Hitch
Race: Human
Age: 5th of Saun, 652
Title: Leader of The Sober
Moderation Type: Mod Input
Able/Willing to Mentor?: Yes
Skills able/willing to Mentor in: Blades (Falchion): Master, Shields (Kite Shield): Master, Leadership: Expert, Tactics: Expert
Other Information: The leader of The Sober, one may expect, would bas tall, silent, and bulky as the rest of their heavy-armor clad mercenary group. Hitch, however, is not that image.
Growing up in Rharne, Hitch has had the culture of noise, joviality, free spirits, and drink imparted onto him from a young age, and there was a time where he may have partaken in these cultural rituals. Growing up, he had wanted to become a Thunder Knight. When he came of age, however, he was turned away due to an enormous record of petty crimes. Hitch, growing up in the Dust Quarter of Rharne, would often need to do what others would not in order to provide for him and his young brother. This took a toll, however. His thievery and his unsanctioned brawling had been noticed one time too many by the knights.
With his dreams shattered, Hitch moved on. He attempted to work honestly, making his coin through bodyguard duty and mercenary work. For a while, it seemed as if he and his then-adult brother could make up enough coin to move from the Dust Quarter up to the Earth Quarter, and a better quality of life. This, however, was apparently too much to hope for. Hitch's younger brother, on an otherwise uneventful night, stayed out too late, bought one too many drinks, and eventually died of alcohol poisoning.
Absolutely torn apart, Hitch left Rharne, his ambitions shattered and his family nonexistent.
Eventually, he found his way to Yaralon, approaching through the Hammer Gate. He had, for the most part, traveled from Rharne to Yaralon alone, and although the predisposition towards foreigners is bitter within Yaralon, Hitch's skill was immediately respected. Almost immediately, he began to carve a name for himself in Yaralon. It took him a number of arcs, due to the competitive nature of Yaralon's economy, but his work was solid and consistent, and eventually, his mercenary company, The Sober, rose to prominence, eventually guarding the very same gate that Hitch had initially walked through when he first entered Yaralon.
Although Hitch has cast aside most of Rharnian traditions, namely drinking, he still holds Ilaren in high regard.
Credit: Astronomy