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Rin trudged along the hot sand playing with his newly aquired payment, a shiny nugget sized piece of raw glass. He held it up to the blistering sun and watched the many different colors emerge out of it. Half forgetting about the armor-clad employer huffing and puffing along behind him in a full suit of obviously brand new shiny plate mail. "Rin told you that it would be a long walk. Maybe you should at least take the helmet off?" Rin gestured lifting off the imaginary hat on his head, then proceeded to throw the glass rock straight up and catching it as it came back down.

"SHUT IT LIZARD!" The Knight echoed the words through his iron helm. "I as a knight must be ready for battle at all times.... *pant* I've crossed the artic tundras of Winterhelm, the tropical forests of Blackwater....*gasp*.... the mountanious..... *pant* mountains of....*CherTHUNK* *Clank* *Crash*. Rin turned around to see the "Knight" sprawled out on the sand. Stopping to see if he was okay. "Do you want some of Rin's waterskin?" He asked. No answer... using his foot he gently nudged the knight on his side to see a rather large pool of blood underneath him. Quickly Rin rolled him over to reveal that he collapsed on his own sword.

"Tsk tsk tsk... Poor man will never save that princess he kept talking about... OH WELL!" Rin shouted to nobody as he left the body there and continued on towards the large ruins that he was paid to guide the knight to, intending to make camp until nightfall in which he would make his way back after. "Maybe Rin would find that princess he was looking for? She might need a guide.... Rin wonders if she has more glass hmmm."

Name: Rin Zeela-Tae (roughly translates to Rin Two-Tails)

Gender: Male Lizard

Age: 23

Race: Reptillian bipedial sapien

Character Concept: "The Arkwardly Naked Lizard-Man"

Physical Appearance:

"Are you going to eat that dead bird over there?" -Rin Zeela-Tae

Height: 5' 9" (8' 10" including tail)
Weight: 198 lbs
His scales are tough as iron along his back yet soft and flexible near joints and under his belly. Mostly a faded green from constant sun exposure and a pale yellow-orange under his stomach. The spikes on his back are brittle but sharp and imposing, they also make good makshift fishhooks if he breaks them off (which he usually does... they grow back) His teeth and claws are obviously sharp and show off his carniverous diet regiment. He can run and climb with ease and can often lift 1.5x his bodyweight without much strain.

Equipment:
-Hempen Rope (roughly 20ft)
-Hempen loincloth which when unfolded doubles as a fishing net
-Bronze decorative collar along with small stones of flint wrapped along it
-Staff (fallen tree branch) doubles as fishing rod and walking stick
-Several small animal skin pouches holding "food", ointments, animal bait, and a nugget sized piece of raw glass
-Two bracelets, one made of flintstone and another made from iron. One on each hand.

Personality: Relying more on instinct than intelligence, the knowledge he gained is soley for the purpose of supporting those instincts that have been honed and developed over years past. Trusting his gut before all else. Rin is quick to learn, yet slow to assimilate. If he picked up a revolver he could figure out the basics fairly quickly but would still prefer claws and teeth.

"Rin prefers to do things the way he likes, if He did not like... then Rin does not do them. Simple?"

Goals:
1) Help the others survive in the desert lands he knows well
2) Visit his old kin laying in a camp hidden in a secret desert oasis
3) Find a good fishing spot

Beliefs:
1) "If its alive, you can probabbly eat it."
2) "Keep away from magical stuff, you will lose your tail."
3) "Do not change nature, keep it simple and easy to read... except for food stalls, add more food stalls."

Background:

History [+]

Rin is rather scrawny and small in comparison to his other kin. Most other reptillians rarely leave the desert oasis where he originally came from, and even less do more than just lay around on rocks all day getting fat off the dead buzzards and night crawlies. Not saying his kin are fat and lazy, in fact they are a well established migrating colony that never stays in one spot for long. Often passing trade routes and trading what unique items they find out in no-mans land to the townfolk for mundane supplies. They only have one big drawback that Rin could not stand.... THEY WERE BORING! Rin could not take it. Eat, sleep, eat, sleep, trade, eat, sleep. That's it! What a horrible life!.

