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Jul. 15th, 2019 06:45 pmUser Name/Nick: Lydia
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E-mail: lid.johnson@gmail.com
Other Characters: Marty Hart, Thomas Blanky
Character Name: Major Elim Rawne
Series: Gaunt's Ghosts
Age: 28
From When?: The end of the third book, Necropolis. In canon, he survives the final battle, but here, he doesn't.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. He's a rage-filled, bigoted, violent barely ex-criminal who maybe murdered someone in the past. He has a chip on his shoulder the size of a small moon and he wants to kill his commanding officer.
Arrival: Rawne was grabbed from the moment of his death in Heritor Asphodel's giant, pyramidal, mobile command center. He's not happy about it, especially as he was expecting to arrive at the foot of the Golden Throne of the God-Emperor, as he was told would happen.
Abilities/Powers: No powers
Personality: The foremost emotion in Elim Rawne's life is anger. He's angry all the time, for all sorts of different reasons. His main cause for rage is the Fall of Tanith, the terrible day when Chaos ships slipped through an Imperial blockade and bombarded his planet (among others) until the core destabilized and exploded. He focuses most of his rage about this at Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, his commanding officer, for taking the one remaining Tanith regiment off-planet instead of letting them fight and die there. He also has some anger saved for the enemy who did blow up his planet, but that doesn't actually get expressed much. His loss isn't personal enough to be a drive to avenge anyone, as he's not attached to anyone on Tanith enough to care in that way. It's just generalized grief, expressed through anger and pointed at the easiest person to hate, who is both an off-worlder and his commanding officer.
In the first book, First and Only, Feygor, the closest thing to a friend, narrates "Bitterness was what had ruined him, bitterness was what had scalded his nature early on." What caused this bitterness is never explained, it's just a foundational part of his makeup. The only real clue to this is that he's the third son of a rich family and he's bitter because he wants more than what his station in life will give him. That's why he joined the Tanith Attica militia and why he started dealing on the black market. He had money, but no position that held any kind of real power, so he went out and found one that had power. He formed a connection to the black market through Feygor, who had also joined the militia, but how exactly that connection formed is not explained. Given Rawne's snobbishness in the first couple of books, it's odd that he talked to Feygor at all, but perhaps he wanted to rebel against his family or experience a new, darker way of life. Whatever the reason, he took to crime readily enough for that to be one of his defining characteristics.
Related to his bitterness is his scorn for authority. The one time he calls Gaunt "sir", it's a clue that he's about to try to kill him. He wasn't supposed to be an officer before the First and Only became the only regiment to make it off-planet and leadership sits ill with him. His regiment is basically a group of criminals who respect him enough to not kill him, but aren't more organized than that. There's a couple of ordinary, young soldiers who mostly get ignored.
His ambition to be powerful mixed with his awkwardness when given it isn't particularly explored, unfortunately. He's too angry and unable to connect with people to be a solid leader. He wants power, but he can't handle the responsibility said power gives him. He is good at tactics and he's brilliant at explosives, but his ability to truly lead and affect morale is low.
Rawne's weirdest trait is probably his honor. Despite his wiliness and criminality, he has a very firm personal code. Despite his ambition, he really does hate Gaunt because, as he sees it, Gaunt "let Tanith die", not because he wants to take Gaunt's place. His anger at Gaunt is only inflamed by the fact that he saved Rawne's life early on (as told in the second book Ghostmaker). He feels like he's in his debt and therefore he can't kill him until he's cleared that debt. He's also honorable and brave enough to never fall to Chaos, which is a possibility in this setting. He never runs from battle, nor does he shrink from danger. He never used anyone as a human shield or killed anyone who wasn't the enemy (despite many threats).
Rawne is isolated. He doesn't make friends or see other people as worth a relationship. He's too suspicious of the people around him (which is probably wise, since most of the people he interacts with are criminals). This isolation also feeds into his bitterness, which then increases his isolation. He tells himself he doesn't need people and he is very self-sufficient, but ultimately, his inability to trust is a weakness. Since no one likes him, no one cares what happens to him. In First and Only, he gets captured and tortured because he's been purposely excluded from a meeting and so he and his regiment are easily attacked. He gets rescued, but more because he's needed as a soldier than because anyone wants to save him.
