Aaron Ferguson

Aaron ferguson,

and if you're in my way you'll feel it

Aaron has an...ahem...pet peeve with people who can't separate his magi traits from himself.  It's fine if you make puns and say he's horsing around.  But if you use him like a horse, he will understandably be insulted.  While on the topic, never call him a 'stud'.  While the word can be used positively in the human world, to him it is insulting due to the fact the word is used in reference to breeding stock.  If you want to compliment him, use human terms for the most part.  Unless you're talking about how shiny his coat is, in which case he will take that well as it's received similar to something like 'your hair looks so shiny and beautiful'.

He's peaceful for the most part, the sort of person that lets most comments roll off of him.  Yes insults will get on his bad side.  He might even get angry.  But if he strikes back, you've done something really, really wrong.  To make a pop culture comparison, he's a bit like a jedi master.  He loves to teach, he's calm for the most part, but if you screw up he's going to make sure you work until you don't screw up again.

One of the quirks worth mentioning is that when he meets another magi, he gives them a nickname of some sort.  A lot of the time, it relates to their element.  Whether you're friend or foe, you will probably get a nickname.  That said, the nickname you get does depend on whether you're friend or foe to him.  Good luck figuring out which category you fit into.  If you're a human who gets a nickname though, you're special.  You might be friend or foe to him still.  But if you're human and you still get a nickname, he sees some sort of potential in you.

Anything further that you'd like to elaborate on that could not be properly expressed in those itty bitty little lists goes here. 200 word minimum please.

Unless he's using a rather large illusion, pretty sure the first thing you'll notice is that he's a centaur.  Below the waist, he is a horse.  A white and chestnut pinto, to be exact.  Above the waist, he isn't a beefcake.  However, Aaron is fit enough.  It takes a fair bit of muscle to run as a centaur after all.  Therefore he comes by the muscles naturally.  His height as a result of being a centaur comes to an impressive 7 feet tall.  Even when he illusions his bottom half, he still looks like a gangly 7 foot tall guy.

Aaron has heterochromia, which simply means his eyes are different colours from each other.  One of them is blue, and the other is brown.  His hair is a mix of white and brown hairs to match his pinto....bottom half.  It's something that is technically called piebaldism.  A term that is also used in reference to horses as well.  His tail matches his hair too, a fact he's rather proud of because he thinks of it similarly to like how someone might regard their outfit matching.  

He has four long 'socks' on his legs.  His legs are white up to the knees.  His hooves are an ivory sort of colour, but don't let the colour fool you they're tough.  

Obviously he walks like a horse, but he also walks confidently.  Relaxed.


Aaron wears t-shirts a lot.  They stretch with any movement he might make for example.  However, if he wants to impress a button down is definitely not out of the question.  He also likes vests, as he thinks of them as a reflection of class in past times.  Hats are also a thing he does, because he enjoys how they can change an outfit completely.  That and they can hide his differently coloured hair if he's using illusions.  Sunglasses are also a thing he enjoys, not just because they hide his eyes but because he thinks he looks snazzy.  He likes wearing scarves not just to keep him warm.  Jewellery is a sometimes.  Hell, he even has one of his ears pierced with a stud in it.

His horse half is fairly complicated to accessorize.  Partly because he can't exactly REACH the spots.  Saddles are something he wears, but only if he's planning to accommodate a passenger.  English or Western saddles are both acceptable, as are Australian saddles (basically a combination of the two). Horses don't always need metal shoes nailed.  But because metal shoes are labour intensive and would need another person to hammer in, he either goes without or wears some plastic ones that snap on.  They were invented a while ago, and snap on his hooves when he steps in them just right.  A godsend he thinks.  But for the most part, he only wears them when he knows he's going to be walking, trotting or galloping on pavement.  Otherwise his regular hooves are perfectly fine.  The snap on shoes ARE something he has in a few colours to accessorize though!

Parents
Mother: Tiana Roberts Ferguson (deceased)
Father: Jack Ferguson (living in Kimura)

Siblings
Brother/Sister: Kain Ferguson (living in Kimura, Ikigai taking care of his parents)

Extended Family
Meh: Marigold Elliott Ferguson (Aaron's step-mother, Kain's mother)
Cade Ulysses (old security contact of Aaron's, they keep in touch but do not know where the other is.  Cade works in the black market now)


Aaron was born on April 11, 2507 in Ikigai, which was a very fortunate coincidence.  What wasn't fortunate though was that his magi traits made his delivery extremely difficult.  His mother died during childbirth, after an 11 month pregnancy.  They had had an inkling of what was coming because the length of the pregnancy was so long.  At first they expected twins, to be honest.  His father was loving, but Aaron could see the pain as he grew older.  His dad told him all about what his mother was like, deciding to use the experience to love his child more.  Aaron's childhood was unique because of his traits.  Whereas human children learn to walk when they're about a year old, Aaron learned to walk when he was six months old.  He had grown faster than a human child.  He did take longer than a foal, but hey his torso wasn't horse he took longer to figure things out.  He said his first words earlier, at four months old.

