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Username: Sir Awesomealot
Name: Mr. Cameron Instructor
Age: 43
Species: He is a Dragon-Folk, a species that is a cross of human and dragon with questionable origins. It is a large clan that is very exclusionary. They're form is humanoid enough to mingle with humans, but just barely. They retain dragon traits such as the different type of sight, animalistic ol factory senses, scales, tails, claws, forked tongue, and fire breath but each person has a different combination and amount of those traits. They can all transform into a dragon without regard for conservation of mass, however, the size, colorings and shape are different for each and the dragon form ages with the person. The lifespan of a Dragon-Folk that isn't involved in significant violence is estimated at 90-130 years, but has so far been unable to be proven. This species rarely lives into old age, and even more so long enough to die from it.
Appearance: Mr. Cameron's skin is a dark caramel color, but does not retain the smoothness of the shade in that it is calloused even where it would be unlikely to have them. The left side of his face is mostly covered with dark green scales, the outer rim of each lined with a thin strip of yellow. A few patched of these scales adorn the other areas of his face. He is bald, with patches of scales, the largest of which is where his right ear would be if he had one. his left ear has a single piercing, a gauge that could easily allow a pencil to go through the hole, held with an open metal cylinder. From it dangles a dragon skull ornament by way of a thin and short chain. His face protrudes much like that of a lizard, but not as pointed. His teeth are clearly meant for a carnivore, and his nose faded into his face to be little more than two slits where the odd shape of his face sticks out a bit more than merely the initial forward stretch. His eyes are different. His right eye is more rounded, and the only lid is a membrane that is usually hidden, leaving the eye more open and unblinking. This eye has no white, only a yellow-green background and a black slit. The other eye is more human, although surrounded by scales. This eye gives the scales the illusion that they are a mask. This eye is colored a deep brown, a significant contrast to the other.
His outer arms, from his elbow to his knuckles, are covered in the same dark green spikes with the thin yellow edge. In addition, the scales from the left side of his face continue from his jaw toward the back of his neck, twisting to cover half of his neck in a way that has the scales covering the spinal area, and a bit past, on the right side. These continue down his back, but her has no tail. His fingers are long, his right hand has three and a thumb, while his left has jsut two and a thumb. All of his fingers end with a claw-like fingernail, a long, strong nail that curves inward somewhat and appears to be a green color over black. The joints of his fingers are knobby and stand out.
The main of his feet are short, but the overall size is proportionate to his humanoid frame because they fork into three large toes. the top of his feet and toes is scaled, but the soles are heavily worn, calloused, and leathery.
It is unlikely and student will see much of this, since he usually wears a hooded cloak with the hood down, a fedora, and heavy brown-leather boots that lace up to the middle of his shin.

His dragon form is serpent-like, lacking wings and feet. It swims through air or water and has a pair of clawed limbs that allow it to carry or land. It is under 10 meters long, but close, perhaps 8 or 9. (Think around 25 ft.)
Why I came to this school: Mr. Cameron came to this school, hired to teach Ancient languages, and has done so here for 8 years; this will be his ninth. He was never a student at this school, and was hired from a job at a university (one that catered to magical beings) where he was researching languages and cultures under an esteemed professor.
Personality: He is blunt and to the point, his care for ancient languages doesn't shine through very well, but is slightly apparent in certain reactions to student comments or errors. Outside of lectures he may be seen while preforming faculty duties such as the occasional turn of rounds, but is rarely seen when not working.

