Stye

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Stye's Character Description Basics Race: Kelvic Gender: Male Age: 9 years Birthday: 26th of Spring, 506 A.V. Animal Form: Stye is a Great Horned Owl, two feet long, with a four-foot wing span. He has excellent eyesight, excellent hearing, and noiseless flight, making him a highly effective hunter. He is by nature nocturnal, and has very good night vision. His razor-sharp beak can deliver significant damage, but his greatest weapon is his talons, which can exert enough crushing force to break small bones or rip a person's scalp off the top of his head. While his powerful wings cannot lift a man off the ground, they can beat a man to the ground, or drag him along the ground. His ear-splitting shriek gives hardened warriors pause. Human Form: The first thing people usually notice about Stye in his human form is that he is short, heavy-set, and muscular. The next thing they notice is his eyes; they are disturbingly large, with undifferentiated black iris and pupil, surrounded by pale yellow in the place of "the whites of his eyes". He is bald with heavy black eyebrows overhanging and accentuating his eyes. His nose is hooked and off-kilter, as though it had been broken a few times. He has a square chin, a perpetual stubble, and a faint scar along his lower left chin. His hands are large, with unusually long fingers. When he strokes his chin with them, which he does when he's thinking or distracted, they take on a claw-like appearance. He typically wears dark wool pants, a brown leather belt, a dark-colored cotton shirt, a leather vest, a long black wool cloak that he can wrap around himself, and brown leather boots. He might be wearing a broad rimmed hat, if the weather calls for it. Stye's human form retains some of the sharp eyesight and good hearing of his animal form. Quirks: A tendency to stare at people, unblinking and wide-eyed. Some people find this disconcerting A tendency to stare straight ahead, and swivel his head to change the direction in which he is looking. This can be especially disconcerting as he swivels his head to visually follow someone as they walk by. He has been known to turn his head so far as to almost be looking behind himself. Sometimes strokes his chin with his unusually long fingers, giving them a claw-like appearance (in human form only). Sometimes rolls his shoulders several times in a row, shaking his head at the same time.

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Stye's History Stye has issues. We all have issues, of course, but our concern here lies with those issues that are peculiar to Stye; that fuel his desires and drive his actions; that make him the Kelvic he is today. Two events from his past stand out as particularly significant. The first occured when he was two years of age. That's when he met and bonded with a Vantha woman, an archeologist. Her name was Bhani Skyglow. Archeology sites are often located outside city walls, and therefore outside the safety represented by those walls. She saw to it that Stye learned basic hand-to-hand combat, and some facility with the Bagh Nakh, so that he could defend them in case of trouble. She taught him to read, using a book of Vantha tales. Being something of an artist, she sketched a likeness of herself on the mostly empty last page of the book. This book remains Stye's more precious possession. The second significant event came three years later, when he was five years of age. His mistress got into an argument with a team of slavers who were transporting their slaves through an archeological dig. One of the slavers struck her on the head with a stave, knocking her unconscious. Stye attacked the man, was subdued, and added to the cargo of slaves, along with his mistress. They were transported to Ravoc, where they were separated. Stye never saw her again, although he heard a rumor that she had been sold to a merchant and put on a ship bound for Riverfall. He spent the next three years as a slave working on the docks in Ravok. His master was cruel; his life miserable. He was befriended by another slave, a Drykas man, who regaled him with stories about the magnificent beauty and wild freedom of the Sea of Grass. When Stye finally escaped his bondage and fled, he decided to go see this place of beauty and freedom. However, when he reached Riverfall and realized that this was where his mistress may have been taken, he settled there instead.

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Stye's Character Concept Simple: There is nothing complicated about Stye. He does not think deep thoughts, nor does he weave webs of deception. He lives life on the surface, taking things pretty much at face value, only vaguely aware of that which is subterranean. Which is not to say he is stupid; only that for the most part what you see is what you get. Wary: His experience with the slavers taught him that not all people are to be trusted. He became wary, cautious, distrustful of others. His trust can be won, but not easily. Loyal: Though he trusts few people, he is extraordinarily loyal to those he does. If you can win his trust, he will put his life on the line for you. Angry: The experience with the slavers left him with a hatred of slavers and the institution of slavery, and a deep reservoir of anger, which occasionally surfaces in an explosion of violence. Helpful: A characteristic aspect of Kelvics that has survived the slavery incident is that of helpfulness. Stye finds his greatest satisfaction in simply being helpful. Of course, he doesn't mind earning a little coin while doing so. What does Stye want? He wants to be reunited with his mistress, either in life or in death. Short of that, he seeks revenge on those who took her from him, and subjected them both to cruelty and humiliation. At a deeper level, one he is not fully aware of, his desires are simpler: acceptance, belonging.

