Melancholia Menagerie

[Melancholia]

Hello all, throwing up a few characters as soon as I'm done tweaking them out. May leave some unfinished if my imagination dries up before I can complete one, however. Thanks for reading and hope this all works as a good reference point if anyone needs it. Questions are very much welcome, so don't be afraid to ask if anything I've written is unclear.

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Name: Cronus Zaman.

Gender:Male.

Race: Half-Ifrit, half-Human.

Appearance: Cronus resembles a man in his late thirties, but due to his alchemical expertise he can change his body in various ways - nothing as dramatic as growing an extra limb, but changing his hair/eye colour, changing the age of his body, tattoos and dyes are relatively easy with the right ingredients. 5ft 8 inches tall with a thin-build and pale white skin. He often wears a dreary expression as if in a constant daydream.

His hair is dark brown and shaggy, his left eye is a dark green while an eye-patch covers his right. The hidden eye is pure black with no visible distinguishable marks between sclera, iris or pupil. His clothing is usually practical, but loose - comfortable robes while at home, various leather armours while adventuring: gorget, brigandine, vambraces, etc. A makraka usually hangs at his waist for use as a sickle, but also an impromptu weapon if anything should assail him.

Abilities: Non-Ifrit: An avid scholar of alchemy, Cronus prides himself on his knowledge of potions, elixirs, tonics, medicines, herbs and the like. While alchemy is his specialty, he also has a strong interest in rune-work and the old magic of the Earth, such as enchantments and that of the elements. Due to the nature of his birth, he has always had a strong connection with fire.

Ifrit: The Ifrit part of his birth has granted him a control over fire, heat and a small control over light, which has also helped his alchemical work. His right eye, while normally hidden under an eye-patch, grants him vision of the normally unseen spirits, demons and other such entities or magics that are outside the human ability to see. His power over fire, heat and light covers creating, manipulating and extinguishing. They can be used together for various effects, such as creating small illusions that are fueled by Cronus' Ifrit nature. Along with the more powerful abilities, various lesser abilities come with it, such as slowed ageing and slightly enhanced hearing and vision

Personality: Intelligent, reclusive and a little sarcastic, Cronus is one to keep to himself and his studies.

History: After making a deal with a powerful Ifrit with the consequence of a one physical relationship, Cronus was born and named after the Greek God, and fittingly so. His mother was a Summoner, and one of high nobility who had reached her position by blackmail, murder and summoning various demons and spirits for various nefarious means. Being one born of a Jinn and a Human, Cronus received the gifts of both races and some which mix to create weaknesses. The most disturbing one, to Cronus, is the vision of his right eye which grants him vision into the unseen, and often horrifying, things that inhabit the veil outside of normal Human vision. Because of these reasons, he usually hides this vision with an eyepatch.

Cronus' ageing seemed to decelerate over time. At the start he would age normally, yet as he grew older, his body aged slower and slower until it has seemed to come to a stand-still with an appearance of a thirty-something man. Cronus received an expensive education throughout his early life and afterwards a prestigious and early career in medicine. Throughout this, he was schooled by his mother in more arcane arts, such as summoning and other spiritual rituals, which sparked his interest in alchemy and other much older magics.

Soon however, Cronus grew bored of his medical career and sought travel. He journeyed for years, visiting different countries and seeking out their sages, wise-men, wizards, magicians and witch-doctors in order to learn their secrets and craft while helping to further his own with his experiences.

Notes: None so far.