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Gun or sword in modern combat<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|specialties=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Master combatant in multiple styles and weapons, including improvised<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Gun or sword in modern combat<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|specialties=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Master combatant in multiple styles and weapons, including improvised<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Dueling<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Dueling<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Psychological Warfare via Reputation<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|preparatory=-|scholastic=-|martial=-|arcane=-|religious=-|other_training=-|fluent_in=Arabic | Psychological Warfare via Reputation<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|preparatory=-|scholastic=-|martial=-|arcane=-|religious=-|other_training=-|fluent_in=Alemannic German<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Swiss–Swabian basin; highly relevant for Alpine trade, banking, and early mercantile movement.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Acquired through commerce, diplomacy, Crusades-era contact, and later Gulf finance.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Arabic<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Acquired through commerce, diplomacy, Crusades-era contact, and later Gulf finance.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Bavarian German<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Upper Bavarian, Inn Valley; essential for Tyrol, Salzburg, Alpine trade corridors.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Bosnian / Serbian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Historical Shtokavian base useful for Balkan trade and travel.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"><hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Breton<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Cornish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Danish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Dutch | Dutch | ||
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | (Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
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French | French | ||
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | (Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic) | Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic) | ||
(Old → Middle → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | (Old → Middle → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
German | German | ||
(Old High → Middle High → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | (Old High → Middle High → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Greek | Greek<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Basic ancient Greek for Church and scholarship; reinforced by Byzantine-era trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Basic ancient Greek for Church and scholarship; reinforced by Byzantine-era trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Hokkien<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Fujianese Chinese merchant communities) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Hungarian (Magyar)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Central-European commercial expansion from 900–1400 and again 1800+.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
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Hungarian (Magyar) | |||
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Irish | Irish | ||
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | (Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Latin<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Scholarship, law, and Church administration for a millennium.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Malay<div style="height:2px;"></div>(primary trade language, essential for modern infrastructure and energy markets.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Norse (Old Norse)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(From early medieval contact; also gives modern Scandinavian intelligibility.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Norwegian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Old Church Slavonic<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Learned through early-medieval movement across Central/Eastern Europe.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Petjo (Dutch-Malay creole)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Polish<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Modern fluency due to logistics, manufacturing, and EU corridor investments.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Russian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
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Norse (Old Norse) | |||
(From early medieval contact; also gives modern Scandinavian intelligibility.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Old Church Slavonic | |||
(Learned through early-medieval movement across Central/Eastern Europe.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
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Russian | |||
Scots | Scots | ||
(Middle Scots → Modern Scots.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | (Middle Scots → Modern Scots.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Spanish | Spanish | ||
(Modern Spanish fluency.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | (Modern Spanish fluency.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Venetian (Mercantile Italian) | Venetian (Mercantile Italian)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Strong fit for medieval port business, Adriatic trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|semi_fluent_in=Cantonese<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Chinese merchant diaspora; useful in Southeast Asian port cities.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Strong fit for medieval port business, Adriatic trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Catalan<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Reading fluency; major medieval merchant cities.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Chakavian Croatian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Coastal dialect used in shipping.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Church Greek (Koine)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(For liturgical and scholarly work; not full fluency.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Cornish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Cumbric / Old Welsh dialects (early fluency)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
