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=== Character Description === | === Character Description === | ||
Daryl is short for a man, around 5’ 3”. His skin is a lighter brown, smooth, a shade not unlike some stained woods. His hair, a very wavy and unruly black mass, which he keeps tightly bound in a ponytail with string keeping the entire length narrow. He usually sports a finely trimmed goatee. His eyes are a lighter brown, and just slightly slanted at the corners. As a result of his divine experience, and the levels of power flowing through him for those few minutes, he has a soft-edged circle bleached in his skin at the seven chakra points, and some of his hair at his temples has turned prematurely grey. | Daryl is short for a man, around 5’ 3”. His skin is a lighter brown, smooth, a shade not unlike some stained woods. His hair, a very wavy and unruly black mass, which he keeps tightly bound in a ponytail with string keeping the entire length narrow. He usually sports a finely trimmed goatee. His eyes are a lighter brown, and just slightly slanted at the corners. As a result of his divine experience, and the levels of power flowing through him for those few minutes, he has a soft-edged circle bleached in his skin at the seven chakra points, and some of his hair at his temples has turned prematurely grey. | ||
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As one of the “Solar Winds” (the Eclipse Caste), Daryl tries never to encumber himself to the point that it would be difficult to leave at a moment’s notice on a mission. This is further accentuated by a prefference for the ascetic styles of the chinese philosophers from his world and the wisemen of creation. He dresses very simply, in garments lacking most decorations and luxury, most often in earth-tones and black. The only signs of wealth he allows himself are tools that are functional. A good weapon, or smartly fashioned boots, or even a few finer robes for the occasional situation in which to wear anything less would be an unforgivable insult to the host. He talks little, but speaks volumes. He very rarely ever shows anger, or any loss of temper, even in the face of adversity or heated emotions. | As one of the “Solar Winds” (the Eclipse Caste), Daryl tries never to encumber himself to the point that it would be difficult to leave at a moment’s notice on a mission. This is further accentuated by a prefference for the ascetic styles of the chinese philosophers from his world and the wisemen of creation. He dresses very simply, in garments lacking most decorations and luxury, most often in earth-tones and black. The only signs of wealth he allows himself are tools that are functional. A good weapon, or smartly fashioned boots, or even a few finer robes for the occasional situation in which to wear anything less would be an unforgivable insult to the host. He talks little, but speaks volumes. He very rarely ever shows anger, or any loss of temper, even in the face of adversity or heated emotions. | ||
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In college he delved deeply into philosophy, into the debates about existence and human nature and such. Because of so much introspection, he developed an incredibly solid sense of self. This showed through as a quiet certainty that was irresistibly compelling. In debates he almost always won hands down, when he actually takes a side, and in which his deep voice and slow delivery only added to his persuasive presence. Starting in his freshman year, he started taking classes with a teacher of Tai Chi, in an attempt to bring balance to his life by practicing a physical discipline in addition to the mental disciplines he already practiced. He found that he enjoyed the teachings of his master so much that he began taking another of his courses, that of a fighting style focused on the bo, or staff. He also took time out from his courses to meditate, and to go on long hikes alone to simply think. | In college he delved deeply into philosophy, into the debates about existence and human nature and such. Because of so much introspection, he developed an incredibly solid sense of self. This showed through as a quiet certainty that was irresistibly compelling. In debates he almost always won hands down, when he actually takes a side, and in which his deep voice and slow delivery only added to his persuasive presence. Starting in his freshman year, he started taking classes with a teacher of Tai Chi, in an attempt to bring balance to his life by practicing a physical discipline in addition to the mental disciplines he already practiced. He found that he enjoyed the teachings of his master so much that he began taking another of his courses, that of a fighting style focused on the bo, or staff. He also took time out from his courses to meditate, and to go on long hikes alone to simply think. | ||
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| − | + | Daryl and 3 classmates were accidentally sucked into creation via a D'ni Transport book and trapped in Creation. They landed in a bastion of the Gold Faction. They were taken in out of sympathy and curiosity, but not considered much by those in charge. After several months of transition (quite a shock of a change), they were again uprooted in an attack by what appeared to be some Abyssal powers. The four students escaped, but were left behind when the entire Gold Faction evacuated in an airship. One of the students however perished allong the way. Believing that they could meet up with the people they knew in the south, they chartered with a small merchant's wagon train. Halfway there, in the forests if the south-east, the wagons were attacked by bandits, during which the three students unexpectedly Exalted. This was observed by another Solar, who had come to lend aid. The Dawn caste was sent a vision telling him that he must help prepare and train the three new exalts. This led to a time under his tutilage, and a few missions of his devise. During one such mission, they came accross a young child running from "monsters", and Daryl and the other two helped her to escape. Bringing her back to the Dawn's Manse, they realized there was more danger than they had thought. The child was a new Lunar exalt, who was running from the pack of Fully experienced Lunars sent to retrieve him. This led to a major battle, during which the Dawn caste recognized his former mate of a Lunar (who had betrayed him), and at the end of which the students-turned-exalts were persuaded that it was best if the child were with her own kind. The Manse highly dammaged, and the Dawn Caste very emotionally worn, they were sent on with directions to where the Gold faction had moved, a hidden city in the southern mountains. | |
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Latest revision as of 20:19, 18 July 2005
*Note: This Character is from a campaign where our Storyteller creatively combined Exalted with some elements of the Myst saga, allowing our begining characters to start out as college students in our world, and eventually have an epic storyline spanning many worlds, not just Creation. The following is how the Character stood at the end of the last game, plus some guesswork into the future to use up the rest of his XP (this includes the consequences of having to stand in place of the god of another world for a few minutes... long story).
