OOC: Profile and contact information
PLAYER INFORMATION-
Name/Nickname: Claire
AIM/E-mail/Contact: ametatsu7 (AIM) clairepear@hotmail.co.uk (email/MSN)
LJ: baby_werewolf
CHARACTER INFORMATION-
Canon Character and Series: His Grace, His Excellency, the Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes; Discworld
In-Game Name: Commander Samuel Vimes
Age: 50 51 52
Gender: Male
Position & Ship: Boatswain, Victoria II
Appearance:
A skinny, balding, middle-aged man of average height and no great handsomeness, Vimes is rather nondescript in his appearance. He has a tendency to forget to shave and/or sleep when he's busy, which doesn't much improve his looks. Nor does he take particular care over his clothes, preferring functionality to looks. He dislikes any outfit designed purely for show, especially the kind of formal military uniform that would be completely out of place in actual use.
Personality:
Vimes is, to put it simply, a grumpy sod. Part of his generalized disgruntlement can be attributed to the fact that he's permanently in need of a drink, and as he's a teetotaller (he can never stop at one drink once he starts), he never gets it. He's not merely sober, he's naturally knurd - the opposite of drunk, which is to say, he's several drinks below par and needs two whiskeys to even be sober. This doesn't result in a particularly pleasant view of the world, all things considered.
As far as his basic personality is concerned, Vimes has a core of idealism concealed by many layers of bitterness and cynicism. He's seem most layers of Ivonian society, and concluded that he doesn't particularly like any of them. He manages to maintain a belief in fundamental ideals like justice and truth and the rule of law and the idea that people are basically good, while at the same time knowing for a fact that humanity in general is composed mostly of complete bastards of one kind or another.
Another dichotomy is that while he is honourable on a large scale, he's anything but on a small one - that is to say, he's quite prepared to lie, to cheat and to fight dirty to survive and to get what he wants, but what he wants is generally reasonable laudable.
His background as well as his morals give him a tendency to support the underdog, and he tends to feel the need to defend those who don't have anyone else looking out for them, but he's ruthless to anyone who tries to take advantage of him.
Vimes has a distinct anti-authoritarian streak. His tendency to mulishly avoid or circumvent his orders if they go against his beliefs, combined with his general slovenliness, is a large part of the reason he's not flavour of the month with the higher-ups. He has a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way if he doesn't get on with them, and aristocrats, bureaucrats and the military top brass all tend to come under the heading of "people Sam Vimes doesn't get on with".
Vimes isn't good at diplomacy or tact, though he is good at cunning - he doesn't much like to bother to pretend to be anyone but himself without good reason, but if there is good reason, he has no qualms about it. While he's no genius, he's not entirely stupid, and can be sharper than he looks. Even when he's not quick to solve a problem, he's dogged and stubborn enough that he usually manages to solve it in the end.
He doesn't consider himself to be brave, or, for that matter, intelligent, principled, or in any way admirable. While he does exhibit those characteristics, he doesn't think about them - he just does what needs to be done. Furthermore, unlike an outside observer, Vimes is very much aware of his own thoughts and feelings, not all of which are at all compatible with the sort of person he'd like to think he is. He's rather scared that he is, in fact, a bad person, and expends a lot of effort repressing that side of himself. Although he's never completely lost control, he's come close, and as such, Vimes going completely spare is a thing to be feared.
Abilities/Weapons:
Vimes is competent with most common weapons - he can use a sword and a gun decently, though he isn't keen on guns in principle. Furthermore, he fights very dirty - as far as he's concerned, the object is to survive and, if possible, to win, not to do it nicely.
In fact, "competent" would be a good word to describe most of his skills - he's outstanding at very little, but he is a good, solid all-rounder who, once he starts something, gets the job done, come hell or high water. It's this competence that counterbalances his talent for pissing off his superiors - they can never find a solid reason to demote him, however much they'd like to.
How well can your character hack?: HAHAHA hack? He's a technophobe and he scorns user manuals. He can't even secure his own posts properly.
Weaknesses:
He's neither particularly intelligent nor remotely diplomatic, and he's not good at just letting things drop.
