Zist Rukin

Character name: Zist Ruken

Race: Esclen (es-KELL-en) from Escles (ess-KELL-ess). Formally humans, Zist's race colonized a new world and evolved to suit its environment. Surrounded by alien beasts eager to munch on them, the esclans developed poisonous glands to avoid becoming menu items. The poison they generate in their body is a hemotoxin and it not only keeps them from being eaten, it helps them break down the tough fibrous meat of esclen beasts by dissolving the muscle into a thick pudding. The Esclen have very sharp teeth for the purpose of injecting their venom into fallen pray and they often line their spears with their own saliva.

The Esclen people are obsessed with climbing the food chain and becoming great beasts like the animals around them. Along with practicing a profession, men would join a Viele (a school of combat) very early in their lives. There he would learn how to fight/hunt and throughout his life he would encounter many rites of passage, usually dealing with killing some sort of beast or another. Because of this tradition, the weak have slowly been killed out of their society, leaving them genetically cleansed. They are often too much for genetically engineered warriors, and I'm talking about your common Esclen potter or farmer. Bad ass.

Oh, important, they're in a war right now. And by now I mean, were, but... it's explained at the end of ZIst's history. They're fighting these guys called the Mor.

Age: 26

Height: 5’11”

Eye color/shape: He has pale purple irises which are not too uncommon for his race. His eyes are long, narrow and slightly slanted. Esclens typically have a vague exotic look to them and Zist is no exception. His eyes' narrowness gives them an insolent, cocky air which is definitely true of Zist's personality.

Hair color/style: His hair is dark with a slight bluish tinge. It is cropped short with the front of his hair slightly longer than the back and swooshed out of his face.

Face specifics: Zist's face is to the longer side with a well defined jaw line, narrow chin and strong cheek bones. His lips are one of his most stand out features, looking like they were stolen from a greek statue. They have a grace and charm that makes his every lip twitch, smirk and grin glow. His nose is very straight, especially at a profile. It stops at a point, giving it somewhat of an impish character and his nostrils are narrow yet well defined. His brows sit close to his eyes and his eyebrows are slick, expressive and dark.

Body specifics: Zist is built like a male gymnast. His Veile (school of combat) focuses on agility, stealth and speed to hunt beasts so Zist can not afford to be bulky or top heavy. He is very well toned, no muscle ignored.

History:
On Escles, the social pyramid sorta sucks. On the top, you have the king, under him the noble families, under them, the workers. Esclens are very focused on their own breeding and therefore social mobility is pretty much impossible. Bad blood is bad blood. So lucky for Zist, he was born into a noble family, the Rukin. Esclens are polygamists, especially the wealthy. Zist's father had 16 wives, who, in typical Esclen fashion, don't give birth to single babies but always multiple babies at a time. These two facts would lead one to assume Zist had many brothers and sisters but somehow, beyond all odds, all his siblings were girls. Somehow, Zist's dad had 26 daughters and no sons until Zist arrived. When Zist was born, he was treated like a miracle. All through his childhood he was spoiled and practically worshipped. This gave him an ego at a very young age, and he developed a love for misbehaving. Once he attended school, he was the class clown. As he grew, he latched onto anything controversial and took the least popular point of view for the sake of it being provokative. He was an asshole. Not only that, Zist pulled one of the biggest no-nos a young Esclen male can pull. His noble family, the Rukin, traditionally attended the Veile Rousa. Rousa was a hunting style that was largely dependent on brute force. Zist opted, however, to join the Rousa's rival school, Telaine, which focused on the exact opposite, sneakiness. This was an outrage. Within the Telaine, people were split between hating Zist and loving Zist. He formed a gang of friends who found his charisma and rebelliousness intoxicating. He also formed a lot of enemies, one being a young man named Henoire who's family was known as being the most talented Telaine ever. Zist, despite being a jackass was extremely talented and found himself in a heated rivalry with Henoire that almost resulted in them killing each other. They were punished by being handcuffed together and thrown into the Esclen forest. At first, all the two could think about was killing the other and chopping off his hand, but the dangers of the forest soon required that they work together. They became chummy, then really buddy buddy, then Henoire realized he loved Zist, Zist got creeped out then stung by some mysterious pit beast.... the ending goes Henoire saved Zist's life and the two fell in love. D'aww. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Zist's life, Zist had an odd friendly relationship going on with the Esclen King. Zist was introduced to the king at a gathering when he was some 15 years old. They king became very interested in him and had Zist visit him at his summer palace and... sleep with his wives. That Zist did not interpret this as some sort of warning sign, I don't know. Anyway, turns out the king was obsessed with him, but Zist loved Henoire and this love was officially triangle. Once Zist and Henoire graduated from the Telaine Veile with flying colors, they were shipped to the front line to fight in the war. Being top tier Telaine, the two boys made excellent assassins and Zist ended up killing the leader of the bad guys. Unfortunately, this left his wacky son in charge, and said wacky son became obsessed with finding his father's murderer. Now flash back to the Esclen king, who wanted Zist's ass. Henoire went on a secret mission and the king had his cronies leak Henoire's location to the baddies. Henoire was captured and then tortured by the baddies new leader and it was uncovered that Zist was the specific assassin responsible for his father's death. Henoire was then killed, packed in a box and mailed to the Esclen where Zist died inside. Just died. The two guys were like two halves of a whole. They loved each other more than anything and Zist could not handle Henoire dying. The king allowed him to leave the front lines and mourn... then tried to bust some moves on him. Bad fucking timing. Needless to say, Zist didn't react well to this and spent most of his time locked in a room trying not to sob uncontrollably. Now this history is already far too long so let me sum things up here. The Esclens were not fairing too well in the war. It was the king's job to decide if they fight or surrender and despite the fact that losing is immanent, that Esclens would rather die than say uncle. Needless the say, the baddy leader was pretty much obsessed with destroying Zist at this point so he turned some spies onto figuring what Zist was about. They uncover the king's creepy infatuation and it dawns on the baddy leader that maybe, just maybe, he could use Zist to convince the king to surrender. Zist was abducted, the king was told that if he doesn't surrender Zist dies and if he does surrender, Zist will be exiled from Escles and no one would hurt him. Well, the king sucked and went for the later option. Zist was flung out to a random planet, his world loses the war, his family and friends are slaughtered, the Esclens are enslaved... yeah. SHIT STORM!


