delphihigh contest entry Keoni

So this is my entry for *ichiko-wind-griffin's contest. Guess I should write a backstory for this dude.

BUT FIRST, READ THIS TO KNOW THE BACK-BACKSTORY AND MYTHOLOGY BEHIND IT: [link]

Keoni Rock is a direct descendant of the shark king and Nanaue. When Nanaue was running wild and crazy around Maui, he also had several children. But because of a spell that caused all mythological creatures to become human that was cast on the globe a long time ago, his children were born human in appearance, much like how Nanaue was born human in appearance.
So several generations pass and soon enough Keoni is born of a seemingly human mother and father, in Hawaii. Traditionally, his entire family is strictly vegetarian and eats no meat whatsoever. No one knows why, but up to this point, everyone has respected the family tradition. When he was very young, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin and grew up there.
Keoni was picked on in school for being a vegetarian, and the other kids would constantly try to secretly sneak meat into his food as a joke. He didn't think it was funny.
Soon enough, a couple years before he was about to graduate high school, a student finally succeeded in convincing him to try a bite of fish, even if it was just a tiny bit. He was even going to be paid twenty bucks if he could eat it and not spit it out, too.
Keoni succeeded, and got the twenty bucks.

Only catch was that he started to feel very ill during school that day. Of course, he thought it was the fish he ate, considering his body has never eaten any kind of meat before. He was sent home for being sick with a stomach ache...

How very wrong he was...

So long story short, he turns into a hungry shark-man, which makes him rather unhappy (as anyone would be, if you turned into a hungry shark-man). He is not limited to just water, as his more human-like limbs allow him to travel on land. However, after his first transformation, he found that when he returned to human form, his vision was poor. Not telling his parents about this, and too scared to say anything to anyone, he had the school nurse give him an eye exam. Soon enough, he had to buy prescription glasses.
However, he found out that in human and shark form, his vision is perfect underwater, and so is his sense of smell. Also, he can see in the dark in his shark form.

Normally he's a little shy from being picked on in school for being a vegetarian, but instead of becoming even MORE shy after finding out he's actually a shark-man, it gives him some confidence... over-confidence. Soon enough he starts stirring up trouble just like his ancestor Nanaue once did...

Basic physical characteristics:
Hair: Dark brown (none in shark form)
Eyes: Dark brown (green in shark form)
Skin: Dark and tanned (but striped and gray as a shark)
- He has NO special characteristics like tattoos or scars or anything that would really distinguish him from anyone else.
- He is of Hawaiian lineage, not Indian or Native American or whatever.
- He is defensive and has low self esteem, which makes him come off a little bit like a jerk, but he's not a jerk. He's just overly defensive.
- The smell or taste of blood or any kind of meat can cause him to transform, so he still tries to remain vegetarian after finding out what he is. As much as he tries to curve his desire to eat meat, it only gets harder for him as time goes on.

_{Keoni Rock is my creation, for ichiko's contest
image (c) 2010 Elaine G.}

[[[ And one last note to Ichiko. If you choose this character (which I doubt because the backstory is lame), you can fill in any missing gaps or change/add anything you want to fit your story better, because I know that I'm not very clever when it comes to fitting things in. <DDDD; ]]]