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BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

Saffron Kelly, the curious kitty lost in a world of distaste

Saffron Kelly

Also frequently nicknamed as 'Saffy'

Physical Appearance

In the appearance of a young girl due to a mistake in practising magic, Saffron stands at a height of 4'10 with light brown hair that drops down to her shoulders. Her nose is slightly pointy and she has large brown eyes to match her hair, a small mouth joining these features on her face, as well as a pair of slightly small human ears hidden beneath the sweeps of her hair. Moving down, Saffron is quite thin and has the smallest of bust due to the age she is trapped at. Along with her human features, she does have a pair of features that only a cat would have; it's ears, as well as it's tail. A pair of cat ears just a tad lower in tone than her hair sit above her head, along with a tail behind her that sits at the same colour as her hair.

Abilities

Saffron has an affiliation with nature and it's various magics. She has a few simple magic abilities; she can communicate with every known animal in their native tongue, as well as has being able to understand new animals' languages after some exploration. She is very knowledgeable in knowing that makes the animals tick, and so can influence them into doing things such as defending or attacking for her, or having a bird fly overhead to scout the path.

Another ability Saffron has is altering the growth of cells, both of fauna and flora. In doing this, she very rapidly assists in the healing process, though this does have some drawbacks. The patient of this will suffer a large amount of pain for the duration of the healing, which means unless the person has a minor wound they'll end up begging for it to stop. This flux of pain also occurs to Saffron if she is healing herself, and so she is unable to heal herself due to the inability to force healing upon herself like she can others. The healing is also able to remove corruption from a person before it has fully set in, and from there on can only slow the growth of it, the cost being pain and Saffron's own strength. Saffron also have the ability to transform into some animals as well, most smaller ones, whilst the only large animal she can turn into is a leopard.

She does have some offensive capability as well, though this is limited by location. Saffron is at her best in areas with flora, as she can manipulate plants and their roots to entangle and attack foes, as well as create defensive and concealment barriers. Whilst underground in these areas, she can still utilise the roots, making them dig underground to assist her. Unintended side effects could include cave-ins. The less flora, the less she has to attack with. She can do this is deserty and sandy areas, however the roots that she uses would be poor and weak, and as such not as effective.

As for (questioningly) non-magical abilities, due to a mistake that she committed whilst exploring the bounds of her magical abilities, she generated herself a pair of cat ears, as well as a cat tail. Whilst the cat tail doesn't form anything extra apart from the ability to hold things (to some extent) using it, the cat ears provide her extra aural perception. Due to her smaller size, she can't rely much on strength, instead relying on single-handed weapons, primarily daggers but she is capable of using shortswords. She doesn't rely on these weapons unless she has to, however. In terms of knowledge, she has the knowledge of a standard adult, as well as an mental encyclopedia of berries, leaves, and all sorts of natural things.

Starting Gear

Saffron has the clothing that she is wearing, as well as a pouch that contains berries that she can eat from and a flask of water. Her belt also contains a trio of snares for catching small prey. On her left side is a small dagger, though she doesn't use it much. In addition to her clothing in the image, she also has a brown hood inside one of her pouches, which she can put over her head to hide her cat ears.

Personality/Goals

Saffron has three main goals, two of which link in with eachother as well as one that is generally her overall goal. Her first two goals are simple, yet hard to pull off; she wishes to undo the stall in her age that she had accidentally cast on herself, and the second is to undo the feline appendages that she had cast on herself. With the second, she admits that there is a small chance that she might come to terms with her new and non-human appendages, however for now, she wants them gone. The third goal is not as simple as the former two, and is more a hope than a goal: She wants demons to be eradicated, made extinct. She despises demons, as they spread their corruption and destroy innocents.

As a whole, Saffron is giggly, as though her mind is mentally adult, her childish form still prods at her mind. She tends to quickly dislike those who attack or damage nature without reason; she doesn't mind people picking blades of grass or anything tiny, unless they are doing it purposefully to annoy her, but if it's consistent without reason, she'll feel unhappy. Aware of her child form, she doesn't fear in using that to her advantage, whether it be for free food at towns or sympathy for the upset child.

