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AisuKaiko Keeper of Flat Chests
Posts : 2078 Join date : 2009-12-21 Age : 33 Location : In Ruby's cave in the Imoreith Tundra
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| Ruby- Bio inside:
Species: Giant Naga
Elemental Alignment: Ice
Age: 49
Sex: Female
Height(head to ground): 73 feet (22 meters)
Length(head to tail): 249 feet (76 meters)
Skin colour: Pale
Top scale colour: Bright, shiny red with diamondshaped white patches running down the sides
Belly scale colour: White
Hair colour: Red
Eye colour: Greenish-Gray
Other characteristics: Flat chest; Wears a hairband made from wood and bone; Is always accompanied by a human mage.
Predation: Opportunistic
Food category: 5-7 feet. Prefers: Elves and small nagas
Ruby is a young giant naga who lives in a cave with the human Aisu on the southern fringe of the Imoreith Tundra. Her red tail is highly reflective, even capable of serving as a makeshift mirror when its luster is at its max, and her red hair is short and held by a white hairband bigger than a human; she originally had a stone headband, but due to an accident, it had broken and was lost, but a neko named Stark kindly commissioned the comfier, more flexible version she wears today. She has a petite figure, and her chest lacks the fullness boasted by most others of her kind, being almost completely flat. Though she is youthfully naive, she is incredibly curious and won't hesitate to ask questions about things she doesn't understand. It is worth mentioning that, due to an incident in the Bulvon Woods while on an adventure with her friends, she is scared to death of slugs and slug girls, and will freeze in fear if she catches sight of them.
Backstory
Ruby was born alone from an egg in the very same cave she calls home today. Nothing is known about her parents or if she was even laid in that cave, as her egg may have been placed there for unknown reasons. She came into the world as a weak and pitiful nagaling who, by her own ineptitude at hunting, was rather unsuccessful, attempting to catch mostly snowstalkers and, very rarely, adventurers chasing rumors of great treasures in the ice. As she grew, it became harder and harder to sustain her body, and her metabolism slowed down to suit the slow intake of food. She was alone for years, and she may have gone like this and even died of starvation. However, luck befell her as the thin, boney naga was discovered by Aisu, a human who had been wandering through the tundra, tired and delirious. He had been hunting Snowstalkers for food, but as he left them at the mouth of a nearby cave to hunt more, he always found that they had vanished upon return. Eventually, he entered the cave to see the giant naga, who had been eating his catches when he left. Realizing that he has been inadvertently feeding her, she ended up sparing him from her belly. With nowhere else to go, Aisu stuck with the naga, and decided to raise her.
Aisu was the one who gave Ruby her name, after her beautiful red tail and hair. He cleaned her up, cut her hair, and hunted animals for her until her body filled out. He taught her how to speak along with some basic reading and math skills, and eventually, how to hunt. Originally planning to teach her to hunt animals in favor of sentient prey, Aisu soon found that she had a pre-existing taste for humanoids, and upon looking at merchant envoys, which held many goods that would have aided survival, he ditched the idea and let her feast upon those who entered their hunting grounds.
Five years have passed between their meeting and today. Now, Ruby happily lives with her human companion, hunting alongside him and knocking over merchant caravans for what goodies they carry.
Feeding Habits
Ruby is, first and foremost, a frugivore; most of the food she eats consists of fruit, due to their sweet taste and relative abundance in the forest. Her favorites are fruits like apples and pears, but whenever she can get her hands on the more exotic specimens of the southern regions, she will happily gobble 'em up.
While apples can indeed keep her belly full, she does need meat. Animals such as snowstalkers and duikers are on the menu, hunting them with standard ambush tactics, attacking from behind bushes or rocks with as much speed as she can muster. Humanoids, too, often find themselves at the mercy of Ruby's appetite. Humans are very much on the menu, and if she doesn't have any other source of food, she will have no problem capturing wayward humans that come her way and gulping them down. However, elves are a different story. Ruby actually loves elves more than she loves fruit, and sees them as a delicious treat unlike any other. She will go out of her way to attack an elven party and do her best to capture as many of them as possible, and will fill her small stomach to its limit with elves, if she can.
Ruby also has cannibalistic tendencies; nagas that are human-sized are just as much of a meal to her as humans, if not moreso, due to their filling, muscular bodies. She takes no qualms and grabbing a small naga and slurping it up like a noodle. A single naga is usually enough to fill her right up, due to the small size of her stomach.
Notably, Ruby refrains from eating nekos. Unlike Aisu, who holds no issue with the naga consuming members of his species, her friend Tarina would certainly take offense to hear of Ruby preying upon nekos. As such, Ruby has promised to focus on other sources, a vow that is relatively easy to hold, due to the abundance of sustenance in the forest, both plant and animal alike.
