RipleyTheAxolotl

 "Thoughts on pasta?"-RipleyTheAxolotl 2022  RipleyTheAxolotl is a humanoid, with the features of an axolotl, such as pink skin, and red gills on the sides of his head. He stands at 6'3", making him taller than average, due to his extended limbs, and barely not having to duck when moving through doorways. He has purple eyes, with a scar over the left one, and can usually be seen wearing an olive coloured coat, a quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder, and an old, brown hat. He usually covers his face with a scarf, due to his self consciousness about his looks, and because of his background as an outlaw, wanted in the various regions he has been to outside of Rathnir. Ripley can also be seen wearing various other outfits, such as suits and other coats. He is seen in Rathnir, manning his bar, DaLounge with his friend HotDogDude42

Personality
RipleyTheAxolotl is mainly known to be quiet, unless he has something to say, and when he does so, he makes himself heard, often cracking witty remarks or jokes with his dry sense of humor, which often coming off as charming. But he has spontaneous, abrupt, and unpredictable tendencies, often switching between calm, cool and collected, to maniacal. On the D&D alignment system, he best fits chaotic neutral/good. He does not like having allegiances to any nations, and can be described as a free spirit in that regard, who sees things solely on a personal level, being petty about matters at times. He is exremely loyal to his friends, and dotes on his husband Ceannard Cogaidh V whenever he is around.

Species
RipleyTheAxolotl is a part of a species called the Axolotians.

Experiments
In a part of a journal RipleyTheAxolotl stole from The Professor, titled "Experiments" (Not published yet), which documents The Professor's journey of how he ended up making the Axolotians, and the majority of the information known about the Axolotians comes from this part of The Professor's Journal. The rest of the journal is used as a diary by RipleyTheAxolotl, documenting his many misadventures.

Skills
Being an Axolotian, he has all the abilities that come with it. (Incredible regeneration, which has allowed him to survive many normally fatal injuries, enhanced stamina, speed, strength, heightened senses, etc.). Aside from his natural abilities, he is a good marksman with a bow, skilled in the art of stealth, and assassination. But, has not had much experience with conventional warfare, and is mediocre in a face to face fight, mainly preferring to hunt his enemies when they do not expect it, using intimidation and surprise tactics effectively, so in D&D terms, he is most likely a rogue/hunter. He has also proved to be an adept brewer when coming to Rathnir, founding DaLounge, his famous bar, which has risen to great success due to Ripley employing his charm to connect with the customers, and the use of his skill with marketing and advertising to interest people in coming.

Before Rathnir
Much of Ripley's life and adventures are written in a journal that he stole from the professor when leaving his laboratory, along with taking his iconic hat. (There will be an in game book soon)

The Horse Thief
The most prominent story Of Ripley before coming to Rathnir is of how he lost his eye. In a far off land from Rathnir, Ripley lived peacefully, and raised a great herd of horses. One day, a thief stole Ripley's prized stallion and got it killed, blown up by a creeper, an explosive creature that is abundant outside of Rathnir and Eldham. In his anger and desire for justice, Ripley takes up a sword and attempts to take his revenge on the horse thief. Even with his specie's abilities, Ripley was inexperienced and far outmatched by the cutthroat bandit. In the ensuing battle, Ripley was defeated, and his Eye was slashed by a cursed flaming sword, burning it. The pain and burning of this wound had tormented Ripley for a long time, until he decided to gouge out the burned eye to allow a new one to grow back, but the scar can still be seen over his left eye. Then, to add insult to injury, Ripley staggered home to find his house ransacked and burning, and the rest of his horses dead. This was the first true fight that Ripley had ever been in, and would start him on his life of wild adventure.

Coming to Rathnir
RipleyTheAxolotl decided to come to Rathnir when his friend/father figure hitthepin contacted him for his skill at mining, to get diamonds for Vraelea. Ripley decided this would be a good decision, since he was once again on the run. So immigrating to Rathnir, he meets an old fisher name HotDogDude42, and gets equipped with quality tools and gear, and sets off to find diamonds for Vraelea.

Early days in Rathnir
Ripley's first occupation was a miner, that supplied Vraelea with a large amount of diamonds. Mainly uneventful. But an interesting story when first coming to Rathnir, is how he acquired an emerald trident, named the Green Death. He found this weapon in the depths of the ocean. This was the place in which the ruins of an old villager kingdom lay. Swimming through the ruins, he saw that this kingdom worshipped the Neo-axolotians, a species related to his own. He came across the tomb of the villager king, and finds the Green Death. He then restores the trident, and he charges himself as the caretaker of the weapon until a worthy hero comes to claim it.

Creating DaLounge
DaLounge is a renowned bar in Rathnir located under an outhouse at 4870/64/520. It was a lush cave found by Ripley on a mining trip. Thinking it would be a great place to put a bar, an idea that hitthepin, and HotDogDude42 had been talking about to Ripley for a while at the time. So they began construction of a fancy looking bar with the the highest quality drinks for everyone to enjoy. But after a while, the natural plant life of the cave began to creep back in.

Managing DaLounge
With hitthepin, and HotDogDude42 busy, It was mostly up to Ripley to man DaLounge, since he owned the land. At first, he knew nothing about brewing, mainly there to make sure there was no trouble at the bar. But one day, he was taught by a mysterious benefactor, who's name is disclosed for privacy reasons. He then continued to learn how to teach himself how to brew, and now holds himself responsible for brewing the great drinks sold at DaLounge, along with the DaLounge team, consisting of hitthepin, who invested money into the bar to initially get it off the ground, HotDogDude42, who is the official manager of DaLounge. There is also DenoraDoodles, CrashSyndicate, and Laughedcoast817 who were additionally employed by Ripley and Hotdog to help out with brewing. He also hunts phantoms in his spare time.

Getting Married
Ripley first met Ceannard in Athazolant, where they became acquaintances. They grew closer from the time they spent together. Ripley was by his side when he got married to four people, helped him through his alcoholism and when he got the plague. When Ceannard confessed his love for Ripley one night at DaLounge, Ripley told him that they would have to get him to stop drinking, get him completely better from the plague, and he would have to divorce his four spouses, to prove he truly loved him. They got engaged during the merging of the Frosterium, and eventually married.

Exile
One day, Ripley decided to visit a town called Leolia. When he went there, he got bored after a while, and began pretending to set things on fire in the town. The leader of the town, Tpiddles, then stabbed Ripley, and killed his horse. This triggers Ripley, who then traveled back to the town, and after staking him out, Ripley brutally beat and stabbed Tpiddles. Right after this, Ripley gets banished. It is largely unknown what Ripley has done during this time, but he has told a select few a little bit about his experience in exile. He describes how he was suddenly teleported to a jungle island, where many monsters resided, such as zombies, skeletons, and creepers. During his time in exile, Ripley hunkered down in a treehouse, and would fight the sinister creatures off every night, wearing him down greatly. Then, when his exile was over, he immediately was teleported back to his bar, looking very much disheveled.