Her cat features do grant her some supplementary additions to her emotions. Fish is a sufficient lure of Saffron's attention, as is catnip, though once she has figured out that she had been lured, she won't be happy (unless, of course, she is allowed to consume the fish or mess around with the catnip); she generally doesn't like being baited by her 'cat-side' as she calls it, and doesn't like people taking advantage of it. On the other hand, Saffron wouldn't complain as to her ears being petted or rubbed behind them. It's a matter of how you take advantage of the cat-side; to take advantage of or to comfort Saffron.

Backstory

Moving was a large part of Saffron's life early: She didn't live in one place, often only remaining in some towns for at maximum a month before she was on the move again. This was due to the fact that her parents were mages, and were nervous about staying in one spot for long. The travel between towns was how Saffron developed her own nature magic, developing her abilities whilst on the road. Casting random spells was a child's way of exploring her bounds of magic, and one such spell trapped her age, though she nor her parents knew this had happened until Saffron herself realised that it had been too long before she had grown.

Saffron started to live on her own from a point where she had lost her parents in a deadly encounter with mage hunters. The only reason that she got survived the encounter was a spell by her father that removed her from the visible spectrum, though she didn't escape completely due to one mage hunter following his dog's nose. Knowing that her parents were going to die was one thing, however knowing exactly when her father had died was another; she knew he had died the second that she lost her invisibility, something which brought the mage hunter and his dog straight to her until she impaled them both using the roots of a tree, extended out from under the ground. She didn't know whether or not the rest of the mage hunters had found their companion because as fast as she could, she was out of the area. Once Saffron escaped, she began mourning.

After that, Saffron lived a life that varied. She would mainly live out in the wilds, practising her magic and attempting to hone it out of sight of passing folk. It was during one of these tests that she messed up a transformation spell, pulled from it at an early point of shifting by a passing animal that surprised her greatly. She barely managed to control herself and break the spell, and though successful was left with a pair of cat ears and a cat tail that she tried to remove desperately; those appendages alone would show that she used magics of some kind. Saffron soon came to realise that they were there to stay until she could figure out a way to remove them properly, which would not be achieved by way of panic. So, she learned to live with them.

Though Saffron did spend most of her time out in the wilds, she would sometimes venture into towns for various reasons, ranging from hiding out during winters and bad weather to acting as a child to get things such as food and other items. Hiding her cat appendages was sometimes tough, but was doable, and Saffron had plenty of practise throughout her time.

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

Saffron Kelly, the curious kitty lost in a world of distaste

Saffron Kelly

Also frequently nicknamed as 'Saffy'

Physical Appearance

In the appearance of a young girl due to a mistake in practising magic, Saffron stands at a height of 4'10 with light brown hair that drops down to her shoulders. Her nose is slightly pointy and she has large brown eyes to match her hair, a small mouth joining these features on her face, as well as a pair of slightly small human ears hidden beneath the sweeps of her hair. Moving down, Saffron is quite thin and has the smallest of bust due to the age she is trapped at. Along with her human features, she does have a pair of features that only a cat would have; it's ears, as well as it's tail. A pair of cat ears just a tad lower in tone than her hair sit above her head, along with a tail behind her that sits at the same colour as her hair.

Abilities

Saffron has an affiliation with nature and it's various magics. She has a few simple magic abilities; she can communicate with every known animal in their native tongue, as well as has being able to understand new animals' languages after some exploration. She is very knowledgeable in knowing that makes the animals tick, and so can influence them into doing things such as defending or attacking for her, or having a bird fly overhead to scout the path.

Another ability Saffron has is altering the growth of cells, both of fauna and flora. In doing this, she very rapidly assists in the healing process, though this does have some drawbacks. The patient of this will suffer a large amount of pain for the duration of the healing, which means unless the person has a minor wound they'll end up begging for it to stop. This flux of pain also occurs to Saffron if she is healing herself, and so she is unable to heal herself due to the inability to force healing upon herself like she can others. The healing is also able to remove corruption from a person before it has fully set in, and from there on can only slow the growth of it, the cost being pain and Saffron's own strength. Saffron also have the ability to transform into some animals as well, most smaller ones, whilst the only large animal she can turn into is a leopard.

