[CHAR] Emerald Odyssey — An MMO Isekai RP (Now Accepting!)

Character List

@PKMNB0Y — Shokatsu Yu
@Hammerman — Myrtle Bramblewood
@Rune_Alchemist — Kokoma
@SilverPaw — Nova Albright
@Sho Minazuki — Saito Souji
@VitaVitaAR — Sefira Sylvanbelle

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

• Name: Sunohara Ryou
• Character Name: Shokatsu Yu
• Race: Human
• Appearance: "We have the knowledge; all that matters now is the execution."
• Age: 25
• Personality: Though he seems rather laid-back at first glance, Ryou is actually rather dedicated when it comes to most things in life; he just doesn't tend to show it all that often. He is also rather patient, taking time to expound upon his thoughts and processes as he works through problems—not to say that he doesn't have his fair share of moments losing his cool, of course, but those are somewhat few and far between.
  That dedication, though, does lend itself well to scenarios where his focus and determination need to pull through. If a challenge presents itself, Ryou is more than willing to welcome it with open arms; backing down wouldn't be fun to watch, after all.
• History: Ryou is—or, well, was—a full-time streamer, having found himself lucky enough to garner enough of a following to slip out of the rat-race of Japanese work culture. Unlike most of his peers, Ryou had been lucky enough to hit the proverbial jackpot as he proceeded through college, and though he had picked it up mostly as a hobby, the young man had soon created a small following for himself online. That following grew, slowly but steadily, until by the end of his school life he had found himself garnering enough of an income to dedicate himself to his newfound craft wholeheartedly.
  Of course, the young man was not without some modicum of talent to accompany his play, least of all in Emerald Odyssey. Though he was not among the best of the best, Ryou would regularly run through the most difficult endgame raids with teams assembled from viewers and friends alike, and his triumphs and failures alike brought with them ever more accolades to their names.
  The release of the new expansion brought with it a time of anticipation, and given his position, it was only expected that Ryou would be one of the first to start playing on release day. Little did he know what that would bring with it, though...
• Class(es):
  Combat:
  
  • Blademaster — A melee DPS class, Blademasters are agile fighters that deftly strike at their opponents with a flurry of slashes and stabs. Though ordinarily limited to a single one-handed sword with no secondary armament, Blademasters have the unique ability to control their weapon from a distance if the need arises, making them both able to attack at a distance (with decreased efficacy) and impossible to disarm permanently.
    Blademasters also gather 'qi' in combat, which can be consumed to create 'spirit blades' that mimic the skills that they used for the duration of their existence.
  • Tactician — Tacticians are healers with more of an emphasis on buffing their allies' capabilities, be they offensive or defensive. They work by cycling through stances in the form of 'orders', which changes the effects of the magic that they use. A defensive order, for example, would allow them to create shields to absorb damage or outright reduce the amount of damage the party takes, while an offensive one might temporarily boost their critical hit rate or lower the enemy's resistances.
    In terms of weapons, they tend to wield books or scrolls, from which the orders are drawn from and executed.
  • Dragon Knight — Dragon Knights are tanks that fight back just as furiously against the enemies attacking them; most of their mitigation involves deflecting or parrying attacks directed at them rather than just blocking before returning with strikes of their own. Once they have drawn enough blood from their enemies, Dragon Knights can also temporarily enter a 'trance' to connect with their contracted dragon, which empowers their offensive abilities for a short while.
    Their weaponry consists primarily of spears, polearms and halberds.
  
  Non-Combat:
  
  • Weaver — Weavers are able to create and repair cloth-based clothing, be they armors or purely cosmetic. Though some classes do prefer to use the lighter equipment that they are able to provide, it is the latter that is lucrative; fashion is the true endgame, after all.
  • Blacksmith — Blacksmiths primarily craft and maintain metal weapons and weapon components, as opposed to armorsmiths who would do the same for metal armors and shields. They are not limited strictly to tools of combat, though; things like cooking knives and fishing hooks would also likely fall into their purview.
• Other:

[Hammerman]

Myrtle Bramblewood

Name: Yasuho Tanaka
Character Name: Myrtle Bramblewood
Race: Human
Appearance:

Age: 18 years old

Personality:
A cheerful and bubbly girl. Instead of being distressed by her newfound circumstances, she instead welcomes it. It's an exciting new adventure after all.

In real life, she's somewhat of a lazy girl. She doesn't see the point of striving more than the bare minimum in her studies. After all, even if she gets into a good college, there's no guarantee she'll have a good job. In fact, she starts planning to earn her living as a ramen seller instead. She loves cooking after all.

In the game, however, she puts a lot more effort into her character. She might not be the kind of player who goes for the hardest fights in the game, but she will grind her alchemy and cooking skills to the max. Her goal? Make a lot of money, of course. She wants to have the largest mansion. Or even her own land if she could.

To her, the game was more of a trading simulator than an RPG.

