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Nomadic Fist: Radiant Soul (A Fighting Game RPG!)

Lillith Sophia Aeterna

⦋ 300 || Middle East || Female ⦌

APPEARANCE & PERSONALITY

APPEARANCE

Lilly has a form she disguises herself in, standing confidently at 5’5”, weighing about 110lbs with an even gait supporting her acrobatic skill set and lean features. Her black thick hair is a distinct signature of where she comes from. This form had been her birth form many years ago before her father passed. Upon her father passing, the power of transformation with Kaloagathia transferred onto her. This power when evoked even slightly can bring an entirely new appearance due to the change in concentrated Ki from with Lilly. The pigmentation of her skin will glow giving it a pale blue color like that of a blue flame. Her hair will swiftly flow from black to a dusty white, and her eyes shifting from hazel brown to an ocean blue. Lilly wears a hooded cape combo for most of her travels. Underneath reveals an armor set passed down from generation in her Geradamasian lineage. The armor set has its own unique qualities, each symbolic to her family’s story of origin.

Additional Story Telling on Appearance

Once in a magazine providing profiles on Nomads, a writer witnessed the transformation, falling in awe over the spectacular process during a duel between Lillith and another Nomad . The next day there was the headline, “The Mystery of Eternity,” sharing an eyewitness account, “When I gazed onto her soft thin shoulders there was a sense of comfort, was she really a Nomad we revered as something special? Sure, she was special, but not in the way claimed by those who crossed her path. Of course there was this defiance in her demeanor as she stood on the sand of a hot sunny day. A hood without the cape draped over her expression with an adversary at a distance, exposing her shoulders and arms. Confidence? Arrogance? Whatever the word, she was charming in her own way.” The writer continued as the fight unfolded witnessing the transformation, “It was as if the Sun’s chariots were scared off, her flesh shifting from that bronzed detail to a more powerful ray of bluish white like the surface of the Moon. The Nomad’s hair striking back from black to white, her demeanor changing in attitude to the new construction of her current appearance. She was the Moon dancing on Earth, from her hair to her skin, it all seemed to simply dance. Yes, now it made sense, the Sun’s chariots were frightened by what would be the Moonlit Dancer in fear of staring into the beauty of an abyss for eternity.”

Charged Lillith

Kaloagathia

Aeterna

Kalos and Agathia

PERSONALITY TRAITS

◥Cautious,
◥Reserved,
◥Quiet,
◥Intuitive,
◥Thinker,
◥Strategist,
◥Creative,
◥Determined,
◥Faithful,
◥Confident.

BACKSTORY & MOTIVATION

Lilly is a Geradamas, and the daughter of Vitalis Aeterna; son of Jeno Aeterna; daughter of Sophia, who is the Aeon of Wisdom and partner to Dunamis; the Aeon of Power. The Geradamas believe they are spiritual entities trapped within a material existence of illusions and shadows. Born out of the Divine Seed dropped by Sophia, to be impregnated by Dunamis, is the origin story of the Geradamas. The fall was Sophia’s first born; the Creator, a flawed being by which Dunamis had no role in creating, it was Sophia’s own creation and without Dunamis it was a broken one. This creation without understanding itself began twisting the spiritual and material planes together as it saw fit. To stop the Creator from its ignorance, Sophia told Dunamis of what she had done and what the creator was aspiring. Dunamis chose to leave Sophia and the Divine Seeds behind as a consequence to her misdeed. The loss of Dunamis enraged the Creator and it trapped its mother and the Divine Seeds into forms, binding them to the material world. Sophia's spirit broken by her first born had pieces scattered throughout the Creator’s mess. The responsibility now lies on the Divine Seeds to piece Sophia back together in hopes of finding the Wisdom and Power to break the Creator’s illusion. It is an attempt to free the world of its suffering.

Lillith is a descendant of the original Divine Seeds, it is in her story told by her father, she is the heir to the Geradamas, the path of a Nomad

FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES

Kaloagathia & Kapap
[indent]Kaloagathia or Kalos and Agathia are personified versions of Lilly’s concentrated Ki. Kalos is Lilly’s personal modifier and protector, while Agathia affects the mind of her opponent environmentally and assaults where there is opportunity. The two Ki together present a range of flexible combinations for Lilly to tear her opponent down psychologically, exposing vulnerabilities more frequently. In addition, Lilly has practiced Kapap under two teachers during the time her father still lived. It is a close quarter battle system of defensive tactics, hand-to-hand combat, and self-defense.
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SPECIAL MOVES & TECHNIQUES

■ [Kalos | Physical Form | Ki Magnet (Debuff)]

Kalos begins to drain the defense of his opponent when in close proximity to them.

■ [Kalos | Physical Form | Fatigue (Debuff)]

The area Kalos strikes will begin to experience skeletal muscle fatigue, impeding the opponent’s physical capabilities temporarily.

■ [Kalos | Physical Form | Ability Block]
[indent]Kalos can void out an opponent’s special attack with his own Ki. It not only voids their special but the residual Ki left behind will be absorbed. Due to the significant amount of concentration this will delay his ability to use any other specials. This does not eliminate the move, only the immediate special attack.[indent]

■ [Kalos | Djinn | Warrior & Scout (Buff)]

Kalos increases the strength and speed of Lilly.

■ [Kalos | Djinn | Physical Resistance (Buff)]

Kalos increases Lilly’s pain tolerance and physical resistance necessary for sustaining damage or persistent onslaughts before breaking ground.

