Post by Eldrin/Vai on May 22, 2023 18:53:30 GMT -6
Name: Kalin "Kal"
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Race: Rito
Physical Description: Kal is tall even for a Rito, with most others of his race reaching up to just below his beak. His wingspan is longer than most Hylians are tall. His black beak is short, but razor sharp. He has a streak of black feathers that extend from his beak backward, across his eyes (like a mask), and fringing the grey feathers of his plumage. His head is crested by the grey feathers of his plumage, which stick up wildly. This grey extends all the way down to his shoulders. His back and wings are a vibrant brown color, but the tail feathers and the tips of his wings are black. His breast and the front of his neck are covered in fluffy feathers that are brilliant white in color.
Kal wears a set of traditional Rito leather armor, with a metal plate on his chest displaying his tribal crest, and feathered shoulder pads. He has one ornamental braid that falls down the left side of his face.
His spear is heavily decorated, with alternating multicolored bands, glass beads, and with three feathers. One coarse and iridescent black, another vibrant blue and soft to the touch, and the final is a fiery red and yellow. The three feathers were tied about a foot below the spearhead, low enough to be kept safe from most of the blood and gore that his spear might inflict, but high enough to not interfere with his grip.
Weapons: Feathered Spear and Kite Shield
Magic: “The Wisdom of the Elders” or psychometry. Kal possesses the ability to recall information about an item’s past by touching it. This power is quite esoteric in nature, and Kal does not understand it very well. He can activate it deliberately, but not to see specific information. For instance, if he touches a murder weapon he might recall the killing and identify the murderer, or he might recall a shopkeeper polishing it and putting it in a display case.
Upon first touching an item, he sees the memory that is most highly charged with emotion. If he spends enough time delving into its memory, he can find more. However the less emotionally charged the memory, the more "fuzzy" it becomes. Vague and distant like a childhood memory. Every time somebody touches an object, they imbue it with a psychic impression. The stronger their emotions when they touch the object, the stronger the psychic impression. As an example, think of a fancy glass cup. The finest work a glassblower ever made. A wealthy older woman buys the cup, but it's one of many that she owns, each just as high in quality. She is not emotionally invested in the cup. It's just another cup, but to the glassblower it was the cup. The memory of the glassblower's pride would be more prominent than the memories of the older woman owning it, so Kal would see those first.
Being new to his powers, Kal is currently unable to see any but the most prominent memories attached to an item.
TL;DR, when he touches certain items, he experiences an echo of the memories of a person connected to that item.
Likes: Tradition, honor, duty, his adopted son Ash, meat pie, training
Dislikes: Impropriety, fighting dishonorably, warm weather, being idle
Biography: Kalin was born to the Featherbottom Rito tribe. From a young age, he knew what path his life would take. He would be a Rito warrior, and serve his tribe loyally, and that is exactly what he did. In his youth, he trained with a champion of his people, Setari Nightwind. She was a battle-scarred Rito with pitch-black feathers, a master of the spear. She taught Kalin everything she knew. In time, she retired, and Kal took up her duties.
He served for thirty years, always putting the good of the tribe first. During this time he lead the warriors of his tribe in a battle against a crew of pirates that were raiding Rito lands. They were hunting a former member of their tribe, who had become the captain of these pirates. Upon defeating them, he found a young Rito fledgling, whom he took under his wing and eventually adopted.
Now he is getting older, and his body is growing less adroit. He has retired and now seeks to fulfill a different vow. He has begun to manifest powers, what his tribe calls the “Wisdom of the Elders” and now feels it his responsibility to use his powers to unlock ancient secrets.
Miscelaneous: The bio is a little rough, I just wanted to get all the facts down for now. I'll come back later and spruce it up. Also I roughly based his design on a red-backed shrike, so if the color scheme I described is hard to picture, try to imagine this as a Rito:
Note the black stripe across the eyes, and the brown wings. Those are basically his most striking features, and probably what others would notice about him first.
