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by FiskMunk on Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:42 pm
We've decided to actually not have any "regular" elves, like Tolkien's beautiful, noble ones.
The elves of Ygdrassil are instead rather sinister, and can be found scattered across the Northern Kingdom. So basically, they are just dark elves, though without the "dark" :P
Appearance-wise, I guess they look like usual - Long ears, grey skin, often very attractive. Personality varies, of course - Not all are considered evil, but most are.
They can also be referred to as àlfer.
Although I'm not 100% sure of all this, and I can't recall of what I've discussed with Mr Sibby... Nice chars, by the way. I like how you'll reveal Dûrak's backround during the RP, instead of leaving it for us to read :)
Edit: And my character's finally done!
Name: Dakuhl Kae'rihaq
Race: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Height: Approx. 1,8m (5,9')
Weight: Approx. 70Kg (154lbs)
Appearance: Dakuhl is a tall and thin man who often gives the impression of being a beggar, due to his relatively dirty and torn clothing; Plain, black robes and a cloak created from coarse fabrics, covering his entire body with multiple layers, making it hard for people to make out his scrawny build. Odd, dark-coloured stains that've turned the cloth stiff and inflexible can also be spotted here and there, among regular mud and soil.
He prefers to dress himself in such an austere way, since people then never take any notice to him in the circuits he mostly spends his time in. He blends in perfectly, it seems. And attention is something he rarely seeks, so he also keeps himself hooded, laying most of his abhorrent face in shadow.
His skin is pale and almost disgustingly smooth, as if he has never seen raw daylight, with prominent blue veins scattered all over, and his eyes are considerably hollow. His face greatly resembles a naked skull due to this, and the resemblance is even amplified by details such as the lack of eyebrows, and the fact that his scleras are completely black. He doesn't even have irises, or at least not ones that are visible, which makes it particularly difficult to determine whether Dakuhl observes you or not - Something that've proven most rewarding at times.
From his nose and downwards he's equipped a facemask, made out of the same material as the rest of his apparel, in order to conceal his deformed mouth - He doesn't have any lips, which has proven a very distinctive feature of his. Naturally, he want to conceal such a notability, and does so with the mask. His hair colour is black, like the rest of his guise, and reaches just below his ears. It's also very straggly and disheveled, he usually just finds some random, sharp instrument to cut it with when it grows too long and annoying.
The sleeves of his robes are wide and fairly long, always covering his clawlike and emaciated hands, and around his waist he wears a thin belt, where there hang several pouches and vials in which he contain all of his coin and miscellanous possessions. These range from a variety of items, mostly herbs which he uses to create different mixtures (Hence the vials), but also things such as flint if he would ever be in need of lighting a fire.
Personality and Backround: A cold and ruthless, yet often frivolous, individual who thrives in the despair and agony of other sapient beings. He doesn't believe anyone, be it human, troll, animal or bacteria, to have a higher purpose in life, more than simply contributing to the ecosystem, and that the only thing to actually live for is to satisfy one's own needs and desires. It's with this nihilistic view of life that he justifies the things he does, acts found "horrible" and "monstrous" by others:
He tortures and kills people for pleasure, and considers it to be a form of art, an art that he now have spent decades of his long life to refine. And during the early years of what at first was nothing but mindless slaughter of various people, ranging from innocent children to mighty warriors, he learned how to draw even greater pleasure from this most unusual pastime. In the beginning, when he was young and impulsive, he simply tied someone up, often after a struggle, and continued from there using nothing but intimidation and a rusty blade, until he finally finished them off. He greatly enjoyed doing so, but it later struck him that it wasn't enough. He felt an urge for more of a mental challenge, that required a significantly greater use of his sinister mind, and he figured it would additionally make things more entertaining. Thus, nowadays he uses far more creative and, in his own opinion, "sophisticated" methods of torment and torture - He plans things out carefully, quickly learns a thing or two about his prey, and varies the use of tools every time he intends to take a life. For example, he could somehow inject a mixture of toxic herbs into a person, in order to incapacitate or drive her half-mad, forcing horrible hallucinations upon her that one only can encounter in the darkest and wildest of dreams.
Or, and this is his most favored tool, he would fasten a number of hooks, in turn attached to chains, in different parts of his victim's body, and then slowly peel of her flesh until her bowels simply would slide out.
But most likely he would use a combination of the two, in this case. Why just have fun one way?
It should be noted that this isn't the only thing he does with his freetime, however; Naturally, he fancies other things apart from killing and torture. For instance, watching other people hurt themselves. Intentionally or unintentionally doesn't matter.
Or among less macabre activities, relaxing with something nice to drink and eat. Perhaps he would take some time to imbibe the wonderful fragrances and sounds to be found across the vast forests of the Northern Kingdom? Lie down on a meadow and enjoy the pleasant sensation of smooth grass against his bare hands?
He enjoys such things as well. But in the end, he prefers spending time working with his main hobby. If the opportunity presents itself, of course.
And he's not as foolish as he was earlier in life, when he at times could go completely berserk, without any regard to his own safety - He has grown wiser, calculating and much more aware of his environment.
To support himself financially, he accepts work as an assassin from time to time, enabling himself to pay for food and shelter. He does not work for especially large sums of coin, however - Just enough to fill one, perhaps two, of his pouches. He doesn't waste it all at once either, but spends his money in a rather spartan way. He doesn't try to find the nicest little inn possible when tired and in need of sleep, but instead aims for the cheap, derelict ones. Instead of a bowl of warm soup, he settles with half a loaf stale, maggot-infested bread.
When he's near a town, of course. Otherwise, he simply makes himself a little fire in the woods and roasts himself a juicy rabbit, if possible.
And completing assassinations for various people, often persons involved in some form of politics concerning the Kingdom, have proven to be a quite remarkable talent of his, given his experience with murder.
Equipment and Traits: Dakuhl is very agile and quick, skilled in evasion and stealth. He has in his possession a formidable ability to keep himself hidden when needed, and can at will move in such a way that nearly not a single sound is heard. This skill comes in quite handy when committing assassination work, along with his most beloved weapon - A sharp knife of vicious design, beautifully crafted from a dark metal he doesn't know the name of.
He also uses the instrument in combat, though he is rarely forced to participate of such as he mostly keeps himself away from it.
He mainly uses small weaponry, being his knife, as he finds bigger objects such as swords or axes far too bulky and difficult to manage. Thus, he has almost never practiced fighting with a bigger weapon, and can't make use such things very well.
He also has a hard time speaking, because of his non-existent lips. He compensates for this by making sounds similar to the ones one otherwise normally would make using one's lips, and has actually, unintentionally and without giving it much thought, learnt ventriloquism.
He practically never makes use of this though, partially because the facemask he wears covers his mouth, but for the most of the part because there's no need for it.
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FiskMunk on Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:59 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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