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Name: "Alphonse"

Age: Looks to be in his early to mid-40’s

Gender: Male

Faction/Allegiance: Himself first an always. His Allegiance can be purchased for a time however.

Relic Description: Nameless

Nameless is a rusty chain slave bracelet on his left hand. Due to Alphonse’s abhorrence to Relics, his has grafted itself to his hand by lacing its chains through his skin. If one looks closely they can still see the scars from when he first tried to remove it. It turns black while inert.

Powers:

• Blood crafting: This power allows Alphonse to create items out of blood. They are fully functional replications. The items created are deep red in color. Unfortunately this ability requires blood as fuel thus only small handheld items such as lock picks or a dagger can be created without placing the user in danger

• Life Steal: This ability allows Alphonse to leech the life from the living through any fresh wounds they have. Leeching this life rapidly heals any wounds Alphonse might be suffering from giving him the capability to recover in from crippling injuries in seconds as long as his victim has enough life within them. The fuel required is some of the very same life force it steals it takes it as a tax.

• Shadow manipulation: A simple ability that allows Alphonse to shroud himself in shadows, useful for stealth but little else. Currently Alphonse is unsure what fuel this takes and is hesitant to learn.

These powers are not without drawbacks however
- Due to the relics powers over life force and blood it requires routine feeding of those very same things about once a week, failure to feed the relic leads it to stagnate and become inert. While inert Alphonse is under constant pain from the chain-links embedded in his arm, he also feels more lethargic.

- The relic also seems to have stunted the rate as which Alphonse heals naturally causing him to suffer from wounds for a lot longer than anyone else. If his relic is inert his natural healing process stops all together

- The last drawback is Alphonse is sensitive to cold Iron; it irritates his skin if contact is maintained for too long and it leaves him feeling drained.

It is possible that his relic holds more secrets, but as he loathes using it, he refrains from using it as much as he can. Thus he will never willingly learn more about it.

Appearance: Alphonse is a very forgettable person; his features are very bland with little evidence to his age. He is of average height, with short brown hair and Hazel colored eyes. His cloths when he is traveling make him out to be either a wanderer or a small time merchant with not obvious weapons or protections. He is ambidextrous but was born a lefty. Under his clothes there are faint scars and fading tattoos scattered across his body but none are immediately visible.

Flaws:

• Apathy: There are very few things that Alphonse truly cares about, thus it takes a monumental effort to get him invested in anything that doesn't concern his goal of survival and even then he is only as invested as far as his life is concerned.

• Lack of morals: As he was raised by the underworld to be a tool for assassination Alphonse doesn't shy away from killing or stealing or any other illegal or ‘evil’ actions. He will do whatever it takes to complete his goals.

• Paranoia & Distrust: Time and time again Alphonse has been taught or learned the hard way that the only one that can be trusted is himself. People just try to use or remove others, there is no middle ground.
• Hate of relics and evokers: He was trained to be wary of them as they had skills he couldn't hope to match. He learned to be afraid of them when he was used as a test subject by a twisted Evoker who wanted to test his new powers. Then he was forced to be one as his relic dug in to his flesh, determined to never let him be free of it. 

• Unsure how to function in society: He was raised to be an Assassin of unparalleled skill, to be pointed at a target and let loose. So he has issues dealing with the day to day normalcy and the point of social formalities.

• Skewed education: Due to his upbringing Alphonse did not have a proper education, everything he was taught was to help with his role as an assassination tool. 

Skills: He was groomed to be a weapon by various people in the underworld, they succeeded, and all his skills are for assassination. 
• Sharp mind: Due to years of being pointed at a target and let loose Alphonse has developed a very keen mind, he is able to quickly analyze and discern much about a situation with without prior information. He is also very perceptive, able to notice small details or hear faint noises that for others would pass up easily.
 
• Anatomy: Due to his training he has developed an acute familiarity with the human body allowing him to provide minor First aid as well as destroy or cripple his adversaries.
 
 • Alchemy: one of the more esoteric skills that he has picked up, it allows his to craft a variety of useful items such as poisons and acids or small yield explosives

• Combat: In a combative situation Alphonse fights much as a duelist Preferring sabers and daggers for the grace and ease of landing a particularly devastating wound easily. He is not above dirty tactics however, and will readily employ underhanded moves at every opportunity that is afforded to him.

• Infiltration: His most impressive skill however is the degree in which he can infiltrate any location that he needs to without anyone truly knowing about it. He is a master of stealth, capable of rendering himself unnoticeable in nearly any environment; he is also a skilled disguise artist capable of altering his appearance and mannerisms to impersonate anyone who he would choose to, which is backed up by a tongue of pure silver. Finally locks or traps are little more than a minor hindrance as his skill at opening or bypassing them is second to none. Suffice it to say no building is truly safe From Alphonse if he is determined to gain entry. 

 
Biography: Alphonse has not had the most blessed of lives. Born into slavery to a criminal organization in the heart of Othea his life was bleak. He grew up among other slaves, never knowing who he mother was, and he was looking to go nowhere. Till one day the head of the organization sold him off to an assassin as payment. The assassin took one look at the young boy and saw some small potential. So he started to train the boy in the art, but not to be an equal, not to be a companion, but a tool and nothing more. After a few years the mentor, having grown tired of him, sold him off as an expendable hit man; he would never have guessed what this would lead to. Alphonse’s next owner quickly pointed the young boy at a target and promptly forgot about him, until a month later Alphonse returned with his marks finger as proof. This was the beginning of than next part of Alphonse’s life, he was passed around sold and traded by the criminal underworld for decades. He was trained by most, ignored by some, and used as a fashion accessory by others. None care for him as anything more than a tool or a guard dog however, even as tales of his exploits grew more and more well known.

As he passed through various hands he inadvertently learned and was placed in to a variety of situations, he spent years in prison now and again, both as an inmate and to break someone out. He has spent time as a poison tester, as well as a chef assistant among other things. The most important even was shortly before he was set free. His last owner had just been killed in a hostile takeover and he had been placed in the hands of a psychotic Evoker. The man took great pleasure in torturing Alphonse doing everything he could to elicit a response from the Assassin. 

Alphonse spent years in that crazed man’s possession, being little more than a play thing to the Evoker. These years pushed Alphonse to the breaking point of his self-control and willpower as years upon years of discipline and training were eroded by a growing hate and instinctive need to escape. It was a small miracle that, days before Alphonse snapped there was a raid by the Holy Order of Idris, looking to kill the Insane Evoker and free the slaves.

Later, after he had been treated by healers and had regained himself he approached the commander that had spearheaded the raid and learned who they are and what it is they do. He offered his services shortly after learning their stance on Evokers. He still has contacts with them when they require a more subtle touch when dealing with Evokers such as nobles or well-beloved figures. 

Currently he is a wanderer seeking answers to various questions, offering his trade to pay the way.

Personality/motivation: Cold and jaded, Alphonse knows full well just how harsh life can be. He doesn't complain he doesn't brood and at times he just doesn't care. Except for two things: First those he deems an enemy are pursued ruthlessly, as he is willing to go to any means to insure they are dealt, often times choosing the cruelest method available to him. Second is the matter of his own survival, which he holds above all other things. Anything that poses a threat to his continued existence is considered an obstacle to be taken care of.

Final Point - Secrets: 

• He is an evoker, this is a shame he does his best to forget about

 • Alphonse is not his name. He was never actually given one, thus chose one upon being freed
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EDIT: Minor edits to relic and a hider for compact viewing