Argent Shank

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Basic Info


Name

Argent Shank

Age

29

Species

Aquanix Demon

Element

Watyr

Occupation

Lieutenant Commander of the Aaquanixie Marshal Guard

Gender

Male

Sexuality

Heterosexual

Significant Other

River Anthias (girlfriend/fiancée)

Creation Year

2012

Family

Joyeuse Riptide (mother), Ragnarok Shank (father, deceased), Lancer and Marquis Shank (older brothers), Cyan Shank (older sister), Cornell, Shrike, and Turul Shank (younger brothers), Tilia Shank (younger sister), Freyr, Shakuru, and Fathom Shank (younger brothers),

Birthplace

Shakelde - Aaquanixie

Current Home

Shakelde - Aaquanixie

Profile


Physical Appearance

  • Short silver hair
  • Red eyes
  • Very tall in height
  • Physically fit with well built muscles
  • Fair skinned, sometimes with a moderate tan, although he seems a little pale compared to his family
  • Scars all across chest and back with some on arms and legs from previously being captured and tortured by a terrorist group
  • Rough patches of skin on arms where fin ridges can grow out from
  • Razor sharp teeth
  • Gill slits on neck

Clothing Style

While working Argent is always in uniform, which consists of either a dark blue, black, or white set of matching jacket and pants with either black or white shoes. The white set is typically for formal events or warm seasons, black for on-shore duties or cool seasons, and dark blue for off-shore. Each jacket has appropriate medals, ribbons, and shoulder boards for his rank as Lieutenant Commander. Even when out of uniform he tends to dress in a similar semi-formal style when in public with a nice jacket and pants. Under his jackets he usually wears either black or white shirts of varying sleeve length depending on the weather. He usually wears either a black or white tank top under that as well, and he tends to wear these out of uniform as well. He only seems to relax his style when he's comfortably at home, and even then he never seems to look totally casual. When off the job, he still tends to dress in a rather professional looking manner and always looks well put together, usually looking modest yet sharp with his style.

Whatever his outfit may be, he never goes out without his white scarf and gold family medallion. When in uniform he wears his medallion under his shirt and jacket, and his scarf is tucked neatly at his collar.


Personality

Argent is a responsible and efficient military man who approaches his problems practically and is dedicated to protecting the denizens of Aaquanixie from harm. He is a level-headed natural leader who can be a bit of a workaholic. He always holds himself with poise and has a respectful and disciplined demeanor toward virtually everyone. He prefers to keep his environment and belongings very organized, although he isn't particularly bothered by disorder as long as it doesn't affect his own things. He tends to be a bit conservative and modest around others and sometimes comes off as a stick in the mud or a prude. He's not particularly comfortable doing that many new or strange things that are outside his comfort zone, although he's always bold about adjusting to new environments involved with his work in the Marshal Guard. Basically he's fine with new and strange things for work, but if you ask him to go to some weird but fun new recreational activity with you he'll probably opt to sit out or will just awkwardly stand on the sidelines while you have fun instead. It is often difficult to reach him on a personal level since he is usually not comfortable talking too deeply about his feelings, but this doesn't mean he's unapproachable or unfriendly by any means. Although a bit stiff, he is easy to talk to and is always cordial and respectful unless you give him reason not to be; but he tends to be a very patient man and isn't upset or angered easily.

Argent is very protective toward others, especially his family, and although he tends to bury himself in his work he is willing to put anything aside in order to help them. Although he's not particularly exciting or fun to most people, he is well liked among his siblings since he is very reliable and probably the best one of them to go to for advice or support. He does have a sense of humor that he's good at hiding, and most of his humor is very clever or subtle so most people don't pick up on it unless they're already familiar with him. However, along with making his humor very subtle he's also very good at hiding his emotions to keep others from worrying about him or to keep them from distracting him. Argent doesn't like to inconvenience people with his personal problems, so he's always hesitant to bring his problems up or ask for help with them. He knows his limits when it starts to affect his work though, but he can still let a lot of internal conflict fester inside him since he's rather resilient. He does not hesitate to inconvenience himself or self sacrifice to keep his family members safe, and he faces all adversity fearlessly to keep those around him from getting lost in fear or uncertainty.


