Post by Damian Gyre on Feb 17, 2011 21:08:29 GMT -5
Damian Gyre
"If it stands in my way, I‘ll simply remove it in one fashion or another"
Custom Title: The Demon of the Court
Age:23
Gender:Male
Family: The Gyre Family
Race:Human
Sexual Orientation:Straight
Home World:Ivalice
Alignment: The noble house of Gyre
Job:Family Guardian
Items:
Accessories:
Appearance:
Damian stands at a towering 6’7” and is very well built. Covering his massive body is well tanned skin, that is very stretchy and in places almost feels like soft leather. These things along with the fact that he has fangs and black eyes make him look very intimidating. A few scars don’t hurt either. The most normal thing about him is probably his hair. Which is white and always appears to be messy.
You would think that as a guardian, Damian would wear a lot of armor. That’s not the case here. Instead he likes to wear comfortable, tight fitting clothing, that moves as he does. The one piece of armor that he does wear is a set of large, white gauntlets that have his family’s crest on them.
Personality:
Cruel and efficient is the easiest way to describe Damian. He was created for one purpose and that was to guard the Gyre family. He is technically Adrian’s, the head of household, son, but Adrian is as much a father to Damian as an engineer is to his tools. Knowing nothing else, Damian didn’t have any problems with this.
Being raised as a guard, Damian pays attention to everything and catches every little detail. He could probably tell you more about a room at a glance then you could have found out by staring at that same room for an hour. His face is always passive, but if you dare look in his eyes you will see a person that is just as likely to skin you alive as he is to just ignore you.
He is also very loyal. If you some how earn his trust, he will do whatever you say without questioning it. Unless it goes against his family’s or father’s will. This loyalty also earns you his protection, and there’s not much that can protect you as well as he can. If an unlucky soul threaten you, Damian will make sure it’s the last thing they ever do.
History:
Creation
Damian isn’t born out of chance or from a deep love of couple that want to have kids. It’s one of simple necessity. One that took many tries and very careful planning.
The Gyre family is a family of nobles and the most recognizable name in the household is that of Adrian Gyre. Along with being the head of the house he is also a very well know, albeit infamous, scientist. His main field of study is that of the mist and how it effects everything around it. He has helped to create some of the best technology and provided some of the best insight to how the mist works. What makes him infamous is his research methods.
They are questionable at best and inhumane on a good day. At one point he was caught conducting experiments on humans seeing how they responded to being exposed to the mist for long periods of time. If it wasn’t for previous work, his license and title would have been stripped. As it was he had to pay a pretty big fine. Now he also had to work around miles of red tape. Everything he did was monitored.
That incident lead to some death threats from some families and people who thought he was a monster. When you were a scientist this happened often so he didn’t take the threats to seriously until one day someone actually tried to kill him.
His airship was ambushed and shot out of the sky. He was suppose to be in it, instead it was his son. This made Adrian realize that he and his family, were not truly safe. The government said that they would do everything in their power to hunt down who did this, but that would only do so much. The Gyre house needed something that could always be there to protect. This led to Damian’s creation or birth.
In secret, Adrian brought out his old files on mist exposure. With the adult subjects he had always got good results at first but then they had quickly gone insane and formed horrible mutations. With the younger subjects he had gotten better results. The government shut him down before he could go anywhere with it. If his theory was right though then a fetus growing in a mist filled environment would be able to adapt to it and make it work in a positive way. If monsters could survive in it and become stronger then the human body should be no different.
So many of the children were born still dead that he almost gave up hope, but after a year or so there was a child that was born perfectly healthy. This wasn’t what Adrian was expecting and thought that perhaps something had gone wrong and nothing had happened. Still he kept the child and watched as it grew up.
Playing Parent
Now ten years have passed and that one child has become more then anything Adrian could have hoped for.
Instead of going to a public form of education, Damian was privately tutored. Thankfully this wasn’t to odd, since he was a noble’s son.
It was just a safety precaution, but it was a good thing that it was taken.
