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Character's Name: Benjamin Zelah
Nicknames: Ben
Age: 5512 years
Gender: Male
Species: Terror Demon
Abilities:
Shapeshifting. As a royal demon, Ben has the ability to shapeshift into four different creatures. All of his forms look mostly like real creatures, but when looked at closely almost seem like they are made of smoke or shadow.
They are as follows:
Condor. A very large black vulture with a bald head and neck, and some white feathers on the underside of the wings. His he approximately four feet tall with a ten foot wingspan.
Python. A nineteen foot, 410lb snake with a dark brown and black pattern.
Bear. A shaggy black creature with massive teeth and claws. He stands at 5'5" at the shoulder and weighs 500lbs.
Chimera. A strange, primarily black creature. He has the body of a lion with a short, scruffy mane and larger than normal teeth. From his back sprouts the head and neck of a goat with long, sharp, and straight horns. In place of a tail, there is a long and mean-looking viper.
Shadows. Ben's strongest magic involves darkness, primarily shadows and illusions. He can manipulate shadows as physical beings, such as to create shields or spikes, so long as there is light to create the shadow. Using shadows to engulf his body he can camouflage himself in darkness. Finally, he can create illusions, especially nondistinct things that appear to be in the distance or in the corners of one's eyes, making people believe they see things that aren't really there.
Air. Ben has limited control over air magic, allowing his to create small, difficult to hear sounds that are similar to noises like whispers, or whistling that is only just low enough to be unheard by most species, but high enough to give a strong feeling of unease (infrasound).
Fire. Ben has some practice in producing and manipulating fire, but lack discipline has left him with poor control over it much of the time.
True form. As is the case with terror royals, Ben's true form is an amorphous shadow that appears as a viewer's worst fear. As a royal demon, Ben possesses a personalized weapon drawn from the essence of his true form. Currently, his appears as an ornately carved staff for channeling magic that can be pulled apart to create two short-bladed swords.
Shapeshifting. As a royal demon, Ben has the ability to shapeshift into four different creatures. All of his forms look mostly like real creatures, but when looked at closely almost seem like they are made of smoke or shadow.
They are as follows:
Condor. A very large black vulture with a bald head and neck, and some white feathers on the underside of the wings. His he approximately four feet tall with a ten foot wingspan.
Python. A nineteen foot, 410lb snake with a dark brown and black pattern.
Bear. A shaggy black creature with massive teeth and claws. He stands at 5'5" at the shoulder and weighs 500lbs.
Chimera. A strange, primarily black creature. He has the body of a lion with a short, scruffy mane and larger than normal teeth. From his back sprouts the head and neck of a goat with long, sharp, and straight horns. In place of a tail, there is a long and mean-looking viper.
Shadows. Ben's strongest magic involves darkness, primarily shadows and illusions. He can manipulate shadows as physical beings, such as to create shields or spikes, so long as there is light to create the shadow. Using shadows to engulf his body he can camouflage himself in darkness. Finally, he can create illusions, especially nondistinct things that appear to be in the distance or in the corners of one's eyes, making people believe they see things that aren't really there.
Air. Ben has limited control over air magic, allowing his to create small, difficult to hear sounds that are similar to noises like whispers, or whistling that is only just low enough to be unheard by most species, but high enough to give a strong feeling of unease (infrasound).
Fire. Ben has some practice in producing and manipulating fire, but lack discipline has left him with poor control over it much of the time.
True form. As is the case with terror royals, Ben's true form is an amorphous shadow that appears as a viewer's worst fear. As a royal demon, Ben possesses a personalized weapon drawn from the essence of his true form. Currently, his appears as an ornately carved staff for channeling magic that can be pulled apart to create two short-bladed swords.
Appearance:
Ben is a fairly large man at 6'3" and 215lbs, his weight coming both from working muscle and a bit of extra pudge around the stomach. He has dark, rough skin with a fair amount of body hair distributed all over. His posture is usually abysmal, and he is almost always slouching or leaning on something.
Like the rest of his body, Ben's face and head are covered in short, black, curly hair, which often appears quite messy. His beard covers a great deal of the edges of his face and creeps around his mouth, but not enough to create a mustache. Thick, expressive eyebrows loom over his shifty yellow eyes. Ben has a long, squarish face with a downturned nose and some hints of lines around his mouth and eyes. Both his teeth and ears are long and pointy, as are his claw-like fingernails.