Fortunately, he grew up in Ikigai peacefully.  His father did his best, but feeding a growing boy is hard enough.  Most teenage boys eat like horses anyway, but Aaron literally did.  Fortunately, there's an old saying: it takes a village to raise a child.  The rest of Kimura banded together.  The grocers and farmers gave a discount on food, for example.  And the teachers took turns coming around sometimes to make sure Aaron was well educated.  You see, Aaron didn't really fit in the conventional classroom, so he couldn't really go to school.  He was mostly homeschooled, but his dad couldn't really do it alone.  He still had to work sometimes.  Aaron did manage to graduate at the age of 17 though despite the troubles. 

When he graduated, he decided to stretch his legs as it were.  To explore the world.  This was still peace times, so he went to Suraja.  He'd learned of a horse race, meant to test endurance.  Being a centaur, he thought he might have some sort of advantage.  He was wrong, but more on that later.  He stayed at an inn there, one of the taller rooms.  It was still small and cramped, but he made do.  There at the inn, he met Raj.  Raj was a fire magi, with quite a few lizard traits.  They had fun and Raj showed Aaron some of the best local spots.  He even showed the centaur that he could breathe fire!  Aaron found that super cool of course, because it was.  Aaron mentioned he wanted to enroll in the endurance race.  Raj informed him that it was a horse and rider team.  That Aaron would need a partner.  Aaron thought two human minds would be an advantage but Raj explained that it could also be seen as a double edged sword.  On one hand, you had two minds to overcome problems.  But that also meant the possibility of arguments.  To work well, a centaur's partner would need to be attuned and have the same goals.  A team has to train for years to be fit enough to have a chance to survive the race intact.  That's when Aaron asked Raj if he wanted to race.  And that's how the youngest team in the history of the Race of the Dragon met up and enrolled.  Of course, back then it wasn't called the Race of the Dragon yet.  That was when Aaron was 18.  Raj was 19.

They didn't actually race the race until Aaron was 21.  In those three years, Raj called in all the favours he could with old friends of his family.  Aaron didn't realize his new best friend was born into a good family in Suraja.  They received the best of training, from getting faster to learning how to defend themselves.  Raj already knew how to defend himself well enough.  Aaron was taught the basics of handling scimitars.  They enrolled when they figured they were sufficiently prepared.  That's what they thought.  In the meantime, Aaron became an older brother as his father had a child with a woman in their village.  Aaron's half brother Kain was brought into the world when Aaron was 19 years old.

When they were actually in the race though, it was grueling.  They'd known it, but they hadn't realized how much they'd have to do.  Sandstorms were common place.  So were other riders using underhanded tricks and trying to swipe Raj off horseback.  Luckily they effectively had four arms to ward off attacks.  

Aaron Radley and Raj Akachi came in first in the Sands of Nyoka Endurance Race in 2528.  It was the fifth annual running of the race.  They were the youngest to ever win it.  The three finishers after them came out of the race saying 'I'd advise against tangling with them'.  Oh, and you know how it became called the Race of the Dragon?  That was something the PR cooked up when they heard about the way the second placer got the burn scar on his arm.  'A fire-breathing dragon and a legendary centaur'.  Their winnings were a decent amount of money to split between them.

It should come as no surprise that after such a gruelling race, Raj and Aaron were extremely close.  Best friends.  Their minds were aligned so much so that if one of them had a thought, chances are the other person knew they'd had it.  That said, they split ways with the promise of staying in touch by video chat.  Aaron used some of his winnings to travel to Fokradiin when he was 22.  There, in Hjall, he learned from a Victor's Military Academy graduate how to box.  His teacher deliberated about the best unarmed combat to teach Aaron, but since Aaron was a centaur boxing seemed the best option.  However, Aaron was also taught to use his weight and back end to his advantage.  He learned how to throw the best horsekicks to do damage, for example.  His teacher rode horses, so it made him ideal.  Another thing he advised was to use the chest of his horse body.  If someone punches a horse's chest, they risk breaking their hand.  The muscles there are that thick.  The back legs are strong.  Even just stepping on someone's foot can risk breaking their toes.  Aaron learned there for a year.  He worked as a security mount in Fokradiin for a while too.

