[OOC] Mahoukyo: A Tale of Three

Welcome, to the city of Mahoukyo! Tensions are rising between the three most powerful and influential families in the city, which side are you on?

Premise

In a world not dissimilar to our own, everyone in the world is born with 'Soul'. Utilizing the power of Soul, magical abilities will manifest and are powered by the amount of Soul one possesses. These people are known as mages, and their powers vary greatly. From being able to create and manipulate fire, to putting up barriers, to simply moving very fast, anyone and everyone is born with the potential to use magic. However, not everyone truly becomes a mage for magic, you see, is a strange and mystical power that not much is known about. Most that is known that one needs to it to be invoked, generally through a powerful or traumatic event, though at birth or it just manifesting from the blue are not uncommon.

Our setting takes place in Mahoukyo, where three powerful families have long been feuding over a rare resource known as Soul Essence, the purest form of Soul and that can only be found in the city. It only appears during the night, when strange magic washes over the city. Unbeknownst to all bar those involved, a strange alter reality known as Zero Time is created where Soul Essence is found in abundance. However, strange beasts lurk in Zero Time, preying on those who cannot see them or fighting the families as they fight amongst themselves.

Other strange things happen throughout the city. People disappearing, a serial killer on the loose, mutterings of a dark force pulling things behind the strings, pizza being stolen and people just turning up dead are just a few of the strange rumors circulating throughout the city. Most mages cannot function in the city without being a part of one of the three families, though it is not unheard of for unaffiliated mages to be found. Will you join one of the families, or be a lone wolf?

GM's Hello/Notes

Welcome, Lunarlord34's the name and being a terrible writer is my game. Been on the guild for awhile, but never outright gm'ed a rp here so this is my first attempt at something like this so cut me a break yeah? At least I'll have my co in Leslie Hall to keep my chaotic methods somewhat in check. Anyway, let's get onto the sweeter details.

I'll get into the rules in a moment, but for now, I'll give a brief explanation on the families. Note, the families are more like a clan or organization than a straight forward family.

The Rikimaru Family: Those who value strength and honor tend to drift towards this family. More of a splattering of gangs, this family is currently made up of roughly 30 different factions all united under one banner and each group ranges from 10 or so to upwards of 50+. The troublemakers of the three families. If one wishes to join the Rikimaru, then they must a current member of the Rikimaru to prove their strength. If your character is in this family, then they'll be in Gang 13 which is run by Frieda Necromantia (more on her below).

The Akechi Family: Sticklers for the rules and traditions, this family is less open towards outsiders however even their own leadership is fragmented. They're far more elitist and picky on who can join their circle, however, so long as you can serve a purpose they'll tend to have you. If one wishes to join the Akechi, then there are various ways to do so. Letters of recommendation, 'donations', a long list of decorated services, or more likely being scouted by the family are the more likely reasons for inclusion. If your character is in this family, then they shall be in the group run by Hector Johnson (more on him below).

The Isamu Family: For those that don't belong, who need a place to go, the Isamu will greet all comers with open arms. United as one big family under the current leadership, they're the most chill of the three families. If one wishes to join the Isamu, it is actually rather easy. They have a lax requirement to join, simply abide by their rules and protect your new family then they'll be more than happy to have you. The family head, Maylis Isamu, is a constant presence around all groups, though Squad 5 is captained by Dieter Gunnar and the one which your character will be apart of if you wish to join the Isamu.

With that little snippet out of the way, let's get to the crux of the matter. As explained above, Soul is what powers magic here so yes it's just renamed Mana because mana is overused and boring. Magic items/tools exist in this world. I will rank them in levels of rarity/usefulness. Grimoires, wands, scrolls, rings/jewelry, and weapons. Grimoires allow access to larger spells and better control, while Wands offer only better control. The other two will vary a lot more, however, but it leaves it open for whatever you wish. If an item you want isn't covered by these 4 terms, I'm more than happy to talk about it to see where they would fall.

Every family has a collection of Magic Stones, each one branded with their family crest which they use to gather the Soul Essence. It also allows them to access Zero Time, and in times of emergency as a back-up Soul power-up, though it comes with drastic draw-backs.

For the ranks, I shall be using a 3 tier scale system which I and my co Leslie ended up making.

Experience, which is as it sounds. It's more an age-related matter, so no 10-year-old child with the highest level of experience.

Capacity: One's ability to contain and sustain Soul and magic. I have the likely hood of people having each tier listed in the sheet below.

Aptitude: Basically how good you are at controlling your magic. Once again, it will be a bit of an age-related matter however I'm more lenient age-wise to this as prodigies do exist and adults with basically no control will as well.

Rules

1. GM's words are final. If I say you can't have this or do that then that's that. I am happy to debate things though, but be aware that I will just resort to this if needed.

2. Take any drama or nsfw stuff to pm's, don't want to deal with it. However, if you need me to solve any issues, once again just PM me.

3. There is basically no limit to the whacky magic/powers you can have. So long as I approve of the idea, you can have it. I want an open power system with whacky powers that either match or contrast personalities. Also, whacky character ideas would be pretty cool. There will however be a limit on how strong I'm allowing people to be, which will be a balance between the three rankings.

4. Ideally, we'll be taking 9-12 players, so roughly 3-4 in each faction including not being affiliated. You may play multiple characters if you wish, to a limit of three however they cannot all just be in the same faction. This limit doesn't count towards characters of NPC status though. Also, if you don't make the cut but if someone drops I will leave it open to you to join later if you so wish. May also increase the limit depending on interest. 

5. There are 4 factions for players to join. One of the three families, or simply not being involved with the families. Straightforward. Just to clarify this, I will be looking to spread players evenly across the factions, however, you may have a character in each if you wish. Don't want to end up with a 1/2/4/29 type ratio.

6. If you need help with anything, don't be afraid to ask. More than willing to help accommodate players' ideas, and if you have subplots or the like ideas more than happy to hear them as well.

7. Now because I'm sick of dying RP's, I will be doing something of a check on players who wish to join as a warning. Mostly for activity and whatnot. There'll also be a semi-strict posting policy, which will vary in length though no shorter than a week, or I'll just skip you if it comes to it. If you want to drop, or are too busy to post then just tell me. In the case of the latter, I will look to accommodate you. I know sometimes you just can't post and I don't want to stress you out.

I think that should cover just about anything. As I said, any questions just ask. Anyways thank you for reading this far and I hope to see you in the big city.

Experience (Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Adept, Expert, Master, Grandmaster)

Capacity* (Low (20%), Average (50%), Medium(15%), High(10%), Very High(4%), Exceptional (1%))

Aptitude: (Incompentent, Fair, Compentent, Capable, Talented, Prodigy, Pure)

*Note, the % is how likely you're born with that amount of Soul.

The current head of the Isamu family, if one asked a member of the Isamu family to describe Maylis in three words, most would give calm, charismatic and motherly. Others soothing, warm yet terrifying. No matter the case, none would argue that she is a kind and gentle person who is acceptable to all who wish to join the Isamu and just her mere presence is enough to inspire others.

However, under the motherly, angelic persona she gives off lies a deep and terrible rage that shows if one brings harm to one of her members, who she truly treats as if a member of her family or even her own child in most cases. She also harbors a strong hatred towards the other families for how they treat the Isamu, Akio in particular for his part in her father's disappearance.

Not a single member of the Isamu worth their salt is unaware of her rise to power, during the blood moon of a Zero Time, her father, the head of the family, having disappeared midway through a fight with Rikimaru. The 16-year-old girl at the time who rallied the fractured family into a retreat with no further casualties. Nine years on, and her status as the head has only grown as she’s not only respected by nearly her entire family but most importantly loved by all bar a handful.

Alister has long been Maylis’ closest confidante, having been by her side since he was a young boy. He effectively acts as a nanny, advisor, maid, butler, bodyguard, and secretary to Maylis as he constantly nags and berates her for either taking work too seriously, not seriously enough or just look after her health more often.

