Post by Gareth on Feb 29, 2016 4:50:19 GMT
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[PTab=Profile] Character Details Height / Weight : 172cm / 65kg; Source : Arthurian Legend; Home Region : Great Britain; Alignment : Lawful Neutral; Gender : Male; Normally his stats would've suffered grave rank downs due to his low praise post his death, yet the Black Knight's armor, a Mystic Code of sorts, keeps his stats as is as it is an amalgamation of its owners' skills. His mount is the Black Knight's mare. If killed, it can be resummoned in time with no extra cost, but not on the same fight. Gareth also brings with him one lance, one shield and one greatsword. Early Years The younger brother of Gawain and nephew to the King, Gareth of Orkney, fared a fairly boring life for most of his youth. Determined to become a knight, he'd often be asked otherwise by his progenitors, who'd seen both Gawain and Gaheris taking oaths to Arthur. Ten years after his older brother had been made a knight in the round table rides in Sir Gareth, who, convinced not to make use of his name to gain a position, asks of the King three requests - first, bed and food for a year, and two more requests to be made at a later date. Intrigued by the boy's regal bearing and with the support of both Gawain and Lancelot, Arturia agrees. This somewhat angered Kay, Arturia's foster brother, who saw him as a leech upon the court. Given the boy presented himself not as a fighter, Kay put him to work as a kitchen boy, nicknaming him "Beaumains" (French for "fair hands") due to his delicate hands who seemed to never have seen a day's work. He proved diligent in his occupation, gaining the favor of the knights through the uptick in quality of the swaths of food consumed by the court everyday, specially that directed to the Table by his older sibling. Step by step the Round Table warms up to Beaumains, his name still unknown to them. At some point, Gawain recognized him as the brother he hadn't seen in the ten years prior, but kept quiet in respect for his honor. As the mark of one year approached, a noblewoman named Lynette came to the court, asking for King Arthur's help as her sister's castle found itself under assault from Sir Ironside of the Red Lands. Gareth intervened and asked his two further requests - that he be granted the quest, and that Sir Lancelot knights him into a later date. Having grown somewhat fond of the kitchen boy by his developments in her kitchen and urged upon by Lancelot and Gawain, she agreed. Onward Upon hearing she'd be assigned a simple kitchen boy rather than a knight of the Round Table as asked, Lynette stormed out of Arturia's castle, offended. Without time to waste, the kitchen boy was handed a sword from a nearby guard by a curious dwarf that had settled in court and borrowed an old horse from the stables, deciding to catch up to the noblewoman with utmost haste. The dwarf accompanied him, and he was named Melot, the once-spy of King Mark secretly responsible for Tristan's banishment. Kay had grown somewhat displeased at this turn of events, deciding to go and test the boy's worth for himself. Recognizing her agreement might have been a bit too hasty, Arturia allowed him to do so. Lancelot rode with him, having decided to witness said event by himself. Armed with a better steed and gear, it still took Kay much time to reach Beaumains, the boy nearly at Lynette's heels by the time he came onto his sight. After a brief exchange of words the two men charged at each other, yet Gareth parried Kay's lance with his sword atop horseback with such grace that the dwarf sat behind didn't fall off horseback. And when Kay fell, he hit his head and lost his bearings. Beaumains took up his spear and shield, and mounted Melot upon Kay's horse, but dared not disgrace the knight any further, for he was like kin, foster brother or not. Lancelot then jousted against Beaumains, and both men fell from their horses in synergy, continuing their duel on the ground until Lancelot recognized Gareth's worth. At the occasion, the Knight of the Lake remarked that what the boy lacked in training he made up for in his own technique, focused on overwhelming the opponent with quick, powerful strikes, commenting he "fought more like a giant than a man". The size of his chosen sword, a large blade more fit for decoration than combat, had probably much to do with said description. He then offered to comply with the boy's third request, but only if Beaumains told him his true name. After revealing he was Gareth of Orkney, brother to Gawain, Gaheris and Agravain and son of Morgause and Lot, Lancelot knighted him and promised not to reveal his identity. Thus Sir Beaumains continued forward, constantly berated by Lynette despite his show of skill earlier. He came upon a knight assaulted by bandits, and saved him there and then. A little afterwards came his famed clash of swords with the Black Knight, Sir Perarde of the Black Lands, then known proper as Londinium. The Order of the Rainbow Coming upon the Black Knight, Lynette recognized a man of skill and begged him to free her from having this mere kitchen page follow her about, citing him as a disturbance and a disrespect to her noble birth. Acting as calmly as ever, Beaumains explained his own veins flowed more regal than Perarde's, yet the Black Knight decided to wound this boy in hopes of gaining