And so, she becomes a cunning yet trustworthy crafter. She won't break her promises to the customers but she'll absolutely try to squeeze every single penny out of them.

Hates studying in real life. Another reason to be excited with her transportation into the MMO world.

History:
In the real world, Yasuho was just one of the many unassuming Japanese high school girls that filled the nation. Her grades were average, her looks were average, and her love life was also average (and by that, she meant she didn't have any).

On Emerald Odyssey however, she was one of the top alchemists in her server, always there to provide potions for top players. As a result, her character was quite rich. So rich in fact that she has her own mansion with NPC servants. Her laboratory is also located inside said mansion.

Speaking of NPCs, she also hired some as Gatherers. Not for high level ingredients, mind you, since that's impossible for them to gather, but for low level ones.

As for her Cooking, it's still not on that level, unfortunately. But it's still decent enough that she can use the buffs provided from her dishes to aid her in combat.

In short, she was happier in the game than in real life. Not only does she look better (her character is definitely cuter than her real self), but she's actually somewhat of an important person there. Many guilds depended on her potions. And many gatherers depended on her money, as she employed multiple of them as her permanent ingredients suppliers.

Her mansion is located in Sen Rynta, the city above the clouds. She likes the view.

Class(es):
Alchemist, Weather Mage, Culinarian

Alchemist
A crafting class that specializes in potion creations. A potion can heal your HP and MP, as well as buff your stats, both combat ones and crafting/gathering ones. Naturally, this means potions are always in demand, especially the best ones.

To craft a potion, one needs to at least have an alembic in their possession. Though of course, the more complex and high level the potion is, the more tools one would need to craft it. Eventually, one will need an entire alchemist laboratory to do it.

One can purchase the ingredients necessary for said potions from other players, particularly gatherers. NPCs certainly sell more but they’re only for low level potions. And of course, one can just gather them themselves.

Weather Mage
A combat class that can conjure all sorts of weather effects to attack their opponents. For example, conjuring stormclouds to rain her enemies with lightning. Or creating fog to obscure the enemy's vision.

A weather mage uses both her own mana and the ambient mana of her surroundings. In the beginning of a fight, a weather mage can only use small weather phenomenona, like a single thundercloud firing down lightning to a single opponent. However, the longer the fight goes, the more ambient mana the mage absorbs, until eventually, she can use her big spells. Then, once, the ambient mana she absorbed runs out, the cycle begins anew again.

Culinarian
Another crafter class. In some ways, it is quite similar to alchemist. The food a Culinarian makes gives buffs to players as well. And you also need more than a pan and a spatula to cook all sorts of food.

However, Culinarians are somewhat in demand for player-run restaurants that popped out in every single city. Since food buffs last a lot longer than potion buffs, you can have a meal there before tackling a difficult boss.

Food, however, can't instantaneously heal HP and MP like potions can

Other:

Azure

One of Myrtle's NPC retainers.

Anastasia

Mrytle's main supplier. A timid girl who would never dare to raise her prices, making her the perfect partner for the conniving alchemist.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Tamer Floof

• Name:
  Kosame Ariyoshi
• Character Name:
  Kokoma
• Race:
  Shenke
• Appearance:
  The Avatar of Kosame, Kokoma, is a small of frame, if energetic looking Shenke. Long white hair, yellow eyes dressed in light armor and clothing made from the highest quality of monster parts and wielding a blade of similar make. If you ask her about her clothing, she'll make sure you remember its made of premium, self harvested monster material.
• Age:
  34
• Personality:
  Kosame held the honor of being the 'certified gremlin' of any group of friends she hung out with whenever playing games. Loud, easily amused, a bit of a troll and otherwise a bit of an easygoing troublemaker who never takes anything seriously. She liked making fun, sometimes at the expense of others, but often time it was literally, just her being kind of a dumbass more often than not - she'd be the first to admit she's not exactly the smartest person out there.
  
  But she'd also admit that she's hella cute, both now and before.
  
  In game the only goal she had was to collect all monsters - all the rare and legendary ones and fill her pokedex, as one might say. She was pretty much done with her goal too. Unfortunately...it seems like she might have to start over.
  
  Not cool Isekai gods, not cool.
  
  In all, expect a lively, not so serious troublemaker who is easily amused who has a thing for maids.
• History:
  Ah yes, the real world. That boring place that Kosame is glad she's no longer a part of. Not that she hated her life - quite contrary. She was leading a fairly stale, single life existence. Its just...she absolutely hated the life grind. The 9-5 work life. The mindnumbing corporate work. Emerald Oddessy was the only place she felt she could actually live and let out all that pent up energy she had to keep underwraps all the time.
  
  So live in Emerald Oddessy she did, when she wasn't busy doing other things. Perhaps, some to her social detriment, but that was fine. She wasn't much of an actual people person in the first place. As long as she did her job well and generally kept her life straight outside of the game, who the flip cared? Not her. Not one bit.
  
