Since some people seem to be posting these around to give a little insight on their characters, i might as well, given that i do enjoy giving exposition like an idiot after all.
Eli 'Stalker' Valerian character profileCharacter's full name:Elias 'The Stalker' Valerian Sinbow
Gender/sex:Male
Citizen Identification Number:None was ever assigned to him. He escaped to the outer rims of the cities before he could be identified or assigned one.
Physical description IC'ly:A 6 foot tall man, with an incredibly pale skin complexion, making him look akin to a corpse to some. He has a somewhat muscular build thanks to learning how to scavenge and "not be a picky ass about what constitutes food". Due to the process that was used to revive him, his eyes as well as any scars he currently has glow a rather bright green, though the glow's brightness seems to fluctuate depending on mood as well as time of day. (Due to the fact this is more than strange, he does whatever he can to keep it hidden)
Hair color:Deep Black
Eye color:Originally a dull green, currently a glowing green color akin to vort-essence sparks
Face marks (i.e. scratches, bruises, scars):Small scarring spread around his face from different combat situations without his protective mask.
Facial hair:Normally seen with a 5 o' clock shadow, rarely seen with an actual beard that's relatively full
Hair design (short cutted, ponytail, etc):Messy, to say the least. Medium lenght at best but he never seems to trim or mind much "where" his hair goes.
Approximate age:Estimated 30's
Country originated from:French by birth, Scottish/Chilean by nationality. His father was of latin decent despite the roots of his name, and his mother was born and raised in scotland.
Current location:The outlands, somewhere in romania.
Accent:Unidentified mix due to his travels in outlands and his own rather disperse heritage.
Clothing and/or protective armour and markings (bruises, scratches, etc) on the limbs:Head:A long trimmed black hat, Optional.
Torso:Long black coat.
Buttoned shirt, he has managed to maintain a few differently coloured but somewhat tattered shirts
Tie. Usually black and in bad condition.
Sleeveless vest. Pin-striped and usually dirty.
Pants:Jeans when he's not wearing the vest.
Black suit pants for whenever he IS wearing the vest.
Character information:A constantly evolving character that sits in the "Neutral good" range of the spectrum, Eli Valerian is known to be... Strange, to say the least. Being one of the few characters to have been revived in any way after death with a proper auth, as well as the first character to use a hidden blade with the proper mechanism seen on Assasin's creed. Eli's a character with depth, and despite being described many times as "overpowered", has flaws that have simply been covered well through time. Originally intended as an evil character, he ended up evolving into more of a "vigilante" character, akin to comic characters like Batman in his moral system as many have compared him to before.
Character background:The adopted son of Liam and Maria Valerian, Eli was a strange character from the very beginning of his life. Never anti-social but always critical of people getting away with things. It did not take him long after finishing school to pursue a carreer in police work. However, the corruption he witnessed every day as well as the lack of actual means for policemen in the UK to work against criminals efficiently in some cases led him to leave the force, getting his record erasen in the process due to pissing off more than one "important" character. This was not uncommon in young recruits, but Eli took a different turn into it, having a much more determined will than the usual man. It took him months to ideate a way to work against what he felt was an injustice against normal, innocent people, not to mention years training in different ways to become good in close quarters and sneaking. His obsessive devotion turned him into "Stalker", a persona he created to protect his adopted family as well as anyone who sided with his ideals. Creating a mask with random textiles and a 'Scarecrow' mold he bought from a costume shop during hallowen, he started picking off people who he deemed "dangerous to society". His methods were always brutal, to say the least, though they refined as he worked his way up from simple crooks and corner drug dealers to bigger, more important targets.
The process took years, but by the end of it, Stalker was as vilified by people as he was aclaimed. From one part the fact he did not seem to care for human life as he simply killed off these individuals, and from the other the fact that thanks to him crime was slowly dissapearing, if not becoming a fumbling mess of wannabe thugs instead of the organized criminal syndicates that once habitated the city and it's surrounding towns.