Path to Redemption: Rawne's path to redemption will not be easy, but it can happen. Over the course of the book series, he lets go of his anger and becomes a much better person, if still an asshole. At the point he comes from here, he's gone through none of that growth. The most important step, and probably the hardest, is to get him to admit that the anger he feels is based in grief at losing his entire planet and everyone (outside the First and Only) he knows. Once he's dealt with that most, if not all, of his anger will fade. This anger/grief is a lot of what fuels his anger with his commanding officer, who he blames for them not dying with Tanith. Another huge step is going to be getting him to accept that non-human (and to an extent humans with magic/psychic powers) aren't horrible enemies of humanity, fit only to be killed. That's what he was taught since he was a child; it's what the Empire preaches. But if he's to be redeemed, he needs to change those beliefs. Finally, he should learn to form actual connections and friendships to people, instead of viewing them as tools or, at best, business associates.
History: Link 1 and Link 2
Sample Journal Entry: Meme Thread
Edit:
Sample RP: Elim Rawne is up to something. He's creeping along the deck, resolutely not looking at the stars that glint above and around him. The Warp can drive men mad, they say, and he's not taking any chances. This strange ship that drifts unprotected, as far as he can tell, through the Empyrean, has enough on it to drive him insane.
He doesn't trust the dining hall, neither the people there or the food laid out for them. They say it's open to everyone but there has to be a catch. There's always a catch, with heretics. And these people, who don't seem to have even heard of the God-Emperor, certainly are heretics. Some of them aren't even human. No, it's best he keeps to himself.
The door to the Greenhouse opens silently and he creeps inside. This late at night, he's the only one there. Still, he remains stealthy, keeping his camocloak around him. Who knows what surveillance they have here.
He sniffs the first fruit he picks, but it doesn't seem to be Warp-tainted. It could be anyway, but his growling stomach reminds him of why he's here. He has to eat something. There's no point in starving before he gets to the Golden Throne. Besides, he's already died of hunger here once. He woke in the infirmary, surrounded by heretical doctors. He's not doing that again.
He eats quickly, juice running down his face and drying stickily on his skin and his shirt. The sweetness is almost cloying, but he makes himself eat until he's not hungry anymore. Once he's eaten his fill, he puts some more fruit in a bag and stows it under his cloak. Then he creeps back to the door and sneaks back the way he came, to his room.
User DW:
lookashinyE-mail: lid.johnson@gmail.com
Other Characters: Marty Hart, Thomas Blanky
Character Name: Major Elim Rawne
Series: Gaunt's Ghosts
Age: 28
From When?: The end of the third book, Necropolis. In canon, he survives the final battle, but here, he doesn't.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. He's a rage-filled, bigoted, violent barely ex-criminal who maybe murdered someone in the past. He has a chip on his shoulder the size of a small moon and he wants to kill his commanding officer.
Arrival: Rawne was grabbed from the moment of his death in Heritor Asphodel's giant, pyramidal, mobile command center. He's not happy about it, especially as he was expecting to arrive at the foot of the Golden Throne of the God-Emperor, as he was told would happen.
Abilities/Powers: No powers
Personality: The foremost emotion in Elim Rawne's life is anger. He's angry all the time, for all sorts of different reasons. His main cause for rage is the Fall of Tanith, the terrible day when Chaos ships slipped through an Imperial blockade and bombarded his planet (among others) until the core destabilized and exploded. He focuses most of his rage about this at Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, his commanding officer, for taking the one remaining Tanith regiment off-planet instead of letting them fight and die there. He also has some anger saved for the enemy who did blow up his planet, but that doesn't actually get expressed much. His loss isn't personal enough to be a drive to avenge anyone, as he's not attached to anyone on Tanith enough to care in that way. It's just generalized grief, expressed through anger and pointed at the easiest person to hate, who is both an off-worlder and his commanding officer.