  ...perhaps she was just a bit lonely, but she'd never admit it.
  
  Whatever the case, within a few years in game she had a farm full of monsters, easily harvestable materials and she'd made quite a profit, selling a lot of her stuff to people, guilds, or generally anyone that would pay a decent reasonable sum for them.
• Class(es):
  
  Beast Tamer

  One of the handful of 'Summoner' classes in the game, focused mostly on the taming, training, and raising of beasts in a very pokemon-esque fashion. A more physical focused class with higher physical ability compared to a more magical summoning one in which one uses magic to form contracts with summons. A class with high combat power through using mounts, creatures, and summons to fight for them, and a class that can become fairly wealthy quickly through selling unique and rare monster materials and other things harvested from mobs either to NPCs or other players looking for crafting materials. The way taming worked was varied, depending entirely on the monster. Some could only be gotten as raising it as an egg or baby, some had to quite literally be beat into submission, while some you may just have had to feed and befriend normally.
  
  While in the game, she had entirely filled up a 'farm' with a number of creatures she could swap into a party similar to how one would a class, it seems being Isekai'd left her with only her current party of 4. Whether her other mounts and summons are somewhere in this world is yet to be discovered. As well, in the game she simply had to click a button to swap and summon mounts from her party, it seems the same remains somewhat true here. A whistle and so long as the mount/summon isn't terribly far away, it seems they will respond to her summons.
  
  Beast taming worked on nearly anything classified as a 'beast' in the game files, and did include some more magically inclined creatures such as naturally occurring elementals, more demonic or angelic beasts, and things such as that. Of course, there were still many things that were off limits, and things she could 'tame' that were off limits to other similar classes.
  
  The classes main method of combat without a mount would be to use a spear with abilities focused on defense, with occasional bursts of power. Its main use though, is to allow for the rider to synergise skills with their mounts to more effectively fight with them, able to use particular skills depending on the type of mount currently equipped.
  
  It'll probably be rather difficult to command more than two creatures at once - and even then when she's not 'actively' mounting one or controlling it, the others combat effectiveness tends to go down.
  
  
  Minstrel

  A fairly self explanatory class of bardic design. Uses music to buff allies, debuff enemies, and generally perform support roles of enhancement. Any music played via any instrument works, so does merely singing without it so long as the bard hits the correct notes. Kokoma prefers a flute or lyre, which she keeps on her at all times because singing is super embarrassing. Not happening nope. She's only good at death metal anyways. Totally inappropriate for a fantasy setting.
  
  Buffs focused on a variety of speed, attack, agility, and general other buffs.
  Debuffs include a variety of debuffs to lower overall combat effectiveness.
  
  
  Standard-Bearer

  A class designed with defensive and leadership skills through rallying cries and being a sort of 'taunter' class. Was designed to give buffs to allies while keeping an enemies attention mostly on the user. Buffs included are mostly defensive, dispel negative effects, and the ability to give 'command buffs' to allies that increase particular skills, either offensive or defensive depending on the command type. Defensive skills included are taunting enemies, and skills that increase ones defense and the ability to lock down certain enemies in combat with the user. Mainly used spears adorned with particular crests, or other similar weapons.
  
  
  Utility Classes:
  Mining - The ability to mine and harvest usable ore for use and sale. Comes with the ability to identify and proper assess how valuable some particular metal is.
  Leather working - As the name suggests, skill with making a variety of leather objects. Typically, light armor for herself and her companions.
• Other:
  Current List of Tamed Beasts:
  
  Sand horse dragon

  
  Species: Ajuk-ku
  Name: Kuja
  Specializations: Defense, Endurance, Physical Power.
  One of the first monsters she tamed. An Ajuk-ku that is native to deserts or other dry regions. About the size of a horse, the Ajuk-Ku can run for hours and days at full speed on very little water or rest, making it great at both cross-country trips and crossing hot regions. Its a sturdy, strong creature with hide tough as stone, preferably using its bulk to overpower and beat enemies in terms of endurance while it hunts them over long distances. The organs on its head are actually specialized organs which allow it to pickup scents from miles away, as well as use in combat as whip-like weapons.
  
  Yes, she simply reversed the first part of its species name for its name.
  
  
  Arachne dragon

  
  
  Species: Arachne
  Name: Tatlliya
  Specializations: Speed, Traps, Stealth
  One of the rare more humanoid monsters available to be tamed. Arachne were a group of fairly violent ant territorial monsters dwelling underground, swamps, and other heavily forested areas with little traces of civilization. While an Arachne isn't too terribly powerful on its own, they're a fairly decent companion capable of handling most things that don't require too much of a specialty or firepower. Its main role is a crowd control assassin unit, slowing down, trapping, with their web, poisoning, and ambushing foes before engaging in open combat.
  
