Cade Allard

A man who presents himself the best he can despite not being the brightest. He does all he can to live freely and help people for money, a place to stay, or just for fun. Hearty and carefree, never letting his problems get him down, but does at times project his insecurity in his masculinity onto others, a habit he obtained from his father’s actions. Strong, kind, extremely flirty, suggestive, and never misses an opportunity to show off his muscles and battle scars, except the one on his lip.

Backstory: A 26-year-old man who’s charismatic, prideful, and a little dim.

As a child, he was reckless, mostly looking for attention since he didn’t get it a lot at home. His family looked perfect, a couple who loved each other with a young boy who misbehaved often. Behind closed doors though, while the mother was off to work, the father expressed his dislike for Cade quite often, and brutally.

At birth, Cade was given a typically girly name “Cadence” that he is still embarrassed of, and had long, scruffy hair.

Cade’s father was abusive in every way, physically, emotionally, and terrifyingly more, but if he was to try to get help, no one would believe him, so he learned to deal with it. Many of the scars that he claims he got “in battle” were from his father, including the one across his lip he got on the day he was sent away.

Cade’s father was a terrible person underneath, but was smart and presented himself well in front of others. He wasn’t a loving father, but an incredibly loving husband, which gave Cade a warped view of who his dad really was.

This treatment led Cade to never rely on others, and to never accept his trauma.

At the age of fifteen, Cade, being the reckless child he was, mistakenly started a fire in his home. Despite his desperate attempts to put it out, it spread too quickly. Cade got out unscathed, and his father got out with some burns, but the mother didn't make it, burning to death.

Cade’s father was devastated, and blamed his son for the death of the mother. That night, he was disowned, and was told that if he ever saw him again, he would kill him personally.

Ever since then, Cade’s been on his own, up until recently meeting his best friend, Elin.

Name: Cadence Allard Nickname: Cade Sex: Male Age: 26 Weight: Height: 6”3 Birthday: October 15th Sexuality: Straight/bi-curious Economic status: Has some money, but not much Education: Never finished highschool Occupation: Just gets paid for helping out on travels (Helping carry firewood, chop trees, really anything that only requires strength)

Appearance-

Eyes: dark hazel

Hair: deep brown and slightly wavy. Not neat, but clean and well-kept. Cut into an uneven mullet tied into a low ponytail that goes over his shoulder

Skin: slightly tanned, covered in deep scars he claims he got in fights and battles, always making up stories for each one. However, he never talks about the one across his lip.

Clothes: Baggy tan pants with plates over his knees. Short, simple brown boots. No shirt, instead, tons of leather belts just strewn across his torso, which he claims look cool, and a large faded green cape with a little silver mountain pendant holding it together

Accessories: A large, two-sided battle axe on his back

Body: Very tall, very muscular. ‘Buff’ even.

Appearance in detail- Eyebrows- Medium flat/straight Eyes- semi deep set, slight upturn Eyelids- hooded Nose- Wide, straight, roman Lips- regular Face shape- Oval/oblong Extra points- prominent cheekbones and a scar across the lip

Faith: None really, but is open to religeon

Alignment: Neutral good, has good intentions, but doesn't deliver well

Personality Traits- Charismatic, flirts with women as often as possible, Kind, empathetic, always eager to help someone, stubborn, has a slight ego. A very type A, hearty personality. Did I mention flirty?

Phobias- Large fires

Habits- Talking with an odd dialect, using phrases that Dont make much sense like: calling young or inexperienced people “dewdrop” or comparing something small to a “foxhole”. Just weird sayings like that, often just making them up himself.

Goal- To just be a social, goodperson

Bonds -

• His best friend, the Serious, elven, light manipulating man also highly skilled in archery, named Elin. He met him after saving him from some wild monsters, thinking he was a woman because of his long hair. They’ve lived together for a few years
• His father, who despite never saying, he’s scared of

Flaws- Can't read people well, ignores his negative emotions, uses pride and confidence to be a more likable person.

Strengths- Physical strength, fighting, helping people, accepting failures, being “the brawns”

Hobbies- cleaning his axe, practicing fighting, working out, being productive, going out for drinks, flirting with women

Mannerisms- Using odd figures of speech, rubbing his finger on his lip when he’s thinking or nervous, swinging his axe casually when he’s bored. Thinning his fingers through his hair when he’s trying to charm someone

Speech- Has an odd, unplacable accent from traveling as well as where he grew up. Speaks loudly and confidently. When he sees someone he wants to befriend, he’ll do what he can to be likable or to impress them. People often really like him when he does this.

Extras- Learned to be very committed to people when he needs to be from his parents, but knows never to take anger out on someone helpless

Mbti- ESFP-A

How they fight: -swinging his axe behind him, and then whipping it forward into the ground

Official English Name: Cadence Allard

Affiliations: Elin Lux, [Roland Allard], [Seraphine Allard (deceased)]

Occupations: Laborer Alias: Cade Status: (Unknown) Age: 26 Birthday: October 15th Height: 6"3' Blood Type: O

Typically, he wears clothing similar to a "barbaric" attire, along with light armor no matter the weather. He is usually depicted with light brown pants, short brown boots, metal knee-plates, and leather shoulder armor connected to a leather mount on his back to hold his battle axe. overtop, he wears a worn, hooded green cloak over his shoulders.

