You vs. Alden (OOC) (Anyone may join!)

[ImportantNobody]

This is my first main character created, and his name is Alden. He's an awesome character for practice purposes due to him being able to use all types of spells. Alden can be any age, but I prefer his 16 year old version unless you have a different preference. If that's the case, just ask me what changes would be made to the character sheet to account for his age difference. For more information, see this thread. If that doesn't give you a good enough understanding of the world he lives in, please ask me anything. This OOC will be used for all of the IC fighting against Alden. The plot can change depending on what you prefer, although Alden wouldn't do as serious of a fight if it's simply a training round unless he's in his old age. For practice purposes against younger Alden, it should be a serious fight.

If I ever add information to the character sheet, I'll post an explanation of the changes rather then leave it up to you to always be checking up on the sheet to see what changed.

Name-Alden
Age-16
Gender-Male
Race-Human
Height- 5'4'' (162.56 cm)
Weight-124 Pounds (56.25 kg)
Appearance- Alden has brown hair that is slightly spiky, although the spikes aren't small or pointed but are instead made up of large groupings of hair that are arranged somewhat haphazardly. This arrangement stays up like this normally, so it's really hard for him to keep his hair down. His hair, when pulled down, can reach about halfway down his neck. When he gets older, his hair style ends up getting longer and the arrangements smaller and more spiky. By 21 it's slightly passed shoulder length, but his hair gets shorter again from that point on. His features are soft and he's often described as being incredibly cute looking, although once he gets older he does go from cute to handsome. His eyes are a vibrant blue in color. His natural skin tone is somewhat pale, so even though he is outside all the time he doesn't have much of a tan. His muscles are visible but not bulging by any means. There's a mark on his forehead that looks like a tattoo, although this mark is often times invisible to the naked eye.
Personality-Alden is a real goody-goody, almost to a fault. At first he's somewhat naive, but he gets over that during his travels. He wants to protect those who are important to him, which includes anyone who needs his help, and he's willing to risk his own life and go against his pacifist nature to do so. He always prefers negotiation over combat if at all possible. His personality is the stereotypical hero, which people often point out but Alden tries to deny. Alden enjoys playing and goofing off, although he does know when it's time to be serious.
Arra-His natural arra type is B, which is blue in color and is good at water magic while bad at fire. However, the mark on his forehead called the Radiant Seal can unleash Type 0 Arra, pure white colored arra which is capable of weaving any spell in existence given enough energy and equally good at any type. Alden has a very high amount of arra cells in his body.
Clothing/Armor/Weapons/Equipment-This depends on the circumstance. He rarely wears armor, instead preferring brown or tan colored clothing that is made for work rather then being fancy looking. His clothes are usually loose fitting, slightly tattered and worn, and are meant for warmer environments. For combat he has an unnamed sword, being small and narrow for a two handed sword, although it's possible to wield with two hands if Alden needs the extra power.

Physical Traits/Abilities

-Due to the large amount of arra cells creating arra, a tiring process, Alden has a very high metabolism that allows him to eat large amounts of food without gaining weight. Having a good nights rest is also key if his body is to keep up with the extra demand.
-Alden has much greater endurance and resilience then normal humans, allowing him to maintain high levels of physical activity and take quite a beating without getting overly worn down. Alden usually keeps a lot of his arra in reserve specifically to help fuel his body so it can continue to keep up.
-Alden's strength depends on where the arra in his body is located. If he places a lot of his arra into his fist and activates it (which would cause the arra to be destroyed upon completion of the maneuver), he can easily be strong enough to punch through a brick wall. Arra can be placed in his muscles and be slowly used up in order to provide greater strength then normal humans for a while, but with no explosive strength. By all of this same logic, his speed can also be increased.
-Alden's reaction times can be greatly improved based on concentration of arra in all relevant structures such as nerves, although his irises becoming larger and glowing slightly is the only noticeable change. Some people can increase their reactions to make everyone look like they've practically stopped moving, although right now Alden can only do a modest change, and only if he concentrates really hard on it.

Fighting Style- Alden's fighting style is based on a moderate amount of speed and power in his movements, not excelling or failing at either. However, in his younger years he does rely on brute force a little bit more and over commits to some attacks. Alden, despite having a wide variety of spells at his command, still relies a lot on his sword, bow and arrow, or his body, which is a weapon in and of itself due to arra. A lot of his spells are improvised versions of the official versions, making his spells unique. Before learning the ways of magic he was already a pretty decent sword fighter and archer for someone his age, so this habit his stuck with him. Most of his magic is not used for killing blows, but to set up his opponents downfall or used for crowd control, forcing his enemies back so he can regroup. He never likes finishing off an opponent unless he has to, although during a serious battle he will do whatever it takes to protect those he cares about, even if it means having to kill enemies in the process.

