[Characters] Astrid Kleimarr

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[Fragmaster01]

Name: "You rang?"
Astrid Kleimarr
Race: "Like everyone else in these parts."
Human
Class: "This is Skieyl. Say hi, Skieyl." *stab*
Monk(Weapon Adept)
Alignment: "Where 'government business' meets spleen removal."
Lawful Neutral
Gender: "Not with pickup lines like that, you're not."
Female
Age: "I'm not your kid. Go peace and love somewhere else."
17
Physical Description: *glares from under her cloak*
Astrid is a young, if slightly battle-worn, human, standing an average 5'6". She has red wavy hair cropped short, and the light complexion common to the peoples of the area. While toned, she's lacking in bulky muscle, which leads others to believe that her strength behind a sword comes from some metaphysical source, rather than raw might. She doesn't cut a very developed figure, presumably due to nutrition rather than genetics.

Astrid is commonly seen in a grey sleeved traveling cloak, with warm(if loose) clothing underneath. She's never seen without her blade, a blue-tinted longsword on her left hip. If prodded, she'll insist the weapon was a gift from her order, and refuse to go further. She dislikes traveling with heavy loads, and often carries the bare minimum of supplies on her, in a bag that can be easily dropped at the first sign of combat.

Personality: "Yes, it would kill me to smile. You should cut it out too."
Astrid has a strong tendency to be blunt, and barring that, withdrawn. She's incredibly socially awkward, and compensates by trying to avoid all the little dances and practices most people put into their conversation(which only makes things worse). People who force her to be the center of attention or try to make her have a good time can easily throw her off her game, with much amusement for those present.

She's very blase about her work. It's her job to kill people, and while she doesn't see any reason to run around parading that fact, she isn't one to shy away from it. If you want Peace and Love, you send for a kindly old cleric. If you want the oppressing nomarch six feet under, you ask for Astrid. And for the sake of all involved, you hope you didn't mix up the two requests in the mail.

Background: *blushing* "Who told you that? Lies, all of it!"
Astrid never really got a happy childhood. Her parents were clergy in the service of Iomedae, which did not help them when bandits came to town, demanding goods from the townsfolk and skulls from those who resisted. The rest of her childhood being spent in a snowy monastery under the strict guidance of rather martial priests did not help matters, and left her a rather dark and troubled individual. Depending on who you ask, she is either the "problem-solver" for the local churches of Iomedae, or by her own admission a "broad-daylight assassin". When matters either need a swift touch, or are too remote to send out a proper troop of guards, she gets sent in to ensure someone dies in a way that benefits the local populace. This time around, she seems to be burdened with her worst nightmare: being forced to work in a team. With people who want to talk with her, and make her smile and such. Morbid Shenanigans are likely to ensue.

Random Trivia: Astrid butts heads with the more Good aligned members of her order, being that she fits the Vengeance and War parts of her religion and almost nothing else.
She loves cranberries. Wasting them is a terrible crime.
She swings both ways, though given how guarded she is about admitting anything like that, you're not likely to notice unless the subject is pushed(at which point horrible blushing and death threats are likely).
Were she a mage, she'd totally favor Ice and Lightning spells centered around brutal murder. But she's not. She just stabs people. And smashes faces.
Astrid mains in Constitution, with Strength/Dexterity/Wisdom second. She's slightly below average intelligence, and very lacking in Charisma.
Her sword has a minor enchantment to minimize blood splatter. She doesn't like getting people on her, you see.
Astrid's sword is a blue-tinted curved longsword, given to her by her order. It's actually normal steel, just made to shine blue(the trace amounts of crystal used enchanting it helped). Its "proper" name is Skarl, but she calls it Skieyl, after a kid she knew from the monastery. In terms of murdering potential, it's a longsword with lightning enchantments, which she uses to gut people if they're not paying attention, or lop their abdomens open if they are. Such a charming person, she is.

 

20 Questions for Character Creation
1. Who were the character's parents? Did they raise the character? If not why? If not them who?
Klarr and Aelia Kleimarr, and they got murdered when she was 4. So sad.

