Featherstone
Fleet-fingered Father of Falcons
Feel free to include as little/as much as you would like as far as details on your character! For all characters, these are the basic things that must be covered, preferably in a navigatable, character-sheet-like format so that each section can be easily referenced:
Name
Gender
Age
Bond Name/Type
Appearance
Strengths (physical or mental/personality)
Weaknesses (physical or mental/personality)
Backstory
Information must also be included for the bond, preferably in a separate format so that it's easily referenced:
Name
Gender
Age
Species
Element (if dragon)/Base Species (if roc or gryphon)
Rider
Appearance
Strengths (physical or mental/personality)
Weaknesses (physical or mental/personality)
Backstory
Please note that all characters should be in the Theta Squadron, which is led by Akyra. If you'd like an exception to this, let me know and we can talk about it! Below is a sample character sheet for Akyra:
Gender: Female
Age: 26 years
Bond: Dægmund, Roc (Golden Eagle)
Appearance: Short brown hair, golden-brown eyes, dark tan skin. A scar runs from her left temple to her jaw. She has a recurved bow and a quiver of arrows on her back, and a sword at her hip in case of mêlée combat. Akyra's armour wears light scale-mail armour and a dark blue cloak. A golden broach fastens the cloak and it has the crest of the Skyriders etched into it. When not in her combat gear, she prefers a warm, comfortable style, with knee-high boots and a simple shirt and pants of brown and beige earth-tones.
She wears five earrings in her right ear - four hoops in the cartilage alongside one eagle talon that dangles from her earlobe. She has a tattoo on the same side, a curved stripe under her eye.
Her ring is burnished gold with an orange-yellow gem and is worn on her left middle finger. Her glove for Daegmund is right-handed, for her sword arm is her left.
Strengths: Akyra is an experienced combatant and a level-headed leader that takes time to be fair and goes out of her way to find her compassion for people. She has integrity and a strong character who's willing to go through whatever she must to stand by her people, her squadron, and her ideals. She's more physically inclined than anything else, but with a partner as experienced as Dægmund, they can usually think their way out when they have to.
Weaknesses: Once she has a goal set, she has a very difficult time letting it go, and this can sometimes lead to inflexibility. In addition to her stubbornness, this can lead to either great success in the face of adversity or a fall from grace when she's in the wrong. It can also make communication with the squadron difficult. It's something that Dæ has made her increasingly aware of, however, so she makes more of an effort to listen than she might have in the past. She's also anything but proficient in the use of thrown weapons. It also can lead to recklessness or even impulsiveness at times. Despite her usual physical prowess, she simply cannot get the spin on thrown weapons properly, and thus uses a bow and sword instead of knives, shurikens, or other weapons.
Backstory: She was born as one of the tribal hills-people (thus the tattoo and ear decorations). She was a young warrior-in-training there, and always had an affinity with animals, birds of prey in particular. One day, when she was out hunting, she encountered one of the Skyriders with their gryphon. Unable to shake the knowledge that she could work with such magnificent and powerful predators, she began to seek out the Skyriders when they entered her tribe's territory. One fateful day when she was 16 years old, Akyra had wandered far from her land in search of food, for a famine had struck. She found herself caught in a blizzard and stumbled towards the shelter nearby caves - which she later discovered was the Eyrie - offered. She dragged herself in injured, freezing, and half-dead, but Dægmund took an instant liking to the fierce will she had that had brought her so far. Dæ brought her down to the headquarters where she was healed and eventually joined the Skyriders with the roc as her bond.
She earned the nickname 'Jäger' when she was on her first mission. She relentlessly harried an enemy fire dragon with the persistence and ferocity known to the kleptoparasitic avians of the sea called Jägers.
Age: 85 years old (with Theoluïn from hatch to 67 years old; unbonded for 8; with Akyra for 10)
Species: Roc
Base Species: Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Appearance: About 32 feet in length (a little less than 10 meters), Dægmund has the appearance of any average, adult Golden Eagle. Her feathers are a deep chocolate-brown with some mottling of dark gray under the flight feathers and an almost metallic-colored golden nape. Her eyes are a deep amber-gold hue and her scales and cere are yellow. Feathers extend all the way down her tarsi, to her toes, and her anklet is thick tooled leather with a yellow topaz stone set in it to match Akyra's - and formerly Theoluïn's - ring.
