The Hustler

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Name:
Zaiyer "The Hustler" Metra
Gender:
Male
Age:
24
Birthday:
November 20th
Sexuality:
Heterosexual
Special Characteristics:
Zaiyer has a strange tattoo under his right eye, red in colour.  On occasion, his eyes will change colour, though he is uncertain what causes this.

Personality:
From a very young age, Zaiyer was told that his emotions do not matter, and only the task at hand was important.  Of course, this was hard for a child to take, but eventually as he grew older, matured and was further disciplined, he adopted the mentality.  He is a man that prioritizes his objective above all else.  He is very observant, however, and can fairly easily realize when doing something that may seem unrelated to the job will have its benefits.  Virtually all of his actions will be done to further his goals and mission.  In this sense, Zaiyer is almost the perfect soldier, though it might be better to describe him as a hitman than a soldier.

Zaiyer has a very strange trait; in addition to being told his emotions were meaningless, he was also told he was never strong, even when there were definite improvements to his strength.  No matter how strong he became, he was always told that he was weak, and so, he began to believe it himself, regardless of how much power be obtained.  No matter how strong he becomes, Zaiyer will always think of himself as weak.  When asked of his strength, he will always reply with "I am weak." or something that is of similar line.  In actuality, he is very strong compared to any normal person, and it's because of this that he has been dubbed "The Hustler".

However, he does have one flaw, as all humans do; not all of his emotions were completely erased.  Certainly, he is very stoic to the point he comes across as a robot, but he can still feel things, most notably the desire for victory and strength.  Victory against what?  Well, that depends on the situation at the time, though these strong desires can interfere with his work.  It would also be possible to for him to feel other emotions, though someone would have to somehow become close to him and go through an extremely long process.

Since he treats his job as a battle, he will almost always remain the same whilst he is performing it - cold and stoic.  He takes any option available that will complete his objective the fastest.  No cost too great, no blood too precious.  During downtime, however, he is even more silent than normal, almost as though he doesn't know what to do.  He takes things as they come, remaining calm in most circumstances and finds it difficult to devote himself to much.  Because of the ordeal he went through as a child, he doesn't understand social norms and the emotions of others, making him even more unapproachable.  Despite this seemingly contradictory behavior, he is more than happy to obtain knowledge that might be useful to him.

It's very easy for Zaiyer to follow instructions and execute them to a tee.  He very rarely questions any orders he might be given, so he works very well under a leader though not necessarily in groups where there might be conflicting ideas and instructions.  Under those circumstances, he tends to formulate his own idea and stick to it.  Zaiyer could potentially be a good leader, though, as he currently is, he wouldn't be that great simply because he can't take other's emotions into consideration in addition to lack of charisma.

Likes:
- Gaining knowledge; to be more specific, it has to be knowledge that he believes he might benefit from in the future.  This could be as simple as knowing how to cook an egg or as complicated as an entire battle strategy.
- Music; something about music soothes his soul.  He cannot explain it, but music, soft music in particular, reminds him of a distant, reminiscent time.
- Completing his tasks; let's face it, Zaiyer was basically manufactured to do as he's told with no emotional attachment.  Of course he'd like to do the tasks asked of him.

Dislikes:
- Down time; as stated before, he doesn't exactly know what to do with himself when he has free time.
- Bitter food; while growing up, whenever he would fail at the task given to him, he was always punished in many ways, one being that he received food with either little taste or food that was incredibly bitter.  He has grown to despise it.
- His current level; Zaiyer was essentially programmed to be the person that he is today.  He was programmed to believe that he is weak, and that he should resent that weakness.  Of course he'd dislike his strength level, whatever it may be at the time.

Motivations:
- To become stronger; this one explains itself.  He believes that he is weak, and he has no desire to remain weak.
- To return to his original organization; one night while he was asleep, Zaiyer suddenly woke up in a forest.  He has absolutely no idea how he got there or where he is, but he wants to one day return to the organization that he grew up with.
- Finding new tasks and things to do; Zaiyer is extremely good at taking new jobs and tasks and completing them.  Since he has no contact with his old organization, he needs to get them from somewhere else.  At this point, it doesn't really matter who it's from, he will do it.

Fears:
- Losing feeling; so long as he can move, no matter what, even if it's a simple blink, or tensing his muscles to try to break free, so long as he can feel himself live or struggle to live, he can consider himself alive.  If he can't feel anything, that must mean he's dead, right?
- New emotions; humans will always fear what they cannot understand, and while for Zaiyer, while it's inapplicable most of the time to him, emotions are an unknown he fears.  When a strange new feeling comes from inside of you, it could be anything.  When they've been invalid for so long, what's going to happen if he ever regains them?
- Never finding his organization; for the time being, he is very calm, because he is certain he can find them.  However, if it ever becomes apparent to Zaiyer that he cannot find them, panic will certainly set in.  Besides, he has a lot of questions...  for the first time in his life.


General Appearance

Height:
5'11
Weight:
165 pounds
Hair:
Silver in colour
Eyes:
Light gold normally, rarely changes to being silver
Skin Tone:
Light skin
Appearance:

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Guild:
Guildless
Tattoo:
If Zaiyer were to join a guild in the future, the tattoo would be located on his right palm, the same colour that marks the guild.