Garuda Pacifier
Name: Garuda Pacifier
Age: 19
Race: Human
School of Magic: Magic Application, Combat and Fire Magic
Alignment: Neutral Good
“I am as strong as my form suggests.”
Garuda boasts about his own abilityMighty in his core is what describes Garuda. 180 cm tall and 74 kg heavy, Garuda is as expected of a Natron user, well-built and muscular from all the training he did prior to his arrival at Arcanium, and he took great pride in it as well. But behind the stature he possessed, he prefers to appear finely dressed in an iconic suit, a thing although old, but is a trademark of his days alive, and helps emit a certain charm to his characteristic. The suit is dark in color, and reveals a part of his chest, and thus revealing parts of his muscles, but not much. Despite the small informality of the costume, the rest of the suit relatively satisfy the definition of formal male clothing: long sleeved shirt, long-sleeved pant, elegant shoes, the two parts of the shirt held together not by buttons, but a belt or two. The collar was of the shirt was not fabric, but rather metal, hardened to emphasize his royal status. Despite this, the suit is flexible and enables him to fight without any difficulty caused by the costume itself.
“Prepare for defeat.”
Garuda entering battleGaruda has a talent in the use of a common but not usually used element known as Natron. (The element is completely fictional, and the description below will explain it)
To put it as simple as possible, a Natron is a subatomic particle, which is harmless in its natural state, but the particle in its nature has high potential energy and heat when accelerated to a certain degree. The particle is found everywhere, in the harsh deserts of Hag’Dvad, to the calm and peaceful forest of Forest of Heria. Anywhere having oxygen, have this kind of particle, as it is virtually in the air we live. In Garuda’s country, it is considered the most efficient, numerous and cost-effective source of energy. But in return, you cannot harvest the energy by any conventional means, and you have to do it using magic. Its usage outside of being a form of energy, it can also be used as a form of weapon. A few of its usage in warfare are to cast it as a flying white sphere, in which trillions, or maybe trillions of trillions of accelerated Natrons are packed inside. The sphere’s exterior will then dissipate, freeing those compressed Natron particles, resulting in an explosion. The number of Natrons the caster can compress into a sphere will determine the size and power of the explosion, but it is generally more powerful than normal elements. Or it can be fired directly as beams, shaped into protective shields, or be molded into swords and then explodes as mentioned earlier. Its use can be very diverse and flexible. But its downside is that in order to harvest these kinds of energies, it must be harvested using magical power. And the process is extremely energy consuming. Overusing it can result in extreme fatigue or even death caused by exhaustion. In conclusion, a mage utilizing this power must assure he has enough stamina, and must be calculative, harvesting it only enough to conserve his own energy.
For the current time being, Garuda is only capable of packing several billions of these into a sphere only as large as a tennis ball, with explosion radius of 1.5 meters, and he can only make a maximum of three before his body could feel exhaustion. Trying to get to a fourth will get him hospitalized. His beams are unreliable, and cannot shape Natrons into weapons yet. Still, the explosion from the ball, although not big, can be deadly if you stand close to it.
Physically, he is tough-built and durable in order to keep up with the requirements. As his fighting style is a high risk high reward kind of thing, he also possesses a bit of knowledge about fire magic in order to support his main magical ability.
Weaknesses: Garuda’s spheres are very powerful, and are his win conditions, but because creating them requires tremendous amount of energy, he can only create three of them, and so if he cannot win with three of them, he'll most likely lose the battle. Also, aside from the bit of fire magic and Natron talent he possessed, he had absolutely no magical prowess with other elements.
“Strength on its own is directionless. Pure determination is helpless. Only when the two join is a mighty warrior born.”
Garuda and his point of view of what makes a great warriorGaruda is pretty much plays the role of rival in the academy. Very confident, prideful and competitive, Garuda thirsts for the sense of battle and usually goes out to challenge others of his peers to a duel whenever he can. Despite being sent to Arcadium with a goal to be a more peaceful mage with abilities more governing than fighting, Garuda personally yearns to be a warrior for his people, and he desires nothing more than the thrill of battling and the threat of defeat.
The reason for Garuda to constantly challenge others to a duel is because he wants to entertain himself, and also he wants to find a worthy opponent (The reason why will be explained in the history sections) who is strong in raw strength and walks into battle with determination and desire for victory. And he usually prioritizes the latter requirement. Once he found the person who manages to exceed him in both categories, or at least exceed his own will, he will be very open to him or her, willing to accept losing to them, and being friendly and protective towards that person. But on the other hand, if a person is shown to be less enthusiastic in battle, his or her thrust for battle being unjust, or simply lacking, Garuda will not hesitate to show disappointment and even condescension and disrespect towards that person. But generally, he is relatively polite towards others, due to his upbringings in the noble environment, and has a common sense about justice and morality, as shown as although being battlehungry, he does not go all the way to get someone to fight him by using force, or preemptively attacks anyone.
By nature, Garuda is no means superior in the power of the mind, but through training and practice to meet his subjective requirements of a Natron user, he has become fairly smart, sometimes being able to calculate and foresee outcomes using logical reasonings and estimation, both in battle and in real life situation, though not all of it is correct. But at the least, he is not the type of person to jump to conclusion and act impulsively.
Character flaws: He is a bit too prideful, to the point of annoying arrogance can be hinted, and his desire to battle others can lead him into troubles that he could have personally avoided.
"Alister, you are a paragon of might who never stopped thriving forward. I would never accept losing to anyone else but you."
Garuda's feelings towards his deceased friend. Garuda was born a son to a powerful warrior mage in the country of Acity, known for its considerably advanced technological development, notably in the use of alternative energy source, the Natron particles. Because of this fact, the country underwent a terrible war with the neighbourhood country, Frismia the Nordic, whose king was jealous of the thriving economy thanks to the use of Natrons. The war seriously crippled the economy of the country, and killing many of the Natron users, but thankfully, the combined effort of both the mages and the Royal Acitian Army managed to thwart the jealous king’s intention.
Born right after the war ended, Garuda was labelled as one of the rare crown jewels of the country, due to the Natron-manipulation power that he inherited from his father. After thousands of Natron-users slaughtered in the war, the king decided to gather all remaining Natron-users and potential ones together and provide them the best training condition possible so that they can use their ability to contribute to the rebuilding of the country. And so the boy was treated with all the luxury one commoner could never even imagine possible.
Garuda, however, saw things differently. He wanted to become more of a protector, due to his natural bloodline of warrior mages, and his sense of glory and thirst for a fight comes from the stories of his ancestors, and mostly from his father, who fought bravely in the face of the enemy. And during his childhood, he was befriended by a man known as Alister, who usually accompany him in his training. He was years older than Garuda, and possessed very powerful magical ability, capable of besting Garuda easily. He not only recognized Garuda’s potential, but he also saw his determination to become a warrior mage, so he acted as a mentor to him, and usually sparred with him in his leisurely time. Garuda respected the Alister for being the one to always be powerful enough to contend him. But he was ill-fated, being taken to the afterlife by a deadly disease.
Saddened by the loss of his best friend, teacher, mentor and most importantly, worthy opponent, Garuda began his search for another one. Shortly after, he was enrolled in Arcanium for the best education possible.
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