Shin

Shin is a 32 year old Human — Dragon hybrid that has been working as a bounty — hunter since the age of 16. He spends the vast majority of his days traveling the continent, taking on odd jobs that often takes him from town to town. His plans for the future are non — existant, instead living his life one day at a time.

## Appearance

Shin is a tall, well-built man with silver hair and yellow eyes, and a large set of horns. Due to his race, parts of his body are covered with hard scales that can be damaged, but act as their own layer of armor for the skin beneath. It is incredibly difficult to break these scales, but certainly not impossible.

## Biography

Shin was born to a single mother in South Warren, a remote and now wiped out village in the southern regions of Negame. His Mother was a Dragon Hybrid who successfully earned the right to leave their people's secluded island in the Northwest waters of Orthûn. She settled in the small town of South Warren after a few years of traveling the continent, and eventually met a Bounty Hunter passing through. She fell in love and the two had a child quickly, though he ultimately left after being invited to participate in a Quest ranked SS. He never came back.

At a young age, Shin's mother cast transformation magic on him much like she had herself, with the plan of hiding his true appearance and race from the outside world to protect him. As he grew older, he came to understand this and quickly learned how to utilize and maintain the spell. At the age of seven, South Warren was attacked and razed to the ground by a passing group of Orcs, killing all but Shin and another villager who took him to the town of Nehve.

He grew up there as an orphan, beginning work at the early age of 9 as a blacksmith’s assistant. By the time he was 14, he was working on his own after mastering his craft, and he made his first sword. At the age of 16, Shin left his job as a blacksmith and went on to become a bounty hunter, after having spent 2 years training himself with a sword. He bought himself a cheap set of armor and went straight to work.

During his travels, he returned to the ruins of his old village and began work to rebuild his old home to be used should he ever be passing through the area. Primarily, he lives in the first inn he stumbles upon in any given town.

After narrowly managing to complete a recent SS ranked Quest which he was stupid enough to take on by himself, Shin ran out of mana for the first time in his life as he often never utilized it for anything else, and drank potions to keep the transformation active as he needed them. He saw his own true appearance for the first time in years, and decided to stop hiding himself — believing himself strong enough to defend himself from any attackers.

## Personality

Shin is a quiet and level headed individual who relies mostly on intuition. He may come off cold to people he has just met, but he is a kind man once you get to know him.

## Skills and Abilities

Due to his years spent working as a blacksmith, he has a good understanding of the trade and is capable of making decent tools and weapons. Thanks to this knowledge, he often stops by a shop to repair his blade as opposed to buying or making another one.

Shin specializes in using a one — handed sword, but has proficiency with a number of other weapons.

Transformation Magic — Had a spell cast on him at a young age, which he maintained until he was thirty — two years old. His uses of this magic are not quite as wide as others might be, only ever utilizing it to hide his true appearance after his Mother taught him how to do so.

Fire Magic — He has held an affinity for Fire throughout his life, though during his years transformed the strength and potency of his Magic diminished steadily, and he rarely used it. After the Transformation was undone, he gained what would be akin to a boost in his mana levels, the potency of his flames and the uses he could find for his flames.

## Ships

Shin is currently multi — ship with one main ship.