Greetings, It is I, Xermillion Glass, once again with our tales of tortured souls. This week, we will be talking of [b]Keeku[/b], an up-jumped urchin from a small hamlet just outside of [b]Solveria[/b] proper. The same sub-species of Feline as [b]Naan[/b] is. [b]Keeku[/b] does not talk much of himself or his past. He'll mention [b]Naan[/b] and his contempt for him, he'll mention his work as a soldier and his lack of a master, but that is all you'll get from him. [b]Naan[/b], however, is a different story. As he is want to do, [b]Naan[/b] will talk until you can no longer hear. To hear him tell it, [b]Naan[/b] was playing one day, the way that only the son of a king may play and found [b]Keeku[/b] in an alleyway. They became fast friends and [b]Naan[/b] begged his father, [b]Toffer[/b], to allow [b]Keeku[/b] to move into their estate in [b]Solvenia[/b]. [b]Toffer[/b] allowed it, and thus [b]Keeku[/b] became, essentially, a live-in friend for [b]Naan[/b]. As the years went by, [b]Naan[/b] grew into his lordship and [b]Keeku[/b] was by his side the whole way. [b]Keeku[/b] ended up as a retainer to [b]Naan[/b] and the two of them were even more inseparable than before. Neither will talk about the rift that drew them apart, [b]Keeku[/b] is angry and seems to blame [b]Naan[/b], but [b]Naan[/b] only speaks sadly of the incident. In any case, [b]Keeku[/b] left [b]Solveria[/b] and came to wander, a [i]Grey Spear[/i] they call them in [b]Solveria[/b]. What happened after his departure, none can say other than [b]Keeku[/b] - and all he'll say I've mentioned before. At some point, he lost his ears. At some point, he found his queer machine that he wears. At some point, he died, but none of this can be given a time frame or elaborated on, unless [b]Keeku[/b] himself decides to grace us with his explanation. It is also odd that [b]Keeku[/b] is actually of [b]Glass[/b] blood. Not the fact that some street urchin cannot be, as there are members of our blood amongst all the strati of society, but the fact that he and [b]Naan[/b] are both of my blood and they are both Felines from the same region. I know only what [b]Naan[/b] tells me of his heritage, everything, but he doesn't seem to believe that the two could be related. [b]Keeku[/b] wouldn't be the first bastard of royal blood, however, but that is purely speculation on my part and should be treated as such. [u]Main[/u] [b]Keeku[/b]'s main defense is his short-hafted halberd. He had some other name for it, but I do not remember it. He swings it, as one would, though one handedly, leaving his other hand open for his queer machine that I mentioned earlier. From the shroomer, he can learn to: knock those struck back, increase the arc through which he slices, or repair his physical defenses based on those struck. [u]Secondary[/u] The machine that I speak of is some sort of open-ended combustion contraption. He sticks smooth, iron spheres into one end, adds some compound of ground charcoal and sulfur, and ignites it. This launches the ball in an explosive manner, rushing forth, faster than an arrow can. This does massive damage to those it strikes, as one would expect, but it also emboldens [b]Keeku[/b], as if the pain of his enemies makes him forget his own. From the monkey, he can learn to: cause the ball to explode on impact - healing him for each foe struck, push the ball faster - allowing it to pierce those struck, or to increase the amount by which he is emboldened when striking a foe. [u]Dodge[/u] [b]Keeku[/b] is also quite agile, he knows how to turn a foes attack, harming them and protecting himself. He cannot hold his stance for long, however. He can learn to: repair his physical defense on riposte, knock those affected backwards, or stun those nearby as well on success. [u]Ultimate[/u] [b]Keeku[/b]'s pride is his little machine. His most potent ability, is to somehow jam a dozen or so balls in at once and fire them skyward. They fall quickly, presumably not being propelled as far as there are so many of them, and fall to the ground in an arc around him. These, of course, harm those struck, but also stun them as well. From the Shroomery, he can learn to: fire more balls at once, increase the time foes are stunned for, or increase the overall area that is affected per ball. And there we have [b]Keeku[/b], another enigma, save for his childhood, which we have [b]Naan[/b] to thank for. Next week, we will be talking of [b]Tabitha Lin[/b], a forlorn and quiet soul. From what I can gather, she was in the process of dying when the curse took hold. Not the most pleasant of revivals, I can assure you. Until next time, Xermillion Glass