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Arian Starling, Haven student. Currently on pause.
« on: November 21, 2018, 07:01:07 AM »
CHARACTER

Name: Arian ‘Rain’ Starling

Age: 17

Species and Gender: Male spider faunus

Symbol:  A stylised spider made from interlocking and twisting lines.

Occupation: First year student at Haven

Appearance: Arian is a slight young man, little over 5’8/175cm and full of wiry muscle which makes him weigh a little over 170lbs/77kg. Although it should be mentioned that if standing on his spider legs and straightening them out as much as possible Arian can add another half a foot on his height but more on those later. Arian frequently dyes his hair and wears contacts which change his eye colour even going so far to tint his skin, when quizzed he says it’s a political statement of individuality but in reality, it is about creating disposable identities. Naturally Arian is quite tanned, with black hair and brown eyes but is more commonly seen around Haven with his skin whitened, donning an unnaturally bright shade of red for hair and solid gold contacts which cover everything; pupil, iris and sclera. Although like most things about Arian they can change on the hour.

As mentioned above Arian’s Faunus trait is much more noticeable than most, having four spider limbs emergings from his mid-lower back. Impossible to realistically hide even with baggy clothing Arian doesn’t bother hiding these 8’/2.5m columns of black liquorice even though they bring no shortage of strife. Covered in thick hair they are brilliant at gripping despite the complete lack of fingers meaning that Arian can stand on the ground walls or even the roof but said fingers are valuable and it makes them useless for most unmodified weapons. Unfortunately, they also mean Arian has to sleep on his stomach like an uncultured heathen.

Arian is never still for long, rotating between his human legs and spider legs he takes massive advantage of being able to run around while lying down and his reach, and thieving skills, which means anything that catches Arian’s eye will end up with him regardless of protests. This also means Arian rarely uses chairs, both because he basically is carrying around his own but most are uncomfortable to get his spider legs through. Like most of his physical attributes, Arian regularly changes how he talks, from different accent to different tonation as well as different word choices. He is very good at this, too good for his own well being as Arian has a bad habit of mimicking other’s accents while talking to them without noticing which most people find insulting.

Well as for clothes Arian does actually have a defined style even which follows into his school uniform and combat gear. No style! Kidding. As well as the obvious cutting additional leg holes in his shirt Arian also tends to wear clothing a little too big, to make it easier to hide his ‘acquisitions’ as well as strip the piece off if he ever gets grabbed. As for colours, Arian prefers dull silvers, making his uniform’s trim look even brighter and stand out against the black even more as well as a series of long silver chains. His combat gear contains a light silver breastplate with his symbol over the front. Coils of metal then spill out over the tight leathers which cover Arian’s arms and legs like silk. In casual wear, Arian prefers navy with silver trim hoodies and jeans but will easily dress up or down depending on what the situation demands.

As for the specifics around Arian’s spider legs they are rather simple. Like most spiders there is a ridge of cartilage running through which the otherwise very human matrix of muscle and ligaments attaches to. When Arian was growing he had to shed the exoskeleton around his legs but now he is mostly fully grown it isn’t an issue he has to deal with anymore.

History: As far as Arian knows both his parents were human, although both born from human/Faunus pairings, which made their spider limbed bundle of not-so-joy a slight issue. Suspecting infidelity Arian and his mother, Eirian, quickly found themselves cast out from those they thought were their friends, given enough lien to keep quiet and quickly forgotten about. As you might expect that made the relationship Arian had with Eirian rather strained from the beginning. The lien didn’t last long and when Eirian returned she her old family pretended to not even recognize her. Her pride hasn’t let her return since. This resulted in Arian being settled with both responsibilities of providing for them both and of ruining Eirian's life.

Being a young child, a Faunus and without any family connections to provide him with the means to earn on honest living Arian quickly turned to theft to keep both him and Eirian alive. Despite having a natural talent for the craft the shopkeepers in Mistral were well practised in denying thieves like Arian and he was just as often caught and beaten than escaping cleanly. The police were rarely if ever involved as the shopkeepers were often operating semi-illegally and believed themselves capable of driving thieves away by reputation. But Arian had nothing to lose, and a few broken bones was a small price to pay for Eirian’s respect.

Street rats are a vital resource for criminal gangs, providing both fresh blood and scapegoats for their operations and street rats as talented and desperate Arian was the proverbial jackpot. It didn’t take long for him and Eirian to be scouted by such a gang, the Starlight Boys. His mother didn’t want Arian to join, by this time she had retrained herself and was making a decent living for themselves as a dressmaker but Arian wouldn’t listen. Even in his youth Arian could see Eirian’s dissatisfaction with their circumstances and was willing to do anything to remedy that. And he did. So as other children were finishing up their basic education and entering combat schools Arian was running protection rackets, trafficking in drugs and weapons as well as more mundane theft. He was good at this and he loved it.

All this time Eirian did what she could to help, clothes with over a dozen hidden pockets almost impossible to find with even the most thorough search as well as disguises but also tried to find a way out of the life of crime she felt she had condemned her son to. Encouraging Arian to work alongside her was as difficult as you might expect but an extra pair of hands never went unwanted and there was always other street kids eager to make a coin. Just as Arian was moving up the ranks of the gang so was Eirian’s dressmaking business taking off quickly becoming a well known businesses as such as because of Eirian and Arian’s business savy as much as their product. Unfortunately the real money in clothing making on Remnant was outfitting Hunters and Huntresses and that took years of training and a huge amount of specialised gear but Eirian didn’t have years as every week Arian was progressing higher and higher in the gang and had some close calls with the police already.

The raw materials wasn’t difficult to get her hands on Eirian spoke to Arian about making better gear for the gang and although he was dismissive they gang themselves were a lot more receptive. Not only would they be less likely to be hurt there was definitely a status attached to having hunter level equipment. The first shipment went well, and Eirian managed to make enough for a few of the gang members as well as a few Huntresses she knew through her dressmaking business. Everyone was very happy with the final product and Eirian’s dress making business continued to boom until she was far outearning Arian and his criminal activities.

It was hard to leave the Starlight Boys behind, despite being criminals there was a bond that bound them together which continues to this day but Arian wasn’t so trapped in his antics to pass up an opportunity to go legitimate, an opportunity that many of his fellows would and had killed for. As Eirian’s reputation grew she no longer had to steal the materials to make her wares and she could make normal deals and as more Hunters and Huntresses sort her out, on top of Arian assisting full time things looked like they could only go up. Unfortunately it is never that way in reality.

All the natural skill and experience in the world maybe be comparable to genuine training on individual works but as production increased each piece could only be given so much care. At the beginning the reports of faulty equipment was easily 

Personality: Like quicksilver Arian is a mercurial force, always quick to change but not always to find the path of least resistance. Rather simply he has spent so long wearing masks

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« Last Edit: May 06, 2019, 06:43:43 PM by Kingnoname1 »
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