Charles

## Appearance

Charles is a lanky man with eye length straight black hair, he can constantly be identified by his corrupted aether arm and malformed face. The left side of his face is normal having a darker red iris. The right has four eyes, the 'main' eye has the same iris with the whites being blotted out. Each one of the 'main' eyes share bags underneath. Three smaller eyes trace down his face below it, moving on their own, with slit pupils revealing their animal nature. The arm looks solid for the most part, like a shadow of what should be there. On closer inspection however, the arm seems almost viscous, more similar to a thick liquid (The same can be said of his right leg, even though this is less prominent). Despite this deformity he always seems to have something to smirk about.

He wears bandages from his neck down to his right shoulder, where his corrupted aether arm starts. Over this he can always be found wearing his standard attire of a black striped vest and a white button down shirt underneath. The outfit is finished with black pants and matching dress shoes. Underneath these his right leg is also replaced with corrupted aether which occasionally can be seen wrapping around his pant legs. Sometimes he's been known to sport an otter-skin coat.

## Personality

Charles is fairly sarcastic and focused more on joking about any situation that he's in. While his humor is mostly jabs at himself or others he never tries to punch down, being much more gentle and reserved with those who are worse off than him. Rarely quick to anger he laughs off most situations even those of danger to himself. However, when his friends are endangered he leaves no room for comedy. He is very cautious when choosing his friends and close allies, but those he does accept into his life he would put his own down for. This more outward persona is undermined by his leech. At times there are levels of strain he cannot handle, whether from a hunger for aether or other stress on his body. In these times Charles will retreat into himself without warning.

##### Fighting Style

Charles in a combat scenario is very focused on wearing an opponent down, both physically and mentally. While he's deflecting attacks and absorbing aether he will consistently make jokes and jabs at his opponent, usually commenting on their lack of ability to properly kill him. When his opponent is clearly weakened Charles will use the stored converted aether as a potent offense looking to remove the opposition in one move.

## Powers and Abilities

Charles uses his leech to absorb aether and push it back out as pure corrupted aether. Aether, aether based abilities, and aether crystals that come into contact with the leech's body or its shaped corrupted aether are pulled into its main self. The leech then feeds on this aether and produces corrupted aether as a byproduct. This corrupted aether can be shaped into what Charles wills it to be through his connection to the leech. Although the aether comes out as a viscous liquid it can have a sharpened or pointed edge. Charles makes weapons and tools from this to use for whatever need. Whether this is grabbing a farther away target or if he needs to lock down someone near him.

##### Limitations:

* Charles is unable to convert or interact with soul aether. This substance is a poison to him as his leech cannot process it. On top of this, due to how much of his system will eventually become dependent on this leech, it slowly hurts him as well.
* When corrupted aether is removed from him it will crystalize, becoming somewhat inert but still holding the corrupted aether within.

## Equipment

Charles relies mostly on the leech and their shared senses to dodge and attack, in forms of equipment he has only a pouch that he keeps within his vest, this contains and few aether crystals to sate the leech or to produce a bit more aether in a pinch.