TÝR EPSILON, unicorn knight

[TÝR EPSILON]

[atrb=border,0,true][bg=e9e9e9] ▪ ▪ { TÝR RATATOSK EPSILON } storm-bleached - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THIS IS LIFE IN THE MAKING THE ROOTS OF THIS WILL NEVER BE FORSAKEN BUT BARRIERS WERE BUILT FOR BREAKING SO KEEP MOVING IT, LET YOUR HEART MOVE THE BEAT NAME, his full name is as it entitles, týr ratatosk epsilon. his name, tyr (pronounced the same as 'tier') was named after a god of single combat, victory and glory in nordic legends. tyr hails from the long-standing family of epsilon that have been the royal guards for elven royalty for generations. and, like most elves and fairies, tyr holds his secret elven name, and was given the name ratatosk by the heavens. as such, it is symbolic in the sense, because ratatosk was the ash squirrel that carried messages back and forth to all branches of the tree, and in a  way was considered as the world tree's guardian; not unlike his position as princess feyette's bodyguard. tyr has collected numerous nicknames and aliases during the course of his life currently, but by far the most prominent would be pale storm, as defined by the magical properties of the sleights he demonstrates in battle. AGE, tyr is a half-elf, and thus ages twice as slowly as humans do. his true age is around eight-three years, but he physically appears to be around nineteen (give or take a few years), and retains a youthful disposition as he is still considered 'young' for his race. while he is still a greenhorn in certain aspects, tyr emits an air of maturity that surprise many people, and has a knack for 'following the rules' much to feyette's dismay. GENDER, tyr is male, though if feyette were to place him in one of her dress-up outfits, he'd probably make a damn convincing girl due to his slightly feminine features. ORIENTATION, tyr is, the least to say, an interesting fellow. he isn't really the sort to place himself into romantic situations, so he's never really given this kind of thing a thought. however, he is like most men who like their women, but he's also shown to show deep admiration for his fellow soldiers and companions. one prime example being, that tyr is especially fond and idolizes his platoon guard, though if his feelings of adoration are in actually love, then it's hard to say. one would assume that he would lie in-between somewhere there, not exactly bisexual, but something like undefined bi-curiosity. RACE, gaining the rank of unicorn knight, tyr has worked long and hard for that position due to his blood-status of being labelled as a half-elf. his mother was a pureblood and his father was a regulard human from asgard. while most elves and fairys have slim, wiry builds, tyr retains are solid and lean tone due to the traits he had inheirited from his father. some elvish features of his includes slightly pointed ears and a slim facial build, but he's got his rough worker hands from his father, who worked as a blacksmith for the fairies. otherwise, he looks perfectly 'elvish' given in the sense that most elves tend to have silken, blonde or platinum-shaded hair, and piercing blue eyes, which were from his elven mother. ALLIANCE, without a shred of doubt, tyr fights for the honour of vanir, and for the sake of protecting the royal lineage by guarding the princess feyette as safely as possible. he can only see the reasons for odin's desire for the cauldron as rogue, barbaric, and absolutely loathesome. tyr despises the aesir force's reason for fighting the war; to extend the raganivan empire means to uproot ringford and its home tree. the last thing tyr wants is to have the northern barbarians destroying the fairy folk and their sophisticated culture. he is also deeply worried about the war threatening to kick feyette off the throne; he's wiser for it than you think, he knows the old coons who wants to wrap their hands around elfaria's seat simply wants to do exactly what odin wants; to invade other countries. and it's a growing reality, with them creating the powerful belderiver, tyr can only feel sorry for the dwarves who are chained to this wicked duty of forging weapons solely meant for slaying innocents. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +POSITIVE, tyr is a very complicated person. he is shown to struggle between concepts of morals and is forced to question his own ideals and the higher authority whenever life does that fantastic thing called "throwing a curveball at your face". however, he is shown to be very headstrong in spite of dark times, often always keeping his chin up and head high. due to the time he's spent with the vanir royal military, tyr has developed a very self-disciplined nature, never alloting himself more than he should deserve and is always modest about flattery. as such, he is very concise and straight-forward when it comes down to getting to the point, but he can at times, beat the bush a little when required of him in a conversation. tyr has also shown to be very proficient in battle, always raising morale with the rest of the soldiers and in general, looks out for his subordinates (as well as feyette, who he looks after the most) carefully. he does not like to go into battle unprepared making him very prudent about things, and thus due to his conservative manners he has many qualities of being a leader, but he lacks a bit of self-confidence and bravery to attempt to be a leading captain of his own platoon. -NEGATIVE, as mentioned before, tyr holds a lot of problems to himself and does not attempt to seek help about them. his nature tends to be rather secretive; he never discusses much about himself in the presence of others, and doesn't talk much about his parents except for the fact that his father was a blacksmith and his mother was part of the epsilon clan. he can also be rather harrowing when he nags berates others for not cleaning up after themselves or lecturing them sternly about how their recklessness could have killed them in battle. as such, tyr is a natural worry-wart; he hates to see his friends being less than what they're worth and thus constantly badgers them to pick up this or go clean that. tyr is also a strict goody-two-shoes, and tends to solve the bigger problem and would oftentimes, turn a blind-eye on the smaller but important details, much to feyette's infuriation. tyr is viewed to be enduring at times, but as for patience he is terribly hasty in the aspect of attempting to finishing all of his duties as efficiently and quickly as possible. in addition, he is prone to be rather unforgiving, as he holds grudges easily and will hold them for a long time. STRENGTHS, • lancing as a unicorn knight, tyr's main choice of offense lies in the art of lancing and jousting. he is highly skilled on both the training platform and the battlefield with this long-reaching polearm, and has shown his expertise by his efficient handling of the weapon and demonstration of a few physical-based sleights that excel in this style. the lancer spear is a wonderful weapon, as it can easily flick and brush away armoured opponents away before they can get too close for comfort. tyr prefers to fight with a pilum-shaped lance, with the tip gradually curving into a roundette cone that ends about half a feet from the end of the spear, acting as a hilt guard of sorts. the pilum is a lightweight rendition of the white-metallic iron spears most unicorn knights wield, and while its design has lowered its attacking power, it matches tyr's fighting perfectly for he is quite nimble with his attacks on the battlefield. • cooking through field training, tyr has learned how to cook efficiently and skillfully with the most basic of recipes. he can make a fabulous tomato and fish stew, and vegetables stewed with rabbit meat. most of these recipes are solely meant for the battlefield; find what you can and make the best out of it scenario. though he's been taught mostly by skadi rosengard about how to make the dish more flavourful without resorting to strange methods (...), tyr has been experimenting with a few different types of ingredients and seasoning in the kitchen back home in ringford. • wood-carving highly proficient with his hands, tyr is capable of whittling little things out of blocks of wood with a carving knife. it's a past-time that allows him to clear his mind and ease some of the stress he endures from fighting in the war, which can be considered as therapeutic in certain cases. once tyr starts to whittle, he's immersed into shaping every crook and nanny of the figurine until he's satisfied with his results, which may take up to a few hours as best to complete each time. he often whittles a little every night as a mental exercise to keep him "in check", or rather - keep the violent insanity from fighting the cruel cauldron war chained before he bursts into oblivious self-harm and quite possibly, the possibility of harming the people he is meant to protect. • battle tactics well-seasoned in the art of war now for the past seven years of the cauldron war, tyr's sharp intelligence has allowed him to triumph at least more than once on the battlefield against his coarse opponents of the aesir. he the most familiar with the ironclad rule of, "your weapon is the enemy's weapon; your tactic is the enemy's tactic" and hence tkaes precaution in all possibile scenarios as much as possible. while he isn't a complete strategist either, he's got the common sense smarts that has allowed him to stay alive for so long already. • magically inclined tyr is quite proficient with magic - while he isn't as well-versed and studied like the elf casters and the dwarves with their spell-binding craftsmanship, he is capable of manipulating the elements around him to a certain degree of usefulness. in his case, tyr is rather magically inclined to manipulate the air flow in the atmosphere. however, he cannot directly channel that manipulation without a means to 'hold it'; as a matter of fact, tyr must use a sort of 'medium' to help control the magical manipulation for it to work properly. as such, he combines magical elements in his physical sleights, whereas while they are not as magically powerful as a spell an elf caster would be able to