Recruitment/OCC: Nuln by Night (Tales of Vengeance)

Sorry guys, been away all week, will have something up tomorrow as I am writing this from my ipad on cafe wifi.

 

Well I'm going to reuse a old RP name of mine as that RP died at the start and i never really got to use the name alas.

Nice character call there Mr Nightwere with the Countesses "Sister".



Full Name: Lady Arabella Dietrich
Associated Names: Drake Dietrich
Age: 23 (Turned at the age of 21)
Bloodline: Blood Dragon
Sire: Lady Natasja Dresden
Generation: 4th
Place of Birth: Nuln

Height: 4 ft 6 Inches
Hair Colour: Bright Scarlet Red
Eyes: Cats Eye Green
Skin: Pale White (Before being Turned)

Description:
A small dainty looking girl, a doll of sorts but is at odds with her actual abilities as she is not quiet, shy or any trait you would expect from one so small, her hair falls back flowing over her shoulders standing stark against her alabaster skin.
Always dressed for the occasion in the finest that can be had be it a expensive silk dress with gold embroidery or the finest armour to come out of the forges of Nuln she always dresses to kill.

Personality:
A social oddity Arabella would be considered a social Piranha by most (Yes a piranha) know mainly for her ability to turn from sweet to savage at the drop of a hat, a sweet girl to those she knows but show to forgive and more cunning than what you would expect her years to allow.
Educated from a young age at how to behave in court she held a flair in everything she did even when toeing the line due to her duel nature, as she was the youngest of 3 sisters and having no brothers to speak of her father had given her the attention growing up that he had hoped to his son and where as they were close and a loving daughter and parent are she became some what of a tom by due to these attentions preferring sword play, falconry and hunting over what was considered more womanly pursuits.

Brief History:
The third of three sisters Arabella was born into a noble house, her father hoping for a male heir lavished his time upon her and where as at times she must toe the line expected of a young lady she is a fighter at heart and her family would have it no other way, always the strongest of her sisters it was not unusual for others to refer to her as the oldest of the siblings where as what she lacked in years was made up for with experience.
Her mother left but a few years prior to join the Empire in another one of the countless chaos wars and had yet to return, there had been no news of her but to one of her skill that did not mean a great deal, you see her mother was a battle wizard, uncommon may it be for a lady to take up the mantle she had impressive powers as a youth manifesting themselves of their own accord, of course this attracted the attention of Witch Hunters but yet more importantly Elspeth Von Drak, One of Nulns greatest protectors to her side to shield her from hard and see her spirited away to Altdorf to learn to control her powers before returning.
Her powers only starting to manifest fully by the age of 14 she was home schooled by her mother which was known to many in the courts of nuln and was expected to be sent away to Altdorf should she decide to pass the title of heir to one of her sisters.
Where as she was the youngest she was the strongest and the wisest which also meant she was the one who could not have the simple life no matter what she decided, in her future lay only death and hardship as far as the eye could see and it did not look like it was about to get any easier any time soon.

Magic:
Magical Lore's Known: Death
Raw Magical Power: 3
Magical Skill: 2

Equipment:
Master Crafted Longsword
Twin Master Crafted Rapiers
A eloquent wardrobe befitting a Noble Woman's Station with the Jewelry to match.
A Number of jerkins and traveling clothes of reasonable and beautiful quality to suit any Drake
A Black Tricorn Hat
Sheaths for all Weapons

Armour:
A Master Crafted White Ali-baster Suit of plate Armour, made to size to fit like a glove set with elaborate scroll work.

Pendant of the Midnight Sun:
A Ruby Pendant in a dwarf made white gold setting and chain set about her neck enchanted for her by her mother as a gift for her 16th summer, The Pendant itself was designed to ward away harm which only took action in the direst of situations which had been shown in the past when hunting and a charging boar had run its head into the ground in a flash of blazing light breaking its own neck when charging her unarmed or again when she was 17 and attempted to conjure a fire to heat her chambers only to see the fire in her hands growing in size and strength before dissipating to nothing.
Whatever the items strength though each time it left he exhausted and in deep need of rest as it took the strength it needed from herself.

