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Thalrond
02-05-15, 05:45 PM
Name: Thalrond Thormek
Nickname/Alias: Goofy
Age: 20
Race: Dwarf
Height: 5 Foot
Weight: 200 pounds
Occupation:Miner

Personality:Thalrond is an over-eager miner. He enjoys nothing more then spending all his time down in the mines slowly picking away at rock formations and mining up Ore. He is startled and afraid of the sky as there is no end to it. And he never parts with Bertha, His mighty Pickaxe. He will commonly scribble down notes of different crystalline structures and what he has found around them.

Appearance: Small and well Built, he stands at 5 feet tall and weighs a shocking 200 pounds of pure muscle. He does not look like a typical dwarf besides his size. His beard is also just a baby beard for male Dwarves.

Skills:
Master Geologist: Thalrond has spent many years deep underground studying different rock and gem formations. In his studies he has become almost telepathic at locating ore formations based on the crystalline structure of the rocks around it. He gets ecstatic every time he see's a beautiful crystalline structure and is almost too giddy to get back to work.
Animal Lover: After spending so much time with his personal Pack Mule Bartholomew he has fallen in love with all animal life, as he doesn't get to see much animal life when deep underground.


Abilities:
X2 strength: all the years swinging a heavy pick around deep underground has bolstered his strength, giving him twice the strength of the average human.(Able to lift 300 pounds)
Animal whisperer: Thalrond can speak telepathically with animals that he has formed a bond with. Instructing them what path to take down a road without actually being at the front of the pack. (can only try and persuade an Animal, Stubbornness is common in a mule and they can disobey.)
Rapid Strikes: when Thalrond focuses on Mining alone he can rapidly strike the same point in a rock allowing for easier mining.

Equipment/Weapons: Bertha (Iron pickaxe), Leather chest piece, leather pants, 1 book full of notes and 1 empty book for taking notes. Assorted Geologist tools to help him examine gem stones.

Familiar: Thalrond has one Pack mule named Bartholomew who follows him on every mining expedition. He carries around extra tools that Thalrond may need and helps haul out his ore.

History:
Thalrond was always an eccentric little boy, He always found the unique things exciting. He would even go out of his way and look at mundane boring things in a new light just to find something interesting about them. When he was strong enough to swing a pickaxe he was put on mining duty. He had spent years studying rock formations and making notes of this.

He often got in trouble for studying rocks instead of mining them like his job dictated. After several years of being written up and the laughing stock of his Caste he decided he was going to leave. He has spent years wandering the surface of althanas taking any mining job that he can. His Trusty Bertha by his side.

Side notes: This character is not for Combat, and he will never be used for combat. He will only be used for threads involving mining.

Fox Owen Xavier
02-08-15, 01:22 PM
Sorry for the delay in getting to your profile. Your character looks interesting and I know Althanas could use more dwarfs.

The "X2 strength" ability is fine however, could you clarify it a bit with some numbers (can lift/move x pounds) so other members have a better idea of how strong you are.

For Animal whisper, just one quick question for clarification. Is your ability just 'telling' the animal what to do or actually 'controlling' the animal and forcing them to do your bidding? I believe you meant the first which then it's completely fine and would count as a skill which would free up a slot for another ability.

Lastly, I'm sorry but your 'Bertha' item and ability is too strong for your character. Could you change Bertha to iron instead of steel? If you want steel, you can always upgrade it at the Bazaar after you are approved. As for the ability part, an 'indestructible pickaxe' is too powerful. I'm going to have to ask you tone it down to temporary having your pickaxe's strength increase to steel (from iron) for a short period of time. Alternately, you can choose some other ability to help you in your questing.

Let me know if you have any questions or want to talk about something. You can post a reply, private message me, or find me in Althanas chat.

Thalrond
02-09-15, 10:27 AM
Edits should be made.

Fox Owen Xavier
02-10-15, 02:52 PM
Profile looks good. Could you just mention that Bertha has the strength of iron right now? You can upgrade it at the Bazaar once you are approved.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Thalrond
02-14-15, 08:51 PM
I edited that in, it should now read Bertha (Iron Pickaxe).

Fox Owen Xavier
02-14-15, 09:03 PM
Looks great. Your profile is approved. Hope you have fun and interesting adventures in Althanas.