PLAYER NAME: Sam (but I think you already have one of those, so make it Sammich if that makes life easier!) CONTACT:atkascha HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GAME?: I blame Morgan/undecipher for everything.
CHARACTER: Jens Macher CANON: Triangle Strategy CANON POINT: right before the chapter 17 route split
BACKGROUND:wiki. It is admittedly light, because side characters in SRPGs get the shaft.
ABILITIES | POWERS: Jens is a blacksmith in a strategy-RPG, so his talents only go into supernatural territory in that he's shown building things on the battlefield in hilariously quick times, for narrative convenience. In an RP environment, I do shoot for a little more realism. But -
He builds things! Outside of battle, Jens handles all weapon upgrades in the game--and I tend to assume he also knows his way around armor, because he seems to take care of all the party's needs, and while armor isn't an equipment category in TS it's clearly being worn by some characters.
Inside of battle, he has a few other engineering tricks he pulls out of his hat. He can build ladders, allowing the player's army to scale terrain and rain death from above. He builds spring traps, which bounce an enemy who walks into them back a decent distance, including knocking them down cliffs or into walls/other units for collision damage. He has a net trap that can delay an enemy's turn a bit. And his ultimate move lets him build an automatic turret that shoots arrows at any enemy that moves into its range.
He also has a move that lets him hit an enemy with a decent chance to inflict sleep--because his weapon on the field is his hammer, and getting clocked with one of those is not a good time.
A flashback has shown him studying at the Aesfrosti Archives, basically the best library in the most technologically focused nation in Norzelia, so I assume he's read up on siege engines and the like, even if he isn't seen specifically making them in canon.
In short: blacksmith and budding engineer, good for all manner of arms/armor/siege weapons. His world's access to technology notably stops at gunpowder (a recent invention that's still closely guarded by its creators), but he's a smart kid, I imagine in a setting with access he could start dabbling in that too.
PERSONALITY: The short version: A Nice Boy.
...okay, to dig a little further down. Jens is a good-hearted, hard-working kid. In a game where most character recruitments are made based on the player character's score in several "convictions" (morality, liberty, and utility), Jens requires only morality to recruit--for battle, that is. Before he's officially one of your soldiers, though, he's the unnamed blacksmith who does all your weapon upgrades, busting his butt behind the scenes to keep everything running at optimum.
Which is, in fact, a pretty good summary of how he presents himself.
Jens is one of the less colorful or dramatic types in TS. He shows up, does his fair share, and...tries to do more than his fair share. The outbreak of war sparks some soul-searching in him; while in flashbacks he seems to have hardly noticed that he's getting more orders from the military until someone asks him about it directly, his direct involvement (first with his dead friend, and then with House Wolffort's army) gives him a lot to think about, and he seems almost embarrassed when he recounts his attitude before.
After a young soldier he was friends with is killed in battle--while wielding a weapon Jens forged for him--Jens has a quiet crisis of faith, decides that he can do more, and, once he's seen sufficient proof that his lord is going to fight righteously and not just kick puppies or enslave Rosellan orphans, he offers his services on the battlefield, so he can do some good and get a better understanding of how the things he makes are being used, which can only help him improve. He can't be the kind of artisan who just makes something and chucks it into the void; he says that he has a duty as someone who makes weapons, and he needs to better understand what it means to live or die by the blade.
He's bright and pays attention to detail--he's studied at the Aesfrosti Archives, and his in-game profile claims there's "no weapon he cannot forge," even right after the event in which he states he's a novice. It doesn't speak to his skill level at that point in canon, but it does speak to his ingenuity and his desire to get better--if he can't make it now, he will get there, or die trying. A researcher at the Archives is seen to remember him between visits, and compares his hunger for knowledge to a fire's hunger for kindling. He is determined to be ~the very best, like no one ever was~. He continues studying, even half a continent away, in the middle of a war (and is a bit sheepish about being unable to return the book he's borrowed from the Archives, whoops).
His reasons for doing so have shifted a bit--from pure ambition to be awesome, to a desire to build the kind of better world that won't need weapons--but his drive and earnestness remain consistent. In short: A Nice Boy.
INVENTORY: His trusty hammer. A pair of tongs. A few small chisels and whatnot tucked into his pockets.
NOTES: I'd like to figure out some way to get him access to a forge, or he's not going to know what to do with himself. But I expect he'll have to do some legwork to get that, and I'm here for it. *cracks knuckles*
IF ACCEPTED, WOULD YOU WANT A PLOT-LIGHT OR PLOT-HEAVY CUSTOM INTRO? I'm flexible, for serious. Not knowing what things look like since I'm new, I am willing to put my trust in whatever gets the job done!
jens macher | triangle strategy
CONTACT:
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GAME?: I blame Morgan/
CHARACTER: Jens Macher
CANON: Triangle Strategy
CANON POINT: right before the chapter 17 route split
BACKGROUND: wiki. It is admittedly light, because side characters in SRPGs get the shaft.