Ben likes to wear dark, baggy clothing that gives him an undefined shape. He mostly wears blacks and dark browns with red and gold accents. Scarves, cloaks, and capes are his favorite types of accessories, and he is rarely seen without at least one of these.
Ben is a fairly large man at 6'3" and 215lbs, his weight coming both from working muscle and a bit of extra pudge around the stomach. He has dark, rough skin with a fair amount of body hair distributed all over. His posture is usually abysmal, and he is almost always slouching or leaning on something.
Like the rest of his body, Ben's face and head are covered in short, black, curly hair, which often appears quite messy. His beard covers a great deal of the edges of his face and creeps around his mouth, but not enough to create a mustache. Thick, expressive eyebrows loom over his shifty yellow eyes. Ben has a long, squarish face with a downturned nose and some hints of lines around his mouth and eyes. Both his teeth and ears are long and pointy, as are his claw-like fingernails.
Ben likes to wear dark, baggy clothing that gives him an undefined shape. He mostly wears blacks and dark browns with red and gold accents. Scarves, cloaks, and capes are his favorite types of accessories, and he is rarely seen without at least one of these.
Personality:
Arrogant. One of the most obvious things about Ben is that he thinks very highly of himself. His confidence is more than excessive, and he definitely has some delusions of grandeur. He believes he is or has the potential to be the greatest at the skills that interest him, he thinks he has somehow earned greater things than others, and overall has the idea that he is just better than others in most ways, and he is not shy about expressing these feelings to others without regard of who he is talking to.
Self-centered. Adding on to his arrogance, Ben largely thinks only of himself. Empathy is not his strong suit by a long shot, and he will always put his needs and desires before anyone else, no matter what. He always wants to be the center of attention, be it positive or negative attention, and if he is not, he will either find a way to make himself so, or complain about it loudly. It is difficult for him to understand, or at least remember, that people act and think differently than he does. As far as Ben is considered, he is the most important person in the world, the world revolves around him, and everyone is like him or wants to be like him.
Obtuse. Probably coming from his lack of empathy, Ben is extremely insensitive and obnoxious around others. He often speaks without thinking about the consequences or accuracy of his words, and usually the words that come out of his mouth are offensive or begging confrontation. Everything about him is loud and harsh, and even on the occasion that he is acting somewhat well-behaved, he is usually not very pleasant to be around. It seems as though he is either always trying to anger or upset others, or he is too dense to realize that he has this effect on people.
Reckless. Ben's bad habit of acting without thinking is not limited to running his mouth. He is also prone to impulsiveness and strings of hastily made decisions. These usually come up in the form of indulging morally deficient hobbies, heavy drinking and casual flings being only a few examples of the trouble he regularly enjoys. He either does not think or care about consequences, possibly because they have not caught up with him yet.
Resourceful. Despite the above, Ben does manage to possess a positive trait that is probably the reason he has managed to live successfully for so long. It is difficult to tell without knowing him, but Ben is very intelligent and skilled at absorbing and processing information. Though his memory is usually lacking, if something interests him or he thinks it might be useful for personal gain, he will remember it. He is also very good at using what he knows to get what he wants, as well as finding new ways to get the things he wants, and creating shortcuts to the things he wants. If he especially wants something, he can even mask the above traits to appear like a person worth supporting in order to enlist help in getting this thing, though he is rarely so ambitious.
Arrogant. One of the most obvious things about Ben is that he thinks very highly of himself. His confidence is more than excessive, and he definitely has some delusions of grandeur. He believes he is or has the potential to be the greatest at the skills that interest him, he thinks he has somehow earned greater things than others, and overall has the idea that he is just better than others in most ways, and he is not shy about expressing these feelings to others without regard of who he is talking to.
Self-centered. Adding on to his arrogance, Ben largely thinks only of himself. Empathy is not his strong suit by a long shot, and he will always put his needs and desires before anyone else, no matter what. He always wants to be the center of attention, be it positive or negative attention, and if he is not, he will either find a way to make himself so, or complain about it loudly. It is difficult for him to understand, or at least remember, that people act and think differently than he does. As far as Ben is considered, he is the most important person in the world, the world revolves around him, and everyone is like him or wants to be like him.