When he was 24, he travelled back to his home country of Ikigai.  After a brief stop in his hometown of Kimura to say hi to everyone, he travelled to Homura to enroll in the Magi Training School.  He'd realized in the course of his training, for the endurance race and otherwise, that he was weak compared with other magi.  He was a zero magi, so there was no manipulating the elements for him.  Aaron studied there for 10 years.  When he was 35, he was offered a delivery job in Homura.  He took it, and also helped teach some of the magi some techniques to defend themselves that weren't strictly magi related.  It wasn't related to the Magi Training School though, just a separate thing he did on the outskirts of Homura.  It was relaxing to be back in his home country.  Aaron travelled to Tensai for a security job when he was 37 years old.  He worked there for three years, working his way up in the ranks.  He became a respected member of the security force for Terra Firma.  It's worth noting that he kept in touch with his 'family' and Raj all that time too.  Raj came for visits to Ikigai too sometimes.  But when Aaron was 43, Raj told him through video chat of the tensions rising in Ethea.  He went there to do what he could to help the magi there.  Aaron begged his friend not to, but Raj was a good sort.  Perhaps it was foolish or brave.  Either way, he went.  And Aaron stayed behind, and felt both safe and cowardly.  

The magi round-ups happened in 2553, when Aaron was 46 years old.  He was safely in Ikigai.  Raj Akachi was not.  Aaron didn't hear from his friend for years.  Aaron assumed his best friend was dead.  Then, when Aaron was 78, his friend Raj made contact with him by coming to Ikigai.  But the friend he'd known all those years ago was a shadow of his former self.  Turns out, Raj was taken in the magi round-ups.  Placed in a camp.  Tortured.  The Raj Aaron saw before him at the moment was a hardened warrior.  A man who had helped in the magi breakouts.  Aaron saw his friend changed, and he changed in a way too.  Aaron vowed to himself to help other magi if it was within his power.  Two years later, Raj went back to Ethea and Aaron followed him this time, not wanting to let his dear friend out of his sight.

Turns out no amount of following his friend helped.  Tensions were high.  The two settled in Haven.  Aaron was happy just staying in the town, but Raj was his typical self wanting to help more.  He'd sneak into town to help some magi out.  Aaron had warned him that there would be hunters everywhere.  That he shouldn't go, not even into Dagos City.  But Raj didn't listen.

When Aaron was 82, Raj 'went missing'.  That's the official word on it.  But he was a magi, so nobody looked too hard.  And it wasn't like Aaron could come forward with the evidence he had.  You see, Aaron had been on the phone with Raj about grocery shopping in Dagos when his friend had been grabbed.  The phone had been dropped in the struggle, and smashed.  Nobody could trace it back to Aaron so he was safe.  But he vowed never to let himself feel that helpless ever again.

Ever since, he's been working in his shop in Haven, and training magi and magi sympathizers both in his dojo in Haven.  It's connected to his general store, and he works in both places depending on the day.  He knows it is risky to leave Haven in Ethea.  Sometimes he does to go to other countries like Suraja, but that's about it.  His way of making a difference is making sure others are prepared if they need to fight.  He teaches combat as a last line of defense.  That said, he trusts magi more readily than cyborgs or humans.  He tries to keep it on a case by case basis, but it's difficult for him.

Healer I: A person is able to heal their own minor wounds in a matter of a blink of an eye. Minor wounds consist of shallow flesh wounds. If the wound is upon themselves, it does not take much energy. However if they are healing another, the task wears on them.

UNARMED COMBAT I (STARTER): 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.

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




Illusion I: Able to create minor illusions to manipulate one person's perception. At this stage you can only create illusions that manipulate your own physical appearance. And yes, the category of minor illusions includes being able to hide the non-human physical traits your magi may have. However, these do not effect a camera's point of view or the one that may be watching those monitors.

Illusion II: (Upgrade of Illusion I) Able to create more elaborate illusions with the furthest perimeter away from the spell caster being ten feet. Yes, at this stage you can now create mirages that do not necessarily have to do with adjusting your own appearance. These illusions may now also be seen by five to ten people. However, these still do not effect a camera's point of view or the one that may be watching those monitors.

Illusion III: (Upgrade of Illusion II) Able to create fantastically elaborate illusions up to one hundred feet away from the magi imagining them. They are so realistic that all who view them will most likely believe they're real. This includes video surveillance and those who are watching the monitors. You have evolved from putting these images directly into another's mind to actually materializing your imaginings into reality. Note: These are still intangible so if someone were to attempt to touch your illusioned flames they would not be burned or if they attempt to touch the illusioned wall their hand will go through it.



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.

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 claim to use any variety of melee weapons, with high skill. Even up to being able to block a bullet. You are more likely to better a melee levels I and II.



Crown of Richmond: A silver circlet bejeweled with a single jade stone. it is said that the crown grants the wearer the ability to change their appearance.

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