[hider=Ajen Songsun] [center] [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLmYxNTkwZS5RV3BsYmlCVGIyNW5jM1Z1LjEA/farisea-dark.fraktur.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/1tvrGgG.jpg?1[/img] [i]"I am Ajen. Heir to the Songsun House and Favored Child of Solarus."[/i] [color=FE5F04][h3][b][Ajen Songsun ⫻ ASNOGA ⫻ 22 ⫻ Lawful Neutral][/b][/h3][/color] [color=FE5F04][h2][b]▼ APPEARANCE ▼[/b][/h2][hr][hr][/color] [i]"Of course, if you don't want to hurt your eyes."[/i] Hair as gold as summer, skin gently kissed by the sun. Ajen looms at 6"3', with some muscle to his build, that betrays the extent his Aether is capable of pushing him to. Typically he chooses to wear simple but elegant clothing, befitting of his house. It's almost required to associate the mental image of him with the Zenith Edge, an Aether Weapon that he carries everywhere he goes. [color=FE5F04][h2][b]▼ PERSONALITY ▼[/b][/h2][hr][hr][/color] [i]"Expect me to discard the title of 'Aspirant' soon enough."[/i] You can't really make a saint out of people pampered from birth with the power to push around their peers. Due to his upbringing as one of the strongest Aether-bound Families, Ajen expects, no, [i]demands[/i] a lot of respect nearly everywhere he goes, be it the untamed wilderness of Asnoga or even outside of his home reality. He has high regard for tradition and customs, which he will pay out fairly but expect them to be paid in return. While he tries not to break any laws, he'll push them to their hinges and tries to find any loopholes as to not be "disrespectful". As a Warrior, he's eager for a decent challenge and will jump at the first call to prove or test his own strength. When not active on any missions, he constantly seeks to train and harness his Aether, reaching even greater heights. However, this behavior stems from his own sense of responsibility of succeeding his Family, as well as his nearly psychological-inability to face defeat. If he loses a competition, he'll come up with no shortage of excuses as to why he lost, for both himself and the victor. [color=FE5F04][h2][b]▼ BACKSTORY ▼[/b][/h2][hr][hr][/color] [i]"Grab a seat! And maybe a notepad, this is worth writing down. . ."[/i] Not only was Ajen born to the Songsuns, one of the most powerful Houses in all of Asnoga whose Aether was bound to Solarus, but he was born on the Solarus Solstice Holiday, which is said to have only amplified his natural blood. He skyrocketed amongst his peers, having Aether with the potency of a skilled Asnogan by the time he was in school, and already the knowledge to use it. It seemed for a time he was naturally born for victory. But that was only building him up to demolish him by the first time he tasted the sting of defeat. Each year, on an Aether Solstice, each of the Houses associated with the respective Aether would receive a visit from that Aether's Avatar, the most powerful Asnogan of that specific flavor. More than confident in his own abilities, the 13-year-old Ajen challenged Ketz, the Avatar of Solarus, to single combat... And lost miserably. Regardless of his power and training, Ketz almost instantly vanquished Ajen, shattering his entire world up until that point. Only to make matter wose, Ketz had held back against the young Ajen, meaning he only experienced a sliver of his power. After that moment, Ajen took to constantly improving himself, spending his entire days cultivating his own strength and prowess in hopes of one day defeating the Avatar of Solarus and ripping his title away from him. His obsession with self-betterment has so much as driven him to find the Great Smith Avaan, who forged him the Zenith Point out of his own Aether. He then went back to challenge Ketz again. But this time, Ketz would not show mercy to the adult Ajen. Anyone who faced just a fraction of his strength yet still came back to challenge him again was a fool. This time, Ajen only fared slightly better, yet was still no match for the Avatar of Solarus. He would have died, albeit with the respect of Ketz, were he not to be plucked out of his universe by Praxis several seconds before the final blow. [color=FE5F04][h2][b]▼ ABILITIES & EQUIPMENT ▼[/b][/h2][hr][hr][/color] [i]"Where are you safe? Let's start with wherever the sun can't find you, then go from there."[/i] [color=E23D15][b]Solar Aether[/b][/color] - As a child marked by Solarus, Ajen has the ability to manipulate Solar Energy. He's able to absorb energy from the sunlight, which he can then unleash through fantastic and powerful effects. Asside from being able to become a walking flashlight, he can also heal wounds, shoot offensive rays, temporarily bolster his physical strength, and even create weapons out of pure energy. His signature technique is the [color=E23D15]Reign of Helios[/color], a technique where he can create artificial spears of sunlight surrounding him, which will quickly fly towards and barrage the opponent. However this can be quite taxing if overused in a short period of time. [color=E23D15][b]Zenith Edge[/b][/color] - A spear forged out of pure Solarus. It's radiant tip allows it to simply melt through nearly any sort of physical armor, as well as burn the victim. It also serves as a crutch for Ajen's power, giving him a source of Solarus that he can manipulate into firing projectiles, reducing the personal Aether he would need to expend to do so. [b]Peak Condition[/b] - Ajen is in the top physical condition for a human. While not impressive outside the range of an average human, it does provide a good groundwork for his Solar Aether to work from. [color=FE5F04][h2][b]▼ LIMITS-WEAKNESSES ▼[/b][/h2][hr][hr][/color] [i]"Of course I have my limits! It wouldn't be fair otherwise."[/i] [b]Big Comfort Zone: [/b]Due to both his Aether prowess and personal upbringing, Ajen is incredibly arrogant and close-minded. His immediate solution to a problem he can't solve via force is to use [i]more[/i] force, which hardly works in his favor. He relies too much on offensive abilities, refusing to learn how to use his Solarus Aether efficiently or in a more versatile way. [color=E23D15][b]Daylight Savings: [/b][/color] Like all other Solarus-born Asnogans, Ajens draws his power from sunlight, slowly absorbing Aether while basking in it. He doesn't regenerate any in the darkness, which combined with his reckless abandon for using flashy and extravagant techniques means he's hopeless in a battle of attrition. He also consumes Aether naturally, like food or water, meaning if he goes too long either underground or in a verse without sunlight, he'll gradually begin to run out of Aether. Once he loses Aether, his body will try to substitute with nutrients, causing Ajen to slowly atrophy and weaken until he eventually perishes. [color=FE5F04][h2][b]▼ OTHER ▼[/b][/h2][hr][hr][/color] [i]"Obviously, one world was too small for me."[/i] [/center] [/hider]