Nikolai Aster, Vagabond

[Felix]

Basic Information

Name: Nikolai Aster
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: Half-demon
Occupation: Vagabond

Appearance

Height: 5'11”
Weight: 172 lbs
Physique: Light-medium, toned
Hair color/style: Black, jaw-length, typically unkempt
Eye color: Red
Usual clothing: His outfits tend to range from earthly colors such as brown or dark green to black or gray, rarely white or blue. His black boots, gloves, and cloak however, remain constant.
Photo: Image

((A very close representation of Nikolai, though not quite exact))

General Information

Personality: As a result of his demonic heritage, along with other questionable encounters, Nikolai tends to be a rather violent individual. With his human side being eaten away, his rationale and reasoning are fading with it. Replacing the void where his humanity had been is a feral sense of both loneliness and anger at those around him. He wants to be left alone, while at the same time he longs for somebody he can confide in, who he can trust. Despite this sense of longing, Nikolai can be expected to lash out at anybody attempting to get too close to him, even those who only wish to help. When faced with being surrounded by others, he'll withdraw even farther into himself, closing himself away from the world around him.
Family: Sister, father; locations unknown, presumed dead
Homeland: Skaelian Empire
Background: Nikolai, born to a woman near the outskirts of the Skaelian Empire, was raised as a single child until he was four, when the woman finally married. Almost a year after the marriage, Nikolai had a sister. All through his childhood, into his early teens, Nikolai's father always seemed to hate him, even going out of his way to find things to scold him for. Despite his rough upbringing, his mother and sister were always there to comfort him. At least they were, until his mother became ill and passed away.

With their mother gone, their father had complete control over their lives. Where he showed Marie all the love and care in the world, he gave Nikolai nothing but hate. When he was fifteen, their father threw him out into the streets with nothing but what he wore. Since that day, Nikolai has either stolen what he needed to survive or done some kind of work to earn enough to get by. Years passed, he traveled from place to place, finally settling down in Freeport, where his differences didn't get him turned away or beaten.

Since that day, he's taken up work as an outlaw, taking unfavorable work that others would turn down, or other more decent work.

Skills
• Moderate hunting
• Moderate fishing
• Minor trapping
• Moderate tracking
• Minor remedial knowledge
• Moderate wilderness knowledge of wood- and grasslands
  Traits
• Red eye color
• Cat-like pupils
• Sharp ridges along his knuckles, elbows, and spine
• Elongated canine teeth
• Pointed ears
  Strengths
  Due to his heritage and encounters, Nikolai has acquired a number of strengths
• Strength has increased somewhat
• Endurance has increased somewhat
• Reflexes have increased slightly
• Sight has increased somewhat, notably increased low-light vision
• Resistance to toxins and diseases has increased substantially
• Slight increase to natural regeneration
  Weaknesses
  Due to his heritage and encounters, Nikolai has acquired a number of weaknesses
• Direct sunlight is capable of irritation to skin, prolonged exposure will result in burning
• Sudden flashes or shifts in light are capable of causing temporary blindness
• Odd reactions to contact with silver, prolonged contact will result in death
• Wounds created by silver will not clot until properly cleaned and tended to
• Odd reactions to contact with magic of any kind, even healing magics cause harm

Combat Information

Main weapon: A pair of steel short swords, one twenty-eight inches long, the other twenty-four, with double-edged blades
Secondary weapon: An iron bastard sword, measuring forty-six inches long overall, double edged, with double fullers running almost the entire length of the blade

NOTICE: A few aspects of the character have not been given, or have only been hinted at vaguely and will be revealed at a later date, as they are discovered by others

[Striker]

Looks good Felix Just to let you know, it's fine if you want to leave out certain details of the character to keep them secret, but any abilities which are not listed in the bio won't be able to be used. You can add abilities to the bio in the future, but major changes to the bio (such as adding of abilities) require GM re-approval.

~Striker

[Felix]

I'd never planned on adding any new abilities, though there are currently two unlisted weaknesses that'll be added in later. I may expand the background as time goes on, if I find the motivation to.

[Striker]

If there's ever anything you feel the GM should know but you want to keep a secret, you can also always just send it to Frosty via PM :)

Any time you want to expand the history you can feel free. I tend to update mine as I go along and the character develops.

~Striker