Full Name:Cantus Amator
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 2340, pretty freaking old.
Gender: Male
Species: Demon
Alliance: Neutral - whatever gets him profit.
Location of Residence: The Grasslands in the top floor of a five-story shop.
Likes (at least five)
- Profit
- Technology
- Food
- Adventuring
- Trading
Dislikes
- Thieves who steal from him
- Bandits who target him
- Wasting Money
- Scammers
- Mention of The Great Mushroom War
Appearance:
Cantus is a pretty lazy demon when it comes to his appearance or that's what people assume. In reality, he meticulously keeps his appearance in the same style. He has grey skin everywhere on his body except for his face. His face is covered by a white substance, mostly for an aesthetically pleasing look. His pupils are slightly slit with an orange color with purple irises, and orange scleras. He stands at 5'7 with a slender and slightly muscular build. His hair is wild, black, unkempt and somehow doesn't defy the laws of gravity.
He has approximately 20 copies of the same black shirt he wears and 20 pairs of his pants. The shirt he normally wears is a black one with the astrological capricorn sign on its front. His pants are black with purple polka-dots randomly splattered on them. He doesn't wear much other outfits, other than the occasionally needed armor. His shoes aren't very fancy, they're simply black shoes.
Cantus is a very capricious demon to those who don't know how he acts. He may seem to favor "good" at some times and "evil" at other times, but he doesn't believe in these labels. He believes that anything can be justified and that anything can be seen as bad from the correct perspective. If forced to choose between two "bad" outcomes, he'll choose the most favorable for him or his allies. He has a tendency to do whatever gets him more money, be it smithing a weapon for someone or going into a dungeon for an item someone wants.
He doesn't enjoy asking questions when someone asks him for a specific item unless the item is of importance. One thing he knows for sure is that he'll (most likely) never steal anything from anyone unless they're dead of course. They wont need it, right? Cantus carries all of his wares and his personal stuff in his 'hammer-space'. He doesn't only sell items. He sells information or anything he can get his hands on. He also trades, and he buys stuff from beings. He accepts souls as payment as well, but hardly anyone sells their souls these days.
He, due to losing a fight to a hero back when he was young, is now bond by a promise to help any human 'hero' he comes across. He only agreed to this seeing as he believed that humans had died off after the mushroom war, turns out he was wrong. He does however, have the liberty of choosing how much and how to help the heroes he comes across. Although he'll mostly just give discounts.
History
Cantus Amator was born before the great mushroom war and has seen the human world. He had been been born in a strange location, and was never interested in killing. He was instead interested in making profit, and ended up gaining a good amount of money from causing fights and supplying both sides. His money-making schemes were never figured out, and he ended up making a huge profit.
He ended up eventually leaving his birthplace and exploring. His business flourished and he was rarely attacked. He was in the human world, it would be stupid for people to fight him or they would go to jail. He sold things that humans found 'magical' but were simple commodities in his birthplace. He didn't bother to mention this and instead kept on selling the commodities. He after making a huge profit, decided to go back to his birthplace and restock. He closed his shop for approximately a year and returned after a while to find the world had changed. His five-story shop however, remained intact.
He continued selling his wares, not really caring who bought his stuff. Although he did miss the humans and their technology. He was after all, a demon. Rumors started spreading up about him, but most of them were wrong. They told of how he killed mercilessly, how he maimed, but he never did any of this.
He let the rumors run rampant and was eventually challenged by a misinformed hero. The hero believed that Cantus was a terrible demon.
He stupidly agreed to fight the hero, and ended up loosing badly. It was the fight that made him promise to help heroes or die on the spot. He of course choose to help heroes. His ego was crushed that day, but he did end up finding his preferred weapon that day.
He after a while, ended up finding a strange puppet. The puppet "spoke" to him and told him to help it, or so he says. The puppet was and still is named Cal.
Powers and Abilities
Hammer-space
He can open portals to meta-physical plane of existence consisting of an infinitely long wall of cabinets and an equally extensive floor. To an observer, it will seem as if he's sticking his hand into nothing and pulling it and an item back out. The portal he opens in the meta-physical dimension can be moved at will, but the portals in Ooo will almost always be in front of his hands. It is possible for him to enter the dimension, but he wouldn't be able to close the portal in Ooo without being trapped forever, meaning that he can't use this as an escape. Once he makes a portal in Ooo, it'll stay there until he makes another or he gets rid of it.
Rage
He, when angered, can convert his rage into raw power. His movements however, become sloppy and slow. This state of power lasts approximately ten seconds before disappearing, and he wont be able to use this power till an hour passes. This is mostly used in dangerous situations.
Skills
He is very much capable of creating things, although he gets most of his wares from dungeons, trading, and adventuring. He can create weapons depending on what his buyer has to offer, although souls tend to give the best weapons. He uses his skill for blacksmithing for heroes who have the right materials for him to make what they want, seeing this as a way to help them.
Weaknesses
His horns, they're like teeth. You break them, and he'll most likely cry like a baby. They are full of nerves and sensory cells, allowing him to feel the temperature and many more things.
He is absolutely terrified of ants. If he sees one, he'll do everything in his power to obliterate it. He'll show no mercy to them, none at all. The mention of an ant during a trade will make him raise his prices for the person who mentioned ants.
Money. You can convince him to do pretty much anything if you have the right amount of money or something worth a lot. Heck, you could get him to kill someone for you if you had enough money.
His greatest weakness and strength may be his neutrality. He will not specifically care to help an old lady who's in danger and this may change peoples' opinions of him, but he may know something about the old lady that others don't. He wont speak up about this knowledge, and he may have in fact been the one to put the old lady in danger. He might have even been doing something "good", who knows? Exactly, it's hard to trust him when you know what he's truly like unless of course, you're a hero.
Items
He carries almost everything he comes across with him, meaning that he's a bit of a hoarder. He carries around a laptop from before the Great Mushroom War. He also has herbs, spices, keys, and much more stuff. He carries materials for making weapons in his 'hammer-space', but he only carries his own weapon.
If you're looking for something specific, he most likely has it or he can acquire it. One of things he will not sell is the Warhammer Of Vrillyhoo, one of the most powerful and weakest weapons in existence. The reason for it being one of the weakest and most powerful weapons in existence is the fact that the effects its attacks have are random. It is still however, his preferred weapon.
Although he prefers selling food, essential items, and stuff like that to people who aren't heroes.
*Companion: Lil Cal
*Companion Description: This little puppet is the creepiest thing to have ever existed. Its soulless eyes terrify even the bravest of people, and its not for sale either. It is disputed if the puppet is alive, but it somehow ends up moving when you're not looking. If this is a trick the humble merchant is playing on you or if the puppet is a demon is unknown. People claim to hear childish laughter coming from the doll when they're not looking, but surely a doll can't laugh, right?
Cal, is alive or at least that's what Cantus says. Cal is apparently male, and appears to have the uncanny ability to instill fear into even the darkest of souls. If this is a power or just due to its creepy nature is a disputed matter. Although many agree that they should destroy the creature, but Cantus wont let them near his best friend.
*Theme Song: Off - Pepper Steak
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