Okays, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Hows this?

Name: Kurai Goto
Age: early 20s
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Appearance:
Profession: Although the daughter of an archeologist and a psychiatrist, Kagura has chosen the not to wise profession of being a master thief
Personality: Other than being the most likely to rob you blind Kurai is actually pretty fun to hang around with provided you keep your coin purse at home. She’s cheerful and very flattering doing what she can to make it very easy for one to lower their guard around her not that having it up makes much of a difference. Due to her penchant for kleptomania combined with her abilities she will steal things without realizing it usually always the last person to know she’s stolen something, and it could be anything under the son from a stuffed animal to the life savings of an elderly gentlemen. When Kurai puts her mind and skills to it though there is no one better in the business of stealing than she is; a tactical mind backs her up able to analyze and pick apart a person or situation to decide the best course of action.
Equipment/Weapons: Nothing other than the cloth clothing on her back with very deep pockets

Abilities:
Erebokinesis or Darkness manipulation - She can create, shape and manipulate darkness itself this includes her shadows as well as the shadows of others. Judging by how much energy is put into it a variety of effects from forcing a complete absence of light or making it a solid substance; make shields or blanket an area in total darkness as well as teleport herself over large areas via shadows.

• Shadow Stepping – One her favorite skills from her employment of Erebokinesis in which upon stepping into a fairly large area of darkness she can seamlessly vanish and travel anywhere along that specific shadow, if a shadow connects with another she can hope to that shadow and continue going without being detected
• Negative field – The first step in generating darkness out of nowhere is to have the ability to turn a reasonable about of light energy into the negative inverse this requires a decent amount of concentration but not enough to be an hindrance mainly this is used for attacks or that emergency escape.
• Shadow link – Another sub ability of Kurai is that her and her shadow are forever linked although she can control and manipulate other people’s shadows she is linked with her own giving her to ability to take from other people’s pockets without detection, summon her shadow in the three dimensional plane and swap places with it in terms of positioning

Brief Backstory: Kurai Goto as a young girl had an unhealthy obsession with taking things from other people, a habit that she more than likely got from her mother seeing as how she was a glorified tomb raider who took her on various expeditions where she was quickly acquainted with the four D’s. Duck, dodging, dipping and diving were her best friends at the times as her own mother would often times leave her behind instructing the little girl to find her own path around as a result she became very acrobatic. When it came to the tombs however her sticky fingers were free to roam so long as she could stay alive the little girl would walk away with pockets full and a big smile.

Years passed and she began to hang around her father more the intellect of a person who could read people was interesting that and his patients wouldn’t look after their things as closely as they should have. Other than the easy targets she sat in on each patient’s hearing and watch her father work trying to see what he saw picking apart the person learning how to view others, studying them to get a leg up on them rather than her father’s approach which was to help them. Other than her five finger discount addiction she was a very sweet charming little girl in her youth with a bright future picking up anything topic and quacking learning from it without much need for studying.

On one of her mother’s expeditions they recovered an ancient scroll in an unknown writing; the scroll itself seemed to call to her so much so the girl began to decipher the text. The scrolls later turned out to be a manual for magic more specifically shadow magic teachings of old masters all scribbled down onto pages of a worn out torn paper but she could learn from it the idea of shadow magic intrigued her. This is truly where her habit turned into a profession of full blown kleptomania and pick pocketing became bank heists all without be detected in and out without a trace or sound.

Okay, um... this isn't a full judgement on the bio yet, but, um...

After some thought, while magic is mostly freeform, we've decided that in most cases(with a few justified exceptions) it should involve some kind of ritual. For spells that need to be fast this can be just a word or an action, but it makes it so it's not just some kind of inherent power or ability. And, well, Kurai seems to just have shadow powers as it's written.

Also, the name should probably be more, um, "Magical" but yeah.

Edit: And a creatures section has been added to the original post!

@Cake: Okay, looking over your bio again and one major thing stands out to me. You absolutely cannot have something that drains away other people's powers, magical or otherwise. Rin and I find that kind of thing in RP's honestly unacceptable.

The rest of your bio will be reviewed shortly.

So here's my contribution to the RP:

VitaVitaAR said
@Cake: Okay, looking over your bio again and one major thing stands out to me. You absolutely cannot have something that drains away other people's powers, magical or otherwise. Rin and I find that kind of thing in RP's honestly unacceptable.The rest of your bio will be reviewed shortly.

That wasn't supposed to be in there I just forgot to change it.

