Post by Sinneh on Jun 19, 2010 14:22:47 GMT -5
Name: Alain
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight
Guild: Thieves
Shapeshift Form: grizzly bear
Appearance:
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight
Guild: Thieves
Shapeshift Form: grizzly bear
Appearance:
Human:Personality:
Alain has a handsomely rough appearance, with fine and chiseled features. His hair is a rich shade of dark mahogany and his eyes are smoldering honey amber. He is a hulking brute of a man, standing 6’10 and with a hard- trained muscled build, even bordering overly so. He doesn’t quite look like a professional body builder, but rather like a Professional Wrestler. He usually styles his hair forward in a fohawk type thing going on. His shifter mark is brown and is located on his right shoulder blade. His skin tone is a light almond and he has an old faded scar about 4 inches long running diagonally on his left pectoral muscle. (pec)
Bear:
Alain is known as an Alaskan Coastal Grizzly Bear, not your average Grizzly Bear. The Alaskan coastal grizzly bear or Alaskan Grizzly illustrates the link between the interior grizzly and the Kodiak Bear, in having much of the appearance of the former and a good deal of the size of the latter. His full height while standing is 13 feet, give or take a few inches, and he weighs in at 1,250, give or take 50 lbs. He fluctuates in weight between 1,200 and 1,300, but averaging in the middle. His thick, wooly fur is shaded in dark browns, rich and earthy. His eyes keep their honey amber tint while in bear form. Due to his musculature as a human and adapted diet, most of his bear weight comes from his bones and musculature. Since his species is Native to the Alaskan Coastal Areas and Tundra, they have a sort of adaptation that other interior bears do not possess. While the average bear will hibernate 6-8 months, Alain’s species will hibernate 4-6 commonly, with the females denning in sooner and longer while the males can begin later and for shorter periods of time. The shorter hibernation periods are due to many factors- habitat, food supply, gender, ect. Their home range is usually plentiful year round, making shortages rare or mild. Tundra areas as well as others are usually some kind of cold for most of the year, making the bears use to the temperatures and feel less inclined to hibernate. There are even instances, in which male Alaskan grizzlies won’t even hibernate at all, and because of their plentiful food supply and natural resistance and tolerance for cold it doesn’t affect them as much as if would an interior bear. Males would be the exception due to the females going in early because of pregnancy.
Because of this, Alain does not “hibernate”, in human or bear form. There might be changes in his behavior and whatnot; irritability, restlessness, quick-temper, sudden fatigue, ect, but for the most part he will be fine.
Alain doesn't mind expressing his opinion. Even though he's incredibly brilliant, he simply sometimes does not know when to stop talking. Whenever Alain chooses something to do, he focuses so intensely on it that he can't ever let go, even if it's something difficult and obnoxious. He pursues anything that he wants or believes in, no matter how trivial. It's probably an obsession, to be honest. He’s loyal, being it a strong value of his. Of the few friends that Alain does have, he stays loyal and trustworthy for them until the end. He, obviously, had reasons to make these people his friends in the first place and so he's going to stick to them like glue. Those friends that can stand him, however, know what makes him tick and what makes him calm down. They're his weakness and he gets very riled up about people messing with his friends which leads to Alain being....AGRESSIVE. He's not very good at backing down from a fight. Alain likes to grab a hold of things and not let it go. His general belligerence sometimes makes him hard to be around, but it's more of him worrying about people picking fights with his friends or charges. It's not that he takes everything as a personal insult, but well, he kinda does. He overreacts a lot and needs his friends to pull him back in. Alain is far too stubborn to let go any hatred or hurtfulness he feels, and rarely forgives entirely. He tends to be rather blunt, not beating around the bushes and getting to the point.History:
But despite his quirks, he’s a really nice guy once you get to know him. He’s the one you would go to if you need some extra muscle or need a hand. Don't get me wrong, he is a strong leader who isn't afraid to take charge and help out in any way he can, and when it comes to business, he can always counted on. He does have his moments where he likes to loosen up and relax, but his protective/aggressive nature is never really suppressed. He is always one to take responsibility, to take on any task and get it done right. He respects women to a point, but he feels like they have to be protected and kept out of harm’s way for the most part. However, there are exceptions. And once again, even though he might come off as rough, domineering and intimidating, he is not some big ol’ teddy bear! He would rather maul you and leave you for dead-- that is of course unless he likes you. He really does try to do what’s best though.
