[hider=Arsène Avalona]
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[h1][color=lightgray][color=gold]A[/color]rsène[/color] [color=gold]A[/color]valona__ _ _ _ _[/h1]
 
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[sub]Anime[/sub]

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[sub]Realistic[/sub]

[color=gold]"Sure, we need friends, but we also need coins. For food, and for somewhere to sleep that isn't the back of the wagon."[/color][/center]
 
[center][color=White][sub][h2][u]30[/u] | [u]Male[/u] | [u]Drudgunzean[/u] | [u]Force, Essence, & Arcane[/u] | [u][color=Silver]Knight[/color]-[color=Brown]Ranger[/color][/u][/h2][/sub][/color][/center]
 
[sub][h3][u][color=gold]C[/color] H A R A C T E R I S T I C S[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub]

Arsène stands taller than a good few men at 5 foot 10 inches, he has a solid build with a very lean and well worked frame. Arsène weighs in at around 170 pounds his body consists of well worked and very defined muscles that describes his very rigorous life. The hundreds of scars across his body tells hundreds of stories, some look large like they were from a dangerous fight, others looked to come from more mundane things, yet all tell the story of this rugged roguish man. He wears his shoulder length brown hair down, from a glance someone could say he's very unkempt from his looks, yet that is far from the truth, Arsène bathes quite often, keeps his facial hair exactly where it is, and often combs his hair and makes sure it never grows too long. He prefers his looks to be that of a rouges, something dangerous and exciting, like he is.

Arsène is a man who lives his life in the moment, may it be in the moment of a battle, the clash of blades in a duel, or in a party, Arsène lives it the best he can. He's often described by those in the bar as jovial, on travel as lax, and in battle as in his element.  He'll often be described as unscrupulous from his carefree and brash nature, his dirty and underhanded tactics in and out of cattle, and his irreverence to the very notions of honor and social manners and class. He often shows contempt and hatred to those who try to build themselves and make declarations of their superiority, as they are often the ones to feel his wrath. While seeming morally bankrupt, Arsène is softer than what he lets on, as he demonstrates a soft spot and a protective attitude toward those who have been wronged as he has. Often this will come to him starting fights with people to punish the wrong doers, stealing what was stolen, or even righting the wrongs he can himself. Arsène does as he does out of a sense of fun, work, and a sense of need, he leaves no due unpaid, no tab is left unbalanced, and no 'good' deed goes unpunished.

The motivations Arsène has to participate in this war is quite simple duty. The Eskandr are pushing once more, as they march forward they will subjugate all the area they touch. Unlike what would be expected of Arsène he prepares to fight against the Eskandr, which seems strange to most who know of him. Yet, Arsène is where he is as he had always maintained his attributes of being a protector at heart and his heroic desires, just slightly buried in his pained life.

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Arsène was born to peasant parents in a place he had no remembrance of, Arsène was to live a quiet life in a village tucked away from anywhere important. With a family he would love dearly, knowing everyone you live with, surviving the cold together, famine, and all hell this world would have. Arsène was to find a cute girl he would settle down with and bear children, all in this village far away from anywhere important. Yet life was not so kind, as this was a place that has been forgotten, with the faces of people long lost and of a home Arsène only remembers as blurs and smells. His village had went up in flames, everything was covered in flames and was burned to nothing. In this village tucked away from anything important, men were burned to ash, women boiled in their homes, and those who were able to run ran as fast as they could. Arsène was among them, but from him ancestral home Arsène was left with the smells of sweet apples from the time before flames occurred, then the sickeningly sweet aromas of burning wood and flesh, with the putrefaction of slaughter grasping at the lungs. This village was gone, as anything important here was left with the fires, to be tucked and buried beneath the land and time. All those memories that would have and should have been, burned away, with the smoke of death and apple trees.
 
