Arad Desh

Background

"I fight. That's what I do. It is my sole purpose. I could never be integrated into a normal life, believe me I've tried. But that doesn't mean I have to fight for a bad cause." - Arad Desh

These words describe Arad's being and purpose. Arad was born to the militaristic Kanahud tribe to the far west of the empire, although not in rebel controlled territory. Born to a lower caste family, he was quickly deemed a demon by the tribal shamans and they demanded that he be kept away from ordinary society. He was raised from a young age to become nothing more than a farmer. A life that didn't suit him. Farming life was too boring, too passive. And indeed, Revolutionary attacks had left the tribe in a state of poverty. Arad had a sense of adventure in him. Eventually at the age of 11 he left his elders all together, although he still felt affiliated to the Kanahud tribe. Left with nothing but basic survival skills and a knife, Arad braved the massive forests of the empire in which many beasts were lurking.

Over time, he has joined many mercenary groups, but only those he finds to be ethical. The various mercs have thought him much of what he knows, and he finds the mercenary life to be his life.

Personality (and faction stances)
Arad is a very disciplined man. Or at least, that's what he is on the inside. He has a strong moral code, a good understanding of combat and tactics and in general remains very calm even in the tensest of situations. However he lets out to be a very unserious, undisciplined and a careless man. To certain extents, the former are merely side effects of his moral code and his lack of understanding about normal life.

There's nothing Arad vallues more than a honorable and impressive foe. Arad dislikes killing, but the thrill of battle is something he loves with all his heart. Despite his desire to fight, he does his best to not kill anyone for whatever reason unless the foe won't back down.

Arad has a very tribal outlook on society. Although he somewhat understands the difference between tribes and nations, he refers to nations as clans and people he doesn't know as (birthplace name) clan. For instance Empire Clan or Revolutionary Clan.

Arad vallues ultimate freedom above anything else. Though he is by no means an anarchist. He has no problems with the state aparatus providing the state he's in grants him the freedom to live life the way he desires. Politics isn't something he particularely cares for, and he doesn't seem to care whether the nation he's traveling to is a democracy or a dictatorship providing said nations grant him and others satisfactory ammounts of freedom. Due to this outlook on freedom, he has a somewhat hostile stance to the empire as its citizens are massively exploited and oppressed by the strong. Regardless, he also looks at the empire with respect. A thousand year empire that has survived all threats, until now. He does however not feel comfortable around the Revolutionary Army either as the Kanahud tribe has been targeted several times by then, and contrary to revolutionaries, he's fully aware that they've commited many crimes and he views them as no better than the empire regardless of their ultimate goals. At the end, Arad is only loyal to the Kanahud tribe, even if he has gone on a self inflicted exile and despite the fact that the tribe is an empire puppet. However, he doesn't fight for the empire. He fights for the tribe.

His loyalty is mostly to who he's currently with, particularely various mercenary companies he joins throughout his journey.

Appearance
Arad is noticably around his mid-twenties. He has a long brown hair, dons a full beard and has a somewhat muscular figure, although he's not as muscular as the many foes he meets. His skin is white and he has some noticable wrinkles, the kind that is usually seen on people who are reaching their thirties. Arad usually wears military equipment without armor to be more agile and less noisy, thus he mostly dons a military fatigue.

Strengths and Weaknesses
(+) The Will To Always Keep On FIghting: Arad's most noticable quality is that no matter how beaten up he may be, he never lays down. He will keep on fighting until he dies or until his body is too broken to fight. This is the quality responsible for most of his victories.

(+) Survival Training: Arad has been in many places. And he has overcome all of them. He knows how to survive in the most remote locations.

(+) Stealth Training (Infiltrator): even without cloaking, Arad has been trained to be stealthy and to hide his presence from his enemies.

(+) Agile: Arad's key to bringing down foes is his agility. He must be swift and brutal to bring down his enemies.

(+/-) In Controll: most people would assume that being in controll is good. And they would be right. that is, unless your foe can't be controlled. Adar relies heavily on knowing the enemy. If the enemy is more chaotic, Adar will end up more confused.

(-) Underestimating: although he will remain very confident, this may ultimately turn on him. However, he will adapt to a new situation when presented to him. He is also aware of this flaw, so he tries to combat this flaw, but this remains mostly futile. (Note, he doesn't underestimate everyone.)

(-) Physically inferior: indeed, Arad is stronger than most. But that's only due to military training. Compared to people who don't neglect physical strength in battle, Arad is mostly a pushover.

(-) No Imperial Arms: without the ownership of such a weapon, Arad has a significant disadvantage over people with them. His only hope to overcome them is his will to fight, and that is most likely futile.