PRIES - Paranormal Dark Fantasy RP [Interest & Recruit Thread]

[Holy Soldier]

@FallenTrinityI would put any "race-related" enhancements to go under powers only because I made the approved vampire do it for "Vampire Physiology." Understand that you may not be playing the only Angel that will join the game so by defining the type of angel you are playing separates your angel from another person's angel concept.

[FallenTrinity]

@Holy Soldier

Alright, thank you sir

[Witch Cat]

Happy Thanksgiving! I prepared us a meal to celebrate!

Dig in!

[FallenTrinity]

@Witch Cat

this is a no for me

[redbaron1234]

Hrm, I am beginning to wonder if I should try to think of a fourth power for Buck, considering that everyone else has been able to think of at least four. If I were to PM you my idea for the fourth ability, would you be ready to let me add one?@Holy Soldier

[Witch Cat]

@Witch Cat

this is a no for me

@FallenTrinity

Eat your C̴͙̤̺̻̯͉̮̙̗Ḩ͏͏̘̞̩̳̳̜̜̟̮̀U̸̠̙̣͕̠̦͕͕̝̪̣̺̻͎͘T̸̵̡̢̹̜̥̠̭̠̪͇̩̬͝U̺͖̻͎͇͖̹͢L͏̢̛̹̝̳̯̜̘͙̲̹̟̠͓̕͘ͅL̷͍̱͉̦̼̠̪͔̹͠ͅṲ̲͇̯̹̲̦͔̣̦̬̭̦̤̖̰̣͢͜͡T̸̷͝͏̧̭̺̠̱̦̗̬̮̗̘ͅU̹̩̞̝͚͕̯̤͍̜̬̩̝͔͉̺͖̥̕ͅR̡̗̺̱͍̱̤̙͔̼̀͟͡K̴̴͉̜͍͇͖͞͝Ḑ̴̞͙̳̖̩̗͚̺͖̣̪͉É̻̗͔͓̣̫̟̰͢͡Y҉̸͏҉̻͕̜̱̘̙K̨̧̺̜̱̯͖̣̝̦̦Ȩ̵̶͓̼̩͖̖̖̠̬̘̘͚̟̟̪̮̗͖̲͎́N̷̡̟͍̻͈͇̙͚͇̭͇͇̤̕͜͠ or you won't grow up big and strong like our (dark and unholy) father, Satan!

[FallenTrinity]

@Witch Catwell since you put it that way

[XenoCyanide]

@Holy Soldier

So much as it pains it, I unfortunately have to withdraw. :( I feel that if I were to take this on, I would stretch myself too thin and not give it, or others, the proper attention it deserves. I hope in the future we can RP together. Best of luck! It's a hell of a cool concept you have :)

[Holy Soldier]

@redbaron1234If it goes along with the theme of the character sure.

[Witch Cat]

@Holy Soldier Alright, here's the new CS! I added and changed all the necessary things which we discussed about.

Aradia Coventry

Name

Aradia Coventry

Age

28

Race

Witch

Hieght

5' 11"

Weight

130 lbs.

Hair Colour

Blonde

Eye Colour

Blue

Description

With her sapphire blue eyes and silky blonde hair that flows and bounces on her shoulder, clear white skin and graceful steps, Aradia looks like something straight out of 50’s beauty magazine. However, she, like the rest of us, does have her oddities. Her skin is either unnaturally cool or warm, her eyes are dark and piercing, and her lips are fixed in a permanent smirk or sneer. Pale scars, reminiscent of claw marks, line her hips and shoulders, marks which she covers up with casual clothes. T-shirt, jeans, jacket, anything to blend in, however in certain occasions, Aradia isn’t shy to wear a frilly white dress and stand over a grate that’s blowing air. Though, she's more a fan of natural colours, deep navy blues, and lush forest greens with white or opal jewels that sparkle on her fingers and neck like little stars.

Visual

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Personalty

Aradia is a very reserved woman, drinking overpriced lattes in fancy cafes alone while she judges strangers from afar. None of that Southern hospitality had remained with her, however, cold as she may be, Aradia isn’t unsympathetic. She cares for the ones around her, hell, she might even bring a cupcake to work for a coworker’s birthday, but overall, she likes to keep that stoic and independent exterior. Aradia is also naturally cunning, quick witted and with a well well-hung tongue, she’s not afraid to snap back some sassy response even if she’s all tied up with a gun barrel pointed at her head, she might as well go out with a laugh.