She does have some offensive capability as well, though this is limited by location. Saffron is at her best in areas with flora, as she can manipulate plants and their roots to entangle and attack foes, as well as create defensive and concealment barriers. Whilst underground in these areas, she can still utilise the roots, making them dig underground to assist her. Unintended side effects could include cave-ins. The less flora, the less she has to attack with. She can do this is deserty and sandy areas, however the roots that she uses would be poor and weak, and as such not as effective.

As for (questioningly) non-magical abilities, due to a mistake that she committed whilst exploring the bounds of her magical abilities, she generated herself a pair of cat ears, as well as a cat tail. Whilst the cat tail doesn't form anything extra apart from the ability to hold things (to some extent) using it, the cat ears provide her extra aural perception. Due to her smaller size, she can't rely much on strength, instead relying on single-handed weapons, primarily daggers but she is capable of using shortswords. She doesn't rely on these weapons unless she has to, however. In terms of knowledge, she has the knowledge of a standard adult, as well as an mental encyclopedia of berries, leaves, and all sorts of natural things.

Starting Gear

Saffron has the clothing that she is wearing, as well as a pouch that contains berries that she can eat from and a flask of water. Her belt also contains a trio of snares for catching small prey. On her left side is a small dagger, though she doesn't use it much. In addition to her clothing in the image, she also has a brown hood inside one of her pouches, which she can put over her head to hide her cat ears.

Personality/Goals

Saffron has three main goals, two of which link in with eachother as well as one that is generally her overall goal. Her first two goals are simple, yet hard to pull off; she wishes to undo the stall in her age that she had accidentally cast on herself, and the second is to undo the feline appendages that she had cast on herself. With the second, she admits that there is a small chance that she might come to terms with her new and non-human appendages, however for now, she wants them gone. The third goal is not as simple as the former two, and is more a hope than a goal: She wants demons to be eradicated, made extinct. She despises demons, as they spread their corruption and destroy innocents.

As a whole, Saffron is giggly, as though her mind is mentally adult, her childish form still prods at her mind. She tends to quickly dislike those who attack or damage nature without reason; she doesn't mind people picking blades of grass or anything tiny, unless they are doing it purposefully to annoy her, but if it's consistent without reason, she'll feel unhappy. Aware of her child form, she doesn't fear in using that to her advantage, whether it be for free food at towns or sympathy for the upset child.

Her cat features do grant her some supplementary additions to her emotions. Fish is a sufficient lure of Saffron's attention, as is catnip, though once she has figured out that she had been lured, she won't be happy (unless, of course, she is allowed to consume the fish or mess around with the catnip); she generally doesn't like being baited by her 'cat-side' as she calls it, and doesn't like people taking advantage of it. On the other hand, Saffron wouldn't complain as to her ears being petted or rubbed behind them. It's a matter of how you take advantage of the cat-side; to take advantage of or to comfort Saffron.

Backstory

Moving was a large part of Saffron's life early: She didn't live in one place, often only remaining in some towns for at maximum a month before she was on the move again. This was due to the fact that her parents were mages, and were nervous about staying in one spot for long. The travel between towns was how Saffron developed her own nature magic, developing her abilities whilst on the road. Casting random spells was a child's way of exploring her bounds of magic, and one such spell trapped her age, though she nor her parents knew this had happened until Saffron herself realised that it had been too long before she had grown.

Saffron started to live on her own from a point where she had lost her parents in a deadly encounter with mage hunters. The only reason that she got survived the encounter was a spell by her father that removed her from the visible spectrum, though she didn't escape completely due to one mage hunter following his dog's nose. Knowing that her parents were going to die was one thing, however knowing exactly when her father had died was another; she knew he had died the second that she lost her invisibility, something which brought the mage hunter and his dog straight to her until she impaled them both using the roots of a tree, extended out from under the ground. She didn't know whether or not the rest of the mage hunters had found their companion because as fast as she could, she was out of the area. Once Saffron escaped, she began mourning.

