[OOC] The Relics

[Fallenreaper]

Sep said
Ooooh theres a character thread...Also I don't even know if I'm accepted yet. Nobody really said anything other than the fact I forgot to remove Lord Umbra.Js.

I'm special, :p Also don't you have a collab reply to write to? Namely in SG?

[Sep]

Fallenreaper said
I'm special, :p Also don't you have a collab reply to write to? Namely in SG?

I wrote it already.

[AlidaMaria]

Sep said
Ooooh theres a character thread...Also I don't even know if I'm accepted yet. Nobody really said anything other than the fact I forgot to remove Lord Umbra.Js.

Well, if you fixed said thing, I think you're accepted. Bark agreed with me so it's up to Ellri (once he has proper internet connection), but I think you can already post Malich in the thread, seeing how Ell would have most likely let you know if there were any major errors. Consider yourself accepted I'd say :p

@Freeshooter, same goes for you. Go on ahead and move Isaiah to the officially accepted thread. C:

[WilsonTurner]

I'm gonna make a lore entry for that light green area under Kalesia
A calvary-centered nation, producing cloths and silks, light armor, breeds the best chargers and warhorses, with long awlpikes and long arming swords. Agricultural nation, with livestock and grain and the like being grown, due to the plains biome that it's in, with the many rivers.

[Shifter_Master]

The knife in the dark

Name: "Alphonse"

Age: Looks to be in his early to mid-40’s

Gender: Male

Faction/Allegiance: Himself first an always. His Allegiance can be purchased for a time however.

Relic Description: Nameless

Nameless is a rusty chain slave bracelet on his left hand. Due to Alphonse’s abhorrence to Relics, his has grafted itself to his hand by lacing its chains through his skin. If one looks closely they can still see the scars from when he first tried to remove it. It turns black while inert.

Powers:

• Blood crafting: This power allows Alphonse to create items out of blood. They are fully functional replications. The items created are deep red in color. Unfortunately this ability requires blood as fuel thus only small handheld items such as lock picks or a dagger can be created without placing the user in danger

• Life Steal: This ability allows Alphonse to leech the life from the living through any fresh wounds they have. Leeching this life rapidly heals any wounds Alphonse might be suffering from giving him the capability to recover in from crippling injuries in seconds as long as his victim has enough life within them. The fuel required is some of the very same life force it steals it takes it as a tax.

• Shadow manipulation: A simple ability that allows Alphonse to shroud himself in shadows, useful for stealth but little else. Currently Alphonse is unsure what fuel this takes and is hesitant to learn.

These powers are not without drawbacks however
- Due to the relics powers over life force and blood it requires routine feeding of those very same things about once a week, failure to feed the relic leads it to stagnate and become inert. While inert Alphonse is under constant pain from the chain-links embedded in his arm, he also feels more lethargic.

- The relic also seems to have stunted the rate as which Alphonse heals naturally causing him to suffer from wounds for a lot longer than anyone else. If his relic is inert his natural healing process stops all together

- The last drawback is Alphonse is sensitive to cold Iron; it irritates his skin if contact is maintained for too long and it leaves him feeling drained.

It is possible that his relic holds more secrets, but as he loathes using it, he refrains from using it as much as he can. Thus he will never willingly learn more about it.

Appearance: Alphonse is a very forgettable person; his features are very bland with little evidence to his age. He is of average height, with short brown hair and Hazel colored eyes. His cloths when he is traveling make him out to be either a wanderer or a small time merchant with not obvious weapons or protections. He is ambidextrous but was born a lefty. Under his clothes there are faint scars and fading tattoos scattered across his body but none are immediately visible.

Flaws:

• Apathy: There are very few things that Alphonse truly cares about, thus it takes a monumental effort to get him invested in anything that doesn't concern his goal of survival and even then he is only as invested as far as his life is concerned.

• Lack of morals: As he was raised by the underworld to be a tool for assassination Alphonse doesn't shy away from killing or stealing or any other illegal or ‘evil’ actions. He will do whatever it takes to complete his goals.

• Paranoia & Distrust: Time and time again Alphonse has been taught or learned the hard way that the only one that can be trusted is himself. People just try to use or remove others, there is no middle ground.
• Hate of relics and evokers: He was trained to be wary of them as they had skills he couldn't hope to match. He learned to be afraid of them when he was used as a test subject by a twisted Evoker who wanted to test his new powers. Then he was forced to be one as his relic dug in to his flesh, determined to never let him be free of it.

• Unsure how to function in society: He was raised to be an Assassin of unparalleled skill, to be pointed at a target and let loose. So he has issues dealing with the day to day normalcy and the point of social formalities.

