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Envinyatar · 03-16-2011, 01:24 PM

Name: Bertufin (Old Berty)

Age/Gender/Race/Where from: 52/Male/Men/Ringlo Vale originally; now Minas Anor

Appearance: Tall, mildly stooped posture, gaunt, small potbelly from too much drink and too little food; a number of teeth missing; pale scar from left temple to chin; eyes brown - patch over left eye. Grey, stringy hair shoulder length with some dark strands still visible; right leg amputated at knee – uses a wooden T-crutch padded with old rags; ring finger, little finger missing from left hand. Generally disheveled and dirty looking. Raggedy, patchwork of clothes and footwear. Has a moth-eaten greatcoat with numerous pockets and a small old leather bag he slings over his shoulders.

Bits of Character/History You Feel Might Be Helpful in Defining the Character: An old soldier who has not fared so well since the Battle of the Pelennor. He received his wounds there, and when he was well enough to travel home to Ringlo Vale, he found his family murdered and farm destroyed when Orcs rampaged through the vale while the men were off soldiering. He’s never been quite “right” since then – a bit twitchy, nervous, given to fancying there are ‘things’ out to get him. And sometimes the horrors of the battle rise up again in his mind and he becomes completely cut off from present reality. All this is not helped by the fact that he drinks as often and as much as he can to keep those horrors at bay.

03-16-2011, 01:24 PM	#10
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 850	Name: Bertufin (Old Berty) Age/Gender/Race/Where from: 52/Male/Men/Ringlo Vale originally; now Minas Anor Appearance: Tall, mildly stooped posture, gaunt, small potbelly from too much drink and too little food; a number of teeth missing; pale scar from left temple to chin; eyes brown - patch over left eye. Grey, stringy hair shoulder length with some dark strands still visible; right leg amputated at knee – uses a wooden T-crutch padded with old rags; ring finger, little finger missing from left hand. Generally disheveled and dirty looking. Raggedy, patchwork of clothes and footwear. Has a moth-eaten greatcoat with numerous pockets and a small old leather bag he slings over his shoulders. Bits of Character/History You Feel Might Be Helpful in Defining the Character: An old soldier who has not fared so well since the Battle of the Pelennor. He received his wounds there, and when he was well enough to travel home to Ringlo Vale, he found his family murdered and farm destroyed when Orcs rampaged through the vale while the men were off soldiering. He’s never been quite “right” since then – a bit twitchy, nervous, given to fancying there are ‘things’ out to get him. And sometimes the horrors of the battle rise up again in his mind and he becomes completely cut off from present reality. All this is not helped by the fact that he drinks as often and as much as he can to keep those horrors at bay. __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age' Last edited by Envinyatar; 03-16-2011 at 01:32 PM.