Background

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Located somewhere in between the deep south where cousins marry, and up north where complaining about coffee prices is a norm, Aradia lived a relatively peaceful life. Going through the natural stages of life. Going to school, get A’s, make a crap short story in middle school, smoke pot in high school and go to college and graduate with a degree you never wanted in the first place. Everyone is always quick to say they hate life, and so is Aradia, but deep down she enjoyed it. Her parents were always there to ruin it, though.

Aradia did come from a long line of witches, however, she also came from a long line of religious fanatics too so no one really did get to express their more magical side. And Aradia’s parents were especially overbearing, the perfect conditions to grow a rebel in. Aradia’s grew and strengthened her short-lived rebellious nature in the form of witchcraft, she never really believed in the stuff at first, she only enjoyed the feeling of pointing at her parents and say “I curse thee!” in order to feel as if she has some control in her life before storming up into her room and slamming the door shut.

However, a certain power always resided in her home after she burnt a few offerings to the god of Who-Gives-A-Damn, it was nothing at first, colder weather more unpleasant dreams, but once the windows started to explode in and the bulbs constantly flickering, Aradia’s parents fear of her becoming something nasty wasn’t unfounded. Aradia was soon kicked out and ran into the arms of the only one who still cared about her, Grand Mama.

Her grandmother’s home was a nurturing place, one of serenity and peace, but even in those perfect conditions Aradia’s teen angst and hate for her parents stewed. Her grandmother, or Grand Mama, tried hard to convince Aradia’s parents to take back the girl, to be supportive and understanding but her struggles were in vain, it was clear they wanted nothing to do with their daughter, and so Grand Mama kept her. Aradia’s life was quite after that, her hate turned to apathy and she slowly fell out of the craft, she was back on track on becoming a normal nobody again.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Aradia was all grown up and ready to move out. Little happened in between. Aradia fell back into witchcraft, though, curious about her witchy past after she was hit by a wave of nostalgia when viewing a family album, inspiration arises from the strangest of places. She had begun her transformation into the hippie aunt who wore healing crystals by the time she left home, making her way into a homey apartment in a peculiar city that was never discussed about instead in hushed whispers and disapproving glares.

Aradia used to treat witchcraft as a simple tool for her to use, believing that no real harm could come to her if, however, her perspective on all that radically changed one day when she walked into her home to see it ransack, not by intruders, but by poltergeists who think hanging dead animal entrails on her lights was a funny prank.

That day, Aradia almost did make a bigger mess on the floor, but, instead of running away from the magic that caused this, she stuck around and continued playing. Playing with a lion’s tail would most likely be safer than toying around with demons, but she just had to satisfy her curiosity. She discovered many more aspects of the craft by doing so, the more destructive side, the more powerful side. Soon, the balance of the universe and life itself were just playthings to her, granted those playthings might kill her at any second but isn’t the thrill of danger what makes life so enjoyable?

Aradia soon found herself a job at the Syndicate, deciding to try to put her witchy past to use. A part of her did want to help the world by tracking down and neutralizing dangers, but deep down she knew she was just there to test out her powers. The work was dangerous, but the thrill and practice was worth getting all that ectoplasm on your favourite skirt.

