[CHAR] Kingdom Hearts: The Keyblade War.

[Double]

Name: Cyrus Grimm

Age: 27

Species: Human

Appearance:

Appearance

Keyblades:

Reaper's Touch

Trusted Heart

Keyblade Powers:

Reaper's Touch

A its name suggests, this Keyblade can (on very rare occasions) cast the infamous Doom spell upon a target it strikes. It offers no enhancements to strength, but along with physical damage it can also "damage" a target's magical energy (MP) and siphon a portion of it back to the wielder.

Trusted Heart

This blade, formerly wielded by Ren, became renowned during the War for its ability, Runic Charge. When magic is cast directly at the wielder, the blade's Runic Charge allows the blade to absorb the spell, protecting the wielder from its otherwise harmful effect and gaining a slight strength boost in return. Spells can be absorbed consecutively, allowing for the power boost to increase with each spell absorbed. The absorbed energy can, at any time after a single spell is absorbed, be unleashed in the form of the Runic Slash, Ren's signature technique. The attack is a beam of non-elemental energy brought forth through a slashing motion, giving it the shape of a great blade of light.

Heart type: Valorous

Spells: Haste, Protect, Reflect

Bio: The Keyblade War is often spoken of as a great calamity, but that alone is an inadequate portrayal of just how horrible it was. Cyrus Grimm is one of a few who can truly testify to the horrors of the Keyblade War. Originally born in Radiant Garden, Cyrus first summoned a Keyblade at the tender age of 14. A young boy becoming a Wielder of the Keyblade may seem innocent enough at first glance, but then one realizes that it happened during the height of what would become known as the most calamitous war in history. Only then is the reality of Cyrus's life truly understood.

He was almost immediately drawn into the conflict. Various players in the war would always be on the lookout for fresh Keyblade Wielders they could manipulate for their own agenda, which was always to obtain the forbidden X-blade. Cyrus was no exception, and soon found himself with only one terrible choice: fight... or die. The choice was obvious, and Cyrus became one of many child soldiers participating in the conflict. Among other young Wielders, there was another who also hailed from Radiant Garden, a boy named Ren. Fighting under the same faction, Cyrus and Ren became fast friends.

But war has an unfortunate tendency to destroy families and friendships. While Ren increasingly detested the violence and soon just wanted to make it end, Cyrus began to see it as a necessary evil. By then the two had been fighting in the war for a few years, and Cyrus was definitely being changed by the experience. Where before he fought simply for his own survival, some time after his first official kill, he began to fight with increasing callous toward his enemies. Such was his coldness that others in the conflict began to call him by a different name, one reflective of the scythe-like nature of his Keyblade: The Grimm Reaper.

Cyrus, like Ren, wanted to put an end to the chaos. But that was where similarities between the two became skewed. Ren wanted to end the war through peace, but Cyrus believed that only the X-blade had the power to end the suffering. As such, the two drifted apart and a battle between the two became an inevitability. Fight they did, their battle even becoming a famous affair after the fact, and the battle ended with Cyrus killing the man he once called his best friend. Cyrus, though hardened by the war, was not so cruel as to not show respect to his former friend as he held the dying Ren in his arms. As it turned out, Cyrus's victory was due to Ren's unwillingness to fight, him even actively pulling his punches and essentially allowing his friend to kill him if that meant an ending to the war.

In his last moments, Ren said these dying words to his former friend, "Even as my enemy, there is none with whom I would more gladly entrust my heart. Take it, my blade, and use them to finally put an end to this bloody conflict." Thus Cyrus, after killing Ren, took upon him his friend's heart and, with it, inherited Ren's Keyblade, which he henceforth named Trusted Heart. Throughout the war, Cyrus had become well-known for wearing a dark cloak, especially after he became known as the Grimm Reaper, but he discarded that name and that persona after Ren's death. Instead he began to wear the attire of his fallen friend, a set of red armor along with a long, crimson scarf.

In honor of his fallen friend, Cyrus took it upon himself to carry on Ren's goal of ending the war and restoring peace. This goal has brought him to Twilight Town, a world that thus far managed to remain completely untouched by the violence of the Keyblade War.