Name: Daryl Gerard, sometimes called "God-Touched"
Caste: Eclipse
Nature: Visionary
Anima: Bamboo and Paper Lantern
Concept: Philosopher-Seer
Character Description
Daryl is short for a man, around 5’ 3”. His skin is a lighter brown, smooth, a shade not unlike some stained woods. His hair, a very wavy and unruly black mass, which he keeps tightly bound in a ponytail with string keeping the entire length narrow. He usually sports a finely trimmed goatee. His eyes are a lighter brown, and just slightly slanted at the corners. As a result of his divine experience, and the levels of power flowing through him for those few minutes, he has a soft-edged circle bleached in his skin at the seven chakra points, and some of his hair at his temples has turned prematurely grey.
http://xs38.xs.to/pics/05291/darylcolor.png
As one of the “Solar Winds” (the Eclipse Caste), Daryl tries never to encumber himself to the point that it would be difficult to leave at a moment’s notice on a mission. This is further accentuated by a prefference for the ascetic styles of the chinese philosophers from his world and the wisemen of creation. He dresses very simply, in garments lacking most decorations and luxury, most often in earth-tones and black. The only signs of wealth he allows himself are tools that are functional. A good weapon, or smartly fashioned boots, or even a few finer robes for the occasional situation in which to wear anything less would be an unforgivable insult to the host. He talks little, but speaks volumes. He very rarely ever shows anger, or any loss of temper, even in the face of adversity or heated emotions.
In Battle, Daryl wields his treasured Orichalcum Seven-Section Staff, though he greatly prefers to avoid physical conflict. His Martial Arts practice is more of a physical meditation to him than preperation for a fight.
Earthly History
Daryl's father was African-American, a lawyer, and his mother Polynesian, who worked as an assistant to an astronomer. They met just after his father had passed his bar exam, through a mutual friend. An only child, Daryl rarely cried or made much noise, and always seemed to be watching his entire environment. He was slow to begin speaking as an infant, but when he did finally speak, it was very clearly enunciated (his first word being of all things “peanut-butter”, one of his fathers favorite foods). Growing up, he was often assumed to be slow, because of how he rarely spoke long sentences, and didn’t always seem to fit in. However on aptitude tests he always performed spectacularly. Later in his childhood, he began to be seen by his peers as a very smart and impartial child, and was the arbiter of playground disputes more often than the teachers. He also expressed interests in singing, and reading. In high school he was considered “cool” by many, simply because of his inner calm and assuredness; he never felt the need to justify himself to his peers or to try hard at fitting in, and so people figured that was what cool must be, despite his disinterest in the entire concept. This was also the period in his life where he discovered both the Chinese culture, as well as philosophy, both subjects which he would base his future career upon. These two interests entirely replaced the former importance of singing in his life.
http://xs38.xs.to/pics/05291/daryl.jpg In college he delved deeply into philosophy, into the debates about existence and human nature and such. Because of so much introspection, he developed an incredibly solid sense of self. This showed through as a quiet certainty that was irresistibly compelling. In debates he almost always won hands down, when he actually takes a side, and in which his deep voice and slow delivery only added to his persuasive presence. Starting in his freshman year, he started taking classes with a teacher of Tai Chi, in an attempt to bring balance to his life by practicing a physical discipline in addition to the mental disciplines he already practiced. He found that he enjoyed the teachings of his master so much that he began taking another of his courses, that of a fighting style focused on the bo, or staff. He also took time out from his courses to meditate, and to go on long hikes alone to simply think.
Brief Post-Exaltation Summary
Daryl and 3 classmates were accidentally sucked into creation via a D'ni Transport book and trapped in Creation. They landed in a bastion of the Gold Faction. They were taken in out of sympathy and curiosity, but not considered much by those in charge. After several months of transition (quite a shock of a change), they were again uprooted in an attack by what appeared to be some Abyssal powers. The four students escaped, but were left behind when the entire Gold Faction evacuated in an airship. One of the students however perished allong the way. Believing that they could meet up with the people they knew in the south, they chartered with a small merchant's wagon train. Halfway there, in the forests if the south-east, the wagons were attacked by bandits, during which the three students unexpectedly Exalted. This was observed by another Solar, who had come to lend aid. The Dawn caste was sent a vision telling him that he must help prepare and train the three new exalts. This led to a time under his tutilage, and a few missions of his devise. During one such mission, they came accross a young child running from "monsters", and Daryl and the other two helped her to escape. Bringing her back to the Dawn's Manse, they realized there was more danger than they had thought. The child was a new Lunar exalt, who was running from the pack of Fully experienced Lunars sent to retrieve him. This led to a major battle, during which the Dawn caste recognized his former mate of a Lunar (who had betrayed him), and at the end of which the students-turned-exalts were persuaded that it was best if the child were with her own kind. The Manse highly dammaged, and the Dawn Caste very emotionally worn, they were sent on with directions to where the Gold faction had moved, a hidden city in the southern mountains.
