Ferrum's Character Application

(I would love to give the artist credit for this awesome pic, but I can’t seem to find the original image (or read the artist’s signature))

Personal Info

Name: Ferrum

Alias: N/A

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Unknown

Personality:
Ferrum tends to carefully think things through, no matter how long it might take.  He is somewhat secluded and tends not to share much about his past with others.  However, once he gets to know someone, he can be very friendly and will try to lend a helping hand (or… paw?).  It may be just rumors, but most others think that Ferrum was abandoned by his parents at hatching, and he was left to fend for himself.  Many speculate that he wasn’t able to trust anyone, so he kept to himself for most of his life.  Ferrum is constantly “tired” and loves to stop for naps.  He can sleep through most noise, but is unable to sense anything around him when he sleeps.  Some think that Ferrum isn’t actually sleeping, but rather devising some plot to kill more of the humans that plagued his home.  He can be extremely timid at times, and sometimes shies away from others by hiding behind larger dragons.  Although he is shy, Ferrum is a ruthless killer, and won’t stop until more humans are dead.


Interests:
-“Sleeping”
-Running
-Jewels

Dislikes:
-Talking
-Pushing himself to the limit
-Being reminded of his origins

Fears:
- Large groups of dragons and/or humans, as well as most social interaction.  It makes him feel very uncomfortable, as Ferrum is somewhat anthropophobic.




General Appearance
Height: 30 feet
Scales: Ink black scales covering most of him.  His belly is a dark grey.
Eyes: Green
Appearance: Ferrum is very slim and agile.  His scales blend in well with the night, so his is able to go almost undetected. (Image up top)





Tribe Information and Status
Tribe: NightWing

Inheritance: Pure bred NightWing

Rank: Siege Specialist

Family: None
Mother: Unknown
Father: Unknown

Mate: None

Hatchlings: None




Skills and Abilities
Strengths: Ferrum’s strengths are his speed and agility.  He is very slim and steam-lined, allowing him to move quickly and avoid enemies.  However, he doesn’t have much stamina, so he can’t urn for long periods of time.  His small size also helps with building intricate contraptions, which is why he was chosen to be a Siege Specialist.  He relies mostly on tactics to fight, and mostly thinks things through.

Special Abilities: Ferrum has a type of magic that he likes to call his “destruction magic”, the only problem with it is that he can only use it about once every two days.  He needs to regain his strength in between uses because it drains a lot out of him.  His ability allows him to focus his rage from all of his failures and unleash them in the form of destruction magic.  He can disintegrate many things that he touches.  Another problem with his magic is that it doesn’t work on anything living.  The larger the object, the longer it takes for Ferrum to destroy it.  An object the size of a large dog takes up to five minutes to destroy, and an object the size of an SUV takes about half an hour.  The maximum sized object he can destroy is a medium sized human house (about 2000ft²).  Of course, he is also able to breathe sleep gas that all NightWings have.

Weaknesses: Ferrum’s wings are his Achilles Heel.  Due to him not flying very often, his wings have become thin, weak, and frail, meaning that if his wings are hurt in any way, he becomes very vulnerable and can't move as fast.  He is especially vulnerable to the light, natural or artificial.  His eyes aren't used to the brightness and he can't see very well in direct sunlight.  When the humidity is low, his scales dry up and crack, which is extremely painful for him and limits his movement.

Combat Style: Ferrum is very tactical and thinks things through before acting on his ideas.  He likes to keep his distance from enemies and attack them with ranged attacks.  He normally doesn’t bring himself into battle, since his skills are used best in the workshop.


Background
History:Unknown

RP Sample
It was over for Ferrum.  The humans had him surrounded, swords and spears in hand.  He let out one last deafening roar.  The humans all took a step back and readied their weapons.  A cloud of gas filled Ferrum’s mouth and he let it loose.  The cloud spread itself out around his opponents and one of them exclaimed, “Retreat!  It’s sleep gas!”  It was too late for them though.  The sleep gas had already entered their lungs and was beginning to get into their blood stream.  The humans began to drop like flies, and Ferrum relaxed his muscles.  Softly walking up to one of the limp bodies, he began to inhale the scent of the human and tried to remember where he had smelled it before.  Completely losing his train of thought, he began to think of all the possible ways that he could make it past the town he was trying to get through.  He could always go around, but he wanted to get revenge on more of the humans that had taken over his home.  I guess I’ll just go through, he thought.

As Ferrum made his way through town, windows and doors were slammed shut in fear of him seeing them.  Of course, he could already sense them nearby, and it’s not like an entire town would be abandoned.  A lone child was standing in the middle of town, and Ferrum began to approach him.  The child stood in awe as he looked up at the inky black dragon that stood before him.  Ferrum began to growl.  He wasn’t planning on attacking the child, he just needed to find some decent humans to kill.  He made it a rule to never kill children of any species.  The child seemed to take the hint and ran off towards one of the houses nearby.  Ferrum went up to one of the nearby houses and concentrated all his rage and hatred for humans into his left claw.  They had ruined his home.  They hunted his own kind for scales and meat.  They even went so far as to claim the land as their own, even though the dragons had been there much longer.  Darkness spread from his paw and along the walls of the house, slowly making their way around.  He held his paw there for a good hour before the house started to crumble.  Nobody would get hurt from his magic, but they would loose the house.  The house was almost gone in a few minutes, and Ferrum stared at the humans inside, cowering in fear as they stared up at the NightWing.  He roared and the humans inside screamed.  Turning away from what used to be a house, he flicked his tail and continued through town, not touching a thing.

Approval 1of 2.

Primalus wrote:
Special Abilities: Ferrum has a type of magic that he likes to call his “destruction magic”, the only problem with it is that he can only use it about once every two days.  He needs to regain his strength in between uses because it drains a lot out of him.  His ability allows him to focus his rage from all of his failures and unleash them in the form of destruction magic.  He can disintegrate many things that he touches.  Another problem with his magic is that it doesn’t work on anything living.  The larger the object, the longer it takes for Ferrum to destroy it.  Of course, he is also able to breathe sleep gas that all NightWings have.

Weaknesses: Ferrum’s wings are his Achilles Heel.  Due to him not flying very often, his wings have become thin, weak, and frail.  He is especially vulnerable to the light, natural or artificial.  His scales dry up if the humidity is low.

Unfortunately I am going to have to decline your app because of issues with the above section. I am not going to permit 'one-hit wonder' abilities like this, because no matter how severe the limit is, the problem is that you can RP yourself into another plots on a lucky day where you can use it and instantly power yourself through it. It's not a limitation if you think about it.

This also brings me to the problem about your 'destruction magic'. Literally its a big NOPE to all sorts of defences any humans or dragons trying to place. All you have to do is touch a human fort and watch it all crumble. What I would insist is proper limitations on what he can destroy aside from living beings and taking longer the bigger the structure.

As for weaknesses, do you mean that attacking his wings would instantly take away his ability to fly? I would also suggest that you expand on the weaknesses to light, as in why is he vulnerable to them. Also, explain why dry scales is bad for him.

Should I just change the magic completely since it's a little OP? Also, I edited his weaknesses.

For your special ability, describe the max size of an object he can disintegrate, and how long it takes to disintegrate something like the size of an SUV to define the abilities.

Thanks for the tip.  I've added times for sizes of objects in the original post.

I have sLy's permission to take over, so just one last thing! What is the maximum size of an object he can disintegrate? Biggest dragon's allowed are 160ft as a reference (ignoring the three exceptions of 300ft tall dragons)

Changed. Does a medium sized house sound good?

~Approved~