Austin Prophet

Physical Appearance

• Short orange hair
• Sky blue eyes
• Small amount of facial hair on chin
• Fair skinned with a mild tan
• Medium in height
• Physically fit with decently muscled build
• 3 piercings per ear

Clothing Style

Austin tends to dress either casually or in a sporty and sharp style. He prefers very simple designs with no fancy patterns or embellishments, and he dislikes long sleeves. He prefers complete mobility of his arms, plus he is rather fit so he tends to like having them visible, especially around women. His favorite color tends to be red, and a top he commonly wears is a sleeveless white shirt under a sleeveless red zip up vest with a high collar. For pants he tends to wear either jeans or darker brown pants, and he tends to wear dark brown leather shoes or boots when out and about. He usually wears two leather armbands around each wrist, two being his own and the other two once belonging to his father. His earrings are usually either silver or black in color.

Personality

Austin is a short tempered and brash young man who tends to be impulsive and doesn't take directions well. Even before becoming deaf he was never that good at listening to others, and he tends to have issues with being more sensitive and empathetic. First impressions of him usually paint him as a rather confident and casual man, but he can also be rather irresponsible since he doesn't always think ahead, tends to be stubborn, and is slow to admit his mistakes. He can be rather moody and somewhat aggressive at times, and he is often blunt with his words and a little louder than he usually means to be since he can't hear himself anymore. During his childhood he harbored some jealousy for his brothers since they tended to get more attention and affection from their parents. He also has a habit of being overly harsh and critical of his brother Caleb, mostly because Caleb is too passive and lets him get away with it, but Austin behaves a bit better around Adrian since his youngest brother is much more stern with him. Despite his rather rough demeanor, he legitimately loves and cares for his brothers and often struggles to take care of them while also maintaining a strong relationship with them. He tends to not realize how harsh he can be until Adrian points it out to him. He can be a bad listener, but Adrian knows the best ways to keep his attention. Caleb is much more of a pushover though, and although he doesn't mean it Austin often hurts his brother's feelings with his lack of understanding. Austin is instinctively very protective of his siblings though, so although he won't usually vocalize it he does beat himself up once he realizes he's been too hard on them.

Away from his siblings, Austin tends to be ever more irresponsible because he's not nearly as careful about taking care of himself compared to how he is with his brothers. He's a bit of a player and tends to get distracted by ladies easily, but he's not interested in anything longer than temporary physical relationships. While he doesn't actively try to offend people, he can come off as a little rude since he doesn't pay attention to others that closely along with the fact that he can't hear anything. He's rather good at reading lips by now, but more often than not he'll not put in the effort and just fake it. He also doesn't care that much if he screws something up for not paying enough attention, and he rarely feels guilty about anything he does. In certain situations he has a rather alpha male type personality, but in others he's rather dismissive or apathetic about matters. He tends to seem somewhat lazy or unmotivated at times, but that might stem from him trying to mask his moderate depression. Over time he does become more mature and responsible, but he still can be a little hot tempered at times and needs to spend extra effort to keep a level head.

Abilities

• Premodra rifting - 3/5
• Mildly sensitive to spiritual energies, but he needs to focus and won't often notice otherwise
• When he's a little older, he takes lessons in swordplay and becomes rather skilled with medium sized swords
• Relatively skilled in hand to hand combat, and he gains more of a technique and is more skilled when he's a little older after formal training

Strengths

• Confident, assertive, and bold
• Instinctual, quick witted, and works well/better under stressful conditions
• Visions are clear and rarely require interpretation, often warning him about events that will occur soon
• Loyal to his family and reliable when it comes to their safety

Weaknesses

• Tends to be irresponsible with other things like money, time management, etc.
• Short tempered, a poor listener, and tends to ignore other people's input (usually unintentionally)
• Tends to take risks too often, and it's either easy to distract him or difficult to get his attention at all depending on the situation
• Cursed with magically induced deafness, which makes him an even worse listener and more tricky to get his attention

Backstory

Austin grew up the oldest of triplets, and he tended to relate to his father the most and spent the majority of his time with him. However, Austin would also get jealous of how much more affectionate his parents would be with his other two siblings, and although he liked being treated less like a child, he grew envious of the constant attention Adrian would get from their mother and how much praise Caleb tended to get from both of them due to his academic achievements. Austin channeled his frustrations into moderately bullying Caleb, but although he would be hard on him at times for various reasons he would never physically bully him and would always ease up if he ever made his brother cry. He rarely tried the same crap with Adrian since he would immediately call him out on it each time. When their mother disappeared before the boys turned 10, Austin grew closer to his father and developed an even more similar personality to him, meaning he became more overbearing about Adrian's safety. Austin also became colder and more distant toward Caleb during this time, mostly because Austin was having difficulty coping with their mother's disappearance and Caleb was the only one he could get away with snapping at when he became too tense. Over time he also would lash out verbally at Caleb due to pent up frustration that he and Adrian were becoming even closer, yet their father was constantly going out on ambiguous errands and leaving Austin starving for attention. He started becoming more and more irresponsible the less time their father spent with them over the years. 

When they were 16, Austin caught Adrian following their father out into the night on one of these errands. He couldn't convince Adrian not to go, so he instead forced Caleb to join them so they could all figure out where he was going so frequently. Their pursuit led them to the forest where Adrian and their mother would often explore, and deep in the woods they found a strange ruin. Within they found their father communing with a collective of spirits, who became very interested in the triplets once they arrived. The spirits attempted to take the brothers deeper into the ruin, and when their father tried to intervene they became enraged and cast a powerful curse over them. When Austin awoke he found himself deafened, their father dead, the spirits gone, Caleb blinded, and Adrian unable to speak.

It's been two years since that day that's been burned into their memories. The three have uneasily adjusted to living with missing senses, although the strain of losing their father and fending for themselves has increased tension in the household. Adrian and Caleb have had to formulate their own way of communicating with each other since Adrian can't speak and Caleb can't read his body language anymore. Since the technological advancements of their home city were sub-par, they've resorted to touch based hand gestures to convey things to each other. All three have learned sign language, and Adrian often has to get Austin's attention in order for Caleb to properly communicate with him since Austin isn't a very good listener even with his hearing. Caleb and Austin's relationship has become extremely strained, Austin opting to irresponsible activities to cope with his own depression and Caleb's anxiety and stress escalating to the point where his health has started to decline. Since Adrian seems to be fairing well the best out of the three, he often spends his time at home trying to mediate between his brothers.

However, after Adrian goes missing in the forest once again, Austin fears he may lose more of his family. Normally he'd go after him on his own, yet Caleb's deteriorating health and his worries about people starting to follow him has him torn between searching for Adrian alone and leaving Caleb at risk or taking Caleb into danger with him.

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