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Stye's Languages, Skills and Lores Languages Fluent: Vani Basic: Common Poor: Pavi Skills Skill EXP Total Proficiency Unarmed Combat 10 RB 10 SP 20 Novice Weapon: Bagh Nakh 15 SP 15 Novice Body Building 5 SP 3 XP 8 Novice Acrobatics 5 SP 2 XP 7 Novice Intelligence 5 SP 5 Novice Intimidation 5 SP 5 Novice Stealth 5 SP 2 XP 7 Novice Investigation 2 XP 2 Novice Observation 2 XP 2 Novice Running 2 XP 2 Novice Tracking 1 XP 2 Novice Lores Acrobatics: Running Jump Acrobatics: Warm Up Leg Stretches Bodybuilding: Slow, Smooth Rhythm Helps Form Ravok: The Rising Dawn The Kabrin Road Stealth: Importance of Quiet Clothing Investigation: Following A Suspicious Series of Events Investigation Clue: Two Fluent Vani Speakers, One Awful Unknown Figures: Two Men, One Woman

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Stye's Possessions and Lodging Possessions Heirloom: Tattered book called "Tales of the Aurora" Starter Package 1 Set of Clothing -Simple Shirt -Simple Pants -Simple Undergarments -Simple Cloak -Simple Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Wood) -Brush (Wood) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week's worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel 100 Gold Mizas Purchases: Bagh Nakh 01 Spring 515 Black leather belt 01 Spring 515 Leather vest 01 Spring 515 Broad brimmed hat 01 Spring 515 Fine wool cloak 01 Spring 515 Dark wool pants 01 Spring 515 Dark wool shirt 01 Spring 515 Simple blue shirt 01 Spring 515 Sandals (wrap around ankle) 01 Spring 515 Hutch 18 Spring 515 Padded Arm Chair 18 Spring 515 Housing Location: Riverfall House: The Windswept Condos

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Stye's Ledger Starting NA Starting Pkg +100 GM 100 GM Bagh Nakh -3 GM 97 GM Broad brimmed hat -3 gm 94 gm Leather belt -4 sm 93 gm 6 sm Leather vest -6 sm 93 gm Fine wool cloak -15 sm 91 gm 5 sm Dark wool pants -2 gm 4 sm 89 gm 1 sm Dark wool shirt -3 sm 88 gm 8 sm Simple blue shirt -1 sm 88 gm 7 sm Sandals -2 sm 88 gm 5 sm 18 Spring 515 Hutch -5 gm 83 gm 5sm 18 Spring 515 Padded arm chair - 4 gm 79 gm 5 sm

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Stye's Stories Spring 515 01 Riverfall Stye at the Gates of Riverfall Solo Closed TBD Riverfall Alements Hires a Bouncer Caelum Open 11 Riverfall Morning Workout Solo Training Closed 12 Riverfall Slaver Hunters 'R' Us Tristann, Kavala, Merevaika, Shahar Dawnwhisper Open 18 Riverfall A Bump In the Night (Part 1) Solo Training Closed 27 Riverfall Keep it lit Party at Alements Open

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Stye's Goals Spring 515 Find out if Bhani is still in Riverfall. Get a job a bouncer at Alements. Get established in Riverfall. Get some cash flow going. Become a trusted servant of Caelum, perhaps taking on something of a bodyguard/courier role. Maybe even moving into Alements to better protect it and Caelum. That seems like a very Kelvic thing to do. (Note: Stye does not see Caelum as a potential bondmate. He believes Bhani is still alive and is still his bondmate.) Do a day-in-the-life job thread for Caelum. Do a special assignment job thread for Caelum. Maybe initiated by him? Unarmed combat +6 to 26, bagh nakh +5 to 20, stealth +5 to 10, acrobatics +3 to 8, intelligence +3 to 8, intimidation +2 to 7, body building +5 to 10.