Caelius
02-03-10, 03:43 PM
Name: Caelius Cassus
Age: 35
Race: Human
Hair Color: Gray
Eye Color: See Description
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 160
Personality:
Caelius is, in a word, content. He seeks neutrality and peace with all things through a knowledge that balance is perfection. He views good and evil, not in opposition, but as working in harmony to achieve equilibrium. He is an introvert given to reflection and introspection. Caelius deeply considers each event, and is not often moved to action or even words though he is far from incompetent in either regard.
Description:
Gray hair hangs past shoulder length and frames his weathered features but for one strand, braided with an ornate chain of meditation beads, which he delicately holds within his upraised left hand. His face exudes serenity and peace such that it calms you to merely look upon it, and his vacant eyes stare fixedly into an unfathomed distance. Upon closer inspection, it can be determined that they are not eyes at all but rather unseeing but finely fashioned crystal orbs. The right globe contains an amber core, cut in the resemblance of the burning sun; while that on the left is dark obsidian containing points of brilliance much like the nighttime sky. His garments are simple and dully colored, but flow with his slow and deliberate movements, each of which solicits a harmonious chime from the solitary bell adorning his dainty silver anklet.
Bio:
Born blind, he was abandoned shortly after birth and left upon the step of a temple in the western mountains of Raiaera. Being friendly and peaceable, the monks took him in and offered him a place amongst their initiates. He was given the name, Caelius Cassus - meaning “heaven is empty”, due to his inability to ever view the wondrous sky.
In his early years, the monks worked with him in overcoming the disadvantages of his blindness, training his mind and spirit through meditation and focus. With their guidance, he developed an extreme sense of spatial awareness and harnessed his heightened sense of hearing through the use of echolocation.
As he grew older, Caelius displayed tremendous dedication to his physical studies, training from dusk till dawn and all moments between. He ate in the strenuous Horse Stance and slept while hanging from the ceiling by a noose. He challenged the temple masters often, eager to learn from their experience and wisdom, and became diverse in his knowledge and practice of martial arts. His body, mind, and spirit have been finely honed and operate in harmonious unity.
During his twentieth year of devotion, an exotic stranger was admitted into the temple and given food and shelter before continuing her travels. The young woman, an adventurer by trade, shared many stories of the world beyond the temple walls, and Caelius found himself intrigued by her vivid speech and colorful depiction of the various realms.
Though she had stayed only days, the temple seemed bleak after her departure. Caelius grew restless and unsure of himself as doubt and the desire for something grander found residence in his heart for the first time. After much meditation and consultation with the temple elders, Caelius decided to leave the temple and to seek a life of his own.
Skills:
Qigong Meditation -
Through oneness and wholeness of self, Caelius exerts complete and uncanny control over most aspects of his being. As such, he can will his body to operate slightly beyond its natural thresholds, altering blood flow, raising or lowering internal temperature, manipulating metabolism, and even overexerting muscles through the control of adrenaline (speed and strength x 1.5).
Qigong Iron Shirt/Iron Fist -
Years of physical and mental exercise, in addition to qigong meditation, have tempered Caelius’ body to the hardness of copper. Through extreme concentration, blunt attacks that would cripple a typical unarmored man are absorbed with the efficiency of a suite of mail, but the technique is less effective against slashing or piercing weapons. His knuckles are also hard and calloused such that his own strikes fall with the force of a steel mace.
Anatomy -
In addition to studies relating to the existence and manipulation of one’s personal qi, Caelius has also learned techniques to disrupt or promote it within others. Through the effective use of these pressure points he can cure or cause minor trauma to tendons, ligaments, and muscles. He also has, at his disposal, several techniques which slightly alter blood flow to either heighten or diminish stress and tension in order to hinder or aid during combat.
Martial Arts -
Caelius is well versed in several kata ranging in technique from grounded to aerial, grappling to striking, and offensive to defensive, each of which he executes at greater than average accuracy. As a pacifist, he typically employs a defensive, open-handed technique along with counter strikes and grapples with the purpose of disarming or incapacitating aggressors quickly and with minimal damage inflicted.
Location Sense-
Born without the use of his eyes, Caelius has learned to compensate through enhanced cognitive spatial awareness and echolocation. Although other sounds can be used, the chime of the bell on his anklet clearly reflects and rebounds off surfaces within 25 feet, allowing him to gauge their subtleties such as texture, shape, and size in addition to distance and location. As a result, stealthy or invisible persons can be detected as normal. However, he suffers severe disadvantages while evading ranged attacks. Also, magically induced silence will affect him as magical blindness and loud or distracting noises will produce the same affect as bright light or considerable darkness would in seeing individuals.
Items:
A lithe and uncarved walking stick in addition to those mentioned in his description. Aside from the bell, his anklet, beads, and crystalline eyes currently serve no purpose other than aesthetics.
