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[PTab=Profile] Basics | The King without a Face Height / Weight: 6’0" / 160 lb. Source: Legend | Pseudo-history Home Region: Nottingham, England Alignment: Neutral Good Gender: Male One of the many figures who donned the mantle of Robin Hood, as well as the man who popularized the alias. A counter-guardian who started his life as a member of King Richard's honor-guard and wound up sacrificing his nobility, his love and eventually his very life to protect the people of Nottingham from tyranny. Even after death, ROBIN is the people's champion and a never-ending reminder of "the needs of the many outweigh[ing] the needs of the few." Chapter 1 | Childhood, a pampered life of luxury Robert was born in Hallamshire in 1160, to the Earl and Countess of Huntington. An only child and a child born during a tumultuous time, Robert had a lot of pressure on his shoulders, and yet he seemed to meet it magnificently. Before he was even able to walk, he learned to play with toy bows and arrows, and by the time he was ten he was already the best archer in the village. His family truly believed that he was destined to be a great warrior, and so a tutor was brought in to ensure that he met his potential. It was during these years that he met two of the most important people in his later life - Guy of Gisborne, a low-ranking noble who was his fellow student under their tutor. The two began as rivals, but quickly developed a flowering friendship. The other figure that was so all-important to his childhood was the daughter of the local Sheriff, a girl named "Marion". Along with Guy, the three formed a trio, exploring the nearby forests and spending an almost sacharinly sweet childhood together. However, it seems that those days were too perfect. When Robert's parents passed away during one of the many fevers that passed through the land in those days, his attention was turned away from his friends to his new duties. He had been trained well and so managed his new position wonderfully, however his absence left only Guy and Marion together for the longest time, and it seems that in that time Guy managed to fall in love with the girl. When he proposed marriage, Marion refused, declaring her love for another, unnamed paramour. It did not take a genius to work out that it was the only remaining member of their friendship circle. Outraged at this, Guy challenged Robert to a duel. Robert, at first, intended to simply let the fool down easily by only beating him slightly. However, when Guy began to call both Robert and Marion's honor into question, the fight became a little too serious and Robert trounced his once friend. From that day forth, the only thing that passed between the two of them was hostilities, and murderous glances. Robert and Marion, on the other hand, grew closer and closer as days went by. Eventually, they "became a little too close" and Marion became pregnant with his bastard child. The ultimate disgrace for a noble woman at the time, Marion was forced into an abbey by her father so she didn't shame the family. As much as Robert protested, his voice got no result. Chapter 2 | The Holy Land, or "There and Back Again" Word of his gallant victory over Guy spread through the court, and when Henry II died in France, Richard was left with a need for an honor-guard for his new position as regent. It seemed he was impressed with what he heard, as he employed Robert as a member of it. A great honor, and one he could not refuse, Robert gladly accepted his new position. Sadly, this position meant that when Richard sailed across the sea to declare war against the Muslim Saracens in the "Holy Land", Robert was right there next to him. At first, this was exactly what he wanted - Glory, conquest, the ability to prove himself. However, soon he began to realize the propriety of this war. There were many issues at home, and they had been away for too long as it was, but six months later they were none the closer to getting back to Albion's shores. Nevertheless, Robert continued to do his job with finesse, shattering any resistance that got between Richard and what he wanted. It was not until the battle of Acre that Robert finally got his wish to go home... but not at all as he wanted it. As he led a cavalry charge against the resistance, he was feathered with arrows, to the point of almost falling off his horse. He fought on bravely, but by the end of the battle he was barely alive. Out of respect for his service, Robert was sent home with honors, expecting to go back to his halls and his home, maybe even finally propose to Marion. However, when he returned, the castle had been given over to Guy as "rewards for his service", and the old Sheriff had been ousted. In his place sat a corrupt and cruel monster - Sheriff Joseph Vaisey, a figure who in Robin's legends would come to simply be known as "the sheriff of Nottingham". Robert complained about this treasonous, unjust treatment of a noble and a war veteran, but he was ignored. Over and over again, he was ignored. In the end, heavily wounded and homeless, Robert slunk away. He would leave this place and use his considerable wealth to get somewhere comfortable somewhere else. But first, he would have to pass through Sherwood Forest. Chapter 3 | The Warrior from the Forest As he was travelling through the forest, Robert stumbled across a bridge. Short-tempered, tired and irritable, he demanded passage over the bridge, and the giant of a man who blocked it demanded a toll. Robert refused, and proceeded to try to walk through without paying. As such, he got attacked by the giant, and was forced to defend himself. The ensuing fight resulted in his overwhelming victory, but in so doing the man fell into the river and was at risk of drowning. Robert dove in after him, saving his life, and in so doing got inducted into the gang of outlaws operating out of the forest. Over the next few years, Robert would become a