Weapon

• The Bell
  This bell, infused with Aradia's power, can draw in or scare away spirits, with it's clear, and high-pitched tone. Ringing it with proper intent can invoke spirits for a seance or ritual, or drive away demons, ghosts, or any other unpure power that seeks to harm Aradia. (Note: The bell isn't able to banish everything, only small creatures or weak curses. Anything more powerful than that can only be weakened, and possibly driven away, or annoyed.)
• Athame
  A small knife, seemingly normal and uninteresting at first glance. The black-hilted blade is actually a very potent tool capable of showcasing many properties from acting as a magnet to slicing anything without even touching it. Aradia's blade, infused with her own magic, never dulls and is extremely sharp, able to slice through steel if enough pressure is applied. Also, holding the blade firmly in her hand can increase the potency of her spells during rituals and spells.
• String of Pearls
  Charged with devastating or holy power, dropping one of the beads can cause it to affect the area around it, usually several feet in diameter. Their abnormal properties are akin to Aradia's fourth power, able to subtly or clearly affect anything in the area, in terms of corrupting or cleansing the target area, without Aradia needing to first touch the target. These effects can be boosted morale or an increase in hopelessness, to causing disease or cure to spread quicker in the area, a more subtle and less powerful alternative to spread magic than using her powers. Placing the beads back on the string or destroying it are the only means by which the beads' effects can be halted, however, if left alone, the beads are able to affect the area for a full day before spending all their energy and becoming simple and non-magical beads again.
• A Totally Ordinary Cookbook
  The Grimoire/Cook Book is chock full of handy apple pie recipes, and instructions on how to summon a dark lord. Hidden among recipes for gumbo and perfectly seasoned turkey are instructions for different spells and potions and natural remedies that are cleverly embedded in the words to stop any nosey family member from reading through and figuring out what it’s for. The book itself, however, is not in anyway magical, however, it is infused with emotion throughout the years of its use, making it very handy to empower spells.

Skills

• Durable
  The magic that Aradia uses on a day to day basis has not only bewitched her charms but her flesh too. Its power twists and mingles in her flesh, blood, and bone, strengthening her defences. While she may not be able to simply shrug off a bullet like Superman, she has learned how to take a punch. Able to power through broken legs and gaping wounds, curses and spells with her increased pain tolerance.
• Dead Tongue
  Aradia, through years of casting spells, has honed a special talent, she’s able to speak a whole slew of mystic languages. From Latin to Greek to Arabic and much more, Aradia is quick at understand any language used for magical purposes.
• Enchantress
  Aradia's pretty face is a lot more useful than you'd expect. While not total mind control, Aradia's has a natural charm about her that makes her very persuasive. Able to tempt even the most headstrong of people with a few carefully chosen words and a flick of her skirt. Reserved as she may be, Aradia is deep down a people person.
• Wild
  Everyone has their animalistic tendencies, and Aradia is no different. During times of great pressure or stress, Aradia starts to grow colder, more cunning and manipulative, able to think calmer and quicker about the situation at hand. Her physical abilities also start to peak, getting sudden boosts of energy during chases, and a harder exterior and faster movements during a fight.

Powers

• Give in
  Aradia gives herself up to the unholy spirits that her craft attracts, letting them twist her mind and flesh into a horrible monster hellbent on death. Her once lissom figure and pretty face is now transformed to a lanky, and stretched mass of red flesh and black bone, with razor-like tooth and nail. Aradia loses the ability to control her body, everything she does is now controlled by the dark spirits that possess her, and their only ambition is to kill anything in front of her. However, Aradia can tap out of this state at will, but, the longer she stays in it, the harder it gets to tap out, and the process of gaining control again is very draining, usually leaving her physically weak and drowsy. Aradia is able to maintain this monstrous state for a few hours before it becomes irreversible.
• Deadly Aura
  Aradia gains the ability to manipulate life of any target within direct line of sight, allowing her to drain life, inflict sickness, leech off health, and, if concentrating enough, heal others in exchange for her own health or an unsuspecting victim.
• Magic
  A witch's most important skill. Aradia is able to cast a whole slew of spells, from chilling blasts to calling upon the undead. However, unlike her other powers, casting spells usually requires her to pay up in order for her magic to take effect. Costs can range from simple concentration to tapping into the eldritch energy within her, to burning basil leaves, or sacrificing a goat. The higher the cost, the more potent and powerful the spell. (However she is able to cast any magic she wants using only spiritual energy and centration, but overuse of this will lead to fatigue, passing out, or even death.)
• Cleanse and Corrupt
  Tapping into unseen cosmic powers, Aradia can tip the delicate balance of the universe towards corruption or purification. Gaining the ability to corrupt minds in order to turn them into wild rabid beasts (currently only able to affect animals), or purify the mind to shake free any being from unpure thoughts or control. Corrupt the body in order to weaken it and cause sickness, or purify it in order to boost one's physical prowess or strengthen wits. Corrupt the spirit to plant seeds of doubt into minds, cause tendencies to act and think irrationally and lash out, or purify the spirit to inspire and calm the target. Sentient beings aren't the only ones affected by Aradia's influence, the environment around her too is warped. In subtle ways like increased growth of plants or faster contamination of foods and wounds, or much more obvious ways like causing plants to grow thorns near instantly or trees to sour to their fruits and drop it on oblivious heads, or make beds of flowers bloom at will, but there's no fun in growing a garden, now is there? (These occurrences only start to manifest when Aradia has contact with the target, but Aradia can affect any target if a taglock and proper ritual items are provided to her.)

