Roderick Frey

Roderick "Reaper" Frey
Portrayed By	Kett Turton
Gender	Male
Race	Shifter
Date of Birth	December 13, 2241
Age	18
Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius, Year of the Rat
Alignment	Chaotic Good
Aliases	Reaper, Derick
Place of Birth	Bleaker
Current Location	Bleaker
Occupation	[Official] Intelligence Gatherer for Zero Tolerance; [Unofficial] Semi-Vigilante Police Force, Spy, Executioner, etc.
Known Relatives	n/a
Significant Persons	n/a
Known Abilities	Spotted Hyena Shifter
Appearances	Bleaker MUCK
Creation Date	April 28th, 2007

PROFILE BLURB HERE

History

He's only a little crazy...

Born Roderick Frey to a slaver and his wife on the Upper Level, Reaper had a relatively normal childhood for the first twelve years of his life. He was educated by a private tutor, given a sizable allowance, and otherwise raised well and allowed to do as he pleased. It was during a scrap with another young man that he discovered his identity as a Shifter—and nearly killed the other child in the process. Only due to a third preteen boy beating him off with a length of rebar was Derick prevented from tearing out the second boy's throat. The other children, of course, immediately told their parents, and furious word was taken to Roderick Frey, Sr. The Slaver, incensed and humiliated, made the decision to sell his son to the Slavers' Guild. Derick did not take kindly to this idea. At first, he appealed to his mother, but she was far too terrified of her son's mutation to see him as the same boy she'd raised for twelve years. Confused, hurt, and furious, Derick transformed to a wereform and killed his mother on the spot. His father, hearing the commotion, came running with a rifle and shot the boy. Derick was lucky enough to charge his father just as the gun went off, resulting in the bullet ending up in his left shoulder instead of his heart. His father fared no better than his mother had. After calming down considerably, Derick shifted back to his human form and surveyed what he had done. To his surprise, he found he felt no guilt for what he had done. In fact, he felt rather exhilarated from the events. He immediately summoned his tutor, an older man by the name of Niles Peltier. Niles, as Derick had discovered by accident once upon stumbling across the man half-shifted in a back alley, is an ocelot shifter. The man was all too happy to help Derick dispose of his parents' bodies, especially once Derick promised to continue paying the man for his tutoring services. Niles also helped patch Derick's wound, though the bullet remained—and still remains—imbedded in his shoulder.

The disappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Frey, Sr. did not go unnoticed by the Slaver's guild. The rumors of Derick's "illness" did not help his condition any. His father's position, however, had left the boy considerably wealthy, and Derick was as cunning as he was dangerous. Of several slavers that came to "collect" him, he murdered two and paid off a third. Eventually, he appealed to the Guild, paid a hefty recompense for each Slaver he had done off with, and essentially purchased his immunity to enslavement. Further, he revealed Niles' mutation, sold him to the Guild, and proceeded to repurchase him for a higher price. This placed him in good standing with the Slavers' Guild as well as ensured his tutor's safety from capture by other Slavers and Hunters.

For three years, Derick kept himself busy, learning his "studies" from Niles. While some of those studies did consist of what would comprise somewhat normal schooling, Niles also trained the boy in use of his shifter abilities, armed and unarmed combat while in various shifter stages, and the art of "trained listening." This last was particularly useful; Derick learned how to interpret body language, facial expression, verbal tone, and word choice and diction so as to discern a person's meanings and motives. While Derick was never one for merely sitting around and listening, he soon found that through a combination of his learning and his shifter instincts he was incredibly good at accurately interpreting such things from a mere few sentences or moment's observation of movement. It was also during this time that Derick discovered his love for using such things to his advantage. His "advantage," of course, was a strong sadism and love of manipulation and terror. However, partially due to his own inner morality and partially due to Niles' teachings, Derick never preyed upon those who did not deserve what he could give them. He knew all too well the darker side of judgment, and fostered a firm belief in the ideal "innocent until proven guilty." Though indeed, Derick took upon himself to be judge, jury and executioner wherever he saw fit. He would prey upon those he saw as wicked, regardless of rank and power. Those who could be picked off with little notice by the authorities would simply vanish; those of greater notice would have their lives poisoned with rumors, lies, paranoia, and deceit. Many such persons would find themselves suddenly without the regard or consideration previously afforded them—and would then disappear as well. This dealing of death and judgment earned the teen the name of Grim Reaper for a short time. This time was very short, however, for those who knew better knew that Derick was inherently a jokester, a prankster, a man with a mad and silly sense of humor, biting wit, and cruel but honest sarcasm. The "Grim" was soon dropped from his title, and he was given and adopted the simple name Reaper.

