Kalen Lycoth
Hero of Authorn
Race: Powered Human (Warrior/Knight/Mage)
Sex: Male
Age: 30
Height: 6’0″ (1.83m)
Hair: Short Blonde
Eyes: Green
Appearance:
Kalen is a 30-year old Knight from a technologically advanced world that still has a rigid caste system. His hair is blonde and kept cut short, and he is clean shaven. He often wears energy armor, which resembles old plate armor, but is much lighter and more powerful.
Personality:
Kalen is a knight, and serves his kingdom with honor. Honor and duty are important to him, but he is still always aware of the loophole. If he gives his word, he’ll never break it, but he might work “around” it, if there is a way to do so. He will always look for things that can benefit him, so that he can gain greater power and respect within his kingdom. He will even manipulate people and events to move things forward for him, if necessary.
Powers:
Kalen has a high intelligence, and superior hand-eye coordination. He also studied the magical arts. His studies have been in the areas of enchantments. Spells he can use are:
Levitation, Fly (can be used on himself only), Shield, Sleep, Awaken, Hold (forces target to stop, frozen in their tracks), See Magic (allows him to see enchantments, and magical regions/items), Dispel Magic (allows him to stop enchantments), and Linguistics (allows him to speak to, understand, and read other languages).
Since being empowered by the Well of power, he has gained additional powers that enhance his existing skills. His hand-eye coordination is now beyond human and he excels in his weapon skills. In addition, his spells are now innate powers that can be used to a greater effect.
Equipment:
Energy Armor – This armor resembles plate mail armor, but is much lighter. When powered up, though, it emits a low level energy shield that repels physical and electrical attacks.
Energy Pistol – Fires a sustained energy blast that can stun or kill a target. (Think of phasers on Star Trek)
Energy Sword – Appears to be a standard long-sword. When powered up, the blade is covered with electricity which delivers additional damage to the target.
Energy Grenades – These grenades, when thrown, explode with a blast of energy that can level anything in a 50-yard radius.
Wrist Computer – A small computer that he wears strapped to his left wrist. It is protected from physical damage by a low level energy shield that surrounds it at all times. It is connected to the database on his ship, which he can access as long as he is within 500 miles of his ship. When he is farther than that, its abilities are more limited to data entry, GPS, and homing in on tracking devices.
Spatial Backpack – Appears like an ordinary hiking backpack, but it can carry twice the amount of volume inside than would appear, and adds no weight to the person wearing it.
First Aid Kit – This is a standard First Aid Kit with some additional higher-tech healing devices that can be used to help set bones and close wounds.
Various other “traveling supplies” are in his backpack as well.
Biography:
Kalen was born Kalen Tanner on a world that still had a rigid caste system. There were the monarchs, the nobles, and the peasants. Rarely did the peasants enter into noble positions. And never did the two castes interact with each other, except in terms of peasants being servants to nobles.
Kalen was born to a peasant family. His father was a tanner. It was generally assumed that Kalen would follow in his father’s footsteps, which was the tradition. Kalen, though, wanted more out of life. When he was eight, his parents had died in an automotive accident on the way to the movies. He and his younger sister, Kerona, were forced to live with friends of the family. When he was twelve, he met a mage, and he knew that he had found a way to achieve his dreams. He managed to convince the mage to take him from his guardians and teach him the ways of magic.
Kalen studies under the mage for six years, until the mage died. Now at 18, he became the sole inheritor of the mage’s estate. Kalen suddenly found himself as a noble, with all the rights and privileges that offered him.
Soon after the funeral for the mage, Kalen met a knight and soon found another opportunity to advance his skills. The knight was initially reluctant to take a squire that was as old as Kalen was, yet Kalen proved to be a good study, and learned quickly. By the age of 21, Kalen became a full-fledged knight.
He continued to develop his skills in fighting. His skill surpassed many, and his intelligence made him a brilliant tactician. Combined with his minor magical spells, he became invaluable to his king and kingdom. So, when the call came to look for the missing people who went off in search of the mythical well of power, he jumped at the chance. He knew that succeeding in the quest would put him in even higher favor with his king and that if he could gain the power for himself, he would be the most powerful man in the world.
Kalen’s quest took him to Kobalty, where he met Isianu, the werewolf wizardess; Clonathan, the niave clone; and Lamiais, the self seeking evil vampire. This was the world of the mythical well of power. Being forced to work together with the three others, and growing closer, emotionally, to Isianu in the process, they went on the quest of the well and overcame all obstacles in their path. At the end, they discovered it was all just a trick by a creature of incredible power that lived inside the well. A trick that almost cost them their lives. Then, when Lamiais defeated the well creature, and gained its power for itself, it looked like it would be the end for the entire world. Instead, Lamiais was defeated by a kiss from a king, and the power was released from Lamiais and empowered Isianu, Clonthan and him.
With the quest complete, Kalen and Isianu left Kobalty on Isianu’s ship. Their first stop was Isianu’s homeworld of Kelesar, where they met the young sigil-bearer, Dagda. From there, the three of them returned to Kalen’s homeworld of Aerysh, only to find his home kingdom of Authorn overrun by unknown forces weilding the forbidden magic of Aerik. Once again, he was needed as a hero to his people, and he hoped, with his new powers, and the powers of his friends, he could triumph once again.
Story Line: Aerysh: The Planet of Chance – CrossGen Campaign
Other Avatars:
Kalen in a Suit
