Casper Aldan

Casper "Cass" Aldan a fourteen-year-old adventurer and monster hunter. He is the main protagonist of the series Casper's Rook.

Casper is a demigod son of Allea, the goddess of wisdom, war, combat, intellect, art, music and crafts. He was born on August 12th, 232 EYA, making his astrological sign a phoenix.

Background
Casper's father died soon after his birth, on January 8th, 233 EYA, and he was sent to the Thornwail Orphanage. As he grew up, he had no recollection of his father, he did however, remember his mother's eyes and voice. He remembered her singing to him, though he only has one memory of her.

The entire staff of the orphanage was astounded by his rather swift development. At the age of one, he'd taught himself how to read. At the age of two, he'd taught himself how to write, and at the age of three, he'd taught himself how to tie in shoes and write in cursive. By the age of seven, he could solve a quadratic equation with ease, and by the age of eight, he had a more expansive vocabulary than every child at the orphanage, as well as it's entire staff.

When Casper was twelve, someone came to the Thornwail Orphanage to adopt him specifically. Somehow, the person had known his name, even though they'd never met him. It was a woman with startling and fierce, but beautiful amber eyes and brunette hair. She told him she was his mother, Allea and that she'd come to retrieve him and bring him home. She told him about the gods and how she was the goddess of wisdom and war, and took him to her palace in Deos, the realm of the gods. A realm where gods, demigods, and novus live, this is where the story of Casper's Rook begins.

Personality
Casper has a somewhat reckless personality. He has a tendency to speak and act before thinking, causing him to get in a great deal of trouble. He hates when people are taken advantage of (only when it’s serious, of course), and hates stuck-up, and entitled people. Though, he is extremely selfless and driven, he feels responsible for everyone, and anything that goes wrong.

Although, Casper can be very cunning and manipulative, he's not afraid to manipulate people in order to get his way, if need be. He can be very ruthless and crude at times, though it's extremely rare. He's unpredictable, and thus you can never plan for what he might do or how he might act in a specific situation.

According to Mari, Casper is quite obtuse, and he doesn’t always see things, even when they’re right in front of him, such as people’s feelings, what they’re trying to imply, and what they’re trying to say indirectly.

Appearance
Casper has the appearance of a handsome young man with an average height in his teens. He has light skin and disheveled jet black hair "like he just got out of bed", as well as startling amber eyes that have been described as examining and intense. He typically wears a white hoodie with a red stripe slightly above the middle, as well as tan khakis, black/blue jeans, or cargo shorts and black and white sneakers. He has a slender, but toned and very slightly athletic figure, and his sly grin typically gets him marked as "a troublemaker".

Abilities and Items
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 * Starshatter: Casper's sword, made of aionum. He can summon it at any time, and it can only be wielded by him. It's nearly unbreakable and can dispel curses and other magical effects by making contact with said thing. When surged with magic power, it begins to look like the starry night sky, purple and black, and shimmering with stars.

