Iris Information

Brief Info

• Name: Iris Alfel
• Alias: Cosmos
• Age: 24
• Birthdate: 12th April, 4477
• Height: 5'7 (170.2cm)
• Occupation: Courier
• Location: What remains of the Greater Pacific Northwest of the North American Continent
• Appearance: Here
• Voice: Speech / Singing
• Language: English, French, Russian, Latin
• Diet: Basically anything, favours fish and bear
• Romantic and Sexual Orientation: Pan
• Mutation Information: Here
• Mutation, Classification, Rank: Beast Taming, Hereditary, N/A
• Mutation, Classification, Rank: Atomos (Lightning), Elemental, S
• Mutation, Classification, Rank: Levitation, Gravitational, B
• Cosmetic Mutations: Retractable nails, prominent canines, markings all over the body in a darker shade of his hair, pupils are a darker shade of his irises.

Personality

• Iris is a generally outgoing, friendly, and courteous person who cares deeply for his tribe and sister; as well as the Eagles of their tribe. He is the type who is highly adventurous and will not pass up any opportunity he gets to travel, even taking up a courier occupation due to this, which also gives his Eagle partner Aika the chance to fly as much as she can.
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  As adventurous as he is, Iris is also highly cautious and doesn’t trust easily in knowing that due to his bloodline and status as a Gifted that he is one who is coveted, and so he can give off an air that he is trusting someone but is very wary of the individual. Despite his cautious nature, he sees no harm in being open about him being from a Beast Tamer tribe or being a Gifted of S-Class. To him, it's nothing to be ashamed of and he sees little reason to hide this. After all, who can live their best life hiding in the shadows? Life is meant to be lived to him, freely and openly.
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  Like many others who live on the surface, Iris too thinks ill of those that live amongst the clouds in the cities above, even going so far as to make snide remarks in return if someone on the surface praises them. His disdain and strong opinions go further than the general dislike of the citizens above haughty natures and attitudes or their covetous and greedy views on those of his and other Tamer tribes & clans, his disdain is rooted in their repeated attempts of many of their citizens trying to take his sister’s hand in unwanted marriage and then telling Primrose immediately that she cannot take her own Eagle partner with her due to surface creatures being "gross and disgusting stains from below."
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  Iris is a very loyal person, as well as protective of those his loyalties are towards, but he does not extend this towards everyone else. In fact, unless he feels it’s Very Wrong or involving the floating cities, he often overlooks things so that he does not bring his own people or himself harm; something he's learned over his years and having accidentally almost caused his tribe's destruction when he had led someone he thought was injured and innocent into their territory only to find this was not the case, causing him to become more guarded and restricting in his loyalties. To people on the outside looking in, he can appear selfish due to this.
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  Guarded loyalties aside, his curiosity still is strong and can become his undoing if not reigned in by someone to be the voice of reason so he doesn’t get himself in more trouble than he can handle.
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  Iris is also very confident in his abilities, intelligence, and even his mutations. He has even been a bit cocky and overconfident about them, especially if it was towards the people in the cities above just to run his mouth at them because of how much they were acting better than others, something that doesn’t sit well with him due to his upbringing in a community where everyone has their own unique place and role to keep the community working in harmony.

