[OOC] L'Mordryn Academy

[Sanity43217]

OK. So what sort of summons would Bestia have? I'm struggling to come up with animals that would be on the same level as Elementals, Dragons, Spirits and guns.

[Vox]

Off the top of my head, I would think anything from mythology would be fair game for Bestia. Sphinxes, giant scorpions, minotaurs, etc.

[Pyromania99]

You could probably make up some of your own but there are things like Manticores, Dire Creatures, Chimera... Couple of other things you could think like that probably. I think in a discussion (I'm not sure what the exact limits that Art wants are) but we talked about some limits of beastmen or the such. You could even use some craziness from Monster Hunter as an example if you really wanted. Fire Breathing Lions are always a bit scary.

[Artifex]

@Pyromania99
Oh, I'm sorry...Eva is approved!

@Sanity43217
Mythical beasts are fine as long as they aren't out of your character's capacity to summon them. You can make something up...just nothing too human like a werewolf. It doesn't have to be a normal animal. Also, keep in mind that all summoning isn't necessarily for battle.

[Crowvette]

Summoning complexity is tied to both physical complexity and intelligence, right? Does one carry more weight than the other?

To frame the question; Summoning a database AI in a simple PDA or storage device: High intelligence but low physical complexity. Summmoning a surveillance drone that can both fly, walk, and record in various filters like Night Vision and Thermals but with basic pathfinding intelligence and not much else; Low intelligence, high physical complexity. Would they be about equal in difficulty, or would one be higher in difficulty?

In addition, would a mental link for Machina house members be some kind of direct input to the technology? Would their link allow them to interface and command directly, rather than using something like a controller or a computer?

[Artifex]

@Crowvette
For House Machina, think of them as programmers and engineers who speak to their summons in machine language or whatever language the tech uses to operate (could be something alien). So for tech invokers, the intelligence would hold a bit more weight than the physical, though the physical does tie in.

Invoking a small drone or android would be easier than invoking a much larger one with similar capability. Invoking alien tech even on a small scale is much more difficult than invoking something that was conceived by humans.

[CelesteEste]

Hmm, a question about house Bestia, does it only include fauna or also flora? While searching for monsters I found this fella

My Hider

But I am not sure if he fits.

[Artifex]

@CelesteEste
Cute. While I was making this, I was considering where plant-based creatures would fit. That little guy would pass for House Bestia. There are others that would probably be more for Phantasma...it really depends on the creature's origins.

@Vox
I just wanted to mention this funny anecdote. I was in the process of coming up with the mentors when you posted your first CS. I had two more to come up with...and when I read that you wanted Nera's parents to teach at the academy,I was like "well there you go". XD So, I put them in the list.

[Vox]

Haha hey, just saw that. Glad I could be of help! I could always help you flesh them out if you'd like, or if you'd rather have full reign of them I'd be perfectly okay with that too!

[Artifex]

There will be a few mentors that I give a bit more attention to (if not all of them), so I'll let you do the honors of filling in the details since they're Nera's parents.

[Dragonydas]

Janee Dolbo

Name | Janee Dolbo
Age | 17
Gender | Female
Level/Tier | A2
House | Machina

Appearance/Attire

Alignment | Altruist
Personality/Habits |

Janee has a very imaginative mind and will often be found alone drawing sketches of various gadgets on her book. She is often seen as a social outcast, but those that approach her and get past her shy shell will find a sweet girl that enjoys talking, listening and give advice when she feels she can, although she will rarely begin the conversation. She will rarely forget anything as her imaginative mind helps her create a memory castle.

There is an hidden side to Janee that only those closest to her may find. While her imaginative mind helps her design new gadgets and remember things, it also helps when forming plans. She can create various simulations on her head about numerous topics and calculate the percentage of success for each simulation. She likes to keep this side hidden however, for when she's actively calculating, she can't help but mumble everything that's going on her head, making her look a bit creepy when doing so.

While usually shy and afraid to speak up, Janee will do everything in her power to protect those around her, even sometimes using herself as a shield.

Background |
Janee was but four years old when she learned to read and for the following years would often be found reading whatever she could away from everyone else. It was this habit of hers that brought about her shyness for when other kids would come to her, they would often make fun of her for always reading.

Her parents however, were extremely worried about her shyness, and after speaking to a friend of the family about their daughter, they introduced her to the wonders of invoking. That friend showed up at their house once and invoked a small metal dog right in front of Janee. Her eyes lit up and she quickly ran to play with the dog. His plan had worked, and her shyness had been conquered for a bit due to this special dog. The friend then convinced the parents to send her to L'Mordryn Academy where she could learn to do such a thing and they did as such once she came of age.

