Post by drewboy52 on Nov 13, 2005 15:01:41 GMT -5
These are the bios for the 3 staff members of the Academy. Please read them in order to familiarize yourselves with the characters.
Name: Robin Sawyer
Title: Headmistress
Age: 33
Race: Mortal
Marital Status: Single
Family: Parents and two eldest brothers are deceased. Robin also has an older brother & sister, as well as one younger sister & two younger brothers. She does not hear from many of her siblings very often as they all gone their seperate ways over the years.
Description: Robin has curly auburn hair and warm brown eyes. She stands at 5'8 and weighs around 150 lbs. Generally wears a cardinal red blouse with a dark tan skirt, that is slit down the sides, with matching dark tan, ankle high boots. Also often tends to wear outfits with earthy colors such as forest green or dark brown. Occassionally likes to incorporate some white, sunflower yellow, or deep purples into her outfits.
Skills: Familiar with all weapons known in Greece, and some that are foreign to Greece. Robin is a master of the sword, bow & arrow, staff, and dagger. She is proficient in hand to hand combat.
Background: Originally raised on a farm as a part of a large family, Robin was taught to respect nature and give thanks for all that it gave them. Her family praised Hestia, goddess of the home, Artemis the goddess of nature, and Apollo the god of the sun. They lived a rather simple life, relying only on each other and living a very simple life. To others they were almost the modern day hippies of their time.
Then one day, as Robin was entering her teenage years, the nearby village was attacked by raiders who came to their farm and burnt it to the ground. Though Robin and most of her siblings managed to escape mostly unscathed, her parents & two older brothers were lost in the fire as they attempted to save their family's livestock.
Filled with fury & rage Robin vowed from that moment on that she would put an end to terror and destruction such as the terrible event that had destroyed her family's farm and killed her parents & brothers. So Robin journeyed to Athens where she learned about life in the city and tried to join the army in order to help protect her country. However, the army of Athens was not interested in accepting a woman, so Robin instead turned to the temple of Athena, the goddess of war. There she studied under the priests & priestesses of Athena. She soon became one of Athena's soldiers and fought in many of the wars that Athena waged against her brother Ares. As she trained and became stronger she was eventually promoted to a general and later decided that she would become a priestess of Athena.
As the wars became fewer & fewer and peace prevailed, Robin decided that it was time to move on with her life and do more for her country and the goddess she loved so much. So Robin opened an Academy where she could train young women in the ways of the goddess Athena. Athena was very pleased and the Academy thrived under Robin's leadership, and Robin later welcomed young men to train with her as well.
But the success of the Academy was only short lived. For it wasn't long before Ares took notice of Robin's thriving Academy, and decided that he should put Robin and her young warriors to the test. So Ares and one of his armies attacked the Academy and nearly demolished it entirely. But Robin and the cadets held their own and Athena came to their rescue with an army of her own. They were just barely able to save the Academy and it was all but in ruins. Following the attack the cadets of the Academy began fleeing for their lives and Athena encouraged Robin to return to her temple in Athens and lead her armies once more. But Robin told Athena that she was not yet ready to give up on the Academy she had built, believing it to be her destiny to continue to train the future warriors of Greece. Athena respected Robin's decision, but told her that she believed it was foolish and that she would now be on her own. Desperate for help Robin contacted her old friend Cheiron and asked if he could spare any students to help her rebuild her school. Not wanting to refuse his friend in her time of need Cheiron asked his students if there were any who would be willing to go and help her rebuild. Willing to answer this call, four of Cheiron's best students volunteered to go and help. And so Hercules, Iolaus, Jason & Lilith have recently joined Robin's Academy as her newest and only cadets thus far. Now that they have begun to help Robin rebuild, her Academy has begun to attract Ares' attention even more. Will the Academy be able to survive?
Personality: Strong willed and determined. Fiercely independent. Looks after herself and tries to protect everyone else, yet doesn't always take very good care of herself in times of stress. Has a tendency to care about her cadets a little bit too much sometimes and tends to be a poor disciplinarian.
Hobbies/Interests: In what little spare time Robin can manage to find she enjoys many hobbies that one wouldn't expect. She is a great lover of literature & music. She often has her nose in a book or practices on her flute when no one is around. She also enjoys gardening and communing with nature. She will often take time to tend to the flowers that she grows out back, and can sometimes be found sitting out in the garden meditating.
Name: Mike Traeborn
Title: Instructor
Age: 35
Race: Mortal
Marital Status: Single
Family: Mike generally doesn't tend to say much about his real family. From what one can tell his parents are still alive and he does have several brothers & sisters. His surrogate daughter Sylvia is the only family that he likes to talk about or claim as his own.
