
(Face claim: Tommy Pico)
Name: Paskal Beltane
Nickname: Paskal, or simply Pask'
Age: Seventeen
Gender: Male
Height: Five feet, four inches
Weight: 134 lbs
Eyes: Deep blue
Hair: Sandy, short and coarse
Extra phys:ical info: Paskal's slight build is marked by a number of old wounds and cuts, the most noticeable of which runs horizontally along his lower lip. Also, due to his experimentation with the plants and herbs of the desert, his teeth have a relatively light colouring and his incisors are unusually sharp.
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Forager
Personality: Paskal is a self-confessed coward, taking great pains to avoid confrontation in all areas of life. In casual interaction he speaks quickly, quietly and clearly, sometimes lapsing into a nervous twitch if he feels that a conversation is dragging on. He can't resist a sarcastic comment if he thinks he can get away with it, but is usually content to sit in harmless silence. While his timid nature is genuine, Paskal also uses it to hide a cruel streak that he indulges in sparingly; a lifetime's experience of bullying threatens to rub off on him.
Biography: Born into a family without influence as a second child, Paskal was fated for mediocrity from the word go. Matters weren't helped when he stopped growing taller in his early teens, making him an easy target for ridicule and violence. Soon after he turned fourteen years old he was given a particularly brutal beating by an older boy, leaving him with a permanent scar on his lip and an anger that, for once, he couldn't push away.
Paskal eventually found an outlet for his frustration when he slipped a juvenile cobra into the older boy's bedroll one evening. When morning came, the Sleipnir Tribe were horrified to see one of their young ones suffering from a toxic bite, limbs purple and swelling. Medicines were administered and the boy slowly regained his health – and Paskal, to his shock, was disappointed at the mediocre effect.
Ever since then, Paskal found himself fascinated with the properties and symptoms of desert poisons, experimenting and examining their effect on humans. In his ever-growing paranoia of being found out, he even started ingesting the more common poisons in order to build up an immunity to them.
Power: The mark of Sleipnir grants Paskal otherworldly speed by way of partially slowing time for his body and mind (though only for 2-10 real-time seconds, after which he has to rely on natural speed). With excessive practice, the Sleipnir mark could also enable him to run over water.
Skills: Agility, scavenging, hiding, short-distance running, trapping, poisons
Likes: Early mornings, running, skimming stones, solitude, reptiles
Dislikes: Exposed spaces, coldness, confrontation, bullies, crowds
Strengths: Speed, planning, dexterity
Weaknesses: Tires quickly, physically weak, lacks motivation
Fears: Having his secrets revealed, attack by monsters or other people