Varal

Vitals
Full Name & Title: Count Varal Rodrigo Mikin, Lord of Light's Watch and Wedgecrest Falls

Born: 599 ATA

Died: N/A

Claimed Parents: Lady Alela Mikin, father unknown

Home: Light's Watch, Light's Reach, Wedgecrest Falls Keep

Coat of Arms: A white mongoose entwined with a winged red serpent on a field of black. The mongoose's jaws are clamped firmly on the serpent's neck.

Background
Varal was born in early December of 599 to Lady Alela Mikin - the exact date was never recorded. A bastard child, he was rescued from Alela Mikin and the Shadow District at age 10. The confrontation was fatal for his mother. At age 12, he began schooling in the arts of war to serve as a loyal guardsman for House Mikin. At age 25, after over a decade of training, he was prounced Alieron Mikin's personal bodyguard. He quickly advanced to becoming Lord Captain of the Ducal Guard of Light's Reach. Alieron was quite pleased with Varal's doglike loyalty.

Upon becoming the Lord Captain, he was given the Mikin name and a family keep to go along with it. Even as a bastard, he came to enjoy the full privileges of the nobility and official membership within the Mikin Family. He was even appointed as a member of the Order of the Sheltered Flame, prior to the restructuring of the knighthood. At this point, Varal made a steadfast enemy of Tomassa Zahir, and engaged in a brief romance with Sophia Mikin. He ended the relationship with Sophia after their engagement, not wishing to pollute a Ducal line of the Mikins with bastard blood - much to Sophia's dismay. Varal was also involved in the Battle at Hawk's Aerie, where he was badly wounded and nearly died defending Sophia and others.

Varal often disappears from the realm, spending a lot of time near his keep, Light's Watch, hunting bandits. Bandits have become a particularly unpleasant problem in the era after the destruction of Light's Reach. The abundance of bandits seems to be abating with the appearance of the reborn Light's Reach. Shortly thereafter, he was given title to Wedgecrest Falls. This move was supposedly to put a more martially inclined Mikin near the gaping hole recently added to the Aegis by Prince Serath Kahar.

Description
Physical Appearance: Standing 5'10", around 178 centimeters, this man could be called vaguely attractive. Darker skinned than the average citizen of Fastheld, he looks as though he might have some foreign blood in his veins. Tranquil brown eyes sit upon a proud, Roman nose. Dark brown hair, black in color unless in the sun, covers his head, uniformly cut quite short. He has thin lips, usually pressed together, giving him a pensive look. Upon his face are signs that he hasn't shaved in at least day. His body is somewhat slim, but well muscled - the veins on his forearms bulge obviously. When moving, he never rushes.

Clothing: Varal usually wears black (as a Mikin), and typically is found in a simple cotton tunic and trousers or leather armor.

Alana's Redemption: A long, 42-inch obsidian blade forms the bite of this weapon, and while appearing to be a longsword, it has a unique design. The flat of the blade is a little longer than normal, and it tapers off to a deadly, triangle-shaped pointed end. The double-edged sword is honed to be razor sharp, and the weapon as a whole brightly reflects the light of the sun whenever it shines. While the blade is akin to that of a longsword, the hilt obviously came from a greatsword with ample room for two hands between the simple, iron crossguard and pommel. Strangely enough, whether in one hand or two, the balance of the sword seems to still be perfect. Varal's pride and joy, besides his Keep.

NPCS
Light's Watch
 * Molay Shak - Cook
 * Mug Wheatchaff - Combat Trainer
 * Teodoric Wheatgrass - Varal's Squire

NPC Retainer Marker 41: 5 soldiers in Varal's employ
 * Hugo Wheatchaff
 * Darius Boar
 * Ignacious Rosethorne
 * Jonathan Tankard
 * Lukas Glasshide

Wedgecrest Falls To be added shortly

Logs

 * Battle of Aerie Heights - Part I
 * Battle of Aerie Heights - Part IV
 * Flirting With Pain
 * Risks of Play
 * Commotion and Promotion
 * A Sheltered Flame Stirred
 * Feast of the Heights
 * The Irregulars In Light's Reach
 * A Lesson in Manners
 * Secrets in Light's Reach
 * Talk of Treason
 * They Who Search - Part I
 * Burning Man: Flames
 * Burning Man: Before the Fire
 * Silver Dawn: Synergy
 * Without Light

(Note: Still a work in progress. Anyone who feels I left something out is more than welcome to add!)