Camael and Gold Keres

Name: Camael
Age: 20
Orientation: Homosexual
Gender: Man

Occupation: Errandboy for Keres, Ringfighter
Lodgings: Skyhuts

Appearance:

Camael is a mess of a man. A life underground has given his skin a sickly, pale cast and all those turns without proper care have only compounded his ill appearance. His dark hair hangs in limp curls and is usually pulled up and away so that it doesn't get in his way in whatever task Keres has set him to. Thin, crisscrossing scars cover his body from childhood fights and scraps in the ring. Camael is a walking reminder that sometimes life in the Neath can be harsh.

Camael is nearly six feet tall but lacks the muscle to back up his height. He's all limbs and is surprisingly graceful when push comes to shove. He has sharp, hungry features with a long nose and clearly defined cheekbones. He's clearly underweight and doesn't do a very good job of keeping himself well groomed.

Camael has a bad habit of wearing clothes until they completely fall apart. Most of his clothing are faded and even more are patched up to the point of being unrecognizable. He does, however, have a large collection of scarves that he wears even during the summer. They make him feel safe.

Personality:

Camael is not the ringleader. That would be Keres. Camael is just her most loyal servant. He adores his partner and would do anything to keep her safe, including murder. He's a protective person and he assumes the best of everyone he meets, particularly those that he cares for. It's really a good thing that Keres is around or Camael would have probably fallen under the sway of someone far worse before long. He's just too trusting for his own good. Luckily, he has her to watch out for him.

Camael is extremely awkward when talking to others. He just doesn't know how to do it. He can be inappropriate and ask questions without realizing how rude they are or act in a manner that is too personal for the current stage in his relationship with someone else. It's not that he means to make others uncomfortable. He always apologizes and tries better. It's just that firelizards don't make good parents and neither did his uncle. He can be pretty shy outside of a 'business' atmosphere.

Camael isn't very bright. He doesn't pick up on new lessons very quickly and he has rather poor spelling. He is, however, an exceptionally creative young man. He adores everything to do with the arts, especially painting and carving. He likes poetry and songwriting but he isn't particularly talented at it. Camael is known for sometimes painting random sections of the Neath and has run into trouble with the enforcers for vandalism.

Camael fights regularly in the Rose Ring and is a passable fighter. He doesn't see anything wrong with harming people inside the ring and will greet other fighters in a friendly manner (though he may regard them as scary if they're particularly impressive.) He does not hold grudges over being hurt.

Camael has very poor self esteem, something which makes him easy to manipulate. He has relatively poor body image and as a result doesn't take very good care of himself. Camael has infrequent disassociative episodes which lead to him isolating himself from others. He finds these highly distressing for obvious reasons.

While most of the time Camael acts more like a kicked puppy then a ring fighter he isn't someone to be underestimated or written off as harmless. He is prone to snapping and lashing out without warning, be it out of anger or fear. He often has trouble explaining exactly why he did this or recalling the exact details of what he did. He is, however, usually very apologetic once he's calmed down. He's twitchy and usually very anxious when interacting with other people.

History:

Camael was born in the Neath. He never knew who his father was and honestly never really felt the need to ask. His mother passed him on to his uncle, who was more interested in having someone to smuggle fellis then a nephew. When he didn't need Camael to run an errand he pretty much just ignored the boy.

Keres was there for as long as he could remember. He didn't really know how he got her. She simply seemed to take pity on a little boy and chose to stay with him. Maybe she just wanted a human of her own and decided to 'raise' one. It doesn't really matter now.

Keres made things easier. She was an adult in a little firelizard body, after all. She could buy and sell things and even though plenty of people couldn't take a firelizard seriously she certainly made Camael's life easier. Especially once she found the first few primitive fighting rings of the Neath. Keres didn't waste any time getting involved in the firelizard fighting rings.

She did very good. It was only expected, really, with her size. People showed up to watch her fight as golds didn't often join the rings and Camael's presence made her something of a novelty. The ring grew from her presence and branched out into humans and then whers. Keres enjoyed the attention and the extra marks from each bet.

She gathered her own small fair from the other fighters in the firelizard ring. Soon she practically had her own and pulled the rug out from under the old leader of the ring. He was quite embarrassed to be upstaged by a firelizard that belonged to a young boy and Keres happily spread rumors about her coup. He was quickly chased out to the tomb colonies by the scandal and Keres seized control of the ring.


Family: Camael has no known family. There are plenty of rumors about his parents, from being the bastard son of a Lord Holder on holiday in the Neath to the spawn of a Master. More likely he's just the kid of two nobodies who didn't want him.



Name: Keres
Age: 18

Color: Gold
Hex Code: c7971d

Appearance:

Keres is large for a firelizard and has a body type to back her size up. She's built rather like a brick with wings, with broad shoulders and a barrel-like chest. Her wings are relatively short when compared to her bulky body, though she is fully capable of flight. Her tail is relatively long and thick and she uses it to club other firelizards when she bothers to enter the fighting rings herself.

She has many scars from her days in the fighting rings, most notably a large one crossing over her left headknob and the fact she's missing one of her toes on her left forepaw. Her tailfork is lopsided as the right half is missing its tip. She tends to wear a beaded harness and other accessories.

Personality:

Keres is a very clever firelizard. She has to be in order to survive in the world of the big people. She's good with numbers and unlike dragons she has a very excellent memory. She knows how to read and is indeed better at it then her human, though she is naturally unable to write and as such relies on his writing when she must use notes. She tries not to. Keres strives for excellence and she hates being perceived as anything less than extraordinary. She expects similar excellence out of the members of her fair and will unceremoniously kick them out if they fall behind.

Keres often acts in a very sweet manner, particularly in the presence of Camael. She knows that he is easily frightened and does her best to keep him calm and happy. She acts in a quite motherly manner, referring to others as 'dear' or 'darling.' She has impeccable manners and insists that Camael himself be on his best behavior at all times. She is usually cheerful even in the most extreme of circumstances and views showing misery as a sign of weakness.

Keres is an aggressive firelizard and she loves to fight. While her duties as the ringleader often prevents bloodsports she still sometimes finds the time to join in the firelizard fighting rings. She's known for being cut-throat and isn't shy about trying to have someone killed. She will politely inform someone of how she plans on ruining their life over tea and she very rarely shows surprise at gore or violence. It's rare for Keres to truly lose her cool and when she does it's not a pretty sight. Despite this, she isn't one to hold a grudge and she'll forgive someone quickly if they prove themselves trustworthy again.

She is very protective of Camael. She is easily irritated by perceived insults or slights against him and will quickly rush to his defense. She does her best to try and care for him but she recognizes that she isn't the best caretaker and that her lifestyle has likely only worsened his mental state. She is rather possessive of his attention and dislikes anyone that she regards as a rival for his affection. She doesn't like it when others question how she takes care of him and is quite defensive of her relationship with her human.

She does a bit of smuggling and other criminal works on the side but she mostly prefers to handle illegal betting and her own Rose Ring. Her species means that she has to be careful when interacting with other criminals and she doesn't hesitate to bribe enforcers or hire bodyguards for herself and Camael. Keres has quite a few connections in the underworld and she has in the past acted as a patron for several of her former fighters that have tried to make it big.