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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derrick" data-source="post: 3237037" data-attributes="member: 48349">OK.  I have put up some background, but it's nowhere near finished... I'm now starting to appreciate why Middle-Aged is a character failing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> (The amount I've written would be fine if my character was in his early twenties.)randomling:  You're right that Catrin would be a difficult subject, but Daffyd would have been patient, and often let her take breaks while he painted from memory.  His work shows good likeness, and sometimes - and Catrin would be one of these cases - really gets at the spirit of the subject.  I think there'd be at least one painting of Catrin that shows her fidgeting in her seat, looking out the window... how about her mother refused it and insisted that Daffyd paint something more "proper", so he gave the realistic one to the girl for her thirteenth birthday?I don't think Daffyd would have gotten to the point of being a constant figure in Catrin's life, but he probably leaned on Willem to actually teach her how to use a sword.  It seems to me that the "she's going to learn anyway - do you want her to have to do it the hard way?" argument would be effective.And probably accurate. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Unkabear: That sounds good.  I think Daffyd would have taken the gift gracelessly, making a snide remark that he has plenty of his own work in that line.  Assuming that Dalen didn't punch him out, Daffyd would apologise, explaining that the wound is still fresh... after a little more reflection, he'd make the offer to buy a pitcher at the tavern, but not that night.The background that's up so far should give you some idea of what Daffyd might say about his apprenticeship, though I still have quite a bit more planned out.SolosAddie:  Haha. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  Right.  Daffyd probably thinks fairly highly of Kardus, given the younger man's cleverness - assuming he's had an opportunity to find that out.  Hmm.  I guess Kardus' mother would at least have implied that he ought to spend some time with the widower lately.  Maybe they've played a game or two of the local chess equivalent?  (Looking at their stats, they'd be pretty evenly matched; Daffyd should be a better planner, but he's reckless and his intuition is terrible.)</blockquote>

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