HOLLOWWORLD

〘 KEY INFORMATION 〙

Age:

24

Gender:

Male

Race & Culture:

Human // Northerner

Homeland:

The Talon Isles

Profession(s):

Smith - Armor and Small Munitions
Animancer - Wielder of the product of humanity
Bosun - Of the Halcyon
Vanguard - For those that need it

〘 PHYSIOLOGY 〙

Description:

A young man whose body has been tempered from the harsh lifestyle that he lived before moving to the mainland and continued to live as a laborer. Halvar has grown into an average sized man with broad shoulders and a densely built frame. He is by no means cut, but practical muscle adorns his bones. He has strong features, a crooked nose, and his ear carries a thick golden loop for an earring. The most eye-catching features upon this young man are a brand that falls upon his left palm and scarring along his face.

Height / Weight:

5'11'' / 220lbs

Hair:

Halvar's charcoal brown hair sits in windblown, short locks on top of his head. The sides of his head are shorn short.

Eyes:

Halvar's eyes are a dull earthen mix between hazel and green.

Unique Markings/Scars:

Faded scars upon his arms, wisps of his past.

An animancy brand upon his left palm, from his sparking ritual.

A lifetime of pacts and deals manifests in gouge scars and cuts upon his left hand.

His fingers are much paler than the rest of his skin, a remembrance from death.

Burn scars upon the right side of his lower torso and upper leg, proof of hell's wrath.

A silver scar about a halberd's width along his right thigh, given to him by a demon general.

A poorly healed cut just above his right hip, a remembrance of a hungry bard.

Lightning pattern scars gouging through his right ear, crossing his eye and nose and falling beneath his chin.

His animancy brand and all veins stemming from it are plagued by black ichor. They stretch up his arm and into his chest.

A distinct scar across the back of his left hand. A vow.

A sprawl of tattoos down his shield arm. A simple tapestry denoting his history.

 Strengths:

- Tempered Heart: Halvar has been to hell and back, literally and figuratively. Through several harsh challenges, the Varyn's heart is steady and is able to take blow after blow before it buckles.

- Hardened Body: Trial after trial, Halvar has been beaten, battered, and torn. Through these trials the Varyn's body has been able to come out stronger because of them.

- Instinctive: Halvar is very trusting of his instincts. He is able to trust his gut even when his mind hasn't caught up.

- Strong Will: If nothing else, the Varyn is resilient. He is able to take beating after battering and continue to rise.

- Loyal: If earned, the Varyn will stick by your side and raise his shield before you time and time again.

Weaknesses:

- Bottled Up: Halvar's compassion for people and living things wields itself into years of compressed anger at how people have been treated by a wide variety of things. His alloyed connection between compassion and fury makes for a difficult balance between love and lashing out.

- Slow and Steady: Halvar is quite large and lacks the dexterous finesse that others have. He is slower than most and lacks fine motor movement in particularly delicate situations.

- Nearsighted: Halvar has trouble seeing at a distance. His eyes have always been bad, and thus he has given up on truly mastering any form of ranged combat.

- Blood Pumper: The Varyn has a tendency to outwardly and perhaps foolheartedly search for scenarios in which his heart begins to pound. The feeling is addictive for Halvar. This causes him to launch headlong into situations without much of a full thought beforehand.

- Vindictive: Halvar rarely lets a grudge go. Unfortunately, this often goes for himself as well. For those outside of his select few, grace is given few and far between.

Fears:

- Loss

- Mental Manipulation

- Physical Inability

- Judgment

- Death

Alignment:

Chaotic Neutral

Motivation:

Halvar constantly grapples with the burdens of his history and the legacy of his ancestry, though he is driven by his name. To release the shackles of his burdens purposefully taken upon his wrists is what drives him to continue to put one foot in front of the other. To be free of what binds him. More immediately he seeks stability within his work on the ocean.