Yep, so far so good! Congrats on the promotion though, feel kinda crappy for disappearing on you guys like that.

*plugs in mic*

that might help.

Sorry for my sudden AWOL/MIA/Lame excuses. Lost my job, lost my home, found a job, got a new home, dealing with depression... yeah, so that.

Alright, y'all - I'm back. I probably deserve to be tarred, feathered, and lashed for my long absence but life dealt me a very hard blow a few months ago. I'll be catching up on things over the next couple weeks so if you have something that needs my attention, send me a PM and I'll get on it.

Your Handle: Sherper
      
Character Information 
Name (first and last) of this character: Luka Talkend
Age of this character: 18
Name of country where this character is from: Andor

Appearance
Hair: Light brown mixed with gold.   
Eyes: Hazelnut Brown.
Skin: Tanned.   
Height: 5'9 "
Voice: Soft and placid, prefers not to raise his voice. Evident Andorian accent.  

Optional
Skills and former training: 
-Minor weapons training before going to the tower.  
-Nobility education.
-Familiarity of the saddle.  

Personality
Good natured is the best word to describe Luka. A likeable fellow to be around, he prefers to be non-assertive to anyone even when he is in a position of power. Honour bound to his word, he demonstrates an unusual sense of compassion to the poor and the defenceless. At times a very inward person, he takes pleasure more from reading and indulgence in the arts, than from physical activity.

History 
Born the middle son to the Lord Eram Talkend of the House Talkend, Luka was largely neglected through the course of his childhood. Only second in line to the succession of House high seat and with the arrival of a younger sister, Luka was not deemed very important by his parents. Yet despite this, young Luka found pleasure and paradise from other sources - mainly books.

From a very tender age Luka taught himself how to read, helped along by various librarians and scholars in Caemlyn, who took him on as a kind of ‘unofficial student’. He could read and write as well as any scribe by the age of eight, be well versed in the laws and customs of not only Andor, but Arad Doman, Illian, and Cairhien when he was thirteen. And by the age of fifteen, harbour an extensive knowledge across a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from the sciences, to literature and the finer arts.

It was also somewhere during this time that young Luka took an interest in wandering in cities; ‘to get to know the people’ so he called it. Garbed like an ordinary commoner he would spend days in city taverns or the country roads around Caemlyn. Yet the further he ventured out from his respective country and home, the higher his curiosity grew. He found new pleasure in not just reading about various things in the world, but experiencing them.

His wander lust grew to fever pitch when he reached sixteen, so he decided he would leave Andor and travel the world. Taking nothing more than a sword, a pack animal and a small coin purse; Luka Talkend age sixteen left Andor.  

Passing farms and small cities, he oft took odd jobs as a stable hand or a merchant guard to keep himself fed and to get a chance to understand the culture of the land. Though he never stayed in one place for long, he grew accustomed to living rough and blending in with the local culture.

Going south from Andor he went to Murandy, then Illian, Altara, Ghealdan and finally reached Amadicia a year after he first set off. He was never an avid combatant during his growing up, but as he travelled with various bands and faced a variety of situations, he slowly grew accustomed with the use of not only the sword, but also the spear and bow. He was not a blade master by any stretch of the definition, but through a combination of luck and knowledge in other fields, he was able to leave most confrontations without any serious injuries. This is part of the reason he grew a bit cocky and careless towards the end.

On the road one day when he had passed the city Amador, he happened upon a group of bandits who were in the process of stealing from a farmer’s cart. Reckoning he could take on the five if he utilized the element of surprise, he down one with a shaft from his bow before charging in to deal with the remaining four. He had been right in the sense that surprise worked to his advantage, but that had only provided him with one more kill before he was surrounded by the other three.

Overwhelmed by superior numbers, he was left to bleed to death after the remaining bandits had departed. The farmer, who Luka had ‘rescued’, loaded him onto his cart and sped off towards the nearest village to try and find a healer in time. The cart arrived in the middle of the night and when it was discovered the village healer had gone on a trip to another village, it had seemed the end of the line for the young Andorian.

Luka’s last hope came from a mysterious woman, who was staying at the village tavern when she heard word of what the dying boy had done. Offering her assistance; she claimed to have some knowledge of herbs and healing, she took Luka to her room and channelled weaves of air, water and spirit to seal him wounds.  She was Aes Sedai.  Of the Blue Ajah as Luka later found out.

Not wishing to raise any suspicions from the local populous; Aes Sedai were outlawed in Amadicia after all, Luka stayed in the room with the blue sister for the next few days.

He spent some time talking with the Aes Sedai who had saved his life, and during this time he learned much about the purpose of the Tower and Aes Sedai in general. He also found out a blue sister’s mission to find a ‘cause’ and bring justice to the world. After much thought and more talks with the sister, Luka decided this was his true calling in life. Seeing the blue sister is without a warder, he offers his sword to protect her on her journey and to be her warder.

Her responses was to encourage him to go to Tar Valon to be trained as a Tower Guard, and only after completion of his training, decide whether to be bonded with an Aes Sedai.

So he did.

Welcome, Sherper! I got your bio the other day, we'll get you set up :) Thanks!

We have a new recruit!

Eldurian, who will be rp'ing with Jokun as a trainee! Join me on welcoming him to our ranks! :)

Alright, will take a look, thanks!

Tell me about it. I have a teenager who insists on donating 90% of her clothes and restocking it with brand new clothes for her junior year.....

Alright guys, life has been.... tumultuous for the month of July. A move, a revolving door of guests coming in and out, a sickness, and some other personal crap has kept me away and out of it for a bit.

Things seems to have settled back down ... I hope.... so I should catch up real soon. Maurelle, I know you're waiting on me so I'll get on those posts first.

Oooh honeymoon!! Those are the greatest vacations :D

CC'ed

Not really but it allows us to see who's interested! 

Welcome! Go ahead and check out this page to learn how to send your bio. I'll keep an eye open for it

Nope, go ahead and document them, when they're done, I'll know :)

I'm good with someone from the WT teaching Tywin to read. The more you get to interact with the WT folks, the better chances you have meeting more people to RP with!

lol I should be catching up on RPs today :p

I'm back, everyone :)

Andrej, check out the WS advancement page on the wiki - you'll have to do the mandatory WS advancement bit first so pick out two of that group, we've got a good group of veterans here :)