Edged Horizon

[Polaris North]

@ERode

Should I post the CS here too?

[Lyla]

Not as wordy as some others, I hope this works. ^.^

Golem Girl

Ava

(Subject 7)

Ava, while standing what is considered average height, is anything but. It becomes apparent within only a brief moment that she is far different than most things that exist. The small exposure of her joints that reveal pistons, the metal plating of her shoulders, the strangely shaped feet, even her bright aqua eyes give it all away - that she is some sort of machine. Despite her very obvious give-aways, she has a beautiful face (though some may argue it's more cute), fingers, and skin in various places making it seem like whoever created her was attempting to make her human-like.

Age: 1
Gender: Female
Race: Golem
Nation: Illiserev

Personality:

Ava is a curious sort and even though she has limited knowledge of the world around her, the progression of the war or politics, she doesn't seem to be exactly naive either. She is friendly, awkward, but has a good heart and hopes to help others in whatever ways she feels she can. To top it off, she is one that enjoys learning and tends to find herself drawn to libraries. However at times she can be a tad bit too analytical, her intentions are in the right place.

When it comes to more serious matters such as combat or danger, she adorns a serious, determined attitude, drawing from a deep-seeded need to protect. She will even go so far as to sacrifice her safety if she feels the need to. Underneath it all is an unusual romantic, despite her lose of memory and at the end of the day she fears being alone, forcing herself to socialize and get attached.

Biography:

• Towards the battle against Rift-Beasts, noble Caroline commissions work on a project, seeking to take pressure off of live soldiers. It's based on the research of Gods of War.
• Two years go by and little advances in knowledge happen. Instead Caroline takes what she does know and applies it to the creation of a golem.
• A year goes by and a body is forged from Talentium, costing almost all of Caroline's wealth. She stays determined. She hires several summoners and begins research on bonding a spirit to the body.
• During the last two years of the war, her husband dies from an illness, causing her dedication to her project to increase to almost unhealthy levels. Several of the bonding summons fail, despite several summoners working together.
• Finally, with the seventh summoning attempt, they finally bond a powerful ice spirit. Though the process isn't perfect as said being has lost all previous memories despite still understanding how the world seems to work. Caroline retreats and allows the golem to wander as she sees fit, just hoping all her energy would mean something in the end.

Abilities:

Being a spirit closely related to ice, Ava has specialized magic and manipulation in frost-based attacks, though she also has noticeable martial arts skills surprisingly enough. These skills seem to come naturally to Ava in spite of her memory loss and there's no telling why she knows how to fight or how much potential she has if she were ever to remember her past.

• Martial Art Mastery: Ava is a master of hand-to-hand combat and as such, fights on a skill level that is hardly matched by even expert swordsmen. She is able to dodge, twist, block, and attack in fluid motions that almost seem like a beautiful, but deadly dance.
• Talentium Body: For the most part, this makes Ava partially invulnerable at least in the traditional sense. She cannot be cut or crushed, however there is still exposure to her joints and no matter how reinforced they are, they can eventually be damaged causing her to move slower or right-out immobile. She is still subject to magical effects though, such as those that effect time or extreme damage.
• Golem Physiology: As a golem, Ava does not sleep, eat, drink, or tire. She can also endure extreme temperatures and climates and has night vision.
• Frost Strike: Ava can, if direct contact is made, force icicles to instantly form against any surface. This causes extreme drops in temperature and pain for those who can feel it, making most metals brittle to the touch as well as flash-freezing skin.
• Swallow Tail: A beautiful dance of either kicks or swings, she can causing a short-ranged wave of ice to radiate from her form, doing the same sort of damage as her Frost Strike. It trades range for accuracy since it is easier to dodge or block, but can be done in quick succession.

Important Items:

• Caroline's Headband: Though made from Talentium, it doesn't really have any functions other than it was a gift from Caroline. It's precious to her since it was a sign of peace and an apology for her losing her memory.

[ERode]

@Lyla
Summoning magic is the magic of witches. That's some real sketchy shit right there, considering how inhuman she is and the whole 'everybody hates Talze Utera' thing.

Martial Arts Mastery, at least your description of it, doesn't make much sense at all. What need does a spirit have for physical arts? And no, expert swords(wo)men would be able to keep up with her, most with relative ease. Talentium's a hell of a drug.

I'm reasonably pensive about having a talentium body...but I'll let it pass for now. Note that as a golem and as a being that is magically bonded to her body, the moment someone pulls out an anti-magic ability or undoes the magic that sustains her, she's pretty much screwed.

Why do golems have night vision? That sounds really random compared to everything else. Should also note that she'd have no sense of smell, taste, or touch.

