Damiann47

Lost Cards of Broken Paradise

@Mae Sounds like a plan, timezones are undoubtedly going to be a pain, but I usually have a wide range of hours where I'm available. Tomorrow will be a particularly good day, also yeah I'm very familiar with titanpad and think we'll have an easier time with that instead of PMs.

Lost Cards of Broken Paradise

@Mae Alright, moved Anise over to the character tab, and to my knowledge after double checking myself a few times, everything should look right.

Suppose waiting to know for sure where she's gonna come into the IC.

Lost Cards of Broken Paradise

Anise Purcell • 6th of Clubs • The Soldier's Arm

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The Character

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Really wanted to use this picture but it was way too big, so here's a hider

Anise Purcell • 6th of Clubs • The Soldier's Arm

"Skill is the way we prove ourselves, real capability is what matters."

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AGE 19 • Female

Appearance: Anise stands at 5' 8", which for women is a tad on the taller side. She is very toned from years of drills and training, although not overly muscular more like particularly fit. Her light hair is almost always tied up, typically in a simplest of ponytails for no other reason than to keep it out of her way. If left hanging it would probably only reach the bottom of her neck

The image above does not in any way reflect her style of clothing at all, for one she almost never wears anything sophisticated unless necessary. Likewise in the same vein of thinking you'll also never catch her in dresses, except when left with no other choice and that really means no other choice. What she does wear should be obvious, that being a shirt and pants, maybe a tunic, she isn't too picky just what matters is practicality. Plain white suits her just fine, but she does actually like muted earthly colors just as well.

Personality: Anise is best described as a fairly serious and stoic individual. That's not to say she's a buzzkill, someone who operates off of a no fun allowed policy, but one should also try not to goof around too much in her presence. Generally Anise is even tempered with thick skin, however if someone does decides to provoke the girl enough to earn her wrath, well it won't be pretty. She is definitely the confident type, and won't shy away from a challenge, in fact she welcome anything to test her mettle taking it as another opportunity to prove herself.

In terms of the suit caste system, honestly Anise doesn't care much for it, but you'll not find her openly admitting that much. Absolutely she will always adhere to the ranking, and will never disobey a "superior" just it doesn't mean she likes it. To her a Heart who can't pull their weight, especially in battle, is nothing more than a waste of space. So long story short, meritocracy is something she really values, and for someone to prove capable is the way to earn her favor.

Now in a social situation Anise is fine with small talk and the likes, however don't expect to become fast friends. Now despite everything else that makes up her very being, inside she's definitely human as anyone else. A human who's cool with cracking a few jokes, or relax by doing nothing at all, just it'll take some trust and some digging in order to find this inner person.

Biography: The Soldier's Arm isn't exactly a proper House, but all the same is still a fairly large family, extended and otherwise. As the same suggests The Soldier's Arm are concerned about combat more than anything else, and many members continue to become warriors in their own right. As Clubs it isn't too surprising they're very familiar with the use of weapons, but with the idea of general mastery of arms rather than strict specialization. Certainly this doesn't allow for the highest possible degree of skill, but is made up in flexibility. In The Soldier's Arm the most important philosophy is the idea of glory on the battlefield. Prestige is fine, but the one true way for someone to prove himself is in battle, the only place that truly matters.

Anise's childhood was very straightforward and simple. She didn't want much as her family was well enough to always keep food on the table, yet was taught to live frugally. "You won't always have extra food, so its best to waste as little as possible." This being the reason constantly given to her. From an early age of ten is when Anise started her training, the basics of combat while also lightly touching on various weapons, and anything else to aid her later in life.

Family life was a bit tense to put it lightly, and while Anise was never abused, well her parents were never the loving type. Her father for example was always cold, just a little too distant. He would be there for dinner, yes, but only to silently eat his meal then leave without a word. Anise's other interactions with the man were limited to training, which for better or worse, her father was definitely involved with. To put it in a way, Anise was never entirely sad to leave home to continue her training and education at The Spire.

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The System

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Stats

Health: 12
Sanity: 12
Willpower: 12
Stamina: 15
Strength: 13
Dexterity: 10
Stealth: 10
Magic: 10
Vigilance: 11
Luck: 0

Loadout:

Savage Blow Lvl1: Anise strikes with an especially brutal attack that ignores armor but deals half of normal damage due to the lack of precision. Also she cannot use Savage Blow again until 2 turns have passed.

Snap Punch Lvl1: She quickly throws out a right hook at the enemy, this does no damage but leaves the target stunned for 1 turn. Like Savage Blow she cannot punch again until 3 turns have passed.

Glory or Death Lvl1: Anise throws away any notion of caution and charges caring only for kill. She gains +3 to physical attacks for the next 2 turns, but suffers -2 to armor rolls. After the duration of the effect ends she then suffers from exhaustion.

Skills:

Readiness: Anise always takes time out her day to polish, sharpen and otherwise take good care of her primary weapon. As a result of this increased maintenance, her currently equipped weapon takes 25% less durability damage.

