Callaghan Murphy [Approved 2-4]

Name: Callaghan Murphy
Nicknames: Cal
Appearance Age: Early-20s
True Age: 24
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0
Weight: 170 lbs
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Personality: Cal is perhaps one of the most laid-back people you'll meet. You'll usually find him fishing or doing a laid-back odd-job. Never will you find him putting up a building, working a forge, or anything that requires too much work. Reason being: those just don't interest him. The thing with Cal is that he's not motivated to do something unless he wants to. If he feels like building a hut would interest him, you bet he'd be trying. But that sort of stuff doesn't interest him. Cal likes the unexpected and the different. Usually, houses and huts are built the same. But you never know what you're going to catch while fishing. Fighting isn't something he really wants to do either. But he knows how to. It's also in his blood, so-to-speak.

Cal is also somewhat smooth. I say somewhat because he's only smooth when he's trying to pick a lady up. When they're actually together, it's a whole 'nother story. Cal knows just about every pickup line in the book, but he can't use pickup lines to keep someone. He's selfish, a bit whiny (don't ask him to go shopping with you, just don't), and lazy when nothing has caught his attention. Now, don't let this fool you. Cal can care about someone, but usually that someone isn't someone who interests Cal.

Character Background: Cal is the current heir to a semi-cursed bloodline. He has the unfortunate attribute "Somewhat Demonic." This is explained in his abilities later. Callaghan Murphy isn't even his real name, but he doesn't remember his birth name. Cal's mother and father were members of a dark cult that worshiped Shax and Odia. They were respected, so-to-speak, in the cult for having supported it for generations. Something about Cal, however, was different. Although he was born with the same crimson eyes his ancestors had wrought, his attitude was nowhere near acceptable for the cult.

From the get-go, Cal was lazy. He didn't walk until he saw something of interest. Same with crawling, talking, and reading. When the cult was raided by a guild, Cal was taken in by one of the guild members. Unfortunately, the guild went under (thanks to Cal's adoptive parent no less) not long after and so Cal was left alone. He became a street urchin and could steal the clothes off of someone's back. The biggest break he had was a young woman. Cal noticed something shiny and red, thinking it was a ruby. He bumped into her, stealing the trinket in the process. In a nearby alley, he pulled out the trinket to notice it was a metal stick. Cal tried to pull, twist, and even bit into it...

Which it was a good thing that it didn't do anything until Cal smacked it into a nearby building. It was a... a big, red, metal pole. Cal was enthralled by it. He swung it around like he had seen some of the guild members do before. Then it stopped moving. Cal tried to swing it more and more, but it wouldn't. He looked up to see a hand grabbing the pole. The woman from before, who rightfully owned this pole, was holding it away from him. Cal tried to pull on it more and more, and the woman held firm. He didn't speak a word to her, but kept trying to pry the pole from her grip. When he finally was asked what he was doing, he replied: "I'm taking this to the market. I'm gonna sell it. And... and buy a house! And food! And I can't let you stop me!" He wasn't trying to harm her, but he kept trying to pull it loose.

Then the woman casually picked him up and pulled him away from the pole. She began walking away, and Cal, now stuck ass-first in a garbage can yelled after her: "One day, I'm going to get that back! And I'll be stronger than you!" Cal stopped being a simple street urchin after that and began to work around the small village. He never did the same job twice, and he kept working at getting stronger. He developed his Arcana alongside spear skills, which he learned through multiple towns and teachers. Cal has joined many guilds, only to leave within a couple of months. Most notably, he was a member of both Aria Grand and the Noir. But his guild days are behind him, as he has forgotten his goal of getting that spear back... Until he thought he saw the woman who owned it recently.

Magic

Type: Arcanist
Description: Cal has two different sets of abilities. The first is his innate abilities passed through his bloodline. The second is what he has trained to be able to do.
Bloodline: Cal's bloodline stems from a curse. Cal can see at night perfectly, as if night hadn't fallen. He has the ability to heal himself quicker than a normal human (about thrice as fast), but he can not re-grow limbs or anything. He also has the ability to survive for one minute after recieving a fatal wound. So he could, in theory, be a talking head for a minute. He also provides 50% the amount of nutrition for a Vampire, comparable to an Elder Dragon. He is also twice as hard to turn into a Vampire. Cal has a natural +10 to all stats as well. Cal is also susceptible to Aetheric abilities, and takes 50% more damage from them. These are all watered-down versions of demonic natural abilities, and for good reason. Cal's bloodline's curse is that while it doesn't make them part demon, they are treated as such for some abilities. This is not always a good thing.

Trained: Cal is a master of rune-based magic. Through runes on his staff, runes carved into small stones, and other portable means, Cal can use his Arcana on the run. However, his strength is fortification and defense. If he had a home, it would be layered with multiple runic traps. Some would shoot fire, some would freeze, and some might just be a beartrap. All of these could be put into stones and tiles, but they would be much less powerful. Runes are versatile, but they have a major weakness. Runes are only as powerful as they are large. A 1-inch rune contains 12% of the power of a 1-foot rune. So the little tiles he carries are vastly underpowered compared to what he could actually do.

Combat

Equipment: Cal carries a large wooden staff with him most of the time. The staff is shaped like a large L... or a novelty hockey stick. Don't call it that though. It has a runic array at the top that reinforces it to be like steel, makes it incapable of rotting, and allows it to function as an umbrella. He also has a steel spear he keeps with him. It's painted red and its design matches the Crimson Lance Of The Blackbourne Witch.
Skills: Cal has quite a few skills that he's decent at. These are: woodworking, painting, sculpting, cooking, baking, hunting, weaving, woodcutting, reading, glass-blowing, rowing, kayaking, underwater basket-weaving, badminton, baseball, rugby, archery, and whack-a-mole. However, he is best at three things: spearfighting, fishing, handwriting, and math. Cal is an excellent spearman, and is one of the best his teachers have seen. He can only fight well with one type of spear though, and that is the kind he has lusted after for so long. As for fishing, he just has good instincts. He says he's like a bear, but that's yet to be seen.

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Comments/Notes: He... is going to fascinate her... Oh, and that was four things.
Tier: 2-4
Skill Rank: Experienced (120)