He is beyond loyal to Maylis, and even a whisper of potential traitors is met with the pointy end of his sword in record time.

Chivalrous, upholding justice is his number 1 priority. He is another fiercely loyal to Maylis and her leadership, willing to defend her and the family to his last breath. As a leader, he looks to guide those under him and lead from the front, never asking what he wouldn't expect himself to do in the same scenario.

The current head of the Rikimaru Family, even at the ripe age of 67 he still rules over his family with an iron fist. A tough and uncompromising man with a strict belief in one’s strength is the most important attribute. He will never back down from a challenge, no matter what it may be. He sets a high standard for all in his family to follow and expects them to reach his expectations. If one fails his expectations, a spartan training session is soon to follow. Despite this rough and tough reputation, he is also known for spoiling his grandchild Whina just a little bit.

He has ruled over the Rikimaru family for around 45 or so years by this point, far longer than the other 2 current family heads put together. While he can be a tough man to get along with, no one can deny his strength and worthy position as number one in the Rikimaru family. He is well respected amongst his family.

He seems to be the source of the bad blood between the Rikimaru and Isamu families, while he seems to despise the Akechi with a passion.

The youngest granddaughter of the current Rikimaru Head, she’s known to be an airhead and absolute weirdo amongst the Rikimaru. While many of her family pursue strength and perfection in that regard, she instead prefers to tinker and work on gadgets to aid the family. She is known to disappear for days, even weeks on end in her workshop only to resurface with a bizarre new idea/invention or thirteen.

Being a similar age to Frieda, she gets along well with the Inner Circle member and can usually be found around Gang 13, not afraid to help them out in any way she can. Generally this means that she when she hasn't disappeared, she's helping run her team for her as Frieda is about as good a leader as she is in controlling her rampant magic.

Possibly the most threatening and most unpredictable member of the Rikimaru Family, also by far the youngest to ever make the Inner circle beating Akio’s own record of 17 years. She was 15 at the time, 16 now. The leader of Gang 13, she is notorious for neglecting both her gang leader duties and Inner Circle duties for even the briefest moments of adventure.

Being a similar age to Whina, she seems to have a somewhat friendly relationship with the Rikimaru main family member. Most people view Frieda as a monster due to her mentally and emotionally unstable nature, seemingly caused by her overwhelming amount of Soul and destructive magic.

Rumors and stories follow the girl everywhere she goes, perhaps the most noteworthy was the one relating to how she became a gang leader. Having wandered into Rikimaru turf by accident, the previously unaffiliated mage managed to tick off every gang member in the area...only to ruthlessly beat every. Single. Member. Even the then gang leader lasted but mere moments against the girl's rampant magic. Since then, the defeated gang has sworn to work for her and she was inducted into the Rikimaru family as a gang leader much to her own amusement.

Her older sister, Freyja Necromantia, is the current head of the Necromantia family, a minor non-affiliated mage family found in the city.

The current head of the Akechi clan, Touma is a stern leader who enforces strict rules and has little to no tolerance for any shortcomings of those who affiliate themselves with his family. He is the eldest son of Yuki Akechi, the former head who passed away due to illness at a young age after successfully bringing the family to glory and prosperity over his twelve years as head.

Overwhelmed by the stifling responsibilities left by his predecessor, Touma is very pragmatic and cold when organizing the Mages in his employ under the Akechi banner. He is notoriously harsh and overly critical of their performance, accepting nothing but flawless victory on their part. He holds very closed-minded, conservative views when it comes to the practice of Magecraft in Mahoukyo – believing in the purity of ones’ bloodline and outwardly shunning all those he deems to be born of a lesser caliber. As a result, the Akechi has recently become known to be the least accepting of the three families that lay claim to the city. Touma is only interested in those he can directly benefit from and manipulate, and will sever ties with anyone at the drop of a hat should their usefulness diminish to a less than satisfactory standard.

Touma is about as indifferent to the Rikimaru and Isamu as one is to a housefly – that is to say, they are a mild annoyance, but ultimately meaningless to him. He doesn’t actively involve the Akechi in any petty squabbles, but he expects those under his banner to show no mercy to any opposing family who would deign to trespass upon his family’s territory.

Serious and strict to a fault, Hector is a stern taskmaster, expecting nothing short of perfection from everything his team does. However, he is far more lenient towards failure than the family head, though he is still strict and sharp in his punishments for failing the family.

Hector is known to lead his team personally onto the battlefield, for he believes the best perspective can be gained from up-front. While this upsets some, as a leader should be directing orders from behind, he cares little for it so long as he can produce results. When he gives orders, he expects them to be swiftly followed to the letter as soon as humanly possible.

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A strange magical occurrence that none can explain, all that matters to the families is the Soul Essence present within these strange reality dilutions. For you see, beneath the surface of the families, behind all the glamour, fame, money and magic...is a drive. Each family owns an ancient, sentient vessel in which they feed this Soul Essence off the back of a legend passed down from generation to generation.

'If one can fill this vessel before the new moon, then their greatest wish or desire shall be granted'

While each family has a different objective in mind, they all desire this Soul Essence to grant this objective to them. However, every new moon the Soul Essence residing in the vessel is expelled and the families have been in a constant cycle of trying to gather as much as possible...though none have found the exact amount required as of yet. Some in the families don't even believe the rumor to be true at all. This information is known exclusively to the families and local government to an extent, very few outsides of this are aware of the true meaning of their Soul Essence gathering.

Also present during Zero Time are strange monstrosities that sometimes prey on the innocent during the times of a new or full moon when Zero Time and Soul Essence are at their peak. Numerous lives have been lost to these monsters, both mage and civilian alike falling prey, unaware of the threats that lurk. The Isamu believe themselves to be the guardians of mankind against these monsters and make a personal goal of theirs to prevent victims and wipe these beasts out.

It is also unknown as to how or why this occurs, perhaps due to the presence of pure Soul, but magic and magical powers of the sort are magnified within the confines of Zero Time, allowing mages to perform extraordinary feats, some of which they wouldn't be capable of in their own world.

Any damage is done to the city while in Zero Time seems to be reversed at the end, as it's more a reflection of the world they're from. Formed entirely by a large amount of Soul.

While most commonly given to family members, those outside the three main families will have difficulties getting their hands on such objects for the families have a monopoly on them. The grimoires are the most powerful magic item, allowing mages to increase the size, scope and range of their spells while also offering far greater control over the larger spells.

Wands are handy for those who are more looking for fine control over quick, burst like attacks on a battlefield. For this purporse, wands are second to none and allow greater accuracy on hitting a target as an added bonus.

Some scrolls can act as grimoires, but for most they offer a one-time usage of a spell for no cost.

Weapons of any sort will have a gem embedded in them, to absorb or run Soul through them to allow one to use them with their magic.

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Going to review everything and start character drafting today. Looking forward to tackling this world together with everyone! 

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I am comfortable with all the information to draft up my character. I will say I find myself still wanting to move forward with my idea of a blind character who can summon some type of creatures (leaning towards wolves) which would fight alongside him and he is able to see through them. For now this would be the only way he could see which means he can only see while in the Zero Time and is unable to do so outside.

I also plan to have the character somehow incorporate his white cane into a weapon (Maybe it can collapse into two night sticks? 

Does any of this sound unfair. My idea would be he would be between the ages of 22 and 25. 

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Sounds alright in my books, however, I must ask this question. Why would he be unable to see outside of Zero Time if he sees through his wolves? Magic is usable outside, just that it is enhanced inside due to reasons like it's an enriched Soul infused reality. The main difference would probably be how strong the wolves are/how many he can summon outside Zero Time as opposed to inside (kinda goes for everyone here)

Though I quite like the idea of him just slapping people around with a cane.