ABILITIES | POWERS:
Jens is a blacksmith in a strategy-RPG, so his talents only go into supernatural territory in that he's shown building things on the battlefield in hilariously quick times, for narrative convenience. In an RP environment, I do shoot for a little more realism. But -
He builds things! Outside of battle, Jens handles all weapon upgrades in the game--and I tend to assume he also knows his way around armor, because he seems to take care of all the party's needs, and while armor isn't an equipment category in TS it's clearly being worn by some characters.
Inside of battle, he has a few other engineering tricks he pulls out of his hat. He can build ladders, allowing the player's army to scale terrain and rain death from above. He builds spring traps, which bounce an enemy who walks into them back a decent distance, including knocking them down cliffs or into walls/other units for collision damage. He has a net trap that can delay an enemy's turn a bit. And his ultimate move lets him build an automatic turret that shoots arrows at any enemy that moves into its range.
He also has a move that lets him hit an enemy with a decent chance to inflict sleep--because his weapon on the field is his hammer, and getting clocked with one of those is not a good time.
A flashback has shown him studying at the Aesfrosti Archives, basically the best library in the most technologically focused nation in Norzelia, so I assume he's read up on siege engines and the like, even if he isn't seen specifically making them in canon.
In short: blacksmith and budding engineer, good for all manner of arms/armor/siege weapons. His world's access to technology notably stops at gunpowder (a recent invention that's still closely guarded by its creators), but he's a smart kid, I imagine in a setting with access he could start dabbling in that too.
PERSONALITY:
The short version: A Nice Boy.
...okay, to dig a little further down. Jens is a good-hearted, hard-working kid. In a game where most character recruitments are made based on the player character's score in several "convictions" (morality, liberty, and utility), Jens requires only morality to recruit--for battle, that is. Before he's officially one of your soldiers, though, he's the unnamed blacksmith who does all your weapon upgrades, busting his butt behind the scenes to keep everything running at optimum.
Which is, in fact, a pretty good summary of how he presents himself.
Jens is one of the less colorful or dramatic types in TS. He shows up, does his fair share, and...tries to do more than his fair share. The outbreak of war sparks some soul-searching in him; while in flashbacks he seems to have hardly noticed that he's getting more orders from the military until someone asks him about it directly, his direct involvement (first with his dead friend, and then with House Wolffort's army) gives him a lot to think about, and he seems almost embarrassed when he recounts his attitude before.
After a young soldier he was friends with is killed in battle--while wielding a weapon Jens forged for him--Jens has a quiet crisis of faith, decides that he can do more, and, once he's seen sufficient proof that his lord is going to fight righteously and not just kick puppies or enslave Rosellan orphans, he offers his services on the battlefield, so he can do some good and get a better understanding of how the things he makes are being used, which can only help him improve. He can't be the kind of artisan who just makes something and chucks it into the void; he says that he has a duty as someone who makes weapons, and he needs to better understand what it means to live or die by the blade.
He's bright and pays attention to detail--he's studied at the Aesfrosti Archives, and his in-game profile claims there's "no weapon he cannot forge," even right after the event in which he states he's a novice. It doesn't speak to his skill level at that point in canon, but it does speak to his ingenuity and his desire to get better--if he can't make it now, he will get there, or die trying. A researcher at the Archives is seen to remember him between visits, and compares his hunger for knowledge to a fire's hunger for kindling. He is determined to be ~the very best, like no one ever was~. He continues studying, even half a continent away, in the middle of a war (and is a bit sheepish about being unable to return the book he's borrowed from the Archives, whoops).
His reasons for doing so have shifted a bit--from pure ambition to be awesome, to a desire to build the kind of better world that won't need weapons--but his drive and earnestness remain consistent. In short: A Nice Boy.
SAMPLE: bam
INVENTORY: His trusty hammer. A pair of tongs. A few small chisels and whatnot tucked into his pockets.
NOTES: I'd like to figure out some way to get him access to a forge, or he's not going to know what to do with himself. But I expect he'll have to do some legwork to get that, and I'm here for it. *cracks knuckles*
IF ACCEPTED, WOULD YOU WANT A PLOT-LIGHT OR PLOT-HEAVY CUSTOM INTRO? I'm flexible, for serious. Not knowing what things look like since I'm new, I am willing to put my trust in whatever gets the job done!