Username: Zerdiox
Character Name: Jonathan Grey
Age: His passport says 27
Race: Altempratus, explanation in history.
Sex: Male, obviously.
Appearance: Strands of white are woven throughout his natural brown hair. With it's silk-like feel and appearance it is often the target of jealously from women who could only wish they had hair like his own. Those white strands aren't something adjusted at the beauty specialist, they are a natural side-effect of some of his abilities. A few strands of his hair fall in front of his blue eyes, the strong contrast between the two colours make his eyes stand out more then already do. When he's having a good times, those blue eyes are filled with glitters and sparkles, they show off his kind nature. But like many things in live the exact opposite can be said when he is annoyed or angry, those eyes turn cold and it feels like a thousand needles are being pushed in to your skin. To finish things off he has a small beauty spot under his left eye.
A fashionable guy? Well he keeps his clothing simple, custom made items are the only things he wears, custom made suits that is. You will usually find him in a simple two-button blazer showing off some skin with matching pants finished with black or brown formal shoes. A red pendant with the deepest form of red you will ever find hangs from the metal necklace around his neck, if you stare in to it you will get the impression that the entire universe is trapped in it. Both his ears are pierced, the right one with two metal rings at the back and his left earlobe has a pointed pendant with two small buttons going to the back.
To give him a more casual look he wears a trenchcoat over his shoulders, both sleeves are unused and it never seems to fall off no mater what movement he makes. It has uncommon finishing details at the corners that give it a type of occult appearance and they couldn't be more right about that. More info about that at the bottom.
All in all, it might seem that Jonathan draws a lot of attention but in fact he remains in the background, there is no strong aura that emits when he enters a room, nope, Jonathan isn't the type of man to search out the spotlight.
He's about 6.1feet tall.
Personality: Mellow and laid back are the best words to describe it, you won't find him throwing a fit over nothing and he will mostly ignore those that annoy him. Like anybody else he enjoys a good laugh or joke but isn't the type to actually start one himself. When people first meet him they get a mixed feeling, he looks formal and yet so casual, Jonathan has come to perfect it as he enjoys the confusion it sometimes brings.
Even though he doesn't show it, he's a guy who loves the thrill of a fight. His aura changes drastically and his attitude becomes down-right manic. Or so it seems. Jonathan is just having the best time of his life and he just can't seem to hold himself back. He won't play with his opponent. He goes straight ahead while still keeping some things hidden. Underneath that manic attitude he's a calculated fighter, in fact, that's the part about a fight he loves the most: planning his moves ahead, being flexible and working under intense pressure. He believes that the only way to truly know a person is through fighting them. Nothing else matters then; you don't care any more about keeping up appearances. The kind face always on display falls away. All that's left is the very core: fight for survival and eliminate your opponent. Will you kill him with a merciful deathblow, or be brutal and strike every bit of flesh you can get your hands on? Do you let your mind take control or will you let your instincts take over? In that moment you show to the world just who and what you really are.
History:
First things first. Jonathan is from a different race then the normal human being. Some say his race has evolved from humans others say it’s evolved from half elves. Nobody really knows and nobody really cares anymore. The fact is that they live three times as long as a normal human and grow up twice as fast, reaching maturity in 16 years. Their body is then still that of a normal 16 year old human but their mind has matured. The woman are unfortunately only able to give birth to one or two children, three is rare. Throughout history this has assured that they can’t overcome humans in population and that everybody is well trained to defend themselves.
At a young age Jonathan had been trained in various martial arts, mostly because his parents were always moving from one town to the other. He had always joined the local dojo and was trained by his father on the side. They always said that his birth has been an outburst of power and that it showed in his training. Jonathan never knew what it meant but took it as a compliment nonetheless.
Twenty-four years passed while Jonathan kept moving around with his parents and training as vigorously as always. Then at the dawn of his 25’th birthday his ‘flame’ awakened. He transformed in to his animal form, respectfully called Peregrine. As is custom, so his father said, he now had to leave his parents and find his own place in the world. He however stayed for one more day, listening to his father explain a few things about their race.
He first explained about The Connection. An ability they all share, to be able to find everybody everywhere. It’s activated when two people of his race make physical contact, from then on they can find each other everywhere. There are a few ways to break this connection. The first way is to kill the other person. The second way is a lot friendlier but just as cruel. Since this is a physical as well as a mental ability, the moment you truly believe somebody is dead or doesn’t exist, the connection is also severed, at least from your side.
His father then further explained about the flame in each and everyone of them. This is the actual life-force of each and everyone of them. People with a large flame usually grow out to be powerful and live a little bit longer then those with a weak flame. At child-birth the flame is born with an explosion of power, signalling to everybody close enough that a new child is born. The stronger the explosion the bigger the flame will be. His father told him that he hadn’t witnessed a stronger explosion in his life. He said that Jonathan would be destined for greatness.
Jonathan was then given food and money for a few weeks, along with his own ritual kit to access his inner-dimension, it was time he left. After saying goodbye to his parents he set out to explore the world. The first thing he would was visit the previous town and try to get a job. It only took him three days to get a decent job and a few new friends. After a week he was suddenly visited by the family pet, Kiki. At first he thought his parents had come for him but apparently Kiki had decided to stay with Jonathan. She handed him the trinket that now hangs around his neck, it’s her home.