After that, Saffron lived a life that varied. She would mainly live out in the wilds, practising her magic and attempting to hone it out of sight of passing folk. It was during one of these tests that she messed up a transformation spell, pulled from it at an early point of shifting by a passing animal that surprised her greatly. She barely managed to control herself and break the spell, and though successful was left with a pair of cat ears and a cat tail that she tried to remove desperately; those appendages alone would show that she used magics of some kind. Saffron soon came to realise that they were there to stay until she could figure out a way to remove them properly, which would not be achieved by way of panic. So, she learned to live with them.

Though Saffron did spend most of her time out in the wilds, she would sometimes venture into towns for various reasons, ranging from hiding out during winters and bad weather to acting as a child to get things such as food and other items. Hiding her cat appendages was sometimes tough, but was doable, and Saffron had plenty of practise throughout her time.

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

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A 1x1 thread of 1x1 stuff! {2021 Revamp!}

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Site & Art issue.

I feel that legally, if someone comes on and does not feel comfortable with their image being used in a CS, then something needs to be done. Many of these cases can be different, with some artists being content with credit being given in the CS, whilst others would want a complete removal of the image. If the artist has the legal rights to make these claims, we do need to heed them, not only because of the legality but morally we need to understand that it is their work that they have taken in their lives to create, and we should respect their wishes as the creator.

I take it that the artists are creating accounts in order to make these complaints to the staff team, and as such, private messages should suffice for an artist and a member of this community to sort out their problem. If needed, a three-way PM conversation can be created so that there is a staff member overseeing the process (though not necessarily becoming involved); artists will most likely talk to the staff team before the individual user, so the staff member can maturely create a three-way PM and explain the situation, resulting in a calm outcome.

We should create a policy that allows a member of this community to negotiate, but ultimately have to heed the artist's wishes if they have the legal superiority, IE; copyright over their work. For example, a member could negotiate with the artist and add credit to the image, or perhaps exchange the image for a sample image (like with the artist's url watermarked), if the artist would accept that. We should also make sure to ask the artist if they do have the sufficient legal rights and proof to claim an image, as some artists may approach to claim a non-copyrighted image, for example.

If a member refuses to remove an image that has been claimed (with sufficient legal proof), the image should be removed regardless by the staff team, due to legal concerns. At that point, I'm unsure what would happen to the member, but we don't want the website to be taken down due to not obeying copyright, etc.

Phoenix Crew

Still not a cool thing to do.

@Metadude

Whilst we understand that taking the original thread is a bit uncool, he stated his reasons for it, and has said he is working out a new plot and story. This is just a baseline for the original peeps to make their stuff again, and is being changed.

Being in a rush isn't much of an excuse when there was plenty of time on the thread to create something new.

@Metadude

As he said, he himself was quite busy. Realise that many people have different meanings when it comes to "being in a rush". He perhaps rushed because he wanted the base up just so people could work on their characters and formulate ideas, as he has already stated in the post.

The creator knows and both of us will be keeping an eye on this, as i'd mentioned they're turning this into a book. So, they don't want their idea's associated with this.

@Metadude

I'll be surprised if during the course of the RP we get anywhere close to where the book is intending to go, due to the fact that the RP literally went nowhere when the creator ditched the RP. If we do, that's pure coincidence as there is no path on the original RP, just the very basic fact that "We're researchers, researching places" and nothing else. This idea that you've spent so many hours brainstorming, etc. can literally just come down to the most basic of RP ideas from what information we have. We have none of your future plot, plans, characters, etc. So, feel free to keep an eye on this. More popularity.

Phoenix Crew

@Kazemitsu, I believe mainly anything is allowed (within reason). Just as long as your character comes from the three planets listed.

