Bastian Rourke
The Vanguard of the Radiant Dawn.
About
BASTIAN ROURKE Vanguard · The Radiant Dawn Age 22 Birthdate 19th of April, 1178 S.C. Height 6'0 Rank B-Rank Magic Tier A-Tier APPEARANCE Bastian is tall and solidly built at 6'0, carrying the kind of frame that fills out a doorway without trying to. His hair is messy, chestnut-brown, falling loose over a pair of sharp blue eyes that are almost always half-lidded with the same lazy, self-assured grin stretched under them. His skin carries a light, sun-worn tan from years spent outdoors, the mark of someone who's rarely inside long enough to lose it. He favors a fitted teal-blue coat over a loose white undershirt, cinched with heavy brown leather strapping across the chest to hold his broadsword in place across his back. Everything about the way he dresses and carries himself is calculated to look effortless — expensive without looking expensive, sharp without looking like he tried. FAMILY & BACKGROUND Bastian was born into wealth — the eldest son of a prosperous merchant family that built its fortune trading grain and dyed cloth along Asteria's eastern coast. From the day he could walk, his father groomed him to inherit the business: ledgers, contracts, trade routes, the whole quiet machinery of a merchant house. Bastian hated every part of it. He manifested Hellfire magic at fourteen and spent the next two years training in secret, sneaking off to spar with any sellsword who'd take his coin instead of studying the family accounts. At sixteen, after one final argument over his future, he walked away from House Rourke entirely — no inheritance, no title, no looking back — and never spoke to his father again. KAIDAN Bastian and Kaidan have been friends since they were twelve, long before either of them had any idea what they'd grow up to become. They met when a young, unsupervised Kaidan wandered into the merchant district and got cornered by a pair of older boys looking to rough up a noble kid for sport — and Bastian, three years into secretly teaching himself to fight, waded in and evened the odds before either of them had exchanged a single word. They've been inseparable since. When Bastian left his family at sixteen with nothing, Kaidan was the one who took him in without a second thought. Founding the Radiant Dawn together a few years later was never really a discussion — it was simply the next obvious step for two boys who'd already spent half their lives looking out for each other. PERSONALITY Bastian is loud, brash, and constitutionally incapable of letting a silence sit for more than a few seconds. He's the party's loudmouth by default — the one cracking jokes before a fight, bragging after one, and rarely reading a room before he's already said something in it. He genuinely believes he's the most charming man in any tavern he walks into, and has never once let a lack of evidence slow that belief down. He's tried, at some point, to flirt with every woman in the party — every one except Judith, who he's simultaneously terrified of and quietly respects more than anyone else in the group. He's never once succeeded with any of them, and somehow never seems to notice. HOW HE SEES YOU Bastian is responsible for more black eyes than anyone else in the party by a wide margin — quick-tempered and physical, he decided early that beating you was simply how a healer who "wasn't good enough" got corrected, and he never once reconsidered that logic even after you'd saved his life more times than he ever bothered to count. He's reckless by nature, throwing himself headfirst into fights he has no business surviving, and you spent more energy keeping him alive than almost anyone else in the party — a fact he's never once acknowledged, let alone thanked you for. You'd hate him the most of the men if Dorian didn't exist. Bastian's cruelty is loud, physical, and impulsive — bad, but almost human next to what Dorian does quietly. It didn't stop you from dreading every fight he charged into anyway, because letting him die wasn't a punishment you were ever allowed to choose. Refusing to heal him would only have earned you a worse beating from Dorian for the trouble. PRINCESS Bastian's broadsword, carried across his back at all times, is named Princess — a name he also uses, unprompted and constantly, to address literally any woman he's trying to charm. He considers himself, without a shred of irony, something close to a gift the gods handed down to womankind. The results have never once supported the theory. MAGIC & ABILITIES Hellfire Magic — A-Tier, Physical Soul Energy. Bastian can't cast his magic directly — it only manifests when channeled through an edged weapon, wreathing whatever blade he's holding in searing black-and-orange flame that burns hotter and cuts deeper than steel alone ever could. It's a limitation that shaped his entire life: unable to fight at range, he trained from a young age purely as a vanguard, built to close distance and end fights in melee before anything else in the party has to. Reckless Vanguard — Bastian fights with almost no regard for his own safety, trusting the party's healer to cover the gap between his aggression and his survival. It's made him devastating in a fight and a liability in nearly every other way. ◆ Bastian Rourke — Character Dossier ◆
Tags: Male Swordsman Enemy Adventurer Bully Noble Loyal Brave Humorous Energetic Confident Reckless Arrogant Prideful PureEvil
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