And here comes the first lass of the bunch.

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First Name: Karida
Last Name: Arconis
Age: 25
Sex: No, please. Female.
Someone made the sex joke. Arm the cannons.
Home Nation: Arcadia.
Appearance:

Karida towers at 5'10 tall, which is somewhat tall for a woman, and weighs 136 lbs. Her skin appears to be barely blemished by the sun and by scars, perhaps from being continuously shaded under the cloak's hood and from some sort of luck that most of her wounds don't leave a lasting mark. She has shoulder-length dirty blonde hair, brown eyes and a curvaceous figure hidden underneath her simple brown cloak with a faded yellow cape draped over her left shoulder.

Personality: Karida, as someone who studied under a CMAS-licensed school and currently as a licensed Diver, was a determined and ambitious woman saw it upon herself to study the techniques of her own arts. Shrewd and reserved, Karida is particularly known for her wisdom at such an early age, and was one who was showed little distress or frustration regardless of circumstances. Karida abided by the laws of CMAS and of Arcadia, and as such only ventured to No-Man's-Land when the Survey Initiative law allowed her to do so with a proper license.

Much like how other Divers disdain Junkers like her, Karida also holds the same degree of contempt towards regular Divers. Karida also holds the beliefs of CMAS as she was taught so: that the subject of Ki is absolute garbage, the concept of demons are also garbage, and that arcane energy is the supreme and rightful philosophy of Thorisa.
Following the rules of CMAS gets you a cookie.

History: Born privileged and raised privileged is what many would simply describe Karida's childhood. From an early age, Karida already showed her ambitions, and she had her way when the wealthy Arconis family put her in an arcane school in accordance with what she wished on a birthday. Karida envisioned herself to rise high(er) in the ranks of society, and possessed a driving ambition to become an Arch-Mage.

Karida wished to venture into No-Man's-Land too, seeing it as a good opportunity to improve her skills, but she never exactly liked the idea of being associated with those filthy Divers. Besides, at that time, it wasn't even legal. Only when the Survey Initiative was made did she made her interest to explore the forbidden regions public. Karida volunteered to become a Junker, on the grounds that it was finally licensed and that it paid well, of which would provide her much-needed money living alone. Her resolve of rising high never faltered, even though she was aware that she was putting herself in a shunned place in society.
Daddy cut her off once she left the city. Parents, am I right?

Occupation: Junker

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Primary Focus: Arcane

Magical Capabilities:

• Solar Fire - Karida is capable of creating and manipulating hot solar plasma to a great extent. While similar to fire attacks, one advantage of this is that it is too hot for water to extinguish, that it is different from fire and therefore makes any fire-nullifying abilities useless, and is also generally more forceful. This requires a staff to use offensively, as it is too volatile to be handled by hand at her current degree of skill and causes highly forceful recoil at even just a simple attempt at spewing out a stream of plasma.
• Plain Fire - If a staff is absent or broken, Karida will make use of regular fire instead, with lesser potency than Solar Fire.
• Propel - This is not in itself an ability, but rather a technique that takes advantage of Solar Fire's recoil that pushes her in a similar way to a thruster; where the hand is extended, it propels her in the opposite direction. As this uses the volatile form of Solar Fire, Propel does not need a staff to be executed. Propel makes up for Karida's lack of direct defense through movement.
• Healing Magic - Self-explanatory. As much as possible, Karida makes more use of environmental latent energy instead of tapping excessively into her own internal energy, as using too much of her own would still wear her down anyway.

Weapons and Equipment: Two staves, one serving as a spare, both stored at her back with each serving as conduits for her Solar Fire. The rest are mage's robes, arcane study books and general equipment.

Specialties: Highly intelligent in all regards, including the nature of Arcane. Decent in cooking.

I had my eye on this, and since one of my RPs faceplanted, I'd like to join. I'll crank out a CS soon, but first, I have a two questions.

First, any Final Fantasy connection? :P

Second, what is the level of technology here?

