From Changeling Venue

Seeming	Elemental Sandharrowed
Court	No Court
Freehold	Fen of Brambles
Player	Jim Reiner

Contents 1 Overview 2 Character Information 2.1 Allies 2.2 Somewhere in Between Light and Dark 2.3 Enemies 2.4 Character Inspirations 2.5 Quotes 2.6 Rumors 3 OOC Information

Overview

Alias(es): Ol' Drunkard, Slacker, Loser

Real Name: No one knows, but when drunk he will answer to Daniel

Age: 30

Concept: Disgraced Summer Knight/Ronin Hardass

Entitlement: Margravate of the Brim

Physical description: Kei is a lean seasoned figure of early thirties. His hair is usually a mop of sun bleached white, and eyes of diamonds. His skin varies from the white of the White Sands of Utah, to a dusty brown color of the Sahara, always the apparent texture of a living, moving sand dune. If Kei would actually let you touch him, his skin would be soft and warm like a sunny beach. Kei is otherwise human in appearance, with a lean swordsman's build. He tends to dress simply and in usually rumpled clothing as is drunk a good deal of time. With him at all times is a sword made of Arcadian Crystal known as Vel'sian. Kei does not let anyone touch this sword and will not talk of its origins.

Relevant Mechanics: While the details change with the telling, Kei is labeled by many in the Summer Court to be an oath breaker by murdering his lord and sovereign and the royal court of his Freehold. While no one person could claim the city where this occured or the time, it was clearly before he stumbled into Tampa to loose himself in a bottle. Why isn't he dead? No one can name exactly who he killed. Kei refuses to talk about this issue to the point of violence, but clearly something happened that caused him to loose summer. There are some who remember him as Kei, Lord Commander of Summer, Knight-Dragoon of Sun, and Wielder of Vel'sian, the epitome of Summer's Mantle. How the mighty have fallen.

Character Livejournal: N/A

Character Information

OOC: Kei is designed to be the tragic hero. The noble knight who has lost everything. While the details of the fall are foggy on purpose, Kei has had a rough time of it since then. If you'd like character ties, shoot me an e-mail. If you just want a quote, post one about me and I will return the favor.

Allies

• Dzxoxian Brokehorn aka Juggernaut - "This Mac Truck of a man has been brought to you by Faerie<tm>! Only Faerie can bring you the Juggernaut, but in the multicolor variety. Now with the horn upgrade! Use your Juggernaut to bust yuppies coming into your club! Faerie, supplying you the best drinkin' buds that can bench a rhino! Coming to a dream near you!"

• Celest Silverstorm aka Ice Queen - "...the Ice Queen sent you? Really, cause Cel is a pretty private girl and she usually sneaks up on me while I'm having some beer and watches me jump and pull the sword in one motion. She says its cute, but I keep telling her it will get her killed. Now, you aren't the Ice Queen, and she didn't send you, so unless you want me to do that 'cute' trick with the sword, I'd scram."

• Wayland Smith aka Smith - "Wayland huh? Yeah, I know him, makes damn fine shit too. If I had money that wasn't going to feed my medical condition known as beer, I might get some shit from him. But the dwarf tossing references keep coming to mind when I see him."

• Echo aka Mystique - "Listen, you didn't hear this from me, but Mystique finds the best stuff ever! Sure she is creepy... in that "I could be anyone you know, even your mom" kinda way, but she and I are cool, I drink in my bar, she steals my wallet, I shrug and keep drinking, not like there was any money in it."

• Van Silverstorm aka Kung Fu Jesus - "Van is alright, but seriously needs to calm down a bit. My first option is USUALLY to check something out, then slash it. His approach is to blow it up with Summer Fire and then pick through whats left. But he buys me beer, so I don't argue."

Somewhere in Between Light and Dark

• Jandori aka Sugar - "Sugar... oh she is all kinds of fun, especially if I've been drinking. She gets me shit I need when I need it, without any questions, and while I'm sure she'd love to shoot me between the eyes for calling her Sugar, she also knows I wouldn't let people fuck with her shit. ...And she knows I'd draw first."

• Edria Meredith aka Spooky - "Eh? Are you an idiot? Do you think the Queen Boogity-Boogity of O-town would be the type to just play with horses and raise Sunflowers. Sure... if those horses burned with unholy flame and the sunflowers could cleave a man in two. I think I'm just fine over here in the swamp full of villains thank you very much.

• Gaius Arctorus aka Elvis aka The King - "The man commands people. I do not know fear, but I am wary of him. Why? When I fear none in my own city and not even my Keeper causes me dread? Because of one simple fact... he gives them hope. A man will do a lot with that. He can also die without it once its proven false. Trust no one, hope in nothing, and you cannot be hurt."

• Ae Lament aka The X - "The X? Yeah... she's alright... bit intense, bit protective, but very flash fire to Spooky's calmer presence. Though, if I needed to go roll up on something, I'm glad I got her card."

Enemies

• Kalen Blazenheart aka Xena - "No, you got it wrong... I wouldn't call her my enemy, if she was, she would be dead no matter what King Aurtus Maximus Desmidus fancy pants in Orlando said or did. But we don't get along. She is all order and structure in the one place where most people here don't want that. I'm all kinds of lawless reckless explosion-waiting-to-happen she doesn't want around here. But, we set that aside when someone comes to fuck with our shit.

• "Kalen loves to call this 'her' freehold, as if she owned it or something. Sure, I wasn't here to free the place, but what kinda ego trip do you have to be on for that. One thing is clear to me about the Fen... it no one's but the Wyld's."