cast, they are quite the boost up from regular physical-based sleights. WEAKNESSES, • lying tyr is just that sort of person, he's honest about everything and will naturally, almost a hundred percent of the time, 'fess up about everything he feels he's done wrong. this presents itself as quite a problem because he can't tell a white lie, even when it's for the sake of the better things in life. being terribly honest as allowed tyr take the more brunt of situations thanks to his un-suaveness, and at times is viewed as 'sissy' and 'weak' by his companions, which greatly damages his ego. his terrible honesty has also placed him in situations where he can't wriggle his way out of the usual, "does this make me look fat?" because as we all know, not all women are dashing in tyr's eyes. and hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, tyr would be the first person to tell you that for sure. • drinking & alcohol what better way to celebrate a winning victory than to do so with fairy land's finest wines and champagnes? of course, most of the paladins and unicorn knights are accustomed to the fairies' way of merry-making, and knows how to drown the terrors of war with spirits. however, tyr is a terrible drinker, he can never hold his limit and should a drop of alcohol pass his lips, he would become rather intoxicated. perhaps it's a genetic quirk he has, that his poor gut cannot handle any kind of ale, beer or mead. it's been said that he's turns into a rather aggressive little thing when he was drunk the first time he was treated to it for his coming of age ceremony (when he had turned fifty) and had nearly destroyed the little tavern his comrades had hosted his party at. tyr often prefers distilled cider or fruit gimmicks, and avoids the spirits like the plague. • artistically challenged tyr is so horrible at drawing, many of the soldiers have made a pictionary game dedicated to tyr's horrendous creations. you ask him to draw a water facet, the result would be just unexplainable. thus, regularly they would request tyr to draw a few random things before making a game out of it - "what did tyr draw? guess right and you get five pieces of silver!" much to his chagrin. tyr does admit that he's a terrible artist and has no concept of shape, line, composition, or form, and his perception on how to emulate things on paper is quite... different than the normal population. he doesn't have much of a fashion sense or style, making him rather oblivious to aesthetic things, which is a "big romantic turn-off" as quoted by feyette. • pressure & stress tyr on a regular basis, deals with a lot of important matters and affairs that could drive a normal man crazy with the responsibility. fighting the war, organizing training sessions and battle strategies with the paladins, attending meetings for the unicorn knights, keeping himself healthy and maintained, and to top if all off - looking after princess feyette, all of these things have led a lasting impact on his life, both good and bad. tyr is known to have shown signs of suffering from stress and the general pressure of his responsibility as a unicorn knight. he however, does a good job covering it up by pushing himself to display the best of himself to others, but at certain points of time he sucuumbs to fatigue from overexertion. the exhaustion to keep his reputation on a golden line and to perform his duties perfectly has already begun to take a slowly degrading toll on his health. • princess feyette perhaps tyr's greatess weakness, princess feyette is the object of his life-long mission and the object of his profound adoration. he respects her immensely for vigilantely shouldering the responsibility of commanding a kingdom in the future; something he knows isn't easy to do. because of this (and because she's his boss, so to speak), he can't exactly refuse or say 'no' to her whenever she wants to eat candy until her teeth rots or staying up past her royal curfew. as such, he's often tasked with the assignment of retrieving her back within the palace walls safely and soundly as possible without letting her be seen by anyone; if anyone from the outside catches a glimpse of the princess flitting here and there, of course suspicious thoughts would come into their minds and rumors would sully the princess' name. as such, tyr tries to be as strict as he can with the princess, but sometimes her charm and her puppy eyes have gotten the best of him. she also never seems to really listen to tyr despite his earnest pleas, but tyr isn't quite willing to give up on the princess yet. as such, his loyalty for her can be easily manipulated and twisted by some scheming goon on the royal court who wants to get the princess out of the picture. LIKES, tyr likes peace & order, early mornings, cool summers, black tea, sugar tarts, mulberries, home cooking, victory & accomplisment, getting the job done, cleaning his equipment, campfire stories, traveling out on the road, fairy land and its people, preserving tradition/culture, discipline, having things go smoothly (according to plans), companions and friends, eating