Post by lupis on Sept 21, 2006 0:50:50 GMT -5
*Character Name(s): Jonathan Stephen Taylor
*Race/Species: Werehorse (Shire)
*Gender: Male
Actual Character Age: 29
Home Territory(Place of Origin): Hutchinson, Kansas (I.E. Smalltown, U.S.A.), moved to New York City five years ago.
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 318 lbs
Physical Build: In a word, "beefy." He has muscles all over the place, and looks like most professional bodybuilders. This only gets to be more so in wereform or BEAST form.
*Physical Description: Jon looks the gentle giant. He's absolutely enormous with muscle, but his face is open and friendly, with soft blue eyes under a headfull of brown hair, a soft sprinkling of freckles over his rather prominent nose and much-less-prominent cheekbones. He would most commonly be seen wearing a pair of blue jeans and a t-shirt that are tight, more out of necessity than design. Over that, he wears his pride and joy: a long, black leather duster designed to fit his massive frame. It's just about the only pair of outerwear that he owns that'll fit him. The only truly distinguishing mark that he has (apart from his size, which is enough to stick in most peoples' minds) is a lock of white hair that hangs down over his forehead.
In werehorse form, he grows even more massive, another foot added to his height, his musculature displayed prominently beneath a coat of chestnut fur. His eyes change to brown, and grow substantially larger as his head develops into a horse's head perched on top of a muscular neck. He looses a finger on each hand, turning into three fingers and a thumb, which are immensely hard and bony when clenched into fists. On both his wrists and digitigrade, hooved legs, he bears fetlocks, long feathery white hair that comes down to cover most of his hands and his feet. In addition to that, he bears a creamy white mane and tail to contrast his chestnut fur, with a white star on his forehead.
Finally, Jon's BEAST form is much as his werehorse form...except more so. He gains another two feet in height, taking him up nearly to ten feet tall, with muscles even more impressive than in his werehorse form. Aside from the change in size, however, not too much is different.
Personal Information/History/Background: Anyone meeting Jon in New York would dismiss him as "hayseed" if they heard where he was from. He grew up in a small town in Kansas (well, it'd be a small town anywhere BUT Kansas), and lived there, working on the home farm for most of his life. It wasn't necessarily easy, especially trying to go to school at the same time, but he managed to get relatively good grades, and still get up before dawn to milk the cows, put the animals out to pasture, etc.
When news came one summer when Jon was fifteen years old of a horse escaped from a neighboring farm, he was on the front lines to go to try and retrieve it. Riding out on one of his own horses, he searched around where the horse had last been reported seen, and located it. He rode up slowly, then jumped for the animal's head, trying to hold it...and failed. The horse twisted its head around to bite him, making him lose his grip, and then knocked him down and trampled him good and hard.
Jon woke up in the hospital that night, and was soon released. He'd been bruised and cut rather badly, but he recovered...even quicker than he should have. It was on the next full moon when he first shifted into a were-horse, and once over the fright, ran out into the fields to enjoy himself under the full moon. From then on, he was careful to get out of the house on the full moon, so that he could shift in relative privacy to run through the fields.
Growing up on a farm and only going as far as the local high school (no matter that he was a werehorse) left Jon feeling a distinct lack of adventure in his life. So, after graduating high school, and staying on at home a little longer to make things would be secure, he left home to go to New York to make his own way in life.
He had managed to scrape together enough money to get a small apartment, and managed to get work doing whatever he could. His strength and stamina found him work at the docks, where he made enough money on the side to allow him to take up Aikido, prompted by a nearly-successful mugging. Seeking a line of work that wouldn't leave him dead-tired at the end of every night, he now looks for a job as a bouncer, and as he is rather good, both with aikido and sheer muscle, that he is confident that he'd be able to find one. He'd heard of a bar in the city catering specifically to werecreatures, so that place is first on his list.
*Number and Description of Weaponry and Training: Jon is a brown belt in Aikido, meaning that if you come at him, you are likely to find yourself on the floor with your arm in a very painful position. As for weapons, Jon has only his natural weapons in his were forms...though anybody he kicks will be able to attest to the potency of those weapons.
