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In the middle of town there's an old prestigious academy, Athalia Academy. It's been around for years! But, most of the people in the town have never been inside. They've only seen glimpses of the students inside. There is usually a large locked gate out front and students can be seen walking around the courtyard. Most of the towns people just take it as it is and assume their kids will never be able to get in because none of them ever do. Some have applied their students and been denied, even very wealth families with very smart kids, still are denied. The school is very selective in even allowing visitors, much less it's students. It's a wonder they even have so many.

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A young man walks into the back gate of the school, where students enter. It's a bright, sunny day, he pulls his hair back and looks around as he enters. Seems he entered into the garden area off to the side. He'd visited the school before but it always seemed to have more students than this. As he looks around, there are a few students scattered around the yard, doing their own things.

"Surprised?" A voice says from behind him. He turned to see a dark skinned man with white hair and yellow eyes.

"A... A bit." The boy replied, looking up at the man. At his reply, the man let out a loud bellowing chuckle.

"Don't worry. It's magic. The school has a barrier around it, lets them see what we want them to see." He told the boy, smiling brightly down at him. "Welcome to Athalia Academy! I'm Criston, student body president. It's nice to meet you. Here, let me show you around the school." He continues, walking ahead, motioning for the boy to follow him. He follows, though a bit reluctantly as the man takes him through the school. It seemed like he was an older student by the way he spoke.

~Fast Forward, Opening Ceremony, All Students are in Auditorium~

"Welcome students." A man bellowed from the stage, his white hair and white eyes smiling down at the students. "I'm Vice-Principal Rackshaw. Feel free to call me Mr. R." He continued, winking at the students in a joking manner. "I'm sorry your principal, Ms. Cross couldn't be here today, but I'm here to welcome you all to Athalia Academy!" He told them, leaning against the podium in a casual manner. "Some of you are new, and some of you are... not so new. Yeah, I'm talking to you Criston!" He yelled out to the crowd, pointing to a certain white haired tan boy sitting in the middle rows.

"Yeah, yeah. Stop pestering me, old man!" Criston replied back from the crowd, a smile on his face. Mr. Rackshaw chuckled and continued on, looking at the students.

"As most of you know, you're here because you're special. You don't belong out there with the humans, the regular one's anyway. You're here because you want to learn not only scholarly knowledge, but about yourself. Explore your possibilities and make some life long friends. Use this campus as much as you can and gain from it what I hope you all will leave here with. The confidence to hold your head up high and say, 'I am myself!'" Mr. Rackshaw bellowed once again, his voice loud and proud as he smiles down at the students. "Now go, there is much to be done and so little time to do it in." He finished, smiling and walking off the stage, disappearing into the darkness.

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2) Be respectful.
3) If the GM tells you to do something, do it. (This won't shouldn't happen often.)
4) Character limit per role-player is THREE.
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Character Listing! :D

Name: Ellie Orleans
Age: 19 (Poses as a 17 year old in their second year of high school.)
Gender: Male
Species: Half-blood [Dhampir]
Powers: Able to manifest enhanced Vampiric powers, improved by feeding on human blood. Possesses extraordinary physical, magical, sensory and mental capabilities. Can function with his full Vampiric potential even in broad daylight, due to the guise of his human blood. Technically stronger than a full-blooded Vampire.
Weaknesses: His Vampire blood constantly attacks his human blood, resulting in anemia and generally poor health. Sensitivity results in a weakness to bright lights, strong smells, loud noises and strong-tasting food. Mostly mortal. Discriminated against by both humans and vampires, due to being a half-blood. High-quality blood results in attraction from Vampires, despite his blood being "dirty".