Description: Mike stands at 5'7 and weighs around 170 lbs. Mike has short, light brown hair and beady brown eyes. He has a semi-crooked nose, a well trimmed goatee and a sneaky grin. Tends to wear black or dark brown leather outfits. Likes beaded vests, usually accompanied with either a dark green or midnight blue shirt underneath. Has a tattoo of the thieves' guild of Athens around his left wrist and right ankle that can occassionally be observed. Also wears a small pendant of the thieves' guild of Athens around his neck, but Robin tries to make him keep it hidden when teaching or training the cadets.
Skills: Picking pockets, telling lies & stories, conning his way out of trouble. Mike is as slippery as he is sneaky. He is super quick and light on his feet - especially when in a battle or on the run. Excellent runner, climber, swimmer, and horseback rider. He is a master of the sword, staff, and dagger. Excels in sparring and hand to hand combat. A master of techniques that require swiftness and slight of the hand & eye. Teaches the cadets how to scale walls quickly, dodge deadly blows, and walk across a high tight rope like a cat.
Background: Originally born & raised in a small town just outside of Athens, Greece. Mike grew up on the streets of Athens and got involved with the local thieves guild at a very young age. When exactly is uncertain as even Sylvia and his other closest friends aren't sure.
Mike has travelled the world and has made friends & enemies in many places. He loves to roam wherever his feet or the wind may take him, but will always consider Athens his real home. He loves to frequent bars, taverns, bath houses, bazaars, marketplaces, and the seediest places of towns where most people dare not to dread. Mike lives for gambling, drinking, meeting women, finding a bargain, stealing a few dinars off an unsuspecting vicitim, and just generally having an all around good time.
He has known Robin from her days in Athens. He met her at a bar shortly before she decided to join the temple of Athena. Despite the fact that their friendship initially got off to a rocky start, they eventually became very close and continued to keep in touch after Robin left to start her Academy. So when Mike told Robin that he & Sylvia were in trouble, despite her inhibitions about him, she allowed them to come and live at the Academy - provided that he would become an instructor for her, and that Sylvia would become a cadet.
Now Mike finds himself feeling like a fish out of water in this new place, but it is determined to try and see it through so that he can offer Sylvia the chance at having a better life. With some luck he hopes that Sylvia will eventually change her ways.
Personality: A con artist and thief by nature. He considers himself to a master of romance and trickery. He is a charmer of women who has stolen many of theirs, as well as their dinar purses. Though he can manage to pass off many decent lies he sometimes has trouble stringing them together and keeping his stories straight. He is the type of guy who tends to inadvertantly go looking for trouble, and sometimes trouble finds him even when he isn't looking for it.
Hobbies/Interests: Stealing, gambling, drinking, smoking, telling stories of his adventures & conquests, pulling a good con, & haggling with merchants at local bazaars.
Name: Dominic
Title: Stable Boy/Assistant
Age: 18
Race: Mortal
Family: Unknown.
Description: Dominic stands at 6'1 and weighs around 180 lbs. He has jet black curly hair that flows down to his shoulders and dark brown eyes. He tends to wear black or dark brown leather. Many believe that when you look at him closely he bears a very strong resemblance to Jynx. Others believe that he looks a lot like Ares, God of War.
Skills: Experienced with daggers and a bow. Has very little experience with a sword or many other weapons. He is excellent at sparring and hand-to-hand combat, and is an experienced horseback rider.
Background: Originally from Athens, Greece himself, Dominic is also an old friend of Mike and Sylvia's. He used to be a member of the Athens' thieves' guild as well, and he & Sylvia dated for a short time, but it didn't work out between them. Due to some personal problems with other members of the guild Dominic decided that it was best that he leave Athens and try to give up his life of thievery. Mike told him that his friend Robin was looking for a stable boy and assistant to help her around the Academy, so he offered to put in a good word for him.
Despite her worries about Dominic being recommended by her friend Mike, Robin was willing to give Dominic a chance and found that he proved to be a good fit for the Academy. He has served her faithfully and was one of the only ones to stay when everyone else left Ares' attack on the Academy. Though he is happy to see his old friends again Dominic worries about the trouble that they may bring with them and about the future of the Academy.
Personality: Quiet and moody. Keeps to himself and doesn't say much. Only becomes talkative when a beautiful woman catches his eye. Always tries to keep things smooth and lay on the charm when flirting with girls. This works to him for an extent, until that they realize that he isn't a one woman man.