with someone instead of no one, routine, training sessions, spending time with his squad, looking after feyette, and more. DISLIKES, tyr dislikes liars & cheaters, those who corrupt the system, laziness, distruptance, scalding weather, loss of control, the aesir force, salmon dishes, staying withing ringford palace too long, drinking, pubs & taverns, loneliness, failure, disappointment, rumours, the old fairy advisor coons who wants their hands on the royal treasury, the plan of mass-producing belderivers, the stench of warfare, self-incompetence, eating alone, the cauldron which started this whole mess in the first place, the halja, prejudice against half-elves, and more. SECRETS, • something is rotten in denmark ringford after the dwarven war of the fairies, tyr's father magni was rendered into a lillipat and was forced to work with the dwarves as slaves. tyr's mother cisaria and her ancestral clan of epsilon flourished in the furnace of war as ringford's forces. they soon met however, when the epsilon clan commissioned high-quality weapons from the smith tyr's fathered worked at amongst other slave-dwarves, and eventually they fell in love and met in secret. when tyr was born, cisaria tried her best to convince her clan members not to ostracize her newborn son. she was ultimately forgiven however, for she had bore an epsilon heir wherein the soothsayers had predicted he would "regenerate the ash tree of life", foretelling of good omen. despite this, she was separated from magni, and was only allowed a few visits each year, where she would bring the then young tyr to meet his father. ultimately the kingdom's plans of mass-producing psyphers in the form of belderivers had caught magi's disconsent, and along with the rest of the crew at the smith he worked at, he refused to work for that purpose. the ringford's council of advisors quickly decided to annihilate magni, and he perished along with the rest of the dwarves they had petitioned against their orders, in a suspicious fire that burned their blacksmith shop down. tyr by then, was a twenty-year-old lad, but was extremely green to the point where he could not comprehend what exactly happened and why. he felt that, due to his father's absence in his life, his father's death would have no impact on his whatsoever, and he would plough forwards. years later, he would soon find out the truth when accidentally eavesdropping on a conversation about his father between the two old coots who had issued the private order of setting his father's shop on fire... • the secret of names tyr's fairy name, a name that he would reveal before death so that he could enter the heavens instead of the netherworld, is subsequently ratatosk. although this isn't a profound secret as of the current plotline, later on perhaps it would play a much larger role with princess feyette... INVENTORY, • judex ▪ lance judex is a pilum-style lance that stands at six-feet tall, towering over tyr himself. the spear blade is crafted from dwarven mythril silver, and the tip tapers off into a thin point with a trio of curved prongs that embellishes itself outwards slightly. the tip is as thin as a curtain rod, but is very strong and cannot be broken easily as it was fashioned out of various layers of metal during the smelting process. the pilum's blade extends to about four and a half feet in length, where the hilt curves into a metal roundette guard, functioning as a protector for the hands. the handle itself is about one feet and a half long, marked into three sections each six inches long by a metal ring. judex's blade itself is a silvery-metallic white, its sheen illusive like moonlight. • fa'spiel ▪ rapier a knight rapier is an esssential equipment that is required for all vanir soldiers to have, paladins and unicorn knights alike. as for tyr, his rapier was a sword was given to him by his father, who had forged it using dwarven secrets. this rapier was a gift to him at the beginning of the cauldron war, and it was the last gift he had received from his father before he and his mother had vanished from ringford. fa'spiel means 'illusionary arm' in elven tongue, and it is known for its graceful cutting edge and lightweight splendor. trustworthy and sturdy, the rapier takes on a shape of a thin, silver blade with a spiral pappenheimer-styled guard. a golden knobbed crucifix is affixed inside the spiral tuck of the pappenheimer, resembling the swept hilt guard. this crucifix is used to disarm small weapons such as daggers and short swords. The guard itself is a delicate sheen of silvery-green alloy, and the handle is stainless silver, embedded with an katana-esque pale green ito-binding wrap. a paladin had once said that "fa'spiel is like the sword manifestation of tyr's mistral soul spell". • fielacius ▪ knight shield like most unicorn knights, the weapon of a lance is a powerful weapon, but leaves many open and blind spots due to its nature. thus, unicorn knights regularly equip thick and sturdy shields to defend themselves from enemy counterattacks. the fielacius is a prime example of this in motion. shaped like