In the first book, First and Only, Feygor, the closest thing to a friend, narrates "Bitterness was what had ruined him, bitterness was what had scalded his nature early on." What caused this bitterness is never explained, it's just a foundational part of his makeup. The only real clue to this is that he's the third son of a rich family and he's bitter because he wants more than what his station in life will give him. That's why he joined the Tanith Attica militia and why he started dealing on the black market. He had money, but no position that held any kind of real power, so he went out and found one that had power. He formed a connection to the black market through Feygor, who had also joined the militia, but how exactly that connection formed is not explained. Given Rawne's snobbishness in the first couple of books, it's odd that he talked to Feygor at all, but perhaps he wanted to rebel against his family or experience a new, darker way of life. Whatever the reason, he took to crime readily enough for that to be one of his defining characteristics.
Related to his bitterness is his scorn for authority. The one time he calls Gaunt "sir", it's a clue that he's about to try to kill him. He wasn't supposed to be an officer before the First and Only became the only regiment to make it off-planet and leadership sits ill with him. His regiment is basically a group of criminals who respect him enough to not kill him, but aren't more organized than that. There's a couple of ordinary, young soldiers who mostly get ignored.
His ambition to be powerful mixed with his awkwardness when given it isn't particularly explored, unfortunately. He's too angry and unable to connect with people to be a solid leader. He wants power, but he can't handle the responsibility said power gives him. He is good at tactics and he's brilliant at explosives, but his ability to truly lead and affect morale is low.
Rawne's weirdest trait is probably his honor. Despite his wiliness and criminality, he has a very firm personal code. Despite his ambition, he really does hate Gaunt because, as he sees it, Gaunt "let Tanith die", not because he wants to take Gaunt's place. His anger at Gaunt is only inflamed by the fact that he saved Rawne's life early on (as told in the second book Ghostmaker). He feels like he's in his debt and therefore he can't kill him until he's cleared that debt. He's also honorable and brave enough to never fall to Chaos, which is a possibility in this setting. He never runs from battle, nor does he shrink from danger. He never used anyone as a human shield or killed anyone who wasn't the enemy (despite many threats).
Rawne is isolated. He doesn't make friends or see other people as worth a relationship. He's too suspicious of the people around him (which is probably wise, since most of the people he interacts with are criminals). This isolation also feeds into his bitterness, which then increases his isolation. He tells himself he doesn't need people and he is very self-sufficient, but ultimately, his inability to trust is a weakness. Since no one likes him, no one cares what happens to him. In First and Only, he gets captured and tortured because he's been purposely excluded from a meeting and so he and his regiment are easily attacked. He gets rescued, but more because he's needed as a soldier than because anyone wants to save him.
Path to Redemption: Rawne's path to redemption will not be easy, but it can happen. Over the course of the book series, he lets go of his anger and becomes a much better person, if still an asshole. At the point he comes from here, he's gone through none of that growth. The most important step, and probably the hardest, is to get him to admit that the anger he feels is based in grief at losing his entire planet and everyone (outside the First and Only) he knows. Once he's dealt with that most, if not all, of his anger will fade. This anger/grief is a lot of what fuels his anger with his commanding officer, who he blames for them not dying with Tanith. Another huge step is going to be getting him to accept that non-human (and to an extent humans with magic/psychic powers) aren't horrible enemies of humanity, fit only to be killed. That's what he was taught since he was a child; it's what the Empire preaches. But if he's to be redeemed, he needs to change those beliefs. Finally, he should learn to form actual connections and friendships to people, instead of viewing them as tools or, at best, business associates.
History: Link 1 and Link 2
Sample Journal Entry: Meme Thread
Edit:
Sample RP: Elim Rawne is up to something. He's creeping along the deck, resolutely not looking at the stars that glint above and around him. The Warp can drive men mad, they say, and he's not taking any chances. This strange ship that drifts unprotected, as far as he can tell, through the Empyrean, has enough on it to drive him insane.
