The Dark Circus [OoC]

[Esper]

The Dark Circus

For as long as the Circus has existed so have the Supernatural used it to hide in plain sight. Acts of illusion and wonder, strength beyond that of a human and all it takes is a Ring Master. The Ring Master would etch a symbol into the dirt beneath the main pillar and so as long as he did so the performers would remain glamoured without effort. It was a genius idea and through the centuries no one questioned that these feats were performed by humans. The Ring Master, Terrance Blackhorn the Sixth has inherited the family business from his late father who 'died' at the age of eighty. With the coming of this new young Ringmaster and his daring changes will the business fall bankrupt or shine beyond the wildest dreams of the performers? Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Dark Circus.

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Name: Melody Eclair
Age: 19
Race: Fae mix breed (Fairy X Incubus)
Normal Appearance: Melody's skin tone is a light lavender blue mix. She inherited her fathers golden hair and sultry lips while keeping her mothers Fae appearance of large innocent eyes and small upturned nose. Her eyes are a molten crystal blue that could never be mistaken as human. Her wings are flightless due to her mixed blood; though she can still use them to glide and balace which comes in handy while tightrope walking.
Human Appearance: She hides all her supernatural features; though her wings are not visible in this form she still has use of them. If experiencing extreme emotion the magic keeping her eyes violet falters and the glowing blue shines through. sometimes she chooses to hide the tattoo on her arm; sometimes she doesn't. She appears to be 19; and shes not much older at the age of 30 shes still practically a baby in the mystical world.
History: As you can imagine Melody's home life has never been peaceful. With an incubus father always trying to explain the 'ways' around the opposite sex. And her Fairy mother frantically trying to shield her daughters innocence and mold her into a perfect fae. 'Social' Life was hell; with her mixed blood she never really fit in. She didn't even want to. The Incubuses/Succubus were raunchy and smelled funny, while the fairys as they flitted around on their functional wings twittering about the latest gossip made her want to grab a baseball bat and watch them really fly!
Melody reached her breaking point at 28 years; telling her dad that he was a walking talking STD (though their kind can't actually get any) and informing her mother where she could shove her 'proper etiquette' She took off on her own. She wondered for two years learning to blend with the humans before she found the circus. She was instantly star struck; a group of traveling misfits? Hell count her in!
Personality: It'll develop as i go along.

Circus Act/Job: Contortionist; Tight rope walker.
Abilities: Due to her mixed heritage she is very agile; not having the normal human reception to pain she can twist her body grotesquely. She is quick and can slink out of a room unnoticed just as easily as she can hold the attention of an entire crowd. The only Super natural ability she has is control over water.
Additional Information: A complete smart ass, who likes to see how far she can push.

Name: Vivian Vaneel
Age: 23
Race: Phantom
Normal Appearance: her skin has no color infact most of her color faded the day she died; even the cloths she wears get drained of their color. The only brightness that stuck around was the blue in her hair and the yellow of her eyes. She died in the Victorian age so she enjoys black lacy outfits.
Human Appearance: She cannot cover her form herself; lacking the magic ability. But with aid of another magical being she has very fair, but human colored skin. Other than that she looks pretty human already, having been one her whole living life.
History: Vivian was a entertainer in her living life, a show girl of sorts (>o>;; did they have show girls in the Victorian ages?). She was raised by a single mother; having been abandoned by her father before birth(where she ended up getting the phantom blood). She hold no respect for males, thinks that there worthless dogs whose only usefulness is for reproductive reasons.
At the prime of her career she was murdered; by who and why she still doesn't know. The second her heart stopped beating her Phantom blood started pumping. Giving this living dead girl eternity to wonder.
Personality: Cold; stand offish. Will develop as we go along.

Circus Act/Job: Contortionist; Dancer.
Abilities: She doesn't ever really feel pain; if she ever did in this form she had centuries to become numb to it; making her be able to bend her body grotesquely. Shes able to dematerialize herself in a smokey wisp; shes able to achieve different levels of materialization. She has slight telekinesis ability; she cant throw a bus with her mind or anything but anything she could lift in her human life she can move now.
Additional Information: though she dislikes men shes still straight x3.