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Apologies that was my confusion. For some reason I had it in my head that outside of the Zero Time magic was significantly weaker. Thank you for explaining. I had thought about an idea where my character was going to get addicted in a way to the Zero Time because he could see, but I will need to rework it to better make sense!

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I mean, if you want to keep a similar thing, then maybe he can see colour inside Zero Time? Seeing as the old cliche that dogs are colour blind and whatnot. Or he gets better vision from it.

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Full Name
🌑 Artemis Rin.

Nickname
🌑 Arty.
🌑 Bullet Mage.
🌑 Little Shit.

Gender
🌑 Male.

Age
🌑 Sixteen.
🌑 (Twenty-seven).

Birthday
🌑 December 1st.

Affiliation
🌑 The Rikimaru Family.



Appearance
🌑 The first thing anyone would notice when viewing this young marksman would be his petite frame.
🌑 Standing at a meager five feet, with an inch added on top, Artemis manages to appear as intimidating as a puppy.
🌑 Equally so, his scrawny shape with muscles clearly vacant from every limb leaves him weighing a peculiar sixty pounds.
🌑 Artemis displays a color palette of black and green, which the theme clearly followed throughout.

🌑 Jet black hair, mostly unkempt, cover his head, and often finds its way into his large, emerald eyes, unless kept at bay.
🌑 It is common to find Artemis in a beanie, or headband, to counteract this.
🌑 Further down his pale features, the marksman’s eyes display a pair of emerald orbs confessing to mischief.

🌑 One would be forgiven for mistaking this creature a teenager no older than fifteen, and Artemis does enjoy using apparent innocence to his advantage.
🌑 Equally so, the marksman appears quite androganous, which alongside an equally genderless voice can make it very difficult to deduce his sex.
🌑 Clearly smaller, and far more petite than most males, Artemis is aware of his limitations, and attempts to highlight his strengths when possible.

🌑 Artemis often wears a small smile upon pale, slender lips.
🌑 Balancing between mischievous and polite, it can be difficult to deduce which spectrum the marksman aims to convey with his body language.

🌑 In regards to clothing, Artemis is a simple young man.
🌑 Though he tends towards black, and green as his ‘trademarked’ fashion, he feels most at home in casual hoodies, and cargo pants.
🌑 Across his chest, one will pinpoint a strap connected to a shoulder bag.
🌑 Converse shoes are found on his feet, and Artemis claims that boots are too clunky.

Personality
🌑 Laid back, relaxed, and composed, Artemis maintains curiously monotone state of mind.
🌑 Though he is quite the rascal, and clearly enjoys being a ‘little shit’, the marksman retains a calm, collected exterior.
🌑 It has been stated that his almost apathetic approach can be disturbing, but this is usually regarded with a shrug, in turn.

🌑 While Artemis is difficult to read, his ‘poker face’ on full display, a good eye will catch a smirk, or grin, quite often.
🌑 It goes hand in hand with a fun-loving attitude, which dictates Artemis’ many decisions.
🌑 Some may call the marksman impulsive, but that would go against his entire purpose as a rifleman. 
🌑 As such, Artemis claims that he does nothing ‘without carefully thinking it through’ first.
🌑 This is a lie.

🌑 Artemis is affectionate towards those he considers close, and awkwardly shy around those he maintains stronger feelings for.
🌑 He may not speak a lot, but rather expresses himself through gestures, instead.
🌑 A fitting word in describing Artemis’ personality is ‘quirky’.

🌑 He is incredibly scared of spiders, and this fear also extends to wasps.
🌑 Artemis is also aware of his many physical restrictions, and is a humble individual.
🌑 The marksman never tries to measure himself against others, but rather, attempts to leave his staple through acting rather than boasting.

Likes
🌑 Guns, Artemis loves guns.
🌑 The marksman enjoys climbing, and adores heights.
🌑 He has a lot of affection for animals.
🌑 As one might expect from a rifleman, Artemis likes ‘toying with his food’, when distance allows.
🌑 Artemis is addicted to energy drinks.
🌑 He is also addicted to candy.
🌑 The one thing Artemis likes more than ‘shooting shit’, is singing.
🌑 Again, being a rifleman, Artemis likes taking his time, and waiting. 

Dislikes
🌑 Manual labor, Artemis is a weakling, and he knows it.
🌑 Vegetables are disgusting.
🌑 Insects are gross.
🌑 Artemis doesn’t like standing too close to the big, burly types.

Strengths
🌑 Artemis’ greatest strength is his marksmanship, and gunmanship.
🌑 He is very quick on his feet, and agile.
🌑 Another big strength of his, is Artemis’ composure.

Weaknesses
🌑 Artemis’ biggest and most blatant weakness is his physical strength.
🌑 Being quite fragile, he doesn’t have much to put against damage, either.
🌑 Artemis has no cards to play in physical altercations.
🌑 He doesn't have any explosive magical powers, either.

Relationships
🌑 Artemis had a quiet, secretive relationship with another member of his faction, for a time. 
🌑 This relationship did not work out, and the secrecy grew far too exhausting.

🌑 In regards to family, Artemis has very little contact with them. 

Backstory
🌑 It might be rather unexpected to see a small, weak, and fragile person in the Rikimaru Family, a faction valuing strength and honor, neither of which Artemis has displayed in any notable fashion.
🌑 However, he has been a member for the past nine years, which warrants a rooted position within the faction.
🌑 Throughout his membership, Artemis has never quite displayed any aspiration to climb the ranks, and appears content with a more laid back daily routine.
🌑 Of course, his ability with the gun was what gave him a position in the Rikimaru Family, to begin with.
🌑 When asked where he came into the possession of his skills, Artemis simply shrugs and claims to have 'been around'.
🌑 In truth, the story is quite simple, and Artemis hails from a military family.
🌑 However, he never had the discipline to follow in his parents' footsteps.

🌑 'You have all the skills, but none of the drive, and you're about as disciplined as a lazy child,' is an exact quote from Artemis' mother.
🌑 He had a comfortable life, and received a formal education both theoretically, and in practice, but never went as far as to officially join the army.
🌑 Rather, Artemis felt like he belonged somewhere else, and it was made clear that his position as a Rikimaru Marksman was a sure shot.
🌑 This, as one might have expected, did not sit well with his family, considering how both of his parents are military generals.

🌑 'Why do you waste your potential, like this?', was a repeated question.
🌑 'Because you don't decide what my potential is,' was a repeated response.
🌑 It is unclear whether Artemis is simply afraid of making himself noteworthy due to his limitations, or if it is, in fact, pure laziness.
🌑 However, if one was to dig deeper, the sentence 'I'm only as strong as my gun, and sometimes, that's scary,' makes itself known. 



Potential
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Experience
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Aptitude
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Magic
Imprint
🌑 For an item to be replicated by a Polykinetic, they have to manage a process dubbed 'Imprinting'.
🌑 Upon touching an object, the user can connect with it, and then conjure forth replicas of the item, at will.
🌑 Once the Polykinetic has Imprinted an item, he can manifest a replica of this item wherever he finds himself and no longer needs to have the original item in his possession to manage the feat.
🌑 This is, of course, until he needs to Imprint with the item again, if another Imprint overwrote the first.

Time
🌑 Each replica is permanent until the Polykinetic allows it to disappear or until another replaces it.

Weight
🌗 The item cannot weigh more than two pounds.

Quantity
🌗 The Polykinetic can Imprint with three items at a time.
🌗 Artemis can create one replica of each item, at a time.

Substance
🌗 The user can only replicate solid items.
🌗 No substances to speak of.

Biological Material
🌗 A Polykinetic of this level cannot replicate anything which isn't inanimate.
🌗 Biological material is beyond their ability.

Usage
🌗 Unlike many other schools of magic, a Polykinetic's powers are entirely reliant on external forces.
🌗 Their abilities cannot further any goals by themselves, as would be the case for a fire slinger or ice breather.
🌗 In other words, the Polykinetic requires an ingredient in the form of an object for their ability to be useful.

