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CHRISTIAN GRUACH

Gender: Male
Race: Dinosaur Demon
Class: Fighter

Age: 37 years
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Height: 6' 11"/36' 9"
Weight: 389 lbs/2.3 Metric Tons

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Many large scars cover Christian's back from years of abuse from his step-father.

Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Family
☥ Damien Gruach - Father
☥ Cindy Krayv - Mother
☥ Karlos Krayv - Half-brother

Brief Personality

Christian is the epitome of neutral.  He has no real, personal issue with people whether they abide by or break the law.  His job is the only signs of his morals that can be seen.  He can appear almost heartless when taking on a contract, though he tends to prefer taking postings put up by the law keepers over back-alley contracts.  The only things that tend to catch and keep his attention are coin and women, though one is more important than the other.  Coin can bring in the women, but women tend to bleed him dry of his coin if given the opportunity.  Due to his past experiences with women, including his own mother, he lacks emotional intimacy with them and would rather pay for a single night to spend with them physically than to create an emotional bond.  He can also be very brash and quick to anger, causing him to lash out at the nearest thing near him.  During these instances he can be very dangerous to be around should he accidentally shift and cause massive damage to others and his current environment.

Overall, he is an emotionally closed off person with an affinity for wealth.

History

Christian was born out of wedlock to a mother that was currently married to a man who was not his own biological father.  This was, however, not of her own volition.  The man she had chosen to spend her life with did stay with her to help raise the child, though it was not his own.  Due to the lack of blood relation, the man openly hated Christian.  When the young half-demon reached his teenage years he began to show signs of not being entirely human.  At the age of thirteen he experienced his first shift.  He was lucky as he was not seen by anyone while enduring taking a backseat to his mind and witnessing the rampage happen before his own eyes with no physical control over his actions.  At seventeen he accidentally shifted in front of his mother and step-father while in an argument with the older man.  Flooded with rage, he tore the man apart as he stood paralyzed in awe.

After the incident with his mother's husband he was sent away, no longer welcomed in his own home.  He took this opportunity to try and do some good with his gifts.  He joined the army, becoming a knight for the Moon Kingdom and learning to better control the demon part of himself.  He remained in this position until his early thirties, barely moving up the ranks.  As the years moved onward he became more and more wary of using his dinosaur form in battle. 

After leaving the army he took to mercenary work for a short time before cutting down to simple bounty hunting.

Powers & Abilities

As a dinosaur demon, Christian has the ability to turn into a large, dinosaur-like creature.  When in this form, however, he struggles to maintain control over his actions making him dangerous to those around him.  He only willingly changes form under extreme circumstances, but he can be pressured into the shift when under a lot of stress.

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Other Information

☥ Human form - Gideon Jura MTG
☥ Dinosaur form - Regisaur Alpha MTG

[Pignola]

MOOSE

Gender: Male
Race: Minotaur
Class: Peasant

Age: 19 years
Alignment: Lawful Good/Chaotic Good

Height: 8' 11"
Weight: 523 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: He has three large gashes on the top of his head from a childhood trauma.  Moose has no other notable markings on his body though his torso is covered in plenty of small scars caused by accidents while he was performing his job.

Occupation: Farm-hand

Family
☥ Bowen - Father
☥ Fyrel - Mother
☥ Darryl - Uncle
☥ Malcolm - Adopted Father (Human)
☥ Joshua - Adopted Brother (Human)

Brief Personality
The Minotaur is, in a way, not all there in the head.  His adopted father, Malcolm, believes this to be due to the wound the bull had endured as a child.  He typically talks about himself in third person and insists that he was born the child of Malcolm and a moose, even though he has never actually seen a moose in his life.  He is naturally kind, caring, and hard working and generally wants the best for all those around him.  He is also a terrible judge of character and can be very gullible which leaves him open to get into all different kinds of trouble.

History
Moose lacks a clear memory of his biological family due to him being separated from them at a young age as well as some trauma to his head from an accident he is unaware of.  He was found by the farmer, Malcolm, on the side of a river, bleeding immensely from three large gashes on the top of his head.  He was taken in and raised almost as if he were Malcolm's own son, sharing many of the same privileges as the man's blood-related son, Joshua.  The young boy is the one who gave the Minotaur his name, claiming that the creature looked like a tiny moose.

He currently works the farm with his adopted brother as the bull's adopted father reaches an elderly age and work becomes more and more of a difficulty for the man.