Backstory in detail:

Childhood- Cade was born 26 years ago in a quiet village to a caring mother, Seraphine, and her extremely loving husband, Roland. When Seraphine had gotten pregnant, she and Roland weren't yet married. Immediately after he found out, he married her, build their home, and worked hard to make money for their life. Cade's father worked up to a reputation of an extremely smart and respected man in their village, winning the views of everyone around him, usually with charisma alone. While they weren't extraordinarily wealthy, they lived comfortably together. When Seraphine was still pregnant, however, she was firm on naming the child, male or female, "Cadence". Roland urged against it, suggesting they chose another name as he was hoping for a son. Seraphine was stubborn however, and Roland gave in.

When Cadence was about eight years old, He was very far from the tough young man his father wanted to shape him into. He was kind, soft, and in his father's eyes, inferior to the other boys his age. His impatience began the long-lasting cycle of abuse that Cadence would face through most of his childhood. While his mother continued to love and care for him, as soon as she wasn't around, Cadence would face his father's verbal and physical beatings in an attempt to "make him a man". His father used the name "Cadence" against him, saying he could never be seen as a real man with such a name. He never hated his name until the first time he said that, and since, he'd simply shortened it to "Cade" by his father's orders. When asked about his bruises and other injuries, no one ever believed the truth, saying it was normal for parents to discipline their kids, and that he should behave better if he wanted it to stop.  Eventually, he started making up stories of how they came to be, a habit would carry into [Adulthood].

When he reached his pre-teen to early teenage years, the sweet, kind boy he was turned into a mean and bitter kid who was seen as a nuisance and a blemish on Seraphine and Roland's prize image. At school, he was a bully if nothing else. He got in trouble constantly, never being caught doing something he should be doing, while his mother and father were praised for being able to stand raising such a child. He would stay out most of the day, and when he got home, his father never wasn't being a model husband to Seraphine. One night after returning home, he'd overheard his mother crying as his father consoled her. She lamented the loss of who Cade used to be, she loved him, and didn't want him to ruin his life with his poor choices. Cade felt immense guilt, unable to blame his father for how he was. Roland had hurt him so many times, but he was so caring and loving to Seraphine, and a selfless role model to others, so he assumed he must have deserved his treatment.

At fifteen years old with no one to spend his time with, Cade often entertained himself with what he could find. One day, he was in his room, a candle lit on the table next to his bed. Out of boredom, he burned small pieces of paper, letting the ashes fall into the melted wax. He decided that instead of holding the paper in his hand and risking getting burnt, he could just place it on top, assuming it would fall in on its own. his papers wouldn't cover the candle's rim, so he took a tissue and lightly held it overtop, preparing to place it down. Not expecting it to be more flammable than the small papers, he quickly pulled his hands away as it ignited before he'd planned, but his curtain blew forward from the wind coming in from the open window, and caught fire as well.

In a frantic panic, he looked for the closest liquid he could find, but after realizing all he had was a stolen bottle of alcohol, the fire was far beyond his ability to put out. Able to leave his room without any injury, and then to the outside while grabbing what he could before the house could fully be engulfed in flames. Minutes later, his father had escaped the home with severe burns, but his mother wasn't with him, as he was unable to save her.

Cade admitted to causing the fire and tried to apologize, not realizing what had happened to his mother until Roland blamed him for her death. Before Cade could run, his father grabbed him, striking him with his fist, his ring giving him a deep cut across his lip. He told Cade that if he ever saw him again, he would kill him, and the only reason he wouldn't right then was because his mother was watching over him now.

After Disownment to Adulthood- After Cade had exhausted himself from crying and running as far as he could from his village, he found himself in the woods near another. After he found the energy to approach it, he stumbled to the doorstep of the first house he saw. The family inside let him in when he explained he needed a place to sleep since it was late and cold, and he had nothing but pants and a short-sleeved shirt. There, his lip was cleaned, stitched, and he was told to tell an adult if he was being bullied at school-- after lying again to someone about how he got such an injury along with saying he would go back home in the morning.

He didn't speak to the family about what happened earlier that night out of fear for what they might do to the teenager who stumbled into their house after killing his own mother, and in the morning, he left without a word and didn't go back. He did the same thing the next day, the next day, and the next. Hopping from village to village, town to town, as he processed that night had an effect on him. It changed the way he spoke and the way he acted. He missed his parents, his home, his village, but he was free from the terror of his father's pressure. He found that he was happiest when helping other people and that now that he was his own person, there was no reason to try so hard to be something else. His bitterness faded away, and he never left a village without making friends and helping the residents with labor for a bit of money, which caused him to gain quite a bit of muscle.