She instantly joined house Machina and began her studies. She was a bright student that quickly understood all of the theory behind invoking. Practicing it however, was a different topic entirely. While she knew exactly what to do to invoke what she wanted, all of her invoked gadgets missed one very important aspect. Offensive power. For some reason, all she could invoke without an issue were protective and utility gadgets. Offensive gadgets would always dismantle themselves in front of her when she attempted to use them. Still, her other machines were often quite well designed and suited for what was needed, so she was praying that she could still pass the next exam only with these machines.

Favorite Summons |

L4DY-8UG

L4DY-8UG, or Lady as Janee likes to call it, is a small insect like robot with the ability to fly with almost no sound as well as transfer whatever it sees to an holographic display that can be removed from it's torso.

S.T.A.G.

(hornless)

The Swift Transport Automated Guardian, or just simply Stag, is a hornless deer like robot that is extremely fast and can fit up to two riders on top.

TUR-7LE

Janee calls this massive turtle like robot simply Turtle. It is extremely though and can fit about five people inside it. It's fitted with an automated medical bed for quick first aid applications.

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Jaqual

Name | Jaqual Straut
Age | 16
Gender | Male
Level/Tier | A1
House | Bestia

Appearance/Attire

Alignment | Trickster
Personality/Habits |
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Jaqual is as wild as it can be, often playing tricks on unsuspecting victims while using his summons to ensure his success. He enjoys being surrounded by nature and will often be found just sleeping in the outdoor's grass.

Jaqual is also very protective of nature and has a profound distrust with those of house machina, thinking that they will one day ruin the nature he loves to be surrounded with.

Background | Jaqual comes from a small village near a massive forest. Ever since an early age, Jaqual's father, Thomas, a ranger that also shared Jaqual's love for nature, would often bring his son to the woods as he did his job patrolling it, along with his wolf like summon, Garrun. Garrun would often approach the animals of the forest and calm them down so that Jaqual could approach. Due to this, Jaqual made a lot of friends.

One day however, when Jaqual was patrolling the woods along with his father, Garrun picked up a scent and started running. Both Thomas and Jaqual gave chase and what they found tore Jaqual asunder. There, in a small clearing was a man, skinning the corpse of a deer while a floating metal beast payed attention to the surroundings.

Thomas quietly ordered Jaqual to stay quiet and, as if already practiced multiple times, both Thomas and Garrun started walking towards different directions around the clearing. After a few moments, Thomas showed up from one side, alerting the metal beast while Garrun, with a quick swift movement, appeared behind it and ripped it to shreds. The hunter quickly surrendered, and after digging a grave for the deer, the group brought the hunter back to the village where he was given to authorities.

This was the turning point for Jaqual and what made him decide to want to be a ranger like his father and after a few years, he joined house Bestia of L'Mordryn Academy where he learned to summon his beasts.

Favorite Summons |

Chammy

This half horse half chameleon hybrid was Jaqual's first successful summon and quickly became one of his favorite ones. While the horse half allows it to be ridden by up to two people, the chameleon part allows this beast to camouflage and attack at range with a sticky tongue.

Hoshun

Hoshun was his second successful summon and his scouting companion. With the size of an hornet, this winged shrimp with an hornet sting can inject poison and pinch skin hard.

Gorka

Gorka is a scorpion/Narwhal hybrid. It has three different attacks. It's long piercing horn, giant pincers and a tail stinger filled with poison. It's large enough for one person to ride it and is able to travel underwater.

[Artifex]

@Dragonydas
Janee is officially approved!

[Sanity43217]

Raoul

Name | Raoul Coldwinter
Age | 21
Gender | Male
Level/Tier | V2
House | Bestia
Appearance/Attire | Pretty average by most accounts, except for the scar on his face. He tends to wear neutral tones so as not to stand out. His scar was the result of a summoning gone wrong early in his studies.

Alignment | Maverick

Personality/Habits | Rubs his scar when nervous. Raoul is typical of most Bestia House members. A party animal. The exception is when people bring up his scar, or summon recklessly. He has learned from his mistakes and won’t let people repeat them.
Although he warns others not to summon recklessly, he himself still does. Partly because he wants to hurt himself because when he got his scar, two of his classmates died. Partly because he knows he can. He focuses on unorthodox summoning techniques because he knows what it’s like to fail, and wants to punish himself for his past sins.

Background | Raoul has a somewhat troubled past, but rarely shows it. Though there are hints to it. When he was a Tyro, he attempted to summon Griffin, but it didn’t work. Something else came through. Too this day, no one is really sure what it was, but it attacked the class. Scarring Raoul and killing two other students. Despite this setback, Raoul was determined to never let it happen, to him, or anyone again.
Now using questionable methods, he is trying to get a summon that is strong enough to defeat what hurt him in the first place, and summon it again. This time to kill it.
He doesn’t talk about his time from before the academy. Presumably he was froma blood family. His family unheard of in the Invoker community before Raoul caused the Incident in his first year.

