Originally Posted by Lydyn
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"As we speak" was a slight exaggeration. Regardless, here's the first draft of the CS; let me know if there is something that desperately needs elaborating on or to be added (as I'd rather leave everything else to the IC). Hmm, and long and very detailed appearance description, since, well, he is not human, and thus I can't exactly give the starting point of 'picture a human'...
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Character Name: Narandail (self-given)
Age: 43
Sex: Male (winged variant)
Race/species: Agiroan
Magic: His skills in using magic appear marginal at best, although he does seem to have some affinity to fire elemental magic. The grandeur of casting exploding fireballs into enemies' ranks and projecting great walls of flame has never been observed in him, as he only - perhaps because he is unable to do more - uses this ability of his to aid himself in mundane tasks like starting campfires and lighting candles and torches without needing any effort or specialized equipment.
Also, his gun seems to always fire when he wants it to, no matter what the weather or which condition the gunpowder he uses is in.
Physical appearance: He is generally humanoid in overall body structure, bipedal - stands at 5'9'' or 5'10'' (between 1.75 and 1.78 meters) at full height - and with a fairly humanlike head, arms and hands, as well as humanlike pelvis and vaguely humanlike legs. That, however, sums up most of what can immediately and unmistakably identified as humanoid.
For those who have not seen many Agiroans of this type before, 'he has wings' is perhaps the most defining feature of his appearance.
The skin on his body, head and limbs has a light brown complexion with an unusual green tint, whereas the wings are much darker in color, somewhere between a deep dark brown and dark evergreen-green. His eyes are likewise dark brownish-green, much like the membranes of his wings, but his hair is almost perfectly jet-black. The latter is long and thick, and unlike on humans, it does not only grow out of his scalp, but also on the back of his neck and down his spine, the individual strands getting shorter and shorter the lower they are growing, and stopping entirely about right above his tail-bone. At the same time, it appears that he would not be able to grow a beard if he wanted to, since even without shaving, his face seems to remain clear of any kind of additional hair-growth - except for his eyebrows, which are fairly similar to those of humans and black like his hair.
His eyes are likewise humanlike in shape, as is his nose, which would be considered long and narrow by human standards, but nothing unusual. His lips are perhaps a bit thinner than is usual for humans and are colored almost the same as his skin, which makes those a bit hard to notice, but those are his teeth which might stand out a little - he has fairly distinctive canines, longer, stronger and sharper than those of humans, and his other teeth follow suit -, and while his chin could almost be labeled slightly pointed, his jaws appear rather strong, more powerful than those of most lesser humanoids.
But what truly marks his face as inhuman is the fact that from the very rear ends of his lower yaw and as a continuation of his cheekbones extend backwards four spikes, the two originating from his cheekbones - one from each - ending roughly next to his fairly humanlike ears, and the lower two continuing from the back corners of his lower jaw being slightly shorter.
His neck looks to be of average length - by human standards -, but is a bit more muscled than would be ordinary; he, however, does not give off the impression of a wide-shouldered person, since his shoulders actually are not that wide despite what his neck might suggest. His arms also look like those of a human who occasionally does a bit of heavier work, but does not necessarily train on purpose, and the fingers on his hands rather appear long and nimble than very strong - an artist's fingers, some might say, although the impression of near-delicateness is somewhat ruined by the sturdy, dark and notably long and pointed fingernails. Those look quite likely to leave extensive half an inch deep gashes in someone's flesh should their owner only desire so.
His torso on overall looks very powerful, however, with extremely well-defined developed musculature, with a sternum that seems to arc slightly forward like that of birds - he also appears to altogether lack collarbones, which allows him to make his shoulders connect in front of himself - and waist that makes it seem likely that he would not even flinch should the average man attempt to punch him in the stomach. That all is because of the two dark wings extending from his back, placed lower on his body than his arms and connected to their own separate set of double shoulder-blade-like formations.
- Those are the appendages which all this 'excess' muscle on his upper body is meant to support - it is no easy feat to propel a creature of his size into air, and thusly the draw-power of his wings is immense. Those, nearly eight meters (about twenty six feet) from the tip of one to that of another, are structured almost like a second pair of arms, only extending from closer to his back as opposed from roughly from his sides and being both more muscled and significantly longer, especially four of the fingers. The thumb, however, has turned into three-feet long spike, one that is mobile at the base. The flight-membrane feels similar to thick soft leather and slightly warm to the touch, and is supported by all the wing-fingers but the spikelike thumb, and also connects to the side of his body, going down to the hip.