Abilities

 * Demigod Abilities
 * Immense Strength: Casper possesses an immense level of strength, however he cannot access the uppermost limit of his strength without being in a dire situation, as he has trouble with this. At the top of his strength he can, with no effort, easily overpower monsters like a chimera, a griffotaur and a dragon. He can casually lift a car with one hand, and collapse an entire building with one punch. At the level that he uses most commonly, he can throw adult men over his shoulder with one arm, bend a steel rod and overpower a gorilla.
 * Immense Speed: Casper can move and react at immense speeds. He can outstrip a horse, a cheetah and a car, and at top performance, a supersonic jet.
 * Immense Durability: Casper’s body is supremely durable. He can easily survive getting hit by a semi-truck and falling from 100 feet up. Though mortal, non-magical weapons like blades and bullets can harm him, however difficult.
 * Superhuman Senses: Casper’s senses are greatly enhanced. He’s capable of sensing monsters and gods (lest they hide their presence). He can smell and hear things from miles away, and detect if something or someone is the real thing/person just by touching them, as well as locate things within a wide radius just by touching something that it's touching.
 * Semi-Immortality: Casper possesses an infinite lifespan, and is immune to strong mortal ailments and illnesses, but he is not immune to weaker ailments like the flu. He can heal wounds in a short amount of time, and when empowered by the Maven Key, he can regenerate limbs, or just put them back on.
 * Allea Source: As a son of Allea, Casper is connected to the Allea force, which grants him abilities specific to children of Allea.
 * Battle Prowess: Casper is an extremely powerful combatant. He is a master with various weapons and in various forms of combat
 * Swordsmanship: Casper is a highly trained, and extremely skilled swordsman, as he is a child of, and was trained by Allea, goddess of war.
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: Casper is highly trained and learned in many forms of hand-to-hand combat. He knows techniques that can paralyze someone with one hit, and techniques that can kill a person with one hit.
 * Weapons Mastery: Casper is a master with most weapons, including most melee and ranged weapons, as well as various firearms. Due to this, he is an incredible marksman, and nearly always hits his target, though his preferred weapon is a sword.
 * Panmnesia: Casper remembers every event, encounter and interaction that he's had in his life. He remembers everything that he hears, sees and learns in great detail, as if it just happened.
 * Persuasion: Casper has shown that he can be very manipulative, eloquent and cunning if need be. He can persuade people into doing what he wants, without actually saying it, though he doesn't use this ability for his own gain.
 * Genius Intellect: As a child of the goddess of intellect, Casper possesses outstanding intelligence. He is shown to be very knowledgeable in various fields of study, and often uses his intelligence and cunning to outsmart opponents. He can think around ten times faster than the typical person, and can learn and master things with superhuman efficiency and speed. He is a natural physicist, mathematician, linguist, strategist and historian, has a vast knowledge of magic, and he often surprises himself, as he often doesn't even know that he knows these things.
 * Strategic Skill: Casper possesses an incredible strategic mind, and is a master tactician, planner and leader. He uses this to outsmart his opponents, and his mind has been recognized by the gods. He has contingencies for even the most obscure situations (when he has time to plan).
 * Linguistics: Casper has a masterful understanding of the inner workings and history of language. He can naturally read, speak and understand most languages flawlessly, and creates entire languages sometimes when he's bored.
 * Technological Intuition: Casper has a broad and vast understanding over technology. He knows their inner workings and how to use them with immense efficiency.
 * Craftsmanship: Due to his mother being the goddess of art, music and crafts he possesses great skill in many of the arts
 * Artistic Intuition: Casper has one of the greatest artistic minds on the planet. He's considered to be one of the best artists in recorded history, and is a master in, (but not limited to), sketching, drawing, painting, watercolor painting, sculpting, digital drawing etc.
 * Musical Intuition: Casper is a supreme musician. He is has a masterful singer, and can play most instruments with great mastery. He can read sheet music as well as he can read alphanumeric characters.
 * Weaving: Casper has a mastery over weaving, sewing and knitting, and can weave incredible speed. He once weaved sweaters for Harper and Mari of masterful quality in five minutes.
 * Magical Abilities
 * Animation Spell (Animari meo mandatum): Casper can animate inanimate objects, making them alive and follow his command.
 * Psychokinesis: He can move objects and beings with mental will alone, or “moving things with his mind”.
 * Lightning Spell (Ego adducere fulgur): Casper can generate powerful blue lightning in his hand and manipulate it. He can form it into blasts, rays, beams, bursts etc.
 * Fire Spell (Flammae veni ad mihi) : Casper can summon and manipulate powerful flames. He can reshape them into any form that fits his situation, e.g. a fireball, a ray of fire or a burst of fire.
 * Prestidigitation: He can create simple tricks and illusions, as well altering simple things, e.g. changing the symbols on a card, or changing the face of on a coin or creating fake footprints.
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