Combat
Ruby doesn't like to fight. She's very peaceful and won't fight anything unless they're a threat to her and Aisu, so her favorite means of defense is to just flee. When she does get into that mood, she will use what she can to hold off the offenders. As most nagas, she prefers using her tail to bludgeon foes to a pulp or to constrict and suffocate them. She also doesn't mind biting, although she lacks venom. When all else fails, though, and her life is on the line, she is known to release a burst of icy magic toward her aggressor, though she has little control over her gift, and can possibly overexert herself and pass out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aisu Watarivich Kaiko- Bio inside:
Species: Human
Homeworld: Drelonia
Height: 6' 3" (1.9 meters)
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Hair: Brown, thick, messy, never seen a comb in a day of its life
Skin: Average, slightly pale
Eyes: Jade-green
Clothing: A brown jacket with a white tanktop underneath, burlap pants, black shoes, and a leather strap around his shoulder which is used as a holster for his magic rod; Scar on his chest from a battle with a hunter named Mark.
Aisu is a tall, lanky human who came to Felarya five years ago. Since then, he has taken up residence with the giant naga Ruby in her cave in the frigid Tundra. He has an above-average IQ and the experience of a soldier, but he is quirky has a tendency to mumble when planning. He's a reliable friend when you aren't on Ruby's menu, and if you manage to get out of that category, you can expect him to always be there to help you when you're in desparate need.
While trekking out to save his friend Tarina's husband's life, he fought a hunter named Mark. The combat left him with a scar across his chest from an especially deep cut of the hunter's knife.
Pre-Felarya
Aisu was born on the technological and magical planet Drelonia, where he lived until the age of eighteen. For the first sixteen years of his life, he lived in Arlennia, an inconceivably massive metropolis built on an island paradise of the same name. It is during this time, around the young age of thirteen, that he began training in the art of magic. After two years of schooling in the subject, he was accepted into the 'Imperial Magus Union,' where men and women of magic discuss their magical ambitions and their dislike of engineers. Since he was younger, he didn't engage in the more intellectual conversation of his elders, but he sure did have a helluva time concocting various ridicules toward men and women of technology.
War broke out, and the sixteen-year old Aisu, eager to protect Gryphonian colonies on the Berglandian continent, lied about his age and joined the Imperial Army. Several months of the most intense training on the planet further refined his magical abilities. Soon, he was sent to the Isonian Desert to fight back an invasion. Bad luck befell his company, though, and he quickly became the last remaining member. Using what he learned, he did his best to survive until he was discovered and shipped back home. Upon arrival, he packed up his junk and moved north to the mountains of Isona, where he lived until he turned eighteen.
In the small mountain town, he spent more time training his magical prowess. He soon set a goal: to learn how to teleport, which was a skill considered sage-level. He spent most of his time working toward this goal. One day though, while training himself toward perfection, something happened. There was a burst of energy, and he was gone, but he had not teleported. He had, in some bizarre turn of events, been warped to an alien world disconnected from his own: Felarya.
Early Felaryan Experience
He first felt the cold air of the Elifga Valley. If it had not been for the alien plants and spinetingling cries of the wildlife, he would not have suspected that he left Isona. He wandered around, and after a few close calls, he learned the exact nature of this world. Unable to sleep, he was always hiding and watching his back, never feeling safe or calm for even a second. Wandering aimlessly, he found himself climbing a mountain toward a frigid and eerie land. At this point, he had slept very little, was in shock, and incredibly cold. He eventually found a cave, where he found something he could have never imagined: a giant girl with a snake's body. It was the naga who would come to be known as Ruby.
Combat
Aisu was an Imperial Soldier. He had the ways of war and survival pounded into him fiercely. His prefered method of battle is elemental magic, using fire, ice, and lightning fully in his favor. Also, various assist spells, mostly magical binds and barriers, are within his grasp, but such spells take too long to prepare and are impractical unless he is hiding or being tanked by Ruby.
If need-be, he can fight using his rod as a slashing or piercing weapon. He typically only resorts to this when it would be awkward to cast magic, usually in confined spaces or if the target is in melee range.
Aisu has shown that he is inept in the use of Earth and Wind magic.
Relation with Ruby
Aisu and Ruby are, in their eyes, two parts of an inseparable family. The two of them work together to survive in the wilderness, and one could not exist today without the other. Using his experience as a soldier, Aisu taught Ruby the basics of hunting. Her status as a man-eater was originally a bit unnerving to him, but years later, he now knows just how vital it is to his own survival, since Aisu lives off of whatever Ruby's prey were transporting before the encounter. When they aren't hunting, they are in their cave, spending quality time or napping together. It is worth noting that while Aisu has no problem with Ruby eating humans, he does seem to have nightmares about becoming her next meal.
