#arren sharpclaw

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How about, rank characters from dexterity to strength as in what they use for combat maybe note a specific trait of dexterity/strength for some characters

I ain't gonna do all characters cuz that's dfhjgjh a lot of 'em to get down to but I'll throw in some that I think deserve a shoutout in that sense but dfjghjh that's gonna be a long one anyway

To no one's surprise, Arengar is extremely physically strong, and being Blood Legion born and raised, yeah he prefers to approach fights with brute force of muscle and magic rather than in any dexterous or stealthy way, and being a heavy-armored, 8 feet tall charr makes trying to be agile or sneaky hard to begin with, him preferring to block hits with aegis and other guardian spells or just straight-up take 'em as opposed to dodging them. All that to say, not that he can't fight with strategy and intelligence put into it, but he certainly prefers just a plain, head-on approach 90% of the time, as for a charr of his particular skillset the alternatives are usually a waste of time

Kaia is yet another meat wall of a charr. She's extremely strong and durable, as expected of a warrior, and is even more hard-headed and straightforward than Arengar is. Being a warrior, she can't really protect her friends with any sorta spells, instead using her own body as a shield, able to take the punishment and give it back to the enemy twice as hard. Additionally, she's a spellbreaker, with her approach to it involving literally throwing whatever magic her enemies tossed at her right back in their face, so a lot of the time getting hit is her battle tactic. Get hit, shrug it off, toss it back and pummel your opponent with a hammer until it's done.

Alistair on the other hand really isn't physically strong nor durable. He's an agile, quick mesmer, who can't really take hits but if he plays his cards right, he doesn't in the first place. Confusing his enemies, teleporting around constantly, staying away from the opponent and cloaking himself with mesmer magic is core of his fighting style, with the way he fights it's almost a dance: graceful, fast and quite deadly.

Now Arren's a perfect combination of the two. He's very short, but stocky, quick and unexpectedly strong. His hits pack a punch but also being a thief he's extremely hard to catch and pin down, which he uses to his advantage.

Now Aela is on the other side where she's surprisingly agile. She's a heavy-armored soldier, and yet she's extremely lean and fast, dashing and teleporting around, delivering quick, deadly strikes, cutting down the enemy before they can even strike back. Her and Arren actually share a very similar fighting style, being trained together in Ash Legion, but both adapted it to suit better their professions, thief and guardian respectively.

Lani's just another massive, bulky brick wall that swings around a hammer that's twice as big as some humans. Not much to say here, he's not known for being good at strategy or... Some would say thinking in general, but he sure can handle himself in a fight, be it an all-out war effort or just another bar brawl.

Zemzus is interesting, because he's your typical run of the mill scholar with athleticism of a wet noodle, but he's also an extremely powerful reaper necromancer. While he's not powerful physically per say, he more than makes up for it with his magic, which allows him to just rely on sheer brute force of it.

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Charrtober 2020 2: Scar

Which of course had to be Arren with his... Quite mangled face. Though for him those scars symblolise things way worse than just not having a pretty face anymore

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🖊 mr Arren Sharpclaw

OKAY sorry this took forever but dfhjghj war crime grandpa 2.0 facts

Arren's actually got that heavy cowboy accent going on, and he was, in fact, born and initally raised into a family of cattle ranchers in Diessa, he's an actual cowboy deep down

He loves whittling, usually when he's got a bit of free time you can find him sitting in a corner somewhere, whittling down a piece of wood with a knife. That also ties into another bit of trivia: Arren's surprisingly good with kids and got a soft spot for 'em, he always unintentionally just, collects children to parent, they love their grumpy murder dad who's surprisingly sweet and patient with them, loving to whittle various little statuettes to give to them as gifts. He's just got that Dad Energy going on

He's also pretty good with animals as well, specifically raptors, as he's got one of his own since Path of Fire, and I think if he wasn't a thief, he'd be a ranger.

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One 🖊 for Arren and another 🖊 for Silvian!

Thank you for the ask <3

Arren's got acrophobia, a fear of heights, which is probably not great given for the longest time in-game he was my designated jumping puzzle character. He's always uneasy whenever he has to be on airship bridges and tends to stay as far away as he can from the edges. In general airships and Arren don't mix well.

I might've mentioned it before but Silvian's just... Oddly Squishy, specifically his mushroom cap. You can squish and knead it and it'll just pop back in place after a while like a stressball.

Besides that, he's also quite a performer, he loves to make a big entrance, turn the fight into a big show and bow down on an exit, quite literally, as he does have a habit to bow to his opponents after the battle, like a proper gentleman duelist

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Just Arren doing... Thief things

Got those rainbow spellbreaker daggers recently motivated by @commander-pleur, and well, Arren deserves them gay daggers

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Forgot to post this here since it was drawn at 5 am by impulse but why not

Arren and @commander-pleur's Ovidius. Sad Whispers charr. I have no idea how to draw Ovidius' hair still but hey I tried xD

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Patrolling the Desert Highlands

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Oof... That's a mess, but it was fun. I swear at this point Arren could write a guide on how to destroy all your relationships huh. What a hot mess of a charr

Template by @ascalonianpicnic, I liked it a lot Socks :D