A mutt who could
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As third son in Auctune II's bloodline, Speede or Speedy depends however one wants to call him, is a strange canine.
A mutt of both wolf and malamute with a bright fox like pelt. Many believes he is really of House Luks but his father is determined to call him his son regardless of this. (Trade post limit +1 for any adult male members in the family) It is also a curious thing that he always carries a collar that can be identified as a slave's collar with the house insignia on it.
Speedy has more than 11 siblings. Most of them are sisters. Out of over 13 children of Auctune II only 3 are males the rest are daughters. In a merchant republic, daughters don't enjoy as many privileges as they do in a feudal society. The mutt's sisters carry names that are not appropriated to write down, but they all have high and wealthy positions in the family.
The canine is fairly shy and does not really want to involve himself in any issues that are outside his own expertise. He is a merchant first and foremost and as such he is required to have good diplomatic abilities which he quite often seems to lack because of this. His hectic lifestyle and his father's demands had of course taken a toll on his mental health. He is stressed and often he is stressing over matters and working around the clock. He prefers to be left to his own devices and when left alone, he will most likely go diligently through everything he had accomplished that day.
Though he never mastered the use of swords, as per family traditions he carries one on his hip. The previous sword has been replaced with a fancy golden one with fine jewelry embedded into its hilt. This was a gift from his father. He can swing it to sink it to a tree but he certainly will not be able to pull it free from it! He chose a different sort of profession and chose archery over sword fighting. In his youth he practiced every night and few days with bow and arrow till his back muscles were burning and his arms heavy like lead. It did strengthen his grip and made his left holding arm a bit stronger than his right pulling one. He never became a professional but it was never the intention to call it a hobby. His most favorite weapon is the quill and paper.
The South Sea Trade Company consists of 178 vessels of different types and it is backed by South Sea Company's own mercenary levy with a small fleet of 24 War Galleon class warships. South Sea Company's mercenary levy is 15% of Prince-Mayor Auctune's own personal levy. -
Physique
Speedy's physique is fairly feralish in stance as he is a semi-anthro or upright animal bodied canine. He has pawpads and can use his arms as forelegs. This means he is slower when running on two but he has the physique to drop down to fours to sprint. Similar style to Armello, zootopia etc.
His body build is fairly average with no visible fatness. The only chub that he might have is just the excess fur. His father is a temperate man and he taught every child in the house to not fall into gluttony!
Standing on 6" this canine is not the tallest one around and still gets outsized by his more pure blood brother Coronet. However he stands about equal with his brother Prusas. Speedy does not have any major genetic misshapes since his mother is a lowborn from wilds, but he does have brighter orange fur which raises questions of who his father is and is he really a wolf or a fox. His bloodline is equally split 50/50 between a dog and a wolf. He has some wolfish features on his frame, such as tenser muscles but he took after his mother more than his father. His tail has a peculiar habit of wanting to either curl upright or remain straight, he honestly can not tell which is better.
On his ears he has black tips on the very tip of both of his ears and the tip of his tail is also black. Eyes are light blue
He often wears a wine red vest, a linen shirt and brown linen breeches along with a hat with a luxurious green dyed hawk feather attached to it. It is the most common clothing found in the Republic of Pomerania. It is a sign of wealth and respect. Naturally the feather represents House Konopacki's symbol. He also wears a collar around his neck with a plate that has House Konopacki's dynasty shield engraved on it. The very same kind of a collar is used by slaves of his house. -
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