James McCloud

James McCloud is a man born from myths and legends, his mother was a fairy or fae, who came across on her travels a man she later chose to father a child.
After James came to the age of 10 she left returning to her own world never to be seen again.

James McCloud has a set of personal ideals he follows by which is a code of honour which relates to the traditional Highland way of doing things.
Including also a sense of destiny and a higher purpose, huge size as he is 7 foot tall.

Though he has his foibles such as the pursuit of vengeance.

Abilities
Intelligence: 3
Strength: 6
Agility: 4
Speed: 3
Durability: 4

Actions
History
Swiming
Close Combat
Combat, Ranged
Energy Absorption
General Knowledge
Hunting/Tracking
Telekinesis
Vehicle Operation

Modifiers:

Amour Penetration; mod to close combat, (Basket Hilt Broadsword
Toughness

Appearance
James McCloud has long shoulder length brown shaggy hair and brown eyes; he's broad muscular and tall standing 7 foot in height.

He gently prefers to wear outdoor clothes which are hard wearing, but he is also known to wear a traditional plaid kilt and today's modern kilt.

His appearance is based loosely on that of Liam Neeson who starred as Robert Roy MacGregor, in the film Rob Roy.

Weapons

Two-handed (Highland) Claymore [Silver Blade]



The two-handed claymore was a large sword used in the late Medieval and early modern periods. It was used in the constant clan warfare and border fights with the English from circa 1400 to 1700.

Scottish dirk [Silver Blade]



The Scottish dirk is a traditional accessory worn with the kilt as a part of full Highland dress for formal occasions.
The blades of most Scottish dirks measure 12" in length and are single edged with decorative file work known as "jimping" on the unsharpened back edge of the blade. When worn, the dirk normally hangs by a leather strap known as a "frog" from a dirk belt, which is a wide leather belt having a large, usually ornate buckle, which is worn around the waist with a kilt.

Basket-hilted broadsword (Claymore)


This is McCloud’s magic sword and talisman.

Sgian dubh



A small singled-edged knife known as a Sgian Dubh is worn tucked into the top of hose/sock or boot with the top visible, with only the upper portion of the hilt showing, in McClouds case on occasion when wearing a kilt.

It can also be concealed under the armpit and in the upper sleeve or lining of the body of a jacket, this is also something else McCloud has taken to do with it on occasion.

Targe



Targes are generally, but not always, round shields between 18 in and 21 in (45–55 cm) in diameter. The inside of the targe was formed from two very thin layers of flat wooden boards, with the grain of each layer at right angles to the other. They were fixed together with small wooden pegs, forming plywood. The front was covered with a tough cowhide, which was often decorated with embossed celtic style patterns. This was fixed to the wood with many brass, or in some cases, silver, nails, and occasionally brass plates were also fixed to the face for strength and decoration. Some targes had center bosses of brass, and a few of these could accept a long steel spike, which screwed into a small "puddle" of lead that was fixed to the wood, under the boss. When not in use, the spike could be unscrewed and placed in a sheath on the back of the targe.

A Highlander armed with a broadsword in one hand, dagger in the other and a spiked targe on his arm would have been a formidable enemy in close combat.

ScottishFlintlock Pistol

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Firelock Musket (Flintlock)



Brown Bess is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. This musket was used in the era of the expansion of the British Empire and acquired symbolic importance at least as significant as its physical importance. It was in use for over a hundred years with many incremental changes in its design.

The Long Land Pattern musket and its derivatives, all .75 caliber flintlock muskets, were the standard long guns of the British Empire's land forces from 1722 until 1838 when they were superseded by a percussion cap smoothbore musket.


Lochaber Axe



The Lochaber axe was a halberd that came into use in Scotland around 1300.

The Lochaber axe took many incarnations, although all of them had a few elements in common. It was a heavy weapon, used by infantry for a defence against cavalry and as a pike against infantry. Like most other polearms of the time, it consisted of two parts: shaft and blade. The shaft was usually some five or six feet (1.5 or 1.8 m) long, and mounted with a blade of about 18 inches (45 cm) in length which usually resembled a bardiche or voulge in design. The blade might be attached in two places and often had a sharp point coming off the top. In addition a hook (or cleek) was attached to the back of the blade. A butt spike was included as a counterweight to the heavy axe head.

In hand-to-hand combat, the axe, in common with other polearms such as the halberd, has a spike on the end, to be used on close combat in a thrusting motion. The axe on the side, coupled with the long pole, delivered a powerful blow to infantry or dismounted cavalry.

Finally, the hook on the back allowed infantry to hook the cavalry off their horses. To accomplish this, as the cavalry charged, the highlanders would suddenly change formation from a large body, into smaller bodies of men with clear channels between them. The horses would naturally go into these channels, and the foot soldiers would hook the cavalry off their horses, then use their axes on them with devastating effect. The hook supposedly could also be used for scaling walls.