Magical Abilities

These are abilities he can cast simply by using his type B arra in it's natural form, a pure form of energy. No incantations are needed. Any arra attack not being formed into a spell can be used by absolutely anyone. They just need enough arra to pull off the maneuver. An average civilian probably wouldn't have enough to do it, leading to the misconception that they are physically incapable of doing these "arcane arts" due to some secret technique that they are missing out on.

Arra Sense-He can sense arra, and this sense can extend in all directions for roughly 200 feet depending on his concentration, although going into a deep meditation can increase his range to extreme levels. People within his range can still remain "invisible" to this sense if they are good at concealing their arra/magic use. If he's occupied with something then his arra sense might drop down as low as a couple feet. He's not perfectly accurate with this sense, although this ability is vastly improved in time.

Internal Barrier-The arra situated just below his skin naturally forms a barrier that deflects any attacks (up to a point) that are coming into him, while still allowing his own arra to flow outward. The arra barrier is damaged with any attack, breaking down more or less depending on the strength of the attack. The damage to the arra barrier is usually contained to the area that was attacked and it repairs itself over time, but if the barrier is shattered then that part of the body doesn't completely recover the barrier for at least a day. Due to the barrier only being on skin, he's still just as vulnerable as the average human to anything that doesn't have to go through skin, such as inhaled/digested poison. The barrier absorbs most of the force from blunt attacks, but internal damage can still be done even if the internal barrier is still around. The internal barrier isn't rigid, so things like strangulation wouldn't be inhibited by the barrier at all. One final thing to note is that the barrier is thickest where the skin is thickest, so the internal barrier on the soles of his feet is much stronger then the internal barrier on his eyelids. One advantage to this is he doesn't have to worry about stepping on pointy rocks. Yay!

Advanced Barrier-He can form a thin layer of arra over his skin, acting as extra protection. This barrier is much more rigid then the one naturally formed under his skin, so he can't form it over certain parts of his body without severely restricting his movements. Also, using this barrier uses up arra because once it leaves his body, when he releases the barrier the arra flows away.

Calming-He can calm humans and animals down by placing a hand on their forehead as long as his own mind is peaceful. The effects vary depending on the individual and their current state of mind. Humans are much more stubborn to falling for this technique.

Emotion Sensing-Alden can sense the emotions of those around him. This can be thwarted if someone is a really good actor and thinks happy thoughts even if they are angry or have killing intent. If the emotion is really strong, however, nobody would be able to cover it up no matter how much they try and convince themselves otherwise.

Arra Pulse-He can build up arra in his hands or feet and then unleash it into his opponent as he makes contact, causing a wave of damage to surge through his opponent, making his attack around twice as powerful as normal and spreading out the damage. The arra pulse cannot be seen by the naked eye, although on the downside he's only good enough at this technique to make it work by having his skin physically touch his opponents skin.

Arra Surge-Like Arra Pulse, but with the advantages and disadvantages switched. It becomes visible as it forms around his hand or foot. The energy can be released like a projectile but it breaks apart after roughly three feet, making it best suited for close range combat. It's more powerful then the Arra Pulse over all.

Arra Burst-The last stage of this technique; it's the most visible of the three and is meant for longer range attacks, being able to travel around 18 feet before breaking apart. When it does break apart it does so violently, so using it at close range is not advised.

Arra Mine-He can place an unstable mass of arra somewhere, which will explode after around five seconds to a minute depending on how unstable he made it, or it will explode if an outside source disrupts it by bumping into it. The force of the explosion depends on how much arra is put into the mine.

Deflect-He holds out his hands and a wall of arra shaped like a shield forms in front of him, able to deflect most average/weak magical attacks but does a poor job at stopping physical attacks. He can make the shield any size he wants if he's willing to put more arra into it. Within a second he can form them three feet in diameter.

Spells

These spells need to be vocally announced for them to work for him (You can also call them out mentally or even be so accustomed with magic that it knows what you want without even asking, but he's not that experienced yet). These spells aren't made simply of arra, but the arra is transformed into the desired spell. Alden's unique trait is that he can use any spell humanly possible due to his Radiant Seal, given that he practices it enough and supplies the proper amount of energy. Due to his young age, however, he isn't able to take full advantage of all of this at the moment.

