Post by Karska Gl'aldiia on Jan 21, 2016 22:25:10 GMT -7
| KARSKA GL'ALDIIA | "Mother takes so much... It's sad that she gives so little in return." |
BIOGRAPHY Karska was born on the freshly colonized and war-torn planet of Gliese 581 c, though his species hails from several thousand more light years out in the galaxy, and the location of their home solar system is never discussed with or disclosed to outsiders. Having been brought up in the overcrowded terraformed twilight strip aptly named Dusk's Band, the planet's power struggle between several distinctive sub-species of the reptilian-like Garrsali that inhabited the stretch flared once again to dangerous levels as the outpost was left to its own devices thanks to shifting political interests. Young Karska was caught up in the resulting crossfire, and for many long years, he was forced into labor-intensive servitude by a rivaling flight. When order finally arrived in the form of Mother's heavy-handed officials, Dusk's Band was segregated, flushed out, torn down, and thoroughly re-organized. Karska was confiscated from his captors, though as a sub-adult male, the decision was made not to turn him back over to his natal flight. Instead, he was assigned to a surveyor's ship and recruited into Mother's far-reaching ranks. Given Karska's early onset love of intergalactic space travel, he jumped at the opportunity and turned the cold shoulder to Gliese, never wanting to return again. For the next five years, Karska worked alongside others in Mother's vast galactic fleet, slowly developing an affinity for charting the development of 'primitive' animals and plants on other planets. This avenue opened up to introduce him to the collection and maintenance of various lab-grown cultures of bacteria and other micro-organisms. His future remained uncertain still, as technicians were normally sent back to the home solar system for more in-depth training before being allowed to work in the labs, and academics recommendations were few and far between... Especially when it came to slum-born Garrsali. Upon his ascension to full-fledged maturity, Karska thoroughly dedicated himself to earning a recommendation by impressing his superiors. More and more of his time was being spent away from busy bustle of large ship bays. Instead, he came to a point where he was spending vast amounts of time alone, working solo from his small vessel for field collection on the silent faces of developing planets. In recent months, Karska's work has brought him to more 'civilized' solar systems, and incidentally, Blighted Earth and the recent colonization of Mars has come to the Garrsali's attention. Dancing about the Anti-Powered Being Alliance has given Karska little but a headache, but positive contact with the Federation from his homeship has soothed his nerves enough to allow brief and unobtrusive visits into their rather tense airspace. Time will tell when it comes to this determined Garrsali's future. POWERS Mangle -- The ability to use his given assets in close quarters either defensively or offensively. Level 1: Given Karska's lack of confidence in this particular area, as well as his purposely blunted talons, the first and best line of defense would be his mouth. Given his large jaw muscles and sharp teeth, a bite has the potential to inflict mild to severe damage depending on a variety of factors. If executed correctly, Karska has the ability to splinter/fracture bones and produce lacerations on exposed hide or flesh. This requires extremely close proximity, good timing, and sheer determination. APPEARANCE Karska is a sub-species of Garrsali commonly called the Inland Garrsali. He is a bipedal omnivorous mammal that uses a long, whip-like tail with a stiff base for counter-balance. As a full grown male of average size, he stands roughly six feet at the shoulder, and measures a total of seventeen feet from snout to tail-tip. He has a total of six spade-like toes and eight dexterous fingers, all tipped with short talons that are often filed down to blunt nubs. The bottoms of his feet and heels are well padded to aid in standing for long periods of time, though both his belly and pelvic region are padded as well to allow him to comfortably lay prone. His arms are short but well equipt with pivoting elbow joints, and his neck is long and topped with a thick muscle referred to as a crest. Below his neck hangs a stretchy caruncle-like structure, which flushes with blood and puffs to portray elevated emotions such as anger, excitement, arousal and extreme distress. Both eyes are placed on either side of his head to allow him 180 degree vision, and his rectangular, horizontal pupils aid him in providing extensive peripheral vision. His slit nostrils lead to a rather large olfactory chamber, in which Karska can process and pinpoint a wide variety of scents. He has 26 teeth in all, though the front half are sharp and dagger-like, while the ones in the back are flat for grinding. While most Inland Garrsali males naturally possess long, backwards sweeping horns, Karska --like many others of his age-- keeps his chopped short. Occasionally, he will have inlaid patterns or precious metal fillaments carved and set into what remains of his horns. Although the price to be paid for these purely aesthetic procedures is a very painful and expensive one, uncut horns in Garrsali culture are seen as ugly, primitive, and barbaric. One of his most impressive talents lies within his throat. Garrsali vocal cords are incredibly complex, and when working in tandem with both the wide chamber in his nose and his long, round, prehensile tongue, Karska can make an incredible variety of noises --ranging from high, rhythmic, pulsating trills and clicks to deep, full-throated growls and loud, shuddering rattles. Karska is hypomelanistic, which means that he cannot retain the vast majority of what would otherwise naturally be black pigment. Being mammalian, he possesses hide instead of scales, though the striking patterning starting at his brow and lacing down his spine to the tip of his tail is one of many that his species has been known to display. | NICKNAME N/A AGE GENDER SEXUALITY FACTION OCCUPATION |
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