Razs

[Razs]

{Player Name: Razs

{Name: Razs (Pronounced Rahz)

{Age: 21

{Race: Human

{Height: 5’11”

{Weight: 147lbs

{Physical Description: Razs is a slim young man, but has lean muscle visibly apparent in his upper torso and arms. He has wavy, shoulder length brown hair, which is always swept out of his eyes. His eyes are a bright green, and display a sense of carelessness and a free spirit. He has a thin nose, slightly upturned at the tip, natural colored lips, a retracted jawline, and graceful cheekbones. This gives his entire face a young, almost childlike appearance. The clothes that he wears are far from that of a nobleman or a world renowned warrior. He wears grey trousers, cut off just beneath the knee and tied to his leg with leather strings. His shirt is a dull brown color.

{Possessions: Razs chooses to carry fewer weapons for greater mobility. He also wears next to no armor.

Weapons:
Steel Dagger (Though this dagger is only forearm length, Razs can hold his own against many swordsmen),
5 Throwing Knives (Tucked securely into his belt, Razs is able to throw these easily accessible knives with pinpoint accuracy)
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Leather Bracers

Steel & Flint
Trapper Rope (Thin rope comparable to paracord),
Steel Hooks,
Steel Cutting Edge (Rectangular razor sharp blade, effective for skinning animals, scaling fish, or cutting rope)
Coin Purse

{Powers or Strengths:

Powers:
N/A

Strengths:
*Speed-Razs has spent his life running from guards and gangs alike. He’s become quite fleet of foot because of this.

*Parkour-The martial art of getting from point A to point B as quickly as possible by going over, under, or through any obstacles that stand in your way.

*Resourcefulness-Razs knows how to make do with the bare minimum, as he has had to his entire life. This includes, but is not limited to, making a spear with a stick, using a flat stone in place of a throwing knife, or using a wall as a powerful weapon.

*Evasion-Razs has had to learn to get out of the way after a lifetime of having rocks hurled at him by the city guards.

{Weaknesses:

*Weakness-Though he is not frail, Razs is not nearly strong enough to win a weapons deadlock against a swordsman, but that doesn’t mean he won’t put up a good fight.

*Fear of Horses

*Hated among the citizens of Shim

*Extremely Licentious

{History: Razs was born into a family of three; himself, his sister, and his mother. Neither he nor his mother even knew his father’s name. His mother was a prostitute, unable to leave the line of work, because of her desire to provide for her children. The small family lived in the Downtown & Business district of Marn, in an alleyway outside of a brothel. Every evening, he and his sister hid while waiting for their mother to return from “work.” She always did so with enough food to feed the both of them.

When Razs was 7 years old, his mother gave birth to a second son, and died in labor. His sister knew that it was now her responsibility to take care of her younger brothers, and became a prostitute at just 14 years of age. This left Razs in charge of his newborn brother, and also led him to his own life of… less than lawful acts. Every day after his sister entered the brothel, Razs would leave Kerm in the care of a nearby beggar who was close friends with their mother. While the woman cared for Kerm, Razs would roam the streets, stealing food and picking pockets. He would return just before his sister Amara returned “home”, and act as though nothing had happened.

Four years later, Amara died from an illness, and his younger brother only weeks after. Devastated, Razs traveled to the village of Shim, where he worked as a farmhand. Of course, old habits die hard. Every night, he would sneak about Shim, stealing whatever he saw fit. Eventually, he was discovered, and fled to Marn once again. Once he had returned to Marn, Razs became involved in fighting for money. He would fight one hour, and the next be picking pockets in the town square. Eventually, Razs decided to start selling his skills, offering to perform any task given to him by his employers. This would prove to be an interesting part of his life indeed.

[Saruna]

Hey there and welcome to Thar!


To start with I would like you to put his ability with his dagger and his throwing knives into his strengths. Then I would like you to better define how strong he is with these weapons. Would he be able to hold his own with a swordsmaster? A competant bladesman? Or only a junior bladesman?

Does he ever miss with the throwing knives?

I ask this because I see that he does not have formal training. How did he learn? Would his however many years of experience learning on the street hold up to a formally trained probably more physically fit (due to better living conditions) person?

Nitpick! (sorry, I'm pretty well known for them <<) Unless the parkour has something to do with martial arts training I think it's more a measure of agility and speed over a formal martial art.

Clarification on the being hated: Is this among just a few of the Shim citizens? Being renowned among all of the few hundred of them would be pretty unlikely.

I would like the history to give us a little more depth into why he fears horses.

I would also like to get an idea about how often he has run-ins with the guards. Is he wanted? Is he a bad or sloppy thief for how often he gets spotted?

I would like to see more strengths/weaknesses that pertain to who he is as a person, and what he wants out of life. Likewise, a little more could go into his history to give us a better idea of what he's going through. What did the deaths of all he held dear do to him? Is he in a dead spot mentally, just surviving because he has nothing left to live for? Does he feel disregard for other people, not give a shit about them and what they want? Is he manipulative because of that?

I like the direction you're going in, but I feel that the character could use a bit more rounding.

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