<div style="text-align: justify;">If you'll have me, I'd love to take part. Sounds like a fun RP to cut my teeth with as a new member~!<br/><br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong> Balaam<br/><strong>Race:</strong> Changeling<br/><strong>Age:</strong> 31<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong> 5'11"<br/><strong>Appearance:</strong><br/>As a man, Balaam bears a thick-set frame; with wide shoulders but a square build. Green-gold eyes stare out from an angular face and jaw. Balaam's hair is a rich black and is bound back loosely, falling half way to the base of his spine. His skin is a darkened bronze, marked in several places by livid white scars, including one running vertically from chin to lower lip. He is dressed in a mixture of cloth, skins and furs but is supported by bands and plates of boiled leather and metal studs. Lastly, as is a feature of Changelings, Balaam bears the rosette spots of his animal form over his entire back, spreading to his shoulders, upper arms, the back of his neck and his scalp beneath his hair.<br/><br/>As a Jaguar, Balaam is a large, stocky example of the species, weighing in at a considerable 145kg and measuring eight feet from nose to tail tip. His fur is a tawny brown with a white underbelly, but is covered in the solid black rosette markings of his species.<br/> <br/><strong>Weapons:</strong> Balaam's primary weapon is a thick dagger seven inches long and as thick as three fingers. He also carries with him a sling, and a small but heavy warhammer with ornate metalwork shaped into the head, an item he looted following a skirmish.<br/><br/><strong>Occupation:</strong> As part of a small nomad tribe of Changelings, Balaam's duties foremost comprise of hunting and ranging.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong> Balaam is a solitary individual but is naturally cold and abrasive to others and so Balaam is viewed as an unsavoury character amongst people other than his own. But he is also loyal, proud, self-controlled, very patient and fiercly intelligent despite his barbaric nature, though when agitated his aggression bubbles with very little warning signs on the surface before erupting violently and on occassion with a fatal outcome. He is fond of bright colours, warm climates, turtles (as a culinary dish) and citrus fruits. He has a savage dislike of Drekin, and loathes vegetables.<br/><br/><strong>Other:</strong> At 31, Balaam is still young for a Changeling, but has fathered several children, but none followed his Jaguar form, and so has not raised any of them.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/>Balaam was raised by his father Kan, as he favoured the Jaguar that was his father's changed form over the Osprey of his mother. Kan was part of the same tribe that Bal roams Tareen with today, and held the same roles within the small community. Whilst scouting another tribe, Kan lost his footing and stumbled down a cliff face, resulting in the fatal breaking of his spine and neck. By then, Balaam was already matured and independent, and so recovered quickly from his grief.<br/><br/>Troubles with the very same tribe, who were of greater number and comprising of several large, powerful mammals and apex predators, drove Balaam and the others further deeper into Tareen. It was then that word reached the Elder, a Gaboon Viper, of King Jokum's search for the most skilled men in all the kingdom with promises of riches and rewards for the successful.<br/><br/>With plans and dreams of becoming wealthy and powerful, the elders selected their most capable hunter and warrior and sent him on his way. With the mission explained, Bal could only think the King's men soft and weak, and licked his lips at the thought of how easy the task would be - he'd faced more difficult scenarios during his scouting missions. He coolly agreed to be partnered with the others selected, and journeyed with the escort to the Valdur forest's depths where the King's gold mine, and the Sylaeans, awaited.</div>