• The Walker in the Waves of Passion and Desire aka my Keeper - "Why don't I talk about my keeper? Why do I not cower in my Fen of Brambles like most others of my kind? Because, it took everything from me... Knighthood, Summer, Glory, Love, Light, Emotion... all in one fell swoop. I was her dunes, her wastes, when she sounded the call, I rose up and took everything from her enemies and I loved it. I was invincible. But I wanted more... I wanted Honor. I wanted meaning an' purpose. So I left, and took the only thing I cared about with me. I came here, "home" I guess you would call it and I gained Honor, Glory, and all that other crap. But I was not my own man... I was still awash in the waves of Passion and Desire, and while none would ever believe me, I did not murder my Lord to save my own life. But once its all taken away and all you have is you, you find that somethings just don't scare you anymore. So, I gave the Walker the one thing I could... I gave her Death. You see, when I have no passion, no desire, she had nothing on me. How do I know she is dead you ask? Oh... I know, and lets leave it at that." - Said to an unknown party in a bar in Tampa

• "Damn gentry are a bunch of cheaters, they aren't supposed to get back up after you run them through. Looks like it time for the next lesson, Death 202 is now in session."

Character Inspirations

• Ginawa from Legend of the Five Rings.

• Dairya from Legend of the Five Rings.

• Desmond from Lost, the Television Series.

• Maximus from Gladiator, the flim.

• Exalted from White-Wolf Game studios, especially Solars and Abyssals. Special thanks to Jennifer Kooken for providing inspiration for the keeper.

• Prince of the Prince of Persia series of games, particularly the more recent in the series.

• Dune, need I say more?

Quotes

• "Let me break it down for ya, the beat squad of Tampa works like this. Kalen aka Xena is 'la generalisma' on the front lines crossed with that obsessed cop from Le Miserables, then comes the The Juggernaut who will smash you into a thousand tiny little bits. Kung Fu Jesus comes in next, he's some type of mixed martial arts guy, really fancy, and pretty damn hard to mess with. You got some other random types... Revenant can get in on it a bit, some other guys. Then there is me. I'm the guy you call when you want something done without questions asked. Thats how we roll around here." - Kei

• "All right, I admit that I'm a little jealous of this motherfucker. He's got a giant blue crystal sword that can cut through a goddamn Panzer tank, a fuckin' pocket gnome that makes everything he does awesome, and he moves faster that the wind on amphetamines. Heh, heh...but for all that, I'm thankful, too, because when he's fighting on the same field I am...well, let's just say that it's fuckin' nice when it's not the guy who's damn near eight feet tall, dark gray, has horns, and can bench a Dodge Ram that's drawin' all the big nasty's attention." - Dzxoxian Brokehorn

• "Kei and I are similar in many ways. How? That is unimportant. Ones inner thoughts and desires should remain as such. Just know that there is more to the man than your eyes perceive. Pay him well if you take on his services. He holds true to his bargains. Buy him a drink and your evening will be remain eventful. A warning though, make sure to make your presence known if you seek his company... Unless you would like to see him surprised. I do find that it is rather cute." - Celest Silverstorm

• "There is a certian tragic nobility to this one that has fallen so far and so hard, and I will distain no strong arm where the saftey of my freehold is concerned...But that dosn't mean I can ignore the fact that Summer has turned it's back on him, And despite any inherent nobility he is still an oathbreaker and a drunk."- Kalen Blazenheart

• "Kei's a regular sonovabitch. He likes to THINK he's the hottest thing to hit this side of the hedge since the formation of the Courts. But I've got news for him, if it came down to us drawing guns against each other... I really don't know which one would win. It would be close. It would be damn bloody and a lot of other people would get hurt. Besides, that would be a waste of man-candy if you ask me. Get us both drunk enough and it won't be guns blazing between us." - Jandori

• "There is darkness in this man, clouding over his mind and soul. But what darkness can hold fast within him when he shall choose to cast off the shackles of his past - and let a summer sun blaze through the night?" - Gaius Arctorus

• "So they say that he has some crap in his history, that he's fallen, that he's an oath breaker not to be trusted blah blah blah melodrama melodrama-- frankly, I don't give a shit. Not my business. He's good people when you get down to it and when shit hits the fan I'd rather have him at my side than just about anyone else outside of my motley. He's also funny as hell, just feed him a few beers and wait for it- it makes having a fake ID that much better." - Van Silverstorm

• "If K's leadin' a party into the hedge, then I'm followin'. This dude might just take the top spot of Hedgediver in my book. And he goes out to the Brim! He took me once. Scared the f**k out of me! If it wasn't for him we'd never come back at all. Not that he'd ever need *MY* help, but if he asked for it, I'd gladly give it to him!" - Toi Breaker

• "Stories have told of the man who fell from grace, to become stronger than what they were, be greater than leaders of old.....I was once that man...and maybe Kei will take my crown from me..." - Revenant

Rumors

• Kei is a sword for hire, and will work for booze.

• Kei maintains a secret network of alliances among the goblins.

• Kei is still a slave to his Keeper.

• Kei's sword is what he took from his keeper when he killed her.

• Kei didn't really kill his keeper, she doesn't know how to die.

• In his heart, he is still a giant softie and likes to help out people in need.

OOC Information

• Player: Jim Reiner

• Cam Number: US2005023014

• Home: Tampa, Florida, USA

• Domain: FL-034-D