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[b]Name:[/b] Zayth Arielan

[b]Description:[/b] Zayth stands at 6’3” and has the build and features of a warrior; Strong, broad shoulders and chest, a chiseled face. His skin, unlike that of his pale fellow Vaulters, is a light tan; the result of his 37 years battling the necrophage horde. His eyes are a deep green, and his short-cropped hair a dark brown; almost black. He has a scar running from the bottom of his jaw to his right side, the ugly remnants of the battle with a humanoid necrophage that lead to his elevation as a Dawn Officer.   

[b]Goals/Fears:[/b] The destruction of Auriga would be a bad scar left upon the history of the Vaulters. As a hardcore traditionalist, his love for his people is surpassed only by his hatred for the necrophage blight, and hopefully in saving Auriga he can destroy the necrophage at the same time.   

[b]Equipment:[/b] Zayth tends to travel rather heavily. Though his power armor, shield, greatsword, and various explosives tend to get him through most situations, he often finds himself in the need for one tool or another. In his mottle grey pack he carries a basic medical kit and various tools and bits of materials that give away his Vaulter background. A constant need to tinker, design, and build means that Zayth’s gear rarely stays the same. A rail rifle can be found strapped to his pack. Preferring being up close to his enemies, Zayth rarely uses it but is proficient with its use. 

[b]Skills:[/b] As an officer, Zayth tends to think before he acts. A mistake on his part tends to cost his marines their lives. He is an excellent tactician and a fierce warrior. Regarded as the best swordsmen in his company and possibly the best among all Vaulters, his skills with the blade are surpassed perhaps only by his skill as a commander specializing in small-team tactics. 

[b]Personality:[/b] Being quick to laugh and tell a joke made him quickly loved among his men, and his ability to separate his emotions from facts even more so. He was ruthless, yet kind. He is fierce, yet calm. It was because of his quick wit and personal discipline that he was chosen to be a part of the Tribunal, and he believed that it was the best way to save his planet and his people.  

[b]Background:[/b] Raised among the underground Vaults and tunnels of his people, Zayth was instilled early on with a passion for knowledge and was commonly seen tinkering; altering his gear or whatever gadget he had come across at the time. Though his family were scientists, he found his own path lay with the blade and rifle; fighting among his people to find peace and defend his home. He was charismatic even at a young age and the younger boys flocked to him as they would an idol, even when he was causing mischief and landing himself in trouble. 
Little changed as a teenager, except for his preference for the more physical aspects of Vaulter society became apparent. Mock sword fights and las-gun battles became his hobbies as he established himself on top. When he joined the Marines at eighteen he rose through the ranks quickly and grabbed hold of his own command at twenty-four; the youngest squad commander ever. His men loved him, that boyhood charisma treated him well in command. He was promoted to Dawn Officer on his thirtieth birthday and given command of a company of Marines. His first battle was a slaughter; his company brought from two-hundred to near sixty in a matter of hours by an ambush by the necrophage horde. Though no fault of his own, he took the loss of men personally and retaliated. The winter snows hiding their movements his sixty men ambushed the fiends two days later. They ripped through four-hundred necrophage in vengeance, cutting down a hundred of the horde before they could react. None of his losses ever approached that of his first engagement as Dawn Officer.[/hider]

I had a really hard time toning him down (mostly altering his background) whilst also keeping his personality right and a reason to be in the Tribunal.