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Name: Reillan
Race: Pure Fire
Gender: [Boy]
3 Base Traits:

Honorable– Reillan comes from an ancient warrior family, while not noble they are very well respected and well off. Most of their family have been warriors of spear, sword or hammer. And it is expected that children will choose one of these weapons as a youngling. Reillan holds honor close to his heart and will put himself in danger if it means coming through on a promise or saving his family’s face. This can put him in some stressed and difficult situations.

Independant – He is a stoic survivor and he feels he doesn’t need others at all. He can work individually or with a group. His one weakness is his twin brother, whom does not fit the family tradition. Reillan has no problem with striking out on his own, he doesn’t mind the company of others but he does not need them to function. He feels awkward when people ask him if he wants help and if he needs it will be surprised at their generosity and very grateful.

Dominant – Reillan is used to getting his way in the world, part due to determination and part due to this family. This has formed a confident air that he is where he is supposed to be, confident and near the top of the ladder. His families oldest members are at the top of that ladder. He is not sure whether nobles are placed above or below, he expects to figure that out with time.

Personality:
Reillan dislikes frivulous things if it doesn't have a purpose why bother. He has been taught to be stoic and quiet, to observe, protect and fight.His family has guarded royals for generations and they are appreciated in battle. He strives to make his family proud to take the disaproving eyes off of his brother. He can be very protective of those few who penetrate his shell of stoic calm. He expects respect from everyone and refuses to bow to those he sees as lesser then himself. They are proven lesser by merit of their behavior.

He likes routine and calmness and radiates calm authority at all times except under stress. He has a hard stare that may make people squirm when they displease him. His very calmness may be disconcerting to some. He is hard to rile, but certain things get a much swifter and larger stress response from him. Insulting his family, himself and his brother are almost guaranteed to get some sort of reaction.

Description: The darkest shade of skin that fire people are available in with large crystals down his back and a few medium sized on his upper chest that get smaller as you get closer to his center line, they are placed just under his collarbone. Bright red eyes heavily saturated. He has a well balanced, handsome face with a somewhat less flattened nose. Light stubble on the cheeks. Lots of long black hair loose down his back non dreadlocked and wavy/loose curls. His hair is tied with a bright red band. Reillan is built to last with a body well muscled all over, he is above average height but not hugely so. He has bright intelligent eyes.

Clothing: Deep red pants with black bands around his ankles and a black belt. No shirt But black fabric arm bracers on his forearms. Leather sandals.

Accessories: Jeweled forehead chain with a gem which is a deep blood red that dangles in the middle of his forehead, the sides are hidden in the hair. This is a symbol of his family and they all wear them.

History: Reillan belongs to a somewhat strict, static family. There are things one simply does not do when part of the Rentrad family. His twin brother does most of those things, and Reillan is always in a rush to protect him. He tries to do his very best to keep his families attention on his stellar behaviour to spare his poor brother. In this family one is expected to chose a weapon and path at the youngling stage. Reillan chose the way of the broadsword...his brother chose to be a dancer. Reillan loves his twin, Keelthy, and feels his pain acutely when his family doesn’t accept him and indeed pick on him. Their bond is very strong and he is the thing that catalyzes Reillan to break rules, all in the name of protection. He thinks his brother has a beautiful soul and does not deserve the ratting he gets from the family. The cousins are not so bad it is those members in the generations above that cause all the trouble. Honor is everything and male Rentrads DO NOT DANCE.

Reillan has grown into a strong young man who is very solid and hard to sway. He was able to join the Oban’s on their attempt to take over Tendaji. He was privileged to see battle and had a good time trying out his borrowed weapon. He secretly rejoiced when the treaty was made. He was sure his brother would be sent to Jahaur and that would mean that Keelthy would be safe from the pestering of his family. Reillan could visit when he wanted his brother could grow into the man that Reillan knew he was on the inside. He hadn’t thought that this meant that he himself would be able to go where he wanted with less family influence until his brother brought it up. With both of them safe Reillan could explore and do new things too. It was an unexpected temptation, but habits change hard and Reillan finds himself sticking to the old ways for now. He has returned to Oba to see what will happen with the new order of things. Rentrads were expected to do their own work so he was neither here nor there on the release of the Matori peoples.

He loved his family, especially his mother who had chosen a hammer as her weapon, she had married into the family and had covered up most of her personality, only showing it to their small immediate family. When others were around she was the perfect wife, when they were not she tossed her hammer at her husband to get at fresh cookies first. Reillan saw a lot of his mother in his brother and they truly had a deep secret connection that hardly ever saw the light of day. Reillan looked and moved and seemed more like his father then even he knew, he had used his father as a role model to survive this long, he was adapted to this life. His brother never had been. Reillan greatly admires Keelthy and hopes to one day feel that free. Even in the face of adversity Keelthy smiles and secretly insults those who are pestering him. Reillan in contrast would bend and bend under the pressure to honorable and accountable for his actions to brush things off.

Hmmm. I want to say that his family shamed his brother publicly because of his life choice and who he is attracted to. Now he is defecting to Jahaur. They impinged on his brother's honor in a contradiction to the family values that they seem so concerned about. This confuses Reillan terribly and he starts to wonder about the values and mentality of his family. Is pride and honor worth attempting to destroy the spirit of a son of your family no matter his inclinations? Do his choices make him not family, not blood, not important? Do they not realize he is a living breathing being with feelings and thoughts? Most of these only Reillan has been privy to due to the subduction of his brother. This makes Reillan angry and he choses his brother over his family.

Really the biggest problem are the coalition of uncles and grandparents, they are getting to old for battle and have nothing better to do then manage their families reputation. They had attempted to sequester Keelthy away but eventually it leaked out to the public that he liked either gender and wanted to break tradition and become a dancer. This is something that the old men of the family are afraid of. They worry that it will besmirch the family name. Reillan doesn't understand that as he grew up so close to his brother. He thinks he should be able to love whomever he choses and chose whichever path fits him best. He is incensed that his family would treat his brother this way. This sets him against them as a whole, though he still has individual feelings for his mother and father who will be hit hard when he splits himself off from them as well. He will still write letters but never with his or his brother's exact locations.

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I don't think it ever occured to him to take it off, he still loves his parents they are his parents after all, its the rest of the family he takes umbrage with. He could potentially make up with them depending on future events with his brother. He is also used to having the head pendant and he likes it. It also represents his fire heritage which he is still proud of.

I hope this helps

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