All righty then. Let's see if I can use a straight sword properly. First time I've ever tried my hand at it. [hider=Auz of Bavaria] [img]https://s22.postimg.org/650vlfgsx/Auz.png[/img] [color=0072bc]Name:[/color] Auz of Bavaria [color=0072bc]Age:[/color] 27 [color=0072bc]Height:[/color] 5'10" [color=0072bc]Weight:[/color] 150 pounds [color=0072bc]Race:[/color] Human [b][color=0072bc]Weapons and Equipment- [/color][/b] [img]https://s12.postimg.org/5k5wgyvzh/Auz_3.png[/img] *Steel cuirass, tassets, greaves, half helm, and gauntlets. The works, you know. *120 cm straight sword *steel buckler *Two knives, a stiletto with a 7" blade and a gauche dagger with a 12" blade. [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/74/e7/23/74e7236335d2b5405c9346d24f0aa3ea.jpg[/img] [b][color=0072bc]Appearance-[/color][/b] Auz is slender but sturdy man, with a light blonde bowl cut and large, blue eyes rimmed in red, as if he rarely gets good sleep. He has cruel eyebrows and usually wears a leonine expression, that of a man ready to fight to the death at a moment's notice. Over his heart is the tattoo of an ouroboros. [img]https://s15.postimg.org/s8bt15nuz/Auz_4.png[/img] [img]https://amyalexc.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/ouroboros1.jpg[/img] [b][color=0072bc]Abilities/Skills-[/color][/b] Auz is an aggressive, calculating swordsman who employs techniques from the German School of Fencing, as well as irregular moves of his own design. He's highly versatile and creative with his long sword, able to use it in just about any way that can be imagined. Additionally he's skilled with his two knives and at using his buckler as a weapon, and has no qualms about using any part of his body to fight. Physically, he's got a heavy lean towards speed over power. He's frightfully fast, a sort of Bruce Lee among fencers, so to speak. Naturally it's not possible to swing a sword as fast as a fist, but regardless most warriors that encounter Auz for the first time are utterly taken aback by his diabolical swiftness. He's not overtly strong, per se, but can hold his own in a grapple. [img]http://www.factfiend.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dxAYQo.gif[/img] [img]https://s17.postimg.org/451zsrhan/Auz_2.png[/img] [b][color=0072bc]Personality-[/color][/b] Auz is cutting and sardonic, his dark wit (the man enjoys his one-liners) born from pessimism. He cares not for status or friendship, being a solitary soul in search of nothing but that which gives his life meaning; war. He doesn't like alcohol or other substances, and only enjoys the company of women after a battle. His solemn, irreverent mentality isolates him, but he's not necessarily a "bad guy". He fights for the underdogs when he can, and doesn't partake or suffer the killing of the helpless. That being said, he doesn't care for hostages. Should an opponent try to use another life as a bargaining chip, Auz would just as soon tell his adversary to go ahead and see how much worse of a death they'll get. [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/94/b1/15/94b1159164de503e6324f6f457b76b46.jpg[/img] [b][color=0072bc]Background-[/color][/b] Auz was born in the age of Germanic kings, a disowned prince whose lineage was thrown into obscurity. From the moment he could walk, until he was fourteen, he was trained by the best fencers in the land. Before his next birthday he was given to a distant uncle and sent away, yet was quick to get into the fray and put his skills to the test. He killed his first opponent at age 15, and went on to become a mercenary. He spend his adulthood mastering his trade, devoting himself to the way of the sword as he cut down foe after foe. Old Auz was a regular Musashi, and soon other fighters started seeking him out, desiring to make a name for themselves. The only names they got were those carved on their grave markers. little else can be said of Auz. There were no dramatic affairs, no arch rivals nor emotional conflicts. He traveled, he fought, he did the hokey-pokey. [color=0072bc][b]Theme Music-[/b][/color] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJm8fZ6WS5Y[/youtube][/hider]