[OOC] RWBY : Shattered Future

[PatrickDrummer]

@Savo I changed my character's last name to relate to a color, and I'm just wondering if the rest is okay?

[KoL]

@KoL
Isn't that just part of influences for the names?

@CadenGallic

Even if it's just that, Juno's name and not yet mentioned title fit the story as well. After all, Juno is the Queen of the Skies/Space and she usually is better known as Eclipse Princess on other RPs.

*Points to a certain probe flying over Jupiter.*

@KoL

I don't think we're naming Fairy Tales.

<Snipped quote by KoL>

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@TheWindel

I wonder how long did it took you to notice the extent of the coincidence you created?

*Points to a certain 1x1.*

[Raijinslayer]

@SavoWell, one thing I was thinking of is that it would be harder to hit her targets in CQC because, for one, less time to line up the shot, and much less room for error. Remember that her shotgun fires slug rounds, so while it hits like a truck, if your aim is off, then you don't have the spread to make up for it. So while she wouldn't have much trouble against slower, tankier targets(though in that case, she'd probably run anyway) faster, more offensive foes will completely overwhelm her if they get close enough and she has no back-up to help her out, as she'd have to due some really risky maneuvers to ensure a hit. Basically, going 1v1 is a bad idea because her opponent can either match or exceed her speed, or take her attacks and keep on trucking with little worry. This is less a problem with Grim, I'd think, since they don't really avoid attacks that much and go down pretty easy if they're the lesser versions.

Is that a good explanation/reason?

Edit: Also, I forgot to put down the types of Dust she uses for the shotgun, so I'll put them down here as:Gravity, Fire, Ice, and Electricity

[TheWendil]

I wonder how long did it took you to notice the extent of the coincidence you created?

*Points to a certain 1x1.*

@KoL

ಠ__ಠ

[Sho Minazuki]

The fairy tales play part as influence for characters but aren't always strictly applied more than that. I've just chosen to use the fairy tale a bit more than as influence.

[CadenGallic]

I didn't use a fairy tale at all.
=D

[Sho Minazuki]

Oh yeah, I drew my character.

Hider

[CadenGallic]

@Sho Minazuki
I need to get you to draw some of our RWBY cast...

[Rekaigan]

@Sho Minazuki

3edgy5me

[Pyromaniacwolf]

So are applications still open for this RP? I have a character ready besides a few changes to make him more suited for the RP and how I want to use him but i'd rather check before posting so I dont get an awkward "characters alright but we're full so..bye" response.

Also, how far up to the fall of beacon do you want the character history? Most people seem to be putting it at around where they start attending beacon but thought I should double check.

[Savo]

@PatrickDrummer The name is good, but I'm still curious about the Semblance she has. It's basically just speed, right?

@Raijinslayer Plausible explanations. They work for me so shove it onto the sheet and move it over to the characters section!

I should probably put how many slots there are left on the first part of the post, as well as reserves I can ring up when things get full... anyways, onto reading three apps.

[Raijinslayer]

@SavoI'll get to it later tonight, on my phone right now.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

I changed my mind, bitches.

Allen J is back in the business.

First thing's first...

@Lucius Cypher

... You couldn't find a better picture for your character?

Really, dude? lol

[Rex]

@Savo

is this RPG still accepting characters?

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Savo Okay, here is Jaden's sheet with the edits, idk what to put during his time in Beacon, or in regards to his team.

accept my character savo

accept it, you whore

Jaden Raldo

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Name:

Jaden Raldo

Age:

17

Race:

Human

Appearance:

Okay, since the picture covers it well, let me write the basics:
■ Height: 6'4ft
■ Weight: 242lb
■ Build: Muscular (like a bodybuilder)
■ Haircolor: Black

Kingdom of Origin:

Vale

Personality:

A rather carefree, yet hotblooded man. Jaden seems to be very cocky, and is very willing to flaunt his skills in combat. Even when talking casually, he's loud, bold, brash, and doesn't back down from a challenge. Though, despite his confident swagger, Jaden is one of the most honorable people out there. He's aiming to become a hunter to help the world, not for glory (Well, that's one of the reasons - he's after the ladies, too). He's the cool dude that stands up to a bully.

