HOME | DD
jinuro — dolyria : shinyou [bio]
#dolyria
Published: 2018-03-31 17:57:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 3203; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 1
Redirect to original
Description
XD like if you agree
"You wanted to go stargazing, right? Oh, we have work? ...so that's a no?"
Personal
Name: Xu Shinyou 许世友
Nickname/s: N/A (give him one...old man)
Age: 89
Gender: Male
Height: 191 cm / 6'3"
Weight: 94 kg / 207 lbs
Race: Elf
Date of Birth: November 29 [Sagittarius]
Home Region: Halcyon
Class
Class: Ranger
Weapon: Unnamed Wooden Bow
Sidearm: N/A
Elemental Boon: Air
Elemental Bane: Divine
Skills:
• Flip Switch [ 50% of Skl, Active ]
Shinyou backflips before releasing a flurry of arrows--likely used to run away...
• Lightning Strike [ 50% of Mag, Active ]
Shinyou charges an arrow (or many) with electric magic to stun whoever it hits (10-20% chance).
Base Stats
LVL: 1
HP: 15
Str (Strength): 2
Mag (Magic): 2
Skl (Skill): 7
Spd (Speed): 2
Def (Defense): 2
Res (Resistance): 4
Personality
+
charming / easygoing / idealistic / thoughtful / level-headed / accepting
=
independent / philosophical / creative / curious / flexible
-
capricious / distant / insensitive / selfish / apathetic / listless / patronizing
[ISFP]
Shinyou is a rather enigmatic but popular man. His carefree, go-with-the-flow attitude is admired by many and makes being with him easy. That same nonchalance, however, stems from a lack of attachment to anything--material goods, places, even other people. He is incredibly aloof in conversation and rarely talks about himself, but instead meets every new person and experience with genuine/warm curiosity and an open mind. His greatest treasures are memories and experiences, and he craves the opportunity to explore new parts of himself and the world around him. The flexibility and spontaneity of his interests and attention result in him often coming off as disinterested, uncaring, or even lazy; he doesn't mean to be, but he has too many things in his mind to focus on things that don't direct apply to him.
The reflective, almost spiritual part of his nature frequently makes it seem like he's talking down to people. He tries to avoid this as best he can, especially in any jobs he takes (however, on the rare occasions he gets into arguments, it's very easy to see!!). Shinyou is, however, mostly indifferent to others' opinions of him, but he cannot stand to be labeled as cruel or ignorant and it is one thing he will go out of his way to correct.
Likes:
- Napping ; Shinyou may not be lazy, but he sure likes to take it slow...
- Hiking ; But not too slow!!! He's always up for a good adventure (since he's always travelling, of course.) and loves to get a good luck at all kinds of scenery.
- Teeth ; Maybe it's because he grew up around people with horrible garbage trash dental care in his poor village, but he's always had somewhat of a morbid fascination with teeth and what they indicate. His are pretty nice, though!
- Bonfires ; He thinks they're super pretty and warm and you're always having friendly conversation around it--what more could you want?
- Fine art ; It's beautiful and refined, unlike him! And it makes you think!
- Fish ; His favorite food. He likes how many ways you can cook fish--bake, broil, fry, raw!?!??
- Cool weather ; Shinyou doesn't truly mind any kind of weather, but he's most comfortable where it's a bit chillier (as much as he doesn't want to admit it).
- Sour foods ; Again, he's pretty much good to eat anything, but he really likes tart tastes like fruits. He likes limes.
Dislikes:
- Small animals ; They really like Shinyou and gather around him...but he gets a bit irritated by them...
- Entertainment shows ; He doesn't believe anyone can watch these types of things, like fights or circuses, more than once a week without losing their mind. He's old fashioned.
- Competition ; It's just a bother to him. He doesn't think anyone should get riled up over such things.
- People who are even the slightest bit clingy ; The antithesis of his personality. They make him feel anxious.
- Ink ; He always spills it on himself.
- Biting nails ; He doesn't do it himself, but it grosses him out when he sees other people doing it. You touch things with those and then you chew it...
- Authority figures ; He's a punk! Don't tell him what to do!! Just kidding he listens to orders quite well
- Magic snobs ; After his College of Zheim mistaken application and rejection, he still harbors a little distrust towards people who are really good at magic.
- The smell of perfume ; He believes people should just embrace their natural scent. (Shinyou should embrace his musk a little less...)
- Washing his hair ; He doesn't like it because it takes forever due to his hair's length and thickness, but he really should get over that.
History
"I want something...something to believe in."
