Tavious

[Onychophora]

This is my first character, so I hope it's ok. I spent a lot of time making sure that it was just right, but I can alter it if necessary, just say.

[Stats]
Name: Tavious (Tay-ve-ous)
Age: Fourty Two
Race: Altered Human
Height: 5ft 10”
Weight: 154 pounds

[Physical Description]
Face: A strong jaw line, prominent cheek bones and solid eyebrows highlight Tavious' slim face. His deep-set grey eyes glisten from behind shadows cast by his small nose. His ears are slightly pointed at the tips and two small bone- like spikes grow at the back of his head. He has medium length dark purple hair, pulled back into a short pony-tail.
Body: Tavious' skin is crimson red. His body is slim and well toned. His arms are joined to his sides by a sheet of skin. More bone-like spikes grow backwards from his elbows. The vertebrae of his spine are pronounced and are fairly visible. A lizard like tail grows from the base of his spine. His forearms grow to a thick cone shape and two large bone claws protrude at the end, as fingers and another as a thumb. Similar to his forearms, Tavious' calves grow into a cone shape, two large bone claws at the front act like toes and another as a stabiliser at the back. He stands on the balls of his feet and the tip of his rear claws, rather than standing on the flats of his feet..
Jewellery: The hair-band he uses to tie his hair is made from the full skull of a small rodent, with the hair held in place by the jawbone. He also wears three simple silver bands in succession at the tip of his tail.
Piercings: Tavious has a barbell through the outer edge of both eyebrows and one through the bridge of his nose and a ring pierced through his septum. Small hoops hang from both earlobes and the tops of his ears.
Tattoos/Markings: Leopard like yellow spots run down either side of his neck and spine, with branches spanning over his shoulders and more reaching down to just above the back of his knees. Black lines, a few millimetres in length, extend from the outer corners of his eyes.

[Possessions]
Armour/Clothing: Tavious prefers to travel light. He wears three quarter length trousers made of a tough, jean-like material, held up by a leather belt, and a tailored shirt of a similar material of that of his trousers. He does not wear shoes.
Weapons: Attached around his left forearm is a spring loaded cannon, which fires a semi-circular blade, attached to a chain.
Other Items: Other than money, Tavious only carries a few medicinal herbs. He also has access to the various creatures being raised on his ranch (such as; Horses, Dogs, Birds, etc.).

[Powers]
Abilities: His tail can be used like an extra limb. The sheets of skin under his arms enable him to glide (not fly) and can be retracted to allow more manoeuvrability.
Magic:
Gust - Tavious can generate wind with his hand movements, he uses this to help him glide, and influence the path of his blade, but it is not powerful enough for direct offensive purposes.

[Personality]
Personality: Tavious is a friendly person, despite his demonic appearance. He is often willing to help a justified cause and looks after his friends well-being. He prefers to avoid conflict where possible, but is a capable fighter if the situation comes to it.
Strengths: Once moving He can be hard to slow down/stop.
Weaknesses: Heavy set body, Slow moving.
Traits: Determined, Brave.
Flaws: Rushes into things, Overly trusting.

[History]
Originally a human, Tavious lived a normal life taming animals, on a ranch for domestic use. Shortly after his twenty-fourth birthday, he received a message requesting that he joined an expedition too Ayaga (the America’s) to search for creatures that could potentially be trained for military purposes.

His team had made their way deep into the main land and set up camp. One night, Tavious awoke surrounded in a bizarre fog, the retreat was sounded and he made it to safety. A few days past, many of his allies were killed in the attack and now, the survivors were dying also.

A week later, they were almost back to the coast, where they were to meet a ship to take them home. Only Tavious and a few others were left.

Tavious awoke, choking, he could hear his friends having trouble breathing also. He put a hand to his neck, to sooth his pain. His fingers felt strange, he looked down. Shock swept over him, he could see the skin changing, he watched as his fingers hardened to bone and fused into claws.

Pain panged through his body, he could feel his structure changing, he looked up to see his friends going through similar transformations.

Tavious scratched at his skin as it changed in pigmentation. An uncomfortable feeling tugged at his side, he lifted his arm, the skin was growing over.

His bones cracked as his skeleton changed, he could feel the base of his spine pushing through his skin as a tail slowly emerged. He fell to his side, the choking had given way to his screams of pain. He could now see his feet morphing into something new.

Finally all the pain stopped, it was like his body had just shut down, his screams went silent, his breathing stopped, he couldn’t feel his heart beating in his chest. Eventually his vision went dark. “The end.” He thought to himself, then all at once, his body started up again.

He sat upright with a gasp, life had returned to him, but he still could not see. Black blood streamed from his eyes and down his cheeks. Rubbing the blood from his face, his eyes felt sore. Tavious looked around, his vision was returning, he could hear a stream near by and began to crawl over.

He splashed the rest of the blood off and gazed upon his reflection on the waters surface, it was distorted, but he knew that the reflection staring back at him was not the one he was used to.

After his transformation, Tavious and his friends, continued to the designated meeting point. Hoping to restore their original forms once they were back.

After returning home, some of the other survivors employed the help of magicians, but those who were not killed by experimental spells and potions, were not lucky enough to find a cure.

Tavious ventured the continent, looking for others also affected by stray magic and for ways to remove his curse. After many years, unsuccessful in finding a remedy, Tavious settled outside of shim, trying to live a normal life, he set up a new ranch, raising various creatures.

Presumably due to his transformation, Tavious’ life has been dramatically extended and he doesn’t appear to age. He believes that this is because he died and was brought back as something new.

[Frug]

From: http://www.tharshaddin.com/setting/world-history.html
The Changer's War ended approximately 2000 years ago, while shim is only about 200 years old.

Was this a misunderstanding about how long ago the changer's war was?

[Onychophora]

I hadn't slept for a few days, stupid insomnia. I must have overlooked that, but I have gone over the setting info an you're right, I shall edit at once.

[Frug]

Hi. I'm guessing you've made all the changes since I see Shim was removed from the history. Unfortunately I was hoping the misunderstanding was about when the changers' war happened. You need to check rule #5 in the character creation section. That isn't flexible for a first character.
Also, if a character were to have that age, there would need to be more history. It doesn't say what he's been up to for the past two millennia. That's far, far too long a period of time. That's 20 lifetimes.

[Onychophora]

Summary of changes:

Tavious went to the America's, on an expodition to find creatures that could be trained for military use.

While there, his team was attacked.

~Transformation~

He made it home and set up a new ranch, training creatures.
*END*

Tavious is now younger than shim and was not involved in the war, but otherwise the history is the same.

[Frug]

When you say he raises various creatures, what do you mean? What is he raising on this ranch? Just cattle and horses?

[Onychophora]

I was mainly a story point, to fill in the history. I was only going to use the ranch on occassion, but generally there are:
Working animals, such as horses, guard dogs, etc.
Domestic animals, such as dogs, birds, etc.
and more exotic creatures, being tamed for use as pets and trained for militerial purposes

[Frug]

Okay. If he owns a ranch in shim, it needs to be listed as one of his possessions, because owning a ranch and a few dozen animals isn't a small thing.

[Onychophora]

Fair point, but as he doesn't exactly carry it around, I didn't think it would be neccesary, but I suppose, as he access to it. Ok.

[Frug]

approved.