A Tale of Scales: Character Profiles
Author's Note: Got slammed with a lot of work these past couple days, so I haven't had much time to write for recreation. Will hopefully be able to finish the next profile soon, and then finally get to work on actual story chapters! Yay!
Also: These next two profiles are characters that were created by my brother. They are also pretty much me putting down what my brother says as he answers questions, so the information is coming directly from him. While he doesn't have a fanfic account, I do still want to state that I'm giving him credit for Laerak and Farrak, along with Gixlyr. Thanks so much for your help and support, bro!
Laerak
A little bit about the creation of Laerak: I first really created Laerak back in Morrowwind when I was intrigued by the concept of a fighter that used both magic and physical weapons. When Oblivion came around, I created Laerak officially by using that name, and with the Knights of the Nine expansion, I was really able to create and get into detail about Laerak's life as a crusader and servant of the Divines. Laerak's name is derived from a Draconic word meaning "weapon." I feel like Laerak is a bit of projection of myself: I wanted him to be humble, and have him care deeply for life. He also is very loyal to his friends and family.
Physical appearance/attributes: Laerak stands at about six feet, two inches tall. His scale coloration does not change much from a darker orange-red, while his eye's are a bright golden hue. He has two small ridges of horns that go across the top of his head, and he lacks the usual boney "nubs" that Sarn and Vaex have. While Laerak is not anywhere close to being as strong as Vaex, he is able to easily wield a weapon and shield to fight, and can hold his own in most physical confrontations, though he also possesses some magical abilities, mainly fueled by the holy energy of the divines. Laerak is thirty years old at the start of the story.
Background/History: Laerak, along with his brother, Farrak, were not "born" in the physcial, biological sense, but were simply found in their father's home one day. They were given to Laerak's father three years apart from one another. While he never discovered any true parents to the two boys, he took them in as his own children. As Laerak grew up, he was inspired by a priest of the divines in his village in Blackmarsh. When he was older and reached the age where he was free to explore to the world on his own, he decided to head to Cyrodil to further study the divines, as there were not many argonian priests in Blackmarsh. While he was able to get into Cyrodil without much trouble, as he neared the town of Leyawiin he came across a caravan of prison carts that were transporting prisoners to the Imperial City, as Leyawiin's prison was essentially overflowing. He stopped the caravan as it was mainly filled with argonians, and he questioned the guards as to why they had arrested all of these people. As Leyawiin is very discriminatory against argonians, the guards decided to arrest him for questioning the authority of Count and Countess of the city, and threw him in with the rest of the prisoners. Upon reaching the Imperial City, he was, conveniently, thrown into the same cell as his child-hood friend, Vaex. From there, he was mixed into the series of events leading to the emperor's death, and the Oblivion invasion. Laerak emerged from this as one of the champions of Cyrodil, along with Vaex. After the Oblivion Crisis, Laerak one day discovered that an entire chapel had been massacred. This drew him even closer to the Divines, as he hoped to find justice for those that had been wrongfully murdered. Laerak became more involved with the various chapels of the Divine's, and not long after joined the Knights of the Nine, eventually rising the earn the title of "the Grand Crusader." Despite the surge of fame this position granted him, Laerak remained as humble as he could, and continued to help those that were not as well off as he. Eventually he fought with Sarn (as mentioned in the previous profile) and purged his mind of the evil and corruption that taken hold of him. After the purge, Laerak became more comfortable with working with Sarn, and the two worked together on multiple occasions afterwords, helping Sarn to work towards becoming a force of good.
Personality: As stated earlier, Laerak is very kind and caring, constantly donating some of his wealth to help those that are not as well off in life as he. He has on many occasions helped wild animals that were injured by healing them, through both magical means and physical means. He is very humble also, refusing to ever boast about his titles or make claims of power because of them. He loves his friends and family dearly, even when they may sometimes "push" him.