Sorry to nag, but since the GM is currently online I'd like to ask for him/her to please look at my concept and tell me if it's accepted or not :)

@Golem: Hmm... I haven't talked with Rin about everything yet, but the one thing I can point out is I know for sure that some religious organizations/groups in general would be opposed to the use of formerly-sapient undead in that way for a variety of reasons.

@Cake: Alchemy is in the first post, and it is not magic.

Also, um:

Creature Name: Skywhale
Creature Appearance: Like this, but in the sky
Creature Description: Skywhales describe a small number of species of giant, flying mammals. They fly using giant airbladders carried inside their bodies, which allows them to drift through the air. They can siphon gas in and out of their airbladder in order to raise or lower altitude. Skywhales feed and drink through very unique methods. The immense creatures consume whole clouds for moisture, and they feed both by absorbing sunlight and consuming vast swarms of tiny flying creatures. Skywhales are placid creatures by nature, proving to be harmless to airships unless their is a collision. However, they were hunted for a long time for their airbladders, which were used in earlier airship designs in order to provide them with a method of lift. They are also still hunted by some cultures for their meat. Rarely, skywhale calves are sometimes available for purchase, alive. The only natural enemy for adult skywhales are western dragons.

VitaVitaAR said
@Golem: Hmm... I haven't talked with Rin about everything yet, but the one thing I can point out is I know for sure that some religious organizations/groups in general would be opposed to the use of formerly-sapient undead in that way for a variety of reasons.

Personally I feel this could be an interesting plot point later on, honestly. For one thing, it sets up immediate conflict between the Grey Council and the Church of Reon, which might be fun to play out. But that's just how I see it.

After talking with Rin, I think that works out just fine. Just keep in mind that not everyone will be okay with it at all.

I'm aware of the controversy that such a guild would bring with it, but that's part of the charm ;) can I assume they work in most areas of the city, though?

Exactly. I think that's part of why I like the idea, at least. XD Karstberg isn't a utopia, after all. There's always going to be some dissent amongst the masses.

And yeah, I think they probably would, although certain parts of the religious district would probably not allow them entrance.

hmm shall i just change it to so she can manipulate crap like posions and healing salves.. We can call it gooey magic even. OOOH OOH AND SHE CAN SUMMON SLIMES.

That's what i want for the most part.

I'm changing things, but i generally mentioned her magic could heal and hurt in her bio.

I'm more or less trying to change the type to your liking at this point.

@Golem: Okay, this is sounding fine to me, now. And as Rin said, they'd probably be turned away from certain portions of the Temple District.

As for your character, I'd like to see her personality fleshed out a bit more but otherwise she looks fine.

@Cake: Ah, um, I see. Um, I didn't see that mentioned in your bio, eh-heh.

Cake said OOOH OOH AND SHE CAN SUMMON SLIMES.

...Now I'm thinking of Fast Wheels and his Volumen Hydragyrum.

VitaVitaAR said
@Golem: Okay, this is sounding fine to me, now. And as Rin said, they'd probably be turned away from certain portions of the Temple District.As for your character, I'd like to see her personality fleshed out a bit more but otherwise she looks fine.

Yeah, flesh out the personality a little and she'll be fine to go. ^_^

Sorry, I thought you meant I was accepted and posted. I'll add a paragraph or two to her personality in the morning. For now, I bid you all good night!

It's okay, you can re-enter the post you made after she's accepted as well, eh-heh.

I generally just said she can harm and heal threw the same method.

So gooey magic would be cool,(Although a bit more light hearted then the character already was.) It would pretty much deal with poison healing gell, and summoning slimes.

Cause everybody knows slimes have a huge life expectancy.

VitaVitaAR said
Okay, um... this isn't a full judgement on the bio yet, but, um...After some thought, while magic is mostly freeform, we've decided that in most cases(with a few justified exceptions) it should involve some kind of ritual. For spells that need to be fast this can be just a word or an action, but it makes it so it's not just some kind of inherent power or ability. And, well, Kurai seems to just have shadow powers as it's written.Also, the name should probably be more, um, "Magical" but yeah.Edit: And a creatures section has been added to the original post!

Im not sure I'm getting exactly what you are trying to say but i have a good idea and i believe you're saying our spells have to come from rituals, runes or incantations that would mean it isn't really magic in the traditional sense that would be arcane magics from the old days (Witches, Wizards, Hermits) or just plain enchanters right, is that what you mean?