Gunther

Gunther

Gunther does not know where his first name comes from, but he likes the sound of it. He thinks it sounds like a strong warrior name. He knows that his surname is not well thought of in the area. The Breech family started their fortune by trading with the enemy forces when the castle was under siege two generations ago.

NICKNAMES:

No one has a nickname for Gunther. Jane has a few names for him like beef-brain and donkey, but not a nickname.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Gunther is an apprentice knight. His father wants him to work his way up in the world in order to increase the familys status and trading power. So Gunther has to do all the duties of a squire and whatever training Sir Theodore and Sir Ivon set for him. But he also has to work for his father doing all kinds of laboring jobs.

GUNTHERS HISTORY:

Gunthers father is a wealthy merchant so Gunther has had good schooling and can read and write. He does not know where his mother is. His father refuses to talk about her and gets very angry if Gunther asks about her. He has a few memories of her and has collected bits of gossip here and there. One tale is that she was the daughter of a rich trader and that the Merchant only married her to get her fathers business.

FAVORITE FOOD:

Anything the King likes. Gunther wants to model himself on anyone who is wealthy or powerful. So Gunther would never admit to liking the simple food of the townsfolk (which he does.) Instead, he pretends to like expensive foods like black truffles and swan, both of which he hates.

AMBITION:

Gunther has several conflicting ambitions. He wants to be wealthy and powerful enough to be able to take control of his fathers business and force his father to work for him. He also wants to be a knight, but not just any knight, he wants to be the hero of the jousting circuit and have maidens swooning for him whenever he enters a contest. But he also wants to be liked. Gunther has lived in the shadow of his fathers behavior and has grown up feeling the anger and the resentment shown towards his family. Gunther does not want that, he really REALLY wants to be liked. He just does not know how to force people to like him!.

FAVORITE SONG:

Gunther like comedy songs, especially about knights. And he is secretly writing some of his own. He is quite good at it and is writing one at the moment called: "The halter polka". The first verse is:

We are Knights of the Guard, We are tough and we are hard,

When we rattle into battle We can terrify the cattle. We can down a dozen flagon, We can joust with any dragon.

We can joust with any dragon We like to dance.

FAVORITE PASTIMES:

Sleeping. Gunther works very hard doing chores for his father and practicing to be a knight. So more that anything else, when he gets a free moment to himself Gunther likes to catch up on his beauty sleep.