Sholto Varden Liam
Sholto Varden Liam (a.k.a. Dusk, Dawn, Sehan, Spectre, Vlonvragos)
A guardian of life, this skilled assassin and Etherborn is pulled along by fate wherever he is needed most.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Sholto is slender, lithe, and muscular. At the age of 165, he lost his legs while held captive, and they were later replaced by cybernetic prosthetics. As of the age of 186, he became a full cyborg, with only his head being the original part of his body after the rest got destroyed.
He has many other internal enhancements, including a rhythmist gland.
Identifying Characteristics
Being albino, he tends to stand out quite a bit.
Special abilities
He has telepathy, and after a traumatic turning point where he had to use it daily, defensively and for communication, it grew much stronger. After years of focus and practice, he is able to do partial mind control, although it requires unbroken eye contact, simple verbal commands, and a lot of focus and willpower on his part. While he can't read thoughts without forcefully invading, he can read a personality by brushing his own consciousness against another being's and get an idea of what they're like and what might be most important to them.
His abilities seem to keep growing, but so slowly they have to be measured over decades. It is theorized another intense length of trauma might evoke more of his potential, but he's not willing to put himself under that sort of stress again for abilities he hardly needs.
At the age of 185 and onwards, his telepathy is trained by a master vampire and he grows stronger, now able to mentally attack and better defend. He also develops the ability to use ice arcana through a bond with with Terra's Fasar.
Psychic abilities include Zeta Telepathy [Single, Group, Invade] and Zeta Astral [Perception, Medium].
Specialized Equipment
A suit of armor that molds tight to the body once a button in the back of the neck is depressed. It is carbon-fiber and avrulé mesh of the finest weave, with more avrulé plating on the shoulders, upper arms, forearms, and groin. Greaves and cuisses of the same Vruanhaian metal protect his legs and feet. As added torso protection, he also wears a finely wrought mythril chainmail shirt underneath his armor, in the rare event something penetrates the mesh weave.
He also possesses an old pair of twin high-frequency avrulé swords, named Cairbhall and Arshavir. Well-used, each grip is molded to their respective hand.
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Male
Sexuality
Demiromantic Pansexual
Education
Grew up in the Reifier Klamén. He graduated on time at the age of 16, and proving exceptionally skilled, moved up the Right Hand's ranks slightly sooner than was average.
In addition to rigorous schooling and training, he made time to learn the cello starting at the age of 6, and by the age of 30 became quite the masterful player and composer.
Employment
After escaping the Reifier Klamén at the age of 85, he bounced around several PMCs (Private Military Companies) over the years, having been unable to adjust to a civilian life. It was also safer for him to get involved with another organization rather than remain solo, knowing he would be hunted by those from the life he left behind.
At the age of 112, he finally settled within the Arcene military's Black Ops branch.
However, at the age of 186, having enough of the lifestyle, he retired. He married, and got to enjoy three years of retirement, but life wasn't done with him yet.
Shortly before turning 189, he encountered Xarxus Sakjutarést, which launched him into another adventure he didn't ask for.
Mental Trauma
PTSD.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Desires to protect those he cares for, and desperately wants the hardships to end so that he and his loved ones may finally have a peaceful existence.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes:
- Spaceships
- Cities
- Forests
- His cello
- Whittling
- His friends and family
- Disrespect
- Slavery
- Being demeaned
- People trying to prod at his mind
- Insubordinate behavior
- Murphy's Law
Virtues & Personality perks
Steadfastly loyal to those who have earned it. He can be counted on to defend those in need, even if standing back would cause him fewer problems. Keenly intelligent and aware, he's extremely hard to deceive.
Vices & Personality flaws
Sometimes fails to ask enough questions. Shuts people out mentally and emotionally when he's feeling overwhelmed. Used to be addicted to VR/AR bars where he could escape reality, and even though he's broken free of it, will still occasionally overindulge if given the opportunity. He can also be stubborn to a fault.
Personality Quirks
Has the nervous habit of going stone-still and nearly expressionless, but his hands always wander to his swords. In the absence of swords, he ends up grasping at the air near his hips.
Social
Family Ties
Hobbies & Pets
Plays his cello if he can find the spare time. Enjoys whittling wood if he has the time and resources. Sometimes plays videogames with Reid, otherwise his nose is in a book.
Relationships
Nicknames & Petnames
Maitherki calls Sholto 'fey-fey.'
Legal Status
Married
Legal Status
Married
Wealth & Financial state
Having been obscenely paranoid his entire life about never having enough funds, he's saved up and invested quite a sum of money. He calls it a 'safety net' in case he or his family are in desperate need, but the reality is that he could, and has, bought a personal space shuttle outright with a lump of these savings.
Species
Conditions
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Astral Prince, Claíomh Solais
Year of Birth
21636
Birthplace
In the void of space, on the now-destroyed ship the Red Titan.
Spouses
Sage Brandr
(Husband/Wife)
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Space colony: Jasina
Pronouns
He/him
Sex
Male
Gender
Male
Eyes
Red by default, though being a cyborg he is able to change them to any desired color, with preferences being gold or blue.
Hair
Waist-length, snow-white with blond tinge, silken.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Albino pale
Height
5'11"
Weight
220 lbs
Aligned Organization
