User:Aquilus Sky

History
''Iago:You know the strange thing? I'm not even worried about him. He's darn near unkillable.''

Quil's parents were pirates, operating from somewhere near Jordan. He was born in the air, and was taught from an early age to fight and fly. He "escaped" at fifteen, after several incidents he is generally reluctant to mention, but from the little he has said, presumed to have involved the deaths of several of his friends. His father then placed a high bounty on his head, resulting in him becoming a target for most pirates he comes across.

The next he was heard from was about five years later, flying solo and operating as an independent pirate hunter. A month after he resurfaced, Quil was caught in a huge dogfight over the R & P, which resulted in his stay at the local hospital and shattered leg. During the massive rock storm that hit Skytopia, Quil got a ride to Manik's mansion on Steppe, where he stayed with the rest of his wing.

More recently, Quil found that Margareet was dying of a cancer in her eye, and staged a raid on Manik's mansion to find the last of a 'miracle cure' he had developed a while ago (which had shown potential to fix near anything). Quil was shot by a guard while escaping. He survived the flight back to the R & P, but the shot had reopened several wounds acquired in a swordfight several weeks earlier. Quil nearly died of blood loss, and is currently stuck in the hospital (again). Quil "escaped" after about a week and is back to plying the skies.

Maybe one of the best things to happen to him in a while, Quil hit it off with Mitsune. However, he disappeared for a long while after being shot down by his estranged brother. After yet another daring escape from his brother's pirate gunship, Quil made his way back and has begun work on a new plane.

Someone has put a wanted poster for Quil up in the local bounty office, resulting in almost daily assassination attempts.

Appearance
Quil is a grey cat with wolfish features, and stands 5'11". He is about 20-23 years old and has green eyes with gold flecks in them. There is a hint of an accent, close to Australian, when he talks, but nothing too noticeable. He has replaced his usual jacket with a black trench coat and his cap with a pair of heavily tinted flight goggles. He has a jagged scar above his right eye from his childhood, and his lower left leg is a lightly armored prosthetic.

Personality
Nearly to a fault, Quil always repays his depts and refuses charity unless he can do something for the person in return. Fiercely loyal to and protective of his friends, he tends not to think of himself, willingly putting himself in harm's way to help another or complete his task. There is also a bit of a devil-may-care outlook that has nearly gotten him killed several times (by pirate and skyrate alike).

Likes: Stunt flying, hunting pirates, Peppermint coffee, tending bar Hates: Family, being grounded

Important Planes
Firebird: The Firebird was a red Loki with flames imprinted on the nose. It has been heavily modded, changes including a much stronger engine, heavier guns, and an amazing amount of flaps and vents added, allowing the Firebird to loop and turn on a dime. The Firebird was destroyed over Tortuga.

Mistral: The Mistral is a silver Hades that has had nearly all its armor stripped off. The bare-bones plane also has oversized props and basic thrust vectoring to give the bomber performance comparable (maybe better than) to his previous plane. This is balanced by a heavy arsenal of howies, longarms, and flak cannons to make quick work of nearly pirate. The name 'Mistral' is allegedly a tribute to a dead friend.

Other
Quil is fairly good at wood and metal working, and was taught how to take care of his plane by Burrito Loco. He can navigate by the constellations and often takes his plane up just to look at the stars. Quil has been fighting for his life since childhood, and has only gotten better after years of being on the run. He carries on him a cutlass, a concealed switchblade, a small flask, a well-made spyglass, and an old pirate badge in the shape of a flaming eagle.