History

• Iris was born in [village name] as a Gifted with S Classed Atomos and B Classed Levitation mutations, along with his village's Hereditary Mutation of Beast Taming; as well as being the younger twin brother of Primrose Alfel who also was born Gifted with S+ Classed Healing and B- Classed Birdsight Mutation as well as the same Beast Taming as Iris. The twins' mother was the leader of the village and took care of most matters when it came to outsiders. As a result, Iris grew up somewhat sheltered to the goings-on about life outside of the land his people occupied, growing restless and more curious about the outside world. When he was about the age of two, he was able to Bond with an Eagle chick, who he called Aika and the two were inseparable ever since that; forming near-perfect communication with one another.
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  All of that curiosity about the world outside would come to bite him in the behind later, when he was in his early teens and started venturing out with his bonded Eagle partner, Aika; trusting too easily and leading someone he thought was injured back to the village and getting some people killed as a result of his naive actions. Many others were injured. He would come to learn that not everyone could be trusted nor was everyone as community driven as his people, and that there were people that coveted what his people could do with their birds.
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  Iris also learned that due to his peoples' bloodline, coupled with his sister's Healing ability, the people above in cities like Caelum and others would do anything they could to take his sister from the surface. This was something he took issue with, especially when he overheard one conversation about how the Eagles were considered "disgusting surface creatures", infuriating him and leading him to form many negative opinions of the people above, regardless of who they were due to similar behaviours. His dislike was even directed to those that kissed up to the Sky City inhabitants, making remarks under his breath about them.
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  Iris learned young that with his lighting abilities, he could hurt people if he wasn't careful, accidentally injuring his sister while trying something new. He also found at the same time that he could use metal to channel the lightning into for any fights, and began wearing more and more metal bracelets as well as carrying a metal whip on him that he learned to fight with. He also learned that his lighting could be dangerous to him, having one time overused his abilities, nearly getting himself killed after letting off powerful attacks without resting; earning him a lecture from both his sister and his father, promising he would never do it again unless absolutely necessary.
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  At the age of 17, Iris was finally able to venture out of his village on his own and take on jobs of his choice, much to his delight. Even more exciting to him was when he learned about a need for a courier that could travel over long distances and deliver packages or people in some cases, immediately signing himself up and getting the job for it. For the next few years, he would go to all sorts of places and see many new places and meet new people, gaining a new perspective on the world. Both negative and positive alike, especially when he would deliver up to the Sky Cities and see that many of them had the various Winged mutations. Though these weren't hereditary, as far as he knew, they were much more common above than below.
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  At the age of 22, much to Iris' disdain, he saw that his sister had caught the eye of one of the sons of Caelum's governors and pressed her about marrying him. This kept up for two years until one night Primrose was taken against her will while she was hunting, with Iris only noticing on a flight back home to hear her yelling profanities at the man to let her go. Immediately alerting their mother, Iris took off before anyone could stop him on Aika as he furiously chased after the captors before making a stop for supplies. With the help of a few friends he knew were nearby, Iris and crew made their way to Caelum to get Primrose back with Primrose's Eagle, Uri, flying close behind so that Aika wouldn't be slowed down with more than three people on her back.
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  Upon arriving in Caelum the next morning, due to a long flight, Iris and company made their way to a customer of Iris's that he trusted; one of the very few Sky City people he didn’t outright hate, although this is due to the woman being a high-paying customer who didn't look down on Aika as something disgusting. She gave them lodgings and information about where Primrose had been taken, and that it was guarded so they would need to plan carefully. The rescue took place a week later, after managing to sneak into the home of the man that kidnapped Primrose.
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  Although furious, Iris did not kill anyone and instead knocked them out, due to that drawing more attention than necessary, instead opting to sneak Primrose out under cover of darkness. Fortune barely favoured them as it had been a cloudy night, and the cloud cover was quickly clearing to reveal a full moon that would get them seen. A chase ensued once Primrose was discovered missing, however the eagles were too fast for those that had Winged mutations, making it home safely after two days due to taking a detour to throw the pursuers off.

Inventory

• On Hand
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  Aika: A large eagle by the name of Aika. She is Iris' Bonded companion via the Hereditary Beast Taming mutation. She is able to breathe fire, similarly to Dragons. (Word of Creator: These Eagle species, among others, will, in tens of thousands of years, become what we know of as Fantasy Dragons. They do not exist, yet, in this world.)
• Twin Daggers: Iris owns a pair of daggers that he keeps on his person at all times, which he uses to channel his electricity into in a fight.
• Metal Whip: This is Iris' favoured weapon and method of fighting. It looks identical to the one in his appearance image.
• Metal bracelets, anklets, necklaces: Iris keeps this type of jewelry on for more than just aesthetic reasons: they're also good with conducting his electricity into attacks or to zap people that touch him.
• Herbs/Medicine Pouch: A gift from his sister, Iris uses this pouch to carry medicine and various herbs in case he's injured on a job and away from his twin. It will occasionally be used for food instead of what Primrose gave it to him for.
• Fur cloak: Made of a heavy cloth and a fur trim, Iris wears this when he goes to colder areas or when he sleeps in the wilderness, using it in place of a blanket.
• Leather side bag: Large leather bag full of various goods or foods that don't spoil quickly. (Items included: dried meats/jerky, dried fruits, crackers, cheese, and bread for food. Matches, flashlight, pens, and leather notebook for non-food.)
• Astronomical Map: Located within his leather notebook, there's a map of the stars within it, mapping out the constellations for night travel.
• Item: Desc.
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  Obtained In-Game (?????)
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  Item: Desc.
• Item: Desc.
• Item: Desc.

