Trident Collins

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  1.   1.  Appearance
    1.   1.1  Basics
    2.   1.2  Miscellaneous
    3.   1.3  Forms
  2.   2.  Personality
    1.   2.1  Ideals
  3.   3.  Relationships
    1.   3.1  Family: Collins, Damaichu, Knight, Napier
    2.   3.2  Relations
  4.   4.  Skills
    1.   4.1  Abilities
  5.   5.  Post Log
    1.   5.1  2015
    2.   5.2  2016

Art by WXaman

The firstborn son of Esmeralda Collins and her lover at the time Nero. Trident knows little to nothing (nor cares to know) about his paternal lineage; for his biological father was notably absent during his youth, abandoning his fledgling family shortly after Trident began shifting. Filling the gap left by his father, it was Cahan Collins-Rana who took up the mantle of being a paternal figure instead and was a rock in the young male's life, alongside that of his maternal family.

Upon shifting, he began learning and refining his skills under his mother's instruction. Accompanying her on her trips he began to understand the mechanisms of trading and the art of various combat forms to which he dabbled in, later leaning towards focusing on swordsmanship. Eventually, with several trades and confidence under his belt, the Collins male began longer and longer trade trips, spending many weeks out trading to contribute to the pack. Being in a different place each night, meeting different faces - it was a lifestyle he flourished within. It was during such travels that he encountered Cleome Valentine, who for some reason (and despite the circumstances) became a near instant friend to him, the two arrange a meeting spot upon their second chance encounter.

Unknowingly, he spent the last few weeks he'd have left to spend with his family away and trading, realizing all too late that his time with them wasn't to be taken for granted. Upon the death of his grandfather, his mother and grandmother went missing when transporting the body. They were never found, despite how he himself and many members of Midnight Shores searched relentlessly for them. Trident remained a member of his birth pack, Midnight Shores until it disbanded in December 2016 by Skana Creo, after it became apparent that his family was lost and unlikely to return soon. Orphaned and without a pack, he tagged along with Skana Creo and her family, seeking to join Sapient.

In April 2017, as the rain continued to fall and sickness started to set it, the Collins male made a mistake: he got drunk with Nieve Ortega and Sloan Ortega, the leader of Sapients daughters, the group drinking until they passed out, waking piled in a bed, with Nivosus raging at them. Banished from Sapient, without the opportunity to explain himself and that nothing had happened, he grabbed his things and left to find Cleome Valentine.

Though a one night stand, intended as an act of twisted revenge, Trident is the father of: Alcor, Saiph, Nekkar, Taygeta and Bellatrix.


Currently Trident is a member of Salsola ranked part of The Family. An aspiring swordsman, he fancies himself a noble knight, holder of the co-rank Interrogante.


In the 2017 'Souls Yearbook, Trident was awarded the superlative "Best Frenemies" (with Elphaba Revlis).

O V E R V I E W

Basics

Name

Heritage

NPCs

Etc.

  • Date of Birth: 14 Feb 2015
  • Gender: Male
  • Luperci: Ortus
  • Residence: —
  • Mate: —
  • Pack: Salsola
  • Rank: The Family
    • Co-rank: Interrogante
  • Pronunciation:
    • 'TRY-de-n-t'
    • 'COLL'-ins
  • Nickname: 'Tri'
  • Epithet: 'The Knight'
  • Etymology:
    • "A three pointed spear" - Greek
    • "Young Dog" - Gaelic

Neptune

  • He is estimated to be around 7 years old
  • Neptune is considered a grade horse with apparent draught horse heritage ties.
  • A hulking figure of a horse, Neptune is a spirited stallion who requires consistent handling and a confident rider; he can and will test those who approach him, to see what he can get away with.
  • Esme stole him in the chaotic wake of the 2016 Meteor strike, gifting him to Trident.

PLOT OPPORTUNITY!

OOC ASSUMPTIONS!

  • None atm.

Salsola members may assume and reference the following without discussion/asking:

  • Trident out practising his swordsmanship whenever he has a free moment.

1.  Appearance

1.1  Basics

Essentials

  • Species: What species is your character? Which do they resemble most? Is it apparent they are a hybrid by looking at (smelling?) them?
  • Fur: What kind of fur do they have? Long? Thick? Short? Wavy? Purple and dreadlocked (no)? No color info over here.
    • Optime Hair: Trident's hair is straight with only the must subtle of waves to it. Silky soft, it boasts two large darker stripes through the otherwise pale strands. Long in nature, he often ties it back similar to this.
  • Facial Features: What does their face look like?
  • Build and Size: Are they tall or short? Lean or chubby? How do they carry themselves -- confidently and proudly, or humbly and unassured?
    • Lupus: What does their Lupus form look like? I guess you could stick a Secui section under here.
    • Optime: How about Optime?
  • Humanization: Describe the level of humanization your character has, e.g.: Often wears Accessories.

