Back story
Xeric grew up with his mother and older brother, Xavier. While Xavier knows an inkling of why their father isn't around, Xeric doesn't know anything and does not question about it. Because supporting three people was a hard task for a single mother, the brothers grew up to be fairly independent for children, doing what they can to ease their mother's stress.
Xavier being five years older, Xeric looked up to his brother (especially since neither had a father figure around). When Xeric was seven years old, Xavier suddenly left home one day and never came back. The mother knows why her older son left (it relates to their father), but no matter how Xeric pesters her, she only tells him with a smile that "Xavier has something important he needs to do" and leaves it at that. This is how his bitter sentiment for his brother came about.
So from the age of seven, Xeric began taking odd jobs, doing what he could to help his mother, whose health declined since Xavier left from being overworked and stressed. This is the period where he begins to develop his personality, very serious and straightforward when dealing with others as he worked from one job to another. However, because he devoted so much time to this, he did not have any friends, aside from his best friend who he kept in contact with after the friend had moved away, which left him as sort of a socially awkward and overly blunt person.
When he was 15, Xeric decided to enlist into the Knights' Guild, as it would provide him stable income to support his mother as well as her protection while he was gone. For three years, he spent his time at the guild training his swordsmanship/magic usage to prepare to go into the field.
At 18, he finally donned his first set of armor (near the bottom of his profile page) and began his journey as a knight. (This is where the actual story I had planned starts, but it's still not developed. The arc goes from the beginning of his knighthood to the year he turned 21.)
A two year time skip occurs at the end of the first 'arc' and currently, at 23, he has been promoted in rank, which is why his armor has been upgraded.
If you're wondering about the wings, it's a magic application that Xeric uses sometimes during combat (with really big creatures) and to travel short distances.
The world they live in is a fantasy type world where magic and creatures exist. They live in a small city (larger than a town) which is part of a kingdom and under jurisdiction of the Capital. To give an idea of how they lived technology-wise, light is brought about by either magic or candlelight, the main method of communication is by letter. People travel either on foot, by carriage, or by portal (only from set portal stations to another, usually one per city/landmark)
Xavier being five years older, Xeric looked up to his brother (especially since neither had a father figure around). When Xeric was seven years old, Xavier suddenly left home one day and never came back. The mother knows why her older son left (it relates to their father), but no matter how Xeric pesters her, she only tells him with a smile that "Xavier has something important he needs to do" and leaves it at that. This is how his bitter sentiment for his brother came about.
So from the age of seven, Xeric began taking odd jobs, doing what he could to help his mother, whose health declined since Xavier left from being overworked and stressed. This is the period where he begins to develop his personality, very serious and straightforward when dealing with others as he worked from one job to another. However, because he devoted so much time to this, he did not have any friends, aside from his best friend who he kept in contact with after the friend had moved away, which left him as sort of a socially awkward and overly blunt person.
When he was 15, Xeric decided to enlist into the Knights' Guild, as it would provide him stable income to support his mother as well as her protection while he was gone. For three years, he spent his time at the guild training his swordsmanship/magic usage to prepare to go into the field.
At 18, he finally donned his first set of armor (near the bottom of his profile page) and began his journey as a knight. (This is where the actual story I had planned starts, but it's still not developed. The arc goes from the beginning of his knighthood to the year he turned 21.)
A two year time skip occurs at the end of the first 'arc' and currently, at 23, he has been promoted in rank, which is why his armor has been upgraded.
If you're wondering about the wings, it's a magic application that Xeric uses sometimes during combat (with really big creatures) and to travel short distances.
The world they live in is a fantasy type world where magic and creatures exist. They live in a small city (larger than a town) which is part of a kingdom and under jurisdiction of the Capital. To give an idea of how they lived technology-wise, light is brought about by either magic or candlelight, the main method of communication is by letter. People travel either on foot, by carriage, or by portal (only from set portal stations to another, usually one per city/landmark)