Oken nim Shalif

A portrait of Oken nim Shalif. Art by @SunflowerViolet on Twitter. Distributed with permission under a CC-BY-NC-SA license: please credit the artist if using this work.

### Affiliation

Jackals, the Nim Shif family, the Jubilant Maybe

## Description

Oken is very tall and lithe, sinewy muscle from years of training. They have a third arm that emerges from under their left arm, but this is something they agreed to have melded to them rather than a part of their Humanity.

### Personality

Unlike some Tenders, the violent connotations of the Tenders' nickname of the Jackals is quite appealing to them. It bestows on them a feeling of power. Every choice in their life has been a suggestion from someone else.

### Clothing and Equipment

**Shards and Fragments: Eolith:** Oken is rarely seen without armour. The armour is pragmatic and agile: bracers, greaves, and a cuirass. They also wear a cloak or scarf if they need to remain inconspicuous. Set against this is their giant dog-headed mask proclaiming them as a Jackal. Oken carries the Spear of Light, a family heirloom of ash and iron. It responds to Oken and can move independently when near them, as Oken had been instructed early in their training to give up a part of their spirit and have it imbued into the spear by a Binder.

## History

### Pre-Eolith

Oken has trained to be a Tender for their whole life, bound by duty and honour to their family, the Nim Shalifs. They have been used, aware or not, as something of a pawn their whole life.
 Their first victory came when still very young, when they, as part of a group of Tenders, killed the Remnant. In this mission, Oken was one of the trainees sent to hunt down and kill its Envoys. After the remnant was killed, Oken consumed part of it and was imbued with a godly balance.
 At some point, they agreed to have a third arm melded to them at another's suggestion.

Oken's life is one of constant training and being paraded around functions by either their family or by the Jackals.

### Eolith

Relict is the challenge that will really prove their worthiness as a Tender. Oken fights as a duty to the Jackals and to their family , but also in many ways to feel like they are doing something for themself for once, to prove they have value in themself.

## Mechanics

### Eolith

#### Strengths

* Spear of Light: a family heirloom of ash and iron with almost a mind of its own: it can move by itself when it's near Oken
* Balance: Oken has god-like balance, allowing them to use the Spear of Light as a moving platform
* The Arm of a Foe: a mechanical-looking third arm that comes out from under their left arm

#### Oaths

* I Fight as my Duty
* I fight to Feel Like I Have Impact
* I Fight for the Respect of my Family

#### Doubts

Completing my mission and killing the Remnant will leave me without any purpose or direction- Remnants rarely act in a way that the Jackals consider requires their intervention

#### Power

Oken draws power from their training as a Jackal, their fear of disappointing others, and from their spirit.

## Quotes

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