World Of Warcraft Character

Username
Myzari
Character Name
Abluna'Jin StoneTusks
Species
Troll
Age
Twenty-eight Summers
Class
Druid
Appearance
Like all trolls, Abluna'Jin , has tantilizing azure skin highlighted by purple and white inks that help channel the will of the Loa he serves. His short tusks curve upward much like the native boars of his birth home, but this is also a sign of his youth. Usually he prefers to dress in cloth robes while he learns new abilities but lately he has been learning hand to hand combat, wielding staves, and casting spells so he has opted to wear naga skin shirts, pants and boots. The leather apparel serves to better protect the young troll as he journeys further from home and learns more appealing forms of mysticism
Personality
A cast off from the GoreTusks clan, Abluna'Jin is unusually chipper and bright. He can often be found humming and working leathers or diligently stoking fires for fresh kills. He enjoys cooking and leatherworking and few speculate that it is a heredity trait he doesn't understand. Abluna'Jin is for the most part a happy-go-lucky with a soft spot for kids. But he does have issues with Warlocks, particularly a female undead lock called Myzari.
History
Born in the Orc capital Orgrimmer, His mother was a brutal witch doctor who was far too cruel to raise a child who was born silent. The GoreTusks dropped the infant off at the local orphanage, convinced that the silent child wouldn't fit in within the bloody clan. Adopted by a gentle Blood Elf priestess staying in the city she raised him with all her beliefs until she died in a raid shortly after his twentith summer. Abluna'Jin was initially trained as a Shaman when he reached maturaty. He was very skilled and a most accomplished healer, unfortunately his easy going nature left him suseptible to a warlock's charms. Myzari was skilled in her art of corruption and immediately noticed the dark taint in Abluna'Jin's aura; never one to let an easy target go, she befriended Abluna'Jin and had him tightly bound to her side for five years. Never once during that time did Abluna'Jin have to call forth his unique skill to heal the lock, as her own powers sustained her, until a child fell from a zepplin in Tirisfal Glades. When Abluna'Jin tried to revive the child he found that his Loa had abandon him and his powers we so damaged that he might as well have become a demon consort himself. In an attemp to purge himself of taint he abandoned Myzari and returned to the Echo Isles and found a Druid who turned the taint into a powerful force. A feral Druid in the making now, Abluna'Jin works to learn the way of the spirits. He has trained as a Leather worker and cook so that the animals and monsters he has to slay on his journey are not killed in vain. It has been noted that he sometimes gets carried away and ends up unintentionally bathing himself ini blood.

That is an excellent description of him. I was impressed how much detail you put into Cameron. You described him very well. I wish I knew more background about the guy; but that will come later in the story, I'm sure.
PS: Yay for fedora!


I'm just going to call him Jin for brevity. He has a very interesting back-story. It makes you connect with him as a character.


However, you may have given him a few too many abilities. I know it's WoW, but I'm going to use some D&D comparisons. In your post, you mentioned hand-to-hand, magic, and healing. That covers 3/5 of the basic abilities in a D&D party. As an individual character, you should pick one of those three to specialize in. A secondary ability would be acceptable, but Jin would be less skilled in it. A third one, is kind of pushing it.

I do realize that you're talking about a Video-Game character, and know that you often have more choices when using game mechanics. I've seen many a game-character with excellent skill in everything (hand2hand, ranged, healing, spells, and trickery/thievery). I am merely critiquing the story aspect of the character. Otherwise, he sounds like an enjoyable character to play out.

Wait.
Druids can pull off all that anyway?

Sweet! Now I can be a druid half-fey (or whichever one it is that can use fey step.) I usually have a tough time figuring out how I would play a character. I've never played it, but you'd be surprised how many source-books I've read through regardless.

Metal armor is overrated when you can get dragonhide armor with a Wild enchantment anyway. Lets not forget having spells to mess with people who rely on it, like heat metal, chill metal, and rusting grasp. Then there's those later transmutation spells, and repel metal.

Heheh. I like the sounds of that. Having a guy who can't use metals, with multiple ways to counter those who do. I can see quite a bit of fun in that idea. Repel metal sounds like it would even be helpful against a melee enemy trying to attack a druid. After a while, my (non-existent) party may have to opt for less metal, just so they don't get affected by that last one, if it got too strong.

Besides, space ROCK could work too. And, story-wise, might even be stronger than dragon-hide armor, or dragon-tooth weaponry.

I'd have to look up the name of the spell as well as the specifics, but I also recall a spell that turns the melee weapons of an attacker back on them. Literally bends the weapon around and makes it strike its own user. I like that space rock idea, though. I'm partial to blunt weapons. Material just needs to be durable and moderately heavy.