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Lord Percephon Halfshav

It may be impossible to know all there is, but that doesn't mean it's not worth trying.

Social Rank: 4
Concept: Noble Knowledge-Seeker
Fealty: Redrain
Family: Telmar
Gender: male
Marital Status: married
Age: 33
Birthday: 4/1
Religion: Pantheon
Vocation: Scholar
Height: tall
Hair Color: auburn
Eye Color: dark
Skintone: fair

Titles: Magister of the Vellichorian Academy, Scholar of Vellichor, Seneschal of Sanctum

Description: High, stark cheekbones and the hawkish hook of a nose combine to give Percephon a sharp, aggressive look. His eyes are dark and liquid, a deep brown with warmth to it when they catch the light, but seeming black as shadow at other times. His hair is thick, dark auburn curls, ordinarily bound behind him at his nape. Tall and thin with narrow hips and a whisper of the unfinished about his rangy height, there is something elusive and inconsistent about the dark gaze, except when it is sharpened and clarified by his small round-frame glasses.

Personality: Percephon is a man of focused intensity when working on a problem, but sometimes has difficulty tracking important details, like 'someone is talking to me right now' or 'it's important to eat food'. Curious to a fault, his thirst for knowledge is linked to his quest for purpose. Because his mind is the sharpest weapon he has, and a far superior one than any he might wield with his arm. His sense of duty and his personal piety are linked to his filial need to compensate for being, you know, the nerdiest noble in all the Oathlands. He cares deeply, but sometimes has difficulty understanding the appropriate way to show his caring. E.g.: 'Look! I've written you a treatise about flowers. It's like a bouquet, but it won't die!'

Background: A nephew of the Duke of Telmar, Percephon began his life as a disappointment. As a baby, he was ill often, collicky and hollering. He wasn't expected to survive, but did so anyway, to become a child that was sickly and lacked the bulwark's strength common for the bloodline of the Telmarch. Yet for all his weak lungs and constant sneezing in certain seasons of the Oathlands, he proved an able student to his tutors, and plunged deep into fact hunting. Even as he grew a little older and stronger, he created problems by not being the kind of son his father would want -- or more importantly, the kind of nephew his uncle would find convenient. It wasn't that duty didn't interest him; he felt a strong, strong pull of duty to the realm and to his family. But the fact is, he was a reed in a family of oaks, a willow in a family of mountains.

Even when he reached adulthood, he was ill often. When he traveled to the capital, he was sick for a week on arrival, which actually put the kibosh on a potential marriage alliance that had been treated for him, as his family had thought they might be able to marry him out to a Velenosa vassal -- why not, the warmer, lusher climes of the south might be good for him, and it would get him out of their hair, and there are worse houses in the Lyceum than the Fidantes -- but what it left him with was the life of a square peg in a round hole. A noble in the capital, of good bloodline, but still, a fish out of water.

Relationship Summary


Acquaintance:
  • Sparte - Iron Guard and Riddlemaster
  • Reigna - Countess Keaton, Fellow Nerd
  • Kael - Count Keaton, Family Focused
  • Cristoph - Duke Laurent, The Bee's Knees.
  • Nicia - Duchess Laurent, Both Bee And Sting
  • Valencia - Charming Princess, Heart of Gold
  • Margerie - Lady Keaton, Compliments Owed
  • Alarissa - Saltwater Dragon, Deeper than that

  • Family:
  • Ansel - Cousin who truly looks after the family.

  • Rival:
    Sibling:
  • Tesha - Sister-Mine, One of the brightest.

  • Friend:
  • Alis - Curious Confidant, Noble Soul
  • Sasha - Princess of Books, Research Partner
  • Joscelin - Master of her Craft, Special Season
  • Lianne - Kindred Spirit, Mostly a Hermit
  • Khanne - Always a light, Friendship renewed
  • Sparte - Earnestness wrapped in wonder and riddles.
  • Echo - Budding friendships, Common ground of loss.

  • Spouse:
  • Khanne - Wife and partner. Hopefulness and change. A reminder of spring.

  • Ally:
    Name Summary