Name: Thanar Zey
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Argos, Arcarus Province
Current Home: Zey Manor, in Argos

Personality: Scholarly and always looking for the next piece of knowledge, Thanar's courage belies his physical stature. He is not afraid to venture into dangerous places and bad situations if he thinks there's something worthwhile at the end of it. His near-obsession with cores causes him to be something of a loner, but he is fiercely loyal to the few friends he manages to make.

Bio: Born to the wealthy Zey family, Thanar was expected to grow up and take over the family trade: core brokering. The Zey dynasty have become extremely rich through transporting and selling cores, despite the fact that they never had any interest in the things. Thanar proved an exception, delighting in the powers of cores from an early age and showing a natural ability with them. He would spend long hours experimenting, and quickly became skilled in their use.

His father, though not a cruel man, despaired at his son's complete disregard for the mercantile world, and began to resort to increasingly harsh punishments to get Thanar to "stop playing with those damned cores and get on with some real work." When he threatened a beating, Thanar finally snapped and ran away. Aged only thirteen, he had to live on the streets. The cores he had with him kept him safe, and he continued his research, managing to earn some money from fixing and improving the core technology of passers-by.

Six years later, when he was nineteen, his father died. The sole remaining member of the Zey family, he proved his bloodline with the family ring he had received from his dying mother and inherited everything. Selling Zey Cores to another business, he used the money to fund his ever-increasing body of research and development. Delving into the ruins of the floating city, he began to glean hints of great powers beyond what he had already found. Deep in the ruins, he discovered the secret of fusing cores, found knowledge of core harmonics (resonating and cancelling to increase or block a core's power respectively), and forged his Corestaff. Since then, he has run a small business dealing in core repairs and alterations to provide funds for his ongoing research.

Appearance:
He is fairly short and a bit weedy.

Traits:
Core Mastery Thanar has spent his entire life around cores and is very, very good with them. He can coax more power and more accuracy than nearly anyone else out of any core you hand him. He knows how to fuse cores, even those of different types, and how to enhance them beyond what they would normally do. He can combine the powers of his cores or cancel out those of enemies.

Scholar Thanar is knowledgeable on many subjects, and often has just the right piece of trivia in his head. He can read ancient languages.

Spirit Strength Thanar's spirit is extraordinarily strong, far above the human norm. This is what gives him his affinity with cores.

Tinkerer A skilled mechanic, Thanar is adept at fixing, custom-building and altering all sorts of technology.

Equipment
Corestaff Always in his hand is Thanar's long staff. It seems to be a uniform silver, as if made of steel, but under bright light it shimmers in many colours. It's actually made of cores, worked and fused into a long pole. On close examination, there are strange patterns carved lightly into it.

Core Rings
The five rings Thanar wears each have a different colour jewel in. Though they look ordinary, they are actually cores cut down to resemble gemstones. He has a fire core, a wind core, a water core, a lightning core and a land core.

Shield Amulet A kinetic core set in a necklace, this amulet produces a kinetic shield about twice as strong as normal thanks to the patterns that Thanar engraved into the setting and core.

Zey Ring A ring carrying the Zey family crest, this piece of jewelry was given to him by his mother when she was on her deathbed.

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Kage Type: Kamikage
Kage Name: Sulaan
Kage Primary Power: Spirit Share Sulaan can intermingle her spirit with that of Thanar's to increase his strength and control. This allows him to draw more power from cores with less concentration and danger.
Kage Secondary Power: Awareness Sulaan's bond with Thanar boosts his senses. His senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste are at about twice the level of an ordinary human. He can also process sensory data much faster than the average human, allowing him to read at a dizzying pace and take in the main features of an area in little more than a moment's glance.
Kage Personality/Description: Bubbly and inexperienced, Sulaan often comes across as ditzy, but is actually quite sharp. She is a young Kamikage, and enjoys seeing new things and learning new information. This allows her to get on well with Thanar, who likewise seeks knowledge and experience. Thanar often lets her take over his mouth, as he is quiet by nature.

