[h3][color=gray]The Thorned Roses[/color][/h3][hr] [hider=Underboss Matteo Dinero] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/t6zI4kf.jpeg[/img] [h1]Matteo Dinero[/h1] [b]27[/b] | [b]He/him[/b] | [b]Underboss of the Thorned Roses/Mafia[/b] [/center] [b]Description:[/b] Whenever Vincent had a problem, Matteo was the one called in. Need a target kidnapped? Call Matteo. Need some evidence planted, and the cops tipped off? Call Matteo. Need Vincent's estranged daughter watched for the night? Call Matteo. This dependance on Matteo, and Matteo's honest loyalty and ability to understand Vincent's minute needs, caused Matteo to rise through the ranks and be placed as a capo, and then as Underboss. Matteo has never shirked in his duties. Some say he relishes twisting a person's mind as much as Vincent, despite not having any mental-esque Gyfts. Fun fact, Matteo is actually Vincent's younger cousin. It's due to this family tie that the two are so close. Matteo has mused in front of a fireplace with a glass of scotch that if it came down to it, he'd probably die for Vincent. [b]Gyft:[/b] Blade Summoning Matteo is able to summon blades from - well, he's not entirely sure where, but he chalks it up to an alternate dimension - and he moves them telekinetically. The smaller the blade, the more he can summon. The larger the blade, the fewer. For example, he could summon up to nine small knives, or one greatsword. He, however, isn't restricted in the blades’ movements, able to move each individually and freely. It's like lifting weights, and the blades can grow heavy after prolonged use. [/hider] [hider=Eric Dinero] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/kQtmWYA.jpeg[/img] [h1]Eric Dinero[/h1] [b]24[/b] | [b]He/him[/b] | [b]The Pianist/Mafia[/b] [/center] [b]Description:[/b] He is the younger brother of Matteo Dinero, and a capo within the Thorned Roses. He enjoys a certain… finesse with his work. Always ensuring there is as little mess as possible and that he, especially his hands, remain clean. This is remarkably easy for him given his gyft. He is the shadow of his bother, the silent grim reaper greeted only by a chorus of choked whimpers when he steps out on the scene. Due to his notoriety, he often has people who recognize him cross the street as opposed to risking a confrontation with him. He gets his nickname from the piano wire-like appearance his gyft takes when he uses it. As a side note, he can actually play the piano. Quite well, actually. On occasion, he does play at the Latterdale Jazz Bar, to the enjoyment of his brother and his boss, Vincent Accardo. In addition, he speaks Italian fluently, like his brother. [b]Gyft:[/b] The Grim Wire Fluorescent threads that light up a neon violet manifest from his fingers, tying its end upon anything he wishes. It's strong like steel, giving it the nickname ‘piano wire’. He is able to create points of anchoring along the wire. for example, having a wire tied around someone's neck, hoisting them off the ground to an invisible point in the ceiling, then having the other end of the wire attached to his finger. He can manipulate the wire with a thought or a flick of his hand, changing the tightness, the binding, or if he wants to drop the person entirely. His signature move is to suspend someone by the neck with his wire and choke them out. He can manifest as many strings as he likes, though he might lose track of himself if he has too many strings manifested. It's also tiring to manifest a lot at a given time. His area of effect is about thirty feet. If his hands are encased in something solid, like metal, it renders him useless. [/hider] [hider=Kaiyo Mayazaki] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/u6F6cgJ.jpeg[/img] [h1]Kaiyo Mayazaki[/h1] [b]28[/b] | [b]He/him[/b] | [b] The Reverser/Mafia[/b] [/center] [b]Description:[/b] Kaiyo comes from minority of Japanese folk within the walls of Nocturnia. He was born albino, which is already a rare expression of genes. But on top of this, he was born with a weak heart. His gyft manifested when his family got caught in the crossfire of a gang war. Vincent witnessed the first instance of his gyft being used - reversing the bullet wounds in his mother's body. Kaiyo had a nervous fit after, coughing up blood afterward and passing out. When he awoke, he was in a sterile room in the Arakasa Tower, his body stabilized with a diluted form of Nyla. It was then Vincent offered Kaiyo a job, which he took gratefully, owning the man his life. [b]Gyft:[/b] Reversing Aura By exerting his aura, which is about ten feet around him, he is able to reverse time on a specific point, person, or object. He typically does this by holding his hand out to a specific object. Then, that object glows orange as it visibly reverses back in time. He is able to reverse