Kamanari Lystrik

Physical Appearance

• Long blond hair that trails to mid-back, blue streaks that tend to shift
• Eyes are either yellow or royal blue
  • They turn yellow when using his Lytenin rifting, blue when using his Crystalia rifting, and appear almost white while in elemental state
• Tan skin, although he appears a bit more pale in elemental form due to the light he emits
  • Body is made out of electricity while in elemental form, and he can manipulate her shape however he likes
  • Very rarely takes a crystal elemental form or a mix of it with electricity, which can be some blend between solid and energy - Crystalia rifting usually manifests as blue crystals, but they can sometimes be yellow if he’s also using his Lytenin rifting
• 6'4" in height
• Physically fit with a decently muscled, athletic build
• Elemental markings around left eye
• Both ears are double pierced

Clothing Style

Kamanari’s casual style for wandering around and avoiding bounty hunters is surprisingly plain and pretty boring, by his description. He tends to dress in clothing that would probably fit in well in certain modern Taliac societies, mostly because he likes getting clothing smuggled from Taliac. His most common outfits usually include worn out jeans, which sometimes have some stripes or other geometric designs on them, along with some kind of T-shirt, and sneakers. His shirts are frequently band tees from Taliac. His accessories are usually a lightning orb pendant and whatever earrings he feels like wearing that day, although they are usually studs and pretty simple in design.

He will usually wear different styled outfits if he’s spending extended time in Detrati, but it is rare since he is always traveling. (Detrati outfit due for redesign)

If forced to spend time at “home” in Catalia with his aunt, he usually ends up wearing fancier clothing but in a desheveled way, since he hates dressing like a noble like his aunt would prefer him to. His most common look at his aunt’s house is usually nice dress pants, a fancy shirt mostly unbuttoned, and either dress shoes or his usual sneakers depending if he can quickly switch them out before his aunt stops him.

Personality

Kamanari is a cheeky and irresponsible man who is almost constantly on the move due to the obscenely high bounty on him. First impressions usually paint him as somewhat quirky, relaxed, and a bit snarky. He comes off as somewhat rude and irreverent to more proper people, but the culture of people he usually gravitates toward usually views him as clever, mellow, and charming. Kamanari can be rather lazy at times and doesn’t like being saddled with rigid expectations or responsibilities, but he’s certainly not lazy about doing anything according to his ever-changing whims. He’s not afraid to voice his opinions, and he never takes himself too seriously. He is generally an easy person to approach and talk to since he has a healthy sense of humor, if you can get over his often-rough first impression. However, he can be a little overly suspicious of strangers and is a touch paranoid about bounty hunters catching up with him, so he rarely stays in the same place for very long.

To those closest to Kamanari, he is loyal and pretty ride-or-die about supporting their goals and motivations. He is usually pretty chill and well-humored in casual interactions, and even though he can speak a little roughly at times, he’s a lot more down to earth and soft than his speaking habits imply. He can be pretty rude when things are going poorly around him or if he feels like the people around him are making stupid or reckless decisions, but he’s the type to put himself in harm’s way to keep others out of trouble if he feels they are too vulnerable or just too incompetent to take care of themselves. He’ll be very vocal and honest when he‘s complaining about having to go out of his way, but he has too much of a conscience to simply be a bystander. Kamanari will always act upon his gut feeling and instincts, and he rarely ever plans ahead and tends to wing it more often than not. This leads him to often forget his commitments and responsibilities at times, but he rarely feels guilty about it since he usually avoids those when he’s aware of them anyway.

Abilities

• Lytenin rifting - rank 4/5
• Crystalia rifting - rank 5/5
• Skilled in hand to hand combat and some bladed weapons, although he prefers to fight unarmed
• Elemental shapeshifting
• Increased strength, agility, and stamina along with resilience to most physical attacks
• Extremely flexible
• His Crystalia rifting makes him immune to Anti rifting

Strengths

• Confident, clever, and quick witted
• Charismatic, observant, and resourceful
• Adapts well to change, independent, and has a strong conscience even if he wouldn’t admit it
• Good humored, doesn’t let negativity keep him down, and faces adversity and his own mistakes with grace

Weaknesses

• Flighty, lazy, and tends to shirk responsibilities and most commitments
• Although he’s easy to get along with, he comes off as overly sarcastic and snarky, so doesn’t seem approachable on first impressions
• Despite being capable of making mature life choices, he comes off as immature and unreliable because he doesn’t like doing anything that doesn’t suit his whimsy
• Stubborn, hates formalities, and hard to get a hold of when needed

 Backstory

Kamanari was quite the anomaly when he was born, for even though both of his parents were purely Electricatalian, he was born as a dual-elemental with both Lytenin and Crystalia rifting. Crystalcatalians are already a rarity across the Eternity, especially since the Crystalia Element has been missing for millennia, so the fact that Kamanari was born with this as a “rogue element” was extremely unusual. Regardless, his parents raised him normally until they disappeared one day. Kamanari was then taken in by his aunt and uncle, who stated that his parents were “hunted down by terrible people.” His aunt, Zarajin, was particularly coddling and overprotective of him as a result of this, but he grew especially close with his uncle, Raiden, since he was more lenient about allowing him space to explore and take some risks to learn new things.

It was also Raiden who suggested Kamanari take some time to learn to defend himself and master his rifting from the Electricatalians of Detrati, which is where Raiden was from originally. Kamanari came to see Detrati as his true home and grew comfortable there with the tightly-knit community and his peers in training with the Detrati Rogues. It was here that he met his current girlfriend, Lylaea, and his closest friends, Ratralast and Rycasta. Unfortunately, shortly after completing his training and becoming a fully-fledged Detrati Rogue, the town was raided by elemental hunters from Elicilsika. They were seeking out Kamanari and indicated they had some hand in his parents’ disappearance, but they ultimately would give him no answers about their fates, and Raiden gave his life trying to keep the hunters from taking Kamanari as well. Out of sorrow and rage, Kamanari’s Crystalia rifting surged and ripped through the hunters, leaving few survivors to retreat. He was devastated by the loss of his uncle, whom he had grown to view him as a father-figure over the years, and when Zarajin insisted he return home to Catalia to keep him protected from more hunters, he could only numbly comply. He disappeared from the public eye for about a year or so, but he eventually returned to Detrati to reunite with his best friends and to get away from his aunt’s increasingly restrictive coddling.

Around this time, Kamanari became aware while visiting Daliarivon that there was a massive bounty for his capture, and he could only assume it was set by the elemental hunters from before. Various bounty hunters would then confront him wherever he went, and it became an unrelenting hassle, especially once the hunters started tracking him back to Detrati. Kamanari had no choice but to continuously travel to keep Detrati safe, and to this day he keeps on the move. He doesn’t have that many goals for himself, nor does he have a particularly strong motivation or ambition driving him. His priorities are as follows: don’t get caught, don’t let Auntie force you back into noble life, and try to visit Detrati and Lylaea in particular whenever possible.

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