Kalan Rehivenir

Kalan Rehivenir (Kah-lahn) is a Player of the Alpha Trial Round. He is the manager of District 5 and became the first official member of the city council.

Personality

 * Upbeat and cheerful, Kalan is often smiling more than not. He has a friendly approach to others and much prefers a happier atmosphere to something more glum. Kalan will try to lift others moods if they are down - though this isn’t always a good thing. He doesn’t always know when to stop or when it is better to leave someone be.


 * He can act impulsively if the mood takes him. Feelings most likely play into it if he does. Rather than always listen to logic or read the room, his urges or mood can get the better of him and he may speak or act before he thinks.


 * Travelling around a lot, Kal is open minded to many new things, people and experiences. It probably won’t be difficult to convince him to do or have a go at something.


 * He tends to wear his heart on his sleeve and is very expressive with himself. His wings can become quite animated too to match his emotions.


 * Due to his upbringing, Kalan is caring and patient. He's friendly and gives people the benefit of the doubt but it has led him to become quite gullible and sometimes trusting to the wrong people.


 * Because of the positive attention he has received throughout life and an abundance of compliments, Kalan is a bit narcissistic, primarily with his looks.


 * Growing up and receiving the attention he did, Kalan gained quite a bit of self confidence and learnt to take great pride and care in his appearance. The warmth and friendliness the guild had nurtured him with persisted within him, yet going through his late teenage years and into adulthood, he let himself become a bit cocky at times and often crept out to spend time with others of his age. Kalan is still gentle but holds himself in a more self-assured approach compared to those that may act meek and shy instead.


 * Kalan has met many people but never spent much time with others outside of the same regular visitors. He can struggle to understand people or misinterpret how they are feeling - or even be oblivious to their feelings and emotions altogether.


 * He’s a charming person, both in attractiveness and pleasantries. He’s capable of holding interest and is very practiced with it through his looks and his words. Kalan is also very flirtatious but since being in a relationship, he reserves that for Tabaqui.


 * He holds grudges easily and it takes a lot of work or something decent to make it up to him or gain his forgiveness.


 * Once his loyalty is gained, it’s hard to break. He can be loyal to a fault, blindsiding the better choices in favour of supporting someone.

Trivia

 * He isn’t capable of flight but his wings can give him quite a lift in jumps and leaps. Kalan’s bones are less dense than a humans which may make him more fragile, but pairs well with his wings and makes him quite swift.


 * He has always been drawn to the spear and could not fathom why for many years until discovering it was the weapon he used the most in his previous life. He picked up training with it quickly this time in this life and always prefers to use his own spearhead than another. He can latch it onto a stave to use it as it was intended or only use the head itself as a short blade. The clasp is adjustable to suit different pole sizes (though only within a certain range).


 * Kaladin, the man he was in his previous life, is highly regarded where Kalan comes from. A decorated hero with even a statue erected of him and the Phoenix. Kalan remembers nothing of that life, nor is he the same person, yet many still expect great things of him and for Kalan to rise to such heights as Kaladin had done - perhaps higher due to the pact with the Phoenix. He didn't allow others to see or hear how much pressure that put upon him and weighed Kalan down. Kalan feels like he cannot become that person or accomplish so much. It's something that stresses him out and puts a huge burden upon him. Yet going to Yggdrasil's Realm, Kalan is spared that outside pressure where no one knows of Kaladin though it is embedded into his mind that he is expected to live up to his past life. He hopes to let go of such thoughts and take his own path, becoming his own self.


 * While Kalan doesn't mind people touching his flight feathers, his downing is more sensitive to touch. As for his taking his feathers, plucking them is a no-go. Not only due to the pain but Kalan was raised to treasure his phoenix qualities, his wings regarded as important and a sacred feature by the people around him. They take a while to grow back too. However his feathers do possess magical properties, giving off a gleam for a short span of time when fallen/taken from his wings. They permanently contain healing properties until the aether is absorbed or taken from them but if only partially used, the aether can slowly regenerate within it over time. The priests learnt of this but found no ideal and easy way to harvest from them as the healing is reactive and triggered by the use of other aether (people possessing magic limited in his country). They saved using Kalan's feathers for rare and special cases. Believing they knew best, Kalan left it to the temple's decision and discretion. His blood also contains healing properties (stronger and faster acting than his feathers) and was used in the same fashion.


 * His wings don't moult in the same way other birds do - he does not naturally lose feathers at random periods. Feather plucking is also painful and more often than not will draw blood. When he is sick, highly depressed or running low on aether, his feathers and hair grow rather desaturated in colour.
 * Kalan has very high aether levels, a result of his phoenix soul and rejuvenation ability. Thus he does not spend it carefully and will use his magic and skills in day to day life without concern.
 * He hears a second voice inside his mind and due to it always having been there for as long as he can remember, he doesn’t think anything strange about it. He thinks it’s normal. Yet it’s actually the remnants of his former life, Kaladin, echoing through his soul. Kaladin is in fact somewhat ‘alive’ within Kalan as a separate being. When Kalan obtained his Mystic Item and activated it for the first time, it triggered Kaladin’s release into an Esper.