( | Dalmatian (Extinct)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Flemish (dialect of Dutch)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Frisian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Hebrew<div style="height:2px;"></div>(older dialects, additional competence beyond core modern Hebrew.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Hindi<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Essential for modern infrastructure projects.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Indonesian / Malay<div style="height:2px;"></div>(VOC-era continuity and modern trade utility.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Indonesian Creoles<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Italian, regional variants Italian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan; major merchant centers.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Javanese, Low Javenese; High Javanese<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Basic to moderate; trade-level competence.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Kajkavian Croatian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Austro-Slovene border dialect; comprehension rather than fluency.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Ladin (Dolomitic Romance)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Mandarin Chinese<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Mardijker (Portuguese-influenced)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Hebrew (older dialects | Norn<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Occitan / Old Provençal Occitan / Old Provençal<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Southern France’s medieval merchant and court language.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Hindi | Ottoman Turkish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Essential for modern infrastructure projects.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Persian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Indonesian / Malay | Polish<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Older dialect variants kept as passive knowledge.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(VOC-era continuity and modern trade utility.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Portuguese<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Including Brazilian Portuguese due to modern markets.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Italian | Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
( | Romani<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Caravan speech; practical communication.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Basic to moderate; trade-level competence.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Romanian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(limited exposure but intelligible)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Kajkavian Croatian | Russian (older variants)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Pre-modern forms partially retained.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Austro-Slovene border dialect; comprehension rather than fluency.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Scandinavian Languages (Modern)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Comprehension via Old Norse base.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Sinhala<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Sri Lankan trade zones.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
( | Slovene / Old Slovene Slovene / Old Slovene<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Corridor between Italy–Austria–Balkans; very likely.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Polish | Swedish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Older dialect variants kept as passive knowledge.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Tamil<div style="height:2px;"></div>(VOC and Indian Ocean trade exposure.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Romani | Thai<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Modern logistical and Southeast-Asian business relevance.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Caravan speech; practical communication.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Turkish (modern)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Useful for Eurasian logistics, energy, and construction markets.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
Russian (older variants) | Walloon<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Historically relevant in mining, trade, contract work.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | ||
(Pre-modern forms partially retained.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | Welsh<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">}}</div> | ||
Scandinavian Languages (Modern) | |||
(Comprehension via Old Norse base.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Sinhala | |||
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Tamil | |||
(VOC and Indian Ocean trade exposure.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Thai | |||
(Modern logistical and Southeast-Asian business relevance.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Turkish (modern) | |||
(Useful for Eurasian logistics, energy, and construction markets.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> | |||
Walloon | |||
(Historically relevant in mining, trade, contract work.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">}}</div> | |||
