Swifty/Zephiren
Zephiren
"You just take care of the tribe's chief and leave the rest to me.... I have had the chiftain under survailence for some time, he's got a unhealthy apetite for strong wine and pretty women. Just give him whatever he wants... or better yet trick him into wanting something else, preferably the same thing we do. Then make him run our errands. I'll handle the damn Lunars, I've already gotten them to squabble amongs eachother and soon we just pick 'em off one at the time. Just listen to me and we'll have this Manse up and running in no time, right?"
Appearance: It's very hard to discern which part of Creation Zephiren came from, his looks don't give much away. He's a handsome man in his mid-tweenties with slightly curled, auburn hair. He generally has a rather plain look, his only striking feature is his eyes. One is emerald-green and moves franticly in the socket like the eye of a madman while the other is light-brown and seems almost dead, staring apathicly as if it where blind. He always dresses to blend in with the enviroment, clean and nice but not extravagant by any standards... unless of course there is something to gain from it.
Background: The first thing Zephiren remembers is how he woke up in Malfeas as one of the first Infernal Exalted. No human knows where Zephiren hailed from, not even himself. He is in fact suffering from total amnesia, not one single detail of his past before his Exaltation is known to him. His devotion to his Malfean masters were lacking to begin with and it only lessened with every errand his demonic masters required of him. One night he simple quit. His quest for freedom has lasted for a long time now and not once has he slowed his pace.
Roleplaying: You do not fit into the genreal populations view of how an Infernal Exalted should act. You friendly, light-hearted, hava a good sense of humor and is rather pleasant to be around. Of course, many villains tries to fake this behaviour if something is to gain for it, but Zephiren is quite genuine. You enjoy the company of good friends, after all, why would'nt you? Friends are always better than enemies. If someone opposes you, try to reason with them if possible, you don't have the crazy compulsion to control and intimidate everything in your enviroment like most other arch-villains. You have the demeanor of someone that's so powerfull that he doesn't need to prove anything, at least not until someone realy tests your patience... You also has no grasp of good and evil, no ethics and no morals whatsoever. The entire concept is totaly alien to you, the fact is that you does not even understand what's the big fuss. When once accused of being a villain, simply shake you're head and answer "What are you talking about? I don't think I'm evil". The way you see it, the concept of god and evil is a big scam, they were introduced by the leaders of old as means to control their lessers, nothing else. Your conscions is practicly non-existant. One thing you does have though, is ambition. You still have'nt figured out exactly how to free himself from the Yozis so before you stumble upon that revelation, you decided that the best way to occupy yourself was gathering more power. Artifacts, manses, sorcery, money, followers and influence. Everything will be used as tools to achive the final goal and you will not let anything stop you, and will kill, maim, destroy and manipulate anything standing in your way. You have a somewhat predatory way of doing things, not acting out of spite but out of necesity... at least until someone makes it personal.
Approach: Zephiren is slow and methodical when dealing with threats. He don't take many chances, prefering calm preparation and long-term planning before brash action. He will use magic and invisible demons to observe the circle for some time, trying to discern their strengths and weaknesses and most imprtantly, thier ambitions. If necesary, he will use pawns and magic to trick them, create diversions or put them in situations favourable to him. His favorite method of dealing with bothersome Exalts is simply to aproach them disguised as a Twilight Caste Solar and invite them to join him, tempting them and manipulating them into thinking they share them same goals, "We can help eachother out, there will be plenty of artifacts for all of us". Another tactic is to pretend to be newly Exalted Solar and getting the circle to take take him in, all while subtly manipulating them towards his own goals.
Notes: Nature; Rogue, Cast; Unclean (Infernal equivelent of Twilight), Willpower;10. I use these excellent charms for Zephiren, as well as add a few abilities of my own. He is immensely powerfull, with Essence 6, plenty of charms and very high attributes (none below 4)and abilities. He also posesses great knowledge of Terrestrial and Celestial Sorcery. In combat he prefers to use the MartialArts/InvincibleSpiderStyle, which fits him perfect, and his infernal martial arts lets him wield an oricalcilum Grand Daiklave in conjunction with the style. He has plenty of connections all over Creation (Contacts 5, Allies 5), every time he settles in an area, he will easily gather as much power as he requires.