At the age of 17 Rin ventured away from the camp and made way towards the closest town. Within the same day he almost got killed by a couple of rogue bandits and lost a tail in the process. A traveling hunter foud him half dead on the side of the road and dragged his body to his lodge in hopes of skinning him to make some nice boots only to find out he was still breathing. The aggrivated hunter decided to treat him and nurse him back to health until he was able to work off the resources he wasted on him to treat him. Once better the hunter handed Rin a fishing rod and a net and sent him off to catch some fish. The confused lizard took the items and walked in the direction the hunter gestured and soon came by a creek with salmon literally jumping out of the water. Rin all too excited used the pole to vault himself into the creek in which he quickly entangled himself in the net, almost drowning. Hours later the hunter found him by the riverbed unconcious yet again.

After nursing the lizard back to health yet again, the hunter decided to teach the lizard how to work off his growing debt correctly. Teaching him how to cast the net and hook the fish with the rod. Scaling, cooking and salting the fish for storage. Rin loved every minute of it, fishing was something new to him and for a full year all he did was visit the river and fish. He soon stayed with the hunter and payed lodgings as he learned more things from the hunter, taking trips with him to the town to trade furs and various meats and dried fish. Going hunting in the forests with him and learning how to hunt. Before he knew it years passed by and there wasn't a single thing the hunter knew that he didn't. They became good friends and enjoyed each others company as Rin slowly developed his own methods of hunting and fishing.

The years flew by and Rin's sense of adventure started up again. Rin left the hunters side promising to come back to repay his debt every now and than. Rin soon ventured out and did his own thing. Not staying in one place for long but still somewhat near the desertlands that he was born in. Vowing that one day he would go back and find his kin to show them all that he has learned.

Racial Traits: Hist Skin- Just like how most lizards can grow back limbs, Rin can heal major wounds over time. (Assuming he does not bleed out or get decapitated) Rin can heal minor cuts and bruises in minutes, major gashes or loss of claws or fingers in hours and an arm, leg or tail in days. This takes much concentration. The drain on his body is only moderate but constant for a long period of time. He cannot fight in this state let alone hardly walk at a regular pace if severely injured.

"Rin is on his third tail already... maybe I should change my name..." -Rin Zeela-Tae

Thermal vision- As do all Reptilians, Rin is able to see the heat given off of objects or people. Rin is well trained in its use and can pickup not only common heat sources but the minor temperature changes given off from old footprints and or dull heat signatures behind walls. *This is not magic, its biological.

"Rin can... see... you... little one." -Rin Zeela-Tae

Resilient scales- Unlike the spongy flesh of humans or fuzzy coats adorned by most beastmen, Rins scales are as tough as iron in some spots yet still as flexible as leather in others. The scales on his back and tail are the hardest, while his belly and limbs are more leathery and flexible.

Known Skills:
Skilled outdoorsman- Rin spends 90% of his day (and night) hunting game, he knows the land better than the spikes on his back. He can read markings of any kind created by nature or man (except magical) and can use natures resources to its fullest potential.

Tracker- An excellent tracker thanks to his innate heat vision and agile frame able to scale trees and rocks with ease, he uses every physical sense to track his prey unnoticed

Claws, teeth and tail- instead of most who prefer a sharp blade or stout arrow, Rin prefers his razor sharp teeth and durable claws. Often running and catching up to all but the fastest prey he finds a quick bite to the back of ones neck is much more reliable than an arrow in his mind. His tail is heavy and often used as a counterweight. The end is adorned with tiny brittle spikes that are mostly cosmetic. (But the enemy doesn't know that)

Although Rin is a hunter, he is not a straight up fighter. Standing head to head with an armorclad knight will most likely get him cut down rather quickly. Hit and run tactics, dirty tricks, and choosing "fleshy" targets is ideal for him.

Spells/Powers: None Rin cannot use magic effectively. If he tries it often blows up in his face.... literally

"Rin knew a great wizard once... we played a game he called GET OUT! Haha he always lost...."

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