Reika Hjarta

[Reika Hjarta]

OOC Information
OOC Name: Tategami
Link to Previous Character: Torment

General
Name: Reika Hjarta
Alias: Rei
Species: Sennyo
Gender: Male
Age: 135
Pack: Loner
Rank: n/a

Physical
Height: 45 in.
Weight: 26 lbs.
Appearance: It is said that the Great Spirits took all of their love for wolfkind and manifested it into a single body, then sent their love down to the world to spread joy and good fortune. Reika seems to believe that he is this body.

Tall and slim, he is the perfect example of the Sennyo race. His fur is a deep scarlet shade, and soft to the touch. Beneath his eyes are a set of curls, each one a rich shade of purple, the same color as the tips of his paws. Bands of black adorn his elbows, the base of his tail, and a thin space just below the tip, which is the same color as his paws. Reika's wings are that of a Red Pierrot butterfly, elegant and simple. His antennae are, yet again, a rich purple color, and they usually sweep in front of his dark blue eyes, which sparkle with curiosity.

Reika's voice is soft and melodious, like audible silk. He rarely ever shouts, preferring instead to lean forward and whisper darkly. This is by far his most ominous trait, due to the fact that along with the lowering of his voice, he seems to grow darker, the sparkle leaving his eyes and the color seeming to fade from his fur.

Other: I'm not entirely sure if I got the right description of his anger down... I'm trying to capture an emotion, not say that he's physically becoming darker.

Mental
Strengths:

• Social- he knows how to relate to many different kinds of people
  
• Understanding- his many years of experience have given him the ability to understand some of the problems faced by wolves.
  
• Quick- speed or thought, he can get out of any situation he finds unfavorable before any sort of harm comes to him
  
• In control- he can master his emotions well, and apply them as he needs to.
  

Weaknesses:

• Self-preservative- if the choice is between himself and another, he'll choose himself every time
  
• Manipulative- he looks at the world as his own personal play-thing, and will do anything in his power to get what he wants
  
• Racist- he finds most species outside that of the Sennyo to be immature, a world full of squealing pups rather than wolves that can be taken seriously.
  
• Hates Rejection- and will become very angry if he is denied of what he wants.
  
• Noncommittal- as soon as it comes to keeping promises or sticking to one place or person, he disappears.
  

Personality: On the outside, Reika is a charmer. He skips from place to place, teasing the girls and sleeping with all the boys. He always seems to have some bit of tantalizing information he's just barely withholding, a skill that keeps listeners entranced long enough for him to get whatever it is he wants. With his soothing voice and clever mind, he is the very image of delicious temptation.

However, beneath his mask of charm and mystery, Reika is a soulless demon. He doesn't care much for the feelings of others, and would willingly throw another wolf in the path of danger if it benefited him. He has also grown somewhat bitter over the years, watching so many wolves grow old and die. He now considers all short-lived species to be little more than pups, or, when he's in a particularly good mood, toys for his desires. While he won't openly shun other species, he does treat them with a hint of disdain, the one emotion he can't cover up very well.
History: Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there lived a powerful pack of Sennyo aristocracy. Among the inner circle of the pack resided the Duke Otta Hjarta.

During a festival celebrating the continued success of the pack, Otta had the bad luck of meeting the clever and beautiful Zorabell Zarki, one of the performers in the traveling show that had been summoned for the festivities. Using all of her charms (and a few false fortune tellings), she stole away Otta's heart, leading him around in loops until he was entirely tied up in his desire. One wild one night stand and a bit of blackmail later, the two parted ways, and their little meeting remained unspoken of.

However, soon enough, a tiny little bundle, tossed haphazardly into a deer skin and transported by Keiyou, came tumbling back to Otta's paws. It was thus that Reika Hjarta was born.

It became quickly apparent that Reika was not like the others in his pack. He was much louder and much wilder than the subdued elegance of the rest of the Sennyos. He frolicked with the butterflies and dismissed all of his lessons, taking any chance that he could to bother or disrupt the boring order of the world he lived in. Eventually, Otta became so fed up with his wild son that he had somebody track down the movements of the traveling show and returned the little trouble maker back to his mother.

With Zorabell, Reika learned the art of performing. He quickly picked up on all the little ways of the trade, as well as a few of his mother's other tricks. Through his observations from afar, Reika learned how to ensnare all the other boys with his charm and grace, only realizing that his skills weren't being applied quite right until it was far too late.

While it may not have seemed like it, Reika did absorb some of the things that his father had tried to drill into his head, and he found the show life a little too rowdy for his tastes. Even worse was the fact that he couldn't seem to find a way to relate to any of his relatives. Frustrated and confused, Reika left the Zarkis and returned to his father's side. However, things weren't any better there.

Bad luck seemed to have come with his fathers blood. Some time around his seventeenth birthday, when an accidental slip of the tongue revealed his sexuality, Reika became the laughing stock of the whole pack. Tormented and ostracized by everybody around him, he spent his days slinking around in the shadows, avoiding contact with others. Even Otta, ashamed by his son, taunted him so as not to loose any more face. It was around this time that he discovered his ability to shift from shadow to shadow, making avoiding others that much easier.

When at last Reika was old enough to survive on his own, he slunk out of his packlands, setting off in no particular direction and without any real goal. Along the way, he quickly discovered the world to be a place full of wolves far stranger than himself, and he began growing bolder and more confident. However, along with his discovery of how wonderful the world could be, he learned that many kinds of wolves aged quickly and died fast, and would be willing to do anything while they were still young and wild. Using the tricks he had learned from his mother and the etiquette he had learned from his father, he mastered the art of manipulation and began prowling the land, preying on those stupid enough to fall into his web.

To this day, Reika still wanders. His inability to commit to one person or place leads him to and fro, forever in search of a new place to stay. He sometimes considers seeking out his mother, but is always stopped by the memories of feeling like an outsider. He has never considered returning to his father.
Other: I feel like a totally failed at his personality. I always have trouble wording that... Sanity and Kitten both agreed to him being related to Rev and Dev~ Bought Shadow power HERE

[Somatra]

Just missing one ic post with Torment then I will look over the bio Tate.

[Reika Hjarta]

15th post has been completed~

[Somatra]

Wow!
Talk about a great read, very nice and clean of errors. Everything looks good to me, get out there and have fun (ps Daedalus and him should have a post together, that would be interesting).
Som