Appearance

Physical Description

Tenebriel keeps himself well in shape, thanks to the work and training he does. His body is thin and sleek, but muscular, toned, and well-capable.

Body Features

His skin is red-hued and covered in scars, shaped like magic rites, rituals, and runes. On his face, neck, and the backs of his hands, there are raised bumps (gaar lines) scarred onto the skin that form patterns. Tenebriel also has a pair of long, curling horns on the top of his head.

Facial Features

His face is thin with high cheek-bones. Tenebriel has striking golf eyes. He would be rather handsome, if her weren't the child of darkness.

Identifying Characteristics

Skin is covered in scars, shaped like magic rites, rituals, and runes. He has a ring in his right eyebrow and right nostril. His hair is thick, jet black, and in braids. He also has a short, black goatee.

Apparel & Accessories

Tenebriel often wears leather pants and boots, and little else when in private. When on the move, he also dons a leather vest & linen shirt, an oiled black cloak with an oversized hood, and often wears an oversized leather-lined felt hat, large enough to wear over his horns and hide them under the brim.

Specialized Equipment

He carries a backpack with all his on-the-go needs. Tenebriel also carries a portable alchemist lab, travel gear, weapons, and a well-made rapier he took as a trophy from a guard captain he helped see out of office.

Mentality

Personal history

Many decades ago, a pair of mages by the names of Orlo and Derci, took it upon themselves to further their studies of, and dabbling into, the darker arts. They had spent many years researching power, and the means to gain it. Of course, the path through the black arts was the easiest, and most powerful, way to these ends.
They’d duped a young, poor woman who was living on the streets of Debenlowe to come with them with the promises of payment for services as a live-in maid and assistant. Once to their sunken laboratory, in the far outskirts of Debenlowe, they locked the woman (Maeve) in a dark, stone cellar and summon a dark beast from the Outter realms, who they put in the cellar with the young woman.
 
Their plans having worked, they kept Maeve in servitude through her pregnancy until she became useless to them after giving birth. She was used as a sacrifice in a ritual and disposed of quietly.
 
The child, called Tenebriel by the pair, was then used for the unique resource he now afforded the pair: his Outsider blood. For many years, Tenebriel was used by Orlo and Derci for their dark rituals. His blood was harvested and utilized as a component for horrible magics used to bring power to the pair.
 
As Tenebriel grew, raised in chains. His body covered from the neck down with intricate scars in the shapes of magic rites, runes, and rituals. Over the years, he grew more and more defiant, but Tenebriel never lashed out; never fought the pair. He bided his time. Watch; learned.
 
Tenebriel never once moved his tail, other than the idle lashing from pain. He spent years, making the mages overlook it as a useless, animal-like thing of little resource. In truth, while his wrists and ankles were shackled,
 
Tenebriel spent his years moving and training the muscles in his tail, creating a prehensile appendage of it.
One fateful evening, while the pair were preparing for a ritual, Tenebriel made his move. His moved his tail and managed to slip the key ring (left a little too close on the edge of a table) to himself by grabbing it with his tail. It took little time to free himself, and (while the pair were preoccupied in ritual preparation) find himself a weapon. The fire-poker did nicely… and there was little left to the skulls of Orlo and Derci.
 
Still at a relatively young age (for a Tiefling), Tenebriel took some clothing and a few supplies from the hidden laboratory, and made his way to Debenlowe. He lived there on the streets for some time, honing his skills as a devious little thief. He had to keep himself hidden away, as it was soon apparent that the very look of him was enough to put people on edge, have him attacked, or have people called authorities.
 
In his years living in the shadows on the streets, Tenebriel grew to have a birds-eye view of the corruption in the city. Some of the city officials and bureaucrats that held power over the city maintained that power through harsh, or downright horrible means. Tenebriel held no strong love for anyone in the city in particular, as none of them had a care for him, but he simply couldn’t abide bullies of any kind; especially those who seek or maintain power through taking from the weak.
 
The worst offender he had seen was the head of the city guard, Captain Breen. Tenebriel had seen first-hand how he shook down city officials to maintain his power, extorted money from small businesses who could scarcely afford it, and rough-up petty criminals, often slapping them with harsh fines and sentences if they didn’t give him what he wanted.
 
It wasn’t enough to kill Breen, oh no. Tenebriel didn’t want to play that game. It was too easy; too light a sentence for such a man. Tenebriel played the long game, and returned to the hidden laboratory of his former captors. He knew how to read, taught by Orlo, since Tenebriel himself often had to read the rites to many of the rituals he was a part of. As such, he utilized the tomes and notes of the two men, as well as their lab, and began teaching himself to mix poisons.
 
