Trueblade
Player Info
Played by Mareike
(updated 04-03-'08)
Personal Information
  Current Name: Trueblade   Function in Tribe: Hunter, Weapon maker
Previous Names: Dagger (cubname)   Nickname: N/A
Soul Name: Daug   Age: 527
Known by: Greyling (father, D), Woodstar (mother, D)   Sex: Male

Appearance
  Facial Features: Sharp-cut, slender face, sharp and a bit long nose, pointy chin, high cheekbones.
Eyes: Black, narrow, slanted around the edges, with an intense gaze.
Hair: Thick, dark grey with some lighter streaks, it is rather long (down to mid-back), he wears it tied at the back, short-cropped beard.
 
Build: Middle height, slender, wiry build with the physique of a runner.
 
Special Marks: Several small scars mainly on his hands and arms, but none very noticeable.

Relatives & Friends
  Parents: Father: Greyling (deceased)   Mother: Woodstar (deceased)
Other Relatives: Greendream (sister, alive), Berrywine (cousin, alive), Iceglare (cousin, alive), Preybird (cousin, alive)
 
Love/Lifemates: None.
 
Friends and Foes: Sees Wolfsbane as a rival

Abilities
Magic: Skills:
  • Sending (average)
  • Wolf Bonding (average)
  • Sword wielding
  • Dagger wielding
  • Dagger throwing
  • Spear wielding
  • Running
  • Keen sense (hearing)
  • Tracking
  • Making weapons
  • Wolfriding

Clothes & Posessions
  Warm Clothes (Winter/Autumn): Dark grey tunic with fur trimmings and long sleeves, long brown trousers, knee-high grey fur boots, a short cloak around his shoulders.
Thin Clothes (Spring/Summer): The trousers he wears in winter are complemented with a long grey tunic that is kept together with a thin belt. It has no sleeves and reaches down to the middle of his thighs. Simple grey low boots.
 
Accessoires & Jewelry: His hands and forearms are wrapped with bandages all the time (in the beginning a necessity because he kept cutting himself, but it has now become part of his clothing). No jewellery.
Special Posessions: His sword, one of the last weapons they traded from the trolls.
 
Weapons: Sword, dagger, spear   Preferred Weapon: Sword, dagger
 


Character & History
  Personality: Trueblade is, true to his name, a very sharp, direct elf, with his words cutting right to the point. He is very serious and rather strict and does not display much sense of humour – if he does, it is rather sarcastic and dry. He has a high sense of honour and duty, setting it before his feelings which he mostly keeps to himself. It’s not that he is not able to express them but most of the time just does not see the need to. When he smiles it’s a swift flash across his agile features. He is uncompromising and holds the others to standards as high as those he sets for himself. His tolerance for jokes and pranks only reaches so far as they do not endanger anyone’s wellbeing or work. He is not very patient except for the hunt and his work.
 
History: Trueblade was born while the tribe was still leading a nomadic life and grew up swiftly like all cubs born during this difficult time. Named Dagger for his hair that looked like metal in the right light and his cutting gaze, he soon revealed that his name was fitting in other ways, too, showing his skill with weapons at an early age. In the beginning he was mainly interested in mastering their use, becoming an apt fighter and hunter with dagger, sword and spear, but when he felt there was not much left to be learned there, he directed his attention to learning how to make them.

Dagger was only two years older than Wolfsbane and the two cubs soon developed a strong rivalry. This has remained until the very day, both still trying to surpass the other as often as possible.

When his parents recognized again and he got a baby sister, Trueblade was warily happy for them. But Greendream was hardly a turn of the season when their father was killed and Trueblade who always had been closer to his father than to his mother found it hard to connect to his mother and sister afterwards. So when Woodstar was claimed in a hunting accident, the hunter faced having to take care of his little sister alone. Of course the tribe helped and he accepted their help gladly, being aware that he is not the best elf to raise a maiden. In his taciturn way he is fond of her and watches out for her. That Wolfsbane took it upon him to teach her their mother’s profession he sees with a bit of scepticism due to his rivalry with the herbal healer.

Wolf Friend
  Name: Storm   Rank: Beta Male
Age: 8   Gender: Male
Personality: A wild, rough wolf with shaggy brown fur and a light brown face. He is slender and more agile than strong, a runner like his elf bond. He has a close bond to Trueblade but still does not join the hunt too often because as much as he likes Trueblade, he is less fond of the other elves and therefore will seek his company mostly when the elf is on his own.