legend. Fighting an entire organized army with six people. Six not-even-trained peasants at that. Time and again, they would spit in the face of the Sheriff, and all that he stood for, and in turn the people gave them a name - Robin Hood and his merry men. In 1198, Robert was finally stopped. The sheriff captured Little John during one of his food-drops, and was threatening to execute him in the morning should Robin not turn himself in. He followed the monster's command, and gave himself over to "the law". However, what should have been the end of his life was instead the beginning of a new one. Chapter 4 | The death, and birth, of Robert Loxley In the dark and the cold of the prison cell where he was contained, Robert was left with nothing but the knowledge that the next time he was allowed out, it would be to go to his death. Being a good Christian and having nothing more to do in those fading twilight hours, he did what any other man would have done: he got down on his knees and prayed for a miracle. In that quiet twilight, as he prayed for divine intervention, a voice came into his head. Or... well, not a voice, but rather a feeling. A feeling that if he agreed to a deal, he could have the strength to liberate Nottinghamshire once and for all. However, in return, he would need to protect humanity even after death. He would be trading the ability to save the people he cared about once to save the people he cared about again and again. Without even having to think about it, he agreed. When the morning came, the sheriff's men came to get him out of his cell. They dragged him onto the block, ready to be hung. Yet, before they could pull out the floor from under him, his men came to rescue him. This had happened before, they always came for one another, but they'd never been able to do more than that. This, he decided, would be the last time. God was on his side now, and he would do what it took to end this horrific farce. Once he was back with his men, rather than run back to the forest he ushered them on to take the keep. First, the portculis fell. Then, the outer courtyard, before the inner courtyard also fell to their invasion. Before the sheriff could escape the courtyard, Robert led a volley, arrows raining down and slaughtering every last man outside the keep. He would later find the sheriff was among the number, being shot through heart. Without their leader, the majority of the men proceeded to surrender. They had only been with the Sheriff to support their family, and now that their taskmaster was dead there was nobody to fill the wallets. Thus, that was how a band of 100 men defeated an army of 20,000. Or, at least, they had defeated most of them. All that was left was to take the castle itself, where the die-hard supporters of the Sheriff and the men directly under Gisborne remained. The battle raged on for hours, as corridor after corridor of the castle fell to Robert's band. Truly believing that god was with them because of how well everything was going, the men were fighting at their best. However, after almost a day in constant battle, everyone involved was exhausted. Finally, Robert came into the strongroom where Gisborne was waiting. The duel was vicious, but in the end Robert only suffered a single wound. Unfortunately, that wound was a stab wound to the back when he tried to protect one of his men, and he was severely weakened by it. He collapsed and was carried to the sheriff's room by his men, where Marion promised to heal him. She arrived a few days later, with their son in tow. Robert had been in and out of consciousness for days, his wounds from the battle as a whole making it very hard to function as the leader of the band. Still, even then, he knew that he couldn't feel anything below his waist. He couldn't move. What Robert didn't know was that the blade had stabbed him in the spine, and he would be paralyzed from below his waist for the rest of his days. "Sparing him" from that pain, Marion poisoned their food before they both ate it. The two died an almost romantic death together, and were buried together underneath the largest yew tree in the forest. In honor of his father, Robert's son, also named Robert after his father, took up his role as Robin Hood and led the Merry Men for the rest of his life. As a token of respect from the new sheriff, Robert was granted the title of earl of huntington and thus almost entirely assumed his father's identity. Chapter 5 | ROBIN of the woods Robert had been living the dream for years now - He had been a warrior of the people, a protector of the masses, and a slayer of tyrants. Now, after death, it was time for him to repay the favor. Despite the fact that he had thought the voice had belonged to god, he found out soon after his demise that it actually belonged to Alaya, a sort of force that was determined to protect humanity from forces within and without. It was his job to follow her instructions and to protect the masses from the powerful few... so, other than which leader he was following, he had been pretty much correct on his understanding of the deal. Reborn as a beast of Alaya, a "Counter-Guardian", Robert chose the alias ROBIN and preformed act after act in the service of his new master. Killing the doomsday maguses in ancient Rome, wiping out Atlantis, ending the titanomachy, protecting the life of young Artoria and Kay; again and again, ROBIN did just what he had done in his life - Killed a few to protect the many. Unlike other Counter-guardians, he felt no regrets, nor shame, for what he did. After all, for every man that he slew, he saved a million in the future. What right did he have to complain? This was exactly what he had sworn to do. Time and again, he performed as he had in life - he protected the world without asking for thanks. It'd be impossible to tell how many years he's been doing this job - linear time means nothing for Counterguardians. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
