Post by Derrek Cyrus on Sept 8, 2014 2:15:57 GMT -5
" A noble heart will always capitulate to reason."
Name: Derrek Cyrus
Nickname(s): Some still call him 'Sir'.
Played by: Draconis
Theme Song: Mykonos by the Fleet Foxes
Age: 37
Date of Birth: August 4th
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Practice: Reptilian Werebeast- Noble Dragon (Previously Human Warrior)
Abilities:
Swordplay Finesse- Derrek can only lose a sword fight to a character with a sword fighting ability with a higher post count.
Shield Strength- Derrek is able to maneuver faster with a shield and is able to put more strength behind it when using it as a weapon.
Ward- Derrek is able to parry a weapon blow as a natural reflex, causing the attacker to stumble in response. This ability can be countered by a counter ability or by a higher post count.
Reaver- During battle, Derrek becomes immune to the feeling of pain, but after a battle has settled and he has calmed down, the pain of the injuries is doubled. Derrek is still prone to dying from blood loss or any other natural means from battle however.
Vocal Reptilian-Derrek is able to speak to other humanoids and be understood in his true form.
Incinerator- Grants Derrek the ability to create searing-hot steam from his mouth that is hot enough to burn skin.
Ancient Glamour- Derrek may himself appear as any Fae, Daemon, Shapeshifter, Human, or Outcast. He may determine the specific species, but not the specific appearance. Touching iron will weaken the glamour and could cause it to flicker out. (Gifted)
Loyalty: Derrek has a number of loyalties. All are of equal importance to him. The Crown, fellow hounds, friends, family, and especially Matthias are whom and what he is all loyal to.
Status/Occupation: None. Is currently traveling alone. Previous Captain in the Royal Army.
"Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks."
Appearance:
General Features: Derrek is exactly six foot with a stout and heavily-built body, due to his many years being in the Royal Army. While his body may be covered with muscles, it is also full of scars from simple tasks, such as training. Other small scars, the more large ones, are mostly from actual physical confrontations, whether it be from a simple fist fight or sword fight. One of the most notable scars, which is from neither, is on the palm of his right hand. It is jagged and brown, since it was from a recent accident, and reaches from the base of his thumb to his pinky.
He is quite the handsome man, even being at an older age. Derrek's jaw is square while his chin is a bit more angular. His nose is crooked and just a little hooked, from the countless times that he has broken it. At times he may come off as intimidating, maybe even brutish at first glance. But once someone actually communicates with him, they may see past his serious mask and find the charming man underneath. It's quite easy to know when he is angered, since Derrek automatically clenches his jaw and grinds his teeth together.
With skin tone, he's got lightly tanned olive skin, which adds to his handsome appearance. As said before, it is far from flawless.
Hair: This warrior much prefers short hair over long any day. In fact, he can't stand it if it's more than a few inches at max. So his dark brown hair is normally kept short, the very end of it along the back of his neck, reaching no farther than his mandible. It is not particularly 'nice' hair, but is more average being between thin and thick as well as wavy.
The most facial hair that Derrek ever gets is a stubble that goes from ear to ear and all around his mouth. Other than occasionally having that stubble, he is normally clean-shaven.
Eyes: While his eyes may be the basic almond shape, they are naturally slightly squinted. They are actually a very pretty hazel though and seem to mildly change colors, depending on the lighting. He is very good as keeping his emotions in-tact, but there are bits and pieces of him that can be seen by studying his eyes.
Clothing: Once he used to wear heavy armor, when he was a hound and a human. But now that he is a shifter, Derrek tends to rarely ever wear armor since he was no real control over his shifting. Derrek does not want to ruin the armor, so he tends to wear cheaply made tunics and trousers, in case he shifts and tears his clothing.