Also note that, being made out of Talentium and all that would mean that she's a giant chunk of cash-money. There'd probably be a whole bunch of people who'd be interested in literally pulling her apart and selling her pieces off.

[Lyla]

@ERode Well, can't say I'm really the happiest right now, but.. since this is your baby, you're very picky, and tore apart my idea pretty much - as well as you don't know me from the next door neighbor - I'd say it's safe that I'm already not fitting in here. Just on the off chance I did so by mistake, this is by no means an attack on you, your character, or your role-play... just having a really bad day so it might be coming across. Anywho, it was worth a try. Thanks for reading it over in either case.

[ERode]

@Lyla
Yeah, I am relatively picky, but the information that I pointed out in regards to summoning magic and Talentium being expensive should have been obvious through all the information in the first post.

That being said, I didn't tear your idea apart. Actually didn't mind it too much, just that you seemed to have not considered things that should have been considered with such a character. The more outlandish a character concept is, the more questions and rulings I'd have in regards to it.

If you don't feel like you fit in or don't feel like making changes though, that's also fair. Have a good night's rest and hopefully you have a less shitty day tomorrow.

[Marshall]

@ERode Have you taken a peek at the CS I posted by the way?

[Lyla]

@ERode Yeah, you're right, but for the first time in a long while.. I feel at a loss. As in, I don't know how to make the concept work anymore and I'd rather step out than trash the idea all together. Regardless its probably because I'm distracted that I missed those major points.

[Vega7285]

Name: Lillet Duchamps (nee Lillet Blanc)
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Nation: Illiserev
Appearance: Lillet stands at average height, and has a slight build that tends to hide her true strength. She dresses like most girls, and seems to lean more toward clothing lacking ostentatious accents. Some would scoff at such preferences as a sign of her humble birth. She would ignore them. She tries to avoid full-length dresses, as they can get in the way when it comes to martial arts.
Personality:
Lillet is warm, friendly, and usually pretty well behaved. In battle, she is passionate and hot-blooded, and tends to really go all-out on her kiai. In no way is she afraid to take risks and bet everything on slim chances, intending to make up the rest on sheer guts. She’s a careful student of history, and is particularly interested in the origins of the Gods of War, and other such ancient mysteries.

She’s jealous and somewhat distrustful of all these Talentium-wielding wannabe “God-breakers” running around. Sure, they’re powerful, but the attitude they can have toward Gods of War can get infuriating at times. The ancient colossi may not be as effective against Rift beasts, but there’s no need to call them obsolete, or behave as if one is inherently superior. Then again, anyone who gets too cocky about taking on a giant mecha solo may have another thing coming. She may be suffering a bit from being an old "elite" faced with changing times, or simply influenced by the stereotypes carried by those around her a bit too much.

Lillet is terrified of vampires. She also dislikes spiders, centipedes, and other creepy things with too many legs. Otherwise, she fears very little. Mundane threats such as assassination or Rift beasts are challenges to overcome.

Biography:

• Born into a family of maids serving the Duchamps family.
• Chosen by her God of War at a young age. Adopted into the family and began formal training.
• Formally inducted into the military at age 15. More courtesy than anything.
• In peacetime, she's accomplished more by leading and organizing archaeological expeditions than she has on the battlefield.

Abilities:
Chosen of the God of War Azure Aeon

Lillet is not particularly talented as a mage, and her abilities are primarily focused into spells designed to enhance herself or her God. Rather than annihilate the battlefield with long-incantation destruction magic cast from impunity aboard a colossal robot, she focuses on physical enhancement, elemental auras, and other spells which allow her and Aeon to more easily cut a swath of destruction through the battlefield, personally. The effects she can achieve may pale in comparison to those of Talentium wielders, but they do keep her from falling behind quite as badly. She also has something of a knack for healing magic, although she usually only heals herself. She can heal others by laying on hands, but she can’t manage anything useful at ranges beyond touch.

Fist of the Six Heavens - Lillet is trained in a martial arts style that has been passed down along with her God of War. True, it lacks the power of modern Sword Arts, but it is unusual in purpose all the same: it is designed specifically for use with and by a God of War. Aeon’s weapon itself has been lost for generations, and the Six Heavens represent its current unique armament.

Alone, Lillet's techniques are useful enough to handle combat against a few opponents, although she's no match for anyone wielding Talentium, even fighting at her best. Unless she manages to disarm or evade such a foe, she would be overwhelmed, quite possibly sooner rather than later. The true strength of her art comes from the fact that it treats Aeon as an extension of her body. She generally doesn't fight with it while still on the ground, to avoid squashing herself.

