Name: Gharrek<br/>Nickname(s): --<br/>Race: Half-orc/half-ogre<br/>Gender: male<br/>Age: 15 (--> about 20 in human terms)<br/>Rank: Apprentice<br/>Willpower: 5<br/><br/>Appearance:<br/>Gharrek is not what one would expect to see at a magical academy - an 8-foot-tall halfbreed of orc and ogre with swarthy, greenish leathery skin, sharp fangs, heavy muscles and scars crisscrossing arms, body and back, the marks of battles fought and won. His chosen clothing is generally a loincloth and leather bandolieres to hold his tools of trade, pouches and assorted belongings. Hidden behind the brutish exterior, however, is a highly intelligent young wizard apprentice who chooses to cultivate the image of an uncivilized barbarian to put his opposition off guard: even when speaking the uncouth pidgin belonging to the image he projects, his wit is sharp, his intellect keen and his arguments penetrating.<br/>Gharrek's particular magical interests are in the areas of mind and body control - specifically, he's utilizing scents to his advantage. His sense of smell is far above average and he has learned to not just pick up "regular" aromas, but also pheromones, and thus is often able to analyze their effects on his emotions, drives and general state of being; going from there, he has begun delving into how such aromas affect the world around him, both nose-blind races and those with as keen a sense of smell as himself, and how to use magic to create such effects. Secondary to that, he's interested in magic than can be used in combat, and has mostly concentrated on Air and Water elemental effects there - both can be used for attack and defense, and are far less tiring than the more focused disciplines of fire (attack) and earth (defense).<br/><br/>Personality:<br/><br/>Gharrek is, for all his intelligence and training, a creature driven very much by its instincts. He's passionate, temperamental, spirited and while he often tries to restrain these traits, they tend to get the better of him at the most inopportune times - such as a surge of aggression at the smell and sight of blood, or an urge to mate when he smells a girl's body responding to the sight of his muscles and movement.<br/><br/>Background:<br/><br/>Gharrek doesn't have much of a background yet - his parents are both dead, fallen in some raid or another that is so common to both his people. Gharrek himself grew up in the care of the tribe's shaman, running away as soon as he expected to be able to survive on his own to avoid the circle of violence among his people. He joined the wizard's academy 5 years ago and has since proven to be a very astute student, although held back by the fact that his particular interests in applying magic were uncommon enough to force him to do his own research instead of being taught.<br/><br/>Non-Magical Strengths/Weaknesses:<br/><br/>Keen sense of smell, highly intelligent, strong like the proverbial ogre. His primary weakness is also that sense of smell - he's ruled by his nose, he knows it, but no matter what he tries, instinct tends to take over on certain aromas affecting the subconscious.<br/><br/>Magical Areas (Ratings):<br/><br/>Body Control 4<br/>Mind Control 4<br/>Water 2<br/>Air 2<br/>Communication/Empathy 2<br/><br/>Game Limits: Site Rules, heterosexual<br/><br/>Specific Fantasies (3):<br/><br/>Gharrek's fantasies aren't generally sexual - probably because he generally causes more-or-less-guilty arousal in most women who lay eyes on him anyway, and thus rarely is wanting for sex. Those he does have are having a harem and free choice of partners and having sex with a woman comfortable with her desires.<br/><br/>Homeland (Name, Description):<br/><br/>Gharrek hails from a mountain range far north, just a few days travel from the beginning of the polar icecap. The mountains have no name this far south; to Gharrek's tribe, they are the Spine of the World. They are a harsh, unforgiving land, frozen solid most of the time and cold for the rest. Its population consists largely of human, orc, goblin, hobgoblin and ogre tribes eking out a living among the peaks and valleys of this inhospitable land.