Fighting Ability:  His skill with daggers is one of the best. He is specialized in them and is a natural, besides his obessive and intensive training regiments. His unarmed is the average for the inn of the rogue, which is pretty good. He can use a sword, bow, staff and other such, but is extrememly rusty and will probably make more than a few mistakes. He is a speed fighter, though is pretty strong especially grips. He favors having a mixed whatever goes style. Also he is very accurate with throwing daggers, a bit better than hitting bullseye eight times out of ten.

Family: Father: Tarvik - Age: 50
Brother: Tarven - Age: 30
Mother: Ava: Age: 31 when died in childbirth. 57 if she had lived.
He also has a pet hound named Gore.

He got a puppy from Eric and named her Mercy.
His family are mage merchants from Aven in Copper Isles. His family treats him as a scapegoat and blame Ava's death on him.

Considers Keri (Cynthia) as a sister which he loves as such.

Appearance: His height is 5' 10". His hair is brownish dirty blond and he has his hair cut short and parted naturally. Drake's eyes are grey-green. His build is wiry and has face is slightly angular and hawk like. He looks like he has been in and out of fights all his life. He has a edginess or air of someone who has seen war and has survived. Drake has a skinny build that is deceptive of his strength, but his ready stance shows that he knows how to fight and fight well. Mr. Tavikson is full-blooded Luarin. He also has several scars on his arms and chest. He has a recent scar traceing from the corner of his left eye  across his cheek.

Clothing: He wears serviceable dark clothing that is spacious enough to hide daggers among his person. He wears a dark shirt that allows greatest freedom of movement. He wears dark riding boots with daggers slipped in each. He has daggers on wrist sheaths. He wears serviceable riding pants. The clothes are well worn but well made. He has a well-worn belt. Mr. Tavikson has daggers everywhere possible because they are easy to lose in a fight. He also keeps a few garrote wires hidden about himself. He is wearing a ribbed leather jacket. Most of his clothes have dark stains that are from work hazards (i.e. Blood.). His shirts and few of his pants are patched up, most have areas of obvious repairs for slashes. He has a few pairs of clothes that are in better condition, but he saves those for when he needs to look presentable. His work is very hard on his clothing. He wears a charm against being tracked and now also a charm to resist magic minorly. He sometimes carries a poisoned dagger in a special dark green sheath. The poison provided by Nightshade causes a quick and painful death.

Personality: He is talkative except when working. He understands base emotions but the complexity of emotions confuses him enough that he has hard time being tactful. He is a flowery flirt to most women.His own emotions are usually suppressed but when aroused are fierce. He is usually tries to be friendly with most people but if he doesn't like you he will make it clear to the person that is so. Drake in a tavern would just walk to the bar and listen to the conversations around him. Then, he tries to join a conversation in which he might have a little knowledge about. He doesn't pause before doing what he thinks is right by him. Due to this he usually gets himself in trouble with people who want him just to but out. He thinks one should and he does protect those who have no protection and have no way of gaining protection unless one is unable to do so. He rarely feels guilty at using underhand tricks to get an advantage. He is single-minded when he pursues his goals. When he jumps into a fight he just dishes out punishment as he sees fit. His determination in a fight is such that he will continue till there is totally no chance to win.
He is very loyal to his friends. Drake humor is that of puns and irony. He minimizes his beer consumption so he can stay clear headed. He thinks a lot but is also a bit rash, for though he plans for situations he is too impatient and impulsive to not jump at the quick conclusion. His beliefs are that it is possible to be a good guy while looking like a bad guy. "Darkness isn't always evil" is his idea of a saying. He will kill if the situation arises but tries to make sure that he doesn't need to. He isn't a wanton killer but a professional bodyguard. Killing is part of the job, not the best part though.
He acts tough but has a soft side for his hound. Drake loves his faithful dog for that is his only constant companion. He is a very cautious person because he was raised to be. He tries to fit in with the lower levels of society for he has grown more accustom to them instead of the more respectable side due to his occupation. He is a independent person that likes to be flexible. He can't stand insults to his family unless he made the first one.
He loves observing people to gauge threat. Mr. Tavikson is social unless he is on a job. He views himself a warrior first and a social person second. He sees brawling as training. He will jump into any brawl that happens while he is there but doesn't usually start them. He doesn't start them so he can justify as he didn't start the problem just ended it. He trains a lot to keep himself in peek condition. He is a perfectionist on his own technique and style. He fights with all of himself, holding nothing back. He will resort to dirty tactics if he thinks it will help. His main weapons are his daggers but will improvise if he needs to. He is rash and a bit blunt but he knows to when to keep his mouth shut.
He rarely gets scared because he thought he has seen it all when the gods fought overhead. He is bit of a homophobic when it is between guy's. He doesn't like guys touching him but he tries to be nonjudgmental. He is quick to anger when it is about his family but otherwise thinks logic will solve all. His experience in the Copper Isles revolution has made him distrust the honesty of nobles and appreciate the gains of pick-pocketing and burglary. He also enjoyed the challenge of working in a network of people of intelligence and skill.
His work in the revolution has made him accept people for who they are rather than their skin color. Unlike most full-blooded luarin of the isles, he sees the raka as people to be treated as everyone else is treated. He can be hot-blooded when it comes to his friends. He usually has a smile or a grin on his face, though a lot of the time it is there just to fake cheerfulness or hide his true emotion. Drake also can get a bit single-minded on combat and roguework, sometimes.

