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Chaya Edoah (CHAI-ah eh-DOH-ah)

Content Warning: Child Death

Character design by Gracu, story and personality by orphidor

Chaya Edoah (a.k.a. "Chi")

Due to a combination of the things he's witnessed and natural inclinations, Chaya is full of nervous energy at all times. He may be a trained fighter, but he sometimes feels conflicted about using his abilities because his intense level of empathy for animals and people alike grants him too much insight into the pain he can cause with little more than his fists and his quarterstaff.   His Physical and Mental Facets are stronger than his Emotional Facet.  

THEME SONG

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

He is very athletic and agile despite the fact that he isn't heavily-muscled. His endurance is excellent.

Body Features

Chaya's body is narrow, but not scrawny. He has a rectangular build.

Facial Features

He's considered to be fairly average in appearance, at least for the region where he's from. He isn't outstandingly attractive or ugly and tends to avoid drawing too much attention through his looks.

Physical quirks

Usually performs nervous hand movements like tapping, rubbing, or fidgeting, as well as pacing back and forth in repetitive patterns, especially when indoors.

Special abilities

Chaya’s Boon is the ability to feel the last sensations of a piece of dead flesh that he touches. This ability cannot be "turned off," even when he's attempting to eat meat. The emotions are overwhelming and often consist of fear, but they can be used to figure out who killed something or someone, as well as where, how, and sometimes why.   He practices kukalai, though his mentors never saw him as being an outstanding adherent.

Apparel & Accessories

Chaya still wears the outfit of an apprentice at the academy where he learned to practice kukalai, even though he no longer attends.

Specialized Equipment

He carries a quarterstaff with him wherever he goes and uses it to moderate effect in combat.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

CHILDHOOD

Chaya and his siblings were born to poverty-stricken parents who struggled to keep their family afloat through honest means. At the age of six, he and his younger brother were handed over to a charitable martial arts school dedicated to aiding disadvantaged children and training them to become protectors of the innocent.  

ADOLESCENCE

Chaya struggled with his teachings at first because his mentors didn't understand his anxiety and hesitancy. Over time, he gained more confidence, though he always remained in the shadow of his brother, who ended up being a star pupil. Chaya loved his brother, but also resented him. He envied the other child's natural charisma and physical talents.   One night, when Chaya and his brother were seventeen and fifteen, the storm of the decade rolled in over the mountainside school. A rogue lightning strike set fire to Chaya and his brother's dorm. Chaya, who was lying awake and dwelling on his own perceived failures, was alert enough to flee the building before it was engulfed in flames. His brother wasn't so lucky. He and several other students died of smoke inhalation. Chaya discovered their bodies after the fire had spread to several other buildings, then burnt itself out. Out of curiosity and guilt, he touched his dead sibling and was permanently traumatized by the sensations of dying in pain and alone.  

CURRENT DAY

Overwhelmed by his newfound fear of lightning storms and fire, as well as the guilt he felt for resenting his brother and surviving when the other child did not, Chaya eventually left the school where he'd grown up in order to put his training to use. He never felt as though he was as good a protector as he should have been, a sentiment which often prevented him from achieving his true potential. He currently wanders the Middle Realm, joining and then leaving adventuring bands, searching for fulfillment he doesn't know how to find.

Gender Identity

Chaya identifies as a man. He finds comfort and a sense of belonging in masculine clothing and traditions.

Sexuality

Chaya is attracted to men from races similar to him in size.

Employment

He's not permanently employed and usually finds work neutralizing dangers along with various other adventurers.

Failures & Embarrassments

Chaya unconsciously believes that he should have died along with his brother. This causes him a great deal of survivor's guilt.

Mental Trauma

Chaya has suffered from anxiety from a young age. He is also permanently scarred from using his Boon to understand Chana's last feelings as he died.

Intellectual Characteristics

His intelligence types are spatial, kinesthetic, and musical.

Personality Characteristics

Likes & Dislikes

Loves exercise

Vices & Personality flaws

He's easily guilted by those with more manipulative personalities. Also, he's often very hesitant and doubtful in terms of his own abilities. This often causes him to give up on things before he's even tried.

Personality Quirks

Never eats or touches meat if possible. (Prefers simple foods made from vegetables, grains, and fruits.)

Hygiene

Very clean and tidy, almost to a fault.

Social

Social Aptitude

Not socially confident in the slightest. Absolutely terrified of public speaking. Generally very quiet.

Speech

Chaya's speech is quiet and halting to the degree where it impairs others' understanding when he tries to talk. He becomes louder and less hesitant when he's around people he's comfortable with.

Relationships

Chana Edoah

Brother (Vital)

Towards Chaya Edoah

3
4

Honest


Chaya Edoah

Brother (Vital)

Towards Chana Edoah

1
4

Subversive


Komatzi Rusastruth

Friend (Vital)

Towards Chaya Edoah

5
5

Honest


Chaya Edoah

Friend (Vital)

Towards Komatzi Rusastruth

5
3

Honest


Current Status
Alive
Current Location
Conditions
Professions
Date of Birth
32nd of Summer's End
Year of Birth
327 AB 23 Years old
Spouses
Siblings
Chana Edoah (Brother)
Children
Pronouns
He/him
Sex
Male
Gender
Man
Presentation
Masculine/slightly androgynous
Eyes
Dark brown, monolidded
Hair
Waist-length, dark brown, sleek
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Medium brown
Height
4 feet 4 inches
Weight
83 lbs
Known Languages
The Universal Tongue

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