Magnymbus
07-11-15, 03:38 AM
I'd like to apologize in advance for how messy this is. Also, if I'm supposed to do something different for a second character, information on that would be nice.
Name: unknown
Nickname/Alias: Creature. The humans who have interacted with him generally call him this. (For example: "What are we to do with this... creature?")
Age: Unknown. Somewhere between adolescent and young adult.
Race: Presumably human... but some would argue otherwise.
Height: ~1m (3ft) Would be nearly 1.5m (5') if he stood upright.
Weight: Skin and bones. Between 45-70kg (100-150 lbs)
Personality: Submissive, cowardly, cunning. Think coyote.
Appearance: long, matted, balding, blood-red hair. Grey-blue eyes that resemble storm clouds. Gaunt features, protruding cheekbones. gnarled, yellow teeth with receding gums. Hard, calloused hands and feet. Weathered, leathery skin. Skin and bones. Never wears clothing (Is either naked, or wears a small loincloth to protect his sensitive bits.)
Skills: (Not sure which of these should be abilities, so I’ll let the reviewers tell me.)
hiding, running, climbing, etc.
throwing, toolless fishing, strangulation ,etc.
scavenging, tracking, spotting, etc.
trickery, deception, lying, appearing harmless, etc.
Herbalism (He can find healing, hallucinogenic, poisonous, etc. plants with relative ease),
Night Vision (he can see uncannily well in the dark, even being able to spot coal deep within a cave without a light source other than the sun at the entrance),
Ploy for Pity (Using his knowledge of human nature to get people to feel sympathy/pity for him. He only does this when he has to deal with other people.)
Equipment/Weapons:
Hardened fists and feet, leathery skin, loincloth
History:
Creature chooses not to remember much of his past. He felt anger and shame for what he had done, and wished to purge those unpleasant memories from his mind. But what was it he had done?
He was not like other people, and rarely got along well with others when he was young. He hated his parents, hated all authority figures in fact; they were all mean and demeaning.
One day he couldn't take it anymore and he ran away. He nearly starved to death, but when wolves came to eat him, he fought back enough to send them away. He decided to follow them, thinking that they might lead him to food. After following the wolves for some time, they killed an Elk, and feasted upon it. When Creature tried to eat with them, they tried to eat him for disturbing them, again he fought back, and sent them away, but they took the carcass with them. So he again followed them all the way to their den, and they again tried to eat him, and he again fought back, trying desperately to get food.
The Alpha wolf called his pack away from Creature, and watched him as he ate. When he had eaten his fill, he ran far enough away to watch the wolves from a distance. He did not know it, but the wolves watched him as well. After many nights of this following and fighting, the Alpha let Creature into his pack for some time. Creature learned of their ways, and became one of them. But one day, Creature's parents found him and took him home.
There was a fight, and both of Creature’s parents died. Creature could not remember if he, or the wolves, had killed them. But either way, Creature ran swiftly into the night, evading the following hunt to find him. For weeks he fled and hid from those who wished to bring him to supposed justice. Until one day, he realized he was no longer being pursued, and climbed atop a mountain peak, only to find that he could not seem to see anything he was familiar with. But that didn't matter, he had learned enough from the Wolves to survive in the wilderness. But he did feel a loss for his parents. Even if he had been the one that killed them, he knew, deep down, that they were only trying to help.
In the following years, Creature learned valuable lessons from encounters with more people: Humans would try to kill him if they knew what he was, so it was better to go unseen, but if he could not go unseen, it was better to appear as harmless and pitiable as possible, that way they would not suspect him to be the deadly Feral Child they had heard about.
Creature is by no means harmless, or even innocent of various crimes, but that does not mean there is no goodness inside of him. He still has a sense of justice and morality, but it is greatly overshadowed by his tendency to hate everything he loves. I still haven't decided whether or not Creature was the one who killed his parents, and I won't until it becomes contextually important. This is because Creature himself doesn’t remember, and is constantly in conflict about it, as he makes decisions based on whether or not he thinks he did at any particular moment.
