Character name: Gekihen
Character race: Astral halfbreed
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Height: 5'8"
Eye color: Red
Hair color: Blue
Build: Average, nothing special
Weapon of choice: Himself?

Appearance notes: Appears human, except he has large, black feathered wings (eight foot span) and serpentine tail (five feet long). Wears a dark blue cloth shirt and black cloth pants, but no armor. Has a sort of average skin tone (not pale or fair, but not quite a light tan). Hair is kept in a braid about a foot long.

Personality: Very quiet, tends to keep to himself. Wants to be accepted, but usually ends up alone and shunned as a freak or something of that nature. Usually slow to anger, with some exceptions. It's usually a good idea to stay out of hiw way if he gets really pissed off. He is curious about certain things.

History: From the uncharted, northwest continent. The offspring of two astral beings, one 'good' and one 'evil'. Said pairing is not an accepted thing, and his natural parents left him in the hands of a human woman, shortly after he was born, to save their backsides. This woman, who lived on the western continent, raised him as if he were her own child.
	About three years ago, a small group of fanatics barged into their home, demanding that the "freak of nature" be given to them so they could purge him from existance. When Gekihen's 'mother' refused to give him up, even after the group persisted, she was killed. Enraged, Geki ended up killing one or two of the fanatics before he fled, fearing for his life. He has never returned there, and has been wandering ever since.

Special talents: Shapeshifter. He can change the shape of his body into most anything, within reason. He can't make himself smaller, but could make himself bigger for a limited amount of time. He can only maintain something for any extended period if he remains about his natural size. This allows him to have a weapon, like a blade or blunt object, without actually carrying anything. Commonly shifts his arms from the elbows down into something resembling a sword.
	Despite having wings, he cannot fly. He can control his descent, or glide by moving the mass from his tail to make his wingspan larger, but he has no way of getting himself off the ground without assistance.
	He has no natural magical abilities at all.