Nikel

[&]Name/Alias:Alex
[&]Age:32
[&]Experience:Many and varied
[&]How You Found Us?:Wolfdancer Alt
[&]Member Title: Weaponmaster


[&]Full Name:Nikel
[&]Soul Name: N/A
[&]Tribe:Go Back
[&]Age:Elder/Methuselah
[&]Gender:Male
[&]Status: Off training.

[&]List Of Personality:A veteran of more battles, wars, duels, and other assorted fights against more types of critters then most can imagine. He shares his knowledge of weapons, and often trains his younger tribemates with their weapons. But he's been fighting so long it's hard to get close to him...hard to get truly close. He doesn't turn people away...but it's hard to get his attention away from his 'toys.' Unlike many elves, he fights with a shield. He spend much of his free time solving puzzles.

He has...issues, however. For one, he is oldest by far in the tribe, and there are problems relating to those who've simply not seen what he has, lived through what he has. He attempts to join the dances and feasts of his kin, but he's always a little out of sync...in part, because even his dancing always looks like he's fighting something, but because his sense of fun is...damaged. He continues trying because of a promise made to his fallen family in the palace. He must keep his word, even when it's hard. Perhaps, especially while it's hard.

He's also eternally intrigued that Sonia, many, many times his junior, seems to be able to protect a tribe...keep it safe, despite necessarily not having anything close to a fraction of his experience. What is she doing, what did Allegro do before her...what are they doing they keeps people safe that all his endless training couldn't teach him? He even worries if he should correct their strategies when he sees flaws...and often he does. After all, what has he accomplished? They're succeeding. He failed. What right has he to fix them? And what's going to happen to his heart, anyway? His previous families specifically told him to 'bring a 4th family back to see them'...but he at least considers himself damaged goods, though whether he actually is is up to any individual tribemate.

He is learning, slowly, day by day, to try to relate to people who are simply generationally removed from him, for despite his age, they all look the same...save perhaps his eyes, which are the only visible sign of his far greater age. Such was the peril, or privilege, of immortality.

[&]Skills other than Sending?:
Sword:Superb
Spear:Good
Bow:Excellent
Boomerang:Average
Chain Grapple:Very Good
Fire Use/Torches:Average
Slingshot:Average
Riding:Good
Magic Resistance:Average
Mounted Archery:Very Good
Shield Use:Excellent
Finding Weaknesses:Excellent
Puzzle Solving:Good

[&]Likes/Dislikes:
Likes:
+Weapons: All of them.
+Puzzles: It's how he spends his time when he's not fighting.
+Studying: It's how he's survived this long...studying the habits of humans,
trolls, beasts of every kind...so he'd know what to do with any given one of them.
Dislikes:
-Peacetime:He feels he can't operate to his full potential in times of peace.
-Boredom:It's why he occupies his time with puzzles or study. Always improving
-Small Talk:He'll only do it if he's also doing something else, like training

[&]Family:
Mother:Tania (long deceased)
Father:Ralan (long deceased)
Lovemates:Rene (long deceased), Dalia (long deceased), Ralia (long deceased)
Children:Rahk (long deceased), Tala (long deceased), Reym (long deceased)

[&]History: (At least a paragraph.)
He was not born the way he'd later become. At first, he was a young warrior, green as any. Rambuctious as any. As eager for the maidens as any. But life taught him a new path...a path that would become the Eternal Warrior's Curse.

When he was young, he and his first lovemate, Rene, had their first child, Rahk. At this point, he was only a good warrior, not the peerless one he would later become. The Trolls attacked one day, and while he survived that battle, Rene did not. Neither did Rahk, only a fawn at the time. He thought that if only he were a better warrior, he could've saved them. And he went on a training spree, the first of many. (50)

A century(!!) later, he finally felt he was ready to try this whole 'love' thing again. And that's when Dalia entered his life, and 6hey even had a daughter, Tala. (150)

For about 200 years. Then the humans attacked this time, and Dalia and Tala both were ended in that battle, experienced warriors though they were at that point. He decided he needed further training. (350)

He realized he needed more training, and ended up training with the trolls for nearly 2 and a half centuries.(600)

That's when Two Edge found him. He ended up training with Two Edge for two centuries. Two Edge made most of his weapons, including the unique chain grapple.(900)

Then he wandered the world, training agains beasts and humans both.(1150).

By the time he got back to the Lodge, he still had all that stuff Two Edge gave him, and...decided to give this whole love thing one more shot. And it was Ralia who won him over. And they had a son, Reym. And they were happy together for a solid 2 centuries more. (1350)

About then, the mountain trolls launched another attack. But Nikel was well ready for them. And the Trolls knew him, too. Two of the Go Backs slain were Ralia and Reym. His anger at failing again was without equal, and he chased the mountain trolls down...(1550)

(1562:Palace returns.)

At this point, he decided he needed more knowledge then the trolls alone could teach him. He traveled, using the Palace, to learn the ways of battle from other tribes. Starting with And then he wandered again, and got to Ember's tribe. And this time, the Palace picked him up. And then he went to her sire. (1625)

For another century, he studied under Cutter's swordsmanship, and Strongbow's archery. Cutter wasn't sure he'd learned ANYTHING important. And now the Palace was in route to take him back to the Lodge.(1725)

On the way home...he learned something else about the Palace. Notably...every elf who loses their husk joins with the palace. Meeting his slain familes, they made him promise to try to love again in a send.(1726)

He returned to the Lodge, and took up training the younger Go Backs as the primary Weapon Trainer. (1750)

He often wandered around the lodge, finding it difficult to interact with people who were at best a third of his age, but forcing himself to try. He occupied time with hunting. (1800)

In recent times, he'd been exploring the Dark Holes, tough enough to survive them. But then he returned to find a new problem... (Present)

[&]Often seen wearing:
He has a special red tunic made out of flame resistant material he learned about from troll smiths. (It's how they manage to not burn themselves when they use the forge.) He always has his sword and shield on him, and usually has the chain grapple and the bow. He stores the other weapons for times he thinks they'll be needed.

[&]Hair:Blonde
[&]Eyes:Blue
[&]Picture: (Optional. Small size, please.)

[&]Bonded animal: N/A.

Any other information:
An elf accustomed to sorrow...with LOTS of toys.