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[h2][u][color=f26522]A[color=0072bc][b]rden Vail Thorn[/b][/color][/color][/u][/h2]
Age: 16 |  DOB: 20.01.04 | Height: 5”9[/center]

[b]Personality:[/b]
[indent]Arden is bright, energetic and filled with optimism to an almost detrimental level. Highly confident he is both daring and charming. However he can also be a little arrogant, self focused and sneaky. Afraid of emotional attachment or dependence, he oft runs when things get too hard or complicated. Self dependent he has never needed anyone else.[/indent]

[b]Background:[/b]
[indent]When he was just young he miraculously survived a fatal car crash that took both his parents. Not knowing what else to do he ran away from the crash.
Subsequently he survived the following two and a half day’s alone in the bush, still running from his loss.
Next he survived the cruel orphanage before he once again ran away this time to survive on his own on the streets. 
It was on the streets that he first started to develop and understand his epithet. Out of necessity and stress. It was also on the streets where he was noticed and recruited for his potential usefulness. 
Trained, tricked and manipulated he was one of a few other kids used by a devious man to his own ends. Nothing more than tools he cared little for them if they were not useful.
Finally realising this Arden managed to escape, becoming more trouble than he was worth. A few years had passed and now he has ended up here, at the beginning of another chapter in his story. [/indent]

[b]Motivation:[/b]
[indent] Otterholt Point, a place where the girls are looking for a good time, everyone is distracted the pockets are loose and fingers slippery. Plenty of targets just laying around with at least a handful of the snobby elite always present and ready to be separated from their wealth.
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[b]Assets: [/b][list]
[*]Trained - Arden has been trialed and trained to use his epithet adequately to his advantage.
[*]Luck - Arden’s optimism sees him  with a strong streak of luck, this and his belief that he has nothing left to lose gives him a powerful confidence and often sees him through some tricky situations.
[*]Quick hands - It comes with the profession, quick hands and a quicker mind.
[*]Charming smile - sharper and more important than any dagger, a quick and well placed grin has shifted many a situation. The most diverse tool at any good thief’s disposal.
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[b]Flaws:[/b][list]
[*]Risk taker - It’s not a healthy habit, he will stop, one day... 
[*]Arrogant - sometimes it’s better to just sit down and shut up. Sadly Arden doesn’t know how to.
[*]Never bern kissed - Despite all his smooth skills Arden has never been kissed, this is a fact that often sits at the forefront of his mind and interrupts and occupies thoughts that should be elsewhere.
[*]Lone wolf - Arden has short term people skills but struggles with long term. He has only ever built superficial relationships and is scared to get close or rely on another.
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[b]Epithet:[/b] (escargot)[list]
[*]Food fight - the first ability he learned, the ability to create and lob escargot through the air. 
[*]Frictionless - His second creation ability was the slimy lubricant that snails produce. Used in many creative ways.
[*]Home is where the shell is. - Born from his yearning for a home, Arden can enter any snail shell and find a comfortable home. (This is an extra dimensional space and he is ejected if the shell is broken.)
[*]Snail pace - the latest one he is still discovering is the ability to slow down objects and people around him, manipulating their time/speed.
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