Favorite Description?

[papertiger]

I'm excited to see some of your descriptions when I get back into the game. ♡ What has your favorite character description been that you've written so far? (None upcoming obviously)

[titansfan]

Sdesc: the monstrous, sunken-eyed humanoid
Keywords: monstrous sunken-eyed humanoid Thing

Immensely large in proportions, this humanoid is sinuously covered with
thick muscle and a flesh that shows patches of purplish-black scales.  Some
areas have a bit more of a ridged appearance than others where the scales
are thicker which seem to be along the cheekbones, jawline, collarbones,
back, and shoulders.  A misshapen head rests upon a robust, muscle-laden
neck and a pair of small horns rest on his forehead under an umber shroud of
wispy black hair that irregularly sprouts from his scaley scalp.  Blood-red
irised eyes reside in his sunken eye sockets and show signs of yellowing on
the whites.  The pupils themselves are slightly diamond-shaped and appear
very dialated in the brightness of Suk-krath and vastly expanded in darker
areas.  Scars jaggedly mark his form from place to place and the flesh over
top of them is slightly paler in the tones of purple and black.  His hands
and feet end in slightly sharpened claws, but they do not seem to be
dangerous or damaging.  Similar to the horn upon his forehead they are inky
black in hue.  A pair of broad shoulders slope down from his thick, brutish
neck and thick muscle and bone create a powerful frame as his chest, arms,
and waist are visible.  His legs are powerful and show signs of athleticism
above the average.  A slightly flattened nose and a sloping forehead give
this humanoid a slightly elongated shape to his head.  Thick jawed and
having oddly shaped ears,  it is hard to determine the exact race of this
behemoth with his mutations. 

[Tuannon]

Squat and bulky in the fashion of his people, this dwarf is sheathed in
rough looking skin the colour of old slate.  Across the dominant expanse of
grey, the dwarf is marked with broad stripes of a mustard colour.  His well
formed skull is blunt and robust, within the confines of his thick brows and
cheekbones a pair of obsidian eyes gaze and full, black lips round out his
facial features.  Concealed mostly by his lips, the dwarf's teeth come to
points where they are visible.

[Gimfalisette]

Here is some "flowery shit" for you. This is my desc for Lady Ilsebet Oash.

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the svelte, ebon-cropped woman

Gleaming with a sheen of scented oil, this young human woman's silky
waves of black hair have been shorn to just a few inches in length and
artfully arranged in ringlets against her scalp.  Thus revealed, her neck is
a smooth and elegant column of dusky, warm ivory, and her ears are delicate
round shells.  A pair of glistening curls rests at her temples, their
presence emphasizing keen, attentive kanjel-blue eyes under ebon brows which
arc like scimitars.  High cheekbones, a long nose with a pronounced bump and
arched nostrils, and a proud chin give an almost tribal strength to her
face, though there is softness to be found in the russet bow of her lips.
This same fine architecture of bone and flesh can be seen in the deep hollow
at the base of her throat, prominent collarbones, and lithe hands with
precisely-trimmed nails.  Possessing average height for her race, her build
is slender, with graceful legs and subtle but distinctly womanly curves. 

[Bushranger]

Amos

Sdesc: the mangy, flea-bitten half-breed
Keywords: mangy flea-bitten half-breed Lefty

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A wild and unruly mane of auburn hair frames the stoic face of this half-breed,
clumps of hair missing in patches about his scruffy scalp. A pronounced brow, a
string square jaw and a broken nose lay the foundations for the stern visage of
this mangy, flea-bitten half-elf. A single almong shaped eye peers out from the
ruins of his face, a dark yellow in color like polished amber. All that remains
of the half-breed's right eye is a massive, ugly scar. A number of scabrous red
legions mar his sun-blackened skin and countless tiny, inflammed bite marks are
dotted all over his body. Standing taller than average for a human he possesses
enough bulk in his broad shouldered physique to avoid a gangly elven appearance
yet he can not escape from the mixed heritage of his blood as his ears end with
distinct points that poke out from his mangy auburn hair. His legs are long and
bowed at the knees and his large hands are rough and calloused, ending in dirty
and cracked nails.
Even with the typos, string instead of strong and almong instead of almond, it is still up there with my favourite descriptions because I love the sdesc and I managed to get every line the exact 79 characters in length. Also he was exiled from both Tuluk (Thanks Serilla for plucking out his eye!) and Allanak (Thanks Samos for sticking him in the Arena!) and both Templars told him that he would only be allowed back if he stole from the other Templar!