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1. The intial concept of my universe had a lot of inspiration drawn from the final fantasy universe, as well as the naruto, Megaman, and Dragon-ball-Z universes. But the final product distinguishes itself very radically from all of my favorite media sources. I can't deny how inspiring they were though. :)

2. Technology is very steam-punkish. Computers, phones, and complex devices like them do not exist. Programming is not even a feasible prospect yet (Though I might allow something similar if it is explained very well, and isn't wide-spread and still very experimental) nor are cameras, or any type of recording/audio devices. Anything that can be simply explained is possible.

Ovens expel heat, simple enough. Cars have their wheels turned, simple enough. Guna shoot LAZORS, simple enough. Etc.

@Hatman1801 The turrets would range from a foot to four feet, and must be assembled first prior to use - they are usually separated into multiple, smaller parts that can be carried within Cache, his mobile storage unit and work station. All of the turret's parts are interchangeable, meaning he would bring a set amount of resources that could either make one bigger turret, or two to three smaller ones. The throwable ones, however, are much smaller. They are basically little jack-in-the-boxes that spring up and fire a small barrage of 5-10 pellets or beads before deactivating.

@tex Fixed the history so that he is a Diver before he became a Junker. Removed the mentioning of satellites. Removed the Scouting Orb in replacement of a flashlight type of gadget. And under his Magical Capabilities section, by moving constructs, it would be more like his Cache machine than a golem - nothing really automated, just has the capability to move. :) Is that ok? Or should I change it?

Also, quick question about the turrets - would it be too much if they can fire his modified 'Arcane Ammo' as well? Don't want to go too overboard, since I'm still tentative of how far I can go with Thorisa's current tech.

Soo, how do you feel about a sky pirate...? ;)

I've a question pertaining to the second character I was considering, for if/when we get around to that point.

It's clear that a person who is naturally unable to access their Arcane network can use specialized tools to in order to make use of it. What I'm wondering if someone who has been forcefully sealed off from their network would be able to use a similar tool (likely created by a Machinist) in order to access at least a portion of the power they once knew.

The idea I'm going for is an ex-Diver who got out of control and crossed too many lines. For his/her crimes, they were imprisoned and had their Arcane network sealed. With the advent of the Arcadian Survey initiative, they were given another chance to put their experience to work. Unable to directly use their own Arcane network, I was thinking they would use one or more foci of sorts (staff, rod, ring, gauntlet, etc) that drew from them directly but were rather limited as to the variety of magic effects each foci could produce.

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The sealing of one's arcane network is the process of stopping its flow at the base of the brain-stem, so it would be difficult to access it with tools, but not impossible.

It would require that tools have a direct link to the brain, otherwise accessing a sealed network is impossible. Of course, finding such tools would be extremely difficult, especially since harnessing arcane energy straight from the brain can be extremely dangerous. The results could vary from amnesia, to headaches, to hearing voices, to pretty much any array of mental disorders.

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Excellent! It'd be no fun if they were entirely sane anyway.

So, in that case, would a form of bonded Arcanite-laced armor linked to the brain and nervous system produce the end effect I'm looking for? It would be something they are unable to remove, basically attached to the spine and the base of the skull at the very least. CMAS agents and any handler they might have would be able to disable it and paralyze him at need, and otherwise the construction of it would only allow the person to use their Arcane energy in limited ways.

@tex Nah, go for it! Just make it trademarked under Sinnet Inc. :p Just kidding. But is it okay if he have the capability to modify the bullets to have different properties? elemental bullets, armor penetrating, explosive, ect. Or would those be available too? If they are, I have another way his gun could be unique. :p

Going on with the discussion of aerial vehicles, if they are limited, what about ground vehicles? what are they like, and what are the limitations ?

What about other sentinate races? I assume everyone in the countries are human, but what about in no man's land?

What about other sentinate races? I assume everyone in the countries are human, but what about in no man's land?

Is there a set time when you are not taking any more characters?

I am very interested and would like to join, but this coming week is going to be crazy and I want to make certain, once things settle back down, that I will have the time to commit to this.