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Race: Rito
Physical Description: Kal is tall even for a Rito, with most others of his race reaching up to just below his beak. His wingspan is longer than most Hylians are tall. His black beak is short, but razor sharp. He has a streak of black feathers that extend from his beak backward, across his eyes (like a mask), and fringing the grey feathers of his plumage. His head is crested by the grey feathers of his plumage, which stick up wildly. This grey extends all the way down to his shoulders. His back and wings are a vibrant brown color, but the tail feathers and the tips of his wings are black. His breast and the front of his neck are covered in fluffy feathers that are brilliant white in color.
Kal wears a set of traditional Rito leather armor, with a metal plate on his chest displaying his tribal crest, and feathered shoulder pads. He has one ornamental braid that falls down the left side of his face.
His spear is heavily decorated, with alternating multicolored bands, glass beads, and with three feathers. One coarse and iridescent black, another vibrant blue and soft to the touch, and the final is a fiery red and yellow. The three feathers were tied about a foot below the spearhead, low enough to be kept safe from most of the blood and gore that his spear might inflict, but high enough to not interfere with his grip.
Weapons: Feathered Spear and Kite Shield
Magic: “The Wisdom of the Elders” or psychometry. Kal possesses the ability to recall information about an item’s past by touching it. This power is quite esoteric in nature, and Kal does not understand it very well. He can activate it deliberately, but not to see specific information. For instance, if he touches a murder weapon he might recall the killing and identify the murderer, or he might recall a shopkeeper polishing it and putting it in a display case.
Upon first touching an item, he sees the memory that is most highly charged with emotion. If he spends enough time delving into its memory, he can find more. However the less emotionally charged the memory, the more "fuzzy" it becomes. Vague and distant like a childhood memory. Every time somebody touches an object, they imbue it with a psychic impression. The stronger their emotions when they touch the object, the stronger the psychic impression. As an example, think of a fancy glass cup. The finest work a glassblower ever made. A wealthy older woman buys the cup, but it's one of many that she owns, each just as high in quality. She is not emotionally invested in the cup. It's just another cup, but to the glassblower it was the cup. The memory of the glassblower's pride would be more prominent than the memories of the older woman owning it, so Kal would see those first.
Being new to his powers, Kal is currently unable to see any but the most prominent memories attached to an item.
TL;DR, when he touches certain items, he experiences an echo of the memories of a person connected to that item.
Likes: Tradition, honor, duty, his adopted son Ash, meat pie, training
Dislikes: Impropriety, fighting dishonorably, warm weather, being idle
Biography: Kalin was born to the Featherbottom Rito tribe. From a young age, he knew what path his life would take. He would be a Rito warrior, and serve his tribe loyally, and that is exactly what he did. In his youth, he trained with a champion of his people, Setari Nightwind. She was a battle-scarred Rito with pitch-black feathers, a master of the spear. She taught Kalin everything she knew. In time, she retired, and Kal took up her duties.
He served for thirty years, always putting the good of the tribe first. During this time he lead the warriors of his tribe in a battle against a crew of pirates that were raiding Rito lands. They were hunting a former member of their tribe, who had become the captain of these pirates. Upon defeating them, he found a young Rito fledgling, whom he took under his wing and eventually adopted.
Now he is getting older, and his body is growing less adroit. He has retired and now seeks to fulfill a different vow. He has begun to manifest powers, what his tribe calls the “Wisdom of the Elders” and now feels it his responsibility to use his powers to unlock ancient secrets.
Miscelaneous: The bio is a little rough, I just wanted to get all the facts down for now. I'll come back later and spruce it up. Also I roughly based his design on a red-backed shrike, so if the color scheme I described is hard to picture, try to imagine this as a Rito:
Note the black stripe across the eyes, and the brown wings. Those are basically his most striking features, and probably what others would notice about him first.