Post by northie on May 20, 2009 19:45:39 GMT -5
Niccolo "Crovo” Fortunato
"I stalk things for a living."
[/center]Name;;
Niccolo Fortunato
Alias;;
Crovo
The Crow
The Birdman
[Please, call me Crovo. The other two are occupational aliases.]
Sex;;
Male
Sexuality;;
Bisexual [Varieties are always the best]
Race;;
Human
Powers/Abilities;;
Not much to brag about, to be honest. However, of the few abilities he does have, Crovo happened to have hone to their fullest potential:
[{Stealthy Demon}] As part of his hunter job, Crovo is actually one fast bastard despite his scrawny appearance. And highly agile. And very evasive. The job requires it.
[{Creepy Stalker}] Beware. He’s very creepy and very good at stalking. It’s part of the job, and Crovo treats it like a gift. Especially when tracking down equally stealthy things
[{Peripheral Senses}] Because Nicco is blind in one eye, the man does not have peripheral vision on his right side. However, through many years of sneaking and because he is blind in one eye, his other senses had developed and enhanced themselves instinctively. This especially come in handy when Nicco preoccupied. His other four senses thus allow him to sense any change in the surrounding.
[{Eagle Eye}] All a sniper need is one good eye, and that’s just what Crovo has. He can shoot moving targets with ease and still targets are a piece of cake for the man. Not to mention locate targets from quite an abnormal distance away without any form of instrumental support. However, all he has is one eye, thus, his greatest power is also his greatest weakness.
Age;;
28
Height;;
6ft
Weight;;[/color][/b]
[Thin. Envious?]
Occupation;;
Hunter
Pet Shop clerk [Part time]
Weapon(s);;[/color][/b]
[{Kass}] Crovo’s pet and partner in crime, Kass, a larger than normal raven prone to pecking out eyes with its deadly talons and beak. Kass rides on Crovo’s shoulder when out hunting, eats only fresh worms [and sometimes flesh if he’s lucky enough] and has never been kept in a cage. Keep your eyes closed when around this bird, ladies and gents.
[{The Arsenal}] Really, it’s amazing how much weapon one can hide under a large jacket. Semi automatic hand guns, pistols, revolvers, sub machine guns. He’s practically got one of each and enough bullets to spare. One of Crovo’s favorite is the sub machine gun. No need to aim. When the need arises, Crovo also has an array of rifles at home. However, he cannot magically poof them out of thin air, and thus, only carry it when he knew ahead of time of what his target is.
[{Twitters}] Daggers just a little larger than the size of his palm. They’re you know…infused with everything a vampire is scared of. To be honest, Crovo doesn’t even know what they’re made of. But they’re quiet and stealthy and they work and it’s good enough for the man. He carries four at a time. Two of which could be attached to his fingers with string, making it possible for them to throw and retract them by jerking his hands.
Accessories;;[/color][/b]
[{The eyepatch}] Always, an eyepatch is seen over Crovo’s right eye. Why? Well, there’s nothing there, that’s why. It’s awfully creepy looking, and scaring kids with that hole is pretty easy. Thus, he just wears an eye patch.
[{The Mask}] The mask is the main reasoning behind Nicco’s nicknames, aside from the fact that a giant raven sits on his shoulders when he’s hunting. A large venetian bird mask, intricately decorated, that covers the top half of Crovo’s face when he would prefer not to be seen by his target. The mask is made of hollowed out wood, thus making it light weight. It helps slightly if anything is aimed at his head. Gotta protect his single left eye. However, the mask usually splinters after one well aimed attack. Nevertheless, he always manages to find more.
[{Silver Cross}] Superstitious anyone?
Appearance;;[/color][/b]
Niccolo Fortunato, though tall and striking, is slightly underweight, obviously making him look gangly and long limbed. Though it’s not often that he should draw eyes at the first glance, Nicco is oddly handsome, with a long face and shapely chin, and some people might mistake him for a slightly masculine woman when he puts his hair up. His hooked nose reminds many of a bird, which was one of the main reason why he was nicknamed Crovo, the Italian term for Crow. Nicco’s startling red hair is well below shoulder length, and he usually ties it up into a low pony tail with a few bangs hanging in front of his face. The lush scarlet color of his hair might have been dyed, but no one is sure what his original hair color is. One might guess though, from his childhood nickname, his hair might have been black or a much darker shade than the current bright red. From a childhood incident—quite a silly one too—Crovo only has one eye. As a kid, little Niccolo had always been prone to climbing the trees of his home town in order to secretly stalk some bird or another, and once, he miscalculated his steps, slipped, and got a tree branch stuck in his right eye. Thus, the man only has one bright green eye, while the other empty socket is covered behind a black eye patch. He usually tells people that he lost his eye in an attempt to climb a tree to save a child’s kitten.
Crovo tends to wear large jackets with fluffy hoods and big pockets, which usually are full of bird seeds or some treat or another for animals, and a packet of cigarettes. However, if he should open up his jacket, one could find multiple holsters for guns, of reasonable sizes of course. Also attached on both legs are gun holsters, loaded with one shot gun each, hidden by the length of his jacket.
Crovo has a small pink bird that’s not bigger than his palm that follows him everywhere. Adelina, whom Crovo calls Addy for short, is pink all over, with a single curly feather sticking from the top of her head. From the distance, she looks like a small pink puff ball. She comically sits atop Crovo’s head, where she watches all with black beady eyes. Addy has a fierce disposition against people she deemed as enemies, and likes to peck them at whatever chance available. But as soon as someone presents her with berries and seeds, any sense of hostility is erased and she’ll be the provider’s best friend. Addy’s loyalty always resides in Crovo though, and may seem kind of jealous if Crovo show’s any interest in females other than herself.
