Name: Chetarren Caesar (pronounced “She-tar-ren Kay-zar”).
Age: 107.
Race: Centaur.
Sex: Male.
Hair: Dark brown, greying at the edges, and cropped short.
Eyes: Hazel.
Weight: 624 kg.
Height: 221 cm (just over 7’4”).
Weapon: One 7’ spear and one 4’ sledgehammer.
Armour: Strengths: Being a centaur, Chetarren is strong, fast, agile, and has exceptionally good eyesight. He has also been using his two weapons for so long that they function more as dangerous extensions of his own limbs than as weapons. Finally, he has recently gained the use of magic, which he is beginning to master through use of his disciplined mind.
Weakness: Chetarren’s size and weight mean that he cannot fight so well on treacherous ground or in enclosed spaces. He is also a very old centaur, and is not capable of some of the feats of his youth any more. While this may be offset somewhat by his recently acquired magical ability, Chetarren still lacks the fine control of a true mage. Consequently, use of his magic is often draining, and over-use will inevitably lead to complete exhaustion.
Skills/Magic: Chetarren is a highly skilled warrior and tracker who also possesses some magical ability.
Personality: Chetarren is an aging centaur warrior in the service of two of his people’s gods. He is slow to anger, able to keep his temper in check in the direst of circumstances. Even slower to trust than he is to anger, Chetarren never leaves an enemy behind him that may yet cause him harm. He also hates the undead with a passion hotter than the noonday sun.
Appearance: A large, well-muscled centaur, Chetarren’s upper body is that of a tanned human male. From the waist down, he appears to be a bay horse with a mane and tail that match his hair. His mane runs up his back, along his spine, and connects with his short-cropped hair. Old scars criss-cross his body, the most prominent being one on his left flank that resembles a jagged lightning bolt. Around his neck hangs a pendant made from the scales of a dragon, the tear of a phoenix, and a unicorn’s tail hairs. It takes the form of two dragons entwined, one white, the other black. For those with less imagination than others,
here's a pic of him, courtesy of windlord.
History: Born in a large community of his kind deep in an old forest, Chetarren’s childhood was unremarkable for a centaur. The one thing he loved to do above all else was explore the area surrounding his home, and he would often lead the other children his age on short forays into the forests for this purpose.
As Chetarren grew older, his increasing knowledge of the centaurs’ forest brought him to the attention of the warriors who guarded the area from outside intrusion. Under direction of the Moon-Priests, he was persuaded to join the warriors, who soon put his knowledge to good use. Given a spear and sledgehammer, weapons he carries to this day, Chetarren was taught the skills of a tracker and used to find any who may trespass in his home.
Up until then, the young centaur had always been a popular member of a group similar to himself. Now, however, his duties demanded that he remain alone or with a few older centaurs for days – even weeks – at a time, with only a short stop between patrols. This forced him to become much more independent than he had previously been, and meant that he lost touch with many of those he had grown up with. He also turned much more towards his people’s religion as solace – the worship of the two gods of balance, represented in the heavens by the ever-changing moon.
Chetarren had been with the warriors for eleven years when he got his first real taste of combat. A sizeable force of undead creatures led by a dozen vampires entered the forest, forging their way towards the heart of the centaurs’ realm. They sought to break the power of the two moon gods by eliminating their mortal followers.
The war between undead and centaur continued for close to six years. Chetarren, as a ten-year member of the warrior’s circle, was often in the thick of the fighting in addition to his role as forward scout and tracker. He saw old friends thought killed in the fighting brought back as undead slaves, including both of his brothers and one of his two sisters. By the grace of his gods, he withstood many foul magics that his enemies brought to bear, and still fought on for his home and people. In the first year of the conflict alone, Chetarren personally destroyed two of the vampire-generals and uncounted lesser abominations.
The war eventually ended in blood and ashes as the centaurs launched a last-ditch attempt to eliminate the undead leadership – the last seven vampires. By this point, Chetarren was considered among the most experienced of the warriors left alive, and was sent in as the group’s second-in-command.
Four days after the twenty-seven experienced warriors left on their mission, three of them returned carrying a mortally wounded Chetarren. Their tale told of a running battle against the nightmares that infested the undead-claimed forest that claimed four centaur lives – and created four more slaves for the vampires. Their leader was slain shortly after entering the heart of the undead realm, where his body became one of the enemy and led an attempt to capture the centaurs that was aided by three of the very vampires they were had hoped to slay.
Putting his trust in the two gods he had come to serve, Chetarren took the best of the survivors and turned his back on the undead force. Plunging deeper into the enemy territory, he sought out and destroyed four of their targets before returning to kill the other three. His gambit proved successful, although all but two of his companions were slain, along with all but a single member of the rearguard. The last of the vampires gave Chetarren a great wound on his left flank, ripping chunks of his flesh from his body with it’s last moments.
Chetarren and the other survivors were hailed as heroes upon their return, but the celebrations were dampened by Chetarren’s impending death. The three surviving Moon-Priests were asked to intercede with the gods on Chetarren’s behalf – not only because of his heroic status, but because the undead were still out there, and they needed all the experienced warriors they could get.
Agreeing to the proposal put forward by their subjects, the two moon gods restored Chetarren’s health and brought him back from the brink of death. He went on to lead the remaining warriors in a ten-year campaign that cleansed the forest of the undead abominations. By the end of it, his people had begun to recover from the devastation the war had brought, although there were still less than a tenth of the population left. Chetarren emerged from his experiences as a toughened warrior and hero of his people.
Fifty years passed from that time, in which he safeguarded his people from goblins, men, and many other races that sought to take the forest. During that time, the mighty centaur warrior grew old, having lived the vast majority of his people’s hundred-and-ten-year life span. Knowing that he would soon die, the Herd-Lord left his people and took to a wandering life, which led him eventually to the strange Dome that spans all times and places. There, he was taught by Aurora the Ominae, honing his already-formidable skills to a finer edge. The summoner also unlocked his magical talent, the same innate magical talent that exists in all living creatures, and created his dragon-pendant to allow him to harness the power now at his disposal. She has also promised to teach him to read the
Annalia sans Qeyapo Lutinari once she herself understands it, which contains the full lore and keys to the magic of the Moon-Gods.
~ ~ ~ Chetarren's Training Entering the Dome Intermediate Training Advanced Training Battles Enter the Forest (Abandoned)
The Pie Fight (finished-ish)
The Alliance (abandoned)
Angelfire (abandoned)
Dragons' Soul (abandoned)
Dead Vengeance (finished)
A World in the Balance (abandoned)
When the Pattern is Obscured... (abandoned)
Crossroads A Quest Unfinished (abandoned)