Post by Zaeff Aderyn on Nov 26, 2009 1:02:04 GMT -5
Name - Zaeff Aderyn.
Gender - Male.
Age - 18.
Species - Elf.
Class - Fire Elementalist.
Ability (optional) - Blast.
Appearance -
Zaeff has long brown/reddish hair, which he ties in a loose ponytail with a small bow made out of white ribbon. A few strands fall in front of his face and it often limits his eyesight when it falls in his eyes, but he's too lazy to bother to do anything about it. His hair goes down just past his lower back. His eyes are a dark blue colour.
For clothes (they're different from the picture), he's normally wearing a black sleeveless shirt with several grey bandages wrapped around his waist, and a blue sort of vest overtop everything.
For pants, he has regular brown ones with another grey bandage wrapped around one knee thanks to a tear. For shoes, he wears several layers of these grey bandages tightly woven around his feet, save for his toes.
History - He was born into a rather large family of elves, surrounded by tons of relatives he never really got to know very well. The only ones he got to know were his brothers and sisters. He had two brothers and one sister, all of whom looked down on him. He was the youngest of the group. In his closest family, however, they were all earth elementalists- when Zaeff became a fire elementalist, they looked at him as if he was weird. Both of his parents had had expectations of him staying with them, with the elves. Obviously, however, he didn't want to; like many other elves, he wanted to travel and do something more with his life. He found it weird that they wanted to stay put.
Over the course of his life, nothing much interesting happened. He was never allowed to leave home, nor was he really able to do much with himself except help them by harvesting food and starting fires for them. It was the only thing they ever asked him to do. Both of his brothers thought he was a shame to them, which Zaeff always scoffed at. He thought his family was a shame to the elves in general! His sister had more sympathy for him, and she understood his will to travel, but wanted him to stay just so that he wouldn't anger their parents.
All in all, though, he never really cared too much about what they thought about it. "They didn't respect his wishes, so he wouldn't respect theirs", was kind of the philosophy he took on. So, upon turning 18, he decided to set off once and for all after getting sick of living with them. He'd saved up for a long time to get money to start off with, so he figured he'd be alright living on his own.
Personality - He's very independent, and very stubborn. Zaeff, however intelligent, hates admitting he's wrong if he ever is; especially to people he wants to impress. He'd rather do anything but admit he's wrong. He enjoys arguing a lot, since he's got such a sharp tongue. Insulting, mocking, teasing- it's something he enjoys more than he should. When it comes to fighting, he's highly defensive and tends to evade as much as possible before dealing any blows. He has unique strategies, and never puts all of his effort into anything, unless he thinks it deserves it. He hates feeling weak, and as much as he likes insulting and mocking others, he can't take it himself. Live by the sword, die by the sword, is something that applies to his way of life.
Zaeff enjoys being independant more than having to be in a group. He hates being slowed down by others, and he has more of a tendency to dislike people on first sight rather than like them. Although he calls himself realistic, his way of thinking is something closer to pessimism.
Life is a bit of a game to him, though. Although he takes certain things seriously, he doesn't tend to think about consequences. Or at least, doesn't act on the possibility of them arising. His biggest fear is cold, and freezing to death. He hates being cold, with a passion, which is why in his pack he always carries extra bandages and clothes.