Strengths:
Quick Wit and Guile
Master Use of Blades
Understanding of magic and its Applications and how it can be directed

Weaknesses:
The Arrogance of Youth
Fiery Demeanor
Does not know Limits (has always been the big fish in the small pound and has never shied away from a change and as a result does not understand that somethings are above her)

 

Well as it stands I have yet to refine the character so I have only added the first layer so far.

1) Where as I can agree with the change in the power of the magic, however the Magisterix of the Amethyst College is Elspeth Von Draken who is based out of Nuln and a protector of the city itself.
If you were to default to magic outside of necromancy it would either be Death to be lore accurate, if fire I could not of been part taugh and would still be studying in Altdorf for the Lore of Fire will not work within the confines of the lore.

2) I'll cover that but i only just started the character and have yet to fully flesh her out.

3) It already lists why I am not married as I was raised as a male heir would be as my father had no male children.
In regards to the noble family I am still looking into the finer details.

4) Nuln possesses the largest number of dwarf craftsmen in trades of jewlery, weapon smithing, armour making and a number of other things.
Now this is listed in a number or lore books as well as novels and even in Gotrek and Felix it lists dwarfs as Engines who have their own workshops in the gunnery school and train Human Engineers.
Anyone being of Noble birth and being able to afford such things in a city where dwarf work is more common place than anywhere else in the empire should be able to know dwarf work.
Now I'm happy to make it none dwarf but they would know the difference.

5) I think you do however understimate Nuln as it is the only place in the empire where armour and such weapons are common place, Nuln is the forge of the empire, nearly everything comes from there and it is in fact a rarity for people not to own such items.
Now take into account that you call swords rare items, every banit, sell sword, millita for miles around has a sword a peice, this is really not common place, if your basing it on 1400's Europe that would be the case but this is not Europe.


I like the dark take but i feel we are missing out a fair few facts from the lore so far.

 

Not to worry, I am a big vamp lore fan but I am also a poster child for Nuln so i had to jump in here.
As I said allot to yet refine but not to worry, I will round off the edges soon enough.

4) You misunderstand what I said, its a Dwarf chain and fitting for the gem but the gem is what is enchanted which is fit in it but of course not dwarf made, a gift from my characters mother who was a wizard but currently Missing in action.
I would agree with you if it was dwarf "magic" but it is not, just the chain and setting is, I would be happy to replace it with white gold if preferred though or silver if we are playing the point that silver only hurts once it is used as a weapon and not simply worn.
As there is so many types of vampire living and dead in the old world I need to be careful with kind of thing.

5) I'm willing to compromise this point but once again I would say you underestimate the foundries of Nuln.
The city is so far into its crafting its streets are filled with smoke as is the sky above on even the clearest of days.
So I would Default to the Single Master Crafted long sword which can be explained as acting as my fathers female heir lacking a male, a standard rapier of good quality and a Good quality Plate suit matching the imagery previously given, understand the character as a modern day tom boy having to still be the dutiful daughter at court but learning the trade of battle as a matter of pride from her family to pass it on to the next generation, a all your eggs in one basket sort.

The reactions can be understood but at the same time a noble family having a reasonable amount of wealth and some items is to be expected, noble don't last long when poor after all, thats why a tavern whore in armour would raise a few eyebrows where as a noble lady in armour is just uncommon.
Remember the sisters of Sigmar and allot more besides.

 

The point is not only do they have the quality but the huge qunatity as well.
Supply inside the city outstrips demand, only shipping out is in high demand which is to be expected as every cannon in the Empire is forged in Nuln.

But this is not renissance is the problem, all lore and background on Nuln is widely avalible and this is a very different world, they make giant steam power ships that fire cannons, you can't compare them to closly to this world in the same way you can't compare a duck and a orange.

