Aldramel Rhyne

Name: Aldramel Rhyne

Gender: Male

Age: 246

Starting Grade: D

Year in school: 1st year of University

Mastery: Scholar

Dorm: Cobalt

Height: 6’1”


Appearance:




Personality:

One could say that behavior-wise, Aldramel tends to display a paradoxical image compared to what a typical Blood Devil would be expected to be. Outwardly and socially, the man shows a friendly and kind attitude, seemingly interested in people’s well-being more than seeing their demise. Unusually so, he presents a rather serene and immovable face to the world, often appearing to be hardly ruffled by others, and responding mostly in an easygoing manner.

A people oriented personality aside, he is nevertheless what he is, and if caught in a battle or any intense situation or one involving hunting for blood, he can clearly show the ruthless and almost cruel combat nature of his species. He’s got quite an intense streak, and it is something he doesn’t appear to try to deny either in cases where it comes up as people question him, or show some sort of interest in his unusual first impressions. A calm and collected person, and even an empathetic mediator perhaps, but one that does not go far to hide what his true nature is in the end. As put in his own words, a person can be both what they were born as, and what their heart desires. After all, what you are and who you are don’t have to be identical to successfully coexist, right…? Although, in all fairness, he admits it makes him a little downhearted that his attitude gets him opposition from his own kin at times, a large amount of them not understanding why he doesn’t just revel in all the bloodthirst without trying to go outside of that box...


History:

Having been born among the community of Blood Devils in Hisakawa, Aldramel’s earlier years of life very very much in line with what would be expected of a member of his species. At that point in time, having been taught by the other Devils about how their kind worked and what he ought to act like, he had in fact been just like the rest of them. For a long time, he had lived the bloody, battle and kill oriented life, despite being aware that deep down there was something about it that did not sit properly with him, even though of course he did feel the satisfaction from the brutality, like any other Devil would. Yet, with the general attitude taught to him from young age, there was no reason for him to come to believe otherwise, and he had simply ignored his own feelings on the matter for a long time, acting like nothing was wrong, and throwing himself into the bloodshed instead.

Until one specific incident which caused it all to snap. That one fateful time...when a Rage Beast whom did not yet have any close connection with any of the Devils went berserk and blindly killed someone he cared about. That was the time when Aldramel realized that constantly giving in to violence without much regard for what it could cause was not something he could live his whole life with. Not after seeing what going completely out of control could cause. Yes, he did acknowledge that his kind did need their fix, and their food, but was it really so impossible to separate their biology from their mental personality? There was no way all Blood Devils needed to live like barely contained beasts, and keep endorsing that as if a calmer approach made one a weirdo, right…?

Quite dissatisfied with the status quo of things, the upset Devil took to becoming more of a traveler past that incident, wanting to see how things worked in other countries. He had spent some time with the Devil groups in Arka, and eventually even with those over in Mistere, in an attempt to understand what it was that their lives were even supposed to lead to. In time, he got a little bored of hopping about however, on top of the fact that he tended to clash with most of his kin over his stubborn philosophy and refusal to only identify with the bloody violence and nothing else, causing him to seek out a different path. A break of sorts from spending time only around groups of his own.

That was the decision which led him to move and enroll at the famous Eldritch Academy, after all the tedious paperwork he had to fill out as insurance and promises he would not be a danger to anyone. He had managed to make a deal that they wouldn’t have any guards watching him ready to put him down, although quite a few remain wary of his presence anyway, even more so due to how he is no kid of his kind, and could be very dangerous from their perspective. Still, he does want to respect people’s right to be careful, and thus for the time being, has chosen to roll with his situation while making an attempt to explore a Scholar path, one most unusual for a Blood Devil to dedicate to….




Name of Species: Blood Devil

Baseline Dimension: Blood Devils range in size from 3 feet to 8 feet tall, weighing between 60 to 200 pounds depending, appearing to be humans expect for their inhuman features.

Baseline Appearance: Blood devil's can feature any array of known colors on their hair, eyes, skin, elfin ears, wings, horns, and tails. While the wings are almost always bat like, the horns and tail tend to follow no set rules.

