1- For starters, pick (at least) three OCs to work with. You'll be using those three for the rest of the meme so choose carefully! Now, introduce them.

Ramhad Vandriss Van Bor'Ragraz - *bows with a hand over the heart* "Pleased to make your aquintance" *puts his pipe between his teeth again*

Ayaruma Dirai Sarenarroh - *crosses her arms and glares* "What are you looking at? I'm not here because I like being questioned, so lets get this over with."

Lt. Commander Ahgryas Lockeharte - *hand to heart salute* "God's blessings on you always, on long live His Holiness, may we begin?" *tries real hard not to look over and glare at Ayaruma*

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2- What kind of childhood did your OCs have?

Born of Vandriss Dagmeth and Urissa Van Bor'Ragraz, Ramhad lived his years of childhood in constant instruction in political and military science since the age of six, thus beggining his life long love of literature. His mentors would would test him daily with questions of what-to-do in situations regarding a scheming rival lord to being out-flanked in battle. At the age of fourteen he began physical training with the best weapon masters of his dwarven race at the time. It seemed everyone expected nothing but great things would come of Vandriss' eldest; they were right to think so.

Ayaruma was raised by her mainly by her widowed mother and her older brothers in the harsh deserts of her native home. Throughout her childhood she was taunted cruelly by other children, saying her father died a cowards death to outland hands. Her childhood makes sense when considering her long career as a soldier, for she fought everyday with her peers till finding out the truth about her fathers almost heroic deeds; this eventually decides her to join the legendary Dirai Sand Riders after proving her worth as a warrior to both her people and to her herself.

Ahgryas is the second and youngest child (the baby sister) of wealthy northern nobles, The Lockhartes. She grew up in a well-to-do enviroment as a child, and was perhaps the most spoiled of the two children. Always getting away with her wild behavior and managing to look innocent and lay blame on her older brother. Her family has a clean and seemingly un-tarnished military tradition, having an ancestor in every, single, major Cliffside war since the reign of the Cahdan Dynasty. With such a lineage it only made sense after discovering her magical talent with holy energy that she would choose a high honor amongst her kin, becoming a paladin of the Holy Church.

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3- What do your OCs do for a living?

Ramhad is technically supreme commander of the second largest dwarven army assembled and deployed in three different theatres of combat. He is also the only bodygaurd of the priestess Miranda Grace Damyir to have sworn blood oath to defend her, willingly and with no provocation. "It was the right thing teh do at the time."

Ayaruma, due to her outstanding feats of reckless courage (and free spirit) was given her first command as a captain of her own squad of thirty raptors, although, it was given in hopes she would get herself killed, but thus far she's proven a powerful asset on the field and off. And do to complications away from home she found herself choosing oath to defend Miranda as well, the alternative was prison and death.

Ahgryas commands the city gaurd of the Cliffside capital of Valas as well as happens to be a member of an elite sept of paladins in The Church known only as the Crimson Blade. She was charged by the High Commander of the Paladin Order with the persecution by fair trial of heretics and enemies of the state. Due to this she has seen action all over the western world.

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4- Who or what do your OCs love/hate?

Ramhad did love his wife until she died of a magic wrought plague, starting his undying hatred for the dragon that spawned the plague and all dragons in general. He currently has interest, years after the dragon incident, in a young blacksmith by the name of Sarah Ambers while on campaign in southern Cliffside. Other than that Ramhad is a very calm and thought out individual with good restraint of any other emotion.

Ayaruma loves the rich culture of her people and the blood-bought euphoria of battle. She also like dancing and using archery as therapy. She strongly dislikes authority and claims to have no peer, only those below her or above her. She absolutely hates outsiders, as most An'Arri' do, calling other evlish races as "Hirai" (half-blood)and anyone else as "Jirai" or no blood.

Ahrgyas hates the idea of showing to much emotion as she tends to keep a very cold, impersonal image of herself. She loves her job, to a scary degree, and basks in compliments from her superiors she also hates competition or others prying into her business.

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5- How do your OCs relax?

Ramhad will lounge in taverns to draw in the atmosphere and puff on his signature long-stem pipe, sometimes he welcomes ale if it's spiced right.

Ayaruma sometimes plays around with something like cat's carddle only with two strings and a polished stone. Meditation is also used, but only before battle to clear the mind of the bodies natural reaction of fear. Archery is her favorite thing to relax though. She puts her troubles on arrows and releases them.

She doesn't know how to switch off duty, she always works. The only things she does between patrols would be sparring in the Church's main "Arms yard" with others of her sept and ocassioanlly reads out of books she would prefer noone find (easily embarrassed).

