Ryach Knevar

My Battle Character. I am introducing what is undoubtedly a new race to the mix… I have a back story to help aid confusion coming soon. I tried to conform to races already here, but I just love my brain child: The Rahkt.

Name: Ryach Knevar
Age: Apparently, The Rahkt do not record the age of the Hei.
Race: Hei Rahkt
Sex: Male
Hair: Silver, cut short.
Eyes: Light gray. From a distance, his retina appears to blend in with the cornea of his eyes… creating the eerie appearance of two small pupils amongst the white. Oh, and he has two sets of eyelids.
Weight: Around 200 pounds, but he looks about 150.
Height: 5’8”

Weapon: Two long curved “Dehkt” blades. They are much lighter than they look. He wields them in an interesting way.
Armor: His skin his hard and, upon closer inspection, hairless. Indeed, it is made of a reptilian meld so fine, it appears to be skin much like ours. He also wears a suit of leather… whilst this “leather” also seems somewhat scalier than what we are used to.

Strengths: Contrary to what his tough skin and gruff demeanor would imply, the strength of this Rahkt mercenary is in speed and swiftness. He relies on mystifying his opponent, either giving a false sense of security or an undeniable sensation of bone chilling fear. Anything better than the truth. If he can, he likes to strike his opponent before they can react… but when faced with an equal he stays nimble, and calculates each blow.
Weakness: In shear feats of strength, Ryach is at the bottom of the heap, and he relies to much on the humanity of his opponent. Against a machine he is mediocre at best. He also much prefers the dark… in the light he is often blinded by the light of the sun.

Skills/Magic:
Sword Play (“Nev-Dehkt”)- He uses his two swords in an unorthodox way… wielding it with the pinky as the strongest finger, switching between them as if they were as light as sticks, and holding them either as knives or daggers or what not without much uniformity.
--Ehkt Yar The central technique of the Nev-Dehkt style, Ryach has perfected this to an art. Using the pinky as a hub, swords are rolled around the hand, making swift unpredictable curved cuts in opponents.
--Den Gyai Not a traditional maneuver of Nev-Dehkt, Den Gyai, consists of focusing ones energy so that one may leap right above his opponent, hurling the Dehkt swords downwards into the unexpecting victim.
Illusionism (“Nev-Zahr”)- An ancient technique amongst his people, Ryach is able to use his swift movements in specific ways in order to mystify and trick the mind of his opponent. He can create the image of several of himself, or render himself almost invisible. He feeds off the panic of ignorance of his opponent, and as either mounts, so does his ability to bewilder. To an outsider, it appears to be magic… but as the Rahkt know, anything looks like magic when the nature of its workings is concealed.

Personality: He is an individual. Or wants to be. Being born into the lower class of his society has forced humbleness upon him, and so while his outer appearance may seem loyal, he has a building hatred for authority. He is also quite ambitious, another trait that has been suppressed. All this denial of his wants and identity has made him bitter. He has few friends.
Appearance: His skin is a gray-teal, which is what naturally most people notice about him. Second his hair… which doesn’t look normal in any circumstance. He has a narrow face, his eyes never opening more than what most consider half way. His teeth... He has a lot of short, pointy teeth, lets just say that. Although he stands upright, he has a somewhat animalistic feel about him… one he would deny outright if you mentioned.

History: As a Mercenary, Ryach has become as successful as his society will allow. In this sense he considered himself fortunate. But his success was nothing but the key to his misfortune… fame would bring him away from his homeland and into his own hellhole. He was asked to accompany and protect Miach Hanz, the great explorer of their time, in a quest for a hypothesized “new land”. As a Hei Rahkt, he was unable to refuse the proposal given to him. To make a long story short, after several months of nauseating sailing, they arrived here, where they were greeted by hostile creatures, and were forced to set up camp in a cave near the beach. Ryach has been sent to scout out the land… little does he know that he will return to his crew mates (mainly scholars and nobles) massacred in their camp.

Very nice...Approved.