Shinyou was born in a small town just outside of the capital of Halcyon, Zheim. He was the second youngest out of 12 siblings to a human father and elf mother. Although the two were hardworking and diligent people, they were too young to be making a family. They were childhood sweethearts from Krolis who eloped up north together at a very young age to escape their parents and their respective predestined futures. Inspiring, yes. Smart? Responsible? Hopeful? Not particularly. They traveled as far as they could before settling at an inn outside Zheim where they stopped to decide where to head from there, maybe Yicrona... However, their plans were thrown off when, still at the inn, the young elf woman fell ill. When the host looked at the teenager and told the couple she was pregnant, the two knew they couldn't run again. The young man picked up a job helping the merchants in the city and the girl cleaned the hotel so they could stay there. After a short time, they bought a small (very small), run-down (very shabby) house in the same neighborhood for themselves and their child, hopefully.
The couple was wonderfully happy with their first child, even though they could hardly support themselves. But it didn't stop there--10 more, and Shinyou was born. While his mother and father were not bad people, they were terrible parents who lacked any necessary knowledge of childcare or family-rearing in general. As both of his parents were always working (his father continued to help merchants move goods, his mother became a cook at the inn), Shinyou tried to rely on his older siblings as he grew up. Like all children, they had sibling rivalries--yet theirs were taken to the extreme. Having to compete with 12 others for not only attention, but also clothes, toys, and even meals created a massive strain on any relationships they had.
Due to the lack of real care from their parents and the frequency of them being left to their own devices, the children were all but directly neglected and grew to despise each other. A few of the sisters banded together, but the brothers hated each other. Not a day went by without a scrap over who got to lick the pot or who got to follow Dad to the city. They were constantly at odds and their lives became competitions. His mother and father obviously could not afford nor did they think to get caretakers for the ones that weren't old enough to work, and the options of grandparents/friends/neighbors were out of the question because of their peculiar situation (i.e. having run away at such young ages, they burnt most old bridges and didn't have many new ones.). The older kids in his family were normal, for the most part, but never helped the younger ones. The children felt no bond to each other, even though they were they only ones who could understand each others' struggles. They acted horribly to one another, beating, mocking, and even stealing.
Growing up, Shinyou was different from his siblings. Yes, he wasn't participating in the group bullying, but more than that, he wanted to know. He was always outside his home, watching the people who would come into Zheim. The famous magicians, the spectacular goods, the extravagant intellectuals... What did they have that he didn't? The answer was paper, it was books. He asked around and finally the owner of the inn his mother worked at said he knew how to read and would be willing to teach him if he worked. Shinyou was only 6, but he immediately agreed. Working at the small barn behind the inn, he kept the chickens and goats in the mornings, and learned reading and writing in the afternoons. In an attempt to get away from his chaotic family, he spent as much time as possible in that barn behind the inn with the animals, reading anything he could get his hands on. As he grew, this deviation of interests and intelligence made it hard for him to talk and relate to his parents/siblings. The rift between his parents and himself created an inability to connect himself to anything or anyone. He had friends, of course, but he realized when he was older he never truly felt anything towards them. Even the inn owner, more of a father figure than his own father, seems to be only a memory in his mind. His siblings berated him for his interests, but his indifference to his family just made him more distant.
By the time he was 12, Shinyou was making weekly trips into the city to see if he could buy (or steal) books. He first read things on language and general scholastic topics, then found what he was interested in: the world around him. Geography. Nature. After taking the books, he'd go into the nearby icy forests to read them and test their subjects. Really, he was doing anything he could to stay away from his home, again. Once he realized this, he believed the only way for him to escape was through his education. Going into the city so often had its benefits, as he knew the College of Zheim accepted all types of students. If he went there, he could go anywhere! And then began his studies. He didn't know anything about magic, so he just worked on things he could do--whittling, hunting, and archery. He continued to study any nature/scientific books, and got a job (other than selling his hunted game) in construction within the outskirts of Zheim.
Turns out, however, you can't just get into the most prestigious magic college without having any knowledge of magic. While at first the 18 year old took the rejection hard, he quickly realized it meant nothing. He had only stayed because he thought magic and grandeur were the only ways of leaving Halcyon and this village. He only believed that because he had no other skills and his family had held him down. Now, though, he could live on his own--he had before! When his parents wouldn't come home for days, when there was no food for any of his siblings that hadn't left or gotten married...he was the one who could go into the forests and find something to eat, even in this inhospitable environment.
With that epiphany, Shinyou left those outskirts and never looked back. He started going wherever the wind took him, living off the land. As he experienced new cultures and practices he had never even heard of, he was flabbergasted at the size of the world. Not everyone could be like his family, of course, but he still felt no enduring connections to others. He tried to open himself up to people, but instead ended up becoming repulsed at his own past. He even tried dating; however, he found himself far less involved than each significant other. He couldn't even call them that. Truly, Shinyou felt only a physical attraction to each person and as a result he was often unfaithful because of his blindness to their feelings and annoyance towards their "clingyness." Pervasive thoughts of how different he was from other people filled his mind, and he wrestled with whether his inability to form lasting relationships made him a bad person.
