Enki River, Hunter

Enki river,

This is gospel for the fallen ones

Often seen by himself River is considered to be an rather large introvert. He doesn't really start conversations, he isn't a fan of parties and he would rather avoid large crowded areas if he can. If anything he prefers to be alone and remain somewhere in the corner to blend in with the wallpaper. Other times prefers the company of his familiar then that of a person regardless of gender or race. People are merely exhausting for him as well as over whelming. Due to him not having a voice that functions properly he is often uncomfortable speaking and finds it frustrating when he tried to communicate outside of gestures.

Of course, he isn't always a stick in the mud. He does well when he is around one or two people that he knows. When this happens he is often jolly and playful around them. He will sometimes play pranks or just annoy them with the little things. He mostly enjoys observing others and seeing how they function on a day day basis. However, he still prefers not to get too close to an individual due to past experiences gone wrong.

Regardless of his negatives and positive aspects he is a skilled Hunter. He shoves his emotions to the side when work calls. It took him some time and serious training to be able to do so but it was a must if he didn't want to loose his mind from all the deaths he has caused. He takes his job seriously and will complete it to the best of his abilities. Even if the magi could be innocent he will carry out his mission. He has all ready pissed off his Goddess once and prefers to remain in high favor.

Enki stands in the most unimpressive height of five foot and six inches. An average height to fit an average man. His build is slim and though not full of visible muscles one can tell he at least stays in shape to keep his defined look. Upon glancing at the young man, one can easily see he focuses more on his legs and arms. Though his hands are full of callous and are anything but soft. His black hair is often left in wild spikes with his medium length hair. 

He is often seen, and rarely without his red fingerless gloves that protect his hands from his weapon and being rubbed raw. His clothing style is average and he prefers to wear jeans, a t-shirt or sweater with a leather jacket. He is a fan of spiked wrist bands and biker boots. His ears are pierced once on either side and has a tongue piercing that he got one night from being a bit too drunk.  

On his back, he has a tattoo of two crows in flight on his shoulder blades. They have been done in the 3D tattoo art style. On his left wrist is the latin phrase: "AURIBUS TENEO LUPUM" (holding a wolf by the ears) and on his right wrist is "corvus oculum corvi non eruit" (a crow will not pull out the eye of another crow). Both phrases he believes covers the meaning to his life as doing something can also mean doing nothing and vice versa with the other is less stagnate about moving forward to sticking with his comrades,  an honor among his kins/hunters. Ina  way, to remind him to stay on his path and not to sway. 

River perfers to wear anything comfortable, usually this is jeans, a shirt, with a leather jacket. At times he will wear nicer things but overall its mostly very simple and not over the top. Plaid, he likes as much as he does leather as well. He is also seen wearing a pair of bare wedding rings on a chain around his neck. 

Parents
Mother: June River (Felici, Alive)
Father: Taka River (Felici, Alive)

Siblings
Younger Sister: Lizzy River (Alive, Felici)
Younger Sister: Olivia River (Deceased)
Older Brother: Taki River (Alive, Felici)

Extended Family
Ex-Wife : Aria River (Unknown)

Born into a family of Hunters it would almost be considered fate for June and Taka's children to become Hunters. In fact, it was pretty much just that. Before him, came his brother Taki by three years. At the time of Taki's fourth year, Enki was born into the family of Hunters. His life was rather normal for a young child and when his mother became pregnant three years later he was excited.  He was so excited that he was even coming up with names for his soon to be sister. Soon, the young child was born and called Olivia, a name Enki had picked out for her. He had taken it upon himself to be "Mommy" because the actual mother was far to busy recovering from the long birthing. It wasn't until the second year of Olivia's life that things started to change. His mother was pregnant again and Olivia was changing. Enki was six at the time he discovered that his little sister was growing something strange from her back. There was nothing but knots there and soon, feathers. Terrified of what this could mean he tried his best to hide it from his parents. 

But one night, his mother took the child to bathe. It was the last time he would see his little sister alive. Apparently, there had been an accident in the tub and his sister had head her head and drowned. Being a child, he took it as the truth but would later realize it was his mother that had killed his sister due to the fact she was an Air Magi in late bloom. There was no funeral for his sister and no body to view. Instead, two weeks later a pair of Sai's were delivered to the house and locked away. 

Life returned to normal and his new sister came into his life and this time, Enki was less then excited. He supposed he was afraid that naming this new sister would curse her to die. So, he spent little time with her and more with his brother to train to become a Hunter. 

Year's past with little incident and soon, Enki was allowed into the Hunter Guild and gifted his weapon, the Sai that was brought into his home when his sister had died. He took it with pride along with one normal sai. Wether he knew it or not at the time he later realized that his weapon was harvested from his sister, thus he is very protective of it. 

