Name: Cristophe Cos Kritikos
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Sexuality: Asexual
Godly ancestor: Hecate (triplicate goddess of crossroads, poisons, medicines, necromancy, witchcraft)
Son/daughter or further removed: Great-Grandson
Relationship with godly ancestor: While quite distant, Hecate is clearly pleased that one of her descendants not only showed a portion of her power, but was reverent towards her in response to it. the staff she gave to Cristophe is clear proof of her approval.
Relationship with mortal family: Cristophe’s sisters might be a bit jealous, but he’s generally on good terms with the Kritikos family as a whole. They are a relatively close and supporting family.
Powers:
Triplicate self: Cristophe can, at will, make 2 illusory copies of himself that will act and look in every way as he does. If an opponent is sufficiently perceptive or knowledgeable about magic or illusions, they may be able to see through the illusions. If they take any damage, they will fizzle away into nonexistence. Use of this ability will drain Cristophe very quickly.
Crossroads and Pathways: will often be able to intrinsically know which path to take, know when a city or other fortifications are close, and be able to identify spirits and other supernatural beings, even if he is not familiar with them. He is not consciously aware of this at all, and will generally trust his premonitions whether or not they are actually true.
Entwined staff: made of one branch each of Oak, Yew and Cyprus, the staff holds within it a fraction of the power of life. Using the staff, Cristophe is capable of the following;
-raising the dead: those who are slain are not devoid of life, and Cristophe can raise and control 3 of them, assuming the targets are the strength and intelligence of an average human. This does involve a short incantation, and the placement of a yew berry in the mouth of the target. The staff also needs to rejuvenate itself after doing so, becoming nonfunctional for about 40 minutes.
-Posion: inflicts moderate yew poisoning on the target; they will immediately go into convulsions and begin throwing up, and may also have difficulty breathing and tremors, though it may affect supernatural beings differently than humans. Using this power will overload the staff for about 2 minutes
-Healing: target mends injuries, shakes off poisons, and better resists illusions (mind control, forced hallucinations) for as long as Cristophe focuses the staff’s energies on them. The staff can do this for up to 2 minutes, and must recharge 2 minutes for every 1 minute of use.
-note: while the staff is certainly supernaturally strong, it is still breakable.
Personality: Generally supportive, calming and stable, Cristophe is not readily surprised or excited. In the short term he is incredibly willing to change plans, adjust strategies, and even ignore moral convictions if it will eventually let him wind back towards his goal. This also means that he can be distracted or unobservant if his mind is on other things, since he is so rarely concerned with anything in the short term. Cristophe cares most about protecting his family and others close to him, and will do so at great cost. He will trust the decisions of those who he considers friend/family, even if they seem dangerous, and will often defend the decision, irrational as it may be, to others. He is also incredibly interested in plant lore for medicinal/poison use, and will often go out of his way to collect or otherwise observe plants with which he is not familiar.
Bio: Cristophe showed signs of his heritage at a relatively young age, able to do the whole splitting into three dealio. You ever tried catching a 3-year-old running around your house, then realizing you’ve caught a fake one? Yeah, his mother was not amused. Him almost never getting lost proved quite helpful, especially as he started wandering the forests more often. His friends may have found him pretty damned weird, but his parents supported the hobby, and so did his great-grandmother. She elected to wait until after his schooling to alert him of his destiny and gift him his staff. So, fresh out of college with a biology degree, Cristophe is now wandering into… a city full of gods?
Additional:Appearance:
5'7"
124lbs
Greek/French/American ancestry. Head topped with a thousand curls of scraggly blond hair, Cristophe has not combed it in weeks - not that that would accomplish anything. ears are mostly covered by it, and it's just beginning to move over his eyes, such that he has to flick it out of the way every once in a while. straight, white teeth. thin eyebrows, relatively small nose, long eyelashes. rather small nose, moderate sized ears, soft chin and cheekbones, with the beginnings of a chinstrap beard going (though it's still a tad scraggly). overall, not overly attractive, really, but not ugly either. Voice is middle-pitch and his voice box is rather small, neck is short. usually slumps. long, nimble fingers, chewed at nails (despite his mother's admonitions). comparatively short legs.
Usually will be wearing a green or brown chiton (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiton_(costume)), though also has jeans and sweaters/button-ups if needed. always wearing good walking shoes, with rather loud socks.
Skills:
-pianist (decent for his age, but far from a virtuoso)
-Herbalist (he is quite good at this now, doing so as a hobby)
-biologist (see:degree)
-staff fighting (quarterstaves are dangerous weapons regardless of enchantments, and he does have one now, and has started to look up how to use one)
-Archery (competent, does not own a bow)
-World of Warcraft (Monk/Death Knight)