(Note #1: Most of the spell names are two word descriptions of what it literally does. I'll come up with cooler names later)

(Note #2: This is by no means his completed spell list. I will be adding more to it in time, even during the middle of a battle if I give your proper explanation of how it works and don't come up with it simply as a way to get out of a certain situation)

Wind

Spoiler

Wind Blade--He can form a compacted funnel of wind around his hand that can grow to about the length of his body. Anything that touches it can potentially be blown away, and anything not touching it, even if only a few centimeters away, hardly even feels the effects. This spell will last as long as he supplies the arra.

Wind Cannon-While this is normally a higher level spell, Alden is able to pull off the Wind Cannon both by using his own breath along with arra. He can keep the spell going as long as he can keep blowing air (and supplying the arra, of course), which admittedly looks a little silly. His Wind Cannon is far less concentrated then normal, flowing outwards to effect a wider range but less forceful.

Shrouding Gale-A spiral of wind flows around his body, blowing away light objects with ease. Humans can also be blown off their feet and sent flying away from him if they are light weight or not prepared. Otherwise, no actual damage is done unless debris are placed in the wind.

Razor Wind-A long range wind attack where the wind forms together to make an edge sharp enough to cut through things. Alden can only form one Razor Wind attack at a time, and only by doing something that would cause wind (such as swinging his sword) through the air as he says it, changing the wind created from the motion into a Razor Wind.

Updraft-Alden can gather a bunch of wind around his feet and have it push upward, blowing him into the air with a height that is dependent on how much arra he put into the spell. He can updraft other objects as well, although he has the easiest time forming it around his feet then trying to form it around something else. If it's a moving target he has even further difficulties.

Razor Wind Blade-A spell he perfects later on. It's like a continuous razor wind that is formed around his forearm and goes down his hand, extending around two feet past his fingertips. It's more like a chainsaw if anything, tearing and cutting at the same time to obliterating objects.

Fire

Spoiler

Fire Shot-A generic attack where Alden can form a ball of fire around his hand and fire it off. It can be charged up to increase the power. His Fire Shot can travel around 25 feet before burning itself out. Due to Alden's aversion to burning people alive, he never fires it off at someone unless his fire shot would be powerful enough to kill him or her instantly. Otherwise, it's mainly to be sent into incoming spells in an effort to destroy them.

Phoenix Shot-This is one of his most powerful spells that he knows, so he has trouble pulling it off. Pointing his index finger toward his target and snapping, a small cylinder of fire shoots forward in a straight line at incredible speeds. At roughly 10 feet the fire cylinder slows down substantially and spreads out in a way that is reminiscent of a phoenix. It's less graceful name is the "Devouring Phoenix", because at that point it's heat is enhanced enough to disintegrate some materials, appearing like it just took a huge bite out of it. Alden's Phoenix Shot isn't powerful enough to be called a Devouring Phoenix, given that he even pulls it off correctly without it exploding in his face.

Earth/Nature

Spoiler

Pebble Sling-If Alden lays a piece of rock in the palm of his hand, he can send it flying toward at high speeds. Larger rocks require more arra for this technique.

Earth Wall-A wall of rock comes up from the ground. Used creatively, earth walls can be used as a staircase! However, Alden has trouble making an earth wall go over ten feet without crumbling due to having to place arra all through ought the wall, so having to control that much arra at once is difficult for him.

Vine Lasso-Vines sprout out of the ground and try to immobilize his opponent, typically wrapping around their feet. They don't have any thorns, so they can't be used offensively unless they wrap around the opponents neck and strangle them. Alden would obviously try to avoid such a technique unless he had to.

Water/Ice

Spoiler

Liquid Hand-Water forms around Alden's hand like a tentacle. Depending on how much arra he uses up, he can get control of as much water as he wants and manipulate it like he would his hand, moving the water around and grasping onto things.

Electricity

Spoiler

Paralyzing Jolt-An electrical charge is built up in one of his hands (or any body part) and he can then touch his opponent with that body part, more or less paralyzing them briefly if it gets through their internal barrier.

Spark Shot-A weak attack where a ball of electricity forms on his hand and a second ball of electricity is sent out. They are connected by a stream of electricity, and he can maneuver the second ball of electricity around with that stream of electricity, almost like he was maneuvering a horse with the reins. The stream of electricity is so weak it hardly tingles if you get caught in it, but the second ball of electricity is unpleasant to be hit by, although not exactly what one would call deadly. The ball of electricity explodes once he releases the spell.

Light

Spoiler

Heal-Something he isn't too good at, he can heal himself but probably not good enough in mid combat for this to be very effective.

