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Sundering Artifice

@Blackmist16
Mind you, if you're saying prior to the first robot attack that's still a long time ago.

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Penny MacArthur, Shy Sniper

Name: Penny MacArthur

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Appearance: Penny stands about 5’4” tall and weighs around 95 lbs. She has shoulder length hair colored light brown. She has amber colored eyes. Her hair is pushed around tufts of feathers that pokes from the top of either side of her hair reminiscent of owl ear tufts. She has a thin frame where it doesn’t look like she has much muscle mass but she is not frail. She has pale skin. She does not have any tattoos or piercings. She wears simple silver or gold chains around her neck. She wears modest female attire usually short or long sleave blouses, skirt and leggings, and flats. Despite that, she is not picky and has no problem changing into combat attire or wearing boots. She prefers them to all be light weight though.

Personality: She is a very shy person, who has a hard time communicating with others. Despite that she has a very kind heart and is willing to help anyone in need. She is a follower and not a leader. If given a leadership position she will become flustered. She tries her hardest with any task given, and like the Sunderers and what they do to protect. She has a fear of talking with others, and will often try to speak up, but will stop herself. To compensate for that as well as help her with other tasks, she has a floating metallic ball no bigger than a base ball called Gyro. Gyro speaks in Penny’s stead, linked by a neural connection via a pair of ear buds. It has limited artificial intelligence where it speaks for someone rather than speak as someone as well as come up with ideas. It does not make its own decisions, nor act against Penny’s wishes.

Backstory: Penny was the youngest of three kids. She had an older brother named Timothy and an older sister named Madeline. Her father, named Henry, worked as a small-time gun smith with a contract from the Sunderers. He didn’t mass produce the weaponry but rather he was allowed limited access to recovered technology to invent new weaponry to see their effectiveness against the robots. He worked hard and was able to be a supplier for sunderer fire arms. His work had a more traditional aspect of fire arms, but he had a certain touch when it came to incorporating sunderers powers into the weapons so that they complimented each other.

Penny’s older sister, Madeline, grew up and joined the Sunderers, while her brother, Timothy, decided to study under Henry and to carry on the business. Penny from birth was always wary of other people, even her own family. Though she was able to get over her fear with the help of her family, she maintained a dislike for actually communicating. So that is when Henry gave her Gyro. It was a bulky tank on treads the size of a dishwasher, but its presence helped her socialize with others. At least the ones who weren’t scared, or put off by the large machine following her.

After about a decade, Gyro was redesigned, Penny started working around the shop, Madeline was rising the ranks, and Timothy was still learning engineering. Penny didn’t interact with customers, or the Sunderers as she worked around the shop. She mainly helped clean the floor and equipment. She didn’t like the business aspect of the work, but she loved testing out her father’s newest creations, at least within reason. More often than not, she was testing Timothy’s which failed half the time. With so much practice, she was becoming the golden standard for a weapon’s condition around the shop.

Penny was incredibly close with Madeline. Whenever Madeline got to come home on leave, break, whatever reason she was allowed to, they would spend hours talking about her adventures. Penny thought about joining them at one point, but she knew how own fear of other people would hold her back and most likely disqualify her. Madeline would always bring it up, even saying they could work together, but Penny would back away. Madeline teased for it constantly, and was the only person Penny didn’t mind it coming from.

When news came back that Madeline was killed fighting one of the weirder robots, it struck Penny the hardest. For days, she was locked in her room. Nothing Henry or Timothy could do could not get her to come out. After about a month of spending most of her time in her room, she came out. She told her father and Timothy that she was going to join the Sunderers. At first, they thought she was still grieving, not thinking it was a good idea, but Penny remained adamant. It was the first either of them saw Penny be so determined. Henry stood from the table and set to work.

