Murali

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• A gladiator fights for glory and self-determination, for adulation and freedom. Murali fights for balance, for he believes it is in those moments that one loses all sense of self, those times that the steady hand takes over for the chaotic mind and unpredictable heart, that one may achieve true harmony.

• Stats

  Name: Murali (no surname)
  
  Age: 38
  Gender: Male
  Species: Yellow mongoose
  Weight: 128 lbs, 58 kg
  Height: 4'7", 1.4m
  Build: Dense, incredibly leanly muscled in every place that is important. Not stocky.
  Pelt: A tawny tan, with cream-colored splashes throughout. Short.
  Eyes: Vibrant, fiercely blue.
  Physical Attributes: Extremely agile and dexterous, the physiological design of his legs aid him in being able to leap significantly higher than his own height.
  Physical Disadvantages: Shorter than the average creature. Even densely muscled as he is, not overly heavy compared to most, so could be sent flying with ease. Cannot endure many direct hits.
  
  Occupation: Fighter, not for hire, but for himself. This is not to say he would not fight for another, but he is not simply up 'for hire.' You'll have to talk to him! Can be hired as a trainer in both fighting, and more importantly, meditation.
  Skills: A grandmaster user of the bo, capable of using a staff with what might be considered almost unearthly skill. A skilled scribe with appropriate penmanship and memory. Handy with a bow as well. Sailor, boat craftsman and carpenter. Gardener. Apprentice-level skill with a forge, but practical height limitations make it difficult at times.
  Residence: Home is the earth beneath his feet. Rents a sparse, simple room on Guildereim.
  Attitude: Serene and pleasant, generally extremely patient. Humble and kind. When training, meditating, or fighting, intense and reserved.
  
  Weapons: His bo staff. Sized to be rather long to him at 5'1" in length, it would be a short weapon in the hands of most. Made of dense ebony wood, with a tempered steel core and an inscribed iron cap at each end. It is uncompromisingly heavy, and without training, would be a clumsy weapon at best to others. The core can be removed and replaced with a fitted curved blade, so the staff may become a naginata (polearm) if necessary. A middle-sized bow, unadorned. Slightly taller than him, he has trained to fire it effectively at an angle.
  Training: Originally trained for the first two decades of his life with a grandmaster of the bo. When his master passed from age, he developed his own style, utilizing an unconventionally heavy staff. Uses the momentum and inertia of a heavier weapon to maintain great speed, his fighting style an endless dance of movement, parrying attacks as often as dodging them.
  
  Alts: Mamba, Deonisis, Scribe, Sepha