Thiudareiks

Captain Thiudareiks was a Visigothic mercenary captain.

Life
Named after the great Visigothic king, Thiudareiks was born in to Thiudareiks, a poor Visigothic blacksmith living in Pictavia. His mother died during childbirth.

He had a sickly childhood, often infected with the flu, and once had a bad case of measles that almost left him dead.

Working as his father's blacksmith apprentice from the age of 10, in 485 he succeeded his father as blacksmith when the latter died of cancer. After only three years, he became too poor to continue and had to do manual labour on trade vessels exporting from Visigothia.

From that he branched out into doing work as a soldier for the Visigothic navy, and eventually rose to the rank of junior officer captain. In 501 AD, as the Franks started menacing the Visigoths, he turned to mercenary work.

As the leader of Thiudareiks' Band, he assembled twenty good men. They fought for the king of Visigothic Hispania, as well as for the Ostrogoths in the East.

In 508 AD, he turned his attention to the island of Britain, and came under the service of King Arthur of Gododdin. He gave his ship in service to Arthur, and set about improving Gododdin's navy and seabase.

Personality
A humble man. He was also a teetotaller, and liked to keep his wits about him. He had a quick temper that flared up.

He was often ill, and was a sickly child.

A habit he had was to swear in French, often saying "landig" (cunt) or "mèrd" (shit).

Appearance
Blonde hair, and a balding head, with a thinning widow's peak. Measles had left their mark on the right side of his face, which was pockmarked. A deep scar went from the right side of his nose to his right lip. One of his molars had fallen out from rot, and as of the age of forty he was slightly blind in his left eye.

Purpose, Ambitions and Goals
Thiudareiks wanted to see Frankia liberated.