Abilities, detailed

• Mutation
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  ° Beast Taming. Hereditary Class: "The only known Hereditary type "Mutation", Beast Taming was once classified as an actual mutation until it was found that more and more people with this ended up passing it down to their offspring, and as such has become the only known Mutation to be hereditary rather than a lottery of what will be obtained. Beast Taming, as the name implies, grants the user to bond with an animal partner (only one) at a young age as well as when the animal is at a young age. Both animal and human partners have near perfect communication with one another. Notable animal taming clans/tribes that exist are Eagle and Lynx tribes of the once Pacific Northwest region of the ancient North America."
  
  • Basically everything that it says on the tin. Iris is able to do that, and is bonded with a large Eagle by the name of Aika, who can breathe and manipulate fire. (He is only able to bond with her and no others in this manner.)


• ° Atomos. Lightning Elemental S-Class: "The user is granted the ability to manifest lightning from their body and their surroundings. Depending upon Class, the user is capable of devastating blasts of multiple multidirectional lightning strikes. This also makes the user faster due to the electrical currents within them. Immune to lightning and can absorb natural lightning when struck. When using the lightning, the user's eyes glow a light teal."
  
  • Iris can utilize lightning in all forms being S-Classed Atomos, ranging from small shocks to powerful bolts of electricity. He generally will use the lightning channeled into the metal whip he has, knives, or various metal bracelets and anklets on his person in close combat fighting.
  
  • With Iris being a natural S-Classed Atomos user, he is able to perform all of that mentioned above. He has various "spells" at his command ranging from simple static shocks all the way to a "finale" one known as the Rain of the Cosmos where he summons a lightning storm full of lightning that rains down on a foe. It was given this name due to it looking like the cosmos themselves had begun to rain down in an array of rainbow lightning, as well as the user's entire body glowing a faint purple with their eyes glowing teal. The drawback and recoil of this finale ability is that it has the potential to be fatal to himself as well as the enemy(s) depending on how exhausted he is and if he's grounded into the earth or not. It is not a skill he uses regularly, and has only used it a grand total of two times, both of which incapacitated him for up to a week, nearly killing him the second time. (I don't see him using this finale skill except as a last ditch effort if he's backed against a wall, literal or figurative.)
  
  • In short bursts, Iris is able to move at literal lightning speeds in a flash of light to another location within vision, however he can't just flash over to the top of that mountain in the distance. It's a quick, speedy dodge or disorienting an opponent being in one place one second, and another 50 - 300 some-odd feet (15.24 - 91.44M) away the next. It does take energy and the longer the distance, the more draining it is. Using the gravitational force he can manipulate makes it drain less, but he'll still be winded if it's past 500ft (152.4M).


• ° Levitation. Gravitational B-Class: "The user can manipulate gravitational forces around them to be weightless. It makes the user naturally lighter on their feet."
  • Being a gravity based mutation, Iris is able to make himself weightless and float in addition to what is described above. Floating abilities with Levitation are a B-Class skill, as this is the highest tier the mutation can achieve. He cannot fly with this, but he can do such things as manipulate how hard/fast he falls or glide a short distance. Hovering around is something that costs almost no energy for him to do.
  
  • Using the gravitational force, Iris can increase or decrease his speed.
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  Non-Mutation
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  High agility: Coupled with his mutations, Iris naturally has high agility, being able to dodge a lot easier and hit quicker.
• Whip proficiency: Iris's main weapons are metal whips, which allow him to deal Lightning damage if he channels it into them.
• Knife proficiency: Iris uses these knives for both close combat if needed, as well as using them for various crafting and survival needs.
• Survival skills: Examples of such include, but not limited to: cooking, hunting & fishing/trapping, first aid, knot tying, etc.
• Crafting: Weaving/Sewing by hand, skinning/leatherworking, mapmaking.
• Identifying toxins: Iris is able to identify toxins, be they flora or fauna, having lived in a forest village for his whole life and with his job.
• Close combat: Learned as a way to defend himself if fully alone as to not be a target, and prefers to fight up close.