As Arsène and his mother travelled they landed in a township within the Enthal territories, yet soon they needed to move again, Arsène spent a good portion of his years moving as him and his mother could never find a place to settle. They would stay in an area for maybe a few months if not a year, before moving again, as they pushed all the way to the center of Enthal. Yet Arsène aged in his travels, he went from a small boy to that of a young man during this time. He learned the skills he needed to survive, hunting, foraging, and stealing. Many have looked to Arsène as a miscreant, nothing better than a begger and a refugee, Arsène decided to lean into such things, he decided to hunt as he pleased, steal when he wanted, and mess with guards and people for fun. He took everything he had and gave it to feed and cloth the person he cares for the most, his mother. His mother had slowly grown sick over the years, as at the point they finally started settling down his mother had became all but bed ridden. So he did what he could to secure himself and his mother the things they needed, he learned many skills, many of a bastard child, hunting, stealing, robbing, he did what he needed until he learned something, he manifested something that he would consider a boon of the rich, the Gift.

Arsène began using his powers for what ever he felt, in hunting, he began becoming better using magic to shroud himself, his traps, or empower his bow to hunt larger prey. When stealing he uses his skills to aim for higher targets, aiming for the Tax collectors as they moved around was one of the first he aimed for. As he gained more experience he aimed higher and higher to secure himself a life better. As once he hit 16, he had gained a real name for himself in his area, he gained enough money, notoriety, and knowledge that he decided to go somewhere better for his mother, who has at this point become wholly dependent on Arsène. He decided to travel to Parrence with his mother, using his wealth he garnered and skills, he began to make his way to a much more wealthy place, and somewhere his mother can rest easy. Yet all she ever spoke of was their home, a place filled with wonderful memories his mother held. Arsène never knew this home, for him it was nothing but distant smells of memories of long past, all he remembered was the smell of sweet apples. So Arsène decided to travel Parrence, a land he knew apples were.

Once they made it, Arsène worked his skills, hunting and stealing were his main forms of income. Yet the next time he decided to rob the tax collector, their guards looked different, armored much more so than he was ever aware of, and seemed to be perfect targets. Yet when he tried they seemed almost ready for him as they pushed him back quite quickly and nearly surrounded him. This was when one stepped forward and challenged him to single combat, Arsène was almost stunned, yet saw it as a chance. IN this duel Arsène nearly lost his life in multiple moments, as their blades clashed the man used his magic to enhance himself in strange ways, using thunder to throw around his large metal with ease, and even controlling Arsène's own weapons. This challenge had made it where Arsène had to adapt, changing his style as he began to close in and began using tricks and shifting his fighting to close combat hand-to-hand. Using his improvised skills he's seen from others, he finally dropped the man to his ass and was prepared to put a knife through his throat, yet the others nearby put his neck to the blade before he could even have a chance. The knight rose and looked down onto Arsène and gave him an offer, become one of fighters, or die. Arsène didn't think for much more than a moment.

For the next few years Arsène was under the watch of Sir Armand Beumont, he was a knight who took in youths who had the Gift to train. Arsène was not one to despise this, yet it did make him feel as if he was being chained down. Yet it did at least give him an easier way to care for his mother, all he needed to do was dedicate his blade to protecting those of Sir Armand's province. Arsène had spent the better half of a decade under Sir Armand's service, until something of horror occurred, Sir Armand was murdered. Sir Armand was murdered in cold blood, and the first person who was blamed was Arsène. At this point Arsène was 24 years of age, he's dedicated himself to Sir Armand and now he was turned on by those above him, and it was something that left him scarred to this day. He was charged with the Murder of Sir Armand and was sentenced to death, yet was freed by other knights who knew he was not the killer. As at that point was when he needed to go on the run, and leave his mother under the care of some of his trusted allies.