Needless to say, the fact that he kept his identity secret helped him survive the original invasion and posterior "purge" of anyone dangerous to the occupation, though still marked as a dangerous individual, Eli has become more open about who he really is, as he says in his own words "To help people survive this i can't do it as some sort of boogeyman that hides in the shadows, i need to be human. Just as i've always been."
He died once in outlands, though he was revived by the aide of a vortigaunt tribe. This however left him with a 'condition', so to speak. He is infused with vort-essence, something completely new to humans and vortigaunts alike, and it's current consequences are unknown, apart from the strange glow that emits from his eyes (At first glance it would appear to affect his blood as well).
Though his moral compass has changed, if not refined itself once he realised the true consequences of killing indiscrimatedly, the shadow of the things he did to criminals, both of high and low calibers, lingers in his concience, wondering if he was truly helping, or if he had just become another criminal, justifying his actions with a biased view on reality.
Mental good and/or bad skills:Good- Always on the 'Good' side of things. Though his moral compass is a bit deviated, he always looks for the greater good.
- To the few who have helped him, he's loyal to the death. If you've not betrayed him in the past or prooven yourself to him he'll stand by you no matter what.
- Newfound value of human life makes him a 'Non-lethal' tactician, while a lot of bones may be broken, there is little death caused by him now.
Bad- His value of human life can make him keep people alive that would honestly be better off dead.
- His loyalty can make him biased at times, though he is known to stay away from such things when he knows he won't act rationally.
- His obsession with "justice" can make him ditch rules and established ideals for the sake of "Doing what is right"
Physical good and/or bad skills:Good- His muscular build makes it easy for him to put strenght where it's needed, wether it's helping with carrying objects or using his fists and CQC tactics on someone.
- An eerie sense of stealth and mobility. Eli is not super-naturaly agile, but his ability to improvise and to keep his motions fluid has made him more than a 'worry' to certain people.
- Years of practice and experience against other fighters has made him develop a "Sleight of hand", making it easy for him to use melee weaponry or learning new hand to hand skills.
- The fact that his 'revival' has caused him to have such ghastly looks means he has the fear advantage on people, if and when he needs to appear as a fearsome individual in any way.
- Thanks to the vort-essence that affects him, his recovery and endurance rate is higher than normal, though it's unsure to anyone wether this is a good or a bad thing.
Bad- His adept-ness to anything close quarters based has caused him to become increasingly inept with firearms. For example, if a normal individual can use an assault rifle and hit someone accurately to 700 yards, Eli can at best hit at 400 with scarce accuracy. This means that the only weapons he can effectively use are pistols, crossbows, and his signature flaregun, which have a short range and lack the added finesse of heavier weapons.
- His looks can be intimidating to some people. Specially due to his glowing eyes and corpse-like tone of skin. To the gullible and young he would easily fit the "zombie" stereotype. Making it hard for him to establish proper contact with people who do not know of his condition.
- His condition with vort-essence is unstable to say the least. While it manifests itself in a passive, if not good way for the moment, the actual consequences of it are unknown. As he could easily fall ill thanks to it, or even suffer a sudden death, basically leaving him in a "schrodinger's cat" situation. There is no way to find out untill it's too late to do anything about it
Character look-a-like image:Character fitting music and/or song:Weaponry:- A hidden blade he obtained years ago during the outlands' peak. (Obtained in character through a personal deal)
- A flaregun that occupies "Net-cartridges", Gunny Smith's own 'patented' Non-lethal weapon system.
- Any kind of improvised melee or enviromental weaponry he can find.
Equipment:- A hidden blade
- Flaregun
- A pair of dark glasses he uses to hide his glowing eyes.
- Satchel, usually slung over his right side.
Known authorized items:- The Flaregun.
- His revival and current condition
- The Hidden Blade (from a period when IC weaponry was still considered "normal")
- His combat and stealth ability (Trained in character for an OOC month to 're-learn' the fundamentals)
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