His break up with Naiome has unsettled him making him even more aggressive and violent when he fights, but now he tries even more to be a polite citizen and civil in his conversations. When reminded of Naiome he goes dark and his violent nature hovers near the surface.

Strengths: Drake is a expert at daggers and can walk very silently. He can hide very well and he has had unarmed combat training. He is a very observant and quick and has been in enough fights to be able to ignore minor pain until he is free to pay attention to it. He sizes everyone up upon entering a room. This means that he is usually prepared for the majority of situations that might arise, and he knows when it's best not to irritate someone. He can blend into any level of society. His military training gives him the ability for basic healing as in setting broken bones, how to wrap a bandage, and how to make a bruise balm. His combat readiness make would be attackers shy off for easier prey. Drake's profile speaks volumes of how he has fought in battles. He can speak both Tortallan and Kyprish. He is usually good enough to not get seriously injured in a fight. He speaks with authority that makes others believe his lies more readily. He has an iron stomach from eating his own cooking.

Weaknesses: He has hard time telling other peoples emotions and is very frank with people. He speaks his mind. He doesn't abide by fools. He makes his opinions well known whether or not anybody cares. He is very firm in his beliefs and it takes a lot to convince him. He loves a good fight. Drake would jump into any brawl he can for the fun of a fight. He is artistically inept and can't tell the difference between a screech and a song. He is impulsive. He jumps at the opportunity to fight in a brawl. He is over cautious about being stabbed in the back. When he sizes everyone up upon entering the room, he can gain false impressions and misjudge people, so that he is less well prepared for all eventualities than he thinks, which can make him hasty and rash. He has a hard time listening to authority figures if he thinks they are wrong. It is easy to get him so absorbed in a fight that he might not realize there are more opponents than the obvious ones. His authoritative voice sometimes makes him seem arrogant. He is a horrid cook that can only cook his dish of something like stir-fry. It is so spicy and hot that it even Copper Islanders say it is too spicy. It is on the extreme side only he has been able to eat the food safely. Others might, but it is doubtful. He thinks it is great food and offers anyone foolish enough to accept, a bite of it. He could have gone far in the military, maybe even a palace guard or something if it wasn't for the adverse affect he has on morale and disapline as he brawls and fights so much.

History: Drake was born to be a mage merchant like the rest of his family but his lack of gift made him unsuitable to carry on in the family business. He left his family home because he was the black sheep of the family for liking combat, having no gift, for being friendly towards raka, and for being his mother's cause of death. Even though he left his family he feels strongly connected to the people who took care of him when he was young even if they didn't treat well. He wasn't dismissed but he got tired of being looked down upon by his family so he packed what he could and left.
He makes money as a sell-dagger and rogue. He was taught how to be formable in the local training camp of the army by the training master. Drake still sends mail back to his family to inform them he is still among the living. His natural fighting ability with daggers brought the training masters attention. The Training master saw that this ability needed to be trained so he took upon himself to train Drake in such that he would be skilled as well as being a natural._ UPDATE _The Training master was a skilled master who trained the elite of the army, those that eventually became captains of the guard or became palace guardsman, and Drake would have been one himself if it wasn't for the fact they felt they couldn't trust a person who loves to fight and brawl as much as him into the palace guard. _UPDATE_ The other fighters ragged on him for getting such attention but it was all in good fun. Drake soon got the reputation to not be mess with in any overt manner and did have friends though they were few, most just did not know how to deal with him, a merc with special training and a problem with jumping into fights. He makes most of his money from being a sell-dagger and he travels with his hound and horse.
He earned a big purse of money in the Copper Isles civil war. He was an informant and fighter in the capitol for the revolution and the Copper Isles Rogue. While he was an informant he learn how to pick pockets and pick locks from his superiors in the Copper Isles Rogue. He now isn't a member of either because he moved to Corus. During the chaos of the revolution he robbed some of the Noble's homes before he left for Tortall. Mr. Tavikson posed as a guard for the slave pins. He travels to Tortall to get away from all the uproar of a new queen. He doesn't care who is in charge as long as it doesn't kill him.

      He was just short of command rank in the Copper Isles rogue. Drake was known to the people of the underworld to be a fast fighter with a hot head about his friends. He did a little bit of everything for them, but mostly he stuck to fighting and stealing. He was one of the top fighters in the Copper Isles rogue. Few suspect he is rogue cause he acts so foolish all the time. 

 

Likes: Fighting, sex, fighting, dogs, fighting, drinking, fighting, brawling, fighting, training, fighting, daggers, did I mention fighting?, oh and of course the Rogue.

