Physical Description
Shashi is short (5' 2"), having not hit any sort of growth spurt, and his build is pretty light -- not much fat, not much muscle. His skin is a deep brown, but you'd be hard pressed to see it under the layer of dark grey fur that covers most of his body, a main of white hair that falls to his shoulders, and yellow eyes. He has large, high-set ears, which do show some of his skin on the insides, and his face is rather human looking -- perhaps a bit more pointed than average, but he does lack the muzzle of a fox. He has human-like hands and feet (though much of the fanart shows him with paws), though he does have clawlike nails, but also a single fox tail in the normal place for a tail. Normally he wears his blue uniform cloak over his clothing, which is usually a very neat Victoriana-style dress shirt and trousers. He also carries his staff everywhere.
Personality
Shashi is quiet, and generally keeps a cool facade, with maybe a couple of sarcastic comments muttered under his breath. He does want to be seen as an adult, so will keep things professional then, even though he might think many adults aren't any better than his peers. He does respect skill, though, so will be slightly warmer to people he sees as having some great talent, though he tends to see other gate mages as possible rivals or benchmarks. Has problems just relaxing instead of working on improving himself.
History
Shashi's family are have lived on Hinoiri for a while, producing many scholars and mages. As soon as Shashi's talent was discovered, he was placed in training to become a Gate Mage, and quickly proved to be a bit of a prodigy and invited to the largest school in the capital. It was here he met Ravi Falk, the only other person at his level in his age group. Shashi graduated and was given a position at the palace, one that Ravi declined without giving a reason. Shashi considers his job as recognition of his talent, taking it quite seriously.
Relationships
- Shashi not only enjoys the prestige of being one of the King's personal gate mages, but respects what he knows about Delwyn.
- Likewise, he respects Kimiko and wonders about Philandre -- mostly how he got this job, and why he isn't a better mage.
- Arianna confuses and annoys him.
- Shashi's relationship with Ravi is complicated. They are friends, and kind of boyfriends, though neither is particularly socially skilled, but Shashi also considers Ravi his major competition and benchmark, and was very upset to find that he would not be joining him after graduation.
Special Abilities
Gate mage, powerful enough to serve as the focus for inter-world travel, though he still needs amplification (the Hinoiri palace has a from designed for this) or other mages in the background. He has some healing abilities, but lacks the finesse to do much more than throw magic at a problem. Shashi is also naturally pretty bright outside of magic, and has sharp hearing.