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Myriad Reality

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See, this is what I'm talking about. "Firstborn of the void," as if I haven't heard that one before. "Lord of darkness," "Master of demise," "Dark Magician Girl..." So on and so forth, all garbage titles.

@Yatagarasu

*Steps forward and pushes through your barrier, taking hold of your jaw*

Enough. Time to mount your skull on my throne and leave your corpse for the incubi to amuse themselves with.

*Tightening my grip, I attempt to pull the lower half of your skull free*

Myriad Reality

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*The corruption stops in a circle around me*
Seriously? How many of you losers are out there? Wanna-be demon gods or whatever.

@Yatagarasu

*My corruption continues to his and bubble in the air and ground around you, roiling as though it were alive*

I'd advise you watch your tongue when addressing the firstborn of the void, mortal. Lest I cut it out.

Myriad Reality

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*Falls face-first onto the ground a ways away*
Great.
*Stands up*
Where the fuck am I?

@Yatagarasu

*Glances at you as my corruption continues to spread, blackening the soil beneath our feet*

What do we have here?

*Strides over*

A new soul for me to toy with?

War in Heaven: Conquest of Gods and Kings

>Still here and still interested.

Swords, Coats, and Anime Tropes

WE still doing this or nah?

@BreathOfTheWoof

>I was waiting for more feedback as to where exactly everyone wanted to start, but given how little of that there's actually been, I think it's safe to say that this won't be going anywhere. At least not in group form. I'd be up for doing a 1x1 or even a small group roleplay in something like PMs though if anyone really wants this to continue, however.

Myriad Reality

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*Rising from my throne and taking up my blade, I transform into a swirling darkness and travel through the earth to reach the surface above*

@Zyx

*Arriving on the surface, I begin corrupting the land around me, darkening the skies and freezing the waters as flora and fauna nearby become twisted and sickly*

Myriad Reality

*Sits on a throne in the midst of a lightless fortress deep within the bowels of Hell*

Perhaps I should scour the world above once more. It might help to free me from this malaise.

@Zyx

*Rising from my throne and taking up my blade, I transform into a swirling darkness and travel through the earth to reach the surface above*

Myriad Reality

*Sits on a throne in the midst of a lightless fortress deep within the bowels of Hell*

Perhaps I should scour the world above once more. It might help to free me from this malaise.

Myriad Reality

@Zyx

How much of characters' backgrounds do CYOAs define?

@Host

>In this particular instance? The actual CYOA itself is literally just a mysterious merchant approaches you and offers you a bunch of potions or Essences to drink that give you the powers associated with it. As such I'm going to largely discard that and just make my own backstory up. Like at most I'm just ripping the powers for the Demon Emperor option from it because they aren't too broken comparatively, in addition to the fact that that's what it was created for, and because it gets me as close to a character like Melkor without me having to butcher Tolkien's writing.

Myriad Reality

>So I've got an idea for a dark lord type character by the name of Bolgareth, because Tolkien has inspired me, with the following abilities, to be elaborated on further below:

I'm so edgy I wear sunglasses indoors

>By consuming the essence of the Demon Emperor, you gain several boons:

>*Gain the form of a ruler of Hell with a design you choose. This form is supernaturally powerful, outstripping most mortals (or immortals) in raw attributes, with many other abilities up to you based on your form. You can beat gods to a bloody pulp as you are now.

>*Perfect memory with infinite storage as well as agelessness.

>*Rule over the seven deadly sins, using them in many ways, including conceptually.

>*You are a font of pure corruption, a walking source of impurity and disease, all the evils of the world are at your disposal. You are able to twist, corrupt, taint, and pervert anything you get your claws into to your heart's content. As a side effect you are immune to corrupting or purifying effects.

>*Able to create and summon all sorts of demons to serve you, even up to the Lords of Hell themselves. These demons are oathbound to be loyal. You can corrupt others into demons and resurrect the dead into demons. Other demons and demon-like creatures will see you as something of a profane divinity on an instinctual level.

>Now onto some clarifications. First, he'd only be around the same level as a god of a dimension. In other words the ruling power of a universe, such as the Christian god, etc, and would be able to go toe-to-toe with such in a fight on equal footing. But, of course, this doesn't make it a curbstomp. Said character with this power would still need to put in the effort, and can be beaten back or even killed if not careful when fighting beings of similar or greater power.

>Second, when it comes to the unmentioned abilities imparted by form, I'm going the Melkor route. So extreme physical power, intelligence, speed, shapechanging into other forms, etc.

>Third, those he corrupts can be purified with enough effort or power, and any demon he creates or summons can be killed--with varying amounts of effort depending on the rank and power of the demon--by holy implements or sheer physical force for the weaker ones. Like a mix of DOOM demons and Maia from the Silmarillion.

>Lastly, while he can corrupt anything weaker than him, beings on equal footing--such as Lucian I imagine--would be able to fight this off. Maybe not with ease depending on the character in question, but they've still got a fair chance. Also, any being beyond god of a whole dimension/reality level will likely be able to just ignore this corruption outright. Unless he finds a way to get on the same level anyway. Finally, while practically invulnerable to forms of damage inflicted by implements beneath his level of existence, anyone on--using him as a base once again--Lucian's level will be able to make him bleed and even kill him if he isn't careful.

>That's the character idea/powerset I'd like to go with thus far, but if it's a tad too powerful then let me know and I'll see if I can't make some tweaks. And I don't plan on sticking exactly to the CYOA that essence comes from. That was just the easiest way of conveying the character's exact capabilities.