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the twisted old woman

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Twisted and bent like an old withered root, her muscles have wasted away from
her bones, leaving only a covering of thin dark skin. Deep lines crease her
brown face, framed with white wispy hair.  A blue haze almost covers her eyes
and her lips are sucked over her toothless gums. The tattoos on her hands and
the scars on her arms are fading into the disintegrating skin.


I stopped scrolling at this one. Old people are easy to write!  Kuri was a bar-sitter (Ranger linguist) while I waited on a tribal app.

[perfecto]

Sdesc: the riptorn, kalan-blue eyed man

This young man is lithe in frame for a human; his shoulders are broad
though giving him a sturdy look.  He stands slightly above average in height
and is topped with golden blonde hair that glints in the light.  Parted on
the left and combed over short and neat, it's a regal no-nonsense hairstyle
that frames his dramatic facial features with just a little bit of softness.
High cheek bones paired with a sharp square jawline give this man a very
serious resting expression.  Two bulging veins rise upwards across his
forehead, originating from thick tightly knit brows.  The largest one
ripping straight upwards; the lesser of the two, cutting jaggedly across to
the left until both disappear into his hairline.  Vibrant kalan-blue eyes
hold the only warmness about him.  His cheeks, lips, chin and neck are all
covered in a very short stubble of slightly darker blonde hair, giving his
light complexion a bit of a shadow.  From his neck shadow down, every bit of
exposed flesh on this man ripples with taught conditioned muscle.  Slender
as he is, this man is clearly in a heightened peak physical state.


Sometimes when I can't think up a desc I just pick out a celeb and describe the shit out of them..



Fun little fact why I picked this guy though..  Ryan and I were legit bff's back when we were I dunno.. 3 yrs old?  Our mothers both worked at the same hospital which had it's own daycare for their workers.  Guess he's just 'too busy' to play trucks with his old pal anymore. (sigh)

He did make a badass Elkrosian though!



My second fav was this great half-giant's desc
I had such loud plans to say very little.

Sdesc: the hideously deformed half-giant
Keywords: hideously deformed half-giant muck

His hideously deformed face is usually one of the first things noticed
when gazing upon this half-giant.  His face appears sunken in on one side,
as if something massive once caved in the side of his head but somehow he
survived.  His left eye socket is a vacant hole, somewhat grown-over with
time.  Only the right side of his mouth seems to work, the left side hanging
down, flapping in the wind at times.  His brow is forever furrowed in a
knotted position, making his expressions hard to gauge.  As you look down
from the monstrosity that is his face you see that the rest of his frame
looks healthy and quite fit.  His shoulders broad and sturdy lead down to
thickly muscled arms that end in well worn, roughly calloused hands.  His
torso is fairly trim for one of his kind, narrowing the most at his waist.
Large long legs provide him with a long stride when in motion and serve to
easily support his weight. 

Initial Background : Dec 30, 2014
It was early morning on Dzeda, the 174th day of the Descending Sun
In the Year of Vivadu's Vengeance, year 73 of the 22nd Age
Growing up around the Luir's outpost was a lot of fun for Muck, although
that wasn't always his name..   He once was called Thorbin and spent his
younger days hunting down gith and wild prey around the shield wall.  A
great tragedy happened one day when Thorbin fell from the top of the shield,
after being ambushed by a hoard of Gith.  His fall was long and his stop was
short when his face landed on a sharp protruding rock at the base of the
wall.  His hunting friends rode down to find him but by then the damage had
been done; it took four of them to pry his head clear of the stone.
Assuming he was done for his friends left him there, unable to carry him back
themselves.  Somehow his faculties remained mostly intact, and after
laying there for a few days, dehydrated and mangled, he began to fix himself
up to the best of his abilites.  He hasn't much relied on anybody since that
fateful day, and with his mangled facial features one of the only clear
words he can seem to get out is "muck". 

