Elijah_Morendale
03-03-08, 08:52 PM
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Name: Elijah Morendale
Age: 21
Race: Human
Hair Color: "Anime black", as he calls it (due to a freak hair dye accident, his hair appears black, but has a blue tint when seen in the light). There are a few graying strands here and there, brought on by recent stress and Nadia constantly getting him in trouble.
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Occupation: Adventurer, Icecraft apprentice
Personality: Over the course of his journey, Elijah has become more and more withdrawn from society, although will never hesitate to at least offer a warm, kind smile at anyone who acknowledges his existence. He's become more nervous, as the tone of his voice points out. He also fidgets quite a bit. But despite all of this, he hasn't lost his sense of humor. The fine line between reality and imagination is slowly disintegrating for him, and tends to talk to Nadia even though other people can hear him.
Due to the loneliness he has endured on his travels, he has developed a sort of imaginary friend/split personality disorder. This entity, which he knows as Nadia, is overly loud, brash, reckless, masochistic, childish, and terribly violent. She packs a dark sense of humor and a short attention span. Whenever she decides the time is right, she won't hesitate to become the dominant personality and wreak havoc.
Appearance: Wears a well-worn denim jacket and a black shirt that covers his armor, blue jeans, and a well-worn pair of black hi-tops. His hair is usually a shaggy mess, and he also wears a pair of glasses. A small tuft of a goatee sits on his chin. Recent stress has made him drop a couple pounds, giving him a relatively thin appearance.
History:
As a child, Elijah Morendale was bounced around between his parents and his aunts and uncles. Nobody in his family cared to deal with him, they were interested in their own self-centered worries and cares. At the age of 11 and after many lies, abandonments, and betrayals, Elijah ran away. He wandered the frozen lands of Salvar until he passed out from exhaustion and hunger.
A week later, he awoke in an unnamed settlement of Salvar natives who were displaced by the many wars that had taken place in their land. Over time, Elijah began to trust these kind strangers, who accepted him as one of their own.
During those days, he was a carefree soul. At the age of 14, he took an interest in Icecraft after watching the resident master, Gilliam Ornost, killing time by creating beautiful weapons made of ice. After several months of nagging, Gilliam took Elijah in as his apprentice, despite the fact that his new student wasn't dedicated enough in his eyes to learning the magical craft.
One day, at the age of 18, Elijah and one of his friends were playing a game of chess using a board and pieces he crafted using his abilities, he expressed his boredom with life in the settlement. His friend half-jokingly suggested that Elijah leave the settlement in search of adventure. Completely missing the sarcasm, Elijah began filling his mind with the delusions of making a living out of traveling throughout the world, and before anyone could convince him otherwise, he left the settlement to begin the next stage of his life.
The first year and a half had been rather uneventful and disappointing. Then Elijah arrived in Scara Brae, and almost immediately he had a misunderstanding and an exchange of blows with an elven blood mage. Soon after escaping death, he was tricked into completing a drug run with a navigator named Raziel. After selling off the drugs from that job himself, he decided it was time to pay a visit to Corone.
For the most part, his stay in Corone was an uneventful one. Elijah got into a bit of trouble with a loan shark, who forced him to fight in the Citadel. It was once he decided to return to his homeland Salvar that things began to get interesting. He befriended a chef named Christopher Knighton, and assisted him and an elven woman named Eltarri in dismantling an entire zombie army and their vampire lord. After that, he began the long search for his nameless hometown.
Skills:
Icecraft: Several years ago, Elijah began to learn the art of manipulating the moisture in the air to create ice. His skills are marginally above average, despite slacking in his practice. This ability is based on two things: The amount of moisture in the air, and his physical condition. At optimal atmospheric and physical conditions, he can produce thirty pounds of ice at a fast pace before "feeling it". The ice itself, since it is magically created, can be as hard as plynt and has a melting point of seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit. He has also learned how to create this ice up to two feet away from any point on his body.
Resistance to cold: As an added bonus to his Icecraft apprenticeship, over time he became very resistant to colder temperatures.
