Zeikr Alexei

Subject: Zeikr Alexei Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:31 pm

Zeikr Alexei

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Note Taker

Native Speaker

General Stats

Quote :: Strength
The last thing that Zeikr needs is to waste time getting bulky. He feels sufficiently strong being able to pick up a carton of mead without assistance. He is the weakest elf he knows, next to the elf children, but they don't count according to most societies' traditional view on the importance of age.

Agility
Zeikr tends to sit or stand more than he runs. He is severely out of shape and can hardly even keep up with a human. He can"t jump very high, about ten inches. He can't climb very well, but is not afraid of heights. He is about as flexible as an average elf.

Personality
Zeikr is the epitome of elven inquiry. He loves to discover, be it the properties of a plant he found growing in his satchel or the traditions of local peasants. He would rather find a lost city than find himself a girlfriend. His favorite phrases are from the Akashic Hymnal of Literary Theory and he will quote them in situations that usually don't fit.

Will
Forever seeking knowledge, and recording it, Zeikr only has about as much will as it takes to find the rare flower at the edge of the Abyss. Get someone else to retrieve it though, he does not do the whole "Life on the line" thing.

Combat Skill

Quote :: Generic skill
"What? Seriously? Sorry, I can't fight. Wouldn't even if I could. Here, take my lunch money." - Young Zeikr, to the local village bullies.

Weapon Combat
Zeikr has no understanding of combat other than what he has seen or read about. He used to get beat up by local bullies at his forgotten village at the edge of the wastes. He still does not stand up for himself and can't even throw a proper punch.

Riding & Mounted Combat
Zeikr can ride a horse, but usually walks because he likes the exercise. He likes to count flora and fauna species when he rides.

Ranged Weapons
Only capable of physically holding a gun, bow, or sling, Zeikr does not believe combat.

Unarmed Combat
A scientist by nature, Zeikr rarely has enough time to eat, let alone exert dominance in the form of mindless violence.

Sex: Male
Age: 44 years
Weight: 166 lbs.
Height: 5'10"
Languages: Common, Elven, Sidan (Salva), Occitanian (Vinberg, Westerwald, and Harian dialects), Drow (few words)

Physical Description: Elf | long ears | platinum blonde hair | ice blue eyes | slightly tan skin | poorly kept hygiene | dirt under nails, on face, and on all his clothing | loose rogue knot

Alignment: True Neutral
Deity: Akash

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Biography

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Quote :: Zeikr was born in a small elven village at the edge of the Wastes called Refuge. His entire life he was picked on, from the first days as the apprentice of the town's archivist at age eight, to the time he left at age twenty. There was a particular group of bullies that physically bullied Zeikr. One time they beat him so bad, that when he was found, he had to be put into a coma so that he would survive. A couple months later, after his body had healed enough, he woke up. He was given a journal to write in because he lost speech capabilities. It was four years before his voice came back. During the silent years he would journal his days and feelings. He never felt quite right without his journal after then. One day when he was working back with the archivist, he came across a book that had been confiscated from bandits in a raid. It had been stolen from a priest of Akash. Upon examination of the book, Zeikr thought it odd that the book only had the name of Akash written inside the cover; the rest of the book was blank. The archivist saw him looking at the book, then began to beat him for reading forbidden books. Zeikr never looked at that book again, the archivist had hidden it.

Fast forward to age twenty, where Zeikr is the chief Archivist's assistant. He has read books on most subjects, but understood only a tiny fraction of what he read. One particular thing kept popping up during his time working, a name. The name was never Identified, so he asked his boss, the chief Archivist.
"You should not be digging around in matters you do not understand. They will lead to your destruction. That name has lead more than one person to meet their demise, so you would be wise to forget it."
Not satisfied with the answer he was given, he went to the only person he could trust... The village healer. He had spent much time with the healer during and after his coma, so he felt he could speak to her about anything. Her name was Kona, and she was an old elf approaching the last years of her long life.
"Hello Zeikr. How can I help you today?" Her voice was brittle with age, "Do you feel well?"
"I am fine today Kona. But I was wondering if you could tell me what this word is?" Zeikr produced a small piece of folded paper from his satchel. "Here."
"Oh?" Kona takes the paper with a delicate hand, unfolding it. "This is a word that the village elders now quite well. I myself know only because they tend to vent to me when I treat them. But it is not so much a word, as a name. This is the god Akash, the lord of the plane of intellect and knowledge, inscription and records. His Library, the tower of his domain, is in the Sidan deserts." Kona held the paper back out to Zeikr to take. "Enough of this little chat. I am tired now."

