Ryker von Spitweig
Gender: Male
Background: Ryker is the governor of the Atemdo region and the personal bodyguard of the kingdom's princess, Audette von Truass. He is the adopted son of August von Spitweig, the old Duke of Atemdo. his father died in a flu that swept their region, and Ryker's grandfather, Merlin, became his guardian when he was 11 years old. He was adopted by Augustus when he was four, he remembers little of his life before, only that it was dark with no one there to care for him (this is his dark past that will haunt him in the second book but be hinted at when he meets someone in Glatkori that makes him remember being underground) He was rescued by Augustus from a dark room, and has never thought about those days again, only the days after he entered Atemdo. Once his father died, Ryker took his father's title, but agreed to go to the castle at age twelve to learn like his father wanted him to. When he is away, his grandfather handles all his duties until he is 18, then Ryker handles the affair of the city under Merlin's guidance. Whil in his first year of training, Ryker meets a crying girl with a small voice under an old cherry tree. She tells him her name is Audette and as a sign of their freidnship, he gives her the nickname Skarlet with a K to match the K in his name. They become fast friends, meeting by the tree nearly everyday for about two years. One day when Ryker is fourteen, a young man about his safe tries to court Skartlet andwhen the 12 year old girl refused he turns to force. Ryker steps in because he's the only person in the area. The young man pulls a knife on Ryker, and as he prepares to block the man, the king intervenes by pulling the blade out of the man's hand. The young man runs away quickly and Skarlet thank both of them and leave before Gisella can find her. The king asks ryker to be Audette's secret bodygraud. Ryker agrees and his view of the king changes because when he grabbed the knife, he grabbed the blade.
Evolution: Ryker's only goal growing up is to fulfill his father's shoes appropriately to keep his legacy growing. Once he meets Audette and the King he becomes very loyal and skilled soldier to protect them. He is willing to follow Audette anywhere because of this promise to the king. When Ryker meets an old friend, Echo, who agrees to follow them, ryker begins to fall in love a little (but only a little). He's molded by the world at a young age.
Prioritiues: Like any soldier, he spends most of his time doing his duty or training to preform his job better. When he is not with the princess he's patrolling the castle to remove suspicion that he is the princess's guard. He trains with the other soldiers to do the same things. When he is off duty, he usually hangs out with Audette, on duty while off. Otherwise, Ryker enjoys climbing to a high place and reading. He'll go for drink with the other soldiers, but he enjoys being alone with his thoughts more.
Motivations: Skarlet's brother was the one to execute Ryker's rescue with his father. Ryker feels he has a debt to repay to the von Trauss family for the new life they gave him, so that is why he is so extremely loyal to Audette and her father. After he leaves the castle with Audette, he first believes he is staying with her out of loyalty to yer father, but as he spends more time on the road, he shifts to doing it because Skarliet is more like family to him than anything. Along the way as Ryker see all the changes in the country he begins to see the only way to help people is to help Skarlet find all the beasts and the Red King.
Relationships:
Family: Ryker remember nothing about his biological parents, he was adopted when he was four. he grew up with Augustus in the city of Atemdo. his father takes his education into his own hands and raised Ryker by himself, his wife dying a year before Ryker was adopted. When Ryker was nine, his father adopted another child who was abandoned in the forest near the city when the child was three (He's 15 in the story). Ryker was the one to name the child, Zedd. Ryker and Zeed grew up together and were best friends. Ryker raised Zeed more than his father, not because he was a neglecting father, more because Ryker wouldn't let his father do anything without him being present if it involved Zedd.
(to be continued at a later date.)
Age
22
Children
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