Character application Octavius

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Name: Octavian

Age: physical age mid-to-late 40's (actual age believed to be around the mid-90's)

Race: Human

Weight:10st

Height: 5'10

Physical Description:

Octavian is one of those people you only barely notice as he passes you by. You catch a brief glimpse of his billowing brown hair that lashes around firm pale skin, sharp defined features, thin lips, and sombre, grey eyes form a face that seems to be constantly in his own shadow. He's not well developed in a muscled way, but more of an overall thinness, that covers a strict fitness regime. He wears a heavy black floor length coat with a odd high rounded collar that comes up to just above the tip of his nose. His coat is always buttoned up when he is on the move, as he always is. He wears a pair of dark brown slight padded gloves, with the leather removed at the underside of each finger and thumb. . He has a large complicated tattoo on his back that runs from the back of his left knee, around his upper left thigh, up his back and curls over his right arm to the elbow. The tattoo is a stylized depiction of a 'Mukade' a demon that takes the shape of a demonic centipede, with a sharp spined carapace, and many armoured legs, circling around a half moon.

Personality:

He is a very quiet person, only really speaking when someone asks him something, but he tends to talk in length when prompted. His views are sometimes very black and white, as his moral code is based on an absolutist view of life. He is a chronic insomniac, and has a habit of drinking himself to passing out. He also smokes heavily, and doesn't take kindly to people reminding him of it.

History:

Octavian was born to a dock working family in Shim. Octavian wasn't his given name (its actually Miliardo, but only his immediate family know this and call him this name) but adopted when he was awakened to his magic abilities. This occurred when there was an accident at the dock where his father worked. One of the many ships that came through everyday seemed to be in trouble, and the ship veered of course into the port harbour wall, destroying a wooden outcrop were Octavian's father was working. His father fell and drowned under the mass of masonry that fell into the water. When Octavian was later told of this he sunk into a deep depression, and went to the docks every morning and just stood and lost himself at the image of his father's death, rammed into the side of the harbour. His mother began to loose the fight to poverty, trying to keep them both warm and well fed. She eventually had to resort to prostitution to keep food on the table, a factor which would slowly drive her to madness. Continued hardship and poverty took its toll on his mother, and one winters day she was recovered after having flung herself of the harbour tower that evening after being abused by one of her clients. Up to this point, Octavian had hardly spoke, having taken a night job guarding the docks, he had no immediate friends, and now, no immediate family. The death of his mother flung him screaming out of this black depression, and his soul raged with anger at his situation. Every ounce of his being burned with barely suppressed rage as he cursed and swore that no one should have to go through what he has. His emanations attracted several supernatural onlookers in the local vicinity. One night he was returning to work when a figure stepped in his path, grabbed him by the throat and hoisted him from the ground. The figure smiled madly, showing gleaming monstrous teeth, and suddenly collapsed and fell apart in a blizzard of ash and smoke. A man was behind him, his silver clad fist stuck where the figure's chest had been. The man told him that he had saved him from a 'Fate worse than death', and that he was meant for better things, that the rage within him could be focused and used for his own purposes, if he wanted to. Thus began Octavian's progression on the path of a Mage. And he has never looked back since.

Abilities/Weapons:

Being a Mage who specifies in Channeling, Octavian can focus inner abilities to become manifest in the real world through a series of movements and exercises. He can create massive amounts of heat and project it through touch, and this can be used in a wide sense, or like a surgical scalpel to do precise actions. He can also channel these abilities into his body to improve his tolerance to extreme weather (deserts, blizzard etc.) or to enter meditative states to survive (without moving) underwater. He prefers not to carry weapons, preferring his own powers over a metal object that he can heat and brake. Animals dislike him and will make every attempt to move away from him. After several hours of complicated meditation and exercises he enters a state where his Avatar becomes manifest and speaks to him, and takes the form the of a mammoth multi-limbed centipede that only he and other magical users can see. The Avatar occasional tells him secrets, but more often than not it acts as his conscience, constantly reminding him of the things he has done, and what he is.

Magic Abilities

Channeling abilities:

Heat - can heat his extremities to massive temperatures, enough to bend soft metals, and dent hard metals, but with constant contact will burn through most materials.

Speed - He can project his physical image as he moves, creating a flickering after image . This can distract and confuse anyone looking on, as he appears to be further ahead or behind himself than he actually is.

Astral Plane Projection - Able to project and image of himself onto the closest levels of the astral plane. This is not a strong ability, and he finds it difficult to hold his form on other plans.

Avatar Communication - Octavius's avatar takes the form of the tattoo on his back, which whispers to him constantly if he doesn't use mental suppression to silence it. During a very complicated and lengthy period of meditation and breathing exercises, and the use of certain rituals, he can connect with his avatar, which moves and wraps itself around him. He can use this to ask it questions or problems that concern him, or to find out occult/magical knowledge. The avatar is by no means all-knowing, and is only going to help him if he does something for it.