As time went by, the skills he immensely improved--one might even say mastering--were whittling and woodworking. As long as the tools were at his disposal, Shinyou could carve anything delicately. He loved the art and practicality; that is, making bows and arrows. His skill with the weapon progressed while he traveled and learned different styles of both art and form. However, his aforementioned talent in crafting bows was the real source of his fame. And that did not go unnoticed.
Shinyou was surprised to be approached while camping in the South about the rebellion--sure, he'd heard rumors of some political drama, but heck if he really knew about that kind of stuff. At this point, he had no home, no real relationships, no job; he ventured across Dolyria, making bows, hunting game, and cooking meals for anyone who would give him a warm bed. He only had his lifestyle to lose. When it came to being asked to join, he pondered it. Shinyou couldn't believe there was a cause people were willing to lay down their lives for. Though he was not yet tired of his lonely life, he thought it might be a new experience; he hoped he could finally devote himself to something. With that ideal in his mind, he accepted the invitation and pledged his loyalty.
Other
Blood Type : B+
Alignment : Chaotic Neutral
Theme Song : Nowhere Man - Beatles
Voice : Mamoru Miyano as Bedivere in F/GO
- He is very prone to nosebleeds.
- He used to only wear well-used clothes that he just found and couldn't be bother to fix, but within the last few years he started to dress better.
- A thigh man.
- He doesn't like children! He's afraid he'll mess them up.
- Since he read so much when he was young, he knows a lot of useless trivia.
- He doesn't believe in ghosts, but openly adopts any other conspiracy/cryptid/etc. theory.
- Although he isn't gullible, he's really trusting.
- His favorite food is any kind of seafood and blackberries.
- He is terrible at any kind of art other than carving wood, but he still tries because appreciates the agency it gives him...
- As previously mentioned, while he's skilled at archery, he's even better at carving and making bows/arrows.
- Go-to expression is ^__^
- And despite his lack of attachment, he's always concerned about the health of others.
- He's ambidextrous!
- Shinyou considers himself a connoisseur of craft beers, but he's pretty light on consumption.
- He also smokes occasionally.
- Small character sheet questionnaire thing
- I calc'd it with my Quick Mafs skills and he's roughly 27 in human years!
- His hair tangles really easily so he typically has it tucked into his jacket.
- He doesn't have a favorite place he's traveled to, but he really likes to visit Yicrona, especially Zul.
- On the other hand, he grew up in Halcyon and dislikes to be in that region.
- Most likely to nap anywhere and everywhere.
- He thinks people look their best under candle/fire lighting.
- His favorite color is pea green.
- Shinyou wears face paint without any real significance. He says he learned it once when he was travelling and just decided to keep doing it.
- He would name his bows, but he 1) he doesn't treasure them at all, so it doesn't really make sense and 2) he tends to just give them away to whoever expresses interest.
- He can play the guitar (or whatever the guitar equivalent is in Dolyria)!
- The gloves he wears stop him from accidentally releasing his magic, because he kinda sucks at using it, but allow him to have direct contact with his bow. (He's on his bs about being able to FEEL the WOOD and the ARROWS)
name : anna / seo [she/her, EST]
platform : discord (seokjin#9142) / notes
etc : im down for anything!!!! please dm me whenever and ill be SUPER happy to HC / rp!! i really like development so WHIP AND NAENAE if you want to!!!!
Related content
Comments: 18
//CRASHES IN HERE
AHHH THERE HE IS MY PONYTAIL RANGER BETHREN FEAR USSS
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
WROW i love a yeye???? his outfit is so cute nd i love his history!!! big love!!!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
W.w.w........im....im so HONORED GGGG THNK YOU SO MUCH Sheds tears sobbing grossly his outfit will be far too warm for the capital...hes such a fool.......EUAN HELP HIM
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
w h e e z e... EUAN DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES SUPPOSED TO DO!!! PANICS
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
WHAT A HANDSOME BOYE HOLY HSITHN!!! LAYS ON THE SURFACE OF HIS APP
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
SLKDLKGHLKSHGL LOLO CRIES u flatter me thank u...... lays on u and *nuzzles u* : 3
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
F HSDI NMFKFDIOAFDMASD OMG NO IT'S THE TRUTH !!!
OWO >W< !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111111
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
im gonna snatch his lovely weave ok nahrwkbgoiapfjn
THIS IS GREAT HES GREAT YOURE GREAT : D
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
kiwi u flatter me TO BITS WTF THNK U SO MUCH Ur great.. >>>>>>>. and dont his hair is his only asset IM BEGGING
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
nagi he luvs u WITH ALL HIS HEART
👍: 0 ⏩: 1