Integrity
🌗 A Polykinetic's manifestations can only aid the user as far as the inanimate object he has imprinted with is possibly capable of stretching itself.
🌗 An imprint with a weak item will result in a weak execution. 

Enchanted Imprinting
🌗 A very powerful Polykinetic may be able to replicate an enchanted item, but Artemis is not there, yet.
🌗 Currently, Artemis can replicate items with a low-level enchantment on them.

Bio-Organic Cellular Duplication
🌗 Those born attuned to Polykinesis are quite unique in the way that their cells do not split, but rather they replicate.
🌗 A cell deteriorates every time it splits which in turn causes aging. This appears entirely vacant in a Polykinetic's biological construction.
🌗 Additionally, due to this, their bodies are frozen in time and cannot shift, evolve or form in any manner beyond the point of evolving this ability.
🌗 It is highly individual when this ability manifests itself.
🌗 There is no Polykinetic to date which has developed this ability before the age of fifteen.
🌗 This ability is considered a weakness because a Polykinetic is limited to the body they have when developing it.
🌗 Equally so, after this ability manifests, the Polykinetic cannot build muscle, and gain weight anymore.

Magical Seal
🌗 Polykinetics cannot use any other type of magic.
🌗 They are locked to this ability, and their bodies reject casting spells of another sort.

Role
🌗 Polykinesis in itself is harmless.
🌗 It requires the user to implement it into some kind of martial combat.
🌗 Polykinesis is an entirely utility-based ability.

Collections
🌗 Artemis can replicate a gathering of items that are connected, as a single Imprint.
🌗 However, no matter how small the item is, unless Artemis combines it with another object, it will confiscate an Imprint spot.
🌗 Example - Artemis can Imprint with a magazine of bullets, or a single bullet.

Casual Equipment
🌑 Semi-Automatic Handgun.
🌙 A simple Colt 1911 sidearm Artemis keeps under his jacket, or hoodie.
🌙 It has a minor enchantment on it, which dampens the sound when fired.
🌙 The weapon has seven rounds in the magazine, which Artemis has Imprinted.
🌙 He does not carry the original clip.
🌙 The bullets Artemis uses for his pistol have a minor piercing enchantment on them.

Extra
🌑 Artemis is a closeted homogay.
🌑 Though he refuses to sing in front of people, Artemis is, in fact, a wonderful singer, with a great voice.
🌑 He is often seen listening to music, with headphones.
🌑 Artemis does not know how old he is.

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Essentials

Full Name:
Enishi Reimi

Nickname(s):
Rei
The Chained One

Gender:
Female

Age:
18

Birthday:
3/14

Affiliation:
Akechi

Personal

Personality:
Rei is endearingly fearless and amicable, she's assertively headstrong to take on the labors of her daily life wholeheartedly as her heart burns vividly in servitude for the Akechi. She comes off energetically contagious, her presence bolstering with alluring charisma accentuated by her sultry physique and advocates a no-nonsense policy. Jointly knitted with discipline and sound judgment, Rei is allergic to disputes and would rather not have it.

Sometimes Rei may be having mood swings but that's because she's someone who ain't a sitting duck, always up to fulfill her adventurous needs. She's moderately energetic and reserved in an eccentric strat, reciprocating the proper gesture of affection at ironically funny times. Due to the nature of her clan's designation as the Akechi Estate's outer court vanguard, Rei is taught to control her emotions and be on guard with an open mind. Rei is quick to rush to the urgency of the situation with hopes to pacify it.

Likes:
Learning - Rei is studious and is an open nerd, she values knowledge a lot. During her free time, she would push herself to the limits by reading more books and perhaps even learn more about Zero Time.

Physical Conditioning - Rei doesn't miss exercising and training regimes one bit.

Hotsprings - Rei just loves to bathe in the hot springs.

Children - Surprisingly, Rei likes to preach to children about freedom and deciding one's future without the imposing adults.

Dislikes:
Torridness- she hates the hot environment.

Animals - They don't like Rei and she doesn't like them and prefers a cool one.

She happens to dislike a lot of things in general.

Strengths:
Fast Learning - Rei is a fast learner. This is best demonstrated in her battle analysis, academics, politics and pick up queues about cryptic details.

Assertiveness - Rei lives by the philosophy of proactiveness even though the task is not hers. Just don't waste her time.

Ninja Mobility - She is as fast and sneaky as her family members when she fights with her chains, it's as if she is dancing.

Weaknesses:
Magic Reliance - she relies too much on her magic.

One Trick Pony - despite the overwhelming power presented during her fights. One is smart enough to know that Rei will just spam her chains from the start and plow through the enemy defenses. "Leroy Jenkins" style.

Germaphobic - Rei hates things when it dirty and is a total clean freak. She easily gets flustered with dirty things.

Relationships (Romantically, family, allies, enemies, etc.):
Akechi Touma - Rei is neutral towards him. She is thankful for his eye-opening matters regarding clan politics. She doesn't fear him at the slightest since it runs in the Enishi blood to lay down their life for an Akechi.

Jana Reid - The only friend that Rei ever has. They have a mutual understanding and got each other's backs.

Hector Johnson - Rei respects him and ought to know him more.

Backstory:
"Raise your banners above the stars for we serve the Akechi!" Long before Mahōkyo existed, the Enishi has been serving the Akechi wholeheartedly since imperial Japan as vassals, they are the oldest family among their allied forces and the main vanguard of the outer circle of the Akechi Estates. Rei was always told adventurous tales of servitude and friendship by clan elders and how honored is their matriarch to be far from harm, under the Akechi's everlasting security, and because of the Enishi's fearsome reputation as the Akechi's impregnable shield, their enemies fear for their lives.

The Enishi possess volatile emotions when they experience agony, they awaken the Chains of Fate which oozes enormous soul energy. Their bodies align to the chains granting them insane vitality stats as the chains become an extension of their being, aging slower than normal. Rei learned the disturbing history of her clan and how they were once a threat to the Magic World and tamed by the Akechi, as a result, she is confused with her family's rank within the Akechi circle for she knows not of her clan's dangerous emotions as it's kept a secret by her clan elders, therefore, uneventful misunderstandings though she has an idea why. Rei figured out the reason why her family isn't part of the inner courts and how unfair it seemed, she is appeased by Touma's frank answer, and in all simplicity, there is no other ally like the Enishi whose impregnable defense is unrivaled, the Akechi holds them with high regard but their emotional outbursts aren't welcome in the inner courts.

With her misconceptions appeased, Rei's blinding hatred towards Touma ceased, but would it be the same for the rest of her household? She wondered. 

Rei is a talented Mage and towered over most of her peers, she's prone to overtaking and forcefully attempts to gain what she wants. Touma constantly called her out regarding her disobedience for interrupting duels between the inner circle members, much to Rei's lack of invitation. Should there be any sanctions to her insubordination, only she knows. 

Considering Rei's reputation as a pestering yet reliable child, she was assigned to Hector's squad to put her abilities in good use in the Mahōkyo phenomena.

Magic

High/Intermediate/Talented

Chains of Fate [運命の鎖. Unmei no Kusari]
These peculiar chains are powered by emotions, responding to the stimulant of the situation and enforcing strength and weakness against the user depending on the degree of emotion, they are invoked from any part of Rei's body with a maximum threshold of 20-meters radius. Abstract in nature, it grants the Enishi the inherent trait to insightfully resonate images of vast topics akin to a CSI Detective connecting remnants and discerning magical abilities at first glance on an intuitive-empathic degree. Vitality is refined through years of selective breeding within the confines of the Enishi, it's also determined on the color-coding of the chains; Silver, Gold, and the unusual Platinum chains which certify an Enishi the highest-ranking vitality and magic power/potential, the platinum chains is the rarest, appearing once a century. Likewise, the chains are versatile, they have a wide array of utility, from grappling, offense, and defense.

