[OOC] Kingdom Hearts: The Keyblade War.

[Apollosarcher]

@Wayward Yes and Yes!

[Little Bird]

@Wayward Yes and Yes!

@Apollosarcher

Just for biographical purpose, where is this relative to the game timeline?

[Apollosarcher]

Thousands of years before the game, during the Keyblade war.

[Little Bird]

Alright. I should have a character up within the next two to three days.

EDIT: I guess I lied. Here is a character sheet. @Apollosarcher. I do hope this works. Been wanting to use this character concept for a while now. I can provide details.

Name: Ta Shalin
Age: 18
Species: Human

Appearance:

Hider

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

Hider

Keyblade Powers:
>list][*]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...

Theme: youtube.com/watch?v=BzQjXIo-v1U

[Double]

That's... not quite how Dual Wielding works. People who have two keys have them because the second blade they possess used to belong to someone else whose Heart is now shared with theirs. It's how Roxas wielded two blades (made up of both Sora and Ventus' hearts), and Sora's drive forms combined his Heart with Donald or Goofy's to achieve dual wielding.

There's also this snippet from the OP post:

Heart of the Valorous: Those with this heart carry two keyblades, making them experts in fighting other keyblade wielders and heartless. However, because of these twin blades they lack defensive ability and cannot move as quickly. Their is no shared trait however, each of these wielders carries heart of another in their own heart.

[Apollosarcher]

@Wayward I really like the character, through I am @Double on the dual wielding perhaps her power simply causes the Keyblade to change into a different form or such. I am a really big fan of the character already and would like to have it along so I'll work with you to get it in.

[Double]

@Apollosarcher@Wayward Ditto, I kinda like the character as well. :)

[Little Bird]

@Wayward I really like the character, through I am @Double on the dual wielding perhaps her power simply causes the Keyblade to change into a different form or such. I am a really big fan of the character already and would like to have it along so I'll work with you to get it in.

@Apollosarcher

I see. The concept I was going for was a two halves of a whole scenario, stemming from a situation that yielded a physical split between her Light and Darkness. Would it be a fair trade off to say that her potential is in being able to go from one half at time to eventually summoning the conjoined form as depicted? A rejoining of the twother halves.

[Apollosarcher]

@Wayward That sounds pretty cool actually maybe the blade swaps based on how she plans to fight?

[Little Bird]

@Wayward That sounds pretty cool actually maybe the blade swaps based on how she plans to fight?

@Apollosarcher

That would be the case. I figure Yin would be a more offensive front while Yang would be more towards defensite.

[Apollosarcher]

That would be fine, she is approved and can join the others in the character tab! I think we can bring her in soon since were about to leave to go collect the first piece of darkness.

@Wayward

[Little Bird]

That would be fine, she is approved and can join the others in the character tab! I think we can bring her in soon since were about to leave to go collect the first piece of darkness.

@Wayward

@Apollosarcher

I'll make the needed edits and put her in the character tab in the morning (catching some sleep soon). I was kind of entertaining the idea of having her arrive late in Twilight Town, and joining up with Xan'so character, assuming they're still around. Make part of her plot here searching for the others.

Unless you'd rather bring her in more quickly.

[Apollosarcher]

@Wayward Your call really, you can talk to him if that doesn't work I can feel bring her in.

[Little Bird]

Alright. Edits made. My character is now in the characters tab. I think I might actually settle her as a Heart of the Wise.

[Double]

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I'll make the needed edits and put her in the character tab in the morning (catching some sleep soon). I was kind of entertaining the idea of having her arrive late in Twilight Town, and joining up with Xan'so character, assuming they're still around. Make part of her plot here searching for the others.

Unless you'd rather bring her in more quickly.

@Wayward

Xan and Daichi haven't posted anything here in like two months. I doubt their still around.

[Little Bird]

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Xan and Daichi haven't posted anything here in like two months. I doubt their still around.

@Double

They might still be up for it. Post frequency in this has generally been on the casual end of things. They may still be up for it.

[Apollosarcher]

I will be posting again getting us moving off to find the first piece of darkness.

[Double]

@WaywardYou should probably know that my own character had a friend from The Land of Dragons who... well, he's dead now, to put it simply. Dunno if will affect Shalin in any way but I thought I'd let you know in case for some reason it does (like, I dunno, maybe her master warned her to be wary of a man matching Cyrus' description or something because a veteran of the war like Yuande would most certainly have heard of someone with Cyrus's reputation).

[Little Bird]

@WaywardYou should probably know that my own character had a friend from The Land of Dragons who... well, he's dead now, to put it simply. Dunno if will affect Shalin in any way but I thought I'd let you know in case for some reason it does (like, I dunno, maybe her master warned her to be wary of a man matching Cyrus' description or something because a veteran of the war like Yuande would most certainly have heard of someone with Cyrus's reputation).

@Double

I'd have to know more about this friend if I were to make that call. There doesn't seem to be significant reference to a Land of Dragons friend in his bio. But other than that, I mean, the Keyblade War would have yielded many infamous individuals anyways. Yuande would have been certain to provide a general word of caution to Shalin before she ventured out, but probably wouldn't have referenced anyone in particular.

[Double]

@WaywardHis Bio is an overall summary, but it doesn't cover everything that's ever happened to him, since that would be much too long of a story (though I will be showing/telling bits and pieces of the story in flashback form in the IC). There's something else to it but I'll PM that bit since only Shalin might know of it.