Abilities

  • Watyr rifting - rank 1/5
  • Skilled at hand-to-hand combat and use of various types of weapons, and mastery with firearms
  • Military training and skills with the Marshal Guard's various weaponry, equipment, tactics, etc.
  • Demonic strength and stamina
  • Mild accelerated regeneration from demonic aura and can survive some injuries that would normally be fatal to mortals
  • Underwater breathing and faster movement/mobility while swimming

Strengths

  • Intelligent, clever, observant, and highly tactical
  • Confident, a natural leader, and level headed
  • Loyal, protective, responsible, and reliable
  • Enduring, hard working, organized, and disciplined

Weaknesses

  • Keeps his personal problems to himself and a bit emotionally closed off
  • A bit too stiff and by-the-book at times (but he does know how to loosen up sometimes)
  • Tends to work too much and rarely gives himself extra free time
  • His discipline and conservative nature sometimes keep himself from trying new/strange things

Backstory

As a child, Argent was influenced greatly by his three older siblings growing up, along with his parents, and he seemed to mature rather quickly to meet their standards. He was very obedient and responsible in order to assert he was just as capable and mature as his older siblings. Lancer and his father drove him to develop his leadership skills and knowledge of combat techniques, and his mother, Marquis, and Cyan drove him to work hard in his studies. He was sometimes advised to lighten up by his family, but Argent was very intent on pursuing his self betterment and working toward a respectable future for himself to make his family proud.

He decided to work toward recruitment in the military, specifically the Aaquanixie Marshal Guard, and after some initial skepticism from his family (considering the criminal group associated with their family's wealth) he was eventually supported when he made it clear that he had no interest in selling out his own family for the law. His younger brother, Cornell, was always enthusiastic about his brother’s goal though, and Argent was mildly amused by Cornell's imagined scenarios of them crossing paths on the seas, Argent a force of the law and Cornell a notorious pirate. It wasn’t until their late teen years when Argent realized Cornell was serious about becoming a pirate. Argent never tried to dissuade him but insisted that he wouldn’t do him any favors if he needed to pursue him as a criminal (although he totally does and rarely acknowledges it). He became rather detached from his family after he was recruited, and he didn’t have much personal contact with any of them until after he worked his way up to captain status.

He managed to loosen up a little with his family even more after he was promoted to lieutenant, and later Lieutenant Commander. Although some of his siblings consider him a bit of a stick in the mud, he is well liked since he means for the best for all of them. After readjusting to better balance his work with reconnecting with his family, Argent continues his work for the Marshal Guard as usual. Despite always having direction in his life, Argent he has also always been very uncertain about opening up his feelings to others, which he often chooses to suppress in order to avoid distraction. He is currently in a relationship with a fellow lieutenant, River Anthias, and he is preparing to propose to her, yet he is uncertain if his family would approve or if his partner would approve of his family.


Trivia:

