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Name: Octavian Nicastro

Nickname: Tavi

Age: 21ish

Birthday: June 14, 1995

Sign: Gemini

Gemstone: Moonstone

Blood Type: B

Fav. Food: Pizza

Hated Food: Most tart foods

School: Graduated!

Hobbies:
Kickboxing: While he fights with a more street style, kickboxing keeps himself in shape and is a rather fun way to practice his kicks. He spends three days a week training at the gym for about an hour. His legs and abs have grown incredibly strong since he started doing this and he relies heavily on his kicks for fighting. He's now getting used to also using his arms and fists, given his daggers do something now. Its one of the few things he has now that brings him genuine joy and excitement.

Bass Guitar: He may not play in any bands anymore, but he still plays his bass. He very much enjoys it and finds it soothing on those nights when he can't sleep. Over the years he's taught himself most of the popular punk rock songs and has a rather large portfolio of covers. If he was approached by an agent to find a band, he's on the fence whether he'd say yes or not. He's been getting more into it lately, playing for his girlfriend frequently.

Virtues:
Protective: He's incredibly protective of not only those he cares about but other people as well. He's willing to guide young knights and senshi into the right path, and willing to stand in the line of fire for his comrades. He's seen too many people get hurt or worse and would rather stand in the way than let you get hit. While it takes some time for Tavi to get to this level with people, once you've hit the 'friend bar' Octavian will protect you as best he can. He's not going to stand in front of bus or train (he has enough self-preservation for that), but he will do his best to get you out of the way or, at worse, go down trying to get you safe. His family is one of the most important things to him, and threatening them is like threatening him. He will defend them until he dies, and as a result, its a touchy subject for him.

Passionate: Tavi throws himself fully into whatever task he's set on at that moment. Things are never done in halves, or with half-heartedness. He loves unconditionally, with his whole self, and spills this passion for life into all he does. He plays bass as though it’s the last time he'll ever play. He shows strong emotion, and with an intensity that sometimes even shocks himself. Not that he wasn't capable of this level of emotion before, he just can't remember a time when he ever did. The freedom of being completely free with his emotions and running his life as such is incredibly freeing.

Flaws:
Brutal: While Tavi cannot quite remember when or how he learned to fight, but he does not deny that he fights well. He runs on mostly instinct, lashing out with kicks and punches with an intent to harm and hurt. Tavi has no qualms about breaking bones or knocking out teeth if it keeps his enemy from hurting others. It makes him a terrifying force of nature, scaring himself at times with his own brutality. He struggles to contain it, unsure of where it comes from, and he often cannot remember why he threw the punch in the first place.

Interpersonally, Tavi is brutally honest to others, almost to the point of being blunt and rude. He drives his coworkers with a hardness that he'd like to think keeps people hustling. It's forceful, uncompromising, and unapologetic, which doesn't win him many friends. Its subconscious, and he's not quite aware of it yet.

Impulsive: Missing half of his life for the last five years has made Tavi an impulsive man, who does things in attempts to jog his memory, or simply because he wants to. Want a puppy? He goes and gets one. Go on a road trip at 4 am? He's gone before 3. Randomly leave work because he just doesn’t want to be there anymore? He's done that several times now, putting his job on the line. People have criticized him for being flaky and unreliable, as well as careless and capricious with little care for those around him. It is not that he means to, he just keeps looking for something that he can't quite find and isn't quite sure what it is.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 

Eyes: Gray-silver

Hair: Sapphire blue, down to his waist, usually kept in a ponytail or bun

Face: Angular

Clothes: Jeans and a good plaid shirt over a t-shirt, geek or band related.

Hey, Scowl!

Siegfried looks really cool and he is really close to a stamp so I am going to try my hardest to be quick so you can play him! I only have two things I want to go over before he is ready, though!

The first thing is the flaw, ‘Brutal’; this could absolutely work, but the description seems to be focused on how he lashes out physically. The personality traits are supposed to be applicable in a wide variety of situations but it seems like this will only manifest when he was fighting. I think it might help to explore how his brutality manifests in other ways to help showcase how it could be applicable in more situations than just that; for example, is he brutal in his words or other general actions? Will he set a goal and meet it steadfastly, with actions that might be described as brutal or direct? If you can help flesh out this flaw for situations other than just his fighting, it will absolutely work!

The second thing is his Knight magic; the way you have the magic written isn’t typical for Knights so it will just need to be tweaked a little bit to fit Knight standards! Knights don’t have dice mechanics; they have a set limit for how long they can channel their magic for, so I think a very small, quick tweak can make this approvable! Instead of saying ‘This lasts for 1d4 posts’, I would suggest saying ‘He can channel his magic for up to 45 seconds’. Instead of saying allies within hearing range, I would also suggest giving a concrete radius—like, all allies within fifteen feet can gain a boost to their moral and a second wind/surge of energy for as long as he is playing his violin and channeling his magic! This would be easy for roleplayers to work with and would fit within Knight magic guidelines!

If you have any questions, comments, or make any changes, please give me a quote and I’ll be back as soon as possible!

That looks good to me! Have fun!