Phoenix Crew

Adali "Addy" Polana

Name: Adali "Addy" Polana
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"

Species:

Zenohunt

Zenohunts are almost similar to Humans apart from the fact that they often have some minor changes in personality based on their animal traits; Zenohunts have some features of animals, let that be a tail or ears. They sometimes vary, some having claws, for example. It is uncommon to rare for a Zenohunt to have wings, however only one Zenohunt, Amelia Lara, was able to use them to fly, and even then she could only fly for a small amount of time.

Zenohunts came from their home planet, Lemia, and were quite territorial. They often started wars amongst tribes for food or land. After a long while, official 'peacelands' were made, but few still raided these for what they needed before they were cut down. It wasn't until Zenohunts expanded into space that actual peace started among them. Meeting other species was usually met with confusion on their side: The Zenohunts would arrive in their territory with a massive battlefleet or Supership, yet claim they wanted peace.

Zenohunts usually start out young: In systems where they are government, they are allowed to leave school and work at the age of twelve, and at that age they are also allowed to marry and have a family (though this requires permission from the local authorities as well as some tests to make sure that the couple are sure of what they are doing). This includes the military: They are allowed to join the Zenohunt army at twelve (Home Deployment Force) or fourteen (Non-Home Deployment Force), the Zenohunt Navy at thirteen (or fourteen if they wish to become an attack pilot), and the Zenohunt Marines at fourteen. Zenohunt intelligence usually recruits from the ages of six and up, particularly if they have military experience. All of this can change depending on the rules of where they live: Zenohunts obviously cannot join a Human military at the age of fourteen, since there are rules regarding this, though it is not unknown of Zenohunt Intelligence to still recruit at young ages (with less frequency) in other species' territories where Zenohunts reside.

Zenohunt relation with other species is that their military forces, including (but not limited to) their Space Navy, Army, Intelligence, Marines and Zenofighters (Super-Special forces) are not integrated into any other species' militaries, and are in a separate but stable alliance. Their merchant marine and trade ships, however, are free to flutter in and out of societies (the former able to until called to war), and their people and free to mingle with other species.

More information is available if asked for.

Role: Security, both interior and exterior.
Affiliation: Acionna Expedition, Zenohunt Military
Relationship Status: Single
Appearance: Addy has dark brown hair that falls down to just over halfway down her back. She has a clean and pretty face with brown eyes and brown eyebrows. Small lips and small ears add onto this, as well as a pair of orange fox ears on her head, which marks her clearly as a Zenohunt if she isn't wearing a hat or hood over them. Going further down, she has a small bust, and she is quite slim. She has a orange fox tail, which also marks her as a Zenohunt if the ears were not clear enough.
Facts/Backstory: More of a timeline;

• Born to a pair of Zenohunts on Kepler-17x.
• Grew up in a boarding home as her parents were away serving the military.
• Addy reaches five years of age
• Had a desire to join the military like her parents but was unable to for the foreseeable future because of the non-Zenohunt ruling.
• Addy reaches fifteen years of age
• Parents died during combat against pirates.
• Zenohunt Intelligence uses parent's deaths to recruit Addy into them.
• Addy is trained, then made tasking-available and sent out
• Addy reaches twenty-one years of age
• Addy receives the letter and at the same time a message from her superior that she will be going there.
• Addy reaches present day.

Weapons:

• Zenohunt Military-issue IAP-221 (Interchangeable-Attack Pistol)

  A reliable pistol that packs a punch. It has two modes, a standard kill mode, which fires your standard kinetic ammunition, and it has a secondary mode that fires a bolt that stuns a target to the point where they are sprawling on the floor.
• Zenohunt Intelligence HIP-4 (High Impact Pistol)

  A pistol limited to that of Zenohunt Intelligence, it is barely the size of a small palm and to most would be a very hard pistol to use due to it's small size. To those of Zenohunt Intelligence, however, it comes as almost second nature - the very small size of the weapon makes it incredibly easy to conceal, and it's a very efficient weapon.

Skills:

• Bilingual
• Hand-To-Hand combat
• Security
• Lying