Age: 26
Race: Elf
Faction: Adventurer's Guild (Letter Courier), Bard
Weapons:
Klause's Clobber-Club - Almost notorious for carrying this weapon, Klause has made it something of intimidation. You don't wanna make him get the club. And it is a well placed threat. The brutish brother makes the weapon extremely dangerous. The club in question is just two feet long... but it's made out of solid iron, and studded with brass. A piece of leather has been tightly fastened around the grip of this crude weapon. It weighs a hefty six pounds, and would definitely not be something you'd want to be hit with. It cracks bones, bends blades, and dents steel. Klause prefers his club whilst fighting because blunt force is hard to counter.Even if you successfully 'guard' the attack, your weapon might become bent, or dulled. If it hits metal armor, the force transfers through the armor, and can still cause concussions and break bones! The club, instead of being rounded, is actually decagonal, and has ten pronounced edges.
Battle Knife - A long, single-bladed dagger - perfectly simplistic. Nothing complicated about this steel edge. The blade is an entire foot long! The overall length is sixteen inches. The weapon is just as simplistic as the metal club that he carries, and just as durable, as it is made from oak and steel. The blade is deep into his right boot, with his pant-leg covering the exposed handle.
Ice Picks - A simple kitchen tool turned into an even simpler weapon. In essence, it's a simplistic shank. Made to chip ice from frozen food, the steel spike is five inches long, and made to keep from bending, or snapping. Overall, these range from about a foot long, to eight inches. Klause often carries many more than one, often a set of 3 or 4 set up in his left boot.
Keton Arms Model 7 - A full sized, four-inched barrel revolver, made from Keton Armory, known for their high-power cartridges in smaller revolver packages. While Klause's is no means small, it's still a larger caliber weapon. Chambered in .425 Dynamo , the weapon is able to knock a man down with a single shot. The smaller slug can even get through lighter steels, due to it's high velocity. However, because of the large round it fires, and the overall small size of it, the weapon can only hold five rounds instead of six. The large amount of recoil it produces is also nettlesome. It's not recommended to be used one handed. This weapon is carried on a hip-holster.
Ryder Rifle Model 14 Custom - Probably Klause's fanciest weapon - a crudely modified rifle. This weapon is very rarely carried around, but is more often sitting in the sidecar of his steamcycle. The weapon's stock has been sawn-off, and shortened drastically. It still can be taken to the shoulder, but it has a very stubby stock. The barrel has been shortened as well, replacing the full size 30 inch barrel with a much shorter 18 inch counterpart. While this does lower the rifle's accuracy and range more than a little bit, one doesn't expect to be very accurate for it's purpose; a sidecar gunner's weapon. The weapon, chambered in 32-65 Rexim cartridges is not overbearingly powerful. It has punch, but is not outstandingly so. As all rifle cartridges, they have the ability to punch through armor. Although, in a pinch, the weapon can use 20 gauge shotgun shells, although you're not SUPPOSED to. The lever action rifle is reliable and rugged, honestly, one of Klause's favorites.
Additional: (While not considered a 'weapon', I feel this is the appropriate section to include his steambike.)
Jezebel - A unique-crafted, bi-wheeled vehicle which runs on steam-power. The vehicle is rarely seen without Klause, and even more rarely goes unattended. While it's the only steam-bike that isn't made from a small time factory, it definitely does other things to stand out from the crowd. It is able to outspeed other 'steambikes' by 15 mph, having a top speed of 35 mph. The bike is simple - yet ahead of itself. The bike's power source is indeed, steam. A large water-tank and turbine reside underneath where the rider sits. Attached to the right side of the tank are several coils of wire. When a small crank is turned, a small generator in the front of the bike, above the water tank, generates an electrical charge, which heats up the wires, and in turn, the tank of water, which begins to boil, and steam-off. A steam engine takes over from there. The bike is a prototype, and still being worked on... but Klause alone cannot take all the credit. His prodological sister, Anjali, helped him with a lot of major revisions. He hates to admit that however. He named the bike after his first love, Jezebel Lon Vaut. The bike has a side-car attached usually, and is used for getting around, to helping him carry letters... to just riding around the city.
Appearance:
Klause is a baseline human as long as stature stays true. He stands at 5'10, just a couple of inches short of six foot, and looks to weigh about 170 lbs. Fairly light, yes, but not incredibly small. His skin is moderately tanned due to his exposure to the sun, with a bold tanline on his face- clearly those of his goggles, long affixed to his face. He has sharp, bright brown eyes, that might could almost come off as a yellow, had the lighting be very bright. But dark bags under his eyes, along with a light shade of mascara gives his eyes a third-dimension, making his gaze look somewhat haunting, maybe intimidating. He always has an unimpressed look plastered onto his face - which gives foresight into his attitude. His facial attributes are sharp; aggressive looking. A pointed nose, pointed ears, and slanted brows always make him look a little on edge. He has a slight pair of dirty blonde sideburns on his face.
