chukklehed

After the End

So where is Hiram right now?

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There's still nothing Adam could do that the stolen paramedics can't already (I assume they came with the ambulance). I'm asking because Adam would be trying to rescue civilians caught in fires or something.

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So which city is it that most of the heroes have gathered?

Dawn of a New Voyage / SHUT DOWN

In response to the shout, Claire instinctively tried to draw her sword, only to grasp empty air instead. Switching sides to her dagger and whirling to face whoever had hailed her, she took a defensive stance and eyed the figure approaching her warily. Drawing her dagger out half an inch when she decided he was close enough to talk, she spoke clearly enough for him to hear.

"I might be, but you are obviously not, the way you announce your presence in a battlefield." He words were clipped, in an odd dialect, adding emphasis to the 't' in every word. Her glare was focused on the man, taking in any detail that might help her beat him.

No obvious weapons. Assassin? Sorcerer? Either could be dangerous and unstable. Still, despite her obvious caution and barely hidden hostility, her dagger remained sheathed with only the thin sliver of metal showing.

@dabombjk

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@Cherrywitch Should totally do that lol.

@chukklehed I guess he can play a supportive role by putting out fires or keeping the power up in the evac zone. Something along those lines.

@Animal

actually he's more like an all or nothing fighter with a specialty in energy defense. He can pull in electricity and fire and other free energy, then blast it back out. He's pretty bad at fine control

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Right now he can only absorb free energy like fire and electricity. No kinetic or metaphysical energies.

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I still have no idea what's going on in this place

Dawn of a New Voyage / SHUT DOWN

It wasn't a pretty sight, this Void. The color crimson was everywhere, and the heat was oppressive. Not to mention that strange man that greeted her as soon as she woke up. Sighing, Clairemont spoke into her solitude as she walked. "Carbuncle, was that man a demon?"

She waited for a reply, and when she received none she sighed again. She was alone, truely and absolutely. She had nobody to talk to, and nothing but a dagger to defend herself with, and on top of it she had no real path.

Finding love in a place like this? For a person like me? A farfetched dream if ever I heard one. Of the three goals I was offered, killing seems the easiest. If only I had Carbuncle, I could be out of here in a few days.

Claire shielded her eyes against the glaring sunlight as she pondered her dilemma, wandering aimlessly through the wasteland before her.

Dawn of a New Voyage / SHUT DOWN

Name: Clairemont de Liette-Kiermo

Age: 35

Gender: female

Race: Human-Demon Hybrid

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Fighting class type: Warrior

Evolution:
1. Carbuncle - Claire gains the use of the Demon Sword Carbuncle in it's dormant state. This sword is impossibly strong and sharp, able to cut through any mundane material. It thirsts for blood, and will grow stronger the more it is given.
2. Fallen Armor - Claire's armor is made of the same demonic material as her sword, but lacks the magic imbued into the blade. The material is close to indestructible, but so impossibly heavy that even she lacks the ability to move freely in it. The armor comes with a charm that will store it in it's own space, giving her the ability to equip it at will.
3. Demon Form - Regaining enough power to control her true form, Claire becomes able to release her inner demon, drastically altering her appearance and giving her already formidable physical abilities a boost.
4. Awakened Carbuncle - The Demon Sword, finally having absorbed enough blood to awaken, grants Claire access to her demonic abilities of Hellfire and Darkness. These abilities take a toll on her in the form of sanity, and if she uses too much at once she will fly into a berserker blood rage.

Personality:
Clare has no real qualms about killing, as she was not only a warrior in her life, but part demon. She does, however, have issues with killing unprovoked, or killing the innocent. Most of the time, she is stoic and taciturn, but every once in a while emotions will rise to the surface, and not typically good ones.

Biography:
Claire was born into the Liette-Kiermo family, an old and powerful dukedom and the seat of power in all her kingdom short of the King himself. However, from birth she was marked for tragedy, as a demon-mark was seared into her skin as soon as it touched the open air. Fearing for the status of his house, her father had her locked away in the deepest, but admittedly most comfortable, chambers in his estate, to be cared for only by the most trusted of servants, and more often than not, by himself and her mother alone. Her life wasn't terrible, as her parents didn't hate her for the mark, but she was never allowed to see the open sky for fear that someone would catch a glimpse of her wrongness. For 16 years she lived on her own, her only contact with the outside world her parents and tutors, and she was happy with her life regardless. However, on her 16th birthday, she felt and overwhelming call from the blood red moon above, and forced her way outside despite the protests of the servants. As she finally felt herself bathed in the light of the moon, she found in front of her a sword so black that it seemed to drink in the light around it. Compelled, she grasped the hilt in both hands, and suddenly felt a flood of rage and greedy hunger as a voice forced itself into her mind.

These people have kept you imprisoned your entire life. They are afraid of you, of what you can do. They would put you to death if they could manage it. Kill them first.