Personality: Ellie's a stylish, personable "girl" who has a passion for flair and passion. Secretly extremely vengeful and sadistic, but doesn't really show this side in public. A natural born actress whose skill for directing an audience and being the centre of attention is matched by few.
Background: Grew up as a boy, raised in an orphanage after being abandoned by his parents. Controlled the orphanage through force through his entire stay there, and eventually made it to middle education where students at the school mocked him for looking feminine. In response to this, he stole girl's clothes from one of the other children at the orphanage and went to school in them, starting a trend that would eventually lead to him permanently taking up a female persona. Left the orphanage due to extensive punishment from the nuns there, after which he left to the streets and met with a local vampire, who told her all about vampires in exchange for drinking her blood. Left due to verbal abuse, eventually finding her place at the academy through a magazine stand.
Study: Theatre, English. Loosely associated with a wide variety of clubs.

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I'll post my CS tomorrow.

Ellie is accepted. Adding her to the Listing. :)

Yayifications~!

Lol. Now we just wait for more. ~

And oh my gosh I'm dizzy for some reason... I may have to go lay down. The room's kind of spinning... o-o'

Legion020 said
I'll post my CS tomorrow.

That's fine. :)

Height: 163 cm (5’ 3”)
Weight: 56 kg (123.5 lbs)
ADDED: Apparently there is some confusion as to her hair color depending on monitor settings. xD Kathy's hair is "rust-colored"; think about a shade of dark, brown-ish red.

Name: Katherine Argall (Nicknames: Eri or Kathy)

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Species/Race: Human

Powers: She refers to her own ability as ‘No-Limit Road’. The actual nature of her power lies in the ability to walk on anything that can support her weight, regardless of the laws of gravity and almost seeming to re-direct any gravitational forces acting on her towards the surface she’s walking on. Meaning, she can walk on walls, ceilings, and almost any solid surface. Anything she can carry with her normal physical strength can also be taken with her (i.e. if she’s holding something, then the object will experience a gravitational pull towards the surface Katherine is walking on instead of towards the actual ground).

For example, she can walk along the back of a chair. Under normal circumstances the chair should simply topple from the unbalanced weight, but since a ‘chair’ itself is fully capable of supporting her weight if she sits properly in the seat, she can literally stand on the back of the chair perpendicular to the ground. Other forces like someone pushing/pulling her or the wind are not affected by her ability. As an example of limitations: she can technically walk on windows, but most glass is not made to be stood on and would likely shatter under her weight.

She requires contact (direct or indirect, like with shoes on) with a surface using her feet. Meaning, she cannot jump or do a handstand on the surface without plummeting towards the real ground. Any object she loses contact with while using her ability will immediately be subject to normal gravity as well.

Weaknesses: She cannot deal with sour food. It’s to the point where she can’t even drink orange juice without cringing.

Despite having a fairly good athletic ability, she cannot swim. She would honestly rather just walk along the sides of the pool while holding her breath than attempt to float for a few seconds.

Overall, she’s got the body of an average human being and any weaknesses that apply to normal humans also apply to her.

Personality: Generally a friendly and approachable person. She has a bad habit of over-thinking and ends up seeming to be dazed at times. She likes to take things at a leisurely pace and is fairly good at keeping herself calm. On the rare occasions she becomes ‘excited’ (good or bad), she can quickly calm herself back down. Katherine loves simple interactions and small talk with others, but is not comfortable with giving advice for problems or becoming involved in conflict. Not being comfortable with it doesn't mean she won’t, however, it does mean she’ll hesitate to become involved and will look for alternative means if at all possible. She feels no shame in running away (literally) from her problems when needed.

She loves people with a good sense of humor, even though she’s not very good at telling jokes herself and sometimes misses subtle humor thrown in by others from time to time.

Background:


Study:
Basic Core Classes: English, Math, Science
Electives: Art, Sports/P.E., Cooking


Three~!

EDIT: Image was a lot bigger than I thought so I put it in a hider, ha-ha.

Accepted and added. ~

Interesting power. I would have never thought of that.

Awesome, I didn't expect to be accepted so quickly. Thank you! :D

Height: 5’8 Weight: 126

Name: Sacqui Shikoba ‘Favourite Feather’
Nicknames: Shiko, Little feather
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Species/Race: Spirit Guide

Powers: Little Feather harnesses an old wooden flute, with wooden carvings of animals along the sides of it. With this flute she can summon forth spirit animals to assist her.