Ok I am going to point out that ALL empire Knightly orders that are reckonised are furnished with full dwarf crafted plate, this is listed in the dwarf army book, the empire armoy book, the empire heraldry book, sword of jusice, sword of vengence and more besides.
Vampire and Empire are my two main armies and I'm a big lore buff, love tearing into old books on the armies to find out old forgotton lore but these are more commonly known.

I will RE-highlight a few key facts as they seem to of been forgotton.
Since the time of Sigmar female warriors were common place, they became more uncommon as time progressed but are not unheard of, the Sisters of Sigmar are one example of armoured female warriors, you have Drakes in every city which are essentially female duelists, in Kislev which is thought of as part of the empire though seperate but close allies famale warriors are as common as male and women still take to the field of battle in the empire as well in numerous roles.
Now in regards to the magic aspect I explained that the head of the family was my father in this case but the magic user was my mother, at no point though does being a wizard mean they can not bear children, in this you have confused them with the Church of Sigmar.
My characters abilities manifested themselves at an older age, now seeing that my family is a noble one, my mother being a Battle Wizard of the College of Death, the head of the college being based in Nuln, now with this being the case she was taught at home by her mother before being due to be sent to the college of magic in Altdorf if she could not be taught by the head in Nuln as an exception but has now become a Vampire which changes things some what so taking that into account this is the part of the story for my character i still need to flesh out which I will be doing shortly.
You must remember that the death college is well loved in Nuln, Witch Hunters every so often have tried to hunt Elspeth Von Draken and have died for their trouble having acted outside the law and again someone allot more powerful than them, the Head of the order being a strong friend and protector of Nuln enjoys a high position in court as one of the chief advisors of the countess which is explained in the Forge world books as well, taking this into account, a partially trained Death Wizard still in training is not going to be shunned

 

I am working on my von Carstein noble, Avergraf Adamm Floryce of Averland

 

I'll make this quick as back at work in under 3 hours. (woe be me)

Yes the Empire is awesome indeed and you likewise have great taste.
Now sorry if I sound a little off at times but I write half my reply's when in work so I have to rush them and writ it over a couple hours 2 minutes here and there, no exaggeration.

Now it has been noted that the Demand for things forged in Nuln exceeds what they can produce which is why the forges never sleep, this is mentioned frequently in gotrek and felix.
A noble can afford full plate, that part is not so expensive, Great swords come in half plate which is dwarf forged as well.
However full made dwarf plate is expensive which are the serious money makers though these would tend to be Gromil like those used by the Rieksguard, Hellborg and who have you.

Most of the dwarf forged armour is in fact heirlooms created in the infancy of the empire and not "Imperial dwarf" forged but dwarf forged in its own right, it is also listed though again in gotrek and felix that new one are made but these are still dwarf made and come in by ship, same as the gun powder (there was a arguement about the dwarfs being unhappy giving it for the cost of its creation).

But there are still a number of female warriors, granted they are not great in number in modern times but they are not shunned, only bretonia and the Empire truth be told seem to have minimal numbers of female fighters.
I am also aware with the sister of sigmar, they are however still female warriors, what happens after not so important, same as the hulk stealing that motorbike in avengers. Details not important.

It seemed like you had mixed the roles of my father and my mother up in this was all in regards to wizarding and what not.

Now for the colleges this is more for the RP.
Reason being there are exceptions made from time to time, they are rare but it does happen, now as the one in my characters Bio who would be taking over my education would be the Grand Master of the Amethyst College it adds more flavor and political weight, taking in mind Nuln has been trying to establish a small college themselves in the lore over since aldorf got the colleges even though Nuln was at the time the capital its something that could be state sponsored.
You also have to remember Gelt hates Von Draken, reason being even in white dwarf lore and novel he is a very anything to win character and comes off as out for his own ends, Von Draken is his greatest rival but she has never offered challenge, this is a threat to his leadership so this tends to reflect badly especially seeing as death wizards are normally so loved.
Now my Character would be registered but I need time to flesh her out so don't worry.


So far we are looking at a battlemage, so some combat ability but not proficient as you would expect a vetran officer, same can be said for magic but she has the double threat.