Favorite Summons |

Vrotaur

Vrotaur is Raoul’s specialist combat summon. A magic ape that is strong enough to give most summons a run for their money. Coupled with its claws and cursed punch, it is a damn good weapon in Raoul’s arsenal.

Griggles

Griggles are small fluffy rodent like creatures. Their origin is unknown, but Raoul can summon them pretty easy. Often due to his unique font of summoning, several Gribbles can appear as a by product. They are generally friendly to most creatures, but a have a perchant for thievery.

Sumo

Sumo is Raoul’s pet. Seemingly some form of alien, Sumo is actually a distant relative if the Griffin. While Sumo is still technically baby, he is one of Raoul’s favourite summons. Just make sure not to get Sumo angry. His teeth may not be big, but he has enough of them to take off a finger.

[CelesteEste]

Sazel, the Druidork

Name ► Sazel Zivrik
Age ► 18
Gender ► Female
Level/Tier ► Adept, Tier I
House ► Bestia

Appearance/Attire
She doesn't care much, barely being able to tell the difference between fancy and rough, overdressed and nude. She usually wears a wooly poncho dyed black or a green one, along with a clashing mix of simple and fancy clothes, often unkempt if not torn. One of the few things she cares about is keeping it in colors that harmonize with the time of the day and the environment she is in, for L'Mordryn this usually means dark clothes.



Alignment ► Hellion
Personality/Habits
If you meet Sazel, you will likely know this is a girl from Bestia at first glance. Sometimes described as a tomboy, one could make the mistake of assuming Sazel is some sort of rebel against the social norms of the strict society she was born in when in truth she simply doesn't care enough to conform or dissent, she lives day to day on her whims, caring about herself and not the questions of society and philosophies.

It comes as no surprise that she is at home in the wild, she can make do without many modern comforts, even though she likes them a whole lot. She has no problem even with filthy swamps or dealing with "icky" animals such as spiders or snakes, yet she also does enjoy the cuter animals. These paradoxes are what makes some say that 'she is the grimmest of the cute and fluff club and the most cheerful of the occult club'

It has to be said she is a trickster who sees no problem in playing out of the rules if she feels like it, its eat or be eaten out there so any advantage is nice, however, she doesn't hold a grudge, if she is caught or outplayed, she won't be bitter about it but instead even think of the other person as witty and respectable. That said, this doesn't mean she goes down easily, on the contrary, she has strong willpower and even if victory is impossible she will aim to lessen her defeat and last as long as she can, thinking along the lines of 'in a world of eat or be eaten, if you can't be at the top you should aim to give the other side the indigestion of a lifetime.'

Background
One might be surprised to hear this, but Sazel was not born in some forest village at the borders of civilization but instead was born to a minor noble family, which is the source of the nicer clothes she wears sometimes in the academy.

Her family didn't make its prestige with summoning, albeit a few Phantasma and Dracona did bear her surname in the past, as such Sazel was not expected to be a mage or pressured into it, she grew initially like any normal sheltered child, but then her dreams started, were she could feel the world outside and meet its many curious beasts, and although many would chase or attack her, the dreams always felt pleasant and not like nightmares. To her parents, the result was that all of sudden their delicate daughter had started adventuring into the gardens of the state, to chase the ducks and horses around, to go into the nearby village to visit its farms.

As a traditional family of a traditional region, it took them some time to fully accept her situation, though even for them it felt somewhat cruel to curb the potential of the girl and since she was still a nice child who was nor particularly rebellious any censorship of her behavior felt unwarranted. It was a long process for them to finally decide to send her to be properly trained at L'Mordryn and it was mostly due to Sazel growing wilder and wiser about the world and the other realms, if she was to lean Ars Invocato, it was best that she did it like a proper lady among the safety and experience of the academy, not reading second-hand manuscripts or chasing the words of hermits from the woods.

Favorite Summons

Brunk - Big Horned Swamp Ram

A ram who lives in a swamp, the one Sazel calls Brunk is not exactly a fast creature, albeit once it starts to move it takes a lot to stop him. She can ride on his back and harvest some wool for her poncho. He is a bit of a trickster himself and is not beyond making sudden stops just to send Sazel flying into something, though he makes sure its something soft.

Cenoro - Carrot-like Mole Mandrake

Carota Mandragorās in proper terminology, this is a mandrake variant from a distant realm, unlike the typical shrieking one, this one thankfully less shrill. It burrows underground and surprises approaching creatures by popping up, yawning loudly and sucking in air, enough to trap a small prey. The fat stocky body has a strong defense.

[Artifex]

@Sanity43217
I can feel the darkness radiating off this guy...approved, my friend!

@CelesteEste
Perfect girl for Bestia...also approved!

