Gwywir Garzo

Name: Gwywir Garzo

Age: 24

Race: Golem

Gender: Male

Height: 6'1"

Eye Color: Golden yellow

Hair Color: Black

Skin Color: Tanned

Size: 187 LBS

Language: Tradespeak

Occupation: Mercenary

Appearance: Gwywir appears every inch the soldier of fortune. When not expecting combat, he wears a black silk coat, decorated with scrollwork of thread of gold across the chest, sleeves, and lapels. The coat is done up by six gold buttons. The tail of his cloak flares slightly at the waist, and hangs to the knees. He wears trousers, also of black silk and decorated down the outside of each leg by thread of gold, tucked into knee-high black boots of soft leather. Atop his handsome head and shoulder-length black hair he wears a remarkably simple hat, whose wide brim is quite floppy.

When he does expect combat, he wears a suit of scale armor that protects his entire body. Each scale is shaped similarly to a dragon’s scale, but is much smaller in proportion. The armor covers torso, thighs, upper arm, and lower arm. Each piece of the armor is attached through a series of leather straps. His hands are protected by leather gloves, and upon his shoulders are full pauldrons. His helmet is an open-faced barbute. Over the pauldrons he wears an ankle-length cloak of wool.

Personality: At first impression, Gwywir appears an honorable man. The kind of man who would duel another to protect the honor of a slighted friend. He bears himself surely, chin held high, with long, fast strides, and speaks clearly and surely, holding eye contact with whoever is speaking. As you get to know him, he shows his ability to, guiltlessly, fight dirty, throwing elbows and kicks, to keep himself alive. With his skill in the arts martial and arcane comes a certain amount of cockiness, but it is not overbearing. He also considers himself handsome, with good reason. He has an appreciative eye for women, but will not stare or leer, and will not chase after them.

Skills and Abilities:

Skills: His senses are keened because of his magical ability, and from being a golem. Because of his origins, his strength and speed are augmented, making him about two times stronger and faster than a normal human.

Abilities: Weapons: Gwywir has trained with several different blades, including the longsword, shortsword, rapier, and claymore, but has the most skill with a backsword. His skill with the others varies slightly, but pale in comparison with the backsword. Gwywir is skilled in throwing knives, and fighting with daggers. He augments his fighting style by using a shield.

Magic: Gwywir was given the ability to cast by his creator. When he begins storing magic, his eyes glow. His spells are made and guided by simple thought, no use of elements, and are created through energy stored in his body, or elsewhere. Through physical contact, Gwywir can absorb energy from a person, a particularly hot rock, etc. However, the absorption process takes time, and leaves him vulnerable to attack. He also cannot cast a spell while absorbing energy because the process requires thought to draw the energy. To absorb a noticeable amount of energy from something that was not designed for such a process can take up to five minutes.

Spells: Gwywir's spells are created and guided by his own thought. There is no drawing upon materials in the ground or air, only energy he has within him. The spells he casts do what he wants, for as long as he wishes them, but as time goes on, the spell draws more and more energy, and weakens itself or him. Also, the magnitude of a spell determines its time in existence.

Equipment: Gwywir’s blade, Cruas, is an ornate backsword. The hilt is worked with silver, and wrapped with gold wire and strips of high quality leather. The basket guard is also worked in gold, and in its center is a large ruby. The blade, single-edged and slightly curved, is highly polished, and decorated with a slightly foggy-looking layer of scrollwork. On either side of the blade, near the hilt the blade’s name is inscribed into the steel. The blade has a vampirific property; it absorbs blood, and stores the energy of it into the ruby in the basket hilt. With Cruas, Gwywir uses a kite shield that protects him from eyes to ankles when held in his battle stance. Gwywir also carries several daggers, properly balanced for throwing, but also long enough to use in hand-to-hand combat.

Special Equipment: Gwywir carries several orbs of thick glass. When thrown, they explode, and a mix of chemicals in the orbs come into contact with the air, and creates either a bang and a flash, or a cloud of smoke.

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I'm relatively new to dueling, but my potential partner has been at it for some time. Anyways, I originally posted this character in the wrong area of the forum, and am going to edit that thread to alert a moderator or administrator to delete the thread.

Hey there Wir, happy to see you jumping in the ToC!

Alright, let's get to it:

You need to expound his abilities a bit more, notable the types of magic he can use. I read that he can absorb other people's magic to kill them, and that sounds like something powergamey. I'll review my opinion once you've clarified how that works. If you look at other profiles, we also have quite a number of elementalist magic users: they describe how each element can generally be used, making it easier for approvals mods to gauge the power level of the character. Currently, your character seems to be able to cast any kind of spell, since the description is so vague.

Basically, I need you to elaborate on your magical abilities, and I'll help you set them to the adequate level of power afterwards. Sounds good?

Oh, and I need to know how much faster and stronger he is, compared to a human. it's going to depend on how strong he is with magic, but no matter what, he can't be anything more that 3x stronger and faster than an average human.

This thread has been stuck to receive registration priority.

Gwywir, please let us know if you wish to use this character in the tournament. If so, please make the suggested clarifications, thanks!