Feeding Habits
Aisu normally traps Duikers and Idariks while also picking fruit from the Elifga Valley, but various foodstuffs obtained from raiding merchant caravans also play a big part in his diet. He absolutely loves honey, and when merchants have it, it's an especially good day. Overall, he has a very demanding sweet tooth but doesn't mind eating whatever he can get.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lesky- Bio inside:
Name: Lesky
Species: Frost Sprite
Age: 81
Sex: Female
Maximum height: 115 feet (35 meters)
Common height: 5 feet (1.5 meters)
Minimum height: 4 inches (12.7 centimeters)
Skin colour: Pale
Hair colour: Dark Blue
Eye colour: Gold
Wing style: Wasp
Other characteristics: Wears a golden armband around her wrist
Predation: Opportunistic
Food category: 5-13 feet. Prefers: Elves
Lesky is an older frost sprite who hails from deep within the Imoreith Tundra. She has a relatively soft body with pale skin, blue hair, and wasplike wings. She is quite friendly and, due to the lack of contact she’s had in her life, very willing to meet others. Also, she enjoys playing pranks on those around her; this is normally the first thing she does when meeting someone. Of course, when she does prank someone, she means no harm at all, and is quick to apologize if there is any offense or injury.
Lesky occasionally makes trips to the Elifga Valley, normally to enjoy the sights of the forest or fight herself a special treat.
History
Lesky was the only child to two other frost sprites. A relatively peaceful relationship, Lesky spent much of her time learning minor healing magic from her mother and honing her illusionary skills with her father. She rarely ventured out of the most frozen regions of the Imoreith Tundra as a child and adolescent, preferring to stay with her parents to hunt snowstalkers and the like. Finally, as an adult, she bid farewell to her parents, eager to make it on her own.
Later in her life, she met another frost sprite, a male who lived near the eastern corner of the tundra. After spending a long while together, the two fairies had a daughter together, named Sibria.
Of course, as the years passed, things became bitter between Lesky and the other fairy, and the two parted ways. Sibria, eager to learn some of the magic her mother learned from her own mother, went with Lesky. The two stuck with each other for a long while, but in the end, Sibria chose to go off on her own as Lesky did upon becoming an adult.
Now alone, Lesky made her first venture into the Elifga Valley. She was quite intrigued by the amount of life in the region. Though she continued to live in the tundra, she made it a priority to visit the forest once and a while, where she would hunt elves and humans, chat with dryads, and simply enjoy the atmosphere.
On one trip to the forest, she was ambushed by a fire naga, who had burned her wings and trapped her in its coils. By a stroke of luck, the naga Ruby, who enjoys eating smaller nagas, came upon the scene, and quickly rescued Lesky. The injured fairy was taken to Ruby’s cave, where she was able to recover.
Now, she lives with Ruby and Aisu, promising to teach Ruby how to fully utilize her innate ice magic.
Abilities
Lesky is a frost sprite, so some things come naturally to her; she can use ice magic as easily as she can breathe and, like all fairies, can use size-shifting abilities. Of course, not being the direct offspring of a fairy and an elemental, her icy powers are greatly limited, but she can chill the air and form ice to defend herself very easily.
Lesky also has some skill with illusion magic. While she can’t project an entire imaginary image as a dryad can, she can make an object appear as if it had vanished, or she can project the image of another object to another location. She rarely uses this for practical purposes, often choosing to use it for the sake of her lighthearted pranks and tricks.
Like her mother before her, Lesky can use some novice healing magic. Small-scale wounds can be closed up with ease, but more debilitating injuries take much more effort, and must ultimately be left up to natural healing due to their size or complexity.
Notably, she is a rather skilled flyer, having grown up flying against the harsh winds of the Imoreith Tundra.
Hunting habits
Lesky’s meal of choice is snowstalkers. She grew up on the creatures, and has been skillfully hunting them for as long as she can remember. She prefers to freeze them solid, encasing them in a smooth block of ice for easy swallowing. When she is not eating snowstalkers, she will partake in fruits of various types, which she will occasionally treat herself to in the Elifga Valley.
She does eat humans and elves, though rarely. She views them as rare, special treats and doesn’t spoil herself to their taste. When hunting them, she prefers to use ambush tactics, either quickly expanding and scooping them up or shrinking them and grabbing them in their confusion. If a human or elf escapes, she won’t bother herself with chasing after them, and simply find something else to eat.