History:

Jaden has the generic "I'm the child of a long line of hunters" past.

And indeed, Jaden was the child of a long line of hunters from Atlas. The Raldo family were known as "The Lions" of the hunter world, due to their pride, strength, and determination... and their semblance that is passed down from one generation to another. They were from Atlas, but due to being fed up with the nation's militarization, the Raldo family elected to leave Atlas, and head to Vale. Jaden was the son of Zaff and Mai, two hunters that went to Beacon Academy together. They got married, banged, and had Jaden, and his younger brothers Emert and Ranger.

His parents had ultimately decided to retire from being hunters, and elected to train the next generation of hunters. Jaden had an expectation, being the first son of the Raldo Family, and sure as hell was ready for it. He was trained in the way of the blade from a young age, and it was clear that, due to his age and determination, he was the up and coming swordsman out of the Raldo family. He was filled with stories of his parents adventuring days, and knew how utterly romantic all of it sounded. He realized he was destined to become the next big hunter and make his ancestors proud.

First, though, he had to unlock the power of the Lion. The Lion was an ancient semblance that was stated to be a piece of the power of the guardian of the Raldo family (that's suspected to be a God of some sort, but you'd have to be foolish to believe in such garage, fool). Anyone who has the Raldo blood is capable of using the Lion... but, like any semblance, it has to be unlocked. To make this backstory even more generic; Raldo had problems with activating this semblance.

Jokes about Jaden not being able to get it up were abundant.

After that shameful display, Jaden was basically thrown into the Prep school in Vale because of his family name. It wasn't that bad, Jaden was able to hone his skills here - and he met his best friend forever; Gray! Gray was a weird one, but eventually, the two formed a bond that was inseparable. Like Batman and Robin, baby! Jaden was the cool dude who scared off Gray's bullies (it made for some funny stories!), and got thrown in detention a lot.

Though, everything changed once Gray and Jaden were challenged to go outside the walls to challenge some Grimm. Well, Jaden knew it was stupid, but why not? Jaden knows that he's got to fight the real deal soon, so why not start now? Jaden brought his family sword, the Lion's Tooth, and went out beyond the walls.

Well, that didn't work out too well.

The first thing they did was get into a fight with some Ursa, and got utterly destroyed. Even though Jaden was an excellent fighter, he wasn't ready for the real thing. He was only able to desperately bring down one before the others mobbed him. However, in that desperation... Jaden unlocked the power of the Lion. An Ursa was about to decapitate him, when the Lion stopped the blow. Jaden was amazed that this happened, and realized he could finally use the Lion. He rushed the Ursa, imbued with the power of a flaming lion...

... And got his ass kicked.

He had no idea what happened, before he was launched into a tree, and fell unconscious - but when he woke up in the hospital, he was told that a group of Hunters came out to save him and Gray. He was relieved he survived such an ass whooping! But, Jaden knew that he couldn't waste this chance. Finally unlocking the power of the Lion meant that Jaden could kick even more ass.

After he recovered, Jaden went out and trained extra hard, dedicating himself to facing off against the Grimm. He became one of the best hunters in the Prep School, - but he often failed at other subjects. It didn't matter because Jaden bonded with the Lion, and unlocked his true power as a hunter. He battled in the wannbe Vytal Festival tournaments that the Prep School hosted, and utterly dominated at them. He had a great win/loss ratio (only losing a few times because he was distracted by how sexy his opponents were - er, his female opponents).

Once he graduated from Prep School, Jaden finally set his eyes on Beacon.

The prep exam was easy for Jaden - like he breezed through it - and was accepted as a student in Beacon... idk where to go from here tbh.

Weapons:

The Lion's Tooth.
The Lion's teeth is a Katana that was passed down his bloodline for generations. It is at least six feet long, and thicker than your average katana (almost being a longsword). It cleaves through grim as well as any other weapon (meaning, it has no special properties). However, one it is returned to it's sheath, it can transform into a powerful assault rifle. This assault rifle can punch holes through grim - without being imbued with dust - with ease, and has a medium range before bullet fall-off occurs.

