Ninus Aurellius

[Ninus Aurellius]

Ninus Aurellius Appearance Race: Human Gender: Male Age: 25 Birthday: 15, Autumn, 487. Birthplace: Syliras Mother/Father: Unknown, name self-made. Occupation: Poisoner Sexual Orientation: Homosexual Ninus' Character theme Appearance: Ninus is a playful looking creature despite his distasteful occupation. His eyes are a deep, dark black with long lashes, and always seem to have a mocking light to them regardless of his emotions. His face is long and delicately boned, his nose slender and ever so slightly aquiline. His cheekbones are high, giving him the impression of constant mirth and mockery. Ninus’ body is skinny and spidery, his limbs long and dexterous. His hands have extraordinarily long fingers, as if born to become a pickpocket, and are well suited to distilling the various poisons he uses in his trade. Of course, these fingers are stained various shades of black, brown and green from distilling said poisons. His hair is hacked short and hangs over one eye, terrifyingly straight as if he has sat in a corner for hours and raked a comb through it. Scars mar his skin from painstakingly slow applications of his newest poisons in minute amounts. This gives him a resistance to most common poisons, though it has affected his mind. Character Concept Ninus is an arrogant, intelligent killer given to wild flights of impulsive fancy. He fancies himself the lord of the underground, sitting atop a veritable empire of poisons. His grandiose visions couldn’t be further from the truth, however, and his drive to make that dream a reality is slowly edging him toward madness. He is far too used to the concept of death, testing his poisons on rats and the poor he knows won’t be missed. His complete lack of morals and utter focus towards accomplishing his desires have made him a brilliant, yet single minded individual. He prefers the darkness of the sewers, giving him quite the easy system of travel. He believes he can speak to the rats he shares his living space with, though it’s hard to tell whether he can actually find out information about his clients from the animals or if he’s finally gone round the bend.

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In the Land of the Blind… Character History Ninus was born in an unknown part of the wilderness outside of Syliras. His mother was nowhere to be seen when a small troupe of highwaymen stumbled upon the shrieking cries of the babe as it nestled amongst moss in the crook of a tree. It was a complete mystery to the men who found the babe as to why a woman would want to go into the wildlands to give birth. It is universally understood that in Mizahar, travelling without a heavy escort is eyebrow-raising, and going out alone is madness. Going into the woods pregnant is a mystery altogether. Nonetheless, the leader of the small gang decided to keep the babe, feeding him with rags soaked in milk. In this way, Ninus Aurellius (named after a Mizaharan philosopher one of the bandits had heard of) grew up in a very unusual fashion. He learned Common by hearing the men and being tutored when his foster father came home. It was years before Ninus discovered the love of poisons. A new addition to the bandit troupe was an expert in such substances, and took Ninus under his wing and began to teach him how to identify plants and distill the poisons. Moreover, how to use them. Ninus took to the hobby like a bird to flight. Ninus was given a kit after his apprenticeship under the poisoner. A simple wooden box with a list of poisons, how to distill them, and their antidotes. Accompanying this was an array of seventeen common poisons in small bottles, neatly labeled in their own cotton-lined compartments. The Poison Kit In his late teens, he had been working with poisons for six years already and was quite capable of creating poisoned arrows for the bandits. Unfortunately working with such dangerous compositions with bare hands was beginning to affect his sanity even at such an early age. He began experimenting on the men who had taken him in, testing out new poisons. A man would fall sick here and there. One would die mysteriously in the night, tongue swollen and black or his eyes bloodshot. Then the rats began appearing. Ninus began obsessively trapping rats, the rabid little creatures shrieking at all hours of the day and night and clawing at the wire cages obsessively. Ninus would poison them, delighting in watching such small creatures writhe and die. His foster father began getting more and more nervous, listening to the wild accusations by his men that Ninus had murdered several of the band. He had little choice but to cast out his son of twenty years. Of course, he didn’t wish death in the wilderness on the increasingly unstable boy, so led him into Syliras and instructed him to live in the alleyways. He gave him a large sum of gold mizas to live off of, and left the mad little thing in the city. Ninus ventured into the city proper only once in his first few years, to buy a complicated brass syringe by which to experiment on the rats. It is simple, a chamber with a long needle and a tiny glass compartment that deploys its poison through a quick jab to the victim’s person and a depression of the plunger. It is a very stealthy method of execution, and if the chamber is empty can be used on its own as a stabbing tool. Ninus has used it for both purposes. The Syringe Six years later, Ninus has learned to live with the increasingly loud voices in his head, talking with the rats and cockroaches that infest the areas of the city where he lives. It is a perfect environment for cultivating poisonous fungi and slime molds, and Ninus has begun a tiny business selling poisons to the local thieving population. Lately he has begun providing poison to political assassins and noblemen.

