Verrail Shang

Subject: Verrail Shang Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:31 am

|BASICS|

Name: Verrail Shang
Age: 28
Birthplace: Fire Nation Capital
Current Residence: Dark Nation
Rank: Bender, Fire Nation nobility, Colonel of the Fire Nation Army
Element: Fire, Lightning

Pets: His stallion "Storm", will get his own thread

Weapons:
A curved longsword by the name of "Bluetongue" that his brother gave him when he became a Lieutenant, with a very fine blade, mostly to enforce his bending with it. The hilt of the sword has some very fine golden inlays, and at the end of the hilt, there sits a saphire the size of a walnut. Silvery inlays on the blade show the dragon of the House Shang on the one side of the blade, and the polardog on the other side.

Family:

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Birthday: 17th July
Blood type: AB-
Hobbies: reading and writing poetry, playing pai sho, drawing/sketching, fire bending practice, horseback-riding

Quirks:
Verrail carries a set of small, horizontally running burning scars alongside his right thorax, as if small streams of fire had touched him while he tried to evade them and moved in a circular way.
Like most of the Shangs, he has a rather trained, broad figure and still strangely catlike movements. Also he has deep blue eyes, like his mother, who is from the Southern Water Tribe.

Character Theme: Unstoppable - E.S. Posthumus

|APPEARANCE|

Hair: He wears his deep black hair long, tied to a ponytail in action, but open on most other occasions. It shows almost no waves, being close to completely straight.
His luxuriant beard is always very well trimmed. Verrail is a man who takes care of his appearance and knows of the power of a strong demeanour, and that shows in his always well tended hair and beard.

Eyes: Like his mother, Verrail has piercing eyes of the deepest, clearest blue. They seem to be able to go right through his opponent at times, but they can also sparkle with amusement. There is not too much warmth in there, though, like many people of the water tribe, Verrail has clear, rather cool eyes, more ice than fire.

Height: Verrail is the shortest of his set of brothers, but he is still rather tall, all Shang men are. He stands at 1,85m and with that has the average of a fire nation soldier.

Clothes:
Verrail likes expensive, beautiful garments. He likes to take care of his appearance, to appear as a sophisticated, cultivated, still young man.

On duty, he proudly either wears shining armour (in battle) or the typical, red, gold and black garments of the Fire Nation Army with the badges of a Colonel. Off duty however, he prefers light garments of silk and linnen. He has good taste, but he is no dandy, his family would never allow that and he has too much style for that.
Skin: Verrail has clear, but rough skin due to his serving in the military and spending a lot of time outside. Besides the five burning scars that go over the right side of his thorax in a horizontal way, he has no outstanding scarring. The one or other small cut or bruise is still always there, since he trains a lot. His hands are rough, used to fighting with his hand-and-a-half sword, and the inner sides of his thighs show that he is a skilled horseman.

Body Type:
Verrail might be smaller than his brothers Rozan and Terzan and even smaller than his brother Nuran, who has not chosen a military career, but he for sure is broader than they all are. His shoulders tell from the extraordinary strength he has, despite his lack of height - compared to his tall brothers.
He is very well trained, with a slim waist, strong legs and back, and even stronger arms. Like most of the Shang family members, he moves very agile, somehow cat-like, and smooth.

Image:
Verrail Shang Knight12

|CHARACTERISTICS|

Personality:
Verrail is a calm, self-controlled man. He likes to think rational, tactical, but although he enjoys the art of a soldier, he is also very enthusiastic about the polite arts. He has a good way around society, being a very diplomatic man, and other than his brother Rozan, he knows when to keep his mouth shut, or just smile, nod, and leave.

However, he is also a very passionate man. He has lost his first love to another man, when he lost an agni kai, and he has never quite recovered. The shame faded with his military honours increasing, but the pain of love never vanished. He sometimes sees a woman he might be interested in, but he only takes those women to his bed that he has absolutely no feelings for. The ones who are interesting or intriguing to him he evades, careful to not be hurt again. Also he sometimes loses his confidence when around a very interesting, beautiful woman.
He loves with passion, and had he an enemy, he would also hate with passion. Sometimes the intensity of his feelings clouds his judgement. Other than the waterbender his mother is, Verrail can not use his emotions to make his bending stronger, he is rather held back by them. The turmoil of fire and water in the lines of heritage show in Verrail like in any of the Shang children.

Verrail also can be quite charismatic, making him a good leader, and although he sometimes loses sight of the one man due to keeping control over the bigger picture, he cares for his men. Other than Rozan, he does not socialize with them in a manner not appropriate for a nobleman, but he does communicate with them, listen to their problems and gives them the feeling that their commanding officer is one of them.

Personal Strengths:
Good leader, decent drawer, very self-controlled, good fighter, good taste when it comes to appearances, very loyal

Personal Weaknesses:
Sometimes too passionate, can lose his calmth on behalf of his feelings; sometimes loses the touch with the individuals under his command due to looking at the bigger picture too intensely, afraid to fall in love again and therefore shuts himself off from women he might care about, can lay too much weight on appearances rather than looking at the actual virtues, sometimes a lack of compassion

Personal Hero: his father, the Fire Lord, General Cao Cao

Dreams and Ambitions:
Become a High General of the Fire Nation Army, and bring a lot of honour and power to his country and his family

Likes:

his family members, even Rozan, with whom he often disagrees
a nice garment and the feeling of being clean and orderly
being in the military: honour, fighting, strength and courage
to look at a beautiful woman, even if he won't dare talk to her
the polite arts: music, poetry, pai sho, and paintings

Dislikes:

The feeling of guilt he has towards Rozan for getting his brother severly burnt these many years past and therefore getting him afraid of fire, his natural element
being pushed in a corner
not being taken seriously, being treated as if he had no honour because of the agni kai he lost
disorder, disloyalty, dishonour, cowardice
spinach - he never liked that vegetable

Brief History:
WIP

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