Semblance:

The Lion.
Also inherited is the Lion. It appears to be a fearsome Lion with a thick, busy, mane that is made out of raging flames. This Lion has little strength that Jaden can't exert himself, but it ignites anything it comes in contact with. It can only travel within two meters (in a dome) of Jaden, it can also float. Instead of using this like a minion, Jaden uses the Lion as a way to imbue his attacks. Making his katana far more destructive, and dangerous. In a way, it's almost like infusing his strikes with dust. While the Lion can't travel that far away from Jaden, he can also ignite the Lion Teeth's bullets - but it's the most effective when in katana form.

Strengths:

Confident.
Impressive swordsmanship.
Melee Ability is monstrous through use of his Stand Semblance.
Great aim.
His skills work great in a team.

Weaknesses:

Shit at long range.
Is probably the type that forgoes thinking and charges in.
Misses obvious things.

Other:

Here's his themesong:

[Lucius Cypher]

@Mr Allen J

I could not find a better one because it is the best! Dat tail, dose horns, De scales, THEY SPEAK TO ME!

I have no regrets. I will live and die by my decision!

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Mr Allen J

I could not find a better one because it is the best! Dat tail, dose horns, De scales, THEY SPEAK TO ME!

I have no regrets. I will live and die by my decision!

@Lucius Cypher

It's verging on softcore porn, dude. lol

Now, since I got my Co-GM privileges back, I can rightfully shit on judge everyone's character sheets, and I'll start with yours, @Lucius Cypher. The main thing that stood out to me was her backstory... it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. Being raised by animals just doesn't make sense when no animal ever does that (And not to mention that Grimm probably should have killed her long before she was found). Being hidden under a rock just doesn't make sense.

I also don't get her weapon description. You're basically saying that she's strong and durable enough to punch Grimm to death without any semblance, right? I don't recall anyone in RWBY-canon being strong without a Semblance. It works for Yang because her Semblance is strength, and she has a punching weapon. Idk, she could use a better weapon description.

Also, everyone's supposed to be a student of Beacon (Meaning the fall took place a short while ago), so how/why is she going to the ruins of it?

[Lucius Cypher]

@Mr Allen J

Exactly. I ain't Lewdci for nothing.

Now then, onto srs bsn. I'll admit her backstory might seem a bit farfetched, but the initial idea is that she is a "feral child", or at least her origins were like one. Raised by wolves and what not. I'm mostly basing the intelligence of animals off Zwei, who if he is a "normal" dog, I figured other canine like creatures have a similar intelligence. At least good enough to let a human child live long enough in the wild for her to be found by humans. As for how she escaped the grimm, that's thanks to her parents. Much like Luna, her parents specialize in drawing agro/attention towards themselves, so after the father hid Luna away, he used his abilities to draw the grimm far away from Luna where she was soon found by regular animals.

As for her weapons, basically her weapons is her claws, barehands, etc. Again, it's to emphasis her more feral nature; unlike other hunters who require weapons, Luna gets by with just what her body gives her. It helps that, as her image shows, she has claws and scales that make her hand-to-hand abilities more natural than your average human. Also in case it wasn't too obvious because I'm purposely dancing around it, her animal type for a Faunas is a dragon. Her semblance, once she achieves full power over it, allows her to take on a full dragon form. Her chain is simple a tool she uses to help her fight, as I intend for her to collect and use more weapons as the story goes on. Some cool, others simple, whatever really works.

Additionally I was a bit confused about Beacon myself. Initially I did write that she was now attending Beacon, but when I read over the first post again, it mentioned that it was already destroyed and Vale overrun. I was uncertain if that meant by the time my character is introduced into the story that she was part of Beacon prior to it's destruction, or if she would have arrived there from Mistral to ply her craft. At first it was the former, then I changed it to the latter, but I can always change that back.

[Rex]

here is my Character:

Seth Rush

Name: Seth Rush
Age: 17
Gender: Male

Race: White fox Faunas

Appearance: picture and small description

Addition appearance:
Seth stands Five foot eleven without shoes and with shoes he’s six feet tall. He weighs 240 pounds and is between and slime and medium physique. He has candy apple red eyes, short white hair, his right fang is chipped, and it might not been seen, but he is slightly deaf in his left ear. His right arm has a tattoo of a King Taijitu staring from his shoulder and wrapping around his arm with the mouth open about to devour his hand. On his left shoulder he has a tattoo of a beowolf head. He is normally seen wearing a blue t-shirt with a design of a cross exploding from a skull as chips of bone fly from the open wound. Black jeans, black and white Nike sneakers, and around his neck is a necklace with his emblem on it.