Powers & Abilities
Being a Minotaur, Moose has above-average strength when compared to more humanoid people, however his strength is below-average if compared to that of his mother or father.  Due to him being raised by humans he almost considers himself one of them and does not always recognize his own strength.

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☥ Image - Minotaur Younghorn MTG

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JONATHAN CAMPION

Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Sorcerer

Age: 27 years
Alignment: Neutral Good

Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 268 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Jonathan has two matching tattoos on the back of his hands.

Occupation: Mage's Apprentice

Family
☥ Thomas Campion - Father
☥ Jayna Campion - Mother
☥ Alexander Campion - Brother
☥ Jarren Cordigul - Master

Brief Personality
Jonathan is never one to shy away from helping others.  He lives to impress and craves praise for his actions, assuming he is deserving of it.  He shows a lot of promise as a young mage, so much so that some of the other students have jokingly called him a protege.  He is not without his faults, however.  He does struggle with casting more complex spells and fails miserably whenever it comes to any sort of alchemy.  He is very focused on his studies but would never turn down any sort of "side-quest" that could lead him to some sort of grand adventure.  He has big dreams of becoming a hero who's name is known throughout the world.

History
Jon was born to two parents who lacked any strong magical links.  His younger brother, Alex, also showed signs of magical abilities though created flames from his fingers while Jonathan created ice crystals, thus granting the children the nicknames of "Ice and Fire" in the school yard.  At the age of fifteen the two brothers were separated and sent off to schools that would focus more on teaching them to control and enhance their magics. 

At the age of twenty the two brothers graduated and were reunited for a short time before Jonathan had decided to take part in the mage's college to further his knowledge of sorcery.  He can still be found attending lectures and studying, even after seven years, and has not seen his brother since their graduation.

Powers & Abilities
Campion specializes in ice and conjuration magic.  He can summon ice daggers, ghost-like ice wolves, and large, magic mountain trolls.  He can also create spears of ice to throw at enemies.  The larger the conjuration spell, however, the more power he is forced to spend and can lead to him over-exerting himself which, if severe enough, could potentially kill him.

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☥ Image - Jace Beleren MTG

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KIDA VERVAIN

Gender: Female
Race: Vampire
Class: Rogue

Age: 23 years
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 131 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Kida has no notable markings or scars except for the two puncture wounds on the right side of her neck.

Occupation: Mercenary

Family
☥ Varick Vervain - Father
☥ Kira Vervain - Mother

Brief Personality
Cold, calculating, heartless.  These are just a few words that easily describe Kida's personality.  She receives a great thrill when engaged in battle, covered in the blood of her enemies and maybe even bleeding herself.  She has few friends, if they could even be called "friends" as they are more so co-workers who end up fighting by her side if accepting contracts by the same party.  Though, should they end up on the opposing side she would never hesitate to strike them down, perhaps even slaughter them without a second thought. 

History
Kida was born into a typical family dynamic.  She had a working father with her mother staying home to care for her.  From the day she was born her parents nearly worshiped her very existence as they feared her mother may have been sterile as it took many years to conceive and she never did so again after the birth of their daughter.  However, at the age of eight she was altered by a strange man she had chosen to befriend.  During their short relationship she was taken advantage of and changed into a creature similar to himself.  When her parents first witnessed her covered in blood, holding a limp, bloody rabbit in her arms they, for the first time in their lives, shunned her.  It was her first experience of rejection.

However, her parents did not simply give up on their only child.  They took her to many medical professionals, healers, and mages in an attempt to remove the curse.  No matter what they tried she remained the same, a violent, blood-thirsty monster.

Once her parents realized she would never be "fixed" they completely shut her out.  She remained locked up until her eighteenth birthday when she was removed from the household as she was legally an adult.  Leading up to this point she developed intimacy issues and learned to never trust anyone.  She began to pick up contracts to work for miscellaneous employers which further prevented her from getting emotionally involved.  She is currently still picking up odd jobs here and there so long as they involve bloodshed.

Powers & Abilities
Being a vampire, Kida gains strength from drinking the blood of other living things - namely humans.  However, she also has an unquenchable thirst for blood that can lead her to go into a blood frenzy if starved of her food source.

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☥ Image - Nahiri, the Harbinger MTG

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GRANT ANGULUS

Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Paladin

Age: 41 years
Alignment: Lawful Good

Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 351 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Grant has no notable markings or scars.

