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Description
Name: Matthias, occasionally goes by At FaultAlias/Nickname: At Fault
Pack: The Circle
Rank: Sentinel
Age: 3 years
Gender: Male
Breed-base: Irish Wolfhound/Doberman/Mutt
Abilities: Cursed with very bad luck that mainly effects him, but can effect those around him to a lesser extent. The closer physical proximity to him, the greater chance of experiencing bad luck. The effects range from mild: a bug he's about to catch gets blown out of the way by the wind, to severe: a bit of unstable roof will fall on him. If an element of chance is involved with him, it will usually turn out badly. If he hides in a house as it's raining, the wind will shift and the rain will soak him. If he's hunting an animal, a tree branch will break near him and make the prey run away. If he naps under a tree, a bird will poop on him. Things such as that. However, the effects are only severe or dangerous when he's alone. When in the presence of company, the effects are much milder inconveniences, part of the reason he's so attracted to company.
Physical Strengths
- Skilled at delivering accurate hits
- Strong bite force
Physical Weaknesses
- Sluggish and slow
- Poor balance which only worsens when he's tired or running
- Doesn't heal very well, making the scars on his body thin and easy to re-open.
Height/Weight: 27 inches / 75 lbs.
Personality: At Fault, despite his chronic, inescapable bad luck, resolves to work his life around it instead of becoming jaded and cynical. He finely tuned his hunting skills, so as to leave less up to chance, and tries to turn his unfortunate circumstances into self-depreciating jokes. Looking on the bright side, At Fault does his best to turn his misfortunes into silly little shows and laugh off the inconveniences. This comes at a price, however; he has low self-esteem and prone to sudden mood swings when he's experienced a particularly severe day, but tries his best to cover it up around company since he loves being around others and doesn't want his curse to drive them away. He's very friendly, smily, and theatrical to all he meets and none so more than females. At Fault is a shamelessly hopeless romantic, even going so far as to give them cheesy, dramatic titles to flatter them like 'My Warrior Princess' and 'Fair Morning Star'. A charmer and a goofball, At Fault just wants to be happy and make others happy. But he desires nothing more than to have a family and dote upon puppies, despite being aware of the consequences with his bad luck. At Fault doesn't fear being alone, but he enjoys being among friends infinitely more.
History: Being born with bad luck, his family's pack tried their best to work with the curse to deminishing results. Matthias finally left his pack after an unlucky hunt caused one of the elder pack members to starve to death. It was this incident that led him to hone his own hunting skills and circumvent his curse the best he could. His wandering eventually landed him in Athens, a place he'd been told was heavily populated with dogs unlike the grasslands where he was born and he couldn't resist the prospect of company. The origin of his nickname came from his time in the forests where a pack of friendly wolf-dogs found his tail pinned under a tree branch he couldn't escape from. When they asked him whose fault it was for his predicament, he replied "I am at fault." and explained his curse. After helping to free him, one of the pups began calling him "At Fault" and he took it to be a very fitting joke and adopted the title officially.
Likes: Company, joking, flirting, females, puppies, hunting, warmth, insects (eating and observing)
Dislikes: Rude or serious dogs, his curse, cold, rain
Other
- While he naturally has a dramatic tone of voice, it gets even heavier when he's talking to girls, thinking he'll appear more charming and romantic, but it mostly just makes him look like he's trying too hard or just plain silly.
- He gives every female he meets a unique nickname and is quite capable of admiring more than one at the same time.
- He does believe in soul mates and is hopeful that his "the one" lives in Athens.
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Oh Ami, what are you thinking
I fell in love with him, okay don't judge me.
At Fault (c) AmiliaLongTail
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Comments: 18
IcyMountainKennels [2014-04-21 17:11:39 +0000 UTC]
Lol if my girl get in we so have RP between these two :3
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Hucca [2013-06-06 19:50:17 +0000 UTC]
Have I mentioned that I love this guy? Because I do! 8D
Him and Fántasma should totally be best buds. They're both blessed with suck! 8D
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AmiliaLongTail In reply to Hucca [2013-06-07 06:40:59 +0000 UTC]
Why thank ye 8'D
Cursed buddies!
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SpoonLake [2013-06-05 00:56:44 +0000 UTC]
I feel bad for him! But he has a positive outlook so it's okay.
Brilliant design and personality <3 I can wait to see what happens when he starts RPing.
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AmiliaLongTail In reply to SpoonLake [2013-06-06 16:46:57 +0000 UTC]
Thank ye! I very much look forward to it as well XD
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AmiliaLongTail In reply to JokerrLaughs [2013-06-04 20:48:44 +0000 UTC]
Thank you muchly~ ^^
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Canis-ferox [2013-06-04 20:12:18 +0000 UTC]
He seems like such a great character; I love his design and personality The story with his nickname is cute. Sounds like he'd be fun to be around, minus the whole bad luck issue = D
Aren't deep-chested/long-legged dogs usually pretty fast though? Is his like more muscle or something?
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AmiliaLongTail In reply to Canis-ferox [2013-06-04 20:56:07 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! Kids come up with the best things, I've discovered XD
Yea, combined with being slightly underweight, makes him a bit top heavy~
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Canis-ferox In reply to AmiliaLongTail [2013-06-05 17:51:01 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome! They do indeed xD
Ah that makes sense ^^
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Shinkoryu14 [2013-06-04 05:37:40 +0000 UTC]
Here we go.
First of all, we need more clarification on his bad luck ability, as it is extremely vaguely worded. Just what sort of accidents does he cause? Is it only minor inconveniences or could something potentially fatal happen?
Also, as you well know by now, putting a bunch of strengths under one bullet point does not make them one thing. Being good at stealth, having high accuracy, and being strong are three strengths, not one, and must be counted as such.
And his thin fur is not a weakness. Having excessive fur is a strength because it provides defensive padding, but the lack of a strength is being normal. Normality is not a weakness. You'll need to replace this weakness entirely, and give him at least one or two more weaknesses to balance out all his strengths.
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Shinkoryu14 In reply to AmiliaLongTail [2013-06-04 06:06:25 +0000 UTC]
Alright, your strengths and weaknesses look a lot better but there's still a problem. Given the way the ability is described, it is far too powerful to be allowed. In theory his ability could trigger a random avalanche that crushes another dog, and anything that has the potential to be instant-death or instant-debilitation is a no-go. You need to significantly tone it down in order for it to be acceptable.
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Shinkoryu14 In reply to AmiliaLongTail [2013-06-04 19:12:01 +0000 UTC]
Looks good, we'll add the ref and deduct from your tokens.
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CorvusRaven [2013-06-04 05:21:19 +0000 UTC]
I love the idea of him giving females nicknames
Cool character ^_^
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AmiliaLongTail In reply to CorvusRaven [2013-06-04 05:57:28 +0000 UTC]
Haha! Thank ye, I thought it'd be fun X3
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