[A Lowly Wretch]

@Artifex - I've updated Nettle's CS to include her favorite summons. She's got about five right now, three of which are lesser in scope and two who have a bit more oomph in their latent abilities.

[RoflsMazoy]

Came in to say hello.

I'll be bringing a fairly unusual character to this RP, I think. :D

I haven't written anything yet but I should have it done by the end of the day. Hope you won't mind having me

[Hammerman]

@Artifex
What's the energy source for the summons? Do they just drain the energy of their summoners?

[Hammerman]

CS for my second character.

Esther

Name | Esther
Age | 17
Gender | Female
Level/Tier | Virtuoso, Tier 1
House | Machina
Appearance/Attire |

She doesn't actually carry a staff around but she does dress in loose, short dresses like this. She's not fond of wearing any lengthy dresses as she felt they impede her movement and she doesn't like wearing shorts either.

Alignment | Radical

Personality/Habits |
Being a machine radicalist, she believes that the more machinery helps mankind, the more everyone will prosper and lead happy lives. Her goal in life is to usher in that machine civilization era, no matter what stands in the way, be it tradition, religion, or just a bunch of nature spirit-worshiping hippies.

In that aspect, you can say she is being overly arrogant and ambitious. However, unlike the kind of arrogance your typical nobles show to the commoners, she would be willing to befriend anyone happily. As long as you don't insult her beliefs, that is.

Other than that, she's a cheerful, somewhat tomboyish girl.

She has a bad habit of carelessly moving around with her short dress, resulting in her flashing her panties to the world. Corona often scolds her about this matter.

Background |
She was born in the slums of the capital. Ever since she was little, she had to live a harsh and unforgiving life. Her father left her mother once he impregnated her, and her mother soon left her as well due to her illness. So many days she had to starve, surviving by eating garbage put out by the more well-off. She even became a pickpocket and a thief once like many of her peers, but after a terrible admonishment by her then bedridden mother, where she refused to even touch all the food she had brought her thanks to them being earned from an immoral source, she never repeated it ever again.

She had to survive several more years in the slums on her own. And in those years, she picked up her skill as a mechanic, which she just had a natural knack with. It helped her a lot through those years, with her tinkering at trinkets and machines, fixing them for a price or refurbishing them to be sold.

And then, one day, she had her fated meeting with Corona. She learned about the Academy from her and she decided that she wanted to study there as well. The two then traveled together, and they were eventually accepted together through the same scholarship process. She soon realized how useful machines could be for society from her studies.

If we could mass produce them, no one would ever have to go hungry again!

The more she studied, the more she became obsessed with machinery. Her skill as a mechanic grew leaps and bounds. And she remained as close as ever with Corona, who she admired for daring to surpass her human limits through her brain transformation. Corona didn't really share her drive to revolutionize society with machines, but she shared her belief in progress, and how humanity should transcend nature instead of becoming part of it.

These days, the two always worked together in their projects.

Favorite Summons |

She only possesses one single core summon which she christened as "The Castle".

Its size had grew over the years she studied in the Academy. At first, it was the size of her palm, merely a machine fish with legs. Now, it was big enough that she could take a ride on top of it without it falling over.

It grew due to her attaching and replacing its components over and over as her understanding of machinery increased, improving it by leaps and bounds, adding more and more add-ons to it. The connection between them certainly helped, as with it, she could shape the castle to fit the blueprints she had imagined. It was a feat only possible because of her deeply intimate knowledge of every single nook and corner of her summon.

The Castle now possessed cannons that it could fire at will, with an automated reload system at place. The fish mouth could open and release miniature automated planes that would attack the enemy with miniature machine guns and bombs. The mouth could also breathe fire and bite its opponent if necessary, though naturally, while doing so, it wouldn't be able to launch any planes. It could even retract its spider legs and fly itself with rockets for a short period of time.

Its most amazing ability however was the one not related to combat at all. It was the ability of processing raw materials into processed ones. It could handle all sorts of metals, wood, minerals, and even gems. Naturally, she abused this to create the parts she needed. She even used it to produce tools to be sold to other people, so that she could get extra money.

The Castle possessed a rudimentary AI. She didn't know how it came to be however, as the Castle just suddenly started talking all of a sudden one day. It could barely think on its own, but it clearly wished to be useful to its master. She had to continue ordering it around, especially in combat. At least it could distinguish between the various kinds of raw materials, took them into its body on its own using its many crane arms and process them on its own.

[Artifex]

@A Lowly Wretch
Nettle is approved! Nice job!

@RoflsMazoy
Come on in...imma pack this RP full! XD

@Hammerman
I like her...Esther is approved!

And the summons are conjured by magical energy and are held by both the energy and the mind link (which are pretty much connected). Think of the summons having an invisible tendril attaching them to the invoker. The bond can weaken and strengthen based on energy level and/or mental state.