Rakan

Name: Rakan Race: Vastayan (Lhotlan) Origin: Ionia, Runeterra Language: Fluent Vastayan, Ionian Faction: Independent Occupation: Freedom Fighter, Ex-Performer, Revolutionary Combat-style: Battle-Dance - High agility/evasiveness Height: 5'9" (175 cm) Hair Color: Whitish beige / Red highlights

Appearance: Rakan is a man of lithe and lean build with a roguish and dynamic presence. He has spiky tousled hair, the sides a whitish beige color and the middle a dull red. On both his face cheeks under his eyes are two small black line vastayan birthmarks that faintly resembles a tattoo mirroring on each face cheeks, Rakan has blue eyes. His ears are a feathery appendages that poke out from each sides of his face tilting upwards. Due to him being a vastayan, he has three sharp talon-like toes with digitigrade legs akin of that of a bird. He wears a simple red cape with feathery insides that turns orange the further you go down, greyish green silk pants with some gold embroidery and accents and a grey layer around the knee with some leather straps tied around his ankles, red ropes around his waist with two bird skulls hanging from his hip, a bird skull with red and purple feathers on his chest keeping the cloak tied up and some silk wrapped around his forearm. Rakan has a small white chin puff.

Lore: Born in the Lhotlan tribe in Ionia to a vastayan mother and father. As she grew, the humans of Ionia would slowly encroach upon ancestral Lhotlan land. The tribe would simply let them be. Unfortunately, the increasing amount of humans would weaken the link between the vastayans and the ancestral Lhothlan land until their bond between nature broke, making them more mortal than spirit. Because of their newfound mortality and the humans having leverage, the tribe had to negotiate to not get wiped. This lead to the Lhotlan tribe being landless and becoming a nomadic tribe that travels through Ionia for a new home. Rakan was optimistic when many saw the humans as selfish beings, thinking that he could convince humankind into protecting Vastayans and their land by showing the beauty in it. This was a huge taboo in Vastayan culture, labeling him as 'mu'takl' that means human sympathizer/collaborator. Try as he may, songs after performance where he would share his culture with the humans, it wouldn't be enough to truly change their perspective. They saw Rakan as a simple performer and, when his performance is done, they would return to their old ways without a care. Now restless and purposeless, he seeks to find something to reignite this passion and aim it somewhere that could provoke change for the betterment of Vastayans.

Combat: Due to his Vastayan heritage, Rakan uses magic and his years of performing to take down his targets. Rakan doesn't use weapons, he uses his wits and enhanced physical abilities thanks to his wild vastayan magic, making him a lithe and evasive figure that dances around the battlefield, weaving in and out of danger. Rakan uses wild magic to propel himself, making him seem like he's flying through the air. In reality, he uses the air to push and propel him. Rakan can use that propulsion on the ground around him and lift everything up in the air, as if the ground bounced them up.

Note: Rakan is soft-spoken. Xayah holds an extremely charismatic and alluring charm to him. As an extroverted person, he can do whatever to garner the good graces of the public, be it a loud and flamboyant performer to a more romantic and sultry charmer. This coupled with his performance makes him a real heartthrob in whatever village or town he visits. With the help of his vastayan magic, Rakan is a true empath. He can sense and feel the emotion of whatever sentient being he converse with. Despite being shunned from the Lhotlan tribe, Rakan still deeply cares about the tribe and its vastayans, hoping to one day prove himself worthy to return amongst his brothers and sisters. Rakan enjoys spending time with anyone who's great to be around, human or otherwise, not harboring particular hatred against all humans contrary to many vastayans. Rakan enjoys human culture, often putting his own vastayan twist on Ionian native songs and dances. Rakan is always eager for action and thrilling moments, relishing any challenge coming his way.

IMPORTANT: Because of his empathetic nature, Rakan is more favorable to diplomatic approaches to problems. HOWEVER, he will do what must be done if there isn't any other alternatives to achieve his goals. Rakan is a free soul that enjoys the spontaneous of life therefore Rakan will most often jump and act without properly thinking first.