Name: Medeiros

Age: 123

Race: Encantado

Normal Appearance: (This colour scheme, but with smoother scales befitting a sea serpent.)
When in her normal form, she is quite large--23 feet long, to be exact--and still growing. Her tail is finned, and her body is streamline to give her the most ease in the water. Her fangs are small, and she lacks venom, although the sharpness of her teeth make up for that--ripping and tearing prey flesh would be quite easy with her tiny fangs.

Human Appearance: Appears to be 23. She ties a bandana on her head to hide her protruding forehead.

History: As a young encantado Medeiros migrated from the Sargasso Sea to Brazil. She sought escape from her birthplace, and made the trek to begin her own life away from those of her fellows. Mede followed tales of encantados that had traveled to Brazilian waters, and what she found delighted her. She was drawn in by the people and the area, and decided to stay. She began to take human form to walk among them, eventually playing her tricks and causing trouble. After several decades, the villagers near her home decided to stop her, and called in for help.

Forced from her home in the Amazon River by a Brazilian shaman, Mede traveled from continent to continent, taking out her rage and sorrow on the locals, only leaving when her identity or resting place became compromised. When the previous ringmaster found her and recognized her for an encantado, she took his offer to join the Dark Circus rather than flee once more.

Circus Act/Job: Firedancer

Abilities: Mede is an excellent firedancer, mesmerizing the audience with her performance. All her firedancing abilities come from skill and practice, which she does regularly. Besides firedancing, she has the ability to control storms, nudge humans to do her will, and inflict illness, insanity, and (occasionally, if lucky) death.

Additional Information: Mede has an odd, but intense, fear of bunnies and dogs.

Name: Calliope Magistera
Age: 604
Race: quarter-human, the rest is fairy
Normal Appearnace: Same as human
Human Appearance:
She claims that her ears are fake, although they cleary aren't. Calliope seems to look around the age of 19.
History: Calliope is very old, and because she is half-human, she ages much, much slower than those who are totally human. Because she has been alive for more than 6 centuries, she has met many people, and made many bonds, although she has learned to only make friends with those who are "like" her. As a child, she was passed from family to family until she was able to take care of herself. Calliope preceded to run away. She found sanctuary by participating as a side-show in the circus, using her inhuman body to amaze crowds of children. She was later picked up by the Dark Circus, who invited her to participate as both a trapeze and aerial artist.

Later, as her journey progressed, Calliope discovered that she had a sister. She briefly left the circus, to go and look for her. When she returned with the sparky and somewhat delusional girl who called herself Timpani, her old friends welcomed them with open arms.

Circus Act/Job: Calliope particpates in the circus as one of the trapeze and aerial artists.
Abilities: Calliope is able to contort her body in whimsical positions. She has remarkable strength for someone her size. Calliope can fly for a few meters, boosting her ability as a trapeze artist, and she can also manipulate people's actions, to an extent. Calliope is able to communicate with her twin using a sub-form of telepathy.
Additional Information: Calliope's birthday is on the 8th of October.

Name: Brian Lachlan Shuck [prefers Shuck]
Age: 580
Race: Black Dog
Normal Appearance:
A shaggy black dog with fiery eyes and bared, snarling teeth, it commands ferocity and terror. Stocky,*muscular and large; the size of a small horse.
Human Appearance:
Tall, standing at approximately 6'2'', and stocky and strong; he has pronounced canines and the dark odour of ash surrounding him. Always seen with a cigarette between his lips, black leather jacket, dark jeans, black combat boots, and dark button-up shirts. Appears to be in his mid-to-late twenties.
History: Brian Lachlan Shuck, or better known as Black Shuck of East Anglia, was a well-known Gaelic Black Dog found roaming the English countryside and cemetaries and crossroads.
For a majority of his life, Shuck was found under the manipulation of a village Druid who practiced dark magic and had chained the Dog to his command. As such, Shuck was a violent, ferocious beast feared all over Britain for the murders of people who looked into his eyes on the paths of crossroads and lonely paths.

