Character Bios:

JURA

Hair: Dark brown hair
Eye Color: Amber brown
Height: 5’0
Weight: 98 stones
Birthday: 20th day of the first moon cycle of the year 1450

BIO: Jura is responsible and disciplined. She is book smart but naïve and socially awkward. She is extremely loyal to her family and those she loves. She enjoys reading and gardening and hates confrontation and dresses. Like most children of the Republic, Jura has trained in self-defense and hand to hand combat since infancy. Jura speaks five languages though she has never left the Republic. Her favorite food is honeyed fig with goat cheese until she tasted Beshar’s chocolate cake. Jura’s deepest wish is to have her mother back and she’s scared of failing her father.

ASH

Hair: Gray and black speckled hair, closely shaven
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks: Scar over left eyebrow. Scar down length of right arm. Burn mark on left hand. Scar on left torso. Burn on left leg below knee
Height: 6’4
Weight: 275 stones.
Birthday: 17th day of the fourth moon cycle of the year 1417

BIO: Ash is confident and competitive and curious in nature. He can also be impatient and short-tempered. Ash’s greatest wish is to die in a blaze of smoke and glory and the fact that he has retired makes him feel unfulfilled. Ash has always been a man of action so it is only now in his older years that he has become self-reflexive. When Ash makes a decision he is determined to see it through to succession. Ash’s greatest fear is being forgotten.

TYLAK

Hair: Brown hair
Eye Color: Gray
Distinguishing Mark: Long scar from corner of left eye down to the edge of his lips
Height: 5’9
Weight: 170 stones
Birthday: 26th day of the eleventh moon cycle of the year 1445

BIO: Tylak is generous, has a great sense of humor and dreams of travel. He has a thirst for knowledge though it is his street smarts and resiliency that has kept him alive. Though he is extroverted by nature, he has built a wall around his emotions in order to avoid pain similar to that of his past. Tylak was born as a first citizen slave and was gifted his freedom after the death of his master. Tylak was once able to eat a roasted pig and he remembers the moment fondly as the best meal he’s ever eaten. Tylak’s deepest wish is to reunite with his brother and leave the Republic forever. He is fiercely loyal and will do anything to accomplish his goals because his biggest fear is failure.

KAY

Hair: Long curly hair
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 4’5
Weight: 49 stones
Birthday: 4th day of the fourth moon cycle of the year 1460

BIO: Kay is adventurous and and brave. She’s extremely intelligent for her age but also impetuous and short-tempered. Kay loves the outdoors and physical activity. She enjoys a challenge and trying new things. Kay rebels against authority and prefers to be in charge of her own destiny. Her favorite food is her mother’s recipe for bread. Kay once dreamed of riding a dragon but now only wishes to return home. Despite all the misfortune fallen on her, Kay remains optimistic and full of hope.

BESHAR

Hair: Brown hair closely shaven
Eye Color: Brown eyes
Height: 5’10
Weight: 360 stones
Birthday: 28th day of the eighth moon cycle of the year 1426

BIO: Beshar is analytical and practical but also hard-working and thoughtful. He is witty and highly intelligent, finding joy in the thrill of politics. Beshar enjoys wine and gaining secrets which he then uses to entice favors. Though he is manipulative, Beshar is also extremely loyal to those he would consider a friend and he treats people with equal tolerance, no matter their station. Beshar would choose wine over food although he never has to choose and his chef is the highest paid servant in all of the Republic. Beshar is ruled by his ambitions and his greatest fear is to lose Rank.character collage

4 thoughts on “Character Bios:

  1. Thank you, Melody! I need to start character bios for some minor characters who become major in subsequent books 🙂

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