Mezo
Basic Information
Race: Myrian
Born: Season of Summer, Day 34, 469 AV
Age : 41
Gender: Male
Physical Description
Mezo stands at five-foot-six and almost twelve stone (160 pounds). His skin is bronze and covered in thick banded black tattoos, including one across his throat that represents his clan's motif. For the most part he has done away with piercings, favouring the quiet and convenience that simplicity affords him. For this reason his ears, nose and mouth harbour many small round regular scars from his old accessories. His ribs are visible but his shoulders, back and dominant arm are well trained. Facial wrinkles have established themselves, particularly in his brow and squint, which surround a pair of dim green eyes. His hair is woven into a large braid at the back and shaven at the front so as not to interfere when hunting. Aside from his ornate tattoos, everything about Mezo's appearance attests to his nature of simplicity and practicality.
Character Concept
Mezo has historically been a thinker, not a doer. His recent efforts to balance this trait are visible, but it does not take much for him to fall into old habits, and so often has to force himself into action.
He prefers smaller parties, and is sometimes partial to solitude, though mostly he measures the danger of isolation a greater evil than the discomfort of company. There are other times too where Mezo enjoys a break from the sound of wind and hooves, and he finds the unique perspectives of outsiders interesting.
Typically he will defer decisions to women, as is customary for Myrians, and prefers their company over that of men. He feels safer and more assured when travelling with a woman.
Sometimes Mezo will eat his partner, particularly those he hates or loves. He used to make his intentions known, but recently has forgone this courtesy to keep things from getting out of hand as they have in the past. He is very efficient once he has made a kill, and can make a colleague last for a few weeks usually. The incisors are often the only souvenir he will keep - the rest of the body is put to use, even hair can be made into decent rope if the quality is good.
In the past Mezo worshipped Myri and the other approved gods with the rest of his tribe, but following his departure he has found he gains more personal satisfaction in the reverence of Priskil. This, he knows, is a fatal betrayal in the eyes of Myri, and he has no doubt that the day will come when Myri reclaims his body, and inevitably, his soul.
Character History
Mezo grew up in The Myrian fortress city of Taloba, in a typically large family. When his time came he entered the Myrian armed forces and learnt how to handle a glaive, a boomerang, and a machete, and when he graduated from his 3 year service he was gifted one of the family's heavy machetes. He never married, finding that the more naturally aggressive men had much more luck in selection than he. After much reflection Mezo decided that perhaps there was something more compatible for him out in the wider world, and one day without a word to any of his family or friends, he left with what possessions he had.
Training (Skills, Arcana, Gnosis, Lore)
Skills:
30 xp tracking (includes 10xp race bonus)
15 xp camouflage
10 xp machete
5 xp medicine
Lore:
Knowledge of human anatomy, inside out
Knowledge of poisonous plants and animals in Falyndar
Equipment and Possessions
- Strong Rations 7 gm
Traveller’s Stock
Forest Blind 55 gm
Camouflage Tarp (10 sq.ft.) 12 gm
Tent, one-person 2 gm
Bedroll 1sm
Blanket 5sm
Water Trap 45 gm
Waterskin
Preserving Kit, High Quality 55 gm
Flint And Steel
Torch 1 cm
Tourniquet 2 cm
Rope, Hemp (50 ft.) 1 gm
Chalk (2 Pieces) 2 cm
Insect Repellent 1 gm
Tea leaves 1 pound (2 sm/pound)
Tobacco 1 pound (5 sm/pound)
Knife
Soap (Per lb.)
Razor
Backpack (Empty)
Rucksack 1 gm
Saddle, Pack 5 gm
Saddlebags, Large 8 gm
Horse, Light 75 gm
Loincloth
Necklace, Bone
Wool cloak
Heirloom: Machete, decent quality, well used but also well maintained. It has taken so many knocks it is now faintly magnetic.
Ledger
Current Total:
331 gm 6sm 5cm
Credits and Debits:
- +600 gm starting cash
-7 gm Strong Rations
-55 gm Forest Blind
-12 gm Camouflage Tarp (10 sq.ft.)
-2 gm Tent, one-person
-45 gm Water Trap
-55 gm Preserving Kit, High Quality
-1 cm Torch
-2 cm Tourniquet
-1 gm Rope, Hemp (50 ft.)
-2 cm Chalk (2 Pieces)
-1 gm Insect Repellent
-2 sm Tea leaves
-5 sm Tobacco
-1 gm Rucksack
-5 gm Saddle, Pack
-8 gm Saddlebags, Large
-75 gm Horse, Light
-1 sm Bedroll
-5 sm Blanket
Expenses:
5 gm a season (squalor)
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