more fame and fortune by acquiting the Lady's favor. Motivated by greed they clashed, yet the boy easily unseated the Black Knight, who continued to slash wildly at him until he died from his wound. Gareth then acquired Perarde's horse and armor, allowing Kay's horse to return to court as Melot took the reins of the steed he'd been using previously. The armor of the Black Knight was a Mystic Code passed down from the original Black Knight who protected the magical fountain from Cynon, later beaten by Owain. However, at this point, no known powers manifested, and he simply wore it for its endurance and easy maintenance. Riding onward, Gareth continued to defeat other knights, many brothers to Perarde - the Green, Puce and Indigo Knights, who were all put to his mercy and surrender to his service. Given his quest was in name of the good king of the land, all men were told to go and pledge their lives to Arturia instead, and they so did. At this point having gained some respect from Lynette, they come upon the besieged castle of her sister, where Gareth bravely blew the horn to call Ironside to combat as the sun first rose, and fought him until it had fallen and begun to rise again. Bathed in dawn he stood triumphant over the Red Knight of the Red Lands, and prepared to strike him down. Ironside insisted that his reasons were fair - one of the knights of the Round Table had struck down his beloved's kin, and he'd been killing challenging knights and hanging them in an attempt to enrage them to force them out to fight, seeking to combat Gawain or Lancelot, mayhaps Arthur himself. Disapproving of his brutality, Gareth still had it in him to forgive the man for his reasons, and asked him to instead forget his desire for revenge and pledge alliance to the King. This kindness surprised Ironside, who kept his end on the bargain and eventually became a Knight of the very Round Table he once sought to destroy. Later Life and Death Lynesse was thus rescued from the Red Knight's grasp, having fallen for Gareth during their extended combat. Contrary to legend, while he found her attractive, the knight didn't try to consummate their relationship before marriage, and in fact did not plan to marry her at all, finding it way too early in his years for marriage. He was later motivated to do so by his brother and companions, because it made a good story. While not displeased with this, the marriage was nearly loveless, its short duration motivated by youth's lust rather than proper affection. In an attempt to have a little bit of freedom before said deed was done, Lynesse granted him one year of adventuring before she'd host a tourney for her hand, which he'd be expected to win. Accepting this, Gareth took upon the colored knights whose favor he'd gained and sailed for distant lands, from the far edges to Great Britain to the coasts of Scandinavian lands to the Red Lands native to Ironside, located in modern Luxembourg. There, he had his armor engraved with crimson runes, in an attempt to make it less plain. The tourney for her hand was a symbolic event meant for Gareth to introduce himself proper, where he used a ring that changed his blackened armor's colors to a rainbow-like gradient supplemented by Lynette, who happened to be an amateur sorceress. In a brief detour he defeated the Brown Knight and added him to his service, the "Order of Rainbows", knights pledged to Arthur that still aided Gareth when time was needed. Many dedicated their victories to him. As Gareth moved into service in the Round Table in times of peace, most of his achievements consist of his amazing prowess in jousting, where he stood undefeated even during Lancelot's anonymous spree in which he unseated all knights but Gareth himself. The only action Gareth ever had in war was during the conflict against Rome, his deeds lost amidst the massacre, and while he had other adventures, most were either too forgettable or embarrassing to be recorded. Gareth kept quiet during the entire ordeal with Lancelot and Guinevere, having been in Lancelot's favor from his first day in the castle yet not condoning his actions. He and Gaheris accepted to be the guard when Guinevere's execution was made necessary, yet refused to wear his blackened armor or arms in symbolic respect. This proved fatal as a maddened Lancelot entered the fray, blindingly slaughtering them without discerning friend from foe. Gareth and Gaheris' death was the true turning point for England's fate. Arturia initially forgave Lancelot, yet Gawain's grief over his brothers gave Mordred leverage to force the King to go to war. Furthermore, Lancelot's own grief towards Gareth, whom he loved as a son or a younger brother, only server to further the creeping madness in his mind. As the Throne of Heroes considered the recording of Gareth's life, he was shown the fate of Britain in detail. This caused him great anger - not only was his life cut short having barely left his teenage years, his myth denied growth, but the actions that both led to it and the actions of those after it were riddled by nothing but selfish stupidity. Lancelot's betrayal, the King's inhumanity, Mordred's ambition, Gawain's grief, they all served to further his ire as the Throne of Heroes recorded him as one of its own, a burning desire to be remembered lingering in his soul. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
