We have an opening - the cross-Atlantic timezone difference was too difficult to surmount. But the character is very interesting and if you want to take over on Thursdays let me know. APPEARANCE Age: 42 Height: 1,98 m Weight: 78 kg Eyes: Grey, cold and lifeless Skin: Dark amber Hair: Mohawk, darkest black TRAITS AND PERSONALITY Haaku is a cold and calculating individual and always has an air of control about him. Every move he makes or word he speaks is weighed to achieve the desired effect. He never allows emotions or circumstances, no matter how dire, to master him. He tirelessly maintains himself in top condition and constantly seeks to improve his arcane skills. He believes himself to be impossibly handsome and is obsessively narcissistic, so he wears the terrifying Agharoth's Mask to protect his face from scarring or bruising during battle. Haaku is also terribly cunning, able to outthink as well as outfight his opponents. Ruthless and unstoppable when it comes to his goals, Haaku is a sneaky and deadly warrior, who prefers to stay hidden in the shadows and fight from there, striking down his enemies by surprise, when they least expect it. He sees the world as a hateful place where everyone exploits everyone else unless they are too weak to do so; to survive, one must possess the power to exploit others and the ruthlessness to do so without allowing emotions to encumber you. BACKSTORY Losing his parents to a mysterious illness at a young age, Haaku was left alone, wandering the streets of Balic and trying to survive in all kinds of manners, some considered illegal. He was quickly noticed and taken as an orphan by the Elves of the secretive Shadows organization. Firstly unwelcome and seen as an outsider with no place in the tribe, the boy was kept alive only because of the trust put in him by the legendary leader of the Shadows, Darzus. Make no mistake, it was not love that kept Darzus from leaving the kid to starve to death, but a strong sense that something great will become of him, a sensation Darzus could not ignore. He always trusted his instincts and he was always right. This time, it wouldn't be any different. But it was going to be. Growing up, Haaku was thought the way of the Shadows directly by Darzus. He learned to track, observe, stalk and recognize all the rare opportunities that this cruel world presented. He learned to fight and kill. He learned the ways of the arcane, step by step, under constant scrutiny from the Shadows master Wizard, the ever dangerous Deryssa, showing constant progress and bringing a very rare smile on Darzus's face with every step forward. Deryssa spent a lot of time teaching young Haaku how to hide his arcane skills in plain sight as well, always insisting it is the most important thing to master, in order to preserve his own life in a world where arcane magic is punished with death. As the years passed, Haaku became one of the most important members of the tribe. His sharp mind was always spot on and his actions helped raise the Shadows to new heights. He became Darzus's right hand, trusted advisor and companion of many battles. His name stroke fear in the hearts of all men who ever wronged the Shadows, and the world was his for the taking. He was never the assassin who attacks for sheer pleasure, contract, plunder and loot being simply bonuses, and he rarely used his arcane skills to defile the land around him, trying to preserve it instead. It was an odd characteristic indeed for a sworn Shadow, but the tribe didn't care, as long as he brought them to victory after victory. Then, he fell in love. She was beautiful, a ray of bright sunshine beneath a dark, crimson sky. As time went by, Haaku's mind was consumed by, until then, unknown feelings he had towards her, and Darzus started to notice it. It didn't ever affect Haaku's prowess in battle and his tactical, superior battle mind, but Darzus did not agree. One day, he presented Haaku with a choice. A life of glory and riches, or a life with her, far from the tribe. Haaku chose the latter, and Darzus didn't hold on to his part of the deal. Angry, offended and hurt, he felt betrayed like no time before in his life. By his hand, he dismembered Haaku's love in front of his eyes, beating Haaku to the brink of life immediately after that. Unconscious and dying, Haaku was brought to the same place he was found wandering years and years before, and left in a dark alley to rot. But, life had other plans...