Niccolo Fortunato
Personality;;[/color][/b]
At first glance, Crovo probably wouldn’t be the guy you see sitting in a pet shop and combing bristles out of dogs, feeding kittens, or humming with canaries. After getting to know him, one still would not think to piece animals with the red haired man.
Usually dressed in a large ominous jacket with a smoke in one hand, Crovo comes off as a sleaze, a punk, or someone who has better things to do than listening to you talk. It is rare for him to walk up to someone and strike up a friendly conversation, and he shows very little respect when people talk, his mind often wandering away [unless you have something interesting to say]. Not to mention the man is pessimistic and sardonic too. Crovo, or Nicco as some people know him, at first appearing to be someone only people dealing in drug will associate with, but after getting past his ‘whatever’ shell, one can find him to be quite amusing. Talkative, humorous, sarcastic, Crovo can be quite flexible to suit your needs. Crovo also spare very little sweet talk, often crudely blunt with people, whether he or she is close or a stranger. He shows a strange gentle side when around animals [with the exception of werewolves and lycan] and sometimes kids, as long as they don’t annoy him to the brink of insanity.
After much time spent with Nicco, one might also find, to their disappointment, that he can be quite a compulsive liar. It’s not because he does it on purpose, but one of Crovo’s little habit seemed to be lying. Of course, he refrains from cheating his customers out of their money—except when he’s hunting—but very little that is true is known about the strange man. In fact, his background is so muddled up thanks to his compulsive lying, that even his closest friends knew practically nothing. Then again, Crovo isn’t very good at keeping friends—thanks to his tendency to lie and a few other small unfortunate perks—so it’s no wonder that his background is simply an intricate web of deceit. The trouble is, though Crovo is a compulsive liar, sooner or later the truth always slips out. He’s just not that good at it.
One of the ‘unfortunate perks’ the man has is his addiction to nicotine. Nicco gets highly irritated when he’s low on nicotine. In fact, the man gets easily aggravated when things don’t go his way, or he doesn’t have something he currently needed. The aggravation usually never heightens to physical abuse [towards humans only], but Crovo has no problem lashing out at nearby objects if he’s crabby enough. His fits of rage might remind many of a giant sized temper tantrum coming from a big man. But he tries his best; he really does, to restrain his fits.
Underneath, Crovo can be quite a coward when it comes to emotional confrontations, which is another irksome trait of his. The man would not think twice crushing a vampire’s skull under his feet or take on multiple werewolves at once, but facing a one night fling gone wrong? Well, let’s just say that Crovo’s out of the place in the blink of an eye. Though curiosity gets him from time to time, like a crow, Crovo usually thinks of his own hide before others in stressful situations. Thus, he tries his best to avoid taxing environments, to the brink of sometimes breaking promises, or getting others in trouble in order to save himself.
Appealing Characteristics;;[/color][/b]
[{Workaholic}] Loves his work…a bit too much. Have you seen his storage? No one’s ever kept that much firearm in one place.
[{Adaptability}] Just a bit of whining and he’ll be fine in the end.
[{Companion}] He’s a fun guy. You just gotta get used to being disrespected. At least he’s blunt and truthful…is he?
[{Merciless}] Gets the job done without a second thought.
[{Crow’s Eye}] Has a keenness for cameras
Appalling Characteristics;;
[{Big Fat Liar}] A compulsive liar. No one’s really sure whether he’s telling the truth or not. Rest assured though, even if Crovo likes masking the truth with words, his pictures never lie.
[{Coward}] Avoid emotional confrontation at all cost. Not much bravado in this man.
[{Blunt Sword}] For those who had never met him before, his words strikes like a blunt sword. But after finding out he’s a compulsive liar…well, they still hurt.
[{Nicotine Addict}] He loves his cigarettes a bit too much…no wonder he’s never rich. He spends all of his gils on cigarettes. And he gets especially upset when he doesn’t have enough nicotine.
[{Shrimp}] He’s not strong. Period.
[{Disrespect}] In one ear out the other. If you’re boring, he’ll let you know.
[{Flippy Floppy}] Really, the only master in Nicco's life is money. And thus, even though he hunts lycans and vampires, if either offers him enough money, he will be willing to work under one of them temporarily. However, beware, for his loyalty follows the money.
Likes;;
[{Birds}]
[{Animals}]
[{Kass}]
[{Adelina}]
[{Sex}]
[{Nicotine}]
[{Candy}]
[{Silent moments}]
[{Stalking}]
[{Being rich}]
[{Warm places}]
[{Daredevil Stunts (Only if he’s getting paid)}]
[{Firearms}]
Dislikes;;
[{Pushy people}]
[{Things being way too expensive}]
[{Upset people}]
[{Things not going his way}]
[{Being poor}]
Fears;;
[{Trouble}] Nicco fears any kind of trouble he can’t really handle. He’s kind of a coward, truth to be told.
[{Demons}] Demons are the one thing Nicco refuse to hunt. Most of the time, he hunts only vampires and lycans. No one really knows why the man fears the demons.
[{Death}] Dying sounds like a waste of time, and to be honest, he’s deathly afraid of death.
Strengths;;
[{Heightened senses}]
[{Agility}]
[{Accuracy}]
[{Speed}]
[{Flexibility}]
Weaknesses;;
[{His pets}]
[{Animals in general}]
[{Cigarettes}]
[{Temptation}]
[{Confrontations}]
[{Cannot be normal}]
[{Very weak when it comes to physical strength}]
[{Demons}]
History;;[/size][/b]
Will add in when member is not being a lazy bum…
Password;;[/size][/b]
shadow beast[/size][/blockquote][/font]
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