Name: Argon XVIII (Eighteen for short)

Species and race: Changeling

Age, gender and element: 21, ‘male’, holy darkness

Faction: SRT

Appearance: in their ‘default’ form, Eighteen appears to be a slightly androgenous human male, with slim shoulders, a height of 5’11, with muddy brown hair and brown eyes. They look completely unremarkable in every way, however their left hand seems to have been replaced with a power plug. When in public, Eighteen covers that hand with a leather glove - the only “real” clothing they wear. The look is mimicked from various people Eighteen has known throughout their life - to the point that they would look incredibly generic, if they were another viro. However, Eighteen has kept their original skin tone - a pale grey - as a way to signal to those around him that he is a changeling, without coming across as frightening.
Eighteen’s true form is a pale grey blob, 40cm wide, 3m long, vaguely resembling a long snake, with a power plug at the tail end and two dark, beady eyes at the other end, (and a lil mouth). They spend no time in this form unless absolutely necessary.

Background: Eighteen was born to a small nomadic group of changelings in northern Canada. The group would spend most of the year hunting moose and monsters, and then would make their way to a settlement to sell pelts, meat, and to buy supplies. The tribe would assume more conventional viro forms when going into town, and Eighteen quickly learned that covering their… special… hand made them fit in quite a lot more.
When Eighteen was ten, his band of nomads went to a remote village to offload goods. A small SRT platoon happened to be stranded there - their truck was broken, and though they had the parts to fix it, nobody in the village knew how to get it working. Curious, Eighteen began to fiddle with the truck when nobody was looking - and managed to fix it without even knowing themselves how they did it.
The soldiers were very impressed, and suspected he had some sort of birth magus. They offered to take him somewhere his skills would be put to good use, and feeling a sense of purpose for the first time, Eighteen agreed.
The local chapter paid for Eighteen’s education, and it was then that he chose his name - Argon, based on his favorite element, and XVIII, it’s atomic number in roman numerals. Eighteen did reasonably well in his studies, and learned much about Viro culture - although he never did fully assimilate, keeping his grey skin as a reminder of his true self, lest he lose it.
Of course, there are no free lunches - SRT expected Eighteen to serve in the force as part of his education, something Eighteen does enthusiastically and without question.

Birth magi: Master of None: Eighteen's left hand is a large version of a standard American power plug. When touching it to an object or vehicle, the plug fuses with the object. While fused in this way, Eighteen can operate or use the object as though they had several years of experience, making them a proficient (but not a master) in using such a device.

When touching the plug-hand to a creature's head, the plug can briefly connect with it, allowing Eighteen to gain one specific skill that creature possesses - the affected creature loses the ability to use the skill for the duration, with both effects ending when the plug loses contact. Only non-magical, learned abilities can be stolen. For example: the skill of swordsmanship could be stolen, but not the ability to breathe fire or the ability to blink.
(Obviously, as a side effect, Eighteen only has one functional hand that can be used for grasping.)

Profession: Apprentice Armorer

Level and experience: LVL7 0/1725 EXP, 6 SP
6 - STR
6 - DEX
6 - PER
8 - VIT (6 + 2 from armor)
9 - INT
5 - EMO
5 - SAU

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