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Shade Excalahdan

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Any constructive criticism on my art would be most appreciated. ^^ I'm always looking for ways to improve.

Shade is the main character in my story that I am working on revamping to start writing again. He is a shadow phoenix which is, very simply, a phoenix whose magic and fire are darkness-based. They are solitary creatures that are alone most of their lives and, more often than not, are extremely picky about who their life-long mate will be.

All phoenixes have a set number of years--called cycles--before they are "reborn," or "reflame," and this number varies between each type of phoenix. When they are once again a baby in the ashes, they age very quickly to whatever age they wish to appear. In Shade's case, he has chosen thirty-five in human years for the past several cycles.

In reality, Shade is a very old phoenix and, for many, many years, he was a top guard to one of the phoenix kings in their world. When the main antagonist, a demon named Crucifix, ambushed the kingdom with his near-endless army, Shade was unable to arrive in time before his king was killed. Many civilians fled, but more were slaughtered, and Shade continued to fight until he was eventually overwhelmed and captured. Crucifix then proceeded to torture the shadow phoenix for a few reasons: he wanted any information regarding survivors, he wanted to force Shade into swearing his allegiance to him, and he wanted to see just how far he could push before the phoenix would completely break. That is where all of Shade's scars come from.

During all of that, Shade was unable to escape because the chains binding him were built to keep him from shifting to his phoenix form and fly away or using any magic at all. He was very lucky, however, because he was due to reflame a few weeks after he was caught. The fire that started to surround him melted the chains and he was able to fly away and get to a safe place before the process was done.

That is just some basic information about his history.

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Name: Shade Excalahdan (ex-cal-ah-dah-n)

Age: appears 35

Gender: male

Species: shadow phoenix

Sexuality: bisexual(?) He's very, very picky.

Relationship Status: single

Family: Arin, a red-tailed hawk shifter, that is like a son to him.

Personality: Shade is a very cold person upon first impressions. He is very blunt, but a man of few words. He prefers silence over a lot of noise. Considering his background as a guard, Shade is also a very calm, collected person that knows how to keep control if he begins to get annoyed and is also a good problem solver. He is always doing what he can to keep his scatterbrained "son" from getting into trouble and is often insulting and/or scolding him. He does not sugarcoat things at all and is also very opinionated to a degree. He does not tolerate disrespect, however, and only shows a lack of manners himself when he is truly angry. He is also protective of whomever he can learn to call a friend, and he is also surprisingly passionate. He doesn't smile or laugh often, but it is a kind gesture when he does.
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