Name: James Hill
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Birthday: April 4
Sexuality: Straight
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General Appearance
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 80kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Skin Tone: Fair
Appearance:
Guild: Guildess
Tattoo: -
Tattoo Color: -
Faction: Rune Knights
Faction Chapter: -
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Gender: Male
Age: 20
Birthday: April 4
Sexuality: Straight
Special Characteristics:
- "Whitebeard" tattoo on his back - A huge tattoo of a purple bones in a cross and a purple skull with a white moustache. It was the Jolly Roger of a character in a pirate novel that Maria had loved, having re-read the novel over and over again. After reading his mother's favorite novel in his teens, he had gotten the "bright" idea of getting that tattoo that resulted in the longest screaming his mother had ever launched at him.
- "A
SCE" tattoo on his left arm - Laughably, after getting over her son getting his first tattoo, the mother and son had decided to DIY a tattoo based on another character from their mutually favorite novel. Maria was the one doing the tattooing and in the process, she made a mistake and promptly deciding to strike it out with the tattooing pen before continuing on, to her son's horror and pain. "Suck it up and soldier on, James," was all the consoling she had given to the seventeen year old boy who was being tattooed by an amateur.
Personality:
Maria was never an older sister, or an aunt or even had a mother to show her what it was like to be a mother. The idea of wanting to get married and started a family had also never occurred to her. However, when she saw the tiny little baby wrapped in a blue blanket, oblivious to what had happened to his family and sleeping soundly, every single fiber in her being wanted so badly to hold the baby in her arms and protect him. That was how a young female Rune Knight, in her late 20s came to adopt a baby, the sole survivor of a fiery accident that took the lives of his parents.
Named James after her late mentor who had taught her everything she needed to know in the Rune Knights and was the closest she had to a father figure, it wasn’t always the easiest when it came to caring for him but Maria had always done her best to shower her boy with love. However, it was tough for a single lady to juggle her responsibilities and care for a young one, on top of having to deal with the biased views of the society around her. She would often be the target of scornful rumors, debating on the origins of James, most typically painting her in a bad light.
Growing up, James had learnt from a young age to understand how much his mother had sacrificed for him. Thankfully, while there were bad neighbours that did nothing but make pointed remarks and make baseless rumors about them, there were also kind ones that had extended their help to Maria in caring for James.
Maria would always ignore the people talking about her while James would sullenly curse them in his mind. He wanted to shut those people up, but he was taught better to be better than that. Instead of being fixated on those that made him angry, he was taught to reciprocate to the kindness shown to him, going out of his way to help them back when possible.
Maria had imparted all of the hallmarks to be a good Rune Knight to James, which would serve to form him into a good person even if he didn’t joined. But James had always enthusiastically wanted to join the very same organization his mother had served under, especially when he knew about how supportive and considerate his mother’s colleagues and superiors had been to her when she had decided to be the mother of a child out of the blue.
James was able to spend 20 good years with his mother, but in the very same year that he was to sign up and join the Rune Knights, tragedy had befallen. His mother had signed up for the Pergrande-Bellum war and had been killed in action. While he knew the dangers of her job and Maria had told him again and again that her latest assignment was something that they had never been formally trained for and the chances of something going wrong was high, it was a huge blow to James as he grieved over her passing. The young man was on his way back from work when the Rune Knight in uniform waiting outside his two-bedroom apartment passed him the news. For five long months, James mourned over the passing of his mother, feeling as though all hope and light had been robbed from him, a feeling of emptiness pervading his very being. He had lost his pillar of support and reason to live.
Until one day, after lifelessly walking back home after finishing work, James heard a call for help from an alley. Without hesitation, James dashed into the alley to reach the scene of a robbery happening. Two guys in black masks were robbing a young girl around his age at knifepoint. Without even thinking, James was spurred into action, putting the combat skills Maria had drilled into him to good use as he disarmed the two men in a flash and sent them flying into the ground with a combination of kicks and punches. When they were finally subdued, the young girl thanked James profusely, which had reignited the spark in him. Helping the girl had reminded him of what his mother had taught him all these years and his goal of wanting to join the Rune Knights. When some Rune Knights finally arrived to apprehend the two robbers, commenting on his job well done, James was no longer the young man consumed by grief. In his shock and sadness, he had allowed himself to forget everything his mother had imparted to him. He realised how disappointed Maria would be if he continued on like this, prompting him to go back to his original ambition so as to keep her proud and her legacy alive.
Likes: - Iced drinks - Probably a side effect of the mysterious flame that he wields in his left arm, James constantly feels warm, putting him on the constant lookout for an iced drink to cool himself down
- Sunny weather - James enjoys nothing better than a clear blue sky and warm breeze while just lazing around
- Helping others - You can always count on James for a helping hand in times of need
Dislikes:
- Arrogant and scornful people - His mother had always taught him that the best way to shut such people up was to prove them wrong with his actions, or just shoving a gun up their face and watch them shut up
- Gossip and baseless rumors - Having been the subject of many gossip during his childhood, James steers away when people try to talk about things that aren’t verified or behind others’ backs
- Sour food - Nope, James gets something like a brain freeze when he eats something sour
Motivations:
- James wants to live his life in the best way he can so that he would be able to do his mother proud
- Years and years of listening to his mother talk about the great feats of the Rune Knights spurs on James to continue working hard to one day become one of the greats
- James seeks the strength needed to stick to protect those dear to him, so that their family members don’t have to go through the same loss he has
Fears:
- James holds his mother in high regards, loving and idolizing her equally. One of his biggest fears would be one day he would let his mother down by betraying the beliefs she had shared with him
- Joining the Rune Knights was a lifelong dream since he was a child. Failing to join the Rune Knights scares him, as it would also steer him away from something that connects him to his mother
- James is caught between wanting explore the origins of his mysterious lineage that gave him the flaming left arm, but he’s also afraid of what he might discover
General Appearance
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 80kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Skin Tone: Fair
Appearance:
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Guild: Guildess
Tattoo: -
Tattoo Color: -
Faction: Rune Knights
Faction Chapter: -
*Character change purchase: Here
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