Klause's hair was originally dirty blonde, but he's long kept it shaved.... well... Most of it, anyway. He keeps a long strip down the middle, like a Mohawk, or perhaps liberty-spikes. But instead of spiking it up, he just lets it fall on his right side, often flipping off into his face. He has artificially dyed his hair an outstanding purple color... as if he didn't stick out enough.
In body-form, Klause is slim, but very lean. He works out very often, and keeps himself in shape. While he's not huge, and bulging with muscle, he is very fit. He has pronounced muscles all across his body, from a tight chest, rippling back, and broad shoulders and arms.... he has a bit of a gut, but it's not huge, and muscle lingers behind the slight bulge of age-fat.
Klause usually wears baggy shirts, and loose trousers, with a vest or jacket over them. He feels this hides his weapons better, and it does well to disguise his true size. While most think he's thin and weak, he turns out to be more than they can handle. He always wears combat-boots, and always has that revolver holster tucked onto his studded leather belt. Depending if he's doing deliveries, he might wear a baker-boy hat, which keeps his hair from flapping around unneedlessly (and keeps customers complaining why there was some freak delivering their letters.)
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Personality:
Klause is the first person to pick up a hardcore, uncaring attitude. He's bitter, and he knows that he's bitter. His 'take no nonsense' attitude is what gets him in trouble all the time, and his jumpstart hot-headedness usually gains him a fight. While outright to a stranger, he's no doubt sarcastic, rude, and offensive, to the few friends he has, he'll actually tolerate them. He hardly has a say on what they do, as long as it doesn't affect him. He's not very outrightly caring... but only subtly cares for his friends and family. He's got a big mouth, but he's got the size, and the fighting knowhow to back it up. In fact, he's been arrested twice! But he's not without his honor codes, as every man. He respects those that can beat him in a fight, although he'll still talk shit about them. But his high spirits means he's always up for a good rematch.
Opinion on War: "Man, fuck those underground things. The Virelia, or some bullshat? I don't give a rat's ass about them. They come here, they gonna have to worry one hellova lot. They ain't just gonna barge in here, and expect us to lay down. Even if the guards get sacked, people are gonna fight. You'll sure as hell see me blastin' those things; ain't noone come into my town, fuck with my boys, fuck with my family, or fuck with ME."
History: Klause wasn't always some delinquent.... Or at least, not as big a one he is today. He was actually a smart lad. Logical, good with mechanical workings, and overall just a bright child. He had many friends when he was younger, and his relationship with his parents was fine. But as he grew into a teenager, he started hanging out with the wrong crowd. The kind that just causes trouble to cause trouble. And he saw that when he fell in, he was accepted by these people whom he thought were 'badass'. They often wore leather, and rode their bikes around, or did some other neat miscellaneous 'cool' job. They smoked, they drank, and they fight. Looked perfectly fine to Klause!
Although, it wasn't bad until he met his first love: She was named Jezebel Lon Vaut, a rich noble girl turned renegade. She was beautiful, and talented. She could quickdraw faster than any man, and gambled harder than the most experienced vet. But it was a mere crush at the time. Jezebel had a boyfriend, and though she was friends with Klause, she never knew his affection until later. He did anything to impress her, or gain her favor. He smoked, he drank, he beat people. Anything that would make him stand out in the eyes of his crush. And finally, when she realized his affection, he was granted the ultimate grace ; to go out, and help her hunt down her ex-boyfriend.
The man had stolen from Jezebel. Not just her money. But her pride. He beat her in a game, on which he rigged, took thousands in gold pieces, and then ran off into the night, knowing that she knew he had cheated.
Klause and Jezebel rode on her bike, across the land, searching for the man, trying to hunt him down. It turned out, that he was a part of a gang; just a five man deal, but nonetheless, business partners in foul dealings. When they found him, Jezebel shot him on the spot, and watched him die as he begged for forgiveness. They fought off the rest of the gangmembers, and would finally return home; lovers.
However, the relationship was short lived. Only a week after they first got together, on Klause's twenty-second birthday, Jezebel was gunned down, shot down by the gangmembers that got away. He grieved a long time for Jezebel. But he knew there was a wrong he had to right. He went out, dawning her pistol, duster, and wide brimmed hat...(men's items, anyhow) and going out to avenge her death. And that he did. He shot down each of them, then leaving them on the floor; just as Jezebel would've. It was said these men were killed by the ghost of 'Blackjack Jezebel'.
The bitter man now lived on his days, rolling with a 'gang' of his own. But rather than dealing with scumbags and low-lifes (even though they themselves were... iffy, at best), they were just comrades. Many of the ten people in the 'gang' were just people that were couriers and letter-deliverers inside the Adventuring guild. Though, they don't allow just anyone in, it's not a hard trial.
To this day, Klause lives on doing his simple courier job - taking care of himself, and putting money back. It keeps him fed, and keeps cigarettes in his pockets, so he can't complain. He's often regarded as the fastest letter courier, due to a combination of his steambike... and his lack of concern of public safety.
Theme Song: Guitar V. Piano
Battle Theme Song: RO2