Obtuse. Probably coming from his lack of empathy, Ben is extremely insensitive and obnoxious around others. He often speaks without thinking about the consequences or accuracy of his words, and usually the words that come out of his mouth are offensive or begging confrontation. Everything about him is loud and harsh, and even on the occasion that he is acting somewhat well-behaved, he is usually not very pleasant to be around. It seems as though he is either always trying to anger or upset others, or he is too dense to realize that he has this effect on people.
Reckless. Ben's bad habit of acting without thinking is not limited to running his mouth. He is also prone to impulsiveness and strings of hastily made decisions. These usually come up in the form of indulging morally deficient hobbies, heavy drinking and casual flings being only a few examples of the trouble he regularly enjoys. He either does not think or care about consequences, possibly because they have not caught up with him yet.
Resourceful. Despite the above, Ben does manage to possess a positive trait that is probably the reason he has managed to live successfully for so long. It is difficult to tell without knowing him, but Ben is very intelligent and skilled at absorbing and processing information. Though his memory is usually lacking, if something interests him or he thinks it might be useful for personal gain, he will remember it. He is also very good at using what he knows to get what he wants, as well as finding new ways to get the things he wants, and creating shortcuts to the things he wants. If he especially wants something, he can even mask the above traits to appear like a person worth supporting in order to enlist help in getting this thing, though he is rarely so ambitious.
History:
Ben was born into the royal family of terror demons, though only barely; he was some sort of distant cousin to the monarch at the time, several dozen successors away from inheriting the throne and little more than a noble with a fancy pedigree. He grew up as most high class children do, with little to worry about, the concerns of war kept at a distance, and a fancy education. His parents were not especially remarkable; his father was a bit strict, balanced out by a doting mother. This upbringing likely nurtured his naturally selfish and entitled personality.
Though he did nothing especially notable for many years, at some point he became interested in politics when other terror demons began whisperings about how the current monarch was not satisfactory, not doing enough for the people, not living up to their nature, not gaining enough ground in the war. It was around this time that Ben decided that he would be much better suited to the position as head of house, and he definitely wasn't going to get it through normal inheritance, so he would take it by force, which would look much more impressive anyway. It did not take long for Ben to convince himself that only he could be the king that the terror demons deserved, and he took to manipulating others into believing the same.
After a long campaign of gaining support and gathering information, Ben finally launched a coup d'état, ambushing the crowned royal family and those closest to them and succeeding in the overthrow primarily through shady tactics and a lot of luck. Through this victory, Ben laid claim to the throne and promptly ditched the charismatic act, using his newfound power to fulfill selfish desires. His desire to prove that he is great has somehow kept him afloat in his position so far, mostly through bolstering the military for the war and taking as much as he can from others in order to have something to show for his own kingdom. He has precariously managed this hazardous rule for a bit more than a hundred years.
Ben was born into the royal family of terror demons, though only barely; he was some sort of distant cousin to the monarch at the time, several dozen successors away from inheriting the throne and little more than a noble with a fancy pedigree. He grew up as most high class children do, with little to worry about, the concerns of war kept at a distance, and a fancy education. His parents were not especially remarkable; his father was a bit strict, balanced out by a doting mother. This upbringing likely nurtured his naturally selfish and entitled personality.
Though he did nothing especially notable for many years, at some point he became interested in politics when other terror demons began whisperings about how the current monarch was not satisfactory, not doing enough for the people, not living up to their nature, not gaining enough ground in the war. It was around this time that Ben decided that he would be much better suited to the position as head of house, and he definitely wasn't going to get it through normal inheritance, so he would take it by force, which would look much more impressive anyway. It did not take long for Ben to convince himself that only he could be the king that the terror demons deserved, and he took to manipulating others into believing the same.
After a long campaign of gaining support and gathering information, Ben finally launched a coup d'état, ambushing the crowned royal family and those closest to them and succeeding in the overthrow primarily through shady tactics and a lot of luck. Through this victory, Ben laid claim to the throne and promptly ditched the charismatic act, using his newfound power to fulfill selfish desires. His desire to prove that he is great has somehow kept him afloat in his position so far, mostly through bolstering the military for the war and taking as much as he can from others in order to have something to show for his own kingdom. He has precariously managed this hazardous rule for a bit more than a hundred years.