Dagger wielding: Elijah's weapon of choice is the dagger, which he has been training with since the age of 12. While he's become adept at offensive maneuvers, he's still average defensively.
"The voice... She makes me do things...": Every once in a while, Nadia will "take over", effectively causing a personality switch. As such, his actions will become far more erratic and violent, with a psychotic smile--"her smile", as he would call it--plastered on his face. Also, due to the darker, more physical nature of this particular personality, his strength and speed 1.5 times that of what it normally is. Due to Elijah accepting Nadia as a part of himself, she can take over for longer periods of time. As of right now, she can be in charge for up to two hours at a time, with three times the amount of time in control as a "recovery time". The downside is, once he switches back over to being good ol' Elijah, he has a memory lapse and can't remember anything that happened when Nadia was "in control".
Agility (formerly titled something very long): Elijah is nearly twice as fast as a normal human being.
Cold touch: Elijah has learned how to decrease the temperature of his skin to below freezing point for several seconds at a time, although takes a considerable amount of energy. The cold will cause a minor burning sensation in anyone that comes touches his skin that intensifies the longer they stay in contact.
Swords(wo)manship: Months have passed since Elijah purchased the sword at Nadia's request. She has spent most of her time in his dreams practicing with the weapon, and has developed a rather unruly style; one of completely unpredictable attacks. A true swordsman would say she had slightly above average offensive skill. Her defensive skills still are a bit below average, but she's slowly learning. However, Elijah himself is still incapable of properly wielding the katana, and refrains from doing so.
Equipment: For a primary weapon, Elijah carries a 8" damascus dirk that he keeps hidden in a sheathe inside his jacket. For armor, he has a light chain mail vest that he wears underneath his shirt, and a thin layer of cloth underneath that so his armor doesn't pinch him. On his belt he carries two healing potions. They're useful to heal minor cuts, gashes, and burns, but that's about it. In his right shoe, there is a 3" long iron blade that is released when he puts pressure of any kind on the shoe's insole. The blade swings out the toe of the shoe, and remains there until he slides it back in. He also has a 27" steel katana strapped to his back, but it's there solely for Nadia to use whenever she's "in charge".
Name: Elijah Morendale
Age: 21
Race: Human
Hair Color: "Anime black", as he calls it (due to a freak hair dye accident, his hair appears black, but has a blue tint when seen in the light). There are a few graying strands here and there, brought on by recent stress and Nadia constantly getting him in trouble.
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Occupation: Adventurer, Icecraft apprentice
Personality: Over the course of his journey, Elijah has become more and more withdrawn from society, although will never hesitate to at least offer a warm, kind smile at anyone who acknowledges his existence. He's become more nervous, as the tone of his voice points out. He also fidgets quite a bit. But despite all of this, he hasn't lost his sense of humor. The fine line between reality and imagination is slowly disintegrating for him, and tends to talk to Nadia even though other people can hear him.
Due to the loneliness he has endured on his travels, he has developed a sort of imaginary friend/split personality disorder. This entity, which he knows as Nadia, is overly loud, brash, reckless, masochistic, childish, and terribly violent. She packs a dark sense of humor and a short attention span. Whenever she decides the time is right, she won't hesitate to become the dominant personality and wreak havoc.
Appearance: Wears a well-worn denim jacket and a black shirt that covers his armor, blue jeans, and a well-worn pair of black hi-tops. His hair is usually a shaggy mess, and he also wears a pair of glasses. A small tuft of a goatee sits on his chin. Recent stress has made him drop a couple pounds, giving him a relatively thin appearance.
History:
As a child, Elijah Morendale was bounced around between his parents and his aunts and uncles. Nobody in his family cared to deal with him, they were interested in their own self-centered worries and cares. At the age of 11 and after many lies, abandonments, and betrayals, Elijah ran away. He wandered the frozen lands of Salvar until he passed out from exhaustion and hunger.
A week later, he awoke in an unnamed settlement of Salvar natives who were displaced by the many wars that had taken place in their land. Over time, Elijah began to trust these kind strangers, who accepted him as one of their own.
