OC charachter 101 question meme. Set in the context of the Sundered Skies version of my charachter.

1. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?
Brokkan’de Melanath Ashrak Nachenthu to give it the full, rather long-winded Dragon version. To most I’m simple ‘Melanth’ or ‘Mel’. The Northmen call me ‘Vaengr Vedhr’.

2. How old are you? When is your birthday?
Some hundreds of years, more than two hundred although time in the wilds means I can never pinpoint the exact date. I don’t know my birthday, except that it is some time in the deepest of winter.

3. Where were you born? Where do you live now? Are you patriotic?
Somewhere north of the Aren Highlands, in the Shalk Mountains on the Bálheim border. I live on the road, moving wherever a prize takes me and I’ve have no care for how lesser races choose to parcel the world out amongst themselves. Let them be blindly patriotic; I know that even nations come to an end.

4. Who are/were your parents? (Names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
My mother died before I was born, and my father I never knew.

5. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
I had siblings, but they shared my mother’s fate. I was the only survivor of my clutch.

6. What is your occupation?
Mercenary, thief, adventurer, walking magic ingredient repository. Whatever the task at hand (or claw) requires of me.

7. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?
12ft at the shoulder, about 18ft overall although I’m about 54 feet long. I weight 1 and a half thousand pounds, as humans would measure it. That’s pretty big for my kind.

8. What colour is your hair? What colour are your eyes?
I have no hair, but my scales are shades of bronze and gold, overlaid with copper stripes. My eyes are verdigris green with violet tints and bloodshot red in battle.

9. What is your race?
A Dragon, or subspecies thereof since the characteristics of the Warclans could be counted as such should one care to. I hail from Nachenthu stock.

10. To which social class do you belong?
I don’t think this applies to me.

11. Do you consider yourself to be attractive? Do others?
Physical appearance matters little to us, though I suppose I could be considered attractive. I’m wide of wing and long of tail enough to win my share of females, though it would matter little if I could not give them strong young. Lesser races seem to appreciate a dragon’s grace, as they should.

12. What is your style of dress?
I’d rather wear nothing at all (hey, who wouldn’t). Typically my fashion sense is geared towards those who face arrow storms as a matter of course. Leather and steel is a trend never seems to end from one century to the next.

13. Do you have any scars? Tattoos? Birthmarks? Other unique physical features?
Two prominent scars, one over my left eye and another on my left thigh. Both are souvenirs of some rather violent encounters. My markings are unusual for a dragon, as we are usually a single colour or have less much prominent patterns. My wings and tail have piercings where blades can be fitted at need.

14. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
No dragon can digest grain or lactose, so milk and cookies are not exactly a favourite of mine. I have trouble focusing on objects directly in front of my head, due to the placement of my eyes, and need to occasionally bathe in warmth as I’m cold blooded.

15. Are you right- or left-handed?
Ambidextrous, with a preference for the left.

16. What does your voice sound like?
Whatever I want it to. Dragons have an impressive vocal range, although I usually use tones that humans would find pleasantly deep and masculine. My accent is unique and recognisable.

17. What kind of vocabulary do you use?
Camp-speak is pretty much universally spoken by and by, but I speak the northern tongues and a little of the mid-realm parl. I’m fluent in Wolf thanks to an ancestor who took an interest in the creatures, and Ashkariin to better torment my enemies.

18. List three quirks or other defining characteristics.
*Very laidback about social conventions, and couldn’t care less for human laws and taboos
*Alcoholic and occasionally cynical, thanks to too many close-calls with my own demise
*Possibly telepathic, or at least highly empathic. Can guess the intentions or desires of another and use it to mess with their heads.

19. How often do you bathe? Do you wear perfumes?
I groom as often as I can, although nothing really beats hot water getting down to the base of your scales. Humans might be smelly creatures but at least they know how to bathe. I wouldn’t care to obscure my own scent from a potential encounter with another of my kind.

20. What kind of facial expression do you commonly wear (dour glare, wry smile, etc)?
An unreadable one, to make it difficult for others to figure me out. Not that a dragon’s expressions are readable to others...

21. Do you use body language? How?
Body language ranges from subtle to obvious; there’s no mistaking bared teeth, although not many among the other races would guess that fanning the wings slowly is a sign of attraction. Tail, earfins, wings and arch of the neck are all important indicators to dragons, and mean more than our spoken language. To others... not so much.