Strengths: Like her rider, Dæ has a fierce will, and her temper - though rare - is a force to be reckoned with. There's a draconian ferocity about the beast that matches with her brute strength and size that put her in the upper league of the Skyriders' ranks. Despite her acute ability to soar and massive size, she's surprisingly agile, just like the eagle she's built after - she can sto
op at speeds well rivaling many falcons, though she can never hope to gain the speed of a Peregrine nor the maneuverability of a Goshawk. However, once something is in her grasp, it's exceedingly rare that it gets out. Over time, she's also learned how to compensate for her great size.
Weaknesses: For better or for worse, Dægmund has no qualms about law nor order. She will listen to her rider, as she knows that being among the ranks of the Skyriders is advantageous to her and she is very close to her bond, but when it gets down to it it's merely because of the beneficial relationship, not out of any conscience-driven motive. When all is said and done, she is a raptor, and this means that she often functions from instinct - the instinct to hunt, kill, and feed. Additionally, she lacks the aerial and speed that many smaller avians may possess.
Backstory: Dægmund was hatched by Theoluïn and learned and trained with him for 67 years from the time Theoluïn was only 10. She grew exceedingly close to him and the two were inseparable and all but unstoppable. With him, she rose to the highest ranks of the Riders. He died in a fateful battle against Centaurian soldiers who'd invaded R'lyr and Dægmund fell into a deep depression for many seasons thereafter. She retreated into the Eyrie and gave up hunting and, for the most part, flying. Like most creatures who wish to hide their weakness, she spoke to few. Then, after eight years, Akyra clawed her way to shelter under Dæ's perch, and she saw a fire in the human that she'd seen in few before. She took her under her wing - literally and metaphorically - and trained with her day in and day out.
Name
Gender
Age
Bond Name/Type
Appearance
Strengths (physical or mental/personality)
Weaknesses (physical or mental/personality)
Backstory
Information must also be included for the bond, preferably in a separate format so that it's easily referenced:
Name
Gender
Age
Species
Element (if dragon)/Base Species (if roc or gryphon)
Rider
Appearance
Strengths (physical or mental/personality)
Weaknesses (physical or mental/personality)
Backstory
Please note that all characters should be in the Theta Squadron, which is led by Akyra. If you'd like an exception to this, let me know and we can talk about it! Below is a sample character sheet for Akyra:
AKYRA "JÄGER" AQUILA
Commander of the Theta Squadron
Commander of the Theta Squadron
Gender: Female
Age: 26 years
Bond: Dægmund, Roc (Golden Eagle)
Appearance: Short brown hair, golden-brown eyes, dark tan skin. A scar runs from her left temple to her jaw. She has a recurved bow and a quiver of arrows on her back, and a sword at her hip in case of mêlée combat. Akyra's armour wears light scale-mail armour and a dark blue cloak. A golden broach fastens the cloak and it has the crest of the Skyriders etched into it. When not in her combat gear, she prefers a warm, comfortable style, with knee-high boots and a simple shirt and pants of brown and beige earth-tones.
She wears five earrings in her right ear - four hoops in the cartilage alongside one eagle talon that dangles from her earlobe. She has a tattoo on the same side, a curved stripe under her eye.
Her ring is burnished gold with an orange-yellow gem and is worn on her left middle finger. Her glove for Daegmund is right-handed, for her sword arm is her left.
Strengths: Akyra is an experienced combatant and a level-headed leader that takes time to be fair and goes out of her way to find her compassion for people. She has integrity and a strong character who's willing to go through whatever she must to stand by her people, her squadron, and her ideals. She's more physically inclined than anything else, but with a partner as experienced as Dægmund, they can usually think their way out when they have to.
