Ikezialthion "Nightfall" Midas the IV

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((okay so I should be working on some other posts, but I was struck with strange and sudden inspiration. So...here is the result. Beware ye nobles! Nightfall is after ye bounties!))


Name: Ikezialthion “Nightfall” Midas the IV

Age: 21

Race: Human

Appearance:

Ike is pretty normal when it comes to looks. He has blonde and warm brown eyes. There is some innocent and childlike about his looks and his incredibly wide smile. As serious as he tries to be he still seems to be a kid. His skin is a normal pallor, if not leaning on the pale side due to his night owl tendencies. Average height for a man of his age at about 5’10” and not incredibly strong. He’s not out of shape or overweight…he’s just no athlete. Despite his attempts at acrobatics and leaping from rooftop to rooftop. Ike simply sleeps and drinks too much to keep up such muscle needed for that activity. He also has a crooked nose. Not from one break, but many. There have been many times where he has fallen flat on his face. His face also has numerous little cuts and scars. Many of them from dagger practice. There are few bones in his body that have not been broken, and yet Ike still hates any sight of blood.

His attire is also pretty normal…at least on the outside. Ike loves dressing in all black. Having a black cloak and a black cape (looks awesome for an assassin), black gloves, black leather boots, black pants and black tunic. He thinks it helps him blend in with shadows and looks awesome, but he gets hot during the day and definitely stands out then. Strapped to his gloves are poisoned needles, just a scratch from them will knock out a full grown man (remember the numerous broken noses?). He has tried to make a rig that will throw them when he flicks his writs just right, but so far it hasn’t worked. Ike also hides daggers wherever he can, strapping them to his legs, tucked in his boots, strapped to his arm. Needless to say he doesn’t do so well keeping himself from getting injured as a hemophobe. However he doesn’t carry a sword, that is, after all, no way for an assassin to strike. Lately he has also been practicing with a bow. He imagines himself as being an amazing shot, a sniper that can assassinate a man from hundreds of yards away with a single arrow. But he is not…let’s just say practiced with the bow yet. Just run if you see him using it. Every week is a new contraption or tool for being an assassin. His numerous black pouches contain flash and smoke bombs, wire for snares and traps along with poisons for many different uses. Ike is not about to be outdone and carries a bit too much at times. Makes his movement pretty loud at times.

The young man also has a huge assortment of disguises. He has collected elven clothing, dwarf armor, and even a human noble’s robes. Okay so he has plenty of pretty dresses too, but Jade Loraine is one his best disguises!

Personality:

Deluded. Ikezialthion “Nightfall” Midas the IV (nicknames include, but are not necessarily limited to Ike, Ikez, Zial, Thion, Nightfall, Althion, Midas or even the IV) believes he is the best out there. The way of the assassin is the only way for him and he is determined to get the bounties and complete his assignments. One could call him overzealous. He gets excited when on a mission and makes very elementary mistakes. When stalking his prey he will dash behind every corner, take every shadow to his advantage…but he will also make much noise while doing so. Sometimes going so far as to narrate his own movements. Now Ike doesn’t realize he is doing this, and will continue narrating even after being caught. Many times his parents, and even his targets, have told him to get a new job. Go be the bartender’s son like he should be and give up on the assassin joke, but it is very serious business for the young man. This is no game for him and he really is doing his best.

When off duty Ike has a great time meeting the ladies. At the beginning of the night he will only flirt with those he sees as gorgeous, he goes too far most of the time, trying to grope some beautiful lass and then he gets smacked. This drives him back to the bar and before you know it his standards have dropped and he’ll be flirting with old men and dogs. Ike would rather not go into the details of what he has found sharing his bed. Still he believes himself incredibly suave, a ladies’ man if you will. After all he is an assassin, a deadly killer. What lady wouldn’t love a young man like that? He believes he is a godsend and every woman truly wants to be with him, they just can’t admit it to themselves because they’re too ashamed.

Since he is an assassin he could care less for the knightly honor and pride. He’ll pull any tricks he can to get at his target, or get the girl. Some of his more ingenious skills include being a master of disguise. Ike is incredibly skilled at changing his voice and accent, having grown up in a bar he has heard many weird languages and he loves copying them. So he spends many of his days practicing new personas, going so far as to dress up like woman. After all…what target would be expecting a prostitute to be an assassin? He’s been a beggar, a foreign prince, you name it. Ike can actually disguise himself pretty well as it. He’s even done an elf and a dwarf before. So don’t underestimate his ability to blend in.

Ike is a coward at his core. There was one time he had a chance to take out a target and he couldn’t bring himself to do it. The thought of killing someone disgusted him. Besides…he’s hemophobic (not to be confused with homophobic). Simply faints at the very sight of blood and runs at any chance of a real battle. He’s scared of dying and doesn’t think fighting people is worth it in the end, so he’ll always try to save his own neck. This is why he became an assassin. That way he doesn’t actually have to fight people, just sneak up on them and get rid of them. Then all the woman will love him, he’ll be a hero, and he doesn’t actually have to confront anyone. A romantic Ike will fall in love every other week. And every other week some girl breaks his heart, and he will run to his room and hide so he can cry in peace.

History:

It happens too often in these times. When a woman gives birth she not only gives new life, but gives her own life in payment. This was so with Mryian Midas. So Ikezialthion Midas the IV came into the world the youngest of four brothers and the unfortunate bearer of a name his father forced on him. Partly because Mryian wasn’t there to say no to it. His father was Ikezialthion Midas the III and very proud of it. He liked to have many people call him by his full first name or simply Midas. So young Ike grew up feeling guilty about his mother’s death and being harassed by older brothers. Still life wasn’t bad. His brothers looked out for him despite their teasing and he had a nice childhood. After all, his father ran an inn, so he was able to sneak some liquor whenever he wanted. That and he could hear such wonderful stories from all that came to visit! And oh how he would listen. While his brothers were off beating each other with sticks and playing knight young Ike would pull up a chair and listen to the stories of thieves…and even assassins. He was entranced and then began to practice on his own. While his brothers would spar Ike would set traps and hide on rooftops to strike. He would throw small stones, pretending they were daggers, and try to set snares to catch his brothers. More often then not Ike would fall from a roof and get caught in his own snare, but he enjoyed in anyways.

Turns out that when he reached twelve his older brothers had reached the stage in their life where they wanted to fight. So they joined the Imperial army and served as guards in Teirm. Not far from home, and yet so far from Ike. He didn’t understand why they wanted swords and everything else. Ike worked in the inn by that time, helping his father with orders and cooking. Even serving people when the serving girl was late or playing sick. He was actually a great cook, but he was bored. His father wanted him to take over the inn since his older brothers would be good soldiers from then on. But Ike had different plans and when he turned eighteen he ran away from home. There was no way he was going to be a barkeep! Giving himself the nickname, Nightfall, he was determined to become the greatest assassin of them all. He left Teirm and journeyed out into the real world…nearly killing himself in the process. So Ike travels, training himself and taking on jobs to become the famous assassin Nightfall. However…he has yet to cash in on a bounty. Has to make most of his money from odd jobs…usually working in an inn…

Roleplaying example:
Why hello there, you can just look at Pravus if you like

How did you find us?
I was taking a shower…and was suddenly struck with inspiration!!! There are so many assassins out there…what if one of them was truly horrid at his job? And therein lies the creation of Ikezialthion “Nightfall” Midas the IV, your worst nightmare! If you want a get a good night’s rest that is.

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