It must be noted that being purposefully hit by one of his wings is not something that is to be underestimated - since his wings are strong enough to lift him three meters into air with a single flap and let him carry a weight almost equal to his own in flight, those are also strong enough to effectively crush the average man's ribcage in (breaking several ribs at once is, after all, something even a well-aimed sharp kick by a trained human can do) and send him flying to his back two meters away. Alternatively, the agiroan can simply opt to impale a person on the wing-thumb-spike.
As a flier, he is perhaps not spectacularly fast compared to other airborne entities, but he is still mostly capable of keeping up with a running horse, and his maneuverability is respectable, and probably exceeds that of most other winged beings of his size-category.
His hips are comparatively narrow, but not to an extent which would appear disproportional, and his pelvic region is generally comparable to that of a male human. His legs, however, while proportionally about as long as a human's, appear very sleek, with especially the calves being very weakly pronounced. The ankles, then, look similar to a human's, but the feet themselves more resemble a cross between a bird's and a human's, with bare, normal, thicker-under-the-soles skin like that of human feet rather than the hardened scales of birds', but with three long, thick and strong taloned toes reaching forward and a fourth, slightly shorter one extending back from where a human heel would be.
The build of his legs and feet coupled with his high balance-point and the size of his wings even when folded makes him a somewhat slow runner - he would rather fly when he needs to get somewhere fast, as long as there is enough space for him to flap his wings -, but in case he feels like sleeping while sitting on a branch, like birds commonly do, or hanging upside down from somewhere while only holding onto something with a single foot, then those things he can do easily enough.
Equipment and attire: He typically wears nothing on his feet, since most footwear would only render his feet less useful, should he ever find something that would even fit onto his unusually-shaped feet.
He generally does wear pants, however, usually neutrally-colored long ones, although whether the main reason for opting for wearing this kind of articles of clothing is protection and keeping extra warmth, or the convenience of pockets and belts for storing things, or even simply appearing more acceptable in the eyes of humans, is unknown. The pants, as hinted, are held in place with a belt - namely a wide, sturdy leather one to which a multitude of other things is usually attached - four fairly ordinary all-purpose knives (in their sheathes), a pouch with money, a small flask with water, and another pouch for spices and a few small useful objects which aren't stored in his pockets instead, also a pouch for gunpowder; bullets are in a pocket of his pants. .
On his upper body he generally, yet again, wears nothing - mostly because his wings tend to get in the way of wearing something of the kind. He is apparently quite temperature-proof. If anything, he might don something that has a hole for the head, but rather than having sleeves, simply splits at the soulders for the remaining length of the fabric, leaving the sides free and allowing his wings and arms alike to remain unrestrained. The lower corners of such garment, then, would be attached to his belt to ensure that it would stay put even when he is currently not standing straight.
He also has a fairly common spear he typically carries along, metal-tipped and about six feet (one point eight meters) long.
The most noteworthy object in his possession, however, is an undecorated - perhaps a strange fact given that guns are not all that abundant - long-barreled single-shot gun, with a strap for swinging it over shoulder (though for him it looks slightly awkward). This one is a sort-of gift from the gunsmith he worked for for almost seven years, basically for food as he did not get any separate payment - the firearm was originally meant for a customer, who, for reasons unknown, never showed up to receive the object he had already paid three fifths of the price for, presumably because of his own demise.
Narandail is rather good if not excellent with the weapon, as good as is possible with this level of technology. He'd also be fairly accurate with a crossbow, if someone gave him one.
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And hmm... I guess he could have a place amongst the gunmen on the battlefield?
(Also, Attila did not protest against him having a gun, so I'd figure at least he is fine with my character having one...)
...Uh, and another random thing I noticed reading through the race descriptions - the Werepyres' wings are ridiculously tiny compared to their size. I mean, a creature that's bigger than a human with the wingspan of a slightly overgrown albatross (an albatross can have a wingspan of a bit over 11 feet)? For comparison, the largest pterodactyls had wingspans reaching up to 46, or according to some sources, even 50 feet...
(I kind of presume you might have meant to put down 15 meters, not feet.)
