Vallux

[Vallux]

PC Name: Vallux Physical Information Race: Nuit Birthday & Age: Born Winter 25, 10 AV, died Winter 24, 29 AV (500 years old) Gender: Male personality, will occupy either gender if necessary Physical Description: Vallux is, by definition, without a physical form, though he prefers bodies that are male, younger than thirty years of age, have no major physical infirmities, and are fairly well-muscled (so that he will look as much like a normal human as possible once the weight-loss associated with his occupancy inevitably occurs). He will never willingly inhabit nonhumanoids or anyone with red or black hair unless absolutely necessary. Character Concept Personality: Like many Nuit, Vallux is mildly bored with life and has chosen to dedicate his life to the study of every brand of magic in existence. He pursues this goal with single-minded efficiency and has chosen to never break any laws to obtain such knowledge, not even to obtain a body to inhabit. He has only had to resort to actual felony twice in his existence in order to continue 'living.' Ethics: Vallux is, unlike many of his race, intensely moral and law-abiding, knowing as a matter of course that it would be much more difficult and time-consuming to obtain a proper body on a regular basis were civilization and the Rule of Law not facts of life. He never goes 'hunting' for a body if he can possibly help it, and will always visit a mortuary or morgue in search of a recently-deceased body to move into when his current one wears out. He makes sure his purpose is open and well-known, and on several occasions has advertised for a body in a local periodical or newsprint. This usually results in a speedy, efficient, and polite above-board exchange of between one and five gm for the cost of temporary storage and one to three sm for the cost of renting a small room for three hours. He always tries to choose the body of a wanderer, vagabond, beggar, or some other person without familial attachments, as such things invariably cause complications. Since he takes care of his bodies so fastidiously and avoids conflict and accidents with an almost religious exactness, he generally can make one last five to ten years before it needs replacing. Likes: Vallux began his grand project - of researching and learning every form of magic in existence - very early in his unlife, and has spent more time in libraries and places of learning than most people can imagine. There is nothing in this world he likes more than a quiet room and the rustle of a slightly yellowed page turning. Dislikes: Because of the damage it can do to books (and to dried-out flesh after a year or three), Vallux hates fire with a passion, and will never get close to any fire larger than a torch if he can help it. He also has an intense dislike of sentient Animated objects, as he feels they are poor attempts to replicate the true Animation process of a Nuit, and that by mixing the knowledge and impetus of multiple souls they are broken beings, regardless of how well they function. Character History Pre-Creation: Vallux's history is difficult to trace, since he changes names once every fifteen to twenty years, but he has said to the few 'companions' he has (he has no friends, since he sees them as temporary lives in temporary shells) that he was born shortly after the Valterrian. Records he keeps on his person indicate that he has devoted the better part of the last four hundred-fifty years to the study of every kind of magic imaginable. Unfortunately, a transfer of his some fifty years ago was interrupted by anti-undead religious fanatics and resulted in the loss of much of this knowledge. The few bits of memory he has left that are relevant to his studies pertain to Voiding, Animation, and Alchemy. Post Creation: Training & Skill Points Starting Package: Animation (10 points) Alchemy (30 points Voiding (10 points) Embalming (10 point racial bonus) Earned Skill/Points: Lores Starting Package: Lore of Research - Vallux has perfect memory and can recall with complete accuracy every word he has ever read or heard, every scene he has ever witnessed. This ability functions with very nearly nil accuracy in regards to events in his research prior to fifty years ago, though he can still remember the rest of his personal life. He has effectively lost all skills and Lores from before that time period. Lore of Preservation - Using techniques he has gathered over the decades and centuries since his creation, Vallux has developed a method of bodily maintenance that, if applied once every other day, can effectively extend the life of a Nuit-inhabited body by 50%, assuming it isn't exposed to intense violence or combat situations. Since he despises switching bodies more than is necessary, Vallux applies this technique as often as is beneficial and avoids combat as much as possible. Earned Lores: Equipment/Possessions (Equipment *starred* is part of starting equipment, waterskin, housing, and backpack contents have been sold) *One shirt, silk *One pair of leggings, cotton *One hooded cloak, good leather, waterproofed *One pair of shoes, old leather, waterproofed *One backpack, waterproofed, containing: - Scrolls (25 total, 15 filled with notes on Animation, Alchemy, and Voiding, 5 with miscellaneous information, mostly maps and locations of suitable morgues/mortuaries for body procurement, 5 blank) - Quill pen - Ink vial - Well-worn winter blanket (used as a ground-cover during rainstorms) One Portable Shelter Ledger Starting Amount: 100g0s0c Initial Expenditures: + 500 gm (Contents of starting housing redeemed for 500 gm) + 1 gm (sale of waterskin) + 5 sm (sale of eating knife) + 1 gm (sale of one week's rations) + 1 gm (sale of flint-and-steel) - 25 gm (scrolls x25) - 5 sm (quill pen x1) - 2 gm (ink vial x1) - 5 sm (winter blanket x1) -25 gm (portable shelter x1) Total Expenditure: +504g5s0c -52g5s0c current wealth is 552g0s0c Mizas