clockworkmonkey Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:44 pm
Name: Alter Ruin, known simply as "Ruin"
Race: Hylian?
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Physical Description: Ruin is a peculiar Hylian; his skin is an extremely dark shade of blue, almost black. His features are very angular, with a pointed chin, small upturned eyes, and a small, pointed nose. His ears are long and pointed, like an elf's as well. Beneath his eyes, beginning at the lower lids, are hook-like silver marking that curve towards the center of the face.
Ruin's eyes are unusual by most standards. The area that is normally white in human eyes is instead a dark shade of purple, not quite as dark as his skin. His irises are gold, and his pupils are small in any light.
Ruin's hair is silver, like the markings on his skin. He keeps his hair short, but it has a tendency to grow back quickly.
Ruin is smaller than the average man, in both height and weight, with a very light build that affords for very quick movement, but little in the way of physical might. His entire body is the same dark shade of blue, and markings similar to those beneath his eyes can be found on his arms, halfway between the shoulder and the elbow, on his legs in roughly the same area, and on his back, between his shoulders.
Ruin wears the tanned pelts of animals, his pants a patchwork of different skins all stritched together. He wears nothing covering his upper body or feet, save for a small wolf's fang hung on a cord around his neck.
Bio: Ruin was born under bizarre circumstances, of which he is utterly unaware. He was cursed before birth by a mischievous spirit, which resulted in his unusual appearance. He was discarded by his parents, shunned by his own people, and left in the wilderness to die. He was discovered by benevolent forest spirits, who sheltered and raised him. He learned to communicate with the forest and its spirits, to speak with the dead, and how to use the magic that coursed through his veins. His primary uses of magic are to blend in with his surroundings, but his abilities are not limited to such. He is skilled with wind and water magic, and has a faint flickering of fire magic.
Anything Else: Ruin largely avoids contact with others, but he is not so cold that he will deny a call for help. He is a rather stoic individual, wary of everything, but not frightened by much, and speaks very little, save to the spirits of the forest, to whom few words are needed.
Admittedly it's a tad different but this is fantasy, and just about anything is possible, right?