Once the time came to submit her application, she followed through. As she waited to hear word back, her father presented her with a custom rifle. Despite being made with lighter weight materials, it still had some heft. The receiver was specially designed for Penny’s projections. He told her that he had designed Madeline’s weapon, and he would be damned if he also did not design Penny’s. It was more than just wanting revenge for her sister. Penny wanted to join the Sunderers so that she could do more to protect those she loved.

Powers: She has the power of energy projection which she can use offensively or defensively. All energy projects are transparent with a lime green tint.

She can create forcefields around herself and others if they are close enough. She can adjust the size, shape, and density of the shields.
She can use the energy from her projections to power her equipment so that she can change trajectory, density, number, and shape of her projectiles.

Durability and power associated with the above depends on structure, density, and Penny’s mental fortitude.

She has exceptional eye sight and hearing. She can see and hear things at a distance most people may not notice. As a result of that, she generally has to turn her head to focus rather than move her eyes. To deal with her sensitive hearing, she has ear buds that help soften sounds that also connect directly with Gyro.

Equipment: FMX Furor Custom. A sniper rifle designed to embrace and enhance the energy projections Penny puts into it. Built light weight, with durable casing, it can take the power like a cannon, and allow for easy set up. It is designed to help Penny focus her energy into long range projectiles of varying shapes and uses.

Additional info:
- Gyro speaks with a low male voice, since it’s at a frequency that does not bother Penny.
- Gyro is a floating ball with an indent at the front for a glass blue eye. It has a telescopic eye sight, and decent hearing akin to
Penny. It has two retractable wire like appendages that can connect with civilian computer systems (like a USB). It can’t read
computers this way, just turns himself into an operator like any other user.
- She can barely move her eyes, so when spoken to or is speaking, she will face the person directly.
- Penny’s mother died shortly after Penny’s birth due to complications. She didn’t know her.

Half tempted to make a male character and start a harem.

@Randomness

combat-ready
Ahem. Looking cool!
Do you have a solid limit set for Penny's powers?

Sundering Artifice

Did I hear cybernetic implants

Well, technically theres big evil robots walkkng around and theres people smart enough to reverse engineer old tech so... it's possible. Why not?

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Also Lug, I forgot to say-your backstory could mean fire chainsaw Lord of Cinder gal may be acquainted with some of the faculty characters. Will it be a positive thing or a negative one? The truth is out there... *cue X files theme*

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now show me what you got little man

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A bit of 0th post update regarding powers and characters,as it seems that I didn't provide enough info as the list I have in my head. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

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Now that I've got the chance to mention...

The main enemy faction, which is literally an army of robots, will have little to no force of supernatural powers by their side. If they do, then that'd be something like an AI-learnable magic or some poor guy tortured and brainwashed to be on their side. whoops did I spoil my future plan
Which makes superpowers a very effective winning hand (unless you forgot to bring protection against artillery shells). So I may be a bit harsh when judging your characters' powers sometimes.

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So technically she has psychokinesis, wave manipulation, and portals for teleporting weapons.
Plus secrets. Right?

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Looks cool!

These various swords need not be carried on her person due to her special ability but are listed as the equipment she favours for combat and assassination respectively.

Does this mean she can summon weapons out of thin air? Or that she doesn't necessarily need weapons for combat?
It'd be better for me to understand if you wrote only what she carries with her usually, and any optional equipmemts on additional info or such separrate section. And be sure to specify when she brings it along in character.

If you have any secrets regarding your character, please dm me and bc about it. We'll see and decide if it's good or nah.

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I hope this application suits you. Please let me know if anything I've done with the lore is dissonant with what you had in mind for the setting.

Hellfire Wildheart

Wanna fight!?!