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6- Do your OCs have goals? What do they dream about accomplishing/doing?

Ramhad can't wait to retire, he also can't wait for Miranda's crusade on evil and oppression to end. He has in mind a cabin near a mountain lake where he fishes in the morning, writes in the noon, and smokes his pipe with the sunset. But before then he has a war to end on three fronts, a young, naive priestess to keep from breaking her neck and a throne to secure.

Ayaruma was only away from home for one thing, to avenge the dishonor on her people by returnign the Blade of the Fathers to it's righfull place. Even if she has to fullfill her oath to Miranda first. Nothing else will get in her way as she tracks the thieves responsible..hopefully..sort of, okay there's a bunch of stuff to deal with first.

Ahgryas hopes to make it up the tree of ranks in the Order. Eventually she may become a leader of her sept as it is. She also wants to live long enough to see the sand elves of the Al'Katar finally defeated and subjugated.

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7- Have your OCs ever committed any serious crimes?

There was a time when Ramhad assualted a superior office when he was young. And the incident with the dragon when he, against orders, brought two hundred men to the mountains' peeks to slay the dragon responsible for so many dwarven dead. Though his offenses are still on record and his rivals in the senate still fling them in his face, his victory over Dasjira the Brood mother on the mountain heights made him and his surviving troops the very example of chivalric heroes to his people and those beyond.

Ayaruma whilst on her travels to foreign lands in search of the fabled blade has committed many crimes. Mostly involving theft and evading capture by the tenacious paladin Ahgryas Lockeharte, she also seems to have added the death of two paladins to her list, "Them or me I figured, wasn't a hard choice considering Jirai.."

Ahgryas has never seemingly placed a foot wrong within society, as far as society sees it, she is the model unrelenting virtue expected of her office. Until later on of course...

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8- Your OCs are listening to music. What songs are they listening to?

Ramhad prefers something close to a fiddle but held in the lap. He likes the somber music himself but will bear through the jigs they play in taverns.

Ayaruma herself plays a seven stringed instrument popular amongst her people called the Shishoto. It was a erie wailing sound if played soft and a sharp chime if plucked, similar to a sitar here. Only the shishoto is played with the neck facing pointing up and over the one shoulder of the performer.

Ahgryas. once again being the near machine worker, doesn't have time for music and has little appreciation for most forms. The music she hears most is the haunting sound of choirs singing in the Roman tongue within the Church proper.

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9- What animals would best represent your OCs?

Ramhad, an old wolf. Cunning and experienced if a little worn.

A panther for Ayaruma, something about the sleek, deadly perfection of nature's ninjas just seems to sing Ruma!

Ahgryas is in so many ways a falcon, she has the bird like stamina and quickness, with a smooth grace similar to hunting bird's flight.

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10- Your OCs find a million dollars on the street one day. What do they do with the money?

If in dwarven currency? Ramhad would pile it on top of the already impressive hoard of treasures he owns in Bor'Ragaz that he rarley sees or cares about. Money has no immediate use to him such numbers. He spends very little as it is.

"Ruma" wouldn't resist the chance. She blow through that in a heart beat if meant better equipment, descent places to sleep and food worth eating. It also mean not having to steal.

She would portion it in chunks. Half would be tithed to the Church, a quarter would go to paying her regiment more appropriatly, the rest to herself.

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11- Your OCs are stuck babysitting a whiny baby/kid. What will they do about it?

Ramhad would go to using stories if necessary though hardly any of those accounts are appropriate for the sponged-minded youth. He isn't above himself so much to not use disciplinary measures.

Ayaruma would put the brat to work cleaning random things while sharpening her sword for the child to see; to quell any rebellion of course.

Ahgryas would not know one end from the other with children having little experience with sinky, drooling children. She might go mad. *cringes at the thought*

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12- If your OCs were suddenly turned into the opposite sex, how would they react?

Ramhad- "WHAT IN THE FIRE'S BLAZES!!??" Then he would spend years alone in shame at losing his *ahem* and his beard (very important to dwarves).

Ayaruma would find it the sickest and best joke ever told.

Ahgryas is unstable enough as it is. On one hand she assumes a new identity and lives with it. On the other you add her already flakey temper with testosterone and get a killer.

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13- What would your OCs do for a Klondike bar?

"A what bar?" Ram's head tilts "Pay for one I guess."

"Looks cold, ooh that is a wierd place to hang a puppet." *she says this as she points past your left shoulder* And the klondike bar is missing as well as Ruma when you turn back around....

"What are you talking about, can't you see I'm busy!? Move along citizen." The one asking is now being neatly ignored.

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Fun fun, I like detaling characters. Hope you enjoy.

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