Other

Rei is her nickname. Only Jana gets to call her that.

The Enishi pleaded for protection since they had enough of threats from superior clans.

Rei has platinum chains.

The Kanji 縁 (Enishi) meaning "fate, destiny; bond, link, connection".

The Kanji 冷 (Rei) meaning "cold, chill" while the kanji 美 (mi) means beautiful, beauty.
Read as 縁冷美 (Enishi Reimi) meaning "Fate of The Cool Beauty".

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Onassis Daisuke



Essentials

Full Name: Onassis Daisuke

Nickname(s): Father, Reverend, Nass.

Gender: Male.

Age: Twenty Nine (29).

Birthday: May 29th.

Affiliation: Isamu.

Written Appearance:
Standing 6’2” in height, Onassis is relatively tall - but not outstanding in physique. He is lean and long, but not overtly thin. Despite being a rather outdoors-loving individual, his skin is quite pale - betraying his partial American heritage - and is also without blemish. His hair is a dirty blonde which he often keeps neat, but not overly combed. His eyes are a chocolatey dark brown.

One might be relatively hard-pressed to find Father Onassis without his vestments or clerical attire at-hand, regardless of most any circumstances.

His set of vestments are black, with simple white symbols running down the middle, confined by a strip of more white stretching down the length on either side. The vestments, which are often accompanied by a stole, are usually worn over the every-day clerical attire, but largely are only donned during planned rituals or events.

His clerical attire is as one would expect from a priest. It consists of his black clerical shirt, covered by a Soutane of the same color, suited at the neck with a wool clerical collar. These garments are also accompanied by black khaki pants, or those of a similar material, and leather shoes, if possible. Occasionally, he will forego his Soutane.

Finally, Father Onassis is never seen without at least one glove on - even if it is not part of his clerical uniform. More specifically - the glove upon his left hand never comes off.


Personal

Personality:
Onassis is a rather amicable individual, many would say. A contemplative neutral face and a largely calm demeanor make for an easily approachable man, and an insightful outlook upon life makes for a well-liked clergyman. These are all very helpful factors in his day-to-day life, as he seems to find himself on the good side of most everyone he meets - even the nonreligious.

Although he can seem like quite a busy individual during the going-ons of his day, Onassis is a fun loving person. He enjoys jokes, friendly pranks, adventures, etc. when he has the time. He especially loves studying different forms of magic and the innovations that they can stir to life.

When it comes to serious manners, the reverend isn’t one to mill about. His main priority is keeping safe those who cannot defend themselves - which coincides well with the Isamu family. Keeping as much peace as possible - even if through preemptive action - is something the priest has sworn his life to. And using violence to stem the growth of violence is something he has come to accept as a way of life within Mahoukyo.

Likes:
Isamu family
Nature
Magic
Studious behavior
Honesty
Rain

Dislikes:
Violence
Dishonesty
Crooks
Injustice

Strengths:
Agreeability -- Onassis is a very amicable individual, often finding it very easy to talk to those around him - a many even confide their secrets in him.
Utility/Flexibility -- Not only is he flexible in his ability to support others in his duty as a priest, but his magic is even moreso flexible - making his assets unpredictable.
Forethought -- Nass is a thinker - and a good one at that. He would rather build out a plan and then act on it than rush into a situation - but that doesn’t mean he won’t if he has to.
Studious -- He believes that knowledge, to an extent, is power. And the more power one holds, the more they can use to defend the ones they love. He’s a very studious person, often reading works on various subjects - his most favorite being magical studies.

Weaknesses:
Too Valiant -- Onassis is very protective of innocents and his peers, even to a point that some would say he is too protective. If he feels they are in danger, he will forego his own safety to ensure theirs, even in the face of guaranteed defeat.
Conflicted -- Although he has accepted violence as a means to prevent future violence, it still weighs on his mind. He will make peace whenever he can - which can cause defeat in some cases due to his hesitation.

Relationships:
Father -- Deceased.
Mother -- His mother is a little on the older side, and lives with a caretaker - though Onassis visits often, as they are close.
Maylis Isamu -- Reverend Nass holds a respect for Maylis. She stands a guardian for her family and welcomes all with open arms, and will defend those she cares for with all her might - a valiant outlook, in the clergyman’s eyes. The two also have more of a relationship than one would think, as Maylis frequents Father Onassis’ church.

Backstory:
Onassis had a humble yet comfortable childhood, and was raised by two very loving parents.
His mother was a born-resident of Mahoukyo, while his father was American.
He took after his mother’s Runecrafting from a young age.
Shortly before his father’s passing from heart difficulties, he began to teach his son the inner workings of the church at the age of seventeen - which spurred the young man to look into becoming a priest. He finally accomplished this upon turning twenty five.
Now after four years of priesthood, he is a respected member of the congregation and the surrounding community, devoting his life to the benefit of others and the will of the divine.
He resides in a modest apartment very close to the church and only a couple blocks from his mother - who lives under a caretaker due to her age.


Magic

Medium - Adept - Capable

Onassis’ magic, following the ways of his mother, is completely expressed through Runecraft. As opposed to channeling magical energies through his body to enforce attacks, he creates and imbues runes using said energy.

As a result, his magical arsenal is very wide - but it takes a significantly longer time to employ these tactics, as he usually has to have runes preprepared, being that they are quite intricate. He does, additionally, still have to research subjects he wishes to integrate into his runes. A flame-throwing rune would require some degree of Pyromantic study, for example. Onassis is well aware of this and can employ a wide variety of knowledge he has studied - though substantially rare subjects will have to be looked into if he wants to use such runes.

His runecraft has a variety of uses, but he is known best amongst Isamu for his use of enchanted clothing - more specifically, gloves. Below are a couple of his creations entailed:

Zero Claw - The Zero Claw is definitely Father Onassis’ most lamented creation. In his search for more magical knowledge, the reverend decided to do a ‘small’ experiment during one of his many trips to Zero Time with the Isamu. After having defeated their fair share of Zero Time-realm beasts, he decided he wanted to try and experiment with their materials - after all, certain other animal materials could aid in magical projection. Hence, he gathered a number of beast scales and had them sewn to a glove before imbuing it with a new experimental rune.
Upon his next trek into Zero Time, he used this rune to make an attempt at absorbing the essence of one of these gruesome beasts - only to find that it had an effect he had clearly not bargained for. A deep, shooting pain traveled up the reverend’s arm, webbing out through his entire body and instinctively causing him to rip the glove off his hand. However, he found doing so to be even more cripplingly painful as he fell to his knees and doubled over, gripping his chest before struggling to slip the glove back onto his hand as he tried not to vomit. The pain instantly eased into a slow pulsing as he shoved his hand into the glove. He breathed heavier and more raggedly than he ever had before, looking down at his arm to find black and gray skin slowly fading away, and the veins much more visible than they should have been.
Since then, the reverend has ceaselessly searched for ways to try and remove the glove, but to no avail. Despite not having a durability rune in place, the energies enabled by the glove seemingly keep it intact regardless of any of his efforts.
Despite the arguable benefits this cursed peace of equipment grants the reverend, he sees it as a great malediction.
The glove is altered by emotion - the more incoherent or angry Onassis becomes, the more the beast within reveals itself, until he’s hardly able to think for himself, and relies solely on animal instinct. Luckily for the priest, anger is not a feeling that comes easy to him.
However, the properties of the glove release themselves when he calls upon the strengths of it - and the more he uses, the more likely he is to lose control.
Enhanced Physique - The Zero Claw can grant Onassis enhanced strength and speed when the power is drawn upon, making him much more physically capable than any man and even rivaling those who enhance their physique through magic purposely - though utilizing the Claw to such a degree will likely leave him incoherent and hence dangerous to those he wishes to protect, or more easily outsmarted.
Enhanced Senses - The Claw can also enhance the reverend’s senses of eyesight, smell, and hearing if called upon. These are much easier to utilize without exposing oneself to the will of the animal side.
Zero Time Walker - Easily the most substantial ability allotted to the priest through this glove is the ability to move between the real world and Zero Time. This is a very unique ability that is as useful as one would think - though it takes him a good deal of concentration, so he won’t be using it in the midst of combat to avoid attacks.
Soulbane - Soulbane is one of Father Onassis’ favorite creations, as it allows him to disable his foes without causing them harm. This black leather glove has a circular, intricate rune on the back with many small etchings around its inner border. Said rune allows the wearer to halt the usage of Soul in an individual it can grasp - or can even dissipate magic at a touch.
Grasp - This glove can halt the magic of those who have less magical potential than that of the wearer. Upon grabbing or touching a mage in a critical area like the head, throat, or chest, they will find themselves disconnected from their Soul energy for as long as the grasp persists, and if it persists for a time, up to half-a-dozen or so minutes afterwards. For those of greater potential than the wearer, they will begin to lose connection to their Soul energy rapidly over a few seconds, rather than immediately.
If contacting a non-vital area, it can take up to ten seconds for an individual to be cut off from their Soul energy, giving them time to react with magic.
Rend - As opposed to the rather offensively-focused Grab portion of this rune, the Rend portion is more defensive. The glove is able to ‘cut through’ magic to a degree, weakening or crippling an attack. This usually varies on a case-to-case basis - as, for example, cutting through a fireball would still have you struck by two-thirds of the attack, while rending a force blast would likely collapse its magical structure and render the attack ineffective.