  • Argent's name was chosen along with Cornell's and Cyan's as a small batch of siblings named after certain shades of colors. Argent means silver or silvery white, which is why his hair and scarf (and sometimes his uniform) are silver/white. His name is also somewhat inspired by the Argent Dawn/Crusade from World of Warcraft, mostly because I thought the word was cool and it suited the color theme I was aiming for. It also played into Argent being a part of some kind of military group.
  • Argent has a mild sensitivity to Lyfe rifting, or at least more of a sensitivity than any of his siblings from their demonic aura. His aura isn't permeated enough through his being that he would normally have issues with Lyfe rifting, but he suffered from rifting contamination in his past that makes him more susceptible to such negative effects even to this day.
    • The contamination occurred during the period of time he was captured and tortured by a terrorist group. Some of the torture involved injuries inflicted by Lyfe rifting enhanced blades, which caused excruciating pain from both the blade wounds and how the Lyfe rifting would interact with his mild demonic aura.
  • He wouldn't say that he has a lot of hobbies, but he does enjoy drawing in his spare time. He doesn't pursue art very seriously and treats it as a little stress-reliever, and it's common to see little doodles in his notebooks, planners, or sticky notes. He most commonly draws sea animals.
    • It's very common if people try to bother him in his office that he'll dismiss them by saying he's doing "very important paperwork" when he's actually just doodling sea animals all over his documents.
    • He once doodled "the most goddamn adorable cuttlefish I've ever seen" according to Shakuru, and that picture is now hanging on Shakuru's wall.
  • His favorite foods are, predictably, mostly seafood. His favorite fish in particular is tuna.
  • Even though he's very good at doing repetitive tasks and very rarely complains about it, Argent really doesn't like mundane work and prefers to have some new kind of challenge to face each day at work. For this reason he really dislikes paperwork, but he's always very thorough and efficient in working through it regardless.
  • Although Argent has a strong enough demonic aura that it enhances his physical capabilities and resilience, his aura doesn't seem to make him aggressive like most demons. He has taught himself to maintain a level head and discipline at all times, so he makes it a point to never lose his cool.
    • He's only potentially triggered his demonic aggression a few times, but they only involved incidents in which his siblings were in grave danger/need and other people around him weren't cooperating to help them in a timely manner. Argent can keep a level head when he has to take care of/protect his family on his own (since he doesn't want any of his own fear/panic to worry them further), but he can lose his temper more quickly if there are other people working with him making foolish decisions or taking no action at all when needed.
    • These triggers have never actually made him go into bloodlust like his father or some of his siblings, but he does get severe headaches after triggering.
  • Due to his military training, his siblings tend to remark that Argent has the best posture out of all of them.
  • When he doesn't have anything to do with his hands while standing, they tend to default to going behind his back, which usually makes him look "proper" all the time. He doesn't really do it with the intent of looking proper in any sense, it's just what feels most natural for him when he's idling.
  • He has a habit of keeping his head and eye level at a relatively high position, so he's never one to look slouchy or looking like he's staring at his feet while he walks. He can give off an air of importance sometimes since he tends to just look down at things or people with his eyes rather than tilting his head too much, which can be a good or bad impression depending. He doesn't do it for any particular reason other than that he doesn't like feeling too loose with his movements or too jittery, so he comes off as very stiff and rigid.
  • He has a very expansive vocabulary and could be described as a walking dictionary.
  • He's not entirely sure why he's basically the most pale out of all the Shank siblings except for Lancer, and he's also not sure why he's the only one in the family with silver hair. It's possible he has a mild melanin deficiency, although it doesn't seem significant enough to have caused him any notable health issues. He does sunburn a little easier than any of his siblings, but he always makes sure to apply proper sunblock when outdoors, which is why he usually safely tans during times when he's outdoors or at sea for extended periods of time.
  • I imagine he would be really good at strategy based games or puzzles, or like a master at chess, but I don't even know if they play chess on Aaquanixie. He's probably a master of some fantasy equivalent of chess though.
  • His relationship with River is primarily an off-the-job one since they treat each other professionally while on the clock. They might have some brief personal conversations while in each other's offices between tasks, but otherwise they try to keep their personal lives out of their work.
    • Of course, they support each other a lot on the job as well and always look out for each other if they are assigned in the same area.
  • Not ticklish in the slightest.
  • The incident in which he was captured and tortured by a terrorist group involved the ship he was on being attacked and capsized. He along with the rest of the crew were taken as prisoners, and he was the only one they kept alive to try and torture him for information, but he never told them anything. They kept him for about a year, hoping he would eventually crack or they would use him as leverage due to his high rank.
    • Cornell's pirate crew ended up eventually tracking down their hideout where they were keeping him and the rescued him. Cornell definitely roasted Argent's coworkers for letting a bunch of pirates handle terrorists better than they could.
    • Argent was kept in such terrible conditions that it took about a year for him to recover from his injuries and from essentially being starved and losing a great deal of his muscle mass, which he had extensive physical therapy for.
    • Cornell was very dismayed how terrible his physical state was when he finally found Argent; he had never been capable of carrying his older brother before since Argent was always bigger and stronger than him, but he was easy for Cornell to carry to and from his ship since he had been so thoroughly starved.
  • Enjoys reading in his spare time, and he tends to read mostly nonfiction.
  • He's the only sibling that will tolerate having to share a bed with Cornell, mostly because when they were kids they had to share a bed before they got individual rooms anyway.
    • Argent has cited that Cornell once "power-snuggled" him so hard in his sleep that he broke one of his ribs.
  • Old Charahub blurb: "The fourth oldest of the Shank siblings, he serves as a lieutenant for the Aaquanixie military hoping to make his family proud."