Emblem:

Kingdom of Origin: Vale (Moon Blood village outside of Vale)

Personality:
Seth is a kindhearted individual who wants to see people happy and keep others safe. He strives to make everyone around him feel as peaceful as possible. However, his true personality is masked by his fake personality he actually shows everyone. To anyone around him Seth comes off as rude, a jerk, and someone who people don’t like to be around. He does this because he fears that his Semblance will activate and he’d attack those around him. He pushes people away because he fears he’ll hurt someone around him. So he created a nasty personality to keep people safe from himself.

History:
Seth was raised by the Moon Bloods: a clan of wolf Faunus that lives in a small village outside the city of Vale. Dagger, the leader of the Moon Bloods and a few other clan members found Seth on the path to the village after they had finished hunting for food and herbs. Seth was only three months old and sleeping inside a cardboard box. Dagger had considered leaving Seth to the elements until Serenity offered to take care of him. Dagger knew that she had recently lost her son and husband to a pack of Grimm and agreed. Even though Serenity took care of Seth like he was her own son, Seth seemed to find his way into Dagger’s hut and fall asleep on the sheep skin rug in front of the fire pit. Even though Dagger originally saw Seth as another mouth to feed and an outsider, Dagger seemed to imprint on him and he took Seth under his wing.

Dagger acted as Seth’s father and taught him the ways of the Moon Bloods. When Seth turned 12, Dagger introduced him to the Moon Bloods way of fighting called Wolf Combat: a cross between mixed martial arts and parkour. The fighting style tapped into their animal instincts to detect danger from affair and neutralize it. However, because this form of combat was crafted to be used by wolf Faunus, Seth had a hard time learning it. It took him 5 years to finally get to a high enough level to be considered a hunter in the pack. However, even though he was a candidate to be part of the hunting pack, he still needed to go through initiation. Seth could feel the butterflies in his stomach as he stood outside the forest with some of the hunting pack. The initiation called for the candidates to travel into the woods with the hunting pack and slay their first Grimm.

Seth traveled through the woods with the pack in search of Grimm. He knew the larger the Grimm the more probability he would be accepted into the pack. However, he also knew: the bigger the Grimm, the less likely he’d make it out alive. Dagger had given Seth the very same weapons he had used when he went through initiation. Two yoyo chainsaws called Wolf Bite Yoyos. Seth and the rest of the pack stopped when they heard a twig snap, then creaking; finally he turned when he heard a massive thud. Standing where the tree had fallen was a pack of Ursas. The hunting pack readied their weapons and howled as they rushed the Grimm. Seth followed suit and attacked the first Ursa he could find by flung his yoyos at the creature. The chainsaw blades moved to the outer radius of the yoyos and began to spin just before they connected with the flesh of the Ursa. The creature roared and swiped at the strings, but Seth pulled back the yoyos before the Ursa’s claws could strike. The chainsaw blades retracted back into the yoyo so Seth could catch them.

The monster roared and rushed at Seth, but the Ursa’s path was blocked when another of its kin fell in front of it with its head cut off. Seth looked to this left and smiled when he saw Dagger holding the dead Ursa’s head. Seeing him able to take down one of the creatures gave Seth a bit more confidence. He waited for the Ursa to get close and when it swiped at Seth he dodged and attacked the Grimm bear with a furry of kicks and punches. The Ursa suddenly back handed Seth into a tree and all Seth remembered was the hit and then darkness. When Seth came to, he found he was lying in a bed in the medical hut back at the village. His left arm was wrapped in bandages and the rest of his body had bandages here and there with his ribs fully wrapped. He sat up and felt a sharp pain rush through his ribs. He sat in bed for a few seconds to let the pain subside before he was able to stand up.

