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 just below the height to not have to duck when moving through doorways. He has purple eyes, with a scar over the left one, and is usually seen wearing an olive coloured coat, a quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder, riding boots with spurs on them, 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. He also seems to like pasta. Mainly fettucine.

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

Experiments
In the first 2 parts of a journal RipleyTheAxolotl stole from The Professor, titled "Journey", and "Experiments" (Not published yet), The Professor's journey of how he ended up making the Axolotians is documented, with a majority of the information known about the Axolotians cominf from it. 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. He mainly prefers 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.

Weaknesses
While Ripley has had extensive training with the previously mentioned skills, but he does not have much experience with a sword, and has been bested in many sword duels. He is mediocre in a face to face fight due to his usual mindset and tactics when it comes to fighting. His mindset is reflected in his style of fighting with a sword as well. Often using an aggressive and offensive style, keeping his opponent off balance and disoriented. People facing Ripley in a sword duel have often countered him with agility and speed to dodge his attacks, or like hitthepin, who has often sparred with Ripley, employ an extremely defensive form, while striking with extremely hard counter attacks. He is also weak to getting burned, and ingesting alcohol.

Ripley's Journal
Ripley's Journal is a documentation of much of Ripley's life. When Ripley left The Professor's lab, he took The Professor's journal with him. This is why the beginning part of the journal will be about how The Professor made the Axolotians. The rest of it is a first person telling of Ripley's life and adventures. The journal will be released in different segments, each of which are prominent parts of Ripley's life that shaped him into he is today. It it not yet released to the public as of now.

The Horse Thief
Although Ripley's journal is not available to read, he has told stories which he had recorded in his journal. The first known story in the journal was of how Ripley lost his eye. In a far off land from Rathnir, Ripley lived peacefully, and worked at a horse stable. One day, a thief stole a prized stallion under Ripley's care, and got it killed. It was 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 young, 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, though it would be a slightly lighter shade now. The scar can still be seen over his left eye. Then, to add insult to injury, Ripley staggered home to find his home and the rest of the town ransacked and burning, the rest of the horses and other people that lived there massacred. With nothing left their, Ripley scrounged up what money he could, and boarded a boat off the continent.

The Fight Pit
The details of this story are much more unknown. The time at which this took place is difficult to determine. All the information known is that Ripley was 6 years old at the time, making it a year or less until he would come to Rathnir from that point. Ripley has not disclosed much on this story. Only that he and his friends were captured by a crime lord who Ripley owed a debt to. They would then be forced to brawl in a fight pit, where people would bet on the fighters. In one such fight, Ripley had to face his best friend, a 16 year old human. Initially, Ripley did not want to fight him, but ultimately ended up breaking the boy's neck. It is unknown how he escaped, but it is clear that this was the most mentally scarring event of his life. The tipping point where many of his mental problems and erratic behavior originated from.

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.

The Defense of Tortuga
when the war goddess Segra attacked Tortuga, Ripley took up arms with many others against her forces. When he arrived in Tortuga, the island was in total chaos. The monsters and men clashed in the water, and on the docks. The bloodbath almost sent Ripley into a mental breakdown, reminding him of his dark past. But he leapt into the fray, slaying many of the undead, and even downed a giant with his longbow. He fought hard, throwing himself on the enemies until his armor cracked off of his body. Then, after a long, hard battle, with many losses, Ripley was taken from behind by a traitor. A worshipper of Segra. They were silently picking off people during the battle. Ripley was slumped over. Battered, bloodied, and exhausted. He staggered around the docks, looking at the carnage, coming across Jepen. He was too exhausted and injured to defend himself when Jepen attacked him. Using a weapon called the GodSlayer, which appeared to have extremely powerful fire magic. horrifically injuring Ripley, taking off his arm and leg, and severely burning the right side of his face making him half blind and deaf. He would be one of the many that would fall by Jepen's blade that day. He would eventually be recovered from the battle field, and his husband, who has had experience with welding, fashioned him prosthetic limbs powered by redstone.

The Defense of Ecclesia
As Kartek tried to invade all of Sparwood, the confederation founded by Ecclesia, and a few other nations would oppose them. Although he was not a citizen of any of the nations part of the confederation, he would join the fight. In the first battle he participated in, half of their forces could not show up, and they were heavily outnumbered by the enemy. Despite the odds that they faced, the soldiers stood tall. Before the battle, Ripley made a campfire in Voskovy, for the other soldiers to come and relax, in order to put them at ease before the fighting began. Then, when the site of the battle would move, he traveled there with his friend mezur. As they traveled, they would talk about how they were doing, and how Ripley's marriage was going so far. When they got to the bunker, Ripley would rally the troops with inspirational speeches, and crack light-hearted jokes about how all of them were there to solely protect his bar. He would be on the wall when the fighting began, being seen sniping enemies from the high vantage point. Then, when the Kartek forces breached the walls, the order to fall back would come. But Ripley, and a few others, would stay behind at the wall, and delay the enemy as the main force would retreat to a more defendable position. He would be brought down by several men, being chased down and brutally stabbed beyond the point of fighting. Fortunately, he would end up recovering from the battle, and continue resisting Kartek with the Confederation.

Motivations
Ripley does not have any strong affiliations and absolutely no nationalities. When questioned as to why he would fight for the Confederation, he said,

"I do not fight for Ecclesia, or any nation at all. I fight for myself. You see, if Kartek gets what it wants, thats bad for business. Right now, things are good as they are, and my bar is doing great. So by supporting the Confederation and making sure Kartek never takes over all of Sparwood, the status quo is maintained, and my interests are protected."-RipleyTheAxolotl 2022