Lesky finds nekos to not suit her tastes, and will generally avoid them. Of course, this works well for Ruby, who has grown quite fond of the nearby neko village and wouldn’t sit well with them getting eaten.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Olive- Bio inside:
Species: Chilotaur
Age: 144
Sex: Female
Height(head to ground): 55 feet (18 meters)
Length(head to tail): 128 feet (39 meters)
Exoskeleton colour: Dark Olive Green
Skin colour: Olive tanned
Hair colour: Celadon
Eye colour: Amber
Other characteristics: Wears a smiley-face hairclip
Predation: Safe
Olive is a chilotaur who wanders nocturnally about the region of the Direwind Hills. Not having a specific home, she roams from place-to-place, traveling between the valleys of the hills and through the many undergound tunnels below the region. Her centipede half is an earthy green color, with brown legs and striped backward-facing sensory legs. She keeps her necklength celadon hair relatively messy, not seeing much need to keep it neat and straight.
Personality
Olive behaves like a neurotic optimist. To her, there isn't anything that doesn't have a silver lining and can't have a positive spin on it. If you tell her your wife got eaten, she'd reassure you that at she'd be happy you lived. Never does she want to leave anyone unhappy, so when confronted with a conflict between to people, her first instinct is to find a fair compromise between them. Letting one win and the other lose is unacceptable; both must walk away happy and satisfied.
Occasionally, when stressed or distraught in some way, a negative thought will enter her mind, but she immediately forces herself to think happy thoughts. In her mind, pessimism is off-limits, and under no circumstances should she give in to uncertainty. Her needless optimism comes as a surprise to many, but very few complain about a friendly giant like her to give them a hand.
Of course, that isn't to say there isn't anything that causes her to lose her composure. Like all chilotaurs, Olive feels incredibly uncomfortable under sunlight.The idea of going out into the heat and light of a sunny day makes her incredibly uneasy, and unbelievably reluctant. She typically wakes up in the twilight hours and remains active until dawn.
Very much unlike most other chilotaurs, Olive's tolerance to alcohol is incredibly weak. Just a few drinks of the highly potent stuff her brethren is known for, and she begins slurring and acting erratically. Olive is a very unpredictable drunk; she cycles through moods like no one has ever seen. She can be happy one minute, then be yelling at you, then start sobbing as she apologizes profusely, then start start flirting with you before returning to hapless joy. When meeting another chilotaur, she often wakes up the night after, with an aching head and no memory of that strange person she was sleeping beside.
She seems to be aware of her tendancy to drink a little too much, but never turns down the offer in order to not offend anyone she meets. Needless to say, she gets taken advantage of quite frequently.
History
Olive was the runt of three brothers and two sisters born underneath the Direwind Hills. Always given the short end of the stick by the rest of her family, she only really got along with her oldest sibling, her rather wise sister named Artemis. Is was she who gave Olive a piece of advice: No matter how bad life gets, fill your mind with happy thoughts. Always see the bright side of life. Ignore uncertainty and doubt, and focus on happiness. Live like this, and life won't be so bad. This piece of wisdom Olive held with her even after Artemis went out on her own. Without the eldest sibling to defend her, Olive's brothers and sisters picked on her as children. As they all matured past petty bullying and vacated the nest one by one, Olive held tighter and tighter to the idea of constant optimism even after it was her time to start her own life.
As an adult, Olive wandered the hills aimlessly, only stopping to eat, sleep, and see the sights. It was a rather meaningless gypsy life until she met a master cartographer. Having saved him from a Hillgak, the man agreed to teach her a little bit of mapmaking. He stayed with the chilotaur for several weeks, laying down the rules of making a decent map. When all was said and done, and the cartographer went on his way, Olive had found a purpose: to map out as much of the region as possible. Create a bunch of maps of everywhere she had visited. It was a lofty goal, but as optimistic as ever, she took it up without a second thought.
She met a wandering minstrel named Karl on an otherwise normal day. After rescuing him from bandits and carrying him toward his destination, he gave her a smiley mask as a token of his appreciation. Olive is seen proudly wearing this mask as a hair accessory.
One day, she encountered a neko who introduced himself as Stark. He was heading out of the Elifga Valley after a short break from adventuring. Being the kind chilotaur she is, Olive agreed to escort him across across the land for a bit. During this time, Stark told her many tales of his exploits as an adventurer. Olive quickly grew to like the grandiose anecdotes of seemingly impossible feats told by this extraordinary neko, and became quite the fan of Stark. The two still occasionally meet occasionally in the hills, and Olive is always eager to hear new tales of Stark's exploits.
Skills and Abilities
Olive is a novice but capable mapmaker. Using crude paper made from pant fibers and animal skins, she constantly records the land she roams and the tunnels she traverses. She keeps her work in a homemade bag made from a discarded stock of leather she had stumbled upon.
As a nocturnal being, Olive's night vision is superb. She can easily travel through low light situations without any doubt of what is around her. When absolutely no light is present, the feelers on her head and on the end of her long body let her get a sense of her surroundings.