22. Do you have a commonly used saying?
*Happily spouts a stream of vulgar expletives *

Childhood

23. What is your earliest memory?
Cracking my own shell. Although if you mean EARLIEST memory I could tell you through my ancestor’s eyes of times before the Dwarves discovered iron, and beasts greater than even dragons roamed the lands...

24. How much schooling have you had? Did you enjoy it?
My knowledge is practical, and I have little use for scholar. Although over a couple of centuries one does pick up a few bits of knowledge. I love to shape and meld molten steel.

25. Where did you learn most of your knowledge and skill?
Ancestral memories provide much of it, others come from instinct and base, animal desire. Much of the rest I have learned from experience.

26. How would you describe your childhood in general?
Peaceful, unlike the rest of my life. Wasted years, though years happily spent.

27. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I accepted what fate had in store for me. The circumstances of my birth could not be avoided, and shaped much of my path in this world though I had little desire to embrace it. Aspirations are for those destined to disappointment.

28. When and with whom was your first kiss?
We don’t have that tradition, though a Dragon Seer named Rochan Fé Chlerash Del’an, who wished to learn more of human culture was happy to... experiment... *smug smirk*

29. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
No, and she had no name, at least not one that humans could understand. Feral Dragons identify each other with scent rather than sound. The menagerie keepers called her Flare, and it was long before my encounter with Chlerash Del’an.

30. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? Does that affect you?
If I have, I do not know of them. The Nachenthu Warclan lists many heroes of our kind, but we are not all blood related. I prefer to win my own accolades then spout those of others.

Influences

31. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
My birth? So hard to single out a just one.

32. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
The slaying of the Ashkar warlord Krezix and his entire bodyguard. Many were the riches and trophy-hides won in that fight.

33. What is your greatest regret?
That I have never made a great effort to know my kind. The feral ones are little more than animals in their own way, though their company is preferable to the clan-dwellers. They do not care to be introduced to the troubles of the world, and banished me.

34. What is the most embarrassing or shameful thing ever to happen to you?
When young I was defeated and very nearly killed by the Tocsin city-watch. They spared my life, but sold me into slavery as though I were a mere beast!

35. Do you have any secrets? If so, what are they?
Secrets? Harbouring secrets only encourages others to try and wrest them from you. I make no secret of my wealth or my accomplishments. It would be a fool who tried to claim what is mine.

36. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
Evil is a perspective, though from my own it would be to change loyalties against Polovrian colonists who had hired me to suppress the natives. They tried to take lands that were not theirs and earned their destruction, even if they were women and children...

37. When was the time you were the most frightened?
My first encounter with a wolf left me immobile with fear. Since then I’ve faced demons and worse to make me fear for my life. Dragons rarely fear; we have no natural enemies.

38. Have you ever travelled outside of your country? If so, to where?
Since when have I ever subscribed to hominid political boundaries? I go wherever I desire and the wind can carry me.

Beliefs

39. What is your alignment?
Alignments? Allegiances are rarely so clear cut. I align myself with the highest payer, unless my conscience directs otherwise. A chaotic way of living, but one that usually turns out for the best.

40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
Life rarely gives cause for optimism, and the vindictiveness of a wronged foe should never be underestimated.

41. Do you believe in a god? If so, which one and why?
The Ancestors remember Gods, but if they existed, they abandoned us long ago.

42. Do you believe in an afterlife?
I’ll assume that if the Gods existed, they took their afterlife with them when they left.

43. What is your greatest fear?
What’s to fear except death? Anything less will heal in time, and I have lots of time...

44. What makes you angry? Sad? Happy? Why?
Ignorance, procedure, stifling traditions, hypocrites and those who would take from those with less then they. I despise such. Happiness is the wind beneath your wings, a strong sun to warm your blood and proud female at your side.

45. Do you think people are basically good or basically evil?
I’ve observed enough minds to see both sides of the coin. People are inherently selfish, though if that counts as evil I do not know. I’m no philosopher to judge. I’ve seen men risk their lives to drag a wounded comrade from a ditch and brave a wall of spears for their beliefs, and I’ve seen the same men rape, murder and loot when the town is taken.

46. What are your views on politics? Religion? Sex?
Politics is the religion of the schemer, and only a fool puts their trust in faith over steel. A good mating with a wilful and healthy female is always welcome however.

