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Thane Krios ✦ Mass EffectRESIDENCE ✦ Residency
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6 July 2021 21:16- « PLAYER INFORMATION »
Name: Nick
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Other characters, if any: Lee Eunhyuk
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Character: Thane Krios
Canon: Mass Effect
Canon point: Post Death
OU or AU?: OU
Age: 40
Species: Drell
AU clarification: n/a
« RECORD »
Disposition:
The first thing to notice about Thane Krios, aside from his reptilian nature, is that his movements are calculated yet elegant. Purposeful, practiced, but with a flow that's as natural as the wind. Every movement and posture of his is with purpose. First and foremost he never breaks his gentlemanly demeanor no matter the situation he's in. When we first meet him in the middle of an assassination he goes out of his way to catch the woman he kills in cold blood, fold her arms over her chest, and gently lay her on her desk. Even Thane's manner of dress is slick, almost tuxedo-like (taking into account that the fashion in this setting is far into the future and Thane has to still wear something assassin friendly.) Thane's speech is similar to the way he moves. He speaks almost poetically, especially when reliving a memory as his words deliberately paint a picture for those he's speaking to.
Thane's unshakable manners are the result of being raised by the hanar. Hanar are known for their scrupulous manners and anything less than the rigidity of their polite language is considered incredibly offensive. While they learn to adjust communicating with other species, on their own home world, having taken in the drell, they have imparted this behavior to a lesser degree on them. Not all drell seem to pick this habit up, such as Thane's son whose speech — while polite — is nowhere near Thane's level, but the assassin himself seems to adhere to the rules strictly. His posture is always upright, eye contact is always made, and his hands are usually folded in front or behind himself when engaging in conversation. You will scarcely catch him raising his voice unless necessary and you never hear him swear. However, he's shown to relax every now and again, even making a comment in jest that the hanar would no doubt find offensive. Such as when spotting Mouse, a street kid who knew Thane when he was younger, cowering in fear at the sight of Thane. He pats Mouse on the shoulder and tells him to be calm and that he may change his pants in a minute. Then there's a volus high on red sand to whom Thane comments, "Sleep well, and dream of bulbous women." Note, even his jokes are worded rather elegantly.
Despite his occupation as an assassin and his ability to kill with nary a second thought, Thane's job is actually deeply rooted in guilt. It's his very first encounter with his wife, Irikah, who jumped between he and one of his targets, where he first felt shame for what he was doing. He became intrigued and sought her out, eventually leading to their marriage and the birth of their son, Kolyat. While he begged the hanar to allow him to have a life free of the Compact to take care of his family he still felt himself drawn back into his old life. After his wife's death, full of shame and guilt from her fate, he left Kolyat with his aunts and uncles thinking it better for his son to be out of his life. This is a decision he felt right until he learns that his son followed in his footsteps regardless. Thane admits he was never good at parenting even before he took back up his old life, which caused him to be distant with his son throughout his childhood. While he had always been emotionally unavailable for his son growing up he still loves him more than anything and seeks Kolyat's forgiveness after he and Shepard stop him from assassinating his mark, thus becoming a killer.
He has his own moral code that he follows, justifying his kills by only taking out people he feels deserve death. But he eventually realizes that his work didn't just hurt terrible people but those closest to him as well, and it's something he lives with daily. Interestingly enough his spiritualism technically "absolves" him of his deeds, as the drell believe that the body acts independent of the soul. According to Thane, he's a weapon, and those who wield him (hire him) bore the responsibility for the lives he takes. But between his wife's death, his son, and his eidetic memory, Thane still feels the burden of culpability despite his theology absolving him. This is supported with the fact that after every kill Thane says a prayer for "the wicked", which he admits to Shepard is himself.
Ultimately Thane seeks to atone for his past transgressions, hence why he takes Shepard up on the apparent suicide mission. He saw it as an opportunity to die doing something good for the galaxy, and while he's at peace with the limited time he has he hadn't wanted to simply die in a hospital. By the time the third game rolls around while his guilt will likely never truly fade, Thane is more or less at peace with his life and is ready to let go, spending his final days with his son.
Suitability:
Thane is very analytical and would therefore view the world around him with a careful eye. The first thing he would take notice of/make an attempt at understanding is the overall security measures enforced in day-to-day life and anything regarding the information on the world itself. The technology would be similar enough to him that he would have no trouble understanding it, and may even try to suit it to his own needs. The synchrony will be...something to get used to, though he will also find it fascinating. Granted, he'll immediately be cautious as his kind can't have direct skin to skin contact with humans without causing them some kind of rash or hallucination. That being said, as someone who only recently allowed himself personal connections, he won't be entirely resilient to making them via synchro but he will still be cautious about it. Especially given that it's necessary to survive.
The transformations will definitely be odd to him at first, but his kind believes that the body and soul are separate, and therefore his body is just a vessel. If it changes, it changes. So long as his soul remains intact he won't stress out about it. If anything, he will quickly work on ways to adapt these changes to his needs.
As for the natives...Thane is likely going to be spending a lot of time trying to get to know them. In his eyes it's going to be helpful for him to learn more about the world and its history, and it also won't hurt for him to try and get some connections.
Condition upon arrival: Thane will be arriving after this illness has started its final stages, though this also happens to be after a fight with another assassin in which he got stabbed through the chest. With a lack of donors for a blood transfusion and his illness being too far along he died in the hospital. Seeing as his illness was terminal I would like it to still be active when he arrives but slowed down by magic/tect, etc if that's cool.
Abilities:
Thane is a highly-skilled assassin who utilizes stealth capabilities above all else. His strength lies in close combat which tends to involve a lot of knife work, neck-snapping, punching, etc. He's freakishly good at disappearing into a crowd despite standing out as a green alien. Because of a drell's denser muscle tissue than most organic species, Thane is able to take on more damage than most. He also has a knack for disabling even the best security measures, evidenced by the way he plainly states the number of faults in security he sees on the Citadel. He's also shown to have both acrobatic capabilities and skills in martial arts. Basically, your typical assassin skills.
As for powers, Thane is what you'd call a biotic. However, his move set mostly consists of "throw", which he uses to create a kinetic force that knocks into his enemies, thus throwing them across the room, and "warp" which increases the damage the target takes as well as does minor damage over time. As a biotic he can also levitate objects and give a boost to his melee attacks, once again this makes use of kinetic force. He's also shown to be able to use his biotics to create a protective bubble, but it can't hold up for very long (supported by the fact that if you have him do this in the final mission it fails).
Inventory: Aside from the clothes on his back, Thane won't have anything seeing as how he died in a hospital bed.
Gembond: Emerald
Gem Location: Center of his chest
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