Sethelon

[Sethelon]

Basic Information: Race: Kelvic Birthday & Age : 12, Autumn of 507 A.V. 4 Years Old, appears 27. Gender: Male Physical Description Physical Sethelon is a wiry man, with a lean, athletic form. His body bears no extra mass, only what is essentially necessary. In this way, he is vaguely sculpted, but only to the point of everything being compact and streamlined. He stands no higher than 5'8", and has a habit of standing slightly on the balls of his feet, making him appear slightly taller. He is built not for strength, but for speed, dexterity, and grace. He is unusually well groomed for a pauper such as himself, finding no pride but an instinctual need in keeping himself rigidly organized. He has long, deep black hair which has a violet sheen from certain perspectives, and green from others, in direct sunshine. He keeps his mane in a neat pony tail, which reaches the center of his back. Sethelon bears a somewhat rounded face, with sharp features, giving him an alert, yet unimposing, look. The two eyes that sit within his face are perhaps his most memorable quality. They are black as night, deep and endlessly curious. His eyes are always searching, with a clever, almost mischievous glint to them. Material Sethelon chooses to wear loose, comfortable clothes, and usually cheap ones, at that. He often looses his clothes when he shifts to animal form. Therefore, he carries little with him. This time around, he has opted for a deep blue tunic, open across the chest, with a few strings spanning the distance. The shoulders are sharp, with sleeves that expand towards the wrists. The bottom of the tunic ends just below his waist, covering the very top of his pants. His choice of lower fashion is a pair of light grey pants which flare out at the ankles, but do not impede his steps. The shoes he wears are purely utilitarian, cloth except for thin leather inserts which pad his feet and muffle his steps. Avian Sethelon is a Kelvic, so naturally he can take on the form of an animal. This animal is a Magpie, a small, clean bird with sharp features. Seth is 17 inches long, in this form, with a wing span of 23 inches. Almost half of his length is tail, however. As a bird, his head and back are jet black, with violet and green tints in the light, along with the base of his wings and his tail. His breast is stark white, curved down to the top of his stomach. Sethelon's tail is prim and proper, sticking straight out, and often twitching for one reason or another. His beak and feet, the only two spots not covered with feathers, are black as well. Seth does not have long talons, but his nails are sharp and could give a painful scratch. His beak, however, is far more effective. He could easily peck a man's eyes out, as well as bite and pinch and cause general mayhem to exposed flesh. Character Concept Personality Sethelon, being a Kelvic, is a fairly simple being. Still, he has his quirks. As a Kelvic without a master or bondmate, he is lonely most of the time. He yearns for companionship. Still, he is not ruled by this desire. His personality reflects on his animal form drastically. He can be mischievous, and loves to play with people. One of his greatest joys in life comes from making people smile and laugh. He can also be very sneaky, and when it comes to his own survival or perhaps the survival of a bondmate, he would become very serious. He fancies a general aloofness, but he has an intense need to bond with someone, so he tends to be rather unreserved. When at ease and safe, he chatters and smiles much. His deepest, most powerful emotion would be his curiosity, however. His need to learn more about things has been hampered by the fact that he has a hard time reading and writing. He learns best by example and his own investigation. Leave Seth alone with a gemstone he's never seen before, and he'll figure out everything about it. Well, if he doesn't steal it, that is. He has a weakness for shinies, and his life could be devoted to acquiring anything that catches his eye. Always the opportunist, Seth would have no second thoughts about snatching a glinting ring should the chance arise. However, the thought of his own possessions being stolen is revolting, so he tends to respect a typical citizen and will refrain from pick-pocketing. Motivations By and large, Seth's greatest motivation is to find a mate or master to bond to. As a Kelvic, this is his deepest nature, and he could never defy it. In addition, Seth enjoys money and things that glint. The second biggest motivation in his life is the acquisition of such things. His all encompassing appetite for valuable, shiny things doesn't stop at gems and precious metal. An ornate knife might catch his attention, or even a fine silk shirt. He also enjoys mirrors and prisms, for their light reflecting properties. You could say Seth's motivations ultimately boil down to entertainment. He just happens to be entertained by interesting, often shiny things. If curiosity killed the cat, it's a lucky thing he turns into