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Skills:

The negative traits and weaknesses Heren acquired through his journey put him at a significant disadvantage, and can easily make him an easy and extremely vulnerable foe. However, Heren did not grow weak through his trials- he has gained strength through his setbacks, and has learned much about his hydrokinesis as well as pyrokinesis. 

Tl;dr is that to balance the major disadvantages he now has, he also has some ~*~*SWEET NEW JUTSU*~*~


Genetic Skills:
• Pyrokinetics: weak on his own tho
• Flight: Able to fly great distances and altitudes for long periods of time, depending on energy and air in his "flight bladder." [See Draconis incendia link for more info on this]
• Dragon form:  As with the rest of his species, he takes on a natural form of a dragon. This can only occur when he is on territory belonging to dragons, or (magical) dragon lands. Outside of those boundaries, the most he can do is transform a hand or something (think American Dragon Jake Long), but he would /really/ rather not do that because of the enormous concentration needed. Within the allowed territories, transforming only part of himself would indeed be easier to do than his whole body as you would think. However, outside this, forming even a hand requires much more effort than the amount needed to change his whole body in the allowed territories. 

Developed Skills (Please check the google doc for full list!!):

COMBAT:
• Hydrokinetics: Heren can create, shape and manipulate water, inorganic compound with liquid, gas (steam, water vapor), and solid (ice) states, including changing them from one state to other. Various applications and deviations are associated with hydrokinesis, such as but not limited to: ice manipluation (deviation), motor-skill manipulation (application: manipulating water in the body), vapor manipulation (deviation), and water auras (application).
• Vapor + Steam manipulation
• Ice manipulation
• Ice-Fire manipulation: A combination of fire and ice manipulation, this is the power to manipulate fire of freezing temperatures, fire so cold it gives ice burns more severe than normal burns, even frostbite, upon contact. These flames are immune to water. As it is a direct application of both fire and water manipulation, using this causes Heren's curse to activate immediately, so he uses it ONLY in a life or death situation.
• Water Separation: can separate massive amounts of water, such as a lake or an ocean (under time limit inversely proportional to amount of water)
• Water Empowerment: Gains strength and energy around or in contact with water.
• Aquatic adaptation: able to survive and adapt to underwater environments, being able to breathe water with a gaseous breathing medium, to swim well and to endure high water pressure and extreme water temperatures. Heren is able to use his senses to perceive normally regardless of the distortion/pressure of the water, possibly including ignoring various impurities that would otherwise reduce the visibility. 
• Hydrokinetic Constructs: can turn water into tools, objects, weapons and other items.
                                      (Unlocked at Level 30): can create semi-living constructs and/or create structures/buildings of varying permanence.
• Dark Water manipulation (Unlocked at Level 5): Control, create and otherwise manipulate waters that are straight from the darkest fears sentient mind has about watery environments, including all the fears about waters that pull their victims under to drown or slow/trip them. The dark waters are obviously and actively malicious, dark and near sentient.
• Wave Manipulation: (Unlocked at Level 10) Can call forth huge water waves to crash down at their targets, washing everything away in a powerful torrent. Creates a powerful wave of water to wash everything away. Can use the powerful surges of the crushing waves to crush opponents, ride on the waves to quick travel, and extinguish heavy fires quickly.




Combat & Stats:

[ General ]
Water is an extremely, if not the most, flexible of the elements. Because of this, Heren’s fighting style and stats are very flexible from battle to battle, depending entirely on the circumstances of water [How much, how far is the source or target, etc.]
+ Heren likes to think that he is a defensive player in combat but he gradually becomes an midline player, working for both offense and defense.
+ His attack can range from short to long distance, quick to slow. As he likes to rely on magic, his combat depends usually on the availability of water. Thus his preference: midrange, quick.