Ranger / Physician
Born in None, started play in Allanak.
Played for 2 hours, 31 minutes.

Can't recall now what in the world happened to that poor fella.. but I want to believe, in my heart of hearts.. that he fell off the shield wall again.    

[roughneck]

If it doesn't have the word "visage" in it, then it's not a real description.

[WarriorPoet]

Judd, my CW. Lame fuck death so this one hurts to revisit but eh. He was a direct homage and outright theft of Judge Holden from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. I really liked the desc. Simple and effective without being obnoxious and dumb, as I am known to be::

the immense, slug-white man

This mammoth human being's skin is lacking completely in color and he
could possibly be mistaken for an albino, save for the deep, liquid black of
his eyes.  The broad expanse of his skull and the thick slabs of his cheeks
are completely hairless, lacking even brows and lashes.  His body is thick
and hung with a jutting belly, though his plumpness does not hide the heavy
ropes of muscle that coil and flex beneath the padding.  A myriad of old
scars mark his flesh, though their pearly tone is merely another shade of
sickly white.  The ring finger of his left hand has been pared away, leaving
a very noticeable void between his huge, gnarled fingers. 

[Kankfly]

My favorite description is Quen's. I always have trouble writing descriptions, but hers I wrote in 5 minutes.

 This young woman's hair is a brilliant shade of pink, the color so
bizarre that it can only have been dyed through some artificial means.  This
is further evidenced by dark eyebrows and lashes, which suggests that she
might have, in fact, been just a very common brunette.  Her eyes are a light
shade of gray, the color almost silver in its paleness, which might be
striking all on their own, but is lackluster in comparison with her brightly
colored hair.  The rest of her body hints at an active lifestyle with the
regular scarring and blemishes one would probably expect from a common
laborer.  Boyish in appearance, she appears to retain only a barest hint of
her femininity, making her seem androgynous to the casual observer.

I never intended for her to live as long as she had or do anything spectacular. I just wanted a character that I could have a laugh with. I don't know how she got her pink hair.

[flurry]

I can't pick one, so I'm going to Frankenstein together a few highlights.

"Framing her round face, a chaotic conflagration of coppery curls extends to the middle of her back."

"Her long legs evince her muscularity, with thighs like pillars and calves like a mul's fists."

"Braids of black hair weave and twist upon her head, forming a riddle of intricate knots."

"A crowded mosaic of freckles covers her weathered skin.  Within an otherwise symmetrical face, a jumble of teeth crowd inside her small mouth."  (Alas I used crowded and crowd in consecutive sentences.)

"Her straight hair and almond-shaped eyes are contrasting shades of brown.  The former holds the dark hue of burnt bread, while the latter resembles weak tea."

[Lizzie]

This was one of my longest descs, I try to keep them shorter than this. It's Katestra, aka Quirri's Claw of the Red Fangs.

Tall and lanky, this elven woman depicts the image of life in the harsh
Zalanthan desert.  Her near-black skin takes on a red cast, with puffy
greyer scars riddling her limbs, face, and torso.  She observes her world
through a pair of orange eyes slit with black.  Her left eye droops
slightly, the skin around it puckered from some past burn.  Though
rail-thin, she appears fairly sturdy, with sinewy legs extending down from a
narrow torso.  The only obvious gender identifying marks on her are her
breasts, which appear as two round, perky fist-sized balls jutting forward
beneath her clothing.  Her scalp is mostly shorn and exposed, save for thick
twin corn-rows running from her high forehead down to the back of her neck
and ending in trinket- adorned braids tied with bits of rotting string.
Long canines thrust down from her upper jaw, exposed when she stretches her
thick, scar-split lips up in a twisted sneer or smile.  Upon closer
observation, it appears her left tooth is neatly filed.  The right canine,
however, has had its filing done only halfway down one side. 
Shadows under her angular eyes and an ashy hue to her ruddy-black skin
indicate a weariness beyond her years.