• Skewed education: Due to his upbringing Alphonse did not have a proper education, everything he was taught was to help with his role as an assassination tool.

Skills: He was groomed to be a weapon by various people in the underworld, they succeeded, and all his skills are for assassination.
• Sharp mind: Due to years of being pointed at a target and let loose Alphonse has developed a very keen mind, he is able to quickly analyze and discern much about a situation with without prior information. He is also very perceptive, able to notice small details or hear faint noises that for others would pass up easily.

• Anatomy: Due to his training he has developed an acute familiarity with the human body allowing him to provide minor First aid as well as destroy or cripple his adversaries.

• Alchemy: one of the more esoteric skills that he has picked up, it allows his to craft a variety of useful items such as poisons and acids or small yield explosives

• Combat: In a combative situation Alphonse fights much as a duelist Preferring sabers and daggers for the grace and ease of landing a particularly devastating wound easily. He is not above dirty tactics however, and will readily employ underhanded moves at every opportunity that is afforded to him.

• Infiltration: His most impressive skill however is the degree in which he can infiltrate any location that he needs to without anyone truly knowing about it. He is a master of stealth, capable of rendering himself unnoticeable in nearly any environment; he is also a skilled disguise artist capable of altering his appearance and mannerisms to impersonate anyone who he would choose to, which is backed up by a tongue of pure silver. Finally locks or traps are little more than a minor hindrance as his skill at opening or bypassing them is second to none. Suffice it to say no building is truly safe From Alphonse if he is determined to gain entry.


Biography: Alphonse has not had the most blessed of lives. Born into slavery to a criminal organization in the heart of Othea his life was bleak. He grew up among other slaves, never knowing who he mother was, and he was looking to go nowhere. Till one day the head of the organization sold him off to an assassin as payment. The assassin took one look at the young boy and saw some small potential. So he started to train the boy in the art, but not to be an equal, not to be a companion, but a tool and nothing more. After a few years the mentor, having grown tired of him, sold him off as an expendable hit man; he would never have guessed what this would lead to. Alphonse’s next owner quickly pointed the young boy at a target and promptly forgot about him, until a month later Alphonse returned with his marks finger as proof. This was the beginning of than next part of Alphonse’s life, he was passed around sold and traded by the criminal underworld for decades. He was trained by most, ignored by some, and used as a fashion accessory by others. None care for him as anything more than a tool or a guard dog however, even as tales of his exploits grew more and more well known.

As he passed through various hands he inadvertently learned and was placed in to a variety of situations, he spent years in prison now and again, both as an inmate and to break someone out. He has spent time as a poison tester, as well as a chef assistant among other things. The most important even was shortly before he was set free. His last owner had just been killed in a hostile takeover and he had been placed in the hands of a psychotic Evoker. The man took great pleasure in torturing Alphonse doing everything he could to elicit a response from the Assassin.

Alphonse spent years in that crazed man’s possession, being little more than a play thing to the Evoker. These years pushed Alphonse to the breaking point of his self-control and willpower as years upon years of discipline and training were eroded by a growing hate and instinctive need to escape. It was a small miracle that, days before Alphonse snapped there was a raid by the Holy Order of Idris, looking to kill the Insane Evoker and free the slaves.

Later, after he had been treated by healers and had regained himself he approached the commander that had spearheaded the raid and learned who they are and what it is they do. He offered his services shortly after learning their stance on Evokers. He still has contacts with them when they require a more subtle touch when dealing with Evokers such as nobles or well-beloved figures.

Currently he is a wanderer seeking answers to various questions, offering his trade to pay the way.

Personality/motivation: Cold and jaded, Alphonse knows full well just how harsh life can be. He doesn't complain he doesn't brood and at times he just doesn't care. Except for two things: First those he deems an enemy are pursued ruthlessly, as he is willing to go to any means to insure they are dealt, often times choosing the cruelest method available to him. Second is the matter of his own survival, which he holds above all other things. Anything that poses a threat to his continued existence is considered an obstacle to be taken care of.

Final Point - Secrets:

• He is an evoker, this is a shame he does his best to forget about

• Alphonse is not his name. He was never actually given one, thus chose one upon being freed

EDIT: Minor edits to relic and a hider for compact viewing

[WilsonTurner]

I think we already have a vampire-based character, Ellrie's Thorinsomething. I'm not saying you can't have one, just saying that you might want to know that.

[Shifter_Master]

I guess it is rather vampiric, I was aiming more for "Reaper" personally. I'l have to diverge more when the relic is learned more about I guess

[Fallenreaper]

WilsonTurner said
I think we already have a vampire-based character, Ellrie's Thorinsomething. I'm not saying you can't have one, just saying that you might want to know that.