He doesn't trust the dining hall, neither the people there or the food laid out for them. They say it's open to everyone but there has to be a catch. There's always a catch, with heretics. And these people, who don't seem to have even heard of the God-Emperor, certainly are heretics. Some of them aren't even human. No, it's best he keeps to himself.
The door to the Greenhouse opens silently and he creeps inside. This late at night, he's the only one there. Still, he remains stealthy, keeping his camocloak around him. Who knows what surveillance they have here.
He sniffs the first fruit he picks, but it doesn't seem to be Warp-tainted. It could be anyway, but his growling stomach reminds him of why he's here. He has to eat something. There's no point in starving before he gets to the Golden Throne. Besides, he's already died of hunger here once. He woke in the infirmary, surrounded by heretical doctors. He's not doing that again.
He eats quickly, juice running down his face and drying stickily on his skin and his shirt. The sweetness is almost cloying, but he makes himself eat until he's not hungry anymore. Once he's eaten his fill, he puts some more fruit in a bag and stows it under his cloak. Then he creeps back to the door and sneaks back the way he came, to his room.
Lethevale Application
Apr. 12th, 2019 05:22 pmOOC Information
Player handle: Lydia
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Time zone: UTC -5
Other characters: None
IC Information
Name:Major Elim Rawne
Nicknames/Alias: Ibram Gaunt
Age: 36
Source canon: Gaunt's Ghosts
Personality: Canon:
Canonically, Rawne begins as a minor antagonist. In the first book, First and Only, he wants to kill Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, who commands the Tanith regiment (First and Only). The regiment is all that's left of the population of Tanith after they were hastily evacuated during a Chaos (enemy) bombardment. Rawne hates that Gaunt did this and refused to let them fight and die for their planet, so he's out for his life. He actively tries to kill Gaunt twice, both times in the second book, Ghostmaker. This desire gradually fades away, until, in the 8th book, they can work together well and could almost be friends.
Rawne's major character trait for the first 4-5 books is his anger. He's an angry, bitter, ruthless person with no real friends and nothing to look forward to but death on some distant battlefield. He's stuck with a bunch of people he never would have interacted with of his own volition before Tanith was destroyed, since he was from a rich family. He is very isolated, but it is an entirely self-imposed isolation. Simple proximity around the rest of the First and Only erodes this to the point that he becomes somewhat more sociable, though still not really friends with anyone. He's mostly sociable with members of his own platoon, third platoon, especially his adjutant, Murtan Feygor, who worked with him in the black market on Tanith. He's also developed a dry, deadpan sense of humor.
He's also highly ambitious at first. At least a part of his murderous intent seems to be based on wanting to take Gaunt's place, though what he would do after that never comes up and he never thinks that far. His realization that being third in command gives him both the status and the power his ambition wants satisfies this early on, though, and his ambition fades to the background.
His other major character arc is becoming a better officer. At the beginning, he isn't really a leader in any way but rank. He gained the rank of Major by chance, and wasn't trained for it or expecting it. His platoon is also the dumping ground for all the criminals and malcontents in the regiment. But his rank comes with responsiblity and, gradually, his responsibility turns him into a good officer, even when he's still an asshole. He can delegate during battle and knows enough tactics to be both flexible and effective.
The one thing that saves Rawne from being a straight up villain, even from the start, is his code of honor. It's twisted and lopsided, but it's there. Even when he wanted to kill Gaunt, he didn't leave him to die, even when he could have, easily. He never runs from battle and never lets fear determine his actions. His honor is also what makes him become a better officer, as he develops to the point where he cannot just coast on his rank, but must bear up under the responsibilities of it.
AU:
The AU version of Rawne is, basically speaking, the canon version without any positive development. He's an ambitious, ruthless, amoral jackass. Without the destruction of his home planet, he's not thrust into a new role with no experience, he's not cut off from his old life, and he's not forced to treat people of a lower class to himself as his peers. He has held his high-class status all his life and he's never been challenged. He also never lost his criminal contacts, so that alone hardened his ruthlessness more than the canon version.