His life getting good. He was moving up in the world, had respect, killed magi and then he was getting married. At the age of 18 he was to marry a wonderful woman he had meet two years ago. She was the one, or so he believed. She was happy, loving, kind, and brought Enki out of his shell. It was just too bad that on his wedding night he found out she had been keeping a very well kept secret from her. She was a Water Magi. Her traits weren't as heavy as most but he had never seen her scale patches that littered her usually covered areas. Nor did he really take notice of the golden speckles that floated in her eyes. her teeth being a bit sharper, and the strange fact that she carried a scar on her tail bone right where a tail should of been. The Hunter had unknowingly married a Magi even though there had been signs. Instead of having the most pleasurable night of his life, it was cut short that morning as he stared at the sleeping woman next to him. He couldn't stay with her based on his principles and he couldn't allow her to live either. 

In the eyes of his Goddess, he was a sinner amongest his own kind even though this had not been his fault completely. The hunter battled with himself for a whole month before he finally came to a decision. The marriage had to end and so did she...it was the only way. Kalidas could curse him other wise and his life would be destroyed. The next day, he confronted his wife with his knowledge of what she was and why she would marry someone who she knew was a murderer of her own kind. Her response has been lost to him over the years but he recalled it being heart breaking and harmful. It is very possible that he blocked all of this out of his mind --however, when it was all finished he suffered an injury to his abdomen and his wife was gone. All there was left was her blood stained wedding rings that he know wears on a chain around his neck. He claims to have murdered his wife and has left it at that, leaving it unknown if he ran her through or if she managed to escape. Still, he washed the blood from his hands and returned to work. 

Dead inside, he was later visited by his Goddess that cursed him---using his familiar to no longer heed his orders. The beast ripped into Enki's throat and though not killing him--left him injured, scarred, and with a  malfunctioning voice that could not be used to speak in a normal volume or properly. That had been years ago and now at the age of twenty four River has taken to exploring other ideals other then woman and marriage. He is also currently looking for redemption from his Goddess and doing his best with his disgraced status. 

MELEE I (STARTER):Can accomplish fundamental and basic feats with melee weapons. Examples: Knife, Sword, Sai, Hammer, Axe, Whip, Lance, Chainsaw, etc



Familiar: Some Hunters are able to bond with one particular wild animal; bird, reptile, mammal, etc. It may be any animalistic creature that is not a Spirit or Magic inspired (no griffins, pegasus, etc). These animals are an allowed reoccurring NPC. - Large Doberman - Aries

Familiar II: (Upgrade of Familiar) In regards to your one allowed animalistic creature buddy you are able to better communicate and understand the familiar. Verbal commands aren't necessary for every single action the Familiar takes now.

Tracking I: Your knowledge of tracks is at its base level. You know animal tracks and can vaguely place how long they've been there. However you cannot tell a direction unless there's a clear path.

Tracking II: Your senses have increased, now you can notice other things to track like broken twigs and displaced greenery. Using these variables you can now infer a direction towards your prey

Hunter's Step: Through practice and patience, you have learned to dampen the noise generated by your foot falls. At this level, your footsteps are fairly quiet, though a person in close proximity is still likely to hear you.

Heightened Sense of Hearing: This ability is not as impressive as a cyborg's, you cannot hear the heart beat of someone. However, you may be able to hear the panicked breathing of your hiding prey and are able to hear at much greater distances than the average human.

Augmented Weapon: (Limit 2 per Hunter) These are weapons that are crafted from the bones of slain Magi. Once crafted they are usually reinforced with light weight metals. Through assistance from the Runic University a professor is capable of prepping the weapon's innate magic to give an extra punch with every strike or even dispel a magical attack of the same kind, depending on what Magi type the bone came from. So for instance if you have a Fire Augmented Weapon (meaning the bone was taken from a deceased Fire Magi) a Fire Whirlwind could be dispersed upon touch by the weapon. :  SAI's  - AIR


Melee II: You are now better able to dual wield if you wish to. You are more likely to better a melee level I.

Melee III: Depending on your character's insinuated realism a character can be up to a mastery level with this purchase. Even up to being able to slice a bullet from mid-air. You are more likely to better at melee levels I and II.

Unarmed Combat I: You know the basics and can hold your own in a street fight. The type of martial art or fighting style is up to you. We trust you to be realistic for what you can accomplish and not accomplish at being a general level one in unarmed combat.

Unarmed Combat II: You have improved in this skill and can accomplish more impressive feats in the fighting technique you've chosen for your character. You are now also able to defend yourself better against melee weapon-ed attacks.

[b]Kuroko no Basuke, Himuro Tatsuya[/b] as [i]Enki River[/i]