Giles Lockhart/Abilties

Characteristics
Giles is a physical specimen, especially for a human. He is very strong and athletic, blssed with an extremely healthy vigor from years of an active live. His reflexes have been honed since he was quite young, and trained muscle memory helps his body often respond before his mind can fully register the situation. His mental facilities are above norm from years of instruction, but often flounders without direction. While he isn't the sharpest intelligent, he does have a slippery mind. He is also socially capable and confident to come of as being fairly likable and charming.

Combat Ability
He is a master swashbuckler and duelist, which was developed by trainers from his father when he showed natural ability in martial capability. In a fight, he prefers to bid his time against an opponent and strike at the right time, lashing with a single deadly stroke rather then flashy combos or frenzied hacks. He also knows how to distance himself, often darting out of reach after striking to his opponents to either lure them to abandon favorable ground or move out of position to retaliate. His style benefits more with an arming sword, since he can better control a shorter blade. He often keeps another blade in his offhand to sip past defense should his first strike miss its mark.

Combat Training
Giles, being a male from Taldor, is proficient with both the longsword and rapier. Although, his prefers a combination of shorter blades such as a shortsword and/or a dagger. Outside of more common weapons, he knows how to use a hand crossbow, which was a handy tool when he was a tool for a short grapple or to snuff out a light source from a distance. From years of a shadow work and guard duty he learned to get around well in light armors.

Languages, Cultural and Professional Tools
To appear to be more cultured, he was educated in the Elven language, since songs and other high arts are often in Elven. A language that has been helpful to know more than once. Being in the family trade, he also knows how to use thieves' cant to drop a hint or use innuendo

Grandmaster

 * Theives' Tools: His primary signature talent is the use of the theives' tools with inherent ease. There a few locks capable of withstanding his swift fingers of this world class lock picker.

Expert

 * Jeweler's Tools: Being from a family that specializing jewelry he naturally gravitated towards that as a profession for awhile, where his deft hands and keep eye displayed a competent ability for fine cuts and attention to detail.


 * Playing Cards: He is also a crafty card player, with the knowledge and skill enough to both play smartly or cheat.

Racial and Supernautral Powers
Being a human that doesn't practice any magical arts he was never really reliant on having any racial powers, or supernatural abilities. That is, until recently. His mark of station as being the Knight of the Moonlit King does offer him some investments.


 * Darkvision': His appointment as the Knight of the Moonlit allows him to see the dark like an Elf would.


 * Shadow Walk: He can also call upon his mark to shunt himself into the Shadow Realm briefly, allowing him to appear in a different spot in the real world. Although, without the proper training he could very well get lost or event stuck in the Shadow Realm.

Natural Talents
He can sometimes use his calm and confident charm to briefly win over someone with a good impression and temporarily charm them. Allowing him to get a leg up on a conservation.

His confidence and his assurance of movement, allows him to also able to react quickly in a dangerous situation while also helping him make the most out of physical tasks. While his keen reflexes allow him to soft a blow stroke again him, or for him to roll away from a trap or dangerous spell.

Skills
Giles is well learned in the skills that make his criminal life easier for him.

Grandmaster

 * Sleight of Hand: Giles knows how to use his hands in quiet, practiced and precise ways. Capable of doing party tricks, or slip a card up his sleeve. Using this talent to unfasten Lilianne's undergarments without her knowing has always been a fun game for him considering how keen her Fey senses are.


 * Stealth: Giles has excellent body and muscle control, allowing him to blend in and out of the shadows and walk quieter than the wind. More than once he has been able to catch a bird or cat off guard; which is a sight to behold.  With his cloak of the Elvenkind fastened around him, you won't see him unless he wants you to.

Master

 * Perception: Giles has practiced senses when to comes to looking out for trouble, or keeping an eye out on friends and loved ones. Being a man who knows how to use stealth at the highest level, he knows what out to look for when looking for others that do the same.

Expert

 * Persuasion: Like many members of the Band of the Rose and the Thorn, he knows how to talk to people. By experience this is from the angle of trying to flatter women into a con, his bed or both.


 * Deception: With flattery doesn't work, or when one in an uncomfortable spot, few things can help one get out of a bind than a lie.


 * Insight: Growing around shady individuals for most of his life, he knows far too well just how duplicitous people can be. So he is always on the look out for a tell that would reveal someone as being dishonest, or uncomfortable.


 * Investigation: Breaking into homes for years, he knows a lot of the patterns that people try use to obscure or blind what they don't want to discovered.


 * Local Lore: Giles knows how to listen and pay attention to his surrounding. Not to mention a lot of his contacts are the types those love of soaking up details is only overshadowed by their joy of telling them.