It's always fun to see two different takes on the same topic and area, though that itself can lead to some interesting lore or story weaving. Namely if two different breeds of the same creature have an unexplained hate towards one another made by their Relics. Especially if the evokers find it annoying as hell.

[Sep]

Fallenreaper said
It's always fun to see two different takes on the same topic and area, though that itself can lead to some interesting lore or story weaving. Namely if two different breeds of the same creature have an unexplained hate towards one another made by their Relics. Especially if the evokers find it annoying as hell.

Just wait till you meet Kheris. His relic is similar as well. Quite different as it isn't blood. But if he gains enough energy he's far deadlier.

[Fallenreaper]

Sep said
Just wait till you meet Kheris. His relic is similar as well. Quite different as it isn't blood. But if he gains enough energy he's far deadlier.

I think Roan will be too busy running from authorities to worry about that, hahaha. Though I will keep that in mind.

[AlidaMaria]

It seems to me that Thora is far more vampire-like than Alphonse, seeing how she actually has to drink blood to survive. I have to admit that his weakness to sunlight seems rather suspicious, but unless Ellri has some major objections I think it'll be fine.

[Shifter_Master]

Well, I might tweak it a bit anyway, towards a more spectral feel. Off to research I go

[Sep]

Save this space.

After deliberation with myself, and the finding of a perfect image.

He's coming

Kheris

Name: Supreme Overlord Kheris
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Faction/Allegiance: Originally Othea
Relic Description: The relic is a gem necklace he wears around his neck. It glows when it has energy stored in it.

The Relic itself is somewhat unique, and this uniqueness also explains his mentality. It allows him to see energy, and through seeing it he can manipulate it. Any form of energy, though this alteration of his brain chemistry has also altered his personality making him more egotistical and irrational. Whether this is why there aren't more relics like it or it is a side affect off him not being from the Old Kingdom is naturally, unclear.

However while he can see and alter energy he cannot create it. His relic only possesses enough of its own energy to allow him to see energy and draw it into the relic. Typically he does this through physical contact with another living being to take its life force. Though so far he has only perfected this through physical contact, no touching a chain touching someone else his palm has to be firmly affixed to them and for more than a few seconds. If he does not do this and over taxes his relic it begins to drain his own life force causing him to age rapidly.

In terms of manipulating energy this leaves a myriad of abilities available to him. Though to learn them he needs to observe someone performing them for a long period of time, or alternatively study the relic itself. Though thankfully due to his ability to view energy he can see relic users in amongst a crowd of normal people.
Flaws: Egotistical, arrogant, hard to hide amongst a crowd, recognisable facial scar, relic glows when powered, no more than average physical prowess, no real discernible military/combat training.
Skills: Scavenging, political prowess.
Biography: Kheris was a advisor in the royal Othea court from a young age, by that he was born into nobility coming from a long line of advisers to the throne. At a young age he was working in the grand library of his family, which some said was even greater than that which was present in the palace itself. Here he would spend hours and hours poring over books, gathering the occasional one for his father
Motivation: The accumulation of more power.
Relations: Doesn't really like anybody.
Final Point - Secrets:
Theme Song:

^Tis a WIP. Trying to think where to have him originate from to have had a political career pre-relic.

[Apokalipse]

It says this is still open in the first post, but juuuust to make sure this is still open correct?

[Maki Casanova]

Yes ,it is.

[Apokalipse]

Lavica Nizak

Name:
Lavica Nizak

Age:
24

Gender:
Female

Faction/Allegiance:
Answers to no one

Relic Description:
The Ring of Clout
The beautiful Ring of Clout gives the wearer the ability to transfer and transform one’s energy. When wearing it, Lavica can change her own energy into that of electric currents, heat, or force. With electric currents she can strike down an enemy with lightning, with heat she can melt an opponent’s face off, with force she can move objects without touching them, but it comes with a price. Her strength is limited and runs out quickly, she, on average, has a total of three moves she can make before she is utterly exhausted. If she uses too much energy, she can fall into a coma or die.
In theory, she could be able manipulate gravity but the worst of consequences would affect her and so she has no desire to try.

Flaws:
Exhaustion – Lavica is prone to exhaustion when using her powers
Weak – Lavica has almost no body strength and should rather hide than attempt to fight.
No Swords – The poor Nizak girl has absolutely no idea how to handle a sword and should not be given any for the benefit of others’ safety as well as her own.
Regality – Born a noble, Lavica holds herself in a way that the common rabble would not and it is as obvious as hitting someone with a war hammer while shouting ‘I don’t belong here.’

