Eric Keller [APPROVED, 3-1]

Name: Eric Keller
Appearance Age: Early 20s
True Age: 20
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 165
Appearance:



Personality: Deep down, Eric Keller really is a nice guy. He's just very misguided, confused, lonely, and even more desperate. Loneliness has a way of wearing down your mind and his started at a very young age after he lost his parents. His parents were already weird and taught him a few strange things to believe in and feel, but losing them without really gaining any social skills made things worse. Firstly, they didn't believe in putting him into school. Eric doesn't know how to read or write anything that isn't his first and last name. He doesn't do anything more than basic math either.

Eric is normally gentle, but there is a side of him that's a bit more angry. He can be a sweetheart, loving, passionate, and actually really really cute. The other side of him is angry, unpredictable, and some would call it insane. This is the side of him that has no problem locking young women in his house for as long as he can. He does this so they actually get to know him. He doesn't want to hurt or scare them, but no one else will give him a chance. The ones that always try to get away are the ones that make him upset. He doesn't know how to handle these emotions, so he can be unpredictable.

When Eric captures someone, it's because they entered his house. He invites them in and then ties them up, whether it's after drugging them or knocking them out. He takes care of them and tries to get to know them. It's when they try to escape that problems arise. He gets angry when he catches them, but if they get away they're gone. He won't chase. Eric is also kind of a crybaby, but in one way. He doesn't know how to handle being yelled at. He was always scared of his mother's anger, so when the women yell at him, he'll run and keep them locked up until he's not scared anymore.

Character Background: Eric Keller lost his parents at the age of nine. They lived on a farm a mile outside of Alexandria in Arcadia. When they died, he buried them himself. He continued working on the farm by himself. He did this for two years before anyone from Alexandria realized that his parents had not visited the town in a very long time. When they found him, most of his harvest had gone uneaten and rotted away. His hair had grown down his back and he had become strange from the lack of social activity. He had no friends, had never gone to school, and his parents were the old type of traditional, so his only teachings came from them. He could not read or write, barely spoke, and was very distant.

Once they realized that Eric was alone, people tried to visit him often. It became increasingly more difficult for them because he had become so odd. He didn't know how to speak with most people and he looked at women like they were something to eat. The men of Alexandria and other farms around stopped bringing their families over, especially ones with daughters, and just dropped him off a few packages. Since he was so young, no one wanted to abandon him, but his mannerisms were almost disturbing. Eric noticed the lack of visits that he had come to like and began inviting people over. Some families tried again and gave him the benefit of the doubt, but one event changed everything.

A thirteen year old girl, Eric's age, asked her parents if she could stay and help him with a few chores that he had mentioned . Her family knew the chores were hard for one person and allowed their daughter to stay. They left her there for the night, but she did not stay long. Being alone with Eric proved frightening. She saw a side of him that was a little too aggressive and forceful, so it scared her. He wanted to have a hug, something he had not felt since the passing of his Mother. When she told him that she felt odd hugging him, he became irate and began shouting and begging her for one. When she backed away, he grabbed her and held her tight. She ran and never returned to his farm.

After that story got out, no one went to visit him. He received small packages that were supposed to help him get by and dealt with the normal contracts his family still had going, but he never had any friendly or casual visits. After a while, the loneliness began to wear him down. Eric found himself desperate for some sort of meaningful contact. When a strange woman came to his door to sell something, he lured her inside and chained her up. He walked her around the house like she was a prisoner. He never did anything to hurt her, but pretty much kept her a hostage. When he accidentally left the key too close to her, she unlocked herself, hit him on the back of the head, and ran away.

Over the years, situations like this have happened. Some stayed for a couple of days, others for weeks, months, and one was stuck for a year and a half. Eric just wanted someone to be with him and not run away, but nothing was working. He didn't understand what he was doing wrong. When the town of Alexandria finally got fed up with him kidnapping young girls, they formed a mob and captured him. They tied him up and burned his house down. They were ready to beat him, but the two of the girls he had held hostage came forward out of pity for him. He was crying and begging them to let him go. They didn't like seeing that, so they explained to everyone that not once had he ever hurt them.

When the girls convinced the mob to let him go, they left him and let his house burn. They did not kill him like they originally wanted to, but they left him with nothing and told him to get away from their town. Eric did not know where he could go. There was no place else he wanted to be. This was his home. Over the next six months, the people of Alexandria watched Eric try to rebuild his old home. He took the tools from his shed and cut the wood himself. People looked on in pity while he tried to rebuild something he didn't have the knowledge to. After a while, a few people gave in and helped him rebuild. Once it was complete, they warned him to never go near a girl from Alexandria again.

Magic

Type: Arcanist
Description: Eric has a small list of abilities, none of them too powerful.

• Light: He can make any item that fits in his fist glow enough to light up a room.
  
• Breeze: He can create a light breeze in a small area just to make it more comfortable.
  
• Warmth: He can make his body radiate just enough warmth to be comfortable on a snowy day.
  
• Regrow: He can cause small plants and flowers to instantly regrow like they never died.
  
• Rain: He can make it rain in a small area, usually over his field to prevent crop death.
  

Combat

Equipment: Anything you'd find on a farm...
Skills: Farming, ranching, horseback riding, running. He's a nimble little fucker.