Name: The Lost
Race: Bosmer
Age: 237, Appears 24
Birthplace: Unknown
Current Residence: None, a Wanderer
Alliances or Affiliations: None.
Occupation: Wandering Swordsman
Appearance: Long dark brown hair, silver eyes, black tattoo on his forehead(wood elven symbol), 5'7, 175 pounds, thin and athletic, slightly muscular, and three silver earrings on his left ear.
Gear: Unique armor of black leather lined with wolf fur with chainmail hidden within the cloth and silver plate shoulderguards. Fingerless black leather gauntlets, a hidden mechanism built into the left. Black leather boots, concealed blade in right. Wood elven markings adorn it. He fights with two twin katanas, similar in every way except for one; the material they're made of. One of the blades is black and made of ebony. The other is white and made of dragonbone, he however did not slay the dragon from where the bone came. He calls them Ebony and Ivory. He never goes anywhere without them.
Personality: The Lost is an enigma. He rarely speaks unless spoken to directly or unless he has something important to say. While people that have met him say he can seem cold and emotionless, they all agree there is a certain air of sorrow about him. Almost as if he is looking for something that was taken from him. There are moments, when he is alone, where he will show his emotions. Staring at the stars with a gleam in his eye, a slight smile as children play, and even tossing a few coins to the local beggar when no one is looking. While acting emotionless, he has been known to come to the defense of others for no reason with no desire of reward; often leaving without a word. He isn't a bad person, he's just hard to get close to.
History: Next to nothing is known about The Lost. He appeared a few years ago in Skyrim, taking odd jobs and quests. But he never took any job that didn't interest him. He would often take small jobs with little reward over jobs that offered a large amount of coin. For the last few years he has taken to exploring Dwemer and Nordic ruins.
Roleplay sample:
Prologue
"Such pathetic creatures...ignorant and frail...they are naught but dust and dessipated just as easily..." The Dark Stranger stood high upon the mountain, his crimson eyes surveying the land called Skyrim. His pitch black robe stirred in the wind silently. To anyone looking on they would have just though him a simple traveler or hermit. And for now...that suited his needs. "They are a disease... a pestilence clinging desperately to the one true achievement of the gods...tainting it..."
He drew the weapon from within his robes and studied for the hundreth time. Such a small thing, yet it contained incredible power. Incredible and terrible. His eyes surveyed the land once more. As they had for years, but what he searched for was still hidden from even his unrelenting gaze. "Very clever old friend...but you won't prolong the inevitable...not forever..." He was getting closer. Soon the prize would be his and the infernal fires would rain upon these unsuspecting insects. Of course there was that one...annoyance to deal with. He didn't fear him, but it's better to err on the side of caution.He turned to the mortal worm that had stood silently in fear of his master."When he leaves the city...I don't want to be able to recognize his corpse..."
Meanwhile In Solitude
An older redguard sat in a dark corner slowly examining the patrons. His black-brown hair was peppered with grey. The old scimitar on his hip had lost its shine, but not its edge. Much like its weilder. Daran Dyash sat back and muttered to himself,"I know he can't do it alone, but gods did we really have to look all the way in Solitude?" He ordered venison chop and water, none of that nord swill would pass his lips. He opened the knapsack on the ground next to him and pulled out a bottle, "I wish I had brought more Stros M'kai Rum. If he doesn't hurry back I'll drink it all myself." He sighed thinking about the future and past, he loved the boy as his own but he missed Hammerfell. Hard to believe he had been back there less than two years ago. It felt like an era. His eyes wandered back to the crowd. Yet no one looked promising, and this was a delicate situation after all. They couldn't just hire anyone. "A few more hours," he muttered. "Then we may have to try elsewhere, take a carriage Whiterun maybe."His food arrived and he ate slowly, praying for a sign. "We need reliable assistance, after all. I'm too old to help as much as I'd wish."
He sat back in his seat and once more surveyed the tavern. For an hour he listened to the bard and the patrons. As with all the inns and taverns they had stopped at he listen especially for information about...him...the dark one. He could almost feel the evil...and the laugh...gods, the laugh! Now heard the bard singing "The Dovahkiin's Saga" and people still talked about what had to be the most boring gossip in all of Tamriel. When one conversation caught his ear. "Did you hear?" one patron said to another. "Someone actually robbed the Dragonborn's home in Whiterun!" The other leaned forward, "Really!?" The first nodded, "But they only stole some old dwarven dagger or some such. Whoever they were, they're lucky the Dovahkiin retired to High Hrothgar." The old redguard raised an eyebrow, but after that the conversation grew rather dull. He had heard the door open several times during it and turn to observe several new faces. "Hmm, interesting..."