[val]

I liked Onyxi's, she was an Aggressively Female Dwarf.


the ebon-skinned, matronly dwarf

The dwarf before you is short for her race and is nearly as wide as she is tall.  Her shoulders are slightly more narrow than her flaring hips, which support an expansive bottom.  Though she is obviously very muscular, her physique is padded with a comfortable layer of fat that makes her muscles lack definition.  If the wide hips were not enough of an indication that this dwarf is female, her very large and pendulous bosom would be a dead giveaway to even the most dense of half-giants.  The dwarf's skin is a nearly uniform ebon color, broken by the lighter lines of scars which mostly appear on the backs of her arms.  Almost circularly round, her face sports chubby cheeks and a defined double-chin, as well as a bulbous nose and expressively ginka-colored lips.  Her almond-shaped eyes are a lighter shade of brown, set far forward and seeming to be lacking any kind of eyebrow crease.  The age lines in the corners make them seem perpetually squinted.

[Kavrick]

I liked Onyxi's, she was an Aggressively Female Dwarf.

That's the first time I've read the word 'pendulous' in that context and I have no idea how to feel about it.

[val]

I liked Onyxi's, she was an Aggressively Female Dwarf.

That's the first time I've read the word 'pendulous' in that context and I have no idea how to feel about it.

Ideally, you'd feel attracted. If you were, you know, a male dwarf.

[FantasyWriter]

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Dwarf
Played from 35 years old to 35
Stood 3 cords, 11 inches tall. Weighed 9 ten-stone.
Ranger / Thug
Born in Luir's Outpost.
Played for 3 days, 20 hours, 50 minutes.

Sdesc: the clawed, razor-toothed mutant
Keywords: clawed razor-toothed mutant dusar dussar dwarf

The height, weight and overall mass of a dwarf, this short reptilian mutant
stands just a little over three and a half cords tall.  Blueish-grey
serpentine scales cover his massive, sinewy body, showing hints of iridescence
as they ripple with each breath.  Like strips of chitin armor, larger, thicker
bony scales cover the more delicate areas of his body; the back of his hands,
elbows, and lower back, around his neck, and across the front of his shins and
chest.  Long daggeresque claws erupt from what would be the first joint of
fingers, and from the ends of his wide, bootless feet, and grey, razor-sharp
teeth erupt from the lower jaw and out over his upper lip forming a permanent,
menacing grin.  His slanted black eyes are set halfway down the front of his
flat face with a flared up nose sitting between them, and a single
chitinous plate crests up from the base of his skull and extends out over his
eyes, shielding them from the harsh rays of Suk-Krath.


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tolan
Dwarf
Played from 50 years old to 51
Stood 3 cords, 13 inches tall. Weighed 8 ten-stone.
Water Elementalist / Physician
Born in Allanak.
Played for 21 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes.

Sdesc: the black, skeletal-inked dwarf
Keywords: black skeletal-inked dwarf talon

Standing barely under four cords in height, this relatively tall dwarf
is covered in dark-as-obsidian flesh stretched out over a narrow frame
and sinewy masses of lean muscle.  A lacerate nose and drov-black eyes
give his face an unusual skeletal appearance that has been exaggerated
by deep-blue inkings: his eye sockets, cheeks, teeth, and jaw-bone are
all vividly detailed as well as the joints of skull-plates webbing out
over his crown.  It would seem from the remainder of his visible skin,
that the rest of his skeleton is accentuated as well, even down to the
last joint of each finger.



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dorainius (fale)
Human
Played from 29 years old to 31
Stood 5 cords, 9 inches tall. Weighed 8 ten-stone.
Assassin / Con Artist
Born in Allanak.
Played for 31 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes.

Sdesc: the towering, silken-haired man
Keywords: towering silken-haired man dora dori dorry

Vitality clothes the pale-skinned man before you as thoroughly as the darkness
does the night, telltale in every line of posture and bearing.  He towers
above most other humans, lean but well-formed like a muscular statue of
alabaster, while soft, straight hair flows over his shoulders and down his
back in a silken cape of a light flaxen hue.  His hard-boned face reveals a
certain austerity of nature: heavy brows pale as late-season wheat, and narrow
blue-grey eyes set wide astride a well-proportioned nose and a pair of thin
lips, their form twisted between cruelty and sensuality.


[RheaGhe]

Still attached to this guy.

He was an earth elementalist. And I wish I had played him more. Real life intervened.