Culture/Origin of Species: The origin of Blood Devil’s lies within other species there is no traceable evolution for them coming to being all that is known comes from folk tale. According to legends, the Rage Beast came first and out of the emotions that sparked the first war performed the miracle of creating Blood Devil’s from other species. Further folklore describe other species following Rage Beast’s as if they were gods until strong enough emotion was present for the Beast to use their miracle inducing power to bless one of their followers of another species into a devil which would than join the beasts main folk if the total number in the flock was beneath seven. To this day the tradition continues with many old fashion extremely violent devil’s calling the beasts they follow their god.

An extremely social species Blood Devil’s live in flocks of at least seven often following a rage beast, these flocks frequently reside very close to each, intermingle or otherwise do what they can to remain close to each other. Often considered a side effect of their warped state this species often expresses affection through biting someone the context of it often being what actually shows the meaning of their bite. With warped sense of pain? They even exclusively greet each other with death matches, average things like hand shakes or hugs only taking place after one of them has been forced into regenerating.

Until recently it was unknown how far the social nature of Devil’s went since they were until the last few decades only widely observed in combat. Now, it’s become extremely obvious the species is obsessively social to the point pretty much every member of the species knows everyone else within it to some capacity unless the devil was somehow raised outside of flock. However, their social instinct does not end with their own kind as Devil’s will seek out members of other species to feed from. Unlike vampire’s and other species that feed off blood a Devil only hunts until it can secure a stable collection of willing partners that the devil and it’s flock will than protect venomously against anything. While it is incredibly difficult for them to find individuals willing to let them feed without any fear? The practice provides additional benefits if they can foster intense attachment that goes both ways as devil’s require a third party to reproduce a pure breed. Shockingly, they have no prejudice against hybrids of the species and will sometimes protect hybrid offspring even more ferociously than their purebred offspring due to fully knowing the child may not be able to regenerate, even though hybrid devil’s being born is rare.

The species possesses several behavioral ticks that seem to be inherited across them, one such behavior is often fall asleep after feeding. Another involves the usage of their large wings for everything from pointing, hugging, and literally shielding those they are attached to from others. Even among Devil’s using or gripping the tail outside of battle is considered taboo an action that is only widely accepted between lovers.

Due to their nature, before they were allowed to become a species the government developed extremely potent ways to handle them. Blood Devil’s are conditioned as a starting point to avoid them going on massacre, but this is taken further by locations where they exist or even individual devils having people with specialized dart guns ready to sedate them. As a result of their battle loving nature? Being sedated is actually a form of punishment for them, the threat of which is very effective at making them relatively safe in a public setting. in the modern day this once extremely aggressive war loving species has calmed considerably under treaty's and heavily enforced medical aid. While today they mostly just exist as live wires with explosive tempers instead of berserk soldiers with nothing but blood on their mind? The desire they carry for blood should never be underestimated. Almost all Blood Devils are trained for careers within the military as subordinates to specialized units, jobs as highly skilled hunters or other such niches in life where shedding blood is not only permitted but sometimes encouraged to aid them in fitting into a society that is no longer wrought with the constant war they thrived on.

Traits:

• Having been a warring species for so long, these creatures have an incredible strength both physically and with talents.


• Regardless of their appearance the reputation of Blood Devils precedes them, reducing enemy resilience by -1 when they become aggressive.


• Made for war, Devil's display strength many times above what they seemingly should have at a glance, easily able to pick up and throw exceedingly heavy objects should they get a grip on them. Their limit seems to be somewhere around 10 tons give or take.


• The claws, fangs, tails and flight capable wings of Blood Devil’s are weapons able to puncture through flesh with ease, their tail is even able to siphon up 6 liters of blood and store it.


• The name Blood Devil’s was well earned as they control any Blood including their own very well! Able to manipulate it in every aspect from temperature, turning it solid, it’s movement all the way to being capable of using this offensively, defensively and rarely heal others to a limited capacity. They can manipulate bone in the same manner, though it is considerably harder for them to learn.