47. What are your views on gambling, lying, theft, and killing?
Wastrels might fritter their money for a moment’s pleasure, and that is their prerogative even if I think it would be better spent in the brothels. Lying is necessary for those who wish to live in our line of work, as is killing. We do not have the luxury of running and hiding. The rich amass their own wealth through the legal theft of taxes, usually by taking from those with even less than themselves. Their property is fair game as far as I am concerned and I’ll steal from it where I can.

48. How far will you go to defend your beliefs?
As far as I need to go, but not further. Zealotry has gotten too many Dragons killed over the years.

49. How much do you value money?
I have little use for money. Currency means little for those who have no use for trade, but money buys gold, and gold attracts fame and females, wins battles and territory and funds the Company. With enough gold one can pay others to do their fighting for them, so I amass as much as I can.

50. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Men who bend the world to their whim and care nothing for the lives of men they spend. Conquest is all well and good, but no leader should call the lives of their servants expendable.

51. Do you believe in self-sacrifice for the greater good?
*bitterly sarcastic* Come back when I’ve found a greater good WORTH fighting for and ask me then.

52. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
Life weaves such illusions, but I can’t deny that some things seem to occur beyond the skein of events. Chance encounters only remain chances so many times, and then one must suspect the work of an outside power...

53. Are you superstitious?
When you’re the subject of much superstition, you find it hard to believe in the mystical.

54. How much do you respect the beliefs and opinions of others?
Their beliefs are their own, I couldn’t take that away from them, not even if I imprisoned and tortured them.

55. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings?
I’ve little use for deceit unless it favours my purpose. Consider me an open book.

56. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
Many, none of them unfounded.

Dealing With Others

57. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
I think I’ll keep that one to myself. I’d hate to endanger their health by making their identity public knowledge.

58. Who is the person you respect the most? Despise the most? Why?
Anyone who has earned my respect will keep it, those who lose it will have to do much to redeem themselves in my eyes. I respect strength of arms and clarity of intent. I don’t rank them in order of importance. Give me a brave squire over a cowardly king any day.

59. Do you have a significant other? Who?
I’ll assume you mean a mate, in which case I have several. Monogamy is not the natural order for our kind.

60. Do you have a lot of friends? Who is your best friend?
I make friends amongst humans. They rarely live long enough for me to commit their names to memory.

61. How do you relate to members of the same race? Class? Sex?
I don’t deal well with other males. It’s an instinctual thing, though I can force myself to cooperate if needs be.

62. How do you relate to members of a different race? Class? Sex?
I couldn’t care less how other races stratify themselves. Anyone may earn my respect and friendship.

63. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
There are many types of love, I’ve experienced a few of them and most of them endure to this day, despite my frequently being gone.

64. What do you look for in a potential lover?
Wide wings, healthy scale, strong hips and a long tail...

65. How close are you to your family?
My family mostly perished before my birth. Encounters with mates are mostly chance events; dragons afford no significant benefit of affection to lovers, and regard them on the same level as close friends. We lead solitary lives.

66. Do you want a marriage, family, and/or children?
I most likely have children, though I’ve never met any of them. Marriage is not in our tradition, as we are solitary creatures, although I’ve always intended to pay another visit to that menagerie one day...

67. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I’ll make my point if I have to, although not many people are willing to argue with an angry dragon.

68. Are you a listener or a talker?
Both

69. How long does it usually take for you to trust others?
Until they’ve earned it

70. Do you hold grudges?
Only against those who earn them and manage to survive the encounter, if I may be allowed to boast.

71. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
Lesser races tend to look to me in a crisis, though it is not a mantle I seek. At other times they are reluctant to engage with me, for obvious reasons.

72. Do you like interacting with large groups of people?
Large groups mean towns. Towns smell terrible, get dung in my claws and filth in my scales. Go figure.

73. How well do you express yourself?
I’ve no care to allow my emotions to stagnate. I make them clear.

74. How quickly do you judge others?
Too quickly, I know. But I’ve no time to suffer fools lightly; they endanger us all.

75. Do you care what others think of you?
They’re entitled to their opinions. It only becomes a problem when some buck takes it into his head to stab me.

76. Do you have any enemies? How or why are they your enemy?
I’ve made a few, though I serve the highest bidder. The Ashkar despise me for slaying so many of their kind, though they’re too disparate to make an organised resistance.