[Holy Soldier]

@Witch CatApproved.

[shagranoz]

Persephone Kalavos

Name: Persephone Kalavos

Nickname: Seph

Age: 22

Race: Myth (Gorgon)

Height: 5 foot 6 in her human disguise, 8 feet long in her true form

Weight: 160 pounds in her human disguise, 200 pounds in her true form

Hair Color: Red in her human disguise, N/A in her true form

Eye Color: Blue in both forms

Physical description of her human disguise: Rather slender, with curly hair and a small scar on her right cheek. Always wears a light blue dress, and has a green snake tattoo on her left shoulder, with no other body ornamentation. Wears wire-rimmed glasses.

Physical description of true form: Her skin is patterned much like so: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaboon_viper#/me.. and is scaly throughout. Her lower five feet are a serpentine tail, and she is human in shape above the waist. Her face is heavily wrinkled, and her hair consists of two dozen 18-inch long snakes with individual minds and personalities. These snakes can inject a venom similar to her own, although lesser in both dosage and toxicity. If she opens her mouth wide enough, one can see the two-inch fangs that normally fold up against the roof of her mouth.

Personality: Seph is very laid-back, with a rather relaxed view of the world. She prefers to talk things out without resorting to violence, but realizes that it may be necessary. Still, her ultimate goal is to cause the absolute minimum amount of mayhem needed to get the job done. When not on an investigation, she prefers more intellectual pursuits, and is in fact in the process of getting her degree in chemistry online. She also has a keen interest in magic, specifically in enchanting objects, and can be found assisting in arcane research on occasion.

Background: Gorgons are a very old race, and Seph can trace her own lineage back to the original Medusa herself. That said, being that she is fairly young herself, there isn't much to tell. She was born in Greece, but moved to Baylor at an early age. Middle-class background, used an enchanted amulet to fit in with her human classmates. Heard about the Syndicate two years ago, joined up, and got assigned as an agent. Her service record so far has been unremarkable, though.

Weapons: Seph carries a 9mm automatic pistol and a knife. Nothing special about either of them.

Skills: Chemical knowledge (comes with studying for her degree, helps out now and then in the evidence labs, negotiation (She's been noted as a very calm and smooth talker, sometimes defusing situations without bullets and spells flying ), expert pistol shot (A very good markswoman due to extra practice time. Useful in a firefight).

Powers: Gorgon Gaze- Seph's stare does have supernatural properties, though some of them have been exaggerated in the telling. First off, it's an active power; she has to actually want to use it. Secondly, it requires direct, constant eye contact. It doesn't actually turn the victim to stone, merely paralyze them, and she can only use it on a single victim who's within five feet. She also can only hold the target for about five seconds, fellow supernaturals can resist, and it takes so much concentration that she can't use her venomous bite, though her snake hair can. Despite all that, it's still a very useful power.

Toxic Fangs: Seph can use her fangs to inject aa victim with a deadly neurotoxin that targets the victim's nerves, including those that control breathing and heartbeat. Her venom dose is so massive that paralysis sets in in about 30 seconds for a normal human, with death following from heart and lung failure in about 5 minutes. For supernaturals, effects could be delayed or nonexistent, depending upon physiology. Her snake hair has a similar venom, but effects take much longer to occur and fatalities are highly unlikely.

Fluent in Serpent: Seph can talk to snakes, but not control them, though she does have a degree of influence over the ones in her hair. As a couple of asides, she apparently has a thick viper accent, and she's heard all the Harry Potter jokes, which really annoy her.

Other- Seph wears a small silver amulet that disguises her as a human. Normal humans can't see through the illusion, but supernaturals can with the tiniest bit of effort.

[Holy Soldier]

Persephone Kalavos

Name: Persephone Kalavos

Nickname: Seph

Age: 22

Race: Myth (Gorgon)

Height: 5 foot 6 in her human disguise, 8 feet long in her true form

Weight: 160 pounds in her human disguise, 200 pounds in her true form

Hair Color: Red in her human disguise, N/A in her true form

Eye Color: Blue in both forms

Physical description of her human disguise: Rather slender, with curly hair and a small scar on her right cheek. Always wears a light blue dress, and has a green snake tattoo on her left shoulder, with no other body ornamentation. Wears wire-rimmed glasses.