Thanar opened his eyes and stared upwards. The light core in the center of the ceiling was glowing softly, on morning mode. Groaning, he dragged himself up out of bed and staggered into the bathroom. Washing and dressing quickly, he wolfed down a large breakfast before jogging down to the hangar where his aircraft was parked. Opening the maintenance panel, he checked over the custom engine he'd built himself. One of the cores was slightly out of alignment - nothing a normal engineer would have picked up, but Thanar could feel that the resonance was off slightly. Adjusting the offending core, he shut the maintenance hatch and left for his shop.

On arriving, there was a small queue of people outside. This was not uncommon, as he was fairly well-known as a skilled (if expensive) mechanic, and people often came to him for custom alterations as well as more traditional repairs. The day passed slowly, as it always did when there was nothing interesting brought to him. Eventually, lunchtime came, and he closed the shop. Heading down to his favourite cafe, he sat in his customary seat in the corner between the front window and the wall, affording him a view of the whole room and the street outside. He ate slowly, watching the city pass by the window.

At the end of his lunch, he went to see the bureaucrats. Presumably they had titles and offices; he never bothered to find out. If they told him, he didn't remember. There was always some problem or other they had for him to fix, and today it was that one of the ornamental fountains had become faulty - apparently a problem with the water cores.

Approaching the offending fountain, he sent out a pulse and immediately found the problem. The water cores were not only faulty, they had been installed misaligned. Focusing on his landcore and windcore rings, he gestured, and a large chunk of the plaza lifted up out of the ground. Dropping into the hole, he cancelled out the water cores' effect with a conflicting resonance before gesturing again and opening up the piping inside the fountain. Removing the faulty cores, he replaced them with the new ones he had brought along, aligning them as the previous engineer has failed to do. Floating easily up out of the hole with the aid of his windcore ring, he replaced the piece of plaza, sealed it with his landcore ring and stopped the cancelling resonance, allowing the water cores to do their work. The fountain worked perfectly.

After receiving his - substantial - payment, he returned back to Zey Manor and began his daily training routine, a rigorous mental workout thoroughly testing every limit he had. Although taxing, the benefit was worth it. Every day he got stronger, his control became finer, his knowledge greater. And one day he would reach the point where he would no longer need cores, where he could simply draw from the energy itself - channeling, as he had come to call it. After training, he went to the laboratory - an entire floor of the house turned into a research center where for an hour or two every evening he could learn the secrets of the cores.

By the time the research was done, the sun was setting. His evening meal was, as always, substantial, to replenish the huge amounts of energy his training required. Despite the meal's size, he finished it quickly and retired to bed. Tomorrow would be the same, a slow morning in the shop - perhaps, occasionally, with something new and interesting - followed by some banal task for the bureaucrats who always had something new for him to do (although there was no denying they paid well), and then finally what he really loved to do - training and research.

Name: Thanar Zey
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Argos, Arcarus Province
Current Home: Zey Manor, in Argos

Personality: Scholarly and always looking for the next piece of knowledge, Thanar's courage belies his physical stature. He is not afraid to venture into dangerous places and bad situations if he thinks there's something worthwhile at the end of it. His near-obsession with cores causes him to be something of a loner, but he is fiercely loyal to the few friends he manages to make. Although generally quiet, he isn't afraid to speak up when he has to, and is generally worth listening to.

Biography: Born to the wealthy Zey family, Thanar was expected to grow up and take over the family trade: core brokering. The Zey dynasty have become extremely rich through transporting and selling cores, despite the fact that they never had any interest in the things. Thanar proved an exception, delighting in the powers of cores from an early age and showing a natural ability with them. He would spend long hours experimenting, and quickly became skilled in their use.

His father, though not a cruel man, despaired at his son's complete disregard for the mercantile world, and began to resort to increasingly harsh punishments to get Thanar to "stop playing with those damned cores and get on with some real work." When he threatened a beating, Thanar finally snapped and ran away. Aged only thirteen, he had to live on the streets. The cores he had with him kept him safe, and he continued his research, managing to earn some money from fixing and improving the core technology of passers-by.