  If you ask Kokoma why she's wearing a maid uniform, its because 'Maids are a fundamental building block of the universe'
  
  Yes, she can speak. Possess average intelligence. A somewhat serious and meek Arachne who's not too good at socializing. Doesn't always know how to handle Kokoma.
  
  
  Lobster eel Dragon

  
  Species: Nephatea
  Name: Teel
  Specializations: Speed, Offensive power, agility, Water Magic.
  An amphibious, crustacean like monster with high speed and offensive ability, if lacking a bit in defense. Larger than a horse and an excessively dangerous monster, able to shear solid steel in half with its claws and bring even most land prey to its knees becoming even more dangerous in an aquatic environment. A highly intelligent monster that can even manipulate water using specialized organs. Its known for blasting highly pressurized streams of water that can puncture thick armor, and rather humorously, curling into a ball and propell itself with water to ram into enemies with its hard plated spikes on its body. Slithers on ground like a serpent when on dry land to get around.
  
  Why Teel? Because she's a very creative name person, definitely. She tends to act like an affectionate puppy.
  
  
  Dragon dragon

  
  Name: The White Winged Guardian of the Seasons
  Kokoma's nickname: Shiro
  Specializations: Power, Flight, Electricity and Fire
  A powerful dragon that wields golden lightning and purifying flames. A dragon that guards the ecosystem and those who would throw the seasons and natural order of the world off balance, so they say. Likely Kokoma's most powerful companion, and likely the strongest one she'll have for awhile. A bit of a trump card, but he's somewhat finicky to use. Doesn't like fighting things that don't seem worth its time or don't pose an immediate threat. He refuses to get involved in lesser conflict because he likes showing off to Kokoma and can't do that if he blasts something in one go, so he simply chooses to wait until the pristine moment he can make a flashy entrance and gain people's attention.
  
  Sounds arrogant. Just a tsun.

[SilverPaw]

Nova

Name: Akira Sakai

Character Name: Nova Albright

Race: Shenke

Appearance:

Link to the Artist

Age: 20

Personality:
An energetic, competitive young woman who got hooked on the sense of achievement and companionship games can provide. Akira is a bit loud and quite impulsive, so she often slips up and interrupts someone when she doesn’t mean to. She’s the type to speak up, and nearly always tries to contribute to a given conversation. She does try to encourage others to join in, but can come off as pushy when she does so. She’s both spirited and temperamental, and sometimes inadvertently reacts in anger. Of course, Akira can hold herself back, but it takes effort, and may leave her smoldering in quiet resentment for a long while afterwards. Other times, however, she becomes provocative on purpose – this side of her especially tends to manifest in online games.

Though gaming is one of the hobbies she spends the most time one, Akira also enjoys sports, and plays volleyball two to three times a week, and often goes jogging the other days. She got used to gaming late in the night, even overnight or through most of the day(s) over the weekend. It leaves her utterly exhausted when she’s done with her gaming binges, but the satisfaction of getting accomplishments, contributing to a guild, and obtaining recognition is too compelling for her to give up.

History:
Born in Japan as the older twin of Akito, a brother younger than her by 13 minutes and 48 seconds. Though she was smug about this fact, they got along well. Their parents were often busy with work, which left them spending a lot of time with each other. They were especially rambunctious when younger, and teachers would often comment (or complain) about the shenanigans they got up to. Their parents signed them up for sports to redirect their energy, which mostly worked. Of course, they also calmed as they matured.

Though both siblings casually played computer and console games here and there, they were young adolescents when they first tried an MMORPG. Akira played longer than Akito, who was interested more so in battle royales. When she had enough of that first game, she sought out others. She eventually discovered Emerald Odyssey when it was in one of its trending periods. She got hooked, and played it intensively for a while, then switched to playing it intermittently whenever an update came out. Recently, she once again to returned to the game due to its release of Cloudfall.

As for her history with Emerald Odyssey, she’s a decent enough player to have earned some recognition in PvP content. Nova might not have been a top ranker, but when she was out to accomplish something, she usually did so. She’d been through a few guilds, but none on a long-term basis. She’d gained enough money to obtain some of the best gear for her combat classes, and had a sparsely furnished player-owned house.

Emerald Odyssey has brought her plenty of joy, but Akira does not intent to accept the strange fate that has befallen her. She is motivated to discover how and why she’s found herself in the game, and is determined to find a way back. After all, a game world is only a game world – it can’t replace real life for her. Especially since she has her family, including Akito, back home. Though she misses her brother, she thinks it better that as few people suffer this tragedy as possible, and does not bemoan having been left on her own in this strange world.

Combat Classes:
Pyromancer. An offensive sage of fire magics who uses staves, grimoires, or orbs. Their attacks stack burning debuffs, which cause lingering fire damage for a short duration. They have an AoE that is guaranteed to crit against any enemy with a burning debuff but consumes one stack per enemy. They also have a single-target attack whose base damage gets an increase per burning debuff on an enemy (up to a certain maximum) in exchange for consuming all stacks of burning.