Her poison, like all chilotaurs, plays a key role in her defense. After wrestling with a dangerous predator, she subdues it to the best of her ability before delivering several swift injections of venom. She prefers not to kill her aggressors, instead opting to weaken them enough for her to escape.
Feeding Habits
Olive is usually not a man-eater in anyway. People are just too fun and likeable to eat. She prefers to feed on frogs, goats, deer, and other small animals, typically swallowing them whole. She also enjoys munching on tree roots that stick out of the walls of the tunnels she hikes through. If the hunt goes badly and she's in real need of something in her tummy, she resorts to several less-than-appetizing things, like moss, leaves, tree bark, and grass. She's not real picky, but some things she just prefers to save for an emergency.
It's interesting to note that, when drunk enough, Olive may eat a human. It's typically a result of weakened inhibitions, and more often than not, she completely forgets that being eaten is fatal. If she drinks enough, and her stomach protests the large amount of alcohol, they usually come right back up, Olive often having forgotten she had eaten them in the first place.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lazuli- Bio inside:
Species: Giant Crystal Mermaid
Age: 101
Sex: Female
Length: 198 feet (60 meters)
Scale color: Azure
Fin color: Light Blue
Skin color: Bluish White
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Blue
Other characteristics: Gemstones under her eyes, on her belly, and down the front and back of her tail.
Predation: Safe
Lazuli is a cheerful crystal mermaid who lives in the Jewel River. She is a large individual with long, wavy black hair and pale skin. Her tail is a shiny blue with a greenish underside, and there are several blue crystals embedded on her body. When not out in the water, she takes residence in a crystalline cave near the bottom of the river, where she spends sleeping in the darkness.
Lazuli is gentle towards all sapient beings and enjoys the company of others, either human or predator. Of course, being a giant mermaid, smaller folks are generally uncomfortable around her. Lazuli's conversations are usually awkward and short. Throughout her encounters, she almost always remains oblivious to any sort of discomfort around her.
Like all crystal mermaids, she has the ability to use her voice as a powerful weapon, its force able to paralyze her prey for easy capture, though she typically avoids confrontations with other predators.
History
Lazuli was born to relatively normal parents in the Jewel River. From a very early age, she appeared to have issues with interacting with other mermaids; her conversations were typically one-sided and generally drove others away. She remained awkward for her entire childhood, her parents mostly unaware of any way to help her out. Naturally, she grew up just as awkward as she was as a fry, her ineptitude still largely unexplained by her peers.
As a young adult, her corner of the Jewel River was wracked by a massive storm. Lazuli, who happened to be out at the time, was thrown about by massive waves before being crashed against rocks and beached. As the storm passed, she remained, lying injured on a beach, unable to get herself into the water. As fate would have it, we was discovered by a team of kind, if not a bit naïve humans, who treated her wounds. The encounter gave her an obligation never to harm any humans or similar species.
Feeding Habits
Lazuli usually eats fish, big or small. When dealing with a large school of smaller fish, she will target them as they swim slowly nearby, then utilize her vocal blast to stun a large mass of them before swooping in and gulping down several mouthfuls. Lazuli may use this method when attacking larger fish, but she often prefers to chase them down and catch them with speed alone, something she can't do with schools due to their tendency to scatter.
While hunting, smaller mermaids who are aware of Lazuli's benevolence will often join her, eating what Lazuli misses while feeding.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stark Grandelanc- Bio inside:
Species: Neko
Age: 64
Sex: Male
Height: 6' 7" (2 meters)
Hair: White
Eyes: Dark Brown
Other Characteristics: Thick white beard, an especially bushy tail, always wears a red bandana.
Predation: Opportunistic
Food category: 2-5 inches. Prefers: Neeras
"I coul' live f'rever in deh city, lad, but why would I give up danger an' adrenaline fer a borin' life walled up in Negav!?"
Stark is a tall, muscular neko swordsman from the colder regions of Felarya. He has a rough and hardy body with thick, powerful limbs. His voice is deep and manly with a thick accent courtesy of his old community. His hairline appears to be receding, hence the red bandana. His left ear has a notch missing, and he has a light scar under his right eye. He wears a tight shirt over his torso, and a breastplate and pauldrons when he's out getting his hands dirty. On his belt is a buckle made in the likeness of a Tonorion.
History
Stark hails from a community of nekos from the northern part of Elifga Valley. Stark was one of four brothers born to the Grandelanc family. His father, eager to turn his children into skilled hunters, put the siblings through rigorous training to build their abilities. Hard labor, heavy lifting, and long hikes through the wilderness toughened them the siblings up as planned. Having been put through all sorts of hell by their old man, the four brothers quickly adapted to life as predators in the valley, hardening them as they grew to adulthood.
