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Name: Alexis Smith
Usually goes by Alex
Age: 32
Birthday: 20.7.973 AoP
Size: 194 cm
Race: Human
Profession: Hunter, Sniper, Scout, Trap-Specialist,... pick one...
Faction: Earthra
Weapon: Bow and Arrows.
Alex has a wide selection of fine crafted bows at his home... he loves collecting them and usually spends all his money to add to his collection...
Knives, snares, hunter-equipment...
Element: Wind
Skills:
Windshot:Either enhances the arrow with wind, making it strong and faster, or creates an arrow of wind itself... not as effective as regular arrows, but perfect when he runs low on real ones.
Safe Landing:He can jump off unusual heights without hurting himself, using the little wind magic he is capable of and his long scarf.
Trap Expert:Alex can remove almost any kind of traps, be it snares, ground traps, giant stones that will come rolling at you if you activate the switch,...
Wind Runner:This technique enables him to run way faster and jump higher over a short period of time, usually a minute or two until all his wind energy has run out.
Personality:
Alexis' personality changed greatly over time. While once being a very dependable and honest hunter who would never harm anyone or anything if not for preying, the war and the perishing of his wife and daughter changed him immensely to the outside. Today he is a mercenary that fights in battles to make a living and sets traps for enemy scouts and platoons. He can be very easy going, but would never let his guard down as long as he doesn't trust you completely... so better never approach him from behind if you don't want a knife in your chest... Deep down, he is still the man he used to be, brave, noble, honorable,... but he himself even forgot about this side of him.
History:
Alexis Jonathan Smith was born on a sunny day in July at a village in the Wind Cliffs to a gentle nurse mother and a strong hunter father. His parents raised him with love and care, giving their only son great role models Alex gladly aspired after. Even though having a protected childhood, his father wanted to teach him the ways of hunting from early age on, training his bow skills since he was barely 4 years old. But it was not until his 9th birthday that he was finally allowed to accompany his father on his very first hunting trip.
It had always been obvious that one day, Alex would become one of the hunters of the village, searching Se-Ahn for food for their village at the Wind Cliffs.
Young Alexis was fascinated by the way everything seemed to be connected in life. They killed to have food, but in return when they died one day when their time would come they would return to the earth the grew the grass that their prey ate. He had nothing against predators at all... he even liked them. Sure they killed to survive, but so did he, right? The young human grew more and more fascinated upon them, especially the giant bird monsters that lived near his home at Wind Cliffs. Whenever the youth had some time to spare, he climbed the giant stone walls up to find Gryphon nests or Rock eggs. Over time the beasts even grew to accept him among their side as he often brought left overs from his own hunts with him for the chicks.
Being a hunter was everything Alex ever dreamed of, and one day he knew he would be just like his father: Having a family and hunt for them while having a caring wife at home, maybe two or three kids~ Yes, he had no big goals in his life like becoming a hero or hunting for adventures and treasure,... but it was those simple thoughts that made him happy and so there was no need to wish for anything more than this.
Being just 17 years old, Alex was already one of the most devoted hunters of the entire village, taking part in archery competitions or training kids in the village to handle bows. One day, an invitation arrived in the village. An archery contest for the best archers in Wind Cliff. For the youth-class, Alex joined the competition while his father took part in the master class contest.
Amazed to see all the other archers, the youth did his best to surpass the others... however he made it only to second rank. A youth from a village near by beat him... but being a good loser, he congratulated him, receiving an invite to the boy's village in return. There, Alex met a 16 year old girl, the little sister of the new youth-archery-champion, Marina Forth. Coming along with her right away, from now on, Alex visited the village as often as time allowed him to. Being best friends, he showed her his bird beast friends, the wonderful sight over the ocean at his favorite spots, the wild forests of Se-Ahn,...
They grew more and more fond of each other... and eventually, with 19 years of age, Alex confessed his feelings to his beloved, finally turning into a real couple after 2 years of close friendship. It wasn't long until he proposed to her, building a house at the edge of Wind Cliff near by his home village.
It was a happy life indeed, and Alex couldn't possibly imagine how Marina could make him any more happy... until he reached the age of 22, when his wife gave him the news he would turn father.
-Now- his life truly was perfect... And with the birth of his little daughter Natira, all his dreams had come true.
