Zaqri of Metia

Name:	Zaqri of Metia
Gender, Age (Y927): Male, 31
Physical Description	Tall and massively built. He is blond haired and bearded with a face described as a demi-god out of legend.
Birthplace, Race:	Zaqri is of mixed blood descent, but primarily traces his heritage to northern Rimoni, and the region of Metia, through his father’s line. He was born in a Rimoni caravan in Verelon.
Social Status:	Dokken pack leader, Soul drinker.
Among the Souldrinkers, Zaqri’s status as a pack leader is highly prestigious and sought-after. It must be gained through ritualised challenge and combat involving the mates of both challenger and encumbant.
Family Background:	Zaqri’s parents are long-dead. He is mated (“married”) to Ghila, one of twin sister from Lokistan (her sibling is Ghila, mated to Zaqri’s friend and closest ally in the pack, Perno).
Personality:	Despite his abominable heritage Zaqri is of a noble nature and tries to live his life with a personal code of honour. He is a dedicated leader of his clan and cares deeply about them and their well being. 
Mage Affinities/Physical abilities:	Zaqri is the equivalent of a pureblood in gnosis terms, having slain and consumed the soul of a pureblood mage during the years following the Second Crusade.
His affinities are:
•	Intellectual: Hermetic	
•	Elemental: Fire
Despite having received no formal gnostic education Zaqri has become an accomplished Hermetic user, having risen to the top of his clans (all of whom are hermetic specialists) social ranking. For both travel and combat his preferred form is that of a lion, showing an incredible manipulation of his mass, whilst the eagle is his preferred air form.
Whilst his level of competence in other gnostic studies is largely unknown (and likely severely lacking due to the lack of education available to the nomadic shape-changer pack he rules) he appears to have talent with mesmerism, displaying a deft touch when probing someone’s mind against their will. 
History prior to Y927:	Zaqri has been pack-leader for eight years, a long term in the hurly-burly world of the Dokken. He had forged relations with packs neighbouring his territory in northern Dhassa, and with several of the Dokken city-clans. 
Notes:	He has been mated to Ghila most of his adult life, and they fought together to gain clanleadership from a cruel and damaging incumbent leader. They have no offspring, which causes both sadness.
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