It was only after the murder of a church-goer and his son in Blythburgh that he broke free of the Druid's hold after the Druid was found by villagers and lynched.
Embittered by the fiendish atrocities he'd committed, Shuck eventually became a benevolent spirit who guided wayward travellers and watched for their safety in order to balance out the vile of his actions.

After centuries of wandering and protecting, Shuck slowly faded from Gaelic Lore and became reclusive, yet again seen as a Harbinger of Death.
During his eerie travels throughout the isles of Ireland, Shuck was discovered by Terrence Blackthorn during an attempt by locals to harm him with silver and salt. Blackthorn caused them to flee and Shuck found himself thankful.
Oweing the man a debt and tired of the lonely eternity he would endure, Shuck joined Blackthorn's "Dark Circus" and took on the mantle of Brian Lachlan Shuck, cynical Strong-Man.
Personality: Cynical; exceedingly so. He also pertains to a certain level of dry wit in any given situation and prefers to remain sarcastic, unless in the midst of a serious emotional moment, which reverts him to a semi-sympathetic character. His voice is also constantly monotone and contains a grumble, to better suit his demeanour.

Circus Act/Job: Strong-Man - Despite never dressing in the stereotypical attire of a Strong-Man, Shuck is always the Performer who performs the brute acts of force and strength. He is known to throw acrobats through the air, bend steel, and hold up astonishing weights one-handed.
Security Enforcer: When not performing on-stage, Shuck acts as a personal bodyguard to the affairs concerning both Blackthorn and the Circus. He also acts as enforcer and muscle when the situation calls for it.
Abilities: Supernatural Strength - As a demonic spirit, Shuck is endowed with incredible strength, enabling him to lift many times the weight of an average man and is built to withstand much punishment. This, however, is dwarfed by his strength in his natural form, which is brutish and savage. He is also extraordinarily swift while in his 'true' form, capable of outmaneuvering almost any obstacle with ease.

Senses - As to do with his canid form, Shuck has an incredible sense of hearing and smell. He can track the scent of any target with ease for miles, even through chemical camouflage or natural erosion. His hearing also reaches vast distances with simple clarity and reaches frequencies heard by animals of the canine family. His auditory and olfactory abilities are the only supernatural skills at the same level as his 'true' form.

Hellfire - At times of great anger or hostility, Shuck has been known to leave a burning imprint on any surface he touches. This is caused by the heat of hellfire; the tainted energy in which he embodies.*The print is always in the form of a large paw, no matter what form he takes. While in his Dog form, he is capable of inflicting searing, agonising wounds that don't heal; it is said that he is able to breathe the hellfire, although he disregards this as "drunken Irish nonsense."

Nightwalking - Only accesible in his 'true' skin, Shuck is capable of "melting" into shadows and disguising his appearance. This makes him invisible in dark areas, as well as intangible, his form akin to billowing smoke (until he attacks). When stalking hostile individuals, Shuck causes them to feel shuddering cold and unease.
Additional Information: Due to his demonic origins, Shuck disdains all salt, no matter what form, due to its irritating effects (especially if blessed). Silver and holy objects also unnerve him.

When under the command of the Dark Druid, Shuck was capable of cursing those whom he met with imminent death. This ability have since been lost.

Not only does he naturally and immediately unnerve people in his proximity, but Shuck has the uncanny and eerie talent to discern the year or date of a person's death, although the cause of death and specifics are never explained.

