Name: Malik Rayse
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Nationality: Raelin
Heritage: Raelininan
Personality: There once was an innocence to Malik- a faith in the good of others, a will to change the world for the better, a hope for the future. These qualities still remain, in one way or another, but scorched and tempered by the flames of betrayal. Blind faith has hardened into caution and temperance. His will to change the world is now a determination to destroy those who would threaten it. And his hope for the future is now corrupted into a desire- to see those who betrayed him and so many others punished for their misdeeds.
There once was an innocence, a brightness, to Malik Rayse. There is now a darkness, a black flame that will exact a price for snuffing that brightness out.
Biography: In Raelin, the process of becoming a Spirit Dragoon is no simple matter. One must already have mastered the Dragoon arts, before they are chosen and tested for the will to bind the gods’ power. If they have the spark, they then must train this potential with the same fervor with which they honed their martial abilities, while still keeping their physical prowess at its peak. For every hundred soldiers that are even considered for the honor, perhaps one will succeed.
Those who overcome these challenges are inducted into the ranks of the Bahamut Division, and are considered the cream of the crop, the elite of the elite. They are the champions of Raelin, highly prized and revered, many going on to be generals and heroes on the merits of their achievement. For one of these legendary soldiers to falter, to fall from grace, would be practically unheard of.
Malik, against all odds, is the one who fell, though not through any failure of his own.
Malik had a promising future ahead of him, even by the standards of the Bahamut Division- peerless in skill and potential, a hero known and loved by the Republic almost in totality, a paragon of virtue and might. For most, the qualities that made Malik exceptional were endearing. For some, however, those very same qualities were terrifying. A growing corrupt element in the Raelin government feared Malik’s growing powers and influence, feared what he might be able to bring to bear against them, should his attention ever find them.
They resolved to remove him as a threat by any means- whether by tightening his leash, or cutting him down entirely. He was given a relatively simple-seeming mission, to quell an uprising in of of Raelin’s outer territories. But when Malik arrived at the site of this so-called “rebellion,” he found, not armed rebels, but civilians- men, women, and children who had never so much as held a weapon with intent in their lives. Malik assumed there had to be some mistake, but such illusions were soon dispelled by those who had accompanied him- lay waste to the encampment, and all within. Malik was torn; if he followed through with his orders, he was a war criminal, with nothing standing between him and retribution except the goodwill of his superiors.
If he refused, he was a traitor.
In the end, it was no choice at all. Malik turned on the force he had led there, and defended the encampment until they could escape. By the time they had, and the enemy had retreated, Malik’s fate was sealed. Even if he had done what would be considered right, he had disobeyed a direct order, and fought against his own countrymen. He would never again be able to return to the life he once knew.
For weeks, as he went on the run with his wyvern, Stormeater, Malik seethed at the injustice, the indignity he’d suffered. Seethed that he’d been betrayed for no apparent reason. Raged that whoever had set him up would use the lives of innocents so callously. Wept that he was considered a traitor for upholding the very values he’d been raised to revere. And it was in this spiral of despair and wrath that the Dark Knights found him. They’d understood him, lauded him for doing what was necessary, what was right. They taught him to use that anger, that hate, and forge it into a weapon. They gave him purpose, direction, when he’d lost all hope.
Now, Malik and Stormeater have been reborn- darker and more driven than ever before. Though still considered a novice in the dark arts, Malik is eager to use what he has been given, to punish those who would so heartlessly use innocent lives in their games, and to rally those who would fight against them.
-COMBAT-Level: 25
Class: Hellkite- The Spirit Dragoons of the Bahamut Division, a rare fusion of Dragoon and Summoner, are the most elite troops in all of the Raelin Republic. Able to channel the might of the gods through their wyvern mounts, Spirit Dragoons are masters of raining destruction down upon their foes.
Malik has taken this training and begun to merge it with the darkness he has received from his new order, to devastating effect. He will not rest until the name “Hellkite” is feared throughout the known world.
- Spear of the Gods- 10% bonus to Strength, Mind, and Soul. Also gives access to certain EX versions of skills, whose stats equal the combined total of half of Malik’s Str/Mind/Soul (ex: 6 in each stat equals EX 9, 8 in each stat equals EX 12, etc.) to a maximum of 20.
