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04-21-2014, 06:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2014, 06:30 AM by Sai.)
Username: Sai
Name: Gaius Axius
Species: Human
Color: Steel
Description: Somewhat squat for a thief, Axius was a barrel chested, broad-shouldered man who stood a full hand shorter than average for his people. He otherwise appeared as a typical man of Mechana would, with skin that would naturally be a deep brown rendered a sallow tan from lack of sunlight and sunken grey eyes over an Aquiline nose. His dark hair was generally unkempt, and lined with streaks of premature white. His mouth was almost always covered by the grey-blue scarf that had become the signature piece of his outfit. It covered both all the flesh of his face below his nose and the metal of his artificial lower jaw. A contraption made up of exposed gears, redundant sets of wiring, and steel teeth that barely fit into the bite of his living ones, its presence explained Axius’s taciturn nature.
Otherwise, he wore the soot stained cast offs common to the factory workers of his city, whose material made up in thickness what it lacked in comfort. He tended to wear a cloak as well which, while hardly comfortable over already heavy clothing, covered the tools of his trade. On a bandolier across his chest he wore a variety of instruments, each corresponding to one of the many models of locks that were used across his city. On his left side, he wore a set of handcuffs, spikes, a coil of wire, and a dagger, which was the only obvious weapon on his form. On his right side, he wore the Bag.
Abilities: While Axius was a master of sleight of hand and more knowledgeable in the inner workings of locks than many of the men that designed them, what truly separated him from the other rogues of the cities was the Bag. Though physically small, its ability to store objects was seemingly endless, provided that no other object of the same type were inside of it. This curiosity almost defined the Bag - indeed, any duplicate of an object that the Bag already held that was placed inside of it would disappear and never be recoverable. Additionally, the Bag held some items that should not have been able to fit inside of it, as well as a few things it seemed to be able to create on its own - a list which would consistently update with everything that the Bag held and, when placed near another container, a list which would show any objects that the Bag and the nearby container had in common. Finally, as long as Axius knew which object he desired, he was always able to draw it from the Bag as soon as he reached inside of it.
Axius was not the first owner of the Bag. Originally developed in Elekron, one of Mechana’s rival city states, it had passed through the hands of engineers, students, and eventually soldiers before it found its way to Axius, each of whom had added their own contributions to its growing collection of odds and ends. Over the years since Axius had acquired it, its contents have developed to the point that just about anything he could have thought to use can be drawn from its endless depths.
Biography: Axius's tale began like that of many other slum runners. Once a patriot of Mechana, the City of Gears, Axius was injured in the incessant warfare fought between the discipline divided city states. His lower jaw was crushed by the butt of an enemy rifle, and while the mechanical jaw that replaced it was sturdy enough to last for a lifetime, his inability to speak made the social interactions that govern civilized life much more difficult. That harsh combination of disillusionment of his city’s glory and an accustomization to violence led him naturally into a life of crime. With his natural dexterity and inability to betray his compatriots when captured, he managed to find respect and advancement in one of the branches of an intercity crime ring.
Though the ring was primarily focused on smuggling goods between the warring cities, their ability to access a wide variety of markets made them ideal fences as well, which in turn made any thefts they pulled off themselves easily profitable. Over the years, they developed a reputation for being able to sell just about anything. Axius soon found himself in the role of a procurer, tracking down unique items for his organization’s diverse clientele. He found the Bag as a result of one such job, stealing it from the heart of the laboratory where it was being studied. While escaping from the lab, he used the Bag to save his life from multiple maniacal mechanisms, jamming one with a wad of glue and blocking a bolt from another with a hastily drawn shield. Deciding that the Bag was too useful to give up, he paid off the client from his own savings and kept it with him ever since.
Name: Gaius Axius
Species: Human
Color: Steel
Description: Somewhat squat for a thief, Axius was a barrel chested, broad-shouldered man who stood a full hand shorter than average for his people. He otherwise appeared as a typical man of Mechana would, with skin that would naturally be a deep brown rendered a sallow tan from lack of sunlight and sunken grey eyes over an Aquiline nose. His dark hair was generally unkempt, and lined with streaks of premature white. His mouth was almost always covered by the grey-blue scarf that had become the signature piece of his outfit. It covered both all the flesh of his face below his nose and the metal of his artificial lower jaw. A contraption made up of exposed gears, redundant sets of wiring, and steel teeth that barely fit into the bite of his living ones, its presence explained Axius’s taciturn nature.
Otherwise, he wore the soot stained cast offs common to the factory workers of his city, whose material made up in thickness what it lacked in comfort. He tended to wear a cloak as well which, while hardly comfortable over already heavy clothing, covered the tools of his trade. On a bandolier across his chest he wore a variety of instruments, each corresponding to one of the many models of locks that were used across his city. On his left side, he wore a set of handcuffs, spikes, a coil of wire, and a dagger, which was the only obvious weapon on his form. On his right side, he wore the Bag.
Abilities: While Axius was a master of sleight of hand and more knowledgeable in the inner workings of locks than many of the men that designed them, what truly separated him from the other rogues of the cities was the Bag. Though physically small, its ability to store objects was seemingly endless, provided that no other object of the same type were inside of it. This curiosity almost defined the Bag - indeed, any duplicate of an object that the Bag already held that was placed inside of it would disappear and never be recoverable. Additionally, the Bag held some items that should not have been able to fit inside of it, as well as a few things it seemed to be able to create on its own - a list which would consistently update with everything that the Bag held and, when placed near another container, a list which would show any objects that the Bag and the nearby container had in common. Finally, as long as Axius knew which object he desired, he was always able to draw it from the Bag as soon as he reached inside of it.
Axius was not the first owner of the Bag. Originally developed in Elekron, one of Mechana’s rival city states, it had passed through the hands of engineers, students, and eventually soldiers before it found its way to Axius, each of whom had added their own contributions to its growing collection of odds and ends. Over the years since Axius had acquired it, its contents have developed to the point that just about anything he could have thought to use can be drawn from its endless depths.
Biography: Axius's tale began like that of many other slum runners. Once a patriot of Mechana, the City of Gears, Axius was injured in the incessant warfare fought between the discipline divided city states. His lower jaw was crushed by the butt of an enemy rifle, and while the mechanical jaw that replaced it was sturdy enough to last for a lifetime, his inability to speak made the social interactions that govern civilized life much more difficult. That harsh combination of disillusionment of his city’s glory and an accustomization to violence led him naturally into a life of crime. With his natural dexterity and inability to betray his compatriots when captured, he managed to find respect and advancement in one of the branches of an intercity crime ring.
Though the ring was primarily focused on smuggling goods between the warring cities, their ability to access a wide variety of markets made them ideal fences as well, which in turn made any thefts they pulled off themselves easily profitable. Over the years, they developed a reputation for being able to sell just about anything. Axius soon found himself in the role of a procurer, tracking down unique items for his organization’s diverse clientele. He found the Bag as a result of one such job, stealing it from the heart of the laboratory where it was being studied. While escaping from the lab, he used the Bag to save his life from multiple maniacal mechanisms, jamming one with a wad of glue and blocking a bolt from another with a hastily drawn shield. Deciding that the Bag was too useful to give up, he paid off the client from his own savings and kept it with him ever since.
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