Karaan Nolan

Character

"I think therefore I am. Something not alive can't be kill only destroy. Freedom is an illusion given from the master to the slave."

General

Karaan is always calm and polite, he will  never raise his voice unless in a direct fight against one of his adversary.  He  chuckles a people who threaten him. taking not seriously those peoples. He doesn't believe that violence is the solution, but will use it if force.

Name

Given Name: Karaan Alexander II Nolan

Nicknames and Aliases: Karaan is mostly call : Karaan, Mister Nolan, Saint Nolan, Strategy guys, Some rare people may still know and calls him Red eye Monster

Appearance

The young hyur seems a little smaller from most of his people. (between 5.7 and 5.8 feet). Even if he is a pugilist, Karaan doesn't seem to be quite muscular for one of his discipline, His right eye is royal blue and always seem bright when he speaks with people he likes, for his left one, the eye is always hidden behind a bandage,  a coeurl patches, two long scars spread from behind the bangage one toward his cheek and the other pass over his nose. He mostly have a smile on his lips and will always keep himself in leather or cloth who don't restraint his movement in need of a fight. From behind the bandage lied a red eye, mostly deform and crushes by a blunt force long time ago. The bones around the orbit (the cheek and the eyebrow)  have fuse without any medical help. This made his left side of his figure mostly curves with a red dot in the center. The last distinct mark that is on his left side is the iron print of a fire claw, made from a heat iron over his left side and behind his bandage. This mark is there to show that he will never be free from his master and that he still own him everything.

Behavior

 On the outside, Karaan can be seen  has  an extremely rational person, for him everything happen for a reason. Because of that, he stays distant with anyone near him. He calculates every words that will escape his lips and some people will think that he doesn't listen to them since it will take time to have an answer from him. He doesn't want to bother with long discussion or trivial one. Even with that, the young hyur seems to like to teach people about old legend, old strategy and new one.He will answer any question that people will ask to him, but he doesn't seem to want interest in any other people. He always keeps book with him and mostly read when he doesn't have anything to do. He lost his temper if people poke around his business or want to know more about his past. Karaan can be perceive as cold and cynical from outside people, since he will always consider the worst possible scenario for any project, adventure or strategy.Karaan doesn't respect people who try to bribe and seduce other one for service, help or anything. He will mostly stay harsh for them unless it is for his own ambition to trick them. He will stay loyal toward those he will work with, even if they seem to hate him, he will never insult or try dimunise their strenght and weakness for himself.

On the private, Karaan cares for the others he keeps near him, since he never had any real friend or family in his life, he will try to stay away emotionaly away from but will be extremely dangerous if you try to hurt someone that he need to protect. Since his position in the Harbinger of Dawn is the Saint of Strategy, he will take all responsablilty from his own member, but will never want them to make themselves in postion that could endanger them. Like in any family, Karaan  knows this will have some up and down and people will be distrust and even digusted by his own way of doing thing. The young man is ready to become the black sheep of the Harbinger, but he will always keep his red eye on them to be sure they are safe.

Since Karaan never learn to act in crowded area or with most peoples, he seems quite awkward with any kind of relationship that he can encounter in his life, if not told about emotion, the young hyur will mostly miss any signal send by people around him.

Positive Personality Traits

Calm, patient, rational, intelligent, polite, determined, open-minded

Negative Personality Traits

ruthless, distant, introvert, slow to act, cynical and pessimistic

Combat

General

Karaan  try keep himself away from figth to be sure he doesn't need to remove his bandage and show his digusting red eye to other people, but if he is force into a combat against enemy, thee young hyur will mostly use all his knowledge from the book and his life inside the pit. He will mostly use technique of submission or choke to neutralise his opponent. He is a master of the art pugilist, learn it form his Menter and Master inside the pit. He will  never submit against any one he consider to dangerous to let live. He is ruthless in the arena and doesn't understand people who fight for the pleasure of fighting.

If he need to use any weapon, other then his fist and feet. Karaan will use a lance to fight people, since he learns from book how to weild those dangerous weapon in any situation. He is quite talented with all the martial melee discipline, but doesn't have any good eyesight for range like with an bow,  A strange thing, Karaan doesn't have any ability to concentrate magic inside his body, something he hates to admit and he is trying to find a teacher to teach about magic.

Tendencies

Likes

• Karaan like to watch people walk when he is on the bridge in Gridania.
• Like to drink tea and write at the Bismarck
• He likes  most quiet place

Dislikes

• Crowded area with loud voice and interaction
• Any people who act like they know everything (he calls them stupid)
• Criminal and evil doer of any kind.

Hobbies/Talents

• Reading and writing strategy for himself and the Harbinger
• He is quite good with anything that releated to the work of wood
• Speaking with his assistant Miss Rakhin, is one of his favorite hobbies
• love to train in peace in the top of a isolated toward in Coerthas

Other

• Even if he is distant, Karaan respect people and he is loyal to his comapny
• Poking about his eye make him frown and he will divert the subject toward something else.

Relationships

Family

Karaan was born inside a poor family. He lives with them until the age of 16 where he was exile from his village by his mother for an incident toward his father. The young man doesn't know if both of them are still alive after the Calamity and seems to not care about them since they disown and exiled him from his hometown.

Friends

Karaan doesn't any close friend alive, since he is distant toward most people, he never had the change to make contact with other people around him. He will consider his Mentor to be his only friend he had, but even the relationship he has with him is quite harsh. It is a relation of master toward the slave more than Mentor toward his student.

Enemies

He will consider anyone who try to hurt him or people around him to be his adversary, mostly Garlean Empire, criminal, slaver..

Rumors

Common Rumors

• He is a distant fellow who always seem to relax on the bridge near the Carpenter guild in Gridannia
• He is seen writing and studying around the Grindstone event
• He never removes his bandage over his left eye, people whispering about an hole or a burn mark.

Moderate Rumors

• He is the Saint of Strategy of the Harbinger, making him the Head Strategist, commanding the recon and scholar of the company
• He seems to be quite fortunate with gil and always ready to give amount of gil toward works (play or tournament)
• If not on the bridge, he will mostly be training in Coerthas in the snow, prefering the cold temperature over the heat of Ul'dah.

Rare Rumors

• A deform and ugly eye stand behind the bandage, giving him the nickname Red eye Monster inside the Pitt where he was slave
• He is still a slave to his master, André, and will serve him until his last breath because of the event of his last fight.
• He drowned his only love in the river under the bridge in Central Thanalan

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