Name: Gillian Plaides
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Appearance: Gillian is a slightly young man with short silver hair, blue eyes, and a fine complexion. He stands about 6 foot 4, has pronounced arm muscles, and is dressed in a grey long sleeved shirt and blue Poncho, along with black trousers. There are a number of stains covering his clothing despite his best efforts to keep them clean, and his hands are calloused.
Personality: Gillian is a kindhearted and perceptive person. He tends to put other people first, even if they're strangers, and abhors hurting people. This is only partly out of his inherent goodness however; it's also because he has a very low sense of self-worth, and so values other people above himself. He spends most of the time he's not working trying to learn, and has cultivated a decent level of intelligence. He's good at picking out how other people are thinking, and what information is available to him he absorbs like a sponge. He speaks with a soft, consoling voice, which contrasts with his common upbringing, even if his preoccupation with his trade means he still has a ways to go in terms of conversation and persuasiveness. In spite of his soft-spoken personality, he is fairly outgoing.
History: Ever since Gillian was young, he worked as a fisher for his family in a port town, along with his mother (his father having abandoned them when he was a baby). From dawn to dusk he would fish, and bring home what he had caught to feed his family and sell for supplies. It was bitter work, but he bore it with a smile. After all, he was doing it all for the sake of his family that he loved so much. His mother, who would tell him stories all day long to make the fishing go faster, and every night would tuck him into bed and give him a hug goodnight. His sister, who he would play games with whenever he had a free moment, be it cards or dice or just trying to catch each other in a game of tag.
He did not have much time for friends, but nonetheless he accumulated a number of them. People he would meet down by the river would eventually become familiar to him, and in time they talked with each other like close companions, sharing tales about the the day and what was happening in their lives.
There was a shortage of books to read in his village, but nonetheless he eagerly absorbed the information from any book he could get his hands on, reading them deep into the night despite his desperate need for sleep. He'd learn about the world, about the creatures that inhabited it…and about Grudges.
The very idea of Grudges scared him. He lived in an uneventful place, where there was little need for the use of such things, and for that he was thankful. The very idea of giving up a part of your very soul…it was frightening. Nonetheless, he has used a Grudge. Once. Only once.
His sister eventually fell deeply ill, and it seemed she would not survive. Desperate to save her, he used a Grudge to attempt to cure her of her illness. But deep in his heart….he was still afraid. He could not allow himself to put very much of his soul into the Grudge, and as a result his sister was not cured, and she died soon after. He bears intense guilt, that he was not able to be self-sacrificing when it most mattered, and from that day forth he has vowed to never put himself before others again.
Recently a rare breed of fish migrated to his hometown, and he has traveled a few days to Deln in order to sell them.
Skills:
Knowledge of a Fishermen's trade: Self-explanatory.
High Upper Body Strength: From years of fishing and other various work, he has trained his arm muscles to respond quickly and well.
Excellent Memory: As a person who loves to learn, he is very good at taking in information and remembering it.
Knowledge of Sea Creatures: As a fisherman he is exceedingly well versed in the type of creatures one can find in the sea, especially near his hometown.
Talent at Making Friends: Between his friendly personality and ability to read people's emotions, he tends to be good at gaining people's favor. Though his common upbringing does mean he still has a ways to go on that count.
Grudges:
Grudge of Dreams: From his grudge to see his dreams become reality, he is able to, ever so slightly, alter the perceptions of those around him. By distorting the light in the air, he could perhaps make himself look as if he were a few inches to the right of his true position. At higher levels he can manipulate the light more fully, doing things like making the light around him stop reaching his enemy's eyes, or make them see things that aren't there.
Grudge of Companionship: From his Grudge to attain companionship, he gains the ability to manipulate a person's mind in order to make them far easier to befriend. He feels that using a Grudge like this is a violation though, and would prefer never to have to use it.
Grudge of Life: From his Grudge to let others keep on living, he gains the ability to heal. The larger the wound or affliction, the greater the cost. This is the Grudge he used to try to save his sister.
Equipment:
A fishing Rod.
From his recent sale of a large haul of rare fish, he has accumulated a total of 3 gold pieces, 9 silver pieces, and 2 bronze pieces.