Name: Scarificator Sternocleidomastoid
Nicknames: Scar, Stern
Age: 317
Gender: Male, dedicated Asexual. You are welcome to try as the results aren't all that disappointing.
Species: Blood Wyvern
Occupation: College Professor
Height: 6'8
Appearance:
Human
As a human Scar is actually fairly tall, and sometimes shows slight imperfections, usually in his eye color being red instead of green or brown. Though sometimes his teeth look a bit off or he's got a small patch of scales visible though the latter is rather rare in areas that are visible. (god this drawing is old but I have to admit that it is good)
Discord is being a butt and eating images
Wyvern
He's 22ft long and has a more messy stripe pattern and a few distinctive looking ones. (have this more recent piece, shows all the markings pretty well)
Personality: Scarificator is a really odd person, he’s overly curious about things people do and has all the subtlety of a bullhorn when asking why you did a seemingly normal thing… He’s not mean or anything about it, as he’s just genuinely curious about why humans do certain things he doesn't. Scar is if anything a really fun person to talk to as you can tell that he’s intelligent and more than happy to nerd out about something with you… It’s why he became a college biology/medical professor in the first place.
You can also tell that Scarificator wants to help people and would much rather forget about some of the less than great things he did when he was younger, and just starting out on the process of becoming more civilized.
There is definitely a more animalistic part of Scarificator’s personality along with a much less than savory part that he used to show more of before he got good at repressing it… Now it just shows as a really dark sense of humor that is slightly concerning but doesn't cause any harm.
Likes/Dislikes:
+Teaching
+When people ask about his name
+Spewing forth cursed facts
+Botany (finds it relaxing)
+Science and medicine in general
+Weirding people out
+Darker rooms/night time
+Collecting old medical equipment
+Meat/Blood, preferably fresh
+Caffeinated drinks
+Modern technology
+Trying new things
+Memes
=Talking about his past, depends on the subject
-Killing
-High temperatures
-Fire
-Bright lights
-People commenting on his bodily imperfections rudely
-Specifically being awake between 8-10 am, most of his classes were in the afternoon and evening for a reason…
-Seeing humans die of old age
-Putting rubber gloves on in front of other people
-When people think he’s mocking them, whe he’s not
-Middle schoolers, as they are the worst people ever
Magic/Abilities:
Blood Wyvern: Scar here has the usual abilities of his species, Vampiric Regeneration, wall crawling, agility, gliding, frigid fire, night vision n’ all that good stuff. He’s also able to turn others by giving his blood with the intent to turn you, whether it’s applied to a wound or ingested doesn't matter. Since it’s going to be more prevalent with Scarificator, he can kinda mimic the voices of other people, but not perfectly since Blood Wyvern’s voices have a slight raspy quality to them (a vocal cord thing) but other than that they have rather clear and easy to understand speaking voices… This mimicry often happens unintentionally while talking to other people.
Vampiric Regeneration: Scar’s regeneration is always active, even if just healing off dead cells. But, the act of regenerating causes him to get hungry/thirsty (in proportion to the wound) and that would be fine and all, but it's blood that he needs to facilitate proper regen. The reasoning is that to heal at the rate he does, his metabolism speeds up to meet the demands of his regeneration. The kind of blood consumed doesn’t matter, as it would be a pain for him if he was blood type locked.
Bite of Pain or Pleasure: Scarificator inherited this trait from one or both of his parents, as occasionally Blood Wyverns have some sort of effect tied to their bite that can be beneficial… Though never is it anything truly toxic. In Scar’s case it’s more observable when he’s in a more human form but it is present regardless of form.
Scar can choose to have more than just the vaguely painless bite that is the species norm (as in, yes it hurts, but if you don’t struggle it’s really not that bad and feels more weird than painful.) He can release a venom from his fangs that contains a strong euphoriant, comparable to some harder drugs if they were to be given in bare minimum doses. While useful for hiding the true nature of what is occurring to an unaware victim, this can become somewhat addictive to the victim due to the nature of the function. Thus meaning it could become a rather deadly addiction or create a very awkward situation. In theory yes you can get a bit of this venom from Scar’s fangs… But you’re gonna be there all day to get anything worth collecting as he may have a large reserve, but the amount he gives off is very small and often stops for a bit… As it truly is the bare minimum dosage needed to keep the effect up.
Scarificator’s secondary venom is quite the polar opposite of the other, as he can choose to instead inject a venom that simulates fear and pain. It’s as horrible as it sounds as the chemical responsible for the pain portion is similar to that of a bullet ant’s sting, so it hurts and the fear aspect is also quite strong, often invoking the fight or flight response in victims. It’s hard to pin down a good reason to use this venom, but then again it makes for quite the intimidating display when used and most definitely sends a powerful message should the victim survive. Scar typically only uses this on people that really p-ssed him off as a more forceful warning of sorts, or to deny them a more painless death. Of course, this venom is the easier of the two for Scar to essentially milk himself for, as it comes out in larger doses and a bit more readily.
