| The Dark Hour |

[fawcettp]

Name – Jason Paterson (a.k.a. 'father')
Age – 28
Gender – male

Appearance - This is only for people who want to write a description instead of a picture.
Equip - he carries a 6 feet long wooden bow staff (remade after his death), along with a holy cross on a string of pray beads around his neck.

Personality - he is very caring towards people in the town of haven, viewing them as his ‘flock’ and himself the Shepard guiding and protecting them. His role as priest within haven has resulted in him being able to keep many secrets told to him and an opinion that each person has a right to be protected and a right to live their lives. Though he has a young novice of the faith living in the church with him he is generally considered a quiet and reserved man, he has few ‘friends’ but views his faith as his guide, and partner in all things.

History –

raised on a small farm stead located outside of a small mountain lake village, his family consisted of himself, his younger sister and his parents. He spent his early years working the farm growing his families crops beside his father while his mother and sister worked in the house. On his 16th birthday he was sent into town by his father in order to experience a greater world beyond their farm, this was his first experience outside the farm and it did not go so well; he had next to no knowledge of how the trading system worked as his family grew almost all of their own food. His experience on the farm had not prepared him for his new life outside the farm, though the training from his father in how to protect himself in a fight did help, so it was that he sought out the villages church as a refuge. He found the church to be small and nearly empty due to the villages limited belief system, he approached the priest how stood in front of the candle stand saying a pray, the priest there took Jason in as a traveller and gave him shelter; Jason like the small church as it reminded him of his small house on the farm.

Jason spent the next year in that village, and most of that within the church, before returning to his families farm; his time had taken him down a new path. He was returning to his family farm simply to tell them that he had decided to join the church and was planning on travelling around the country as a priest, he father while disappointed understood the want to wander and accepted his son for who he was; his mother and sister cried over the fact he was leaving. So Jason journeyed back to the village for another month and then moved on to start his travels around the country.

After a few years he found himself in the town of haven, he had heard that their church was small and in disrepair, his faith and mind leading him to settle in there as a priest in the church. He lived in and rebuilt the church in the town of haven over the next couple years, he ran the church as its father after the old priest died. His time after the old father’s death was spent keeping the faith in the people, and it was this task that kept him there.

And then he died… how it happened was that one night Jason awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of a terrible howl, his instincts told him that something was wrong so he climbed out of bed gathered up his wooden staff and went to investigate. His travels had taught him how to use the staff he carried, but it was not enough to save himself from the beast that attacked him. He had entered into the central hall of the church, his eyes slowly adjusting to the low light coming through the tall stained glass window; he spotted a dark shadow move before the raised dais and stand in front of the tall window. Jason walked forwards holding the staff forwards “identify yourself” he called, the beast turned to face him with its hideous face showing a demonic grin of razor sharp teeth; the beast suddenly opened its mouth and let out the sound that had awoken Jason before charging it him. Jason planted his feet and prepared to swing the staff, but the beast was too fast and it managed to reach Jason before he could make his swing, Jason’s staff snapped as it struck against the side of the beasts body. The beast reached out one clawed hand to grasp Jason by the front of his robes, Jason was so stunned by the beasts appearance he couldn’t make his body move, the beast dug its second clawed hand into jason’s chest piercing his heart with its claws; it let out another great roar and throw Jason out of the stained window shattering it and leaving Jason to take his final breath on the street outside his church.

Persona


Persona Name – Lorcan (pronounced Lor-Kan)
Etymology – the name comes from the Irish word meaning fierce or silent, this matches his personality

Persona abilities –
1- telepathy – he is unable to communicate verbally in a language anyone is able to understand so uses his telepathy to communicate, though does not yet possess the ability to invade others minds

2- hide – he is able to alter the colour of his skin and fur allowing him to camouflage, this is not perfect as small details are hard to recreate and movement also affects detail. This will also affect his clothing at the same time.

3- thunder claws – using his body’s natural electrical impulses to produce and control electrical currents, able to channel this electricity into his hands/weapons

4- rifting – he is able to ‘rift’ objects, the size and velocity of objects affects the drain he feels. To ‘rift’ an object he must know its location relative to himself and a destination for it to be sent, his primary use of this is to ‘summon’ weapons from a location only his persona knows; though it has been used on occasion to rift living things they suffer great damage as a result of the energy involved in the rifting process, this damage will not affect himself though so he is able to use it to travel between known locations or places he has visited before.

[Evil Tofu]

A Priest. I was hoping someone would make one ;D

Character Accepted.

[fawcettp]

oops i forgot "Whoopi Goldberg"

and YAY!!

---------- Post added at 11:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:34 PM ----------

oh and i'm assuming that our human characters can't talk to / communicate with their persona's?

[Xmagus]

oops i forgot "Whoopi Goldberg"

I suppose you could say: Whoop-si Goldberg

[Psyker Landshark]

Bro, I'm sorry, but I think I have to drop out of this. Something came up, and my workload increased by a metric fuckton.

[Zamokra41]

Name
David Ravenhold
aka "Witch-Hunter"

Age
33

Gender
Male

Appearance
A 1.83 meters tall man with a slim athletic constitution. Black wild hair reaching just 1 or 2 inches above his shoulder line. His good eye is of a pale blue color. Has a small scar on his chin. Lost his right eye and wears an eye-patch.

Equip
Apparel
He wears a used and lightly tattered brown duster which he often removes when indoors. Underneath the duster he wears a fine made white linen shirt, a pair of black leather pants stuffed in a pair of dark brown leather boots with light metal platings on the tip of the foot and the heel. He also wears a pair of brown fingerless gloves, a strong leather belt with a simple silver buckle and an eye-patch over his right eye.
Weapons
A fine looking longsword which he often uses with 1 hand but will sometimes wield it with both hands for extra force.