Current Spirits she can summon:
Bear=Strength/Rage. Bear is the only spirit that does not boost Little Feather when he is summoned. He is a being unto himself, he will not go out of his way to protect Little Feather and will instead directly attack whomever Little Feather asks him to. He has powerful front paws with long claws that he will swing wildly at his opponent, he has super human strength which helps him against supernatural opponents but his blind rage hinders him as he has no attack strategy.


Butterfly= Clairvoyance. When summoned butterfly will instantly set out along the best path to Little Feathers objective, able to lead any willing lost souls home. Butterfly will respond to Little Feathers inner desires, meaning if she doesn't have a clear idea of where she is going Butterfly will choose for her, which may lead her to reveal things Feather doesn't want her to. She can lead a path through any place or realm but is extremely fragile and susceptible to attack, she works well with the trickster spirit Fox. She is at her most effective when summoned alongside Dragonfly. She glows with a faint purple light, leaving a colorful glittering dust cloud in her wake as a trail, this substance can slide through Little Feathers barrier without hindrance. Little Feather will protect Butterfly with a barrier to aid in her survival. Butterfly has to be actively dismissed or destroyed to return to the spirit world.


Eagle=Healing When Eagle is summoned he renews Little Feathers life force, he spreads a healing cloud across injured champions with a beat of his wings though the healing isn't fantastic and the more people it covers the less effective it gets.


Panther=Protection. When Panther is summoned he creates force fields of protection, mind you he could probably only create a dome around him of about 25m2. When he is summoned he makes Little Feathers force fields more resilient against attack, and will take any damage dealt to her barriers as well as his own.


Dragonfly=Light Dragonfly is a passive summon, he brings light to wherever he goes. He is one of the only spirit animals that isn't on a timer when he crosses over from the spirit world. He'll fly around peacefully spreading light and minding his own business, he has to either be dismissed by Little Feather or destroyed before he leaves. He doesn't give Little Feather any extra abilities, but helps her deal with her fear of the dark.


-Each spirit can lend Little Feather one of their abilities, when they are summoned forth they become solid. Certain animals have long term effects on Little Feather.

-She can heal others with her own life force.

-She can create small force fields to protect herself and others, these are more powerful is Panther is present.

Lion=Family (Lion is Little Feathers family, he keeps her tethered to her past and keeps her from becoming lonely. He is often her voice of reason when she can’t find any, and lends her his courage if she falters)

Lion’s ability: Majestic Roar An ability just for Lion, when Lion roars he produces a sonic wave with a knockback effect. If you have sensitive ears and you’re in the firing line it causes disorientation as well as quite the headache. He has to direct his energy to the roar which means he begins to fade back into the spirit world unable to sustain his solid form

Weaknesses: If she is separated from her flute she can no longer summon the spirit guides and must depend solely on her other abilities. Note: This does not affect Lion’s presence, he will stay. Little Feather is far from invincible; if her barriers are attacked it inflicts damage directly to her either mentally or physically. When she heals a person she is using her own life force, therefore she can’t constantly heal others without putting herself at risk. Each time she heals, she has to meditate undisturbed to regain her lost force. Little Feathers spirit animals can only be in this world for a small amount of time (Gets longer as she progresses) before they are returned to the spirit world, the more damage they take the faster they degrade. Little Feather has a fear of the dark and dislikes guns or loud noises. She cannot ignore people who need her help. Lion is very dear to her.

Personality:Little Feather is in herself a fairly calm person; brave, kind hearted and strong at her core, she doesn't shy away from conflict but will not openly seek out either. She will stand for what she believes in and is fiercely loyal to her friends. She is near enough useless in a lot of social situations, regularly confusing words in sentences or getting names around the wrong way. Despite this she is all for trying to make friends and communicate with people! She tends to speak her mind without thinking over whether what she is saying could be deemed as offensive or not. She also has an annoying knack for pointing out the obvious...