Brawler. A vicious close combatant who fights with knuckle dusters, but can also use improvised weaponry (rocks, bricks, molotovs…). They rely on exploiting enemy weaknesses, which results in a several dirty moves, such as eye poking, headbutting, throat jabbing, and so on. They also employ regular fighting attacks, mainly grapples and elbow or knee strikes. Brawlers are masters of debilitating an enemy; they can inflict stunning, bleeding, and blinding debuffs, can knock down an enemy, and even interrupt their skills.

Ninja. A highly maneuverable stealth-based class. They focus on surprise attacks, hit and run tactics, and quick escapes. They mostly wear a combination of leather and chainmail, similar to a samurai’s armor, though can also use cloth. They can specialize in melee (katanas, kusarigama) or ranged (bows, light firearms). Regardless of their main weapon, all ninjas can use grappling hooks, kunais, shuriken, caltrops, darts, and even bombs. They can apply poison to any of their melee or ranged weapons.

Non-combat Classes:
Jewelry maker. A metalworker who specializes in the creation of jewelry, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, and tiaras. They can also refine and cut gems which are then inserted into their creations. If they have the prerequisite items, they can work with other materials; e.g. using glass beads, strips of leather, and so on.

Runemaster. A scholar and an artist who seeks to learn, apply, and combine all sorts of runes. These runes can then be inscribed upon any item to imbue it with various effects. As an arcane class, a runemaster does draw upon a small amount of mana when imbuing an item with runes.

[Sho Minazuki]

Saito Souji

Appearance

Name: Itouchi Horiyama
Character Name: Saito Souji
Race: Human
Age: 24
Personality: Itouchi is a somewhat reserved individual, as one might expect from a young Japanese man, however he has a particular sense of judgement. He is prone to making his own conclusions about other people, and while he may not act on those conclusions without further observation, he can break that rule should the person in question be of distaste to him. In particular, those who treat others horribly, who act in service of only themselves, or if they act childishly and waste people's time. Normally he would simply avoid them, but there are times when he may confront them if he believes that not doing so would seriously harm the group.

Despite his rather strong sense of judgement, he's a friendly person, though perhaps due to being reserved, acts somewhat formally most of the time. There are times when around close friends he may act much less so, making more jokes and acting somewhat more carefree. Perhaps something one might notice is a particularly fondness for the Shinsengumi, and though it is not as obvious as it used to be, the leftovers of that more pronounced phase of his remain in his name.

History: Itouchi like many young men graduating university, would find themselves applying for a company and then working there as a salaryman. He was rather fortunate to find a good company, having had a rather normal upbringing. It was this somewhat normal lifestyle combined with the more lonely lifestyle of a salaryman that perhaps pushed him towards Emerald Odyssey, seeking something a little more exciting between work days.

He started playing roughly three or four years ago, and for the first few of those he became an accomplished raider, perhaps the very best for one of the expansions, but stopped after realizing the stress it was beginning to put him under. Though he is thankful for those years as it has shaped him into a more than competent player, both overall skill with the game, and when it comes to playing with other people which was a central component. From then on he normally just played the game with friends, only delving into difficult content on a casual basis.

Class(es):

• Samurai - [Katana] - A melee DPS class that utilizes a Katana. A swift and agile class boasting high critical rate and critical damage that aims to move through droves of enemies with very few strokes of the blade. As a drawback, their damage if they do not land a precise strike would be more than underwhelming, and defensive capabilities are nearly none, preferring to avoid blocking with their weapon. They have access to perhaps the fastest set of weapon skills called Battoujutsu, where the samurai may resheathe their weapon, gathering up their focus and spiritual energy before unleashing it in an impressive display of blinding speed.
• Kagemusha - [Nodachi] - Meaning "shadow warrior", a tank class that utilizes a Nodachi. In particular they make use of shadowy decoys to gain the attention of the enemy and even confuse them, as well as creating veils of shadow over their allies in order to hide them or guard them from attack. Every shadow generated costs a portion of the Kagemusha's health pool, however should these decoys slay enemies or deal sufficient damage, they can return to the Kagemusha to restore their health.
• Ashigaru - [Matchlock Firearms] - A ranged DPS class that utilizes matchlock firearms. Though it has a low firing rate compared to many if not all ranged classes, it boasts high damage per shot, and the highest critical damage of ranged classes. Despite being a ranged DPS class, it is frequently seen fighting in close quarters, only retreating to fire off their fatal shots. The Ashigaru also use matchlock handguns in these situations, with skills based around evasion and breaking armor. This class is also known to be a popular secondary, as the handguns can be used alongside any weapon that can be wielded with one hand.

Non-Combat

• Blacksmith - Though he doesn't delve a lot into crafting, he found himself making use of blacksmith frequently to maintain his weapons. He can craft new ones too, but for some reason the best weapons he can craft are all for his classes. Blacksmith as a profession is quite popular as people need or want new shiny gear all the time, and while he is not a reputed crafter, the katana that he can craft are of top quality... And nothing else.

