Arctos Ursine

by **poisonFanatic** Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:10 am

Full Name: Arctos Ursine
Gender: Male
Height & Weight: 5'7 & 139lbs
Birthdate: March 1st
Age: 8.4 Sweeps

Physical appearance: Arctos has never done anything physically tasking in his life and it shows. He has a very slight build with thin, lanky-looking limbs that often make him appear scrawny compared to others. The word frail is easily applicable to his taunt grey skin, which seems to bruise pathetically easily. This image of weakness if furthered by his natural posture; his tense shoulders and twitching fingers portraying the opposite of confidence. However, he doesn't appear particularly effeminate and sports hard angles for elbows and knees, as apposed to the typically softer curves of a woman.

The young troll's face is long and quite angular, framed by the thick black curls of his hair; which are usually always tangled into an uncombable nest atop his head. On his face are two almond-shaped eyes that are constantly narrowed into an anxious look of doubt; emphasized by his thick eyebrows. Protruding from the frown of his lower lip are two sharp fangs, which prove to be quite hindering whenever he tries to talk; usually scraping on his upper lip and making his speech slightly lisped. His horns are small, curved and honestly quite unremarkable in their appearance.

His typical clothing usually consists of a fitted, dark grey jumper with two fashionably paced holes at the shoulders and his symbol embroidered on the left of the chest in bronze. It's sleeves are long, and have patches of black at the elbows. His tight black pants are held up with a thick bronze belt that he always keeps cinched around his waist. Apparently scarfs are all the rage, because the fluffy white garment is permanently around his neck; even adding a matching pair of legwarmers over his black boots.

Personality:Awkward - Anxious - Coward - Knowledgeable - Compassionate - Pessimistic

There is no denying that Arctos is extremely unsociable; seeming to stick out like a sore thumb among others. His sentences are strung together into a faltering, awkward mess when faced with interaction; it isn't necessarily his strongest point. He's not notably shy or reserved, just extremely awkward and completely out of tune with social norms. He tends to speak in a slow, drawling manner with long pauses in between sentences as he thinks and then double thinks about what he intends to say. Being naturally quite artsy, he expresses a great interest in drawing; though he seems to be insufferably insecure about his artistic abilities.

He is willing to talk endlessly about art, and at times he tends to talk at people rather than talk too them; which often leads to the impression that he's not listening to a word they say. He tends to presume that everyone thinks the same as him, and can usually be quite taken aback when their interests and opinions differ from his. It isn't uncommon for him to laugh off other troll's comments due to sheer naivety and a blind belief that everyone sees things from the same perspective as he does. However, he remains quite attentive to others, easily remembering little details about them such as hobbies or dislikes and willingly humoring them; regardless of how foolish he might think them to be. He manages to remain both open minded and narrow minded at the same time. There is a silent sort of confidence in him, that is often hidden behind tentative frown.

Arctos finds it hard to remain calm and collected in stressful situations, and much prefers to rely on others to sort out his problems. He's more than willing to run away from his problems and pretend that they don't exist, than face them alone. When under pressure, he usually looks just about ready to listen to anyone's opinion but his own; not wanting to be the one who falls under blame when something goes wrong. He may be pretty straight forward; always seeming to say whatever's on his mind, but he does prefer to listen to what others have to say on the matter before rudely interrupting them with a 'this is why you're wrong'. It is pretty much unlikely he'd grow angry when talking to another, but he can become frustrated when someone resist his corrections. In the the few cases that his anger surfaces, he would be far too much of a coward to face any conflict.

Arctos is good at picking up on others emotions and feelings; and often attempts to cheer them up when they're feeling down. Albeit, he does it poorly, but at least he tries. It isn't uncommon for him to make a fuss when someone relatively close to him is suffering, and he can be quite nurturing towards others. He finds it extremely hard not to get attached to other trolls, regardless of how aloofly they may treat him. His awkward manner of speaking does nothing to stop him from taking an active interest in others, and attempting to tiptoe around them so not to spark any conflicts. He likes to keep everything light and positive, even when he's spouting a load of pessimistic nonsense; which is probably why he inserts a cute bear face before everything he types.

He could be considered quite a pessimist, with a negative outlook and mostly everything; especially things he doesn't understand. Despite this, he's willing to try new things so long as he can approach them in a familiar or routine way. He is constantly under the impression that things will go awfully wrong if no one pays attention to his 'wisdom', and change is something he fears. Though it would be fair to say that he fears most things; as displayed by his constant jittery movements and yelps of surprise. However, he maintains a laid-back - if not soothing- manner of speaking.

The young troll isn't intelligent exactly, but retains knowledge about a great deal of things; though admittedly, some of that knowledge is completely useless or just downright wrong. He spends a lot of time learning about his interests, but he takes everything at face value. The phrase 'don't believe everything you hear' is something he should probably think about. He can sometimes come out with the stupidest things; refusing to believe that his sources were lying.

Handle: grizzlyAffliction
Typing Quirk/Color: Arctos prefixes every sentence with (ó㉨ò) to keep the tone light. He also switches capitalized I's for '///' reminiscent of claw marks. All punctuation is preceded with '..' to mimic his faltering manner of speaking.
Blood color: Bronze #A25203
Symbol: The Ursa Minor constellation

Lusus: Beardad is a relatively small lusus with large paws and a physical appearance parallel to a Koala. However, he has a long, club like tail and a third eye that stares out unblinkingly from his forehead. He mostly appears docile, but is prone to fits of rage.

Strengths: Knowledgeable, inner confidence, in tune with other's emotions, hard to anger
Weaknesses: Physical strength, reliant, cowardly, overthinker
Fears/Insecurities: Putting his life in danger ~~Beardad~~
Likes: Art, plants, gathering information, routine, gaming, cute things
Dislikes: Being wrong, conflict, surprises, change, crowds, disorganization, the cold
Driving force: He is driven by the longing to prove himself more worthy than his low-blood status implies; whether through knowledge or art, he doesn't care, it is just something he needs to do.
Hobbies: Drawing, gardening, playing an unhealthy amount of games

God Tier Title: Bard of Time
Land: Land of Candles and Ash (LOCAA)
Derse or Prospit: Prospit
Strife Specibus: Rakekind, Glovekind
Psionic Power -

Describe your character in three words: Awkwardly artistic coward
If your character were stranded on an island and could only bring two things with them, what would they be?: Beardad and a scarf

If your character could change anything about themselves, what would they change?: His blood color.
Your character opens their fridge; what do they see?: It's completely trashed; no doubt Beardad's been foraging through it again. Whatever vegetables are left in there are half eaten, and there's no sign of the Beefgrub...

Other: - He's terrified of Beardad, but still loves him in his own weary way.

by **dexterousSurvivalist** Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:58 am

Approved.

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