[OOC] Highschool DxD: The Devils' Due [ENDED]

[Lord of Evil]

@PaulHaynek Do I need a balance breaker if I have a sacred gear? If not my sheet is just about done, I think.

[Shadow Daedalus]

Knight of Dantalion

James Ashe-Hartnet

"You know what we British say; Long live the King."

Appearance: Standing at 5'11, with a well-developed Isomorphic body type. His body is littered with scars from the plane crash, and he has a few tattoos, namely a black wing on his left pectoral and a tribal dragon on his right forearm.
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Chess Piece: Knight
~Sacred Gear~: Man at Arms (Name subject to change) - Taking the shape of armour plating covering most of his arms, it allows him to summon multiple bladed weapons of varying types and wield them with deadly effectiveness. The weapons are magically enhanced, but are limited by the fact that only two can be summoned at anyone time, and lack the Holy or Demonic affinities of similar Gears.

Balance Breaker: Dragon Lord of Blades - The armour expands to cover his entire body, and he can summon a theoretically limitless amount of weapons that he can control using magic. His weapons gain a draconic attribute that vastly increase their power and can imbue elemental effects, at the trade off of being vulnerable to Dragon-Slayer weapons and magic like the Holy Sword Ascalon or Demon Sword Balmung.
Magic:
As a swordsman and physical fighter, James has next to no magical prowess. That's not to say he's incapable, he just has no use for it and thusly never learned any.

• Language - The 'unified language' spoken by all of humanity until God shattered it as punishment for their hubris, a standard Devil magic.
• Flight - another standard Devil Magic, allowing for free flight via bat-like wings.

Skills:

• Hand-to-Hand - In case he is ever caught in a situation in which he is unable to access his Sacred Gear, he has studied multiple Martial Arts and Fighting Styles, including taekwondo, krav maga and aikido.
• Parkour - A thrill-seeker as a human, James has been climbing walls and leaping across roofs since he was 12, and now as a Knight Piece his agility has increases even further. While not as direct as flying, it's much less conspicuous and a little more fun.
• Adaptable - He can react quickly and effectively to a lot of situations, and is able to pick up and retain new skills easily.
• Musician - Although it has no strategic value, James is able to skillfully play piano, guitar and violin; as well as being a competent singer.
• Hot Beverages - He's not much of a cook, but his teas and coffees are (debatably) the best in the peerage. It's a running joke that it's because he's British, and he doesn't disagree.

Personality: James is, for the most part, typical of a responsible older teen, if a little unsociable. He is polite and easy going, but also somewhat cool. He is difficult to offend and is widely accepting of most people, with a long temper. While not an entirely altruistic person, he will help out here and there, should he be able to. That's not to say he's all-forgiving by any stretch of the imagination. Sustained or repeated disrespect can begin to agitate him, and he will eventually lose his temper. The angrier he gets, the more cold and ruthless he becomes, and will not hesitate to cut down anyone that threatens those close to him, including Delilah and her Peerage.

History: James was born in Ipswich, England and lived a fairly nondescript life as the son of a carpenter and an accountant, and the older brother to twin sisters 13 years younger than himself. He did well in school, despite not being very popular due to his mild Asperger's Syndrome, and even had a girlfriend until his violent introduction into the world of the supernatural at the age of 17. Due to his dormant Sacred Gear, he was targeted by a group of Fallen Angels, lead by the person he believed to be his best friend. The event awoke his Sacred Gear and he escaped, only to have the fallen angels attack his family in an attempt to lure him out. Enraged, he killed two of them and lead the other three away, where he there in played a deadly game of Cat and Mouse across England for the better part of a year.

