Zerone
Appearance
Zerone is dressed in a mixture of rags and whatever he's taken from people he's brutalized. His biology very humanoid despite his spiked parts and bits that protude and grow out of his body. Atop this he has a reptilian tail, legs and hands that end in sharpened claws. In addition to this he has two large black-tipped horns growing out of his skull, his teeth sharp and eyes a blood red with a reptile-like glare to them. His skin covered in healed over scars and nose rather elongated and pointed. Tied rather loosely to his back is a gigantic hunk of metal that he calls a sword, it's well kept despite the ragged appearance of its owner and extremely heavy.
Skills and Abilities
Innate Knowledge: While Zerone is incapable of explaining things or giving instructions he seems to have this innate ability to understand most devices, weapons or concepts that an average person would be capable of grasping. This has its limitations though and harder concepts like magic, complex inventions and such seem to escape him.
Spike Growth: Zerone's body is capable of producing large spikes from it akin to the barbs of a porcupine. He naturally will slowly grow these and has to grind and break some of the older ones off to prevent them getting too big or obstructive. In stressful situations however and in response to intense physical stimuli he will under go a spontaneous generation of them which significantly cuts into his body's natural stores of energy and leave it hungry for more at a faster rate. The trade-off of this is it provides him with layers of spiky armour in a pinch and makeshift projectiles for an additional bonus as with enough force, coupled with his disgusting strength he is able to eject the spikes from his body at the speed of a bullet though this itself is taxing upon his body and can force wounds to open up, even creating new ones at times..
Accelerated Healing: Not regeneration as he's unable to replace lost limbs but his natural rate of healing is drastically higher than that of a normal person which in turn can enable him to get his second wind back faster than a regular person but this doesn't come without a cost. The more this is pushed and strained the more sustenance his body requires to keep itself functioning as the energy required to power such a thing is rather large.
Expert Swordsmanship: Despite the title of such a skill it however is more pertaining to his general skill with a blade for he actually lacks formal training but as a trade-off his style isn't without substance and takes advantage of his strength and wild nature that enables him to make-up for what would be lacking in more traditional swordsmanship.
Monstrous Strength: He's naturally capable of crushing most rocks and denting metal with his bare hands, his body is indeed a strong one and certainly matches his size and to attempt to best him in a contest of pure strength is assuredly a foolhardy endeavour.
Minor Magical Resistance: The most curious part of Zerone is his resistance to all forms of magic. Not in the sense that they cannot affect him but more any direct magical assaults upon his person will lack a bit of their intended punch or require more effort to do something to him.
Cold Resistance: He's seemingly able to survive in colder climates with little effort as his body is capable of keeping him warm. This also allows him to survive at temperatures well beyond what a normal being should.
Spike Growth: Zerone's body is capable of producing large spikes from it akin to the barbs of a porcupine. He naturally will slowly grow these and has to grind and break some of the older ones off to prevent them getting too big or obstructive. In stressful situations however and in response to intense physical stimuli he will under go a spontaneous generation of them which significantly cuts into his body's natural stores of energy and leave it hungry for more at a faster rate. The trade-off of this is it provides him with layers of spiky armour in a pinch and makeshift projectiles for an additional bonus as with enough force, coupled with his disgusting strength he is able to eject the spikes from his body at the speed of a bullet though this itself is taxing upon his body and can force wounds to open up, even creating new ones at times..
Accelerated Healing: Not regeneration as he's unable to replace lost limbs but his natural rate of healing is drastically higher than that of a normal person which in turn can enable him to get his second wind back faster than a regular person but this doesn't come without a cost. The more this is pushed and strained the more sustenance his body requires to keep itself functioning as the energy required to power such a thing is rather large.
Expert Swordsmanship: Despite the title of such a skill it however is more pertaining to his general skill with a blade for he actually lacks formal training but as a trade-off his style isn't without substance and takes advantage of his strength and wild nature that enables him to make-up for what would be lacking in more traditional swordsmanship.
Monstrous Strength: He's naturally capable of crushing most rocks and denting metal with his bare hands, his body is indeed a strong one and certainly matches his size and to attempt to best him in a contest of pure strength is assuredly a foolhardy endeavour.
Minor Magical Resistance: The most curious part of Zerone is his resistance to all forms of magic. Not in the sense that they cannot affect him but more any direct magical assaults upon his person will lack a bit of their intended punch or require more effort to do something to him.
Cold Resistance: He's seemingly able to survive in colder climates with little effort as his body is capable of keeping him warm. This also allows him to survive at temperatures well beyond what a normal being should.
Personality
Mostly his personality seems to be focused on survival, keeping himself fed and he will rush at any chance he gets to keep himself sustained but when he's not in times of need his is surprisingly kind-hearted and amicable. But his difficulty with speaking common makes him come off as unintelligent and stupid more often that not which leads to him being feared as a monster. But despite all this he maintains his soft heart and any people he robs he avoids harming or killing if possible and takes only the food. He has no use for weapons or treasure so why take them right?
Biography & Lore
Waking up in a pile of glass on the floor of some old forgotten magical workshop Zerone had no idea who or what he was but at the same time could recognize a few things and speak even though his native tongue doesn't appear to be one that resonated with most folks and his ability to speak common was rather lacking. After turning what remained of the workshop upside down to find something, anything that might give him a clue but all he found was a large sword. Taking it he figured it was better than nothing and ventured out, finding himself in an area that he didn't know but at the same time this inner voice called it the Taagi Baara Steppes. Venturing out from then he at first tried to find and ask people for help, food, clothing or anything to keep him safe and because of his appearance, his weapon and lack of clear common speech he was feared and called a monster. So he decided to use that, scaring people, roughing them up a bit then taking their food or whatever he could to keep himself just that little bit away from death's door. Hunting, stealing and fighting when he needed to for the sake of survival. He's been at it for about two months now, he himself is surprised that he even knows what a month is but right now the monstrous Zerone only has scant clues to go on about what he might be or who he is, his scars gave him his name and documents he found within the workshop gave him some clue about where to start: "DRAGON". Not that he actually knows what that is but from what he could work out it appears whoever created him was trying to create... Well whatever a dragon was. He's resolved to survive first and if he gets lucky enough to finally attain help then maybe he can find out more.