[b]Name:[/b] Dmitri Sokov Kadlek [b]Age:[/b] Nineteen [b]Height/Weight:[/b] 5'6"/158 lbs [b]Race:[/b] Varyan [b]Appearance:[/b] Dmitri is a small, thin young man, one would say lithe. His hair is so dark it bears a certain near red sheen, which he often keeps in a braid to keep it out of his face when studying. He keeps it long, more from not caring to trim it than the desire to wear it long. His eyes are a deep emerald green, full of intelligent curiosity and vigor, and his features delicate, far from world worn and has often been mistaken for a woman, not that he really cares. While not lanky, he has a sort of impish quality to him, and seems to never stop fidgeting be it with his hair, a pen, his books, you name it. Thanks in no small part to his rather affluent upbringing, Dmitri has a rather prodigious wardrobe, and his mother's influence granted him a certain love for flamboyant fashions, though he prefers to admire than partake. He's not above making a good impression however, and his everyday wear is while eye catching, a simplistic set of form fitted robes over a button down shirt, silk pants, and shoes. The robe serve another purpose other than being a fetching number, within the folds is hidden an array of pockets, scabbards, pouches, and such. He hides knives, quills, pens, scrolls, books, notebooks, sketch pads, and other assorted goodies in the folds of this robe, and has continued to add to it for years ever since he was fifteen. Outside of these everyday clothes, his armor is fitted and well maintained, the pride of a smithy and seamstress. [b]Personality:[/b] Inquisitive to the point of maddening, to himself and everyone around him. While possessing a keen intellect, his is not a quiet sort, his mind simply can't stop working, it won't shut up. Every question that comes into his mind, must be answered. He wants a world without mystery, desiring to pull back the mask from the world around him, and he marches toward this desire with a smile on his face. He always has to solve the next puzzle essentially. His particular passion lies in the aspects of ether, he's fascinated by it and all its applications. As such he's forever experimenting, studying, and cataloging new forms of the ether he comes across and reads about. He suffers from insomia due in no small part to his rushing thought process. Outside of his studies, he's a polite young man, a little spot spoken, but when talking to others about his passions lights up the room with his childlike enthusiasm. While he prefers to keep to himself, not that he finds people annoying, in fact he loves people, but he's not too keen on the odd looks he manages to garner when he goes into one of his rants. He's happy to join others to festivals and events and has tried to shut his mind up and just enjoy the mundane for a while. Dmitri has a profound hate for the literate arts. To him the dreamed up fantasies of another mind only clutters the world and distracts from the important things in life. He's blunt about this odd hate in an ironic turn. [b]Background:[/b] Born to a family of artisans, particularly the son of successful seamstress and respected gunsmith, he's been afforded an affluent life. His mother and father both strove for him to work in their chosen field, he proved silver at both, catching on quickly but found no passion in it. The ether aspect of his parents job, how his father summoned the ether hot enough to craft weapons, armor, and tools and how his mother used basic ether manipulation to weave needles through the air. It fascinated him and he caught on quick, teaching himself from simply watching his mother. In weeks he was weaving toys and items through the air with some skill. Curious little tyke that he was, Dmitri enjoyed sitting for hours watching his parents work, but more to take in the ether they wielded how they did it, what it took to bring it forth. Every book, scroll, word of wisdom from anyone with skill and an ear to listen, any scrap of information he could get his hands on where ether was concerned he pursued. He put his mind to other things however, physical philosophy, chemistry, etc. Dmitri's decision to to go into the priesthood was... shocking to his parents to say the least. His family was what would call, politely religious, they paid homage to Varya because it was what one did, and he never showed interest until one day he decided to go in. Dmitri's reasons were stickily logical, if he wanted to understand ether and its applications, he'd need to understand all its forms he'd need access to them, beig in Inquesition would afford him that opportunity. [b]Talents/Ethereal Abilities:[/b] [hider=Nonethereal] [i]Born Artisan:[/i] While no legendary artisan, his parents teachings, training, and his own forays into tinkering with guns and late nights spent stitching and devising creative ways to hide pens and quills on his person have made him an adept craftsman. He's even begun altering his armor and uniform by adding pockets, patches, scabbards, and even holsters, all hidden from sight. He's handy as a gunsmith even, crafted his own pistols and will be adept at managing the guns of his crew. [i]Marksman:[/i] Growing up in the respected gunsmith came with an obligation to know how to shoot, going into the Inquisition further galvanized this desire. His obsessive personality made becoming efficient, even damn good at this particular skill made it a matter of time. [/hider] [hider=Ethereal] Low Intensity: [i]Telekinesis:[/i] A master at this spell through intense practice and the every day application for years. He lacks real strength with this spell yes, but his finesse and fine manipulation has proven quite something to see. He can manipulate several objects at once with perfect precision. [i]Concussive Ether:[/i] No finesse, and all power, this is a simple blast of ether used more to push someone away than to outright harm them. [i]Molecular Cipher:[/i] By gently enveloping an object in ether, Dmitri can discern the elements and properties of said object. When focusing on complex machinery, he can discern its parts, how they work, and the like. It's partly what makes his tinkering so effective. Medium Intensity: [i]Discerning Eye:[/i] Practice, study, and a gift for manipulating ether has developed a unique skill in Dmitri. Upon seeing someone using unique forms of ether, he can mimic these applications through sight alone, though not as powerful or effectively as the originator. [b]Metallic Anchor:[/b] A specialized telekinetic spell that "anchors" ten metal shards to Dmitri's ether signature, making it so he can use them alone. He can manipulate them with his usual precision but the anchor is very difficult to break. What makes this so unique is he can sense where they are, feel them in a way. [i]Sealed Shield:[/i] A shield spell he devised by using slips of paper to form a seal. Powerful enough to dead stop bullets from most guns and most spells. Incredibly powerful, the key is the five slips of paper that form the shield, destroy any one of these and the spell not only fails but backfires in a concussive blast that makes a grenade look like a firecracker. High Intensity: [i]Fractured Mind:[/i] Dmitri isn't sure if this a psychotic break born of his mind starting to unravel, or an effect of the ether he's constantly experimenting with, with some focus Dmitri can split his mind. In doing this each piece- lets call them minor minds- are able to focus on a single task, a train of thought. For instance one minor mind will control the body, movement and such, another will control when and where and what certain spells will do, the third will work up strategy. Each minor mind can communicate with its siblings, and each is Dmitri every sense of the word. His mind is oddly quiet, content when he activates this ability but the ethereal burnout is devastating is he stays in this state for too long. [/hider] [b]Dmitri's Weapon:[/b] While his small armory of pistols, knives, and sucharen't useful, some tinkering with telekinesis led him to develop a unique sort of weapon. On his person Dmitri has ten razor sharp and irregularly proportioned shards of metal. The alloy is Dmitri's secret and the key to the paling they are affected by, when Dmitri "calls" to them they form a slender blade the size of a large dagger. He can swirl them around at blinding speeds, a feat amde possible becouase he can se in his mind at all times where each metal shard is. [b]Personal Seal:[/b] The golden apple of the tree of knowledge. [i]"It's better to know and be cursed, than ignorant and blessed."[/i] [b]Character Relationships:[/b] Sonya and Ivan Kadlek: his loving, yet pragmatic parents. Still maintains a healthy relationship with both and has their blessing in his endeavors.