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Aiden Daval
{ALIASES}He will absolutely insist that you call him Aiden. Mr. Daval just sounds way too uppity for a guy covered in dirt.
{AGE}At least 50?
{GENDER, SEXUALITY}Male, literally anyone.
{SPECIES/ETHNICITY}Elven/Adelan.
{HEIGHT/BUILD}6'1", muscled.
{OCCUPATION}Blacksmith.
{RESIDENCE}He tends to rove all along the mountain ranges. He'll settle in a place for a couple of years or so, but eventually he moves on, usually at complete random. Mostly he keeps to the far western parts of Serendipity and Adela, though he might start pushing further north if the mood strikes.
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{PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION}- Needs a damn bath; Aiden is dirty as hell. It comes with the territory, really. When he's not working the forge, he's often out in the mountain checking on the local stone and earth, and as such he's almost perpetually covered in soot and dirt. His fingernails are stained a permanent black, and no amount of scrubbing seems to help them.
- Deceptively youthful; Thanks to his elven blood, Aiden looks barely into his twenties, though by his own measure it's easily at least twice that. He doesn't show illness or fatigue easily, and it's really a marker of how far he's gone without sleep if you spot shadows under his eyes.
- Solid as stone; Despite his elven blood, Aiden is not even close to what you would call 'delicate'. He's tall, and well-muscled, with strong shoulders and biceps and a chest to match. His hips are narrow, and his legs are long and strong, made so by years upon years of hiking up mountainsides. His skin is rough, understandably, with callouses on his hands and the bottoms of his feet.
- And now, the weird part; Aiden has a few eccentricities that you might not notice straight away, but become very quickly apparent if you happen to have the privilege of watching him work. The first is, he never wears shoes. Even at the forge, he's barefoot, with the bottoms of his breeches partially rolled up to expose his ankles. Otherwise, the only things he ever really wears is his shirt, a large, dark-red linen with the sleeves rolled up over his elbows. He doesn't seem to get cold, and a quick hug proves that he is a walking furnace in and of himself.
{PERSONALITY}- Down to earth; Aiden gives off the air of someone who used to overly concern himself with high ambitions and ideals, and has since settled into a much simpler, practical kind of existence. Which is true! At one point in his life he struggled and scraped and schemed, and he'll openly laugh about his past-self's "world domination" ploys. But that's what makes Aiden who he is now— he knows how he felt before, and he's much happier simply working metal and stone, and providing small services in his own way.
- Devil's advocate; One of his favorite things to do is to poke holes in arguments. It doesn't matter if he believes in it or not, he seems to get a great amount of fun and joy out of picking at loose threads just for the sake of seeing how quickly the argument unravels when he does.
- Unmoving mountain; Aiden is more than a little stubborn. He won't change his mind easily, especially now that he's seemingly settled into a life that's the most peaceful for him. Recruiting him to any cause is difficult, though with time and effort, it's not impossible. Threatening him, however, is a one-way ticket to getting his heels to dig in, and he will throw himself entirely into the opposite action just to spite the person who did so.
- Massive. MASSIVE. Flirt.; Seriously, Aiden will hit on anyone he thinks is even moderately attractive, and if given the chance, he will absolutely take that person to bed.
Fun Facts!:- Talks to rocks. I wish I were joking, but I'm not.
- Is overly concerned with the surrounding environment. He doesn't abide by the stripping of resources, and will chide against such things if he comes across it.
- Hates cold food and drink. Hurts his teeth, he says.
- Brushing his hair is the fastest way to put him to sleep.
{SPECIAL ABILITIES}Aiden has a very special relationship with rock and stone and metal. When he forges, it's always just that much stronger than one might expect. His armor is something to behold, and have saved many a life over the years. His weapons cut just a little sharper, and he says it's because he treats the materials like the living spirits that they are, and asks them what they would want to be before forcing them into a role. It also explains why he moves around so much— once he runs out of "willing" material, he moves on and finds other stone and ore that yearns to be worked.
He is also remarkably fireproof, considering he only ever wears a thin shirt and pants while working.
{RELATIONSHIPS}He has a little "friend" in the form of a tiny series of pebbles, usually stacked on the windowsill of his home. His name is Pebble and Aiden adores him.
{HISTORY}Aiden used to be an absolute bastard. Now he's less so.
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