Other

Father Onassis’ overclothing, such as his Soutane, have runes on the inside for comfort, so that they do not become too hot or restrictive.
His glasses are runed for durability. He is near-sighted.
Onassis has studied and practiced several forms of unarmed combat and can use them with efficiency. Some would say this is odd as a priest, but the alternatives are learning to use lethal weapons, so..

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Ruru Gamelat



Essentials

Full Name:
Aruru Ishtar-Gamelat

Nickname(s):
Ru2 on most internet message boards. The Witch by people who know her reputation. The Bitch by people who actually know her.

Gender:
Female

Age:
Never kept count. Her earliest memory is twenty years old, so she just calls herself twenty.

Birthday:
7/7

Affiliation:
Independent

Written Appearance:
Standing at 5'6" with a lithe figure, Ruru is a strange woman. On close inspection, one can see foreign, almost ancient features on her face. Her body lacks any form of scar, blemish, or freckle on her pale skin, the sole exception being a large and complex magic circle located on her back. Her unkempt blonde hair is rarely styled with more than a brush to remove knots, only cut when it begins to be a nuisance.

Her outfits all share one important thing in common: they're comfortable to wear. Shorts, loose shirts, and cozy blankets are all stables of her attire, even if she's outside in public. Her comfort is so first and foremost to her that she even wears her bunny slippers outside. In public. Where other people can see her.

Personal

Personality:
Once upon a time, Ruru would have been considered a great sage, scholar, philosopher, and mage. That time had since passed. Possessing no memories older than twenty years, her state of being has degenerated into a lazy mess. While vestiges of her great intellect remain, the vast amount of esoteric knowledge she once possessed has since been replaced by pop culture trivia and general hedonism. 

Unamiable to a fault, Ruru has a general disdain for others. Bitter is essentially her default state. Others often describe her as "a being of pure hatred". While she holds these feelings (and often displays it on her sleeve), she can put aside these feelings temporarily. To those who she's willing to tolerate, she can even initiate conversations without turning into a ball of venomous words and hatred. The two types of people she's least willing to speak to are always do-gooders and idiots (in her words). 

Her work ethic is a marvel to behold. If one was to look at a thesaurus for words similar to lazy, every single one put together couldn't begin to describe how much of a failure of a human being Ruru has become. Even though she doesn't possess her old memories, she has no drive to recover them nor does she have an care about them. A desire to collect the artifacts she had once created does occasionally possess her, but it is mostly born through a sense of begrudging responsibility for letting such dangerous items on the loose.

Likes:
• Video games
• Snacks
• Shitposting
• People that she can tolerate
• Unbridled hedonism and earthly pleasures
• Money
• Black coffee

Dislikes:
• Effort
• Others using her important, high-level artifacts
• Commitments
• Not having anything fun to do
• Ska

Strengths:
• Magic is extremely versatile
• Extraordinarily talented in her magic
• Biologically immortal
• Can innately recover from most serious wounds given enough time

Weaknesses:
• If she runs out of popsicle sticks, she can't quick cast any magic
• Will take every shortcut with her magic possible to the point of unreliability
• Physically inept
• A failure of a human being in every single way
• Generally pretty forgetful

Relationships:
Despite being a horrible person, Ruru's relationship with the other families is surprisingly amiable most of the time. Unless persuaded with gifts of snacks and games, she strictly stays out of the affairs of the other families. The exception to this rule is if one of her artifacts is being used. She'd easily kick the shit out of a child to recover one of them.

Besides that, she just uses internet message boards for most of her human interactions.

character relationships to be added later

Backstory:
Only vague inklings of who she was twenty years ago are apparent to Ruru. She has a general idea on how old she really is (that is to say ancient) and what she did before she forgot everything. She had functionally spent a hundred lifetimes perfecting her magic, obsessing over every fine detail in order to become truly immune to death. She could stave it off with agelessness and regeneration, but true immortality always evaded her. In her pursuits of this knowledge, she had learned that her mind simply couldn't take the wealth of knowledge that hundreds of lives could contain and created a ritual to store this knowledge in a magical relic. Along the way, she created dozens of magical artifacts to assist her in her research. 

Also she was born on 7/7, a number suspiciously similar to how many fragments of her memory there are. That's all what the note that she found when she first woke up said, at least. When she had awoken in that apartment, she had no idea on who she was. The note had her name and the basics of the situation, but the actual memories of and truth to the events described were unknown to her.

But the modern life available to Ruru was amazing. Years of entertainment was at the tip of her fingers. Rather than live as the note had told her to, she quickly descended into the rampant world of consumerism. Living from one pleasure to another, the grand mage had become nothing but a shell of her former self. Philosophy was replaced with videos of people getting hit in the balls, knowledge was replaced with slightly out of date pop culture, and effort was replaced with lazing around all day.

Of course, the past always catches up.

A body sucked dry as though a vampire had appeared in the city. Every single clue pointed at something that Ruru had made a long time ago. The first body threw her into a state of confusion and denial. The second and third confirmed her feelings. Whatever she made all those years ago, she would have to recover. Filled with some sense of responsibility, she began the hunt on all of the artifacts she had once made.

Magia Igniculus



Low || Expert || Talented


A complex magic, the Magia Igniculus does not use the inward power of a mage. In fact, the only soul required for the magic to function is enough to create binding chalk⁠—the basis of each spell. Rather than being controlled by aptitude and skill, the Magia Igniculus is pure rationality. It allows the user to manipulate the normally unusable soul in the environment. Using an ancient, undecipherable language, one can restructure the passive soul and raw materials to have practically any effect.

However, what the magic gains in versatility, it lacks in speed and ease of use. While, in theory, the magic can be used for infinite possibilities, the vast majority of them are logistically impossible. For something simple like creating a flame, the mage could draw a circle to bind a fuel, an oxident, and an energy to form the flame. For something complex like creating life, one would need so many raw materials and esoteric artifacts that, even with a million years worth of work, they wouldn't even reach the 1% complete threshold.

The process of creating magic could be easily surmised as creating a large enough circle for the complexity of the task, giving the circle enough materials to create the magic, and then the magic activating. The time it takes for a circle to activate from its creation could be minutes to even years, depending entirely on the magic created.