Dark (A major misconception is that dark spells are evil. That is not the case, as one of Alden's mentors trys to point out)

Spoiler

Dark shroud-A wave of darkness temporarily forms over his opponents eyes, blotting out all light. Alden has to keep focused on his opponents eyes to keep the dark shroud in place.

Dark Cast-His arra changes into a physical manifestation of darkness that can be manipulated at will as long as he keeps supplying arra and concentration to the spell. It can be formed into the shape of a weapon or sent off like a Fire Shot, for example. It's a highly versatile spell.

Biography

(This biography will not include information that would involve spoilers that happen past the beginning of the novel. It will seem kind of vague, but at the same time try to better explain the world he's in and give some idea about what he's like. Due to scrapping the original plot and starting over almost from scratch, I honestly haven't gotten to far into details about the future events anyways)

Alden was born in a territory close to the Beljlor-Ustdyn border, being raised on a farm by his step-brother named Salim. While Salim knew that Alden had the Radiant Seal on him, a mark passed down to him from his grandfather that held a vast power, Salim kept this from him in order to protect him, keeping him out the war between Beljlor and Ustdyn. He still taught him horseback riding, archery, and sword fighting so he could have a chance of fighting back if sometime bad happened. That something did happen, and Ustdyn conquered the territory that they were in. While he did stay out of the fight (him not knowing magic did in fact save him from trying to help out and getting killed), circumstances arose and he ended up getting involved anyways. A Pegasus Knight named Nalinne, on a quest to find the person with the Radiant Seal and bring him to the capital of Beljlor, was shot down by arrows and landed in a forest near Alden's home. While he helped nurse her back to health, Ustdyn soldiers found where Nalinne had landed and knew that someone had to have helped her. Luckily Nalinne knew some magic and had recovered by the time they found out what had happened, but Alden was involved in the ensuing battle and put on the wanted list. He only managed to break free due to efforts from Salim and the villagers, who were no match to trained soldiers and were mostly massacred; the few survivors such as Salim being taken prisoner. Running away was a regret that weights heavily on his mind, but in doing so he has a chance to improve on himself and will have the power to free them one day. Alden gains a couple of allies along his path to the Beljlor capital, where he will be trained in the ways of magic and, if he's not careful, be used by Beljlor as a mere tool of war in this desperate struggle that is enveloping the land.

Other Information

(Still to come)

[Skallagrim]

Just curious since you're already in a duel, what are you using T1?

[ImportantNobody]

What's T1?

[Rilla]

A style of Roleplay combat, that uses preps and logic to dictate a battle for the most part.

Description, positioning, logic, and the like make the battle.

Preps are used to determine if you can, and how strong they are, use magic related abilities, that aren't passive.

[ImportantNobody]

Strategy is really important to the story he came from. Different spells are used to counter each other and unless you've seen the spell in action you'd have to figure out it's weakness and exploit it midbattle. You'd have to decide if you want to use your arra offensive or defensive, how much to conserve and how close to your limit you're getting, how much arra your opponent has, the status of your internal barriers (such as if it's been weakened in a certain part), and much more. If you charge in mindlessly firing huge blasts, you'll probably die even if you are more powerful then your opponent.

[ImportantNobody]

Edits to character sheet:

Added "razor wind blade", replaced "ground control" with "earth wall", added "liquid hand", added "spark shot".

[Skallagrim]

So you are using your own style of text combat and not an established style. Interesting.

[Shoryu]

For some strange reason, this gives me the idea to try and duel that character with a Technological counterpart who tries to match every magic attack with a science driven counterpart XD

[ImportantNobody]

Maybe "Robo-Alden" used some sort of a time portal and was modeled after Alden due to him being one of the most powerful, and now "Robo-Alden" would want to take out real Alden perhaps to steal his identity (if he is a realistic looking android), prove that he's superior, or many other reasons that you could chose. There's also some Alden clones (brought about by magic rather then technology) so a lot of people are trying to replicate him it, it would seem like. It would be kind of funny if it was a 3 way battle between real Alden, "Robo-Alden", and clone Alden, all trying to be the only survivor.

EDIT: By the way, I'll be busy until afer thursday, so anyone involved in my roleplays can expect not to have a reply until then. After thursday I'll have a lot of time on my hands.

[Shoryu]

LOLZ XD yeah that's an idea =3 though for a character like what i tend to use, it'd be more likely to be some fluffy cybernetic lifeform who's bored out of his mind and thinks it'd be delightfully fun to do some back n forth between science and magic XD

then again, he could've run into robo alden, who plotted to use the fluffy creature to make real alden waste energy so he'd be easier to take out, then they can tag team the robo alden if he reveals himself XD

i'm not good at being evil myself, cept in certain moods XD