Calik Dalian

Physical Appearance

• Shoulder-length light brown hair with dark brown "streaks"
• Light brown eyes
• Tan skin
• Medium in height, about average for his age
• Physically fit with a scrappy build, although he seems far too lightweight for his height and build

Clothing Style

Calik's clothes almost always torn at least mildly from too much dangerous activity. Every time he gets a new pair of pants they get torn somehow, usually because of crashing on his skateboard or bike (or the awful dog that lives across the street). Calik almost always dresses very casually with a mild skater style, although he's not into logos or specific brands. He greatly prefers earthy colors over bright or vibrant hues. He almost always wears gloves, a headband, and knee and/or elbow pads under or over his clothes, usually under if he's not specifically doing physical activities like skateboarding or biking or whatever. He'll also often have a pair of protective goggles on hand, or on his head.

His most common look consists of a light brown long sleeved shirt with separated sleeves and a single brown diagonal stripe across the abdomen. He wears this with a pair of pants with multiple stripes across the legs (the pants can be light brown with green stripes or green with brown stripes), along with two belts around his hips. He also wears light brown fingerless gloves, brown shoes that have the traction completely rubbed off from too much use, and a brown headband. He tends to wear brown the most so getting dirty doesn't show up quite as easily.

Personality

Calik is a fun-loving and excitable young man who has a habit of injuring himself frequently while seeking out thrills. He has a daring and somewhat reckless personality, and he tends to be pretty inattentive and winds up getting hurt so often that the people who know him well hardly even react to it anymore. However, he tends to shrug off injuries rather easily, and even the ones that actually take him out for a while don't seem to affect his usually optimistic mindset and cheery personality. He is an incredibly honest and sweet boy who is a bit innocent and naive for his age, but he always means well and tries his best. He's fairly good at remembering things that don't involve busy work or most core subjects in school, otherwise he has trouble retaining information and tends to come off as an airhead. He doesn't do very well in school, but he always puts forth his best efforts and does better with hands on work rather than being taught something verbally. Calik is extremely active and has trouble sitting still, and he tends to have a rather short attention span unless he focuses entirely on the task at hand. He can be quite the handful to keep up with, but he is very loyal to those he cares about and is very earnest with his affections.

The main thing that most people note about Calik is his amount of energy and how he jumps into thrilling activities without really thinking ahead. He rarely seems to look before he leaps, and it's extremely common to see him crashing into obstacles or other people on his skateboard, while running, or even when his apparently lack of regard for physics just decides he's not going to make a safe, clean stop. Calik seems capable of taking impacts without much trouble, such as falling off of things or getting hit by cars (which has become a common sight in his neighborhood), although he wouldn't be able to tell you why. He comes off as very much a hyperactive child who bounces back rather quickly when things go wrong, but he can be pretty easy to get along with and can chill out rather quickly when in the company of others who simply ask him to do so. Calik acknowledges he's not a very intelligent person, but he has the impression that he's better off following the instructions of others when they are given to him since he probably doesn't know what's best for him. This does mean he can be a bit easy to manipulate, but he's moral enough to not mindlessly go along with something he knows isn't right. However, it's clear that among his friends he tends to be a follower and takes orders rather well, and he does his best to cooperate with others and likes for everyone to get along if possible. He can be a little bit shy around strangers, but otherwise he is usually outgoing and very approachable and friendly.

Abilities

• Eterniti rifting - rank 0/5, can reach deity levels when connected to Lord Dalia; hasn't figured out how to rift on his own yet
• Crystalia rifting - rank 0/5, can reach deity levels when connected to Lord Dalia; hasn't figured out how to rift on his own yet
• Extremely high pain tolerance
• Capable of surviving injuries that would normally be fatal for no discernible reason
• Extremely fast at running/sprinting
• For whatever reason he hardly seems to obey the laws of physics, especially not friction
• Skilled at playing various percussion instruments, particularly drum sets
• Skilled at dancing and singing, particularly for the spontaneous musical numbers that pop up at school
• Skilled at skateboarding and riding bikes, but even though he can do a lot of tricks and can get pretty technical with them, he still crashes a lot
• Fluent in English and Egyptian Arabic

Strengths

• Optimistic, compassionate, and moral
• Honest, loyal, cooperative, and mellow
• Supportive, nonjudgmental, and humble
• Easy to talk to, a good listener, and trustworthy

Weaknesses

• Basically useless in most fights and is extremely accident/danger prone
• Naive, not terribly bright, and even very basic concepts sometimes go over his head
• A daredevil that is always seeking thrills and usually ends up injuring himself somehow
• Has absolutely no idea how to use his supernatural powers on his own

Backstory

Calik was born in a protected, secretive rifter community in Egypt where the population was hidden from non-rifter societies, yet they were aware of the Eternity outside of Taliac. He grew up with his parents, Joseph and Alliyah, and his older brother, Erik. His father worked for a computer company based in America and worked remotely in Cairo after they moved there from the rifter community. 

When Calik was 6 years old, his father traveled to Japan for work related business, and Erik managed to convince him to take him along. Although the trip was only meant to take a few weeks, an earthquake in Japan disrupted flights out and delayed them returning home. It was also during this time that Joseph and Allison had intended to move to a rifter community in Nebraska, since that community had more resources to properly train their sons to use their rifting. Even though Joseph and Erik were unable to return home on time, Allison and Calik had to take their flight out without them. She raised Calik in Nebraska on her own, worried for her family's safety since she had no contact with them after they first departed. However, they were able to regain contact with them after meeting Joseph's older sister, Kristine, who lived nearby the rifter community in the next city over. 

Calik has been living with his mother in the Hateulots community ever since and attends the private school for rifting families. He is slowly trying to learn what's so special about him, but he still hasn't figured out quite how to access his rifting yet. It's obvious though that they've been passively making him stronger and more resilient since he seems to survive severe injuries and recover from them rather quickly (and he has a terrible habit of getting hit by cars, so it's a good thing too). Apparently he along with his brother and cousins are the first of the recent Dalian bloodline to show any rifting capabilities, meaning one of them is likely to be Lord Dalia's next host. However, his oldest cousin, Derek, seems to have no noteworthy rifting abilities, Erik was attacked by the Deyth Element during their separation and now has a dangerous connection to the deity, their cousin Kally was killed years ago, and their last cousin Alec seems unable to control his abilities along with having an unstable Soul Prism.

At the moment, Calik is the best potential host, and although his powers retain their full potential and he would be fully capable of taking on the role with training, he still had to overcome the issue of being unable to actually tap into his rifting. This all remained unknown to him growing up though, and up until he turned 14 he just assumed he was another kid who was having trouble finding his rifting potential. Only time will tell if he'll be ready for the looming war rising with the return of the Demriles and Yashana's double.

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