Weapons: There is one main weapon Derrek uses, and that is his steel gladius sword. It is the one and only sword that he thoroughly enjoys training with and fighting with. Since it is actually a short sword, he wields a shield as well. He lost his heater-shaped shield, which he was more used to using. Now Derrek uses a magical shield, gifted to him by Cyril, that has the ability to block any magical attack and weapon that strikes it. It is also able to make either the person that summoned the magical ability, or the weapon that stroked it loose its magical power for up to ten seconds. The shield is long and heavy with a wreath design. He uses the shields more as weapons than just a defense tools.Image
True Form: Derrek shifts into a fully grown Noble Dragon. He is about forty-two feet in height and fourty-nine in length. Around his head are two large spiraled horns and spikes with attatched membranes along the jaw line. Derrek is covered in light-copper and tan scales that gleam almost like silver in moonlight. Like most noble dragons, he also has spines with membrane attachments all along his spine, leading up to an arrow shaped tail. His legs are very thick and a little stocky while his body is broad, built for endurance and strength.
Half Form: Derrek's half-form has a humanoid shape, but has more traits of a dragon. He grows about two feet in height while his shoulders and wasit become more broad to be proportionate. The heel of his foot is raised to where he mostly walks on his toes, which he only has three large ones with claws on the end. His knees are always slightly bent. There is also a large tail that reaches just a few inches off the ground. It is not arrow shapped like his true form however.
Unlike his toes, Derrek still has everyone one of his fingers. Each has a claw on the end as well. He has wings too, like in his true form, but he is unable to fly as of yet. Derrek's neck is longer in order to propoerly hold his head, which is almost exactly the same shape and appeareance of his true form, only much more narrow and small. He still has two spiraled horns, the spikes along his jaw lines and spine (connected with membranes), and even the large teeth and tongue of his true form. All of his body is covered in light tan and copper scales, the lightest of it being along the anterior postion of his neck, chest, abdomin, and the underside of his tail. Derrek can still breath steam in this form and can naturally speak as well.
Example
Note: Only the physical features are similar to Derrek's, not the coloration and dragon type.
Note: Only the physical features are similar to Derrek's, not the coloration and dragon type.
Pets:
Triphus- His most recent companion, Triphus is an older Noble Gryphon, around the age of five-hundred seventy-six. His entire head, neck, and halfway down the front of his front limbs are silver-shaded feathers. The front two legs have the standard talons of an eagle, the skin being the same shade as the feathers. Both his large ears are black, but Triphus's right is missing chunks from fights. The lower half of his body and legs is of a slender black feline. His tail is long as is the white fur on the end of it. Also on his feline half, Triphus's right hind leg has a white sock. There are also small scars covering parts of his feline body and he is about the size of an average horse.
"What we do in life echoes in eternity."
Personality:
Noble; Derrek’s mind set and heart always tend to do what he believes is right. He is always willing to help anybody in need of help out. No matter if his own life in danger, he is willing to risk it to help a person. He is very courteous to others and shows a good deal of politeness. All his actions he tries to believe he performed with a stout heart and pure mind, and all his decisions he makes he always hopes to be the right ones.
Strategic; A natural born fighter, Derrek is very strategic when it comes to fighting. While he may have strength on his side, he is intelligent enough to know that strength does not make a battle. He tends to perform different ideas in battles that many may not even consider. He takes risks only when it seems sure that he’ll get away with that risk, and so on. He never fights without forming a plan either before hand or during.
Leader; Being a hound installed many good leadership qualities in Derrek. It is quite enjoyable and easy for him to lead other people, especially those that are confused and lost and do not know what to do. He is never afraid to take the initiative and do what needs to be done. He is always willing to lead and is always ready to stick up for someone.
Fatherly; However much it may seem that he has a stick up his ass, Derrek does have a soft side. After taking care of Matthias for a while, he has grown a soft spot for the boy and now sees him as a son. It is around Matthias were Derrek struggles to choose what is right and wrong, since there is the point of view of what is right for him or what is right for his son. At times, he doubts his father skills and wonders if Matthias may have been better off with a different fatherly figure. But it is around his non-biological son that Derrek is most protective and open.
