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Name: Tenax the Swamp Reaver
Race: Sobekian
Unique Power: As combat drags on, his skin toughens and he grows in size and strength. (Maxes out at about double size and skin toughness under normal circumstances, magically changes equipment size to match)
Age: 150
Gender: Male
Equipment: Wields a scizore on main hand, with an aspis on off-hand. Wears a scaled fauld, plated leg guards, and an armored cowl. Arm wielding scizore has a plated pauldron with scaled sleeve worn down to the wrist. Shield arm wears fully plated armor. Upper body is normally bare except for an armored gorget covering both the neck and shoulders. In a pinch, his claws on both hands and feet can be used to attack
Likes: Meats (especially slow cooked ones), Stories, Dancing (prefers to have a dancing partner), Meditation, good drinks (whether alcohol or not, he LOVES pineapple juice)
Dislikes: Needless fighting, close-minded responses, breads
Fears: monster hunters, being shackled or muzzled, flying
Desires: Find out what he once was, embrace his status as the Swamp Reaver
Hobbies: Smithing (including making jewelry) and tailoring (all types of clothing)
Notable Skills: Swimming and Diving, Camouflage, Medicine (mostly on treatment of wounds and disease, focused on creation of medicinal aids), Survival Techniques (can subsist nearly anywhere), Massage (Both self and other), Hand-to-hand combat (skilled in throws and grappling), Geography, Tracking, Architecture
Education level: Highly literate, well read, skilled researcher, readily formulates testable hypotheses. Would hold the equivalent of a PhD in metallurgy and biochemistry. Skill at massage equivalent to today's therapists.
History: The first century of his life is unknown, both to him and his peers. He seems to have come from nowhere, appearing at the gates of an Anubian city in tattered, bloody rags, signs of amnesia evident. An Anubian family took him in, helping him regain the basic skills he required. He learned his tailoring from the husband and his smithing from the wife. His choice of weapon and shield developed almost immediately upon his adoptive parents' decisions to train him. It took him less than half the time to master the aspis and scizore, leading his parents to assume that the fighting style was the one he used prior to the event leading to his memory loss. They crafted the equipment for him, the same he wields to this day, though he has modified, repaired, and polished it to keep it working well.
He spent thirty years learning his trades and fighting style from the two Anubians. After that, he became a sellsword. His missions tended to be hunting groups that were encroaching upon Anubian and Sobekian lands. His tactics tended to focus upon hiding in the mud or sand, darting out to kill a target before returning to hiding. Most of the time, he was in the swamps. Other races started spreading rumors of this so-called Swamp Reaver while Anubians and Sobekians knew him as Tenax. Parties of adventurers and monster hunters were frequently sent to kill this "creature." Twenty years of this led to his distrust and general fear of monster hunters. He retired from mercenary work weeks ago, deciding to wander the lands and take note of what is going on between the races. He always returns home if given the chance and visits his parents as well as his manor. His friend keeps his estate clean and in order in exchange for her living there.