During the two campaigns Rawne fought in, he did find that he had a skill for leading men in battle. He was not one to shrink from battle and he had a mind for tactics that, if it did not win battles, certainly did not lose them. His ambitions were fed and, if he had continued in this way, he may have become a better man. Still not a good man, but one worth respecting.
However, after the Indian Rebellion, he had no more fighting to do. Peacetime brought a return of his criminal dealings and of the feeling that he deserved more than he had. His bitterness and anger over his life consumed him again, leading to clashes with his commanding officer and, eventually, murder.
Canon history: Wiki page. Rawne comes from after Traitor General, the 8th book in he series.
AU Information
Appearance: Played by Tyler Hoechlin. Rawne is tall and fairly muscular, with the kind of upright bearing that only comes from military training. His skin is pale enough that India was a special kind of hell for him; he spent most of his time in the shade, lest he burn red. His hair is jet black. When he was in the army, he was clean-shaven, but he grew out his beard when he went on the run. It's not long, ever, but it's enough to at least somewhat hide his identity. He got (in some dingy backwater port) a blue starburst tattoo around his right eye for the same reason.
He dresses in civilian clothes only, having assumed it would be unwise to wear his uniform. (His uniform incidentally, would look like this, so it's pretty conspicuous.) He dresses all in black, or as near as he can get. He usually has to wear a white shirt, though that's mostly covered by his coat and waistcoat. When outside, he wears a black Derby hat. Most of his clothes are of decent, but not fancy, quality, though he does have a very nice gold pocetwatch on a chain. He owns enough clothes for three or four outfits, but as he has been moving around the continent in the recent past, he has not acquired new clothing for about a year. What he owns is plain enough that it's not obviously out of fashion, but anyone for an eye for such thinks would know that it's old. Rawne is vain enough that this does bother him, slightly.
His general demeanor is emotionless and forbidding. He frowns most of the time. If he wants to put someone at ease, he may smile, very slightly, but it never really reaches his eyes. All his emotions, even his anger, are hidden, only being revealed in extreme circumstances.
AU History: Elim Rawne is the third child and second son of a Baronet from Edinburgh. Ever since he was a boy, he longed for something more than his status as a younger son could get him. He envied his older brother and gained an ambition for power. Perhaps hoping to assuage his ambition, his family bought him a commission in the 42nd Regiment of Foot as soon as he was of age. However, he took it as his parents wanting him out of the house as soon as possible, since they weren't close, and it only added to his bitterness.
Once he joined up, he quickly made the acquaintance of Sergeant Murtan Feygor, a poor man with a criminal background. They made a partnership, with Feygor bringing the connections and Rawne the money. They sold supplies to the local black market, everything from guns to flour to cloth. The regiment always had a surplus of supplies and every man had a price, willing to look the other way for a fee. They used their connections the other way, as well, buying drugs and other contraband from the black market and selling to their fellow soldiers. They had to be careful, though, since Colonel Ibram Gaunt, their commanding officer, was known to be the type who couldn't be bought.
Then, they went to war. He fought in 1854, in the Crimean War, and in 1857, in the Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny). Rawne comported himself bravely and won several medals. While he did not single-handedly win battles, he didn't lose them, either, and he gained a reputation (somewhat earned) for gallantry. He also participated in the reprisals after the Seige of Cawnpore, where he killed several civilians. On the back of his accomplishments, he was promoted through the ranks, becoming a Major by 1860.
Rawne did not adjust well to peacetime. He knew that, without battles, the odds of advancing once more were slim. He'd also gained a taste of blood and ached to fight again. Peace bored him and boredom made him dangerous. In addition to continuing to work with the black market, he also joined an underground fighting ring and started a confidence scheme of creating fake war widows to collect pensions. It was this last step that went too far and his commanding officer found out. When Colonel Gaunt confronted him, it escalated to a physical fight and, mad with rage, Rawne stabbed him until he lay dead in a pool of his own blood. By dawn, he was riding a horse south to meet a ship to Calais, an officer no longer.
