[hider=The Firebrand][color=crimson][h2]Therion is a Shuran mercenary who burns with regret.[/h2][/color]
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[color=crimson][u][b]Name[/b][/u]:[/color] Therion Rayse
[color=crimson][u][b]Aliases[/b][/u]:[/color] The Firebrand
[color=crimson][u][b]Species[/b][/u]:[/color] Shuran

[color=crimson][u][b]Homeworld[/b][/u]:[/color] Shura Prime

[color=crimson][u][b]Age[/b][/u]:[/color] Adult

[color=crimson][u][b]Gender[/b][/u]:[/color] Male

[color=crimson][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u]:[/color] [hider=derg boy here][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/45/08/5f4508ba40cb36b794ac1ed82a02a35a.jpg[/img][/hider]

[color=crimson][u][b]Personality[/b][/u]:[/color] Stern, cold, but mostly all-around tired. He’s never truly malicious, but generally impatient and unwilling to deal with frivolities. Which may contribute to his general lack of mercy toward his bounty hunting targets. In his downtime, he’s fond of food and drink, and spends time in between jobs indulging or meditating, usually the former.

He enjoys lightning storms, on planets that have them, and watching the stars. Privately, he has a sweet tooth, though good luck getting him to admit it.

As a Shuran bullet-sorcerer, he prides himself on his aim with his pistol.

[color=crimson][u][b]Background[/b][/u]:[/color] The Forge-Star Empire was once a powerful nation. Raised up from the fiery jungles of Shura, by trading their sorcerous secrets to the Talim, in order to receive the engines that raised them to the stars. 14 separate star systems, dozens of planets, hundreds of moons, all watched over by the mage-machines of the draconic race. A jewel of military and magical might, on the arm of the galaxy.

Until 20 years ago. When the black cloud of the Eminent cast its shadow over the Forge Stars. Having been forewarned of the approaching fleet, the Shurans decided to marshal their forces and face the threat head on, hoping their superior grasp of metal and magic would win them the day. Therion was only a child, one of those evacuated to protect them from the war that would soon commence. He watched as his parents and elders armed themselves, as he and his siblings escaped into the stars.

And from a distance, over the coming weeks, he watched as, one by one, the Forge Stars flickered out and died. None of the Shuran fleet ever returned.

For the next twenty years, Therion has had to survive as a member of an endangered species. He took to bullet and sorcery, like his parents before him. He learned to use his wits from the few caretakers he had left. He learned to pilot- first with civilian craft, then with weapons. He became a bounty hunter of some renown, with an overwhelming proclivity for bringing his targets in dead.

And in all those twenty years, he has never once stopped watching the stars, watching them fade as the Eminent emerge, again and again, to snuff out others like his own people. Never forgetting the rage and sadness he feels for how far his people have fallen.

Never losing the fear that the Eminent could find him again.

[color=crimson][u][b]Talents[/b][/u][/color]
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[*] [color=crimson][b]Gunslinger[/b][/color] - Therion has a way with guns, especially pistols. His weapons, [url=https://i.pinimg.com/474x/bf/b8/15/bfb81583d733b9b6b6d583d1056bd117.jpg]Black Wings[/url], are designed to channel his own magical energy to empower their shots, increasing their speed, stopping power, and even accuracy, with concentration. As an added bonus, his guns never need to reload as long as Therion still has the energy to cast spells.
[*] [color=crimson][b]Pyromancer[/b][/color] - Therion is a skilled sorcerer, particularly in the arts of manipulating heat and energy. He can conjure flame at will, and even mold flames into physical forms, like weaponry, though this is an inefficient use of his power. In tandem with his gun-slinging skills, he is quite formidable.
[*] [color=crimson][b]Fighter Pilot[/b][/color] - Therion is a decent pilot with almost any craft, though he truly excels with personal combat ships. His personal craft, [url=https://inara.cz/data/ships/1341/1341184x1917.jpg]the Skyburner[/url], is modified with Shuran magitek, designed to channel and amplify magical energy to use as weapons.
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