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OOC PREFERENCES:
•CONTACT METHOD: AIM - afterwits
•THREAD-JACKING: It's fine by me!  Thass doesn't care.
•FOURTH WALLING / CANON PUNCTURE: I'd really rather not fourthwall, please.
•BACKTAGGING: Anything newer than a week is good. Older than that, I've generally lost my train of thought. Ongoing threads for weeks is fine, just not so much about suddenly getting a tag after two weeks.
•AVOIDED TOPICS: I personally don't care for plots that use mental illness or inhumane treatments as a plot device. Handle it respectfully, and I'm fine, I just cannot stand "this guy's totally schizo let's lock him in a padded room lol". 
•WARNINGS: Topics include death, losing free will, murder, cannibalism, gore, rot/decay, and violence.

IC CHARACTERISTICS: 
•PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Appearance meme link!  Thassarian is definitely a bit rough around the edges.  Usually wearing heavy armor and with two large swords, he has the body strength to heft all of that.  He's of mostly average height, and is well-muscled and broad-shouldered.  His hair and beard are white and could always use a combing.  His skin has lost a bit of color, and he's deathly cold to the touch.   His eyes glow icy blue, and there are tattoos on his face not unlike those that would be found on members of the Cult of the Damned.  There is a large, deep, scar on his chest and abdomen- one that is slightly uneven and never quite healed right.  Oh, and mind the smell, won't you?

•DEMEANOR: He is, first and foremost, a soldier.  Fighting is what he knows, and he does it well.  He has complicated feelings about leadership, but is starting to understand what would make him an effective one.  He speaks plainly, and he is kind, for a Death Knight.  He carries within him a deep sense of guilt and sadness, and is trying to find his place among the living.  Those that he has grown comfortable around will find he hasn't entirely lost his old sense of sarcasm.  As he grew up a farmer, he was never exactly formally educated- don't expect him to debate philosophy with you except for his gut feelings on things.  He can be crude, at times, owing to his simple background and time spent in the company of other soldiers.  Thassarian believes that most people have good in them and can be redeemed- he wouldn't be here if not for that.
•ABILITIES: Thassarian is a strong, skilled melee fighter, who fights with two swords. As a Death Knight, his specialization is Frost (his NPC in a daily zone of Cataclsm used skills only available to Frost Death Knights), with a few changes. I'm not going to rattle them off, but I will give a brief overview.

Melee Abilities
Thassarian can hit with both a very strong "regular" attack, and also enchant his strikes to do frost damage. He is skilled with swords, having received training with no other weapons. He wields two two-handed swords, but can fight with only one sword and a shield, as well. He is a technically skilled fighter- having trained from his childhood.

Frost Abilities
His attacks chill his enemies, slowing them. He can force a blast of ice at someone, and can freeze his own body to make his attacks stronger and cause him to take less damage. He can force the warmth out of the ground itself, freezing his foes in place.

Minions/Diseases/Etc
Unlike most player-created Frost Death Knights, Thassarian can reanimate remains into a permanent companion. He is able to control the undead, to a small degree, though I don't intend to use this ability too much with regard to players.

He also carries within him the same plague that causes undeath, but it able to mostly control and weaponize it, if need be.

Not exactly a power, but as can be inferred by quests with other undead, I feel it would be safe to assume that Thassarian speaks the language of the Scourge- simply called the "language of death". He also has an undead warhorse, Dusk, that he can summon to ride.
•MEDICAL INFORMATION: Thassarian is dead.  Very, very, dead.  What we can surmise from canon is that he doesn't need to to basic human functions like sleep, or really even breathe.  He can eat, but takes most sustenance from human or elf flesh (though really he would much rather...not go back to that).  I tend to consider Death Knights to be a bit more well-preserved than the common foot soldiers, but I'm sure a culture would look...lively...under a microscope.  Message me for plotting with undeath plague and such.
•OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: Not exactly offensive, but tender subjects are leadership, duty to crown and country, free will, family, and war.  Ask him about his need to hurt people and what kind of food he ate while in the Scourge!  It'll be a grand time for everyone!

IC PERMISSIONS:
•MENTAL: Fine with it as far as knowing more about him (gaining things that would have been "common knowledge" in Azeroth) and picking up on any train of thought stuff in a tag. Anything else- please ask first.
•MIMICRY: Mimic is okay, but shapeshifting into him and causing problems is something I'd definitely want to plot out first.
•VIOLENCE: With permission and it being plotted out first. 
•MAGIC: With permission and it being plotted out first.
•DEBATE: Who wants to hear a farmboy tell you that you're an idiot and punch you?????