He wandered around for 11 years with only Kiki at his side and her weird personality. In those days Jonathan was a kind hearted youngster, he never fought even though he knew how. He avoided every fight and only used his strength to escape. In second month of the eleventh year he ended up being targeted by a gang that controlled the entire region. Jonathan didn’t know how it happened, he always kept to himself and hadn’t insulted anybody, he wouldn’t dare. Still they came at him, calling him names, blaming him for things he didn’t do. He wanted to escape that region but every way out was being watched. He only had one more choice and that was to go up, up the mountain in that region. It was on that mountain that he found a kinsman and a master, Lain. Jonathan explained everything that had happened and Lain decided to teach Jonathan how to fight. This didn’t go easy for Jonathan as he protested and declined hundreds of times. In the end he did however lose and accepted the teachings from Lain. Often he wondered where Kiki had gone to but she was nowhere to be found.
Jonathan might have thought that he had been trained properly, he found out that he was poorly mistaken. Lain had the normal build of a human, no fancy muscles to be see or a torso that could match a bulls. Nothing else was further from the truth, Lain possessed exceptional strength. He hadn’t trained his muscles as they were, he had changed them by training. He said that there were three types of muscles; red, white and pink. Red muscles can deliver exceptional strength over short periods of time while white muscles can be used over extended periods of time but with less strength. Pink muscles were those muscles that can exercise great strength over long periods, a normal human only possessed a small percentage of those. Lain had trained hard and long enough so that his entire body was build out of pink muscles. He was now training Jonathan, along side with his son, to develop those muscles.
To make sure that he wasn’t a bother for Lain he was also working as a blacksmiths apprentice at the bottom of the mountain. It had several benefits, running up and down the mountain was training and learning a trade kept his mind busy at first. In the end it cleared his mind and kept his hands busy.
Jonathan stayed with Lain for 36 years, along the course Jonathan had decided to use weighted chains as weapons and took over the blacksmith at the bottom of the mountain. He also learned what type of a martial artist he really was. He had thought to be a Sei user, a fighter who stays calm and uses his skills in a fight rather then power or anger. It turned out that he was actually a Do-user, somebody who uses his anger to fight and overcome his own limits. Actually Lain wasn’t so surprised about it, since Jonathan lacks the real will for a fight; it would be impossible for him to stay calm and not think off escaping, he needs the anger from a Do-fighter to attack his opponent.
Jonathan was now 72 years old, he had learned a lot from his race, he now knew it was called Altempratus. So once again he set out, Kiki appeared at the bottom of the mountain and wouldn’t let out a word where she had been. Jonathan could only shrug and move on, along with Kiki. After only two days Kiki challenged him to a duel, she had to use a vast amount of persuasive power to get him to fight. Once it started Jonathan found it weird that he would be fighting a fox but as the fight continued he couldn’t lay a hand on here. It became apparent to Jonathan that Kiki was far more powerful then he could grasp. At the end when Jonathan collapsed of exhaustion Kiki commented that he was good, very good to normal standards but that he still had a lot of work to do. He then trained with Kiki every evening, rain or snow, it didn’t matter.
It took 2 more years for him to reach a new highlight in his life, he came in to contact with the Altempratus family. They told him that it was a family with only people of his own race, taking care of each other for the benefit of the race. They invited him to join and he did, partially because he wanted to know more about his race, also because he wanted friends like himself but mostly because he was curious why his father or Lain hadn’t spoken of it, ever.
After 2 years of membership and training with them as well as Kiki, he was send out on his first mission, bounty-hunting. It was one of the main incomes for the family and it helped Jonathan develop a fighting spirit. It took an extra 2 years before Jonathan became a full-fledged member, receiving the signature gloves the white trench coat, which is magical in a few ways. The gloves are only to be worn on official business like collecting a bounty or reporting to the base, otherwise they are to remain out of sight because they could reveal the past of the family. Since the trench coat has no marks on it he is allowed to wear it whenever he wants.
Now 89 years old Jonathan is quite the wealthy man due to many succeeded mission and works completely off base. The location of the base is hidden and sometimes even changes location, the Altempratus family aspires to remain in the dark.
Additional Information:
Things he owns
His chains
The bike he drives around with.
His knife, used for a coup de grace.
His companion; Kiki, a female fox.
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Family powers
The first thing you should know that they all have two powers, two powers they share.
The first one would perhaps be the most fascinating, inside their body they hold a vast amount of space, a second dimension if you wish. They use this to store their weapons or valuables. They can however not just shove something in their, only when it has been introduced to the dimension they can freely pull it out and put it back in. If they wish to store an item for the first time they have to go trough a painstaking ceremony that takes a few hours and leaves that person exhausted for the next two days. If you are lucky enough you may someday witness this ceremony with Jonathan.
The second power is simpler, once they reached their prime, they are able to shapeshift in to a creature that most fits them. Jonathan had thought at first he would perhaps be a cat or a tiger, well, he couldn't have been more wrong and surprised when he first unleashed this power.
His appearance was astonishing to say the least and was called Peregrine. When changed he's 260cm or 8.5feet tall and has a wingspan of 6m or 19.6feet.
Picture
Things he holds in his dimension
- His chains
- His knife
Favourite drinks
Alcoholic: Cognac/Brandy
Calming: Green Tea
Soft drink: Schweppes Bitter Lemon
Soundtrack
TOOL-Lateralus
