Name: Kawaru Arle
Age: 24 
Gender: Male
Race: Human (werewolf) 

Appearance: [img=http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs5/f/2006/348/0/3/Werewolf_by_janusmemory.jpg]

Occupation: Engineer/Carpenter 

Skills:Kawaru is skilled at drawing blueprints for buildings and various other large structures around town, and is a skilled woodworker. He is very skilled in hand to hand combat, especially when he is in one of his wolf forms. Kawaru has a very keen sense of smell, and hearing 

Powers: Kawaru practices a form of magic that has been passed from generation to generation of his people. This "Shifting Magic" allows him to take the form of a large wolf, or a nine foot tall bipedal wolfman. In a pinch he can shift individual part of his body (like just claws or ears to help improve his combat skills and senses respectively).

Inventory: A large war hammer that belonged to his grandfather. He grew up hearing stories of how it use to fall multiple enemies with one swing, but now its main use is driving beams into buildings.
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History: The Arle clan originated in an area far to the north of Kado Village, a land of high mountains and snow. To combat the cold they made an ancient pact with the spirits of wolves, to give their people the ability to shift into various wolf based forms. Originally this was just used to survive the incredibly cold winters, but eventually they learned that their forms were quite formidable in battle. They were spared from the wrath of the gods for many years, perhaps they were too far north to catch their notice, but like all good things this soon came to an end.
 For years the clan waged war against the corrupt forces of the gods, but the gods' forces were endless. Eventually the Arle clan was force to flee south from their homeland. Eventually they found their way to the Kado Village. The clan's number has been declining in recent years, with only a few families remaining (including Kawaru's). Adjusting to life within the village came easy to some. It was very easy for them to find jobs doing heavy lifting around town, when in wolfman they could lift multiple beams for ease. Kawaru's father was one such person. He was a skilled builder, and was pivotal in repairing some of the decrepit buildings around town. The town liked him well enough, and soon he was drawing plans and schematics for new buildings around town, people were coming in constantly so inevitably more housing was needed. Kawaru's father worked day and night drawing these blueprints, and Kawaru learned by watching him. However all of this work took a toll on his father, and he grew more and more tired. One day while at a job site a crane carrying tools and lumber broke and came crashing down on his father. Usually this would have been no problem, but he was so tired. He was killed instantly. The next morning the remaining people of the village gathered together and performed a sacred ritual. Back in the homeland they would turn their dead into snow, that way (the story goes) they dead would never be truly gone. The ritual was performed without flaw, but in the temperate climate of Kado Village the flakes melting quickly into the wind (symbolism :D). Kawaru moved in with his grandmother, a small elderly lady who lived in the middle of the village. His grandfather had passed away a little over a year ago, he just couldn't adjust to the warmer climate, his grandmother would say. Kawaru's grandmother told him all about the old ways, and soon he was just as skilled as any other champion of the mountain. He took up his father's mantle, and has been using new and old skills to improve his father's work. Kawaru knows he is the last of a slowly dying breed, and desperately wants to take the mountains of his homeland back. So his people can grow and prosper, and honor his family's name.