One day, the community found it self in the crosshairs of a troop of giant elves. The village was attacked, and many nekos were eaten, with only a small group of survivors escaping the catastrophe. Among the survivors were Stark and two of his brothers; the rest of their family had perished at the hands of the hungry predators. While two of the siblings chose to stick together and search for a new home, Stark decided to take his chances and head south into the wild jungles of Felarya.
After a long trek south, Stark discovered a group of humans wandering through the woods. Curious to the nature of their destination, he discreetly followed the travelers. They led him to a place that he never would have imagined: Negav. Adamant to get life back on track, he entered the walls of the city. Hoping to make a dime to keep himself fed, he took a cheap job as an escort. Using everything he learned from his father, he did his part in getting the man to his destination, jump-starting his career as a professional adventurer.
For his working life, he spent much time in the wilderness. He has been met with many triumphant successes, many unfortunate failures, and he looked death in eye countless times. He was never too cautious, going with the flow and trusting his instincts to keep him alive. He credits this as the key to his survival: "If yeh go aroun' overly cautious an' watchin' yer back all deh time, yeh're only askin' t'be eaten!" After many years, he travelled back to the Elifga Valley, and he settled in a small neko village in the center of the region, living there for several years. However, after being taken on a grand journey to Ur-Sagol, his need to explore was reignited, and he made his way back south to pick up where he left off.
Personality
Stark is a rugged fellow, but he's friendly and dependable. When a friend is in need, he'll be more than glad to help them get everything back together. When he's out in the wild, he often follows his gut when he's faced with a dilemma. Of course, that's not to say he doesn't use his head now and then; he's picked up a lot of info about the plants and animals of Felarya, and when it's reasonable, he applies that info readily. Stark also knows never to actually run out into the woods alone; he always goes with a party, although the results of that tactic are often highly variable.
Stark is known for being a big ham. He loves to tell stories of his past exploits as an adventurer. Of course, he tends to exaggerate the details of his tales. If he begins to tell the story of, say, when he encountered some sort of giant predator, expect him to tell about singlehandedly defeating the predator in some impossible fashion, posing dramatically over the corpse of the fallen pred as he smokes a cigar, getting the girl, and the like. Feelings tend to be mixed about this: Some find the tales entertaining despite their obvious falsehood, some only groan and try to ignore him, and some actually believe him! Regardless of who you are, though, expect to hear such a tale when travelling with Stark.
Combat
Stark is only a neko. He has no magic capabilities, and he has no extraordinary powers. He has only his swordsmanship, his neko reflexes, his predatory instincts, his knowledge of the wilderness, and his rugged manliness. Despite what his tall-tales may portray, he can't McGuyver his way out of a predator encounter, but when he needs to, he can carefully duck away and flee or, if the enemy is smaller and seems inexperienced, fight back. When deciding what course of action would be appropriate, he prefers, as mentioned, to follow his instincts, saving him valuable seconds to act.
Stories told by Stark that may or may not be true (Most likely all false):
-Stark allegedly singlehandedly defeated an Abyssal Tonorion using a cigarette lighter. -Stark allegedly forced a Dryad to vomit. -Stark allegedly broke a naga's jaw by standing up in its mouth. -Stark allegedly travelled much further north than any maps show. -Stark allegedly defeated an entire pack of Kensha Beasts. -Stark allegedly rode a Sea Krait Naga through the ocean to distant continents. (which he refuses to describe) -Stark allegedly convinced an Angel and a Demon to become friends. (In some variations, he describes them falling in love) -Stark allegedly fought off a crew of bandits using a twig.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tarina- Bio inside:
Name: Tarina
Species: Neko
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Height: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
Fur Color: Red
Skin Color: Lightly tanned
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Yellow
Other characteristics: Has a red Kensha Beast tattoo on her belly
Predation: Opportunistic
Food category: 2-5 inches. Prefers: Neeras
Tarina is a neko that lives in a small village in the Elifga Valley. Her hair is short and red, as is the fur on her tails and ears. She normally wears a single-strapped white tank-top and reddish jeans with a brown belt where she keeps her two daggers and a few vials of poison. Leather sandals are her footwear of choice, though she keeps boots on hand if she needs to walk through an especially large amount of snow or mud.
Tarina is generally a friendly neko; she enjoys having conversations with her peers, and will almost always help if asked for some sort of favor. She is also quite devoted to her family, and would go to great lengths to help it if anything happens.
History
Tarina was grew up in the neko village of Martell. As a young girl, she showed great interest in the wilderness. She spent a lot of her childhood wandering about outside the wooden walls of Martell, though not going to far, for obvious reasons. As she grew up, she began to collect various plants, mixing their fluids to achieve various effects, recording their qualities as she did so. At one point, she discovered that several plants, when mixed, result in a sort of numbing agent. This would become one of the types of poison she uses later in life.