It was the Age of Peace 999, half a year before the return of Ares and Caelius to Zion when the hunters of a neighbor village were stuck in a cliff because of a recent earthquake. Alex immediately collected the other hunters around to free them. While being busy saving the other hunters, a second, way stronger earthquake shook Wind Cliff, causing Alex to be stuck with the other hunters until they finally managed to climb out and free themselves... Returning the hunters to their village, Alex eventually headed for his own house on the edge of the cliff toward the ocean... but where once his house stood, there was nothing left. The earthquake had caused the rock his house was built on to scatter and slide into the ocean. Panicking, Alex climbed down the cliff, trying to find his wife and daughter among the ruins of their home. Digging himself through the detritus, he managed to find them still alive far below him... Driven on by his wife's voice and the cries of his daughter, Alex kept trying to remove the ruins for hours... until the sounds around him eventually died down. By the time he managed to lift the remaining rocks and wooden pillars off them, they had both passed away.
Alex blamed himself for what had happened. Wrong decisions that led to the fate his family had to face... If he had just let the others go saving the hunters... If he had just been faster in freeing himself from the cliff... If he hadn't brought the hunters back to their village and instead had returned home right away... If he had gotten help instead of climbing down the cliff himself... All decisions he had done that had prevented him from freeing his family in time...
The perfect little world Alexis had lived in all his life was suddenly broken in pieces and he had no one but himself to blame.
Alex's life after the death of his family went pretty much down... Drinking, depression, letting himself go,... He left the Wind Cliffs, traveling from one bar to the next, trying to drown his own memories.
The hunter was nothing more but a wreck, a shadow of the man he used to be. He didn't even realize the return of Caelius and Ares until one night he found himself right in the middle of a battle. The caelians and areans that clashed on the town he was in, fought each other fiercely, not caring about innocent townspeople getting hurt. In contrary. The town went up in explosions and spells clashing against each other. Alex lay in the middle of the marketplace, not hurt but simply too drunk to get up. He saw how caelians and areans killed each other and others, not caring if it was an enemy or someone running for their lives which they killed... As the battle had ended and the victorious areans killed off the remaining injured caelians around, some of them approached him as well... “Ugh...That guy smells as if he's dead... come on, let's go.” So he wasn't even worth killing anymore... The next morning, the townspeople mourned their deaths. Alex was about to just leave the town and search for another bar to try forgetting what he saw the previous night as well, as his gaze fell upon a man holding his daughter, crying next to the dead body of his wife. The man swore to end the war between Caelius and Ares, joining Earthra to restore the peace they used to enjoy... It was like a spark within Alexis... He approached the man, telling him to take care of his daughter instead... he would fight in his place. After all he had no one to take care of anymore in contrary to the stranger.
Trying to pull himself together, Alex traveled to Fahlenwood, learning for the first time that they were no longer in the Age of Peace but the Age of Chaos... actually in year 2 of the AoC already... That was it. He wouldn't let his life go down like this. After all his wife and daughter would be ashamed seeing him like this...
Depending to his profession as hunter, Alex joined the earthran army to restore the Age of Peace. What he had seen in that one night, the slaughter and death of so many around him,... There had been bandits and murderers on Zion before, but never had two armies clashed so harshly, uncaring about the families they destroyed around them. The hunter knew his family hadn't passed away due to the war, but there were so many other husbands and fathers that were thrown into the same situation as him due to the war, mourning the deaths of their wives and children, that he felt as if he owed them to fight. He used his talents as archer on the battlefield as well as for scouting for the earthran army or setting traps for the enemies, always in mind that this was the redemption for failing to save his family.
Trivia:
Alex still has a love for giant birds and is very fascinated by them. He is used to climbing, so he has no problem climbing giant trees, buildings, cliffs,... They are his favorite spots. Can be a ladies-man from time to time, flirting and more, but it's only one night stands. He swore to himself never to fall in love with a woman again. Still drinks in bars in the evening from time to time, but by now he watched his borders, not overdoing it anymore... He tries to always stay in control of himself ever since his 'break down'. He has a scar running over his right cheek. How exactly that happened? Ask him, maybe he will tell you... He isn't a faithful follower of Ivalina as a goddess, but he sees her as some kind of 'Queen' of Earthra that is worth fighting for. Alex never goes out without his scarf. Back in the Wind Cliffs, it was the only reinsurance to get down on the ground safely to have his scarf to enchant with wind magic to land when a strong wind blew him into the air... this habit still follows him today... not to mention it comes in handy when having to spontaneously jump off a high building or tree...Image size
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