Arsène began going on the run, being hunted down by knights, sellswords, and much other things, as during this time he became a very well known outlaw. As he began to travel and make a name for himself in a way he knew. Hunting down creatures people need taken care of, stealing what he needs, yet something new came to him. He learned the fun of fighting. As he began to get pulled into single combat he often found himself in a situation he remembers very well, sparring days. As he began creating a name to be feared across the land, as he was chased down, he began dueling those who had challeneged, fighting those came for him, and even hunting down the people after him and challenging them to duels when he catches wind of them. He was forming a persona of a near unstoppable man, a man who loves the thrills, and a true scoundrel. Yet this was not what he just was, he was a man who wanted to live, he wanted to survive, something was always spurring him on, he never knew what it was but his life became something much different to what he expected. After half a decade, he became much different to what he ever thought himself as, he looked himself in the mirror and realized he was a scoundrel, he looked like he was handsome yet rugged, he had scars across his body, he looked like he hadn't seen a sober day in months. With all of these thoughts, he then finally thought of his mother, the woman who he had sworn to protect, the woman who wore a smile when he made it home wearing his armor, the mother…he left.

Arsène made it his life's goal to make his way back to Parrence, find his mother, and live in peace. Yet that was not an easy feat, he needed to enter a territory who wanted his head, and find someone who they could have at this point taken prisoner, yet he was determined. He put to practice his skills, sneaking, hiding, surviving, and other such things that allowed him to finally reach the province that he left his mother, to find the people there almost…calm to see him. He learned that the people who orchestrated the murder of Sir Armand were found and taken into custody. And for the past few years Arsène's name was cleared, the reason why he was being hunted at this point wasn't for any reason other than the possible bounty that people put on his head and the fact the amount of blood that was spilt by his hands has created Vendettas that would follow him. Yet that does not matter anymore, Arsène was here for his mother. As when he finally found his mother, she was under her favorite thing, and apple tree, the tree was planted above her grave with a tombstone that read, 'May you find your Island of Apples'. Arsène was left speechless, years had passed, and could not ever say goodbye to her. She left this world and he could never even tell her his last 'I love you'.

Arsène was devastated, he had spent one night in a tavern and got so hammered, he woke up the next night with a note under his door. It told him to visit his mother's grave one more time. There he found a small group of people, it was the knights who had freed him and kept his mother safe in his absence. They spoke and gave their welcomes, condolences, and letters. Ones that his mother had written for years, in hopes he would see any of them. After which Arsène was left to himself, as he shoved them into his bag and began to leave, he could not stay there, he was not the same person, and he was not going to sully his mother's grave with his presence. He spent the next year wandering, he had found himself living day by day, in a drunk stuper, he hunted creatures people would pay him for, fight people who challenge him, yet all he wanted to do was eat, drink, piss, and sleep.

Until one day he was caught in a town that was attacked by Eskandr raiders, and was brought into the thick of the fighting. As the town burned, people died, and women cried, Arsène felt his body move. He fought like a mad man, protecting people, calling people to battle, as they formed a militia to repel the raiders. Arsène was herald a hero, as when he looked off into the fire, he smelt something sickeningly sweet. Which reminded him of his youth, and his mother. As he looked to the people, their homes, and then why he is where he is, he took in a breath and escorted these refugees to somewhere safe. And began making his way home, wishing to keep people safe from the raiders who seem to destroy without concern, who will burn the world into nothing but a sickening sweet smell of death.

