BASIC INFORMATIONFull name: Ryland Rivornor
Alias: Reaver
Gender: Male
Age: 379
D.O.B:
Height: 6’4”
Build: Lean
Race:Talmi Elf
Sexuality: Yes
Nationality: Talmi; Supposedly Aedolian
Residence: The Stormreaver, The Cancer
PHYSICAL APPEARANCEFor an elf, Ryland has uncharacteristicall
y strong features. Where many elven subspecies might have nearly as fine and delicate features in the men as the women, Ryland has a strong jaw, with a prominent brow, and slightly wide cheekbones –giving his face an overall square shape. With a slightly hawkish nose, deep-set emerald eyes, and thin, pursed lips he’s gotten more than his fair share of admiration for his rather attractive countenance.
Long, razor straight, blood red hair has an almost glossy crimson sheen in certain lighting and slides through the fingers like fine, silken threads. Matching eyebrows sit in finely sculpted arches above his very bright green eyes. Peeking up through his luscious locks is a pair of long, stiff, upright pointing ears.
Ryland has a narrow torso, his chest and arms are covered in streamlined, rippling muscles, his abdomen is perfectly chiseled, all fat having been chipped away by toning exertion, giving him a lean and fit core. The toned perfection slides right down his narrow hips and long, strong legs. All this perfectly designed flesh is covered in a golden bronze complexion.
On his right pinky he wears a silver ring with a ruby, and on the pointer finger of the same hand is a silver band incrusted with tiny rubies. His long elven ears are pierced four times each, with two rubies set in silver on each side mid-ear, and two silver hoops on each side closer to the tips of his ears.
PERSONALITYLike his father before him, it falls to Ryland to keep their culture and people alive and flourishing – no matter the cost. The very core of his being revolves around this perceived burden and obligation to the Talmi people as the current Admiral of their broken and diminished society. It is a sacred duty and one he takes very seriously.
Incidentally, it may be the only thing Ryland takes very seriously.
Despite his commitment to the well-being and betterment of the Talmi, there is little else responsible or serious about him. Ryland is hedonistic in nature, always seeking out things that bring him pleasure and enjoyment. He loves to be entertained and amused, but what delivers those feelings can be varied on a day-to-day basis. When things are always the same, it just gets boring.
A bored Ryland is just about the worst thing you can have on your hands. If you don’t find a way to amuse him then he’ll amuse himself and the outcomes can be wildly unpredictable!
As a pirate, he is downright ruthless and shows no mercy to those he decides to target. Stealing precious cargo and supplies from freighter-class ships is the primary way that Ryland supplements the Talmi colony. Yes, they try to be self-sufficient as much as possible and to keep to the ways of their people, but the groups of raiding vessels that bring home things they can’t produce are invaluable and exalted. It isn’t as if they really view outsiders as
real people when they need to rob and murder them.
SKILLSRyland can perform any job on his ship – from piloting, to navigation, to rough field medicine. Not that he does those things anymore, he’s the captain, his job is to give the orders and plan their heists. However, in a pinch he can and has jumped right into the thick of frantic activity to set things right when they’ve run into trouble.
RELATIONSHIPSRoland Rivornor – Ryland’s father and former Admiral of the Talmi. A man he looked up to, but their relationship was cool and disciplined.
Amara Rivornor – Ryland’s mother and de facto Governess of the Talmi. He barely knows her as he was raised primarily in space by his father while his mother almost never leaves the colony.
Raleigh Tarsal – Eldest sister who he also barely knows as she does not leave the colony unless she has to and already had a family of her own before he was born as she is nearly forty years older than him.
Bastards – Oh boy, not only does he have plenty of bastard siblings floating around in space but he’s got bastard children here and there as well. Ryland has no contact and no care for any of them as they are not considered proper Talmi.
BACKSTORYRyland was pretty much set on his life course the moment he was born. As the oldest son of the Talmi’s revered Admiral it was expected for him to follow in those footsteps as all the first-born sons had before him. Accordingly, his childhood was full of education and training, right there on his father’s very own starship – raider class. Being groomed for leadership did provide certain advantageous privileges, but it was also full of rigid expectations and monumental pressure to meet said expectations.
It wasn’t until he was almost seventy that he was finally given command of his own ship, which he promptly named The Stormreaver, after his ancestor and a hero of their people. Ryland was captain of his ship for over a hundred years before his father’s vessel was destroyed by the Libran military. He was immediately promoted to Admiral and The Stormreaver became the Talmi’s flagship.
So far he has managed to keep the other captains rallied beneath him, all Talmi ships coordinating attacks when deemed necessary. He only returns to the colony when the cargo hold is full of goods for his family; although visits home are truly celebratory occasions.