Name: Skaeys Fallin
Blood colour: ███ Rustblood #660000
Gender: Male
Symbol:
Personality: For someone as outgoing as Skae, he rarely gets an opportunity to interact with other trolls. This can be blamed on the fact that he moves a lot, seeking adventure and shinies with his lusus. When he does meet up with others he's very shy for the first few moments, then gradually starts to warm up as his curiosity is peaked. In a way he's very much like a wild bird. Cautious, curious, and tempted by little coaxing gestures. After a while he'll get used to others, and try not to think too much on how he'll eventually leave them, and possibly destroy what ground he's built. If he ends up meeting the same troll again at a later date, he'll wonder just how much has changed between them and if he'll have to start over from scratch again. This leads him to fall back onto his ingrained habits of being shy and a bit wary.
Taldad often jokes, in a sad and almost regretful manner, that Skae's life can be summarized by cycles. Meet troll, befriend troll, leave, forget about troll, meet troll again, remember troll, and eventually leave said as Skae gives in to the urge to wander away. His behavioral habits in such instances are akin to someone who is prone to forgetting things and simply does them over and over again, eventually recalling that they have in fact done that task already, but then simply shrugs and continues to go through the motions. Only to question themselves an hour or two later if they did do it, or if it was only a figment of their imagination.
While he is very aware of where he stands on the hemospectrum Skae rarely lets it influence his behavior around others. Unless it becomes obvious that such behavior would not be tolerated. Nothing ensures good behavior like the very real threat of getting culled or beaten does. Even then it might end up being a 50-50 situation and figuring out who is faster and more resourceful when it comes down to escaping. After all, one of the first things Taldad ever taught him, was how to use the world to his advantage. This has, of course, backfired spectacularly on him several times in the past.
This even applies to trolls he's met before and trolls that he even genuinely gets along with. There's no telling how much, or even what might have changed for them during the time Skae has spent out of contact. Plus it never hurt to be a bit cautious around others. He wasn't omnipotent like the Empress seemed to be and his ability to read body language could only take him so far.
That said there's something about trolls that always seems to pull him back to seeking out attention. It's not just a biological urge to form bonds, but more along the lines of 'I wish I could do that', or 'I wonder what it would be like if I was like that'. In a way a part of Skae lives on through the stories of others. But deep down, underneath all the superficial reasoning, is the one true urge, and that is for Skae to find someone, or several someone's, that he can feel safe around. Safe enough to smother the need to move constantly, who wouldn't mind sticking up for him and making sure he doesn't get culled just because of his blood color.
But that urge felt more like a dream to him, because again, Skae was very well aware of his place on the hemospectrum, and even in his daydreams there's only so much he could bend to make it believable. But those daydreams and rehashing of stories both personal and fictional aren't the only thing that peaks his curiosity. While he wasn't the sort of troll who had to know everything that's going on in the lives of others, it helped to keep him alive on several occasions. He liked to keep his ear to the ground to know just what was going on in the world. Who was who, what was what, and where it was that he should avoid. Having friends who can give you a heads up was a bonus, and the process of forming those bonds was what really dragged him back from the far corners of the globe.
His hobby of finding interesting things came from observing Taldad, as the corvus' would frequently pause their travels to examine this or that, that had caught his eye. He would explain things to the best of his knowledge when questioned, and always encouraged Skae to figure out the uses of other things. This sparked a love of building and dismantling, taking apart one item to turn it into another. He's not too good at it, as his resources are limited, but the things he has made have made his nomad life much easier. It's a sign that Skae truly does like and value a troll if he gives them something he made, or found during his travels. It's hard for him to part with things if he has no intention of reclaiming it at a later date.
Skae loves storytelling. Not his own stories, but that of others. He loves listening to the world painted with someone else's words, seen through their eyes and colored by their own beliefs and experiences. No one story is ever alike, even if retold by a thousand trolls. Hearing the differences never fails to make him question the origins of the tale, and just how much of it has changed as time has gone by.
When he's afraid or overly excited Skae will peep. Slow with a low sub harmonic for afraid and rapidly with a higher pitch for happy. His laughter is more like a caw-like cackle and while he can crow and sing, he rarely does.
When he gets older Skae would love to become a chronicler of some sort, always surrounded by the history and stories of others.
Strengths:
Observant: There's something that can be said about body language, attention to detail, and having a smidge of empathy. It means you live longer. It also means that you pick up on stuff that others would rather you...not. But Skae has learned that the better you are at keeping secrets, the less likely others will realize that you know theirs.
Clever: If it's even a tiny bit interesting Skae will learn it and learn it well. He's quick with his fingers and his reflexes and his mind is often running several different tasks at the same time. He often tries to beat his personal records at assembling and disassembling things he's created or found. That being said Skae is more inventive clever than socially clever. He's not good with words or expressing himself with them. It's all about gestures as actions weight more to him, than words ever will.
Flaws:
Wanderlust: Being low on the Hemospectrum was never a good thing, being who he was, was also not a good thing. He was prone to offending others just by existing or attempting to modify one thing or another. This has led to a well developed urge to vanish right when the annoyance meters were starting to dip into a dangerous zone. Sadly Skae has had to leave behind small troves of hoarded treasures and half finished projects when the urge to leave hits. This urge also affects what little social interactions he manages to partake in. Because once he leaves he doesn't do it gradually. No notes, no last moment cryptic messages about future meetings. Nothing. Just an empty camping spot and unfulfilled promises to meet up again.
Socially Inept: Having to just up and leave every time he starts to feel settled does very little in terms of socializing anyone. Or even really exposing them to the social norms that society holds mostly everyone to. Oh sure he has a few friends somewhere out there that he somehow manages to keep in contact with via well timed letters, but it's different when it's face to face. Skae has a tendency to drop a few caws and cackles into his stuttered sentences and seems to forget at times, that not everyone can speak with their bodies and voice tones, just their words. Words are so silly. Silly mouth noises...
Weapon: Glaive
Appearance: Concept Skae favors loose clothing and shorts. Sure climbing and shimmying through tight spaces is a tad hard but comfort is comfort. His current favorite outfit is a worn out black t-shirt that lacks the right sleeve, has his symbol stitched on the front of his shirt in his blood color, beige shorts, and sturdy boots. A pair of rarely worn goggles and a shiny bead necklace completes the look.
His hair is likened to a crowcluckbeasts behind and despite his, or Taldad's attempts to tame it, it rarely, if ever, looks different.
Home: Old Hemisect City Chittentown (read: desert cave)
Lusus: Taldad is of the Corvus genus, a (insert species here) variant. He has a groove in his talons that can channel a special neurotoxin that his body produces, which helps him kill his prey. He takes special care to not infect Skae with this poison directly, instead letting him build up a resistance to it via his food.
Taldad is extremely grateful that Skae dotes upon him much like he dotes upon the young troll. He isn't unruly and rebellious. He listens when he speaks and will banter with him if the troll thinks that some rule is unfair or there just for the sake of being there. He never has to worry about him getting irreparably hurt, as the rustblood is a good judge on when something is getting to be too much. He's taught Skae to use his environments to his advantage, which comes in handy when ever he stumbles upon a ruin that's filled with armed traps. In short, Taldad is dreading the day when his little chick eventually hits the age when he thinks the corvus is uncool and doesn't know what he's talking about.
Power: None