Name: unknown
Nickname/Alias: Creature. The humans who have interacted with him generally call him this. (For example: "What are we to do with this... creature?")
Age: Unknown. Somewhere between adolescent and young adult.
Race: Presumably human... but some would argue otherwise.
Height: ~1m (3ft) Would be nearly 1.5m (5') if he stood upright.
Weight: Skin and bones. Between 45-70kg (100-150 lbs)
Personality: Submissive, cowardly, cunning. Think coyote.
Appearance: long, matted, balding, blood-red hair. Grey-blue eyes that resemble storm clouds. Gaunt features, protruding cheekbones. gnarled, yellow teeth with receding gums. Hard, calloused hands and feet. Weathered, leathery skin. Skin and bones. Never wears clothing (Is either naked, or wears a small loincloth to protect his sensitive bits.)
Skills: (Not sure which of these should be abilities, so I’ll let the reviewers tell me.)
hiding, running, climbing, etc.
throwing, toolless fishing, strangulation ,etc.
scavenging, tracking, spotting, etc.
trickery, deception, lying, appearing harmless, etc.
Herbalism (He can find healing, hallucinogenic, poisonous, etc. plants with relative ease),
Night Vision (he can see uncannily well in the dark, even being able to spot coal deep within a cave without a light source other than the sun at the entrance),
Ploy for Pity (Using his knowledge of human nature to get people to feel sympathy/pity for him. He only does this when he has to deal with other people.)
Equipment/Weapons:
Hardened fists and feet, leathery skin, loincloth
History:
Creature chooses not to remember much of his past. He felt anger and shame for what he had done, and wished to purge those unpleasant memories from his mind. But what was it he had done?
He was not like other people, and rarely got along well with others when he was young. He hated his parents, hated all authority figures in fact; they were all mean and demeaning.
One day he couldn't take it anymore and he ran away. He nearly starved to death, but when wolves came to eat him, he fought back enough to send them away. He decided to follow them, thinking that they might lead him to food. After following the wolves for some time, they killed an Elk, and feasted upon it. When Creature tried to eat with them, they tried to eat him for disturbing them, again he fought back, and sent them away, but they took the carcass with them. So he again followed them all the way to their den, and they again tried to eat him, and he again fought back, trying desperately to get food.
The Alpha wolf called his pack away from Creature, and watched him as he ate. When he had eaten his fill, he ran far enough away to watch the wolves from a distance. He did not know it, but the wolves watched him as well. After many nights of this following and fighting, the Alpha let Creature into his pack for some time. Creature learned of their ways, and became one of them. But one day, Creature's parents found him and took him home.
There was a fight, and both of Creature’s parents died. Creature could not remember if he, or the wolves, had killed them. But either way, Creature ran swiftly into the night, evading the following hunt to find him. For weeks he fled and hid from those who wished to bring him to supposed justice. Until one day, he realized he was no longer being pursued, and climbed atop a mountain peak, only to find that he could not seem to see anything he was familiar with. But that didn't matter, he had learned enough from the Wolves to survive in the wilderness. But he did feel a loss for his parents. Even if he had been the one that killed them, he knew, deep down, that they were only trying to help.
In the following years, Creature learned valuable lessons from encounters with more people: Humans would try to kill him if they knew what he was, so it was better to go unseen, but if he could not go unseen, it was better to appear as harmless and pitiable as possible, that way they would not suspect him to be the deadly Feral Child they had heard about.
Creature is by no means harmless, or even innocent of various crimes, but that does not mean there is no goodness inside of him. He still has a sense of justice and morality, but it is greatly overshadowed by his tendency to hate everything he loves. I still haven't decided whether or not Creature was the one who killed his parents, and I won't until it becomes contextually important. This is because Creature himself doesn’t remember, and is constantly in conflict about it, as he makes decisions based on whether or not he thinks he did at any particular moment.