Herald Filip

Cheery. Lustful. Drunkard. Talkative and Funny

Filip wants to be the life of the party. From his cheery smile. Drunken antics. Or his funny jokes and smooth flirts.

Born in the region of Donkovo to a large merchant family and as a Anthro donkey. Filip found himself in the times of great political change, that had upheaved his country. The famous Marshall Deer King has subjugated most of the Donkey people. Adding them to his growing small empire of the Anthro feudal states he had collected. Famous for his tenacity during battle and backed by the church during the religious stability of the land being a pressing issue. The king had conquered a huge portion of the wider nations. and was now currently ruling them with a fair but stern hand to prevent rebellion and violence and most importantly, using it to teach his son, Prince Matthew how to govern or as some say. To keep his son out of his sight and mind.

Listening to his father advisors. The prince would recruit much of the population to act as his ambassadors for the donkey people and would keep their hardy culture safe while the empire grew. From priests to soldiers Prince Matthew's court was mostly made up of donkeys which appeased the people he was currently ruling. Matthew, unlike his father. Was not a warrior king but was rather a soft kind man. Something that his father had saw as disgraceful, especially the Mutiple times where Matthew was kidnapped by both bandits, and Mamluk forces from the arid East. Even when the commonfolk of Donkovo found Matthew to be a lord worth following. Even if he was a deer.

Filip would get his chance at greatness when joining the local imperial college to allow for his family to become in the good graces of the royal family. Starting his path to becoming a royal herald, in reality Filip joined not of actual real wanting to become a herald, but rather for the fact that he was not good enough with numbers to be a proper merchant. However, what he lacked in stewardship skills, he did make up for with charisma. Being an eager reveler, he knows how to put a smile on someone's face. This came into great effort when trying to close deals and treaties for the kingdom with more lively diplomats and thus he was placed to help the royal house, being a herald of the honorable Prince, He was quite fine with that since it allows him to stay close to his home village when he goes to stop by his family.

Filip's personality is a deep carefree and somewhat of a classic hedonistic style of emotions. It's almost impossible to really get him angry or bitter, often he just wishes to make friends first. He can be found at taverns drinking down kegs. Or at the local brothel trying to make the goat maidens swoon for their affection, being a skirt chaser. He quite is fond of the goat gals who work there. Both because their sweet, plus they have taught him many tricks of the tongue both speech and other things, and he has picked up many lines to use to seduce people he finds attractive thanks to them. He is always calm and collected when discussing things. And his genuine positive attitude causes even of those with grim minds to actually bring out a smile. That is of course when he is sober. While drunk he is still a riot, but he is quite goofy, often being clumsy. Yet cheery. His antics being of kind spirit. However, this is quite a weakness. Already bad with numbers, adding alcohol to the mix has caused him to fumble deals. Not because he didn't close them, but rather he has costed the treasury quite a bit of money when accidentally signing trade deals before seeing the scams. This was an especial issue for when the person was exotic and knew how to lead Filip by the belt when he was drunk.

These small hook ups did in fact scare him, due to the fact that. Well He lost the royal family quite a bit of money. But to his surprise, Prince Matthew forgave him. The calm kind young man believing in forgiveness and even let Filip keep his job. This has put a deep amount of respect for the prince in Filip's mind and he will never leave or betray the prince. This he is sure.

Of course he is not alone, across the empire there are many other heralds. One other herald of Matthew however is the stoic Luka. A scowling stick in the mud that has a professional strict nature, often not taking free time to vacation or take in the sights of the lands he is sent to. His specialty being stewardship. A skill that has become quite handy when dealing with those his Prince would do business with. Knowing vast amounts of trade and can crunch numbers in his head. Becoming a skilled diplomat for the royal family when it comes to gold and money. It is said that he once debated a foreign guild of merchants and got the Kingdom access to private foreign mines to allow gold to flow into the kingdom.

One would think that Filip Would of course not care for such a demi downer. Filip would of course disagree. While sent to work together Filip would be sure to make good graces with his coworker. Even when Luka attempted to spur him or keep a cold distance. Filip would break through the icy barriers. This built to a heated head where Luka told Filip everything, he found disgusting and sinful about his actions. Filip would retort softly back that he knew a good place to settle it.

Both would later end up in Filip's favorite brothel. And well. Even Luka would find out just how "Charismatic" Filip was, when it came to bedroom diplomacy. This fully cemented their "Friendship" Or more or less Luka and Filip do not fight or judge each other now and they do keep each other company.

Filip enjoys luka's company then most would think. Finding his huffy noble attitude to be humorous and knowing that the herald does appreciate his friendship even if his strict nature seems to dissuade it. Luka is also beyond good with numbers so both complement each other's skills with charisma and stewardship. And Filip would hate to ever lose Luka's friendship. The other donkey being a good friend to talk with.

Their biggest challenge would come when the Prince, during a pilgrimage to the holy land was intercepted and taken hostage by a group of mamluk warriors. Sent by the king, both would travel out to negotiate the prince's release. After the deal fell through, both would be taken as hostages as well. But upon meeting the camel mamluk warrioress captain. Filip found her attractively tall. He would decide to take a bit of a risk to negotiate with the grumpy lady. Filip quickly stat that he "Had a plan." And would tell a flirty yet dirty joke to the commander of the Mamluks. Earning getting spit on by her. Which Luka believed doomed them. Yet it turned out this joke did somehow break the ice enough to the point where Filip found his way into her pants during the months of captivity. His charms somehow working on the warrior woman enough to get her to let the captured royal retinue go. As a hostage. Filip was made to dress like a harem dancer to the mamluk warriors. Doing small chores for them while being eye candy. He is himself so quite loved this and enjoyed entertaining the rather strong desert women. He still buys the type of hash they introduced to him, himself to this day.

Following his release from a rogue mercenary and bandit group, Prince Matthew has been ordered by his father to host a new larger court of professional advisors. To fix the Prince's "weak hand" Over this mistake. While this would not end Fair Matthews' career. The act has malice in it by his father. This would possibly make the people of Donkovo nervous or worried that the prince may bring more rougher treatment down by his father. To treat this as a careful matter. Matthew has decided to host the local festival early along with a tournament. To make it seem that these new courtiers were chosen out of meeting Matthew themselves as guests, rather than them being appointed as a punishment by the king. The Capital of Donkovo where his castle is located, now becoming a hub of activity while the towns people prepare. Filip being sent to charm the new arrivals at court and to assess their personality for the prince.

Filip Dresses to impress. Wearing frilled and fancy imperial house clothing. Clad with the symbol of the stag on the front to show his loyalty to the Deer Prince and King. Being a donkey his fur is a soft brownish grey while his mane and hair is a soft fire orange. He wears a three feathered wide brimmed hat and often lets his sideburns to grow out, as he playfully likes to nuzzle it against current bed partners to tickle them during intimacy.