Name: Uther Levainthan
Age: 30
Race: Dragon
Normal Appearance:
He's about the size of an elephant, much smaller than the average dragon.
Human Appearance: stands at about 6"4 he's skinny but stronger than he seems. He usually keeps his eyes covered due to their dragon/cat pupils, something glamour just didn't have the ability to disguise.
History: Uther was born in an active volcano somewhere off the coast of hawaii, as most of the nearly extinct dragons had been before. He grew up with only his father, for his mother was killed from an unknown cause. He was taught to be emotionless and to drive fear into his enemy's heart, but this was not his nature. When he was unable to kill another of his kind over a mate (a custom of the dragons, funny because they're almost all dead...) he fled from his home to escape death by his opponent.
Personality: He's a joker. Uther is still a child at heart, and thus hardly takes anything very seriously. He always aims to put smiles on anyone's face, even if they want to punch him for doing it. He usually has a good sense of humor, but his positive nature often gets on individual's nerves.

Circus Act/Job: Fire Breather
Abilities: Like all dragons, Uther can breathe fire effortlessly on command. He can also fly (duh) when in his dragon form
Additional Information: His hair often catches on fire.

Name: Jenna Mori, but she changed her name to Timpani Magistera, as to suit her sister.
Age: 421
Race: She is a Siren/Human Mix.
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Human Appearance:


Timpani appears to be around the age of 12, when she is out of the water. When she is in the water, as a mermaid, she looks to be in her late teens (18-20.) Some have said that in her true form, she looks older that her sister.
History: Timpani was born on the 7th of April to a human and mer-woman, due to a curse. When she was being conceived, she was constantly shifting between a human fetus and a siren's fetus. Her mother, a siren named Penelope, later died as she gave birth to the girl. As a hybrid of Siren and human, Timpani could live under the water for a short time before she had to breathe, which led to her being a hassle in the kingdom of the sea. She later left.

Timpani roamed the streets of the world, as she was no longer welcome in the oceans. She was homeless, sleeping on the roofs, and eating from those who were generous enough to feed her scraps. Timpani was found by her older sister, Calliope, who graciously took her in and gave her a home: the Dark Circus. Initially, Timpani acted as a sideshow, a sword swallower. But as her attraction for sharp objects grew, Timpani eventually became the Circus' very own impalement artist.

Circus Act/Job: Timpani is an impalement artist. She also does a sword-swallowing side-show.
Abilities: Timpani can stay underwater for extremely long durations of time. She can also (as aforementioned) swallow swords. She has deadly accuracy. Timpani is also an excellent swimmer, considering the fact that she is basically a mermaid. Timpani has a wonderful and alluring voice that can be as sweet as honey, or bitter as coffee.
Additional Information: Timpani lives in a large aquarium-esque tank. She can only breathe underwater for 8 hours, and she can only live out of her tank for 10 hours. To shift back into her natural form, she has to be fully doused in water for about 5 minutes, and she must be totally dry before she can use her legs.

[Aesthetic]

You forgot to include Timpani's CS in the roster. *awkward stare*

[C hell C]

*googled contortionist to do my homework* ._. holy christ.... weelllll it'll definitely be new to me

[Esper]

Could have swore I grabbed all of them. Thank you for pointing it out. I copy/pasted in haste last night. Everyone is approved so if your CS isn't there I may have missed it just tell me and I will transfer it over.

[C hell C]

hey esper; are you gunna have a CS?

[Esper]

No. I will be controlling the NPCs. If we have too many drop outs I will enter a short term character until I get replacements, but I don't want it her to get mixed into the mystery. The reason is that I obviously know who done it and their overall plan. I wouldn't want to give anything away without meaning to.

[C hell C]

smmmaaarrt

[thenameofchange]

I have fire dancing bookmarked. There's so many different possibilities with it. /composing act now. x)

[C hell C]

You guys are going to have to be forgiving with me; its going to be very hard for me to write down contortion xD;;
Im thinking since both my girls are contortionist they'll have a partial act together? I'll have to find a way to incorporate the high wire and the acrobatic dancing @A@

[Architect]

Although i'm pretty sure that strongman-acts don't have anything too technical, i'll use my Wonderous Wiki tool anyway