Arkenos

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=• AT A GLANCE •= Friendly around town, fierce in the battlefield. Often seen riding his Grinder or uniblade, enjoying the many roads and views of Nexus. His Power Sword is never too far from him. He talks like an Exile.

=• PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND AESTHETICS •= Average height. Only outstanding feature being his always clean shaven head matched with a thick and somewhat well kept beard. His bluish grey eyes are full of wonder and attention. A quick glance at the rest of him reveals a strong, fit and functional body; the result of many years of Warrior training with Power Swords. His arms and hands are full of small scars from his work on uniblades and grinders, as well as countless battles. Surprisingly his head and face are relatively undamaged.

Arkenos had a simple childhood and it carried over to his adult years. He is not a fan of flashy, dazzling colors or displays. His interests lie in the functional and simple. Solid, matching colors are preferred and he keeps his armor as accessory free as possible. He always keeps his head smooth and clean shaved, yet his beard is only maintained on a "need to" basis.

=• PERSONALITY •= Arkenos has a simple speech pattern, which he never cared to work on even after leaving his home village or training under the Draken Kaver. This has led to him keeping quiet most of the time, since he has been teased by many highborn for sounding "like a bloody Exile, guv!" He is calm mannered, never wanting to stand out in any crowd (unless it's the battlefield, where he is set in his ways of efficient destruction). He is quick to offer a smile and a conversation privately or in small groups.

=• HISTORY •= Aren Mickenos was born in a small village near Grudgel Downs back in Cassus. At a young age he was quite taken with the tales of Toric Antevian, the lowborn who achieved more than most highborn could ever dream of. He would've joined the Legions willingly but his family refused, claiming they needed the help around the farmland and that it wasn't something his family, the Mickenos, did. His family was murdered when he was thirteen by remnants of the True Sons of Cassus. Soon after a Gold Legion squad was sent to the village for protection until the heretics were flushed out. They were led by a female Draken of the Radiant Legion named Kaver. Arkenos quickly sought her out and demanded she do something about his family's murder. The orphan's passion and rage impressed the Draken and she took him under her personal watch and renamed him "Arkenos" in light of the Draken's lack of surname use. In his mid teens he learned much about the Grinders and Uniblades while servicing the local Legion's vehicles and became a bit of a gearhead. The Draken was impressed with his physical strength and how easily he lifted the heavier equipment, however and so she began to teach him, discreetly, how to use a Power Sword. She forced a Draken Great Hunt on his 19th birthday, the goal of which was to claim revenge on his family's killers. This was her going away present to him, as she was called away and be on the first wave of settlers to the newly discovered Nexus. After his successful Hunt, Arkenos returned to the news of Nexus' discovery and Kaver's sudden departure, leaving behind only an arm cannon for him as a sign of completing his warrior training. Setting his convictions straight, he left the village in search of a way to get to Nexus, find Kaver and serve the Dominion as a Soldier in the front lines.

=• CURRENT STATUS •= In the short term, Arkenos hopes to serve the Dominion with immediate purpose to keep him active and spend his seemingly endless energy in the field as a Soldier. In the long term, he would like to find Kaver again to thank her and repay her however he can. He would even hint at a desire to eventually find a place to call his own one day, and settle down to run a Grinder/Uniblade workshop somewhere in the Dominion's empire.