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The first thing of note about this man, is his eyebrows, massive, fuzzy, and
like small furry insects looking to devour his eyes, they are lowset above two
crystalline blue eyes, with one of those blue eyes being a much darker shade
than the other. His skin is a ruddy color, one which suggests large amounts of
time in the sun, baked rough texture to it confirming that. His frame, is bulky,
not fat, but certainly not athletic. Like a human Mek or Carru, all awkward
limbs, and huge size without coordination that might come with it. His hair has
been shaven down utterly and completely.

[val]

i love all the descriptions here so far the end

[sleepyhead]

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Never having seen much care, this man's left side is unkempt, but the right,
going from hairline to chin, is an inked web of blue lines.  He does appear
to shave his entire hollow, somber, and dark-eyed face, at least.  Lacking
give, his body is tough and hard despite a small stature.  Skin the hue of
yew wood is far more scarred on his left side, a sure sign of uneven care.
Up top is a mane of curly black hair; the left hemisphere of it has likely
never been groomed in his life, lest the comb be lost.  Short, sturdy legs,
going from sinewy thigh to toned calf, carry this human.  Hands accustomed
to some kind of manual labor seem to possess a firm grip that would surely
let him perform all manner of tasks.  A distinctive but faint pink scar in a
'U' shape crosses his nose as if to bridge his two disparate sides, distinct
down to the meridian line that divides his entire form.
I won't give it away, but once you see it...

[Kankfly]

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Never having seen much care, this man's left side is unkempt, but the right,
going from hairline to chin, is an inked web of blue lines.  He does appear
to shave his entire hollow, somber, and dark-eyed face, at least.  Lacking
give, his body is tough and hard despite a small stature.  Skin the hue of
yew wood is far more scarred on his left side, a sure sign of uneven care.
Up top is a mane of curly black hair; the left hemisphere of it has likely
never been groomed in his life, lest the comb be lost.  Short, sturdy legs,
going from sinewy thigh to toned calf, carry this human.  Hands accustomed
to some kind of manual labor seem to possess a firm grip that would surely
let him perform all manner of tasks.  A distinctive but faint pink scar in a
'U' shape crosses his nose as if to bridge his two disparate sides, distinct
down to the meridian line that divides his entire form.
I won't give it away, but once you see it...

He will always be my favorite, anime-named but super amazing al'Seik.

[whengravityfails]

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Sdesc: the imposing and braided male elf
Keywords: imposing braided male elf Rending Jaws

A survivor of the wastes, the harsh rays of Suk-Krath have left this
towering elf's skin a light coppery hue, while fiery orange almond-shaped
eyes sit in a strongly angular face marred by small scars.  From the end of
his jaw through high cheekbones, to the sharp tips of his dagger-like ears
that lean close to his skull, everything appears aerodynamic - built for
speed.  Even the dense, tight musculature on his otherwise thin frame is
often coiled, like a snake ready to strike.  Hair of dense, onyx-black and
wine-red braids that only hang as far as his lower jaw make a curtain the
whole way around the elf's head, including in front of his face when so
inclined.  Festooned with bones, they rattle unless held in place.  His
mouth is a gruesome thing, not for an atypical lack of oral hygiene but for
most of his teeth having been filed into sharp points and left unadorned.
From the smile lines around his thin, chapped lips, it appears they see the
light of day often. 
My favorite elf I've played! "Rending Jaws" of the SLK.

[Usiku]

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Never having seen much care, this man's left side is unkempt, but the right,
going from hairline to chin, is an inked web of blue lines.  He does appear
to shave his entire hollow, somber, and dark-eyed face, at least.  Lacking
give, his body is tough and hard despite a small stature.  Skin the hue of
yew wood is far more scarred on his left side, a sure sign of uneven care.
Up top is a mane of curly black hair; the left hemisphere of it has likely
never been groomed in his life, lest the comb be lost.  Short, sturdy legs,
going from sinewy thigh to toned calf, carry this human.  Hands accustomed
to some kind of manual labor seem to possess a firm grip that would surely
let him perform all manner of tasks.  A distinctive but faint pink scar in a
'U' shape crosses his nose as if to bridge his two disparate sides, distinct
down to the meridian line that divides his entire form.
I won't give it away, but once you see it...

Krathdamnit.