As an adolescent, she received from her father a special gift: his two daggers along with holsters attached to a belt. After spending time to practice using them, she felt more confident in her short adventures in the valley. After a while, she found herself dipping the tips of her blades in the poisonous cocktails she concocted on occasion.
Growing up, Tarina had a close friend who would accompany her in her travels. Having the same spark for adventure as Tarina, the two of them would take long hikes through the valley, bringing home armfuls of plants in the process. On a particularly sunny day, the duo were particularly far from Martell. Tarina's friend ran toward a cluster of odd flora. She was suddenly lifted from the ground by some invisible force. Tarina only had a split second to watch the other neko fly into the mouth of a dryad before fleeing for her life. The traumatic experience left Tarina with an especially prevalent fear of dryads.
Later in life, she was hunting around the town. It was now when she discovered an emaciated male neko, wandering aimlessly through the forest. She relinquished to him a recently captured neera as she took him back to her home to help him recover. The neko was Slavlo, who had survived the destruction of a merchant's party for whom he was working. As Tarina helped him get back on his feet, the two nekos began to take a liking to each other. Having spent some time together, the two finally married, and have been with one another ever since.
Abilities
Tarina took much time to learn how to effectively wield her daggers. While she can't take down anything too much larger than her, she can easily repel those who aren't prepared to face her swift, elegant slashes.
She also often will coat the blades of her weapons in poison. She keeps two varieties; one is a liquid that will numb whatever part of the body the blade damages, whereas the other is a bit more direct in its effect, resulting in a feeling of illness and, if enough is administered, will end most human-sized targets. She rarely uses the latter poison in battle, and mostly keeps it just in case she finds herself in the stomach of a predator, where she will use it to spare herself the pain of digestion.
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| | | Jætte_Troll Friend of the Jotun
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:05 pm | |
| Hmm. Interesting start to a character. Aisu seems interesting, since he has absolutely no qualms with killing other humans. What lead him to adopt such a cynical world view?
You have a fairly good grasp on her feeding habits, but do you have any more ideas on her personality in general? What sort of relationship does she have with Aisu.
For ideas on where she may live, check out the wiki, specifically the locations page. There's a great map on that page.
http://felarya.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Locations
As far for cold and desolate, that's a bit less common on the warm Felarya, but there are areas. Frost Peak is very cold in it's upper heights and I'd assume that on the far side of the Miratan base there is a low population. The Imoreith Tundra is a much larger zone to the North West and its implied there are colder places beyond it. It's not very well documented at all and is difficult to get to from central Felarya - but hey, any development is encouraged if its well thought out.
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| | | AisuKaiko Keeper of Flat Chests
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:07 pm | |
| Yeah, I'll probably poke around my original post with the Edit Button. I should work on their relationship, and hell, I could easily make a bio for Aisu himself. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:12 pm | |
| Well, no character just springs out fully formed. Building a deep, interesting character who is enjoyable to read about or watch takes time. However, you've at least stuck to the guidelines for character creation which is a good start. | |
| | | AisuKaiko Keeper of Flat Chests
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:55 pm | |
| I edited it, I might play with Aisu's bio some more, but I'll see what others think so that I may improve this as much as possible~ | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:42 am | |
| Aisu seems a bit over powered. The part about binding predators to not waste time fighting them suggests that he can bind them quickly. Binding a 60ft (or thereabouts) predator shouldn't be a quick and easy thing, in my opinon.
As for eating faeries...
This brings a bit from what I said above, binding a fairy shouldn't be an easy thing. Even if he managed to do it, that doesn't make the fairy shrink to an edible size and neither does damaging their wings.
Also, why would he? Does his hate/indifference to humanity also extend to anything humanoid? It doesn't appear to since he fell in love with a naga, a species that is humanoid (to an extent).
