Zato, The eye of Scern
Jun 28, 2023 13:36:52 GMT -5
Post by Zato on Jun 28, 2023 13:36:52 GMT -5
Zato
The eye of Scern
Name Zato Age 31 Gender Fluid Region Not Affiliated Height 6'2" Weight 196 lbs. Hair Black Eyes Blue Conditions Blind Mute |
Appearance | Personality |
Zato looks exactly what you would expect an ex assassin turned cultist to look like. They are a tall, lanky, slim person with pale skin covered almost entirely in tattooed text. Long raven black hair cascades down their back, framing a nimble, almost evil looking face. Covering this face is typically a folded black cloth covering their eyes and leaving a sly, black set of lips exposed below. Zato's attire is very simple, long black robes or cloaks with minimal weapons or gear exposed. They love to enchance their look with accessories, such as peircings, jewelry, nail paint and lip stick. | Calling Zato an evil, ruthless person is putting it lightly. Having been raised as an assassin for the first half of their life and a cultist the second has sculpted a truly vile and merciless individual. Zato has really no care for life outside of their own and uses the suffering they experienced as fuel, taking complete advantage of life and others. Murder is just another day at the office for Zato and there is absolutely nothing they would not do to further their own goals. With that said, Zato can acutally be a very fun person to be around, if they are not trying to kill you. They have a very silly persona, making jokes, often at others expense. They love to enjoy life, eating, drinking and taking full advantage of what Charon has to offer. |
History |
Zato has a violent history that has followed them throughout their entire life, shaping the very path they have walked. Born to a set of poor criminals in the Crescent Isles, they quickly learned what it meant to be less fortunate and to have the worst luck. Both of Zato's parents had very little, having to resort to petty crime and violence to stay afloat. There were never any plans to have a child, and only a year into being parents they realized it would not be possible to both raise their kid and survive on their own. So they did the unthinkable and sold Zato. An underground organization existed in the islands that was known for training and raising assassins to assist the crown in Starlight city. Many criminals knew of this group as they frequently obtained orphans or children with no where to go, sometimes even purchasing children from those who were unable to fully take care of them. Zato was purchased by this group before the age of three, and spent their entire childhood being raised and conditioned by this shadowy group of assassins. By the age of 16, they were a killing machine, trained in multiple martial arts and skilled in stealth killing. Zato would go on to spend the next seven years working in the shadows for the Crescent Isles, killing high priority targets and was key in allowing the islands to rise to such a power. At the age of 23 Zato found themselves at odds with the royalty they had spent their entire lives working for. Zato was considered a threat, with deadly training and a plethora of confidential information, it was time to retire Zato, the only way the group knew how to. With a bounty now on their head and an entire squad of assassins after them, Zato fled, crossing the sea and seeking refuge in Moonglade. They lived there for a year, bouncing from hamlet to hamlet and earning coin by helping random farmers. It was a huge departure from the life they had known, but sacrifices needed to be made in order to survive. Eventually the group caught up with Zato, and in the dead of night, four high ranking assassins descended upon them. A violent battle ensued, but unfortunately for Zato, they were out numbered and out classed. Beaten within an inch of their life, the runaway assassin was left to die in the woods, but not before having their eyes plucked from their head and their tongue removed from their mouth as percautions were taken to ensure none of the classified information they had was able to get out. Zato laid there in agony, slowly drowning on their own blood and on the brink of death. Fate however had other plans, for a group of religious fanatics had been nearby, and happened to watch the battle, afraid that the assassins were actually there for them. The leader of this rag tag group of cultist was a man known as Scern, a charismatic man with intriguing ideologies. Scern found Zato and decided to take them in, tending to their wounds and taking care of them for nearly a year. Now blind and mute, Zato was helpless, having to rely on Scern and his band of lunatics to survive. As their health returned, Zato got closer and closer to Scern, having heard his stories and learned his dreams. They were being baptized in the way of a mad man. Eventually Zato managed to prove themselves and earn the mans loyalty, Scern seeing a bright future for them among his ranks. Eventually the cult leader decided to fully bring Zato into the fold, blessing them with dark magic that allowed them to both see and speak, although not like they had originally been able to. The years after that flew by, with Zato working as one of Scern's right hands and a cheif leader among the groups of cultist he was now creating. However it seems life has once again changed for Zato. Scern abruptly decided to disband most of the groups he had formed, leaving for the Arid Mesa with only a handful of diciples. Now alone and leaderless, Zato has been left to pick up the pieces, pieces of a system that no longer exist. With Scern in prison and most likely to be killed, Zato has set out to find a new purpose, a new reason to be alive. |