Level 10
HP: 580
MP: 765 
ATK: 615 
DEF: 250 
SPD: 755
Total: 2965



Fighting Style: 


[ Playful | Relies on environment | Well-rounded | Midrange ]
Don't let his friendly disposition throw you off. Heren is a Jack of All Trades, and with his sharpened skills paired with rounded versatility, he is a deadly ace who is extremely difficult to take down once he gets serious.

Weaknesses:

Although Heren is impervious to the main weakness (water) of his species seeing as he can wield it, he certainly isn't unstoppable from other weaknesses his species shares, as well as certain weaknesses tailored to his customized skills, and psychology.

Physical
• Electric magic, electricity in general = super effective against this pool noodle
• Natural inhibitors: Solar and Lunar eclipses (as solar affects his body just because of his species, and lunar affects his hydrokinesis ability), sunny days, new moons, hot weather
• Anything affiliated with Phoenix magic or Phoenix properties
• Spells and magic against dragons
• Specially made weapons (handcrafted and forged with certain magic)
• Golden swords
• His wings are super sensitive: even pulling on feathers without pulling them out will hurt like hell. 
• So is his tail
• and his chest (underside in dragon form) and neck, which were the most common areas Adramar's soldiers where tried to kill him because of how vulnerable they are.
• As stated, dragon eyes have really good sight and stuff, and so they're really sensitive to changes in light. He can get blinded or develop headaches from bright lights shone directly at hime or sudden changes in light very easily.

Psychological
• People crying. it's reaaally easy to distract him with this
• Gemstones
• Guilt tripping (it's really easy to do to him like wow)
• Bring up Renhet or Arlaena and watch him break lmao

Both:
• That curse :^) 
• Other dragons themselves: The presence of other dragons creates a natural telepathic connection between them which, while it may be helpful in some situations, is not easily controlled/"turned off" and can cause a lot more damage than wanted. If one of the dragons connected is hurt, the other(s) feel it as well and take a toll to some degree, if not equal in pain. (Ex. splitting open the head of a nearby dragon would have either light or potentially fatal affects on Heren, ranging from giving her a migraine to leaving her in a coma. It depends on the range and how "locked" the connection has been made.)
• Weapons that have slain other dragons: A natural telepathic connection to other dragons applies in this sense in that Heren can hear the spirits of the dragons slain by the weapon. It causes distress physically and mentally: weapons that have spilt dragon blood are even more effective against dragons with every kill, and the wails of the spirits piled on is distracting and excruciating to the dragon hearing them.

Weaknesses to hydrokinesis:
> Until he can generate his own liquid to manipulate, Heren is limited ONLY to present resources at his disposal. But yes. If he pees, he can manipulate that.
> Again, natural inhibitors like the lunar cycle (new moons, lack of a moon, etc) and lunar eclipse can affect his ability. 
> The greater the amount of water, the greater the strain on the body and mind. Manipulating an ocean can cause him to pass out while manipulating a pool is child's play.
> Quickly changing water between states back and forth for extended periods of time can be exhausting. (ie- melting water then freezing then melting then freezing.)
> If you throw oil or sand into the water he is using, it will make it harder for him to manipulate. Sifting through matter to use pure water puts strain on him.




So...What's All This About A "Curse?"

It isn't really a "curse." Heren's body experiences several nasty side effects of when coming out of Purgatory with the witch infused in his body. The separation of himself from said witch is what triggered his body to start these reactions. Heren simply calls it a "curse" because he doesn't know any way to stop these reactions, and to revert his body to the way it used to be.

The effects of the curse are a result of a trigger which is, most commonly as Heren has found out, the result of switching from elements he manipulates, or using fire manipulation. The use of both elements adds onto the detrimental effect on his body by combining fire and water into stone: the curse's most (only) prominent feature is the slow, painful transformation into stone. The more he switches between elements without a proper amount of time in between, AKA- uses one element over the other, or uses no element, the more his body will slowly turn into stone, spreading from areas already damaged like a spreading stain.
However, canonly, it's been years since he figured out all this (he spent a lot of time in Adramar where he was able to work all this information out). So, it's not like he's gonna go reverse-medusa on himself. He isn't that stupid. He has had a lot of experience dealing with this body of his, so while he will slip up and trigger it from time to time (just like how people forget to take medications), it is MUCH less frequent than when he was first afflicted with it.

