Hey, Hey! I decided to join BPS as well so here's my sheet:
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Name: Balkan
Neighborhood: Blue Peak shore
Species: Mix-breed. 1/2 local red wolf, 1/2 German shepherd
Gender: Male
Age: 6(human) 21(pet)
Official Backstory:
He was found in the jungle as a pup by Ivan Johnson and grew as equal to the natives. After Ivan's demise he was officially reborn and now he's a villager of Salisgrave
Real Backstory:
Balkan is mixed breed. He's half Red Wolf and half German shepherd. His father was a Red wolf hunter, while his mother was an abandoned pet, lost in the jungle and saved by his father, who fell in love with her. That love, however, wasn't approved by the other wolves.
The only thing that saved his Mother’s life is that his Father was the Best hunter in the tribe, Respected by everyone. It was this renown and respect that manages to save both of them, since he uses his Rite as a tribesman to save her as his "servant". The price though was her turning into “slave”, a voluntary captive in the Green circle – cutting all the contacts with the “externals”, outsiders.
When his Mother gave birth to him, she died due birth complications. That was taken as a bad sign by the tribe. They intended to sacrifice the child to regain the favor of the sacred Boa.
Since Balkan was born, his Father was exiled (in exchange for their safely release) from the tribe, but when he learned that his mate was dead and his pup was going to be sacrificed, he went to the village and at the price of this wound he managed to save him from the Green Ring. He escaped in the jungle and was lucky to give the child to one of the resort staff members before he could pass out.
The wolves didn’t chase them - with such a wound he was considered dead and the young pup - pretty much dead as well, since he couldn’t take care on his own.
The man who got Balkan that day was 50 years old guy, called Ivan Johnson. He raised the young Balkan for 3 years, before he passed out by a jungle fever. That deeply affected Balkan. Now he's been taken care of by the rest of staff and Ivan's son - Dimitar.
Personality:
Balkan is the quiet type. Although he knows of his origins, he prefers to be taken as German shepherd. He's very nice, polite and always keeps his promises. He gets really defensive when it comes to his past.
He enjoys parties, but he prefers to stay as much as unnoticed as he can. He always tries to stop the fights and settle them peacefully. The scar on his left eye shows that these attempts weren't always successful
Appearance: He looks like a typical German Shepherd, but is taller than most of them (1,63m). His eye-color is amber. Since the passing of Ivan, he wears his collar only when he goes to meet with humans. The rest of the time He keeps his dog-tags (2 plates. On the first one is his name along with a strange inscription "Hybrid specimen 01". On the second there's an inscription which says "Never give them the chance to doubt you!") on a chain around his neck, but he never removes the camouflage Bandanna he wears.
As a weaponry he always carries his spear and Ivan's Military knife, plus three set of three small throwing knifes (which he only uses to practice his aim. both of them are on the front part of the belt of his harness, and one on the back).
Strengths and Weaknesses:
S - very trustworthy and loyal friend
W - very protective over his past; Sometime his speech is incomprehensible or even creepy. Too headstrong at the moments.
Other notes:
=> He's an artisan in the art of surviving
=> He was thought in the ways of herbal medicine by the Lycaon shaman
=> He has a small first aid kit, which he uses really well along with the limited knowledge of herbal medicine he knows
=> Keeps very good relationship with the Lycaons, neutral with rabbits and even colder with the wolves
=> When he’s out in the jungle, he usually wares this
harness in which he always carries a walkie-talkie
=> He likes to help the scientists as much as he likes to hunt for Salisgrave
=> He can play with drums
S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Strength - 7
Perception - 6
Endurance - 7
Charisma - 4
Intelligence - 6
Agility - 7
Luck – 5
Color -
#0000FF if possible
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And here's something for a certain HUMAN
Name: Dimitar Ivanov Johnson
A human male
Age: 29
Story:
Son of the deceased Ivan Johnson. He lived a big part of his life on Meriweather island. Unlike his father, Dimitar was astonished by the ruins, so he became an archeologist. He studied archeology and traveled throughout the world, but mainly he stayed at his ancestors land – Bulgaria. There he became re-creator of events as well. As he returned to Meriweather, he found his father on bed, mortally sick. As Ivan passed out, Dimitar fulfilled his father’s tasks – to cremate his body, to take care of Balkan until he reached 3 (human) years and to take a part of Ivan’s ashes to his birthplace in Bulgaria and both Dimitar and Balkan to spread the rest of the ashes along Meriweather.
He left for Bulgaria to deliver his father’s ashes and haven’t returned in two years, until he came back with the recent ship, assigned as a head of the archeology team (supported by Mr. Spencer)
Appearance and personality:
He’s huge, a true colossus – 2 meter height and muscular, his hair – dark gold, about 50 cm long, usually on a horse tail and a short beard with long braided goatee.
On first impression he seems barbaric and crude, scary as much as Mr. Grim himself, yet he’s soft-hearted and very calm. When someone gets to know him better, he or she will find that he might be a bit weird, but still very gentle, kind and helpful. He could be firm, determined and brave if the situation requires it.
Other notes:
=> Mr. Spencer knows him personally, mainly because of previous archeologists’ teams good words about him and sadly, because of his father’s demise
=> He is maniac in re-creating events so he started learning a lot of side stuff ever since he was young boy – like fighting with medieval weaponry and the art of the spears
=> he learned flame-dancing (these dances with the staff that burns on the edges and the ropes with the burning thingies at the end)
=> he learned various drum plays with the various drums he witnessed in the world
=> Dimitar taught Balkan in the stuff above
=> He has dreams for a new and attractive way to reach Meriweather – with a wooden ‘Pirate’ ship. The Idea was inspired by his Bulgarian friends, fans of Pirate stories.