A simple flintlock revolver
(If firearms are not allowed then ignore this)

Personality
Quiet and reserved, keeping most things along with his thoughts to himself. Not an anti-social sort but neither friendly, he only speaks when he has something to say and would rarely engage in idle chatter. Most people keep their distance from and frankly speaking would prefer when he is not around. He can also be quite intimidating when he wants something and someone denies it to him.

History
David's past is shrouded in mystery as he never(ever) speaks of his childhood, his parents or his past in general. What is known is that is(was?) a seasoned and renowned bounty-hunter and mercenary, earning hefty coin for the capturing and/or killing of wanted criminals or for lending his skills and expertise to the services of those with enough money to pay him though he would only resort to mercenary work when he is out of cash and there are no bounties around. He appeared in the city of Haven seemingly "out of the blue" as they say, spending most of his time at the "Three Ghosts" tavern where people can find him spending his earnings on cheap drinks, a sign that he is open for employment.

The people started to call him "Witch-Hunter" due to his apparel which slightly resembles the uniform of inquisition agents from another city, which is suspected to be the place where he was born. The nickname stuck, reason being of how he always seemed to manage capturing wanted criminals which were known to be "impossible to track", people often yelling at him "On to another witch hunt?" in mockery.

After spending about 10 years in Haven, having earned enough to buy a small home, his reputation reached the ears of many people, especially nobles and....the "wrong sort" of people. His life came to an end when he was once employed to escort a young lady outside the city and through the Jewelrose Forest until they reached the next city to the North. The 2 were ambushed by a few poachers in the middle of the forest but they didn't represent much of a challenge to David since they were only 3 or 4 of them and were poorly equipped. Just when he finished off the last poacher, the Witch-Hunter found himself stabbed in the back with a poisoned blade, by the very lady he was supposed to escort. The last thing that he remembers about that night was him lying helplessly on the ground, the lady laughing and walking away and then his view became blurry and eventually dark.

Now in his new life, he pretty much does the same things he did in his previous only that he no longer accepts mercenary work since he found a "permanent employer", Igor. When not wandering around he can be found inside the Three Ghosts tavern, drinking and awaiting for yet another assignment from Igor.

PERSONA

Persona Name
Azrael

Etymology
Based of Azrael, the Archangel of Death fom Islamic theology

Appearance


Persona abilities

Shadow Flight
At will, Azrael can form a pair of shadowy wings on his back which allow him to fly or to glide if he is free-falling but the wings will only last for short while before dissipating.

Reaper's Gift
Azrael can use his powers to "create" a scythe which he uses as a weapon. The scythe is virtually indestructible and dissipates when not in his hands. The scythe also seems to have some small anti-magic proprieties as Azrael can be seen using it to ward off spells.

Death's Touch
(Requires Reaper's Gift active)
While wielding his Scythe, Azrael can temporarily augment the weapon to slowly drain an opponent's life-force. When active, the blade of the Scythe will attain a red-ish hue and will only drain life-force as long as it is in direct contact with the opponent, regardless of his/her armor or if he/she parries with a weapon or shield.

Soul Tempest
(Requires Reaper's Gift active)
Azrael can use this ability to telekineticaly move his Scythe in a series of violent spins around him which will harm anyone who comes close to him.

Spirit Shred
(Requires Reaper's Gift active)
Azrael can use this ability to throw his Scythe in a spinning motion akin to a circular saw blade, shredding anything in front of him before he telekineticaly calls it back to his hand.

Anything else? Oh right ! Whoopi Goldberg !

[Evil Tofu]

It's alright PsychoScythe. I cbfed editing the main post, but good luck with your work ;3

Zamokra, your character is accepted.

In regards to witches. I was gonna explain this in the IC, but then I thought "Nah..."
Essentially, there is no such thing as witches as of YET in the roleplay. I'm planning on bringing them in later as a sort of 'special' group of Persona Users. What makes them special will be a secret. Even though witches don't exist, people in Haven still think they do. The roleplay will start with the hanging of three presumed witches (One small child and two adult females).

Here's why they're considered to be witches. The Shadows which roam the Dark Hour take many different forms and have many different levels of hunger. Some will consumed the mind and body fully, others will consumed the mind and leave the body alone. This leaves the victim in a permanent state of apathy and dementia when the Dark Hour ends. In the game, they call this the 'Apathy Syndrome'. In the roleplay, the town of Haven believes that anyone who has been infected by this disease is practising Witchcraft; hence why they hang them. So we'll be starting the rp at a public hanging at Twilight, then probably just hang around each other until the Dark Hour occurs.

[fawcettp]

hmmm... medieval hanging, i guess the local priest would be in attendance to guide there souls back to the holy light...

"may thy holy creator guide and purify the souls of thy children, so that you can stand beside thy creator in his holy realm and forever know peace"

[Evil Tofu]

Ohyeah, to answer your question. I was going to say 'no' to talking with your Persona. But in all honesty, our characters pretty much know nothing about what a persona is.

According to the games, a persona is "A manifestation of your psyche which appears when you're in great danger. It acts as a protective mask to face the world around you." It's essentially another side of your character, so I'd imagine you could telepathically communicate with it.

[fawcettp]

so more along the lines of what happens in bleach, a separate part of your soul but still made from you, meaning they know its there but only certain ones can talk to them when they have had enough experience using them.

and when the dark hour occurs, is it a physical change in our bodies or is our soul just 'released' from our bodies to fight the beats in a new form.