Appearance

Physical Description

Soot resembles a humanoid polar bear. He is tall and towering, with a strong frame and muscular limbs. He is in excellent shape and would make for a skilled warrior.

Body Features

Soot is covered in white fur which is singed and charred at the tips in many places across his body. These burns are self-inflicted, but never on purpose. Because he often plays with fire, he tends to occasionally singe his fur. He also has a few scars where fur does not grow, due to injuries sustained while hunting or defending his tribe.

Facial Features

Soot has a broad and long snout. His eyes are gray with fleck of orange, almost resembling kindling just beginning to burn. His ears are cut to points, as is traditional of warriors in his tribe. He also has some piercings adorning his ears to represent and honor his ancestral line.

Identifying Characteristics

His pointed ears, and his white fur which is charred and constantly covered in a layer of ash.

Physical quirks

He is almost always covered in a thin layer of soot or ash, as a result of his constant use of fire. This gives his fur an almost gray appearance at times, even though it is white. His cub name was chosen because of this quirk.

Apparel & Accessories

Soot does not wear much in the way of armor, instead opting for the traditional garb of his tribe's warriors. He wears thin garments and lighter armor, such as pauldrons, gauntles, bracers, belts, boots, etc.

Special abilities

Soot is a druid and has great control over fire. He is able to manifest his inner wildfire spirit in the form of a physical bear cub comprised of roaring flam, which he calls Cinder.

Mentality

Accomplishments & Achievements

Soot was chosen by the nature spirits of the frozen north to be a druid of wildfire, and was imbued with the ability to harness fire magic. He seeks to use these powers to earn his adult status.

Failures & Embarrassments

Soot's biggest failure was his first attempt to earn his adult name. Being the rash and hardheaded ursan he is, he believed himself ready of earning the respect of an adult ursan at the age of 15. He decided he would venture out and slay the young Remorhaz which was nesting near his tribe. Little did he know how unprepared he was. He was burned and scarred from the fight, and had to flee to the safety of his people. He failed the task, and was taught a valuable lesson about strength and humility.

Mental Trauma

When Soot was very young, he once wandered away from his tribe and became lost. He stumbled into the den of a Winter Wolf and almost lost his life trying to flee. Luckily, great warriors from his tribe had been searching for him, and he was saved before the monster slayed him. He had never felt so cold or alone in his life, and ever since then he has had an obsession with the warmth of fire.

Intellectual Characteristics

Soot is a very wise ursan, and is well suited to one day lead his tribe. However, though he is wise, he is of average intelligence. He does not have a formal education, and tends to only be exceedingly knowledgeable on matters of either his tribe or of magic.

Morality & Philosophy

Having been raised on the outskirts of society, his morals are a bit different than common folk. He was taught to respect those around him, and to protect his people. However, he puts less importance on people outside his tribe and his friends, and tends to not worry too much about damages he may cause. Therefore he is lawful neutral, leaning lawful good.

Taboos

Soot believes that insulting the Isfugl is bad luck and is strictly prohibited. If he sees someone doing so, he will try his best to stop them out of fear of retribution.

Known Languages

Ursine, Common, Giant, Druidic

Personality

Motivation

Soot is motivated in his mission through three main facets. First, to protect his twin sister Luna at all costs. He would do anything for her, including sacrificing his life to keep her safe. Second, he seeks to discover why he and his sister were given their powers, and to prove himself worthy of earning his adult name. Third, he seeks to live up to the legends of his ancestors, and one day be handed the role of clan chieftain.

Quotes & Catchphrases

"Have you tried burning it?"
"I'm checking you out!"

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Soot has an incredible control over fire. He can create it and manipulate it magically, and even has been gifted powers from nature spirits to control his own wildfire spirit.
He also is a very wise ursan, and knows to respect nature. As such, he is very proficient when surviving off the land.
He is rash however, and is not the most skilled conversationalist. He loves talking to people, but due to his upbringing, he does not exactly understand the culture of common folk.

Likes & Dislikes

He absolutely loves fire and conversation with other. He thoroughly enjoys meeting knew people and exploring the untamed wilderness as well.
He is not a fan of the dark, and will make fire for light whenever he is exposed to darkness, even though he has darkvision.

Vices & Personality flaws

He has an almost unhealthy obsession with fire. He constantly wants to be around it, and to let his wildfire spirit rage outside of him. This causes him to occasionally do damage to the things around him, and leads him to be quite reckless at times.
Though he cares deeply for his sister, he also desires to one day be the clan chieftain, a position they are both vying for. So, at times he does not always reveal information to her which he thinks would help hear beat him out of the role.

Personality Quirks

Firm believer in the Isfugl, a mythical creature in Boreal Ursan folklore. They are tiny mischievous penguin people that live under the arctic ice.

Social

Birthplace

The Frozen Wilds

Current Residence

Icewind Dale

Contacts & Relations

Almost all of Soot's contacts are within the ursan community he was raised in, so whenever he meets new people he thinks of things in terms of the ursan people he knows.

Wealth & Financial state

Soot is not very wealthy in the eyes of most communities. He does not really understand the concept of the money used by the other races. However, he is the son of his clan's chieftain, so in his small community he is rather wealthy.

Family Ties

Twin sister is Luna Isbjorn. They are very close and travel with one another, however they have a bit of a rivalry as they both desire to eventually be their clan's chieftain.

Religious Views

Being an ursan, Soot puts great respect in his ancestors, and often tries to commune with them and ask for their guidance. He hopes that one day they can help him become a great warrior and chieftain of his people.

Social Aptitude

Soot is very excited to meet new people and interact with the various races of the realm, but he grew up in a sequestered ursan community, so his social skills aren't great. He does not really understand other cultures, and is not entirely cognizant of how large he is compared to others, so he at times can come across as strange or scary.

Mannerisms

Soot has a bit of an obsession with fire, and because of this drifts off in thought in the presence of fire, or is at times too eager to start fires.
He also is a very excitable person and doesn't have a firm grasp on the languages and mannerisms of other races. But, he is eager to learn, so in an attempt to fit in he often acts in silly ways to mimic other people's actions.

Hobbies & Pets

Having a very strong connection with nature, Soot loves animals and has a familiar nature spirit he has named Aiviq. He can call upon Aiviq at times, and it can take many forms. Soot's favorite of its forms is a small seal.
He also has a strong connection with the renewing fire of nature, and can call upon his own wildfire spirit which manifests as a bear cub made of roaring flame. Soot adores his little wildfire cub and lovingly named it Cinder.
He also has a pet Axebeak he uses as a mount named Aumarak. It is ashen in color and not afraid of fire in the slightest bit. When Soot rides it, a bit of the ash from his body coats his bird too. He hopes that one day he can teach it how to breath fire.

Speech

Soot's native language is ursine, which is a language of grunts and growls. As such, he speaks with other people in broken common, which can at times lead to him not entirely understanding what people are trying to say to him.