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<blockquote data-quote="GammaPaladin" data-source="post: 4078422" data-attributes="member: 60497"><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Alex the Half-Giant Warrior will speak in red... Being an excitable, hot tempered young thug.</strong></span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Description]Large. Really, really large. And intimidating. In leather pants and jacket with his voluminous cloak, and his spiked chain, he looks like the tough that he is. He tends to glower, though his long-term acquaintances come to understand it's just an unconscious habit of his, perhaps related to the doleful circumstances of his life, and that he is not actually a dour or taciturn person, although he can be a bit gruff. Still, this habit tends to put strangers off, as a scowling half-giant is more than a little intimidating![/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Background]Sharn is the wonder of Khorvaire. Everyone knows, it's the most beautiful city in the world.</p><p></p><p>At least, if you live at the top.</p><p></p><p>When you're born to a Cogs worker, things don't look quite the same. When your mother works herself to death before you're ten years old, they get worse. And in a city the size of Sharn, no one has time to take care of an orphan, particularly a half-giant child. So, Alex became a street tough. He fell in with a gang of other street urchins. Naturally he was never going to be a good pickpocket, even at 12 or 13 he was physically imposing and made people nervous and watchful. But every gang needs muscle to protect them from the other gangs. So Alex became a thug, a street fighter. It came naturally enough, he didn't really think of it as a criminal life, after all, he was only protecting his friends from people who weren't his friends.</p><p></p><p>Under Alex's protection, the gang was able to enjoy a fair amount of success, as these things are measured. By scrimping and saving, they managed to secure enough money to rent a flat in Fallen. It wasn't much, but they actually had a home.</p><p></p><p>Alex got a job in Ashblack, carrying heavy loads of ore. Others managed to secure jobs, and a few of the younger kids kept on picking the occasional pocket. They managed to get by.</p><p></p><p>Alex hung up his spiked chain, and he and the other older kids even managed to pay for limited schooling for the younger kids. Things were looking up.</p><p></p><p>Today was not a good day for Alex, however. Not a good day at all. He lost his job. It wasn't his fault... Not really. Sure, he knocked Jacob on his butt. Maybe loosened a few teeth. The man was despicable... He'd been pestering Alex to introduce him to one of the young girls in his group. Foreman or not, that wasn't happening, and Alex had had his fill.</p><p></p><p>Without the income from that job though... Alex had no idea how they were going to make ends meet.</p><p></p><p>He needed to clear his head, so he spent his last few coppers on a trip to the upper city. He needed to take a look at what he was working for... For himself and for "his" kids.</p><p></p><p>And then he needed to figure out what he was going to do to get this lightning rail-wreck back on track...[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Character Sheet URL]<a href="http://www.campaign-blog.com/view.php?id=7810" target="_blank">http://www.campaign-blog.com/view.php?id=7810</a>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Note for the all powerful master of dungeons]Pinnacle, I spent a fair deal of time on Alex's background, but left a lot of it vague as there didn't seem any point in defining the numbers, races, genders, and names and such of all the members of his gang. Feel free to use members of his gang (Who he feels responsible for) as plot hooks whenever you see fit <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GammaPaladin, post: 4078422, member: 60497"] [Color=Red][b]Alex the Half-Giant Warrior will speak in red... Being an excitable, hot tempered young thug.[/b][/color] [sblock=Description]Large. Really, really large. And intimidating. In leather pants and jacket with his voluminous cloak, and his spiked chain, he looks like the tough that he is. He tends to glower, though his long-term acquaintances come to understand it's just an unconscious habit of his, perhaps related to the doleful circumstances of his life, and that he is not actually a dour or taciturn person, although he can be a bit gruff. Still, this habit tends to put strangers off, as a scowling half-giant is more than a little intimidating![/sblock] [sblock=Background]Sharn is the wonder of Khorvaire. Everyone knows, it's the most beautiful city in the world. At least, if you live at the top. When you're born to a Cogs worker, things don't look quite the same. When your mother works herself to death before you're ten years old, they get worse. And in a city the size of Sharn, no one has time to take care of an orphan, particularly a half-giant child. So, Alex became a street tough. He fell in with a gang of other street urchins. Naturally he was never going to be a good pickpocket, even at 12 or 13 he was physically imposing and made people nervous and watchful. But every gang needs muscle to protect them from the other gangs. So Alex became a thug, a street fighter. It came naturally enough, he didn't really think of it as a criminal life, after all, he was only protecting his friends from people who weren't his friends. Under Alex's protection, the gang was able to enjoy a fair amount of success, as these things are measured. By scrimping and saving, they managed to secure enough money to rent a flat in Fallen. It wasn't much, but they actually had a home. Alex got a job in Ashblack, carrying heavy loads of ore. Others managed to secure jobs, and a few of the younger kids kept on picking the occasional pocket. They managed to get by. Alex hung up his spiked chain, and he and the other older kids even managed to pay for limited schooling for the younger kids. Things were looking up. Today was not a good day for Alex, however. Not a good day at all. He lost his job. It wasn't his fault... Not really. Sure, he knocked Jacob on his butt. Maybe loosened a few teeth. The man was despicable... He'd been pestering Alex to introduce him to one of the young girls in his group. Foreman or not, that wasn't happening, and Alex had had his fill. Without the income from that job though... Alex had no idea how they were going to make ends meet. He needed to clear his head, so he spent his last few coppers on a trip to the upper city. He needed to take a look at what he was working for... For himself and for "his" kids. And then he needed to figure out what he was going to do to get this lightning rail-wreck back on track...[/sblock] [sblock=Character Sheet URL][url]http://www.campaign-blog.com/view.php?id=7810[/url][/sblock] [sblock=Note for the all powerful master of dungeons]Pinnacle, I spent a fair deal of time on Alex's background, but left a lot of it vague as there didn't seem any point in defining the numbers, races, genders, and names and such of all the members of his gang. Feel free to use members of his gang (Who he feels responsible for) as plot hooks whenever you see fit ;)[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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