Marius Vandune
07-02-08, 10:00 PM
Name: Marius Vandune
Age: 24
Race: Chimera
Gender: Male
Occupation: Treasure Hunter
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 160 pounds
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Black
Description: Marius looks as most humans do, purposefully only absorbing traits to make him appear average. He wears black cloth pants with durable travel boots, a loose white shirt and a tighter fitting black jacket. All over his back is a red tattoo forming three intertwined perfect circles and moving hieroglyphics. This is the likely source of his Chimera heritage, though no one knows for sure. His hair is generally short enough not to need combing and he doesn’t have any facial hair.
Personality: Marius is literally driven to find treasure. Beyond that, he is a pragmatist. He gets gold doing what he can, hopefully for justice. But that’s not to say he’s always on the right side of the law. He’ll do what needs doing. He gets along well enough with other people, though just as well without them.
Inventory: Marius possesses a one-foot steel dagger, five poison throwing darts with sleeping poison applied, a large burlap bag, several maps of different countries, and a wide-rimmed black hat.
Abilities
Chimera: Marius is a chimera and is able to absorb essence from just about anything and integrate it into his own body. He is incapable of doing this to anything that is still alive. When absorbing the essence of anything inanimate, he takes on some features though they last for only a limited time. An example would be absorbing the essence of a rock and his skin would become much harder to hurt, though not nearly as hard as a rock and he might also change to the rock’s color. This effect could last up to twenty minutes, depending. When absorbing the essence of something that was once living he will absorb some of their memories and may take on their physical and mental features. This effect can be either permanent or temporary as he chooses. An example would be absorbing essence of an elf allowing him to appear elven, speak with an elvish accent in the elvish language, and may grant him some of the elf’s skills. The stronger the being was in life the more difficult it is to absorb their essence, and any skills absorbed will be greatly diminished. As a side effect to this, Marius never needs to eat or drink though doing so does not affect him negatively.
The Dart: Marius has difficulty hitting a target trying to avoid his thrown objects or that is far away. He could be considered of below average skill.
The Shadow: Marius is capable of moving very quietly over most terrain and remaining hidden provided sufficient darkness or cover. He could be considered of average skill.
The Dagger: Marius is capable enough with a dagger that only someone with some weapons training and a weapon would give him trouble. He could be considered of average skill.
Absorbed Abilities
Wyrm Eye: Marius has the red eyes of a large sand wyrm. He is able to see in non-magical darkness as well as day.
History
Marius was born in Irrakam and later in life began traveling through the desert to explore the ruins that still remained untouched. During this time he was forced to take shelter from one of the regions frequent sandstorms in a ruin close to the capitol. Given its location it should have been plundered well beyond reasoning, but that was not the case. The inside was filled with treasure, piles and piles of gold lined the hallways. Rooms where filled with wondrous plunder, some with suits of armor made of gold and others with diamond swords and ruby encrusted crowns. There were other things of cultural value such as books, religious artifacts, and murals telling the history of entire forgotten peoples, everything he could have hoped for. As he went deeper the treasure only got better, and so deeper and deeper he went until at last he reached the bottom. After prying open the door to the lowest chamber he gazed upon a seemingly empty room with only a solitary stone pedestal in the center. On the pedestal lay a simple glass ball covered in what must have been centuries of dust. As Marius turned to leave, the globe flared a bright red, compelling him further into the room. Unable to resist, he moved to the stone pedestal and seized the glowing red ball. The globe shattered at his touch and crimson smoke poured forth and entered his body, knocking him out cold.
He awoke days later in Irrakam. His friends reported he’d been wandering the desert aimlessly when they found him and had been completely out of it for nearly a week. Try as he might he was never able to find the ruins again, explain the tattoo on his back, or understand why he had such a sudden lust for treasure.
Name: Dokan
Gender: Male
Race: Shadowdragon
Description: Dokan is completely covered in black scales and has black teeth, eyes, horns, and claws. He is a little larger than a housecat and is capable of some flight though he is not very fast.
Abilities: Dokan is able to speak several languages and has some telepathy, though almost anyone can resist his mind reading. He is capable of spitting a black ink-like substance almost thirty feet that if consumed will knockout most beings almost instantly. Dokan can fly at low altitudes though he is very slow and anything more than breeze makes it dangerous for him to do so.