Other:

• His character name Saito Souji is a combination of Hajime Saito and Okita Souji.
• Kagemusha refers to a political term coined during the Sengoku period meaning "shadow warrior", and means to refer to body doubles, thus the protective nature of the class.
• The coat he wears is obtained from PvP, and was a limited run at the time. Very few players have it.
• He has a small player home in the eastern region.

[VitaVitaAR]

• Name: Takeyama Matsuo
• Character Name: Sefira Sylvanbelle
• Race: Elf
• Appearance: Blonde hair, blue eyes, light skin. Very short. Clothing is largely shades of blue.
• Age: 21
• Personality: Matsuo is the no-nonsense type, one to take his studies as a university student very seriously. A dilligent student who refuses to accept nonsense, it would be a shock to many of his real life friends that Matsuo is something of fan of anime, manga, and video games. Indeed, his no-nonsense attitude and short temper would make this considerably unlikely. Indeed, due to his image as an excellent student, he felt self-conscious about how his hobbies might be seen and thus endeavored to keep it a secret from his real life friends. Matsuo is an especially big fan of character design, and one of the things that drew him to Emerald Odyssey was its robust character creator. Modeling his character on his favorite archetype, the surly and petite type of tsundere, Matsuo soon became an avid player of Emerald Odyssey. While he played the game to enjoy it, that didn't mean he took kindly to players who got themselves caught in AoEs that were obviously going to drop or completely failed to pay attention to what was going on around them. That being said, the fact that he was quite accomplished as a high burst damage mage(and a healer on the side even though he hated it) quickly made him a valuable party member. Matsuo's short temper and no-nonsense attitude were remarkably suited towards the role of a petite tsundere character, making it all the more ironic now that she has become one. Indeed, becoming Sefira is bound to be a shock, and she's going to have quite a struggle from now on...
• History: A university student who lived a relatively normal life. Matsuo's background is nothing too surprising, though pressure to succeed from his parents was likely born from their own successes. Still, he enjoyed being a successful student. That being said, he also came to realize he needed something to release stress and alleviate the pressure, and after reading a light novel titled The Elven Mage Can't Stand Me began his journey into the world of anime, manga, and video games. Spending his time balancing his studies and his hobbies, he also became interested in Emerald Odyssey and was soon an avid player. Never once did he suspect that he would become his character...
• Classes:
  • Starlight Mage: A burst damage class, Sefira as a Starlight Mage is capable of high-power ranged spells. Possessing low HP and low defense, her main defensive options in this class is the use of a barrier spell that prevents attacks from reaching her. Her basic attacks take the form of showers of blue magical bullets. In lore, Starlight Mages utilize the stars and constellations as a template for their spells. As a result, by invoking various constellations she can reduce casting times and increase damage.
  • Sage: A straightforward healing class, built for direct healing and resurrections of injured or fallen players. Sefira absolutely hates playing healer, and only started because her friends in game needed one. Having experienced almost no enjoyment from playing healer, she thus only uses it as an absolute last resort. Now that the game is real it may become different as it is far more important to ensure others wellbeing, but she would still much rather utilize her more offensive skillset.
• Other: N/A

[Eloise]

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[Operator Luna]

Yui (Agaue)

Real Name: Miura Yui
Age: 24

Character Name: Agaue Selinofoto
In-game Race: Elf

Personality: As much as she tries to not be stiff, many find it hard to perceive Yui's emotions and intent. This is due to her upbringing, which caused her to supress what you may call 'positive' emotions. This does not mean she cannot feel, but simply she cannot express herself, leading to many miscommunications and confused looks. Yui is person who prefers the truth, however lacking are her expressions, is sympathetic and understanding. A firm and just leader, she is one that many can look up to.

History: Hailing from a family of history, Yui is the eldest daughter of the Miuras. As the heiress of fortune and nobility, Yui was constantly attacked by expectations and familial pressure. As time went on, Yui was able to embrace it, in sacrifice for her emotions. Throughout her turbulent life, she found solace in games - her favourite being Emerald Odyssey. It just so happened that one of her sparse free days aligned with the release date of Cloudfall, which she would explore and play to relieve her stress...

Combatant Classes:

• Paladin
  The frontline class, one that leads the battle with their charisma. They boast high defence and long-melee range, able to protect their allies in a pinch. Their main weapons are light lances and heater shields. Paladin's passive ability is Fortress, which gives defence and resistance to nearby allies. Paladins rely heavily on physical lance-based attacks for damage, but have limited magical abilities that allow them to cover, heal and increase defensiveness for allies.
• Sabreur
  Trading defence and strength for magic power and dexterity, sabreur is a hybrid class. Wielding both rapiers and magic, sabreurs are known as 'jack-of-all-trades', filling ally gaps with their utility. They possess myriads of abilities that let them gap close for a flurry of rapier combos, then retreat to safety to let off a chain of explosions. Known better for their pure destructive power than healing and support, sabreurs work better in a team with good frontline and defensive capabilities.