Hobbies/Interests: Music, horseback riding and gambling.
Name: Robin Sawyer
Title: Headmistress
Age: 33
Race: Mortal
Marital Status: Single
Family: Parents and two eldest brothers are deceased. Robin also has an older brother & sister, as well as one younger sister & two younger brothers. She does not hear from many of her siblings very often as they all gone their seperate ways over the years.
Description: Robin has curly auburn hair and warm brown eyes. She stands at 5'8 and weighs around 150 lbs. Generally wears a cardinal red blouse with a dark tan skirt, that is slit down the sides, with matching dark tan, ankle high boots. Also often tends to wear outfits with earthy colors such as forest green or dark brown. Occassionally likes to incorporate some white, sunflower yellow, or deep purples into her outfits.
Skills: Familiar with all weapons known in Greece, and some that are foreign to Greece. Robin is a master of the sword, bow & arrow, staff, and dagger. She is proficient in hand to hand combat.
Background: Originally raised on a farm as a part of a large family, Robin was taught to respect nature and give thanks for all that it gave them. Her family praised Hestia, goddess of the home, Artemis the goddess of nature, and Apollo the god of the sun. They lived a rather simple life, relying only on each other and living a very simple life. To others they were almost the modern day hippies of their time.
Then one day, as Robin was entering her teenage years, the nearby village was attacked by raiders who came to their farm and burnt it to the ground. Though Robin and most of her siblings managed to escape mostly unscathed, her parents & two older brothers were lost in the fire as they attempted to save their family's livestock.
Filled with fury & rage Robin vowed from that moment on that she would put an end to terror and destruction such as the terrible event that had destroyed her family's farm and killed her parents & brothers. So Robin journeyed to Athens where she learned about life in the city and tried to join the army in order to help protect her country. However, the army of Athens was not interested in accepting a woman, so Robin instead turned to the temple of Athena, the goddess of war. There she studied under the priests & priestesses of Athena. She soon became one of Athena's soldiers and fought in many of the wars that Athena waged against her brother Ares. As she trained and became stronger she was eventually promoted to a general and later decided that she would become a priestess of Athena.
As the wars became fewer & fewer and peace prevailed, Robin decided that it was time to move on with her life and do more for her country and the goddess she loved so much. So Robin opened an Academy where she could train young women in the ways of the goddess Athena. Athena was very pleased and the Academy thrived under Robin's leadership, and Robin later welcomed young men to train with her as well.
But the success of the Academy was only short lived. For it wasn't long before Ares took notice of Robin's thriving Academy, and decided that he should put Robin and her young warriors to the test. So Ares and one of his armies attacked the Academy and nearly demolished it entirely. But Robin and the cadets held their own and Athena came to their rescue with an army of her own. They were just barely able to save the Academy and it was all but in ruins. Following the attack the cadets of the Academy began fleeing for their lives and Athena encouraged Robin to return to her temple in Athens and lead her armies once more. But Robin told Athena that she was not yet ready to give up on the Academy she had built, believing it to be her destiny to continue to train the future warriors of Greece. Athena respected Robin's decision, but told her that she believed it was foolish and that she would now be on her own. Desperate for help Robin contacted her old friend Cheiron and asked if he could spare any students to help her rebuild her school. Not wanting to refuse his friend in her time of need Cheiron asked his students if there were any who would be willing to go and help her rebuild. Willing to answer this call, four of Cheiron's best students volunteered to go and help. And so Hercules, Iolaus, Jason & Lilith have recently joined Robin's Academy as her newest and only cadets thus far. Now that they have begun to help Robin rebuild, her Academy has begun to attract Ares' attention even more. Will the Academy be able to survive?
Personality: Strong willed and determined. Fiercely independent. Looks after herself and tries to protect everyone else, yet doesn't always take very good care of herself in times of stress. Has a tendency to care about her cadets a little bit too much sometimes and tends to be a poor disciplinarian.
Hobbies/Interests: In what little spare time Robin can manage to find she enjoys many hobbies that one wouldn't expect. She is a great lover of literature & music. She often has her nose in a book or practices on her flute when no one is around. She also enjoys gardening and communing with nature. She will often take time to tend to the flowers that she grows out back, and can sometimes be found sitting out in the garden meditating.
Name: Mike Traeborn
Title: Instructor
Age: 35
Race: Mortal
Marital Status: Single
Family: Mike generally doesn't tend to say much about his real family. From what one can tell his parents are still alive and he does have several brothers & sisters. His surrogate daughter Sylvia is the only family that he likes to talk about or claim as his own.
