@Themerlinhawk Seems to be a bit of an error right around where you mention Nathan and Markus...
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@Themerlinhawk Seems to be a bit of an error right around where you mention Nathan and Markus...
You mean my lack of a full stop? XD yeah sometimes that happens. Problem should be fixed
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@Themerlinhawk Seems to be a bit of an error right around where you mention Nathan and Markus...
You mean my lack of a full stop? XD yeah sometimes that happens. Problem should be fixed
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I'll be writing tomorrow, my apoligies on the long absence!
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@Themerlinhawk I'm close to finished with both of mine. What do you think so far?
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Nathan's workmate. For the first time, I finally got the code for the video to work.
Age: 45
Rank: Knight
(NOTE: Michael has actually worked for the Tower longer than Nathan has. He's just lazy.)
Race: Human
Appearance:
Michael usually wears his jacket, along with matching sunglasses. He also wears scarves. He likes scarves. It is rumored that he actually has a fetish towards them.
He is incredibly sexy, and he has a breath-taking six-pack.
Oh god was that even necessary
Personality
Michael is cool. Very cool.
He has an unhealthy habit of performing "rad motorcycle trickz", such as riding his motorbike right into bars just for the sake of hooking up the pretty ladies. He likes to slack a lot, and he considers riding his motorbike around town as "patrolling". He never gets serious, and he will maintain his brazen smile even in the middle of the battlefield. People often pass him off as a dickhead.
Well, he actually does get serious sometimes. However, that doesn't change the fact that he does things recklessly.
Will Level: Greater
Michael was raised in the Nexus, one of Faros' churches. He grew up in isolation, and he would usually play by himself with his father's broadsword. He learned to use the sword at an early age, as his father decided to train him so that he could stop hacking into the oak tree situated near the door of their house.
Soon enough, Michael would enter the city. He would get into street fights often, and then emerge victorious simply by using a plunger/spatula/crowbar/whatever as a sword. His talent caught the attention of many, and his parents decided to school him in swordsmanship.
Eventually, Michael emerged as a fully-fledged Knight. He still visits the Nexus on weekends. Nothing much more.
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Nathan's workmate. For the first time, I finally got the code for the video to work.
"The Brazen-Faced Timekeeper"
Indians are beautiful. Extra points if you can identify the actor.
Age: 45
Rank: Knight
(NOTE: Michael has actually worked for the Tower longer than Nathan has. He's just lazy.)
Race: Human
Appearance:
Michael usually wears his jacket, along with matching sunglasses. He also wears scarves. He likes scarves. It is rumored that he actually has a fetish towards them.
He is incredibly sexy, and he has a breath-taking six-pack.
Oh god was that even necessary
Personality
Michael is cool. Very cool.
He has an unhealthy habit of performing "rad motorcycle trickz", such as riding his motorbike right into bars just for the sake of hooking up the pretty ladies. He likes to slack a lot, and he considers riding his motorbike around town as "patrolling". He never gets serious, and he will maintain his brazen smile even in the middle of the battlefield. People often pass him off as a dickhead.
Well, he actually does get serious sometimes. However, that doesn't change the fact that he does things recklessly.
ooh hot
Will Level: Greater
THE STORY SO FAR...
Michael was raised in the Nexus, one of Faros' churches. He grew up in isolation, and he would usually play by himself with his father's broadsword. He learned to use the sword at an early age, as his father decided to train him so that he could stop hacking into the oak tree situated near the door of their house.
Soon enough, Michael would enter the city. He would get into street fights often, and then emerge victorious simply by using a plunger/spatula/crowbar/whatever as a sword. His talent caught the attention of many, and his parents decided to school him in swordsmanship.
Eventually, Michael emerged as a fully-fledged Knight. He still visits the Nexus on weekends. Nothing much more.
Magic
- Time Bending: Michael, as a follower of Faros, can control the very flow of time. He can either slow down or quicken time, although he almost never does the latter. He can do this with ease, as he has a Greater will level. This is the only magic he uses, though.
Tech
- Twin Dragons
When you can't choose between a sword and a gun, you go with both!
These twin gunblades were forged exclusively for Michael by the town blacksmith. They run on plasma rounds.:origin()/pre06/421a/th/pre/f/2009/257/b/3/jin_gunblade_by_oleola123.jpg)
- Graphene Jacket
Very cool jacket.One day, a small contingent of soldiers under the Order of Blades got into a fight with a battalion of Stygian Blade swordsmen. Then battle was intense, and only a few soldiers remained. In the end, the Stygian Blade retreated.
Michael got this jacket from one of the fallen soldiers.
The jacket itself is fortified with graphene, making it elastic yet very protective and durable. Michael wears protective plates on his pants to match it.- The compartment located on the part wherein the chest would fit is embedded with runes. This part is wired to Michael's armband, which sports a button. When the button is pressed, Michael can project his internal energy into it. This materialized a shock-absorbing Void Shield, which can be used to deliberately block attacks. Nathan, Michael's friend workmate crafted it for him as a prototype.
- Motorbike
vroom vroom
Skills
- Swordsmanship Skillz: Michael is very skilled in the art of swordsmanship. He has been fascinated with the way of the blade since his childhood.
- Marksmanship Skillz: Michael's accuracy is not exemplary, but it fits a standard soldier.
- Kung Fu Skillz
nuff' said - Michael, having fought in the streets, understands how to play dirty. He can improvise many things as weapons.
- Very Seductive Body This is going overboard
God Relations
- Faros: Michael has been bonded to him since childhood, due to being raised by his clerics. Nobody can tell if Faros himself is disappointed in him, but it is very likely. Nonetheless, Michael is his servant, for he is tasked to prevents people from delving too deeply into the future.
