Post by Flame on Feb 18, 2018 11:06:22 GMT -5
Basti Skysong
"Journey before destination. I will protect those who need protecting." - Basti
{Character Information}
Surname: Skysong
Given Name: Basti
Nickname/s: "The Bastion"
Gender: Male
Race: Sky Islander
Age: 30
Birthday: 5/12, May 12th
Home Region: Paradise
Occupation: Navigator, Knight, Hero
Bounty: None
Jolly Roger:
{Appearance & Personality}
-Personality Traits-
Alignment: A Heroic Chaotic Good
The HeroBasti is ever the hero he sees in himself. He follows this to an extreme extent, helping anyone who he deems is in need of help. This can definitely get him in trouble when he steps in on the wrong side of a conflict. But he doesn't care, he sees the ideal of someone who can defend the world and everyone from pain. In the pursuit of this ideal he will always put his life on the line, as the pursuit is worth nothing less than his life itself. For it he will face all ridicule and pass any obstacle. Even the rule of law, just as it sometimes may be will not stop him from his everlasting purpose.
AirheadBasti's mind is singularly focused on being a hero. He leaps before looking, moves before thinking, not that there are many a thought that really perpetuate in his mind. As will be obvious to any who talk to him Basti is probably missing a few brain cells, he's easily distractible, unperceptive of situations, and sees the world in a very straight forward manner. For Basti things are as he sees them. To be frank he's profoundly stupid, but he's too ignorant to know that.
GullibleBasti has no wit to even whistle with. Going in line with his airheadedness Basti is quite easily to manipulate. He's definitely ditzy and lacking of any sense of cunning or ability to notice cunning in others. If you tell him gullible is written on the bottom of an ocean, he may in fact walk into the ocean to check. So please don't do that.
HappyBasti is happy and a generally nice person for almost anyone he meets (save for those who are attacking those he protects). He is easy-going, and can be semi-relaxed when he's not being overly excited about heroism. He laughs, he talks, he's really just someone who can be fun to be around, especially as he often becomes the butt of many jokes.
CertainBasti is if anything certain of his path. He moves forward without taking steps back in his own estimation. Perhaps this is what makes him such an excellent navigator. He has an internal belief in his own goals, his own ideals, that cannot turn him away. He will walk his path no matter what stands before him.
HonourableBasti is honourable, trustworthy, he is someone that you can depend on (as long as it doesn't require him to be smart). It is why he calls himself a knight, he holds himself to a code. This means he fights mano-a-mano, he always holds doors open for a lady, and he keeps secrets that he's been given.
Virtues: Heroic, Happy, Steady
Vices: Dumb, Not-Thinking, Gullible
Fears: Not Living Up to his Ideal
-Physical Traits / Appearance-
Height: 6’11" or 211 cm
Build: Medium Build
Eye Color: Light Blue
Hair Style: Longish Red Hair
Ethnicity: American
AppearanceBasti is relatively tall for someone of the Skyperson breed. His long hair hangs down about him like a lustrous mane of red. He has strongly defined features in his face that add to his at times immense presence. Basti has a well toned and muscled body often hidden beneath layers of clothes. His limbs are not particularly long nor short, not skinny or pudgy, giving him a very average build for his size. But perhaps the most interesting thing about Basti is his abnormally large wings. While most skypeople do have wings, they tend to be much smaller than Basti's. His expand about him as if they were actual bird wings at full extension adding an extra arm's length on either side as wingspan.
There are two versions of Basti that are often found. There is when he is acting the hero and when he's being a bit more relaxed. As the hero Basti stands tall, he stands proud, his presence can almost feel immense like an immovable object. His posture is excellent, shoulders straight and all, in his light blue eyes will be the blaze of glory, and a certainty that emanates from everything he does. When he isn't acting the hero he has a smile upon his face and a light air about him. He moves with energy and pride with shoulders relaxed and posture all but forgotten.
Basti's most worn clothing is his 'hero's outfit' so to speak. It is a fairly formal dress uniform, made of black, white, and red it fits him tightly and well and is lined with many golden borderings. This often adds to his air and helps him really feel the part. But when he can't wear this he has simple clothing, often solid colors and somewhat more loose fitting. For the most part Basti is rarely found with short sleeves, or shorts. He simply prefers to show less skin. It should be noted that all his clothes need to be modified as his wings are very difficult to work with otherwise.
{Character Story}
Total X-Poinz: 300
Used X-Poinz: 200{ See Full Breakdown}
Full Breakdown0 Bastion of the Sky | E-Rank FiSt(0) Free X-Poinz | 0 Used
100 Birge | R1 Weapon(50) Free X-Poinz | 0 Used
100 Stout | R1 Weapon(50) Free X-Poinz | 50 Used
-50 Stout Slam | R1 Tech
-My Voyages-{Starting XPoinz}
Starting XPoinz
+ 300 X-Poinz
{Skills and Combat Abilities}
-Inventory-
Log PoseA Log Pose/div]
Ring NecklaceAbout his neck beneath his clothing Basti wears a simple chain necklace with a ring hanging off of it. He is often unwilling to speak about its true meaning.-Skills-
Non-Combat Skills
NavigatorBasti is a skilled navigator, he often sees the path through the waters like he sees his own future. Sometimes this means bursting straight through oncoming waves, sometimes it means bursting straights through oncoming waves. Obstacles are meant to be overcome you know! He is also quite good as a helmsman due to his raw strength.