anything, like returning the bites of an apple to make it whole again, or reversing the body so it no longer has mortal wounds. The reversal takes as long as a few minutes, typically. This only thing Kaiyo is unable to reverse is death. There is another drawback to this gyft. The more Kaiyo uses his gyft, the more quickly his organs age. He was already born with a weak heart, so he has resigned himself to a short life in service to Vincent. Vincent, on the other hand, has endeavoured to give him the best treatments and therapies to slow down this process. [/hider] [hider=Alex Ravilious] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/j4HgRnI.jpeg[/img] [h1]Alex Ravilious[/h1] [b]25[/b] | [b]He/him[/b] | [b]The Ravager/Mafia[/b] [/center] [b]Description:[/b] Alex has been around almost as long as Matteo, and was part of the crew that was snuck into Nocturnia in the beginning days of the Thorned Roses rise to power. He likes to think his love of all things goth, the darkness and depression, helped manifest his gyft: control over voids. Now he's a heavy hitter. To Vincent's delight, Alex is up there with Matteo, stringing along kills like popcorn. He enjoys his work, and he has the utmost faith in Vincent. When he's particularly mad at someone, he enjoys creating a small black hole in front of them with just enough gravitational pressure to cause the person to teeter on being sucked in, which quickly causes them to shut up about whatever it was they were going on about. [b]Gyft:[/b] Black Holes Alex is able to break down his gyft into different applications. [i]Standard Black Hole[/i] He is able to create a black hole that begins small, gaining power and width up to one foot in diameter. As they grow, they increase in their ability to suck in objects. However, because they're unstable, and to avoid taking in huge chunks of earth in a runaway black hole, they always collapse after a few seconds. It is in this collapse where the magic of Alex's black holes begins. As they collapse, they do so quickly, creating a powerful shockwave. This shockwave has the ability to crush bones if someone is one or two feet within the blast radius. And if someone is in the five to six foot radius, they will be flung violently. Black holes are created and moved telekinetically, without limit on number. His creation distance is about sixty feet in diameter. [i]Barrier Black Holes[/i] For a few seconds, Alex can create rows upon rows of black holes that can act like a shield, absorbing anything from bullets to energy, to light. Then these black holes collapse. So they can only be used as a quick, short defense. [i]Anti-gravity Black Holes[/i] This requires a great deal of finesse, but Alex is able to, say if he were to leap from a building. He could let loose a blackhole above him to suck him up a little, slowing his fall. He would then cause the black hole to move upward, out of range as it collapsed, and he would land rather smoothly on the ground. If he needed to get higher in the air, he could do the reverse, have a black hole suck him up into the sky, and move it out of the way as it collapsed. He could technically do this on end to move haphazardly through the air. [/hider] [hider=’Joker' Macallan] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/h1TGCZA.jpeg[/img] [h1]’Joker’ Macallan[/h1] [b]26[/b] | [b]He/him[/b] | [b]The Dynasty/Mafia[/b] [/center] [b]Description:[/b] ‘Joker’ was actually one of the survivors of a raid Vincent did on Laterdale in the early days when he was marking his territory. Joker worked for a small time crime family who loved him for his gyft. And it was his gyft which caused Vincent's eye to be caught. [color=bd4abd][b]“Capture him alive, I want him alive!”[/b][/color] Was what Vincent had barked in the comms while his men mowed down the other lessers. That was when Joker was given an ultimatum: submit to Vincent and become part of his gang, or lose his mind. Joker, however, was a fairly chill individual, he thought, and very quickly agreed to join the Thorned Roses. He has served them for a few years now, and went from a solider to a capo fairly quickly. It helps when the boss is partial to your gyft. [b]Gyft:[/b] The Dragon Dynasty The Dynasty lives in his mind like it's own dimension. The Dynasty is made up of dragons of all types and sizes that Joker has dreamed up over the years. It is a simple process to summon a dragon - they merely manifest in the area around Joker. If they are given a fatal blow, they merely fade out of existence and back into the Dynasty. Joker can also de-summon them at will. Joker can summon up to ten small dragons about the size of a car each, and can summon up to one dragon the size of a one-story building. Their abilities differ in their breath. Some breath fire, others breath ice or lightning. [/hider]