About Aurelius VitollioAURELIUS VITOLLIO
Physical Description Aurelius wears his hair long, tied back in a ponytail by a thin black leather cord. He keeps his facial hair cut short and styled, worn in a Goatee style cut. When relaxing, at camp or in an Inn or tavern, Aurelius usually wears his glasses. He wears a small hoop earring in his left ear and around his neck hangs a symbol of Cayden Cailean. Aurelius wears two rings on his right hand, both silver, one depicting a fox chasing it's tail, the other a simple silver band with the initials E.F engraved on the inside. Around his left wrist he wears a Torc made of silver, the heads of which are fashioned into wolves. His clothes consist of a white shirt, worn under a black leather vest. He wears a pair of black canvas trousers with a pair of turndown leather boots. His parade armour is heavily repaired and bears the marks of many combats but is a strong as when it was first made. Around his waist hangs a fine leather belt with a heavy silver belt buckle. From this belt hangs his blade, his most prized possession, a fine length of steel, polished to a gleam and maintained with a focus that he lacks in every other aspect of his life. Background Born in the Taldan city of Restov, Aurelius was left on the doorsteps of an orphanage of Cayden Cailean, when he was less than a week old, give or take. He was raised partially within the orphanage by all of the men and women who ran it, though he became more connected with one in particular, a priest of Cayden by the name of Sylvanus Vitollio. Sylvanus was a kind middle age man who taught Aurelius much, from how to read, to how to track and trap creatures, during rare excursions to the wilderness. Aurelius so admired the man that he took his second name, with his blessing, upon leaving the orphanage. Aurelius spent most of his childhood being raised not by the orphanage however, but by the streets of the city themselves. As a child he ran and played through the city streets with the other orphans, learning the ways of the city and all her people. As he grew, his focus turned from play to petty crime, vandalism, petty theft and the like. By the time he reached the age of twelve he began to run with a small gang called the Black Chain working out of a warehouse by the docks. Petty crime became something more sinister, assault, burglary and kidnapping, and by the time he turned 15, Aurelius had moved out of the orphanage and in to the warehouse. Aurelius began to learn the blade under the tutelage of the Gangboss, a disgraced Swordlord by the name of Viktor Florrint. Viktor became, in essence, a second father to the young man, teaching him the ways of the dueling sword, instilling in him all the grace, if not the skill, of the Swordlords. His time with the gang was short lived however, as less than a year after he had joined, Aurelius fled the city just moments away from living his life in the dungeons below its streets. Aurelius signed up with a Mercenary group known as the Steel Sons that had been wintering in the city between jobs, and began to learn the life of a soldier. It was during this time working as a mercenary that Aurelius learned the ways of the soldier and visited many different and foreign lands. During this time he began to mellow, becoming less rebellious, feeling sorrow for all the bad he had done as a younger man. He became closer to his patron god, even going so far as to consider swearing himself to the priesthood. Aurelis learned to love those less fortunate than him, learned to appreciate his childhood under the careful tutelage of the priest and priestess of the orphanage. During this time he also became closer to his unit which consisted of a Half-Orc Captain by the name of Krask One-Tooth, his Lieutenant, a Halfling woman named Bliss and Ulfen twins, Yuri and Ori Haggersson. The unit travelled far and wide together, working with the Company when it came to pitched battles but also working seperate jobs when the coin was offered. They grew closer together and became more like a family than a unit. And that proved to of course be their eventual downfall. As with every other time in his life, family does not last for Aurelius and, it was with a heavy heart that he returned to Restov, some ten years older than when he left and virtually anonymous. Aurelius returned to the Orphanage and began to help raise the next generation of unwanted that entered her doors, crawling into the bottle when no one was looking. There he would spend the next four years of his life, till the modern day comes calling and with it a world of new opportunities.
Sylvanus - The man was alive last Aurelius heard of him, travelling somewhere in the River Kingdoms, spreading the work of Cayden. Viktor - Fled the city when Aurelius became embroiled in his scandal, bringing the Guards down on the gang. Out for revenge. Steel Sons - Aurelius did not serve out his contract and left when his unit was lost, taking the pay they had received for the job with him and not returning to give the Commander, an Andoran woman by the name of Chalise de’Fraye, the companies cut. The Maiden Fair - Elise Florienta, a Chelaxian woman who was the daughter of a minor Lord fell in love with Aurelius when his unit took a job working protection for her father. They had a passionate affair till her father caught them in the act. The unit fled Korvosa ahead of his wrath and Aurelius misses her still. Word is the Lady has a young blonde haired daughter now. The Unit - Aurelius is not quite sure what happened to his friends, the fate of which he knows but one, Bliss. He returned to their camp to find Bliss dead, her head ripped clean from her body, with drag marks leading away in to the dark Ustulavian night. Pools of blood and a lack of signs of a struggle, beyond the drag marks, coupled with the fact he searched for a week and could find no trace, lead Aurelius to believe his friends are dead. |