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[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/981416699033161728/unknown.png]4 Daggers-[/url] Arsène keeps these on him at all time for many reasons, for survival, for fighting, for tricks, for throwing, a knife is a very useful tool, so to have 4 is very helpful to keep yourself alive.
[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/981415815599505418/unknown.png]Bastard sword-[/url] A simple 1 1/2 handed sword Arsène uses to keep himself armed in a proper way.
[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/981620919296462848/unknown.png]Chian Whip-[/url]A whip made of metal chains and ending with a bladed mace like top, it is much more like a flail than a whip, yet using the gift Arsène is able to enact a control over it much more reminiscent of a whip, having it be able to reach out to its extended 20 feet, being able to attack with a high speed, and it being made of metal and using magic upon it, the whip is able to hit it's target with enough power to destroy stone and metal, or Arsène can enact his magic upon the tip to change the composition of the tip, making it like a stake to penetrate armor, a blade to cut, or make the head to smash things (or some combination).
[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/980331920112091187/unknown.png]Cloak w/large plumage-[/url] A large gorgeous cloak Arsène keeps on him, it is one of his most remarkable piece of clothing as he quite often is recognized by it. He wears this black and red cloak  it almost everywhere he goes, and he even has one he wears over his armor to not only break up his silhouette and make him look bigger, but also to make sure they know who he is.
[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/981417727375855686/unknown.png]Bow-[/url] A bow made of a dark red wood with metal fixings on the bow arms and hand area. Upon close inspection you can see the meticulous care taken to keep the bow maintained. The nicks and scratches that seem to be fading away, the almost fresh layer of lacquer over the bow. It is very even and well maintained.
[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/981457324491309107/unknown.png]Quiver-[/url] A dark brown quiver that is able to hold 15 arrows. Each of these arrows have simple metal broad heads that he can modify and shape before firing using magic.
[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/981456865617674240/unknown.png]Blackthorn-[/url] Arsène's trusty steed, Blackthorn is not so much a name but a title to any horse he rides, he prefers black horses for this reason.
[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979587132333129768/981454601574318140/unknown.png]Armor-[/url] A set of half plate designed to cover his arms and his legs in articulated metal, his head with a helmet, and the his upper chest with metal plate. Everywhere else is covered in a layer of boiled and hardened leather and chain armor. Everything is tightened together, dampened the noise with leather lining under the metal joints and articulating plated. Arsène has a cloak specifically designed to go over his armor, acting like a insignia or a banner to know who he is.


[sub][h3][u][color=gold]T[/color] H E [color=gold]G[/color] I F T[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub]
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Rangers are particularly blessed of Dami-Sept. They can be found in Drudgunze, Eskand, and Parrence.

While many people live sedentary lives as farmers, fighters, or crafters, dependent upon others and never taking the time to master the skills of their distant ancestors, there are some who chart a different course. Rangers are dedicated hunters, trappers, survivalists, and people of the frontiers and forests. Stealthy, quick, and capable, they use the Gift to augment their traps with illusion and empower their use of the bow and arrow.

Durability: ★★☆☆☆
Stealth: ★★★★☆
Agility: ★★★☆☆
Endurance: ★★★★☆
Physical Attack: ★★★☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★☆☆☆
Range: ★★★★☆
Support and Healing: ★☆☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★★☆☆☆

Knights are particularly blessed of Oraphe-Sept. They can be found in Drudgunze and Parrence.

Recent advances in metalworking technology and the introduction of the stirrup to Constantia by Virangish peoples during the fall of the Avincians have resulted in the invention of an exciting new type of fighter: the knight. Heavily armed and armoured melee warriors skilled in mounted combat, many knights employ Essence and Kinetic magic to augment their massive physical strikes and enhance the performance and endurance of their mounts. Thunder Knights also use their metallic armour to create massive charges and strike down their foes with powerful Thunder magic.

Durability: ★★★★★
Stealth: ★☆☆☆☆
Agility: ★★☆☆☆
Endurance: ★★★☆☆
Physical Attack: ★★★★☆
Magical Attack: ★★☆☆☆
Range: ★★☆☆☆
Support and Healing: ★★☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★★★★☆[/hider]

[sub][h3][u][color=gold]Blood type:[/color][/u] None[/h3][/sub]
[sub][h3][u][color=gold]Main schools:[/color][/u] Force, Thunder, & Arcane[/h3][/sub]
[sub][h3][u][color=gold]Wheel Rating:[/color][/u] 1st Wheel[/h3][/sub]

Arsène ues his magic in very interesting ways, as he grew his fighting changed based upon what he could get his hands on, form rocks and sticks, to bows and arrows, to swords and whips. He uses his magic to enhance himself using the kinetic energy to strengthen himself, his blows or causing tricks, illusions, or forming strange effects through Blood and Essence. 