Occupation: Church Disciple/Monster Hunter

Family
☥ David Angulus - Father
☥ Serah Angulus - Mother
☥ Kristine Angulus - Sister
☥ Darcy Angulus - Sister
☥ Caren Angulus - Sister
☥ Sara Angulus - Sister

Brief Personality
Grant harbors an obscene hatred towards the paranormal creatures the exist throughout Isis.  They are presented as demons out to destroy all of mankind by the church he follows.  Due to his undying love for his religion he has sworn an oath to destroy all of these mythical, "unnatural" beasts that plague the land.  He wanders the lands in search for these beings so as to "send them back from whence they came" with the help of his trusty great sword and some holy water.  He truly believes everything he does is for the greater good and will hardly hesitate to take the life of someone in front of their loved ones if they have, for example, turned into anything non-human.

History
Grant lived a pretty uneventful life throughout his childhood.  He was raised as the only son in a household of five children (four of which being his female siblings) which granted him plenty of love and attention from his parents.  At the age of sixteen, Grant found himself falling in love with religion and at eighteen he had pledged his life to it.  After an attack on the church by a young group of rowdy vampires, he swore an oath to destroy all beasts that were deemed "unnatural" by his religion.  He now travels the lands hunting these beasts and refuses to stop until he has destroyed them all.

Powers & Abilities
Angulus has no special powers or abilities to speak of.  He relies heavily on his own physical strength, his great sword, holy water, and other small relics and trinkets to protect him on his adventures.

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☥ Image - Champion of the Parish MTG

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ALDAVEIL WINTRE

Gender: Male
Race: Wood Elf
Class: Druid

Age: 29 years
Alignment: True Neutral

Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 252 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Aldaveil has many tattoos that cover his face and torso.

Occupation: Nomad

Family
☥ unknown

Brief Personality
Aldaveil only truly cares about one thing, the wild lands.  He does not shy away from violence when it comes to protecting them.  To him, all life is sacred but he will not hesitate to kill someone who has decidedly threatened the life of another being.

History
Aldaveil Wintre has no idea of where he had come from.  As far as he is concerned, he was crafted from the trees and cared for by the animals of the forests.  He has never known any parents or siblings.  When asked he would answer that his name was whispered to him by the wind through the trees when he was young.  No one is sure if any of this rings true or not, though Aldaveil completely believes his own tales.

Powers & Abilities
Aldaveil has a strong connection to the wilderness, both plant life as well as the beasts of the wilds.

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☥ Image - Kor Scythemaster MTG

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BENJIMIN DARWULF

Gender: Male
Race: Werewolf
Class: Barbarian

Age: 34 years
Alignment: Chaotic Good

Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 277 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Ben has many scars covering his body with one prominent scar that covers his left eye.

Occupation: Hunter

Family
☥ Skjor Darwulf - Father
☥ Freida Darwulf - Mother
☥ Jacob Darwulf - Brother
☥ Issac Darwulf - Brother
☥ Makiah Darwulf - Sister

Brief Personality
Ben is a very instinctual, almost animalistic, type of person.  He relies on his gut and trusts his instincts when it comes to making most decisions.  First impressions will always make the biggest difference to him as he is stubborn and closed-minded causing him to take great issue with others attempting to change his view on matters, even if it is him changing his view on a specific person.  He enjoys the slow monotony of hunting and tracking.  Performing these tasks put him in a serene, peaceful state of mind.

With him being a werewolf he lives in constant fear of harming a human while in his beast form.  However, his feelings towards others of his species is complicated.  He harbors a love-hate relationship with the beasts as he hates them for putting him in his current situation but has a strong sense to form a pack and bond with others of his kind.  In his human form he tends to lean more towards the prior of the two feelings and will often times even try to track some of them down to kill them.  In his wolf form he is far more unpredictable.

History
Ben had a fairly uneventful childhood and grew to be a successful hunter and woodsman, allowing him to build his own home and survive living out in the woods with little interaction from others, the exception being when he would visit town to sell his furs and buy fruits and vegetables and maybe even some arrows from local vendors.

