THE BASICS
[name] Zenas
[nicknames] Z, Zen
[birthday] February 18th, 179 B.C.
[age] 152
[ethnicity] Mediterranean (Greek)
[occupation] Philosopher, Scholar

THE FAMILY
[hometown] Scandea
[mother] Celaeno
[father] Niko Torkattulos
[siblings] None
[pet] None

THE ACADEMICS
[school] Self-Educated, Apprenticeships

[positions] None

[best subject] History, Philosophy
[worst subject] Epic Poetry

THE PERSONALITY
[first impression] Most people who meet Zenas initially expect something very different - Harpies are known for being feral, bestial, cruel creatures, neither bright nor civil. Zenas, on the other hand, is very polite, keenly intelligent, and gracious. His gaze is piercing and predatory and often makes others uncomfortable, but his manner is always courteous and he is soft-spoken, with a dry sense of humor and a steady, unflappable demeanor.

[personality] Zenas is a philosopher and scholar. He has yet to declare allegiance to either the gods or the titans, preferring to stay out of their over-arcing conflict, but his life-long pursuit of wisdom has won him friends and mentors in both groups. He has studied astronomy, natural sciences, and history with centaurs, epic poetry and music with tritons, rhetoric, mathematics, and formal logic with famous human sages, and theology with demigods. On one hand, he is open-minded, always interested in new points of view and ways of thinking, preferring to test each new theory to determine its virtue rather than dismiss anything out of hand. On the other hand, he has a deeply traditional side which prompts him to closely observe the ancient rites and rituals of Greek/Olympian society.

Zenas is the product of a drunken night of ecstasy on the part of his mother, the Harpy Celaeno. In her inebriated state, she half-raped an unfortunate human farmer, then sated her hunger for blood on his body, never thinking there might have been long-term consequences to the act. A month and a half later, she was infuriated by the laying of her egg, and promptly abandoned the gestating chick in a refuse pile. According to her, this was a mistake, because she did not realize the heat of a decomposing pile of trash would successfully incubate her young, but whether she intended it or not, Zenas hatched a few months later. He survived on insects and small animals until he was found by the human family who farmed the land where he had been hatched - they cleaned him up and took him in as a pet, naming him as a 'gift from Zeus' due to his obviously supernormal origins. His intelligence soon asserted itself, and he lived with them quite contentedly for some time, until the neighbors learned of his existence and became afraid of him. When he was twelve, he was told to seek his fortune elsewhere, and set off on a quest to find his mother. He succeeded, but Celaeno was feral, barely sentient, and wanted nothing to do with him, so from that point on he traveled the world studying with mentors wherever he could find them, experimenting with the philosophies he discovered along the way, growing in wisdom and experience.

[goals] Zenas wants to take up the study of magic someday. At the moment, he wants to find a nice villa somewhere and settle down - someplace he can begin collecting books and objects of art and history in earnest, and be surrounded by his collection at all times. The owning of a home would necessitate an apprentice, since Zenas has no hands with which to clean or keep things in order, and he has been toying with he idea of taking a young man in the eros tradition to be his protege and lover.

[fears] Zenas tends to view fear from a clinical standpoint. He fears something happening to his cousin, for whom he cares deeply, and he fears being targeted by a hero for elimination. He fears the gods, as any wise man would, and pays reverence to the greater forces outside his command.

[quirks] None atm... most people who know of Harpies understand that Zenas is quite odd for a member of that species.

[likes] Books, logic, debating, fine wines, raw meat, historical artifacts, art, politics, history, heights

[dislikes] boorishness, clumsiness, angry mobs, divine arrogance,

THE APPEARANCE
[height] 6'3"
[weight] 170
[hair] Jet Black, full of feathers, the upper part worn back so it spills in a spiky cascade down his back, length to shoulderblades
[eyes] Gold
[build] Skinny side of medium, long and lean with beautifully cut muscles
[gait] Walking, he tends to move sedately, seldom in a hurry, and with a bobbing kind of grace. In the air, he flies much the same way.
[dress] A navy loincloth that matches the iridescent blue of his feathers, a pair of matching gold armbands, gold ear cuff, and gold beads laced in amongst his hair and feathers. A gold band holds back a clump of said hair and feathers.

[other] Zenas is a harpy, so he has wings and feathers as a bird. His arms are human in appearence down to his bicep. Feathers jut from the backs of his arms, and just before his elbow, his arms melt into large, silken-feathered wings. The pattern of his feathers is that of a magpie (see picture below). Jet black feathers mix with his hair, trail down his spine, and flare into long tail feathers at his tailbone. From the knee down, he has legs like a bird's, with scaly skin and wicked talons.


THE RELATIONSHIPS
[friends] Calill (cousin), Circe,
[sexuality] Bisexual
[status] single
[crushes] None ATM
[turn ons] Zenas is fairly open-minded, and has had many lovers of wildly varying personality types.
[turn offs] Boorishness.

THE OOC

[mun] Sonneillon
[pb] None

[disclaimer] N/A

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Wind and Flame
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten

( Azzrik busied himself with the ties on his boots.... )

( How far the mighty have fallen. )

( The next few weeks passed in a blank sort of haze... )

This bit is rated NC-17 and NOT APPROPRIATE for those under the age of consent in their state or country. Also, it's Yaoi, which for those of you who don't know, means copious gay sex.

Actually, if you're under the age of consent, what in the world are you doing here anyway?

( ...and out of curiosity to see the beast in its own habitat, he wandered into Griss's bedroom. )

( ... we could have been happy. If things had been different, we might have been friends. )

( And for your enjoyment and use (so long as you credit Gabrielle and Mike), the Gunslinger D&D Class! )

( And no new class is complete without a new chibi, of course... meet Razzat Hz'Narrin. )

My apologies for spelling mistakes - I don't have access to Word Processor at the moment.