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@Themerlinhawk Made a short post since I didn't really know what else to write.
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@Themerlinhawk Also, I was thinking neither of them wanted to really be knights but they end up fighting alongside the knights because of a common goal/enemy. How would I work that into the CS?
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@Rockin StringsThey need to be part of an associated organization. The problem is I didn't intend for any of the characters to not be Knights
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@ChickenTeriyakiLooks fine to me, given that I take it he is meant to play as a periodic addition?
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@Themerlinhawk Well, I could have Ulrich join but Abbadon's not a fighter all that much.
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@ChickenTeriyakiLooks fine to me, given that I take it he is meant to play as a periodic addition?
The concept is that Nathan takes his job seriously and is a responsible worker, while Michael is lazy and a slacker. Given the fact that they only got Nathan to go on the mission, Michael will probably be ecstatic.
With that said, my part of the story might revolve more around Nathan, while Michael's almost nonexistent schedule gets him to interact with other characters more often.
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@Rockin StringsNot all Knights are fighters
@Rockin Strings Merlin's right. Abbadon's proficiency in enchanting would make him a great addition to the Order of Steel.
Also, in The Lost Heir 2: Forging A Kingdom, there's this class called the Arcane Tatooist. He/She can give people tatoos that grant them buffs, such as extra strength, endurance, agility, and even wealth. Maybe you could give that a shot.
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Guys, sorry for the long reply. Also, I changed the timeline of my first post so it would allow me to interact with you guys easier, assuming it's still morning and not afternoon.
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@Themerlinhawk@ChickenTeriyaki I'll try to think of something for them.
A likely controversial draft. Let's see how it goes.
Age: Unknown
Race: Unknown
Rank: Knight Captain
Biography/history:
Reason for recruitment:
Strength of Will:
Magic:
God relations:
Tech:
Possessions/items/property:
Skills:
Misc:
Umemoto Eiishii
Alias: Hannya, The Traitor
Y'know, most people are afraid of Hannya. Not afraid like he's some big ass dragon or some giant demon or something, but the guy wears suits that cost more than an education and looks like he owns the investment firm that bought the real estate company that owns your house. He's just got that way about him, y'know, like he's abso-fucking-lutely sure of everything he does, and that's kinda intimidating, y’know? But when you start talking to him, he's actually a really grounded guy. Sure he smokes the kind of cigars I couldn't buy without a mission's pay, but he's pretty good at giving you the whole 'sage wisdom' bullshit without the bullshit, y’know? And then you start to get to know him a little more, hang out around the towers a bit, and you learn that most people aren't nearly as afraid of him as they ought to be.
- Alex "Brightlance" Temple, Paladin of the Temple of Stars
Age: Unknown
Race: Unknown
Rank: Knight Captain
Biography/history:
It's hard to imagine what possible history someone like Hannya could have. He acts as though he sprang full formed from the earth, constant and singular, as he will no doubt someday return to it. The truth is substantially less dramatic, and a surprising amount of it is actually public record if one cares enough to put together the timeline.
Umemoto Eiishii was born to a prominent corporate family out of Lorrath. Manufacturers of arms and armor, he grew up wanting for little and receiving the best of everything from education to magical tutelage. Given his heritage and his position in his family, the only son of the Umemoto Arms Corp. president and chairman, it was assumed from an early age that he would take up his father's position at the head of the company, find a woman to have a son with, and retire to luxury and backseat corporate espionage like his father's father before him. The only real surprise is that none of that happened.
The only real secret in Eiishii's past is what changed. That something did was self-evident, but what it could be was anyone's guess. There was no horrible fall out, no awful tragedy that anyone is aware of. As far as most people are concerned, Eiishii simply woke up one day, put aside every weapon and lesson and aspiration he'd been working towards, and began focusing solely on his swordsmanship. Day in and day out, until his muscles ached and his fingers bled and his instructors had long ago left, Eiishii practiced his swordsmanship. At first his parents assumed it to be a hobby, a kind of phase, but as months stretched by and the rest of his studies declined it was clear enough that something was amiss. Ultimatum after ultimatum was provided and ignored, his family unwilling to follow through with actually cutting him off. Eventually, as far as his parents were concerned, he was written off as a waste--his 'little hobby' wasn't expensive enough to be a bother when it came right down to it, and so they let him have it. Better than losing their son, and to their credit they could (and did) have another.
In a year, Eiishii cleanly defeated his master.
In two years, Eiishii cleanly defeated his master.
In five, he had ended a slew of schools, academies, and training grounds single handedly.
It becomes difficult to track him through public record, at this point, because by then rumor of his prowess had begun to escape. A monster swordsman, an impossible prodigy had begun to work his way through school after school, learning techniques like most people drink water, before defeating its greatest masters and moving on. The more difficult it became for him to move between schools unnoticed, the more guile he began to display in his dedication to do so. There are stories still told about the friends he betrayed, the women he seduced, the wizened masters he bargained or threatened or cajoled out of their secrets, all under different names that only a careful historian could begin to put together as being Umemoto Eiishii himself.
By the time he emerged as himself again, he was a changed man. Having long been assumed dead by his family, who hadn't heard word from him in more than a decade, he returned to their household with his thanks for raising him and a simple warning that it was time for them to leave. Confused, he made it clear in no uncertain terms that it was no longer safe for them to remain in the city and that now was the time for them to take their belongings and go. He would be staying, himself, and he would be just fine without them.
