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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:07 pm
Username: Cyrus the Blackheart
Character Name: Drexel Swiftwind
Character Race: Human
Character Age: 20
Character Gender: Male
Character Height: 5' 8"
Character Weight: 165 lbs
Character Alignment: Chaotic Good
Character Occupation / Trade: Engineer/Alchemist
- Drexel spends most of his time working on various gadgets to improve life for others and for himself, mostly for himself. When he's not fidgeting with gadgets he's trying to figure out new chemical balances that will allow him to make different kinds of gadgets. Most of his alchemical and engineer work is to improve his ability to go out and adventure.
Personality: Drexel is known for his quirky mannerisms, from having a twenty minute, one sided, conversation with someone about a new gadget he's working on, to how he keeps his workshop an 'organized' mess. He isn't scatter brained so much as he has forty things going on in his mind all at once with no way to organize them all, though he does try. He has a kind heart but he never does anything for free, not even for his own mother.
Character Race Traits:
- Human adaptability: Humans are naturally adaptable and they have an easy time picking up a large amount of varying skills.
- Indomitable Spirit: As hardy racially as any of the strongest races, humans have the desire and sticktuitiveness to survive where even other races surpass them in many ways. Even when they're down on their luck, being beaten to a pulp and their body is giving up with sheer willpower they can manage to push back from the brink of death.
- Emotional/Reckless: Humans have a tendency to get caught up in all kinds of difficulty situations due to their inherent nature to seemingly look for conflict. They charge in head first to deal with a problem, standing by their convictions and it can lead to some very hairy situations.
Current Levelling Points LP: Nada
Current Level: Novice (1) Marksman
Description of Appearance: Drexel has short, unkempt, brown hair and deep green eyes. He's got a pretty slim figure with small compact muscles only noticeable if you're looking for them, as they're usually hidden by the grease and filth covering his body.
Drexel Swiftwind Portrait, picture courtesy of xiaoban
Drexel Swiftwind Fully Body Shot, picture courtesy of TheTyro
Skill Set: Unstable Gunslinger
Weapons/armor/items Carried:
- Dual Shot Clockwork Pistol: Personally forged by Drexel, this pistol is entirely unique. There are two barrels one on top of the other set at slightly different angles of shot, the first barrel shoots straight, while the second barrel shoots about five degrees to the left of the first barrel. Both barrels are fed by the same clip which holds 10 shots. It is a dual-trigger pistol so it can be shot double fire or single fire to conserve bullets.
- Leather and Bronze Plate Vest: Over the top of his standard white undershirt, Drexel wears this vest. It is a vest that appears to be made entirely of leather, but on the inside of the leather is small thin bronze plating that protects him slightly from blades and some bullets. The plating is very thin allowing for full range of motion, which also leads to less protection. It's about a quarter of an inch thick in most sections and other sections are much thinner. Picture banded mail and you've got about the right idea.
- Pouch of small explosives: Sitting on his utility belt is a pouch of very small, hardly noticeable explosives. They're all about the size of bullets, they have small fuses which he lights with his gloves.
- Outfit: Drexel wears a sturdy pair of work boots with bronze capped toes and bronze tipped laces. His pants are a sturdy fabric similar to denim but softer in texture. He wears a soft cotton tank top and over that he wears his coarse cotton undershirt which is usually rolled up to his elbows. His gloves are specially designed leather gloves with each of his finger tips being capped with flint and his thumb being capped with steel, allowing him to easily light his small fused bombs. His pants are held up by his utility belt which carries all his basic tools and his various pouches. It also holsters his double shot pistol.
- Explosive Vials: On his utility belt are three small vials with a secret chemical formula inside. Throwing a vial creates a small explosion of smoke and the liquid left behind creates a small burn, usually a second degree burn, but if it goes untreated it will quickly turn into a third degree burn and eat through layers of skin.
Signature Moves:
Speed talking - From all the knowledge crammed into the brain of this madman he has an amazing processing power which allows him to go on and on for what seems like hours to most people with non-stop continuous thought. Most of the time it's because he's genuinely trying to convey an idea to another person, but on occasion he uses this skill to distract his foes from the battle at end to create an opening in their defense, or offense should he view a need to retreat.
The Silent Bullet - One of his craziest inventions ever was his two shot pistol, both chambers are fed from the same clip but they fire at slightly different angles. Picking up the pistol you would never notice the angle difference, but Drexel is well aware of it. This pistol allows him to shoot two bullets and trick his enemy into running into one of them, but since you only hear one gunshot it has been named 'The Silent Bullet' by the brilliant and egotistical man himself.
Crazy Man Dance - Knowing that even with his massive intelligence, wit and skill with a gun, someone was bound to get close enough for melee combat, especially those more skilled than himself. So Drexel developed this technique where he ferociously strikes randomly with closed fists, opened fists, feet, knees, his head and most of the time his quick movements allow him to place small explosive devices on the would be attacker. It's called the Crazy Man Dance because after about three successful explosives being planted, he drops to the ground, rolls away and dances while laughing maniacally. Most enemies stand there confused until the explosives go off.
Background Story:
Drexel Swiftwind was a problem child because from a very early age he was interested in technology. The problem came not from the interest that he had, but how he went about learning, which was taking apart everything in his house and putting it back together in a way that he thought made more sense. Since most of the time he didn't have any idea what he was doing, the early years of his deconstruction and reconstruction left his parents steaming. His house was never quiet, Drexel was so curious about technology because that's what his father did, he was a famous engineer. He'd been the one to trademark flying machines, although there were many people before him that made flying machines, none of them were quite as successful as his father.
Forever in his father's shadow Drexel quickly gave up on becoming well known for larger Engineering projects and decided to move to Riverrun with the idea that in this place he could shine as a battle engineer. Creating all kinds of gadgets and weapons that would allow him to survive and even overcome anything he might face.
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:15 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:12 pm
Thank you. I'm gonna try to post tonight or in a couple days. My signal is iffy out on this lake and I'm with family so forgive me if it takes until the end of the week. I look forward to joining in biggrin
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