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...The Man with One Eye is King Languages, Skills and Lores Languages   Common The language taught to Ninus by the bandits he was raised with. He considers it his native tongue, though his contact with the thieves and assassins of Mizahar is limited. His speech is confusing, flowery, and has been described as pre-Valterrian. It reflects an older age and way of thinking. Skills   Poisoncraft Skill: 39/100 (SP) Ninus has focused most of his twenty six years on learning the application, distillation, and storing of various poisons from around Mizahar. His specialties focus around poisons taken from various household items such as castor beans, green potatoes, peaches, and cherries.   Herbalism Skill: 21/100 (SP) Ninus has begun research into the plant species of Mizahar in order to expand his poison collection. While still early in his research, he has already filled up half a journal with observations on basic species.   Climbing Skill: 15/100 (RB) Ninus found it necessary to learn to climb easily while growing up, fleeing up trees when he was in trouble. Now this skill comes in handy navigating the more treacherous parts of the city, or getting into places he ought not to be in.   Miscellaneous Skills Skill Description Level Acrobatics Physical agility 1/100 Animal Husbandry Knowledge of animals 9/100 Brawling Bar fighting with creativity 1/100 Botany Plant knowledge (Herbalism?) 2/100 Endurance The will to keep going 2/100 Intelligence N/A 3/100 Intimidation Strength of will 5/100 Investigation Playing the gumshoe 3/100 Medicine Curing diseases/conditions 3/100 Observation Awareness of surroundings 15/100 Philosophy World viewpoint 2/100 Rhetoric Persuasion 15/100 Seduction A lover's embrace 7/100 Storytelling N/A 1/100 Socialization Interactions between people 11/100 Weapon: Knife Use of a short hand-blade 1/100 Weapon: Syringe Use of Ninus' brass syringe 4/100 Lores Lore Description Syliran Bazaar Location/vendors in the Syliran Bazaar Tree Poisons How to distill cyanide-based poisons from cherries, apples, peaches, and plums Rats are Extremely Social Animals N/A All Work and No Play Makes Ninus a Dull Man N/A Naughty Cricet, Clever Cricet N/A A Visit from a Rich-looking Fellow N/A The Rats are My Knights N/A The Prince and the Rich N/A Ronan Dugal: Simple Merchant A good friend of Ninus'. Turan: Patient -Deceased- Poisoned with peach-derived cyanide Kissing a Patient Administering charcoal paste Poison inside the Peach Cyanide found inside Peach Pits A Cure is Found within Patience N/A Suspicions Arise... N/A Silence your Tongue, Woman! N/A Come, Wolves! The Prince of Rats doth not Cower! N/A I Caused it, I fixed it Ninus fixes a poisoning victim Sharing a Bath with Ronan A tempting situation.. Ronan's History: Scars from his Father Ninus learns of Ronan's family abuse. Sharing a Kiss with Ronan Unrequited desires. Planning to Find the Poisoner Slander my poisons, slander me Lover: Novus Ninus falls for a half-sym Sharing a bed with Novus A strong test of willpower Exploring Syliras with Novus N/A Meeting "Brother" in Syliras Ninus makes a connection with his brother Full-blooded Symenestra Infants Kill Their Mothers Upon Birth N/A Meeting My Family Again Ninus sees Freidys and Churchkey for the first time in years. Recieving a Letter From Family N/A Sending a Letter Through Cricet N/A Ama: Radiant White Wolf Guardian of Bronze Woods, Ally of Knights Wade: Axe Warrior N/A Shiyami: Scarlet Eye N/A Ama Is Loyal to the Syliran Knights N/A Coating Wade's Arrows with Poison N/A Yukmen: Landspawns N/A Kicked by Alpha Yukmen Broken ribs and wrist. The Ghost Led Them Straight to Us! N/A The Last Stand Charging on an ancient horse Syliran Knights: Sword of Sylir N/A Captured by the Knights Awaiting trial A Life-Changing Event Ninus' new pledge to destroy the Knights Last Farewells with My Family Ninus says goodbye to his parents No Good Deed Goes Unpunished The Knights murder Ninus' family Exiled from Syliras Ninus leaves the city with a new mission Under Interrogation Ninus is questioned in a bar Killing Slowly N/A

