Melvin Meridius
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:43 pm
First Name: Melvin
Last Name: Meridius
Appearance: Melvin wears simple robes and carries a knobbly walking stick. He is an aged man, appearing in his late 60s or early 70s. In spite of this, his skin is radiant and tanned, his eyes sparkling with youth and intelligence. He wears a traditional wizard's hat, pointed on the top with a wide brim. Often times, he will be reading a book while walking or tinkering with one of many strange little contraptions he carries about with him.
Race: Human
Age: 66
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 145 lbs
Eyes: Deep blue
Hair: Long, white
Facial Hair Style: Long, white
Personality Profile: Melvin is, first and foremost, a man of knowledge. Throughout his life, he has been a teacher, scholar, and student of the arts. He has learned many languages in his time, has traveled the world as a wandering gypsy, and studied a great many things about the countries of the world and the rare and wondrous artifacts that are in it. He is a humble man, always willing to offer his knowledge for free to all who would listen, and loves to tell stories. For a long time, he believed that he had learned all there is for him to learn in his time on Faerun. It just so happened that as he was perusing the texts of Edificant Library, he stumbled upon a book of cantrips. Curious, he attempted to cast one, and found that after a few days of study, he had a great affinity for arcane magic. Now, in addition to his many years of experience as a man of knowledge and wisdom, Melvin fancies himself a hedge wizard of very little talent, but he sure is trying his best!
General Health: Healthy, but getting on in years.
Deity: Oghma
Initial Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Profession: Inscriptionist, Artificier, Linguist, Scholar, Architect, Tinkerer, and run of the mill hedge wizard
Base Class & Proposed Development: Wizard, perhaps taking the Archmage PRC eventually
Habits/Hobbies: Reading, tinkering, talking, storytelling, experimenting, and rambling
Languages: Common, Elven, Draconic, Halfling, Dwarven
Weapon of Choice: Knowledge!
Background: Melvin is a traveler and has walked the world (in the safest way possible), and has been lucky thus far to have not been mugged, beaten, trampled, or eaten (for the most part). For many years, he was a teacher at the prestigious Neverwinter Academy, teaching alchemy and history.
Goals: Why, to learn new things of course! And continue traveling the world until the day his bones will no longer move him forward. Hopefully by that point he has enough gold to pay someone to carry him.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts: Anything involving knowledge, learning new things, seeing rare artifacts, or the telling of stories will intrigue Melvin. He will gladly go along with anyone strong enough and brave enough to protect him, offering his services as a translator, artificier, and scholar.
Last Name: Meridius
Appearance: Melvin wears simple robes and carries a knobbly walking stick. He is an aged man, appearing in his late 60s or early 70s. In spite of this, his skin is radiant and tanned, his eyes sparkling with youth and intelligence. He wears a traditional wizard's hat, pointed on the top with a wide brim. Often times, he will be reading a book while walking or tinkering with one of many strange little contraptions he carries about with him.
Race: Human
Age: 66
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 145 lbs
Eyes: Deep blue
Hair: Long, white
Facial Hair Style: Long, white
Personality Profile: Melvin is, first and foremost, a man of knowledge. Throughout his life, he has been a teacher, scholar, and student of the arts. He has learned many languages in his time, has traveled the world as a wandering gypsy, and studied a great many things about the countries of the world and the rare and wondrous artifacts that are in it. He is a humble man, always willing to offer his knowledge for free to all who would listen, and loves to tell stories. For a long time, he believed that he had learned all there is for him to learn in his time on Faerun. It just so happened that as he was perusing the texts of Edificant Library, he stumbled upon a book of cantrips. Curious, he attempted to cast one, and found that after a few days of study, he had a great affinity for arcane magic. Now, in addition to his many years of experience as a man of knowledge and wisdom, Melvin fancies himself a hedge wizard of very little talent, but he sure is trying his best!
General Health: Healthy, but getting on in years.
Deity: Oghma
Initial Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Profession: Inscriptionist, Artificier, Linguist, Scholar, Architect, Tinkerer, and run of the mill hedge wizard
Base Class & Proposed Development: Wizard, perhaps taking the Archmage PRC eventually
Habits/Hobbies: Reading, tinkering, talking, storytelling, experimenting, and rambling
Languages: Common, Elven, Draconic, Halfling, Dwarven
Weapon of Choice: Knowledge!
Background: Melvin is a traveler and has walked the world (in the safest way possible), and has been lucky thus far to have not been mugged, beaten, trampled, or eaten (for the most part). For many years, he was a teacher at the prestigious Neverwinter Academy, teaching alchemy and history.
Goals: Why, to learn new things of course! And continue traveling the world until the day his bones will no longer move him forward. Hopefully by that point he has enough gold to pay someone to carry him.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts: Anything involving knowledge, learning new things, seeing rare artifacts, or the telling of stories will intrigue Melvin. He will gladly go along with anyone strong enough and brave enough to protect him, offering his services as a translator, artificier, and scholar.