User:Veelan

An-Zu

Character Backstory

 * An-Zu, a 21 year old coyote, Doesn't know where he was born, nor who his parents were. For as long as he can remember, until the age of 9, he worked on a Pirate ship as a Cabin boy and jack of all trades. The Captain, A wolf, by the name of Renauldt made sure the boy was trained to use his claws and fangs, with the added aid of a martial weapon often described as 'The gauntlet.' A four to six piece set of metal plate spiked armors. The set used by An-Zu is a six piece set, a gauntlet for both hands with sharp claw pieces that extend the entirety of the fore arm a large spike at the elbow. Complete with a set of three throwing daggers hidden in a compartment under the right gauntlet, easily released one at a time by a mechanism in the gauntlet itself. The other four pieces are metal knee length boots, spikes at the knees and again sharp claw pieces at the toes, and a two piece helm that is designed to better damage when attacking with the jaw and teeth.
 * The wolf Renauldt, was vicious, training the boy to kill and in fact making him kill before he turned 7. Often the boy lived with others his own age, kidnapped by Renauldt. The ones whose parents couldn't find the money to pay Renauldt after he'd been kidnapped were the only ones he met, and were trained as proginee of the sadistic wolf. Often the children were pitted against each other, the most succesful were given better armor and higher command status and trusted with more and more information until Renauldt deemed them worthy to serve with him.
 * At the age of 12 he managed to escape from the pirate ships at one of its stops, Echo. Soon after he met a chef who was willing to take him in. He worked there bussing tables at first until he showed an aptitude in cooking, with nearly a perfect pallet. In the three years that followed he went through his final growth spurt, arriving at 5 feet tall, and became a well Renowned chef in the small area, among carnivores and omnivores mostly, as he rarely cooked dishes that weren't mostly meat. During this time he continued to practice his martial arts training. The third year the pirate who raised him showed up at the restaurant, Killing the chef when he stood up to Renauldt, leaving the boy room to escape, but once again leaving An-Zu's life in ruins.
 * After escaping by the hair of his chin An-Zu moved on, deciding on flight school, hoping the next time the wolf caught up to him, he would be able to get away. the three years between his entrance into flight school were spent working aboard ships, learning how to fix them as a mechanic, he became quite adept and was dropped off on his fifteenth birthday by a reluctant pilot, sore to be losing his favourite young mechanic.
 * During flight school An-Zu excelled,however making few friends, as in most things in his past. Learning in his second year that his friend who he had worked with for three years had been shot down. An-Zu was certain it was by the wolf who plagued his past. He graduated at eighteen.
 * The following years leading up to Zu's current life, was quiet, acquiring wealth and contacts. Moving from island to island, safely working to get out of the core, creating no permanent relationships, just business, afraid to cause someones death by getting too close. He strove to get a new life until he got word from one of the contacts he'd made ,a rabbit in the lower ranks of the Jade Hand, about a certain question he avoided asking, about Renauldt. He went to contact the rabbit at the specified time, in the specified place, on his approach to the runway, he saw the rabbit waiting for him and then saw a tigress look up from a shed wearing the full gear of the gauntlet, a sign from Renauldt that he would never let the Coyote live his life. The rabbits head exploded in a splash of red as a plane on the runway opened fire, four others taking off from the runway.

At this point An-Zu was already living at the R&P and in the process of retreating to the bar he took a bullet to the side. He was saved by A fox in the bar and spent the next two weeks recovering figuring out what he was going to do and opened up to margareet, the first person he had ever spoken to about the traumatic events in his past. Injured for two weeks he was grounded and set about thinking about his path, Recently having been accepted into the violet court and visiting the small embassy a short skyland away with the help of his trader molly, a reclusive dog and a genius trader.
 * His decision, his goal for living his life and seeking the path the Violet Court strives to attain with its membership is blocked by his past.

Story in RP
Dealing with horrible dreams and major fits of stress and flashbacks Zu spent the last month or so coping generally off skyland, Visiting Rowena in the hospital and tending Various projects, Tinkering on a Derelict Thunderbolt first restoring it and selling it above full price. he then under an alias bought Margareet's Orchard and worked 90% of his waking time on Arcadia restoring it to working condition and planning ways to make it earn money instead of loosing it. after replanting the last tree and running numbers again with his trader he approached margareet with a proposition for partnership, instead he ended up giving it back to her with a trade for a hangar space and her apartment on Cidade, he hasn't moved in yet.

the rest of the money from the sale of the Sombria Luna is being spent on Two things. The Schiavona now flying as silent as a regular Requin but as fast as a cetacea it's sporting a heavier howitzer as well, the t3 plane had much room for improvement on a stable Chassis. not too long ago he began printing Cards to distribute, he plans to machine basic frames into More powerful or faster versions depending on requests in the hangar. because he is the only person he is Employing so far he will be taking some large amounts of time working on the Planes.

the other ting he has been spending it on is developing contacts to find the Bloody Gauntlet, to penetrate the tight rings of security they have built up so he can Enact there destruction, the destruction he requires.

Character Description

 * Is firstly a Coyote. Fairly short at 5 feet tall, he has yellow eyes that appear, like most coyotes eyes, to shine in the dark, Mid-length hair the same colour as his fur, and takes very good care of his appearance, which is fairly attractive at the worst of times. With a Healthy coat he doesnt often need to wear any jacket in the winters outside the skylands but tends to wear a anyhow. Usually you will see him dressed in a long sleeve white dress shirt and black dress pants or jeans, Brown leather shoes. His winter wear consists of a wool coat, which most would use for spring and a scarf. He also carries a Leather bag with first aid supplies and a few other things, a note pad and a sketch book along with a pencil and a few other tools. There is a small Jade hare attached to the bag that he has had with him along with the bag since before he can remember.
 * He keeps a wooden chest with him where ever he is sleeping most often that holds 'the Gauntlet' and a single long barrel, muzzle loading, high caliber Pistol that looks to be worth a small fortune and a dozen rounds of a few types of ammo.