Physical description of true form: Her skin is patterned much like so: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaboon_viper#/me.. and is scaly throughout. Her lower five feet are a serpentine tail, and she is human in shape above the waist. Her face is heavily wrinkled, and her hair consists of two dozen 18-inch long snakes with individual minds and personalities. These snakes can inject a venom similar to her own, although lesser in both dosage and toxicity. If she opens her mouth wide enough, one can see the two-inch fangs that normally fold up against the roof of her mouth.

Personality: Seph is very laid-back, with a rather relaxed view of the world. She prefers to talk things out without resorting to violence, but realizes that it may be necessary. Still, her ultimate goal is to cause the absolute minimum amount of mayhem needed to get the job done. When not on an investigation, she prefers more intellectual pursuits, and is in fact in the process of getting her degree in chemistry online. She also has a keen interest in magic, specifically in enchanting objects, and can be found assisting in arcane research on occasion.

Background: Gorgons are a very old race, and Seph can trace her own lineage back to the original Medusa herself. That said, being that she is fairly young herself, there isn't much to tell. She was born in Greece, but moved to Baylor at an early age. Middle-class background, used an enchanted amulet to fit in with her human classmates. Heard about the Syndicate two years ago, joined up, and got assigned as an agent. Her service record so far has been unremarkable, though.

Weapons: Seph carries a 9mm automatic pistol and a knife. Nothing special about either of them.

Skills: Chemical knowledge, negotiation, expert pistol shot.

Powers: Gorgon Gaze- Seph's stare does have supernatural properties, though some of them have been exaggerated in the telling. First off, it's an active power; she has to actually want to use it. Secondly, it requires direct, constant eye contact. It doesn't actually turn the victim to stone, merely paralyze them, and she can only use it on a single victim who's within five feet. She also can only hold the target for about five seconds, fellow supernaturals can resist, and it takes so much concentration that she can't use her venomous bite, though her snake hair can. Despite all that, it's still a very useful power.

Toxic Fangs: Seph can use her fangs to inject aa victim with a deadly neurotoxin that targets the victim's nerves, including those that control breathing and heartbeat. Her venom dose is so massive that paralysis sets in in about 30 seconds for a normal human, with death following from heart and lung failure in about 5 minutes. For supernaturals, effects could be delayed or nonexistent, depending upon physiology. Her snake hair has a similar venom, but effects take much longer to occur and fatalities are highly unlikely.

Fluent in Serpent: Seph can talk to snakes, but not control them, though she does have a degree of influence over the ones in her hair. As a couple of asides, she apparently has a thick viper accent, and she's heard all the Harry Potter jokes, which really annoy her.

Other- Seph wears a small silver amulet that disguises her as a human. Normal humans can't see through the illusion, but supernaturals can with the tiniest bit of effort.

@shagranoz

This CS is was simple and to the point lol. I'm surprised I have little to comment about it. However, I do want you to elaborate on her skills. Don't just list the skills without elaborating specifically how she uses them. I highlighted them in red. Besides that, I have no further comments. If you make that edit, then she'll be good to go.

[Holy Soldier]

All right. Working on the OOC! :D I'm pretty much going to copy/paste this OOC lol. I will also be working on adding the assistant director to the character thread too.

[shagranoz]

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This CS is was simple and to the point lol. I'm surprised I have little to comment about it. However, I do want you to elaborate on her skills. Don't just list the skills without elaborating specifically how she uses them. I highlighted them in red. Besides that, I have no further comments. If you make that edit, then she'll be good to go.

@Holy Soldier

I don't do big and complex CS sheets. Not my style.

[Holy Soldier]

@shagranozWell, when you decide to make those edits, let me know.

[redbaron1234]

@shagranozI will also like to point out, if I may, that you only have 3 skills as far as I can see. You can have a fourth, if you want.

[shagranoz]

@Holy Soldier Put those edits in. Couldn't think of a fourth skill or power, though.

[Holy Soldier]

@shagranozAll right. She's good to go. Here's the link to the OOC where you can post up her CS. OOC