This lifestyle came with far more changes than his accent, dialect, style choice, and character. Despite knowing so many people and never forgetting a name, he was alone. He cut his own hair, had to teach himself from experiences, and matured with no one he knew for more than a few days. He formed strong bonds with men, women, and children, and no one who met him ever forgot him. Sometimes he would even receive gifts, one including his [battle axe]. Because he got a fresh start so frequently, he never worried about any consequence, nor did he learn proper social etiquette. Even so, instead of growing up entirely his father's child, he was friendly, selfless, and did what he wanted, but he still kept the name 'Cade'.

His lack of understanding of how he should act, however, made him oftentimes come off as brash or ill-mannered. As he got older and interacted with other men his age, he picked up behavior to be somewhat of a womanizer. He would begin to act flirtatiously with young women as he traveled, and because of his charismatic nature and appearance, he rarely found it challenging to develop short relationships before he would leave for the next village. To him, it was something men did, and it comforted him to feel that way.

As he grew into adulthood, he became fairly content with his life, the closest thing to worry bring the memories he pushed to the back of his head. He seemed like he'd moved on, but some parts of his old life stuck with him. The scar across his lip was a daily reminder of the night all those years ago, but as over a decade passed, he just began to feel more and more numb about it, and in addition to a subconsious habit to preserve his masculine identity, he also gained a noticeably odd discomfort around fire.

New Company- While in a small town, Cade caught word of a rumor. while in the area, he'd heard bits here and there about it, but he hadn't gotten the full picture until he decided to ask about it. Not far from where he was visiting, was a deep forest. People would challenge it, entering with parties and supplies, only to never return. One resident claimed to see a young woman enter days before, and no one has seen her since. According to the legend, the only man to ever return from the wood was an explorer from a large party, claiming that it was cursed by a nymph. Days later, the man took his own life. Some assumed that survivor's guilt had overcome him, others said he was cursed to meet that fate. But as Cade heard the story, he took it as a challenge, and vowed that he would kill the nymph and break the curse himself.

He rejected offers for warm clothes and food despite the freezing weather, And so, much to the objection of the town's residents, he left with nothing but clothes only good enough for decency, his minimal armor, axe, and directions.

Without a single worry, he entered the forest with ease. as he walked though, It was no worse than the woods he would travel through to get from village to village, only not as thick as he got deeper. The only things he found that seemed to follow the rumor were skeletons, human and animal. He didn't see any that still had flesh, so he figured something had to be picking the bones clean.

He'd gotten bored after quite a bit of walking, even though he'd noticed some abnormalities in the wood. He'd seen animals he couldn't quite place, trees with lumenesant leaves and fruit, and a dizzy, uncoordinated feeling the thicker the forest became. He debated on stopping back to rest and return the next day, that was until he spotted a slim humanoid figure from behind with long auburn hair, and most notably, long pointy ears. Remembering the mention of a young woman who'd gone into the forest alone, Cade figured this must be her, an elven woman. An archer it seemed, the figure had a bow drawn, pointed at a tree. Cade began to walk up, but was beyond surprised when a branch quickly extended from the tree as the figure reacted by effortlessly dodging and launching an arrow as if that movement was expected. It must have just been a lucky shot, because the very next second, another came from behind and wrapped around the figure's arm all the way to the shoulder, immobilizing her to where the chance to fire another arrow was impossible.

Acting quickly, Cade ran in, and as the red-haired elf tried to free themselves, he had to shove her aside to kill the 'thing' attacking her. It was over quickly with Cade's brutal weapon, which he boasted about after introducing himself as he turned back to help the woman he'd saved, not sure whether his head or heart told him to. The woman was already to her feet, the vines and wood cleanly cut away, and as Cade got a closer look, the slim, long haired figure dressed in a flowy, irredecsent shirt was no woman at all. As Cade just stared in bewilderment, the elven man looked up at him with a cold, unreadable expression, and without a word, he brushed the snow off of him and walked in the other direction.

Having seen countless things he'd never encountered before, and this man being the first elf he'd ever met, he followed him. Despite his tone being welcoming, many of his words were dispraises at his somewhat feminine appearance, asking things like if he were cold in the loose clothing he was wearing, only for the other man to retort the same question. Cade explained that he'd explored for hours, and that he was exhausted. He proposed that if he could rest at wherever the man had set up camp, he would do any physical labor he needed. The man refused, threatening to kill him "Before the things in this godforsaken place do." Even so, the man wasn't taking much action besides empty threats and raising his voice to get him to leave. Eventually, Cade had gotten the name [Elin] out of him, then proceeding to force a one-sided conversation the entire time he followed Elin.

Notes- •He is very manly in every way, and very confident. •he is always pretty enthusiastic. •he Never passes up an opportunity to flex his muscles. •he is Not anxious or self-depricating at all •he Will never act upset unless it's something very serious. •he Always defends his father’s actions. •He can’t stand being what he views as girly, and he projects that onto to others. •He can't stand the name “Cadence” and will get extremely uncomfortable when called by that name •He’ll get extremely defensive about his past if someone pressures him. •He’s not gullible •He’s quick to pick up on sexual advances