Six years later, when he was nineteen, his father died. The sole remaining member of the Zey family, he proved his bloodline with the family ring he had received from his dying mother and inherited everything. Selling Zey Cores to another business, he used the money to fund his ever-increasing body of research and development. Delving into the ruins of the floating city, he began to glean hints of great powers beyond what he had already found. Deep in the ruins, he discovered the secret of fusing cores, found knowledge of core harmonics (resonating and cancelling to increase or block a core's power respectively), and forged his Corestaff. Since then, he has run a small business dealing in core repairs and alterations to provide funds for his ongoing research.

Appearance:

He is fairly short and a bit weedy.

Traits:
Core Mastery Thanar has a natural affinity for cores. He can sense them, and has developed a technique called "pulsing" where he literally sends a pulse of spirit energy at them to see how it resonates. He can draw a little on their powers naturally. If he meditates over a core, he can sense inside it and glean knowledge and understanding of its powers and limitations, helping him to use it properly. The more he meditates and practices with a certain type of core, the more he can use of it. He is at a high level with fire, wind, water, land, lightning, kinetic and sound, and has some ability with most of the common types.

He can fuse cores, both of the same type and of different types, though the latter is harder. He also has knowledge of core harmonics - how the power of cores resonates. He can amplify or cancel out the power of a core with a resonance of his own, although it is difficult and tiring to do so.

Scholar Thanar is knowledgeable on many subjects, and often has just the right piece of trivia in his head. He can read ancient languages.

Spirit Strength Thanar's spirit is extraordinarily strong, far above the human norm. This is what gives him his Core Affinity.

Tinkerer A skilled mechanic, Thanar is adept at fixing, custom-building and altering all sorts of technology.

Equipment
Corestaff Always in his hand is Thanar's long staff. It seems to be a uniform silver, as if made of steel, but under bright light it shimmers in many colours. It's actually made of cores, worked and fused into a long pole. On close examination, there are strange patterns carved lightly into it. Its component cores are: land, wind, water, fire, lightning, kinetic and sound.

Core Rings
The five rings Thanar wears each have a different colour jewel in. Though they look ordinary, they are actually cores cut down to resemble gemstones. He has a fire core, a wind core, a water core, a lightning core and a land core.

Shield Amulet A kinetic core set in a necklace, this amulet produces a kinetic shield about twice as strong as normal thanks to the patterns that Thanar engraved into the setting and core.

Zey Ring A ring carrying the Zey family crest, this piece of jewelry was given to him by his mother when she was on her deathbed.

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Kage Type: Kamikage
Kage Name: Sulaan
Kage Primary Power: Spirit Share Sulaan can intermingle her spirit with that of Thanar's to increase his strength and control. This allows him to draw more power from cores with less concentration and danger. He can also make use of stronger cores that he couldn't normally.
Kage Secondary Power: Awareness Sulaan's bond with Thanar boosts his senses. His senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste are at about twice the level of an ordinary human. He can also process sensory data much faster than the average human, allowing him to read at a dizzying pace and take in the main features of an area in little more than a moment's glance.
Kage Personality/Description: Bubbly and inexperienced, Sulaan often comes across as ditzy, but is actually quite sharp. She is a young Kamikage, and enjoys seeing new things and learning new information. This allows her to get on well with Thanar, who likewise seeks knowledge and experience. Thanar often lets her take over his mouth, as he is quiet by nature.

Name: Thanar Zey
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Argos, Arcarus Province
Current Home: Zey Manor, in Argos

Personality: Scholarly and always looking for the next piece of knowledge, Thanar's courage belies his physical stature. He is not afraid to venture into dangerous places and bad situations if he thinks there's something worthwhile at the end of it. His near-obsession with cores causes him to be something of a loner, but he is fiercely loyal to the few friends he manages to make. Although generally quiet, he isn't afraid to speak up when he has to, and is generally worth listening to.

Biography: Born to the wealthy Zey family, Thanar was expected to grow up and take over the family trade: core brokering. The Zey dynasty have become extremely rich through transporting and selling cores, despite the fact that they never had any interest in the things. Thanar proved an exception, delighting in the powers of cores from an early age and showing a natural ability with them. He would spend long hours experimenting, and quickly became skilled in their use.

