[hider=Kuonlos Van Ochens]
[b]Name:[/b] Kuonlos Van Ochens
[b]Age:[/b] Around 47 years old
[b]Gender[/b] Male
[b]Race:[/b] Ghelt
[b]Culture:[/b] The Ghelt tend to be very goal oriented. The ends justify the means, so long as the ends suit them. They have very limited control over essence on their own, so they often use devices and technology to do so for them. As a result, they are extraordinarily advanced in their technology. They also tend to have considerably more stamina than humans, although they aren't stronger or faster on average. Their home planet was destroyed by a devil recently, and all specimens of this species died or have become drifters. All this isn't to say they're hostile, however. They could swing either way.
[b]Racial Features:[/b]  [list]
[*]Pseudo-Vampire: We take the appearance of a Vampire but we never actually died. 
[*]Physical Limits: We have significantly higher stamina than other species, but on average we're not stronger or faster.
[*]Magical Limits: We have a difficult time harnessing the essence all around us. Instead we use highly advanced technology.[/list]
[b]Appearance[/b] 
[img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/f91952ab-8947-4f88-8e97-c544cfec1c05.jpg[/img]
[b]Occupation/Concept[/b]  Kuonlos is a techno-warrior mercenary who is part of a three man hitsquad. Within this squad he fills the role of an armoured warrior, and can provide buffs of protection to himself and his allies.
[b]Training:[/b] 
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[*]Melee Weapons: He is unusually good at using melee weapons. Not just swords, but polearms, axes, blunt weapons, and any kind of handheld weapon you can name. He has a preference for his sword, Bacus Uchin.
[*]Disguise: He must disguise himself as a human to do much interaction on a daily basis, so he's become quite good at this.
[*]Ship Maintenance: He's definitely no engineer, but he can perform minor repairs.
[*]Mounted Gunning: Kuonlos has picked this up recently, so he's still not great at it, but he can operate a ship's gun with a decent level of skill.
[*]Weapon and Armour maintenance: During fights things get bloody, dirty, and sometimes nicked. He has to know how to clean and repair his equipment so it doesn't become a larger problem, like rust.
[*]Intimidation: He is particularly large, wears a lot of armour, and carries two weapons with him wherever he goes. What about that could be intimidating? He tends to draw focus on the battlefield, because if you don't take him out, he will take you and your buddy out. In conversation he tends to cow those he talks to. If they're particularly susceptible to fear, he may even be able to deliver orders.
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[b]Powers:[/b] 
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[*]Absorb: Kuonlos forms a magical ward that fully encircles him. This is used to absorb impact more so than damage, causing him to power through other attacks. He absorbs 17% of damage through this. (think poise in Dark Souls 1).
[*]Decaying Touch: Kuonlos touches his opponent with a hand shrouded in evil souls drawn out of his sword. This applies necrosis to the affected area, and curses the target with the same enchantment that his sword does. (details under equipment)
[*]Unholy Strength: A fairly standard self buff. Causes Kuonlos to become stronger, and move faster as a result. (Enchanted creature gets +2/+1)
[*]Dark Pulse: Kuonlos emits a shockwave centered on him with a strength and range proportionate to the essence expended. Depending on strength, this can cause people to stagger, knock them over, or send them flying.
[*]Dark Plate: Kuonlos creates a suit of magic armour to surround an ally. It resists fairly well against everything except light magic. Dark magic is absorbed into the armour. This spell is quite potent, so it's a constant drain on Kuonlos. Usually he can only keep it up for about 1-2 mins.
[*]Twisted Armour: There is nothing a melee warrior hates more than an archer. Kuonlos can create a suit of armour on himself that causes all projectiles that hit it to fall to the floor harmlessly. It lasts five seconds, requires a moderate amount of energy, and can have ten projectiles hit it before it shuts down.
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[b]Equipment:[/b]
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[*]PDA and universal translator. Everyone already knows what this is so I'll skip a description
[*]Full body suit: Amalgamated from pieces of armour, cloth, and bionics. It covers his entire body. It's mostly armour, but there's some cloth and a few bionics. The armour plates are balanced. Light, but not so light that they'll crumple. They're fitted similarly to gothic plate to provide very good protection while allowing good maneuverability.
[*]Assorted Maintenance Tools: Whetstones, files, sharpening steels, oilcloths, regular cloths, spare straps, spare rivets, hammer and small anvil, etc. He uses this to repair his weapons and armour should they get damaged.
[*]Assorted melee weapons: He owns all kinds of weapons. Typically he only carries two. Bacus Uchin, plus one other.
[hider=Bacus Uchin][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/6590952f-09f2-4acc-91ed-f3611cfb96d2.jpg[/img]

A sword used by an executioner, before Kuonlos took a liking to it. Executioner swords gather evil within them over time, as the souls of the ones it kills pool up in its blade due to the lack of a point. This lends it to evil essence rather well.

