This is really shitty timing, but I'm gonna be gone for most of the weekend and won't be back until Sunday evening. After this next post with Blight Bug, I'm planning on having everybody on campus. Then for the weekend, if you guys are posting, you guys can just post your characters familiarizing themselves with the campus and seeing their rooms, maybe exchanging contact info and whatnot.
I expected on the bus ride more talk of character backstory than talk of cards, but I guess you guys can talk about your backstories mid-duel when that happens.
Then Sunday evening, if everybody's wrapped up what they wanted to do, I'll skip to the next day, which will be early wake up and opening ceremony.
@KOgamingSomething possibly important to some players are there any stairs leading to dorm rooms? (this is relevant because of the whole bike thing if there are none i don't think Rumi needs help for moving the bike)
@KOgamingwould any NPC have ever approached her (teachers and the like) or can i pretend people just walked over to her to talk to her, eh i am not going to wait for an answer and assume nobody did but this is for future reference to ask if we have free reign of making up NPC's
@KOgamingjust for future reference because it's usually bad to do so (there is a lack of faceless unimportant students in this academy is that just me? - a horrible attempt at a joke)
Alright, this should be to your liking. I did the proposed changes.
Name: Robert O'Brian Sex: Male Age: 17 House: Dark Magician House
Appearance:
(But with blue eyes and an actually damn smile)
Duel Disk: A special one presented by Raiza Personality: A Pagan that worships mother earth. He's generally a friendly sort, but it's when he's in the heat of duel that his spirit sets ablaze and his passion melts any ice that might be around. When the seal goes off, his passion dies down into a quiet calm that allows him to think straight and plan his moves carefully. He see's it as the seal transfering his passion to his monsters. He is also prone to bursting into song, and is proud of being a "Galway boy" He also has a thing about walking around barefoot. History:
Born into a mismatched family, he was the second child and first son of famous Greko-Roman wrestler Douglas "The Smiler" O'Brian. Although, news of his conception came as a shock, due to his mother being told that she was incapable of having male children. His older Sister had been born and their father had taken to training her to be the next Wrestling Champion. His mother, on the otherhand, was a strong pagan woman. Growing up, he and his father were rather distant, as his father spent his time training his sister. As such, he imprinted more on his mother than him. She would often take him on nature walks and show him the beauty that mother earth had to offer. She even told him an old legend of the 5 Kings. A King to rule each of the elements, Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Light and Dark.
When he was 6, he and his sister got their first Deck, hers was Aesir's, he started to save up all of his pocket money to buy more of these cards. His deck was that of the Monarchs, as they had been based on the old legend of the 5 kings. His father did play Duel Monsters, but was no-one phenomenal. At the age of 7, Robert and his father finally got close, as he was now old enough to start learning how to wrestle. Robert grew close to his father and sister, through the training, but he wasn't very good. He only really did it so as to get some quality, family time. Naturally, he lost to his sister... A lot...
It was when he was 13 that he decided to start trying to get closer to nature. He would often camp out in the woodlands close to his small hometown. On one fateful night, he heard a strange rustling through the undergrowth. Going to investigate, he saw a bright green hawk that was stuck in a trap, with men closing in on it, talking of how much money it was worth. Naturally, he got between them and the defenseless bird. Using his wrestling know-how, he managed to fend off one of them, but they were much larger than him, so he didn't stand much of a chance. He managed to at least get over to the bird and cut the rope with his pocket knife, at least he could save the creature. That was when it exploded in a bright green light, Wind seemed to pick up instantly as the bird transformed into a giant. The men ran but Robert was transfixed on its magnificence. It stared down at him, before disappearing and forming into a card, which floated down to him. The card was the true form of one of the Monarchs. Raiza...
After this event, he spent the next year, wandering through the area in search of the rest of the Monarchs, his first month was to no avail. Raiza, inspired by his determination to find his fellow Monarchs, told him to seek out the Majiosheldon. The Leprechauns that roamed the land under the watchful eyes of the Monarchs. He found them in a cabbage patch, three brothers, who, thanks to Raiza were convinced to assist him. With their help, he easily overcame the obstacles and reunited the 5 Mega Monarchs. They were his to call upon in battle. With this, he was bestowed a mystical card, the Seal of Orcichalcos. A seal given to those that the Monarchs decide is truly at one with them. it is proof that he is a guardian of nature and an ally of the Monarchs.
He returned home and began focusing on his finesse with his deck. His deck became infamous in the area and finally, he asked if he could go to the new Dueling Academy that had opened. After a few months, he was allowed to go... Along with his Sister, who wanted to brush up on her Dueling skills, as well as potentially joining the schools Wrestling club.
Wish: To be able to be strong enough to protect nature and mother earth from all-comers.
Monsters: 18 Beast King Barbaros Botanical Lion Amarylease Dandylion Majiosheldon x3 Granmarg the Rock Monarch Granmarg the Mega Monarch Mobius the Frost Monarch Mobius the Mega Monarch Raiza the Storm Monarch Raiza the Mega Monarch Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch Thestalos the Mega Monarch Zaborg the Thunder Monarch Zaborg the Mega Monarch Illusiory Snatcher
Spells: 12 Seal of Orichalcos March of the Monarchs The Monarchs Stormforth Strike of the Monarchs Tenacity of the Monarchs Pantheism of the Monarchs Return of the Monarchs Reinforcement of the Army x2 Double Summon x2 Terraforming
Traps: 10 Escalation of the Monarchs By Order of the Emperor The Prime Monarch Oath of Championship x2 Monarchs Erupt Monarchs Awaken The First Monarch Grisaille Prison x2
The character is a /bit/ too magical for my taste. I'd ask to remove all the stuff about spirits and whatnot, but that'd sort of take away from the whole character. Though that is what I'm asking for: Rewrite the character for a modern-near-future setting rather than something more fantastic. Spirit-y stuff comes later.
@Eklispe We chatted and KO said that it was ok to keep the magical stuff, because when the magical stuff does hit the fan, it'll be nice having a guy to go "See, and you all thought I was crazy... I mean, I still have no idea what's going on, but I told you that there was something to this mystical stuff."