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[h3][i][b][color=steelblue]"Nothing remains, only incandescent ashes."[/color][/b][/i][/h3][/center]

Name: Rin

Age: 18
Gender: Male

Personality:
[i]It would be easy to just call Rin a textbook antisocial misanthrope upon meeting him. To some degree, this statement is completely correct, Rin shies away from most human contact, preferring to spend his time alone in his tent maintaining his weaponry or reading whatever tome catches his fancy at the time. People who start conversations with him will quickly run into a brick wall as he doesn't respond whatsoever, most assume he isn't even paying attention as he continues whatever activity he was before. However as shown through his interactions with Sumire, the young man is not completely without a heart. He defends his employer with a loyalty bordering on fanaticism, a loyalty that no amount of coin could possibly inspire. Closer inspection reveals a sort of big sister and little brother relationship, with Rin quietly listening as Sumire rants at him over his lack of self care or Rin applauding Sumire's beautiful dance. Small things, but small things that prove he is human. The Flame that is his heart does in fact burn. And while it may burn softly, it burns regardless.[/i]

Backstory:
[i]If you apply as a mercenary to work for the Rebels of Fortune, you will get hired. The recruitment process is an absolute sham, meant to get as many bodies in through the door as possible. Yet the turnover rate within the company is absolutely massive, with the members who have stayed longer than a year numbering in less than two dozen. So why is it that so many people are hired every year, yet the company barely ever grows? There is a certain tradition that is deeply held within the Rebels of Fortune mercenary company. The first job you're given is always deemed to be an absolutely doomed job. There is no way you're ever supposed to fulfill the terms of your contract, whether it be a bodyguard job where the client is a fool who blindly wanders into danger or routing a massive bandit group on their way to a small village. Nobody ever completes their first job with no problem, you are doomed to failure no matter what. But your first job is not about passing, it's about how you clean up the mess left afterwards that the Rebels of Fortune judge you on. Almost everyone fails with flying colors, either running from the problem or simply dying in the process of trying to fix their mistakes.

What made Rin such an anomaly in the Rebels of Fortune then, is that he completed his contract with minimal issues. It was a simple one on paper, rout the bandits that plagued the town of Craydon. In reality the bandits had plagued the area for years, being so deeply entrenched within the area that even Lothian military couldn't wipe them all out before they went to ground, vanishing off the radar for a few months before reappearing. So when Rin returned with an absolutely glowing commendation from the Craydon mayor, higher ups were naturally suspicious. Did he threaten the old man into lying for him? But further investigation proved he had in fact wiped the bandits out, just not in an orthodox fashion. The camp that the bandits had set had been burnt to a crisp, Rin had set up a barrier of fire around them using oil and the very forest they hid in to cook them alive while he picked off anyone who tried to run. Some got away of course, but by the end the group was so crippled that Lothian military could be called in for a sweep of the area to put the threat to rest for good.

Yet what was even more unnerving was how Rin didn't even react when his senior told him he was meant to fail. There was no visible anger at being tricked into taking a fool' errand, no pride in his success against all odds, not even any confusion as to why he would be assigned an impossible mission. He simply asked when his next contract would be assigned to him. Firing such an asset would be heresy of the highest order, yet nobody really wanted to work with the 'sociopath' so he was sent on a long term assignment. Protect the Dancer Sumire as she journeyed through the Lothian Empire, whatever goals she has are now your goals. It was strange, but his employer could swear that something in his eyes changed once he saw who he would be protecting. It was so brief, it might have just been a trick of the light. But for just a moment, Rin almost looked excited.[/i]


[Combat]

Class: Recruit

Affinity: Umbral

Inventory:
>Vulnerary
>Iron Lance

Abilities:
> Cold Flame's Reprieve: Knowing just where to hit to make an aggravated wound, any enemy struck by Rin's weapon attacks is distracted by the pain and has their Defense lowered for one turn.

Spells/Weapon Arts:
>Heartstopper

Stats

END: D

STR: C

MAG: E

DEX: C

SPD: E

DEF: D

RES: D

LCK: E

Talents: Lance

Experience: TBA

Support: Sumire
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