[b]Rheoaan Rohaan Rio Ja'aisen[/b]

The basics:

Middling height, lean, mid twenties. Blonde, wavy/curly shoulder length hair usually kept in a ponytail. Modern-day comparison would be almost a Charlie Hunnam type appearance, just with curlier hair and a little rougher around the edges, but that should give you some reference. Light olive skin tone. Wears a few small rings in his ears, generally kind of scarred up, is rarely truly clean. He packs light for a vagabond.

His eyes are important. They're blue, but a really intense telltale cobalt (think Lapis Lazuli). It's an obviously not really human color. It is unique to his kind and is widely known as a way to identify a shifter since it's one part of their appearance they cannot change. The same is true of their blood, which is distinctly a dark graphite color. This is a natural phenomenon, but people have come to believe that they are creatures of the Darkness because of this.

A note on shifters: 

Sometimes called Blackbloods, Greybloods, or other variations of a similar nature, they are shunned by society and generally viewed as untrustworthy, deceitful, wicked, and undoubtedly touched by the Darkness. They are capable of changing forms--anything from tweaking their appearance or copying another person, to becoming an animal. The animal must have some level of brain or basic intelligence (so not a fruitfly), blood (so not a jellyfish or coral), and it has to be something that exists in the universe (so no Manbearpig). Some forms are easier to hold than others, all take effort. There are ways to inhibit or prevent a shifter from changing shape.


About Rohaan:

First and foremost, he has a lot of names. Rheoaan, Rohaan, Rio, and his family name is Ja'aisen. All three of his given names are his actual names--not nicknames. But which one he offers up depends on who he gives it to. The first and shortest is for strangers, the second is for friends, the third and longest is reserved for family.

Secondly, he's a thief. After winding up on the streets as a kid, he was taken in by a pirate captain and traveled with him for many years. Eventually he wandered inland to harass the coffers of the bourgeois. In some places, he is known for his lawlessness and is wanted by the law. He is rarely interested in the prize in particular and more often is in it for the pursuit of said prize.

He's easygoing, has little love for authority, and likes to stir the pot a bit. Is friendly if anyone will give him the opportunity, but he's more than willing to be violent if someone gets in his way. Survival is paramount. Tenacious, jovial, foolish.