Baldor of Rohan

Character Name:
Baldor Of Rohan


Name Meaning: n/a


Nickname or Alias: 


Race: Man


Age:
30


Date of Birth:
December, 2080


Place of Birth:
A village outside of Helms deep


Current Residence:
Edoras


Occupation:
Royal guard




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Baldor is tall and lanky.  He is muscular without being bulky, years spent working the fields of his family farm allowed him to grow up lite and strong.  He has a full ginger beard that often looks wild and unkempt but his hair has grown noticeably thinner over the years.  Currently he wears his hair trimmed very short and shaved totally at the sides of his head.  His has greyish blue eyes and normally wears ordinary garments for a person of Rohan.  He is not wealthy and his clothing is mundane, most of it has been damaged and repaired many times over the years.   When he is acting in an official capacity he wears the traditional scale armor and plumed helmet of a royal guard.




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He is a quiet man, likes to keep to himself but he can be very warm and friendly to people he is close with.  He is very dedicated to his role as a Royal guard, being a soldier happened to be one of the things he was good at so he was a natural choice for the elite troops of Rohan.  He likes to party and if there's ever a celebration he'll be there with mead and songs to sing.  He considers himself somewhat of a story teller and he likes to regale the local children with fireside tales of ancient heroes and battles long past.


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Parents:
Parents are both deceased


Siblings:
none


Spouse:
wife (I don't have much of a background in mind for her in case anyone would like to RP her)


Children:
Son (Again don't have much of a background in case anyone would like to play him but he'd be only a child, probably around 10 or so)




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Baldor was born on a small farm outside of Helm's deep.  He grew up in the shadow of the old castle and for many years life was fine.  His father taught him to grow crops and raise animals and he had a knack for the life of a farmer.  When he was a teenager his farm was raided in the night by a band of orcs and Baldor's parents yelled for him to take the horse and ride to the Hornburg and bring back soldiers.  At first he refused and said he could stay with his father and fight but there was no time to argue and he rode as quickly as he could to the castle and rounded up the garrison but by the time they arrived back at the farm he parents were already dead and the place was burned to the ground.  Since there was nothing left for him there he returned to Helm's deep with the soldiers and joined the local garrison there.  He did well every time the soldiers encountered an orc raiding party and it wasn't long before he was sent to Edoras to join the royal guard at the King's palace.

Now making his home within the city he seeks to have an ordinary life with his wife and young son.