Frugal: Anise is particularly careful about wasting resources, and so can find ways to extend the use of consumable items without diluting the effect. Basically this means she has a 50% chance to get two uses out of a consumable.

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The Effects

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Fates & Destinies:

• To get settled into her new home.
• Slay her first monster.
• Receive a serious wound.
• Optional: Complete Initiation

Madnesses:

Corruptions:

Area Unlocks:

• Forge

Gold: 109g

Equipment & Items:

• 2x Standard Rations
• 1x Waterskin
• 1x Box of Matches (10)
• 1x Mess Kit
• 1x Compass

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Relationships

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Anise Purcell of The Solder's Arm

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Big Picture is Still Big

"Anyone else can do whatever they want, but if they got the skill and the will, then let them be by my side."

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Kaela of the Hands of Healing

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"No idea, but a healer is always useful."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Tryll Lumiere of The Augmenters

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"Don't know."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Arcadia “Cady” Rozaire of The Augmenters

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"Huh, two people from the same house?."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Maxwell Rydell of The Peacekeepers

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"He's a peacekeeper? Hmm."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Elemette of the Attendants

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"Don't know who this is."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Zephyr Hierro of The Elemental Blades

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"Zephyr is a cousin on my father's side. Never really gotten to know him, but I do respect The Elemental Blade's skill with the sword."

Relationship: Cousin.

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Fitzgerald of the Spinning Cogs

"Guess he's a Club who deals with machines, interesting."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Acron of The Raging Winds

"Complete stranger to me."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Jarvan Gearshield of The Fierce Forge

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"Pretty friendly guy, Jarvan, but its the quality of his family's steel that I'm interested in."

Relationship: Acquaintance.

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Jagred Degray of the Fire Eyes

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"Jagred and I have fought on more than a few occasions. Too brash if you ask me, but I can't deny that he can put up a good fight."

Relationship: Familiar with.

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Balith Benker of the Ticketeers

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"Nope."

Relationship: Stranger.

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Alexander of The Diamond Looking Glasses

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"Still no idea who this is, at all."

Relationship: Stranger.

Conditions

♣ Anise Purcell • 6th of Clubs • The Soldier's Arm ♣

<sup>HP: 12/12 || SA: 12/12 || 129 GP || 0 / 1000 CP
* No Condition *</sup>

Prime District Entrance. || Dealing with an oddly peppy girl. || A little apprehensive, but collected.

Inventory on her Person

Treasures: Trinket: Ingestible pink capsule.
Inventory:

• 2x Standard Ration
• 1x Waterskin
• 1x Box of Matches (10)
• 1x Mess Kit
• 1x Compass

Thematic Items: None, or more like I got no idea what to put here quite yet.

Current Stats

Health: 12 (Base)
Sanity: 12 (Base)
Willpower: 12
Stamina: 15
Strength: 13
Dexterity: 10
Stealth: 10
Magic: 10
Vigilance: 11
Luck: 0

Lost Cards of Broken Paradise

@RedDusk Alright then, so not so much as a rivalry, but just knowing each other with a splash of respect. Okay, now looking at his personality I do think they can easily get along once actually interacting, but we'll see where that goes.

@Mae Well good, that's what I was hoping for, makes it a whole lot easier on you and me. Also yeah I did know that, Eklipse clued me on on it. Just 150g with five total purchases doesn't give any wiggle room, which is definitely the point so no complaints there. Guess the main problem here is she'll be left without a weapon with what I got in mind now, 100g club is hard to fit into a real tight budget as it turns out.

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@Mae Cool, I expected some more tweaks and balances to her skills, but yeah I'll add that to Frugal. Anyway already got together a little shopping list and relationships are mostly done, just waiting on some confirmation from @RedDusk. Haven't touched the header yet, but I imagine it won't take even a minute, only issue I got there is her picture, like it is really big, man.

Right, so yeah thanks for taking me in, and wanted to say something profound here but I got nothing. Yep.

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@duskshine749 Right if it's decided I'll have him be a cousin when I get around to writing out the relationship.

@Eklispe Guess the same with Jarven too, acquaintances.

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@duskshine749 His mother was a Club? Huh, okay I see where I went wrong, misunderstood his bio and thought his mother was a Spade. Anyway I actually would rather have them be cousins since it's a little more interesting than they've got to beat each other up sometimes. Big thing was I couldn't see how they'll even be related.

So how about this, Zephyr's mom here would be Anise's Aunt on her farher's side. Basically Zephyr's mother and Anise's father are siblings? Part of me really hopes I understand what cousins are, heh.

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@RedDuskAlrght sure, just let me know how you want to play this out.

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@RedDusk If Jagred were to pick a fight it's pretty much certain she would take him up on it. Probably would dislike but respect him, since on one hand trying to provoke a fight is never cool, however she likes people who can hold their own.

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@duskshine749 Hmm, well not sure how much family ties cross suits, but yeah since Zephyr has interacted with Clubs a lot then I can see them training together, or maybe spar on more than a few occasions.

@Eklispe Jarven is someone else who makes sense to me, if nothing else but as acquaintances since I can imagine her being sent to his forge to pick up equipment and whatnot.