Name:
Raven Koutetsu
Rank:
Gougan Knight
Kingdom:
Rokyu
Height:
4'11"
Weight:
580 lbs
Age
23 (unaging)
Appearance:
Markings/Tattoos:
Only a small intricate runic tattoo above and below her belly button
Abilities/ Powers/ Magic:
Crystaline Body; Raven is naturally composed of crystal, making bleeding obsolete. Extreme Heat and Cold have no effect on Raven's body. In addition, Raven's "skin" in naturally armored and more resistant to physical damage then flesh.
Automaton: Due to the fact that Raven was creation and not born, she can not feel pain nor its crippling effects. Dehydration, starvation, exhaustion, and breathing effects hold no power over Raven. Her strength is that equal to a giant.
Master's Mark: (Royal Family Knowledge) Those able to read the ancient runic symbols engraved on Raven's belly may lay claim to Raven's actions. Because her body runs on magic, a small portion of any magical attack made in her area will be absorbed and used to restore her body.
Due to Raven's extreme weight, She is slower then most.
Race
Crystal Golem
Weapons:
Raven carries around a massive runic blade named Arthus. The blade stands as tall as Raven and wide enough to cover her back. Inscribed on the blade in ancient ruins it reads, "Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit. heart "
Arthus has a long and bloody past, constantly being used in civil war and spats by giants and other large creatures due to its extremely weight. weighing in at a massive 250 lbs by itself. Raven now wields the ancient blade almost as an extension of herself, almost to suggest a singularity. None but Raven can lift Arthus.
Personality:
Friendly and very personable although she can be socially awkward at times, unique for an automaton. Even though Raven was created, she thinks and feels for herself. Unless the master's mark is activated, at which time she loses all emotion and thought for anything but completing her task.
Likes:
Learning about other people and races.
Dislikes/ Hates:
people abusing her master's mark
History/ Bio:
Raven's life started as she opened her eyes to see a mysterious armored male standing next to the cold metal slab that she lay on. Not knowing how to speak, Raven attempted to communicate with the man only succeeding in emitting a loud grinding noise of gems being ground together. Needless to say she startled the man and alerted him to the fact that his "experiment" had taken on a life force of its own.
Over many years Raven had learned useful things such as how to speak and write and communicate. Noticing that she had taken a personal interest in several verbal and written dialects as well as an enormous aptitude for them; Dante then requested that she learn as many languages as she could, a request Raven was only too happy to comply with. After several months had passed Raven could be viewed conversing with her "father" in ancient dragonite, as well as many other languages that where spoken in and out of diplomatic situations.
Years passed and Raven grew in mental capacity at an alarming rate, reaching what many would call puberty only 9 years since her creation. Raven was curious about why she had always looked the same while the other humanoids started out as smaller versions of themselves. Dante knew it was time to explain to her the truth that surrounded her creation. Dante explained to her that she was not like the other humanoids, or any other humanoid for that matter. That she was a being formed out of pure crystal and brought to life by an accidental discharge of enormous amounts of magical energy, in short... she wasnt really alive.
Then next several years became a dark whirlwind of emotion for her. How could she be unliving when she thought and spoke and felt for herself? It was a question even Dante could not answer. Although she found that everything else that her father had said was true. She realized that her skin was harder and more durable than anyone she knew, save her father and her long time friend Aurora Valour. Her strength grew to enormous proportions, routinely trying (and failing miserably) to best her father at arm wrestling matches. And that she had always had these mysterious runes tattooed on her stomach around her belly button. When she asked her father what the runes were he replied that maybe one day she would be old enough to know such secrets, to which she continued to remind him that she did not age.
Finally she grew bored with everyday activities around the castle grounds and had taken a fancy to the swordplay matches that could be seen from the boarders of where she was allowed to roam. After calling to many of the men she could be seen in the ring trying her hand with a sword. To many men's astonishment, she would swing the sword so hard that it would rend not only her opponents blade but her own into pieces. After some consideration the men desided to allow her to use the much heavier and more durable greatswords that only the elite guard carried, which was much more to Raven's liking.
Several years later after a particularly long trip to the north, Dante presented her with Arthus, an ancient runic great sword that was once used in a great many number of civil wars and battles among the giants that inhabited the world. It was prized by the behemoths for its remarkable power and weight that it brought to the one who wielded it. Interesting enough the sword bound itself to Raven as soon as her hand touched the handle, making it so that only she could lift it.
Years passed and Raven grew in both mental capacity and physical prowess. Her swordsmanship grew to an extreme level as well has her physical strength. Now able to lift something 100 times her weight and swing Arthus with masterful grace, Raven had become a truly powerful warrior. The time had come for Dante to explain to her what the runes on her body were.
(royal family knowledge) Her father explained to her that these runes where written in all 8 forms of the most ancient forgotten forms of dwarven, and that is spoken aloud would rob Raven of her own free will. After explaining to her the ramifications and the benefits of the runes and how they had brought her life, Dante bid her to keep the runes safely under clothing or body wrap as to keep others from exploiting her inherent weakness. After that fateful conversation, never again would Raven be seen without a wrapping or cloth to cover her stomach.
Now years later Raven can be observed serving not only as a Gougan Knight, a warrior of extreme skill and power in service to the King of Royku, but as the handmaiden to the younger daughter of King Dante V Valour.