Reference

Palette

Jungle Mist (#bdced7)
Cloud (#c7c4bc)
Friar Gray (#858480)
Scarpa Flow (#555558)
Tuna (#3a3c45)
Shark (#25262e)
Bunker (#0b0f17)
Ebony (#070913)

1.2  Miscellaneous

Modifications

  • Scars:
    • Small scars litter his hands from sparring and combat practice.
    • One slim scar extends up the inner part of his wrist, several inches long from sparring.
  • Piercings: —
  • Tattoos: —

Adornments

you can stick more description about their humanization and how they practice it here. or don't! by the way, you might want to adjust the cell widths here: 33/33/33 gives you even columns etc. do the math out of 100% of course :D

Jewelry and Accessories

  • Silver chain necklace with blue rock pendant.
  • Black leather belt
  • Long sword with black and silver adorned sheath.
  • Black leather gauntlets.

Clothing

  • Typically wears clothing along the lines of this; minus the boots.
    • White long sleeved shirt, with large collar.
    • Black leather vest with silver buttons.
    • Black leather trousers.

1.3  Forms

Lupus

71 lb (32 kg)26 in (66 cm)
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Secui

140 lb (63.5 kg)38 in (96.5 cm)
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Optime

170 lb (77 kg)5ft 8in (68 in) (173 cm)
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Interaction

  • Speech: how does your dude talk, son?
  • Scent: Midnight Shores, Collins, Esmeralda, Cahan
  • Quirks, Gestures, Etc.: oh man what a weirdo
  • General Posture and Body Language: do you have an imposing bro? or a meek and mild mouse?

Images

2.  Personality

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Relevent Tropes:

2.1  Ideals

Traits

Arrogant, Well Intended, Confident, Ambitious, Thinks he is charming.

  • Outlook: Neutral. Very realistic, although not quite jaded.
  • Expression: Roguish and confident.
  • Alignment: Neutral Good
    • Values his family, but will not heed their requests necessarily.
    • Will never betray a friend and enjoys having close friends.
    • Supports the law when advantageous to do so.

Fears

  • Politics
    • Loathes mind games, backstabbing and hidden meanings, he avoids politics and rank jockeying as much as possible.
    • Believes those who participate in such things are not to be trusted and will cause him and those close to him harm, whether intentionally or not.

Motivations

  • Desires to be perceived as good / aware of his public image.
    • Feels guilt when he commits a wrongdoing and will seek to right his wrong, if only to improve his own image.
    • Will provide for friends, and expects to be repaid in some manner, if at the very least to have his deeds acknowledged. However, he will take actions to aid others during times of crisis, even if unprofitable to do so.
  • Welfare of his friends and family
    • Will support their family even if it means personal discomfort, although his need to be liked and have his actions praised factors in.
    • Exceptionally loyal, Trident will never betray a friend and enjoys having close friends. Highly motivated to gain higher social standing and networks.

Spirituality

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Biases

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Sexuality

  • Kinsey 3, has no preference for partner.
    • Trident is sociosexually unrestricted, he is open to experience, impulsive and willing to take risks.
    • He is insincere in romantic pursuits and will often say things that he believes are expected of him without meaning them. Unintentionally lying to please or meet expectations of others.
    • Is currently adverse to monogamy and is simply interested in playing the field.

Interests

  • Likes: Order, Praise, Attention, Success, Being the best, Equality, Swords, Sparring, Bartering, Hunting, Nature, Honour, Parties, Crowds, Winning.
  • Dislikes: Politics, Lies, Slavery, Abuse, Dishonour, Expectations, Knives, Solitude, Losing, Drawing, Being second best. Really hates losing.

Substances

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3.  Relationships

* Does not know this person by name.

3.1  Family: Collins, Damaichu, Knight, Napier

Familial Relations

  • Esmeralda Collins: The greatest role model in his life, Trident spends much of his time learning and working alongside his mother.
  • Cahan Collins-Rana: His father figure whom replaced his absent biological dad, Trident has deep respect for the male for stepping up when his own dad failed.
  • Rosie Collins: Growing up close and on as good of terms as siblings can be, Trident has drifted away from his sister as he begins to show interest and work upon his own things now.
  • Nero Napier: What was once a burning resentment has faded into cold disinterest for his biological father. He simply no longer cares or deigns to think about anything related to his paternal side.
  • Skye Collins: Despite her frank manner, Trident is adamant that Skye is a big softie and is determined to wrap his grandmother around his little finger..
  • Jazper Rhiannon-Knight: Dude is huge. Those hands. He could crush skulls with them. Avoid, avoid, avoid.

3.2  Relations

Positive Relations

Neutral Relations

Negative Relations

  • Ares Knight: Upon showing interest in swords, Trident has received training from his uncle in this field.
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Minor Relations

Combat Log

  • Win: None.
  • Draw: None.
  • Loss: None.

