1. Biancus can read and write very well, and his penmanship is superb by any standards. His father was obsessed with the old troll civilizations, and so is he.

2. Bia knows basic math, and is pretty savvy with money. He knows enough of geometry to calculate the most propitious time to do any particular voodoo ritual, but knows nothing of algebra or other higher math- to him geometrical formulae are rules of thumb, not hard and fast rules. He uses fractions; he doesn’t know decimals. Trolls use base 3, not base 10 (3 fingers). To make a long story short, he can do all the math he needs to do, but couldn’t explain it to anyone else, especially a non-troll.

3. Bia has had the closest thing to a formal education any Darkspear troll of his generation could have. His father was a villiage storyteller obsessed with the Gruubashi civilization, and collected old Gruubashi books which Bia devoured. His father later became a schoolteacher once Thrall told him about the concept, and today runs the schoolhouse in Sen’Jin. Bia himself apprinticed to Vo’jin as a witchdoctor-in-training since age 8, and after the third war ended, finished training as a shaman with the other orc and troll shaman-apprentices.

4. Bia speaks many languages- he knows modern troll, of course, and can read Armani and Gruubashi as well. He picked up Orcish during his service as a witchdoctor in the Third War, and is trying to learn Thallasian now that the Blood Elves have joined the Horde, not so much to communicate with them as to read their books. He can read Common but does not speak it- he learned it for research purposes.

5. His handwriting is large but elegant and full of flourishes.

Biancuss last blog post..The Tale of Biancus

1. Read and Write?

Yes, and also yes. This is solely due to the fact that when he was a kid, he actually had something resembling a formal education, his mother having been reasonably wealthy. Nonetheless, he thinks reading is for nerds (i.e. smart people).

2. Numbers and Business?

Well…he’s direct and to the point. Mathematics beyond addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division confuse and enrage him. It’s not that he’s bad with them, it’s that the concept of thinking that hard about something goes against every fiber of his being.

3. Formal education?

Yes. Private schooling as paid for by his mother (and errant father) as a boy. Then he started perusing various military organizations and has never looked back.

4. Another language?

Yes. Predictably, he speaks Thalassian, because it’s his father’s half. Unpredictably, he speaks Thalassian with an AMANI accent, thanks to his extremely…unique…tutor.

The result, as I choose to portray it on the extremely rare occasions I need to roleplay him speaking Thalassian, is something that sounds like a hideous bastardization of Caribbean and Cockney slang. Why? Because it amuses me.

5. Handwriting?

His handwriting is either so perfectly lettered it looks like it’s been inscribed by an extremely deliberate kindergartener, or utterly, incomprehensibly illegible. Never, ever in between.

2. Drazmor has a natural affinity for numbers, and an often be found in Stormwind, manipulating the latest deals in the Auction House. As a paladin of great renown, and therefore afforded the rank of Knight-General in the Stormwind military, Drazmor’s good sense of numbers came in handy when marshalling troops.

3. From the age of 12, Drazmor was apprenticed to the paladin Lord Grayson Shadowbreaker, a post that brought great jealousy amongst the other paladin recruits. Once he had been initated into The Order, he was also taught by a variety of mentors, such as the paladins Arthur the Redeemed, and Katherine the Pure, the blacksmith Therum Deepforge, and the royal librarian, Aldair Gilroy.

4. Under the tutelage of Aldair Gilroy, Drazmor learnt many languages other than the Common he was brought up with. Some examples include: Dwarven Gnomish and Darnissian, Thalassian, Orcish and Goblin, Eredun, dialect of the demons, and Nazja, dialect of the naga, and a basic grasp of Taurahe, Draconic and Zandali.

5. Drazmor was trained from a very early age by the monks of Northshire to perfect the art of callgraphy, and therefore, Drazmor has a very neat, flowing handwriting.

Drazmors last blog post..World of Geekcraft

1) Garilos was taught some reading and writing from his aunt and uncle but he was not particularly good at either. Both his reading and writing improved somewhat when he began working as a crew leader on the Stormwind docks. That job required he be able to read shipping statements and other related documents.

2) Taught by his uncle, Garilos is fairly good at basic math. His uncle would often send Garilos on supply gathering trips to Goldshire or Stormwind City so Garilos had to know how to correctly add up bills and such.

3) Sitting at the kitchen table with his aunt and uncle was as formal an education as Garilos got. Much of his reading and writing he learned at the kitchen table after dinner from his aunt and uncle. He learned basic math from his uncle in the workshop, the barn, and other on-the-job type tasks he assisted his uncle with.

4) Garilos can speak a variety of language partially. Over the many years of working as a deckhand on goblin merchant ships operating out of Booty Bay, Garilos encountered and worked with numerous races. It was from these encounters and experiences combined with his natural inquisitiveness he learned to speak numerous languages. He, however, is not fully fluent in any language except for his native tongue.

5) It could be characterized as a grade-schooler’s practiced handwriting. It is legible and that is about it.

Garilos Durocs last blog post..Friday Five – RP Style