In less than a month, the Second Stygian War broke out and his family’s holdings were decimated. Having refused to heed the ridiculous warning of their absentee son, his remaining family perished under the Stygian assault. Eiishiii had more important things to do--he had joined the Knights of Star and begun, for the first notable time in decades, to apply his trade under his own name.
With the Knights of Star fighting on both sides of the battle, Eiishiii began to acquire something of a reputation. The contracts he took were almost always those with a Knight of Stars counterpart on the other side of the battlefield, whether fighting for or against the Stygians. He himself showed no loyalty to either side, and instead took the battlefield against those most distinguished Knights with neither fear nor concern. To this day, no member of the order has been confirmed to have killed as many of their own as Eiishii the Traitor, earning him no small amount of enmity within the organization. An inquiry was held after several prominent Knights of the time fell, but the short of the matter was that he technically hadn't done anything wrong--he hadn't sought out his opponents, merely placed himself in their path as a natural extension of his contract. Though the charges of treason were dropped, it was not a satisfying victory for many and the notion of it lingered. With the actions of the Knights during the war pardoned, however, Eiishii...stopped.
Not doing missions, but he stopped searching out new schools of swordsmanship to best. He had, in his not-inconsequential perspective, become the finest swordsman alive. It was not a boast so much as a simple fact, demonstrated when needed either on missions or in defense of his title, and though he may have been bested on rare occasions by the capabilities of his foes it was never a failure of his skill that lost him the battle. The sole duelist to survive Lilliana Highfell’s infamous challenge, it was then that Eiishii realized that his body was simply unable to keep up with the demands of his technique. He could see through the blade mistress’ gambits, knew where and when and how to strike, but his body was simply unable to keep up.
So he sought to fix that.
With the Umemoto Arms Corp. and the money from his missions funding him, these days Eiishii spends much of his time appreciating the finer things in life when he isn’t exploring newfound options to expand his capabilities. Known on occasion to take on a student or two, his rank as a Knight Captain is reflective as much of the infamy he gained with the Knights during the Second Stygian War as it is by his own disinterest in taking a more prestigious position. There are some who are curious why he didn't leave with many of the others in search of Christian Highfell, and he refuses to comment on the matter, but most assume he was unwelcome in their company.
Umemoto Eiishii was born to a prominent corporate family out of Lorrath. Manufacturers of arms and armor, he grew up wanting for little and receiving the best of everything from education to magical tutelage. Given his heritage and his position in his family, the only son of the Umemoto Arms Corp. president and chairman, it was assumed from an early age that he would take up his father's position at the head of the company, find a woman to have a son with, and retire to luxury and backseat corporate espionage like his father's father before him. The only real surprise is that none of that happened.
The only real secret in Eiishii's past is what changed. That something did was self-evident, but what it could be was anyone's guess. There was no horrible fall out, no awful tragedy that anyone is aware of. As far as most people are concerned, Eiishii simply woke up one day, put aside every weapon and lesson and aspiration he'd been working towards, and began focusing solely on his swordsmanship. Day in and day out, until his muscles ached and his fingers bled and his instructors had long ago left, Eiishii practiced his swordsmanship. At first his parents assumed it to be a hobby, a kind of phase, but as months stretched by and the rest of his studies declined it was clear enough that something was amiss. Ultimatum after ultimatum was provided and ignored, his family unwilling to follow through with actually cutting him off. Eventually, as far as his parents were concerned, he was written off as a waste--his 'little hobby' wasn't expensive enough to be a bother when it came right down to it, and so they let him have it. Better than losing their son, and to their credit they could (and did) have another.
In a year, Eiishii cleanly defeated his master.
In two years, Eiishii cleanly defeated his master.
In five, he had ended a slew of schools, academies, and training grounds single handedly.
It becomes difficult to track him through public record, at this point, because by then rumor of his prowess had begun to escape. A monster swordsman, an impossible prodigy had begun to work his way through school after school, learning techniques like most people drink water, before defeating its greatest masters and moving on. The more difficult it became for him to move between schools unnoticed, the more guile he began to display in his dedication to do so. There are stories still told about the friends he betrayed, the women he seduced, the wizened masters he bargained or threatened or cajoled out of their secrets, all under different names that only a careful historian could begin to put together as being Umemoto Eiishii himself.
By the time he emerged as himself again, he was a changed man. Having long been assumed dead by his family, who hadn't heard word from him in more than a decade, he returned to their household with his thanks for raising him and a simple warning that it was time for them to leave. Confused, he made it clear in no uncertain terms that it was no longer safe for them to remain in the city and that now was the time for them to take their belongings and go. He would be staying, himself, and he would be just fine without them.
In less than a month, the Second Stygian War broke out and his family’s holdings were decimated. Having refused to heed the ridiculous warning of their absentee son, his remaining family perished under the Stygian assault. Eiishiii had more important things to do--he had joined the Knights of Star and begun, for the first notable time in decades, to apply his trade under his own name.
With the Knights of Star fighting on both sides of the battle, Eiishiii began to acquire something of a reputation. The contracts he took were almost always those with a Knight of Stars counterpart on the other side of the battlefield, whether fighting for or against the Stygians. He himself showed no loyalty to either side, and instead took the battlefield against those most distinguished Knights with neither fear nor concern. To this day, no member of the order has been confirmed to have killed as many of their own as Eiishii the Traitor, earning him no small amount of enmity within the organization. An inquiry was held after several prominent Knights of the time fell, but the short of the matter was that he technically hadn't done anything wrong--he hadn't sought out his opponents, merely placed himself in their path as a natural extension of his contract. Though the charges of treason were dropped, it was not a satisfying victory for many and the notion of it lingered. With the actions of the Knights during the war pardoned, however, Eiishii...stopped.