* Useful Trinkets or Items: An mp3 player, a cell phone and a PC back at his apartment so that he can keep in touch with his family are about the only items of any value he has.
Vehicle: None. If Jon's feet aren't good enough to get him where he needs to go, he'll take a bus or a subway (he doesn't take the bus or subway very often).
*Special Skills: Skill point total-16
Weapon proficiency (martial arts)-Jon has trained in Aikido, for self-defense when his sheer size isn't enough to deter others away. It suits him, as it concentrates on redirection of force and non-violent means of subduing an opponent, rather than beating them into submission. Skill level: 5
Weapon proficiency (natural animal weapons)- Damaging as they can be, Jon doesn't like using his hooves as weapons...though if you piss him off, he does still know how to quite literally kick your head in. Skill level: 2
Animal Ken- It just screams "farmboy" the way that Jon acts around animals. He knows how they think, how they react to certain things, what foods (in general) they like and general medicine on animals. Skill level: 5
Regeneration (innate)- As a were, Jon regenerates at roughly three times the speed of most humans, though he is still prone to Silver. Skill points: 2
Enhanced senses (innate)- Both Jon's senses of smell and hearing are enhanced, especially in were or BEAST form. Skill points: 1
Natural weapons (innate)- While not springing to mind as a "dangerous" animal, anyone or anything that has been kicked or stomped by a horse can attest to the potency of a horse's natural weapons. Skill points: 1
Character's Career: Bouncer
Fav. Saying/Quote: "Hey, just calm down..."
Preferred Food: Anything vegetarian.
~~STATS TEST~~
STATS SCORE-Total : 39/44/48 (Human/were/BEAST)
Intelligence – 4/4/4
Intuition – 3/3/3
Willpower – 7/7/7
Agility – 3/2/1
Strength – 6/8/10
Endurance – 7/9/10
Speed – 5/7/9
Attractiveness* - 4/4/4
~~STATS TEST~~
Info about the player: It's Lupis! Yarrgh!
Connections to Other Characters: None
*Race/Species: Werehorse (Shire)
*Gender: Male
Actual Character Age: 29
Home Territory(Place of Origin): Hutchinson, Kansas (I.E. Smalltown, U.S.A.), moved to New York City five years ago.
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 318 lbs
Physical Build: In a word, "beefy." He has muscles all over the place, and looks like most professional bodybuilders. This only gets to be more so in wereform or BEAST form.
*Physical Description: Jon looks the gentle giant. He's absolutely enormous with muscle, but his face is open and friendly, with soft blue eyes under a headfull of brown hair, a soft sprinkling of freckles over his rather prominent nose and much-less-prominent cheekbones. He would most commonly be seen wearing a pair of blue jeans and a t-shirt that are tight, more out of necessity than design. Over that, he wears his pride and joy: a long, black leather duster designed to fit his massive frame. It's just about the only pair of outerwear that he owns that'll fit him. The only truly distinguishing mark that he has (apart from his size, which is enough to stick in most peoples' minds) is a lock of white hair that hangs down over his forehead.
In werehorse form, he grows even more massive, another foot added to his height, his musculature displayed prominently beneath a coat of chestnut fur. His eyes change to brown, and grow substantially larger as his head develops into a horse's head perched on top of a muscular neck. He looses a finger on each hand, turning into three fingers and a thumb, which are immensely hard and bony when clenched into fists. On both his wrists and digitigrade, hooved legs, he bears fetlocks, long feathery white hair that comes down to cover most of his hands and his feet. In addition to that, he bears a creamy white mane and tail to contrast his chestnut fur, with a white star on his forehead.
Finally, Jon's BEAST form is much as his werehorse form...except more so. He gains another two feet in height, taking him up nearly to ten feet tall, with muscles even more impressive than in his werehorse form. Aside from the change in size, however, not too much is different.