Weaknesses: Once she has a goal set, she has a very difficult time letting it go, and this can sometimes lead to inflexibility. In addition to her stubbornness, this can lead to either great success in the face of adversity or a fall from grace when she's in the wrong. It can also make communication with the squadron difficult. It's something that Dæ has made her increasingly aware of, however, so she makes more of an effort to listen than she might have in the past. She's also anything but proficient in the use of thrown weapons. It also can lead to recklessness or even impulsiveness at times. Despite her usual physical prowess, she simply cannot get the spin on thrown weapons properly, and thus uses a bow and sword instead of knives, shurikens, or other weapons.
Backstory: She was born as one of the tribal hills-people (thus the tattoo and ear decorations). She was a young warrior-in-training there, and always had an affinity with animals, birds of prey in particular. One day, when she was out hunting, she encountered one of the Skyriders with their gryphon. Unable to shake the knowledge that she could work with such magnificent and powerful predators, she began to seek out the Skyriders when they entered her tribe's territory. One fateful day when she was 16 years old, Akyra had wandered far from her land in search of food, for a famine had struck. She found herself caught in a blizzard and stumbled towards the shelter nearby caves - which she later discovered was the Eyrie - offered. She dragged herself in injured, freezing, and half-dead, but Dægmund took an instant liking to the fierce will she had that had brought her so far. Dæ brought her down to the headquarters where she was healed and eventually joined the Skyriders with the roc as her bond.
She earned the nickname 'Jäger' when she was on her first mission. She relentlessly harried an enemy fire dragon with the persistence and ferocity known to the kleptoparasitic avians of the sea called Jägers.
DÆGMUND THEOLUÏN-AQUILA
Roc Bond of Akyra Aquila
Gender: FemaleRoc Bond of Akyra Aquila
Age: 85 years old (with Theoluïn from hatch to 67 years old; unbonded for 8; with Akyra for 10)
Species: Roc
Base Species: Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Appearance: About 32 feet in length (a little less than 10 meters), Dægmund has the appearance of any average, adult Golden Eagle. Her feathers are a deep chocolate-brown with some mottling of dark gray under the flight feathers and an almost metallic-colored golden nape. Her eyes are a deep amber-gold hue and her scales and cere are yellow. Feathers extend all the way down her tarsi, to her toes, and her anklet is thick tooled leather with a yellow topaz stone set in it to match Akyra's - and formerly Theoluïn's - ring.
Strengths: Like her rider, Dæ has a fierce will, and her temper - though rare - is a force to be reckoned with. There's a draconian ferocity about the beast that matches with her brute strength and size that put her in the upper league of the Skyriders' ranks. Despite her acute ability to soar and massive size, she's surprisingly agile, just like the eagle she's built after - she can sto
op at speeds well rivaling many falcons, though she can never hope to gain the speed of a Peregrine nor the maneuverability of a Goshawk. However, once something is in her grasp, it's exceedingly rare that it gets out. Over time, she's also learned how to compensate for her great size.
Weaknesses: For better or for worse, Dægmund has no qualms about law nor order. She will listen to her rider, as she knows that being among the ranks of the Skyriders is advantageous to her and she is very close to her bond, but when it gets down to it it's merely because of the beneficial relationship, not out of any conscience-driven motive. When all is said and done, she is a raptor, and this means that she often functions from instinct - the instinct to hunt, kill, and feed. Additionally, she lacks the aerial and speed that many smaller avians may possess.
Backstory: Dægmund was hatched by Theoluïn and learned and trained with him for 67 years from the time Theoluïn was only 10. She grew exceedingly close to him and the two were inseparable and all but unstoppable. With him, she rose to the highest ranks of the Riders. He died in a fateful battle against Centaurian soldiers who'd invaded R'lyr and Dægmund fell into a deep depression for many seasons thereafter. She retreated into the Eyrie and gave up hunting and, for the most part, flying. Like most creatures who wish to hide their weakness, she spoke to few. Then, after eight years, Akyra clawed her way to shelter under Dæ's perch, and she saw a fire in the human that she'd seen in few before. She took her under her wing - literally and metaphorically - and trained with her day in and day out.