Not doing missions, but he stopped searching out new schools of swordsmanship to best. He had, in his not-inconsequential perspective, become the finest swordsman alive. It was not a boast so much as a simple fact, demonstrated when needed either on missions or in defense of his title, and though he may have been bested on rare occasions by the capabilities of his foes it was never a failure of his skill that lost him the battle. The sole duelist to survive Lilliana Highfell’s infamous challenge, it was then that Eiishii realized that his body was simply unable to keep up with the demands of his technique. He could see through the blade mistress’ gambits, knew where and when and how to strike, but his body was simply unable to keep up.
So he sought to fix that.
With the Umemoto Arms Corp. and the money from his missions funding him, these days Eiishii spends much of his time appreciating the finer things in life when he isn’t exploring newfound options to expand his capabilities. Known on occasion to take on a student or two, his rank as a Knight Captain is reflective as much of the infamy he gained with the Knights during the Second Stygian War as it is by his own disinterest in taking a more prestigious position. There are some who are curious why he didn't leave with many of the others in search of Christian Highfell, and he refuses to comment on the matter, but most assume he was unwelcome in their company.
Reason for recruitment:
A predator hunts where his prey lays its head.
Strength of Will:
Greater
Magic:
Channeled from Norforandus, Eiishii’s magic is extremely powerful but entirely localized. Eiishii has a single driving focus, a point to which his every effort goes to, and that is to truly master the art of killing men with a blade. To that end, he has developed significant supportive magic for himself including the following:
- Alchemy - Eiishii has become a master alchemist, learning to transmute and alter the physical properties of himself and his armaments to further refine their capabilities. In particular he has mastered the manipulation of his unique blade and the various augmentations that have been made to his body, increasing his reaction time, speed, and stamina to impossible levels.
- Divination - While largely unskilled at foreseeing the future or scrying different locations, Eiishii channels minor divination as part of his cocktail of combat magics to allow him to see the motions and movements of his opponents slightly before they happen. The effect is minimal, less than a second in advance of the action, but more reliable than most divination thanks to its limited scope. Eiishii also utilizes divination in his conjuration of The Marble to prevent opponents from hiding from his sight.
- Abjuration - Long ago having learned that those who fight only with blades can still die to plenty of other things, Eiishii has devoted a significant amount of effort into ensuring that he dies to nothing but a better bladesman, namely via his use of The Marble.
- Significant Spells:
- The Marble
One of Eiishii’s most powerful abilities, The Marble is what he calls the cocktail of battle-magic effects he uses when he serious about an engagement. A mixture of abjuration and divination, The Marble is functionally an intensely powerful spherical barrier that surrounds Eiishii and prevents a truly stupendous amount of incoming nastiness from having much effect. In truth a form of channeled alteration of reality, it is one of two proper gifts granted to him by Norforandus in that it is far and away more powerful than it has much right to be. Within the confines of The Marble Eiishii is absolutely aware of everything that occurs, a powerful divinatory effect combined with an alchemical alteration in the surrounding environment that allows it to function as something of an extended nervous system. Combined with his implants and augmentations, Eiishii’s reactions to events that occur within it are very nearly prescient and limited almost entirely by the capabilities of his (admittedly augmented) physical body.
The catch, of course, is that this ability’s range is explicitly and exactly limited to the length of his sword extended from his arm. Yes, it varies depending on the weapon he’s using, but when it comes down to it the ability is simply a manifestation of Eiishii’s impossible desire to be the best at what he does. When you’re serious about fighting Eiishii, you fight on his terms. - The Blade
Eiishii’s second true talent from Norforandus. If The Marble is a manifestation of his need to die doing what he loves, The Blade is a manifestation of his need to kill with it. Another alchemical-abjurant effect, The Blade cuts. It cuts well. Functionally, it creates a two-dimensional, frictionless plane of abjurant energy along the edge of a blade that Eiishii wields while reinforcing and slimming the actual metal of it sufficiently to prevent it from shattering or deforming. Physical armor is almost useless against it, as it slides through matter at a literally molecular level; magical barriers prove more effective, as the actual force of the swing is rarely the true danger of it depending on the technique used at the time. More sinister, however, is Norforandus’ blessing--wounds made by The Blade do not go back together. Period. They may be cauterized, replaced, healed around, healed independently, and many other variations involving the word ‘healed’, but what they don’t do is come back together. The two parts are, for all intents and universal purposes, no longer part of the same creation and no longer meant to be a part of one another. Significantly, much in the same was as The Marble, The Blade works only and explicitly along the edge of a knife or sword wielded by Eiichii. While he can create an edge on almost anything with alchemy and abjuration, it just isn’t the same and both he and Norforandus know it.
- The Marble
God relations:
Insofar as Norforandus has clerics, Eiishii is one of them. Long ago the God of Hunger looked into the soul of a young man and saw in him a singular, driving, impossible desire to embody the act of killing men in this world. It took pity on him, and Eiishii honors his end of the bargain every day.
There are also rumors of something...else. Though Eiishii does not speak of it, there is a solemnity and a forced calm that he approaches in certain discussions. Ruin comes to those walking the path that Eiishii walks,
and that he is a man on borrowed time is not as hard to see as he might like.
There are also rumors of something...else. Though Eiishii does not speak of it, there is a solemnity and a forced calm that he approaches in certain discussions. Ruin comes to those walking the path that Eiishii walks,
and that he is a man on borrowed time is not as hard to see as he might like.
