[Character]Kurun

[Grun]

Name: Kurun The nearest I got to Grun with the Kanas ;) Ti-SakezukiThis last name might be changed later if a more suitable name is found.
Age: 24
Decription: A short man with a good stature and a pentagonal face. His hair is cut short, though his neck hair is kept long, and reaches lower than his shoulders. His face suggest a man who smiles much, though it makes you wonder if he's smiling because he knows something you don't. His eyes are brown and his nose is small and nearly unnoticeable. He has big hands and always carries a cane made of hard, gnardled wood. The top of it is a big lump naturally occuring on the branch is was made from, and the rest of it has a twisting pattern from the gnardled way the branch grew. The cane has a metal tip and Kurun's name is burnt into the handle.

He is clad in quality travel clothes. I don't know about japanese clothes, so I'll not go into detail about what sort they are They are not too glamerous, but a subtle pattern and some embrodied images show that they are not the cheapest one could find. They are also of a good material and the stiching is good, so repairs are seldom needed.

History:
He was born the son of travelling tradsmen. His father was the leader of a traveling band of tradesmen and entertainers. They would come to a village or city and trade their wares and show their entertainment. The traders would make money by buying where it was cheap and selling where it was expencive, and the entertainers would charge a admittion fee or collecting afterwards.

Since his parents were the leaders, Kurun lacked neither in money or respect. Though he was prone to arrogance in his early teens, it was sorted out by his father when he got to know Kurun had tried to use their name to get food for free.
I will most likely add more to this, but I would like to get some input now on what I have so far. Is there some part of it that would definatly not fit in in Japan at that time, or some other problems?

[Trin]

This has a really promising start. I would love to see how he plays into a story or an RP session.

[ShininShado]

I agree, totally new approach to character background here. Really seems interesting, and no parts to me seem either unbelievable or fitting for Feudal Japan. An interesting thing to consider about "entertainers" is since almost nothing was chronicled about them, you are less hindered as to the specifics of your character - good start sir.

[Grun]

Thanks for the comments, always good to be reasured I'm in the right direction and not making any mistakes. Let's see if I can continue good.
As soon as he got old enough, he was expected to help wth the daily work. He begun by running errends, bringing messages and doing mundane chores. He tended the horses used to draw the wagons and helped cook the food. When he got older, he would collect money before or after the entertainment and help out whit carrying and other such chores. He also learnt some acting and various entertaining. He learnt firebreathing, some light juggling and how to play the shakuhachi rather well, though he never could get the hang of thight-rope walking. He also picked up a good sense of direction and was soon familiar with the trading rutes they used. He learnt where what could be bought cheap, and where what could be sold expencive.

It was common that he and some other of the younger men would be allowed to ride ahead and notify the villages and cities that the rest would arrive soon. He and the other boys used to put up a small play(sometimes subtly making fun of their parents) just to give the people a taste of what would come.

This is what I could do tonight, and I'd rather get to know if there's anything wrong than save it on my comp. I hope you don't mind.

[Abc]

Good Character Dude. :D

We need good storytellers like yourself around here.

[ShininShado]

I think your storyline is really solid personally, it is taking a totally new approach to character background, which is refreshing. You write English very well, is it first or second language? Stories you write are interesting, doing fine by me.

[SunWuKong]

Good start, Grun.

That's part of what the forum is about.
Create, and refine, a character that you want to use in the game.

[Grun]

Thanks for all the encuraging comments.
And english is my second language actually, but I've read many english books, instead of translations, so I get much of my english vocabulary from those. The books I have read are of a british author, so I suspect my english writing has a little british accent.
Anyhow, this is the last bit about his history, so I might join one of the other rp thread that are here now.
As he got even older, when he got around 14 and up, he was trained how to keep the accounting books and thus learnt some maths. By noticing how much what sold for in the different places he got a inbuilt map with prices marked on. He sent the next few years honing his different skills, as well as a basic training in arms to take care of the occational bandit. Mostly he fought with a simple staff or club, but he also learnt some easy unarmed combat moves.

On his 18 birthday, he askes his father if he could be allowed to get a horse and some basic trading goods to go for himself. His father agreed, though he would hae to send back money for the horse. But this was nearly just a symbolic sum, if he got any sort of sucess at all he would be able to pay it. The leaving was marked by a small cermony and some celebrations one evening, and the next morning, he and two other boys who had decided the same, left the tradesmen.

The three companions spent a couple of days lightly partying, drinking rather much and generally celebrating that they could do whatever they wanted by doing exactly that. This came to an abrupt stop when on the third day, four bandits attacked them. They were an easy catch, hardly able to stand on their feet, much less able to defend themselves. Only by the happy coincidence that another party passed them, did they save their goods, horses and possibly lives. The other people scared the bandits away and gave Kurun and the two a place to sleep and sober up. After that, they gave their deepmost thanks with faces red from embarrasment, and left rather hastedly. They didn't feel like being long with the people who had seen them like that.

The three companions split up after half a year, each going into his own direction. Kurun went south, following a much-used road to the cities there. He hoped the trade would be good, and was glad to find he was right. He traded much and earnt good money, though he sometimes suplemented his income by showing his entertainment abilities. He also used to take parcels and messages from people he knew or good customers. He continued to send word and money to his parents, also after the horse had been paid for. He got rather sucessfull and happy, going wherever he wanted, because he could always stock up on what he could sell where he was going.