First Name: Rodeo [the fifth]
Surname: Colton
Nickname: Colt
Gender: Male
Species: Naga
Appearance: Colt is built solidly, perhaps not as defined as some of his more athletic peers but having solid tanned muscle from daily hard work and handling animals. His hands are calloused and rough, hair a dirty blonde that’s slightly darker along his jaw, and has russet brown eyes. His nose is just slightly crooked from being broken twice, but it’s not glaring. Especially considering his most eye-catching feature is that he’s half snake. Colt’s entire lower body, from just below his abdomen, is a
very large snake tail, long enough to coil underneath him to rest on. His ‘snake species’ appears to be a mix, having the pale underbelly and vivid dark blue of a
blue racer, but the black diamond pattern along his spine akin to a
diamondback rattlesnake. His tail is the thick constrictor build of the former, but at the very end of his tail the underside of some of the scales appears to be hollow and makes the distinctive rattling sound when shook – which he does often. His two canine fangs are elongated and hollow similar to needles, sticking out passed his bottom lip a good inch and a half, and his tongue is thick like a human’s but forked at the very tip. Lastly the diamond pattern of black scales along his tail doesn’t just cover his tail, but the scales continue up the human portion of his spine right to the nape of his neck and cover his eyes in the same ‘mask’ pattern as a blue racer, with blue scales splattered along his shoulders, back, and where his torso starts to change to tail.
Personality: The most consistent thing about Colt is that he’s quiet, but not for any reason related to being shy. More than anything Colt is a fellow that prefers observing, a talent grown from watching over animals most of his life where a raised voice can easily startle them, and partially from his species’ feral tendencies to pick out the small movements of rodents and songbirds. However just because he’s quiet doesn’t translate to Colt being a pushover. He’d buckle down and do a job no one else wants out of a sense of duty, but trying to force him to do something is a lost cause for the stubborn naga. Pushing too hard is often what gets him more vocal – usually swearing. It’s not uncommon for him to linger on arguments because of how hard it is to anger him, and often long after it’s done Colt can be found slithering around his room muttering to himself and tail rattling. Good luck getting him to forget that argument, or grudge. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Colt is very good at caring for others, be they animal or human. In truth though while Colt doesn’t prefer the company of animals over humans, he finds them a lot less complicated at the very least.
Hobbies: Horseback riding [on only the absolute largest of horses now that he’s grown, and only from his family's horses]. Blacksmithing [primarily horseshoes or repairing, but dabbles in making custom gear/pieces needed for his riding]. Swimming. Basking in the sun.
Abilities: Aside from being half snake as a naga he has abilities relating both to being a snake and the more mythical aspect of his species. His fangs are elongated, hollow, and produce venom – said venom is fairly potent. A fighting bite from him would start causing dizziness and weakness within five minutes, with increasing symptons of numbness, vomiting, and difficulty breathing until it would kill an adult within three and a half hours absolute maximum. Oddly enough his venom when made into an anti-venom blankets a wide range of snake venom it can counter, not just rattlesnakes. Colt is stronger than an average human by a decent amount, and when his tail coils around an object he can constrict and crush many things easily. Meanwhile on the naga side of his heritage he can hold his breath for an extended period of time due to being a creature of water, up to four minutes, and has mild shapeshifting. Mild due to the fact he can only shapeshift the scales on his upper body and his fangs invisible, and his tail into human legs – however Colton also has absolutely
no idea how to handle human legs due to usually slithering, and as a such has a wheelchair for use if he needs to interact with humans.
Extra: Carries a small
vial of his own anti-venom on a chain around his neck, and always keeps a few spare vials refrigerated at home. Always requests a ground room due to his trouble with stairs. One horse in particular on his family’s ranch is his – he was young when he named the mare ‘Sunshine Smiles’. Secretly likes Brokeback Mountain but doesn’t mention it since people always make jokes due to his family’s profession.