Tech:
The main technology Eiishii uses is the augmentations to his physical and neural form that allow him to surpass his human limitations. A combination of bio-alchemical alterations and straight cybernetic enhancement, almost all of Eiishii’s functioning system has been enhanced and streamlined up. In particular his neural system and the attending muscle groups have been adjusted to an incredible and alarming degree, tuned up with the best medical, magical, and technical knowledge that money can buy. More than being able to run faster than a normal man, Eiishii can react faster with short-twitch muscle movements boosted by anti-friction and anti-gravity nanites employed in a secondary nervous system to reduce impediments to his technique.
Aside from his general adjustments, Eiishii’s main form of magi-technology is the degree of shielding that goes into said implants and nervous systems. Eiishii values his mind and his techniques and isn’t about to let anyone with an EMP or decent Enchantment skills play havoc with either.
Aside from his general adjustments, Eiishii’s main form of magi-technology is the degree of shielding that goes into said implants and nervous systems. Eiishii values his mind and his techniques and isn’t about to let anyone with an EMP or decent Enchantment skills play havoc with either.
Possessions/items/property:
Money. A lot of money. Outside of that, Eiishi’s main possession is the bag of graphene particles that serves as his blade at any given time. By altering the components of them alchemically and electrically, Eiishii can reassemble them to form an extremely durable, powerful blade in any given form or shape required by his current technique.
Skills:
- The Blade
Eiishii is arguably the best bladesman alive. He is relatively sure that he is the best technical swordsman alive, having mastered every known technique (including a great number of secret ones, at no small cost and expense to himself and others) in Galendar. This knowledge extends to knife combat as well, and to relative degrees other hand-to-hand bladed weaponry such as axes and spears, but he makes no bones about the fact that he is a swordsman first and foremost. - The Marble
Eiishii is a master of close-quarters abjuration and alchemy. Though not particularly talented in grander applications, when it comes to arm’s reach there are few more skilled at both offensive and defensive application of barriers and reinforcing magics than Eiishii. - Intelligence
Eiishii is reasonably intelligent about most things that he has an interest in. His deductive and inductive reasoning skills are significant, and while he isn’t a genius he’s not a dumb brute.
Misc:
Eiishii enjoys the finer things in life, and he is unrepentant about it. Money is meant to be spent and comfort is the reward of the living. He’s also a bitch for aesthetics and more than a little vain, taking good care of his appearance.
In truth, his live-for-today mentality is a simple result of the fact that he is doomed. People like Eiishii don't live and die well, and the sacrifices he has made to become who he is are beginning to weigh on him. While it may not appear physically, those sensitive to the ebbs and flows of fate and death magic receive a clear sense of foreboding from him, a foregone conclusion from the waiting dark.
The only question is what it could be.
In truth, his live-for-today mentality is a simple result of the fact that he is doomed. People like Eiishii don't live and die well, and the sacrifices he has made to become who he is are beginning to weigh on him. While it may not appear physically, those sensitive to the ebbs and flows of fate and death magic receive a clear sense of foreboding from him, a foregone conclusion from the waiting dark.
The only question is what it could be.
I was told I should check out this here RP. So! I brought some characters along, too.
Name: Eve Clarke
Alias/Nickname: N/A
Appearance:
Age: 24
Race: Human
Rank: Knight
Personality: Capricious, energetic, bold, and outspoken, Eve follows few social standards at any given time. She loves her work above almost everything else, prioritizing her formulating, building, and testing above eating, sleeping, and personal hygiene. When at work, very little can actually manage to pull her away, but after getting over the traumatization of stepping out, she’s typically a bustling, cheery bundle of absurdity. While she gladly risks her life for the cause of peace and freedom, she is also a bitter, seething enemy to those she deems enemies. Which may change from time to time.
Biography/history: She was born a fraternal twin and just as quickly abandoned. After a few years of slumming it in an orphanage, her early genius was discovered and she was adopted into a wealthy family, the Clarkes. Even as a toddler, she was an undeniable prodigy, advancing into mathematical formulae and programming codes at an alarming rate. Scholarships came easy as breathing for her, so it was only natural that she spend her childhood and teenage years going to schools dedicated to gifted children.
There was just one apparent problem—Eve didn’t play well with other children. Or teachers. Or anyone. She was an emotional wreck and couldn’t bear to study on her own. Out of necessity, her brother was brought in to accompany her to classes, which had the desired calming and normalizing effect. With his help, she was able to graduate with honors and the like, eventually earning not one, but two distinguished degrees in Artifice and Robotic Technologies by the time she was nineteen.
Then tragedy struck. When her brother was caught in the crossfire of an assassination attempt, his body was all but riddled through. He should have died, but he was stabilized on life support long enough for Eve to attempt the impossible. With the help of a sizeable grant and a team of doctors, she managed to reconstruct his body, replacing bone with metal and nerves with wiring. By the time they finished, he was whole again, though certainly not the same person she remembered.
Her brother remained loyally by her side, and the two decided they needed to do more with their schooling than research and development. After joining the Tower of Stars, the pair became mixed into two different orders—Eve into the Order of Steel and her brother into the Order of Shadows.
Reason for recruitment: She's a genius who developed and got rich off her own brand of AI programming. It helps that her artificery makes some pretty neat weapons, too.
Strength of Will: Greater
Magic:
General Categorization: Artifice. The point of artifice isn’t to infuse magic into the mundane so much as bring out the magic inherently part of the mundane. To that end, runes, chemistry, mechanics, metallurgy, and even coding are used to create and manipulate patterns and formulas that tap into the intrinsic, magical qualities all materials in the universe have.
