03-21-2020, 07:53 PM
Some people were born to fight, Edmund believed.
It wasn’t the fact that they were born with a dauntlessness which made them invulnerable necessarily nor born with an undeniable strength which would send their enemies running in the opposite direction, but instead they possessed the grit and temerity to never back down from a fight. Their souls would be tested, battered and broken and damaged trial after trial. Perhaps they’d not leave armed conflict as the same person, perhaps they’d be no better off than they’d been previously… but they were born to fight.
Maybe it wasn’t the life that they’d chosen, but it was all that they knew.
But, with all fights came defeat. Sometimes it was easier to flee, smarter to flee to a place which could provide them another chance to stand their ground once the time was right. Edmund would know about that very well, for that was why he had come here in the first place. Flintlock Lodge, a territory so isolated from the rest of the world, it was only logical that it’d been where his family had fled to once they’d been overrun by enemy fire.
At least the Van Doren family had been fortunate in being able to watch the fall of the Stirling empire; it gave them a chance to make a plan for if they were to follow in the same footsteps. The Stirling family didn’t have the same advantage. With a father so self-assured, Alfred had assumed that his power could never be quashed. A megalomaniac in his very own right, Alfred would never have a modesty to back down from a fight. To accept defeat.
And, Edmund then realized soon after, being born to fight wasn’t what made somebody powerful. Being humble enough to accept their own defeat was what proved strength.
❝ Stranger on the territory. ❞ Eddie’s walkie-talkie crackled, the Captain’s sharp gaze darting over to where the device sat on his office desk before turning his head to peer out of his window. He stilled momentarily before he got up, beginning to dress himself in his coat whilst picking up his walkie-talkie from his desk. ❝ A’right, on my way. ❞ The leader strode out of his office, picking up his rifle and slinging it over his shoulder along the way before he was out of the door.
He would be lying if he said he hadn’t been expecting the rest of the Van Doren brood soon after the arrival of Maxine, Richard and Cassian merely days ago. They had prepared meticulously if a conflict ever sent the family on the run. And so, as Eddie neared Rory with his hands deep in his coat pockets, his impassive gaze wandered over Josephine and Beau’s features almost knowingly. ❝ Beau. Joey. ❞ Ed greeted, voice quiet and inscrutable as ever, before he looked towards Rory. ❝ It’s all right - their family is here. ❞ No mention of Seb - Eddie felt that he shouldn’t be the one to talk to them about their youngest brother.
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⋟ edmund theodore stirling-moray // ed, eddie, moray
⋟ goes by the name edmund moray
⋟ male // he/him
⋟ twenty four // ages real time // born seventh august
⋟ captain of flintlock lodge // formerly a traveler with his family
⋟ mob boss of the stirling crime family
⋟ joined FL two years ago
appearance.
⋟ faceclaim - finn cole
⋟ voice claim - finn cole
⋟ 5'9ft // stocky, well-built frame
⋟ muted blue eyes and dirty blonde hair
⋟ physical health - 100% // current injuries: n/a
⋟ mental health - 60% // depression and deluded thoughts
personality.
⋟ quiet in nature but confident in himself
⋟ completely fearless, almost foolishly so
⋟ insensitive and callous // cares for very few
⋟ very calm and calculative // always planning in his head
⋟ disciplined and practices good self-control
⋟ very flirtatious and persuasive // overly lustful
⋟ aloof and untrustworthy // jealous and deceitful
⋟ tactful and knows how to get what he wants
⋟ can be very nasty when he wants to be
⋟ but can also be very protective and faithful too
⋟ has a strong set of morals // has the quality of honor
relationships.
⋟ alfred stirling x leonora moray // both deceased
⋟ three older brothers // alfonso, thomas & franklin
⋟ the fifth stirling-moray brother, dominik, was killed
⋟ two younger half-siblings // henry & ida
⋟ bisexual but he stays silent about homosexual activity
⋟ ex-husband to blake kegan // was caught cheating
⋟ father of thomas moray and charlotte moray
interaction.