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195 lbs Fit<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|eye=Brown|hair=Black|skintone=Fair, typically Scotch.|scars=|tattoos=|piercings=|features=He has a compact, force-capable (but still fast) build that makes it obvious he could absolutely kick your ass. Malakai's features are still clear under the human guise, making him a very handsome man.|gear=Always armed if at all possible, usually with a handgun (as it isn't really explainable for a businessman to carry around a bastard sword).|notes=}} | 195 lbs Fit<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|eye=Brown|hair=Black|skintone=Fair, typically Scotch.|scars=|tattoos=|piercings=|features=He has a compact, force-capable (but still fast) build that makes it obvious he could absolutely kick your ass. Malakai's features are still clear under the human guise, making him a very handsome man.|gear=Always armed if at all possible, usually with a handgun (as it isn't really explainable for a businessman to carry around a bastard sword).|notes=}} | ||
Revision as of 23:26, 15 November 2025
Gavin MacRaethen
| Alias(es): | Gavin VanRaethen Gavin MacRath |
| Full Title: | - |
| Formal Style(s) of Address: | Mr. MacRaethen Sir |
| Common Title(s): | Still often called Laird MacRaethen by locals in Scotland |
| Court Appellation(s): | - |
| Honorific(s): | Lord of Dun Raethen |
| Folklore Epithet(s): | An Cumhachd Uamhasach (The Dreadful Might) Madadh an Ghlinne (The Wolf of the Glen) Rìgh Gun Bhàs (The Deathless King) Esan a Mhallaicheas (He Who Curses) Fear-giùlain a' Chlaidheimh Iarainn (Bearer of the Iron Sword) Maighstir a' Bean-shìth (Master of the Banshee) |
| Enemy Epithet(s): | - |
| Suppressed Title(s): | - |
| Territory: | Large tract of land in the northern Scottish Highlands, in a moorland stretch between the Afon Dris-Garbh and the River Lochan-Mòr. The keep sits on a ridged hill (≈900 ft elevation) whose summit slopes toward the sea-lochs to the west. |
| Seat of Power: | Amsterdam Historically Dun Raethen |
| Residence(s): | Dun Raethen
Brooklyn Rotterdam London Prague |
| Status: | Alive |
| Species: | "Human" |
| Nationality: | Scotsman |
| Gender: | Male |
| Orientation: | Bisexual |
| Loyalty/Loyalties: | The King of Twilight |
| Partner(s): | Klaus von Nibelheim (Fiancé) Reyna Voss |
| Birthplace: | Scotland |
| Birthdate: | Originally Spring 768, Current iteration: 1989 |
| Era / Age: | - |
| Death: | — |
| Role: | Multibillionaire. |
| Combat Role(s): | Solo mythic nightmare Gun or sword in modern combat |
| Specialties: | Master combatant in multiple styles and weapons, including improvised Dueling Psychological Warfare via Reputation |
Education & Training |
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| Preparatory: | - |
| Scholastic: | - |
| Martial: | - |
| Arcane: | - |
| Religious: | - |
| Other: | - |
Languages |
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| Fluent In: | Alemannic German(Swiss–Swabian basin; highly relevant for Alpine trade, banking, and early mercantile movement.) Arabic(Acquired through commerce, diplomacy, Crusades-era contact, and later Gulf finance.) Bavarian German(Upper Bavarian, Inn Valley; essential for Tyrol, Salzburg, Alpine trade corridors.) Bosnian / Serbian(Historical Shtokavian base useful for Balkan trade and travel.) Breton Cornish Danish Dutch (Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)English (Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)French (Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic) (Old → Middle → Modern.)German (Old High → Middle High → Early Modern → Modern.)Greek(Basic ancient Greek for Church and scholarship; reinforced by Byzantine-era trade.) Hokkien(Fujianese Chinese merchant communities) Hungarian (Magyar)(Central-European commercial expansion from 900–1400 and again 1800+.) Irish (Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)Latin(Scholarship, law, and Church administration for a millennium.) Malay(primary trade language, essential for modern infrastructure and energy markets.) Norse (Old Norse)(From early medieval contact; also gives modern Scandinavian intelligibility.) Norwegian Old Church Slavonic(Learned through early-medieval movement across Central/Eastern Europe.) Petjo (Dutch-Malay creole) Polish(Modern fluency due to logistics, manufacturing, and EU corridor investments.) Russian Scots (Middle Scots → Modern Scots.)Spanish (Modern Spanish fluency.)Venetian (Mercantile Italian)(Strong fit for medieval port business, Adriatic trade.) |
| Semi-Fluent In: | Cantonese(Chinese merchant diaspora; useful in Southeast Asian port cities.) Catalan(Reading fluency; major medieval merchant cities.) Chakavian Croatian(Coastal dialect used in shipping.) Church Greek (Koine)(For liturgical and scholarly work; not full fluency.) Cornish Cumbric / Old Welsh dialects (early fluency) Dalmatian (Extinct) Flemish (dialect of Dutch) Frisian Hebrew(older dialects, additional competence beyond core modern Hebrew.) Hindi(Essential for modern infrastructure projects.) Indonesian / Malay(VOC-era continuity and modern trade utility.) Indonesian Creoles Italian, regional variants Italian(Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan; major merchant centers.) Javanese, Low Javenese; High Javanese(Basic to moderate; trade-level competence.) Kajkavian Croatian(Austro-Slovene border dialect; comprehension rather than fluency.) Ladin (Dolomitic Romance) Mandarin Chinese Mardijker (Portuguese-influenced) Norn Occitan / Old Provençal Occitan / Old Provençal(Southern France’s medieval merchant and court language.) Ottoman Turkish Persian Polish(Older dialect variants kept as passive knowledge.) Portuguese(Including Brazilian Portuguese due to modern markets.) Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh) Romani(Caravan speech; practical communication.) Romanian(limited exposure but intelligible) Russian (older variants)(Pre-modern forms partially retained.) Scandinavian Languages (Modern)(Comprehension via Old Norse base.) Sinhala(Sri Lankan trade zones.) Slovene / Old Slovene Slovene / Old Slovene(Corridor between Italy–Austria–Balkans; very likely.) Swedish Tamil(VOC and Indian Ocean trade exposure.) Thai(Modern logistical and Southeast-Asian business relevance.) Turkish (modern)(Useful for Eurasian logistics, energy, and construction markets.) Walloon(Historically relevant in mining, trade, contract work.) Welsh |
Appearance
| Height: | 6'1" |
| Build: | 195 lbs Fit |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Hair: | Black |
| Skintone: | Fair, typically Scotch. |
| Distinguishing Features: | He has a compact, force-capable (but still fast) build that makes it obvious he could absolutely kick your ass. Malakai's features are still clear under the human guise, making him a very handsome man. |
| Notable Gear: | Always armed if at all possible, usually with a handgun (as it isn't really explainable for a businessman to carry around a bastard sword). |
