[OOC] Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

[Sep]

Hey, also someone from Alliances pointed out. In a way I am sitll ESG, Sep can spell "Scottish Evil Person".

I can't escape my true self.

[Leon5431]

EliteCommander said
Comletely (or at least mostly completely) unrelated tangent, did you know that bone strength is one of the greatest limiting factors in human strength? Our muscles are capable of far more physical strength that we can exert, but it would snap our bones (or tear ligaments, tendons, and muscles themselves). When people get struck by lightning and are sometimes thrown ridiculously far, that is purely due to the person's muscles working uninhibited.

Fun fact hour from the Elitecommander XP

[Leon5431]

Sep said
Hey, also someone from Alliances pointed out. In a way I am sitll ESG, Sep can spell "Scottish Evil Person".I can't escape my true self.

One cannot simply stop being an Evil Scot.

[Lucius Cypher]

Sep said
Self sacrifice?

No, I still desire your body, self-sacurficing simply means that you're going to be handing over yourself and all that you create to me. Which I don't mind, but don't expect me to actually enjoy it on the same level as you.

Leon5431 said
I would imagine he is quiet vulnerable to maces and the type. Probably wouldn't be too strong when it comes to strength, but that really depends on the extent of his curse.Anyway, well mind if I jump in? I was going to have the Wintercrest reps arrive soon and help with that demon.Also hello Sep, long time no talk.

You can go on ahead. I doubt they'd be able to wipe out all the demons, but it'll help.

[Freeshooter92]

Sep said
Character name: Arcadius

[Sep]

See, listen to the song. Sticks and stones will break my bones :P

[Freeshooter92]

Sorry dude, but any time you bring that character up that song will be playing in the back of my head...

At least it's a good song.

[Fallenreaper]

Give me until tonight and I'll go into more depth with Arcanite as I'm starting to wonder if Lucius and I are on the same page. Arcanite is in everything, from that simple desk to the Gods themselves because it's the building block of the world. It is the source of existence itself, without it then there is literal a void as even nothing is something.

Also on a side note... You all realize there's two to three approved PCs that don't have blood? Uicle, Ponders, and Coco.

[Lucius Cypher]

It's not that I'm not allowing him due to what he is, sinply the mechanic of his magic that I need ti get to know better. I know everything has Archanite: but mageblood can only manipulate certain archanite in some ways. Plus the other characters you mentioned, one is a GM and the other two have made in depth race sheets for them. This one more or less came out of the blue to me.

[The Irish Tree]

Freeshooter92 said

I just spooked myself.
2spoopy5me.

[Sep]

Lucius Cypher said
It's not that I'm not allowing him due to what he is, sinply the mechanic of his magic that I need ti get to know better. I know everything has Archanite: but mageblood can only manipulate certain archanite in some ways. Plus the other characters you mentioned, one is a GM and the other two have made in depth race sheets for them. This one more or less came out of the blue to me.

How detailed do you want me to go into his curse and Mechanics?

[Sep]

Apparently I wasn't meant to post it yet, my bad.

[EliteCommander]

I was wondering, what exactly does it mean for a shadow noxomancer to gather shadows around them? Does it darken the area or something? I know they can use the nox to essentially teleport whenever there are shadows.

[Fallenreaper]

EliteCommander said
I was wondering, what exactly does it mean for a shadow noxomancer to gather shadows around them? Does it darken the area or something? I know they can use the nox to essentially teleport whenever there are shadows.

It's like shadow manipulation, if I remember what Rtron mentioned right. You can use the shadows to attack or defend, though any source of light will make it weaker, with.

[EliteCommander]

In what way can you use the shadows to attack or defend. I'm not really sure I understand.

[Sep]

Form a shield, throw a wall of spear shadows at people. Stuff like that.

[EliteCommander]

Sep said
Form a shield, throw a wall of spear shadows at people. Stuff like that.

Actually, it rather specifically says you can't do that.

[Leon5431]

Sep said
Form a shield, throw a wall of spear shadows at people. Stuff like that.

^This, think of it as, it materializes shadows or something if the sort.

[Sep]

EliteCommander said
Actually, it rather specifically says you can't do that.

According to Fallen she says you can according to Rtron you can. I think Rtron means by physical means it doesn't become /real/ you can make a shield but if it breaks it dissipates, you can release it back into shadow etc etc. It doesn't become an object that exists in reality it is still shadow, just condensed

Also now, if I want to appear in the current crisis I just need my coffin broken or opened. Preferably with someone in the room, as issues have been resolved.

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Sheet is below.

UserName: Sep, cause Fallen is boring.

Character name: Arcadius

Age: Unknown

Mageblood type: Lues

Favoured Magic Class: Noxomancy

Previous Magic training: Studied at the college of Aerta, however all that knowledge is now lost.

Race: Originally? Human. Now, he’s missing everything that makes a human human. He’s just a Skeleton.

Appearance:

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6”1

Short Bio: Arcadius, who cannot remember his family crest. He fought in the Dark Wars, however he can’t remember what side he fought for completely. He only recalls that he wielded shadows and used them to bring death to other people under orders. Before the war broke out he had been a detective and he remembered more of that than he did off anything else, he remembers being trusted with information and secrets and trying to find solutions to things, and he remembers the fight and losing.

He doesn’t remember how he lost he just remembers the pain. Something stabbing through his chest, held by someone he knew and that was the annoying thing. He didn’t even know who this person was let alone how he knew them. They had been important, and he had trusted them. That was all he remembered. The next thing he had woken up in a coffin hearing the sound of dirt being piled on top of him. Above him were strange runes which he had cursed himself for not knowing however while he could remember using magic he could not remember how other than the most basics of his arts. Despite this the coffin must have been bound, meaning that no magic could be used on it or inside of it which was bad for him. He tried shouting, the person on the outside either did not hear him or did not care.
Searching his surroundings he found a cane, touching it had been the biggest mistake he had ever made. The power of the Kane infused him with Arcanite and infused his bones with everlasting life, however sadly the power of Duuri didn’t mention the life including his flesh and blood. It was excruciatingly painful for him as his flesh and organs began to burn away from him, like being dipped in acid or being burned slowly. When it passed he could see as if it was light, it was one of the bonuses of not being flesh and bone and not having actual eyes.

Then began his torture, years passed. Or days, or eons. He didn’t know. He just lay there. Occasionally testing out his body. He appeared to always retain his strength despite his lack of muscle or lack of activity for years at a time. What did pain him though was the fact his bones broke easily. Something he had to keep in mind with all the times he became frustrated and tried to assault the coffin, fruitlessly of course. As it was bound it could only be opened from the outside. All he had was the cane. He held it for years at a time, tapping it off the coffin as if pretending to walk, not even weathering the cane down. Though the top decoration began to form a groove in it till it have a grove that perfectly fit his right hand.

Eventually, he didn’t know when he was dug up. Of course no point in shouting if they even spoke the same language as him. He was moved around a lot, he didn’t know why and he got quite cross at none of them for being curious enough to open the lid of the Coffin. It would have been a simple task that enslaved him.

This went on, and on, and on. He merely resided himself to his torture for eternity spent in this box with himself.

Good Attributes:
- Keen detectives eyes.
- Has no muscles - so doesn’t get tired from running etc.
- No lungs so does not run out of breathe from physical activities/being underwater.
- Versed in Martial Arts.
- Good historical knowledge.
- Light does not affect his sight, he can see just as well in the dark as he can in the light.
- Due to nothing present to cushion the impact even though he can’t hit too hard without breaking himself he also does not need to hit as hard to cause pain.

Bad Attributes: - Wise Crack, likes to talk and crack jokes that can seem an annoyance to people.
- Despite his condition he still feels pain as if he had flesh. Set on fire? It'll burn etc.
- Due to his extended… isolation it is likely he will have issues getting to grips with interaction again.
- He can be quick to anger, and if he becomes truly angry he will enter a state where he cannot use magic and has to resort to physical violence.
- He can’t die by normal means(Which is a curse believe it or not).
- He is hard to hide in a crowd.
- He isn’t very stealthy…
- He isn’t up to date on current history since before the war that lead to his death.
- His bones are slightly weakened meaning they can be broken easier than normal.
- In cold weather his bones become more brittle, meaning they break easier.
- Dislocating a bone is just the equivalent of taking it off. Causing extreme pain in the process.

Secret Word: Rebirth, ironic, huh?

The Curse/Blessing:

Basically what it did was preserve his mind and his body, however it didn’t preserve his body properly. Part of the cane that resurrected him was missing, the decorative end had been replaced with something new. Whoever killed him basically didn't like him very much. Wanting to kill him but also wanting to make him suffer, binding the coffin he placed the cane inside knowing at some point he would touch it. The canes decorative jewel on the top which gave it additional power (It had enough residual power for one use after it was removed) was replaced with a new decorative top. This top had runes engraved on it(That he couldn't see and didn't have the ability to read anyway) these runes were designed to rot flesh.

So at the same time the cane tried to revive him it also decayed all off his flesh. The magic bounded him together so it was as if his muscles, voice box and everything else still existed. It is why he can still feel pain. However the fact it does not exist is what gives him the whole "undead" and "dead" aspect. If you stab his heart it will hurt, however it won't actually kill him. Breaking bones are the most damaging you can go, break all of them and he’ll die as he will be nothing.

While the Cane was designed to bring everlasting natural life however for him it brought him back, it was also designed to make a more powerful mage by infusing the mages bone with arcanite. Naturally for Arcadius all it did was allow him to retain some magical control, rather than making him more powerful. He is a living Paradox, the more powerful magic of Duuri kept his soul alive infused within his very bones (technically) while the runes by his enemy rotted everything else away.

He retains magic through the field that holds him together and also through the Arcanite in himself. If he uses to much magic he begins drawing it from the field that holds him together and is the very reason he exists and the bonds that hold everything he is starts to fall apart, and he begins to turn to dust. This dust turning into cannot be reversed, he very slowlyregrows as the magic field has to re-expand to do so. Broken bones heal at a normal rate however. If someone somehow has a way to regrow their own bones it occurs slightly faster at whatever rate they can do it but then his magic tolerance is lower as the field holding him together has to hold everything together but with less available until it manages to replenish itself through him. Of course during this time he cannot cast any magic without risking losing more of himself.

He keeps the cane as a link to his former self however without the power source it cannot be used again to revive anybody and as it was the only object he had he has worn the runes from the top of the cane into a hand groove that fits his skeletal hand perfectly.

[EliteCommander]

I see. If that is the case, then the language of the description is rather confusing.May want to consider altering it. Here is the relevant part:

Shadow Noxomancers can, manipulate shadows around them(In a variety of ways...none of which include making a physical object out of the shadows), enter the Nox to travel distances in half the time in the mortal realm, and summon opposites from the Nox. The only known way for Shadow Noxomancers to enter the Nox is through shadows, not darkness. So, if there's a hint of light, a Shadow Noxomancer can dart through the shadow cast and travel through the Nox(EX: In a battle, they dissapear into their own shadow to reappear behind their opponent.)

When it comes to manipulating shadows, Shadow Noxomancer's can't make physical objects out of them, but they can make themselves near invisible in it, or cover a wide area in shadows, or distract with shadows being things they should not. The possibilities are only limited to the Shadow Noxomancer's imagination.