Joseph - Human/Phoenix

[Relairah]

HUMAN/ANTHRO WORLDS CHARACTER

Name: Joseph
Nickname(s): Joe
Gender: Male
Race: Human/Phoenix
Sub-Race: Shapeshifter

Appearance~
Human Form: He has a tall, bulky build. His skin is darkly tanned. His hair is dark brown and longish. He usually wears black pants and black boots, and usually a black leather jacket with no shirt. When he does wear a shirt, its usually black or black with flames lining the base. As a human, he has no wings.
Markings: He has a blue-green tatoo of a fire ring on his left arm
Eyes: Golden, puppiless eyes, with orange edges
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185 lbs.
Amulet/Jewelry: He wears a necklace, chains being silver, and a tear-shaped ember on the end of it. The ember is red, and appears to be a burning stone coated in glass.
Bird Form: As a phoenix, he looks like your usual phoenix. Fiery colored feathers with huge fiery wings built in such a way that they appear to be aflame. He has bright golden eyes, and the same necklace hanging from around his fiery neck.

Personality: He has a temper, usually just with himself when he feels is isn't reaching his true potential, is bold, and goes after what he wants. He has his own way of doing things and is rather quick to judge. However, he is also friendly and has a tendency of helping others in bad situations. He also has a dry-humor side. He can be rather mischievous though knows how to be serious when the time calls for it.

Magic(s): Fire
-Spells:

• Transformation: Joseph can transform into a phoenix. He does not stay in this form for long, however since it drains lots of energy.
  
• Heat Ray: He can fire blasts of heat at opponents from random points on his body to protect himself.
  
• Balls of Fire: Rather self-explanatory, he can also create small balls of fire that have sort of a mind of their own - they can follow an oponent until they strike something or are out of Joseph's range.
  
• Simple Flame: With a snap of his fingers, Joseph can create a small tongue of flame which he can then use to light flamable material such as wood etc.
  
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Skills: He has skills with his sword and is also quite strong. He is adept at self-defense and some fighting styles.

Weapons: He carries a sword

Weaknesses: Water... he'll drink it and take a shower and whatnot but, its not something he just plays around with for fun. Thus, he rather hates storms.

Biography~

Age: 26

Family:
Father: Unknown though he has an adopted father, Melzar
Mother: Unknown
Siblings: None
Wife/Girlfriend: None
Children: None
Close Friends/Allies: None

History: As a young infant, Joseph was born into a poor family, living in the forest near a small village. They were farmers for a living, and took care of a little cottage and the little furnature and things inside it. Joseph was cared greatly for, but his parents worried about when he would get older. When Joseph was nearing his first birthday, his family and home were attacked, being burned to the ground by the men who raided through. They had also destroyed the nearby village, for the poor farmer had not paid his due taxes. Joseph's mother ran off into the forest, wanting to protect him however she was found and killed, though she had hidden Joseph away with a prayer in her still loving heart.

There, he lay, until he was weak from no food or water. He was then only a normal human being, and his cries were no longer heard as he was to weak to cry, and his throat was burned out from his cries before from hunger and fright. However, he was not entirely out of luck. Not far away, where his parents had once lived, a phoenix had chosen the spot to make her nest. However, when she went searching the forest, she happened to discover Joseph. She took pity on the infant she had found, and when it was time for her to pass on and give life to her offspring, instead she blessed Joseph with all of her phoenix magic, giving her life source to him, thus becoming part of him. His physical appearance changed slightly, his eyes once a dark brown now a fiery golden color, edged by orange. Also, as a mark of what happened, a blue-green tatoo of a fire ring appeared upon his left arm, never to be removed.

There he was, only a mere toddler, left there in the nest the phoenix had made. He stayed there, and it wasn't much longer until he was again to have good luck. A travelor was passing through the once forest, he having only the appearance of a poor wanderer. He found Joseph in that large nest and took him in, curious about the young boy's short yet large past, for he did take note to this boy's eyes and was curious. He took the boy with him, raising him, teaching him as a human being. However, he also taught him magic.

At the age of four, his foster-father, given the name Melzar discovered Joseph's fire magic. Joseph had already discovered it, but was hesitant and shy about it, rather unsure as it caused him to be weak using it at such a young age. However, when Melzar discovered Joseph's magic, he began to train the boy not only life, but magic. By the age of nine, Joseph had learned how to control his fire magic, and for his tenth birthday (that is being the day he was found in the forest by Melzar) he was given the necklace he wears. When his fingertips first touched the ember, it was filled with his fire magic, and Melzar told him, "No matter what happens, this ember will help you in the hardest of times."

By the age of fifteen, Joseph had proven to Melzar that he could be well off without having some sort of accident with his fire magic. He had learned about his ability to morph into a phoenix at the age of twelve, however, he was told never to morph unless necessary. One, so little attention was drawn to him, and two, as a phoenix, he used fire magic, and the longer he was in his phoenix form, the more energy he drained, and that could not be good. At last, at sixteen, he left Melzar, wishing him farewell and likewise from Melzar to Joseph, and Joseph went on his way.

He traveled far from his home where he had been raised with Melzar, learning much as he traveled. At last, he settled for the Coasts of Escavas, where he could easily leave if need be, could find good work as he did have skills with a sword, and also it was nice there by the constantly shifting waters. For he lived on a small house near the beach. At first, he had lived off the money Melzar had given him for his journey, but it did not take long for him to begin to earn his own money. Now he simply wanders around, doing what he will and wondering where his life will go.

Although he remembers little of his past before he met Melzar, he does still have dreams during the night of scenes of his past before Melzar. He questions them often, but no one so far has been able to explain them, thus he usually keeps them to himself.[/color]