Mishka Thundervoice
Peasant Lord Mishka Thundervoice the Ballista, Troubadour Extraordinaire, Tamer of That One Dragon That Attacked, Extreme Pacifist, Jester to the Royal Court, and Appointed Big Damned Hero of Ironwood, Kingdom of the Wetlands
”Something funny because I'm the Jester.”
Photo credit to Sir Denah Tugruk
Biography
RP: Mishka grew up in a monastery, and simply couldn't stand it there. He'd constantly sneak out, go to the taverns, and cause all kinds of chaos and mischief. When he was old enough, he took it upon himself to go in a "general that way direction" because he had nothing better to do. As he wandered around, he picked up stories and songs from the traveling minstrels he came across, and found a love for bow making. One day he woke up drunk on the outskirts of a growing town called "Ironwood". He figured it was as good a place as any, and decided to live there. He can now be seen screwing something up here or there in the outskirts of Ironwood, because even he knows it'd be a disaster to go into town! He's burnt his hut down four separate times through the mixing up of spells.
Throughout his adventures and trials, Mishka's mental stability has slowly been breaking down. He's teetering on the edge of insanity, and every trouble pushes him closer and closer to the edge. Mishka believes he has a brother named Ghede, although it's debatable whether he actually exists.
Mundane: Mishka started playing in 2009 when Kentigern S'rendi would come to a local park to show him and his friends how to hit each other with foam weapons. He never got any credits or went to official parks because he didn't know it all existed. After a four year absence where he completely forgot about the game, Mishka came back to Ironwood looking for a place to nerd out. He enjoys entertaining the people at park and keeping everything light hearted, as you can tell by the fact that he will routinely do acrobatic flips on the field for no reason other than to make people wonder what the hell is wrong with him. He enjoys playing Bard over any other class, and will routinely cackle in glee in the middle of Kingdom battlegames after hitting some poor bastard with Lost...
Mishka loves archery. Like, REALLY loves it. He routinely has three or four bows on hand. He spends his free time making bows. Longbows. Short bows. Mongolian bows. Experimental bows that make you go "why?". No one has as many friends as the man with many bows.
Affiliated Groups
- He's part of House Draconis. He even has a tabard. And an apprentice, too.
- He's also a part of House Thundervoice. Thus, the name Thundervoice.
- By some twist of fate, he ended up in the Wardens fighting company, where he gets many hugs.
Belted Family
- Squire to the amazingly awesome and super flurbtastic Sir Dughan
- His Woman-At-Arms is Stormcrow Giggleshadows
Notable Accomplishments and Related Foolery
- Voted the Flurbiest Player in all of Amtgard in 2014, along with Lord Hagar Silverdragon (tied for first place). By the time the last vote was in, the two of them individually had nearly as many votes as every other competitor put together.
- R.A. Salvatore himself praised Mishka's bow making skills. Ya. Seriously.
- He was the first Bard in the Wetlands granted Masterhood under V8 rules. He received it the day he hit fifth level.
- He can take twenty on acrobatics checks.
- Has been performing magic for sixteen years, alongside mentalism and hypnosis
- Was the last man standing in a huge zombie game. He only won because he climbed up a tree and hid for the entire game.
- Is the reason why Ironwood has a "No flipping or tumbling on the battlefield" policy.
- Is the only one who routinely disobeys above policy.
- Once used the incantation "The power of iceball is mine to Force Bolt!". He took a death after that.
- When he was told that the grass field was water terrain, he started swimming across the field. He got killed by Rogue Sharks, but he kept trying anyway.
- Once made it nearly entirely through an enemy line during a battlegame before anybody realized he didn't have a weapon, himself included. He found out when he squared off against a monk and wondered why his sword wasn't in his hand.
- Jester to the Royal Court of The Wetlands, three terms in a row so far. One of those reigns it was even official.
- Was born with a natural 18 Charisma score.
- Almost entered a Weapon Master.
- Has an alignment of Chaotic Stupid
- Won Bardic category of Dragonmaster in the Wetlands for Reign XXXIX. He had the highest score out of any entry in any category.
- Forgot most of his other entries in said Dragonmaster.
- In a single battlegame, had his two swords, shield, and bow destroyed by archers in one life.
- Left without weapons, he caught a javelin mid flight, flipped it around, and threw it back at the aggressor, hissing like a lizard the whole time.
- At Wetlands Reign XL Coronation, Mishka walked calmly through a battle of two teams hostile to him with his hands up, grabbed a game objective, and calmly walked right back through the middle of the fighting without being hit once. Pacifism, yo!
- Has officially been given the title "Big Damned Hero" by Pope O'Banion
- Is officially a Lord, but identifies as "Peasant". Take that as you will.
- Voted Nicest Male in The Kingdom of the Wetlands in 2015
- Voted Best Hero in The Kingdom of the Wetlands in 2015
- Is a ballista.
- Rarely carries a weapon into battlegames. He claims it's because he's a pacifist.
A rare picture of the Mishka Ballista. Photo credit to Libby Messick
