Ruyen Rowe [WIP]

For someone who was once a full blooded human, Ruyen certainly isn't able to pass as such anymore. While the man's - for lack of a better word - style of dress tends to hide much of his features beneath cloth, worn leather and metal, there is still plenty to set him apart from a crowd. While Ruyen had been stuck at a comfortable five foot eleven inches as an adult following puberty, the funny thing about most reptiles is that they don't stop growing with age, they merely slow down.... and with a full century spent in his current form, that has made Ruyen far taller than most, now measuring in at six foot ten, nearly a foot taller than he had been before. Clothing, meanwhile, is only able to hide so much, and despite the hood covering his head it isn't enough to hide his reptilian snout or crocodilian tail, nor his hands.

Beneath the hood and clothing, Ruyen's current appearance is what one might imagine a hybrid of human and several reptile species to look like. Head, back, sides, tail and outer arms and legs covered in jet black, armor like scales that give way to far softer and finer skin on his lower stomach and throat, the man's eyes are definitely no longer human, having been shifted along with the rest of his body to a reptilian golden yellow with slit pupils. Having shifted to that body's prime, Ruyen is also far, far older than he looks, although with reptiles that tends to be difficult to tell at a glance to begin with - lithe and powerful looking without the bulk of armor, the only real indication of age is his size.

This is the most important section of this entire application. Please flush out no less than three full paragraphs (that's three, count 'em, three) describing exactly who your character is. Lists are fine as long as the length requirement is right. Tell us everything we need to know about them, how they act with others, towards themselves, etc. Paint your character to life!

REquired: 3 likes and 3 dislikes. one goal and one secret. more are allowed of course.

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GOALS & SECRETS:

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Combat Legend: Ruyen, bluntly put, has far more experience and far sharper intuition than any human alive when it comes to fighting, and has spent over a hundred and fifty years training and honing those skills given little else to do with his life both before and after his exile. Ruyen is extremely proficient with any weapon or technology that might appear within Domhan Tir's borders, and is a very quick study when it comes to anything that might have originated elsewhere. Fluid and ever changing in fights, Ruyen's style can focus heavily on blocks, parries and counter attacks or switch to full on assault at a moment's notice, and it isn't unusual for him to pick up or drop weapons and tools on the fly to suit whatever situation he might encounter - as a Guardian Shield the man was worth at least a dozen of his kin during his prime. While typically favoring the use of a single blade to leave his off hand empty should it be needed, Ruyen's use of unarmed combat or just his metal bracers alone isn't to be underestimated, either, and he is equally at home using his old namesake of defensive shields. As for distance combat, it was his specialty while with the Guardian Shields, and his prowess with a bow and arrow has yet to be matched by any other mortal.

required: 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses.


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Here, please write out no less than three paragraphs detailing where your character has been in the world of From Dust 'til now. Tell us how they got to where they are today and how they are relating to the plot at-hand of where they're from and where they live. anything of note. If they are gifted, tell us when they got the powers and whether or not they acknolwedge their divinity and explain their relationship to them in regards to their powers.

known family is optional.

known family:

name - age - occupation
name - age - occupation