Important Items:
Azure Aeon
A blue-armored God of War which leans more toward speed and agility than raw physical power. Aeon, as Lillet usually calls it, has a long and battle-scarred history, like all such ancient war machines. Its original weapon is lost to the sands of time, although Duchamps family history has it that one of the other nations possesses it as spoils of war. For the past several generations, Aeon has fought unarmed, using techniques that are quite similar to those used in unarmed combat across Illiserev. One hasn't lived before one has seen a giant robot throw another giant robot across a battlefield.

Aeon is maintained by a dedicated staff of maids-turned-mechanics, who are very proud of their work, and that one of their own is its current Chosen.

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Charlotte Wittenberg

Name: Charlotte Wittenberg
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Race: Vampire
Nation: Illiserev

Appearance:
Standing at a middling height of 5’ 5”, she has a slim frame to match. She shies away from wearing full length garments, having a tendency to wear short dresses on most occasions. She lets her hair grow long but maintains it meticulously nonetheless. When heavier garments required, she often forgoes proper coats for a thick, long cloak, which can be easily shed when required. Has a light step.

Puts up a reasonable effort in maintaining a human appearance.

Personality:
Curious, industrious, and hardworking, Charlotte has a relaxed, but sometimes meddling personality. Having an active, eager mind with a need for fulfillment, she likes to travel and see new sights.

Despite being a vampire, she does not shy from parlaying with her fellow Illiserev countrymen, enjoying engaging strangers and striking up friendly conversation over a pint of ale or even on the street. A bit of a busybody, she is a bit invasive in privacy and sometimes even involves herself in affairs that don’t concern her. Possessing high self-confidence and exceptional tolerance for embarrassment, she’s willing to do many things that would make a proper lady faint at the thought of.

Her persona isn’t all rosy, however; Despite her cheery, kind, and laid-back demeanor, she has no problems using slaves as sustenance or killing in cold blood. Nonetheless, she conducts herself safely within the confines of the law.

Having lived in Illiserev for so long, she has adopted much of the customs and mannerisms of its people.

She has a phobia of objects on a grand scale. Large, submerged entities make her uncomfortable, and towering, imposing mecha and rift beasts alike trigger her flight more than her fight instinct.

Biography:

• Part of a branch of vampire nobles of middling importance.
• Lived the depths of Talze Utera at the outbreak of war. Did vampire things.
• Sent to hold down the fort at a property in Illiserev, the rest of her bloodline followed the heed of the Scarlet Court into battle while she acquainted herself with the eccentric hobbies her uncle left behind.
• Found herself alone at the end of the conflict. After mourning her loss for a time, she decided to take the estate she maintained for herself and rebuilt it.
• Having finished her task, she quickly became tired of domestic life, and made it her pastime to disguise herself as a human, gallivanting the land like a vagabond tourist. She often returns to the quaint vineyard to fawn over her maids and butlers nonetheless.

Abilities:

Charlotte is well-versed in blood magic, but never had the opportunity to develop much ground in necromancy beyond its intermediate principles. Living in Illiserev, she has grown used to and prefers using a more standardized field of Sword Arts, keeping her more taboo skills in reserve.

Her Sword Arts aim to destabilize and manipulate the opponent’s flow of battle.

Canter – An attack of middling speed and uneven pace that condenses and shifts the weight of her blade at the moment of impact with a depressive, backwards felt blow that is felt in the eardrums. A connecting blow dulls the senses and throws the body off balance, impairing their response time.

Depress – Charlotte slashes her sword at an arc at the enemy, channeling energy through the edges of the weapon. Magic disperses in an outward vector pattern into the atmosphere around her, giving the enemy a feeling of overbearing weight while rejuvenating herself.

Royal Set In/Set Out - A sudden crack of mana allows Charlotte to near instantly engage with an opening strike from a distance. Alternatively, she can near instantly parry and rapidly disengage, opening a wide distance between her and her opponent. Exceptionally exerting, she would be playing a defensive dance over the next few exchanges upon using this art.

Scarlet Whip – Blood magic. Charlotte draws a string from a proper blood source. She maintains its form in a razor-sharp manner to strike at the enemy as an auxiliary or primary weapon.

Blood Sphere – Blood magic. Charlotte forms a condensed sphere of blood near her body. It rotates rapidly, spinning off drops of blood that harden into sharp bullets that shoot at her targets like a Gatling weapon.

Important Items:
Talentium Side-sword – She doesn’t care about the naming symbolism shit. A light, easy to handle weapon that allows for flexibility in sword techniques. Charlotte’s style of attack allows it to scale up well in matching heavier weapons such as great swords and longswords.

[ERode]

If you have received a mention in the OOC, you're in. If not, I'll keep those characters as reserves if the RP opens up once more.

Harder than I expected, cause there were a whole bunch of interesting concepts being tossed around.

[Lord of Evil]

Good luck you guys. I'll be stalking you from the shadows...