[Hider=Ryteb Pyarros][b]Name:[/b] Ryteb Ignatius Pyarros
[b]Age:[/b] 45
[b]Gender[/b] Fluid, though tends to respond best to male pronouns.
[b]Race:[/b] Yokai Kitsune

[b]Culture:[/b] The Yokai are a nomadic people, each clan, or Hakki Yagyõ, having their own rules and traditions. Ryteb's birth clan were influenced heavily by the fae, possessing a druidic mindset and culture. The elders of the clan were very closed minded about technology, regarding civillisation as against the will of the world. Due to his exile from the clan, he tends to deliberately contradict this mindset out of petty vengeance.

[b]Racial Features:[/b] Akagami Kitsune posses a limited ability to shapeshift, namely between the form of a fox and humanoid as well as being able to shift genders on the fly. In tbeir humanoid form they posses fox ears and a tail. Their animal form has multiple tails for each decade of their life. Akagami have a natural magic linked to the clan, a bond that nurtures their growth and promotes their clan abilities.

[b]Appearance[/b] Short and lithe in his humanoid form, Ryteb is constantly mistaken for a child, not helped with his androgynous features. His red hair comes down to just below his shoulders, kept behind him in a ponytail by a hairband with a tiny silver gravestone with his initals engraved. In his fox form the hairband transforms into a collar. His eyes are red-orange, like a warmly flickering flame, and possess the same intellect in both forms.
He wears a Chinese kempo outfit, with the top having a silver tiger on the back. His back has a tattoo of a fox wreathed in fire and lightning. His hands are blackened by old burns.

[b]Occupation/Concept[/b] Navigation Officer and Co-Pilot

[b]Training:[/b] 
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[*] Apprenticed to the clan navigator from eight years old, terminated at the age of fourteen.
[*] Trained in interstellar navigation and combat by the Steel Tiger mercenary company.
[*] Self taught in manipulating essence, mostly fire and electricity manipulation.
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[b]Powers:[/b] 
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[*] Trained in hand-to-hand combat, knife combat, and handguns.
[*] A natural navigator, with well honed skill in astral and terrestrial cartography.
[*] Capable pilot, if slightly insane
[*] Able to channel essence into red fire and purple lightning. The red flames are far more destructive than regular fire, even burning the wielder if being handled without a focus. The lightning is strange, acting like normal electricity whilst possessing the power to multiply his innate abilities or create temporary copies of objects. Food and living things don't tend to play well with copying...
[*] Decent at tinkering, though relies on magic to make up for his lack of proper training. To amusing results.
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[b]Equipment:[/b]
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[*] A steel knife kept in a wrist holster. 
[*] Foxfire mk3, a pistol built to channel his fire into attacks without the risk of self injury.
[*] Portable Shield Generator, a stolen prototype of a bullet deflector. Inefficient for anyone unused to turning essence into electricity. Looks like an overteched bracer.
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[b]Airship:[/b] Less of an airship, more of a heavily modified glider designed to reach stupidly high speeds with little in the way of safety or comfort. Think the aerial equivalent of the Ariel Atom.

[b]Motivation:[/b] Staving off boredom.
 
[b]Personality:[/b] An adrenaline junkie masquerading as a serene martial artist. Generally easygoing unless you screw with his precious things. This is A) his office, B) his fellow crew, and C) his sweets. Doesn't respond well to authority, but is cordiel with those who have earned his trust. His morals are skewed, barely batting an eye at illegal activities.

[b]Flaws:[/b] 
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[*] A ridiculously bad cook.
[*] Reacts [i]violently[/i] to being confined or caged.
[*] Has an addiction to sherbert lemons. Gets pretty cranky without them.
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[b]Bio:[/b] An inquisitive mind born into a backwards clan, the young Kitsune chaffed against his compatriots who were happy to live in ignorance. So the youth planned his escape. Showing aptitude for navigation he was taken as an apprentice by the clan's wayfinder. He was fourteen when he finally was confident enough in his skills to self-exile himself from his clan.
For Yokai, exile is considered a punishment worse than death. Those who survive the inital pain of losing the clan magics generally go insane from the loss. But unlike other exiles, the kit didn't want the magics, his soul burning the bonds away with his desire for independence. He would not be chained by anyone, especially the elders. This desire manifested itself as red flames and purple lightning curling around him. Passing out from exhaustion is considerably better than the alternitive.
Making his way to the nearest spaceport, he never did find out the name of his home planet, he worked as an assistant mechanic while he tried to find a group to become apprenticed to. During the search, he created the first version of his glider. Of course, he promptly crashed it into a building. By some stupid luck, this crash would put him in the fastlane.
The Steel Tigers are a mercenary group leaning towards the criminal side of things. When the youth crashed in they were fully prepared to waste the little shit, and did in fact give it a damn good try. Unfortunately for them this kit had his destructive flames. When the reinforcements arrived they found the kid with burnt arms in the midst of charred corpses. A mage falling right into their laps was a blessing from the gods. They offered him a place in their organisation, which he agreed to so long as they respected his freedom. A deal only made sweeter when the realized he had talent as a navigator. 
His tenure with the Steel Tigers lasted fifteen years, parting ways only because he wanted to explore the universe without being stuck in their territory. For the next decade, he was a freelance hitman, avoiding getting tied down to the boring groups that tried to recruit him. This ended when he heard the stories about a powerful group of Mercs. The Marauders.

[i]Well, maybe they could curb his boredom.[/i]

[b]Extra Info:[/b] While technically a member of the Steel Tigers, acts more as a freelancer due to his wandering nature.
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