Name:
Sakem Ba

Titles:
The Skinwalker; The Beast; The Hunter

Age:
19

Gender:
Male

Race:
Human

Appearance:
Sakem has a way of sticking out in the world around him. He is youthful and undeniably attractive even though he can easily be picked out as a foreigner due to his appearance. His dark skin covered in strange tribal marks and his eyes are an odd luminescent gold. Sakem's raven colored hair is always disheveled and messy and the very little clothes he wears is often armor made of light cloth, fur, feathers, and bones. Golden bracelets dangle around his wrists and several gold circlets collar his neck. His torso, legs, and arms are usually exposed, as he his proud of the toned and lean body that he possesses. Sakem is always barefoot, no matter what the occasion.

Personality:
Though awfully young to be one of the Dark Lord's elite bounty hunters and assassins, what Sakem Ba lacks in age, he makes up for in madness and efficiency. He gives little regard for the rules of any society and simply does as he pleases. Only the Dark Lord may tell him what to do. He is viewed by his fellow members of the Lord's army as an odd and child-like warrior, but a warrior none-the-less. He is wild, untamed, and quite mentally unstable. Sakem often has extreme mood swings, going from a joyful and seemingly innocent young man to a psychotic and ruthless killer in a matter of seconds. His attention is not easily caught and he tends to have issues concentrating on things he doesn't take complete interest in. This causes much frustration in groups when he's forced to work with others, as do his other child like antics, which include practical jokes and the frequent asking of unrelated and astonishingly random questions. He is also quite fond of animals and only hunts them when in need of food or clothes. He has a naturally tender way with them and seems to hold them in higher regard than most people.

Though on Sakem's surface he might seem almost harmless, his darker side is extremely sadistic and bloodthirsty. He has a fascination with certain human body parts (such as eyes and hearts) and will often remove them from victims and often turns them into jewelry or items of clothing. He also enjoys the thrill of hunting someone down and will often toy with them as much as possible before going in for the finishing blow.

Weapons:
Sakem prefers not to fight with weapons, but when he does, he uses several throwing knives hidden throughout his person.

Skills/Magic:
Sakem has the ability to transform into various species of animals and beasts, ranging from mice to medium sized dragons. The time it takes for him to change usually depends on the animal he's turning into as beasts with more dramatic changes take longer to shift to. He is also able to partly shift into an animal to use specific skills of that animal. He usually uses this to gain the senses of an animal in order to track a target. Sakem is also an extremely skilled hand to hand combatant and prefers a fluid acrobatic style of fighting. His speed, ferocity, and unpredictability make him a force to be reckoned with on the battle field.

Sakem is capable of casting minor spells, which he mostly never uses. The spells he does utilize are mostly to prevent his feet from getting cut or frostbite when he's out on a hunt.

History:
Sakem was born in a far away land, among the Ba, a tribe of shape shifters. They were a kind people with a love for all life, man and animal. Sakem's parents tried to teach them their ways, but there was always something off about him. He would talk by himself, have unexplained outbursts of rage, and many of the other children were scared of him. They loved their child nonetheless and he tried to become more like them. He tried to gain love for people the way he loved beasts, but he had great difficulty with it. When he reached the age of 10, his tribe was attacked by a larger, stronger tribe. They slaughtered the warriors and the elderly and took everyone who couldn't fight as slaves. Sakem, who was already growing into a pretty young man, was ripped away from his mother, given a golden collar, and brought to serve the dominating tribe's chief and family in their home. The chief was not a pleasant man, but he rarely called on Sakem to do his chores, much preferring the company of the young female servants. The chief's children, however, were not like their father and made living in slavery bearable.

The prince and the princess were named Amun and Drama and they were kind to Sakem. They were around his age and treated him more as a brother than a servant. As they grew older, they became his only friends and his only sanity, keeping his mind from completely breaking every time he shouted out for his parents. He grew especially close to Amun, who knew exactly how to soothe him during his random bursts of aggression. When he turned 16, Sakem was not only proclaimed as their servant, but their personal bodyguard and received training from the tribe's warriors in combat. This new tribe became his home. He adopted their gods, dressed as they did, and, though it was forbidden, was in love with one of his captors. But, that didn't last.

A new, mysterious force appeared and destroyed the tribe, reducing them to nothing but ash and rubble. Sakem fought valiantly to protect Amun and Drama, but he was eventually overcome and forced to watch his new family die. He was shattered. Turned captive once more, they placed him on a ship and took him overseas to the strange land the invaders were from. When they got off the boat, he escaped his bonds and slaughter the entire crew. Impressed with his skill, a bounty hunter working for the Dark Lord took him in and taught him many things. Within several years, Sakem surpassed his master and became the one of the Dark Lord's personal hunters and assassins.

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