Character Sketch

Name:          Ryder

Age:          34

Location:          Alcazar

Family History:          Son of the royal family of weres. Orphaned as a child.

Career aspirations:          None

Race:          Zartori

Features:          High cheekbones, pale blue eyes, blue black hair, scar down his left cheek

Appearance:          6ft tall, lean, muscular build, black trousers, black shirt, long, black leather coat, leather boots

Likes:          Solitude, honesty

Dislikes:          People who ask too many questions

Physical condition:          Tall, muscular build. Very athletic due to spending many hours doing combat practice.

Ailments:          None

Education:          Can read and write. Fluent in various languages. Trained in several fighting styles.

Socioeconomic background:          Raised by adoptive parents who were upper middle class

Parents:          Birth father – King of the were nation, birth mother – Queen of the were nation. No siblings. His adoptive parents were merchants. He had three adopted sisters.

Siblings:          Tara, Bree and Tia

Ambition:          Gain vengeance for the death of his family

Hobbies:          Occasionally likes to carve small figurines.

Significant Others:          None

Intelligence:          Very

Emotional Stability:          Stable – appears remote and without feeling but hides his feelings

Flaws:          Focused on his goal

Other Traits:          Loyal to his friends.

Pivotal events in life:          Murder of first his parents and then his adoptive family.

Favourite foods:          Simple foods but will eat fancy food if offered

Favourite music:          N/A

Favourite reading material:          N/A

Religion:          Not a great follower of religion although does sometimes pray to the gods for guidance

Personality:          Strong but quiet.

Habits:          Watchful

Favourite thing to do:          Likes to go swimming in the forest

Comfort level with opposite sex:          Likes women’s company but does not feel able to commit himself to a long term relationship

Things he/she takes pride in:          His work.

Things that bother him/her:          That those he seeks still evade justice

Things that make him/her laugh:          Innocent antics of animals and children

Speech patterns:          Has a slight accent when he speaks.



Ryder is the only son of King Ithcar and Queen Nuri, rulers of the Were nation of the northern territories. When he was a child his parents were killed in an uprising. He was rescued and raised by Leon and Louise, merchants from the lowlands who had been travelling the northern territories to establish trade routes. Leon and Louise had three daughters, Tara, Bree and Tia who Ryder adored. One evening, the family home was attacked and his parents murdered. Ryder tried to protect them and his sisters but was severely injured and lost consciousness. When he came round he found the bodies of his parents and two of his sisters. Tia’s body was missing and he did not know whether she was alive or not. When he recovered from his injuries he joined the army and became one of their most skilful fighters, studying all known forms of combat and some new, unknown ones that he came across.

Whilst in the army he discovered that the raid on his home was not a random act of violence but a planned attack ordered by some unknown individuals. His quest for vengeance fired up, he left the army and began the search for those responsible for the deaths of his family. His goal led him from one end of the continent to the other until he arrived at Alcazar where it was just out of reach.