It is worth noting that Scar’s venom works exactly like snake venom, just not directly deadly. Meaning it is protein based (non-toxic when ingested) and is meant to spread via the bloodstream. As I stated, it can be milked from his fangs. Do also keep in mind that unlike snakes, Scarificator has to make the willful choice to use his venom so not every bite will contain it. He cannot spit the venom, if anything needs to simulate the act of biting into something to release it… And the effects of either venom at most last for about 30 mins give or take but depending on the amount of venom he got you with it is very possible to only experience the effect for a few minutes.
All of his other abilities are learned forms of magic for the record
Shapeshifting: Scarificator learned how to use a spell that allowed him to take a human form, and while in theory he could use it to take other forms or change his appearance any time… He likes his current appearance quite a bit and the idea of becoming other species isn’t all that interesting to him. Do note that his human form has some imperfections that aren’t obvious at a glance but if you look hard enough you’ll find them.
Plant growth: He learned to use a bit of plant based magic over the years, mostly when herbal remedies were more commonly used in medicine. Scarificator can control them a bit, but no more than getting a tree branch to bend low enough to hit you or getting a plant to trip you up… His magic is more centered on helping plants to grow faster.
Enchanting: Mostly learned from observation, Scar can do minor enchantments on small objects, with the power of the enchantment being more based on the process used to make the enchantment in the first place. As doing a simple quick one on a knife for sharpness isn’t gonna be as strong as one he did a whole ritual for you know? He is incapable of adding an elemental attribute to an object, so no getting a fire sword from Scar. But he can improve on existing attributes of an object, enhance existing elemental properties, and put simple effects on things. Such as enchanting an object to glow on command or to 'coincidentally' always come back to one person, stuff like that. Worth noting that a weaker enchantment doesn't always mean a weaker effect, as sometimes it could also be that the enchantment is temporary and will wear off after X amount of time/uses.
Glamour: Scarificator can do some minor Glamour type spells, mostly in the vein of making things look just slightly different or minor illusions. Honestly he mostly used them to get out of trouble in the past, or in more present times to mask a slip up or enhance a lesson. Scar is incapable of perceiving self-applied glamours under normal circumstances, this could prove slightly detrimental given that he can't tell if it actually worked or not. This can be circumvented by the use of an enchanted mirror, but it's not a perfect solution given that you can't always look in a mirror. Non-self applied ones (i.e done on something/one not himself) are perfectly visible to him.
Scar can do some simple general forms of magic as well, and is probably more well versed on them than most due to curiosity but it’s nothing to write home about.
Gear:
-The normal sort of stuff you'd expect
-Shotgun, has some durability enchantments on it
-Bro has a full on hospital grade first aid kit and some
Strengths/Weaknesses:
+Can see well in the dark
+Is a walking encyclopedia of medical and biology facts
+Knows a concerning amount about how to both save and kill someone
+He is well acclimated to modern society and technology despite his age
+Resistant to ice/the cold
+Good at using his learned magic in a variety of ways
-Fire, horribly so. Scar is pyrophobic due to this
-Bright lights can make it hard for him to see and cause headaches over time, has a bit of photophobia regardless of form
-Pretty much always hungry to an extent
-The imperfections of his human form
-Scarificator has a bit of trouble understanding certain human emotions, such as grief or sadness and doesn't really know how to express them… even after all this time
-The fact that he still feels super guilty about what he did to his mentor
-He can't see glamours he put on himself unless he uses a mirror enchanted for such a reason (has one, but dun mean it's always convenient to pull out and use)
Backstory: Screw it, and this is the 'short' version
Scarificator’s early life was pretty normal for his kind, being a more wild and intelligent predator… Learning human speech from preying on them. What got his curiosity towards humans started was an incident when he was 15-16 where he was originally going to eat a pair of humans he found near a woodland path, drawn in by the scent of blood from a wound. Only to see the other person tie a cloth around the injury. So instead of attacking the humans, Scar came out and in a rather blunt fashion (due to having limited vocabulary) started to ask questions about why someone would wrap a wound and why you’d help a ‘hopeless’ case. He got a few answers and had to ask what a few things meant before instead of eating the pair he tore off the tourniquet and licked the wound to encourage it to heal and left the humans alone for the rest of the night. This started a year or two long quest for Scarificator to try and not only expand his vocabulary of human words, but to also figure out how to look more like one to learn more about them… And secretly have easier access to prey. It was a terrifying time to be a traveler in his locale as he’d randomly roll up on people and start talking, sometimes eating them, usually for not responding.
