Kruger Xannon

Name: Kruger Xannon
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Race: Human
Build: Ectomorph, Unnervingly tall and lanky
Alignment: Lawful Neutral/Lawful Good
Personality: Dry, Cold, but inherently goodnatured. The only way for him to achieve enlightenment is to aid others in any way he can, but his personality is very down to business.
Height: 6’6”
Weight: 163 lbs
Eye color: Pale blue
Hair color: Black (Bald, Black Beard)
Normal cloth attire: Monk-like clothing, Cloth strip covering his eyes
Armor: None
Any other facial features/looks: Kruger is notably eerie in stature and body type. With next to no muscle, being very tall and very thin and lanky, some could say he looks like a skeleton. His limbs and fingers are unusually long as well, and he has seemingly no scars.
Region: Crimson Region
Weapons: A tall, firm oak stick he uses as a quarterstaff
Racial Abilities: None
Abilities: Blind sense (Elaborated on in backstory), Extensive patience, Extensive reaction time, Astral Projection, Able to self heal over an extended period of time spent meditating
Skills: Extensively trained in acrobatics, pressure point fighting, Hombu Aikido, and hand-to-hand grappling, can catch an arrow out of the air if fired from a long distance (Elaborated on in backstory)

Strengths: Hand to hand fighting, Lightly armored targets, Simple weapon fighters, Nature related magic, Fighting with his blindfold
Weaknesses: Heavily armored targets, Technology (including simple tech, steam powered, clockwork, etc), Arcane magic, Ranged fighting, Fighting without his blindfold, and he sees little to no value in money or materialistic things.

Goals: Kruger's only goal is to gain enough experience and wisdom to return to his tribe, and obtain the title of elder.
Alliances: Nature Guardians

Reference Image: https://imgur.com/a/rVOpb0x

Backstory: Very little is known about Kruger’s backstory, even by him. To the best of anyones knowledge, he was dropped off with a tribe of nomads, with nothing but a blanket around his body as a mere infant. The group could not find his mother, and in the end decided to raise him as one of their own.

The nomads were known as “The followers of Jié Zòu”, a group of monks, trained in combat by studying the rhythm of the earth. It is understood that nature has an inherent rhythm, and these nomads believe true enlightenment is when you embrace that rhythm. By doing so, they deprive themselves of sight, and in doing so are able to perceive the world around them through blind sense. These monks strive for what is good, and achieve an inner harmony by helping others, but only in small, simple ways. You can count on them to help a small village being terrorized by a hag, assist in dethroning a group of ruffians, or even seeking out food and water for a begger, but they will never get involved in ward unless A, it involves them directly, or B, the outcome threatens nature, or the world it’s self.

As a child, Kruger was very boring. He did not like to play with other kids, he had no hobbies. He seemingly devoted his entire self to training. It paid off, too. He reached his advanced training very early on, and by age 14 he was training with the adults of his tribe.

At age 25, he had reached a milestone. He had learned all he could be taught from training. The next step was to leave the tribe, and to go and see the world. Once he had experienced the world, years later he would return, and would be an elder of his tribe. Twelve years later, and he is still steadfast on his quest, taking in all earthly wisdom he is able to find.

Now, to elaborate on some of his abilities and skills. Hombu Aikido is a very gentle fighting style, which uses the opponents strength and movement against them, rather than using your own. An example would be applying gentle pressure to someone’s wrist in just the right spot, causing them to break their grip on you, or swiping a charging attackers legs out from under them at the precise moment that makes them tumble to the ground.

His blind sense makes him very perceptive, heightening his hearing, scent, and to a degree ‘sight’ (though not with his eyes, of course). This is mostly RP flavor. Being a guardian of nature, and given the views of the tribe, any form of technology is hated by him. Catapults, clockwork, and steam powered machinery are included. Due to his hatred of said things, he also does not understand them, so using them against him would put him at a disadvantage.

And lastly, Astral Projection. Kruger's spirit is able to leave it's mortal body. In this spirit form, he is invisible, and completely harmless to other living beings, but can pass through solid objects and go anywhere, while his physical body sits still, with it's back to a living tree. Used mostly for gathering information from places he can not reach. While projecting, Kruger may not return to his body unless he finds it in the physical world as his spirit. He is unable to defend himself in this state, and if he loses his body, he will die as his body loses nutrients. This is used for many reasons, but there are two main ones. Gathering intel with stealth, and interacting with spirits/beings not alive but not fully passed on. It is borderline useless, if not a weakness in battle, so this will only be used for story based reasons.