Tristram Valardin
| Tristram Valardin | |
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| Social Rank | 3 |
| Fealty | Valardin |
| House | Valardin |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 24 |
| Religion | Pantheon |
| Vocation | Noble |
| Height | 6'1" |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Skintone | Tanned |
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Description
This tall, muscular man has slightly curly short black hair and an easy smile. His blue eyes glimmer with laughter, as if he is determined to enjoy life no matter what travails it places in his way. He walks with an unmistakable and likely unconsious swagger to his step. His voice, a pleasant baritone, is often heard with a complimentary, gallant tone when he speaks.
Personality
Vivacious, audacious and occasionally salacious, Tristram cuts a rakish figure wherever he travels. Gallant and daring, always the gentleman, he treats the commonfolk with a great deal of respect--sometimes, in the eyes of his fellow nobles, with entirely *too much* respect.
Background
Prince Tristram de Blancbier, the Prince in Purple, the Champion of Chevalle, was until recently a royal of House Valardin of only minor note. That all changed following the Battle of the Three Arrows, when he rode gallantly forth from Chevalle to meet a band of shavs led by a particularly notorious Chieftain who had united several other tribes in the forest to the east of Chevalle. The chieftain, growing bold as his tribal confederation grew, finally dared to strike at the village of Menton. Tristram, riding forth with but a small band of retainers, ended the chief's ambitions--and those of his sub-chiefs--with three near-impossible arrow shots that passed through trees and branches to slay them in rapid succession, earning the gratitude of the villagers and the notice of the rest of the family.
Descended from Princess Dulceali herself (as he gladly informs everyone), he longs to prove himself to his family and the world at large. While chafing somewhat at the barrier to travel and adventure that relocating to Arx places on his taste for adventure, he is well aware that Valardin needs as many examples of hope in this time of turmoil as possible, and strives to rise to the challenge.
