Malecai

Information

• Basic Info

  Birth Name: (None)

  
  

  Given Names: Light, Runner, Malecai, Mal

  
  

  Species: Appearance-wise, a Caracal/Jackal hybrid

  
  

  Given Age: 30

  
  

  Height: 6'2"

  
  

  Weight: 272 lbs

  
  

  Gait: Long stride

  
  

  Poise: Confident, swaggering

• The Fine Details

  Race: Mal'Khi

  
  

  Culture: Asturian/Multicultured

  
  

  Moral Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

  
  

  Occupation: Trader

  
  

  Dexter: Right-handed

  
  

  Musculature: Endomorphic; focus on shoulders and arms

  
  

  Coat: Short, coarse fuzz

  
  

  Voice: Young Jeff Bridges

  
  

  Likes: Strong whiskey; roasted poultry; gold (the color, the metal, the value); collecting good furniture; musical performances

  
  

  Dislikes: Any food or drink based from plants; boisterous people, especially women; cowardly or passive people; plants; dirt

  
  

  Behavior: Mal's social status takes top priority for him, with a primal sense of dominance being a close second-- he places himself where he can be heard, and expects to be heeded. His voice carries a booming quality, though it hasn't become ragged with age, just yet. He's forward with business, a boggling mix of contradictions with women, and a showman in a fight.

• Natural Abilities

  • Mortal Bite: A Mal'Khi's bite is absolute: if they can sink their large teeth into something's flesh, they will bite everything that exists there-- including the spirit. The damage done to the spirit is typically reflective of the damage to the flesh, and cannot spread. Creation magics will cure these bites, though they take effort.
  • Battle-Born: A natural inclination to violence makes him highly resistant to demoralization/fear spells.
  • Shivering Light: His innate ability lets him summon light, in a sense; it doesn't bring warmth, and only affects what he can touch, causing blistering and burning on living things. It doesn't seem to have any effect on inorganic materials.
  • Primal Strength: Coming from a tribal background, most of his life was spent in extreme living conditions-- he retains a lot of his brute strength from those days, and has a penchant for flaunting it.

• Learned Abilities

  • Advanced Fisticuffs: His time in the arenas and resorts was well spent: Mal holds himself regally in a fight, however brutal the results may be.
  • Businessman: Mal's not a big name in the trade game, but he's got the platform for it. His family connections give him decent backers, and a name or two to call for certain situations... if it's an altercation, however, he prefers to solve that himself.
  • Absolution: The name is arrogant, and inaccurate: he expands his light in a flash, looking to blind onlookers. Extending his light past his reach seems to dilute it quite a bit, as its burning effect is reduced to a sharp sting. Extended exposure can sear flesh, however, and he likes to go for the eyes directly... it takes a couple of seconds to prepare.
  • Divine Spear: The name in this case, is overblown, and misguiding-- mostly done to generate rumors, and act as a bluff. The actual ability is a finger-thin focus of his light, usually executed at close range, looking to drill into the flesh like a dagger. It takes a moment to focus his ability to such a degree.

• Gear

  • Warrior-Merchant's Raiment: An amalgamation of hardened leather, fine chainmaille, and colorful, stylish clothing makes up Mal's garb.
  • Brass Tail-Ring: His reverence for gold doesn't quite extend to wearing it; he prefers brass, as it can be shined to a similar glow. His tail-ring is a beloved item, an attempt to show his status without expending good money.
  • Shillelagh: A brass-headed walking club, polished and laquered. He seldom walks without it, though it's more for fashion and violence, than a walking aide.

• Adverse Effects

  • Resistances: Dark magics, Fire magics, Demoralizing/Fear magics
  • Weaknesses: Earth magics, Air magics, Faerie magics
  • Phobias: Plant-based spells and creatures, humiliation