Ro'yang Xiao Dax | Western Fire Magi

Ro’Yang Xiao Dax

A Hero's claim to heart

Despite the reputation most Fire Magi have, Ro’Yang Xiao Dax (Ro' for short) is surprisingly even tempered, calm and even dryly humorous in nature, belittling his age, he is prone to moments of Sage like reserve and insight, but as all Fire Magi are prone too, he must always have that moment of explosive and powerful rage. Thankfully, such instances are VERY few and far in-between.

Being an Hyper-Autodidact (can teach himself things via observation/reading at an accelerated rate, however this is more the ingesting & assimilation of information and does not automatically translate into usable skills) he has a love of reading, and his guilty pleasure is to read old fashioned hard copy books, whenever he can, as well as watching older instructional videos on varying subjects. He also greatly enjoys board games.

Ro' is a firm believer in equality, despite the bigotry he has suffered under, and he has grown up with a strong dislike for bullies. He is also a firm believer in diplomacy and "proportionate response" meaning that if someone is simply branding about insults, then talking with reason and tact the best counter, but the moment someone pulls a weapon (or magic or ect) out, then violence has been agreed upon as the method of conveyance of ideals and opinions.

Height: 6'0"
Weight: 170Lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Gold


Ro’Yang Xiao Dax (also known as the Little Dragon Mage) is a tall and lean looking young man, with shagy dark hair, golden colored eyes and some particular scarring on his face and torso, burn marks caused by a Hunter's signature weapon (chemical fueled flamethrower) striking him during his escape from an illegal fight-club in the outer edges of Dagos.
He also has red and black "Dragon" scales along his spine from the base of his neck down to his tailbone. They are highly resilient and much tougher than his skin.

Ro’ has faintly tanned skin, that has a number of smaller scars and rough spots from his life of hard labor, and living on the road or in abject poverty. Aside from his scaring, he might be considered handsome in an almost noble yet exotic and substantial sort of way. With his strong yet sleek jaw-line, piercing golden hued eyes, and jet-black hair, he is a striking young man, and the scar on his face only seems to underline this. He is lean and hungry looking, yet there is a quiet, calm strength and genteel air to the way he carries himself, as if he is descended from royalty or some higher line, rather than being the bastard Magi son of a war in a far off land.




Ro' is adaptable in his clothing, when he must be, but he tends to wear loose fitting clothing, but he favors the styles from the Ikigai Isles to the west, thin fabrics in many layers, open front robes, knit shirts with billowy pants and even martial artist style Gi's and he has recently compiled his own type of magi armor, constructed from old fashioned leather, as well as some more modern synthetic materials, engraved and inlaid with scriptures from various religious text (THEY ARE NOT RUNES YOU IGNORANT FOOLS!) but he prefers his robes for their comfort, and utility. Oh and all of the hidden little pockets he can hide food in.

Parents
Mother: Yang'Soz Dax (deceased)
Father: unknown (presumed deceased)

Siblings
Brother/Sister: none

Extended Family
Grandfather: Li Xiao Dax (deceased)


Born the bastard son of a Cyborg army captain in the border town of Bai'Sai Lo (Pronounced Bah Sing Low) on Gali, the eastern most island of the mystic Ikigai Isles, Ro' was raised from an early age by his mother and grandfather in the ways of Magi, as they both carried the blood of powerful practitioners, and until recently, had enjoyed the benefits of a long time secret society that protected Magi, and their secretes. However, political upheaval and social unrest stripped this protection away when martial law was declared in the Islands, a brutal militant take over of the local government, which turned to a war of conquest across the Ikigai Isles.
Before the war fizzled out, his mother had been killed, and his grandfather crippled during their exodus from the Islands to the mainland.

Upon arriving, in Dagos, Ro and his grandfather tried to find honest work for themselves, but soon, Li was forced to begging on the street, and preforming novice parlor tricks for scraps, while Ro' managed to scrape by doing dangerous or terribly disgusting jobs no one else would take (cleaning exhaust ports on industrial waste disposal systems is not only disgusting, it's also rather dangerous, because moving parts) as well as some times hustling local con artists for a few extra coins.

However, one day, his grandfather was killed by a hunter, who chased Ro' into the underbelly of Dagos, where the Magi was able to use his smaller size to escape. but out of the frying pan and into the fire it went, for he was crabbed by a ruthless cyborg who promised a warm bed and a hot meal, yet only offered street fights and left over take out.
Even so, Ro' refused to be broken, and he made a small name for himself in the ring, and while he was hardly undefeated, he was still thought of as a threat in every match he fought, especially because he was the first Magi in a long time to be seen using his power, in conjunction with his physical fighting talent.

But when the Hunter that killed his grandfather caught wind of Ro's trail in Dagos' outliers, Ro' was forced to abandon the fight club and flee to the center of the city proper, barely escaping the hunters trap, and causing the bastards death in a rather epic rooftop battle that leveled a small house.

He now survives in a low rent hostel, doing odd jobs when he can get them, careful to hide his Magi heritage, and looking for his next legitimate opportunity to advance and educate himself.

Now if only the damnable hunters would leave him alone...
 

Flame I: Just as most Magi Magic, the flames must already exist. He is able to grow fire from his immediate person to double his arms length, as well as able to wrap himself in flames, so long as he is in direct control of it, and it is not chemically based. He also can draw a mental image of sorts of his surroundings using the heat signatures of what is around him, but this is inconsistent as some objects reflect or absorb heat in different ways.

Heat: The ability to cause at least one appendage of his body to warm up at a time (arm, leg, etc). His skin can get to the point of burning someone upon contact if he focuses himself. He has been known to heat up both hands to just short of the point of combustion for dry paper or sawdust, and other suitable materials, however as he is still young, he carries a variety of lighters and matches, as well as flint fragments and bits of metal, as he is not yet consistent with this power yet (meaning he has not yet reached Level II).

UNARMED COMBAT I
Ro has studied a number of ancient and modern martial arts, and has incorporated them into his magical practices, however, as the old adage goes "Jack of all trades, master of none" his youth and wide ranging study habits (as well as lack of a teacher/master) mean that while versatile, he is lacking any great depth in his skill, which he tries to make up for by being creative and unpredictable, switching from rigid and methodical forms to wild or fluid or unorthodox methods as he fights depending on what sort of opponent he is facing.
He favors Krav Magra, Karate, Tiger style Kung Fu, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, for the variations on strength, explosive power, breath, and focus, which he uses to enhance his Magi talents.




MELEE I (STARTER)

Details: Ro' has finally opened the one box of his Grandfathers belongings he has left, and within it, he has found the family "Gemi Scymitar" (the Dual Broadswords from Avatar) passed down from generation to generation.




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[b]Avatar: the Last Airbender, Prince Zuko[/b] as [i]Ro'Yang Xiao Dax[/i]