4.  Skills

4.1  Abilities

Sociopolitical

  • Education and Learning: Initially instructed in this area by his family; in particular his mother and grand mother, Trident now has taken it upon himself to expand his knowledge and capabilities within these fields.
  • Reading and Writing (Apprentice): Having began learning to read and later write upon shifting, Trident is adept in English and can read and write basic literature competently, with a reasonable grasp of word variation and a fundamental grasp on grammar.
  • Trader (Journeyman): Accompanying Esme upon her travels and for trades, Trident is an excellent trader and confident in the back and forth of bargaining. Stubborn to a fault and a reckless streak, he will push for the best deal he can get.
  • Body Language (Journeyman): From his time spent trading, Trident has learned to read body language, best picking up ques from visual aspects such as another's posture and their gestures; i.e with hands and arms.
  • His handwriting is messy, inconsistent and only really eligible to himself... and even then he isn't always sure what he wrote down.
  • In his youth, Trident is still learning to read others and atmospheres, resulting in him making an incorrect assumption and pushing a trade too far. This often results in him settling for a lesser trade or losing out altogether.
  • Overall Trident is less adept at reading vocal cues from speech, tone of voice, etc and can often overlook such cues, resulting him misreading an individual.

Survival

  • Education and Learning: A combination of natural instinct and education from his family, Trident has began to flourish in the more feral pursuits.
  • Hunting (Apprentice): Trident is most adept at catching mid-sized prey
  • Tracking (Apprentice): Capable of following scents competently, with a solid scent memory recall. He can also track through the brush via visual clues such as prints, broken pathways through foliage, etc where a scent trail isn't enough or is absent.
  • Trapping (Dabbler): Whilst not something he has focused on, he has played around with small traps such as pitfalls to make up for his inability to catch smaller prey.
  • Scouting (Dabbler): Tied in with tracking, Trident has some experience upon pack borders and keeping watch in neutral lands.
  • Smaller prey has often proven too nimble for him. On the flip side, larger prey often possess too much power for him to take down or is likely to cause him significant harm.
  • Environmental aspects greatly effect his capabilities; weather, type of landscape, his familiarity with the area, etc.
  • Trident has not had any formal training and can only make the crudest of traps that lack finesse.
  • Due to lack of actual encounters or conflicts when scouting, he's basically just stared into the empty unknown for hours and as of yet has not been tested in this area.

Combat

  • Education and Learning: Primarily instructed by Esme and Ares.
  • Swordsmanship (Apprentice): He has began learning basic stances, parries and combination; typically to counter other swords or an unarmed luperci.
  • Hand-to-hand (Dabbler): Esme has instructed him with the basics to disarm an opponent so that he can either escape, call for backup or arm himself.
  • Knife Throwing (Dabbler): Whilst undecided on his combat form, he was shown the basics by his mother and given a few lessons.
  • All of his experience has been gathered in controlled sparring environments, against a limited range of other combat forms.
  • He is not trained to fight purely unarmed; this skill is the basics to allow for him to buy time or open up other options.
  • Lacking interest in knives he doesn't actively practice and has rarely used the skill since his lessons stopped.

5.  Post Log

5.1  2015

Year Summary coming soon.

December

  1. Listen to your heart. (NPC'd)
    Accompanying his mother to Flanders Fields, they unfortunately encounter Belial Massacre and old grudges flare up once more.

5.2  2016

Year Summary coming soon.

March

  1. Held in my heart. (NPC'd)
    Heading out to the airport within Midnight shores, Esmeralda Collins and Tri explore the territory to see if there is anything to be salvaged.

April

  1. Push me, pull you.
    Trident and Esmeralda Collins catch up and discuss his progress with Neptune.

May

  1. And we have roots like the trees
    His absent minded nature leads to a collision with Rei. Feeling guilty over damaging the herbs the male had collected, he offers to make amends.
  2. I was born in a thunderstorm
    An accident when maintaining his sword leads him to seeking out Skana Creo for medical assistance.

June

  1. Taking Inventory
    Elsie Hennamin and Trident take inventory of the packs stores and discuss their contents.

August

  1. I bet you look good on the dance floor
    Wondering around the expanse of the pack lands, he comes across the airport and looks around for awhile.
  2. But I'mma show you how to graduate
    With time to kill, he encounters Annabeth de Fonte out hunting and jumps in to assist her, despite her poor attitude.
  3. Like a black widow
    Esmeralda Collins and Trident spend some time together, during which Esme lets slip that Cahan is currently missing.

September

  1. Hear me, your lust for power grows
    Returning from his trading trip, he intends to to a last minuite stop at Sapient, however his plans shift upon meeting Sybil Moineau.

October

  1. I was never one to believe the hype
    Members of Midnight Shores gather to make wine and start the fall harvest.
  2. Won't see what might have been
    Skana Creo and Trident work through the fall harvest, determining what would be best sold now or later.
  3. Give me one reason to think you're decent
    Waiting to head out on his next trading trip, Trident unwinds in Embers cafe for a while.