When out hunting in his early thirties he had a nasty encounter with a large wolf-like beast.  In the tussle with the creature he sustained many injuries and the monster fled before Ben had the chance to put it down.  Seeing as both were evenly matched in the battle, the creature must have determined that to sustain its own life it would also have to allow the hunter to live.  So Ben was left alone.  He had laid bloody on the forest floor until the moon rose over head.  He has no memory of how or why but he awoke right outside his own home and had been stripped of all of his clothing.  Most of his wounds had also managed to close up, though few had completely healed.

From this point forward he would unwillingly shift at every rise of the full moon, a curse having been set upon him for his failure to apprehend that beast.  He now searches the forests in search of the monster in hopes of it curing his curse.

Powers & Abilities
Under the light of the moon Ben takes on a beastly wolf form.  When in this state it is almost as if he is another being entirely as his mind is altered into a more primitive, blood-thirsty state that is willing to attack anything that moves.  While in this state he craves intimacy with others of his kind and will actively seek them out for companionship.

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Other Information
☥ Human form - Grim Flayer MTG
☥ Wolf form - Howlpack Resurgence MTG

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MANDOLI EFF'RA

Gender: Male
Race: Mandrill
Class: Trader

Age: 39 years
Alignment: Neutral Evil

Height: 4' 1"
Weight: 97 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Mandoli has no notable markings or scars.

Occupation: Traveling Salesman

Family
☥ Janja Eff'ra - Father
☥ Kyr Ay'Sri - Mother
☥ several unnamed siblings

Brief Personality
Money money money.  If you have it then you have Mandoli's attention.  He works as a trader and a conman, trying to get as much coin out of all passerby's as he possibly can.  It's not that he has anything to spend the coin on, more so his love of coins themselves.  Maybe it's the ability to claim to have wealth, or maybe it's the shine they give off or the sound of clinking in his pockets.  It has become his obsession and he will do almost anything to obtain as much as he possibly can.

History
Mandoli was raised normally by his people.  He was born to one of his father's harem, raised by the milk mothers of the tribe until he was weaned, and then thrown out to take care of himself, even going so far as being rejected and chased off by his own father for being seen as a threat and one who may try to take one of the fully-grown male's mates.

After living this way for a few years he was picked up by a traveling salesman hoping he could make some quick coin off of a small creature such as Mandoli by perhaps selling him off as a servant or some sort of pet.  However, the salesman found it difficult to move his new piece of "merchandise" and eventually found that the small creature was great to draw in potential customers and small enough to move through a crowd and pick the pockets of passerby's.  It was in this way that Mandoli discovered coin and his undying love for it.

As he grew into adulthood he began to get surges of testosterone that made him small but very dangerous to anyone not expecting the amount of strength he harbored in his short frame.  One night, when taking a brutal lecture from the salesman who had thus far provided for the baboon creature, he snapped in anger and bit off a large portion of the man's face.  Even then he didn't think much of it and calmly collected all of his own belongings, as well as those of his previous business associate, and left the man still alive, but bleeding profusely, on the desert ground behind him, never looking back and never caring to even let thoughts of this man cross his mind.  No one knew what he had done, thus, it would not affect business with the exception of giving him more merchandise to sell and more coin for his pockets.

Powers & Abilities
Mandoli has no real outstanding powers with the exception of the natural abilities of his species such as his heightened agility and climbing prowess.

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SIF STORMBLOOD

Gender: Female
Race: Human
Class: Fighter

Age: 24 years
Alignment: Lawful Good

Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 135 lbs

Scars/Tattoos/etc: Sif has a few massive scars that scour the front of her face.

Occupation: Mounted Guard

Family
☥ Tusken Stormblood - Father
☥ Teresa Stormblood - Mother
☥ Tusk Stormblood - Brother
☥ Terra Stormblood - Sister

Brief Personality
Sif lives purely on her morals.  Every decision she makes is what she 100% believes to be the right move so long as it saves the most lives and adheres to the laws.  She is a very caring person who judges solely on actions as she is completely blind due to an incident in her past.  She holds no grudges currently though is no stranger to taking revenge on others in the past.  However, she likes to believe she has moved past this needlessly violent behavior.

History
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Powers & Abilities
Sif has no outstanding powers.  Being blind she relies on her other senses as well as her jaguar mount, Tifa, to understand her surroundings.  Even so, she is very capable with her weapons and can handle herself when it comes to taking part in fights.

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☥ Sif Stormblood - Thalia, Heretic Cathar MTG
☥ Tifa the Jaguar Mount - Scythe Tiger MTG