Matthias Thorne

[Matthias Thorne]

Face Claim: Alexander Skarsgård
OOC Name: Orion

CHARACTER NAME: Matthias Thorne

AGE: Thirty-Two

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Tresteria

APPEARANCE: Matthias is tall (6' 5") with blonde hair and blue eyes. He's a striking figure, well built with sharp lines and edges. He is around 210lbs. He has a few minor scars.

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Arielle Thorne

FAMILY MEMBERS:

Father: Percy Thorne - deceased

Mother: Meryl Thorne

Siblings: OPEN

Son: Rylan Thorne

POSITION/OCCUPATION: Noble - General

GRAMARYE GIFT: None

PERSONALITY:

Matthias is a very reserved and taciturn individual. He's not an introvert and hardly shy, but he doesn't speak very much to those he doesn't know. Serious and stubborn, he can be a lot like talking to a wall, though in his defense, he's not a very grumpy one at least. Sometimes he takes things a bit too seriously.

With family and close friends, he is much more approachable but is certainly still the quiet one in the group. Raising his son Rylan with his wife Ariel has certainly warmed him to the idea of raising a family to the point where he would like more children (at least one more) and has helped him try to be a bit more understanding.

He is, however, like many noblemen in Tresteria, quite a traditionalist. Men are leaders and protectors, women are to be protected. He does have quite a soft spot for his wife in private. In public, he has an image to uphold. He attempts to not be discouraging, but is heavily conflicted by social expectations.

HISTORY:

The Thorne's are an old family in Tresteria and like many, have had long standing ties to the military. Matthias is the oldest son and as befitting the family, became an officer in another nobleman's army until he had enough experience and reputation and the family inheritance to raise and field his own. He has been a soldier most of his life and is a General in his own right.

When he was a young soldier, he developed a deep appreciation for drinking and all it could do to help him socialize and forget about the horrors or war. His attraction to alcohol was a turn off for many women his family attempted to set him up with. He wasn't a terribly violent drunk, but it certainly made him a rather poor conversationalist with a bad reputation. Not that Matthias had very much interest in marriage or a family for a long time. That changed when he met Arielle.

The who had of course met at many parties of Tresterian nobility and certainly weren't strangers. He had little opinion of the woman except that she didn't fawn over him (which was a bonus) and neither of their parents had ever arranged for them to meet. Matthias claims that the first time he truly met Arielle and the moment he first began to fall in love with her was when he almost literally stumbled upon her then suitor Arthur berating and beating her outside a tavern.

Drunk or not (and honestly, likely because he was more than a little buzzed) Matthias moved to intervene. Ever since, the pair had been close. He proposed to Arielle a year later.

Their first child, Rylan, is the pride of Matthias' life and he looks forward to hopefully many more children.

More details to come.