#rikrik

Full name: Rik. Just Rik. Hoping to become Rik Rik someday though.

Age: 17.

Hair color: Light copper red.

Eye color: Light grey.

Skin color: Blueish grey.

Race: Troll, Zandalari

Class: Rogue.

Specialization: Assassination.

Professions: Engineering, Alchemy.

Accent (if any): General troll Zandali accent, also his speech is strongly influenced by Hozen language. Speaks Zandali and Hozen, is learning Orcish from Oomie.

Height: 6,5 feet (around 2m). Yet as an alchemist he often messes with potions of growth (to increase his combat potential) and shrinking potions (when he is around Oomie and she is not in need of protection), so his size may vary a lot.

Tattoos: Permanent - none atm. Yet he regularly puts on hozen tribal face painting (red stripes).

Piercings: Has upper parts of both of his ears pierced (three rings in each of them); wears an earing shaped as the Hozen idol in his right ear while a small quiver with poisoned darts for his blowpipe is attached to the earing in his left ear.

Birthmarks: None, yet has freckles all over his face, chest and shoulders.

Disfigurements: None.

Scars: Has many from his complicated childhood, yet they are small and almost unnoticeable.

"Look at da sky, shortie. Da stars be so blikkin' beautiful today. Tomorrow be a good day to become a loa..."

"Yer not gonna die tomorrow, ye stupid murlock! Nor any time soon, or else I'll find ye there an' mind blast the hell out of yer spirit ass! Tsk!"

She kept silent for a while, but then wispered desperately:

"Ye know it's not yer battle, don'cha, Rik? Yer a Zandalari, goddamit! Not a Horde. Not a Hozen."

"Dat matter not. What matters is dat tomorrow my forest brethern will need my help. And ah will let dem have it, and grook all the ookin' wikkets ah can, or get grooked myself."

The thing that really irritates me lately is that I don't seem to be able to keep Rik in character while drawing him. He seems just way too calm, kind and patient. Well, in fact sometimes he really is, but only when Oomie is around. He had quite a hard childhood with everyone mocking and mistreating him for his height (he's more than a head lower than an average Zandalary), skinny body and inability to do magic, so after he had been exiled, to leave all those painful memories behind, he behaves as nasty and arrogant as a 17-year old teenager could be. He had been accepted by Hozens, after all, and treated as an equal, which basically means he is much of a monkey himself. He is boasty and loud, he loves fights (mostly when he is winning, of course), fame and glory (and is looking for troubles every day, as his dream is to earn a name RikRik), he adopted Hozen language as quickly as he could, as he was sure that it makes him look cool. If you look deeper into his soul, he is still hurt, vulnerable and insecure, but there's no way he is showing it to somebody exept the ones he loves.

“Jus’ put me down already, or I swear yer gonna regret it!”

“I not be lettin’ ya to no ookin’ Orgrimmar siege, mon. Why should I care ‘bout da wickets ya Horde be to me? No matter who dem leader be, dem still be bunch of cowards an’ traitors. I be risking no more important persons gettin’ grooked for ikkin’ reasons. Now stop dooking around an’ get dis florkin’ idea out of ya head!”

“I couldn’ care less about Garrosh, ye stupid murloc! Horde an’ Alliance, both swarmin’ the Durotar… The population of durotar scorpions is at risk of becomin’ ENDANGERED!!”

Oomie is my goblin priest, overly obsessed with D.E.H.T.A. ideals and wildlife protection.

Rik is my young Zandalari troll rogue, exiled from his tribe in Pandaria, who happened to join the Forest Hozens in Jade Forest some time before the Horde landed in Pandaria and became allies with them. Being raised by Zandalari, he can't help but be wary towards the Horde, this feeling turning into contempt after seeing all the evil deeds and sha-infection its people brought to Jade Forest, watching his hozen brothers die for nothing under the war banners of the Horde. Oomie herself is not patriotic as well, hardly interested in politics and faction pride as long as it doesn't harm the animals around.