Atrum is a Very tall slightly tan, well built man who has a habit of dressing to impress. He wears one of his two straw hats one with a bank strap around it the other with a red strap depending on his outfit. He normally wears a white button-up dress shirt the sleeves of which he rolls up, under a vest the top half of which is pure black while the bottom half is a simple pattern of red squares separated by black border. Below that he wears black slack like pants and simple practical black shoes along with a unremarkable tan belt. His hair is short but he simply lets it grow and cuts it when it gets too long, depending on how much he cares it can get pretty long. As of now his body is covered in plenty of scars and it's hard to find any skin on him that isn't damaged in some way.
He has a muscular athletic build of a man who lived in the wild, chasing his food and fighting off other predators for territory. His eyes normally hold a soft expression but can switch to fierce and determined, while his teeth are slightly pointed appearing more like the razor teeth of a shark than human teeth. His nails are slightly pointed to resemble claws, giving him an overall animalistic appearance. Atrum's appearance overall contrasts the way he dresses, while he tends to lean towards respectable even classy clothing that gives off the impression of a domesticated beast.
personality
Atrum is a calm person speaking softly and making very deliberate movements. He is very kind and fatherly towards others, always holding a soft kind smile upon his face attempting to comfort them. Atrum is the type of person to jump in front of something dangerous to protect a complete stranger, helping others is second nature for him. Because of this he is very trusting by nature and takes betrayal hard, he does not forgive easily and those who have betrayed his trust will get no ounce of mercy from him. He is very polite and well spoken, his pattern of speech is odd in that he will drift back and forth between complicated and simple words as if realizing he should talk a certain way halfway through a sentence. Atrum is the type of person who is always smiling no matter the circumstance that soft smile is on his face. The smile stays put in spite of his emotion at the time because of this he comes off as creepy but he simply enjoys smiling it is comforting to him so even when angered or saddened the smile stays in place in order to help him process what is going on. Atrum has a love of other people he like to see what makes them tick, people interest him and because of this he has a habit of teasing people. His teasing often give people the wrong impression of him as he varies wildly from small prods to enthusiastic, almost sadistic methods of getting under people's skin. Still he doesn't mean harm and will always apologies afterwards, even if the soft spoken apology comes off as snarky and insincere. Atrum is a simple person with little patience for drama and will often simply walk away from things that get under his skin. However if presented with a situation he can't walk away from or he can't in good consciousness walk away from he will stand his ground and try and solve the problem simply and effectively.
Atrum's personality does a 180 when provoked into a fight or angered. Even when Angry or fighting Atrum is calm and collected. Anger is but a weapon to pull out more strength. He still carries the smile but his eyes are what portray his intentions. When fighting Atrum is efficient and cruel any flashiness of his attacks being for the sole purpose of disturbing his opponent or creating a sense of fear in them. He fights ferociously and without mercy, while he does not normally enjoy killing he does no abhor it either, for a man who's personality is decidedly good by nature he becomes an almost different being. If he can end a fight quickly he will seek to do so, nature intended for the fittest to survive and fairness is for playing. If you wish to teach; cheat and lie those who wish to learn will learn do so as to not fall victim. If you wish to fight, dirty tricks are to be expected the clever can overcome the strong. His view on life is slightly harsh but his life was difficult, his kindness was born out of of life of hardship as was his cruelty. One can be kind and strong but one should not expect kindness, it is freely given but rarely received. Trust your family they are also your strength let no one harm the group, these views of his were ingrained deeply into his soul. Atrum isn't exactly the charismatic type but he respects those that are and hopes to learn from their example.