Little Feather is very trusting and tends to wear her heart on her sleeve leaving it defenceless and easily punctured. She is extremely naive and is at risk of being easily manipulated by those around her, she cannot ignore people in need, always willing to offer her help and guidance regardless of her own feelings or views. She is easily embarrassed by intimate situations, preferring to be among a group of people rather than with just one person, she tends to get very nervous when this happens and is at her most vulnerable.

The most common misconception that people make about Little Feather is that 'what you see is what you get' behind her mask of face paint there are secrets and characteristics many have yet to coax out of hiding...

Background: Little feather was originally born a long time ago among the Native American tribes in the America’s way back in the 1800’s, she knows she was the youngest in her family and her father used to refer to her fondly as ‘Little Feather’. She was one of the unfortunate women to be killed after the massacre of Wounded Knee in the Great Plains. She still remembers snippets of her past before this, but she only really holds on to her people’s beliefs...believing nothing good can come from digging up the past anyway. Little Feather has lived for centuries watching the earth change and shift around her, never once wanting to be a part of it. She knows she was selected to help people, being trained as a healer among her birth tribe elected her a good guardian and her natural affinity with the tribes spirit guides made her a perfect candidate to continue their work

In the end she merged into both, being given the chance to live among the humans and to guide those that she could. She is more of an in-between guide often finding people who are lost and ‘leading’ them to their rightful paths, once they are on their ways she will fade away and allow another spirit guide to take her place.

Over the last few years Little Feather has become restless, after failing to protect her most recent charge her spirits have waned and she has been unable to complete her job having lost her abilities and losing connection with a few of her animal spirits. She has been sent to Athalia Academy in the hope she can regain her lost abilities and hopefully heal her troubled soul. Her spirit friend Lion has accompanied her to Athalia Academy, having stuck by her side throughout everything.

Study: History
Extra: P.E/Sports, Astrology, Art




Height 6’2, Weight 154 pounds.
Name: Caleb 'Crash' Waterfront
Nickname: Crash
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Species/Race: Shapeshifter (Beast mimicry)

Powers: He can shift into any animal that he has seen with his own eyes or in an illustration, gaining the abilities of the animal he turns into except for insects. For example: If he became an eagle he would have the ability to fly and have their enhanced sight. He emits a small cloud of harmless purple smoke when he shifts between forms. While in animal form, he retains his human intellect, memories, and the ability to speak. No matter what animal form he takes, his hair and eyes remain red, making most of his animal forms easy to distinguish from real animals of that species. He can mimic other humanoid forms

Weaknesses: He is not invincible; nowhere near in fact he bruises easily and can be beaten down. If he spends prolonged time as an animal there is a high risk of him becoming stuck in that form, requiring a spell or potion to shift him back. Changing into different animals takes up a lot of energy, so he has to pace himself otherwise he’ll burn out quickly. If he transforms into another humanoid form or mythical creature any powers he mimics are greatly diminished in power.

Personality: Crash as he is quite aptly named, is a bit of clutz. (He should in fact never go out in public without hazard lights on both shoulders and a bumper sticker with Warning written on it in bold letters) He’s a good guy at heart and has always played well with others. He just can’t seem to slow himself down, he’s usually full of energy and isn't happy unless he’s busy! It’s a very rare thing indeed for him to be serious or to even slow down enough to consider it; which others can find infuriating at times. He is quite easily distracted which can make him a nightmare in the classroom unless it’s something he is genuinely enthusiastic about then you stand a better chance than anyone. There is some depth to him, he can be sporadically thoughtful or affectionate when he wants to be. He’s loyal and will always be willing to help a friend in need (Though think carefully before asking him, he means well but he’s not always helpful, bull in a china shop springs to mind)

Background: Crash’s parents were not particularly wealthy people, they were both beast shape shifters and preferred to travel rather than stay in one place. So Crash has been moved from one place to another from a very young age, he has no long term friends because of this and has been moved through so many schools he can’t even remember the names for them all. He’s only ever been around humans and has lived under one rule ‘Do not shift in front or near humans’. His parents would take him to certain secluded places every once in a while to teach him to shift. To say the least he was thrilled when they announced he would be going to stay somewhere, which he wouldn't have to worry about hiding who he was anymore.

