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23:55, 30th April 2024 (GMT+0)

Axal Drake

Axal Drake
Unit: Army Corp of Engineers
Age: 19
Height:6'2"
Weight: 160lbs
Handedness: Left
Birthplace: Isle of Man, England

Physical Description:: 6'2" and 160lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes.  He has a noble demeanor and the vocabulary of a gentleman, but the scars in his hands of a practiced blacksmith.  He is muscled, lean, wiry and fit. He moves with confidence and pose.


Clothing:  He wears a pressed uniform, newly purchased with well kept boots polished and a thick backpack that includes his kit.  He has a gold pocket watch that was a gift from his Father, and a locket with his sweet hearts picture in it.


Background:Axal was born in the Isle of Mann.  His father was a blacksmith that married into the nobility, and his wife turned down a dowry to be able to marry for love.  For ten years, they were in love and Axal was born, but on his death bed, his grandfather repented and left his fortune to Axal's father.  But Axal's father was determined not to repeat the softness that the nobles had, so while he allowed Axal to receive a proper classical education, he also taught him in the trade of smithing, and instead that when he turned 18, he go about to make his fortune.  Axal was honestly quite lost about what he was going to do, but at the suggestion of his father, he was sent to the United States with the idea of trying to raise his fortune as a blacksmith and businessman in the American west.

On arrival into the United States, he saw a military recruiter offering a considerable bonus for a single term of enlistment.  he asked if they were looking for blacksmiths, which, of course they were, and he was sent to a cavalry unit and then the Corps of Engineers to act as a smith in the field.