Theme: Simon Blackquill ~ Distorted Swordsmanship

[Akayaofthemoon]

Name: Bellasiel
Age: 202
Species: Elf
Appearance:
Keyblade:

Crescent Salvation

Keyblade powers:

Nurturing Synchrony

"It feels like our hearts are beating in sync...with each other...with each churning wheels of Fate...and with the path we are all choosing to walk..."

This power allows Bellasiel to sync with another Keyblade user to fight almost as if the two were one. She sync with her partner completely in powers,abilities and weaknesses as they do to her. Two is better than one as they say.

Heart type: Guardian Heart
Spells:

• Cure
• Reflect
• Spark

Bio: She had been the Priestess of World Tree as long as she could remember. The duties and responsibilities that came with it had never been a burden on her for she was all about the care for not only the people but to be there for the gods. Deep down though, she always felt like she was meant to do more for everyone but not sure how as she already did as much as she could. The only time the feeling lessened was rose rare moments that she would get to see Thon and Arthal training to better the skills of the Keyblades to defend them all. That were their protectors and meant everything to Elf Burrow.

Peace had never been threatened here and darkness never too much of a thing to worry about but that all changed when the three Dark Keyblade users arrived.The people died all over the place, chaos running ramped through the roads of the villages as the fallen were turned into heartless. An army slowly being formed out of what use to be their people. All across Elf Burrow, the citizens were forced back to the capital. If it wasn't for their defenders standing up to fight than the World Tree would have been lost as well. Bellasiel knew that fleeing was probably the best move but she wanted to make sure that Arthal and Thon were alright. She watched them in the heat of battle, doing her best to hide and steer clear of the enemy.

A large attack had been dealt at their two heroes and one they would not be able to dodge or at least not completely. She knew what she had to do, both of them could not die here or else everyone else would surely parish. For the sake of everyone, she didn't mind the sacrifice she was about to make as she ran forward and stood in front of the attacks and ready to be hit. That moment had been the first time her Keyblade had appeared, summoned by her want to protect everyone but though this had save Arthal a lethal blow...Thon was not as lucky. She had no chance to be happy about what she had been able to do and only felt sadness at the passing of the old Keyblade Master, the title now graced to his apprentice.

Thon gave his heart to Arthal...by doing so giving his apprentice another Keyblade so that he my fight to fix this terrible wrong and to stop this war so no more worlds would feel the suffering. Bellasiel felt strange being asked to take the title of apprentice but she couldn't go back to being a priestess anymore. Fate had chosen a different path for her, twining her destiny with Arthal's as they continued on their journey.

Theme:

Custom World Sheet
* Look down below at Apollo's character sheet for details about Elf Burrow and World Tree.

Where you fit into the World: Former Prietess of the World Tree and current Apprentice to Arthal

[Apollosarcher]

Character Sheet:

Name: Arthal

Age: 222

Species: Elf

Appearance:


Keyblades:

Redemption

Knight Seeker

Keyblade powers:
Light sworn: Slamming his two keyblades together Arthal can float in the air and this boost allows him flight as well meaning he take to the skies, however doing this gives him only one keyblade. His attacks are weakened but his defense is unchanged.

Masters Enlightenment: Being a Keyblade master Arthal can use this ability to predict other's moves and sense attacks before they happen. Of course this ability is very taxing and drains his health, stamina, and magic at different rates.

Heart type: Heart of the Valorous

Spells:
Holy
Magnet
Stop

Bio: Train under the Keyblade master, Thon Sho, Arthal has spent eighty years honing his skill under him. Thon himself spent fifteen years fighting in the keyblade was and abandoned it to return home the day the X-blade shattered. He began training an apprentice, he felt that when the war came to an end the survivors should be able to deal with the heartless and protect the worlds from each other.

Yet things changed, three dark Keyblade wielders arrived in Elf Burrow slaughtering villages. Thon began to organize a massive defensive of the capital, with those they killed turning into heartless they used this army to attack the capital. They did not expect to find two Keyblade wielding Elves heading the army. The battle raged for hours in the end Light conquer all, Elf burrow was saved and the World tree that granted Elves immortality protected.

