Rhaw

Rhaw is a Caun currently residing with the heroes in The Traveler's Retreat. He is a relatively new addition to the cast, only being introduced in the aftermath of Reality Check.

## Profile

### Appearance

With no changes, Rhaw appears as a large, vantablack dragon with pure yellow glowing eyes. He has a somewhat feral appearance with claws protruding far out, rough skin, and animalistic head features, but regardless of this he always tends to prefer a more formal look.

His appearance changes drastically with the changing of his genetic makeup, which is a process that's not easy to undergo.

### Personality

Rhaw at first glance appears to be a very cynical character, much preferring to get to the point of things rather than hang around, however he tends to warm up rather quickly to those around him, offering help whenever he can. His world view as a whole is rather cynical due to his previous profession, trying to come to terms with the change he's undergone coming into this new world.

Previous to WWC he lived a rather secluded life, his only possible social interaction being his boss The Curator, who saw him more of a tool than a friend in any capacity. From this he developed a rebellious nature in which he had a tendency to mess around with the universes in which he was in charge of.

Prior to his enrollment from his old boss The Curator and during his time leading the royal army, he was a much more well spoken, respectable individual who had a tendancy of trying to befriend everyone, regardless of their stature.

## History

### Pre WWC

Most of Rhaw's history consists of that of his interactions in RP's prior to his involvement in WWC. Below is his history in said RP's.

#### :RESURGENCE:

Rhaw's involvement in the prelude to Resurgence was mainly to do with exposition for the world building, though it greatly elaborated on his working conditions and how lonely he was in the situation he had found himself in.

Once the prelude had ended and the universe had been generated, he found that the timeline had been corrupted, and as such, he went back in time and warped himself down to Earth before the events of the universal erasure, and hand picked (Though not by his own volition) humans to proceed on his own crucade to correct the timeline. He then brought them forward in time to a world known as Agartha to start his journey with the humans.

#### :REBIRTH:

Before he was hired into the Universal Communication Relay Rhaw had a home planet, of which was all he knew during this time frame. He served under the king and queen of the planet as the leader of the royal army, second to none other than them in terms of political, and pysical power. Regardless of his elite position, he found himself standing up to the king and queen's more jaded rulings often, of which they were more than happy to listen to, largely acting as the voice of reason when tensions were high in the land.

One day however, his land was struck by a terrible fate, transforming all of the Caun into horrific void-like monsters, leaving him as the sole survivor of the plague, the beginning of which trapped him in a loop of survival, his death only bringing him back to the moment the plague hit his land. He spent decades and countless deaths attempting to break out of the loop, finally breaking out after somehow killing his king and queen along with other high figures brought by the plague, eventually bringing him to the UCR, where he was hired into his last occupation.

### WWC (Post Reality Check)

Rhaw entered WWC by complete chance, teleporting into the orbit of Cigyun where he was quickly found by Choyoku in her ship. After some brief introductions, Choyoku had found out that the heroes involved in Reality Check had returned from their venture, and took both her, Rhaw, and Lavender to The Traveler's Retreat.

## Abilities

### Genetic Modular Reprogramming

While all Caun inherently posess the power of Genetic Modular Insertion, it is only Rhaw and other higher up Caun that truly understand how to harness the power, though they cannot by their own means acomplish it on their own. Their bodies are able to withstand genetic modification in the form of "obtaining" it and joining it with their own genes, of which genetic makeup is in a sort of ladder formation, each ridge acting as an insertion point. Their bodies reap the positives of the gained genes, while nullifying the negatives. This has never been done naturally, and there has always been some outside force genetically modifying Cauns.

The key difference between most of Caun-kind and higher stature Cauns would be the ability to rapidly change ones body to match the altered genetic makeup, though the transformation isn't a choice, it technically can be, as is the case of his ring.

### Night Vision

Given Rhaw's naturally glowing yellow eyes, his vision in darkened areas is much, much better than that of anyone else naturally. While not much of an upside in most cases, this helps him to be able to see in even places where no light reaches, of which he frequented in the past.

notably, his eyes can stop glowing, as his eyes act much more like a cat's eye that holds a charge, so whilst he can see in a place with no light for an extended period of time, it will not in fact, last forever.

## Weaknesses

### Complete obedience

Due to his species nature, they have an almost canine-like obedience to beings of power. While Rhaw and his alternate selves are somewhat more immune to this than others, it isn't a complete non-issue. Due to this, higher powers such as gods, beings with unfathomable power, narrators etc have the option of taking complete control of Rhaw's actions.

### Weak base form

While his weapon proficiency is of an abnormal degree, his base physical form without any genetic modifications is actually quite frail, limiting him by quite a considerable amount. His stubbornness in battles even when he knows he's at a disadvantage can, and has led him into some very dangerous situations.

## Trivia

* Rhaw once wore a human skin suit thinking it would help him fit in on planet earth. It in fact, did not.
* There are multiple versions of Rhaw, currently 3 to be exact, being the first of the varients.
	+ The other 2 varients are drastically different characters, regardless of their similar stature, one being the main antagonist of Rebound, the other, an ally in Resurgence.

* His name is a Homestuck reference, Rhaw can mean "Spade" in Welsh, referencing Spades Slick, the character he's largly based off of.
* His Allias shares the same naming convention of the extinct gods of Rebirth, regardless of the fact he is by no means godly.
	+ This is largly in turn from him being created as a vesel of sorts to keep the cycle of the original multiverse he came from going.