When Scar was about 17, he finally got the ear of a mage that was willing to teach him how to do a minor shapeshifting spell and a few glamours along with it. With this knowledge and a much wider vocabulary he ran off to the nearest human settlement and approached the local healer… This is also how he got his name, as he was incredibly curious about each tool, but one in particular had quite a bit of his attention due to the smell of blood that clung to it. Scar asked what it was called and decided he liked the object and the word thus named himself for it,
Scarificator sure the healer thought he was weird as all hell but accepted it since it seemed pretty harmless. Scarificator proceeded to learn more about medicine from the healer while also doing a few underhanded things, mostly in the form of being slightly too thrilled about bloodletting and overusing it a bit, but due to the time it wasn’t really noticed. During this time Scar learned a bit of nature magic, in the form of plant growth, to help with the creation of more herbal remedies. For a few years he did fine as the healer’s assistant, but it started to become abundantly clear that Scarificator was going to outlive his ‘mentor’ and he was a little freaked out when he saw the sort of pain and suffering an 80 year old human had… And from his perspective Scar thought he was doing the old man an act of kindness when he drained him during the night, as it seemed more humane to end the suffering quicker. This however left him feeling more guilty and horrible than like he’d done anybody a favor… Yet Scarificator’s mind didn’t really know how to process grief properly due to it not really being a thing his species did yet being aware of human emotions at the same time. This caused him to within hours of committing a murder for the first time in a few years, proceed to do an autopsy on the body to try and figure out why his former human friend had been in pain… Only to find nothing that was easily identifiable as the cause for pain since Scar didn’t know about things like arthritis or joint pains due to the time period and not being able to experience such things himself. Within the same day, Scarificator was forced to flee from the town as he was caught trying to bury the body. The only thing he took with him was the scarificator that inspired his name, more as a keepsake really
For quite a while Scar bounced between towns, usually being a more questionable doctor at worst and a decent one at best, as he was trying to improve and learn more, he even took up biology to try and understand humans a bit better, to prevent another tragic misunderstanding from happening again. Scarificator started picking up on random bits of magic here and there, doing a little in his spare time, when he wasn’t lurking around colleges to stealthily listen to lessons or seeing if he could just act like he went there to get in for free… As he couldn’t afford the pay… Or trying to help the sick and injured the best he could. One of the more notable things for this span of time is that Scarificator helped out during both the world wars (Allies) and even helped with the Spanish flu outbreak that happened between them, and saw some sh-t man… As the wars confused him at first, then scared him with how horrible humans could be to each other, Scar was only a medic both times and had to kill just to protect others.
Not long after the the wars died down, Scar moved to america and due to becoming more ‘professional’ due to being enlisted in two wars and helping during a pandemic, had the funds to pay for a college education that was more or less just him paying to get a diploma in things he mostly knew already, but he did use it to become a biology teacher and eventually teach medicine as well. Scarificator started out teaching middle school science and worked his way up to being a college professor over the course of a few years and becoming one of the oldest professors there, due to the fact that at this point, nobody is really certain how long he has been there and they’re afraid to ask at this point. He’s pretty well liked among those who have had him as a teacher, be it a biology subject or a medical one, as he has tons of weird stories and is more than willing to do something just out of pure curiosity.
Other:
-Yes he is Ryan's current employer, no there is nothing weird going on other than he wanted a cameraman for some things and sh-t got wild from there. Both parties are in agreement about how things are working.
-If you ask him about the first world war he will give you a full on dissertation on who is really at fault and how he could have theoretically prevented it.
-The fact store ran out of facts
-Scar is capable of turning others, yes, but he's not the sort to just do it because you asked. No he's really only inclined to do it as a last resort to save your life.
-This name is what happens when someone is allowed to name themselves as an adult and is a nerd
-Scar is the guy who would experimentally eat almost anything if you told him it was edible… And not much is fully forbidden since he can produce pellets
-His first human words were “Oh god!”
-Nursing homes seriously freak him out, he is terrified of them
-It’s unknown if he uses memes and slang out of context as he legitimately doesn't know or if it’s an elaborate joke
-If you ever hear him scream ‘For Science!’ just know that shenanigans are about to ensue
-Scarificator offered 5pts of extra credit to anyone who could pronounce his name correctly, first or last, 10 if you could pronounce the whole thing
-He was known for letting students do all kinds of experiments, just as long as fire wasn’t all that involved with it
-Still has the scarificator from like 300 years ago, carries it around in his pocket
-If you must know, Scar would trade any trivial thing (this includes possible DNA samples from himself) for the low cost of
five french fries do with this info as you will
-If you have parental issues and come to him about it... Scarificator has a very
unique response for you
-Don't be scared by the long a-s sheet. The man is just very detailed, that's all.
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