When he walked outside, he saw the hunting pack had skinned three of the Ursas and was starting on the final one. However, when they saw Seth they seemed to go on the defensive which caused Seth to step back. He didn’t understand why they were looking at him like he was a Grimm. Dagger had walked out of his hut and quickly calmed down the hunting pack before asking Seth to meet him in the medical hut. When he followed Dagger back into the hut, Dagger explained why the hunting pack was scared of Seth.

According to Dagger when the Ursa knocked Seth out, it activated his Semblance. Which caused Seth to become a wild animal and attack the Ursa, but no matter how many strikes the Ursa took. The creature wouldn’t go down. However, Dagger said that there was a sickly green aura around Seth that acted like armor and when the Ursa hit the aura. Cuts formed on Seth’s body, but it seemed Seth didn’t feel the pain being caused to his body. Also, it seemed with each cut, Seth grew more and more insane. Dagger could tell Seth couldn’t bring down the Grimm alone so Dagger and a few others in the hunting pack helped to take the creature down. However, when the creature was finally taken down. Seth suddenly attacked Dagger and the rest of the pack like he thought they too were Grimm.

Dagger and the rest of the pact were caught off guard by his attack and before they could subdue him, Seth had injured two of the hunting pack members. Dagger said that once the aura around Seth broke. He stopped attacking them and fell unconscious. When Dagger finished, Seth’s hands were shacking. He’d never think of attacking anyone in the village. He saw them as his family, but why would he attack them without reason? Dagger told Seth he had an inner primal rage that seemed to come out when his Semblance was activated. The problem was that Seth couldn’t control when his Semblance could be turned on or off. The thought that it might turn on while he is a sleep scared him to the bone. Dagger handed Seth a flyer for an academy that trained hunters and huntresses. Dagger told Seth that this academy would help with both his inner primal rage and the control of his Semblance.

Weapons:

Two Wolf Bite Yoyos

Weapon Type: Dust compatible (Lightning, Fire, and Ice)

Weapon Range: mid to long Range

Weapon Transformations:
Version 1: Normal Yoyos (Without Chainsaw blades around the outside) (Dust compatible)
Version 2: Chainsaw yoyos (Blades are on the outside of yoyos) (Not dust compatible)
Version 3: N/A

Semblance:
No pain no Gain: Seth’s Semblance turns off the pain receptors in both his mind and his nerves so he can fight longer and hard without feeling pain. His Semblance allows his Aura to coat him like armor so he can take more hits and dish more out. Once the aura armor is broken, his Semblance is terminated until he is able to regain enough stamina to reuse it. However, his Semblance is a double edged sword because once activated it triggers something in his mental state that causes him to go mad and attack anything and everything around him. His Semblance taps into his animal instincts and along with his madness he becomes a feral beast and losses all his humanity.

Strengths:
Ability to survive in the wild
Novice techniques in fighting style
Sense of smell
Cooking

Weakness:
Sense of hearing (Out of his left ear)
Keeping up his fake personality
Spiders (has a fear of them)
Hasn’t fully mastered fighting style
Semblance

*Relationships: N/A

Other:
Combat Style: Wolf Combat: a cross between mixed martial arts and parkour. Seth has mastered the novice portion of Wolf Combat and a few of the advanced techniques, but hasn’t fully mastered the style of combat.

[Sho Minazuki]

@Savo

CAW CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER

Name: Krahe Zwolf

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Race: Faunus (Raven)

Theme Song: In the Shadows

Kingdom of Origin: Vale

Personality: He feigns emotion, so to speak. Only knowing combat for so long he is unable to properly express himself, which is why he acts so nice all the time, polite, and so on and so forth. His exposure and working with a team has built within him a sense of camaraderie and responsibility, which is the reason he undertakes the quest that he has after the incident at Beacon. Otherwise, he is quite forthcoming, polite, and cooperative. When faced with resistance he has the capacity to torture if needed.

History: Even as a student, Krahe's past was largely unknown, though he seemed to blend in as a student with little difficulty. As such he never stood out, but his team appreciated his skills very much, and him being a faunus wasn't quite so obvious, as it seemed to only show in his red eyes. Regardless it helped him blend in, which helped him greatly. By his final year at Beacon he was often looked to for repairing equipment and electronics as he had become quite proficient at doing so, not to mention he made his own weapon himself too. While many students do make their own weapons, what makes his stand out is that it's essentially a new technology, though he has kept that hidden.

