[hider=Artificer Pox] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/2HsmQcf.png[/img] [hr] [img]https://chocolatemix.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/2017-04-16-161338.jpg?w=550&h=312[/img][/center] [hr] [color=lightgreen][center][h2]"𝓓𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂, 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓯𝓲𝔁 𝓲𝓽... 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓼𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮!"[/h2][/center][/color] [color=lightgreen][u][b]Nickname[/b][/u] [/color] Pox [color=lightgreen][u][b]Age[/b][/u] [/color] 24 [color=lightgreen][u][b]Gender[/b][/u] [/color] Male [color=lightgreen][u][b]Sexuality[/b][/u] [/color] Bi-Curious and Xenophilic Marius has an attraction to the strange and alien and while he can form romantic relationships with other humans, he finds inhuman features to be strangely fascinating and aesthetically more attractive. He has on occasion cast glances at other races even if he knew they were male. [color=lightgreen][u][b]Race[/b][/u] [/color] Human [hr] [center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b2/01/97/b20197c02038ba15e747911e4f9811d9.jpg[/img][/center] [hr] [color=lightgreen][u][b]Personality[/b][/u][/color] [list] [*][b]+Heart of Gold[/b] [indent] Pox's compassion and empathy are without limits. He will go out of his way to help those in need, showing a rare form of selflessness sometimes even at significant cost to himself.[/indent] [*][b]+Intellectual[/b] [indent] Pox is a genius. His childhood has been studying magic, medicine, chemistry, engineering and magitech so that he can grow and learn to build them with his hands.[/indent] [*][b]+Industrious[/b] [indent] If Pox could give anything away, it would be his need to sleep. There is always something to do, something to discover, something to build, something to improve. His mind is at a mile a minute.[/indent] [*][b]-Curious[/b] [indent] Wanderlust and fascination with the strange and unknown leads him to paths probably best not followed, but once he gets an idea in his head, he'll never let it go without significant probing.[/indent] [*][b]-Naive[/b] [indent] Pox believes in a world without fighting, everyone moving to glorious shining progress. He has read about the world from the tellings of others, but finds it hard to accept things for as they are. The world is beautiful, glamorous, and everyone and everything is inherently good, even when that is not the case...[/indent] [*][b]-Arrogant[/b] [indent] Growing up among nobility, being born with intelligence, and the resources to act on that intelligence gives him a sense of superiority that people, particularly those less charmed, can find insufferable. He's too happy for such a world full of conflict.[/indent] [/list] [color=lightgreen][u][b]Background[/b][/u][/color] House Hierophox had an illustrious history as the founder of the family acclaimed great wealth and prestige by building and maintaining the rail lines and engines that transport Kina's goods and people throughout the region. Since then, its been pretty much expected that the house produce great innovators. Marius Hierophox fit into this expectation a little... too well. Marius was hyper active and constantly doing something, always looking at the world with wide eyed wonder. He'd forgo lessons of propriety and etiquette for more times in the library or listening to stories of those explorers and merchants who visited their estate. It gave him a sense of wanderlust and a hungering need for knowledge. Then the experiments began. Much to his family's chagrin the child began to bleed them for funds to consult with experts and build all manner of automatons and inventions. Many saw it as an investment, others saw it as a waste. The young lord should be It was his early teens when he saw an elf for the first time. A merchant queen wanting to use their rails to cross the country, and Marius was instantly smitten by her ethereal beauty. It lead him to look beyond the gates of the estate, the city itself to find such beauty elsewhere in the world. Finding little support for endeavors that would take him away from family matters, he began to secretly apprentice with the guilds that study ancient wonders and create artifacts, honing and refining his own techniques. Becoming more and more mystified with the art of artifice, he tried to enroll in the Spiral Academy, the premier center for magitech and magical studies. His family, now tired of his useless and scatterbrained attempts at mad science refused him, and so Marius abandoned his family and joined the Kina military, whom could sponsor and recommend him to join the prestigious order through service. He uses the Academy to fund his expeditions to the outside world, seeking ancient ruins and the secrets of other races so that the city could benefit. In all honesty he uses them as an opportunity to not only learn but to teach. [color=lightgreen][u][b]Appearance [/b][/u][/color] [hider=Adventuring Attire] [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/code-realize/images/d/d2/Abraham.png/revision/latest?cb=20150713081335[/img] [/hider] [hr] [color=lightgreen][u][b]Allegiance [/b][/u][/color] Allied: Kina City His nobility can offer him a few perks in the city. He considers himself an enemy to no one. [color=lightgreen][u][b]Abilities[/b][/u][/color] [list] [*][b]Artificer[/b] [indent]His gift at understanding the intricacies of enchantments that channel magic have allowed him to obtain the rank of artificer within the city. Its his job to study, build, and maintain the magitech infrastructure that makes the city of Kina great. His tinkering and position has abled him to have some potent artifacts on his person, for defense and utilitarian design.