His father, though not a cruel man, despaired at his son's complete disregard for the mercantile world, and began to resort to increasingly harsh punishments to get Thanar to "stop playing with those damned cores and get on with some real work." When he threatened a beating, Thanar finally snapped and ran away. Aged only thirteen, he had to live on the streets. The cores he had with him kept him safe, and he continued his research, managing to earn some money from fixing and improving the core technology of passers-by.

Six years later, when he was nineteen, his father died. The sole remaining member of the Zey family, he proved his bloodline with the family ring he had received from his dying mother and inherited everything. Selling Zey Cores to another business, he used the money to fund his ever-increasing body of research and development. Delving into the ruins of the floating city, he began to glean hints of great powers beyond what he had already found. Deep in the ruins, he discovered the secret of fusing cores, found knowledge of core harmonics (resonating and cancelling to increase or block a core's power respectively), and forged his Corestaff. Since then, he has run a small business dealing in core repairs and alterations to provide funds for his ongoing research.

Appearance:

He is fairly short and a bit weedy.

Traits:
Core Mastery Thanar has a natural affinity for cores. He can sense them, and has developed a technique called "pulsing" where he literally sends a pulse of spirit energy at them to see how it resonates. He can draw a little on their powers naturally. If he meditates over a core, he can sense inside it and glean knowledge and understanding of its powers and limitations, helping him to use it properly. The more he meditates and practices with a certain type of core, the more he can use of it. He is at a high level with fire, wind, water, land, lightning, kinetic and sound, and has some ability with most of the common types.

He can fuse cores, both of the same type and of different types, though the latter is harder. He also has knowledge of core harmonics - how the power of cores resonates. He can amplify or cancel out the power of a core with a resonance of his own, although it is difficult and tiring to do so.

Scholar Thanar is knowledgeable on many subjects, and often has just the right piece of trivia in his head. He can read ancient languages.

Spirit Strength Thanar's spirit is extraordinarily strong, far above the human norm. This is what gives him his Core Affinity.

Tinkerer A skilled mechanic, Thanar is adept at fixing, custom-building and altering all sorts of technology.

Equipment
Corestaff Always in his hand is Thanar's long staff. It seems to be a uniform silver, as if made of steel, but under bright light it shimmers in many colours. It's actually made of cores, worked and fused into a long pole. On close examination, there are strange patterns carved lightly into it. Its component cores are: land, wind, water, fire, lightning, kinetic and sound.

Core Rings
The five rings Thanar wears each have a different colour jewel in. Though they look ordinary, they are actually cores cut down to resemble gemstones. He has a fire core, a wind core, a water core, a lightning core and a land core.

Shield Amulet A kinetic core set in a necklace, this amulet produces a kinetic shield about twice as strong as normal thanks to the patterns that Thanar engraved into the setting and core.

Zey Ring A ring carrying the Zey family crest, this piece of jewelry was given to him by his mother when she was on her deathbed.

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Kage Type: Kamikage
Kage Name: Sulaan
Kage Primary Power: Spirit Share Sulaan can intermingle her spirit with that of Thanar's to increase his strength and control. This allows him to draw more power from cores with less concentration and danger. He can also make use of stronger cores that he couldn't normally.
Kage Secondary Power: Awareness Sulaan's bond with Thanar boosts his senses. His senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste are at about twice the level of an ordinary human. He can also process sensory data much faster than the average human, allowing him to read at a dizzying pace and take in the main features of an area in little more than a moment's glance.
Kage Personality/Description: Bubbly and inexperienced, Sulaan often comes across as ditzy, but is actually quite sharp. She is a young Kamikage, and enjoys seeing new things and learning new information. This allows her to get on well with Thanar, who likewise seeks knowledge and experience. Thanar often lets her take over his mouth, as he is quiet by nature.

Name: Ishigo
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Valira
Current Home: Sovereign, Golden Mercenary Base

Personality: Ishigo knows only one true ally: silence. He views the world with mysterious eyes, always in deep thought regardless of what he is doing. His peers, all belonging in the Golden mercenaries, tell him his mind is rarely on Aeros, although he is somehow able to accomplish anything with full focus. It isn't absent mindedness, no, rather, it is a very peculiar sense of passive interaction. He is the type to learn through observation and patience. Lots and lots of patience. However, under his mysterious demeanor is a very caring side, devoted solely to the well being of the innocent. Justice is his weapon, silence is his ally, and peace is his motive. Ishigo invigorates a sense of discipline and tranquility in those around him and is known to be great and understanding the intent and emotions of the subjects of his interaction.

