Name: Tostum
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race: Werewolf
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Appearance: As a werewolf, it goes without saying that Tostum has drastically differing appearances depending on which form he is currently in. When he is in his human state, he looks like a ruddy skinned young man with piercing green eyes.
His long stringy hair is usually kept tied in a relatively loose ponytail. Regardless of this style, some of the strands are usually worn rather freely to the side anyway. He appears to be toned and lean, which is perhaps one of the aspects of his normal persona that give away the fact that he's something else entirely.
The other is that his ears are ever so slightly pointed, which betrays the fact that he indeed does have the beast's affliction, and he generally has a tendency to favor clothing suited for the outdoors.
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When he shifts into his beastly state he becomes a hulking black-furred monstrosity with razor-sharp claws and fangs. The fur on his back and the position of his tail can often illustrate just how much he is allowing his wolfish aspect to control him, though the fact that his eyes are the same color in either state give away the fact that this is still him.
While he revels in this wild state and can go power drunk on the ferocious feeling it gives him, he takes his position as a Knight seriously and has worked hard to master control over his abilities. Talismans and other control items are available to him, but he refuses these and relies on force of will as he feels anything else will make him weak and lazy.
Class: Knight
Personality: Despite his intensity and dedication, he's a Knight-class individual and therefore his eccentricities and personality idiosyncrasies are to be somewhat expected.
As one might expect of someone of his race, he has a massive respect for nature and little tolerance for those who don't respect it or use more things than they need to. This has made him live rather frugally to the point that some people might be sort of surprised by the way he lives.
Some of this part of his personality and werewolf clan training has been brought up into the modern world. For instance, he uses a small netbook computer for both school and entertainment, taking the place of the books, magazines, televisions and video game systems others might have.
Other aspects of being a werewolf have a tendency to show up in his day-to-day activities as well. For instance, his resulting adoration of speed has caused him to love rollerblading.
Magic: Lycanthropy is, of course, a magical affliction that allows him to become a beast, and his transformation intensity is of course tied to the phases of the moon. While he usually cannot avoid it when the moon is full, he is in the process of learning to shift at will over time.
Regardless, his is a physical existence and he doesn't work any other magic at all personally. It's assumed that he lacks the ability to learn any as a result of his condition, and he doesn't really regret it at all. He wouldn't change things for the world, and he doesn't mind that he doesn't know any spells.
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Armor: Part of his initiation rights into his clan, after first becoming a werewolf, were to slay several monsters that were under the control of an evil sorcerer that had originally terrorized his village long ago. At first he didn't want to do it, because he sort of felt that he was a lot like them, but ultimately considered it an act of self-defense.
Carefully drying out the bones of these monstrosities in the sun allowed him to patch together a coat of armor that is made entirely from bones, and this garment is considered of special importance to him since it's the object that marked the end of his right of passage.
Due to this fact, he's especially concerned he might be wearing it one day, shift into a werewolf and break it all apart, which would be devastating.
Regardless, as a Knight he knows very well it's important to his duties to get suited up for any sort of violent altercation handled in his humanoid state.
Fighting Style: Like everything else, Tostum's fighting style is drastically different depending on his state, since as a beast he fights very close to the violent methods employed by a wild animal.
He's refining his human techniques with his knightly training, though it's naturally difficult for him not to fall into the same exact pattern as a human as he does when he's a werewolf.
Entering the school a bit later has helped him to some degree with this challenge, however, because he has been able to retrain some aspects of himself. Nevertheless, old habits do die hard, and there are some aspects of his more beastly self that could help out in a fight. Of course it could be said that a wolf fights without any fear, so the same must be true of a wolfman in turn, even if said individual is more of a man than a wolf at the present time.
Though all of this makes him rough around the edges, he certainly is a very loyal Knight when it comes down to it.
Relationship: Currently Tostum is single, perhaps because few girls would really want a guy who refers to his ideal relationship as one in which 'we can both really sink our teeth into it.'
Bio: Growing up in a werewolf clan generally means that the members of the clan are purebreds who pass their werewolfism down the line through blood, but Tostum is from a rare example of a clan who does not have a single purebred in it. Rather than be embarrassed by it, they're proud of the fact that it means that they have a difficult time walking the path from human to wolf. They feel they have to work incredibly hard, since a werewolf from the clan must bite each young individual and either cause them to perish right there or instead survive and master their new form.
While he has been progressing fairly well in his training, the decision was ultimately made by his clan to send Tostum to Sir Edwards Academy as sort of a test. If he does well as a representative of the tribe, then he will not only become a very elite knight amongst their ranks, the school will also probably see an influx of additional students applying for it.
If he were to fail, however, then he probably wouldn't want to return home considering the intense embarrassment that comes with that sort of thing!
Misc: Despite the fact that he might be looked at as rather eccentric, it could be said that Tostum actually really does want to fit in. While he might turn people away at times through his behavior, he's actually not trying to. High school can be a rather awkward time for pretty much everyone, and the fact that the school is filled with elite students from various classes has a tendency to make some people but heads from time to time.
It was bound to happen more or less to be honest.