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Mine Own is Not Thine Possessions A stained white linen shirt rolled up to the elbows, sewn up several times in a haphazard fashion. Simple undergarments Tattered black wool coat for the wintertime Black cotton breeches, ended neatly half-handspan beneath his knee. Leather boots 1 Leather and tin waterskin 1 Leather travelling pack which contains: 1 bone comb, 1 bone brush, 1 bar of simple tallow soap , 1 bone-handled straight razor. 1 Eating knife Flint and steel Saddlebags Leather tent Handaxe (2) Small combat knife (2) Saddle Bridle Bedroll Small medical kit Heirloom Heirloom: Ninus' constant companion, and the only tether to his sanity, is a rat that most would consider giant. An unusual species of rodent, the aptly named Cricet is over a foot and a half long including tail and weighs more than a fully grown cat! Intelligent, with dextrous little fingers, a keen nose and a superb sense of hearing, Cricet is indispensable to Ninus' everyday life. She brings him food when he sorely needs it, and watches out for the knights of Syliras, whom Ninus fears and mistrusts. Mixed Blood Horse: Jack Note: Obtained in the thread Judgement Jack was once the mount of a low-ranking knight slain by Ninus' family. Roughly twelve years of age, this well-mannered gelding has been used for everything from long scouting trips to hunting by the highwaymen of the Bronze Woods. Upon their deaths, the knights in a twist of irony allowed Ninus to keep the horse. He views Jack as one of his tools of revenge, though by this time the horse may be the more sane of the two of them...

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The Prince of Rats The Syliran Streets ”In time, he adjusted to darkness and the smell of damp and refuse..” Ninus has memorized the complicated pathways throughout Syliras to use as both home and cloak. Their main use is, after all, to prevent congestion within the city. Ninus has marked a few choice exits with carved symbols. One is right next to the Bazaar, which he has marked with a seed symbol. Another leads to a bar, where Ninus plies his trade. A third leads out of Syliras entirely, and is marked with a skull. It is Ninus' backup plan. He lived in fear that other brigands or worse, the knights, will scour the streets to root him out, and his paranoid mind rested easier with a backup escape. Narrow, angled passageways provide easy transport to many sections of the city. Shortly after his arrival in Syliras, Ninus made the decision to move into the accomidations provided by the Knights of Syliras. Though he hates and distrusts the oddly cultish organization of justice servers, the plants he owns have suffered in the cold and damp of the alleyways. Deeming the conditions in the streets and Bittern District unsuitable, though closer to Cricet's brethren, Ninus has rented a small apartment in the Traveler's district. Clean, new, and wholly disturbing to him, he uses it as an incubation area for the various plants he owns. The pots line the walls, thirty of them in all, and he gladly lets the slime molds climb the walls. His window is left open, less out of fear of robbery, but more to encourage the rats to come and visit him. While still in the stages of moving to the new home from his various hideaways, Ninus finds himself in an uneasy truce with the organization he fears. Cleaner accommodations for the rats.

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Must Keep My Thoughts… Expenses Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Sale of House +500 GM 600 GM Portable Poisoncrafting Kit -150 GM 450 GM Corona -75 GM 375 GM Darktongue -25 GM 350 GM Bolt, Glass-bulb (x25) -25 GM 325 GM Animal Snare, Tiny (x20) -20 GM 305 GM Bedroll, Cotton -1 SM 304.99 GM Plants, Common and Rare (x30,x15) -2.10 GM, -195 GM 107.89 GM Syringe (brass) -50GM 57.89 GM Summer 513 AV Living Expenses (Poor) -45GM 12.89 GM   Summer 513 AV Thread Day Notes Out Into the Rain 1st of Summer Ninus heads out into Syliras Looking for the underworld: Syliras 3rd of Summer Ninus seeks to help a boy Vermin of the City 15th of Summer Ninus falls in love They Say the Apple Doesn't Fall so Far... 16th of Summer Ninus helps his lover find his father Betwixt a Rock and a Hard Place 17th of Summer N/A Hide and Seek 19th of Summer Cricet wants her master to play A Mischief of Rats 20th of Summer Ninus meets a ghost Lovely Ladies 50th of Summer Ninus teaches 3 ladies poison basics Yukmen Hunting 60th of Summer Ninus aids in a quest to rid the Bronze Forest of Yukmen   Autumn 513 AV   Winter 513 AV   Flashbacks Thread Day Notes Poison Me, Poison You Aha~~~ 19th of Fall 509 AV Ninus is hired to cure a poisoning victim Poisenous Revenge 33rd of Fall 509 AV Ninus and Ronan look for a poisoner