Radu Basarab
"Vae victis--woe to the conquered!"
Appearance
"The creature stands tall and imposing, its form encased in what could be either highly advanced armor or perhaps its own natural exoskeleton. The body is sleek yet muscular, with segmented plating that follows the contours of a humanoid shape. Every surface seems to flow into the next with an almost organic quality, as if the armor is living tissue rather than forged metal.
Most striking is the helmet, smooth and featureless save for a narrow visor that reveals only a glimpse of what lies beneath. In the first image, a single pale eye peers through, cold and calculating. The second rendering shows that same mask in profile, the design both elegant and unsettling.
Massive wings extend from its back, dark and membranous, giving the figure an almost angelic silhouette corrupted into something far more sinister. The hands taper into elongated, claw-like fingers, suggesting this being is as much predator as it is warrior."
(Underneath the carapace)
Skills and Abilities
"Aye, the dead-walkers... they ain't like other foes. Fought 'em plenty, and they put a chill in a man's bones that no living enemy can. Something about those rotting corpses coming at you that turns even the stoutest heart to water. Fear's what kills you in battle, and the undead - they know how to bring it."
-Unknown
✥ Supernaturally enhanced physical attributes, courtesy of his transformation at the hands of dark ones.
✥ Heightened resilience to damage, rendering him hard to kill. His unique physiology makes it so that he's highly resistant, if not outright immune to toxins and microbial pathogens.
✥ Lore of Undeath: He's an adept necromancer and knows just about everything there is to know about death magic. This sorcery is a versatile tool, but comes with a terrible cost of either destroying or corrupting all it comes into contact with. It is, by all accounts, an anathema to life itself.
✥Satisfactory level of knowledge partaining to alchemy and other esoteric sciences. Well versed in anatomy and biology.
-Anything harmful to the dark ones and their spawn, since he counts as one of the latter.
-He must consume vast quantities of fresh meat to sustain himself, never stopping at the flesh alone but gnawing through bone and cartilage as well. Just as vital is his appetite for magic, which he draws in through his skin or by ingesting the vital organs of magical creatures. This nourishment is no mere indulgence, it is the lifeblood that sustains the supernatural machinery of his body, keeping the otherworldly parts of his being from collapsing into ruin. As long as these two criteria are met, he can neither grow old or sick.
-He's naturally attracted to places where the basest of emotions have been scorched into the fabric of reality by terrible suffering: on battlefields where ancient hatreds are remembered; in plague pits, where horror and fear cloak the ground; in abandoned graveyards, where the mourning of forgotten spirits is borne by chill winds. It is there that Radu can tap into the residual dark magic and use it to raise the dead to life.
Equipment
↘His sword.
↘ Twin axes called "Fester & Reek".
↘The clothes on his back.
↘A complete copies of the following books: "The Lesser Known Magical Facets and the Danger they Pose", "The Barrow-King’s Gospel" and "Noctis Psalterium".
↘ Twin axes called "Fester & Reek".
↘The clothes on his back.
↘A complete copies of the following books: "The Lesser Known Magical Facets and the Danger they Pose", "The Barrow-King’s Gospel" and "Noctis Psalterium".
Personality
"Surrender and serve me in life, or Die and slave to me in death; it is immaterial to me, for I am immortal and intend to live forever."
↘Cunning, cynical and thoroughly defiant.
↘Prone to violence and being cruel and unusual when slighted, in short, vindictive.
↘Will stop at nothing to ensure his own survival.
↘Operates on a tit-for-tat system of values, meaning that he's willing to ally himself with just about anyone or anything in return for something that he deems valuable.
↘Unusually honorable when it comes to paying back his debts.
↘Gravitates towards self-centered, often megalomaniacal goals.
Overall Alignment: Neutral evil.
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