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Hendrik

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

— BASICS —

Hendrik

FULL NAME

AGE

Dragon Quest XI

CANON

Act II, before meeting the Luminary

CANON POINT

Athena

PLAYED BY

Death

ARCANUM

Thorne

FACTION

N/A

INFLUENCE

N/A

TITLES

Castle Thorne

RESIDENCE

— FIRST IMPRESSIONS —

APPEARANCE Powerfully built and standing 6'6" (200 cm), Hendrik stands tall among others and makes for an intimidating figure without much effort. He is extremely muscular, showing the results of his training and battle experience on every part of his body; while he has battle scars under his clothes, none stand out in a significant way due to immediate magical mending and age.

CLOTHING He tends to wear long surcoats belted at the waist or tabards with tall boots, often in blues, grays, and blacks if he is not in charge of his wardrobe. His clothing color and style will be much more confused if he is left to his own devices, as his sense of style is horribly lacking. The people of Thorne treat their Summoned well, and he wears their finery with some degree of familiarity, though he does not find them as comfortable as clothes in which he can perform more physically-intensive work.

DEMEANOR Having trained to become a knight from an early age, Hendrik has had the etiquette and protocol of his station drilled into him over the years. He holds himself upright and with his shoulders back, alert and observing when he isn't otherwise in the thick of things.

AURAL Canon sample. Deep-voiced and with practiced pronunciation, Hendrik speaks with conviction. Notably, he speaks without any contractions and treats slang like he does not know what to do with it.

OLFACTORY ?? Probably horses and leather. Will think on this more.

— SKILLS —

WEAPON PROWESS Hendrik's favored weapon is a greatsword, a heavy blade usually wielded with two hands. He has displayed the ability to wield the weapon with one hand, striking and deflecting blows even on horseback. He is also trained in the use of longswords and axes, both of which he can wield with a shield in the other hand. Beyond melee weapons, he is trained in the use of hand crossbows (and presumably crossbows), able to shoot a a fleeing horse in the flank while chasing on horseback.

MAGIC While not as talented in magic as most of his companions, Hendrik shows proficiency in healing and defensive spells. He has access to mid- and high-level healing spells and some of the only defense-raising spells available to the party. His most powerful naturally-learned spell is a self-sacrificial spell capable of resurrecting allies at the cost of all his magic and life points (not something within his current range and also not something easily rendered in an RP setting).

BATTLE SKILLS A full list of his magic and weapon skills can be found here. Hendrik has some specific types of moves that he may pull with specific weapons. He can also channel magic into certain weaponry, allowing his strikes to add elemental damage.

HORSEMANSHIP As a Heliodorian general who mainly patrols by land, Hendrik spends a good amount of time on horseback. He developed a strong bond with his warhorse, Obsidian, by meeting his will and stubbornness with his own; it is clear that other knights cannot earn the horse's respect the way Hendrik has. With an experienced horse or one with which he has a strong bond, Hendrik would be able to ride them with confidence and even control them under many stressful combat circumstances. He is able to ride Obsidian down a sloping mountainside in pursuit and also drive him into galloping leaps to clear flights of stone steps.

BLACKSMITHING A somewhat more mundane skill when compared to his battle and magic skills, blacksmithing is something that Hendrik studied as an apprentice knight and early on as a knight. By his own admission, he is not very experienced beyond knowing the basics around the forge, but he can identify ore and forge weapons if push comes to shove.

— RUMORS —

what might other characters have heard about yours?
these can be true or complete fabrications!

— HAUNTS —

He occasionally works with one of the blacksmiths in town, hauling and sorting ore for weapons and tools.
He finds it relaxing being around the horses in the royal stables.
For training, he will usually find a quiet garden area to practice swordsmanship prior to dinner and bathing.
While he does study magic with the apprentice mages, he is not dedicating a great amount of time to it.

— ITEMS —

Greatsword and enchanted tower shield created by Ronan
Summit runner-up prize basket
items
items

— MAGIC —

magic
magic
magic
magic

— OUT OF CHARACTER —

Athena · She/Her/Hers · PST ·

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