Age: 35
Race: Human
Hair Color: Gray
Eye Color: See Description
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 160
Personality:
Caelius is, in a word, content. He seeks neutrality and peace with all things through a knowledge that balance is perfection. He views good and evil, not in opposition, but as working in harmony to achieve equilibrium. He is an introvert given to reflection and introspection. Caelius deeply considers each event, and is not often moved to action or even words though he is far from incompetent in either regard.
Description:
Gray hair hangs past shoulder length and frames his weathered features but for one strand, braided with an ornate chain of meditation beads, which he delicately holds within his upraised left hand. His face exudes serenity and peace such that it calms you to merely look upon it, and his vacant eyes stare fixedly into an unfathomed distance. Upon closer inspection, it can be determined that they are not eyes at all but rather unseeing but finely fashioned crystal orbs. The right globe contains an amber core, cut in the resemblance of the burning sun; while that on the left is dark obsidian containing points of brilliance much like the nighttime sky. His garments are simple and dully colored, but flow with his slow and deliberate movements, each of which solicits a harmonious chime from the solitary bell adorning his dainty silver anklet.
Bio:
Born blind, he was abandoned shortly after birth and left upon the step of a temple in the western mountains of Raiaera. Being friendly and peaceable, the monks took him in and offered him a place amongst their initiates. He was given the name, Caelius Cassus - meaning “heaven is empty”, due to his inability to ever view the wondrous sky.
In his early years, the monks worked with him in overcoming the disadvantages of his blindness, training his mind and spirit through meditation and focus. With their guidance, he developed an extreme sense of spatial awareness and harnessed his heightened sense of hearing through the use of echolocation.
As he grew older, Caelius displayed tremendous dedication to his physical studies, training from dusk till dawn and all moments between. He ate in the strenuous Horse Stance and slept while hanging from the ceiling by a noose. He challenged the temple masters often, eager to learn from their experience and wisdom, and became diverse in his knowledge and practice of martial arts. His body, mind, and spirit have been finely honed and operate in harmonious unity.
During his twentieth year of devotion, an exotic stranger was admitted into the temple and given food and shelter before continuing her travels. The young woman, an adventurer by trade, shared many stories of the world beyond the temple walls, and Caelius found himself intrigued by her vivid speech and colorful depiction of the various realms.
Though she had stayed only days, the temple seemed bleak after her departure. Caelius grew restless and unsure of himself as doubt and the desire for something grander found residence in his heart for the first time. After much meditation and consultation with the temple elders, Caelius decided to leave the temple and to seek a life of his own.
Skills:
Qigong Meditation -
Through oneness and wholeness of self, Caelius exerts complete and uncanny control over most aspects of his being. As such, he can will his body to operate slightly beyond its natural thresholds, altering blood flow, raising or lowering internal temperature, manipulating metabolism, and even overexerting muscles through the control of adrenaline (speed and strength x 1.5).
Qigong Iron Shirt/Iron Fist -
Years of physical and mental exercise, in addition to qigong meditation, have tempered Caelius’ body to the hardness of copper. Through extreme concentration, blunt attacks that would cripple a typical unarmored man are absorbed with the efficiency of a suite of mail, but the technique is less effective against slashing or piercing weapons. His knuckles are also hard and calloused such that his own strikes fall with the force of a steel mace.
Anatomy -
In addition to studies relating to the existence and manipulation of one’s personal qi, Caelius has also learned techniques to disrupt or promote it within others. Through the effective use of these pressure points he can cure or cause minor trauma to tendons, ligaments, and muscles. He also has, at his disposal, several techniques which slightly alter blood flow to either heighten or diminish stress and tension in order to hinder or aid during combat.
Martial Arts -
Caelius is well versed in several kata ranging in technique from grounded to aerial, grappling to striking, and offensive to defensive, each of which he executes at greater than average accuracy. As a pacifist, he typically employs a defensive, open-handed technique along with counter strikes and grapples with the purpose of disarming or incapacitating aggressors quickly and with minimal damage inflicted.
Location Sense-
Born without the use of his eyes, Caelius has learned to compensate through enhanced cognitive spatial awareness and echolocation. Although other sounds can be used, the chime of the bell on his anklet clearly reflects and rebounds off surfaces within 25 feet, allowing him to gauge their subtleties such as texture, shape, and size in addition to distance and location. As a result, stealthy or invisible persons can be detected as normal. However, he suffers severe disadvantages while evading ranged attacks. Also, magically induced silence will affect him as magical blindness and loud or distracting noises will produce the same affect as bright light or considerable darkness would in seeing individuals.
Items:
A lithe and uncarved walking stick in addition to those mentioned in his description. Aside from the bell, his anklet, beads, and crystalline eyes currently serve no purpose other than aesthetics.