Personal Information/History/Background: Anyone meeting Jon in New York would dismiss him as "hayseed" if they heard where he was from. He grew up in a small town in Kansas (well, it'd be a small town anywhere BUT Kansas), and lived there, working on the home farm for most of his life. It wasn't necessarily easy, especially trying to go to school at the same time, but he managed to get relatively good grades, and still get up before dawn to milk the cows, put the animals out to pasture, etc.
When news came one summer when Jon was fifteen years old of a horse escaped from a neighboring farm, he was on the front lines to go to try and retrieve it. Riding out on one of his own horses, he searched around where the horse had last been reported seen, and located it. He rode up slowly, then jumped for the animal's head, trying to hold it...and failed. The horse twisted its head around to bite him, making him lose his grip, and then knocked him down and trampled him good and hard.
Jon woke up in the hospital that night, and was soon released. He'd been bruised and cut rather badly, but he recovered...even quicker than he should have. It was on the next full moon when he first shifted into a were-horse, and once over the fright, ran out into the fields to enjoy himself under the full moon. From then on, he was careful to get out of the house on the full moon, so that he could shift in relative privacy to run through the fields.
Growing up on a farm and only going as far as the local high school (no matter that he was a werehorse) left Jon feeling a distinct lack of adventure in his life. So, after graduating high school, and staying on at home a little longer to make things would be secure, he left home to go to New York to make his own way in life.
He had managed to scrape together enough money to get a small apartment, and managed to get work doing whatever he could. His strength and stamina found him work at the docks, where he made enough money on the side to allow him to take up Aikido, prompted by a nearly-successful mugging. Seeking a line of work that wouldn't leave him dead-tired at the end of every night, he now looks for a job as a bouncer, and as he is rather good, both with aikido and sheer muscle, that he is confident that he'd be able to find one. He'd heard of a bar in the city catering specifically to werecreatures, so that place is first on his list.
*Number and Description of Weaponry and Training: Jon is a brown belt in Aikido, meaning that if you come at him, you are likely to find yourself on the floor with your arm in a very painful position. As for weapons, Jon has only his natural weapons in his were forms...though anybody he kicks will be able to attest to the potency of those weapons.
* Useful Trinkets or Items: An mp3 player, a cell phone and a PC back at his apartment so that he can keep in touch with his family are about the only items of any value he has.
Vehicle: None. If Jon's feet aren't good enough to get him where he needs to go, he'll take a bus or a subway (he doesn't take the bus or subway very often).
*Special Skills: Skill point total-16
Weapon proficiency (martial arts)-Jon has trained in Aikido, for self-defense when his sheer size isn't enough to deter others away. It suits him, as it concentrates on redirection of force and non-violent means of subduing an opponent, rather than beating them into submission. Skill level: 5
Weapon proficiency (natural animal weapons)- Damaging as they can be, Jon doesn't like using his hooves as weapons...though if you piss him off, he does still know how to quite literally kick your head in. Skill level: 2
Animal Ken- It just screams "farmboy" the way that Jon acts around animals. He knows how they think, how they react to certain things, what foods (in general) they like and general medicine on animals. Skill level: 5
Regeneration (innate)- As a were, Jon regenerates at roughly three times the speed of most humans, though he is still prone to Silver. Skill points: 2
Enhanced senses (innate)- Both Jon's senses of smell and hearing are enhanced, especially in were or BEAST form. Skill points: 1
Natural weapons (innate)- While not springing to mind as a "dangerous" animal, anyone or anything that has been kicked or stomped by a horse can attest to the potency of a horse's natural weapons. Skill points: 1
Character's Career: Bouncer
Fav. Saying/Quote: "Hey, just calm down..."
Preferred Food: Anything vegetarian.
~~STATS TEST~~
STATS SCORE-Total : 39/44/48 (Human/were/BEAST)
Intelligence – 4/4/4
Intuition – 3/3/3
Willpower – 7/7/7
Agility – 3/2/1
Strength – 6/8/10
Endurance – 7/9/10
Speed – 5/7/9
Attractiveness* - 4/4/4
~~STATS TEST~~
Info about the player: It's Lupis! Yarrgh!
Connections to Other Characters: None