He has a moderately addictive personality, and the only way he manages to avoid drinking far too much is by switching to smoking instead.
He doesn't like change, and he doesn't get along with complex technology. He never reads instruction manuals and operates on trial and error - he's already lost or broken two journals, though his wife keeps buying him new ones.
History:
Vimes was born into a working-class Abantiare family. As a child, he went to the local school, where he got a basic education, though nothing beyond the very basics - most of what he learnt in his formative years, he learnt on the street. The petty gang warfare that was (and as far as he knows, still is) a constant presence among the youth of Abantiare was where he first learnt to fight - and this, more than his time in the military, influenced both his approach to battle and his general outlook on life.
At sixteen, Vimes joined the military, seeing it as rather preferable to spending his life working in one of the city's many factories.
He's worked his way from the bottom up over the intervening 35 years, and his current rank is higher than he expected or particularly wanted to get, and, for that matter, higher than certain of his superiors might like - he maintains it mostly through the influence his wife has in the upper echelons of Bellcius society.
Oh yes, his wife.
He met her a few years ago through a series of highly unlikely circumstances involving a rampaging beast, and, rather to his surprise, he ended up marrying her. Her name is Sybil, and she's from one of the oldest (and richest) families in Bellcius, and as such is very much in high society. Vimes isn't at all comfortable with this, since he has an aversion to the rich and the aristocracy, but he loves Sybil personally enough to make up for that, even if she does have a tendency to force him into ridiculous "fashionable" clothing and make him talk to posh people.
Vimes was assigned to the Victoria II earlier this year, he suspects he knows the reasons behind this, and he's right: like a lot of assignments to the Victoria, it's because he pissed off the wrong person. Who that was is debatable, as he spreads offence all over the place, but it was certainly intended as a punishment (Whether to him, Von Karma or both is debatable).
He's not happy about it for a number of reasons, one of them being that, on a ship, he has no way of seeing his wife for weeks or months on end. This is especially trying to him as their first child is still very young (and is probably the only reason Sybil hasn't got herself on board as well - she dislikes being away from Sam even more than he does)and Sam wants to be around for him .
[History is subject to change if Sybil gets apped]
Name/Nickname: Claire
AIM/E-mail/Contact: ametatsu7 (AIM) clairepear@hotmail.co.uk (email/MSN)
LJ: baby_werewolf
CHARACTER INFORMATION-
Canon Character and Series: His Grace, His Excellency, the Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes; Discworld
In-Game Name: Commander Samuel Vimes
Age: 50 51 52
Gender: Male
Position & Ship: Boatswain, Victoria II
Appearance:
A skinny, balding, middle-aged man of average height and no great handsomeness, Vimes is rather nondescript in his appearance. He has a tendency to forget to shave and/or sleep when he's busy, which doesn't much improve his looks. Nor does he take particular care over his clothes, preferring functionality to looks. He dislikes any outfit designed purely for show, especially the kind of formal military uniform that would be completely out of place in actual use.
Personality:
Vimes is, to put it simply, a grumpy sod. Part of his generalized disgruntlement can be attributed to the fact that he's permanently in need of a drink, and as he's a teetotaller (he can never stop at one drink once he starts), he never gets it. He's not merely sober, he's naturally knurd - the opposite of drunk, which is to say, he's several drinks below par and needs two whiskeys to even be sober. This doesn't result in a particularly pleasant view of the world, all things considered.
As far as his basic personality is concerned, Vimes has a core of idealism concealed by many layers of bitterness and cynicism. He's seem most layers of Ivonian society, and concluded that he doesn't particularly like any of them. He manages to maintain a belief in fundamental ideals like justice and truth and the rule of law and the idea that people are basically good, while at the same time knowing for a fact that humanity in general is composed mostly of complete bastards of one kind or another.
Another dichotomy is that while he is honourable on a large scale, he's anything but on a small one - that is to say, he's quite prepared to lie, to cheat and to fight dirty to survive and to get what he wants, but what he wants is generally reasonable laudable.
His background as well as his morals give him a tendency to support the underdog, and he tends to feel the need to defend those who don't have anyone else looking out for them, but he's ruthless to anyone who tries to take advantage of him.