Most of his abilities were discovered while he was growing up. If something happened to be just out of reached Damian would extend his arm and grab whatever he wanted. He also had a thing for fire. He was told on multiple occasions and by different people that it would hurt him, but he couldn’t stop himself from playing with the dancing lights.
Instead of turning his soft flesh into a black and flaky image of itself, his skin seemed to absorb the fire after it danced on his skin for a few moments. Damian just smiled and said that it kind of tickled as the flames licked his skin.
Birthday’s were also something that were different for him. Instead of celebrating another year passed with family and friends. He was put though multiply harsh tests to see how far he had progressed. Because while other kids were outside playing, Damian was given lessons in combat and tactics. He was taught how to recognize danger, and how to quickly get rid of it.
Times of Change
As the years went by it became more apparent that the mist didn’t only make physical changes. It also affected his mind. This became more pronounced after puberty. Damian became crueler and a bit more bloodthirsty. In sparring bouts he would no longer stop once his opponent was down. He would actually try to tear out their throats and do as much damage as he could.
This was a problem, but after some painful disciplining it was fixed. Damian could still think and reason just like every once else, he even had a good vocabulary, his way of thinking was just a little darker then everyone elses.
By now his combat lessons had become much more complicated while his academic studies became a little more focused. By the time he was fifteen Damian probably knew just as much about the human body as a surgeon. He was trained with many weapons, but he always preferred his fists and the extra range his body gave him.
By now he was following his father everywhere. Nobody said anything in the lab since he stayed out of the way and didn’t break or interfere with anything, but people did have some problems with him sitting in on political meetings. After many assurance and some smooth talking he was let in, and just like in the lab he just sat in the background and watched everything unfold. Always keeping his eyes open.
Lost in a New World
For 23 years Damian has been with the Gyre family. Now he has earned himself quite a reputation. It is just as impressive as it is gory. He has become the family's head of security, and things have never been better. That was the case up till about two weeks ago.
Portals have been popping up in Ivalice and his father has been commissioned to study them and see where they go and why they've been placed there. The best way to find out where they go is to send somebody through and who better to send through then your best fighter?
So after a little bit of planning and a bit of protest on Damian's part, he was finally sent through the swirling black mass. The plan was to step through go out for about a mile to see what kind of place it was, and then come back. Things didn't go as planned though. They all assumed that the portal would stay open once the small search party went through. Instead it shut about thirty seconds after. In a blind rage Damian killed the rest of the party. Looking back that wasn't such a good idea, since he was now stuck on a strange planet. He figured that his best bet would be to find another portal and it would hopefully take him to where he wanted to go.
Abilities:
Extend:
Thanks to his ability to shift and his stretchy skin Damian can extend any of his limbs an extra five feet.
Fire-eater:
While Damian is resistant to most magic, he is especially so to fire. Not only does it do no damage to him, but it will actually heal him.
Shift:
Damian can shift into a different form. He turns into a large blue fox demon that has tribal markings through out it's fur. This new form doesn't really make him any stronger but he can defiantly move faster and is more agile. All wounds are healed as long as there are no missing limbs. The shift is very painful though, because his body is breaking apart then reforming. So he can't do it all the time.
(Can last up to three posts has a five post cooldown
4'4" at the shoulder, 7' from head to tail.)
Enhanced: (two slots)
The Mist changed Damian in quite a few ways. The most notable being that he is stronger and faster then a human should be. Even the most fit soldier (not FFVII SOLDIER) would have a hard time keeping up with him. He is also very resistant to magic. All magic only has half effect on him. His skin is also very tough, so it's harder to cut or bruise him.
Summons: None
Magic: None
Strengths:
- Strong
- Great Fighter
- Can take a hit like you wouldn’t believe
- Loyal
- Very Resistant to Magic
Weaknesses:
- Often to quick to act
- Believes that he can do everything on his own
- Not to keen on interacting with others
- Has access to no magic
Weapon:
Damian uses two gauntlets both defensively and offensively. They are able to defect most blows and are very sturdy.
Crushes:None
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