Atrum is a confident person who in when all else fails falls back on his wit and a sharp tongue to get pass difficult times. Admittedly he has a major flaw, Rage issues. He has trouble keeping his anger in check and will fly into bouts of rage when presented with things he dislikes. Though his demeanor doesn't really change unless he is really angry. While he will freely gives his name out to those he meets. He Is vindictive, and refuses to let slights against him go, despite whether or not they are small. Side note Atrum doesn't view himself as a person for anyone to like as more than a close friend, and someone doing so will confuse and bewilder him. Basically as far as romance is concerned he doesn't view it as an option for himself, the only people he could have a relationship with would have to be someone who is fine with his war prone lifestyle and as far as he knows no one is like that in the world anymore. He enjoys having fun and tries his best to have others enjoy themselves as well. To him having others happy while they still have time on this earth is one of the greatest kindnesses he can offer to another. Atrum's personality has gained more of a hard edge since his last appearance, acting more like a member of the War tribe that he is.
Positive Traits: Genuinely Kind, Adaptive, Clear Headed, Determined, Loyal to a Fault. Negative Traits: Prone to Rage, Incredibly Vindictive, Too Stubborn, No sense of Self Preservation, Little Sense of Self Worth.
history
Atrum lived a difficult life, the freezing cold of the northern continent's near constant winters made surviving in a forest village hard and unforgiving. His people worshiped the Entity know as Furea the mother of life. Atrum was born here in the Forest Furan raised by his parents. A magical magic user and a member of the War Tribes worshipped Pantheon disguised as a human, who acted as the guardians of the village and to a lesser extent the forest they lived in. Atrum was born along side his brother Ater and sister Neala , the siblings received a "True Name" that only their loved ones were supposed to know. Atrum's true name was Shaoraia, the name of a legend among their people, Ater was named Nieman after the Nowhere man a figure both respected and feared And Neala's was Nitia the name of a random female badass who kicked her way into their legends. The three grew up working to survive their winters lasted long and they felt no spring nor fall. They hunted for food in the forest and gathered what edible plants they could, they learned the law of the wild and lived by it every day. Their lives were hard but simple, you fought to feed your family not to mention the village itself but at least you knew what you were up against.
Since Atrum and his siblings grew up in a village built deep in a forest, they had little to no knowledge of what was occurring in the world outside the forest. As such the thing they worried about most were the monsters that lurked in the forest outside of the village walls. The worst of which was a large behemoth of a monster that was known as Yeago, a large creature resembling an ape that could blend in with his surroundings. The large beast would attack hunters and gatherers taking food and killing men. Atrum and Ater watched as their Father a man the size of two bears fought it to a stand still only being force to retreat because it could attack the other members of the village including Atrum and Ater. After years of being tormented by this creature Ater the decidedly smarter of the twins brought his brother into a plan to get rid of the beast. By the time they enacted the plan they had entered their teenaged years Atrum having begun learning his particular brand of fire magic, while Ater learned a strange magic that made it seem as if wasn't there at all. There were not many magic users in the village so those that could use it were were trained even harder to make use of their abilities. Those able to fight often routinely left the forest n order to fight in wars in far off lands the siblings getting more than their fair share of war before they even hit adulthood.
The two attacked Yeago when he went after a hunting party, Ater had taken time to discover before hand where the hunting party was planning on hunting and managed to find the beast before he could actually attack the hunters. Atrum was the main attacker keeping the beasts attention while Ater snuck behind it for a kill shot. The fight was hard for Atrum, in the frozen forest his flames had trouble keeping alight, with his frustration mounting and feeling as if his entire village depended on him winning this fight Atrum lost control of himself for the first time and unleashed his magic no longer just a simple fire magic, the battle suddenly shifted in his favor for a short while. However Atrum was still very weak compared to the beast and was knocked unconscious by it when he got too close. Ater took this chance created by Atrum and killed the beast by cutting it's head off, before it could kill his twin brother. When Atrum awoke he found Ater had killed the beast and tending to his wounds.