Personality: As you can tell from Zist's excessively long history, his life was recently fucked up. He was left traumatized, depressed, broken and dysfunctional. Believing suicide would be a win for the bad guys, Zist has found an alternative which makes living bearable. Drugs. They shut out his long term memory and make him happy. Sometimes too happy. It causes him to be rather obnoxious at times. Unfortunately for Zist, every morning when he wakes up, his memories and feelings return and he has a very dark hour of finding his viles, injecting things into his neck and waiting for the effects to kick in. It is very important that you do not interact with Zist in the morning. Once he is drugged up, he's not unlike his old school days self. That is he's a trouble making, vain, cocky, horny, manipulative, humorous, risky, risque, sneaky, charismatic, energetic, nosey, crude, hungry, cruel, gleefully violent, anti-establishment, rebellious, demanding, charming, seductive, clever, witty, attention seeking, boisterous, insolent, open minded, two-faced and an asshole. Behold my adjectives! He isn't a bad guy, despite all those negative descriptors. Morally speaking he's a lover of underdogs and will defend the weak and misused. One of the most important aspects of Zist's personality is his lust for control. Zist basically needs control, not just in his day to day relations with people but in his sex life most definitely. When conversing with Zist, he needs to be the witty driver of the conversation. If someone is being snarky with him he sees it as an act of war and will out snark you. He will own the convo. Like wise, Zist is bi but he would never ever be in a submissive situation. He finds dominating personalities a real turn off. He especially finds men larger then him a turn off. Despite his love for control, he hates the idea of ever forcing himself on anyone. Yo see, he wants emotional control, he wants to make people want him. Seduction is as fun to him as the sex, which, might I add, he has a hard time getting. Being exiled from his people and being, well, POISONOUS, he has to get a lot done with his hands, and he's fine with that, 'cause what is foreplay but control? It works for him. So that all being said, he's basically a hilarious sexy asshole running from his past.

Sexual preference: Bisexual all the way. I'll even venture to say he's pansexual. However, since he uses sex for control, if you're bigger, stronger or in anyway more talented than him, he'll be turned off. Hell, he probably wont even like you in general.

Relations: The baddies specifically hunted his relations and murdered them. The baddie leader is a fucking A.

Abilities: He is death. He has been trained to kill people before they know he's there. Dexterous, precise, he can twirl around like a gymnast, creep like a ninja, kill you in a thousand different ways that will knock you down before you can even fully grasp what's happening. Even if he is caught, which is unlikely, his kicks will snap your neck and he's so fast and silent it's like fighting a shadow. He does indulge in a straight out brawl now and then, but is equally deadly even if he's standing right in front of you, announcing that he's going to kick your ass. The Esclen weapon of choice is a long flexible spear. He has a special non traditional spear he purchased after his exile that is collapsable. It initially looks like a long serrated blade dagger, but then the shaft unfolds and it's some 9 feet long.