Ryvenn Marqo Player Character Sheet

# **Appearance**

A beastkin of marsupial descent with fur a mix of earthy reds and browns, short dirty blonde hair with almost otherworldly blue eyes. Ryvenn was raised around machina and aethertech thanks to his family living within the Empire's borders, making effective use of it in everyday life and in combat. His service within the Empire has given him a rather intimate knowledge of machina weaponry and started to learn aethertech after leaving the Empire. Since leaving the Empire's service he also has taken up alchemy, making balms, potions and salves for himself as he moves from place to place.

### **Bio**

Ryvenn was born to a pair of roo beast-kin within the borders of the Griffin Empire, living a relatively sheltered life among the humans and other beings that called the area home. His parents were both soldiers within the Imperial army, his father a seige-captain and his mother a marksman and quartermaster and both of them taught Ryvenn how to take apart, improve upon and maintain machina tools and weapons.

### **Past Life**

Ryvenn's family were devout supporters of the Empire and its goals, showing their worth by serving with the Imperial Army. Thanks to this military upbringing, Ryvenn had a better understanding of military doctrine than other recruits his age. By the time Ryvenn was 17 he was proficient with breaking down and using various machina, though it was only when he joined the ranks of the Empire that his knowledge expanded to weaponry and eventually aethertech. He was initially a swordsman as part of the Imperial infantry though over the course of a few years he would advance to the rank of rifleman, serving the Empire without question.

It would be during a major mission two years after his promotion to Corporal that Ryvenn's beliefs about the Empire and its values would be shattered forever, his hate for them taking root that day. It happened when he and his unit were ordered to capture a town and take the inhabitants into custody, his commander claiming the people have turned away from Helma's teachings. When he was searching houses however he found nothing but Helma religious items and scripture, nothing to indicate what his commander was telling him. He confronted his commander about it but was threatened with death if he pressed further. Up until this point Ryvenn had been developing severe doubts about the Empire's goals for peace and prosperity for its own people, praying it was all something he was imagining until that day. When his commander started to bring townsfolk out to be 'questioned' as he called it, Ryvenn held his commander at gunpoint and demanded he be told exactly why there were capturing the townsfolk. As it turned out his unit was to take over the town and demolish it to make way for a new church devoted to Helma with the townspeople being used as slave labor, something that did NOT sit right with Ryvenn. He renounced his allegiance to the Empire and to Helma on the spot but not before killing his commander, the man threatening to start forcing people to dismantle their own town at gunpoint. After he threatened the rest of his unit he set about releasing the townsfolk, said people were reasonably enraged with his unit for almost being evicted from their homes. Instead of attacking the people, his unit withdrew while Ryvenn made his escape into the wilderness, wanting to be anywhere that wasn't within Empire territory.

Four years would pass with Ryvenn making a living as a hunter and alchemist, living off the land and making medicinal potions to sell to those in need of them while also repairing machina-based tools and weapons. Once the Monster War kicked off however he was forced to flee the mainland but not before sending a letter to his parents. He let them know he was alive but he was leaving the mainland behind, having sailed off in a small ship bound for safer lands. Unfortunately his ship wasn't built to withstand a strong storm and thus it was torn apart by high winds and the churning sea. Clinging to a floating piece of hull with only his backpack and what remained of his gear, Ryvenn fell unconscious as the ocean currents swept him away, eventually depositing his makeshift raft close to a mysterious island with a giant, otherworldly tower.........

### **Unnatural Blue Eyes**

How Ryvenn's eyes came to be the way they are now is not known, not even to him and his family, nor the Empire. Some say he was cursed from birth, some say he possesses great magickal potential, the real answer however may never be known.

### **Sharpshooter**

Thanks to his upbringing, Ryvenn has more experience with machina weapons than most others, specifically long rifles. His fellow soldiers swore by his accuracy in hitting targets from a fair distance away without breaking a sweat while also being quick on his feet as well.