During those days, he was a carefree soul. At the age of 14, he took an interest in Icecraft after watching the resident master, Gilliam Ornost, killing time by creating beautiful weapons made of ice. After several months of nagging, Gilliam took Elijah in as his apprentice, despite the fact that his new student wasn't dedicated enough in his eyes to learning the magical craft.
One day, at the age of 18, Elijah and one of his friends were playing a game of chess using a board and pieces he crafted using his abilities, he expressed his boredom with life in the settlement. His friend half-jokingly suggested that Elijah leave the settlement in search of adventure. Completely missing the sarcasm, Elijah began filling his mind with the delusions of making a living out of traveling throughout the world, and before anyone could convince him otherwise, he left the settlement to begin the next stage of his life.
The first year and a half had been rather uneventful and disappointing. Then Elijah arrived in Scara Brae, and almost immediately he had a misunderstanding and an exchange of blows with an elven blood mage. Soon after escaping death, he was tricked into completing a drug run with a navigator named Raziel. After selling off the drugs from that job himself, he decided it was time to pay a visit to Corone.
For the most part, his stay in Corone was an uneventful one. Elijah got into a bit of trouble with a loan shark, who forced him to fight in the Citadel. It was once he decided to return to his homeland Salvar that things began to get interesting. He befriended a chef named Christopher Knighton, and assisted him and an elven woman named Eltarri in dismantling an entire zombie army and their vampire lord. After that, he began the long search for his nameless hometown.
Skills:
Icecraft: Several years ago, Elijah began to learn the art of manipulating the moisture in the air to create ice. His skills are marginally above average, despite slacking in his practice. This ability is based on two things: The amount of moisture in the air, and his physical condition. At optimal atmospheric and physical conditions, he can produce thirty pounds of ice at a fast pace before "feeling it". The ice itself, since it is magically created, can be as hard as plynt and has a melting point of seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit. He has also learned how to create this ice up to two feet away from any point on his body.
Resistance to cold: As an added bonus to his Icecraft apprenticeship, over time he became very resistant to colder temperatures.
Dagger wielding: Elijah's weapon of choice is the dagger, which he has been training with since the age of 12. While he's become adept at offensive maneuvers, he's still average defensively.
"The voice... She makes me do things...": Every once in a while, Nadia will "take over", effectively causing a personality switch. As such, his actions will become far more erratic and violent, with a psychotic smile--"her smile", as he would call it--plastered on his face. Also, due to the darker, more physical nature of this particular personality, his strength and speed 1.5 times that of what it normally is. Due to Elijah accepting Nadia as a part of himself, she can take over for longer periods of time. As of right now, she can be in charge for up to two hours at a time, with three times the amount of time in control as a "recovery time". The downside is, once he switches back over to being good ol' Elijah, he has a memory lapse and can't remember anything that happened when Nadia was "in control".
Agility (formerly titled something very long): Elijah is nearly twice as fast as a normal human being.
Cold touch: Elijah has learned how to decrease the temperature of his skin to below freezing point for several seconds at a time, although takes a considerable amount of energy. The cold will cause a minor burning sensation in anyone that comes touches his skin that intensifies the longer they stay in contact.
Swords(wo)manship: Months have passed since Elijah purchased the sword at Nadia's request. She has spent most of her time in his dreams practicing with the weapon, and has developed a rather unruly style; one of completely unpredictable attacks. A true swordsman would say she had slightly above average offensive skill. Her defensive skills still are a bit below average, but she's slowly learning. However, Elijah himself is still incapable of properly wielding the katana, and refrains from doing so.
Equipment: For a primary weapon, Elijah carries a 8" damascus dirk that he keeps hidden in a sheathe inside his jacket. For armor, he has a light chain mail vest that he wears underneath his shirt, and a thin layer of cloth underneath that so his armor doesn't pinch him. On his belt he carries two healing potions. They're useful to heal minor cuts, gashes, and burns, but that's about it. In his right shoe, there is a 3" long iron blade that is released when he puts pressure of any kind on the shoe's insole. The blade swings out the toe of the shoe, and remains there until he slides it back in. He also has a 27" steel katana strapped to his back, but it's there solely for Nadia to use whenever she's "in charge".