I'll take a proper look tomorrow!

Name: Velu Ekleros
Age: 16
Gender: male
Appearance: Velu is a human of slightly taller than average height and a moderately skinny build that nonetheless has a reasonable amount of muscle definition (no Mr. Universe, but perfectly capable of wielding a sword of decent size). He is fair-skinned, but not pale, with short platinum blond hair, blue eyes, and a small, slightly hooked nose. He wears a red fedora with a white feather, a red shirt, red knee-length cape, brown pants, and brown boots.
Personality: Velu is an adventurous young man with a strong sense of morals, which sometimes causes him to butt heads with mercenaries that have more mercenary tendencies. Nevertheless, he tends to keep more of a glass-half-full outlook on life and does his best to treat his fellow mercenaries with respect even when he disagrees with them. He owes no allegiance to any country or faction other than himself and his comrades, and his loyalty to his comrades is that much stronger because of it.
Brief Backstory: Velu was born in one of the many countries that had been subjugated under the rule of the Alvadian Empire. His parents had a deep hatred for the empire, but they had no love for Embria, the last nation to resist the empire, either. Velu never bothered to ask why this was (mainly he was too young to wonder why), and his parents never volunteered the information. Velu was still a child for most of this time, and so he had little to do with any of it, but in the last years of the war he was reaching the age at which he was old enough to understand what was happening, even if he was not in any way truly involved in it, and so he remembers much of the events that happened as the empire collapsed and the political structure of Theia was reorganized in the hopes that such a war would never happen again. Over the next five years, very little changed for Velu. He and his parents were still living quiet lives in their little corner of the world. His parents remained mistrustful of the new Republic of Alvad, and still had no love for Embria, and so offered loyalty to neither, and Velu, being his parents' son, followed suit. This sort of politcal mood, combined with Velu's adventurous nature, is what led him to join the Wild Rose when he left home to seek his own way in the world.
Skills: Velu is naturally quick on his feet, allowing him to slip under or around blows aimed at him or to get out of a fight he can't otherwise win.
Abilities: Velu is competent in both magic and physical fighting. While this versatility is incredibly useful, it has the drawback that his prowess in each of these fields is less than that of a more specialized person. His spell library currently consists of Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Cure, and Esuna.
Limit Break: Magic Sword: Velu can combine a physical attack with any spell, dealing damage equal to that of the physical attack plus that of the spell (if the spell has a healing effect on the target, it will heal the target for that amount instead of dealing damage). This ability still requires that Velu have the necessary amount of mana to cast the spell.
Equipment: a short sword

@thecatinaction: This should be perfectly fine, my only real issue(and it's not at all a dealbreaker) is that his appearance being Gambit from X-men is really distracting. ^^;

But in terms of his abilities and personality and backstory and all that he's perfectly fine.

@Sedjwick: Hmmm. I think I want a little bit more about why his family doesn't like Embria? Not that there can't be a reason, but if you explained a bit more that would give me more tools to integrate character backstories into the plot. Unless you're hiding it for some reason, in which case I would ask you to PM me about it.

Oh, and he should probably have a surname, the only reason Eurie doesn't is something that will be learned later.

@VitaVitaAR

Haha, he just embodies the idea in my head pretty much to a T. I had a couple other avatars before, but this was definitely the idea I had.

@Pyromania99: Accepted.

Name: Cadenza Ovatra D’Concerto [“Donna Toro”]
Age: 25
Gender: Female

Appearance: 'Sup?

Personality: If there was a poster child for “hot-headedness” Cadenza would be a strong contender for the title. With a mind that runs at miles a minute, Cadenza comes across brash and impulsive, jumping into the fray with little to no evident forethought or planning. Though most of the time her “fight first, talk later” ideology seems to work itself out to the best results, it has a propensity to create backlashes amid more delicate situations. In the heat of conflict and combat, she follows quick-thinking, improvisational style, and generally has the wits and psychological fortitude to engage multiple opponents up close.

She can be short-fused, easily rallied to action as one seeking conflict might be. If one can restrain her physically, talking her down becomes a manageable task. But, if she is allowed gain momentum, the prospect of pulling her back into a docile becomes significantly more unlikely. Once engaged into a the midst of an altercation, Cadenza is unlikely to back away unless she either emerges victorious or is rendered incapacitated… or worse.

Though her physical appearance may be less than impressive to the naked eye, her raw vitality and fiery disposition tend to make up any lost ground, and then some. She abounds with an excess of pride and self-confidence, which, when she’s on the up and up, provides her a formidable advantage. Yet, as with many good things, too much can be problematic. Her confidence has a glass-canon element, being handily shattered in the moments during which real adversity and defeat hits. As such, it often takes Cadenza a longer period to psychologically recover when an endeavor doesn’t pan out in her favor.