He ended up joining Delilah's Peerage when he arranged a private flight out of the country. Just off the coast of Japan, the Fallen Angels caught up with him and attack the plane he was on. When he managed to kill one of them, they abandoned the plan to kill him on the flight and instead completely destroyed the plane, sending him wounded into the ocean below him. He washed ashore barely alive, and he managed to drag himself to the nearest town before his 'best friend' showed up to finish him off for good. Facing off in a darkened alley way in the pouring rain, The blow was quick and decisive, a spear of light piecing completely through his chest and narrowly missing his heart... James didn't through. Pulling the short-blade from the Fallen Angel's heart, he lasted only a few seconds before he finally collapsed, dead before he hit the ground... Only to wake up with Delilah supporting his head and new-found life as a Devil. The Dantalion Heiress had apparently witnessed the fight between the him and the Fallen Angel and, impressed that a 'mere human' could kill a Six-Winged Fallen, saw fit to resurrect him as her Knight. He's been with her just over a year now, a relative newcomer compared to some of the others, but is just as loyal. He doesn't speak much about them but while disappointed that he can't be with his family, he is glad that he was able to keep them safe.

Other: It's a tie between Ddraig and Akeno, also if someone can think of a better name for his Sacred Gear I would greatly appreciate the help

[Shadow Daedalus]

@Lord of Evil Imma hazard a guess and say Not necessarily. Not all Sacred Gears have them, so I can't see why not.

[PaulHaynek]

@Rune_Alchemist @Lord of Evil @Polaris North @Shadow Daedalus

Your characters are more or less accepted. The IC will come at Friday probably.

Also, since there seems to be no one else applying, I guess y'all can double up on the characters to fill in the remaining slots.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@PaulHaynek

Oooh~

I certainly wouldn't mind. I have another idea I can use. I'll see if I can get them up sometime later this evening~

They'll either be a Rook or a Knight - most likely a Rook, but we'll see.

[TheHangedMan]

@PaulHaynek wait up I'm making a character :3

[Shadow Daedalus]

If the other four Pawn Pieces are still free, I have in interesting idea for a second character: A reincarnated Grim Reaper with Dissociative Identity Disorder, aka Multiple Personality Disorder.

[Lord of Evil]

I can probably make a sheet for whatever's left over. I hope I don't to end up monopolizing the rooks, though, since I don't really have anymore tank ideas.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@Lord of Evil

Got you covered as far as Rooks go~

@TheHangedMan
What's the piece you're going for, before I get to work on the other Idea I have?

[TheHangedMan]

@Rune_Alchemist Either a knight or bishop, depending on my mood what's more appropriate.

[Lord Orgasmo]

I'm actually going to have to drop out of this one. Got a little to much stuff going on right now. Sorry guys. On the plus side, that bishop position is back open.

[TheHangedMan]

Bishop it is then.

[Lord of Evil]

So, I'm making the last knight I guess. Unless someone else wants to make one.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@PaulHaynek
So
My computer has decided to...kinda...try exploding or something.

I dunno whats happens with it entirely, but I think I may need to let you know I probably won't be able to post any time soon, at all.

[PaulHaynek]

@Rune_Alchemist

That's all right. This is a slow-ish RP anyway.

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The launch will be starting soon-ish but I have some matters to attend to first so it may be delayed for a day or two.

[Lord of Evil]

Sort of close to finishing on my end, though I need to finish up an assignment over the weekend. Aiming to get it up after though. I'll be done Monday at the latest, hopefully. Although, I'm not sure an assassin type works as a knight piece.

[PaulHaynek]

And so it begins.

[TheHangedMan]

GODDAMIT. So torn on my character right now. So I have two ideas for a Bishop character. Help me decide guys?

On one hand, we have a shy, emphatic, cute-mute super clairvoyant that can see into the past, present, and future, or:

A hyperactive, socially inept, slightly treacherous, cheerfully murderous nutcase with an addiction to explosions.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Ugh.

That post should not have taken me an hour and a half to write.

This PotatOS laptop with barely 30 gigs of space is difficult to do anything on >_>

I think I might hold off on making another rook for now.

[Lord of Evil]

@TheHangedMan I'd go for option A, seems easier to deal with, but that's somewhat less interesting all things considered, so I'd also go for option B.

So I guess I can't really help you there but anyway, I'd pick whichever one is easier for you. If it helps any my knight will be pretty socially inept too.