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Character Name: Tyve Russell-Rasmussen Character Age: 20 Background: It started with a world. This world developed as worlds are wont to do. And it grew until it reached the point where technology blurred the lines of the divine and the mundane and men became like gods--Conquering the elements, the sea, the sky and almost everything between. But then something happened, a great cataclysm lost to memories of those no longer living, and the world plunged into a new dark ages. Despite that, there were some survivors. And those remaining clung on to life, salvaged what was left and rebuilt the world slowly. Of course it was never the same.
And as time marched on, those survivors died and most of the knowledge of the old world disappeared. Of course it's been said there were certain vestiges left, but it's been several centuries now the tales are no more then legend now. After all, even with the apex of technologies of the day such as engines, telephones and electricity, man still has yet to conquer the skies and sea.
Until one day.
Over one-thousand years to the day after the end of the cataclysm, a routine dig for ore uncovered the ruins of the world that was. It was the day the world began to change anew once more as more and more diggings started to take place. Practically overnight, technology began to not so much march forward as leap in great bounds.
But we need to take a step back and talk about Tyve. Fifteen years prior to this discovery, Tyve was born to a very well to do family. Her mother was from a minor aristocratic house and her father was a career military man with a long line of forebears (Some say even a general in the wild and early centuries following the cataclysm) for the country of Ascalon, a place known for its mountainous forests as much as its military power. She had a fairly normal childhood as an only child, wanting for nothing, receiving the best in education and lifestyle and with no great incidents to be had in her past. In fact she had decided to follow the military career path of her own father. After all, despite the fact of that peace had been long in the world, the military still had prestige to it.
At the age of thirteen, as was the custom for those in her world, she took the entrance exams for her chosen profession and was accepted at one of the most prestigious military academies in Ascalon. During her six year tenure here, with the finest minds of both war and peace, it was expected that she would learn to become a soldier. And after a rough first year, she adjusted to her second year, made friends and all was normal for the young girl.
Unfortunately, this was not to last. When Tyve began her second year, the first of the ruins of the world that was before were found. While most of the year passed by without incident, towards the end was a different story. By then several more ruins had been discovered and with it came conflict. After all, ruins did not discriminate between borders of countries, and while many countries were able to forge partnerships or compromises, there were just as many places where the dispute over ownership of certain ruins led to border skirmishes throughout. Ascalon was no exception. Bordered to the west by the country of Colada, there arose a dispute over a particularly large ruin between the two countries. Having never been in particularly warm terms with each other, it had only been a matter of time before their skirmishes escalated into something worse. No one is quite sure who was responsible for the idea, but it can only be presumed that one of the war council of Colada thought it to be prudent to not only demoralize Ascalon but to be rid of future leaders of their rival country. The strategy they chose was to attack the academy.
It was one warm afternoon in the spring that the plan was put into motion and a small but elite force of Colada’s soldiers attacked the academy. Students and teachers alike tried to defend their school, located remotely in the forests of Ascalon, but it was in vain and even as reserve forces arrived, it had been too little too late and the damage had been done. It was then that Tyve got her first taste of real war, watching her dearest friends being cut down and her attempts to avenge and save them resulting in a scarring on her face and soul. It would later be known as the ‘Massacre of Ascalon’ and the beginning of the War of the Ruins. The immediate aftermath left Tyve in shock for a few months, unable to comprehend the sheer loss. But she had always been a resilient girl and now was no different and she healed. Physically at least. It would still good while before the psychological wounds left her.
As time rolled on, the academy rebuilt itself and opened up its doors once more, despite the carnage that had happened only months before. Of course now, circumstances were different. With the finding of more and more ruins, the conflict between countries and the rise in technology was inevitable. But the world wasn’t the only thing that had changed. Tyve had as well and as she began her third year, in memory of her friends, she opted to forgo the path of a marksman in the Ascalon army and instead aimed towards the leadership track. And with a dogged determination she forged ahead on her new path, healing slowly from her emotional wounds as well, forging new friendships among her fellow survivors of the massacre, opening up a bit more, and generally becoming what was expected of her as someone aiming for a leadership position. And while the war waged on, its effects still very prevalent around and in the academy despite its mostly insular location, she learned and grew and excelled. And when she was 19, a fresh new graduate (with distinction) of the academy, she entered the field of war, not as a victim but as a soldier.
Despite the trauma she'd suffered only a few years ago and the extensive training she'd received, she still was taken by surprise on her first forays into the battlefield. The years had not dulled the wars around her and in fact many of the conflicts only intensified, in no small part because of the technology being uncovered on all sides. It seemed to the solider that every week brought a new change in strategy, a new way to have to adapt as more and more ancient technology was used on the field. And with it also, brought more countries into the initial conflict of Ascalon and Colada. Of course with that continuous flux in technology and manpower on both sides, she continued to lose people near and dear to her, though she was more accepting (though no less angered) of the casualties, having come to terms with her friends deaths in her last years in the academy. So in the midst of her first year, already experienced in battles and death, though by no means a hardened veteran, she continues on, hoping for an end to the fighting soon and perhaps a little revenge on Colada for all that's she's lost.
