Username: Freeshooter92
Name: Aur (Pronounced 'hour') Iliax
Race: Siren
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Homeland: Samsara, the siren home city. However, he thinks of TERRA as his home now.
Appearance: Aur is a typical male siren, of medium height and medium build. He has short, silver-gray hair, Light blue eyes (along with the characteristic siren bar-shaped pupils), fine angular features and lightly tapered ears. His body shows a little wear from several years living in the desert, and he has the calloused hands of one that does heavy labor.
He wears light Sirenic armor (mostly soft padding with some light plating in areas) of a light gray color, along with a darker gray scarf (often wrapped around the lower half of his face to keep the sand out when travelling in the desert). A set of goggles to keep the sand out of his eyes, and a set of various holsters and pouches.
Size: Average height of five feet ten inches, average weight of about 195 pounds.
Elemental Affinity: Dark
Bio:
"A gilded cage is still a cage."That quote sums up Aur's life pretty well. Born to Cel Iliax, siren priestess of light, Aur was privileged in that he was both nobility and male, and was offered quite the pampered existence. Due to the trademark Siren imbalanced birth rates coupled with their inability to interbreed with other races, males are highly prized in Siren society, and are generally treated extremely well.
However, the truth is that they are just breeding cattle at the end of the day. Those that leave Samsara (though not prevented from doing so) are NOT allowed to come back, and all financial ties they have are severed. They can leave whenever they want
in theory, but the harsh wilderness outside of the portals to Samsara are harsh enough to deter them from actually leaving. Coupled with the fact that they hold no power at all in Siren society and (while prized) generally viewed as inferior to the Sirenic matriarchy, it isn't exactly all great back home.
From a very young age he was curious about the outside world, what the real sun was like, what all these places he had read about were all about. TERRA's desert, the Crystalline forest of LUX (NOVA's original name. Most of his books were ridiculously old), among other things. Naturally, Aur's mother was not amused. While the thought of her son being used as breeding stock disgusted her, she didn't want him to throw his life away on the dangerous journey to RUNE, and if he was banished she wouldn't ever see him again. as such he was generally under supervision at all times.
However as Aur grew he became increasingly aware of his imprisonment, and eventually he had enough. He didn't want to die without having left the castle! He devised a plan. He would become strong enough to escape or die trying. The next few years of his life were spent training with the weapons of his people (passing it off as recreation to his mother. The firing ranges were quite popular) and his body as well. The royal guard, the Eight Rings, were all too eager to help him.
Soon, he left. No fanfare, no announcement, nothing. He doesn't know what became of his home as he hasn't returned. What he DOES know is that (lucky him!) there was a caravan passing right by the portal when he popped out in the White Rise desert. Ever since, he has made his living keeping the caravan's trucks in working order. However, he longs for the day he can finally see all those wonders he always dreamed of.
Personality: Aur is most definitely unlike his mother in virtually every way. He is selfish, slightly egotistic, a liar, a cheat, and a dreamer. While not malevolent by any stretch (and is actually quite kind when so inclined) he is out for himself above all. He hates the feeling of being trapped, and values freedom above all else. He is particularly distrustful of them women-folk, as his would-be oppressors left kind of a bad impression on him. However, he doesn't let anything stop him. If he says he will do something, he will do it.
Skills:
Mechanic: Aur is adept at fixing most ground vehicles, and even a few less advanced air ones.
Siren warrior: Aur is adept in the form of combat usually employed by Siren males. That is to say, judicious use of ranged firepower with some close combat mixed in.
Sneaky git: he's quite stealthy when he wants to be.
Iron rider: Aur is a natural with ground vehicles, especially ones with wheels.
Desert Survivalist: While he knows quite a bit about surviving out in the wild from his studies, experience with the deserts of TERRA have
Equipment:
Light Sirenic Armor
Sirenic Modular Carbine
This weapon is capable of incredible power, if the parts and special ammunition for its various forms can be found. The default version uses Air infused fuel to propel a bullet at relatively lethal speed, roughly equivalent to a Springfield rifle in killing power, and about as quick. He only possesses the default at present, as he could only take one mod with him and this one was the most general-purpose of the ones he owned.
A light dune buggy.
A combat/utility knife.
'Adventurers kit' with rope, torches, food, and other things.
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