Killian Oakchild
Killian Oakchild (a.k.a. Fae's Child)
“This is Killian Oakchild; our resident ranger. He’s an expert marksman, a renowned tracker, a talented beast keeper, and likely the sweetest and most kind-hearted creature you will ever encounter in the seven realms.” – Arturo Gellantara
Killian has a difficult time killing any living creature, and will always take the alternative if he can. He prefers to not eat meat, but understands the necessity of it, and so will hunt, as long as proper blessings and thanks are given after the kill. He is generally considered rather air-headed, but well-intentioned, and too trusting by far.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Mesomorph. He's rather tall but his posture makes him appear about two-three inches shorter, and is an interesting mix of big-boned and lanky. He's very lean and streamlined; his muscles have more definition than girth. He has broad shoulders and small hips, and his waist dips in ever so slightly beneath his ribcage. He's not fully grown yet, so he's still in that stage where his hands and feet seem slightly too large for his body and his limbs seem a little too long, but he'll grow into them soon enough.
Body Features
Skin: White/Tawny--Rose/Pink undertones. Heavily freckled EVERYWHERE.
Hair: Strawberry Blond; thick and short. Curls and settles around his ears and has to be reminded to get it cut, otherwise he'll just pin it out of his eyes. It's unkempt and wavy and wild, often housing leaves and bramble, and it's a source of eternal frustration for his neater companions.
Facial Features
Square Face. Expressive, symmetrically fae-like features. A perky bulb nose and wide, bright eyes, with an uncharacteristically strong jaw-line for how soft and harmless the rest of his features make him out to be. Still has a bit of baby fat in his cheeks that belie the "elfishness" of the rest of his face and has definitively pointed ears. Definitely more human-like than elf, but you can spot traces of his assumed elfish ancestry. He's incredibly young-looking, and is often called "baby-faced".
Identifying Characteristics
He as a piercing in his right ear, a copper-capped white canine of a dire wolf that he killed while on patrol. It was his first big kill that hadn't been for food, and he'd only been fifteen at the time. So, as per the tradition of the town, he was allowed to keep the canine and use it as a piercing to mark him as a successful hunter.
Apparel & Accessories
Very simple, rustic clothing. Animal skins (with proper blessings given), or basic, unflattering clothing.
Specialized Equipment
-He used to wear leather armor, but recently Arturo ensured he upgraded to masterwork studded leather, which provides more protection but doesn't slow him down. Over it he wears his normal clothes though.
Composite longbow (blunted arrows)
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Killian had odd beginnings; he doesn’t remember much of his youth, only up until wandering from the woods into the logging camp of Dornwhich. The residents of Dornwhich have a special connection to nature and the world of the fae, stationed as close as they are to the end of the fae woods. Instead of being alarmed, or casting him out, the Dornwhich took his appearance be a sign of gods of nature, and named him as such.
He’s always been a gentle soul, and had a keen affinity with the natural world around him, often preferring the company of animals and trees to his fellow mortals; but it was chalked up as an eccentricity of his half-eft nature, and he was encouraged to commune with the spirits of the woods.
Killian had great difficulty with traditional methods of learning, and was unable to sit still for any short period of times, so instead of forcing him to sit and learn something he didn’t wish, they’d often just let him run amok in the woods instead, teaching him how to identify trees, edible plants, and animals, as that was the only thing he could seem to concentrate on. However, he is completely unable to read or write; and he is often slow in his speech. He is thoughtful and introspective, sometimes taking several minutes to come up with what it is he wishes to say, and finds he’s been left behind in the conversation.
So while Killian was well-liked in his community, and doted on by his adopted elderly parents Paulo and Jóhanna Tarasios—who had lost their grown son some years prior—he never grew especially close to any of them, and is regarded as something as an eccentric, and spent most of the time in his own head or out in nature. He was trained how to hunt and gather food, and likely would have grown up to be a logger like the rest of them, were it not for the occasional Greycloaks.