Bio: Ishigo didn't cry at birth. Nor did he shed a tear at his mother's death. His father never spoke to him for the sheer joy of speaking to his beloved son. No, Ishigo's father knew off the bat that Ishigo was mature far beyond his age. Instead of neglecting his son, Ishigo's father's choice to remain passive during his growth was more of a respectful notion. Everyone - "friends" and teachers alike - knew he was different. Strange, almost. But Ishigo didn't mind, in fact, he loved the peace it brought him. He didn't have to worry about drama, pain, loss, or anything. He simply did his duties and made sure those around him never strayed into harm. His father, despite being judged for not interacting with his son enough, actually had a strong pride of his progeny. Ishigo knew this and respected his father the same.

If there was one friend that Ishigo ever truly had, it was Hector Esteves., whom he had known since birth. It was this friendship that led to Ishigo's decision to informally join the Golden Mercenaries, which were run by Hector's brother. Ishigo, at age 8, boarded Hector's shuttle to Sovereign, where he enlisted in the Y.D.A (Youth Disciplinary Academy). The academy was designed to nurture young boys into disciplined young men, and eventually, into mature, capable individuals of the world. Hector and Ishigo both spent their time training and advancing through ranks, until Hector eventually dropped out to officially join the Golden Mercenaries with his brother. Ishigo was neither disappointed or proud of the choice, as he had hoped to graduate together, but eventually, he too left the academy in order to peacefully wander around Sovereign, an unspoken vigilante. His friendship with Hector provided him with a shelter at the Golden Mercenary base, but he spent most of his time roaming the rooftops, observing the living, breathing city, and doing what he could to keep it safe,

Appearance: Ishigo

Special Traits/Weapons:
-Really agile, jumps really high, and moves like a light weight
-Strikes really fast, able to block really fast as well
-Doesn't take hits well, but rarely takes them
-Super chill

Theme Song: Till I Collapse - Eminem

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Kage Type: Kamikage
Kage Name: Jin
Kage Primary Power: Shadow Binding - To prevent confusion, Jin refers to his powers as "Shadow Binding." In actuality, it's principles revolve around using tier 2 elements (those that haven't been perceived by mankind, but are not in the spiritual realm) to drastically slow down photons, which are the particles that govern visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum. As a result, the very light that would usually connect with one retina's to produce an image is held back, creating "blind spots". These blind spots are often mistaken for moving shadows, as they can take any form that Jin can (within his power) mold them to, all by pinpointing various photons to slow down by the billions. The catch, however, is Jin's ability to intertwine the tier 2 element, which he simply refers to as "Shadow" within the space between each photon. The element itself is a celestial matter that has physical properties, including selective materialization. Simply put - you can feel those "blind spots", which are just concentrations of slowed photons. The misconception is then created that the shadows come to life. Jin can use "shadows" for both offense and defense, but primarily as a temporarily cloak for Ishigo.

Kage Secondary Power: Shadow Tethering - This is a sub-ability, derived from Jin's primary power. When the photon's are slowed down, creating the "living shadow", Jin can use his spirit (a great deal, actually) to change the direction of the photons in order to send them into places where light is unavailable, or in other words, actual shadows. As a result, the "blind spots" that Jin creates can connect to other actual shadows (absences of light) and let the celestial tier 2 element manifest around the single photon found in the absence of light. Simply put, his shadows can connect with actual shadows and allow for an easy method of generating the celestial element which he refers to shadow. So basically, MORE SHADOWS!

Kage Personality/Description: Jin is rather humble and reserved. He's the type of kage that occasionally will crack a joke and surprise Ishigo, making him laugh (which he would otherwise never do). He has a distinct love for humanity, derived from his curiosity at their development. He is an older kage, something he takes pride in, and often indulges in tales of the past, including stories of what he observed in the human realm long before Ishigo existed. It is the progress and advancement that humanity made - out of the era of war and bloodshed - that drives Jin's desire to accept human's as brother entities.