Samuel Tront
High King of Dragton
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Before his death, Samuel was in awful physical condition. Not only was he overweight but he was quite ill. His heart was weak and he didn’t pay much mind to his health until it was impending his death.
Body Features
Samuel was always a stocky man, with a decent amount of flesh on his bones. He was strong in his youth, but as he advanced in age, he lost muscle mass and gained weight.
Facial Features
Samuel had a broad face, with a large forehead. He had piercing, intelligent eyes, and a beard for much of his life.
Identifying Characteristics
Samuel’s most evident identifying characteristic was his weight. He also had a number of scars from his time in the military.
Physical quirks
Right Handed. As his health declined, his breathing became more labored, and walking became difficult, giving him trademark, heavy steps.
Special abilities
Samuel was an exceptional military leader, with an uncanny strategic ability.
Apparel & Accessories
Typically, Samuel is seen in soft flowing fabric to avoid accentuating the parts of his body that he doesn’t like. If he is not wearing fine robes, he is wearing ornamental armor to make himself look broad and strong in the chest.
Specialized Equipment
Before becoming High King, Samuel wielded the Legendary Battle-axe of Earth - Erulissë, which he eventually passed down to his son, Brandon.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Samuel Tront, first of his name was born in the month of Julias of the year 1167 of the Third Age. Samuel is the third child of High King Rean Tront the Third and Erica Darnet. By his eighth birthday, Samuel's eldest brother Maxwell Tront was killed in battle during the start of the rebellion of Farhold. This sudden and unexpected loss drove Samuel to the battlefield. Initially, Samuel told his father and Commanding Officer that his reasons for join the Army was to ensure the safety of his Country and ally, but the truth of it was far deeper. Samuel wanted to find his brother's killer and run him through. Though, Samuel never found the man who killed his brother, he did prove his merit as not only a great military leader, but that of being the next crowned heir of Dragton.
On the 1193rd year of the Third Age, Samuel was crowned as High King of the Dragtonian Kingdom after his father, Rean Tront the Third, died.
As Dragton’s next High King, Samuel helped broker a truce for the City-State of Farhold and the Nomadic Rebels. For the next few years, Samuel’s rule as High King remained rather quite until the year 3A-1199 when Arcadian soldiers invaded, laying siege to the City of Fydale and sacking the village of Cornwall. This action later became known as the ‘Sapphire Conflict’.
Initial fight of Sapphire Conflict continued for nearly five years until Dragtonian forces chased the armies of Arcadia back across the border. After which, the Sapphire Conflict became mostly political with an occasional skirmish breaking out until it officially ended in 3A-1217 when Samuel and Emperor Calixtus Durant signed a peace treaty.
In the years that followed, Samuel faced many hardships in both his rule and in his life. It all start when his and chief bodyguard, Knight-Commander Richard Campbell, was killed. Growing rumors of revolt began to stir. A rift also formed between him and his son, Prince Brandon, after Brandon decided to take a commoner as his bride. A union Samuel continuously refused to bless. It wasn’t long afterwards that he fell ill from a weakened heart.
Due to his illness, Samuel grew increasingly paranoid and after a Nomadic witch told him that his death would come soon by the hands of a Magic User. In hopes of changing his doomed fate, Samuel decided to outlaw all forms of magic. This course of action did not sit well with some people and as a result, started a rebellion against the Kingdom.
Samuel died some months later on the third of Augustus, 3A-1235, having finally succumb to his heart condition.
Gender Identity
male
Sexuality
Straight
Education
Samuel was given an incredibly comprehensive education. He didn’t exactly love his studies but he did his best to take in what he needed to because he thought he would need it in the future. He has continued to study into his later years – a focus in magic because it was something he didn’t have.
Employment
Though he didn’t have to, Samuel joined the military to avenge his brother’s death. He had a relatively successful career and is quick to talk about it but he did step back and fall in line as the High King of his kingdom.
Accomplishments & Achievements
One of the most important accomplishments in Samuel’s life is the truce he helped broker. It was something that no one but him could have accomplished – or so he said.
Failures & Embarrassments
Admittedly, he didn’t consider it a failure but the phobia and fear that came from his heart condition is high on the list of embarrassing things. He didn’t even acknowledge the fear of magic users as a weakness but it absolutely was. Another failure might have been not locating his brother’s killer.
Mental Trauma
Losing his brother and then his father weighed on Samuel’s life and mind for as long as he lived. He did so many things he wouldn’t have otherwise done and he carried such a burden that it occasionally made him do things that weren’t the best for him.
Intellectual Characteristics
Though he was book smart, Samuel considered himself a more military-minded person. He was confident and comfortable in combat and understanding strategy. Samuel had a very strategic mind, rivaling that of the greatest military commanders in his father’s army. This strategic thinking allowed him to be a strong ruler in his time. He was an intelligent man in general.
Morality & Philosophy
Samuel’s morality centered around survival. His survival, his family’s survival, and the survival of his kingdom. If his actions are driven by this morality, he believes them to be moral in themselves.
Taboos
Samuel had a hatred of magic that stems from a nomad’s prophecy, that his death would be by magical means.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
To be the greatest man he could be. To be a king that people respect. And to be sure that no one embarrasses him or undermines his name or successes.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Samuel was very gifted in strategy, making him both a strong military leader and a strong ruler for his people. He was athletically gifted during his youth, and was extremely strong. He was people savvy, but not charming. He just understood people, but used that to intimidate rather than charm.
Samuel was not especially book-savvy. He was intelligent, but preferred hands on applications of that intelligence.
Likes & Dislikes
During the later years of his life, Samuel developed an extreme love of food, and hired the best chefs and bakers in the kingdom to work for him.
Virtues & Personality perks
Samuel had very strong leadership qualities, was very passionate, and had a desire to do right by his people.
Vices & Personality flaws
Samuel was not adaptable, he was extremely stubborn, as well as quick tempered.
Personality Quirks
He is argumentative by nature. Samuel likes to be right and will often pick fights even if there isn’t one brewing just to assert his dominance. Samuel suffered from paranoia in his later years.
Hygiene
Samuel was very clean, as are most royals.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Samuel had a wide net of contacts and relations. As the High King of Dragton, he had contacts throughout the kingdom, although he had a select group of individuals who he felt he could truly trust.
Family Ties
Samuel was the third child of High King Rean Tront the Third and Erica Darnet. Samuel was a member of a family line that dates to the late Draconic Age. Since the family’s founding, members have always held some kind of royal or military title. Currently, the Tront House is the longest ruling family in Dragton. He was married, but his wife, Mira, died young. He is survived by his son, Brandon, and his two twin daughters, Kaitlyn and Khloe.
Religious Views
Samuel was not an especially religious man, but did follow Keller, god of war and harvest, due to his past military service.
Social Aptitude
As High King, Samuel had to have social skills. He understood how people worked, but he was not a charming king. Rather, he would take what he knew of people and use that knowledge to his advantage.
Mannerisms
Samuel had very commanding mannerisms. His size alone commanded attention, and he moved and spoke with an authority borne of being king.
Speech
Samuel was well spoken, although sometimes blunter than a king should be. Like his mannerisms, his speech was commanding.
Relationships
Wealth & Financial state
Growing up as royalty, Samuel had a vast amount of wealth available to him.
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
High King
Life
1167
1235
68 years old
Birthplace
Ablion
Spouses
Mira Tront
(spouse)
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Crypt of Kings
Gender
Male
Eyes
Brown
Hair
short gray
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
white
Height
5' 8"
Weight
280 lb
Aligned Organization
Character Prototype
mixed between Mark Addy and Sean Bean
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