Specific Spells: N/A
God relations: Orcorum--she doesn't worship him so much as follow after his scholars for the knowledge Orieon possessed.
Tech:
Juditha: A mechanical and magical wonder, Juditha is a collapsible rifle with a variety of ammo types.
-Lightning Shot: A small device, roughly the size of a fist, which discharges electricity upon impact. The target of the shot, which is identified as a friendly, is not affected by the discharge. Instead, surrounding targets are blasted by electric bolts.
-Flamethrower: A continuous blast of flame that reaches 3 feet erupts from Juditha’s muzzle. Each container’s worth of fluid consumed lasts for approximately one minute each.
-Grease Grenade: Pressurized grease within a thin ceramic shell shatters upon impact and releases highly flammable grease within a radius of up to 15 feet.
-Tether Shot: One end of a metal cord remains attached to the gun while the other is shot forward up to 25 feet away. The opposing end has a metal claw, which affixes itself to any target it can grapple.
-Shredder: A grenade that explodes with lethal force and sends shrapnel into targets up to 15 feet away.
-Acid-Fire: Pressurized acid within a thin ceramic shell shatters upon impact and releases highly corroding acid, which can dissolve normal metals and even rock within seconds. The splatter spreads up to 5 feet in radius and ignites upon impact.
-Nitrogen Bomb: Pressurized nitrogen explodes upon impact and instantly freezes a target. The radius is small, directly affecting targets (or parts of targets) up to 3 feet in radius.
-Caltrop Bomb: Upon impact, the shell of the bomb launches sharp metal caltrops in a radius of up to 10 feet.
-Trip Mine: Active upon impact, the small, square device is packed with liquid explosive capable of ripping apart concrete. It's activated when the pressure sensor is triggered.
-Smoke Bomb: A small device emits heavy white smoke for approximately 3 minutes. It provides heavy cover within the area it explodes and causes difficulty breathing.
-Portable Wall: A charged device that generates a wall of force. Depending on the programming before deployment, it can take various shapes, such as a ladder, a bridge, or any other predetermined form. Whatever the shape, it can form any area up to 15x15 feet and lasts for approximately one minute. While active, the force-created object has a faint blue glow and will deflect most attacks and projectiles sent its way.
-Regular Bullets: Exactly what it sounds like!
Ace: Eve’s butlering companion who is programmed to aid her in every conceivable need, be it sewing, welding, cooking, doctoring, piloting, or conversing in other languages. Ace is not equipped for combat, but is composed of an adamantine alloy that makes him resistant to bullets and blades.
Jack: A battle robot programmed to fight with both a sword arm and a gun arm. It shoots regular bullets, stands at 8 feet tall, and has mechanical strength more than five times greater than a man. It doesn’t use a camera or light to view its targets, but has infrared sensors on top of motion sensors. As far as fighting ability, it has been tested, reprogrammed, and rebuilt multiple times until it has been conditioned for advanced combat maneuvering.
Perkle: An infiltration robot no larger than a fist. It gets around by rolling and can even use a sticky coating to roll itself up vertical services. Equipped with three deployable, miniature cameras, two detachable trackers, and a remote plug-in to allow wireless access into a computer.
Parachute Pack: A simple parachute designed to break a fall. It's worn on the back and activated by a button on a connecting chest piece. The nice part? It folds itself back up again after use.
Possessions/items/property:
Pegasus: A relatively small, anti-gravity yacht powered by solar sails. It can reach speeds up to 150mph and houses enough room for Eve’s artifice lab as well as living quarters for her and her brother. Needless to say, it also stores computers, along with a personal laptop, tablet, and smartphone. (Pegasus Floor Plan)
Skills: Programming/Hacking, Mechanical Engineering, Artifice, Alchemy, Marksmanship
Misc: N/A
Alias/Nickname: N/A
Appearance:
Age: 24
Race: Human
Rank: Knight
Personality: Capricious, energetic, bold, and outspoken, Eve follows few social standards at any given time. She loves her work above almost everything else, prioritizing her formulating, building, and testing above eating, sleeping, and personal hygiene. When at work, very little can actually manage to pull her away, but after getting over the traumatization of stepping out, she’s typically a bustling, cheery bundle of absurdity. While she gladly risks her life for the cause of peace and freedom, she is also a bitter, seething enemy to those she deems enemies. Which may change from time to time.
Biography/history: She was born a fraternal twin and just as quickly abandoned. After a few years of slumming it in an orphanage, her early genius was discovered and she was adopted into a wealthy family, the Clarkes. Even as a toddler, she was an undeniable prodigy, advancing into mathematical formulae and programming codes at an alarming rate. Scholarships came easy as breathing for her, so it was only natural that she spend her childhood and teenage years going to schools dedicated to gifted children.
There was just one apparent problem—Eve didn’t play well with other children. Or teachers. Or anyone. She was an emotional wreck and couldn’t bear to study on her own. Out of necessity, her brother was brought in to accompany her to classes, which had the desired calming and normalizing effect. With his help, she was able to graduate with honors and the like, eventually earning not one, but two distinguished degrees in Artifice and Robotic Technologies by the time she was nineteen.
Then tragedy struck. When her brother was caught in the crossfire of an assassination attempt, his body was all but riddled through. He should have died, but he was stabilized on life support long enough for Eve to attempt the impossible. With the help of a sizeable grant and a team of doctors, she managed to reconstruct his body, replacing bone with metal and nerves with wiring. By the time they finished, he was whole again, though certainly not the same person she remembered.