 

Dislikes: Betrayal, disloyalty, cowards,

What is Your Character Most Ashamed of? For his distance from his family. His family also blames him for her death. Though they love each other there is a huge rift between him and his family.

 

Now it is his falling out with Naiome and his own reaction to it.

What Makes Your Character Unique? He sees all people as equals to each other.

Why is Your Character Coming to the Inn? To get hired by some one looking for a dagger expert. The Inn is hopefully just the first stop, and to find the Rogue.

 

Update: 11/23/06 Drake joined the Corus Rogue

             11/26/06 Talked to Kafa about a business deal

             11/27/06 Talked to Keri and Anyisa. Got Keri to start supplying him with information and found  out that Anyisa is old Rogue. Had a encounter with Skitter trying to cutpruse him, ended him having a short fight with her. Saved purse but lost two daggers which Keri gave him replacements. Also made a business deal with Keri.

             11/30/06 Keri moved in, as a roomate

 

             12/27/06 Crashed a nobles party with the rest of the rogue, killed a few guards.

 

              ??/??/06 Has done some drug selling with Kildan, acting as his bodyguard and was there for intimidation purposes..

 

              1/14/07 stopped by the LC shortly, just looking around.

              1/19/07 Lethea came to him asking for him to talk to other rogues to help her get in. 

        

              2/6/07 Worked with Elesmere.

             2/15/07 Hired by Julianna, is now her bodyguard.

 

            9/15/07 Has came back from the Isles, while there he became a General of the Rogue and fought a personal war against one of his old masters and a assassin cult. Now that he is back has been waging a silent war against the hirelings of Lucian in support of the Rebels. He keeps his appearance a normal rogue though.

 

            10/12/07 Got Hired by Lady Aryrissa and got her promise not to turn him in for his part of the Midwinter Plot of '06 (Stolen Crowns)

 

            10/14/07 Got beat up badly in a sparring match with Ryain, but showed a decent level of skill

 

            11/10/07 Met Naiome and the start of his crush on her.

 

             03/05/08 Has bought into his Bodyguard firm

 

            11/03/08  AS now has been boken up with Naiome and has gone a little too much into the killing part of his job. Also has been absent from the main scene to deal with his emotions which hasn't gone well as far as getting away from bad habits as he was he is still the same, but more likely to leave opponents dead or worse.

 

             2/21/09 Is more or less normal, and splits his time between working how he did and running his fighter for hire business. It is a small business for fighters who really don't want hanging around, not your upstanding type, more those that won't ask questions. Whatever illegal stuff is done is done offical without his knowlegde. It is a small business with like 12 or so actual fighters and a couple of clerks, they are your gang bangers, bully boys, land bound sailors, retired soldiers or just about anybody who fights well just not in a organized fashion like soldiers. Unofficial he either pushes them to the rogue or out of the illegal stuff. It includes a few assassins and true fighters but they are like Drake and don't really work well with others and not that well truely alone either. Certain minor npc rogues are also part of this business. Drake is still only a partner in the business but the other partner is a silent partner who he is trying to buy out. David a npc rogue and Sullie are the only current members who do the rogue stuff at the moment. Sullie is a new hire and David is more a side contract to get good stuff spotted on duty.

 

          2/27/09 Has hired Sullie to work as an archer for his business and assigned Sullie to the NPC minor rogue David and his crew. Also has since heard more about the current King, Dray. Plans on getting back into the mainstream of things with the Rogue.

 

People he is really close too: Keri (in a brotherly way), Naiome (Ex-Girlfriend)-(Best not mention her), and Julianna (His closes employer and friend).

People he totally respects in fighting: Ryain, Farnu

Important played people that he likes: Anyisa, Amarilda, Elesmere, Eleni, Nightshade, Sascha, Sythia, Lin, Gwyneth, Reilly, Dalman, Ciele, Resa, Joff, Kafa, and Kildan.

People he is unsure about: Harmony, Katarzyna, Shana, Kale, Jak, and Farnu

People he doesn't like: Ralph, Lethea, Zayra, Lucian (Deceased), Webb, Kerron, Andrew, Skitter, and Agatha(Deceased).

People he has met and has made no decision: Yeven, Arcadia, Darcy, Marlena, Jeffery, Janja, Jordan, Carri, Hester, Elsha, Darryl, Wren, Quin, Corbin, Abrial, Isabel, Evin, Branwyne, Delilah, Jazmin, Andy, Jabez, Layla, Amir, Menina, Disa, Ilsa, Keiran, Mirel, Eric, Penelope, Mal, Hellcat, Butch, Aamilah, Christian, Penny, Amras, Mel, Lawrence, Vanna, Kitson, Callyn, Anya, Trolyn, Zipporah, Zander, Treven, and Camiron

People he likes to pick on: Jeod

People who he thinks is crazy: Doe

Clients he likes sort of: Julianna, Lady Alyrissa

Partners in crime at times: Elesmere, Kafa, Keri, and Kildan. and Julianna - sort of, Sullie - a protege of sorts