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Character Name: Tyve Russell-Rasmussen
Character Age: 20
Background: It started with a world. This world developed as worlds are wont to do. And it grew until it reached the point where technology blurred the lines of the divine and the mundane and men became like gods--Conquering the elements, the sea, the sky and almost everything between. But then something happened, a great cataclysm lost to memories of those no longer living, and the world plunged into a new dark ages. Despite that, there were some survivors. And those remaining clung on to life, salvaged what was left and rebuilt the world slowly. Of course it was never the same.
And as time marched on, those survivors died and most of the knowledge of the old world disappeared. Of course it's been said there were certain vestiges left, but it's been several centuries now the tales are no more then legend now. After all, even with the apex of technologies of the day such as engines, telephones and electricity, man still has yet to conquer the skies and sea.
Until one day.
Over one-thousand years to the day after the end of the cataclysm, a routine dig for ore uncovered the ruins of the world that was. It was the day the world began to change anew once more as more and more diggings started to take place. Practically overnight, technology began to not so much march forward as leap in great bounds.
But we need to take a step back and talk about Tyve. Fifteen years prior to this discovery, Tyve was born to a very well to do family. Her mother was from a minor aristocratic house and her father was a career military man with a long line of forebears (Some say even a general in the wild and early centuries following the cataclysm) for the country of Ascalon, a place known for its mountainous forests as much as its military power. She had a fairly normal childhood as an only child, wanting for nothing, receiving the best in education and lifestyle and with no great incidents to be had in her past. In fact she had decided to follow the military career path of her own father. After all, despite the fact of that peace had been long in the world, the military still had prestige to it.
At the age of thirteen, as was the custom for those in her world, she took the entrance exams for her chosen profession and was accepted at one of the most prestigious military academies in Ascalon. During her six year tenure here, with the finest minds of both war and peace, it was expected that she would learn to become a soldier. And after a rough first year, she adjusted to her second year, made friends and all was normal for the young girl.
Unfortunately, this was not to last. When Tyve began her second year, the first of the ruins of the world that was before were found. While most of the year passed by without incident, towards the end was a different story. By then several more ruins had been discovered and with it came conflict. After all, ruins did not discriminate between borders of countries, and while many countries were able to forge partnerships or compromises, there were just as many places where the dispute over ownership of certain ruins led to border skirmishes throughout. Ascalon was no exception. Bordered to the west by the country of Colada, there arose a dispute over a particularly large ruin between the two countries. Having never been in particularly warm terms with each other, it had only been a matter of time before their skirmishes escalated into something worse. No one is quite sure who was responsible for the idea, but it can only be presumed that one of the war council of Colada thought it to be prudent to not only demoralize Ascalon but to be rid of future leaders of their rival country. The strategy they chose was to attack the academy.
It was one warm afternoon in the spring that the plan was put into motion and a small but elite force of Colada’s soldiers attacked the academy. Students and teachers alike tried to defend their school, located remotely in the forests of Ascalon, but it was in vain and even as reserve forces arrived, it had been too little too late and the damage had been done. It was then that Tyve got her first taste of real war, watching her dearest friends being cut down and her attempts to avenge and save them resulting in a scarring on her face and soul. It would later be known as the ‘Massacre of Ascalon’ and the beginning of the War of the Ruins. The immediate aftermath left Tyve in shock for a few months, unable to comprehend the sheer loss. But she had always been a resilient girl and now was no different and she healed. Physically at least. It would still good while before the psychological wounds left her.
As time rolled on, the academy rebuilt itself and opened up its doors once more, despite the carnage that had happened only months before. Of course now, circumstances were different. With the finding of more and more ruins, the conflict between countries and the rise in technology was inevitable. But the world wasn’t the only thing that had changed. Tyve had as well and as she began her third year, in memory of her friends, she opted to forgo the path of a marksman in the Ascalon army and instead aimed towards the leadership track. And with a dogged determination she forged ahead on her new path, healing slowly from her emotional wounds as well, forging new friendships among her fellow survivors of the massacre, opening up a bit more, and generally becoming what was expected of her as someone aiming for a leadership position. And while the war waged on, its effects still very prevalent around and in the academy despite its mostly insular location, she learned and grew and excelled. And when she was 19, a fresh new graduate (with distinction) of the academy, she entered the field of war, not as a victim but as a soldier.
Despite the trauma she'd suffered only a few years ago and the extensive training she'd received, she still was taken by surprise on her first forays into the battlefield. The years had not dulled the wars around her and in fact many of the conflicts only intensified, in no small part because of the technology being uncovered on all sides. It seemed to the solider that every week brought a new change in strategy, a new way to have to adapt as more and more ancient technology was used on the field. And with it also, brought more countries into the initial conflict of Ascalon and Colada. Of course with that continuous flux in technology and manpower on both sides, she continued to lose people near and dear to her, though she was more accepting (though no less angered) of the casualties, having come to terms with her friends deaths in her last years in the academy. So in the midst of her first year, already experienced in battles and death, though by no means a hardened veteran, she continues on, hoping for an end to the fighting soon and perhaps a little revenge on Colada for all that's she's lost.