Because of the modular nature of this magic, the creation of artifacts is entirely possible. The complexity of creating a high-level artifact would require years of work and millions of dollars worth of resources, making such creation to inefficient to the modern man. A way to develop create inefficient but cheap artifacts exist. While much of the power is lost, it allows for the creation of wooden sticks that, when broken, activate the magic held within. They're one time use, but cheap enough to be made with Popsicle sticks and whatever is required for the contained magic.

Noticeably, Ruru has an extremely complex magic circle on her back. The magic of eternal youth alongside a ward for weak regeneration. Because of these two runes, Ruru is biologically immortal. Much like a lobster, this doesn't mean that she can't be killed. Her brain and her heart are two huge weak points that would pretty much instantly kill her, but she can recover from most mortal injuries in a matter of weeks.

Ruru's current usage of the magic is entirely inefficient and unreliable as it follows the dogma of "eh, that should be good enough". Usually, she just carries a handful of sticks for the most basic of tasks. A couple of fireballs, a couple of barriers, and some lifestyle sticks like clearing grime, mending objects, or releasing a pleasant smell.

Other

Ruru's memories are contained within 7 powerful grimoires. Besides them, about twenty-four unrecovered artifacts are circulating within the city, their powers ranging from a serrated blade that devours metal to hone its edge to a coffee pot creates coffee out of the air.

She really wants that coffee pot back.

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Maya Dozier


Essentials

Full Name: Maya Dozier

Nickname(s): Doz

Gender: Female

Age: 23

Birthday: June 15

Affiliation: None, yet

Written Appearance: Maya stands at a height of 5'6 with an athletic figure. Often seen holding herself with confidence, she seems much taller than she is. During casual situations, her red hair is usually let loose. However, when she is on her job, she ties it back so that it's less of a hindrance. Her body is filled with scars both monsters and accident inflicted, but she carries them with a certain amount of pride as well. 

Personal

Personality: A thrill seeker through and through, Maya would risk both life and limb for a little excitement in her life. She takes many calculated risks that others would call reckless - and to a certain extent, they are reckless and could cause her death one of these days. However, she stands by them because where's the fun in safety? 

She's relatively easygoing as a person and is rather friendly to most; as long as they don't attack her, she won't attack either. She's often called out for not being serious about Zero Time or anything of the sorts - but she does take it seriously, she just wants to have fun along the way. However, she harbors indecisiveness in her system which has cost her many things - such as not knowing which family to join or what to actually fight for. In the end, she fights to both sustain herself and to simply be able to help.

Likes:Fighting
Adventure
Magic
Knives
Blades

Dislikes:Needless confrontation
Aggression
ZT Monsters

Strengths:Maya's magic makes it easier to overwhelm an opponent by attacking from multiple sides.
Resourceful to a fault, Kris can make almost anything into a weapon as long as she can lift it. The use of the environment around her is an integral part of her fighting style.
Agility and flexibility are things she can boast about but her ability on her board is what really catches the eyes of other people.

Weaknesses:Due to her reckless nature, she finds no problems in taking on high risks which has cost her injuries in the past.
Maya's main line of defense are her items. Her body can only take so many hits before going down herself as it is woefully average.
Due to not having any loyalty to any of the Three Families, Maya doesn't have access to many allies or contacts.

RelationshipsChristopher Dozier [Father | Alive] - Current patriarch of the small Dozier family. He and Maya have a good standing relationship despite her being the only one in her family who hasn't chosen a side.
Isumi Dozier [Mother | Sick but alive] - Currently being treated at the local hospital, Isumi also has a good relationship with her daughter. However, her condition seems to only grow worse.
Yasuhiro Dozier [Older Brother | Alive] - The two of them go out for coffee sometimes and they rely on each other when worse comes to worse. He's currently part of the Akechi family.
Haruka Dozier [Older sister | Alive] - Haruka and Maya are rather close though, much like Yasuhiro, they don't meet up as frequently as before. Their siblings bonding time are scheduled every other week. She's currently in the Isamu family.


Backstory: Born into a small family of mages, a Dozier is trained to be able to utilize their soul into magic at a young age. The Dozier family had migrated to Mahoukyo to be closer to what was rumored to be the highest concentration of Soul in the entire world. However, they were quickly put into their place by the three families that monopolized the city for their own gain. Instead of retaliation or outright joining any of the three families, the Dozier family became an independent group of mages.

As the years passed, the family became more lenient in their study of Soul and allowed their members to disperse however they wanted. This led to the Dozier family being sectioned off and being inducted into one of the three Families. Maya was born in this time - bright eyed at the sight of magic being performed by both of her parents and her older siblings. She was quick to take on to the role of learning them.

Maya's life went by normally up until Yasuhiro decided to pack up and join the Akechi family after he was noticed in being useful. Haruka was not far behind in leaving for Isamu. Christopher expected for Maya to follow suit as well - choosing which side of the war she would be on. However, Maya could not choose and decided to follow the path her ancestors had done before - become independent. Though her father had warned her that it would be difficult, she soldiered on.

By 17, she was already venturing out herself to aid in Zero Time, using her father's hover board gift to be able to traverse the night city quickly and to respond even quicker. She found herself wanting to come back for more, if anything, so that she would be able to push back the monotonous life of not living on the edge of safety. 

As the years pressed on and Maya became more well known for her skills as an independent, she had started to frequent the territories in search of mercenary work or to simply befriend anyone there. It usually wasn't ideal due ot the bad blood between the families but they treated her professionally or friendly enough. Maya simply helps with the eradications of monsters and the aid of people - which usually lands her with the Isamu family - and would never dip into sabotage of other families.

Magic

High | Intermediate | Talented

Maya's magic lies within the free control of objects within her range. Using magic, she can physically move objects without touching them and be able to either have fine control over them or to launch them at high speeds equivalent to that of a bullet - or even more if more soul is used. However, there is a necessary charge up sequence before she is able to shoot them out.

Her reach is a twenty meter radius but the further it is from her, the harder it is for her to control. The most she can do with an object at her furthest distance is a simple push or pull. It is also difficult for her to control an object that has a force already acting upon it - such as a bullet that has been shot or a sword that is being slashed. The most she can do with those are simply redirection unless she had ample time to charge up enough force to counteract it.
Other

Over the years, she has amassed a few items - both magical and not - to aid her in her hunt which includes:
Tres - Shaped like a skateboard made of metal, a mana stone was inserted into it so that it would have the ability to fly. This is suplemented by Maya's telekinesis that allow her more advanced manuevers. The board can be strapped onto her back using magic.
Ammo pack - Something she had been saving up for years, the ammo pack is strapped onto her waste and contains an enchantment that allows for the storage of so much more things than what it is logically able to carry. She currently has forty knifes and six daggers inside.
Wand - Her actual magic item that she uses to be able to use her magic more finely than before.
Two Shields - Not magical by any means but certainly durable enough to sustain a couple of hits, it is one of her emergency defense objects.
Katana - One that she keeps around for emergency cases, she rarely uses magic when she begins relying on her katana. She has some background on proper technique.
Has been and will always be free to be hired so long as it isn't directionally sabotaging or harming a Family member.
Also has been seen working for the government as an independent fighter

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Elliot Silber

Essentials

Full Name: Elliot Silber

Nickname(s): Rubedo, Ellie

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Birthday: 9/9

Affiliation: The Rikimaru Family

Written Appearance: Elliot stands at an average height of 5"9. His choice in attire tends to stray towards the more formal side of things, but he does have some casual wear. Both his hair and his eyes share the matching color of red, which he also prefers to have his clothes match as well.

He wouldn't call himself handsome, but he wouldn't describe himself as ugly either. His features can be classified as above average. His body type is only average though.

Personal

Personality: This young man has a somewhat strange personality. He's extremely good at seeing through people, but awful at deceiving them. He's prideful, but he doesn't seem to have any hang-ups about asking for assistance with anything with the exception of a few. He's an extremely stubborn person who loves to get involved in things that don't have anything to do with him. If there was one word to describe him perfectly, it would be troublesome. 

