Role
The Farmhand
Age
17
Nationality
Akharian
Gender
Male
Personality
Kai is a nice young man, but he's not particularly bright. Kai is a rather idealistic person whose heart is in the right place, but his brain often isn't. Kai will always do what he thinks is right, but he doesn't tend to think too much about anything. Kai would stay and fight to the death to protect a loved one even if it were obvious to anyone with any sense that both he and his loved one would die as a result. If he were to survive, it would be because someone dragged him away, kicking and screaming. Kai is also rather naive, and tries his hardest to see the good in everything. He has spent all his life living in a small, rural village, and so knows rather little about the outside world, which makes him rather gullible. As long as something sounds even remotely plausible, he'll believe it. However, if he finds out that you've lied to him, he'll believe very little of what you say, even if it's obviously true. Kai is also rather inept in formal situations, as the most formal situation he's had to endure is speaking with the village priestess and guards. Despite Kai's scatterbrained nature, people often find him rather charming, as he always means well and is rather entertaining when he's not doing something stupid.
Pros
Kai isn't particularly brilliant at anything, but he's not useless. He's quite strong for someone of his age, due to the long hours he's spent working on and outside the farm. He also has good stamina, also raised by his farm work. Obviously, Kai knows how to run a farm and perform various tasks around it, but that isn't going to prove any use in days to come. What may prove more useful is Kai's ability to wield an axe. While he has no proper combat training with an axe, he's used to chopping down trees and cutting up lumber with one. After all, people are like trees; if you hit them enough with an axe they'll fall over. Kai is a budding musician who can play the lute and sing fairly well. He's also a reasonably good cook.
Cons
As previously stated, Kai isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. He's capable of getting himself into huge amounts of trouble due to his inability to size up situations properly. His lack of knowledge often annoys other people, especially the intelligent. His short term memory isn't great, so he will often go somewhere and then forget why he went there, or he might go shopping and suddenly realise that he left his money at home. He is also somewhat clumsy and isn't very good at watching where he's going.
Appearance
Kai is a well-proportioned young man. He stands 6" with a lithe, muscular build, pale skin, a slightly pointed nose, long, scruffy, chocolate brown hair and hazel eyes that portray his emotions just as well as the rest of his face does. Kai dresses in traditional Akharian garments, not the kind of clothing you would expect a farmer to wear. His attire consists of a brown, hooded, cotton shirt with red and gold silk embroidered onto the sides of the torso, a red and gold silk mantle which Kai for some reason wears around his waist, fingerless, brown leather gloves, brown nettle-fibre trousers, large leather boots, a headband and numerous belts.
History
Kai's past isn't particularly exciting. He is the second youngest of four children born to a farmer and his wife in the small Akharian village of Ley. Kai has two older brothers, both of whom have now left Ley in search of more exciting careers than farming, and a sister 5 years younger than him. Kai lived a fairly normal life for a villager; he spent most of his time working on the farm with his father and brothers. He devoted most of his spare time to getting better at playing the lute and singing. Life went on as normal for Kai for some time, with nothing special ever happening. But all that is about to change.
The Whale That Swallowed Jonah
Well, the sun is up and a-rising
The wagon's headed west
Now I can't shake that old suspicion
That I settled for second best
I've been frugal at my table
I've been conscious, I've been blind
Who ever said that 40 acres and a mule
Would ever keep me satisfied?
They say the whale that swallowed Jonah
Out in the deep blue sea
Sometimes I get that feeling
That same ol' whale swallowed me
They say the whale that swallowed Jonah
To put me through the test
Sometimes I get that feeling
That I'm different from the rest
Now the sons of tomorrow
Will come to me in time
Life is going by so fast now, baby
I haven't had a chance to change my mind
I feel it in my fingers
I can feel it in my bones
Maybe it's the whale's way of telling me
It's time to get yourself back home
They say the whale that swallowed Jonah
Out in the deep blue sea
Sometimes I get that feeling
That ol' whale swallowed me
They say the whale that swallowed Jonah
To put me through the test
Sometimes I get that feeling
That I'm different from the rest
They say the whale that swallowed Jonah
Now out in the deep blue sea
Sometimes I get that feeling
That same ol' whale swallowed me
They say the whale that swallowed Jonah
To put me through the test
Sometimes I get that feeling
That I'm different from the rest
Other
Kai is very fond of fluffy animals, especially dogs. He also likes to sleep a lot, and takes a nap at any given opportunity.