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Ricky Reference

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Name: Ricardo de Romando (but goes by Ricky)
Age: 18
Race: Werecat
Height: 5'5
Weight: Not much!
Element: Earth
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blond; in ponytail

Likes: Intelligent people, books, schools, wisdom, doing good, chivalry, romantic dinners by candlelight.

Dislikes: Stupidity, bad guys, most canines, catnip, collars, water.

Personality: Ricky is noble to the core, always willing to take time out of his life to help get down lesser cats from trees or walk people across the street. Accordingly, while he is a mercenary, he refuses to take on any unjust jobs. Ask him for assistance with something wicked, and he's likely to pretend to agree to help you, collect your money, and then help your righteous opponent instead. In such cases, he does not consider it stealing... and chances are he'll give most of the money to the less fortunate, anyway. Traveling for a living as he does, he is often stuck in the company of less-than-educated persons, and as such pines for intelligent company to the point where he is easily distracted by anyone who talks halfway coherently and will attempt to talk to them. While he does constantly smack and yell at his brother for being a stupid would-be womanizer, he loves him and would sacrifice himself to protect him.

Abilities: As can clearly be seen, Ricky is capable of shifting into a cat. In this form he comes almost up to the knee of the average human adult... in other words, he's not a huge threat. However he is very agile and sharp-clawed in this form, not to mention sneaky; he'll often try to spy on opponents before taking them on, and if forced to fight in cat form he will slash for eyes and throats. However, he prefers to use magic for battles--his particular magic is earth-based, and as such often involves slamming rocks into people's heads, opening up fissures beneath their feet, or turning the ground to mud beneath them. Earth is also closely related to plant-based magic, and accordingly he has some control over that sort as well.

Equipment: Ricky's staff strengthens his magic, but is not necessary for him to use it. It is also quite handy for whacking stupid people across the head. When not using his staff, he often deposits it in a sort of magical void, from which he can summon it forth again at any time.

Clothing: While they do live as traveling mercenaries, Ricky does his best to keep himself and his brother's clothing neat. His clothing is simple and battle-ready, consisting of a short brown robe, a white shirt with a red sweater beneath, and plain pants.

Strengths: Ricky is highly intelligent, despite his rough upbringing, and is the tactician for his and his brother's attacks. He's always the one who comes up with a plan to get the two out of trouble when it arises, and can often confuse the stupid with his smart-speak. He's also a talented mage, and quite fast to boot.

Weaknesses: Ricky can lose his temper easily when dealing with idiots, making dealing with them as much to his disadvantage as to his benefit. He's also physically frail and, if his magic is disabled, really can't do much except run around as a fluffy kitty as he attempts to fight. Granted, fluffy kitty has sharp claws, but STILL...

Background: Ricky and his younger twin, William, were actually born into a quite prosperous household. Their father had the miraculous ability to come by large amounts of gold out of nowhere--not to mention being a great legal consultant--and their mother's charity work earned her plenty of friends who, if they later became better off, returned the kindness she had shown them.
However, when the two brothers were still quite young, a vast army of humans attacked the dracanian city nearby; since their mother was related to that kind, the Romandos were attacked as well. Their parents were slaughtered and the two were left on their own. They spent years surviving off charity, stumbling from village to village as beggars and constantly hiding from those who thought it'd be cute to have a 'kitten and puppy' as pets... or worse. However, as they aged, the two became far more capable and began working as mercenaries, although they only served just causes.
In more recent years, they've run into their 'uncle' Peter (he's really more of a second cousin, but hey) and the remaining dracanians. While these gentle people more than happily offered up their homes to the wayfarers, Ricky and William had grown accustomed to travel and crime-fighting and declined the offer, although they still do visit often.
Their greatest mission in life is to free those of their kind who have been enslaved; to this day Ricky will almost instantly attack anyone who makes comments about how nice it'd be to have him as a pet or other such insulting things regarding to his species. The only exception is small children, who, being innocent and naive, may call him 'kitty' without him doing much more than twitching and glowering.
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