BRENNER - DORNKIRK
Details
Full Name: Brenner Stahl Dornkirk
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 30
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 173 lbs
Birthdate: 5th of Cinderfall, 91
Birthplace: The West End of Zaichaer
Profession: XO of the Dirigible Dreadnought “Searing Victory”
Housing: Apartments at Dornkirk Manor
Partners: N/A
Titles: Air Commander
Factions: Zaichaer Air Defense Corps
Fluencies: Common, Kathalan
Conversationals: None
Ineptitudes: None
Appearance
Brenner is a fit, but lean man standing 5 foot 11 with light blue eyes speckled with tinges of green around the pupil. He has medium-length, dirty blonde hair with darker eyebrows, and a complexion that can grow quite fair, but tans easily and is typically kissed by the sun from his work above the clouds. He is a proud military man and is more comfortable in uniform than in leisure-wear, but keeps all of his wardrobe crisply ironed and pristine.
Personality
The best word to describe Brenner might be ‘severe’. Melchior Dornkirk’s exacting nature rubbed off profusely on his younger son, whose worldview was further influenced by his time in military academies and later the Air Defense Corps itself. Though popular in military circles, he lacks his older brother's natural charisma and ease around people from different walks of life. He staunchly believes in hierarchies in the armed forces and beyond, and is a harsh disciplinarian to those subordinates who fail to fall in line. Though he can be excessively punitive, he is widely considered just. He isn’t cruel for cruelty’s sake, nor does he exact discipline on undeserving parties or unnecessarily punish those who have mitigating circumstances justifying their breaches. Although dutiful to a fault, Brenner is afflicted with a terrible temper inherited from his fiery mother. It takes a great deal to stir the volcano that brims beneath his polished surface, but when it erupts it can blaze at length and cause him to forget himself.
Beyond the filial ambitions instilled in Brenner by his father, the younger Dornkirk brother is also markedly proud of his Gelerian heritage. Amongst his closest confidantes, Brenner might admit that he believes the best course of action for Zaichaer is either to emulate or assimilate into the Imperium.
History
Brenner was born the second son of Melchior Dornkirk, one of Zaichaer’s premier airship-building magnates, and his wife Sylana Dornkirk née Falkanos originally of the Gelerian Imperium,
The Brothers Dornkirk were raised under the exacting eye of their ambitious father, whose ingenuity had brought him from working as a child on the factory floor of a now-defunct shipping enterprise in the Siegeworks to founding one of the most influential design and construction companies in present-day Zaichaer. Dornkirk Windworks boasted multiple contracts with the city’s military, and placed Melchior amongst the elite of the city.
Having grown up in squalor on the East End, Melchior’s legacy was all-important, and his children were expected to advance the Dornkirk name to new heights that would span countless generations. Melchior wished to be remembered as the founder of a potent, prestigious line and, until it was firmly established, he expected his sons to struggle and sacrifice throughout their lives as an investment toward that glorious future. His eldest son, Stefan, was to succeed him as head of Dornkirk Windworks. He was educated in ship design and construction, economics and stewardship. His second son, Brenner, was to advance their name through a martial cursus honorum.Whilst Stefan was at his science books, Brenner was at his military strategy texts. Whilst Stefan built model ships to gain a grasp on engineering principles, Brenner was at target practice with his rifle, or sparring with his swordmaster.
Both brothers were socialised from a young age amongst the elite of Zaichaer’s military industrial complex. They were coddled by neither parent, but disciplined harshly if they did anything to bring the slightest shame to the Dornkirk name. They were expected to be seen and not heard, but ever watchful- Ever diligent as they learned the customs and practices of Zaichaer’s most powerful people, whom they would learn to emulate.
Brenner enlisted in the Zaichaer Air Defence Corps directly out of the Battle Academy, at the age of seventeen. His intimate knowledge of airships, from having grown up amongst one of the Corps primary suppliers, proved incalculably beneficial. Brenner has been moving up the ranks ever since, and currently serves as second-in-command on the Searing Victory, a Firestorm-Class dirigible dreadnought designed by his elder brother and constructed by Dornkirk Windworks.
