Name: Dren Rache

Nickname: The Gentleman Mage

Race: Human

Age: 25

Gender: Male 

Appearance: Slim and lanky, Dren has short grey hair in an unkempt style, usually hidden by his hat. His hands bear a number of small scars and burns from his alchemical work.  His eyes are an emerald green. He also bears a number of small cuts on his chest and stomach from a number of alchemy accidents. 


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Weight: 180lbs

Height: 6’4

Frame: Slim and tall. 

Personality: Sly and smooth, Dren is something of a wordsmith and could talk a man into selling him everything he owns. Something of a manipulator, Dren tends to use another person’s words against him. This can make him somewhat obnoxious. He holds himself in high standing and is very prideful, often acting posh or upper class despite the truth being anything but. 

Job: Alchemist

Fighting Style: An amateurish boxing style, otherwise just wild scrapping. 

Weapons from strongest to weakest: 

Trice Majestos Cane: A black walking stick with a gold bottom and rounded orb at the top, emblazoned with three star symbols on the hilt. Whilst normally functioning as a walking stick, the cane also has potential as a magic catalyst and is Dren’s primary form of defending himself. He supposedly made the cane himself and no-one has been able to prove him wrong yet. He also named it.

Item stock: Dren keeps a healthy supply of support items from his travels and a few he whipped up himself across the lands and makes use of them in tough situations. He also keeps a light supply of grenades which he particularly enjoys the use of. 

Anelace: A slightly long silver dagger with a hand guard that Dren keeps at his belt. He rarely ever uses it, save for the occasional duel with a swordsman. He keeps it hidden under his cloak and his skills with it are lacking. 

Armors/Outfits: 

Red Hat: A large wide brimmed red hat with a white feather stuck into it. Dren uses it to cover his face and hide it. 

Red overcloak: A large red cloak that Dren wears over his other clothes. Once again, it’s used to hide Dren’s appearance and also acts as a nifty place to store his wares and items. It also looks pretty cool when blowing in the wind. 

Ragged robes: Beneath the cloak, Dren’s clothes are not particularly special. They’re functional and cover his form but they look shabby. He keeps them hidden at all times to keep up his appearance.

White gloves: These cover Dren’s hands at all times to avoid showing the few scars and burns he’s received from his alchemical work. 

Familiar: 
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Familiar: Royal Rat Vanguard

Familiar Abilities: Grants Poison and Earth defense. Decreases fire resistance. 

Movement Type: Ground, walks and runs, can climb structures. 

Familiar Size: Tiny, very nimble and agile. 

Relic Weapons: Blowpipe styled cane with ivory rat head top. 

Relic Armors: Dren's red cloak and hat become battered and brown versions of themselves, seemingly crawling with rats. 

Trance: The Red Phantom

Dren’s limbs warp and extend outward, turning him wraithlike in appearance. His speed is doubled in this form, which assists in flinging his spells. His mind also becomes set on nothing but attack, losing all his intelligence. 

Pros: He wields strong black magic, though he relies on distraction tactics and befuddling his foes to win the day. He also keeps a helpful stock of items on him at all times. He is also highly intelligent, allowing him to think on the spot in tight situations. 

Cons: Dren has almost no physical forms of defending himself and in terms of physicality, is quite weak. Not to mention his reliance on items can leave him running out mid battle and his distraction tactics only tend to work against single opponents. 

Background: Originally born in Treno in Alexandria, Dren was born into a life of poverty in the slums of the city. He had to work hard to keep his family supported, taking whatever job he could get and working as much as he could. Whilst working, he discovered he had an eye for spotting compatible materials for unique concoctions, beginning his experimentation as an alchemist. 

When his parents passed away at the age of 15, Dren began stealing in order to further his new career, selling his concoctions and items wherever he could to make as much coin as he could. Once he finally had enough, he left the city to explore and sell his potentials somewhere else. He achieved moderate success and the recipes he learned helped him in a number of tricky spots.

When he returned to Treno, he was desperate not to slip back into a life of poverty and knew he had to gain favour with the lords. So, he purchased his robe and hat, hid his hands in gloves and began grooming himself into a makeshift lord. He got better and better, hiding his poor appearance and currying favour with powerful individuals slowly but surely. His skills as a mage earned him the nickname “The Gentleman Mage” by his fellows, finally allowing his transformation into a member of the high class to be complete. At least, that’s what it looked like.