hi! heres week 2, thought id post a ref sheet for one of my favorite characters! hope its up to snuff, i tried to make it look nice. i hope youre having a lovely day! ill see yall next week c: ♡
"Second Chance is a 26yr old rivira (water elemental cat), previously one of the beloved leaders of Kalida, one of the last Rivren cites in Ryokai. He wore a suit of fine fendite cloth, and an aketon cuirass over it.
Hes nearly blind, and very clumsy, but despite his intimidating scars, hes very kind, and devotes his all to his people, vowing to bring them up out of subjugation.
He plays the flute, can bend water, and wanders the Ryokai desert in secret, with his friends. He carries twin daggers, though he isnt any good with them anymore. His main strength in diplomacy and wit.. He seeks allies and lost rivira, so that he may someday bring the water people back to their former glory."
Backstory:
"Some found it humorous to see one of the Kalida magistrate in commoner's aketon, but most found the fearful chieftan endearing.. He was humble, never saw himself above anyone. A cat of the people, ready to defend his people from the enemy fire.. personally, if need be.
One day, he proved it, when he went to intercept one of the fire country's caravan's with his platoon.. the same day his worst fears came true, learning it was an ambush. He thought he could at least salvage the mission by checking the caravan's package, only to realize it was a massive pack of explosives. It went off, and he was right next to it.
He was killed instantly, along with a few of his men.. it wouldve been his last mistake, if not for the fact a close friend of his being an enchantress, whom he often vented his fears to. She blessed him to survive one lethal blow.. but itd be at the cost of two of his greatest strengths, being his acuity and perception
He survived, but half his body was badly burned, he was nearly blind and deaf, permanently disoriented, and unconscious.. if not for his cousin and best friend carrying him off the battlefield, he wouldve never woken up. But wake he did.. to the burning of his town.
The caravan had been a distraction, to pull away the most able of the leaders.. they could not get back in time to help. Despair set in for Ponte.. but he had no time to mourn, for the fire country was hot on his tail.. They had divided his group, the only chance that some of them to escape.
Ponte and his best friend were backed into a corner.. his cousin hands him a rare teleportation stone, and tells him to teleport, far away.. he knows he will do more with his life than most. they hug in a tearful embrace as the soldiers close in, and ponte teleports far away.
He wakes outside a village his family had visited when he was small.. vowing to make the most of his second chance, and save his people."