The most notable part of him is his tendency to pick fights. This irritating quality of his manifested due to building his own personal honor system. Fights are sacred to Elliot because they're the easiest way to understand someone. It is also the same reason why he staunchly refuses to kill anyone. Bringing people to half-death through violence? Well, that's acceptable in his eyes.

Likes: 
• Fighting
• Meddling in others' business
• Salty food
• Effort

Dislikes: 
• Death
• Reading
• Being called Ellie
• Rules

Strengths: 
• Insane reaction speed
• Powerful magic
• Absurd accuracy
• Can fight even with mortal wounds

Weaknesses:
• Not versatile with magic
• Using his full power will burn him from the inside out.
• Low physical strength
• Abnormal mindset

Relationships:
• Allied with the Rikimaru Family

Backstory: Elliot Silber was a somewhat normal child with normal values growing up. He had loving parents and some nice friends. He was the furthest thing from supernatural. The only thing that could be stated as uncommon about him would be his German heritage. Life was dull and boring back then. Just how he liked it.

That easily changed like all other sob stories other people have when he was 15 years old. There were odd incidents of a serial killer in his town, but he was a normal person who put that out of his mind. He had other things to worry about like his part-time job. That normal life was brutally destroyed with him coming home to a party of gore. He snapped and then came back to a burning house. He didn't know why he had this power over fire, but he practiced it in hopes of hunting down the murderer. He dropped out of high school and took all sorts of odd jobs to fuel his burning rage.

He found the serial killer multiple times and engaged him every time in a fight. He could never defeat the monster in human skin, but with each fight he grew to reluctantly understand the freak more and more. He had to adapt to him mentally and physically. 

The serial killer had absurd speed, which forced Elliot to push his perception speed to the max to barely keep up with him. It almost seemed like the serial killer barely tried as well. The past two years allowed Elliot to hone his speed and reflexes all for battles against him.

Empathizing with someone possessing a warped mindset warped his own into what it is today. A meddler that believes he knows best and forcefully reaching his desired conclusion for any events. It's that which destroyed his ability to understand normal people, so he decided to connect with people the only way he knew how. Just like he understood parts of his family's murderer through battle, he can only empathize with others the same way. 

He chased that serial killer for 2 years, eventually making his way towards the city of Mahoukyo. He has refined his Soul all this time for just that fight.

At least he met up with the Rikimaru Family. That family suited him well because he had to face one of them in a fight to join. To him, they're not all that bad. Their troublemaking nature suits him quite well. He'll follow them as long as they don't get in the way of his goal.

Those with normal values cannot get along with Elliot.

For he desires to reach everything in the world.

Magic

Very High | Intermediate | Capable

Elliot specializes in burning things and charring them to pieces. His magic is extremely focused on flames as hot as hellfire itself. Naturally, he's immune to fire as well. Using this magic combined with his inhuman accuracy, he can intricately burn whatever he targets. He prefers making constructs of fire to control his flames rather then just spewing them. On death's door, he will absolutely cauterize his wounds to keep on going. He's done it so many times, that he's grown used to fatal injuries.

This isn't the true danger of his magic though.

Using his full power, he can twist the world into one purely of flames called Muspelheim. It's like putting him and his opponent into the cannon of a barrel. A 100 square meter zone where his grasp is infinite and he no longer has to adjust for accuracy by this point, for all he has to do is fire the barrel and wash his enemy in flames. He almost never does this though due to the fact that it drains him of everything and it's too risky for his opponent and him as well. The fact that overclocking like this will start burning him from the inside out and the fact that it's very likely to kill means he will almost never use this in a fight.

Other

• Though he has a hard time getting along with normal people, he gets along with abnormal people almost too well. 
• He only wears somewhat formal clothes to look cool.
• He doesn't really hate his target all that much. It was burning hot in the beginning, but it eventually cooled to lukewarm at best.

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Devin Coal

Essentials

Full Name: Devin D'Artagnan Coal

Nickname(s): Dart

Gender: Male

Age: 22

Birthday: April 2nd

Affiliation: The Rikimaru Family

Personal

Personality: Devin is perceptive about systems and strategy, and often understands the world as a chess board to be navigated. He does this largely due to the fact that for so long kids his age would avoid him due to his lack of sight. As if wondering on a chess board he quickly grew up observing people and therefor learning and studying. He wants to understand how systems work, and how events proceed therefore allowing him to navigate them: As he got old he found himself often having a unique ability to foresee logical outcomes. He enjoys applying himself to a project, and putting in concentrated effort to achieve their goals.

Devin has a lascivious hunger for knowledge and strives to constantly increase his competence; he is often seen as a perfectionists with extremely high standards of performance for himself and others which can make working with him difficult. He at times rarely asks for help when needed, but that isn't due to him not wanting, but more his competitive nature of trying to solve whatever obstacle or puzzle himself. 

Likes: Being around people cooking / Movies / Baseball

Dislikes: Tardiness / Lack of Attention to Details /  

Strengths: Quick, Imaginative, High Self-Confidence, Hard-Working, Determined and Strategic Mind

Weaknesses: Judgmental, Overly Analytical, Competitive, Defensive

Relationships: 

Backstory: Devin was born right on time according to the doctor. His parents were overjoyed with his clean bill of health, but were later surprised to find that due to a small complication Devin was born blind and his prognathous likely meant he would never see. His parents quickly molded to their new responsibilities and surrounded him with everything one would need to achieve a normal life. The most important member he has a young adult was waking up in the middle of the night only to open his eyes and be able to see. 

In his shock he learned that he was in the Zero Time. It seemed that instead of not being able to see in the sense that a normal person would expect. Instead Devin was able to see magic. Those with high or even mild abilities quickly started to become less of a darken blur and became crystal clear in front of him. He quickly began to seek out those he could see and soon enough learned everything there was about Zero Time from members of the The Rikimaru Family.

Earning a family crest it was through an extremely difficult and painful process that he had his implanted in one of his eyes causing him to use next to no effort to use his gift to see while in the Zero Time. He now almost always wears sunglasses due to the stone being awkward for people to stare at even if he can't see them outside the Zero Time save for those also gifted with magical ability. 

Since being discovered by the 13 gangs he was quickly initiated due to his high intelligence and rapid ability to learn. Unfortunately his personality often made him butt heads with many members of the family resulting in more than a few internal battles that Devin often lost. It wasn't until it was too late that people realized every time they fought Devin he was getting better and better. His reaction would start to almost seem more like precognition.

Since then there has been mass speculation that many of the fights he got in were on purpose, though his personality seemed to perfectly fit the bill for inspiring them. Currently Devin is given individual tasks or secondary orders when working with larger groups. Namely due to the fact that while people respect him they aren't big fans of working with him.  

Magic

Expert/High/Talented

Devin's magical powers revolve around his ability to summon wolves to fight along side him. He has hyper fast reaction time due to his stone being attached to his sight. He fights with two nightsticks that can combine into a white cane for when he walks around outside of Zero Time. The weapons were selected for him by Akio.

He has called the twin weapons "Night Sticks" Due to the fact that through his abilities when he lands several hits in a row his opponent will begin to lose their eye sight. Devin has little control over this; however, it is believe he could hit different sense out of a person leaving them trapped in their body without any way to break free. 

Other

Devin owns a real seeing eye dog, though he still holds onto his cane due to it being a weapon as well. His dog is named Nyx and is a German Sheppard that he has constantly trained to work and sometimes fight by his side.

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The man, the myth, the legend I see. I doubt he'll get along well with his gang leader, so that'll make for some interesting interactions in general.

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More often than not Devin is likely one who is given a specific task as the team knows he will complete it; however, they also aren't fans of working directly with him due to his high expectations. 

I will have the role play character sheet complete before end of day today. 

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