After Returning home the two were celebrated for being hero's and punished for being idiots, the village in general believing that it's really only stupid if it doesn't work. After the battle Atrum noticed that Ater had changed, he didn't know what had changed exactly but there was something off about Ater from that point onwards. It wasn't long after that day that the winter became even colder than normal, even the tress began to freeze solid and a blizzard settled over the forest and refused to lift. Living in the forest became even more difficult, the plants the subsisted on were all dying under the sudden temperature drop and the animals had all vanished from the forest. the strange part was that the other villagers began to talk about seeing figures moving about in the blizzard beyond the walls, shambling to and fro like they were on puppet strings. Whispers of the "Winter's Dead" Returning to the forest spread like wildfire in the village setting everyone on edge, things only got worse when Ater disappeared from the village. He had simply gone without a trace, no one had seen him go and some people believed he had abandoned the village and that it was probably the best course of action.
Soon enough people began dying, there was almost no food and water left and not everyone was strong enough to withstand the hunger and thirst. At first the dead were simply moved to the fields, however people began noticing that the corpses of the dead had disappeared. confusion gave way to panic as from the blizzard came an army of the shambling figures, looking like frozen corpses they froze the entire area and killed anyone in their path. Atrum and what was left of his family fled the forest after being left with no other option set fire to the village, and fled from the blizzard engulfed forest barely making it out with their lives. when they finally were free from the forest They ran into Ater who was injured but otherwise fine. Ater informed them he had left to see where the blizzard had originated from when he was attacked by those monsters, While their father was suspicious Atrum insisted they had bigger problems. They fled as far away from their former home as they could, leaving their cursed land for a land that at the time they had believed to fared better than than own. Well...they weren't wrong.
The country they fled to was in it's last few years of a devastating war, and though not by much, it was definitely a better situation than their own homeland. Eventually Atrum joined a guild planning on eventually go back to his homeland and solving the issue, though seeing as how much of a lost cause it was it there wasn't much motivation to do so. After Shadow Hearts attack Atrum did his best to discover a path to more power to protect his loved ones and eventually found himself facing the shadow lord along side the guild alliance. While combating the Shadow Lord There was a magical surge that exploded and consumed Atrum before he could escape. The years passed and Atrum found himself in the glass field of the Worth Woodsea that he had created years back in a fit of rage.Having not aged for a good four years Atrum has no clue what has happened since he departed.
Primary Magic
Name:War Flame Magic Description:War Flame magic is an interesting magic that 'mimics the behaviors of other elemental magics, a fluid and adaptive magic War Flame magic excels in keeping opponents on their toes and combat in general. Fire of this magic types takes different states of being, though while is mimics other elements it is not truly changing. It is still a fire magic, though this does not mean that occasional actual lightning is not ever created by Atrum's version. The element it mimics is different depending on the user, usually following a personality, but also based on desires or training. War Flame for Atrum, behaves like normal fire or Lightning being able to fluid switch between slow fireballs, or fast moving bolts of flame giving Atrum plenty of options for attacking. His magic being offensive in nature does not have an actual defense. To avoid damage counterattacks and preemptive strikes are employed when possible but otherwise the user is open for attack. For Atrum his magic focus on overwhelming firepower, a combination of speed and power used to keep the enemy from attacking or if under pressure to strike out unexpectedly. While the Magic may fall short in the areas of utility or defense, offensive capabilities are definitely not something that it lacks. The magic works like one would expect produced from the body and used mostly in projectiles, but also able to compliment the users close combat ability.
Signature Ability
Name:Warpath Element:Fire. Description: An ability Atrum designed for his fight with the shadow lord, flowing his active War flame magic through his body in order to take on the physical traits of his magic. His entire body become engulfed in flames and near the edge the fire cracks and takes the shape of lightning. With this Spell active Atrum actually can not properly use his other spells their range and speed essentially none existent beyond the range of Atrum's body. The benefit being that Atrum himself is now both faster and stronger, after discovering that despite a few creative spells Atrum is really not that good a mage relying on his physical combat abilities. This spell is incredibly draining and actually affects Atrum's personality causing him to loose all reason and to fly into a rampage, on the other hand the use of the spell actually feels quite pleasant.