Description: Mike stands at 5'7 and weighs around 170 lbs. Mike has short, light brown hair and beady brown eyes. He has a semi-crooked nose, a well trimmed goatee and a sneaky grin. Tends to wear black or dark brown leather outfits. Likes beaded vests, usually accompanied with either a dark green or midnight blue shirt underneath. Has a tattoo of the thieves' guild of Athens around his left wrist and right ankle that can occassionally be observed. Also wears a small pendant of the thieves' guild of Athens around his neck, but Robin tries to make him keep it hidden when teaching or training the cadets.
Skills: Picking pockets, telling lies & stories, conning his way out of trouble. Mike is as slippery as he is sneaky. He is super quick and light on his feet - especially when in a battle or on the run. Excellent runner, climber, swimmer, and horseback rider. He is a master of the sword, staff, and dagger. Excels in sparring and hand to hand combat. A master of techniques that require swiftness and slight of the hand & eye. Teaches the cadets how to scale walls quickly, dodge deadly blows, and walk across a high tight rope like a cat.
Background: Originally born & raised in a small town just outside of Athens, Greece. Mike grew up on the streets of Athens and got involved with the local thieves guild at a very young age. When exactly is uncertain as even Sylvia and his other closest friends aren't sure.
Mike has travelled the world and has made friends & enemies in many places. He loves to roam wherever his feet or the wind may take him, but will always consider Athens his real home. He loves to frequent bars, taverns, bath houses, bazaars, marketplaces, and the seediest places of towns where most people dare not to dread. Mike lives for gambling, drinking, meeting women, finding a bargain, stealing a few dinars off an unsuspecting vicitim, and just generally having an all around good time.
He has known Robin from her days in Athens. He met her at a bar shortly before she decided to join the temple of Athena. Despite the fact that their friendship initially got off to a rocky start, they eventually became very close and continued to keep in touch after Robin left to start her Academy. So when Mike told Robin that he & Sylvia were in trouble, despite her inhibitions about him, she allowed them to come and live at the Academy - provided that he would become an instructor for her, and that Sylvia would become a cadet.
Now Mike finds himself feeling like a fish out of water in this new place, but it is determined to try and see it through so that he can offer Sylvia the chance at having a better life. With some luck he hopes that Sylvia will eventually change her ways.
Personality: A con artist and thief by nature. He considers himself to a master of romance and trickery. He is a charmer of women who has stolen many of theirs, as well as their dinar purses. Though he can manage to pass off many decent lies he sometimes has trouble stringing them together and keeping his stories straight. He is the type of guy who tends to inadvertantly go looking for trouble, and sometimes trouble finds him even when he isn't looking for it.
Hobbies/Interests: Stealing, gambling, drinking, smoking, telling stories of his adventures & conquests, pulling a good con, & haggling with merchants at local bazaars.
Name: Dominic
Title: Stable Boy/Assistant
Age: 18
Race: Mortal
Family: Unknown.
Description: Dominic stands at 6'1 and weighs around 180 lbs. He has jet black curly hair that flows down to his shoulders and dark brown eyes. He tends to wear black or dark brown leather. Many believe that when you look at him closely he bears a very strong resemblance to Jynx. Others believe that he looks a lot like Ares, God of War.
Skills: Experienced with daggers and a bow. Has very little experience with a sword or many other weapons. He is excellent at sparring and hand-to-hand combat, and is an experienced horseback rider.
Background: Originally from Athens, Greece himself, Dominic is also an old friend of Mike and Sylvia's. He used to be a member of the Athens' thieves' guild as well, and he & Sylvia dated for a short time, but it didn't work out between them. Due to some personal problems with other members of the guild Dominic decided that it was best that he leave Athens and try to give up his life of thievery. Mike told him that his friend Robin was looking for a stable boy and assistant to help her around the Academy, so he offered to put in a good word for him.
Despite her worries about Dominic being recommended by her friend Mike, Robin was willing to give Dominic a chance and found that he proved to be a good fit for the Academy. He has served her faithfully and was one of the only ones to stay when everyone else left Ares' attack on the Academy. Though he is happy to see his old friends again Dominic worries about the trouble that they may bring with them and about the future of the Academy.
Personality: Quiet and moody. Keeps to himself and doesn't say much. Only becomes talkative when a beautiful woman catches his eye. Always tries to keep things smooth and lay on the charm when flirting with girls. This works to him for an extent, until that they realize that he isn't a one woman man.
Hobbies/Interests: Music, horseback riding and gambling.