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Aramaeus Lemon
Skills
Skills
Total Points Available To Spend: 12 |
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The default for new characters over 16 is 12, for characters under 16 it is 11. |
Physical
-Dueling Swords [Trained] (2)
Total Points In Category: 2
Mental
-Jurisprudence [Proficient] (3)
-Late Mar'kanian Political History [Proficient] (3)
Total Points In Category: 6
Social
-Lengthy Diatribes About History and Politics [Proficient] (3)
-Actually Communicating Like a Normal Sentient Being [Novice] (1)
Total Points In Category: 4
General Information
Age: 38
Species: Fox
Size: Medium
Physical Description
Aramaeus stands slightly taller than the average for most foxes, with a slim build and little in the way of real musculature, reflecting a life largely spent ingloriously as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice. He wears neat double-breasted vests and jackets over button-up shirts and ties, insisting on keeping his outfits extremely formal, if slightly outdated. When out and about town, he wears a long dark coat that cost far too much of his salary. His most distinctive feature, other than his sharp pale blue eyes, is his golden fur, a unique coloration that has largely died out in the Imperium since the decline of the house of Goldfur and the death of Mayor Anithias Freedom, the last publicly known of that line.
Inventory and Real Estate
-A small apartment in the Trenches largely filled with stacks of books on late Mar'kanian history, biographies of famous Imperial figures, and fringe treatises on political theory
-Neatly arranged three-piece suits
-A dueling sword he picked up largely because he was told it would attract vixens. It didn't.
Personality
Those who know Aramaeus well typically aren't in that position by choice, but more are victims of circumstance, mostly being made up of his colleagues and supervisors at the Ministry of Justice. The most positive thing that can be said of Aramaeus is that he is a hard worker, diligent, devoted to his office and always willing to put in overtime. More comprehensively, he's been described as 'a stuffed shirt', 'an anal-retentive prick', and 'unbearable to be around in almost any context'. Almost no one is willing to be with him in any context where a personal conversation might occur, since the only thing he ever seems to share are highly unpopular takes on pre-Civil War history and politics. While he doesn't view himself as an apologist for anything, he's always ready with an hour-long explanation of how actually the Ministry of Justice was originally conceived by Mayor Anithias Freedom, and the Ministry as it exists today is largely based upon his vision. These extended diatribes make him extremely unpopular at parties, with the result of him largely not being invited to any, and purposefully being left off the memo circuit for any and all office parties at the Ministry.
Strengths
Aramaeus can, at least, be said to have a very good mind. He's actually very well equipped for analytical thinking and careful examination of complex problems, a skill that might come in handy if he ever advanced in his career up to higher levels. As it is, his terrible personality is the greatest impediment to his career prospects.
Weaknesses
Absolutely no one in Aramaeus's life actually wants to spend time with him, largely because he doesn't know how to interact like a normal being. His default mode is always to go on and on about his own interests, which no one except people even more unbearable than him seem to share. Left alone in a bar for an hour, he will manage to create a fifteen foot bubble of isolation within which no one enters for risk of being engaged in conversation. This, sadly, reinforces Aramaeus's lack of social skills, giving him little opportunity to improve himself.
History
Aramaeus was raised in a state-run orphanage, and was one of several children put through an experimental program sponsored by the Ministry of Niceties to pilot a form of patriotic education for the nation's youth. Aramaeus grew up seeped in Imperial propaganda, and he absorbed it all like a sponge. The program was discontinued when the Civil War broke out, but by then Aramaeus was completely hooked, and he continued on his own to absorb all of the historical and political works he could get his paws on. When he finally aged out of the orphanage, he had become fixated on the idea of working in the law, and even chose an old name of Alkamarian extraction, 'Lamont' (pronounced la-MON) as his surname, picking it for meaning 'lawman'. Unfortunately, the clerk registering his name misunderstood his pronunciation and wrote down Lemon instead.
Aramaeus Lemon spent the next twenty years of his life largely performing clerical work for the ministries, first in the Ministry of Niceties, then the Ministry of Commerce, briefly in the Ministry of Misanthropy, and finally, when even they tired of him, he was moved over to the newly-formed Ministry of Justice. Despite his lofty goals of becoming a lawman in the traditional sense, helping to put away criminals and instill order upon the Imperium, Aramaeus never made it past a clerical position, not due to a lack of knowledge, but because he was so unbearable that no one in their right mind would let him represent their case in front of a jury. Hence he is now approaching the age of forty with no significant prospects for career advancement, and certainly no prospect of ending his bachelor status anytime soon.
What Aramaeus Lemon doesn't know is that his birth parents are in fact the (in)famous Mayor Anithias Freedom and his wife Julia Freedom. During a brief, foiled elopement at age 16, Aramaeus was conceived and, in the isolation of Heartwood Manor, was born six weeks early. His young mother Julia was told by her parents that the baby had not survived, and even after she ran away with Anithias to the navy, she never told her husband about the child they had lost. The infant Aramaeus was turned over by his grandparents to an orphanage, to be raised by the state. Even as a kit growing up in Bully Harbor under Mayor Freedom's reign, Aramaeus never realized the family connection, nor was his father ever aware of the kit's existence. Now, unknowingly the heir to one of the most controversial and reviled political figures in Imperial history, Aramaeus is unknowingly walking in his father's footsteps - to where, only time will tell.
Aramaeus Lemon spent the next twenty years of his life largely performing clerical work for the ministries, first in the Ministry of Niceties, then the Ministry of Commerce, briefly in the Ministry of Misanthropy, and finally, when even they tired of him, he was moved over to the newly-formed Ministry of Justice. Despite his lofty goals of becoming a lawman in the traditional sense, helping to put away criminals and instill order upon the Imperium, Aramaeus never made it past a clerical position, not due to a lack of knowledge, but because he was so unbearable that no one in their right mind would let him represent their case in front of a jury. Hence he is now approaching the age of forty with no significant prospects for career advancement, and certainly no prospect of ending his bachelor status anytime soon.
What Aramaeus Lemon doesn't know is that his birth parents are in fact the (in)famous Mayor Anithias Freedom and his wife Julia Freedom. During a brief, foiled elopement at age 16, Aramaeus was conceived and, in the isolation of Heartwood Manor, was born six weeks early. His young mother Julia was told by her parents that the baby had not survived, and even after she ran away with Anithias to the navy, she never told her husband about the child they had lost. The infant Aramaeus was turned over by his grandparents to an orphanage, to be raised by the state. Even as a kit growing up in Bully Harbor under Mayor Freedom's reign, Aramaeus never realized the family connection, nor was his father ever aware of the kit's existence. Now, unknowingly the heir to one of the most controversial and reviled political figures in Imperial history, Aramaeus is unknowingly walking in his father's footsteps - to where, only time will tell.