2. Did the character have any childhood friends? Any siblings? Where are they now? Does the character stay in touch with them or have they become separated? If separated why?
A rival of sorts at the monastery named Skieyl(Monk, half-elf, high DEX/CHA, low INT). He was more of the "self-perfection" type rather than the "murder your enemies" sort. She's clearly the villain of the duo.

3. What was childhood like for the character? Calm and peaceful or turbulent and traumatic?
Unloving. The monks never really cared for her like a parent should, more as an obligation.

4. Does the character have any or did the character have any role models? Describe them?
This is probably part of her problem. She doesn't have anyone that she really considers a "role model", just people in positions of authority who tell her things to do.

6. What are the character's moral, ethical and religious beliefs? What lengths will the character go to defend those beliefs? Who or what taught those beliefs to the character? Remember that a character's moral and ethical beliefs, not necessarily his behavior, define his alignment.
In the world, there are people who generally mean well, and those who do not. She exists to put fear into the second type, and shank them if they get out of hand. She's a firm believer in Necessary Evil, in that regard. She doesn't kill for the fun of it, just that, you know, you were kinda raping and pillaging the countryside, so you shouldn't cry too hard when it comes back around.

7. Does the character have any unusual habits or physical traits? What are they? What do they stem from? How do others tend to react to them?
She rolls around in her sleep. It's adorable.

8. What is the general reaction to the character of other characters? Why, in the character's opinion, do they act that way?
She's here to do work. These... people keep trying to talk to her, and make her be sociable, and oh goodness look at the time she's gotta go-

9. Can the character kill? When did he decide (or learn) that he could? Why would the character kill? Does he / she have any enemies at all? Would or could the character kill them?
Oh yes: it's what she does. She's a firm believer that there are people the world is better off without, and so she ensures that such things happen. Not a blood knight about it, more of a... professional obligation.

10. What kind of relationships does the character currently have? Does he / she have any close friends? Bitter enemies? If so who? What are they like? What is the history of the character and this person's relationship?
Awkward relationships. She may think the guy/girl in the corner is kinda nice, but she'd never let herself be seen acting upon it. She'd be far too embarrassed(and her party members would never let her hear the end of it, because of that).

11. Does the character have any mental problems? Phobias? If so what are they? What do they stem from?
She has a horrible habit of thinking of things in terms of killing them. Kill your hunger with toast. This is most likely due to being acquainted with murder at a young age, then taught how to dole it out onto others in return.

12. How does the character generally treat others? Does she / he trust easily? Or not? How does the character relate to people? Is he a shy and withdrawn or a condescending snob?
Other people are their own worlds. They do their thing, she does hers. As long as they're not harassing her about her business, she's perfectly happy to let them be whatever.

14. What is the character's normal daily routine? How does he / she feel when it's interrupted for whatever reason?
She lacks a proper routine. The day is organized based on whatever Goal the day has, like "Travel to Blargville" or "Stab the High Priest" or "Stand Around Looking Important in Front of the Visiting Nobles".

Next talk with your DM and consider these questions:

15. Was the character present during any key events in the history of the campaign world? How did that event affect the character?
Her most notable event would have been the town-sacking that killed her parents. She's been cloistered away learning how to beat people up for most of her life since then, and wandering around performing assassin duties for the order since.

16. Does the character have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? What did he / she do? What do people assume about the character when his / her ancestry is known? Does the character actively try to live up to the reputation, try dispel it or try to ignore it?
If she has one, she's unaware of such ancestry.

17. Where is the character's homeland? What is it's history and what are it's people like? Is the character patriotic, or a social outcast? What is his opinion of home?
A monastery of Iomedae, in Svalland. She's quite the roamer nowadays, and generally doesn't consider any one area "home".

Finally consider these questions:

18. Dreams/Goals
She does not think about such things, and if the subject is breached, it's likely to make her depressed. Such things remind her that she could have had a life that didn't involve shanking people, but now she feels like it's best to just keep it going, for the sake of everyone around her. Clearly the party is going to have to inject her with some hopes and dreams, and try not to give her diabetes in the process.

20. Does the character ever want to have a family of his / her own someday? If so with who or what type of person?
She likes kids. She is, however, a horrible babysitter, and is wise enough to know this. She'd avoid raising a family if at all possible for the sake of the poor urchins.