:: Shane of the Dagga Clan ::
Hates working but goes out of his way to help friends in need. Curious about his origin but isn't bothered by not knowing.
Abilities: Agile. Good sense of smell and hearing, but below average for a Dagga. Struggles reading maps but has an amazing natural sense of direction. Skilled with melee weapons but prefers using them for self defense.
Equipment: Wakizashi (Short Katana). When he expects to enter combat after leaving his home, he will replace the shirt under his jacket with a thick leather vest and zip up the jacket to hide it. Keeps a Tanto (Even shorter than a Wakizashi) to assist with climbing.
Likes: Meat, midnight walks, swordplay, wolves.
Dislikes: Being in a position where he is surrounded by lots of people, and fears losing his friends.
:: Background ::
Shane's Dagga mother passed away shortly after giving birth, leaving him with his father who still remains to be unknown. As a baby, he was left in a basket on the doorstep of a house belonging to one of his mothers good friends, Leffy. Accompanying him in the basket was a faded but recognizable picture of his mother, and a note that said "Please take care of our son, Shane". Reluctantly, Leffy took him in, and raised him as a Dagga.
However, only being part Dagga, Shane has the traditional ears but is missing the paws and tail. This led to complications between him and the other Dagga children while growing up. In his first years of school, he was subjected to bullying, including being dragged into fights.
At first, when the other children picked a fight with him, he used his arms and hands to block their attacks. This worked for a short amount of time, but when the attacker saw that he wasn't being hurt, they resorted to using their claws. Shane quickly learnt to take the hits before the claws came out and just leave it at that, but one day theorized that an attack won't hurt if it missed.
The next time he got into a fight at school, he began to avoid the bullies attacks by taking quick steps to the side. As he did this more and more, he became known for it, and the bullies would often hold competitions between themselves to see who would be the first to land a solid hit on him. Not what he wanted, but he soon began to notice some of the non-bullies were actually starting to cheer him on, which gave him encouragement to get better. Shane spent the last half of his school years taking extra gymnastics lessons, which increased his agility, flexibility, and behind the teachers backs, helped his dodging ability.
After Shane graduated from school, he went on to train as a warrior, where he could use his agility to get around opponents while avoiding their attacks. His performance captured the interest of the higher ups who decided he would be trained as an assassin, but after they discovered that he was only half Dagga, was tossed back into the bulk of regular warriors. Upon completing his training, Shane was given a Tanto as a backup weapon and a choice of primary weapons, being Wakizashi, Katana, or Nodachi (Longer than a Katana). Ultimately, he chose the Wakizashi, as it complimented his athletic build and agility.
Shane currently lives on his own in a small house not far from the barracks, and works as a multi-purpose guard in the Dagga settlement.