Skills:
Knowledge – Lavica has always shown an interest in knowledge and while not as educated as the males she was acquainted with, she has read plenty more books than them and makes it a point to use all resources she has in regards to gaining intelligence.
Nimble – While not strong or able in swordsmanship, she is quick and agile which allows her to hit men’s pressure points rapidly and then running as if Hell was on her heels.
Cunning – Lavica was excellent in strategy games and has proved this a fact in her conning ways when in need of money. She can outsmart anyone any day and loves to prove that she is smarter than someone with sly trickery.
Biography:
Lavica Nizak was born to the prestigious and noble Nizak in Kalnach. As such, her mother and her had no rights and were mere toys for the men of the family to play with. The beautiful Lavica grew up seeing herself as a mere object for her father to sell to the highest bidder through marriage and dowry size. Though it was often looked down upon for women to learn, Lavica tried her best to get a good education and made frequent trips to the library in order to read her life away. Through these books, she gained political insight and her self-worth grew. Instead of loathing herself, she began to loathe the men of Azukhar. She increasingly became a problem for her father as she began to act rebelliously and gave snide remarks when expected to remain silent.
One day, when reading in her favorite armchair, her mother approached her. Her mother had always been beautiful, more beautiful than Lavica which caused envy for the young woman, and confronted her about her unsightly behavior. Lavica fought with her mother over the rights’ of women, or lack thereof, and how awful men were and undeserving they were. Her mother slapped her and said,
“It is not their fault, it was how they were raised. You cannot teach these old dogs new tricks.”
This gave Lavica insight and she realized that men grew up to believe that she and her gender were worthless; it wasn’t their fault. Determined, she promised herself to change the world in order for women to have a better stand. She wanted to model the world after the equality between genders that the Kalesian Empire had founded.
She set about a plan to run away in order to spread her beliefs, but a change of heart came when Lavica received the news that she would be married off. She was disheartened, disgusted, and fell back into the loathing of men that she used to attain when she found out she was to be married to the most vile man she ever met: the atrocious Karkin Hathera. Karkin was a friend of her father’s and twenty years her senior. He reminded her distinctly of oil; smooth and slick, but greasy and disgusting. Lavica would have none of this.
The night before Lavica was to be wed, she snuck into the vault that held her dowry and stole an expensive ring, golden coins, and three diamond necklaces for money. It would only be later that she understood that this expensive ring was, in fact, a relic. Before that, though, Lavica had a plan in mind:
Lavica was going to travel from Kalnach, through Othea, and to Oragos all the while training herself to become a masterful, charismatic woman, in order to take over the country and change the most dastard’s views on women.

Personality:
Lavica is a strong-minded woman who stands for what she believes in and values intelligence, equality, and honesty. Despite this, she is cunning and sly and will resort to trickery in order to get what she wants. When she is not manipulating people, she has the contradictory persona of a blunt woman who speaks her mind and doesn’t care who is offended. Hot-headed and easily-frustrated, Lavica is prone to outbursts and violent, though weak, assaults. Her biggest fault is her pretentious belief that she alone can change the world for women and men, welcoming a new age of parity.

Relations:
She has broken all ties with her family

Final Point - Secrets:
N/A

Theme Song:

[WilsonTurner]

Nice character

Would she try to manipulate a gawking-at-all-the-new-things swordsman, who looks as if everything is bright and new [somewhat like a child] but also keeps his hands on the hilts of both of his swords with an unconscious familiarity? After all, if she couldn't defend herself very well, don't you think she'd find someone easily enticed to help out a poor defenseless woman?

[Apokalipse]

Possibly. It depends on her motives and what she would gain out of the situation. ^_^

[Fallenreaper]

AlidaMaria said
@Fallen, I don't see anything wrong with it! Interesting concept. Unless Bark has some objections, you can post away! (post it in the character thread, that is)

I think I'm just waiting on one Gm and I can post it in the Character thread. Then Roan's all set.

*looks at Echo for Alessia*

[Freeshooter92]

Sep said
Just wait till you meet Kheris. His relic is similar as well. Quite different as it isn't blood. But if he gains enough energy he's far deadlier.

I once had an argument with Ellri, long ago, on whether the Original (Read: pre-guildfall) incarnation of Markul was stronger than their character. The result of which, I will never forget, one sentence from my friend.

"Look, the moment Rannoch collapses into a black hole and Markul starts summoning outer planetoids we're all dead anyway."

As such, there really is a point when being sooper tuff no longer matters