Race: Leshy
Age: 87
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Disguised:
In his disguised form, he appears to be a young man around 30 years old, with short pale hair and tanned skin. His face is angular and fierce, as if he’s always looking for something to kill.
In his true form his features are similar, however his bony appearance is more striking. His skin is replaced with a thick brown bark, and his now mossy green hair flows back, almost to the ground. Two antler-like branches protrude from his head, sprouting leaves, flowers or buds depending on the time of year. His clawed hands and forearms are much larger than a human's, as are his lower legs and feet, with toes resembling roots.
Skills: Alder has a variety of skills and abilities
Agility – He is very agile, particularly in forests and similar environments.
Combat – Alder dual wields curved silvered daggers and has a selection of throwing knives to match. He always carries garlic bulbs, a hammer and stake, and salt in case of other undead types.
Floramancy – A magic practice favoured by the Leshiye, focusing on the manipulation of plants of all types. Alder can control this aspect of nature to a high degree and, technically being a plant himself, can alter his own shape and use his body as a weapon.
Illusion – He can play with light to create illusions. This is how he disguises himself to appear human.
Leshy physiology – Leshiye are a race of sentient humanoid tree like beings. The type that Alder belongs to live for about 250 years, and are very secretive. They function in a similar way to trees, they digest food like humans but also rely on soil and photosynthesis. Their bark-like skin is a very strong natural armour, however they highly vulnerable to fire and frost
Personality: Alder shows little interest in almost everyone, and is not what you would call sociable. He’s reclusive and suspicious. He’s not what you’d call nice either – it seems he doesn’t care for helping others at all, and only hunts undead because he views them as wrong and unnatural.
This viewpoint is from his upbringing; Leshiye strongly believe in a ,'correct' way of nature which does not allow for cheating or playing with death. As such they view this as the most terrible crime, and have a strong disdain for undead and necromancy.
History: The grove in which Alder's village stood was routed out by vampires when he was only a sapling. Having lost everyone he knew, he spent the next few decades of his life training himself to hunt these creatures, until one day he finally set out for revenge. With the advantage of the forest, He ambushed them as they slept in the day and slaughtered them mercilessly.
Since then he has become a travelling hunter of undead beings and necromancers, moving from forest to forest.