a bird. Character History Sethelon was born to two very poor, high generation Kelvics, neither of whom were very happy in their lives. His mother, a stunning woman with golden hair and olive skin, could become a Lynx at will. His father, a black haired, blue eyed baby-faced Jack Rabbit. The two existed together to fuel their one true desires; to serve. They each served the other, and when they were young, they found themselves rather clever. However, they did not love each other, and when Seth came into the world, they collectively realized that they could not sustain all three of themselves. Painfully, with a retching sense of turning their backs on every instinct they had, Seth's parents left him at a small cottage in The Cobalt Mountains, where an old hermit woman lived. The old crone looked, at first glance, to be the archetypal fairy-tale witch. Perhaps she was, for she did manage to dabble in herbal medicines and certainly held onto her own rituals. But this woman was no witch by demeanor. Maybe it was her hermit lifestyle that made her yearn for companionship, or possibly her kind soul was unable to abandon a child. Whatever the reason, she took the boy on her door step in, gave him the name of her deceased husband, and cared for him as her own. She was all Sethelon ever had, and he loved her dearly, knowing not that she was not his biological mother. She nurtured him like any other, encouraging his wildly curious nature. He bonded to the woman as Kelvic and Master, though he never fully understood it that way. Both of them understood Seth's shape shifting ability, and the woman embraced it. She taught him values, albeit slightly skewed ones. The crone was not one to pass up swiping a loaf of bread in the name of necessity. Yet, she had a strong sense of loyalty and the idea of a justified crime. She passed this on to Sethelon. The woman was very old, even from the beginning when she found Sethelon. She died when he was about one, but appearing to be about a 10 year old child. Emotionally traumatized, not only as a young child, but as a bonded Kelvic who just lost his master, he shifted and left through the window, soaring into the sky, spending the entire day filling his tiny, child mind with existential wonder, attempting to block out the negative emotions he felt. He managed to get himself thoroughly lost, that day. Not a single traveler he came across would help a nude, disheveled, and hysterical ten year old. By the time he found his way back, he couldn't make himself return to the inside, and he had already learned to fend for himself. He spent his early years after that mostly in his bird form. This meant he required less food, and was more than satisfied with stagnant lake water and bits of nuts and berries. In his magpie form, his personality became endlessly clear. Mischievous, sharp, and curious to a fault, Sethelon began to search out any and all shiny objects. Bits of mirrors, beads, metal scraps, and glass shards all adorned the tree hollow he called home. Most of all, however, he lusted after the glinting gemstones that the city folk use for money, though he never managed to pilfer any. His life was now for two things; survival, and the procurement of all things shiny. As anyone can imagine, the boy could not sustain this life style forever. After some time, maturing in the wilderness mostly as a bird, a 2 year old (Appearing 17) Seth shifted into his human form for the longest time yet. He found himself lean and athletic, a benefit of living for survival and being in constant motion as an animal for a year. His hair had become long, and reached his rear. At this time, old Kelvic instincts began to take hold. He yearned for companionship, to devote himself to something. He needed human contact. Sethelon has spent the last two years of his life within the castle-city of Syliras. He has earned his belongings through a series of odd jobs, and was at no point above manual labor or even prostitution, as well as the occasional theft. Seth cut his hair to the neatness it now enjoys. He clawed his way to a set of clothes, and an apartment deep within the castle. While most other Kelvics opt out of an apartment, Seth has always felt a need for a place to call home, a nest, so to speak. Plus, where else might he stow all the shinies he'll eventually collect? Training (Skills, Arcana, Gnosis, Lore)   Skills - Seduction 5/100 - Larceny 10/100 - Stealth 10/100 - Wilderness Survival 15/100 - Acrobatics 10/100 - Hunting 10/100 (Racial Bonus)   Lores - Knowledge of Naturally Occuring Minerals in Syliras - Knowledge of Gemstones   Languages - Avian (Fluent) - Common (Fluent) Equipment and Possessions   Carried Equipment - One simple, dark blue, cloth tunic - One pair of light grey linen pants - Woven cloth shoes, with thin leather soles - 15 Gold Misas   Stored - Tan Waterskin - Backpack with Toiletries - 85 gold Misas - Deep Black Cloak   Home - 20x20 Apartment in Syliras - Hearth - Bunk - Chest - Chair - Small table Ledger 100 Gold Misas Thread List