Non-combatant Classes

• Harvester
  Known as the sage of the land, harvesters are experts in all things flora. Harvesters study plant life and their effects in foods, potions and raw consumption. They use this knowledge to procure various vegetation, especially rarer materials needed for certain crafting classes. Harvesters have a passive ability called Sixth Sense, which lets players feel the presence of the flora which they are searching for within a limited radius. However, without the knowing the biodiversity of plants, harvesters cannot utilise the passive ability effectively.
• Alchemist
  Magician through scientific means, alchemist study naturally occurring elements and magic by concocting potions with particular effects. Healing potions, love potions, poisons and antidotes, potions that disintegrate metals and ones that give limited invisibility to the consumer. These phenomenon are what alchemists pursue and aspire to understand. The only drawback is that material can be very expensive and rare, leading to many beginners giving up early.

Trivia: Loves sweets, especially strawberry sponge cake.

[A Lowly Wretch]

Magnificus The Ingenious

• Name: Guy Parison.
• Character Name: Magnificus the Ingenious.
• Race: Elf.
• Appearance:
  
  This character is what some might call the spitting image of an egocentric techno-wizard. He's got a thin black mustache, one of the scarce few facial hair options for the normally beardless elves, and crazy jet black hair that's only barely restrained by his majestically wide and pointy wizard's hat. His face otherwise is quite slim with a rather pointy nose and sharp black eyes (Just the irides mind you. He couldn't get away with making the whole eyes black). Physically this guy's got the physical mass of a desiccated monkey skeleton. He wears big swishy robes for a very good reason as he had jacked the thickness sliders all the way down. One might say he looks almost like a caricature of what a character looks like, all his features pushed towards the extreme end of what the editor would allow. It put up a fair fight, preventing this character from looking truly ridiculous.
  
  As for gear this guy's got "Magitech Wizard" written all over him. Pointy wizard's hat with magitechnological doodads and glowing lights? Check. Elaborate magical robes with a glowing techno-belt? Check? Large humming arcane battery strapped to his back? Double check. With this guy what you see is what you get. No subtlety whatsoever.
• Age: 28.
• Personality:
  
  This guy's not just a clown, he's the entire circus.
  
  A bit of an aimless soul, Guy's mostly been just sort of drifting through life, never really finding his calling in life. That is to say except for his one true love: gaming. He's a gamer in the true sense of the word, dedicated more than just a few hours daily playing whatever's caught his fancy. He enjoys games that experiment and expand upon existing formula's, often playing more indie titles over the triple A's. His foray into Emerald Odyssey is rather unusual for him as it is a fairly high budget game but it certainly did enough to set itself apart from the rest. He also just wanted something he could work on as a pet project in-between runs on his favorite rogue-likes.
  
  Personally he's torn between something of a recluse and a semi-bombastic weirdo. He knows that most people generally don't "Get" him so he rarely opens up. Online, acting through an avatar he's able to let his weird fly freely since he doesn't have to worry about silly stuff like "social mores" and other people not getting his strange internet in-jokes.
  
  In truth he is quite passionate towards the things he cares about. The world shuns his ilk, what with little post-graduation education and minimal work references, so he finds safety in receding into the things he enjoys. When he's able to find something that engages him he's endlessly perseverant, dedicating time and a fair amount of creativity towards it. More often than not though he ends up walling himself behind a shell of humour and self-deprecation. No problem is ever serious, even when it really should be. This issue affects him both in the short term and the long term.
• History:
  
  Guy was never the popular guy. He was strange, and strange never prospered. In school he found himself quite isolated, trapped in a shell of being "The Funny Guy". At least when the others weren't laughing at him they were laughing with him.
  
  Gaming was his main solace. Homelife was rarely pleasant. His parents were constantly tearing their hair out over financial burdens, at least whenever they were home. With a pc and a stable internet connection however the computer was his family, his teacher, his friend. He was a child of the net and as such his culture was very strongly rooted in it. Meme's, trends, new sites and more filled his mind, washing away the day to day misery.
  
  When he finally graduated highschool his family insisted he study law to become a lawyer. He did, quickly washing out shortly after he started. Turns out something that was as boring as watching paint dry at a quarter speed playback was not the spark to inspire his drive. In the end he ended up continuing to live with his parents, much to their chagrin.
  
  Thus, he spent his days "Job Hunting". He did put his resume out there but his efforts towards securing a job were minimal. After all, if he did score a job then he'd lose many precious gaming hours. There was this new game too, a fancy new title called Emerald Odyssey. As a gamer he rose up to the challenge and the challenge was fun. Sure, maybe his build was not optimal in the overall meta but his motto was "Meta be damned!". He was never going to sacrifice style just to be more competitive in the raiding scene, pvp scene or any other scene for that matter. There was no good in succeeding if succeeding meant giving up his identity in the process, or so he believed.
  