Vimes has a distinct anti-authoritarian streak. His tendency to mulishly avoid or circumvent his orders if they go against his beliefs, combined with his general slovenliness, is a large part of the reason he's not flavour of the month with the higher-ups. He has a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way if he doesn't get on with them, and aristocrats, bureaucrats and the military top brass all tend to come under the heading of "people Sam Vimes doesn't get on with".
Vimes isn't good at diplomacy or tact, though he is good at cunning - he doesn't much like to bother to pretend to be anyone but himself without good reason, but if there is good reason, he has no qualms about it. While he's no genius, he's not entirely stupid, and can be sharper than he looks. Even when he's not quick to solve a problem, he's dogged and stubborn enough that he usually manages to solve it in the end.
He doesn't consider himself to be brave, or, for that matter, intelligent, principled, or in any way admirable. While he does exhibit those characteristics, he doesn't think about them - he just does what needs to be done. Furthermore, unlike an outside observer, Vimes is very much aware of his own thoughts and feelings, not all of which are at all compatible with the sort of person he'd like to think he is. He's rather scared that he is, in fact, a bad person, and expends a lot of effort repressing that side of himself. Although he's never completely lost control, he's come close, and as such, Vimes going completely spare is a thing to be feared.
Abilities/Weapons:
Vimes is competent with most common weapons - he can use a sword and a gun decently, though he isn't keen on guns in principle. Furthermore, he fights very dirty - as far as he's concerned, the object is to survive and, if possible, to win, not to do it nicely.
In fact, "competent" would be a good word to describe most of his skills - he's outstanding at very little, but he is a good, solid all-rounder who, once he starts something, gets the job done, come hell or high water. It's this competence that counterbalances his talent for pissing off his superiors - they can never find a solid reason to demote him, however much they'd like to.
How well can your character hack?: HAHAHA hack? He's a technophobe and he scorns user manuals. He can't even secure his own posts properly.
Weaknesses:
He's neither particularly intelligent nor remotely diplomatic, and he's not good at just letting things drop.
He has a moderately addictive personality, and the only way he manages to avoid drinking far too much is by switching to smoking instead.
He doesn't like change, and he doesn't get along with complex technology. He never reads instruction manuals and operates on trial and error - he's already lost or broken two journals, though his wife keeps buying him new ones.
History:
Vimes was born into a working-class Abantiare family. As a child, he went to the local school, where he got a basic education, though nothing beyond the very basics - most of what he learnt in his formative years, he learnt on the street. The petty gang warfare that was (and as far as he knows, still is) a constant presence among the youth of Abantiare was where he first learnt to fight - and this, more than his time in the military, influenced both his approach to battle and his general outlook on life.
At sixteen, Vimes joined the military, seeing it as rather preferable to spending his life working in one of the city's many factories.
He's worked his way from the bottom up over the intervening 35 years, and his current rank is higher than he expected or particularly wanted to get, and, for that matter, higher than certain of his superiors might like - he maintains it mostly through the influence his wife has in the upper echelons of Bellcius society.
Oh yes, his wife.
He met her a few years ago through a series of highly unlikely circumstances involving a rampaging beast, and, rather to his surprise, he ended up marrying her. Her name is Sybil, and she's from one of the oldest (and richest) families in Bellcius, and as such is very much in high society. Vimes isn't at all comfortable with this, since he has an aversion to the rich and the aristocracy, but he loves Sybil personally enough to make up for that, even if she does have a tendency to force him into ridiculous "fashionable" clothing and make him talk to posh people.
Vimes was assigned to the Victoria II earlier this year, he suspects he knows the reasons behind this, and he's right: like a lot of assignments to the Victoria, it's because he pissed off the wrong person. Who that was is debatable, as he spreads offence all over the place, but it was certainly intended as a punishment (Whether to him, Von Karma or both is debatable).
He's not happy about it for a number of reasons, one of them being that, on a ship, he has no way of seeing his wife for weeks or months on end. This is especially trying to him as their first child is still very young (and is probably the only reason Sybil hasn't got herself on board as well - she dislikes being away from Sam even more than he does)and Sam wants to be around for him .
[History is subject to change if Sybil gets apped]