Name: Aaron Sawyer Other alias/nickname: Paladin Sawyer, the Young Paladin Age: 41 Gender: Male Race: Human Allegiance: The Arrowhead Smugglers Appearance - [spoiler]Tall, extremely muscular. Eyes the color of ice. Scarred face, light beard, shaggy black hair. Strong chin. Handsome.[/spoiler] Abilities - [spoiler]A great swordsman and hunter. Is very adept in survival skills. Knowing anatomy inside out, which makes him even more skilled with the sword. His powers have yet to reach a limit in possibly, however, they are only limited by his will. Sawyer uses his own life force to power his magic. Therefore, simple combat may give him a cold or headache; truly powerful Magic casted will cause great injury or immediate death.[/spoiler] Weaknesses: [spoiler]Due to a very traumatic past, mention of his killed friends from the WOD, his wife and his wartime as a child can cause horrible outbursts of PTSD. He may be strong, but is mentally weak and easily manipulated.[/spoiler] Strengths - [spoiler]Sawyer is extremely strong and a master swordsman, having used the broadsword, his blade of choice, his whole life. He's so strong he can even hold a broadsword in one hand and be formidable, but prefers two hands for increased precision. Sawyer can easily see through lies and is an expert judge of character.[/spoiler] Gear - [spoiler]His trusty custom broadsword, Veritan, named after his mountainous hometown on Prillion. Its blade honed to a very fine edge and leather-bound hilt meant to perfect accommodate his grip makes Sawyer able to flow in the ebb of combat with precision cuts that can kill a man with only a simple slash. Sawyer has increased his arsenal since his disappearance; he has gained a multitude of guns, including his trusty duel sidearms, Silverjaw and Deufor, named after two of his most trusted associates on his adventures. Both fire large sums of voltage out of their barrels which expands over the target and causes them horrible pain as their entire body cramps in agony. They are non-lethal, as well as weakening weapons, but both are useless against armor. In addition to this is a bull-barreled .44 S&W Magnum Revolver, a relic of Earth long forgotten that he won in a card game, named after his mentor in the Paladin Order and Kalishar's criminal Visir, Arakian. It provides tremendous stopping power and is used for duels or execution, as Sawyer is not the best sharpshooter. Erin, an android with long, slick arm blades and sharp agility provided by righ thruster and powerful leg modules. Though programmed as sarcastic and quite irritated most often, Erin (begrudgingly) obeys to Sawyer, who can crumple her into a stream of data at will. This was a gift given by Arakian after Sawyer singlehanded my dismantled two bandit marauder hierarchies. And finally, his most nifty tool; the Black Hand, an inch glove made of fine leather that allows Sawyer to use his most basic powers, such as moving small objects or casting an ember on his fingertip to light a fire without taking away from his own life force.[/spoiler] Personality - [spoiler]Sawyer is a confident, happy and quite brave, and overall a very well-mannered man. He treats his friends and comrades alike with extreme respect, and would follow them to Hell and back. Though a great person, Sawyer is also a hothead and carries burden due to a dark past.[/spoiler] Backstory - [spoiler]Sawyer was born on the small planet of Prillion, in a well-hidden and unseen solar system due to a magic shield by the Mage Order, the natural inhabitants of Prillion who wield powerful magic called Hellwind which can be applied in an infinite number of ways. Sawyer was said in prophecy to bring order to the Mage Civil War started by a rogue protector of the Queen Mage, Ćaliñe, who had an affair with the queen, causing great turmoil in the Kingdom of Prillion. He was raised by the fabled Paladin Order, a prestigious and rigorous group dedicated to making Paladins, people of immense magical power who dedicate their lives to aiding the people of Prillion. Sawyer was one of these, and was the most powerful Mage to grace Prillion in eons, soon fabled and heralded. After the arrival of an alien called the Man and his beginning of a vicious holy crusade against the Mages using their brethren infused with an immaterial substance called Essence of Darkness, creating Corrupted Mages. A resistance force against the Man was created called SOTW (Special Operatives Trained in Warfare) and Sawyer was their warhorse at just age 8, destroying 12 chapters of the Man's army. Later, in his mid 20's as the war rages on and the Man releases a doomsday automaton named the WOD, or Weapon Of Destruction, which Sawyer is COMMISSIONED to destroy in a desolate and war-ravaged area of Prillion with his comrades from the SOTW, Bard, Equinox, Cane, Crow and himself. His friends were all killed, and just by the grit of his teeth Sawyer destroyed the WOD, hailed as a war hero and going into retirement with his wife, Lavernia. They had a large family and all was well, until she was killed by a stray Corrupted Mage, and his children disappeared after his wife's death. Sawyer joined back into the SOTW until Prillion was destroyed by The Man's alien race, the Atea, a gargantuan force spanning dimensions all controlled by a Hive Mind. After many intergalactic adventures and brushes with death, and a disappearance after he was tricked by an old enemy and left for dead on an armpit planet, Sawyer has returned back to Union airspace and as a Hermes member, and a part-time gunslinger with the Arrowhead crew.[/spoiler]