Personal Taste and Opinions

77. What is your favorite pastime? Color? Food? Possession?
Adventuring, seeking out new lands and the potential for riches, mates and territory. Besting my foes in honourable battle and casting them down in ruin. There can be no greater thrill than the thrill of victory. My favourite colour is that of dust upon the wind, a spectrum beyond that of human sight. I like meat lightly seared, and toasted with spices and herbs that humans also enjoy. My favourite (and most useful) possession would have to be the sword Redweave. I love to sing and hear others recite sagas.

78. What are your preferences in arts and/or entertainment?
Arts appeal little to me, although I recognise beauty when I see it. The bastions of the Warclans are beautiful indeed, though such beauty seems hollow when one understand that they are little but bolt-holes for cowards. As for entertainment, my spirit craves a fair fight, or whores, or a good song in the northern style. All appeal to me.

79. Do you smoke, drink, go whoring, or use drugs? Why or why not?.
I don’t smoke, although I partake of the sarré, a kind of incense which relaxes and leaves one fog-headed and good-humoured, much like cannabis. I drink mead by the gallon, though cannot stomach beers or ales. As for whores, I partake as the urge takes me. I have no objections to close attentions of the lesser races, although mounting them is clearly out of the question.

80. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
However I care to, and rarely the same way more than twice.

81. What is your most cherished fantasy?
To see Dragons flying proudly in the world once again rather than cowering in dank caves and distant fortresses, or adorning the mantles and menageries of rich lords.

82. How long is your attention span?
Very short or very long, depending on the importance of the matter. There’s little between-ground however.

83. Do you laugh a lot? What do you find funny?
I can’t laugh, although I have other ways of expressing amusement. I have a great sense of humour and an appreciation for comedy.

84. Is there anything that shocks or offends you? If so, what?
Very little, although even after two centuries humans can still surprise me.

85. How do you deal with stress?
Take a lot of time to myself, sometimes months or even years.

86. How much athletic ability do you have? Artistic?
Surviving in the wilds keeps one in trim physical condition; hunting for food yields little in the way of excess. While I have little artistic ability, I still appreciate art

87. Do you like animals? Do you like children?
Oh yes, I like animals. Usually medium-rare. Children annoy me with their poking and prodding, though their naivety is preferable to the bias of their elders. I’ll tolerate them climbing over me if it helps them to realise Dragons are not all enemies of their kin.

88. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
I can be both. Although I prefer to plan, it is impossible to take account of every variable and reacting on impulse is sometimes necessary, for better or worse.

89. What are your pet peeves?
Being paid with impure gold, vegetables in my meals, people assuming that the legends about my race are true and reacting as such. Arrows sting, and trying to explain that I don’t eat virgins grows wearying after a while.

Self-Image

90. What is your greatest strength as a person? Weakness?
Once I set my mind to a task, it will be accomplished. I never forget to tie up loose ends. My greatest weakness is the instincts and impulses of my race. It’s too easy for a clever man to manipulate our animalistic nature.

91. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Why should I care to change? I have everything the way I desire it.

92. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
Open amongst those I can trust, cautious when I feel the need to be.

93. Do you like yourself?
I am what I am. It can’t be helped, even if I question my motives from time to time.

94. Do you have a daily routine? How do you feel if your day is interrupted?
Routines are traps. I avoid them wherever I can.

95. What goal do you most want to accomplish in the next six months? Your lifetime?
Setting a goal is setting oneself up for disappointment. I take what fate offers me; miss no opportunities and there is no need to make a goal.

96. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
I don’t envision the future, I wait for it to come to me with whatever challenges it holds.

97. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
I’d like to die in battle, give cause for myself to be remembered by others when my time to depart this world finally comes.

98. What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for after your death?
No trophies of my triumphs precede me, I’ve lived as I chose to and don’t expect anyone to remember me for that. Heroes should be remembered, and I am about as far from one as you can get without being a complete bastard. I’m a brigand, even if there are depths I won’t plumb. I’ve no illusions about that.

99. What three words would you use to best describe your personality?
Eclectic, determined, Byronic

100. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
Fierce, feral, enigmatic

101. Why are you risking your life to adventure?
Adventuring is the freest state of being; an adventurer is free to go where they will, say and do what they wish. We are restrained neither by the laws or taboos of society, and our successes, failures and our very lives are ours to make of what we will. None can claim a hold over us. We have the power to make or break entire nations.

The legends we weave with our lives will be sung from mothers to children for as long as any still draw breath in this world. We never die, so long as any remember our tales.