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Skerry post-war

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My character Skerry from #Windsonde
Get involved, so much fun!

(I have another character also, Berra)

New ref sheet for after the war. (First ref sheet, second ref sheet)

Name: Skerry

Gender: Male

Species: Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) / jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)

Aerie: Grandesque

Clan: Balach

Rank: Maralach - Advisor to the Queen

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I have the Balach and Maralach symbols merged here. My hybrid sign for the 'Royal Guard'. Or in Skerry's case, royal assassin. Skerry does not disabuse people of the assumption that he is a guard when they see the Balach symbol.

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Skerry is a quiet gryphon, and projects a calm demeanor. His upbringing was fairly standard for Grandesque, and his parents indulgent and and rather absentminded. Despite the carelessness of his education, he took a keen interest in a few influential characters in his early years. Traveling mercenaries, they left an impression on his young mind. Very early, he decided that his career path would take him the same direction.

Skerry soon carved himself a reputation and a place to work in the armed-for-hire circles. Known for the efficiency and elegance of his work, he has become a go-to gryphon for delicate jobs. However, he maintains a sense of honour, and takes care with the jobs that he accepts, never accepting a 'dirty' job. Over the years, he has trained himself in various unarmed and armed combat techniques, and is always in search of new knowledge.

An intelligent gryphon, he keeps up on current affairs in the gryphon world, and knows who he can bait, who he can intimidate, and who he must be careful around. He does not really recognize or appreciate how intimidating he can be at times. Female gryphons find him charming, but unapproachable. Not through lack of manners, he rarely has contact with the opposite sex, as he finds so many of them frivolous and idiotic. His experiences with females as a youth were not very inspiring. He never lets his contempt show, but he unconsciously becomes very chilly and stiff around females.

In terms of build, Skerry is on the small side of the Windsonde population. Not rail thin, but rather rangy and svelte in his musculature. His foreclaws are extremely dexterous, and he practices agility exercises to keep limber, in all parts of his body. In a fight, he relies more on speed and technical skill, rather than brute force, to win. His encounters rarely end in a fight, as he usually executes his job, and kills his gryphon, without them ever knowing.

After the war, Skerry gets a lot more reserved and cautious, affected by so many young warriors he had tutored having flown to their deaths. Definitely not so popular with the increasingly emboldened winning aery, Skrekrill. He picked up a broken tail from a skirmish with Valcaroch, which is now permanently kinked. He suffered an injury to his left arm in the same skirmish, which is slowly healing. He has been told to wear a supportive bandage on the arm until it is fully healed, as he refuses the advice of healers to 'stay off it until it is better'.

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Young gryphon 1
Young gryphon 2
Young gryphon 3

Adult 1
Adult 2
Adult 3 (not completed yet)

Final stage 1 (not completed yet)
Final stage 2 (not completed yet)

Turtle Festival challenge
War event (part one, not pictured), part two, part three
Image size
3300x2550px 4.14 MB
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DarkSideDuck's avatar
Can I feature your character on my literature work? It will involve Windsonde. Oh, and don't expect anything good from it, I'm a begginer, and I am just training my writing.