Jayce Baidrer, Knight of the Dawn

Character Name: Jayce Baidrer
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Date of Birth: June 11th
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Alias: 'Ghosts of the Dawn' 'the Dawn Ghosts'
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Apparent Age: 32
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Origin: Kingdom of Aselid, now a province of the Draggenden Empire.
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Race: Human
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Height: 6'3"
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Weight: 220lbs
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Gender: Male
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Physical Description: Tall and solidly built, Jayce's once brown hair has already started to grey, and it is kept quite short. His skin is deeply tanned from a long life on the road, and sport many scars or calluses where his skin has been worked raw by the straps of his heavy armour. Thickly corded muscles only add to his intimidating appearance.

When knowingly going to battle, Jayce wears heavy field plate armour, meticulously cared for despite the long years since the war. When simply riding, he will done his far less heavy chainmail. He is rarely unarmoured, but on some rare occasions he wears well made but modest clothes, usually of dark colours or shades.
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Known Relatives: None; parents killed when the Draggenden Empire purged the Nobility of his homeland.
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Religion: None
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Skills: Well versed in an assortment of melee weapons. A master of armour, able to use it to it's full capabilities. Skilled at living off the land.
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Abilities:
Highly resistant to fear of both mundane and supernatural means, as well as other mind-altering effects (strong willed).

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Alignment: Good.
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Personality: Being the last survivor of what had once been a hundred-strong, close-knit circle of fellow Knights, Bryce is polite but distant. He`s confident, especially around women, but seems uninterested in life. His sole, unspoken purpose for his travels is to find a cause worthy enough to lay his life down for; he wishes to join his brothers in the afterlife, but does not want to go cheaply. He has a calming air about him, rarely raising his voice or becoming angry or upset.
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Powers:
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Restrictions:
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Special Techniques: Roll with the blow; Jayce is quite well versed at turning away the blows of enemies, and his dismounted fighting style is fluid, constantly moving despite the weight of his armour. He has learned how to twist and adjust his stance such that enemy blows glance off his armour to help shake off most of the force of the blow.
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Super Techniques: None.
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Super Forms: None.
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Class: Knight
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Weapons and Precious Items: Broadsword, warhammer, hafted axe, lance, long-shafted cudgel, dagger, steel-faced heavy kite shield, field plate armour, chainmail.
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Phobias: An unworthy death.
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Illnesses: Illness they may have.
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Sexual Preferences: Female.
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Occupation: Knight Errant, travels the lands seeking a cause worthy to give his life for.
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History: Jayce is the last surviving member of a little-known Knighthood favoured by the young sons of Nobility of the kingdom of Aselid. Oath bound to uphold their beliefs of honour and chivalry as only the young can, the group was well known for being well equipped but poorly trained, more prone to lounging and drinking then to actually righting the world's wrongs.

The Knights of the Dawn's reputation for harmless arrogance changed quickly with the onset of a brutal and gruelling war between the Aselid and the Imperial might of the Draggendan Empire. Absent from the crushing defeat of the Aselid armies in the first days of the war, they fought a long and gruelling battle of attrition in which two thirds of their numbers lay dead amongst ten-fold their count at the Alganiase Ford, a natural choke point; their stand allowed the remnants of the Aselid forces to escape and regroup.
Eventually over run, the surviving members of the Knights of the Dawn began a series of daring and brutal raids, ambushes, and hit-and-run tactics that caused great distress and damage to the Imperial forces, earning the nickname of 'Ghosts of the Dawn', for they left no dead or wounded comrades behind, and grew quite skilled at hiding their tracks and masking their approach.

Despite their best efforts, the kingdom of Aselid was crushed brutally by the Draggendan Empire. Any noble family who had a son in the Knights of the Dawn were purged brutally and efficiently, their family lines cut to an abrupt end. Those few Knights of the Dawn that had survived the war died in the subsequent days in suicidal efforts to save family and loved ones, until only Jayce remained.
As the victors, the Draggendan Empire painted their own beliefs onto the entire spirit of the war. Beyond the borders of the two regions, it is common belief that the Dales were the aggressors, that the Imperial forces attack had been brought on through treachery and underhanded raids by the weaker Aselid kingdom. The Ghosts of the Dawn are not beloved war heroes, but rather the stuff of fireside ghost stories the type told children by their mothers to keep them out of trouble.

Despite this, Jayce makes no effort of hiding his past, which often sees him run out of town, or at least shunned and distrusted for his 'war crimes.'

His only companion in his seemingly tireless destrier Longstep, a once fiery warhorse who has adopted the quiet and resigned personality of Jayce.
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Status: Alive.

Approved.