Brief Backstory: Cadenza grew up close to the hostilities between Embria and the Alvadian Empire, specifically at the Embria-Alvad border, where the coalition of resistance fighters from Imperial lands and the standing armies of Embria centered the command for its counter-offensives. Her father, Solo D’Concerta, was among the ranks of the resistance, and reasonably respected among the Embrians and resistance fighters that knew him; such was his reputation that the Embrian military honorarily bestowed upon him the rank of Sergeant.

Cadenza lived with her father within a militant community, which the residents of simply referred to as “The Compound.” In her time there, Cadenza absorbed much of the combatant lifestyle. Whether through her father, other residents, or the occasional drifter, she developed a knack and a passion for fighting that just about only someone raised by fighters could have. As a youth, she would play war games with other children on The Compound; as a teenager, she would tag along with her father to observe military training exercises.

The war came to an end just as Cadenza began arranging to join her father in the war efforts, getting so far as to equip herself with weapons and armaments. Disappointed in the missed opportunity, she argued with her father, until, after a course of nearly a month, she relented to his directive to return home and assist the rebuilding effort.

During the following five years, Cadenza spent much of the daylight hours playing the role of homemaker, repairing both the house she and her father had once lived in and those in the surrounding community. By night, however, she found a stand-in for her itch for fighting in the form of an underground combat ring, within which she competed in (often excessively violent) matches against both young adults with similar backgrounds to herself and younger ex-militants looking to feed their conditioned proclivity for bloodshed. In a fashion not unlike her father, she garnered the respect of the ring, being dubbed by her innermost circle as “Donna Toro.”

Solo was rarely home, having dedicated his post-war life to mercenary work with the goal of ensuring stability as the newly formed Republic of Alvad established itself. His visits home were brief, and Cadenza often saw him only once or twice: as he arrived, and just before he departed. He knew nothing of Cadenza’s double life.

However, nearly five years into the post-war era, Cadenza received troubling news: her father had been mortally wounded by Imperial sympathizers while in the line of his mercenary duties. Distraught and angered, Cadenza caught the first transport she could to her father’s station. Her itinerary was short, simple, and sweet: paying her last respects, taking up her father’s mantle, and exercises hard justice on those responsible for putting her father on his deathbed.

Skills: Cadenza is a survivalist to the extent that she has conditioned herself to perform optimally for extend periods of time off between sustenance; she go longer than the average person between eating or drinking water. Her true forte, however, is in her aptitude for combat, particularly at close range. She’s dexterous, strong, and resilient, particularly when faced with physical assaults; intensive magical onslaughts prove to be a significant adversity, as do ranged assaults if she cannot quickly close the gap.

Abilities: Cadenza has tapped into her inner vitality to bolster a baseline of enhanced physical performance. Her developed magical prowess revolves around spells that further draw upon her fighting spirit. “Haste” improves aspects of her speed of mobility; “Gain” increases her attack strength. She is further able to impart her spirit and will unto those around her through “Cheer.”


Equipment: Impact Bracers – Designed and manufactured in the years following the war, Impact Bracers are a line of hand weapons for those that like to let their fists do the talking. Inspired by Gunblades that rose into popularity during wartime, Impact Bracers implement the same concept into the form of an adorned armament. The design is that of a pair of armored gauntlets that cover from the hands in their entirety to halfway along the forearms. Engineered within the palms of the gauntlets are mechanisms activated by way of clenching of the fists that that release a light to moderate kinetic vibration that resonates through the surfaces struck by the gauntlets, amplifying concussive force.

Cadenza’s present armaments consists of a pair of Standard Impact Bracers, which function as described. A more advanced model has recently hit the market though: the Type-M, which include Magitech conduits that channel energy from pre-loaded Lumo Crystals through Impact Bracers, enabling the added effect of spell-like effect to be implemented. Cadenza presently longs to bring in enough of an income to invest in a pair of Type-M Impact Bracers.

@Wayward: Accepted!

@VitaVitaAR Edited my CS. Admittedly, the explanation (or lack thereof) of his parents' political views is a bit of a cop-out, but I'm not even really sure why it is. It just seemed right. Also, I gave Velu a limit break (since everyone else has one too).

@Sedjwick: I mean, I was asking you for something to work with backstory wise, and saying that he doesn't know doesn't really help very much. I think you still need to do some work here.

You could also work that into his personality for a little more depth, rather then just lacking allegiance giving him a reason he doesn't trust either government.

I think you underpowered his limit break a lot too, since that's a fairly basic function of any magitech weaponry, infusing magic into your weapon. Speaking of which, a basic shortsword is also a bit minimal even to start with, and I'd suggest trying to make it a little more elaborate to suit the setting.

@PKMNB0Y: Accepted.

Going to be putting in a weekend deadline for this RP. If you're planning on signing up a character or are in the process of revising a bio, please do so by then, or at least contact me to confirm your intent to do so.

Alright, given we've hit the weekend, deadline has been reached. I'll be reopening the RP to two more players.

If they don't join in time to be there from the start, they can join the party at another point. It would hardly be the first time that party members join later on.

@VitaVitaAR When can we expect first IC RP?

@thecatinaction: Imminently, quite possibly today.