His true past that which he is aware of is that he was one of the "hitmen children" of a Vale mafia, children trained to be skilled hitmen. He was rescued from it when the ring was broken, and has been adjusting to normal life from then on out. The other 11 children though were not so fortunate, he being the youngest was not yet indoctrinated with a kind of hypnosis where they follow a certain creed or ideology to the letter. After the incident at Beacon, he has taken it upon himself to find and hunt them down, he was planning on it after graduation, but that artificially came sooner than expected.

Weapons:

• Nightmare - A pair of gloves he made himself, when he first arrived to the academy his only weapon was his hidden knives, twelve of them in fact, but with knowledge and resources he's managed to create a very interesting weapon. The Nightmare is a glove with an array of dust vial slots on the forearm area, what the weapon does is allow Krahe to materialize his Aura, and inject them with Dust for extra effects. He can create all manner of things, such as keys and small simple gadgets, but for combat he can create small throwing weapons like knives and needles.
  
  • Throwing them infused with dust has the same effect as dust bullets
  • If he gets a good throw with a needle, they can seep into a person's body and act like a poison depending on effects. Fire dust might have an intense inflammatory sensation that can be paralyzing, earth could stop blood flow, or ice can cause frostbite in the area. He requires a clean throw meaning deep penetration, but all the same he can just jam them in at melee range.
  • He only needs the primary dust, as he has mixers on the glove that create for him secondary dust such as steam and ice on the fly.
• Black Talons - Twelve knives, two hidden in his elbows, two under-slung on his forearms, two parallel with his heels which can let him stick to unexpected areas other than combat use, front and back on his shoes for a total of four, and two combat knives, one of which designed to disarm opponents.

Semblance:

• Murder - As some at the academy called him "The Dracula of Crows", which is pretty apt. He can split himself into many crows and reform, he can only stay unformed for a small amount of time, but this can allow him to evade attacks and counter-attack when the crows reform quickly someplace else. Not to mention these crows themselves are able to do scouting for him, and are able to do what birds do, like find things and maybe peck someone's eyes out. The semblance has pitifully low power in exchange for it's incredible utility.

Strengths:

• Bar none one of the best stealth and informant Hunters Beacon has ever had to offer. His crow semblance coupled with his inherent sense for stealth can essentially allow his team to know the position of every enemy in the area.
• He is incredibly good at killing other hunters. In his time at Beacon before it was devastated, he was being looked into joining a group that hunts other hunters who have lost their way.
• Being an avian faunus means he has incredible agility and jumping height.

Weaknesses:

• His ability to kill monsters like Grimm are pretty much nonexistent, maybe if he got a weak point to strike he could burn up some fire dust to combust on a needle, but he has no reliable form of costless Grimm-slaying.
• He's good at evading and running for a reason. Direct fights are terrible for him. When confronted directly, he must rely on his disarming dagger and hidden blades and hope to surprise the attacker to get the upper hand.
• Being an avian faunus means he also is naturally not the most resistant to damage.

Relationships:

Other: His name meaning "Crow/Raven" and "twelve" respectively is inspired by a German tale called "Twelve Brothers". A king wants to kill his twelve sons, so that his thirteenth child would be a girl, she alone can inherit his kingdom. The Queen tells this to their youngest son, Benjamin, and that she will give them a warning with a flag.

After twelve days of waiting in the forest, the sons see a red flag, indicating that they shall be sentenced to death. The brothers swear bloody revenge on every girl and move to an enchanted cottage deep in the forest, where they must feed on animals.

Ten years later, after hearing of their existence, the sister finds them there, where the queen hid them for precaution. Together, the siblings live in harmony. But as the sister rips out twelve white lilies out of ignorance, her brothers turn to ravens and fly away. At the behest of an old woman, she decides not to speak and not to laugh for seven years, in order to save her brothers.

A hunting king finds her and marries her. His mother however, slanders the girl's silence, and convinces the king to burn her. The rescued brothers save her from the flames, and with the mother-in-law executed, all live happily together.

@Sho Minazuki

Not sure if you missed it or not, but there's a thing here.