Name: Alastor Rambert
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Order: The Sheriffs
Appearance: Alastor's stature is hardly imposing, being an average height and weight, with tanned skin as a result of his residence in the sun-filled capital of Advent. Mid-length, swept back auburn hair frames what has been frequently described as a handsome face, only punctuated by a pair of piercing emerald eyes.
Despite previously wearing the rather grandiose outfits befit of his wealth, his transition into becoming a Sheriff has led him to forego elaborate justacorps, instead simply wearing a jerkin and cravat that are his family's colours, green and white. He also always seems to have a pistol on hand, with a mechanism concealed in his sleeve that can feed him a gun in a time of need.
When going into battle, Alastor supplement's his outfit with a cuirass and greaves to provide added protection, as well as gauntlets to channel his magic better whilst inside his armour.
Armour: Dubbed Joachim, Alastor's armour stands at around 15-feet tall, a veritable golem of might. It reflects both his former status in the nobility, as well as his newfound place as a in the order of Sheriffs, a defender of the innocent against the indignant. Originally a glistening gold, over time it's shine has dulled, becoming more reminiscent of being copper. Joachim is made up of large pieces of blockish, yet ornate pieces of plate, with the pauldrons having gear-like edges, and the helm having a v-shaped protrusion.
As a Sheriff, Alastor's armour makes use of the applications of gunpowder. Each of Joachim's fingers functions as a concealed cannon, able to be fired off individually or clustered together as a barrage. Also incorporated into the armour are two arm mounted ballistas that fire heavy metal bolts-highly effective as siege weapons.
However, Joachim's main weapon is a large spiked flail with a variable length chain, which is able to be retracted to function as a morningstar mace, or extended to reach distant targets. It's chain can be used to entangle enemies, an is able to restrain even the mightiest of foes. The spiked mace is of course also filled with explosives, with a switch on the handle that can be used to detach it. Finally, the v-shaped protrusion on the helm of Joachim's armour is a bladed boomerang, it's blade and returnability helped via the application of magic.
Apart from the manipulation of his armour, Alastor's magic is mainly Earth focused, and is used to extract minerals from the nearby surroundings, usually for crafting into explosives and projectiles to refill his munitions.
Personality: Alastor is known for his incredible stoicism, being a fierce adherent to his own personal philosophy that extols the virtues of wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance. All of these he sees as the means to achieve true peace of mind, essential for clear judgement. Alastor believes that unhappiness and evil are the direct results of human ignorance and greed, and he therefore lives his life according to reason and virtue, and trying his hardest to ensure the safety and security of other by extolling the benefits of education.
Around others, he is generally as talkative as the he perceives the mood allows, preferring to not be outspoken except in cases that he feels particularly strongly about. Whilst perceived as an ascetic, Alastor allows himself to indulge in the odd vice here and there, with ale being a known favourite of his, and has been known to have many a time loosened his tongue.
Bio: Born into an influential family, Alastor was raised in the exquisite city of Advent, anything he wanted never being more than a stone's throw away. His parents were unusual in that they actually believed in nurturing him and spending quality time encouraging him was extremely beneficial to Alastor's well-being, and was instrumental in allowing him to follow his dream of becoming of Mage.
With the help of his family's wealth and connections, Alastor applied himself religiously to the studies of magic and it's applications for good, determined to use it as a tool to spread his ideology of stability through knowledge. During his years of study, he saw the Duke's usurping of the throne from the rightful monarchy, and saw the potential politically instability it could bring. Despite being among the privileged few, his views of universal education and suffrage had proved unwelcome with the upper classes, and therefore he always felt he was more related to the people, seeing them as being able to accomplish great things but only if the government gave the necessary tools.
At the age of 22, Alastor answered Renault Arche's call to arms, seeing his proposition of a Parliament as just what the nation needed, in order to elevate the downtrodden and narrow the divide between those with money, and those without. Living in Hasthfold's capital, Alastor saw the emergence of gunpowder as a powerful force in the upcoming warfare, a view that was shared by Renault Arche himself; and so it was only natural that Alastor joined his Order of Sheriffs both to keep order and protect the public, as well as forge a bright new future for the nation under the notion of a fair Parliament, using his newly constructed armour as the means to do so.
For seven long years, he fought in the name of Parliament and Renault Arche, determined that his cause was good and just. But they were losing. Alastor was no fool, he knew that it was only a matter of time before the Parliamentarian's began to falter; they were not prepared for a war this arduous. Assigned to patrol a small mountain town, Alastor felt his talent was being mismanaged which only added to his growing disillusionment with the Parliamentarian regime, and he began thinking over what he could do.
And then it happened. Slow at first, but increasing everyday, rumours began to spread amongst the town. He heard that Lisbeth, the rightful heir to the throne, was gathering an army north of the mountains, and that they were in need of talented Mages and their Armours to help her claim her birthright.
Inspired by the girl's resurgence of support, Alastor saw the burgeoning Queen as the new light of hope to the nation, a regime unburdened with the politics that had engulfed his once great nation. Although the monarchy had not been the government that had traditionally promoted equality, perhaps he could find a way to change that from the inside, by becoming one of her trusted advisors that she would surely need as a new regent. It was then that Alastor marched with Joachim to meet Lisbeth's army, swearing his allegiance to her cause.
