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Name: Kos; Kos Ikko’Inu

Age: 19

Height, Weight, Body Type: 5’4″ (short by common standards), 125lbs, mesomorph

Eye Color: Hazel – blue, green, auburn, grey – changing according to mood

Hair Color, Style: Light brown, blond when it catches the light, short mohawk (symbolizing a dragon’s crested head)

Skin Tone: Caramel

Physical Condition: Lean, muscled, athletic

Distinguishing Features: Symbol of The One God tattooed on his forearm; Slightly protruding ears (monkey ears)

Physical Imperfections Most Likely to Change: None

Gestures: Bowing; tugging on his ear when distracted or in thought; touching his tattoo when feeling threatened

Ethnic Group: Kavasatran

Family Background: Kos doesn’t know his family – he was given to the Dragon Temple as soon as he was weened. He is the third child in his family – all third children are, by custom, given to the Temple.

Religion: Kos is a Dragon Monk, and therefore worships The One God, through his servant, The Dragon.

Parents: Kos’s parents, though he doesn’t know them, live in the city on Kavasatra, the island nation where Kos grew up. His father is a baker and his mother is a dyer.

Siblings: Kos has an older brother and sister, the former apprenticed to a blacksmith, and the latter is a teacher.

Neighborhoods: Kos has lived in the Dragon Temple his whole life, a bustling village in its own right. The Temple takes care of most of its own needs by farming the land owned by the Dragon Monks’ order. When Kos visits the city, he spends most of his time in the market square purchasing supplies for the monastery and in the lower temple, where regular religious services are held in the city (and where children are taught throughout the week).

Income: Kos has never earned a single penny in his lifetime. Later, after the first battle with the Griind, when money is offered, he has no idea how to manage it.

Growing Up: As a third child, Kos’s life was offered as tribute to Sa’Inu. He grew up in the Dragon Temple, cared for by monks and nuns. As any child raised by a community of learned people, Kos was precocious.

Education: In the monastery, Kos received a well-rounded education that focused mainly on the teaching of The Dragon as a path to Sa’Inu. He learned the art of meditation and mastery of his physical form. He was taught philosophy, and taught to be always humble and to serve the world – never to expect the world to serve him.

Skills, Talents: Kos developed the same skill in the Dance of the Dragon as all Dragon Monks. He also developed a skill in woodcarving.

Short and Long Term Goals:

• Fight against the injustice of the empire’s conquest
• Be at perfect peace with hand life deals him
• Solve the mystery of the Empire
• Escape from captivity- Control his power
• Protect humanity from the Griind
• Make things right with Achi

Short and Long Term Wants and Needs:

• Live in peace, simply
• Romance with Aryenne

Introvert/Extrovert: Kos is an extrovert trapped in the bindings of a deeply ingrained introverted philosophy.

Eccentricities: Often appears to be looking at things that aren’t visible to anyone else – whispers to himself.

Type of Temperament: Focused, calm, accepting of change and unpleasant events up to a point.

How He/She Handles Anger or Rage: When pushed to the edge of his temper, Kos loses control and lashes out – this happens extremely rarely.

Admirable Traits: Committment to justice; flexible disposition; Compassionate

Negative Traits: Humble to a fault; Fear of leadership; Unwilling to make tough choices

Habits: Fidgeting

Prejudices – Good and Bad: Fear of other races – based on religious knowledge of the downfall of the Giant and the Leviathan. Unbridled trust of merchants – as a Dragon Monk merchants in Kavasatra always gave him the lowest price, so he assumes all merchants do the same.

Things that Irritate: Silence as a response to a question – or crypticism. People who lord power over others.

Things that Make Character Uncomfortable or Embarrassed: Talk of parentage; sexual advances; mention of his ears.

Most Painful Things in Life / Traumas from Past: Attack on Kavasatra; Hurricane hit the island when he was a child.

Political Leanings: Kos was raised in a theocratic society. He’s an idealist, believing that everyone is capable of following the Dragon Path to build a perfect society. That belief is gradually fractured as Kos lives out his story.

Sense of Humor: Kos is a quick, but gentle, wit. He favors self-deprication.

Fears: Kos fears responsibility and power. He also fears turbulent weather. Ultimately he fears facing challenges alone.

Phobias: Astraphobia (fear of thunder, lightning, storms); mild equinophobia (Kos will always prefer to walk rather than ride a horse).

Friends: Achi, Aryenne, Sky-Kicker, Torik, Iba (brother) Sola (a monk), Itara (teacher in school, Kos’s sister – but they don’t know they’re related).

Enemies: Achi

Major Problems to be Solved (At Least Three): Control magic outbursts; escape from Blood Pits; Defend empire against Griind; Stop reckless imperial expansion

Solutions to Problems (At Least Six): Train with Sky-Kicker, learn to shift focus; Torik and Aryenne; Recruit an army, petition empire for forces, petition dwarves for forces; Defeat Achi, expose Achi.

Lessons Learned: Things are not always as they seem. Corruption does not always follow power. It’s possible to lead and serve at the same time.

Chronology of Actions from Beginning to End of Story (One to Twenty):

• Dreams of the Storm
• Rescues Achi during the imperial invasion
• Rescues the shopkeeper
• Conscripted by the imperial army
• Trains on the ship
• Destroys collar
• Travels to Caeroldon
• Battle with Caeroldonian rebels (refusing to kill any)
• Refusal to kill prisoners
• Outburst of magic, accidentally kills soldiers beating him
• Court-martialed, sent to the Blood Pits of Saaltiva
• Refuses to kill in the arena, earning the respect of the gladiators
• Meets and falls in love with Aryenne
• Fights in Achi’s engineered match, wins, refuses to kill his assassins
• Escapes the Blood Pits
• Leaves the group of escaped gladiators
• Poisons by accident himself in the forest
• Learns control of magic from Sky-Kicker
• Addresses the village
• Fights the Griind at the village
• Travels back to the capital, gathering followers
• Fights and defeats Achi
• Addresses the emperor, is thrown in jail
• Addresses the Council of Kings
• Gathers his army and marches for the mountain pass
• Defends against the Griind assault until imperial and Dwarven reinforcements arrive