Youri

Youri-Naiim is a Forest Spirit created by Specter for GGaD. He is supposed to represent environmentalism to some extent.

## Appearance

Youri has the appearance of a child, more specifically, a preteen. But he’s a rather tall kid. 149 cm is his actual height. Most of his height, however, is due to his long legs in contrast to his rather averagely proportioned body. He’s rather slender or lean, probably even nearing the unhealthy side, but it doesn’t show much except that his arms have been compared to sticks before. His skin color is dark tan. He has bright green eyes which are also pupilless, but they still have a sort of liveliness. They also allow Youri to see normally. His hair is slightly long, nearing the base of his neck. It is straight save for an unruly curl on the left side. The color of Youri’s hair is rather peculiar; it *can*be generally defined as green, but what shade exactly it is hard to tell. This is because it’s in a fade which goes from very light green (almost white) at the top of his head to a much darker shade at the tips. This fade is very smooth, and most importantly, natural. A lighter patch of skin, similar to a scrape scar, is visible on his left cheek

He doesn’t vary his clothing a lot, since it seems he has a pretty definite preference in this area. It is worth noting that his clothes can be taken to be winter-themed or suitable for cooler weather. Youri tends to wear large sweaters without sleeves. That’s one more thing, that he doesn’t like wearing long sleeves. Anyways, he also tends to use black leggings which look looser than they really are since his legs are so thin. For footwear he’ll often use boots. Over everything, he has a gray cloak with fur—faux fur— on the inside. But the cloak can also assume the form of a slightly long coat or a thick scarf. Youri sports tightly-wrapped white bandages on both his arms, from his wrists to almost the shoulder.

## Personality

He’s a person who gives off calm vibes, yet cheerful at the same time. But this doesn’t form his whole personality. Youri tries to act maturely and with the proper actions of a being with his age and responsibility. Yet it seems that, in unity with his appearance, he can be described as often having childish actions or reactions. Now, this doesn’t mean he does things exactly like a young child would; in fact, he seems to majorly lack innocence and naivety. To make up for this, he fakes such reactions so as to not seem too out-of-place with his looks. Another trait which kind of ties into this is his trust. He does not give trust 100% to others easily, but he is not completely distrustful of everyone he meets. By this it could be said that while he’s friendly and cordial, he keeps in mind that people are really not what they seem. There are often too many thoughts, possibilities, and light suspicions inside his head. Still, he acts in a friendly way.

Continuing with the childlike aspect, there seem to be certain parts of this which he can’t get rid of. For example, his getting excited easily over things even if he’s able to contain this emotion and not jump all over the place like that. Or his strong curiosity. He does smile a lot though, and every single smile of his looks just as sincere and bright as a real one would. Youri does not have extreme outward reactions to displeasure, such as holding a tantrum and overall capriciousness. He, however, is pretty good at holding his opinions/feelings to himself and therefore can take on a surly or irritable behavior. Keep in mind that this is not usual for him.

## Powers and Abilities

He’s a magic user in general, aside from having the nature abilities granted by his status as a Forest Spirit. While he doesn't know a variety of magic, he is exceptionally good with what he does know. Youri-naiim's magical energy levels are abnormally high anyway.

He has a number of unique abilities as well.

One of them is like an increased form of instinct. Youri is able to sense intentions, to feel lies, and to be aware of movements in his surroundings. This branches out to being able to find out basic information about others (basic abilities, magical level, species, gender, and intent) by simoly looking at them. This ability is classified as a survival skill, and may be temporarily increased to higher levels consciously at the cost of energy.

## Backstory

As a first-generation Forest Spirit, Youri came into existence to be the sole inhabitant of a small taiga forest in Forengard. He “grew up” there by himself. Since he got curious about the world outside of his forest, he did travel around for a bit. He’s a bit more knowledgeable about the Modern sect than the Medieval one, but spends time in both equally.

## Other Stuff

* He's the spirit of a taiga forest.
	+ He's also the sole caretakee of his forest, as well as the only one of his species linked to it.
* He likes reading.
* Youri thinks it would have been nice to have parents.
* He has never eaten bacon and does not plan to.
* He mentioned that, if he were a kind of meat, he would probably be chicken or a small turkey because of his size.
* He considers himself small, both in age and height, yet doesn't really mind it. The age thing is relative; he's young for his species, but older than a regular human could ever hope to be.
* His hair was supposed to look like a snow-capped pine tree to reflect his belonging to a taiga forest. It's just a nice color fade now though.
* He can ice skate and do various winter sports with ease. Snowball fights are included. He loves those.
* Please do NOT litter if Youri is nearby. He will not take it kindly.