With Force and Thunder Arsène uses his magics to enhance himself, his weapons, or used to attack or defend with. Using Force energy to enhance his blows, his leaps, or input more power into his weapons to make them more effective. While he uses Thunder energy to set up counter attacks, setting up strange angles of attacks his weapons can take while being attracted to each other, or repelling attacks away from himself. He uses metallic weapons for this reason so he can enact control over his weapons so he is able to control his weapons to either become unpredictable, gain more power, or aim for weak points and moving targets.

When using Arcane, Blood, and Essence magic Arsène is very tricky, using his years as a survivalist, he uses illusions to hide his traps he sets up with blood magic, hide his attacks, or even empower his attacks with fire. While he uses Blood magic to change materials such as earth and wood into quick traps on the battlefield, changing the shape of his weapons to best suit him in the moment, or even to keep himself alive by closing up wounds so he doesn't bleed out. While he uses Essence to assist in the creation and nullification of poisons, enhancing himself, or making reactions volatile and explode.

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❖ [color=gold][b]Exceptional Combat Prowess[/b][/color]- Arsène is an exceptional warrior in peak physical condition and possesses "reflexes like a cat". He is said to be able to win in a bar brawl against four opponents while being near black out drunk, some say they've seen it, others pass it off as some boasting. Yet when sober, he is considered nigh unbeatable to all but the mightiest of monsters and warriors. Being hailed as a master duelist comes with many things, fame, renown, and a target over your head, and many more duels under your belt. He has learned many weapons, making most of anything a powerful tool in his hands, from the bow to the dagger, from the sword to the whip, and from the stick to a stone, Arsène is a master of anything you put in his hands.

❖ [color=gold][b]Combat Strategist and Adaptive Fighter[/b][/color]- As a hunter of great monsters and a duelist of great renown, Arsène has seen many strategies used to take on many beasts and monsters, watching fights and battles with hawk like eyes that are able to see the flow of the combat and an understanding to best capitalize on it. Yet these skills don't include just against full on battles, as Arsène dueled hundreds of people, watching the skills they used, adopting and modifying their skills for his use or adapting his own skill to best take out his opponents either in a quick and efficent manner or in a show boating way to display himself.

❖ [color=gold][b]Well Travelled[/b][/color]- Arsène has travelled the lands, either through request of others to do jobs, his own leisure, or to run from angered people, Arsène has learned many things about the 'world'. The dialects, customs, how to blend in and act like the natives, and to have a wide array of knowledge to use when either hunting, hiding, or even just to entertain people with.

❖ [color=gold][b]Brave[/b][/color]- By nature, he is an exceedingly brave warrior who will jump headfirst into incredibly dangerous and enigmatic situations that most others would hesitate to even embark on. Amid these great trials and scenarios, he tends to keep a calm, calculated and collected nature about him that allows him to think rationally and instinctively. As often he can even be said to wear a smile from how calm he actually is.

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❖ [color=gold][b]Low Born[/b][/color]- Arsène was not born of any stature, so often his blood comes into question in reliance of his skills, his loyalty, and even for some his name. Such a figure Arsène cut out for himself would be thought to stand far higher than he does.

❖ [color=gold][b]Fear of Failure[/b][/color]- Arsène can not handle failure, as often when failure is near he starts to become desperate and sometimes losses himself and forgoes calm thoughts and planning, as the moment failure occurs it can result in terrible things, and to him, the fear of failure is worst than death itself.

❖ [color=gold][b]Cynical[/b][/color]- Arsène is cynical to the idea of the future, the world has been only so kind to him, however at any moment it can take away from him again. So often he holds little value in what people say, thinking they might have only self intrest in mind and willing to screw him over.

❖ [color=gold][b]Low Magical power[/b][/color]- Arsène was a man born with a mediocre magical power, making it where often the powers he uses are to enhance himself, cause tricks, or to enhance things he uses to fight with. As if he was to be put into a contest of power he would lose out.

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❖ [b]Hexcode:[/b] [color=gold]Gold[/color]
❖ Arsène means Virile, which virile means having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive (typically used of a man).
❖ Avalona means Island of Apples, a last name to denote the place he was born, a place that was always filled with apples. It was one he took in honor of his late mother who always wanted to return home, to her Island of Apples.



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