After being accepted into Athalia Academy, Crash was all set to go there on one condition...his fellow shifter Danny 'Dash' Crawford could accompany him. Dash laughed at the idea and told Crash it was a stupid idea, he didn't need to go to school. The day before Crash was due to leave for Athalia Academy, Dash convinced him to spend his last night out with him for old times’ sake. That night there was a fire in Crash's home, his parents did not survive the blaze...Crash wasn't aware it had happened until the next day, he woke up on a bench with a killer hangover which was normal when Dash took him out. Dash was nowhere to be seen so Crash went home, he came across the taped mess of his house and was immediately leapt on by the police for questioning, they tried to take him away and in his distress Crash struggled to stop himself from shifting, in doing so he became unresponsive and tried to break away from the officers who tried harder to restrain him. Dash came to his rescue, punching a police officer as they tried to apprehend Crash. He followed Dash's lead and fought off the police, before the pair of them bolted from the scene disappearing from view, they were able to shift into animals to throw the police off of their scent.

Dash convinced Crash to forget about the academy and his parent’s accident, encouraging Crash to repress the memory instead of dealing with his loss, the older shifter took Crash away to New York via his contacts. Dash had an apartment in the big city, and allowed Crash to stay with him, despite knowing his friend was involved in shady business Crash found he had little choice in the matter, he did not attend the Academy and instead threw himself into working for a living. Dash became very involved with back ground groups and drugs throughout the city, generally dragging Crash with him though no encouragement convinced Crash to participate in his friend’s addictions. Crash has always stood by Dash even if his friend was in the wrong, he wasn't afraid to tell him what he thought but he'd never abandon him. Patching up Dash's messes became very normal very quickly, Crash was always stitching up Dash after his run ins leading him to study medicine as a side hobby, he was accepted into an apprenticeship with a small time vet surgery despite being advised to not work with animals by any and all shifters he knew. Still he was often dragged along to some of Dash’s ‘jobs’ under false pretenses.

Crash was involved with an underground group of shapeshifters for a while along with Dash, he thought they were good people until he realized they were using their powers to shift 'black market' substances around as well as using their powers to black mail and beat humans around, they harbored a particular hate for humans. This was the last straw for Crash who had been working hard to stay in the legitimate world; he severed all connections with the group even though they had helped him settle his powers, he also gave Dash the choice between him and them. He was surprised when Dash stuck by him and convinced him he wouldn't converse with them anymore. Crash couldn't help shift Dash's hatred of humans though he tried; he personally had no quarrel with them. Crash’s secret weakness was caused by Dash, approximately 2 ½ months ago:

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Crash threatened to break all ties with Dash that night, returning to his old home which by now had been rebuilt and was occupied by another a family, one Crash did not recognize. This is where he met Mercy; she almost instantly took him in whisking him away to the rest of her group. Crash stayed with them for a month, whilst Mercy worked on getting him accepted back into Athalia Academy. Crash learnt a lot from the unique group of individuals, one of Mercy’s friends helped Crash discover how to mimic other humanoid figures, he was able to master mimicking Pantalaimon to the point he even fooled the mans brother. When Mercy announced Crash had been accepted into Athalia Academy again, Crash instantly packed up his things and got ready to leave. As much as he loved Mercy and the rest of the group, he wasn’t cut out for the frequent misfortune and drama they suffered.

Before leaving for the Academy he returned to Dash to tell him...Crash found Dash in an alley not far from his apartment in the middle of night. He hasn't mentioned what happened that night and left the big city almost immediately. Taking with him his scarce possessions he set out to Athalia Academy.

Study:
Core:Science (Experiments? Lots of glass...oh boy)
Extra: Sports/P.E, Theater, Art, Music (Band?)



Maximum of Three characters.

