of a healthy tan. Under his bushy eyebrows glimmers a pair of strangely vibrant green eyes, shining as if by their own light. And here his pleasant traits end. His large nose is crooked as a result of breaking several times, and even before that it was already slightly off to the right. The whole face is visibly asymmetrical: the right cheekbone is slightly higher than the other, the brow follows that same line, and although the beard is long enough to conceal it his left jaw is bigger - and also lower - than the right. Furthermore, his forehead is quite high, and his lips are somewhat too wide for the size of his face.
His teeth are all made of gold, save for a lower right canine and an upper right incisor, and his upper left incisor has a bezel holding a diamond.
He has a tattoo on his right shoulder: a sun with a face. As simple as that.
His voice is not particularly deep, but it's remarkably full, bright and powerful. Few would find it even mildly unpleasant.
 


 

He is visibly armed most of the times, wearing a mean, wide-bladed knife at his hip. Swords are uncomfortable, he realised. Is it all the weaponry he carries? Probably, or probably not. But if there is anything else, it surely is hidden well.

 

Background

Born from the lust of a traveller and a young woman of the Eglain (aged only sixteen at the time), he grew up without ever getting to know his father. Who was said to be quite handsome, and his mother, though short, was also a woman of remarkable beauty, but the boy's face lacked any grace. Yes, yes, he was tall and stout even as a kid, but he didn't really look like he was the child of either one of his parents.
So he grew up without knowing his father, and his mother was also quite absent, but he didn't lack parental figures. In facts, half the people of Ost Guruth - where he was born - treated him like he was some sort of nephew to them, teaching him things and having him around them. So he learned tailoring and cooking, carpentry and farming, and he learned hunting and bushcraft, shooting and fighting.
As a grown-up boy, he began making short journeys alone, sometimes to Bree, sometimes to the Forsaken Inn, sometimes elsewhere.
He quickly became familiar with the black market, which is now an important part of his business. He sells ore got from nobody-knows-where, then he gets spices - using the greatest extent of the term - from faraway lands and sells them to nobody-knows-who.

Friends
Few
Relatives
None close enough to be nagging at him
Rivals/Enemies
Some, not too many
Loves
Some things and few people, including onions and any alcoholic drink
Hates
Many people and few things
Motivation
To achieve success as a person, now that he achieved it as a businessman. Good luck with that...
Quotes
"I mean, does age really matter, at that point? Wood knows no numbers."

Gerlof's Adventures

Tear it down 8 years 4 weeks ago
The Harness 8 years 1 month ago
The Foreman 8 years 2 months ago
Hot Iron 8 years 2 months ago
17. Dry wood and charcoal 8 years 2 months ago
Gerlof's Adventures

Gerlof's Gallery

Gerlof's Gallery