The sword's greedy voice tried to overpower her will, but try as it might, it could not force her to raise the blade to her parents or their servants. Instead, in an act of desperation, she ran as far as she could, as fast as she could, trying to escape anybody the sword might force her to kill. She lived alone from then on, imposing her will on the blade again and again as she could not be rid of it. Eventually, she won out, and the sword bowed to her commands. She learned to wield it and it's demonic powers in solitude, and only once she was certain she could control it's power did she return to her parents and her king, pledging her new strength to his service.

Reasons sent to the void:
Later in life, Claire was tasked to protect the prince of an allied nation as he led peace talks across the land. In stopping one of numerous assassination attempts, she lost control of Carbuncle and fell into a blood rage. She only regained her sanity later, surrounded by the slaughtered bodies of innocent civilians and allies, with the prince himself impaled on her sword. In horror, she watched as the life drained from his face, and she was close enough to hear his last, whispered words.

"I'm sorry, dear Claire. Forgive me."

Howling in sorrow and self hatred, Claire took her own life with the Demon Sword, not caring that anybody slain with it would be sent to Hell, regardless of their morality.

Weaknesses: Magic and Mind affecting powers. Claire relies on her physical abilities and armor, so anything that takes those out of the equation could beat her.

Dawn of a New Voyage / SHUT DOWN

Name: Clairemont de Liette-Kiermo

Age: 35

Gender: female

Race: Human-Demon Hybrid

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Fighting class type: Warrior

Evolution:
1. Carbuncle - Claire gains the use of the Demon Sword Carbuncle in it's dormant state. This sword is impossibly strong and sharp, able to cut through any mundane material. It thirsts for blood, and will grow stronger the more it is given.
2. Fallen Armor - Claire's armor is made of the same demonic material as her sword, but lacks the magic imbued into the blade. The material is close to indestructible, but so impossibly heavy that even she lacks the ability to move freely in it. The armor comes with a charm that will store it in it's own space, giving her the ability to equip it at will.
3. Demon Form - Regaining enough power to control her true form, Claire becomes able to release her inner demon, drastically altering her appearance and giving her already formidable physical abilities a boost.
4. Awakened Carbuncle - The Demon Sword, finally having absorbed enough blood to awaken, grants Claire access to her demonic abilities of Hellfire and Darkness. These abilities take a toll on her in the form of sanity, and if she uses too much at once she will fly into a berserker blood rage.

Personality:
Clare has no real qualms about killing, as she was not only a warrior in her life, but part demon. She does, however, have issues with killing unprovoked, or killing the innocent. Most of the time, she is stoic and taciturn, but every once in a while emotions will rise to the surface, and not typically good ones.

Biography:
Claire was born into the Liette-Kiermo family, an old and powerful dukedom and the seat of power in all her kingdom short of the King himself. However, from birth she was marked for tragedy, as a demon-mark was seared into her skin as soon as it touched the open air. Fearing for the status of his house, her father had her locked away in the deepest, but admittedly most comfortable, chambers in his estate, to be cared for only by the most trusted of servants, and more often than not, by himself and her mother alone. Her life wasn't terrible, as her parents didn't hate her for the mark, but she was never allowed to see the open sky for fear that someone would catch a glimpse of her wrongness. For 16 years she lived on her own, her only contact with the outside world her parents and tutors, and she was happy with her life regardless. However, on her 16th birthday, she felt and overwhelming call from the blood red moon above, and forced her way outside despite the protests of the servants. As she finally felt herself bathed in the light of the moon, she found in front of her a sword so black that it seemed to drink in the light around it. Compelled, she grasped the hilt in both hands, and suddenly felt a flood of rage and greedy hunger as a voice forced itself into her mind.

These people have kept you imprisoned your entire life. They are afraid of you, of what you can do. They would put you to death if they could manage it. Kill them first.

The sword's greedy voice tried to overpower her will, but try as it might, it could not force her to raise the blade to her parents or their servants. Instead, in an act of desperation, she ran as far as she could, as fast as she could, trying to escape anybody the sword might force her to kill. She lived alone from then on, imposing her will on the blade again and again as she could not be rid of it. Eventually, she won out, and the sword bowed to her commands. She learned to wield it and it's demonic powers in solitude, and only once she was certain she could control it's power did she return to her parents and her king, pledging her new strength to his service.

Reasons sent to the void:
Later in life, Claire was tasked to protect the prince of an allied nation as he led peace talks across the land. In stopping one of numerous assassination attempts, she lost control of Carbuncle and fell into a blood rage. She only regained her sanity later, surrounded by the slaughtered bodies of innocent civilians and allies, with the prince himself impaled on her sword. In horror, she watched as the life drained from his face, and she was close enough to hear his last, whispered words.

"I'm sorry, dear Claire. Forgive me."

Howling in sorrow and self hatred, Claire took her own life with the Demon Sword, not caring that anybody slain with it would be sent to Hell, regardless of their morality.

Weaknesses: Magic and Mind affecting powers. Claire relies on her physical abilities and armor, so anything that takes those out of the equation could beat her.