Name: Nasir Alborz
(‘Father Nasir’ is more preferable than ‘Father Alborz’)Age: 20
Height: 5’ 11”
(180 cm)Weight: 157 lbs
(71 kg)Race: T’saraen
Appearance:Nasir is of an average height for a young man, and quite an average weight as well, with a miniscule fat reserve and an athletic level of muscle. His facial features are mild for a purebred T’saraen, but his brown skin and prominent nose cause no illusions about his ancestry. His cheeks and chin are round and slim, giving him a boyish look. His eyes are a light green, like moss, adorned by dark eyelashes. His eyebrows are inherited from the long line of T’saraen nobility, being robust but rising taller over the eyes, giving a look of curiosity and surprise rather than anger. Nasir’s head is covered by hair which is a surprisingly light hue of oaken brown, a color inherited from his mother. This differs the traditional black curls of his bloodline. He prefers to keep a cleanly shaved look, although he could grow a prominent beard if he wanted.
Father Nasir has a body very much honed by the long and hard training of the Red Seminary, boasting a fair amount of athletic muscle and fat reserves burned through long ago. He keeps a lean physique, characteristic of elegance and endurance rather than raw strength. His skin has very few scars or blemishes, being much cleaner than one would expect on a young man who has gone through hard, thorough training over several years. Either Nasir’s wounds heal surprisingly cleanly, or he has simply glided over the obstacles thrown at him.
As is the norm for the inquisitors of Varya, Fater Nasir wears the traditional black robes with red stitching. The fabric is thick and hard, as if the tailors tried to mimic leather with cotton and wool. The chest plate with the rising phoenix adorns his torso, as usual, although not much more metal protects him. This reflects Nasir’s style of battle, not wanting to weigh him down. However, his lower back is protected by a small portion of steel and he prefers to wear light bracers made of thin sheets of metal.
Personality:Although the Alborz family views itself as ancient nobility, and as such are often arrogant, this is not the case with Nasir. Although he too believes himself as noble, he has grown up viewing it as an unimportant surety. Nasir simply does not care that his blood is slightly blue – which is a good thing considering society does not view him as noble at all. His bloodline’s superiority was lost once the T’sarae nation was conquered and their god devoured.
So, all in all, Nasir Alborz is humble and content. This is the core of his personality. He will show even the dirtiest slave respect and always accepts his fate. This may be because, unlike the firstborns of his lineage, he has grown up with life at a smaller scale. Another aspect of Nasir is his compassion. He has an inner, furiously strong love for all living things and will go out of his way to minimize harm done to anyone.
Through his upbringing, especially through his work as a shepherd, Father Nasir has an unyielding focus. His level of concentration is unparalleled by most, and so the tasks he does are done perfectly for the most part.
Socially, Nasir often blends into the background. He makes friends quite easily, but is largely thought of as unremarkable by most. He is skilled, surely, and valuable in his work. But this is more often than not too little to be at the center of attention.
Talents & Abilities:In his training at the Red Seminary, Nasir excelled most in the ethereal arts, being weaker in physical training. Brute strength was quickly dismissed in his program, and he focused on agility and endurance. The quarterstaff proved to be the best fit when trying out weaponry, and he mastered it fairly well after vigorous training. However, to this day, Nasir prefers to stand back and use his ether during confrontations rather than fight head-on.
Nasir’s ethereal abilities are what make him valuable in battle. In the Red Seminary, his masters called it faunamancy – the manipulation of animals. However, this is not truly his power. Nasir can make any animal or beast his ally as long as it is part of the natural world; anything from a little bird to a fearsome bear. It manifests, really, as an advanced form of communication where Nasir’s mind becomes one with that of the animal. Through hard training and experience with the ability, Nasir can empower the animals he converts, drawing out their uttermost potentials and inner vitalities. Since he has been using this skill from quite a young age, he can command quite the mass of animals at once as long as their size and will are mediocre, in example fifteen birds or ten sheep at once. However, maybe only two or three great bears.
Background:The Alborz was once a revered name in the T’saraen civilization, stemming from a king’s youngest sister. Since then, their blood’s royal glimmer gave them a special place in the nation, their family among the uppermost nobility. However, the nation was soon conquered by the gluttonous Varyans of the west and their curious god was chewed and swallowed. After this terrible incident, the T’saraens were taken into the Varyan society and stripped of the glory they once had. The days of superiority were gone for the Alborz bloodline.
Generations later, Nasir Alborz was born in an eastern village on land which was once a part of T’sarae. His father and older brother were not present, only his mother Jaleh raised him. His father Zoltan and his firstborn brother Cyrus were far to the west, in a big Varyan city, hunting for a bright future for Cyrus. A noble firstborn boy, Cyrus was destined for greatness – or so the Alborz family believed.
Back home in the village, Nasir was growing older, and at a very early age he showed affiliation with the animals. He had a natural talent for handling the sheep on the many farms, and already at the age of seven he was handed a shepherd’s staff and given the responsibility for the biggest flock of sheep in the village. Jaleh, his mother, was very proud of the only son she considered truly hers and soon the family became dependent on Nasir’s steady income.
On Nasir’s eleventh birthday, his father and brother had still amounted to nothing. Over in the western cities, they had not broken through and found Cyrus’ fantastic fate. That day, a riot broke out and there was a heated conflict in one of the cities, a pack of Omestrese slaves broke loose from their quarters and were met by Varyan military police. In the quick exchange of blows, Cyrus was caught in the middle and suffered a fatal injury. Cyrus was dead. Nasir had never had a relationship with his brother though, and the pain he felt would soon blow away. His estranged father came home to the village in tears, only to find that his second son was a real talent, being the head shepherd of the village at only the age of eleven.
And so Zoltan, his father, tried his luck in the cities again, this time with his younger son Nasir. The farewell with his mother had been difficult, but his father said he had left his mother once more with a seed, and that she would not be lonely much longer. In the Varyan cities, Nasir’s ethereal powers were soon discovered, and he was subsequently enrolled into the Red Seminary. Finally the Alborz family could taste honor once more!
Nasir’s training was long and tiring, but after nine years he was deemed ready and shipped off to the eastern continent, on what was probably the most difficult mission he could ever hope to receive.
Quote: "Life, in all its simplicity, is the most valuable thing in the world. All else comes second, or even third"
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