Hyrule Apollo Hephestus

Apollo
The Peacemaker

Name: Apollo Hephestus
Race: Sheikah
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Birth Season: Spring
Occupation: Wanderer
Homeland: Hyrule
Alignment: Lawful Good
Element: Shadow
Plot Role: Open

Positive Personality:
- Friendly
- Courteous
- Loyal
- Trustworthy
- Serious

Negative Personality:
- Not Social
- Impatient
- Easily Annoyed
- Battle Crazed
- No Sense Of Humor

Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: White
Height: 6"5"
Weight: 167 Pounds

Background: Apollo was born to his two Sheikah parents in a small village deep in the Ordon woods. This village had not had contact with the outside world in years, yet they retained their basic knowledge of civilization. This village still lived like respectable people and spoke the common language, but they had no sense of economy as everything was shared around the village.

Apollo was your everyday child. If you put him in a giant group of children, you would not tell him apart from the rest. Apollo wasn't a very shy person, just he distastes talking. When he needed to talk growing up, he'd try to keep it to a minimum.

Apollo did not have many friends while he was growing up. As the village was very small, they did not have any children besides him, so he didn't have much fun growing up. All Apollo really did was work. He was young, so his responsibilities weren't that hard. All he had to do really was watch what the older people were doing in the village so that he could one day join them at their job.

Apollo went through life until he was 14. When he hit the age of 14, they were finally allowing him to start some work on his own. He'd have daily duties like cleaning up after the animals and preparing meals for his family. By this time in his history though, another family in the village finally had a child. Apollo thought that maybe the baby could be like his younger brother and they could do things together.

This was not the case though. Apollo turned 17 when the baby was 1 year old. He was close to the family that had the child and was occasionally watching the child when the parents were busy doing other things in the village. This was hard for Apollo as well as he found that his talent was hunting. In the two years, Apollo had become a skilled hunter. He knew how to keep himself hidden in the shadows then strike an enemy when the time came.

Now, life in the village didn't stay peaceful for long. Soon after Apollo's 18th birthday, his village was ravaged by a giant group of bandits. He was out hunting when the village was attacked, further out then he usually was cause he felt like exploring. The day had been long and he had decided to return after catching a good creature that he could bring back to the village. He grabbed his sword, as well as his bow and arrows and started to head back to the village. He stopped in his tracks though as he saw bright lights and heard the crackling of the flames.

Apollo found this rather strange as he crept through the thick woods towards the village, careful that he not disturb any of his surroundings to alert on what may lie ahead. He did this successfully as he pulled up to some cover that he found around the outskirts of the village. When he took a peak at the village, his eyes widened as he saw a group of at least 7 or 8 bandits ravaging through what was left of this already destroyed village. Knowing personally that it would be foolish for him to run directly into their and fight them alone, he decided to walk away, to never forget the people and their village.

Apollo walked on for days and days through the forest, using his survival skills to edge him on towards a place where he may attempt to settle down again. He was starting to feel the effects of discomfort and malnourishment. He had not eaten properly in days. He had no tools on him to fashion himself a proper meal, nor any supplies to make himself a comfortable place to sleep at night. Luckily, his days of traveling had payed off, he had found his way to Castle Town.

Apollo never being outside the village was awestruck by what laid in front of him. He had not known that there was such  great architectures such as this massive town, nor this vastness of people who inhabited it. Feeling confident in what lay ahead, Apollo walked into Castle Town hoping to find a place where he could settle down. Now, of  course the first thing that Apollo saw was the food stands filled with amazing thing he would be able to eat, and it looked so good too.

Apollo walked up to the nearest stand that his eyes found appealing and searched through for bounties that might make a good feast for him. Eventually, he found a nice looking meal that he could eat and picked it up. Apollo, growing up knowing only the economy of trading tried to get this shop owner to accept a trade for this meal. The shop keeper was about to go into an outrage at the boy, but as soon as the shop owner got a much better look at the boy, he could see by what he was wearing, and just his overall atmosphere that he wasn't from around here, and probably had no idea how purchasing goods worked.

The shop owner said in a somewhat smooth voice "Kid you aren't from around here, are you?". The shop keeper looked at the boy, waiting for him to answer. Apollo inspected the man for a second before saying " No, I'm from a village far out in the forest. I came here looking for a better living.". Apollo didn't want to tell the man too much of his dire situation, but wanted to get his point across to him of where he was from. Then man let out a sigh before replying to him " Well kid, these things are called rupees", the man paused for a moment to show him a rupee before continuing on. "People use these to buy things like you are, because no ones going to trade you my friend. But people need to work to get these. Now I can see you're in a tight situation, how about you come work for me?". Apollo was hesitant at first, but had no other way of surviving in this tow besides what the man said. In a low tone, Apollo said "That would be great".

From then on, Apollo worked at the mans shop for years to come, and slowly over time, he learned how to live in everyday civilization. To start off. Apollo had no money so he had to live in the storage closet that the man had in the shop, but slowly over time, Apollo earned enough rupees to purchase a very small house in the outskirts of Castle Town. But Apollo's job was short lived. Five years later when Apollo turned 23, and was getting used to living in the town, the shop owner passed away. The shop was quickly sold to a new person and Apollo was fired as soon as the man took over the shop. Apollo went home tat day not sure what to do. He had been given that job when he had first arrived in the town out of sympathy that the man had because of the bad condition the boy was in, but now, he was a regular citizen in the town and had no idea on how he was going to get another job. Apollo thought back to when he was living back in the woods, when he was free to hunt for his days meals. Then it hit him. He was a skilled fighter and someone would surely be in need of a service.

With some of the left over rupees that Apollo had, he payed a blacksmith to fashion himself a great sword that he could use as a traveler through the lands. Then, he went to a shop where he could grab some all purpose clothes that would come to his aid in any situation that he may find himself in rather it be rain, sandstorm, or severe wind. He then sold his house in Castle Town to get money to aid him along his trip. It didn't get him very much as his house was very small and had almost no value to it. To this date now, Apollo can be seen roaming to provinces and occasionally head over to Termina in search of whomever may be in need of his services. But inside, he remains a good person. He will refuse work from those looking to do harm to the innocent. Sometimes, he will take the jobs of those in need, even if that means putting himself at risk. But wherever the wind may blow him, he shall remain a good person to himself, and to everyone around him.




Extra: Howdy!

OOC Name: Brian
Other characters: N/A
How'd you find us/Who recommended you: Gangnam Style
Face claim: Kokuto, Bleach

ACCEPTED~!

A fighter with a code of honor, very nice! Welcome to the ranks of Woodfall Rises~