Name: Sinmara
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Appearance: Standing tall at 5'11” and sturdily built, with a robust physique she's clearly proud of. She's got an earnest face garnished most often by a smile, with short, rounded eyebrows, slit orange eyes, pronounced teeth, and thick lashes. Curled horns sit atop a head of thick, curly hair, long enough to be tied in a massive bundle that reaches past her knees. Her favorite gear is a deep purple suit jacket, with an unusually large and showy collar, completely unbuttoned and with sleeves rolled up, kept in place by suspenders. A pair of matching pants complete the set, albeit with flame décor. A number of skull attachments adorn her outfit, including knee pads. Her fighting gloves are clearly labeled to avoid confusion, and a number of long scars dot her figure
Personality: Sinmara is possessed of a strikingly off-beat demeanor. Whatever damaged her memory did a permanent number on her psyche, leaving her a little crazed. She's unfamiliar and can have difficulty with a number of ordinary things, making her look like a ditz at times, but her most overwhelmingly notable trait is her love of fighting. Bordering on an addition to the high of battle, this adrenaline-seeking obsession makes her a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, tearing through robots like it's the funnest thing in the world. She's just as happy to spar with fellow Sunderers however, with an unpowered blade, training weapons, hand to hand, you name it. She loves a challenge and to challenge, bordering on annoying at times. When she can't get her fix, she crashes, drifting off into daydreams about fighting or growing depressed and sluggish. It's almost impossible for her to concentrate on or deal with anything that doesn't interest her, and it is impossible for her to live a normal life.
Backstory: The underside of Fidelis has no shortage of sad stories, and what happened to a certain middle-aged nurse is no exception. After losing her beloved older daughter in an accident, she sank into despair, only for a stranger to approach her. He offered her the power to heal and comfort others, and she took to it wholeheartedly. That woman, Shubni, quickly rose to the status of a celebrated healer in Fidelis, using her blessings to numb the pain of those who sought her out. Her power turned out to be a miracle cure, and with the only side effect that her patients tended to sprout horns, many sought out her benevolence. She gained an almost cult-like following, her followers fervent but subtle in their adoration, displaying their horns with pride. Few hurt more, however, than Shubni's younger daughter, who'd been dulling her pain in her own way: though drink. Now seemingly forgotten by the only person who cared about her, the younger sister became a hopeless alcoholic. Eventually she too sought out Shubni's miracles, not really caring what happened one way or another.

What happened came as a surprise. Shubni's power hid a terrible secret: that its seemingly benevolent blessings helped people by warping their mental states, making their minds and even bodies more malleable. With authorities on her scent, Shubni decided to handle two birds with one stone, and pumped her forgotten daughter so full of power that her already-cracked mind went to pieces, scrambling her memories and personality. The daughter entered a berserk state, causing such a scene that the Sunderers were called in to deal with her. After a pitched battle the 'demon' was defeated and captured. When choosing what to do with the her once she cooled down to her present state, command decided to put her strength and desire to fight to use against the robots. Given the name Sinmara, the girl never recovered her old self, but took to her new assignment without complaint. In exchange for being cared for by the support staff, she's more than happy to fight whatever and wherever command tells her.
Powers: Stronger than tougher than the typical woman by a fair margin, Sinmara also boasts some hidden firepower. When she's excited, her movements and blows can superheat the surrounding air and struck surfaces, giving the appearance of flashing fire. She's pretty heat-resistant herself, but whether she cares if she hurts herself while fighting is another story. She's prone to entering a battle high when fighting that greatly decreases her stamina burn while boosting her pain tolerance.
Equipment: The hellfire chainspear, Burnout. A durable and deadly if not flawless weapon, its heats up to enhance its cutting power and burn through enemy mass. There's practically nothing better for exploiting openings for critical damage, but its faults become more apparent when leveraged against sheer armor. Its teeth can't cut through metal plating, instead relying on the heating function to melt through. The chainspear is powered by concentrated fuel, which can run out if overused or explode if subjected to enough damage.
Additional info: The character in Sinmara's backstory and her mother, Shubni, may factor into other backstories or world events if people like, perhaps as an explanation for demonic characteristics.

@Lugubrious

The council shall decide your fate
Post on cs section mate