Bebop "Six Strings"
| Bebop "Six Strings" | |
| "Absolutely bustin' my chops trying to get around this new lick I learnt from a bard in the Mwangi!" | |
| Class: | Maestro Bard |
| Heritage: | Catfolk |
| Gender: | Male |
| DOB/Age: | 1st of Neth 4696 |
| Alignment: | Neutral Good |
| Player: | Barney |
History
Early Vocabulary
Bebop grew up in Murraseth in central Garund, with lackadaisical parents who imposed very few rules on the household. He grew up in a house with much of his extended family, and his grandfather and grandmother were part of the Circle of Lifeshapers, a polymath bard and healer respectively. As such, art was pretty much the only thing that was encouraged in the house, passed down from his grandfather. This inspired Bebop to take up the lute. His natural affinity for music, although unorthodox in his approach to harmony, transformed its way into magic when he sang his cousins whiskers off during the climax of a drawn out improvisation. His grandfather delighted in his barding ability.
His grandmother taught him to lull the young ones to sleep through playing and this set Bebop on his way to refining his magic. He studied with his grandfather until they had an artistic disagreement when he was around 19, his grandfather preferring the old styles whilst Bebop wanted to pave a new way. It was at this point that he heard news of an Andorran with a cutting edge playing style and unorthodox instrument who had been invited to play for a Blood Lord in Geb. He decided to make the long journey, convincing a wizard to teleport him some 1,000 miles in exchange for a performance at his son's birthday party to quicken the journey.
Tough "Crowd"
Sneaking into the performance Bebop was quickly outed as not being undead, but the Andorran, Miles Armstrong, saved his life by saying he was his student. After the performance Miles tried to ditch Bebop, saying he'd done enough for him, but, mesmerised by his playing, Bebop followed Armstrong the entire way back to Andorran, pestering him for lessons for long enough that he actually started giving them to him.
Learning from the Greats
After a few more years of study in Andorran and many performances of his own, Armstrong kicked Bebop out of his home once and for all, instructing him to only come back when he'd seen more of the world as his improvisation had gotten stale. Also because Armstrong's, now pregnant, wife had always objected to Bebop's presence in the house.
As he was walking out of the house he decided to return home to show his grandfather how much he had improved, hopefully finding a willing wizard in need of birthday party entertainment on the way.
Physical Description
This Tortoiseshell patterned catfolk is spotted with ginger and white patches on predominantly black fur, their sea green eyes the same colour as the inlays on the fretboard of their hollow-body guitar. They wear a curious set of black studded leather armour which seams to be a hybrid design more comparable in aesthetic to a lounge suit, with a sea-green tie tied in a neat Windsor visible under the buttoned up blazer. Outside of combat they wear a fine emerald green suit with a white shirt and a black bow tie, accompanied by shiny black Oxford shoes.
They spend most idle moments tuning or practising obscure voicings on their hollow-body guitar, which has a sunburst finish, steel hardware, flatwound strings and a sturdy strap.
Personality
Bebop is constantly searching for fresh ideas; new experiences; emerging cultures; half-baked subcultures; fringe music and anything that could take his art forward. He's a wanderer, and will quite happily idly walk in any given direction strumming, improvising and hitting the proverbial shed til he gets the sound he wants, or someone stops his practise.