• Within their fangs is a venom that prompts blood cells to multiply at 10x the normal rate, most of the time they use it as tool to help avoid killing whoever they feed from since they need an insane volume of blood.


• While violent they are fans of honor combat, thus they possess the odd ability to release others from mind control or other forms of servitude if they have a higher strength than the one casting it. Must be aware of the control first.


• Killing a blood devil is actually exceedingly difficult as their bodies will dissolve into nothing but blood and than the soul will craft a new body from any nearby blood including their own, there is no well known way to prevent their revival.


• Even if it doesn't negate 'damage' these devils are capable of reconstructing every part of their body with blood thus can instantly return to full functionality even if they lose a limb.


• Able to teleport between collections of blood outside of the body so long as they can touch it.


•Blood Devil’s possess a second variety of venom within their fangs, unlike vampires or such they can not make more Blood Devil’s with this venom. However, they are capable of turning people into Demi Devil’s with it.


• Easily able to control their own age if they have been feeding properly, otherwise most appear as small children to conserve energy.


• Blood Devil’s are notoriously hard to mind control if the devil has equal or higher strength to the person attempting any form of mind alteration, it will fail. Though if any damage is associated they will still be damaged as it’s just the mind alteration being deflected. Only protects their mind, so feelings can still be afflicted by things. For some reason potions that alter mental state still afflict them.


• While the species is incredibly bloody they shockingly prefer to feed from someone they share an emotional connection with as opposed to off the battlefield. Over time, this has led to them developing the ability to secret a specialized fluid that inhibits pain receptors and promotes healing allowing them to feed without hurting those they are attached to.


Flaws:

•While it may seem like an advantage at first Blood Devil’s can only feel a minimal level of physical pain and never feel any during battle. Thus, they often don’t even notice if they are injured outside of battle, harm themselves so badly they need hospitalized, and frequently die as due to feeling no pain they lack the self preservation instincts of many other species. Many devil’s are so warped they will actually seek out the sensation other species call pain for enjoyment.


•Even though they can only feel a minimal level of physical pain, there is one very effective method of torturing them. So highly evolved to survive on blood alone each has a ‘type’ having no access to that variety of blood makes them so malnourished it becomes unrivaled agony for them, and they will do anything to get rid of this pain.


•At first it may seem their prehensile tails are great weapons, they play a vital role in helping them fit into modern day society by giving them an emergency backup supply of blood. If someone gets their hands on the tail it’s well known they will do almost anything asked of them to prevent it from being damaged beyond repair as it’s regenerative ability is less than the rest of their body.


• Unborn devil’s are notoriously fragile even under perfect conditions they still birth half of the time, without perfect conditions they only live to birth once every thousand times. However, it’s incredibly difficult to even get to the point of birth as to be able to conceive a purebred blood devil one must already be pregnant as they require a twin to feed off before their birth, the twin can’t be another pure blood devil and it won’t survive birth. Making their situation even harsher? A female devil’s womb is hostile towards DNA outside the species meaning it can take hundreds of attempts before they can become pregnant and another few thousand before the child actually survives. Hybrid devil’s are possible and don’t require a twin, however if they wish to have a child with another hybrid, they will not be able to pass down their devil genes unless they use the twin method.


• Unlike other blood drinking species Devil’s have such high metabolism that they must feed at least every few days or they will quickly end up dead. Though nearly no one knows this is actually a great method of ‘keeping’ one dead, as they will die quicker with each regeneration if they continue to starve until they die instantly upon regeneration at which point they will not revive unless the blood of someone who is not a Blood Devil is split into the blood left by their demise. (This is a well kept secret of the species but easily their biggest weakness)


• Due to their heavy reliance on blood, it becomes a major weakness for them. A Blood Devil will often do anything requested of them for just a taste of blood, especially if they are starving. No matter how dangerous or possibly illegal they are nearly completely unable to resist when the blood is in their sight.


• Due to being a species saturated to the brim with war and bloodshed? It is entirely common for Blood Devil's to be faced with persecution or even be attacked by people who believe they should have been exterminated instead of transitioned into civilized society due to the fear that any one of the species will lose control and go on a massacre.