⋟ storage // playlist // pinterest
⋟ physically: very hard // mentally: hard
⋟ father taught him how to kill at a young age
⋟ insensitive towards injuring or killing others // will do so without hesitation
⋟ mentally, he is slowly becoming undone from stress, grief and guilt
⋟ often found guarding the lodge with a rifle
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It wasn’t the fact that they were born with a dauntlessness which made them invulnerable necessarily nor born with an undeniable strength which would send their enemies running in the opposite direction, but instead they possessed the grit and temerity to never back down from a fight. Their souls would be tested, battered and broken and damaged trial after trial. Perhaps they’d not leave armed conflict as the same person, perhaps they’d be no better off than they’d been previously… but they were born to fight.
Maybe it wasn’t the life that they’d chosen, but it was all that they knew.
But, with all fights came defeat. Sometimes it was easier to flee, smarter to flee to a place which could provide them another chance to stand their ground once the time was right. Edmund would know about that very well, for that was why he had come here in the first place. Flintlock Lodge, a territory so isolated from the rest of the world, it was only logical that it’d been where his family had fled to once they’d been overrun by enemy fire.
At least the Van Doren family had been fortunate in being able to watch the fall of the Stirling empire; it gave them a chance to make a plan for if they were to follow in the same footsteps. The Stirling family didn’t have the same advantage. With a father so self-assured, Alfred had assumed that his power could never be quashed. A megalomaniac in his very own right, Alfred would never have a modesty to back down from a fight. To accept defeat.
And, Edmund then realized soon after, being born to fight wasn’t what made somebody powerful. Being humble enough to accept their own defeat was what proved strength.
❝ Stranger on the territory. ❞ Eddie’s walkie-talkie crackled, the Captain’s sharp gaze darting over to where the device sat on his office desk before turning his head to peer out of his window. He stilled momentarily before he got up, beginning to dress himself in his coat whilst picking up his walkie-talkie from his desk. ❝ A’right, on my way. ❞ The leader strode out of his office, picking up his rifle and slinging it over his shoulder along the way before he was out of the door.
He would be lying if he said he hadn’t been expecting the rest of the Van Doren brood soon after the arrival of Maxine, Richard and Cassian merely days ago. They had prepared meticulously if a conflict ever sent the family on the run. And so, as Eddie neared Rory with his hands deep in his coat pockets, his impassive gaze wandered over Josephine and Beau’s features almost knowingly. ❝ Beau. Joey. ❞ Ed greeted, voice quiet and inscrutable as ever, before he looked towards Rory. ❝ It’s all right - their family is here. ❞ No mention of Seb - Eddie felt that he shouldn’t be the one to talk to them about their youngest brother.
[align=center][div style="width: 430px; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana; font-size: 7px;"][spoiler=tags :: updated 03/06]basics.
⋟ edmund theodore stirling-moray // ed, eddie, moray
⋟ goes by the name edmund moray
⋟ male // he/him
⋟ twenty four // ages real time // born seventh august
⋟ captain of flintlock lodge // formerly a traveler with his family
⋟ mob boss of the stirling crime family
⋟ joined FL two years ago
appearance.
⋟ faceclaim - finn cole
⋟ voice claim - finn cole
⋟ 5'9ft // stocky, well-built frame
⋟ muted blue eyes and dirty blonde hair
⋟ physical health - 100% // current injuries: n/a
⋟ mental health - 60% // depression and deluded thoughts
personality.
⋟ quiet in nature but confident in himself
⋟ completely fearless, almost foolishly so
⋟ insensitive and callous // cares for very few
⋟ very calm and calculative // always planning in his head
⋟ disciplined and practices good self-control
⋟ very flirtatious and persuasive // overly lustful
⋟ aloof and untrustworthy // jealous and deceitful
⋟ tactful and knows how to get what he wants
⋟ can be very nasty when he wants to be
⋟ but can also be very protective and faithful too
⋟ has a strong set of morals // has the quality of honor
relationships.
⋟ alfred stirling x leonora moray // both deceased
⋟ three older brothers // alfonso, thomas & franklin
⋟ the fifth stirling-moray brother, dominik, was killed
⋟ two younger half-siblings // henry & ida
⋟ bisexual but he stays silent about homosexual activity
⋟ ex-husband to blake kegan // was caught cheating
⋟ father of thomas moray and charlotte moray
interaction.
⋟ storage // playlist // pinterest
⋟ physically: very hard // mentally: hard
⋟ father taught him how to kill at a young age
⋟ insensitive towards injuring or killing others // will do so without hesitation
⋟ mentally, he is slowly becoming undone from stress, grief and guilt
⋟ often found guarding the lodge with a rifle
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