Yet things were not well, Thon had been wounded fatally. His apprentice held his hand as the man died, explaining what he had done. He had abandoned his friends, when he saw a portal to another world he jumped through it then sealed it behind him. It had been the only escape from the world which housed the X-Blade now only known as the Keyblade Graveyard. The Keyblades there were not in fact left by those that had struggled for the weapon but those trapped in isolated piece land. Most of the graveyard was full of those that had simply fallen on their blades rather than waiting to die.

Thon sealed his heart within Arthal, which is how Arthal came to wield Redemption. As Thon believed Arthal would redeem his actions. Arthal having been named a Keyblade Master before Thon passed prepared himself. He would go and find others then end the war, so that no other world would ever suffer the kind of pain he had. He took the robes of one of the Dark Keyblade wielders and put them on, they would allow him to travel between worlds.

The last thing he did was approach the girl who had saved his life. Bellasiel had formerly been a priestess of the world tree, yet now she carried a Keyblade. He offered her a place at his side, he would train her and take her to new worlds with him. She accepted the two set off, Arthal leading her through the portal his robes could open and into a new world.

Theme: Louder than words.

Custom world sheet:

Name: Elf Burrow

Description of the world: A a lush world with few cities and lots of spread out villages. Very centered on being one with nature and maintaining the natural order. Deeply rooted in magic and belief in gods that will protect them and help them in times of need.

Where you fit into the world: Formerly a Knight of the World Tree. Arthal was apprenticed to his worlds Keyblade wielder who had fled the war.

Recent history: In the past year an invasion by keyblade wielders of darkness leading heartless minions into Elf Burrow assaulted villages driving them back into their capital, Thoren. They prepare their defense and when it came time they fought to defend their city. Many lives were lost but the the Elves emerged victorious however Arthal's master had been defeated. In his final breaths he bestowed the title of Keyblade master on to his pupil and place his heart within Arthal's. Arthal left his people, seeking the source of the destruction and death to prevent this from happening again. Arthal also has an apprentice, Bellasiel.

[Rex]

Name: Seth Rush
Age: 23
Species: Human

Appearance:

Keyblade:

Rip Jaw

Keyblade powers: When the Power of Rip Jaw is invoked, the user is given the ability to lose all sense of pain and given a slight power increase. However, the down fall of this power is: should the user continue the battle for a long period of time. His sanity slowly diminishes until he can no longer tell friend for foe becoming a sort of wild animal that’s lost all sanity. The power of the Keyblade can only be invoked by calling out its name and saying, “Give me the strength to protect those around me.”
Heart type: Heart of the Guardian
Spells: Cure, Fire, and Thunder
Bio:
From the very beginning Seth was a fighter. He would protect those who couldn’t protect themselves and living in an orphanage in Radiant Garden, Seth found himself as the other kid’s protectors. When the heartless attacked he stood between them and the children of the orphanage. All he had was a wooden sword and his fists as weapons, but he soon found out those wouldn’t destroy the heartless. He wished for a power to protect everyone, to keep everyone safe. That’s when the Keyblade appeared in his hand. He could hear a voice in his head telling him its name. Rip Jaw, a fearsome looking weapon. However, it was the perfect weapon to protect the children in the orphanage.

He was only 14 when he fought off the heartless and protected the orphanage and everyone in it. However, he knew the heartless would be back and he needed to stop them before they could return. That’s when he found out about the Keyblade War. He has trained for nine years with the various warriors in Radiant Garden to hone his skills and unlock the capabilities of his Keyblade and his own power. When he returned for training one day he stopped dead in his tracks. His home, his friends, and family. All were screaming in pain as the orphanage burned to the ground. Standing in front of the burning building was a man. A Keyblade in his right hand and flames in his left, but what Seth saw on the man’s face was the most disturbing. He turned to Seth and his sadistic crooked smile only grew. The man talked about how he had tracked down a Keyblade warrior to this very orphanage and instead of just finding them, he simply would destroy everyone to make sure the warrior of light wouldn’t survive.

Seth’s Keyblade instantly appeared in his right hand. The anger inside of him continued to rise as he continued to listen to his family and friends suffer in the flames. He didn’t know why this man wanted to kill innocent people. However, he would never forgive him for what he had done. In the years of training he had discovered what his Keyblades power was. One of his mentors told him he shouldn’t use the power with heighten emotions because his sanity might slip faster, but at that very moment he didn’t care. He invoked his Keyblade power and in the end: he destroyed the man who made his family and friends suffer. In the man’s last breath, he told Seth about the Keyblade war and the two factions. Seth decided the heartless would need to wait. Those who fought for the darkness had to be stopped, had to be destroyed before anything like this could happen again.

Seth now finds himself in Twilight Town. The train from Radiant Garden took him to this place for some reason. Whatever the reason, Seth knew he needed to end the war. For his family and friends, for those who had been hurt by the chaos of the war, and for the sake of all worlds corrupted by the battle between light and darkness.
Theme:

[Flood]

Name: Chen Chideta A.K.A Azazel, The Fallen Angel
Age: 21
Species: Human
Appearance:
Keyblade:
Keyblade powers: Chen's Keyblade has the unique ability to transfer small groups of people through the world's. It takes a big toll on Chen when transporting more than himself and he can only do so once a week. Combat wise Chen has an innate understanding of Magic and can rapid fire spells with little effort.
Heart type: Heart of the Wise
Spells: Air, Blizzard, and Magnet Spells
Bio: There once was a world named Eden. Eden was world of forests and nature, yet also one of cities and technology. Animals and humans lived in harmony with one another. Chen lived a life of peace and happiness in a city called Sky. He was the resident magician, he brought joy to all the children with his amazing magic tricks. He could make it snow, find lost toys with a flick of his wrist, no such thing as a cloudy day when he could blow the clouds away.

It was on a Wednesday when his life changed. He had found a strange key in his home and darkness shrouded the city. There were no clouds, no children playing in the streets, no animals galloping through the streets, only monsters. They were made of pure darkness and they fed upon the hearts of men. Chen had never seen anything like it, there was no talking nor reasoning with them, all they did was feed and destroy. He somehow knew that the key was the only defense, so he grabbed it and got to work. His magic could now hurt, his ice which caused snow now caused blizzards, his talent to make toys fly into his hands now caused the monsters to fly into each other as he created what appeared to be black holes, where he once pushed away clouds he now pushed away the darkness. Alas, no one man could fight the dark. He was overwhelmed and in what he thought were his last moments he activated the final base ability of his Keyblade. He teleported to the Radiant Garden to save himself.

When he awoke he spoke with a few locals to find out what had happened to his beloved Eden. Over time he found out his world was now gone. Taken by the monsters who he now knew to be the Heartless. Apparently there was a war going on between Keyblade wielders like himself, the ones in Darkness could control the Heartless while the ones in Light fought to destroy them. Chen thought long and hard on who was right in this war and after a few months of thinking he reached a conclusion. After what he saw in Eden, he knew that the Dakrness could not be destroyed. It could only be controlled, lead to destroy what was unimportant. This lead him to Twilight Town and with it, a life of Darkness. With his new life has taken on the name Azazel, The Fallen Angel.
Theme:

The World

Name: Eden
Description of the world: Eden is very similar to Earth, the only real differences being a complete lack of war. Everyone loves in harmony and there is no violence whatsoever inside of Eden. It is essentially the perfect world with a completely pure heart.
Where you fit into the world: Chen is a magician who entertains people within the city of Sky. He's also the resident problem solver, whenever there's a problem people usually call on Chen to fix it.
Recent history: Eden has been completely destroyed by the Heartless.

[Arty Fox]

Mac & Cheese

“Mac”

Age: twenty-something
Species: Cursed Human

Appearance

Keyblade: Pictured above “Looks like someone tried to reshape it some point…”

Keyblade powers: Luck is a fickle thing and this blade takes advantage of that to land more critical hits, but its true power is unlocked when working alongside its friend.

Heart type: Wise

Spells: Spark, Cure, Thunder

Bio: Long story short Mac was a great fan of computers, gizmos and gadgets so basically anything electrical. However as much as he enjoyed fixing them it was always finding out what was wrong with them that frustrated him to no end, and no matter how hard he studied and examined them it was a problem that simply could not be fixed by conventional means.

So as a joke Mac started to try and contact the Fae occasionally muttering out incantations and sayings he found online rumoured to help strike a deal. Imagine his surprise when one of them worked, making a ring of mushrooms form around him inside his living room. Sadly Mac lost the bet and with it he lost both his name and face to the Goblin King, although in return he did receive a pretty cool head.

At around the same time as he was trying to find his way back to the Mundane side (everyone says to turn left at Autumn but they never say anything about three side steps just before the thunderstorm) that he met Cheese. Shortly thereafter he finally reached a collection of towns known as Three Peaks where a human researcher was staying and helped him get back to the Mundane side.
After a few years later and Mac and Cheese have become very close friends.

Misc: That computer screen actually works, just plug him in and you can attach your laptop to watch some cool movies.

Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWtkofUmGiw

Eese/“Cheese”

Age: about 150 or so
Species: Fairy

Appearance

Keyblade: Pictured above “A wild thing that keeps its treasure safe”

Keyblade powers: A hardy blade with an incredible defence, but its true power is unlocked when working alongside its friend.
Heart type: Guardian

Spells: Balloonra, Confuse Barrier

Bio: A native of the Fae Realm and a lover of pranks and all things green (as most fairies are) Cheese had a fairly normal life for a fairy with the Mundane side being nothing more than the subject of many jokes. As a general rule the Fae don’t like to make serious bets amongst each other, as their rules hold them to it and not many wish to increase the changeling population, but there can be times when one has had slightly too much cider for one’s own good.

It was then that Mac had the luck to wander past Cheese’ village and one of her (ex) friends bet that Cheese couldn’t reclaim Macs name and face. As you can guess it’s something that Cheese has yet to do meaning that she’s stuck following Mac until she does. And undoing a bet is a much harder feat than one would expect, especially when the Goblin King is concerned.

So it was that the pair journeyed to the Mundane Side together, a new and exciting experience for Cheese even with the whole culture shock that she still occasionally feels even today, especially when it comes to money which Cheese can’t quite grasp the idea of. Thankfully the two did have some help from a government body specialising in all things Fae/Mundane relations, after all it’s hard trying to find a job when you either have no idea of how the world works or a magical mutation.

But with a bit of luck, patience and a whole lot of colourful swears the pair of them managed to make a living running a night club in east London. And for a while everything was pretty good for the two of them, though Cheese still had a few problems considering how many things in London are made of metal. But sadly of course it didn’t last and soon enough a panicky call from one of their friends came through begging for them to run.

A week and two days later the pair have been renting a room in Twilight Town with little to no idea of what they should do next. Cheese just wishes that Mac would talk to her again.

Misc: Cheese can hide her wings from sight, she can also only be either human sized or your typical palm sized fairy. Metals such as iron will cause severe burns to Cheese if they touch her skin.

Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNcXFlcBJy4

Combined ability

Trump Card – This ability requires the two of them to move in sync and be in close proximity to each other in order to be activated. When activated the two spin around each other at an incredible speed sending out powerful orbs of light in every direction but this lasts only for about five seconds. When completed the two are very dizzy and tired meaning that they’ll be vulnerable for at least a few minutes after whilst they recover, even though they’ll still be fighting.

Enchanted Globe

Description of the world: A world oddly similar to our own but with an added twist. The world is split almost in two between the mundane world of humans and animals, and The Fae Realm of dragons, Fairies and all things that go bump in the night.

While the two halves are vaguely aware of each other, in the same sense of two neighbours who never really speak to or see each other, it must be said that there’s not much traffic between the two. This may be because the only way to do so is the use of a Fairy ring which never open quite as regularly as the scientific communities on either side would like. The majority of these rings are monitored and kept mostly secret on the Mundane side but there are always one or two that slip under the radar.

Where you fit into the world: The two of them joint own a nightclub in east London with Mac being the DJ (“Looks like a Daft Punk wannabe, but at least the music’s good.” – a customer no longer welcomed) and Cheese on the bar with A Fairies Kiss as their famous drink (“Bit of Gin, bit of Tonic and the colour of your hair to make sure nothing but fun out there for an hour or so” – Cheese).

Recent history: Enchanted Globe has, in a sense been lost to darkness. It first began when several new arrivals came to the world but as it always is nobody noticed them, too busy with their own worries to care about some oddly dressed individuals scoping about that place the local council says is off limits. It never really occurred to anyone to investigate the random flash of light from the woods and no one noticed the odd group of people now no longer seen anywhere at all.

In the Fae Realm these people journeyed across landscapes both familiar and rarely glimpsed in their wildest dreams. Soon enough they arrived at the Labyrinth home to the Goblin King. Here they introduced themselves as Dark Keyblade Wielders looking for a little world they can use to achieve their goal. They bet that they could defeat the Goblin King at any game of their choosing; if they lost they would become the Goblin Kings servants for all time but if they won then Enchanted Globe was theirs.

Now as anyone will tell you all inhabitants of The Fae realm love a good bet, but Faeries find them irresistible especially for such a risk, and so the Goblin accepted their challenge. The Goblin King lost and as Check mate was called the Heartless flooded the world.
Those in the mundane half of the world had a bit more time to escape but very few were able to receive the warning and even fewer had any idea of how to escape. Currently no one has any real idea of what is happening in Enchanted Globe as it has yet to fall completely to darkness but it certainly isn’t a place one would like to visit anytime soon.

Look at this dorky duo :3

[Xan the G]

Rekuzan 0

Name: Rekuzan 0 (Zero)
Age: 25
Species: Human
Appearance:

Appearance

Keyblade: Falchion

Keyblade

Keyblade powers: Falchion imbues the wielder with 2 primary powers connected to voids. The first is to teleport across distances instantly by using a wormhole-type void. The further the distance the wielder attempts to warp, the longer it takes the wormhole to fully manifest for use.
Secondly, Falchion allows the use to create void shadows. These clones mimic the wielders movements as opposed to acting on their own.
Heart type: Heart of Champion
Spells: Aero, Stop, Silence
Bio: Zero was born into a gang of thieves within Agrabah. From what he could infer, he was born by a woman of the night and one of the gang members. That's all he ever knew or was told about his beginnings. The prostitute didn't want a child interrupting her affairs, neither did she have any particular inkling as to which particular member of the gang was the one to impregnate her due to her popularity with it's members. "Rekuzan" was the name of the whorehouse he was born into. The last name Zero was given later on in life by his first and only friend. All Zero was ever taught was the value of loyalty beyond all else. Not to question for oneself, not to think for oneself, but all that one does is for the gang. With no true family or any other concept of unconditional love, Zero conformed into a man who became afraid to voice his own opinion or thoughts in fear of losing favour and interest in his superiors. This changed when the leader's son of his appealed to Zero as a friend (of sorts) because of their similar age and experience as apprentices within the gang.

The leader of the gang noticed the camaraderie that his soon expressed to Zero and gave Zero the command to be his son's bodyguard. Zero put everything he had into doing so. He learned the ways of the sword and he trained tireless and religiously while those around him indulged and experienced the fruits of the business; money, power, women. It was inevitable that he would rise above the mire. His unquestioning loyalty and diligence towards the son won over his boss, who went from simply seeing value in Zero to genuinely having faith in him when he would go one step beyond the other members to protect him.

When Zero was ___ years old, the gang was set upon by a rival militia who only went by then name "The 40 Thieves". Zero along with the leader's personal guard escorted the gang leader and his son away from the ensuing fight, but the passageways and secret corridors couldn't keep the aligned with the higher ranking members of the gang to protect the leader and his son, but was soon ordered to make sure the son could escape while the others protected the leader. They were fought into a corner. The son insisted that Zero save himself rather that stay to die with him as the battler brought Zero to a point of being gravely wounded. Something within Zero erupted. His sword, formerly a nameless sabre, absorbed the blood that Zero was bleeding onto it from the hilt and transformed in his hand into a keyblade. The powers it imbue him with were enough to fight back, but Zero could only fight so long before the blood loss caught up to him.

When Zero awoke, he realized he had been saved by the leader's son, who in turn manifested his own keyblade to save Zero while he was unconscious. They soon realised that they were the last of the gang to live the onslaught and didn't have the power at the time to avenge their fallen family and comrades. For Zero, he simply switched his allegiance from father to son, committing himself to being his sworn sword and bodyguard. The son decided to abandon Agrabah and become travelling mercenaries. With the power of their keyblades, they had the ability to transcend dimensions and explore other worlds, which appealed mightily to the son or basically explored other worlds and contributed to other people's lives for money while Zero stay in his shadow watching his back.
Theme: Stronger

[Little Bird]

Name: Ta Shalin
Age: 18
Species: Human

Appearance:

Hider

Heart Type: Heart of the Wise
Keyblades: Yin & Yang

Hider

Keyblade Powers:

• Yin; Dark Calling; inherent of a “Dark Heart” existing within Shalin’s being, Yin possesses key function of the Darkness therein. With it, she can tap into and unleash Dark energies..
• Yang; Breaking Light; emblematic of the “Light Heart” within Shalin, Yang is imbued with the magics thereof. As with Yin’s propensity for Darkness, Yang acts as a catalyst through which Shalin is able to channel the powers of Light.

Spells:

• Haste
• Protera
• Aero

Bio: The Keyblade Wars resonated powerfully across many worlds, lending to a slew of inter-related residual conflicts. In few places was the wrath of such conflicts as widespread, long-lasting and cut-throat as in China. The “Land of Dragons,” impacted harshly by the great wars of the Keybearers, broke into complete chaos, which lasted even after the breaking of the X-Blade. The wars would rage on with the fall of imperial order, with dozens of factions vying for control of the land; no one authority could hold its rule for very long before another made to usurp its power.

It was among the ferocity of changing authorities that Shalin was born. It was amid the violence and bloodshed that she was raised. The daughter of a lowly conscript in a village at the crossroads of the land, and thus at the epicenter of conflict. Between battles and constant military occupation, it was a miraculous feat for a girl so young to thrive as well as Shalin did. She would help the family as best she could, mostly with household work, and assisting her father as he prepared for his departures to various battle.

However, it would be in the heart of an attack on her village that her own destiny would be forged.

Shalin’s father was gone at the time; his company had been summoned to the defense of the imperial city. It was during this absence, with the town’s defenses minimal and unsuspecting, that a band of mercenary warriors attacked the village. The attack pending on the horizon, the villages remaining troops called to action all able-bodied men to its defense. The result was a bloodbath and a bonfire as people were slain and the village burned to ashes. The townsfolk fought valiantly, but proved no match; the soldiers redirected their efforts to ensuring the villagers’ safety as they retreated.

Enter Sun Yuande. A monk. A Keybearer. A veteran warrior of the Keyblade Wars. In a stroke of fortune, he was passing by the village at the time of its turmoil and rushed to its defense. He arrived to find himself too little too late, and most of the lives had been lost, and he found few combatants remaining. What he did find was a young girl, no more than ten years old, desperately fending off a trio of mercenaries with an all-too familiar weapon: a Keyblade, reminiscent of the notions of Yin and Yang. Immediately taking an interest in the girl, Yuande rushed to her aid, defeating the mercenaries.

“And by what name do you go, young girl?” he asked kindly to the cowering child, who still held her Keyblades up at the defensive.

“T-Ta Sha-Shalin,” the young girl said.

The rest fell swiftly onto the unwritten pages of history. Ta Shalin, at ten years old, became an apprentice to Sun Yuande. Under his tutelage she learned that her new weapon was a Keybalde. Under Yuande she also learned arts of magic, and combat. She followed Yuande faithfully for nearly seven years, until the fateful on which age and injury caught up with old master, calling him to the end of his days. Before his passing, however, he instructed Shalin to “seek a master who could complete the ‘unique’ training she would need to truly master her Keyblade practices.” He informed her of a planned gathering of Keyblade warriors to take place on a distant, world, and gifted her with what he called a “Star Shard,” which would allow her to travel to other worlds, and note that she was instructed was only for her new master’s eyes.

Believing that she would find a master that could complete her training at the gathering, she departed for Twilight Town...

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