Some time later, he returned to Debenlowe and awaited his moment. A meeting was held between Breen, and a corrupt bureaucrat he often worked with, by the name of Dunlee. Dunlee was in the position of maintaining high-ranking positions through the city, and naming those who would fill many official roles. Breen kept Dunlee happy, and in turn, Dunlee looked the other way and allowed Breen his way with the city.
 
Tenebriel went to work. He broke into Dunlee’s manor through a service entrance and made way to the kitchen where he poisoned the official’s dinner. Previous to this, he had gone to Captain Breen’s office, and left incriminating evidence all about with traces of the poison, a purchase order for it, and pages of his notebook (in perfectly matching handwriting) describing his desire to get rid of Dunlee so he could move up the ranks and gain more power over the city.
 
From there, things moved swiftly. A sharp, young inquisitor in the city pinned Dunlee’s murder to Breen, as well as conspiracy. From there, the emboldened city fold stepped forward in droves to incriminate Breen for crimes he had committed against them during his time as Captain.
 
Breen was locked away, never again to see the light of day. Tenebriel couldn’t help but feel the accomplishment of his works, and decided then and there it was how he would live his life; with a purpose, rather than as some black-mage’s tool. He would move around unseen, a ghost in the winds, removing power from the corrupted powerful and making things right.
 
Currently, Tenebriel moves around often, but has a place he returns to in Debenlowe. One of the stone-based bridges over the river as a small chamber inside the base that wasn’t properly filled in. Tenebriel found a way inside the space (only the size of a small room) and uses this space for rest and to work on his alchemy.

Education

Tenebriel learned to speak and read from his masters, the dark mages who had him made.
 
His education in alchemy came from study and practice in the laboratory of his former masters.
 
Tenebriel learned stealth and combat through his years of living on the streets of Debenlowe.

Employment

Works quietly, when he needs funds, as an herbalist in Debenlowe.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Managed to overthrow a corrupt guard captain and bureaucrat.

Failures & Embarrassments

Many of the times people discover him to be a Tielfing were met with fear, assault, or outright horror. One time, in his youth, Tenebriel attempted to get close to a pretty young girl in Debenlowe, only to have her scream in terror and nearly get him arrested.

Mental Trauma

A lifetime of abuse, blood-letting, ritual magic use, and living in bondage. Not to mention the knowledge that he was only born for use in black magic, and a current life of fear & persecution for what he is.

Intellectual Characteristics

Tenebriel discovered he was able to read, write, and speak Abyssal without ever being taught. It was his birthright.

Morality & Philosophy

He cannot stand to see those in power receive or maintain that power through corrupt dominance, abuse, or ruin of those weaker or unable to protect themselves.

person.sexuality

Yes, please.

person.gender_identity

Male

Taboos

Dislikes the idea of drugs or things that alter the mind, or have the ability to put someone into an altered state where they are unable to stand against being taken advantage of.

Known Languages

Common and Abyssal

Personality

Motivation

Seeks the balance of power away from the corrupt

Quotes & Catchphrases

"Nobody follows the Ghost..."
 
"You know, it'd be a lot cheaper if you only paid for ONE room..."

Likes & Dislikes

Likes:
-The ladies
-Spicy food
-A good cup of tea
-Being a cocky prick
 
Dislikes:
-The color red, actually
-Bullies
-Drugs & Alcohol
-People who chew with their mouth open, thank you VERY much!

Virtues & Personality perks

Has a prehensile tail and one HELL of a smile

Vices & Personality flaws

-Has sticky fingers
-Addicted to cinnamon tea

Hygiene

Ladies like a clean man.

Social

Birthplace

In the forests outside Debenlowe

Current Residence

In the pylon-base of a bridge over the river in Debenlowe

Contacts & Relations

-Political dissident
-Strong acquaintance of Berenice Alero (Head of Crimson Stones in Debenlowe)

Wealth & Financial state

Has a few coins from work as a herbalist or from those darn sticky fingers

Family Ties

Mother was killed in a black magic ritual after giving birth to him, and his father was banished back to the Outside Realms after Tenebriel was conceived.

Religious Views

-He doesn't pay much heed to gods that had no care for him when he was chained and bled by mortals for ritual black magic.
 
-Detests dark magics (obviously)

Social Aptitude

Tenebriel is rather flirtatious and can be rather confident and cocky, even in the face of danger. His standing as a Tiefling, however, usually marks him as one to fear, loathe, or desire to banish by the public in general.

Mannerisms

Cocky, slick, and graceful.

Hobbies & Pets

Tenebriel spends most of his time, when he isn't working, dabbling with his plants and alchemy. He has found interest in games of chance, but never felt the desire to gamble away coin that he already has.
 
Now, if he could work the system so there's no risk of loss....

Speech

His accent tends to slide in and out of various different types, having picked up many of his speech patterns from various places while on the go.