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Your typical shifter, Dirtywork can turn into a slightly gray thoroughbred stallion at will. He can do this whenever he chooses and moves easily between forms, there is no pain and the shift only takes him about fifteen seconds if he's in a rush. He hasn't figured out how to shift partially yet, and really has no means to do so, but he does meld horse and man pretty efficiently despite this. Even in human form, he is unnaturally swift and very fast in a sprint, and, though he's no body builder, he can perform impressive feats of strength despite his gangly appearance.
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Appearance:

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Probably his most notable and useful quality is that Dirty is a handsome man. Tall and slender, he towers over most men at 6’ 4” but is a bit of a bean pole with a thin, wiry sort of frame. He is built more for speed and swiftness than he is for power, though his nature as a supernatural creature means he’s still tough enough to deal damage when he needs to. He’s physically fit and athletic with a healthy, almost toned, layer of muscle over those boney joints of his, he is definitely no one to be taken lightly. His face is delicate with a thin but strong jaw and a pointed chin, his nose long and straight in that perfect chiseled manner. He sports a head of long black hair that curls slightly when he’s not fussing with it, which he usually isn’t, though it does require a moderate amount of upkeep, he is well known at the barbershop in Emberi. His face is clean, he appears to be incapable of growing facial hair, which only bothers him a little, and his skin is smooth and pearly. His eyes are a crystal clear blue-green, they reflect the colors of his environment and can appear almost hazel at sunset and more of a robin’s egg blue in the middle of the day, they are said to be his most notable quality.
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He wears a wide variety of clothes, as his master meticulous picks out his outfit each night, but during the day or whenever he is left to his own devices, he is usually seen in his typical set of blue and yellow/golden leathers. Though they look complex, covered in straps and buckles and things in brilliant golden metals, it’s actually a deceptive piece of equipment. The armor is thick, the leather tough, the seams careful, his master spent a fortune on them so he is always very careful to take them off before shifting. Fortunately removing them is easier than it looks.
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His animal form is that of a horse, what would be considered a ‘thoroughbred’ horse in modern times. Warm blooded and light weight, he is long legged and very muscular, powerful enough to hold a knight in full armor if he needed to but really excelling with light arms and running. Dirty is super fast, he has a great long stride and graceful movement that is swift and sweeping. At a full sprint he can outrun almost anything and in a real pinch he can keep it up for over a mile, though this leaves him heaving and exhausted, he’s better suited for short bursts of speed than long stretches. His coat of short soft fur is a strange mottled gray pattern, generally called “dapple grey” among horse folk. It’s strange because the way that graying works in horses is that they start off one color and slowly “gray out” as they get older. Because he is not very old yet, only Dirty’s face has really done any serious amount of graying, the rest of him has just faded slightly from its original black hue to something of a blue-ish tinge. So his body and legs and mane are all dark, but his face is patchy and spotted with grays and whites. His tail has also begun to gray but only at the end, giving it this half black- half white sort of look. Most people who see his animal form assume he was given the name “Dirty” because of his patchy coloration. They would be wrong though.
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Personality:

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Dirtywork is a man with a name that is well earned and well deserved. Though it might imply someone serious and down to business, Dirty is actually really fun loving and adventurous, especially for a slave. He doesn’t like to be cooped up in one place for long periods of time, likes to do a lot of things at once, and though he has only one master and only one real calling in the world, he sort of weasels his way into the lives of everyone around him. He’s always looking for more to do, more jobs to be done, more fields to be plowed, more things to be carried, logs to be moved, wares to be delivered. He loves to travel and be on the move, as one might imagine of a horse shifter, and is pretty free spirited, not one to be tied down. But he is also loyal and considerate of others so he always returns to his master.
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Despite having a hard life as a slave, Dirty really doesn’t seem to mind it much. Perhaps he’s a little thick in the skull and doesn’t see it, perhaps it’s just because slavery is all that he’s known so he doesn’t even realize that there are other ways to live. Whatever it may be, he really takes to a follower position like a fish takes to water. He loves to be doing things, especially physical things as he is strong and young, and he has a natural desire to help others so why not do both? By doing what others tell him to do he is both being useful and avoiding boredom, so he doesn’t really see the negativity of being a slave and honestly loves to be used in pretty much anyway. This includes sexually, social with a love of people he can be a serious flirt. He’s actually kind of daft about it, sees sex as just another job, like taking out the trash or watering the flowers, it’s just another thing that he can do for people so he’s pretty casual and careless about it. He knows nothing of love or commitment so don’t expect that part of the deal, it’s always no strings attached with him, he wouldn’t know what to do with them if he had them.
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That’s another thing to know about this man- he’s a bit of a dunderhead. Though curious and really interested in seeing and doing as much as he can, he’s actually not terribly intelligent. He mostly excels at physical tasks, though he does know how to make armor and knows some healing and tailoring, when it comes to more common sense things, like table manners, he’s clueless and naïve. He can be tough to work with in this way, it takes some careful teaching and repetition to get an idea to stick with him, but open and friendly with a naturally inquisitive nature he wants to learn and does try his honest best so, a little patience with him goes a long way.
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History:

