Post by Lord Derikai on Jul 1, 2014 21:23:58 GMT -6
Name: Ukozi Kanat (pronunciation: you-koh-zee ka-nat).
Race: Kanatli.
Gender: Male.
Feather Colour: Slate grey on the back, backs of the arms, and coverts, cream on chest and palms, pale grey on abdomen and the sides and inside of the arms, black flight, hand, and tail feathers. Black head and cheek feathers, white chin and forehead feathers, with more white around the earholes and on the throat.
Age: 234.
Working Class: Royalty, current ruling line.
Home Region: Zephrus.
Element: Wind.
Occupation: King.
Skills: Master ranger, master hunter (specializing in avians), well-educated and travelled, very good diplomat, strong leader, skilled at sword fencing. Can summon hurricanes and gales when he wants to, and can alter the weather or use wind to blow back even most earth elementals (in other words, a master rank or near master rank wind elemental).
Weakness: Old age has made Ukozi blind to his own offspring being incompetent for rulership. He believes that Shanya (the eldest) is merely 'excitable' and that Koran (the second eldest) is merely going through a 'phase.' Old age has also lessened his stamina and strength. He is still a formidable combatant, but is no longer as powerful as he once was. His sight is also beginning to fail him (though still quite sharp), he is more susceptible to illnesses, and he cannot handle stress so well anymore.
Bio: Ukozi is an only child, his mother (Taeri) only ever able to lay one egg throughout her lifetime. Ukozi himself inherited some of her infertility, but has thus far managed to have two offspring and has another one on the way. However, since all three were conceived when both he and his mate were well into their old age, both the older ones started life weaker than normal and so will the one currently in its egg.
Having grown up with the best resources available, Ukozi decided to train as a ranger, in honour of his father (Faryn). During his juvenile years, he journeyed all over Elemuntus with his trusted xinthrī bodyguard, Bright Sun In Daytime Sky. Few know all that happened during that time, but he came back calmer, stronger, and by far more skilled than before.
He took the throne at the age of twenty-five, a young age for kanatli, when his mother and father both fell seriously ill. The current healer didn't have the skill needed to save them, and by the time a more skilled one arrived, both his mother and his father had died. He met the one who was to become his queen soon after, at age twenty-six.
Ukozi's mate is a strong-willed, intelligent, and proud female kanatli named Shanya (who their eldest is named after). The two get along very well, and are deeply in love with each other. Despite his advanced age, Ukozi still does his display flight for her every spring.
In the present day, Ukozi tries his best to maintain good relations with the kings and diplomats of the other regions, as well as train his offspring in politics. While Koran has taken well to it, however, Shanya (the princess) has shown no true interest in it and tends to forget what her father tells her within moments of hearing it. Ukozi refuses to see that his daughter is incompetent in this area, however, due to both old age and the fact that he doesn't want to see it. Turan is arrogant and aloof, but Ukozi ignores his flaws as well.
Description: Ukozi's plumage is duller now than it once was, thanks to age. However, he is still fairly healthy, and such is evident in his eyes (which retain the brightness of youth, even in his old age). His hooked beak is mostly black, with a yellow base and a bone coloured band separating the black and the yellow. It also has a little notch in the tip, which can be easily used to sever the spinal cord of prey or enemies. His eyes are a dark brown colour.
Ukozi is 4'08'' tall, with a 11'10'' wingspan.
Equipment: He wears a silver-coloured silk cloth of the typical avian beastfolk cut (headhole, no back or sleeves, lower back strap, leg strap) to official, ceremonial, and special occasions. He possesses a composite yew longbow, a deer leather quiver with oak arrows that have steel arrowhead tips and swan feather fletching, and a steel rapier kept in a dark stained maple sheath (which has a cow leather belt tied around his waist). The rapier's hilt is made of rowan wood, gilded with electrum, and engraved with elegant wind designs.
His crown, made of gold and inserted with white diamonds, blue star sapphires, and smoky quarts, has intricate engravings of peregrines stooping and flying, but is only worn on important occasions as it is very heavy (gold weighs a lot, and having that on your head all day makes one's neck get sore).
