Still working on it! I figured out my build and feats, though, so I'm hoping the rest will be easy (but I have to figure out reputation and influence and defects and... shock?)
[sblock]Ser Tirron Bright
Artisan 2/Man at Arms 3/Knight 1
Background: The North
House Affiliation: Steadfast (Minor House)
Social Status: 0 (Hedge Knight)
Wealth: Rank 0
Reputations: (3) Tactical +1, Skilled +1, Kind +1
Influences: (38) Deborah Bright +6, Ser Jaysin +10, Ser Paul +6, Outriders +4, Mora +2 (10 unspent)
Hit Points: 33
Shock: 1
Initiative: +2
Movement: 30 ft.
Armor Class: +13 (+3 Defense, +2 Dex, +8 large wooden shield)
Armor: 11 (+5 Chainmail, +6 large shield)
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+7
Attack: Longsword +7 (1d8+2/19-20/x2), Lance +8 (1d8+2/20/x3)
Full Attack: Longsword +8 (1d8+1/19-20/x2)
Saves: Fort +7 (+2 vs. cold), Ref +5, Will +4
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 11
Skills: Craft: Blacksmithing (Armoursmithing, Weaponsmithing) +8 (8 + 1 spec), Diplomacy (Nobility, Smallfolk) +9 (9 + 1 spec) , Handle Animal (horse) +4 (2), Intimidate +2 (0), Knowledge: Nobility (Etiquette) +5 (5), Knowledge: Religion (Seven) +4 (3), Knowledge: Warfare (Tactics) +5 (6), Ride (Light Warhorse, Heavy Warhorse) +11 (9 + 1 spec), Spot (Ambush) +5 (6)
Feats: Combat Expertise, Mounted Warrior, Spirited Charge, Weapon Focus (Lance), Blood of the First Men, Fortune's Favour
Special Abilities: Bonus Class Skills (Survival), Focus (Craft[])
Defects: (6) Dark Secret (Orphan) +1, Dark Secret (Illegitimate Knighthood) +2, In Service (House Steadfast) +3 (get Power Attack, Tough, or Weapon Focus [Longsword])
Possessions:
Background: "... And the knight slew the great beast, saving the townsfolk..." Tirron doesn't remember much about his childhood, but he remembers all that he cares to remember. He grew up in an orphanage in Winterfell, run by Miss Deborah Bright, a little lady from farther south. She used to delight her children with fabulous stories of places farther south--where it was warmer. The children would love hearing these stories, but none took them to heart like little Tirron did.
He had trouble with other children in the city--they'd taunt the orphans and call them names, and Tirron always challenged them, wanting to slay the great beasts and save his orphan townsfolk allies. And Tirron always was sent home a mess.
As soon as he was able, Tirron left Winterfell to travel south to discover the mystical lands Miss Deborah had told him about--he never found them. But, he did find a knight. Ser Jaysin came upon Tirron quite a ways away from Winterfell as Tirron was trying to barter for some supplies with some merchants on the road. "I'm on my way to become a knight, honest." He'd say. "I'll protect your caravan on the trip." They weren't buying it.
Tirron wasn't sure why Ser Jaysin stopped for the boy, but he did. Ser Jaysin approached Tirron wearing his gleaming armor and perched high upon a mighty steed--how could Tirron know the difference?--and asked if Tirron wanted to be properly trained.
That Tirron happily accepted wasn't much of a surprise, the surprise was that he took to it so well. He learned about taking care of a steed, taking care of his equipment, using it properly, wielding a weapon, and he became very skilled, and Ser Jaysin eventually knighted him. On their travels, Ser Jaysin started to enter Tirron into tournaments, where Tirron earned some decent equipment. 'Ser Tirron' became a name of very minor renown, though his opponents knew to expect a formidable opponent. Between tournaments, Tirron started to ask Ser Jaysin about his life--Jaysin had learned to be a knight entirely on his own. He was never knighted, and Tirron's on knighthood wasn't legit.
By then, it was too late. Tirron was already known as a knight, and a knight from House Steadfast had approached him to talk to him, intrigued by his success in tournaments. Ser Paul asked if Ser Tirron would join the Outriders in exchange for safety and equipment. After Ser Tirron was asked to join the Outriders, Ser Jaysin had disappeared. He was on his own, honored by the invitation to join House Steadfast.
That he joined wasn't a surprise, the surprise was the he took to it so quickly. Ser Paul was apparently somewhat impressed by Tirron's style, and when Tirron isn't riding, he can often be found eating Mora's food. "I've never seen so much food in my life!" And Mora doesn't mind feeding Steadfast's newest knight.
[sblock=Notable People]Deborah Bright was from the Dorne region, and that's where her stories took place. She was a charitable soul who wanted to help children in the North for her own reasons--probably that it was a needy area. She runs Bright Orphanage with care, but she never received enough donations to run it as well as it should have been run. When Tirron left Winterfell, he took Bright as his surname because a) that's where considered himself to be from (of Bright) and b) Deborah and the orphanage was his only family.[/sblock]
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