Whenever they came through Killian would ask them questions and press them for stories, and he asked to be trained. As luck would have it, a Greycloak had been injured and had made his way to the settlement, and needed time to recover. When Killian asked this time around, the Greycloak said that he’d show him a few tricks, and if he showed promise by the time he recovered, he would fully train him. Which, of course, he did.
He met Naira and Dimitri during their pursuit of a criminal who had taken to the woods to shake them; and both of them being city slickers, they needed someone with expertise on the natural world. They had gone as far as Dornwhich, and Killian was their solution. He’s been traveling with them ever since. He has grown since his first contact with civilization outside of Dornwhich, but is still inclined to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Sexuality
Homosexual
Intellectual Characteristics
INFP
The Peacemaker
Top 3 Intelligences: Nature (Naturalist) 5/5, Body Movement (Kinesthetic) 4.71/5, Social (Interpersonal) 3.75/5
Other Intelligences: Spatial 3.29/5, Self (Intrapersonal) 3/5, Musical 2.71/5, Language (Linguistic) 1.57/5, Logic/Math 1.29/5
Morality & Philosophy
He believes in the inherent beauty and goodness of the world and its people, though he is starting to find the people more and more questionable. He still gives them the benefit of the doubt.
Personality Characteristics
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Savvies:
His expertise in battle lays in waiting back, and disarming people with well-placed shots. He has keen vision and perception, and the only time he can ever stay steady is when he’s lining up a shot. He is naturally athletic, dexterous, nimble, and can move the fastest out of anyone in the group.
Ineptitudes:
It's very likely he has ADHD, and it's very difficult for him to stay focused and to keep his trains of thought organized.
Is unable to read or write for the most part; he knows his own name and how to read maps, but that's the extent of it. And it's difficult for him to learn despite Arturo's best efforts.
He gets easily distracted and lost in cities since his internal compass doesn't work well in urban areas, so often one of the group members will have to keep a hand on his shoulder/back/wrist/arm/hand in order to lead him around and make sure he doesn't wander off.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes:
Sweets
Dislikes:
Unnecessary Death
Virtues & Personality perks
Vices & Personality flaws
Hygiene
He doesn't pay attention to his appearance at ALL, really. He has to be reminded to clean up or make himself presentable, because it's never really been important and still isn't. However, due to his crush on Arturo and occasional city-living, he's been getting better and better about staying clean. He still forgets sometimes.
Social
Hobbies & Pets
Killian through his natural-given magical affinity, in addition to being an excellent tracker and marksman, also has trained two animals who keep him company in his adventures. First is Orla, the female silverback gorilla, and the second is Lil’ Fang, whom Killian had rescued from a band of poachers as an egg.
He also collects seeds. He has a little pouch specifically to keep them in. The town insignia has been sewn into it, and with it was the promise of his return back home, along with seeds and the stories and knowledge he'd bring with them.
He knows how to play the pan-pipes.
Speech
Killian a hard time articulating his thoughts; often pauses or uses the wrong words, or forgets what he's trying to say.
Relationships
Relationship Reasoning
Killian began crushing on Arturo the instant he laid eyes on him, helplessly enamored by his charm, his laughter, his music, his kindness and his beauty. Arturo has a special affection for Killian, whom he regards as terribly naïve, but is very protective of his sweetness and his good heart, recognizing them for the genuine things that they are.
Species
Ethnicity
Year of Birth
479 AD
20 Years old
Birthplace
Nottingmar Grove
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Empior
Gender
Male
Eyes
Sea Green
Hair
Strawberry Blond; thick and short.
Height
5'10"
Weight
135lbs.
Quotes & Catchphrases
"Who's my pretty gorilla? That's right, you are!"
"Could I please keep him?"
"Don't kill them, they're only defending themselves!"
"If you're really still... sometimes you can hear it speak to you. Hmmmm? Oh, I mean the forest.... you don't hear it? Oh. I guess... I dunno. Maybe you're so used to all of the noise in the city that... Well. I mean. You never got the chance to learn to hear it, because your ears were so full of other things. And when you got to somewhere quiet... all you could hear was that. ...Sorry. That didn't make sense."
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