The areas damaged can still move, but are more difficult to use efficiently (it would be slow and cautious movements) and have the severe consequence of completely breaking off. Think of breaking the arm off of a statue-- that arm won't come back. That's what is a high risk of the damaged cursed areas: one wrong move, and it can shatter. Plus, it's no fun since he can still feel the pain.

That's the ONLY prominent effect, though. 
Other effects include sickness (stay away from him after the active curse scurries off, he'll probably throw up) and weakness of the body (easily fatigued once the curse is activated and deactivated). Along with the boost in one element (commonly fire) will come a certain recklessness in behavior and lack of concern whether for himself or for others. 

 

Why the more he switches without a proper amount of time?: Because when the elements combine hastily, the curse is activated-- a rapid change can create a volatile combustion.

Why if he uses one element over the other?: The curse would fight back. His body already naturally rejects opposite elements in his body, and what the curse does is strengthen the less dominant one, which his body reacts horribly to. If he relies only on one, the curse will push the other element to the same level, resulting in mixing.

Why if he uses no element?: Because then both elements are kept inside, squirming in his body, which reacts poorly. If you think of it like a pressurized pump, using at least one element lets go of the nasty reaction that would take place in his body, or at least significantly lessens it. But if you keep both highly reactive elements inside instead of letting one or both out every once in a while, the buildup is dangerous.

Already affected areas?: Bits of his left hand are flecks of stone. Part of his lower left arm is completely stone. Which is why that arm is wrapped up in bandages and secured with his gloves! :^) 

 

Items:

• Mentioned in APPEARANCE section: "Balance" earring (Black, made of Orichalcum) and "Strength" earring (made of Onyx and gold). 
• Diana's Stone: Given to him by Renhet before he left for his journey. 
• A large, emerald orb he collected his first day on the train, which he stole from an alien civilization with Arlaena's help. It calms him down, speeding up his healing rate by 25% and enhancing his hydrokinesis abilities in a pinch.

COOL FUN FACTS ABOUT HEREN:

• Herensuge is named after the mythological (Basque) seven-headed dragon that was slain by an archangel. According to legend, a knight, while making penance, has to rescue a woman that had been given as ransom to the dragon. When he sees no way of defeating it, the knight prays to the archangel Michael to save him. The archangel, with God over his head, appears and kills the dragon.
• Heren is an obligate carnivore. He can eat vegetables and stuff, but it won't give him the nutrients he needs to survive. He will get headaches if he doesn't eat meat.
• Draconic is Heren's first languge. Although he never went to a proper school per se (since he was seen as a danger to society), Heren learned Draconic and English/Universal Language in the den he was kept in for most of his childhood. Often if he's talking hastily or is talking with fervent emotion (ie swearing colourfully etc), he'll slip into Draconic. Or if there's a word he can't describe in English/Universal, he'll say it in Draconic.
  He is also fluent in the Basque language, and conversationally proficient in the languages of the countries surrounding Basque (Spanish, French, Portuguese). Amelie, the person who took him in when he was first exiled, tried to teach him French and a bit of Dutch, but his knowledge of Dutch is elementary at best.
• Something important to remember is that Heren isn't human. At all. He may look human, but he isn't. 
  
• Parts of his body work in completely different ways. For example, he does not get drunk easily.

• Something Heren does a lot is rub the bridge of his nose, which is a sign of humility, avoidance, purposeful ignorance, and lying.
  

• Won't let people touch his wings until he completely trusts them. His wings are very sensitive and even plucking one feather will cause a good amount of pain.
• Part time nudist is pretty comfortable being half/completely naked around people he considers friends. However, he is self conscious about his scars. The only reason he's chill with being shirtless around his friends is because he trusts them not to ask, or those friends already know where those scars come from.