He has his high and lows, his mood tends to change a lot, but all in all he's dependable and will be there in your time of need, always ready to help ^^
*He doesn't like being called teddy bear, not kidding about the whole mauling thing.
Born and raised in Alaska with a twin brother, 2 younger brothers, another older brother, and then a younger sister. He grew up really active and mostly always outdoors; hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, ect. He loves to be a part of the wilderness, really in tune with nature. He was always a trouble maker though, both in school and out. His character and personality tended to clash with others, teacher and student alike, and these instances usually ended with black behavioral marks on his record for fighting or insubordination. His grades and advanced placements worked for balancing things out, but Alain had his reputation. It eventually worked in his favor with people recognizing his fierce determination and sense of pride and his willingness to stand up for his beliefs and opinions. At home he would always be rough housing with everyone and such, and so when he was around 6-7 years old his father thought about letting him join Wrestling. Alain always preferred hand to hand combat and styles, using strength and the harnessing of weaknesses of the human body. It seemed to fit him perfectly seeing as this ancient martial art revolved around grappling, and branching out from there. Through the years he learned different styles of the art, Greco-Roman, Free- Style, Submission Wrestling, Combat grappling, and Folk Style techniques. From high school he got scholarships for the sport and soon moved onto Professional Wrestling. He progressed quickly and his skills and abilities soon became well-known. He moved onto the US World Team, being one of their younger members, but with a bright future ahead of him, a star on the rise per say. He wasn’t perfect though, he did have his losses but as time went by they became fewer and farther in between. He won tournament after tournament, state, regional and national. His new goal was the Olympics, already on the team and the season about to start.Sample: Other:
But then disaster. His twin brother was murdered.
Marcus had been caught shifting, and a small group of scientists managed to capture him and test on him. This group of 3 scientists were outcasts in the scientific world, shunned for their ludicrous ideas and insane theories of Human Shifters and whatnot. Imagine what they were thinking now that they had real flesh and blood evidence? They ran test after test, drugs and other means to try to force his shifts, and get information. They worked under the radar, not wanting anything to leak in case someone else claimed credit for their work. Alain’s went back to Alaska to see his family once they had informed him of Marcus being missing. Of course he didn’t stop and did everything in his power and more to get what he needed to know. Things escalated, Alain had his own investigation and with enough help was able to find out what was happening. What he didn’t know was that the scientists were aware, and so they set up their own ploy/scheme. It ended with Alain being captured as well, and he was forced to endure the same conditions his brother was going through, same situation. After a few weeks, his other brothers and father launched a full out rescue mission.
Long story short, all information was destroyed, the scientists and their cohorts (thankfully few) were killed, their family and secret was safe, but the price was high. Marcus was murdered, a failed bargaining token that had been the trio’s last stand, and in the struggle the father had saved the older brother by actually taking bullets for him, which ultimately ended in his demise. After a few rather emotional words to his kin the great papa bear had finally faded. The family was forever scarred, and this shows in their personality at times. Alain refuses to speak about his past or anything of the like. He stayed with his family for a few more months after that, but eventually he had to take his leave. His parents had told them of Shelpey, but it hadn’t really ever been given a second thought. His mother had re-informed Alain of the place before he left, hoping he could have a new start or at least have his space in a better environment. He resigned from the US World Wrestling Team, abandoning it as his career.
Any questions about his species and such don't hesitate to ask. Sorry if the history is all over the place, went through it kind of quick and just gave it as a general thing.Other:
Any questions about his species and such don't hesitate to ask. Sorry if the history is all over the place, went through it kind of quick and just gave it as a general thing.