tAVROS nITRAM

adiosTor Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:19 am

T H E C H A R A C T E R

Full Name: Tavros Nitram
Age: 19
Birthday:
Gender: Male
Is this an application for a first or second character: First

Family: Trolls
Rank: Zoo Keeper and Animal Tamer

Strengths:
- He communes with animals, and is able to control them well.
- He has a very innocent-looking appearance.
- He is able to sense the mood well.
- He's really good with a lance, decent with a long sward, and most hand-held weapons with a long range. His favorite is his lance.
- He keeps his friends very close.
- He has a high pain tolerance.

Weaknesses:
- He has little courage in himself.
- Rapping.
- He's very awkward at conversations.
- He has a horrible taste in friends.
- Stairs. His lack of coordination sends him tumbing down them more often than not.
- He stutters and rambles when uncomfortable.
- Sunlight

Description:
Tavros is slightly shorter than most males, coming in at a staggering 5'8", though that may be due to his age. His hair is cut into a mohawk that he generally brushes to the side in favor of spiking it up. When he's working, he usually wears a matador costume which is decorated with an array of dark orange and brown patterns and tassles; the outfit had oroginally come with boots, but they didn't fit on his feet. On his days off, he wears a simple t-shirt that may have some band logo or, on some occasions, his astrological symbol. His horns are shoulder legnth and are rounded like those of a bull and colored the orange-yellow hue that is standard of all trolls. He wears hats frequently, most of them being sun hats and sobreros to block out the sun. His lower half makes him quite hard to shop for in the pants department. Thanks to his metal legs, he has to get his pants a few sizes too big in order to give the mechanics breathing room, and keep them from getting hitched.

Personality:
Tavros is quite shy and awkward around others he is not entirely used to. He tends to stutter in conversations, and stumbles over his words often. Even after he gets to know someone, that shyness will still linger. His forgiveness knows no bounds; he even forgave his best friend for pushing him off of a carousell years ago and paralyzed him from the waist down. He is very kind, and tries to help in any way he can. He likes animals, and sometimes spends more time around them then anyone else.

History:

Tavros grew up on a small farm with his lusus, Tinkerbull, who cared for him and raised him since he was grub as all lusi do. He had many FLARP adventures as a young troll, and began to gain practice in strifes with other young trolls, mainly fighting with his lance and vanquishing many imaginary foes and monsters. He wore his Pupa Pan costume everywhere in those days, refusing to donn any other clothing for almost a full sweep. He also enjoyed playing Fiduspawn, a game based on breeding and fighting monsters.When he finally grew out of his FLARP phase, he slowly began acquiring his current wardrobe, showing off many of his interests and the likes.
He became friends with Vriska Sekret when he was twelve, and still in his FLARP phase. The two of them hung out quite often back then, FLARPing and playing games. They quickly became sort-of friends, Vriska bullying and poking fun at him more than playing. One day, Vriska led Tavros to a carousel, insisting he rid it with her. Though the ride intimidated him, he agreed, not wanting to be called a cluck-beast and still forced to ride. When he moved toward the line, however, Vriska grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the gate, which she hopped and motioned for him to follow. With a gulp, and a silent plead to Rufio, his imaginary 'courage', he followed suit and rushed over to her and hopped on and grabbed onto the first thing there to keep himself from falling, his stomach in knots already from going from almost stand-still to suddenly lurching forward at a constant pace. He wobbly tried to get on the hoofbeast he'd latched onto, only getting one leg swung over before Vriska smacked him on the back in good natured play. The action sent him tumbling to the ground, first smacking into the edge of the carousel itself, then tumbling to the ground. His pant leg got caught under the carousel and dragged his legs into itself, and his body along with it, for a good five feet. When the ride was finally stopped by the controller, a stream of rusty brown blood from where he fell to where he currently lay was found, his legs entirely crushed inside the ride's mechanisms.
The only thing he fully remmebered from this incident was a searing pain, and then darkness. When he awoke, he had shiny new metal legs his friend Gamzee had convinced one of his blue-blodded friends to fashion for him. They hurt, and it took him a few days to be able to walk properly, but he finally managed to. However, the legs do not have toes on the feet, which make his already poor balance drop even further. The rest of his life went as normal as it could; Vriskawas suddenly being much nicer to him than she was prior to the incident, and he was learning how to rap with Gamzee. He joined the circus quickkly after Vriska did, bringing Tinkerbull with him.

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Roleplay Sample:
"Um, Vriska, I don't think this is such a good idea..." Tavros shifted nervously from foot to foot as he watched his friend scale the suprisingly short fence separating them from the carousel with ease. He gulped nervously before continuing, "T-there's a line right, uh, over there, and it would be safer to... Use it? "He offered hopefully.
"Nonsense, Taaaaaaaav!" She chimed, finally dropping to the other side. "It'll be more fun this way, trust me!" She began to sneak over to the ride, and motioned for Tavros to follow her. He was about to make another protest, but instead swallowed his nerves as best he could and began to scale the fence, tryign to will himself to calm down and all but begging Rufio to be there for him during this tough time. When he finally scaled it and jumped to the ground anthing but gracefully and earning himself a small cut on his leg. He wasn't worriedmuch about it after checking it wasn't too serious, mentally noting to have Tinkerbull look at it for him for him when he headed home. He got up and padded towards Vriska slowly. "Do we really have to, uh, do this?" He asked once more.
"Yes." She replied soundly, makign Tavros dread this even more. "Now get ready to jump on. Here we go!"
Tavros closed his eyes and jumped, reachign out to grab at the first thing he could for dear life, only glad that the hardest part was over.

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