Age: 24
Race: Chimera
Gender: Male
Occupation: Treasure Hunter
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 160 pounds
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Black
Description: Marius looks as most humans do, purposefully only absorbing traits to make him appear average. He wears black cloth pants with durable travel boots, a loose white shirt and a tighter fitting black jacket. All over his back is a red tattoo forming three intertwined perfect circles and moving hieroglyphics. This is the likely source of his Chimera heritage, though no one knows for sure. His hair is generally short enough not to need combing and he doesn’t have any facial hair.
Personality: Marius is literally driven to find treasure. Beyond that, he is a pragmatist. He gets gold doing what he can, hopefully for justice. But that’s not to say he’s always on the right side of the law. He’ll do what needs doing. He gets along well enough with other people, though just as well without them.
Inventory: Marius possesses a one-foot steel dagger, five poison throwing darts with sleeping poison applied, a large burlap bag, several maps of different countries, and a wide-rimmed black hat.
Abilities
Chimera: Marius is a chimera and is able to absorb essence from just about anything and integrate it into his own body. He is incapable of doing this to anything that is still alive. When absorbing the essence of anything inanimate, he takes on some features though they last for only a limited time. An example would be absorbing the essence of a rock and his skin would become much harder to hurt, though not nearly as hard as a rock and he might also change to the rock’s color. This effect could last up to twenty minutes, depending. When absorbing the essence of something that was once living he will absorb some of their memories and may take on their physical and mental features. This effect can be either permanent or temporary as he chooses. An example would be absorbing essence of an elf allowing him to appear elven, speak with an elvish accent in the elvish language, and may grant him some of the elf’s skills. The stronger the being was in life the more difficult it is to absorb their essence, and any skills absorbed will be greatly diminished. As a side effect to this, Marius never needs to eat or drink though doing so does not affect him negatively.
The Dart: Marius has difficulty hitting a target trying to avoid his thrown objects or that is far away. He could be considered of below average skill.
The Shadow: Marius is capable of moving very quietly over most terrain and remaining hidden provided sufficient darkness or cover. He could be considered of average skill.
The Dagger: Marius is capable enough with a dagger that only someone with some weapons training and a weapon would give him trouble. He could be considered of average skill.
Absorbed Abilities
Wyrm Eye: Marius has the red eyes of a large sand wyrm. He is able to see in non-magical darkness as well as day.
History
Marius was born in Irrakam and later in life began traveling through the desert to explore the ruins that still remained untouched. During this time he was forced to take shelter from one of the regions frequent sandstorms in a ruin close to the capitol. Given its location it should have been plundered well beyond reasoning, but that was not the case. The inside was filled with treasure, piles and piles of gold lined the hallways. Rooms where filled with wondrous plunder, some with suits of armor made of gold and others with diamond swords and ruby encrusted crowns. There were other things of cultural value such as books, religious artifacts, and murals telling the history of entire forgotten peoples, everything he could have hoped for. As he went deeper the treasure only got better, and so deeper and deeper he went until at last he reached the bottom. After prying open the door to the lowest chamber he gazed upon a seemingly empty room with only a solitary stone pedestal in the center. On the pedestal lay a simple glass ball covered in what must have been centuries of dust. As Marius turned to leave, the globe flared a bright red, compelling him further into the room. Unable to resist, he moved to the stone pedestal and seized the glowing red ball. The globe shattered at his touch and crimson smoke poured forth and entered his body, knocking him out cold.
He awoke days later in Irrakam. His friends reported he’d been wandering the desert aimlessly when they found him and had been completely out of it for nearly a week. Try as he might he was never able to find the ruins again, explain the tattoo on his back, or understand why he had such a sudden lust for treasure.
Name: Dokan
Gender: Male
Race: Shadowdragon
Description: Dokan is completely covered in black scales and has black teeth, eyes, horns, and claws. He is a little larger than a housecat and is capable of some flight though he is not very fast.
Abilities: Dokan is able to speak several languages and has some telepathy, though almost anyone can resist his mind reading. He is capable of spitting a black ink-like substance almost thirty feet that if consumed will knockout most beings almost instantly. Dokan can fly at low altitudes though he is very slow and anything more than breeze makes it dangerous for him to do so.