Castiel Treetopper

The Condemned One

Description

Standing at a towering 2'7'' and weighing a massive 33lbs, Castiel is not the most impressive creature around. Even for a Halfling he was incredibly short. This has never fazed him, however. He knows that from a tree, he can look down on any man. He is 35 and though this means he has just recently become an adult, the scars on his body tell of many years of skirmishes and battles, if not some time of torture throughout his past. He has jet black hair and eyes as black as coal, his skin is fairly tan. He is well muscled and looks like a very short and yet well-proportioned adult. He has a tattoo of a tree on his back, the roots spiral down his legs while the branches spiral his neck and his arms. Once green and brown, the tree and its roots and branches have been dyed black because of his mourning.

Personality

Moody and rash are two great words to describe Castiel. He prefers to talk with his surprisingly powerful fists than with his words. He is usually quiet and brooding and he has a hard, stoic face that he shows to the world. But underneath this hard outer shell is a man who is in constant mourning. He often cries himself to sleep at night because of the lost loved ones he misses so dearly. If someone somehow got to know him they would find a kind and gentle hearted man who would give up his life to save those in need. Make no mistakes, however, this man does not take well to authority. He does what he wants when he wants.

Equipment

Castiel usually travels light, but light for him is much different than light for normal humans. He wears his studded leather armor and has a backback with rope and a few bits of food. He also has a cloak for when it gets cold and he has his weapons.

He has his compound bow and several types of different arrows. Some examples of arrows that he has are ones enchanted with elemental magic. Others are barbed for hunting, and even others are poisoned.

He also has his sword. Fates Chosen is a very special sword. It is black on one side of the blade and almost chrome on the other. The Golden handle has a handguard shaped like two snakes each with blue gems in their mouths. The end of the handle is shaped like a lion with a red gem in its mouth. This sword allows him to smite both good and evil, using either holy or unholy magic to do extra damage to those he fights because of their allignment. He can tell who is good or evil beforehand because the sword shows him their auras. The sword may or may not speak to him at times.

Other than the things he carries, he also has several abilities and spells. He can talk to trees and take working arrows out of them. He can use trees as his weapons and if he is near a tree, he becomes almost impossible to hit as if the tree itself is trying to protect him. He has his hawk, named Arrow, who attacks with piercing claws and talons whom he can speak to mentally. He can also calm animals and he can cause plants to grow and ensnare his prey. He can see fairly well in low light and in complete darkness.

History

Once in his life, Castiel was a simple guard with his parents. They would help merchants and others get safely from town to town. After they got paid they would share the wealth with their clan and then they would hunt for the clan. The rest of the clan made their weapons and armor, taght their children and gathered or farmed their other types of food. This kind of life led all to share and all were basically friends or better with eachother. In this clan was Castiel's lover and soul mate. He had been planning to join with her in marriage and after one hunt he came back with a ring.

What he saw shook his life forever. His entire clan was burning to the ground. All of the people he'd known and loved were dead. He mourned for years until he learned what had done the deed. There were small lizard-men who lived in caves near his home. These Kobolds had mercilessly destroyed his home and killed his soulmate. He sought them out and hunted the nearby Kolbolds to extinction. Then he left to find more of these creatures to kill. That would be his life for a long time.

After awhile he began to have dreams. In these dreams a large red man with feathery wings called him the Condemned One. He was the one who could change the world for better or worse. It was in these dreams that he gained Fates Chosen. He has been wandering ever since.