- Spear of the Damned- Adds 25% of Mind to Strength while using Dark skills
- Storm Dancer- At the end of posts, Malik can choose to jump back onto his wyvern Stormeater, or jump off. Jumping off like this cannot be used to strike with Jump.
STATS - Strength: 5
Dexterity: 2
Mind: 8 (+1)
Piety: 0
Speed: 3
Defense: 3
Soul: 5
EQUIPMENT -Main Weapon: Dragonslayer- At once magical catalyst and deadly weapon, the Dragonslayer is the favored arm of the Bahamut Division. The once-resplendent weapon now looks tarnished and worn, a portent of Malik’s newfound darkness.
Off-Hand: None
Armor: Bahamut Division Armor- The uniform of the Spirit Dragoons; bright gold and royal purple in color, a stark contrast to the man who wears it.
Additional: Stormeater- Malik’s faithful wyvern mount, sharing in his exile.
-SKILLS- Techniques - Jump [S4]- Standard Dragoon technique; Malik leaps into the sky, then strikes down at the target area, crushing and piercing the enemy.
Lancet [S4]- Malik pierces an enemy and steals their lifeforce, restoring a portion of his own health.
Dragon Thrust [S5]- Malik dashes toward an enemy with a spear thrust, closing to melee range in an instant and piercing the enemy.
Nightfall [S6]- Dark-aspected version of the Dragoon’s Jump. Shadows explode around where Malik impacts, dealing damage to all within the blast radius.
Fafnir Drive [S8]- A spear slash accompanied by a ravenous claw of shadows. Deals Dark damage to any in an arc in front of Malik, draining their lifeforce.
([EX] Fafnir Drive strikes twice instead of once.)Gungnir [S8]- Malik unleashes a flurry of thrusts upon a single enemy, charged with dark power. Infects the wounds with darkness that cause damage over time.
([EX] Infected enemies explode when they die, passing on the dark infection to any nearby foes.)Spellbook - Wyrmflare [M4]- Stormeater breathes a blast of divine power at the enemy.
Shadowflare [M5]- A Dark-aspected version of Wyrmflare, taking the form of black flames that cling to their target.
([EX] Affected enemies receive only 50% healing from any source, for the duration.)Huginn and Muninn [M5]- With a flap of his wings, Stormeater launches a volley of dark arrows onto the enemy below.
Dreadfall [M6]- Malik looses a bolt of dark lightning into the sky, which then crashes down on on his foes after a brief delay. Can only be used while Malik is mounted.
([EX] Dreadfall chains to other enemies near the impact point.)Blood Eagle [M7]- Malik manifests massive wings of bloody darkness, doubling his attack range. Can only be used while Malik is dismounted.
Geostigma [M8]- Dark energy erupts from a magic circle formed underneath the enemy, ravaging them with black flames.
([EX] Desecrates the ground, causing damage over time to any enemies that remain in the affected area.)Blackwyrm Trance [M8]- A shadowy reflection of the divine channeling of the Bahamut Division. One part divine might, one part Malik’s darkness. Malik adds half of his Soul stat (rounded down) to his Strength and Mind for the duration of the Trance. Can only be used while Malik is mounted, and ends when he dismounts or is defeated.
Legacy -Geirskogul [SM10]- Malik fires a bolt of pure darkness from his spear, piercing all enemies in its path and leaving lingering shadows that shred the foe over time.
Limit Break -Jormungandr- Stormeater fires a beam of twisted light, tearing through all in its path, then causing the affected ground to explode in the beam’s wake, dealing a second round of damage.
Ragnarok- Malik hurls himself heavensward, charged with dark energy, before crashing down on the opponent like a meteor, obliterating who or whatever he strikes.
Opportunity - Pierce the Heavens- When Malik strikes the first blow in an engagement, the attack is automatically critical, even spells.
Adversity- When in critical health and outnumbered (3-to-1 or more), Malik adds his full Soul stat to his Strength and Mind, on top of any other bonuses he has active. This bonus ends if Malik is no longer in critical status.
Resolute- Malik can endure one attack per engagement that would have killed or incapacitated him and continue fighting.
