<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/44/Rhuardh.png) (https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:Rhuardh.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Rhuardh<br/><strong>Race/Species:</strong>Half-Human/Blanqua Elf<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Heterosexual in general<br/><strong>Appearance:</strong>5'4" and very pale, almost albino. Rhuardh's hair is a bluish-white and his eyes are a similar colour. He is about 100, reckoned as a young adult who had come of age among his mother's people, although his body is not quite yet to full maturity. He is very lithe and slender like most of his mother's people, and he is rather more beautiful than handsome, so much so that many who see him for the first time tend to do double-takes on him, and he has been mistaken for female more than once.<br/><strong>Brief History:</strong>Rhuardh's mother was of the Blanqua Elves, who was a rebellious daughter of one of the nobles, who had escaped from their home and wound up living with a Norori tribesman who loved her, and she eventually bore him a half-elven son. However, as he was an ordinary human he aged much more quickly than his wife or son, and he passed away from natural causes thirty years later, when Rhuardh was still a child. His mother was then forced to return to the Blanqua, and while she was forgiven her son was never truly accepted by his other relatives and elven society. He showed an incredible aptitude for music, like both his father and mother, and received the training of a bard, and is skilled in playing the mandolin and the ivory flutes that his mother's people are famous for. He was, however, bullied by his peers, and around the time his mother was forced into a second marriage he inadvertently caused severe injury to one of his bullies while avoiding being struck. As his bully was the son of an influential noble, for his offence he was exiled from the lands of the Blanqua, and made a living as an itinerant bard in the northern lands, playing music, reciting poetry, and bringing news around the lands from the banks of the Thangres river to the mountain border of Aquilonia.<br/><strong>Physical Edge:</strong>He is agile and dexterous, quick with his hands and quicker on his feet.<br/><strong>Physical Weak Point</strong>: Rhuardh is very thin and as such is lacking in raw physical strength.<br/><strong>Social/Mental Edge:</strong>Rhuardh is sharp of mind and perceptive, able to notice subtle details that escape most observers.<br/><strong>Social/Mental Weak Point:</strong>Isolated for much of his life and traumatised by his history, he tends to keep his feelings to himself, deeply bottled inside. Like many bards he is fond of strong drink, which he uses to clear his throat as well as cope with life.<br/><strong>Magical Theme (If Any):</strong>He possesses the skills of a bard, and his music can influence the moods and minds of those who hear him.  He can put his listeners into a calm sleep, and can even induce hallucinatory visions with his music.<br/><strong>Preferred Fighting Style:</strong>He prefers using light weapons such as daggers and rapiers that make best use of his agility while not requiring too much muscle to use. He can also use a crossbow fairly well and is accurate with one, although he has difficulty with bows as they tend to require strength he does not have.