Reaper was very skilled in his fields, however, and though many knew of his responsibility for rapes, murders, slander, slaughter, and twisted manipulation, little could be done to prove his guilt in anything but the crimes he had already admitted and bought his way out of at twelve.

At fifteen, his name became so well-known that Mr. Zero himself took notice of the boy. Reaper knew well of Mr. Zero's reputation as well, but as always, he maintained his ideal of unproven innocence. The offer of a job working for Zero Tolerance was seen by Reaper as an opportunity to do what he had been doing, but with the promise of protection and payment. Though he was hired as a spy, he essentially ignored said job description and continued his normal life with the addition of a hefty stipend. He is still getting along in this way three years later. Occasionally his own endeavors accidentally luck him into a bit of information, which he passes along to Mr. Zero, thereby continuing his usefulness to Zero Tolerance—and netting him a nice bonus if such information turns out to be particularly useful.

Personality

Despite his enjoyment in the physical and mental destruction of other people, Reaper actually has a fairly jovial and easygoing nature. He has little patience for snootiness and snobbishness, however, so the Bleaker aristocracy make up many of his most favorite targets. He is incredibly noble and idealistic, believing in right for right's sake. Reaper has something of a hero complex, and although he indulges his own enjoyment he is far more likely to be selfless than selfish when in the interest of good. He has a deep and slightly twisted sense of justice; it is his notion that the punishment fit the crime (if possible), though, punishment being punishment, the penalty should always be far more severe than the offense. He has a dark but honest sense of humor, and greatly enjoys a good joke or prank. He revels in the manipulation and terror of those he deems deserving. He is vastly intelligent, calculating, and shrewd. The most important thing to note about Reaper is that he is wildly unpredictable; while not as likely to jump off a bridge as cross it, he does tend to indulge occasional whims or act in quite a way he normally wouldn't, just to throw people's expectations and understanding of him.

Powers

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[Shifting] Reaper is a hyena shifter, and comes with all the usual trappings of such a creature: he can range his morphed forms anywhere between full-human and full-hyena, though he most often prefers one extreme or the other. His full-hyena form has the slightest forward limp due to the bullet still imbedded in his shoulder. In all forms in which he has fur, part of the pattern of spots on his right front shoulder forms a sort of lopsided smiley face.

[Heightened Sensitivity] In all his forms, Reaper has very heightened physical sensitivity. He can discern the exact surface texture and shape of any object that touches his skin, no matter how light the touch. He also can discern the amount of pressure being exerted upon him in such a way that he knows for certain whether such pressure is in danger of, for example, splitting his skin (in the case of a sharp object) or crushing muscle or bone (in the case of a blunt object) and how much more pressure would cause the object to do so. His acuity in this sense is also such that he can "feel" nearby presences to a certain extent.

[Dulled Pain Receptors] Also in all his forms, Reaper has a severely lowered sensitivity to pain, as though his pain receptors are dulled or numbed. He still understands that he is being hurt or damaged in all cases, especially thanks to his Heightened Sensitivity, but he does not feel pain as acutely as most creatures would. This is to his great advantage as a shifter, as he can continue fighting when injured without any psychological hindrance from pain. Injuries that physically impair him still physically impair him, and he does not possess any advanced healing.

Strengths/Skills

Reaper's greatest skill is in his interpretation of other people's intentions. As previously outlined in his history, he is greatly skilled at using both verbal and visual cues to understand others' motives.

Related to this, he is very manipulative and quite able to convince others of his honesty, believability and sincerity even when lying boldly through his teeth.

He has disturbingly great skill in the subject of torture, and is always willing to test different methods of this "art."

Reaper is also extremely sneaky for his build, knowing well how to move silently in various venues (a skill greatly aided by his Heightened Sensitivity).

Reaper has some skill with firearms and blades, though he normally prefers unarmed combat or use of a single knife or dagger.

Weaknesses/Shortcomings

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Equipment and Resources

Reaper is often in possession of a six-shot pistol, though he rarely uses it and never carries spare ammunition.

He almost constantly carries at least one knife on his person, and oftentimes wears several as a form of backup.

Physical Appearance

Reaper has the appearance of a square-shouldered, medium-set young man in his mid-twenties, though this age of appearance is certainly older than his actual age. He has very strong, sharp, naturally stern features, and his frequently jovial smile in combination with such a face lends an air of psychosis to his appearance. This image is added to by the rough wildness of his shoulder-length black hair and the pure intensity in his blue-green eyes.

Trivia

• Reaper was a Feature Character whose beginning blurb was created by the game's owner.
• [12-21-08] I miss this character like fucking whoa. :( A port is probably in order, soon.

• Theme Song: [APPLICABLE??]

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