Because of the thick, wide blade and lack of a distal taper, cuts with this two handed sword are absolutely brutal. They can cut through unarmoured people extremely easily. To be fair, that's what it was designed for. On the other hand, it's fairly heavy and hard to use for long periods of time. Kuonlos' extra stamina allows him to fight longer than an ordinary human with it, luckily.

Due to the evil pooled in the steel, Bacus Uchin has become a significantly powerful evil artefact. Cuts received from it go necrotic within a few days, often causing death or amputation. As an added bonus, when a live being dies to this sword or the necrosis it causes, it is resurrected for a period of five days under the thrall of their killer. The way this works is that when they die, the sword exchanges a soul with the person who inhabited the body: the one in the body goes into the sword, and one of the ones in the sword goes into the body. The one that enters the sword is corrupted over time, and twisted to obey Kuonlos. The one that enters the body is able to use it to enact Kuonlos' will for a preiod of five days.

It is not uncommon to see bisected corpses crawling around after a battle involving Kuolnos.[/hider]
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[b]Airship:[/b] The hitsquad is in possession of an airship, but Dahal owns and maintains it
[b]Motivation:[/b] Kuonlos seeks to protect those close to him, and he has little other motivation. He lives for his friends.
[b]Personality:[/b] Kuolnos has a strong drive toward what he wants, whether that be a long term goal, or a price cut on some food. He's not particularly easy going, either. Life is serious, life is for getting what you want, and if you disagree you're an obstacle. Then again, he isn't an idiot. He won't go around killing people just because they disagree with him, as that would cause too many problems. Instead, he uses his sword on people trying to kill him, and his armour on those who can be easily cowed.
[b]Flaws:[/b] Due to his species, he can't manipulate essence too well, relying on technology to do it for him. Also due to his species he must remain disguised at all times, for fear of being rejected from society. As a character, he tends to use his blunt personality and strength to solve most problems. He isn't exactly dumb, but he finds himself at a loss when those don't work. From his training he tends to be weak against ranged attacks, and must get in close to do any kind of damage.
[b]Bio:[/b] Kuonlos was born into a stable home environment which encouraged his every interest. Unfortunately for him, his fgamily was the only stable part of his life: His peers were vicious, their planet wanted to see everyone on it dead, and he was constantly troubled by nightmares. This sculpted him into an untrusting being, who knew how to keep himself alive. Despite his mistrust, he did manage to make two close friends. Karna and Dahal. Each of the three had their own shtick, and as they got older they each found ways to refine this.

Kuonlos enrolled in the Gheredin, the force of Ghelt that protects the Ghelt from the monsters that ravage their world. He was assigned to be a protector, meaning he specialised in melee combat and protective magitech. He was trained to the high standards of the Gheredin, although it was not easy. Nobody did well here. Not naturally, anyway. You would get nothing if you didn't fight for it, and because of this the strongest grew stronger and the weakest tried harder. 

At the time this seemed cruel. But then Kuonlos started to notice things. Those who were stronger became complacent, and the weaker ones eventually took over. The new weak ones would feel shunned and seek to put the new stronger ones back in their place. And thus, an arms race began. This was backed by 12 hours a day of intense exercise and training: Weighted uphill running, Anti gravity training, Practical combat training, drills, teamwork exercises, and magic technique. Within this environment, Kuonlos appeared as "That guy over there". He was never good enough to be in with the strong crowd, but not bad enough to be considered weak. He did particularly well with combat, but not as good as was expected with magic.

After his training he was grouped with some others that complimented his abilities. They were assigned low risk missions to get them used to real world experience. Basically they didn't have to fight mountain wurms. Although one mission went terribly wrong. There was a low risk alert, but when they arrived, there was half a dozen demons who had sacked the village and hacked the alert machine. Now... 5 monster hunters were not nearly enough to take out 6 demons. Especially without backup. They managed to become split up by the demons, who then hunted them through the surrounding rainforest. Kuonlos was lucky enough to have his defensive magic to keep himself alive long enough to hide in the executioner's house. The next few seconds were a blur, but they ended with the demon being bisected from head to lung by the executioner's sword. 

The sword felt revolting to the touch, as it had pooled the souls of all the criminals who had died by its blade within the steel. On the side, the words "Bacus Uchin" were woven into an intricate pattern of vines, corpses, and torture devices. Naturally, he took it for his own. At this moment he be became Exalted. Pure ecstasy rushed over him as motes of his essence swirled all over the town. They tore through the demons and the buildings, destroying everything that hadn't already been leveled to the ground. 

After this, he met back with his old friends. They had each learned something new from their respective training, and off they went. Their first mission failed, but they kept going anyway. Kuonlos was acting as a bodyguard of sorts to Dahal while he collected information on the gods, which suited Kuonlos just fine. He was interested in the gods, but much more so in keeping his friend who knew more about them alive. 

And so they have been for the past years, wandering the galaxy in search of divine knowledge.
[b]Extra Info:[/b] Did you ever consider that dragons have cold blood, and breathe fire?[/hider]