[/indent] [*][b]Apothecary[/b] [indent]Studying chemistry ended up leading to the study of alchemy, an important facet when it came to the artifacts of magitech as many components and reagents needed to be properly combined to resonate and channel magic. He carries a number of useful concoctions from healing draughts to smoke bombs, to oils that strengthen the body and sharpen a blade. He is currently a beginner in magic but hopes to learn transmutation at some point.[/indent] [*][b]Combat Medic[/b] [indent]The rank of artificer involved some time service in Kina's military. His position initially was maintaining the industrial war machines, but the demand for medical personnel and healers became too great and his prior knowledge and skilled handiwork allowed him to learn some useful skills. Namely, how to perform field surgery and fire the black powder rifles and revolvers utilized by the military. Valuable skills he uses to keep him and others safe and patch up others when he fails to.[/indent] [/list] [center][img]https://www.anime-planet.com/images/characters/abraham-van-helsing-111097.jpg?t=1508063620[/img] [sub]Threatening a mob of rioters in order to stall for backup[/sub][/center] [color=lightgreen][u][b]Strengths[/b][/u][/color] [list] [*][b]Carouser[/b] [indent]Pox is an extrovert. He loves to meet new people, regardless of background and race. He has a way with words, and is always positive. To the right crowd, Pox can be the life of the party and a very welcome means of optimism and moral support. [/indent] [*][b]Scholarly[/b] [indent]Pox at this point knows a little bit about everything. He's spent years with tutors, requesting experts and apprenticing with explorers, mages, artificers, savants, and scientists. You can always count on him to share the knowledge he uncovered.[/indent] [*][b]Craftsman[/b] [indent]Likewise, his knowledge of items and their use and repair has proved invaluable to the City of Kina. With the right set of tools and a pair of extra hands, Pox can build, fashion, repair, appraise and use artifacts and magitech, saying nothing of mundane objects. Hes very good with his hands.[/indent] [*][b]Diplomacy[/b] [indent]Pox has studied much of customs and the world beyond and his noble upbringing backs him up. Flattery, persuasion, mediation, and compromise are all pretty much second nature to him, making him great at solving problems between people.[/indent] [/list] [color=lightgreen][u][b]Weaknesses[/b][/u][/color] [list] [*][b]Too Trusting[/b]: [indent]He fundamentally believes people are good, leaving him to be tricked on more then one occasion. He is not so stupid as to let himself be fooled again, but his bleeding heart means he will give people the benefit of the doubt even if they shown time and again they don't deserve it.[/indent] [*][b]Frailish[/b]: [indent]Despite moving, working on machines, traveling, Pox is no warrior. He knows how to shoot, maybe a little of tactics from his times in the military and study, but he was born in an ivory tower reading books. By the time he got older, he already missed the time he should been playing with children and building up his strength and stamina. He can get work done, but mostly he relies on technology and innovation for labor.[/indent] [*][b]Philanderer[/b]: [indent]Pox loves love. A true and total romantic at heart, he will leap on the opportunity of finding connection with another. But in subjects of the heart, he is a bit of a fair weather friend. Breaking hearts when he must inevitably move on, and from there find a new person for his attentions. Playing with hearts like this does not earn him friends, and he can fall hard and fast, making him easy to manipulate.[/indent] [center][img]https://i0.wp.com/angryanimebitches.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Code-Realize-Future-Blessings-Van-Helsing-Img-000.jpg?resize=960%2C544[/img] [sub]He puts the moves on a maid after his betrothal to another noble's daughter.[/sub][/center] [/list] [hr] [color=lightgreen][u][b]Theme Song[/b][/u][/color] [center][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXVT_5LBVE[/youtube][/center] [hr] [center][img]https://i2.wp.com/angryanimebitches.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Code-Realize-Wintertide-Miracles-Alt-Story-First-Christmas-%E2%80%93-Van-Img-000.jpg?w=960&ssl=1[/img][/center] [/hider]