Peleps Caedmon
Basic Information
Name: Peleps Caedmon
AKA: Caedmon (KAD-mun), Cad (by close friends, Aden likely among them)
Player: Dan H
Type: Dragon-Blooded Exalt
Age: 20
Aspect: Water
Concept: Fresh graduate of House of Bells, deferring military service to see Creation and straighten out ambitions
Motivation: Help to reform the fractured Realm military
Political Affiliation: The Realm, House Peleps
Anima: Cad makes it rain.
Likes: Wine, tobacco, history, bird watching, sleeping in
Dislikes: Dairy, early mornings, crowded rooms, cynics
Peleps Caedmon: Character Sheet
Stories
Baptism by Fire
- Congraduations! - Aden's Graduation Party, a small gala of a few hundred guests.
Background
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Defining Moment
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Personality
Despite his average breeding, Cad embodies his aspect very well. In keeping with water's ever-changing but ever-present nature, Cad believes personality is a fluid concept. He never reveals too much of himself upon meeting a person, instead preferring to act reserved until feeling out that person's prejudices and motives. Then, he gradually opens up, adapting the side of himself he reveals to those prejudices. This has led to some calling Cad dishonest or deceptive, although Cad half-jokingly argues that a person can quite readily be honestly deceptive.
In contrast to his friend Aden, Cad also believes that friends and enemies are fluid concepts, and that there's plenty of grey area in between. As a result, many of Cad's interpersonal relationships are transient in nature, although Cad prefers it this way (the better not to get too attached to the affairs of others), and there are exceptions.
Although Cad's seemingly withdrawn demeanor is partially motivated by his conniving nature, it also stems from humility. Cad is well-aware that the Dynastic world is teeming with intrigue and guile, and he's not so arrogant as to believe that he has the experience to know how to respond to every situation. In these cases, Cad would rather observe than risk making a tragic mistake. This aspect of his nature carries into his overarching ambitions - Cad has seen enough of the military's inner workings to suspect the current arrangement is fundamentally broken, but he isn't sure just yet how to fix it; this is part of his motivation to see the Threshold - he wants an outside perspective and is comfortable admitting he currently lacks the skill set and concrete plan to make any reforms. More idealistic and zealous Dragon-Bloods say that Cad is somewhat lacking in ambition, but the reality is more nuanced.
Cad's tendency to mold his approach to the personal facets of the people he's dealing with carries onto the battlefield. As a commander, Cad excels against enemy officers with whom he is personally familiar - he has shown tremendous intuition for predicting the actions of his opponent and countering them beautifully in these situations. When meeting enemy generals in combat for the first time, Cad fights cautiously and conservatively at first, gauging his enemy's style and devising a clever, often unexpected retort (this mimics his argumentation style in debates about matters of policy and philosophy). Although he has an average temper and is quite capable of being serious when the situation is dire, he is known for a relaxed, wise-cracking sense of humor in combat.
Goals & Objectives
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Personal Quote
"I don't love military life, but I don't mind it either. It's an honest way to get killed."