Job: Until recently, Major in the 42nd Regiment of Foot. Currently, wanted crimimal.
Reason for coming to Lethevale: Elim Rawne is on the run from the law after killing his commanding officer. He has traveled almost at random across the European continent, moving ever eastward. After someone possible discovered his true identity in Warsaw (or he was just being paranoid) he headed to the most remote place he could find, that being Lethevale.
Inventory: Revolver, long war-knife, civilian clothes, war medals (from the Crimean War and the Indian Rebellion)
Sample: Link and Link
Misc.
Additional Links: HMD
Anything else:
Player handle: Lydia
Contact details:
lookashiny Time zone: UTC -5
Other characters: None
IC Information
Name:Major Elim Rawne
Nicknames/Alias: Ibram Gaunt
Age: 36
Source canon: Gaunt's Ghosts
Personality: Canon:
Canonically, Rawne begins as a minor antagonist. In the first book, First and Only, he wants to kill Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, who commands the Tanith regiment (First and Only). The regiment is all that's left of the population of Tanith after they were hastily evacuated during a Chaos (enemy) bombardment. Rawne hates that Gaunt did this and refused to let them fight and die for their planet, so he's out for his life. He actively tries to kill Gaunt twice, both times in the second book, Ghostmaker. This desire gradually fades away, until, in the 8th book, they can work together well and could almost be friends.
Rawne's major character trait for the first 4-5 books is his anger. He's an angry, bitter, ruthless person with no real friends and nothing to look forward to but death on some distant battlefield. He's stuck with a bunch of people he never would have interacted with of his own volition before Tanith was destroyed, since he was from a rich family. He is very isolated, but it is an entirely self-imposed isolation. Simple proximity around the rest of the First and Only erodes this to the point that he becomes somewhat more sociable, though still not really friends with anyone. He's mostly sociable with members of his own platoon, third platoon, especially his adjutant, Murtan Feygor, who worked with him in the black market on Tanith. He's also developed a dry, deadpan sense of humor.
He's also highly ambitious at first. At least a part of his murderous intent seems to be based on wanting to take Gaunt's place, though what he would do after that never comes up and he never thinks that far. His realization that being third in command gives him both the status and the power his ambition wants satisfies this early on, though, and his ambition fades to the background.
His other major character arc is becoming a better officer. At the beginning, he isn't really a leader in any way but rank. He gained the rank of Major by chance, and wasn't trained for it or expecting it. His platoon is also the dumping ground for all the criminals and malcontents in the regiment. But his rank comes with responsiblity and, gradually, his responsibility turns him into a good officer, even when he's still an asshole. He can delegate during battle and knows enough tactics to be both flexible and effective.
The one thing that saves Rawne from being a straight up villain, even from the start, is his code of honor. It's twisted and lopsided, but it's there. Even when he wanted to kill Gaunt, he didn't leave him to die, even when he could have, easily. He never runs from battle and never lets fear determine his actions. His honor is also what makes him become a better officer, as he develops to the point where he cannot just coast on his rank, but must bear up under the responsibilities of it.
AU:
The AU version of Rawne is, basically speaking, the canon version without any positive development. He's an ambitious, ruthless, amoral jackass. Without the destruction of his home planet, he's not thrust into a new role with no experience, he's not cut off from his old life, and he's not forced to treat people of a lower class to himself as his peers. He has held his high-class status all his life and he's never been challenged. He also never lost his criminal contacts, so that alone hardened his ruthlessness more than the canon version.
During the two campaigns Rawne fought in, he did find that he had a skill for leading men in battle. He was not one to shrink from battle and he had a mind for tactics that, if it did not win battles, certainly did not lose them. His ambitions were fed and, if he had continued in this way, he may have become a better man. Still not a good man, but one worth respecting.
However, after the Indian Rebellion, he had no more fighting to do. Peacetime brought a return of his criminal dealings and of the feeling that he deserved more than he had. His bitterness and anger over his life consumed him again, leading to clashes with his commanding officer and, eventually, murder.