(Bleah, I really can’t write history -.- Sorry if this is bland! Hope it will do >.<)

Humans are mammals, you should probably patch up that broken oversight.

Oh right, do Vampires qualify as mammals? I've never actually thought about it...

Oh, question: since the classes are pretty much optional in this academy, how are the 'class levels' divided? For example, in our normal system they basically divide people up according to their grade year right? Would the classes in Athalia Academy still follow this, just have 1 class per subject open to all, or would it be based on the level of the individual (e.g. beginner/introductory, mid-level, advanced classes)?

May possibly join.... (If I can think of a power..)

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Oh hey there Hylian! You may or may not remember me from the old board. I'm interested in this. Give me a couple hours or so and I'll have a character up if you'll have me!

Shouldn't a half Faerie also be deathly allergic to Iron? The fire weakness is wierd, faerie fire being a thing and all, it would make more sense for her to just have a handful of the standard Faerie weaknesses...

Faeries are weak to steel and poison. Fire is weak to water, rock, and ground.

Source: Pokemon.

PS: Long time so see Tatsua xD

Theobromine said
Awesome, I didn't expect to be accepted so quickly. Thank you! :D

You're welcome. ^-^

@FaithsRose I only have one problem and it's with Serena. "This form can control emotional surges and can calm an atmosphere or bring it into chaos." Does that mean that she can control the emotions of other characters? If so, I'd rather avoid this. We could do the whole asking permission before hand thing, but I'd rather just avoid it altogether. Maybe you could change it into something else? Like a telepathic link with animals? I don't know, just I don't really like that one power. Otherwise, You're all good. Just fix it, and I'll put them in the Listing.

There is one thing I want to discuss though about Crash's powers. Mammals. As far as I know, vampires are still technically 'human-like' so I would classify them as mammals. Unless, they have cold blood. If their cold blooded, they are not a mammal. I thought about restricting Crash's ability to prevent him from transforming into human-like mammals, but I think it would be fun, creative if he started masquerading around as another character, that sort of thing. BUT. If you do that, the powers you have from magical beings will be greatly diminished. You won't gain nearly as much of their powers, unless you know about them. He'll have to 'know' and I mean really know the character's powers in order to even begin to use them and even then it will be weak.

If you have a problem with that or have anything else to add, feel free.

Theobromine said
Oh, question: since the classes are pretty much optional in this academy, how are the 'class levels' divided? For example, in our normal system they basically divide people up according to their grade year right? Would the classes in Athalia Academy still follow this, just have 1 class per subject open to all, or would it be based on the level of the individual (e.g. beginner/introductory, mid-level, advanced classes)?

I think it would be good to have Intro, Mid, and Adv. But there will also be open classes. There will be two sections, a high school section and a college section. The two can mingle, but they generally don't have classes together unless given permission.

@ Zordon I think she's fine. There are many different types of faeries and I'm all for creating your own type of thing. We don't have to do this by the book, we just need to clearly explain what our characters limitations are. I think being that her power is nature related, a weakness to fire would be good. My own suggestion for you is to add a bit more to her weaknesses however. It doesn't just have to be physical, it can be psychological. My character's weaknesses are Water, Pretty Ladies, and his own Arrogance. Make it your own, just make sure it's a bit more balanced.

@UrbanDecay I feel like I remember you but and the same time, I don't. You'll have to refresh my memory, what RP are you from? Regardless of whether I do remember you or not, you're welcome to join. :)

Tatsua Aiisen said
Shouldn't a half Faerie also be deathly allergic to Iron? The fire weakness is wierd, faerie fire being a thing and all, it would make more sense for her to just have a handful of the standard Faerie weaknesses...

Iron is a cool weakness, but at the same time, not something she necessarily has to follow. There are many different lore on faeries(The word fae actually makes me think of DnD. Half-ling even more so.) I wouldn't mind. But if it's a serious issue, maybe just a change of name would help? I think another good name for what Amara's race is could be Pixie. But again, that's just a suggestion.

I will try to post my Cs soon.