CookingBasti can cook. Whether you want him to cook is up to flavor, he is middling at best. He can make a meal but it'll be full of meat and starch and not really have as much flavoring as one might like. If there is flavoring it is often extremely sweet, to give him the energy he needs! Yep Yep.
Combat Skills
Oxygen Efficiency - Sky Islander Inherent TraitBorn and raised on a sky island Basti's body can do more with less. It isn't hindered by thin air or low oxygen levels. He can subsist on much less air, and when he goes down to the surface a single breath can last him much longer than a normal human.
Large Wings - Sky Islander Trait #1Basti's wings are excessively large for a sky islander. It is something he was often bullied for as a child, they have a greater wingspan than he has an armspan. Some think that he may actually be able to fly with them, but he doesn't have the muscular strength in his back to do so at the moment. Covered in long white feathers they are often used for affect, and sometimes shade.
Inhuman Strength - Sky Islander Trait #2Basti is strong, extremely strong. If anything the weapons he wields, in the heavy shield and the naginata both each with a single hand are proof of this. But if you need real proof give him a boulder the size of himself and he'll lift it up. Basti is not to be underestimated in this sense.-Fighting Styles-
Bastion of the Sky
E-Rank Naginata + Shield FiSt0 X-Poinz (0 X-Poinz)
Basti is a steadfast fighter, with a shield in one hand and a naginata in the other he stands his ground against all opposition. In combat he leverages his size and strength to simply overpower his opponents with powerful strikes from his naginata. With his other hand he wields his own shield to ward off enemy attacks and then sometimes to make his own offensives as well smashing the shield into his opponents. His style is more reliant on strength and toughness than speed and dexterity which can make it at times easy to read. However if he hits, then be ready because a world of hurt will be upon you.
Aspects
Weapons
Birge
Rank 1 Naginata
100 X-Poinz (50 X-Poinz)Basti's naginata Birge is a tall weapon. With a three foot curved blade of steel on the end the whole weapon stands eight feet tall, a good foot taller than Basti himself. The shaft of the naginata is made of solid oak making it durable enough to turn some blades if need be though that is generally the use of the shield. Like his shield, Birge is a very heavy weapon and it is due to his own strength that he can wield it properly as a weapon. The blade is counterbalanced by a steel cap at the base of the naginata though that is rarely used as a weapon.
Stout
Rank 1 Shield
100 X-Poinz (50 X-Poinz)Stout is an aptly named steel shield reinforced by thick oak on the inside. Because of this it is very heavy and requires its user to have immense strength to even wield it properly. An upside-down pentagonal shield it is adorned on the front with a solid steel bulge for offensive attacks. At the top it has a parapet like design which originally inspired Basti's nickname of the Bastion. The shield uses two straps to hook into Basti's arm one around the elbow and the other around the palm. The shield is large enough to guard basically Basti's entire torso at once and extending down to provide some minimal protection to his groin area.
TechniquesStout Slam
Rank 1 Technique - 50 X-Poinz (F)Pulling Stout up Basti places it against his shoulder and then rushes forward at his opponent. At the last moment he swings his arm at the elbow out to slam his opponent aside with the heavy shield.
{Character Relations}
-Family-Skysong Orphanage - Foster Family - Basti's family or as he thinks of it are those caretaker and other children who grew up with him in the orphanage. He has a great care for every single one of them and is out in the world being a hero partially for them. To fulfill their dreams and to remove the need for such a place at all. Not that he has anything against the orphanage.-Friends-Dirk - Former Coworker - Dirk was Basti's mentor as a guardman, he has a lot of respect for the man. They remain friends though Basti has not met Dirk in a while, for all Basti knows Dirk is still fulfilling his job as it has always been.
-Foes-None Yet
{History}
Youth (0-17)Basti is an orphan, he grew up this way in a small orphanage in the Floating Cloud Kingdom. All of his memories start here, and the children of the orphanage are more his family than anyone else. Basti was always odd from a young age due to the size of his wings. While he was different because of them thankfully the orphanage was such a way that he was never really bullied because of it. He grew up surrounded by this sort of happiness and though some of his family was adopted and taken away he was always surrounded by a numerous number of them whom kept him happy.
Basti even for the relatively meager meals they ate at the orphanage grew up strong and tall. The lack of nutrition never bothered his body's ability to grow. So for many of the younger children Basti often became a guardian for them. He was often the biggest of the kids running around in their neighborhood. With his large stature at a young age he got into many fights on behalf of his younger friends sometimes getting in trouble, but always defending his intentions in doing so.
