Isaiah Tasker; The Desert Phantom

[Klezmer Gryphon]

__________________QUICK STATS
Name Isaiah Tasker
Alias The Desert Phantom
Age 39
Gender Male
Species Human
Ethnicity 1/2 Adelan, 1/2 Sionadyaki
Height 5'9"
Occupation Raider of Slaver Caravans
Residence A small herding village in the desert

__________________IN-DEPTH STUFF

Physical Description
The Desert Phantom, as he is called by the survivors of his one-man war effort, is only known by the clothes he constantly wears. Many of the people who witness his attacks report a tall man wearing a long, tan robe down to his shins, which parts at the waist to reveal grey trousers and a pair of worn leather boots. Over the robe, he supposedly wears a leather vest, with a thick belt over it holding several pouches, also donning a hood and plain wooden mask to conceal his face. All accounts record him having a Connlaothian rifle slung over his shoulder.

The man the Phantom sees in the mirror every morning, however, is not the wooden mask and hood of local legend. Isaiah, as he once was known to his friends, is a dark and sullen face. The high cheek bones, sunken brown eyes and narrow, chiseled jaw of his mother's Sionadyaki ancestors are readily evident in his face, while his father's Adelan heritage leaves him with paler skin and dark brown hair, which is usually left to grow to his shoulders.

Personality
Isaiah is dark, distant and mysterious man. Though his motivations for attacking slavers and freeing their captives are unknown, one can hear the anger and vengefulness that stains his soul when he speaks of slavery and its proponents. He feels a deep pity for slaves, and openly curses the institution that ruins so many lives. He tends to be a loner, and as such never becomes too attached to people, although he does posses a sense of responsibility the freedom of the people he encounters.

However, none of this makes him a saint. Cold and calculating, Isaiah is more than willing to kill and steal if the ends justify it, and feels no remorse for those whose blood seep into the sand at his hands, as they, in his mind, chose poorly their path in life. If there is only one shred of goodness in the Isaiah's soul, it's how he cares for the people he frees; often times, he will personally train and equip the persons he's liberated for their trip back home, giving them food, water and some coin to get them going, even if he never considers them his 'friends'.

Magic/Abilities
Marksmanship: Armed with a wheel lock rifle stolen from a shipment of weapons coming from Connlaoth, Isaiah has become a fine marksman, able to pick off a target at a distance of fifty yards without assistance. In addition, he also has enchanted the rifle to allow him to control the path of his shots with a series of clicks and whistles, allowing him to be very selective with whom he kills.

Earth Manipulation: While his accuracy with a rifle is a force to be reckoned with, Isaiah isn't called the Desert Phantom without cause. Over many years of fighting slavers, he has honed his powers over earth and stone to a frightful degree, enabling him to manipulate the very sand of the desert in which he wages his personal vendetta. Examples of his mastery include:

• Creating of sandstorms
  
• Making sand barriers
  
• "Liquifying" the sand*
  
• Causing dust tsunamis
  

However, his power is not without limits; like and unlike most mages, he is affected by the fields of Mordecai, but his power is restricted to basic barriers and sandstorms instead of being completely negated. Also, while his mastery of earth and stone is nigh absolute, he cannot manipulate refined metals or the glass of the Seraj Isa.

*Essentially, he can turn an area into an impassable bog of quicksand and sinkholes

Relationships
The only relations Isaiah will mention are his mother and father, both deceased and buried. He has very few people he considers to be friends, and often only mentions them as people he's known for a long while. What he doesn't mention is that he has an older brother named Guillaume who serves as a priest in Connlaoth, their country of origin.

History


__________________THREAD TRACKER
Current Threads

Complete Threads