Canon history: Wiki page. Rawne comes from after Traitor General, the 8th book in he series.
AU Information
Appearance: Played by Tyler Hoechlin. Rawne is tall and fairly muscular, with the kind of upright bearing that only comes from military training. His skin is pale enough that India was a special kind of hell for him; he spent most of his time in the shade, lest he burn red. His hair is jet black. When he was in the army, he was clean-shaven, but he grew out his beard when he went on the run. It's not long, ever, but it's enough to at least somewhat hide his identity. He got (in some dingy backwater port) a blue starburst tattoo around his right eye for the same reason.
He dresses in civilian clothes only, having assumed it would be unwise to wear his uniform. (His uniform incidentally, would look like this, so it's pretty conspicuous.) He dresses all in black, or as near as he can get. He usually has to wear a white shirt, though that's mostly covered by his coat and waistcoat. When outside, he wears a black Derby hat. Most of his clothes are of decent, but not fancy, quality, though he does have a very nice gold pocetwatch on a chain. He owns enough clothes for three or four outfits, but as he has been moving around the continent in the recent past, he has not acquired new clothing for about a year. What he owns is plain enough that it's not obviously out of fashion, but anyone for an eye for such thinks would know that it's old. Rawne is vain enough that this does bother him, slightly.
His general demeanor is emotionless and forbidding. He frowns most of the time. If he wants to put someone at ease, he may smile, very slightly, but it never really reaches his eyes. All his emotions, even his anger, are hidden, only being revealed in extreme circumstances.
AU History: Elim Rawne is the third child and second son of a Baronet from Edinburgh. Ever since he was a boy, he longed for something more than his status as a younger son could get him. He envied his older brother and gained an ambition for power. Perhaps hoping to assuage his ambition, his family bought him a commission in the 42nd Regiment of Foot as soon as he was of age. However, he took it as his parents wanting him out of the house as soon as possible, since they weren't close, and it only added to his bitterness.
Once he joined up, he quickly made the acquaintance of Sergeant Murtan Feygor, a poor man with a criminal background. They made a partnership, with Feygor bringing the connections and Rawne the money. They sold supplies to the local black market, everything from guns to flour to cloth. The regiment always had a surplus of supplies and every man had a price, willing to look the other way for a fee. They used their connections the other way, as well, buying drugs and other contraband from the black market and selling to their fellow soldiers. They had to be careful, though, since Colonel Ibram Gaunt, their commanding officer, was known to be the type who couldn't be bought.
Then, they went to war. He fought in 1854, in the Crimean War, and in 1857, in the Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny). Rawne comported himself bravely and won several medals. While he did not single-handedly win battles, he didn't lose them, either, and he gained a reputation (somewhat earned) for gallantry. He also participated in the reprisals after the Seige of Cawnpore, where he killed several civilians. On the back of his accomplishments, he was promoted through the ranks, becoming a Major by 1860.
Rawne did not adjust well to peacetime. He knew that, without battles, the odds of advancing once more were slim. He'd also gained a taste of blood and ached to fight again. Peace bored him and boredom made him dangerous. In addition to continuing to work with the black market, he also joined an underground fighting ring and started a confidence scheme of creating fake war widows to collect pensions. It was this last step that went too far and his commanding officer found out. When Colonel Gaunt confronted him, it escalated to a physical fight and, mad with rage, Rawne stabbed him until he lay dead in a pool of his own blood. By dawn, he was riding a horse south to meet a ship to Calais, an officer no longer.
Job: Until recently, Major in the 42nd Regiment of Foot. Currently, wanted crimimal.
Reason for coming to Lethevale: Elim Rawne is on the run from the law after killing his commanding officer. He has traveled almost at random across the European continent, moving ever eastward. After someone possible discovered his true identity in Warsaw (or he was just being paranoid) he headed to the most remote place he could find, that being Lethevale.
Inventory: Revolver, long war-knife, civilian clothes, war medals (from the Crimean War and the Indian Rebellion)
Sample: Link and Link
Misc.
Additional Links: HMD
Anything else:
