Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 4:27:08 GMT
GLADWIN YVES LOCKE
NICKNAME: Locke
GENDER: Male
AGE: 34
RACE: Griffon (formerly human)
BIRTHDATE: August 23rd
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APPEARANCE: At present, Locke stands shorter than what most people think of when it comes to grffons, clocking in at 2’10" at the shoulders, but, like most griffons, he has the head, talons, wings and tail feathers of some variety of raptor, and the body of a lion. With taupe feathers, a dark brown beak and matching talons, tan fur from the shoulders back and a pair of large orange eyes, one might be tempted to call him adorable were it not for the fact that he could easily tear one’s face off. Despite having very little need for eyewear due to his heightened vision after his transformation, Locke can often be seen wearing a simple pince-nez on his beak.
PERSONALITY: Locke is an honorable fellow, and holds no grudges. He’s a natural teacher, and, while very well-read, has not forgotten the basic values of sympathy. However, he’s arrogant to fault, quick to irritate, winds up in arguments more often than he can keep track of, and comes across as mirthless.
POSITIVE | NEGATIVE
Honorable | Arrogant
Natural Teacher | Snappy
Sympathetic | Grim
Scholarly | Disputatious
Honorable | Arrogant
Natural Teacher | Snappy
Sympathetic | Grim
Scholarly | Disputatious
LIKES: Reading, debating, teaching, scratches behind the ears, and organisation.
DISLIKES: Being interrupted, reapeating himself more than necessary, unemployment, guards and beggars.
BIOGRAPHY: Locke was not always a griffon. Born to a relatively well-to-do merchant, the young Locke gained a reputation for being a sweet and loving young man, yet who was also headstrong and arrogant. For while, though, eveything seemed to turn out just fine; inheriting his father’s business at the age of 22 after his father died, Locke did well for himself, and even had arranged to be married to his long-time sweetheart within two years. All of that, however, changed one day when he set out to visit a friend who lived on the other side of Heaven’s Pass. The day, as Locke puts it, “Fate decided to take [him] down a few notches”.
Not wanting to waste time climbing over mountains, or to waste his money haggling with boatmen, Locke decided to take the risky option of travelling through Manna Gorge. The first couple days going through the gorge went smooth, without any incidences. On the third day, when he had just about reached the other side, things went wrong. Locke’s map of the area got blown away by the breeze early in the day, and, thinking he could get through the rest of the way without it, walked straight into a mote of manna.
The next few weeks were spent in agony as Locke slowly crawled his way back out of the gorge, his body being altered and restructured all the way, yet was in so much pain he barely paid attention. When he finally got out of Manna Gorge, he stopped at a pond. Something felt different; his whole body felt different. Looking down at the water, he recoiled in horror at what he saw in the reflextion. He was no longer the handsome young man who had walked into Manna Gorge so foolishly: he was now a griffon, a beast. He screamed at the Gods… At least he could still talk and think like a man.
When he got back to town, no one would believe that the griffon in front of them was the same man that had left town weeks earlier. His business was sold off, and his sweetheart married another. His life ruined, Locke took up board in the slums, the only place that he could even find someone willing to give him food, let alone bunk with them. With no prospects of employment at hand, Locke turned to reading to pass the time and developed a liking for the old philosophers and religious scholars. In time, he found a way to earn a meager living teaching a few other residents of the slums how to read, a task which is, as he says, “frustrating to no end... But surprisingly rewarding.”
INVENTORY:
PHYSICAL ABILITIES :
Ability One: Flight; Locke has wings, and thus, can fly.
Ability Two: Enhanced Senses; In his current state, Locke has the heightened hearing and eyesight of a griffon, allowing him to see and hear things much clearer than a human.
COMBAT: N/A
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FAMILY:
Father – Auberon Locke – Dead
Mother – Addison Locke – Dead
RELATIONSHIP: Single
EXTRA: Despite undergoing a dramatic transformation from a human into a griffon, Locke is still able to speak and think rationally. His voice, however, sounds like someone covered him with pitch, and lit him on fire.
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