a wide spade (as most shields are), it takes on a pale, silvery-green sheen from the mixture of metal alloys that were alotted to create this shield, with the vanir kingdom's royal insignia etched upon the surface in bright gold. while the shield is thick, it is actually composed of three separate layers; the exterior layer with the insignia printed upon it; the most interior layer which is the thickest, serving to absorb the impact of attacks; and the middle layer, which is actually a sheet of sharpened metal and juts out in-between the two thick layers of the shield. this sharpened sheet serves as a cutting edge, giving the shield a damaging property. • feyette's flower ▪ good luck charm when tyr had been first assigned to become part of the trio bodyguard squad in charge of protecting the princess, he had received a star-shaped charm from the princess as a symbol of good luck on the battlefield. likewise, the rest of his two other comrades received similar gifts, but theirs were fashioned with a different colour than tyr's. made from stringing petals of a rare lily flower that crystallizes once it blooms, the princess had given much effort in raising the difficult plants, and to raise different coloured ones no less. the exact name of the flower was tierca lumineris or something of that sort, and seeing as the name was too long to remember tyr simply calls it as 'feyette's flower'. the charm amulet resembles a five-petaled star, where its petals look like they were made from stained glass. tyr and the rest of his bodyguard comrades had commissioned a jeweller to affix the flower in a protective casing of silver and glass, and after a few modifications they all wear their protective amulets from a necklace chain. SLEIGHTS, • luminant scythe luminant scythe is a physical-based attack that has been endowed with a magical property. it composes of enveloping a piece of weapon with photon particles gathered from the atmosphere. with the weapon enveloped with the glow of light, tyr delivers a powerful blow, strike, sweep, or piercing stab with his weapon. being a flexible sleight, it is useful for any kind of weapon equipped on tyr, such as his lance judex, his rapier fa'spiel, and even his knight shield fielacius. in a nutshell, luminant scythe adds a charge factor to any swing of a weapon, including damaging aspects of photon lights bursting into brilliance once the weapon comes in contact with the target. it is highly noticeable due to the photon particles bursting with light, and even before contact is made the weapon is usually seen to be glowing brightly. it is named luminant scythe because of the bright wave of light in the weapon's trajectory path one would see before having his life reaped away from him. • mistral soul mistral soul is a physical-based attack that has been endowed with a magical property. mistral soul is very strictly area-based; tyr will twirl his weapon in a pinwheel rotation, stirring up a gale. the breeze will develop into a glowing green glyph beneath his feet, where two orbs of white light form quickly. this is all happening as he continues to spin his weapon (the rotation spin for his rapier rotates faster than his lance, and gets in a few more hits as well), which is essentially for parrying and even offensive methods. the two orbs of light then circulate the magic glyph tyr has set up, and as they spin wildly gale-force winds push back any approaching targets from all directions if they get too close. it has been shown that tyr can control this area glyph remotely, meaning that he can control where the glyph actives exactly without having him to stand on top of it; but the range is rather limited, up to only ten feet away from his body. as a requirement, he would need to spin his weapon to generate the magic effect as well, even through remote control. • crucible flash crucible flash is a physical-based attack that harnesses a great deal of speed and weapon rotation. using any equipped weapon (either judex or fa'spiel) tyr rotates his weapon around his wrist parallel along his body direction, swinging it around in a complete circuit of a total of six rotations. the rotations are blinding, as you can only see a blur of the weapon's edge flashing in the air, but the # of rotations are limited to six turns, at most. when judex is equipped, the rotation speed is considerably slower, and can only rotate a total of five times in the circuit, but the length and reach is greater than if tyr executes the same sleight with fa'spiel, his rapier, which is lighter, faster, and hits more - but the reach is considerably shorter. crucible flash is capable of knocking enemies upwards into the air slightly due to the weapon rotating at a counterclockwise direction, which means anything caught within the sleights' path will get torn up from toe to head. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FACE CLAIM, [b]KINGDOM HEARTS[/b], roxas/ventus PLAYER, RIOT • FEMALE • AND I PLAY 2 CHARACTERS EMBLA SÁGA • TÝR EPSILON • -/- YOU CAN REACH ME VIA ( PM & CBOX )

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