Name: Markus Reus
Race: Demi-Human
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Appearance:


Bio: Born in Dragon's Maw and raised in a military family with a dad as an known army general from Glaurungs army and a mom as an army secretary. Markus has been raised with a lot of discipline, which he didn't care about too much, which his parents hated him for. Forced to go into the military to become a soldier and climb the ranks, as his dad did. Instead he became a known troublemaker in the military ranks, not following orders, pulling pranks and never being on time.

Eventually he went out of bounds as he got in another fight with another soldier, this time wounding his opponent heavily. Markus got officially kicked out of the army by his own dad, out of shame, as he stated. The only option left was to go in the military band, where learned to play the drums as he had no discipline and patience for any other instruments. Playing weekly with the marching band in different parts of the country, this life seemed to suit Markus a lot better. Music, drinking and girls was more his style, after years he decided to quit when he learned to know an Elf girl, Celeste, a singer in particular.

He met her at a tavern when she was singing with her band on a festive night, he fell in love. Markus joined the band as they still lacked a drummer, as if it was meant to be. He only had one more goal left, just to impress Celeste, he remembered there was a beautiful war drum on the wall at his parents home. When he came back to visit his parents he quickly took it from the wall when his parents weren't looking and ran away, to be never seen again by his parents, as he still was convinced they hated him but did not show it.

On a beautiful summer night, he is planning to show off his new drum to her and his skills on which he trained hard. He told her to come to an open field at midnight, where he will show her the war drum. But drama occurs and some bandits found her alone and when he arrived, all he saw was the bandits and her dead body on the ground. Out of rage he hits the drum with all his might, making the runic signs on the drum glow up, creating a big shock wave killing the closest bandits standing by instantly. The remaining ones get knocked over, as they try to recover, Markus throws off his drum and unsheathes his scimitar.

In a dash he's standing next to the first bandit, which is startled as the ordinary humans are often by his beastly speed. One handed he swings the scimitar from the top down on the back of his neck, cutting his head clean off and he drops to the ground. Dropping his scimitar he now throws his dagger right into the chest of the second bandit making him an easy target as his fist follows up to punch him in the face which sends him flying to the ground. Now, the third and last bandit wants to attack him with a sword, Markus blocks it with his hand. Making the sword cut deep in his hand, but he doesn't care or feel anything. He leans over, pushing the sword back against the bandits body, with tears in Markus eyes, he asks why.... but the bandit never answered as he pushed the sword deeply into his body with the point starting to penetrate his neck, he chokes and falls down to the ground as the last bandit that was standing.

A long time he has wandered around, pointlessly, without goal. He has forgotten how long it has been without Celeste, mainly drinking every day and playing lullabies on street. Sometimes he picks up some mercenary jobs, as a beast will always be wanted for the dirty jobs. This did give him the chance to discover the abilities of the drum and other have noticed them, as he now has been asked to join the Blood Rose Irregulars. As he has nothing to lose, he decided to join. He could use the money, entertainment, and challenge after all those years.

Fighting Style: Animalistic. Based on beastly power, speed and athleticism, but lacking in technique and finesse. Rather fights an Orc than an Elf. He would be no challenge for a skilled fighter, but his raw power and speed will give him a challenge.

Equipment:

Basic: A military scimitar + dagger and a padded military outfit for basic protection.

Special: A family heirloom, which is an old relic in the shape of a war drum which is made clear by the runic signs on the drum head.

Skills/Abilities:

Basic ability: As he enjoyed military training. Markus mastered the basics in fighting, but was never top of the class.

Tail: Markus can use his tail, which can be very handy in some situations.

War drum abilities [Wind element]:

Warbound: Plays the drum to inspire his party and enchant their abilities, will also intimidate the enemy, stronger/bigger enemies will be less or not intimidated by it.

Deafening: Will drum deafeningly loud towards his target, making it impossible to hear any surroundings.

Lullaby: Markus drums very softly and on a slow rythm, which relaxes the target or even possibly put it to sleep.

Shockwave: Focuses all his energy in one big hit on the drum, creating a shock wave around him. Preferably not used when there are any allies around.