Race: Kanatli.
Gender: Male.
Feather Colour: Slate grey on the back, backs of the arms, and coverts, cream on chest and palms, pale grey on abdomen and the sides and inside of the arms, black flight, hand, and tail feathers. Black head and cheek feathers, white chin and forehead feathers, with more white around the earholes and on the throat.
Age: 234.
Working Class: Royalty, current ruling line.
Home Region: Zephrus.
Element: Wind.
Occupation: King.
Skills: Master ranger, master hunter (specializing in avians), well-educated and travelled, very good diplomat, strong leader, skilled at sword fencing. Can summon hurricanes and gales when he wants to, and can alter the weather or use wind to blow back even most earth elementals (in other words, a master rank or near master rank wind elemental).
Weakness: Old age has made Ukozi blind to his own offspring being incompetent for rulership. He believes that Shanya (the eldest) is merely 'excitable' and that Koran (the second eldest) is merely going through a 'phase.' Old age has also lessened his stamina and strength. He is still a formidable combatant, but is no longer as powerful as he once was. His sight is also beginning to fail him (though still quite sharp), he is more susceptible to illnesses, and he cannot handle stress so well anymore.
Bio: Ukozi is an only child, his mother (Taeri) only ever able to lay one egg throughout her lifetime. Ukozi himself inherited some of her infertility, but has thus far managed to have two offspring and has another one on the way. However, since all three were conceived when both he and his mate were well into their old age, both the older ones started life weaker than normal and so will the one currently in its egg.
Having grown up with the best resources available, Ukozi decided to train as a ranger, in honour of his father (Faryn). During his juvenile years, he journeyed all over Elemuntus with his trusted xinthrī bodyguard, Bright Sun In Daytime Sky. Few know all that happened during that time, but he came back calmer, stronger, and by far more skilled than before.
He took the throne at the age of twenty-five, a young age for kanatli, when his mother and father both fell seriously ill. The current healer didn't have the skill needed to save them, and by the time a more skilled one arrived, both his mother and his father had died. He met the one who was to become his queen soon after, at age twenty-six.
Ukozi's mate is a strong-willed, intelligent, and proud female kanatli named Shanya (who their eldest is named after). The two get along very well, and are deeply in love with each other. Despite his advanced age, Ukozi still does his display flight for her every spring.
In the present day, Ukozi tries his best to maintain good relations with the kings and diplomats of the other regions, as well as train his offspring in politics. While Koran has taken well to it, however, Shanya (the princess) has shown no true interest in it and tends to forget what her father tells her within moments of hearing it. Ukozi refuses to see that his daughter is incompetent in this area, however, due to both old age and the fact that he doesn't want to see it. Turan is arrogant and aloof, but Ukozi ignores his flaws as well.
Description: Ukozi's plumage is duller now than it once was, thanks to age. However, he is still fairly healthy, and such is evident in his eyes (which retain the brightness of youth, even in his old age). His hooked beak is mostly black, with a yellow base and a bone coloured band separating the black and the yellow. It also has a little notch in the tip, which can be easily used to sever the spinal cord of prey or enemies. His eyes are a dark brown colour.
Ukozi is 4'08'' tall, with a 11'10'' wingspan.
Equipment: He wears a silver-coloured silk cloth of the typical avian beastfolk cut (headhole, no back or sleeves, lower back strap, leg strap) to official, ceremonial, and special occasions. He possesses a composite yew longbow, a deer leather quiver with oak arrows that have steel arrowhead tips and swan feather fletching, and a steel rapier kept in a dark stained maple sheath (which has a cow leather belt tied around his waist). The rapier's hilt is made of rowan wood, gilded with electrum, and engraved with elegant wind designs.
His crown, made of gold and inserted with white diamonds, blue star sapphires, and smoky quarts, has intricate engravings of peregrines stooping and flying, but is only worn on important occasions as it is very heavy (gold weighs a lot, and having that on your head all day makes one's neck get sore).