Her brother remained loyally by her side, and the two decided they needed to do more with their schooling than research and development. After joining the Tower of Stars, the pair became mixed into two different orders—Eve into the Order of Steel and her brother into the Order of Shadows.
Reason for recruitment: She's a genius who developed and got rich off her own brand of AI programming. It helps that her artificery makes some pretty neat weapons, too.
Strength of Will: Greater
Magic:
General Categorization: Artifice. The point of artifice isn’t to infuse magic into the mundane so much as bring out the magic inherently part of the mundane. To that end, runes, chemistry, mechanics, metallurgy, and even coding are used to create and manipulate patterns and formulas that tap into the intrinsic, magical qualities all materials in the universe have.
Specific Spells: N/A
God relations: Orcorum--she doesn't worship him so much as follow after his scholars for the knowledge Orieon possessed.
Tech:
Juditha: A mechanical and magical wonder, Juditha is a collapsible rifle with a variety of ammo types.
-Lightning Shot: A small device, roughly the size of a fist, which discharges electricity upon impact. The target of the shot, which is identified as a friendly, is not affected by the discharge. Instead, surrounding targets are blasted by electric bolts.
-Flamethrower: A continuous blast of flame that reaches 3 feet erupts from Juditha’s muzzle. Each container’s worth of fluid consumed lasts for approximately one minute each.
-Grease Grenade: Pressurized grease within a thin ceramic shell shatters upon impact and releases highly flammable grease within a radius of up to 15 feet.
-Tether Shot: One end of a metal cord remains attached to the gun while the other is shot forward up to 25 feet away. The opposing end has a metal claw, which affixes itself to any target it can grapple.
-Shredder: A grenade that explodes with lethal force and sends shrapnel into targets up to 15 feet away.
-Acid-Fire: Pressurized acid within a thin ceramic shell shatters upon impact and releases highly corroding acid, which can dissolve normal metals and even rock within seconds. The splatter spreads up to 5 feet in radius and ignites upon impact.
-Nitrogen Bomb: Pressurized nitrogen explodes upon impact and instantly freezes a target. The radius is small, directly affecting targets (or parts of targets) up to 3 feet in radius.
-Caltrop Bomb: Upon impact, the shell of the bomb launches sharp metal caltrops in a radius of up to 10 feet.
-Trip Mine: Active upon impact, the small, square device is packed with liquid explosive capable of ripping apart concrete. It's activated when the pressure sensor is triggered.
-Smoke Bomb: A small device emits heavy white smoke for approximately 3 minutes. It provides heavy cover within the area it explodes and causes difficulty breathing.
-Portable Wall: A charged device that generates a wall of force. Depending on the programming before deployment, it can take various shapes, such as a ladder, a bridge, or any other predetermined form. Whatever the shape, it can form any area up to 15x15 feet and lasts for approximately one minute. While active, the force-created object has a faint blue glow and will deflect most attacks and projectiles sent its way.
-Regular Bullets: Exactly what it sounds like!
Ace: Eve’s butlering companion who is programmed to aid her in every conceivable need, be it sewing, welding, cooking, doctoring, piloting, or conversing in other languages. Ace is not equipped for combat, but is composed of an adamantine alloy that makes him resistant to bullets and blades.
Jack: A battle robot programmed to fight with both a sword arm and a gun arm. It shoots regular bullets, stands at 8 feet tall, and has mechanical strength more than five times greater than a man. It doesn’t use a camera or light to view its targets, but has infrared sensors on top of motion sensors. As far as fighting ability, it has been tested, reprogrammed, and rebuilt multiple times until it has been conditioned for advanced combat maneuvering.
Perkle: An infiltration robot no larger than a fist. It gets around by rolling and can even use a sticky coating to roll itself up vertical services. Equipped with three deployable, miniature cameras, two detachable trackers, and a remote plug-in to allow wireless access into a computer.
Parachute Pack: A simple parachute designed to break a fall. It's worn on the back and activated by a button on a connecting chest piece. The nice part? It folds itself back up again after use.
Possessions/items/property:
Pegasus: A relatively small, anti-gravity yacht powered by solar sails. It can reach speeds up to 150mph and houses enough room for Eve’s artifice lab as well as living quarters for her and her brother. Needless to say, it also stores computers, along with a personal laptop, tablet, and smartphone. (Pegasus Floor Plan)
Skills: Programming/Hacking, Mechanical Engineering, Artifice, Alchemy, Marksmanship
Misc: N/A
Name: Adam Clarke
Alias/Nickname: N/A
Appearance:
Age: 24
Race: Human Cyborg
Rank: Artisan
Personality: Polite at the best and worst of times, patient perhaps to a fault, and genteel in nature, Adam is an explicitly easy person to get along with. He loves philosophy and the arts, and is willing to listen to anyone’s perspective on such matters. Although his robotic eyes and other such attributes can be off-putting, he’s quick to make jokes about his appearance. He is protective of those weaker than him in any context and despises violence, resorting to it only as a last measure.
Biography/history: He was born a fraternal twin and abandoned right at the start. He grew up both treasuring and resenting his sister, who became the reason he was adopted and later placed in schools dedicated to gifted children. Truth be told, he had a potent intellect all his own, though it wasn’t bent toward the same scientific exploits of his sister. Instead, he pursued language, music, and philosophy, mastering several different languages and becoming proficient with the violin and piano. By the time he was granted his diploma, he was already a published author and pending the position of a poet laureate.
But it was not to be. After being invited to the party of a high-ranking official, there was an attack on that official’s life. He attempted to shield another woman from an explosion in the crossfire and very nearly died for the effort.