  Now they released a brand new expansion. With new content came new opportunities to show the world just what a crazy person could accomplish with enough elbow grease and an unfaltering faith in his fashion.
• Class(es):
  
  |Combat|
  Technomancer: Or as Guy calls it: Engineer Gaming. This class deals with the blending of spells and magitech tools/weapons in combat. It's three main specializations involve turret deployment and maintenance, barrier generator manipulation and direct fire via either a magitech pistol or the two-handed option: An arcannon.
  
  Magnificus has turrets as his specialization and as such his spells and tools largely synergize with his turrets. The class is confined to a summon limit of two basic turrets, one spherical barrier generator and a single mine setter drone. Each of the technomancer's tool's effectiveness scale with the technomancer's primary stat as well as their level but each specialization includes numerous features both passive and active that provide significant improvements over their respective sub-segment of tools. The direct fire specialization includes a wide variety of grenade additions as well as various firing modes and buffs for their chosen weapon. Out of the three specializations direct fire is the obvious go-to for damage dealing in a party. The barrier generator specialization allows the technomancer's barrier generator to project a barrier over a larger area as well as provide buffs and passive regeneration boosts to both health and mana for those inside it's range. It even offers a percentage of damage reflection against enemies attacking it when the technomancer's at a high enough level.
  
  The main benefit of the turret specialization is that it allows the turrets to possess all the same buffs the technomancer has on themself. The specialization itself doesn't up the damage of the turrets above what the other specializations offer, only providing greater health pools for the turrets along with a reduced cooldown for deployments/re-deployments. The ability to passively share the benefits of all applicable buffs on the caster to their turrets more than make up for it's standard levels of damage. Even ablative hit-points and shields are duplicated onto the turrets when applied to the technomancer. The only thing not shared to the turrets is healing as turrets do not benefit from standard healing. Instead, they need to be repaired using the technomancer's repair ability which allows the caster to point a beam of mending energy from their wrist-mounted magitech multitool. The turret specialization also offers a variety of mine types that the technomancer can deploy from the mine setter drone such as spider mines, cluster mines and more.
  
  Card Caster: A support/healing class that uses tarot cards in combat, requiring the caster to draw and play cards from their hand to trigger their spell effects. The most powerful cards are the major arcana cards which carry unique effects tailored to the meaning of each card. Every major arcana card can also be played in a reverse position, creating an alternate effect which is typically opposite to it's original effect. Being both uniquely powerful in their own right and flexible in their uses they carry a high mana cost which makes them harder to play.
  
  Then there are the minor arcana cards which belong to four categories: Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles.
  
  Wands - Wand cards provide a boost to attack & armor values for the targeted ally.
  
  Cups - Cup cards provide healing to the targeted ally.
  
  Swords - Sword cards launch a magical attack against the targeted foe.
  
  Pentacles - Pentacle cards apply an ablative shield to the targeted ally.
  
  In addition there are royalty cards within each category which provide additional benefits based on their position in the hierarchy. The benefits for each position in the hierarchy are tailored to their respective category. Both the mana costs and the power of the minor arcana cards are proportional to their position within the category. Royal cards are the most powerful of the minor arcana but also carry the highest mana requirements, falling just below major arcana in cost. Ace cards cost nearly no mana but also have the weakest effects in their respective categories.
  
  Geomancer: A caster class which draws on the power of the earth, providing a number of uses based on it's caster's specialization within the field. Aggressively this class can not only pull rock from the ground to pummel foes but can also alter the ground in order to make approaching the caster more difficult. Defensively this class can create pillars and walls to block an enemy's progress, putting obstacle after obstacle in the way to protect ranged party members as well as separate enemy mobs, keeping them scattered so the party can focus down more problematic enemies in peace. For support this class can pull energy from the earth, creating enchanted regions which buff and replenish those who stand within them.
  
  Magnificus hadn't delved terribly far into geomancy quite yet. It was on his "To do" list.
  
  |Non-Combat|
  
  Miner: This class allows one to harvest ore and other valuable minerals from the earth and refine them for trade and/or use in crafting by other classes. Those with this class are offered insight into the properties and values of various minerals and other rock formations.
  
  Tinkerer: A class who focuses on designing, constructing, modifying and repairing a multitude of magitech devices for various purposes. While a number of the devices available to this class may be usable in combat this class has no skills or features for use in active combat.
• Other: Magnificus's biggest weakness is his class's relative lack of mobility. While not entirely devoid of movement options close to all of his synergy is tied to sticking in one spot and dishing out damage whilst building up his defenses. This is partly the cause of his poor performance in raids due to the issue wherein he'd need to move in order not to get pulped by one of the boss's area-of-effect mega damage attacks.