I only have one thing to critique with Ruby; the magic absorbing areas on her tail. Only one other naga has an ability like that, Zoekin's Katrika. Katrika isn't naitive to Felarya and to my knowledge no native naga species has an ability like that. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:24 am | |
| Alright, I'll take your critique into mind. I shouldn't right anymore when I'm tired, I leave all kinds of holes. Ironically, binding magic was my way of trying to avoid being overpowered, but that backfired x.x I'll try my best to tone it town and make it more plausible. As for the fairies, I don't want him to be this great menace feared by all fairies. He rarely attempts it, doesn't attack every fairy he meets. When he does, it's from a hiding place, on fairies he's confident are especially weak or unintelligent and are at a manageable size already. Sorry if I made it sound like anything otherwise, but if that's still a bit much, I don't want to make him too generic. As for his misanthropy bleeding into other races... You got me, that's the one thing I'm facepaling at myself over the most. Once I can think of something, I'll update the bio right away o__o Again, thanks. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:10 pm | |
| Hmm... I like how you've developed it. Human characters who are friends with active predators are always interesting, the best example being Lea. They all have their own reasons for not caring, or ways of dealing with/avoiding the issue. I also like Aisu a bit less powered. It makes him need Ruby more, if simply for her size and strength, while she needs him for his magic and cunning. Its really nice to see someone who actually is committed to developing a character and takes it seriously. Unlike... others who don't seem to care or know what Felarya is. How close do they live to the tundra? On it? I was just reading what Karbo had down for the Imoreith Tundra on the wiki and it mentions strange alterations to sound. Does this resonance make it easier for Ruby to sense prey? Does Aisu use some sort of magic to make her and him move quieter? Or do they stick to lands lower than the tundra. Also, in such a far corner of Felarya, what is the mainstay of her diet? I know that in the north of Elifga valley, there are various tribes of Elves. (I know this because I created it. ) Elves seem to have more female individuals, like most native Felaryan species, though that could be just a skewed perspective. (Warning though - alot of those tasty elves in that part of the world are nasty lightening mages. Better be prepared. ) Here's some links to the general areas. http://felarya.com/wiki/index.php?title=Imoreith_Tundra https://felarya.forumotion.com/new-ideas-f2/elifga-valley-t1088.htm | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:19 pm | |
| Ruby hunts outside the tundra, bringing Aisu with her to help out. I might need to think of where exactly, though. The woods around the tundra aren't as developed as I would've hoped. What kind of races/animals would be prevalent in the wooded areas east of the tundra? | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:22 pm | |
| One thing to remember is the reason the tundra is so drastically colder is because it is at a higher elevation. (That's why its much colder than areas of similar latitude, say, for example, deeper Felarya.
Elifga Valley, a boreal area, is developed. The other places, more direct to the east... well, they're not really well known at all.
http://felarya.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:32 pm | |
| This is gonna bother me all night. I guess the Valley could be where Ruby and Aisu hunt. I intend Ruby to mainly eat whatever humanoids she can effectively capture, except for elves due to their magical prowess. Ya know, I'll add that extra info to her Feeding Habits.
Well, I'm not sure now... There isn't any small game in the Valley for Aisu to hunt, is there? I may need to relocate them... x.x | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:35 pm | |
| Eh, I'd have her eat the elves. Only a few are really as proficient as I say. And could Aisu's magic be more defensive perhaps? Protecting her from such things? The elves are plentiful in the north part of the valley and she'd be in no real danger as long as she stayed away from their settlement.
-And being a boreal forest there is alot of small game, mainly duikers, which are like small tasty deer. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:39 pm | |
| Alright, I didn't intend on Aisu having overly defensive magic, but I'll give him some, not sure to what extent, though.
I looked over your thread again. Could Aisu effectively hunt Duikers? | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:47 pm | |
| Well, they are pretty sneaky and fast. But if he's used to survival I'm sure he could set traps for them. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:49 pm | |
| Well, Aisu was a guerrilla fighter, so... yep, I think he could pull it off.
I assume the valley isn't that wooded? It looks pretty plain on the map. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:52 pm | |
| Well... its actually pretty wooded. Though it is more with normal size trees than the massive ones on the rest of Felarya. Its like a boreal pine forest as well, unlike the hot jungle. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:54 pm | |
| Oooh, I like the sound of that. Trees work very well for Aisu. I'll add more tomorrow when I feel less tired. If there are berries, fruit, etc. and/or occasional merchant caravans, it'd be very ideal. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:01 pm | |
| Fruit I'm not so sure on but berries would be plentiful. The Valley also happens to be the only way to get from the other parts of Felarya to the cold higher Tundra - so anyone wanting to go there has to pass through. Maybe not so much big merchant caravans but a good number of independent adventurers. The elves probably also run merchant caravans being local. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:03 pm | |
| Awesome! I've decided that a big part of Aisu's character is his need for various spices and herbs (and expensive and exquisite treats) from merchants. Berries, too. Aisu likes his fruits. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:28 am | |
| Just a bump to let you know that I'm still working to perfect this bio. :3
I love comments and criticisms, so dig deep! | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:42 am | |
| Bumping this to remind you that I'm still always improving on this! | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:19 pm | |
| Added Mini-Bios for Tarina and Stark | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:59 pm | |
| RUBY AND AISU'S BIOS WERE REWRITTEN
The gist of it is the same, but I just changed the wording and a few details. | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Fri May 14, 2010 12:01 pm | |
| Fixed a few typos here and there and added to Tarina and Stark's nano-bios. ^^; | |
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| Subject: Re: The Many Bios of the Man They Call Aisu Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:31 am | |
| Finally got around to adding Olive here. Feel free to take the proverbial axe to her bio; it's largely unpolished right now. | |
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