As he grew older and still no one had adopted him, Basti decided that he could no longer be someone straining the orphanage's resources. He was a few years older than anyone else and required many more resources than they really had to give. So he made his decision and joined the army of the Floating Cloud Kingdom at age 17.
Training (17-19)Basti excelled in his training, though for not the reasons that most did. Rather than being technically superior, or practicing longer and harder. Basti had strength, overpowering strength that came naturally to him. Even for his size it was clear that he was a bit stronger than one might expect. But still they made him train. Both combat tactics (which he did not excel at) and improving his physical body did he do for the long two years of his training.
And where it did work it worked well, he grew stronger yet while improving his cardiovascular system and balance. More importantly at training he began to eat properly, three square meals a day did wonders for Basti as he grew more in the next two years. It was also here that he first fully understood how strange his wings were. That they were so large made him well known alongside his inhuman strength. Here he learned how to defend them as best he could as often they were his downfall in sparring matches and the like. The training in the end was not too difficult for him and he excelled well enough without truly great skills in actually using the weapons he was given that he somehow managed to be recommended to be a Royal Guardsman.
Guardsman Training (19-21)Expecting that such a posting could warrant him more money that he could return to the orphanage which aided him he accepted the continued years of training. It was at this training where Basti first met his to-be friend Dirk. Dirk was acting as a temporary trainer after the usual one got wounded by a trainee and had to take some time off.
Unlike basic training, Guardsman Training was difficult. Though his physique helped, here those trainees who had stood out were now grouped together. And here his lack of technical ability began to show, those who were smart enough noticed that he was not particularly good at the dexterous fighting of of swords and spears and thus began to take advantage of him. Where they excelled now he began to fall behind, and it was this way for a while until Dirk recommended to him a different weapon set. Given his strength Dirk had him try the shield and polearm style that he now uses. With it and some personal training from Dirk on the side Basti began to make headway.
While he never really surpassed any of the other recruits he improved enough to sit somewhere in the middle. Thus it was that after two years he was accepted to become a true guardsman of the Floating Cloud Kingdom.
Guardsman (22-28)For the most part Basti's work as a guardsman was rather boring. Though technically his duties were important in the protection of a royal facility or another at any given time there was not much turmoil in the kingdom while he worked. Nor was he important enough to be placed in a position of true importance he was often sidelined for some of his more accomplished compatriots. Not that he particularly minded, the relatively good pay and the consistency of it allowed him a level of comfort as he continued to contribute to his family's success.
As he did this work, he also fit in time for training while he was 'off duty'. It was part of their duty to continue to improve and be ready at any time. Thus it was his luck that he ended up being placed in a group with Dirk once more. While before they had held a trainee and mentor relationship it slowly grew from there to a coworker and finally a friendly relation. The pair often sparring with each other in an effort to continue their own training. But for the most part Basti's job was boring and while he tried to improve himself as much as he could he found a lot of time to spare from his job.
So he explored other walks of life, he learned to cook (sorta), he tried to read (lots of being read to), and perhaps most interesting he became interested in the opposite gender. Among them while he was lauded for his kindness and his protectiveness, his somewhat airheaded nature could sometimes cut him in the wrong way. He did eventually find some happiness there as well but that is a story for another time.
Basti came to prominence many years into his job when on one day one of his coworkers was sick and he had to fill in at a much more important position than he'd normally receive.
Recognition (28-29)His first real recognition was while he was while on duty for one of the noble families. When a raid of pirates caught them while they were out while they were taking a boat down the snaking river Basti and his fellow guardsmen were at the defense. And while all the guardsmen showed their worth, Basti stood out as he had placed himself between the pirates and the youngest daughter of the noble family holding a doorway against a group of five of them including the second mate of the group for a while until he and the rest of the family were finally relieved by the coming of the Royal Guard of the Floating Cloud Kingdom.
For his personal valor he earned himself a kiss on the cheek from the noble's daughter and some accolades from the family itself. But perhaps the most lasting gain he made was that he was given a pair of extremely well forged weapons, now known as Stout and Birge. Such was the buoying affect of having done something important that Basti lived on that high for a while. The honor and the accolades of it got to his head a bit.
And eventually it war off, he fell from the high as after his public perception fell from recent memory he returned to his own lesser importance. But he craved it, not so much the honors and the accolades, but that feeling he got after placing himself before the girl and defending her with all he had. So finally he decided he had only thing less to do so he left the guard and decided that he had only to pursue his true purpose, his higher purpose which was heroism.
First Steps (30-Present)Basti spent some time after that walking the streets of Floating Cloud Kingdom doing what he could. But then he realized the pirates that came must have come from the Blue Sea and were likely causing trouble there before. He'd heard so many stories about them. So he decided to leave Floating Cloud Kingdom and do what he could. Thus did he descend from the Floating Cloud Kingdom to roam the Blue Sea and try and help all that he could. Though he doesn't know where to start, he figures the world has so many people in need of help that if he just travels he'll be able to make a difference no matter where he goes.