Gaffer Tallingway
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ASIDE FROM A FEW OF YOU SPORTIN' SOME NANCY HAIRSTYLES YOU PROVED YOURSELVES OUT THERE! - Gaffer to a group of vagabonds after they successfully defeated a troll.
SO SHE FAINTED. WHO CARES? I HAD TO EAT MY WAY OUT OF A PILE OF MY DEAD FRIENDS!…SHE DOES THAT, THEN WE TALK. - Gaffer to Ebra Conaway when he was helping a drunk elven woman fainting from Gaffer's loud voice.
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| Assumed Name: | Gaffer "Roarin'" Roderick Tallingway | |
| Title: | Road Marshal, leader of the Road Wardens | |
| Age: | ~42. Born in 10 PF. | |
| Race: | Human | |
| Eye Colour: | Brown | |
| Hair: | Reddish-Brown and Balding | |
| Skin-Tone: | Weathered | |
| Height: | 6'3". | |
| Weight: | 225 lbs | |
| Alignment: | Lawful Good | |
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Personality
Gaffer is a older military man, sturdy, self-sure, able to hold his own in a fight, but he has his heart in the right place. He loves nothing more than his country and its people, and he will stand gallant for Valikorlia even in its darkest times, and roar in jubilation through it's highest peak. He is also a family man, and its evident in his constant berating of his wife, who supposedly hates his arse. Yet he confesses he loves her dearly, and any other woman pales in comparison to her spirit. He is very blue collar, believing a man's worth is with what he can do with his hands, as opposed to wasting time sitting behind a desk writing out the importances of life.
He has been through alot of rather harsh wars and harsh living conditions and doesn't have much, but he is happy with what he has, and is angered to a point on the laziness and complaining the gifted go on about. He is loud, crass, and boisterous, and while he used to just be known as "Roarin'" Tallingway because of his fierce battle cries, the nickname had taken on new life as a close proximity cannon firing left him mostly deaf. Refusing to use his hearing horn most times, Gaffer reads lips and yells, no longer understanding the volume of his voice. Many figure him to be spotty of mind as well, but this is mostly in due to his practices of working his treatment to those working under him, where almost on a daily basis he will fire Ebra Conaway and hire him no more than a few words later.
Tallingway was also rumoured to be quite handsome pre-Sundering, with long flowing hair, and a strong face. This attributes to his rather strong self image. He has always had that shovel scar over his nose since a youth, but it was rumoured the majority of the scars on his face, and the stress of his massive hair loss was caused by an unfortunate mace to the face by Siegfried during a gruesome push on the front lines. However, Gaffer's version on this highly differ, being somewhat of a tall tale teller, where he'd edit out parts or over exaggerate things to make himself look like he sacrificed alot for his countrymen to require respect (even though he has alot already for his actual efforts). He is also entirely ignorant to the fact that he is horribly balding, and will infact point out others bald heads if they are notably worse than he is. Much to the chargin of his Brother-In-Law, and fellow Road Warden Captain Horris O'Malley.
He understands his place in the Empire though, and is more than happy to help out with the higher noble class, and is actually the only known friend to The Scribe. Often seen in the Great Hall in Esthras, using his loud voice to calm and direct the masses through political debates, forums, and other gatherings. Gaffer also refuses to speak ill on the noble class, and will often treat them with the proper respects, regardless of his personal feelings on their policies, and does so to keep the cog of the Empire moving.
And as much as Gaffer may give a person a hard time, and come off as very rude or boisterous, he'd be quickly the first to jump between you and the line of fire. And while he may use derogatory terms, its just a effect of his upbringing, where he refers to things and people in jest, with little thought or care, figuring more people should have thick skin.
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Background
Childhood and Youth
Born in the fields of Rienhart Vale, south of Ganelon, near the old Bridgeton Road, in a wagon. His father was a ex-military man lamed in his leg forced to retire and become a merchant. So he pushed his militant ways of young Gaffer, but Gaffer responded back with a fist to his old man's gourd. He was his father's son.
[Slices of Life: Widdle Woarin' Gaffur Tawwingway]
Adulthood
Skip a few years to the future, and you have Gaffer enrolling into the Celdin Military. His family was a known sort before his fathers accident, and he rose the ranks quickly on reputation and skill. He was a glorious long haired serviceman to what was then Valikorlia. However he met aformention Siegfried who ruined his good looks with a well placed mace to the face. The war also deafened him when the fought against Dalmar with previously unused cannon weaponry. Refusing to be crushed like his father, and Gaffer never being really good with counting coin, healed up as best he could and continued to serve his country. Where now he is a prominent figure in the military, one with "character".
[Two Eye Witness Accounts of Gaffer in Battle]
[Gaffer's RP Road Warden Reports and Responses]
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