Nickname
Age
22
Gender
Male
Race
Human
Appearance
Damien is a slim, yet muscular, toned young man of average height; with dark brown skin. He has rather messy black hair, which almost reaches down to his shoulders, along with some strands pointing upwards on top of his head and a prominent tuft obscuring most of his forehead. His hair is later brushed to the right side of his face covering up his right eye. He has slanted dark eyes, and above the right one is a large diagonal scar, that comes down from above his eyebrow and down to his jaw. His left ear is adorned with an earring which, in itself, is attached to by a prominent metal pendant.
Personality
Damien exhibits a strong sense of survival and self-interest. While on the surface he is callous, cynical and sarcastic, with loyalty only to himself, he does seem to have deeper feelings for a few of his contacts: Atticus, the Assassin of the Order that recruited and trained him; Basil the Boxman, a fellow thief; Katy, his fence. In extreme cases this seems to extend to even to past antagonistic women such as Imani, although that may be a result of Damien’s own self-interest. Damien also exhibits a strong sense of professional pride as a thief: he usually refuses to kill while on the job, saying that he's a thief, not a murderer, but if faced with a choice of his life or the opponent, he will put his training as an assassin to use.
Background
A cynical master thief who wishes nothing more than to be left alone to steal in peace, but who unwittingly becomes embroiled in a series of epic events. Choosing to be a thief simply because it is what he enjoys, and even when he is dangerously close to crossing a threshold where he would go against his own code of ethics; he strays back to what he loves to do every time. Damien lost his parents due to his father having a serious gambling problem. Not being able to pay back his debt, he was hunted down, and killed in front of both Damien and his mother. The latter being sold into prostitution; and Damien left orphaned as a child. Damien spent his youth on the streets surviving, living alone, picking pockets and running messages to, 'keep [his] ribs from meeting [his] spine'. In the occasion getting caught and chased throughout the streets, if ever apprehended he would suffer some of the worse beatings he had ever experienced. He saw a man walking on the street as people, 'just passed him by like he wasn't there'. Thinking the man had some valuables he decided to make a grab. He was caught, and Atticus, impressed with his ability to see a Order, offered young Damien a new life. He was given initial training in the arts of stealth and subterfuge practiced by the Order, displaying an extraordinary skill in perception. Not showing much compassion to his enemies and friends on some occasions. However, he quickly rose among the order of the assassins at a young age using his skills. He was devoted to the order and its interests, focusing on nothing else. Damien grew up rebellious, arrogant and overconfident, forgetting about the rules of the order and thrill of the hunt. But as Damien progressed, he started to be wise, observant and enjoys the thrill of finding his own target as opposed to sending people to do his job for him. Though he found satisfaction in this life, he grew empty and bored with trivial killings, for what Old Men thought was righteous and just. He would stage his death during on his missions and fall of the radar. He would begin his new trade as thief, seeking a new form of thrill, creating his own tenants, and finding more of a challenge to not kill during his jobs. In doing this, found that it was not just much more profitable to make use of his skills as a thief but also much more exhilarating.
In his youth (teen years) he obtained a large scar that runs down one side of his face, the result of old love, Imani, plucking out his right eye after being caught with another woman. This slowed down his abilities an made him have to go into a hiatus, for a year. Rehabilitating his body, and training himself physically and mentally to work around his disability. At age twenty, now fully recuperated and back on the scene working as an independent thief in Fovoham, Damien steals an expensive scepter from a Lord. He took the job to only give himself a name in the area, and also to fund his next job to break into the Forvoham prison to spring his fence (who eventually dies while still in prison due to his failed attempt). Shortly after this thugs working for the local Warden, Gabriel, attempt to kill Damien for nonpayment of tribute. Damien turns the tables, escaping and going on to humiliate Gabriel by looting his mansion, even going on to rob the local thieves’ guild. This brazen display of skill attracts the attention of Christina, a somewhat mysterious independent fence. She contracts Damien to steal a magical sword from the eccentric nobleman, Alfonse. He succeeds, gaining not only substantial reward but also his moniker, Silent Shadow, as well as Christina as his new fence.
Recently Damien posed as servant in castle Duran, planning to steal the valuables of the visiting Lords and make a profit off them in the black market, but he ended up changing his plans upon hearing of the King’s challenge to grant his heir to whomever could seek out and retrieve three of five mysterious relics. Such a task was an everyday thing for Damien, and he could imagine a substantial reward for achieving such a task. He quickly relinquished his guise, and returned to his hideout, making plans on how to retrieve the artifacts.
Skills
Proficient with a bow (short and long)
Proficient with dual short swords
Proficient with daggers
Weapons/tools
- Short Bow
Two Short Swords (Wazikashi)
Dagger
Belt with Throwing Knives (10x)
Grappling hook
Vial of Paralysis Poison (for coating weapons): It creates a numbing sensation in the area of contact, through cut, it enters the blood stream. In one post, it causes immediate area to numb and become hard to use (i.e if hit in the hand, the fingers become numb, by second post the hand looses feeling and is paralyzed). Multiple injections, can cause speedy effects and increase the radius. Eventually the effect would reach the whole body if gone untreated, it is non-fatal toxin even if the full body was afflicted.
Arrows
Rags
Vial of Liquid Pig Fat
Strengths
Knowledgeable with traps/poison making
Master Thief
Skilled in Espionage
Acrobatic/agility
A tolerant to his own poison
Weakness
Below Average Strength
Light weight (can be knocked down or overpowered)
Cannot fight, and would flee, if fighting more than two opponents
Username
Xaumeric.
