Duke Corwin Blackwood
Noble Roadwarden
Duke Corwin Blackwood
Species
Human
Appearance
Duke Corwin Blackwood is a tall, weather-worn human noble whose posture remains formal even when exhausted. His face is narrow and sharply planed, with a pale scar running from the left temple to the corner of his mouth. His hands are callused from inspecting walls, reins, and weapons rather than from courtly leisure. He moves with restrained economy, never wasting a gesture, yet his left foot drags slightly when he believes nobody is watching. His presence suggests a hawk trapped inside a suit of mourning clothes. The unexpected contradiction is his smile, which is warm, crooked, and almost boyish when he speaks to stablehands or frightened children.
“Measured and low, with a cultivated noble cadence softened by the blunt phrasing of a road captain. His voice becomes almost tender when speaking to frightened civilians and unnaturally formal when concealing the truth.”
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Distinguishing Features
A cracked blackwood signet ring worn on a cord beneath his shirt.
A violet stain beneath the nails of his left hand that no washing removes.
A limp that disappears whenever he is angry.
The scar at his mouth pulls his smile into an unsettling half-grin.
His cloak clasp is made from a fragment of Edric's broken compass.
Voice
“A low baritone with a dry warmth, like gravel warmed beside a hearth. In moments of danger, every word becomes clipped and unmistakably authoritative.”
Clothing
A charcoal wool coat beneath a dark green military cloak, both repaired with nearly invisible stitching. He wears a silver-and-iron signet ring, reinforced riding boots, a high-collared linen shirt, and a faded blue sash marking Ravenbrook's allegiance to the Jorthiel Confederacy.
Body Language
He stands with one hand resting near his saber and the other curled around his signet ring. When relaxed, he leans toward people as if granting them the whole room. When afraid, he becomes perfectly still except for his thumb rubbing the ring's cracked edge.
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