Liah Volkar

Phillip’s Appearance
Phillip is a male Nevrean with a height of 4 feet and 9 inches situated near the Nev Mountains, in the New Age canon on Planet Tal. He has gold and white feathers, with blue tips, and brown eyes. This bright scheme is quite reflective, and makes him obscenely obvious like many other male Nevreans. Due to his rather rough upbringing, he is more muscular than the average male Nevrean, and has various small yet permanent scars on his chest. These are covered however, by the flowing, loose-fitting cloaks that Phillip wears, with colors matching his own plumage. He often carries a shotgun on a strap to his back, along with modified blades on his feet, as his Sergal upbringing has left him more willing to fight, and is as such equipped to do so.

Biography
Phillip was found in year 83 of the Rain Calendar, and is of 17 years in age in the modern day (RC 100). He was born in a cracked egg, found by a kindly yet tough Sergal in the edge of the Nev Mountains. To this day, it remains unknown how he came to be so far from his parents, but it certainly changed his upbringing. The Sergal, not knowing much about the Nevrean, ended up sticking to how he was raised in the North, feeding Phillip a steady diet of animal blood and liquefied plants, like many other Sergals. Phillip, being a male Nevrean, wasn’t the best at handling it, but soon enough began to adapt for this rather unexpected food. Soon enough, in a kindly attempt to mimic his father, Phillip attempted to swallow food. While initial attempts ended in near fatal choking, the final result has left Phillip favoring to swallow food whole, while also having a taste for fish. The Sergal also soon enough began attempting to train Phillip in combat. The initial attempts, like many others, were disastrous, but left Phillip favoring more hard kicks with his blades, while also using a shotgun in close combat. As time progressed, the curiosity found in male Nevreans began to be redirected from art into technology, as Phillip began experimenting more and more, realizing that firearms could be improved to bring down the deadly creatures of Tal. Soon, his drive and optimism in life began to be redirected, as he and his father were repeatedly injured by the creatures of Tal. Now, rather than making art and music, Phillip desired to create new weapons of defense, and with his quick thinking, he began to experiment more. However, in such an age, if one wanted to see technology, they would have to the Gold Ring. Thus, at the age of 15, in the year of RC 98, Phillip went off to see the Gold Ring with his father, before swiftly returning back to their home at the edge of the Nev Mountains where Western Sergals once resided. At Gold Ring, Phillip got to see the other races of Vilous for the first time, while also witnessing the intricacies of life. While obviously unusual himself, Phillip did not mind and immediately began scouring the technology of this metropolis. Though he only stayed three days, Phillip learned more than ever before, and now his passion had reached a full ambition: to develop the most advanced weapons and reach the stars above. His father also began to see that his care had left his adoptive son quite different from most male Nevreans, which presented possible social consequences. However, nothing could be done at this point, as Phillip’s decisions would now make the rest of his life. As RC 100 came upon the clock, Phillip set out, wanting to explore the world and all it offered, while gaining new ideas for his inventions.

Personality and Characteristics
Having been raised by a Sergal in isolation for his whole life has made Phillip quite a bit different from most male Nevreans. While his personality retains the curiosity, optimism, and friendliness found in other male Nevreans, much of his innocence and timidness has been swept away by his Sergal upbringing. This has resulted in Phillip being extremely protective of others, willing to risk his life to save anyone whom he loves. This has also led to him loving the company of Sergals above all else, as he simply feels the most comfortable with them. In addition, the lack of arts in his upbringing has driven much of his mind’s intelligence and curiosity into technology and combat, as he is fascinated by the idea of advanced weaponry, and how it could change combat. He will actively push himself to develop and invent, though he can barely handle any sort of art, much less singing. He himself is also surprisingly fit, as his father’s watch and learn style forced Phillip to exercise consistently and heavily rely on his more agile flight to keep up with a Sergal’s superior running speed. This has left him using more instinctual, rough movements in combat which are oft improvised to best match his father’s style. He is also not against using a sword, it being the only close quarters combat weapon he could use without toppling over, though he rarely carries one on him. His constant usage of flight has also led to him often dive-bombing foes with his leg blades or even shotgun, while also relying on harder kicks when on the ground. Even outside of combat and personality, Phillip tends to still be quite different, not quite matching a native Nevrean nor an urban one. In eating, Phillip is markedly different, preferring fish above all and swallowing his food whole as much as possible. He also tends to not hold on grudges in mimicry of his father, while relying on hard endurance running for most of his movement when not actively sprinting or in combat (at which point, he takes to the air). In the end, he is a male Nevrean in appearance, but at heart he could be considered to be a male Sergal.