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Dirtywork, as his name implies, was born a slave and has always been a slave. He was born in a cell in a dungeon, just one of many crying babes that popped out of a chained mother on a cold and stormy night. He never got to meet his mother at any length, they crossed paths sometimes once he was older and could move around some, but she was weak and old and sickly so she spent most of her days simply chained in the dark while he was moved on to better and brighter things. He knew nothing of his father either, never saw the man, though it was safe to assume that it was either another slave or possibly his master at the time. His childhood years were spent with a nobleman who cherished him, loved that the boy followed orders pretty impeccably and only sold him when he got too old to really care for as many slaves as he had (he had many and was notorious in the slave trading system).
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Dirtywork was first sold when he was seven and was sort of passed around until he was about 21, where he ended up working at a tavern and brothel in the city of Emberi. He’s been there ever since. Though sometimes chosen by customers to be their escort for the evening, he usually spends his time doing manual labor- washing dishes and mopping the floors, doing the laundry and tending to the physical needs of customers, delivering drink and food and such things. He does all sorts of things for the business and is considered highly valuable to the establishment’s owner. Despite this, he works hard and fast and, since business is light, usually gets to spend his days wandering around town without supervision. He is loyal and obedient, he always returns home for the night shift each night and never seems to sleep so his boss has no problems with what he does during the day, as long as he is on time for his shifts and keeps the floors and tables clean as a whistle.
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So during the day, Dirty spends his time around town, meeting people and performing odd jobs to earn extra gold, which he gives to his master like any loyal slave would. He’s a simple man with simple needs anyway, he really doesn’t need it for himself. He just likes to be busy and likes to learn new crafts and trades from the tradesmen that wander the marketplace. He’s a well known figure in Emberi, has even done some things for the king once or twice, people are often trying to make deals with his master to buy him but he is very pricey, a very valuable slave. It is unlikely he will ever be sold again, which is alright with him. Pretty much everything is alright with him, he’s a bit of a doormat.
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Miscellaneous:

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- His real name is Verranzano. It was the only thing given to him by his mother before they were separated so he sort of cherishes it in a weird way by only letting really close relations know about it. To keep it something special, he prefers not to use it. Dirtywork suits him better anyway, in his mind.
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- As a child, he was branded by his original master- a symbol of three arrows pointing downward, branded into the left side of his chest. It shows in both his human and horse forms. Designed to represent ‘hail’, he calls it the hailstorm and, since the house it once represented no longer exists, it has sort of become Dirty’s own unofficial sigil. Though he always carries his master’s sigil- a golden fox on a navy blue background, his master often uses the hailstorm to refer to Dirty as a particular one of his slaves. When fighting, for example, Dirty has a set of leather armor that displays the hailstorm simply in his master’s colors.
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- When fighting in human form, Dirty uses a pair of large daggers, wielding one in each hand. He has a fluid and dynamic fighting style, using speed and swiftness to his full advantage. He also kicks a lot.
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- Is notorious for his terrible table manners. You’re lucky if you can get him to even use a fork, let alone to recognize which one is for salad and which is for the meal. He’s a bit of a slob in general really.
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- Can be called Dirtywork, Dirty, or just D. He’ll answer to just about anything.
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