Charming; There are times when he is a social being, never minding to grab a drink with a new or old friend. During these times he enjoys conversing and acting like he is a part of society, even if now he is a Shifter and is no longer a part of the human one. He is not afraid to compliment people, and it is not totally uncommon for him to gamble a bit.
Semi-Low Tolerance; One of his major down falls is the fact that Derrek can be made angry somewhat easily. Threatening his son, family, or anyone else he cares about is a perfect way to make him snap. He is very careful to not be rash with his tolerance and still resorts to his strategic trait if it comes down to a possible fight.
Anti-Fae; Despite no longer being a human, it is difficult for Derrek to accept the fae. He was raised to loathe them and to kill any on sight. Will he may not do that, that does not mean he enjoys them at all. Even as a shifter he is still on the human’s side of the war.
"At my signal, unleash hell."
History:
Derrek was born in a noble's family with two older brothers and one younger sister. He had a basic childhood with good parents who seemed to always pay more attention to their work than their own children. He was taught to read, write, and was originally supposed to inherit the Cyrus family business (which was trade), but he had no interest in it. Since he was not the first born son, Derrek had to volunteer to join the Royal army.
At first it was hard for him since he knew nothing about fighting, but he gradually became better. Eventually he flew up the ranks until he reached Captain. Derrek of course made sure to stay in contact with his family and let them know how he was doing.
Recently: Nothing much changed in his life. Not until he met Matthias.
The half-dragon boy actually changed his life a good deal. Derrek believed he was a slave and very much so wanted to help him. So he offered Matthias a place to stay and ended up spending much of his free time training and teaching the half-dragon boy. During that process, he grew a bit of an animal hoarding problem and bought a horse and a dog for Mathy.
A few months later, the two climbed the cliffs. During that time, Derrek met the noble gryphon that is a close companion to present day, Triphus. If it was not for the gryphon, the warrior would have fallen to his death while trying to quickly attempt climbing back down the cliffs. As he was falling, Derrek reached to grab a rock, slicing the palm of his hand open (which is how he gained the scar on his right hand). After that, the warrior decided that the cliffs was not the right place for him and grew a fear of climbing.
Another accident occurred another few weeks later, and Derrek was bitten by a Noble Dragon shifter while patrolling around the City of Thieves. He spoke with Prince Thrasius and was discharged from the Royal Army, giving up Neptune as well since the horse was bred for war.
Since he had no idea what it was he would shift into, Derrek decided to leave the City for a bit with Matthias, reluctant to leave his old life and the woman he grew to partially care for (Irene). But even so, he left and spent his time in the Savanna, hoping to learn how to control his shifting. Matthias would come and go, and sometimes Derrek was glad for the alone time. But, most of that time, he was worried about the boy's whereabouts.
After he managed to confront Matthias about his worries, the ex-hound ran into Rosalind, a friend of Matthias that he had meet a few months before he was bitten. Rosalind helped him greatly with keeping control of his shifting, and after months of practicing he finally had it down. He could once again enter the City again. But during those months Derrek had not heard from Matthias, not once.
He grew depressed, to the point where he did not care whether he lived or died. It took him a good while, but the shifter was able to find himself for a brief moment and realized that he needed help. Derrek went to Irene, the woman that he had some strong feelings towards, for help and has been staying at her estate. This entire time, he worried about Matthias and planned on searching for him the minute his mental health was stable.
Roleplay Sample:
What a perfect day it was. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. What really made the day peaceful though was the fact that Derrek was free to do whatever he wished. But what exactly did he wish to do? Usually he would either go drink or gamble a bit, but today he wanted to do something different. Something he had not done for quite a while.
The warrior placed his right foot in the iron stirrup and hauled himself onto the back of his warhorse, Neptune. The strong brown and blonde horse shifted slightly from the sudden weight that was placed on his back, but other than that he stayed still.
"Common boy, let's see whatchya got." Derrek leaned forward, clicked his tongue, and gently squeezed the side of the horse. Instantly Neptune took off, galloping at full speed with the wind.