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<blockquote data-quote="NicholausDennoncourt" data-source="post: 3767663" data-attributes="member: 45102"><p>(Okay, I couldn’t help myself; I just had to post about Nicholaus, as some of you know he is my original character, the very, very first. He’s got a hellva a lot of history, much of which has been completely overhauled and refined. Nich wasn’t always a WW Cainite, he was a free-form free-will vampire at one point, even with all the changes and overhaul, his story has remained largely the same. Soooo here goes… )</p><p></p><p>Nicholaus Dennoncourt was born in the world known as Envernous, the only son of a Minor Lord, whose lands resided in the Northern Hemisphere, protectorate aristocracy Milus Dennoncourt of the Northern-Eastern Kingdom, royal subject of King Antharus Khi’lan the Second. Due to his heritage, Nicholaus was considered part of the extended royal family, thanks completely to his mother, Sadana Dennoncourt~Khi'lan, third cousin to King Antharus Khi’lan the First.</p><p></p><p>Though his heritage offered the Dennoncourt family some measure of respect, they were still considered a ‘country aristocrat’ as their wealth was derived primarily from the three small farming villages that was part of Milus’ ancestral family lands. His home was in the shadow of the Keep a once mighty, but now largely decrepit, fortification that was partial torn down as a symbol of the alliance the Dennoncourt family and the Khi’lan kingship fifty years before Nicholaus’ birth. As Nicholaus was the only son, his parents poured a lot of attention to their son, his mother eagerly taught him the basics of courtly life and etiquette along with supervision of his education, his father busied himself with teaching him the art of outdoorsmanship teaching his son merits of ruling for the benefit of the people. It was at the age of seven, that a long standing law was modified, mostly due to the increased pressure from the trading factions and guilds that dotted the kingship, it was required that the first born children of the peasantry and lower aristocracy alike, be released to the Council of Guilds as a token to continue offering discounted services and aide to the Kingdom against rivaling independents. There was much outrage, especially from Milus Dennoncourt, but it was largely unheard as the agents of the various guilds went to collect their due, at the age of seven Nicholaus was taken from his home, and taken to the largest city within the Kingdom, Sus’lihana.</p><p></p><p>The city was the royal capital, though largely a reputably city there was its grimy underside, and it was in those cramped streets, that file after rank file of young boy and girl alike, from the ages of four to seventeen, were taken into the Hall of Weights and Measures, where each child was judged in various manners of testing to see what their natural aptitudes were, and which guild or trade faction would benefit the most of each recruit. It was here that the young Nicholaus was found to have a rather natural aptitude for survival, since his other tests ranged from average to poor, he excelled in the test that required the child to survive for two weeks in the Jail Hall, where no meal or water was provided and every day was a challenge of wits and determination. It was here that the House Guild of Hayyss, took the near starved child under its wing.</p><p></p><p>House Guild of Hayyss, was one of the five houses, specifically a Syndicate that was known throughout Envernous. The Syndicate worked on the fringes of society, working in various areas from the facilitation of the hiring of mercenaries, to removing that unwanted rival in a very quick and quiet manner. House Guild of Hayyss, was most directly associated with military education, strategy, survival techniques and their House Guild specialty, the Hayyssissn. It was here that Nicholaus trained to be the once coveted Hayyssissn, equally specialized as a military commander for support operations, extended raid area raid commander, and when the client required, a well directed, and always 'accidental' looking assassination.</p><p></p><p>( …that’s a lot of typing, so I’m going to quit for now, I shall dub this part one of my mini-series a la Nich. ^_^; … So beeeeear with me as I type up the rest of it in another post! )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicholausDennoncourt, post: 3767663, member: 45102"] (Okay, I couldn’t help myself; I just had to post about Nicholaus, as some of you know he is my original character, the very, very first. He’s got a hellva a lot of history, much of which has been completely overhauled and refined. Nich wasn’t always a WW Cainite, he was a free-form free-will vampire at one point, even with all the changes and overhaul, his story has remained largely the same. Soooo here goes… ) Nicholaus Dennoncourt was born in the world known as Envernous, the only son of a Minor Lord, whose lands resided in the Northern Hemisphere, protectorate aristocracy Milus Dennoncourt of the Northern-Eastern Kingdom, royal subject of King Antharus Khi’lan the Second. Due to his heritage, Nicholaus was considered part of the extended royal family, thanks completely to his mother, Sadana Dennoncourt~Khi'lan, third cousin to King Antharus Khi’lan the First. Though his heritage offered the Dennoncourt family some measure of respect, they were still considered a ‘country aristocrat’ as their wealth was derived primarily from the three small farming villages that was part of Milus’ ancestral family lands. His home was in the shadow of the Keep a once mighty, but now largely decrepit, fortification that was partial torn down as a symbol of the alliance the Dennoncourt family and the Khi’lan kingship fifty years before Nicholaus’ birth. As Nicholaus was the only son, his parents poured a lot of attention to their son, his mother eagerly taught him the basics of courtly life and etiquette along with supervision of his education, his father busied himself with teaching him the art of outdoorsmanship teaching his son merits of ruling for the benefit of the people. It was at the age of seven, that a long standing law was modified, mostly due to the increased pressure from the trading factions and guilds that dotted the kingship, it was required that the first born children of the peasantry and lower aristocracy alike, be released to the Council of Guilds as a token to continue offering discounted services and aide to the Kingdom against rivaling independents. There was much outrage, especially from Milus Dennoncourt, but it was largely unheard as the agents of the various guilds went to collect their due, at the age of seven Nicholaus was taken from his home, and taken to the largest city within the Kingdom, Sus’lihana. The city was the royal capital, though largely a reputably city there was its grimy underside, and it was in those cramped streets, that file after rank file of young boy and girl alike, from the ages of four to seventeen, were taken into the Hall of Weights and Measures, where each child was judged in various manners of testing to see what their natural aptitudes were, and which guild or trade faction would benefit the most of each recruit. It was here that the young Nicholaus was found to have a rather natural aptitude for survival, since his other tests ranged from average to poor, he excelled in the test that required the child to survive for two weeks in the Jail Hall, where no meal or water was provided and every day was a challenge of wits and determination. It was here that the House Guild of Hayyss, took the near starved child under its wing. House Guild of Hayyss, was one of the five houses, specifically a Syndicate that was known throughout Envernous. The Syndicate worked on the fringes of society, working in various areas from the facilitation of the hiring of mercenaries, to removing that unwanted rival in a very quick and quiet manner. House Guild of Hayyss, was most directly associated with military education, strategy, survival techniques and their House Guild specialty, the Hayyssissn. It was here that Nicholaus trained to be the once coveted Hayyssissn, equally specialized as a military commander for support operations, extended raid area raid commander, and when the client required, a well directed, and always 'accidental' looking assassination. ( …that’s a lot of typing, so I’m going to quit for now, I shall dub this part one of my mini-series a la Nich. ^_^; … So beeeeear with me as I type up the rest of it in another post! ) [/QUOTE]
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