Zeikr left the village without a word to his family or only friend. He took all the gold he had saved during his time working as an archivist's assistant. His only possessions consisted of a satchel, a map of Sida taken from the archives, his money, and a pair of robes. He spent the first week without food, not finding any caravans on his way out of the Wastes. It was not until he got to the first village outside of the Wastes that he got to eat. From then on he traveled by caravan, hitchhiking all the way to the edge of Sida. From here he followed a map he purchased from a Sidan merchant that showed the path from Nasii to the Library. Zeiker then paid another merchant for the most beautiful staff he had ever seen, a plain wooden staff with a jewel that sparkled like a diamond in the desert sun. It cost him all of the money he had left, nearly 1800 gold pieces after haggling.

After visiting Nasii, he headed off to the Library using the map he bought from the merchant. He came across a group of priests outside the city, and being curious asked one of the peddlers that had been banned from entering the city.
"Those are the priests of the filth Akash. They are headed to his Library. Hmph. They won't be returning here though, they never do. Let the desert have them."
Zeikr pulled out his map and offered it to the merchant, "You can have this for your troubles." He set it down on the stand.
The merchant shrugged, then went back to peddling his wares, including his newly acquired map. [Salva] "Get the best merchandise outside the city walls. Trinkets, jewelry, and a one of a kind map." His voice fades into the yelling of the other vendors as Zeikr heads to the priests.

Zeikr was welcomed to join them as they headed to the Library. It was not a long journey, but it was brutal in the extreme temperatures of the day and night. The Library appeared to only be only a small, broken tower sticking out of the sand, but was actually buried beneath the sands of the desert. The priests took out all of the scrolls and knowledge they had brought with them, taking the items inside. Down a flight of stairs about twenty stories deep, they hauled the books. at the bottom of the enclosed staircase, was a short hallway that lead to the biggest room Zeikr had ever seen. The grand hall of the library was filled from floor to ceiling with books. This was so amazing to Zeikr that he headed over to a bookshelf to take a book to open it.
"Stop! You must not take from the Library!" It was one of the priests he had traveled with. "You must offer some knowledge to Akash before you can take knowledge from him."
Zeikr stopped reaching for a book and turned to the priest. "What can I give?"
"Give him this," The priest pulled out a book from inside his chest pocket. "This is an Infinium Index. Use it to record whatever you wish to donate to Akash. In return he will let you have a piece of knowledge of your choosing. Simply write something in it and recall it later by writing the key word in the index in the back." Zeikr went to claim the Index from the priest. "Come back here once you have sufficient information for Akash." The priest handed the book to Zeikr.
Zeikr was then approached by what appeared to be a man in grey robes, wearing gloves, and wearing an owl mask that did not even have eye holes. He began to speak to Zeikr. [Elven] "Find the last words of the Gods of Chaos, and I will will show you eternity."
"Who are you?" Zeikr furrowed his brow. "How do you speak elven? Are you an elf?" The masked man receded into an aisle of bookshelves. Zeikr ran after, trying to catch up to the man in the mask, but the man disappeared without a trace.

Zeikr left Sida to wander across the world, looking anywhere and everywhere for any clue as to the location of these supposed 'Gods of Chaos.' He records anything and everything on his travels using his Index. He has not found any mention of the Chaos Gods anywhere, but continues to travel in hopes of finding them, whatever they are. He now travels to Sanctimonia to look for some kind of clue, unsure what he will find. Hopefully something will appear while he visits.

P.S. The Infinium Index is just a book that can hold an infinite amount of text, because whatever you write in its pages disappears until you write the key word in the index page on the back. It turns the page to text location, and then you can read it. It is a standard book amongst Akashic priests for the ritual of trading knowledge for knowledge. I talked to Pat about all the lore and specifically the Infinium Index and he said it was fine.

Subject: Re: Zeikr Alexei Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:31 am

Added a picture.

Edit: Added a BIO.

Scrub Posts : 39 Join date : 2012-02-20

Seems more or less balanced, I dont think he could use his writing skills to cut someone's head off.

By your powers combined I am an Accept

Vengaboy Posts : 157 Join date : 2012-02-09

Sounds like he needs to meet up with the Kanaes. Big Kazuth family that set out to chronicle everything in a big library of books called the Kanae Codex. Though I'm not sure if that whole thing got wiped with the timeskip or not.

Anyway, I don't see any reason why not to accept.

Tryhard Posts : 602 Join date : 2012-02-06

The language skill seems a bit far-fetched, but whatever. I think this is acceptable.

Subject: Re: Zeikr Alexei Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:22 am

looks good.

Guest

Dirty bastard. I think we can consider this accepted at this point. :3

Tryhard Posts : 602 Join date : 2012-02-06

This has enough accepts. Moved.