Tanu Altari

Altari is a tall wall of muscle, being 190cm or 6'3 tall and weighing around 105kg or 231lbs, which is exceptionally tall and heavy for a Northerner. He has thin black hair with a straight flat texture that ends around the middle of his back. It is always collected and bound in a low ponytail and kept clean. He has brown eyes and a strong expressive brow with thick eyebrows, a big nose with a strong and accentuated bridge, and a square chin. He tends to have a serious and sometimes stressed expression, though when he smiles he keeps his eyes down to avoid eye contact.

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Altari is a very dominant person. He enjoys being in control, especially in social situations. It must be known that he is there and that he is in control, which is usually just assumed due to his stature. He's a pretty selfish man and rarely thinks of those who are not close friends or family. He sees himself as a great leader despite his lack of empathy.

His family is the most important thing there is to him. His parents are beacons of truth and morals, and while he doesn't at all agree with everything they say, he would follow them to the end of the world to support them and to change his own opinions as they see fit. The two have a huge impact on him and his opinions. He has abandoned a sibling before because his mother decided that was the best course of action, and he would do it again if the situation called for it.

Aside from family, his direct group is also important. He's selective in who's allowed in it but tends to gravitate towards his close friends and team members. It's necessary to protect his close friends and he is willing to die to ensure the safety of the people he cares about. Still, if by making them suffer or scared they will learn to take care of themselves better, Altari is in favour of letting them suffer just a little more before helping them out, just as long as they're assured to be safe. He's the type of person to yell at his group for requiring to be rescued even though he's happy they're alive and well.

Due to the way he was raised and told by his family that the people around him were filth, he has a dislike of people, but his years of fighting and socialising after leaving his family for a bunch of friends have bought him the respect he needed to learn how to look past that dislike and interact with people in a normal way. He is rather intelligent, more street smart than book smart, but he knows how to play people and is diplomatic.

He will not stay away from mental and physical manipulation and threats when he wants to get something, especially when the target is weaker than he is and in a lower position. He also won't hesitate to blackmail or torture a person when he sees it as justified, which makes him a perfect candidate for a higher-up Guild admin. His sense of superiority as a result of his parents' legacy definitely has to do with this.

Personal philosophy

Family > individual group members > self > 'the group' as a whole. The immediate group is always more important than yourself, so don't hesitate to protect it. Be very selective in exactly who you allow into the group, you can still reject someone who forced themselves into the group or someone who no longer belongs to the group based on personal judgement and leave them behind at any moment. Family is above all and has a final say in everything.

Altari's stats are remarkably high, as he was trained from when he was but a child to become a killing machine. It should be noted that depending on how bad his daily headaches are, these stats are decreased to 80-40% of what they are listed as, considering the pains impair his performance very badly.

❖ He frequently suffers from headaches ranging from mild pains to full-on migraines. They first showed up a good 10 years ago and have only gotten worse since, but because of how long he's had them he's found his ways to cope with them. A good amount of sleep every night can drastically decrease them and even prevent them fully. It's another reason he stays away from alcohol and other recreative poison.

❖ His hair is kept and mid-back length and is always gathered in a ponytail, even when he sleeps. In the context of his family long bound hair is seen as a sign of royalty, so Altari puts a lot of effort to keep his hair clean and bound. In that aspect he takes after his father.

❖ He is quite a bit taller than his parents, with only his youngest sister being slightly taller than him. As a Northerner he is way above the average height. It bothers him but he doesn't express this.

[ Coming someday, not so soon ]