Post by lancelot du lac on Dec 30, 2010 22:22:41 GMT -5
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your name ooc: emilia
your age: 16
experience: 6 years, bitch, and suck it
what do you hear?: nothin' but the rain.
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character name: Lancelot du Lac
canon: King Arthur
canon point: riiiiiiiiight at the end, just before he gets shot to death.
important history: Arthur and his remaining knights Lancelot, Bors, Tristan, Gawain, Galahad and Dagonet are expecting discharge from the service of the Empire after faithfully serving for 15 years. However they first fight off an attack by the Woads on the Roman escort bringing their discharges.
However, on the night they ought to receive their freedom, they are dispatched on a final and possibly suicidal mission by Bishop Germanus in the freezing winter to rescue the important Roman family of Marius Honorius from impending capture by the invading Saxons, led by their chief Cerdic and his son Cynric. Marius' son, Alecto, is the Pope's favorite godson and may be "destined to be Pope one day", according to the Bishop. The knights are charged with this rescue because Rome is withdrawing from Britain, now considered an indefensible outpost.
At the remote estate, Arthur explains his mission to Marius, who becomes defensive and refuses to leave his grand home. Marius is revealed to have oppressed his serfs on the pretense of speaking for God. While being shown an elder who has been whipped and left tied up out in the elements for asking Marius for more food for the serfs, Arthur advises that Marius does not speak for God. He frees the elder and tells them all that they were "free from their first breath". Arthur soon discovers Marius has also immured pagans: a Woad, Guinevere, and a small boy, Lucan. Arthur frees them and decides to take everyone, along with Marius' family, back to Hadrian's Wall.
Along the journey, Guinevere tells Arthur of the "fairy tales" she'd heard of him, and Arthur is revealed to be half Celt (on his mother's side). Arthur resets the fingers in Guinevere's hand. One night, Guinevere takes Arthur to meet with Merlin, the leader of the Woads and her father. At first, Arthur thinks Guinevere has betrayed him, but Merlin has come in peace. It is revealed in flashback that Arthur's mother had died in a Woad attack when he was a boy. Merlin says that he did not wish for Arthur's mother to die; she was of their blood, as is Arthur. Arthur's famous sword, Excalibur, is also shown to be his father's, which marked his father's burial mound. Arthur pulled it from his father's burial mound in an effort to rescue his mother from a burning building. Merlin suggests an alliance between the Woads and the Sarmatian knights.
Along the route one dawn, Marius forces a standoff with his own soldiers, taking the boy Lucan hostage. Even his wife is angered at this. Unlike Marius, she is a kindly person who actually helps heal Guinevere's wounds. Guinevere uses a bow to shoot Marius dead; his guards stand down and aid the knights in getting all the people to the wall.
Struck by Rome leaving its subjects to the mercy of the Saxons, Arthur is further disillusioned when he learns that Bishop Pelagius, whose teachings about the equality of all men inspired the brotherhood of his Round Table, has been executed as a heretic by order of Bishop Germanus himself.
Tristan returns from scouting the area and tells Arthur that a whole Saxon army is on the move. The group soon encounter the Saxons at an ice-covered lake. The knights stay behind to hold up the Saxons and allow the refugees to escape. Greatly outnumbered, Arthur, Guinevere and the knights attempt to repel them with arrows; the battle is won when Dagonet runs to the middle of the ice and breaks it with an axe, at the cost of his life — however, many Saxons are killed.
In due course, Arthur and his remaining men forsake Roman citizenship and form an alliance with the Woads to fight the Saxons. In the climactic battle, the "Battle of Badon Hill" set just south of the now abandoned Hadrian's Wall, the Woads catapult flaming missiles at the Saxon army, and when the hosts meet, Guinevere engages in combat with Cynric. Cerdic fights and kills Tristan before facing off with Arthur. Meanwhile, Cynric disarms Guinevere before Lancelot intervenes and duels Cynric alone. While another Saxon captures Lancelot's attention for a moment, Cynric shoots Lancelot with a Saxon crossbow.
(thank you, wiki. that's basically the entire fucking film for you.)
character age: 30
face claim: Ioan Gruffudd
notable weaknesses: chauvinist, purposefully arrogant to push people away, crude
notable strengths/abilities: excellently trained fighter, quiet and serious when he wishes to be, more caring than he lets on, can be very kind, is loyal especially to his friends.is sexy.
general personality: Lancelot is the quiet, broody sort who covers up his quiet broodiness by being incessantly crude and snarky. He will make any sort of crude joke at your expense, to the point where he claims to have born about twelve dozen children who are, in fact, supposed to be someone else's children. Sadly, these claims are probably true...
Despite this very rauscous exterior, Lancelot is still a serious young man who was torn away from his homeland long before he was really actually ready. He keeps his feelings welled up very deep inside him, and would never reveal the truth of them if it resulted in either his friends or his loved ones getting hurt. This often leads to him getting the short end of the stick every time, and he's getting used to it.
Lancelot is very fiercely loyal, and can be the most caring person in the world - his only hindrance is that he never wants to show it. It's almost as if he would rather people didn't know that side of him, but rather the crude and sardonic side he often shows. His tongue can be very sharp, sarcastic and cynical, and he can make an enemy of someone just as easily as he can make a friend. He's also pretty much a slut and a womaniser, but you already knew that.
anything else important about your character: HE'S A SEXY KNIGHT TROLOLOLOL.
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sample rp post AS YOUR CHARACTER:
He shrugged just as noncommittally as she had done, about to walk forward before her when she took it upon herself to do the whole 'ladies first' thing. Funny, considering who was supposed to be the charming knight-in-shining-armour here.
He followed after her and, just as Lance had expected, life turned things into an obstacle course for him once more. The door to the security office exactly to his right was flung open, and two angry faces bobbed before him.
"What do ya think you're doin', Lance, huh?" Dumb was bellowing. "What is this, some kinda Hyooz invasion? You a Hyooz or somethin'?"
Now, you have to understand that Camelonia was rather sheltered when it came to the whole Hyooz thing, so it took him a few moments to remember what the hell a Hyooz was. At which point, he got a little pissed.
"The Commander requested the girl's presence," Lance spoke testily. "Probably kicking her off the dratted pilot team. Why don't you two piss off somewhere?"
And in the blink of an eye, Dumber was charging at Lance with a large roar, and Lance was wishing he had his two swords right about now as he drew back his own fists for a fight.
