Post by Polynikes on Dec 31, 2007 14:26:50 GMT -5
GENERAL
Birth Name: Polynikes
Other Names: The Lion
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Occupation: Spartan Knight (peer)
Birthplace: Sparta
Current Location: Sparta
Family Relations: Three sons
Weapon: Sword and spear
Other Items Owned: None
BACKGROUND
Personality:
Detailed History: Polynikes is a fictional character in Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire. He is a Spartan Peer, a champion of his generation. Flawless in looks and peerless in valour, he is the nephew of King Leonidas and a member of the King's Three Hundred Knights in addition to being an Olympic champion. He's the youngest winner of not one, but two Prizes of Valour at the age of 23. He is a pivotal part of Alexandros' education.
Fears: Loosing the place he won with great effort in his early years.
Strengths: His fighting skills and wit make him one of the best Spartan knights there had ever being.
Weaknesses: His obsession to always being taken as perfect and sometimes being compared in speed to Hermes and in looks with Apollo Phebus.
Likes: Resolution, action and real effort.
Dislikes: Those that pity themselves and cry over small things (even when training). Alexandros.
APPEARANCE
Facial Appearance: He has long dark hair that reaches his shoulders and his eyes shine with the fierceness he so possesses in battle. Considered of great magnificence by Spartan women.
Clothing: Like most Spartan knights, but only wears his helmet in battle or training.
Build: Since he was put to the same training as the ones before him, his body is tanned with the sun's heat and shaped to fight in the most perilous of battles.
Marks/Scars: None yet.
Birth Name: Polynikes
Other Names: The Lion
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Occupation: Spartan Knight (peer)
Birthplace: Sparta
Current Location: Sparta
Family Relations: Three sons
Weapon: Sword and spear
Other Items Owned: None
BACKGROUND
Personality:
Detailed History: Polynikes is a fictional character in Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire. He is a Spartan Peer, a champion of his generation. Flawless in looks and peerless in valour, he is the nephew of King Leonidas and a member of the King's Three Hundred Knights in addition to being an Olympic champion. He's the youngest winner of not one, but two Prizes of Valour at the age of 23. He is a pivotal part of Alexandros' education.
Fears: Loosing the place he won with great effort in his early years.
Strengths: His fighting skills and wit make him one of the best Spartan knights there had ever being.
Weaknesses: His obsession to always being taken as perfect and sometimes being compared in speed to Hermes and in looks with Apollo Phebus.
Likes: Resolution, action and real effort.
Dislikes: Those that pity themselves and cry over small things (even when training). Alexandros.
APPEARANCE
Facial Appearance: He has long dark hair that reaches his shoulders and his eyes shine with the fierceness he so possesses in battle. Considered of great magnificence by Spartan women.
Clothing: Like most Spartan knights, but only wears his helmet in battle or training.
Build: Since he was put to the same training as the ones before him, his body is tanned with the sun's heat and shaped to fight in the most perilous of battles.
Marks/Scars: None yet.