That, however, was also not to be. Despite his agony he could give no voice to, he was kept alive and experimented on by his own sister until his body was restored—not by magic, but by machinery. He found himself with enhanced vision, breathing capabilities, and strength on top of a nearly impenetrable mythril skeletal frame. After reconditioning, he decided to join his sister in her exploits abroad, and ended up serving the Tower of Stars under the Order of Shadows.
Reason for recruitment: His particular cyborg strengths in addition to his persuasive skills make him an excellent agent for diplomatic and investigative affairs.
Strength of Will: Unnatural
Magic: N/A
God relations: N/A
Tech:
Energized Pistol: A pistol that fires bursts of electricity rather than bullets. It’s especially effective against machinery, as it easily causes electric overloads. It can also cause painful welts on humans, and at higher outputs, cause a target to black out.
Cyborg Attributes: His cyborg attributes shouldn't be understated. As aforementioned, he has a metallic frame of mythril, superhuman strength, and artificial breathing and filtration systems that make him immune to poison and gaseous irritants. Additionally, his eyes can see in infrared and night vision in addition to magnification features.
Right Arm: His right arm is armored with mythril scale plating. Though it sports an outwardly human shape, it also has a retractable pick, 4 inch blade, and a small canister of sleeping gas that can be released from the palm of his hand.
Left Arm: His left arm is armored with mythril scale plating. Though it sports an outwadly human shape, it also has a retractable pick, hammer, and a grappling hook that can be shot up to 30 feet, starting from the palm of his hand.
Mesh Suit: A thin layer of metallic mesh he wears under his clothing. It's bullet-proof and can withstand basic cuts and jabs. Never hurts to be prepared, right?
Parachute Pack: A simple parachute designed to break a fall. It's worn on the back and activated by a button on a connecting chest piece. The nice part? It folds itself back up again after use.
Possessions/items/property: A smartphone, an embroidered handkerchief with the initials MF, two violins, an electric piano, and a pocket watch.
Skills: Public speech, History buff, Hand-to-hand Combat, Marksmanship, Piano/Violin, Parkour, Rock climbing. He also has a lot of experience in diplomatic affairs and investigation in regards to tailing suspects and even stealing materials off of said suspects when necessary.
Misc: N/A
Alias/Nickname: N/A
Appearance:
Age: 24
Race: Human Cyborg
Rank: Artisan
Personality: Polite at the best and worst of times, patient perhaps to a fault, and genteel in nature, Adam is an explicitly easy person to get along with. He loves philosophy and the arts, and is willing to listen to anyone’s perspective on such matters. Although his robotic eyes and other such attributes can be off-putting, he’s quick to make jokes about his appearance. He is protective of those weaker than him in any context and despises violence, resorting to it only as a last measure.
Biography/history: He was born a fraternal twin and abandoned right at the start. He grew up both treasuring and resenting his sister, who became the reason he was adopted and later placed in schools dedicated to gifted children. Truth be told, he had a potent intellect all his own, though it wasn’t bent toward the same scientific exploits of his sister. Instead, he pursued language, music, and philosophy, mastering several different languages and becoming proficient with the violin and piano. By the time he was granted his diploma, he was already a published author and pending the position of a poet laureate.
But it was not to be. After being invited to the party of a high-ranking official, there was an attack on that official’s life. He attempted to shield another woman from an explosion in the crossfire and very nearly died for the effort.
That, however, was also not to be. Despite his agony he could give no voice to, he was kept alive and experimented on by his own sister until his body was restored—not by magic, but by machinery. He found himself with enhanced vision, breathing capabilities, and strength on top of a nearly impenetrable mythril skeletal frame. After reconditioning, he decided to join his sister in her exploits abroad, and ended up serving the Tower of Stars under the Order of Shadows.
Reason for recruitment: His particular cyborg strengths in addition to his persuasive skills make him an excellent agent for diplomatic and investigative affairs.
Strength of Will: Unnatural
Magic: N/A
God relations: N/A
Tech:
Energized Pistol: A pistol that fires bursts of electricity rather than bullets. It’s especially effective against machinery, as it easily causes electric overloads. It can also cause painful welts on humans, and at higher outputs, cause a target to black out.
Cyborg Attributes: His cyborg attributes shouldn't be understated. As aforementioned, he has a metallic frame of mythril, superhuman strength, and artificial breathing and filtration systems that make him immune to poison and gaseous irritants. Additionally, his eyes can see in infrared and night vision in addition to magnification features.
Right Arm: His right arm is armored with mythril scale plating. Though it sports an outwardly human shape, it also has a retractable pick, 4 inch blade, and a small canister of sleeping gas that can be released from the palm of his hand.
Left Arm: His left arm is armored with mythril scale plating. Though it sports an outwadly human shape, it also has a retractable pick, hammer, and a grappling hook that can be shot up to 30 feet, starting from the palm of his hand.
Mesh Suit: A thin layer of metallic mesh he wears under his clothing. It's bullet-proof and can withstand basic cuts and jabs. Never hurts to be prepared, right?
Parachute Pack: A simple parachute designed to break a fall. It's worn on the back and activated by a button on a connecting chest piece. The nice part? It folds itself back up again after use.
Possessions/items/property: A smartphone, an embroidered handkerchief with the initials MF, two violins, an electric piano, and a pocket watch.
Skills: Public speech, History buff, Hand-to-hand Combat, Marksmanship, Piano/Violin, Parkour, Rock climbing. He also has a lot of experience in diplomatic affairs and investigation in regards to tailing suspects and even stealing materials off of said suspects when necessary.
Misc: N/A
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