■ [Kalos | Djinn | Ki Resistance (Buff)]

Kalos increases Lilly’s resistance to moves requiring the use of Ki, they are not as effective when hits are successful.

■ [Agathia | Physical Form | No Surface Too Smooth]

Agathia is not limited to her environment; she can traverse where she wishes like a spider on the wall.

■ [Agathia | Physical Form | Pop, Lock, ‘n Drop It]
[indent]Agathia releases a cord strung from her own Ki, which attempts to impale or wrap around the desired target for control, suffocation, or pull maneuver. [indent]

■ [Agathia | Physical Form | Ghost]

Agathia cloaks herself requiring a small substance of Ki to be used for sustaining this state. This state breaks when she engages in large movements.

■ [Agathia | Djinn | Speak No Evil]

Agathia casts a blade generated by Ki for Lilly to wield. If the blade makes contact with the flesh or body of its target, an unnerving fear will begin to invade their perception.

■ [Agathia | Djinn | Mirror Image]

Agathia creates 3 additional images reflecting Lilly’s own. All 3 mirror Lilly’s movements until an object penetrates their image. Once all 3 images are compromised or Lilly is struck with a physical attack, there will require a refocus of energy to perform this special again.

■ [Agathia | Djinn | Dream]

Agathia casts a 30-yard sphere around Lilly. If her opponent decides to enter or is caught in the sphere, their perception of the environment shifts. The sphere will start closing in immediately after being cast with each passing second.

SUPER MOVES

■ [Kaloagathia | Complete Form | Access to Djinn Powers]

The transformation from Lilly to Kaloagathia grants Lilly the ability to use her Ki without channeling. Unfortunately, she no longer can wield her Ki independently from one another. She now uses one body to wield her abilities from one location. All her abilities are less strenuous on her Ki and more intuitive in nature. Kalos and Agathia’s physical form specials are voided.

■ [Kaloagathia | Complete Form | Polarity]

Upon touching a target(s) or object(s), Kaloagathia may choose to affect them by a delicate motion of her hands. The target(s) or object(s) will experience being lifted off the ground as if in Zero G, then she will motion her hands once more to forcefully send them to the ground faster than they were lifted from it.

■ [Aeterna | Summon | Nightmare]

Kaloagathia requiring an intense amount of Ki summons Aeterna. This super can be performed only once before needing a significant amount of time to recover. Kaloagathia opens a gate from the ethereal plane into the physical one, when Aeterna enters the battlefield she is gifted with djinn specials, additionally she is consistently surrounded by a small 30ft sphere that induces severe psychosis and dysregulation, significantly reducing the chance of being hit. The length of stay in this sphere of influence determines the lasting effects once outside the sphere.

WEAKNESSES & LIMITS

+ Lilly has no flashy moves for dealing damage forcing her to rely on indirect affects to maintain the balance of battle in her favor.

+ Lilly will feel the damage done to Kalos or Agathia when in Djinn form.

[indent]+ Lilly when transformed into Kaloagathia will have no access to Kalos or Agathia’s physical form specials. Only djinn form specials are accessible.

SANGUINE EMPIRE (Dark Fantasy, Samurai/Wuxia setting)

Kage Tatsuya – No Honor Among the Dead: First Blood pt 2

Into The Void

One. Two. Three. Four. Kage stabbed and slashed his way through what felt like a countless number of undead who appeared more as mindless fodder than actual resistance. He kept pace with his breath as to not exhaust his physical body or put strain on his mental state. The breathing kept his central nervous system, rhythm, and pulse all in a homeostasis. His body followed the speed of his head, and if he were to guess, the living were winning. It may have been a bias assumption but it was one that kept the spirits high above the battlefield where clarity existed, while the dark woods of blood and bodies convoluted much of one's senses in the thick of it.

An undead sword plunged deep into the man next to Kage, his attention curled to the left and side kicked the undead's knee, buckling it backwards. Gritting teeth he flipped his hilt toward the upward position, blade down, and with the undead collapsing to the ground, he shunned his blade to the left forcing steel to penetrate the undead's trapezius. Kage pulled his blade out and shoved the butt of his Chang Dao into the jawline of an undead who just filled the space in front of him. The bones of the undead who was just struck cracked sending the head up from focusing on Kage. Kage followed through with the strike by stopping his momentum at the peak right above his shoulder and sent the tip of the blade back down to stab right through the chest of his recent target. The two undead now folding in their own filth gave the living more ground to step into, but as they did the high screeching took root in everyones ears.

Kage dropped to his knee as his senses were thrown into a disorienting frenzy. His Chang Dao lost in the confusion, "What the fuck!" He yelled out as the screeching surrendered back into the background of able fighting bodies. Two allies around him were caught by surprise, one was gutted by an undead blade, while the other had their neck gouged from the teeth of a ravage unresting. Kage spotted the mobile Nagri who he assumed were the cause of his immediate disorientation. They stood out adorned with more armor and moved akin to a human. While on his knees he sunk both hands into the mud and grabbed some sludge to shove into his ears.

As the mud settled the noise of the battlefield became muffled, nearly silent with few sound waves reaching Kage's cerebellum. He zoned in on his new objective, 'I have no time for the screams of undead children, throwing tantrums because they are losing, pitiful.'

An undead sword came thundering down on his lowered position, Kage's attention reset on the field, he tucked his left shoulder forward and under while grabbing with his right hand around his left sheathed Dansu Raito. Rolling forward and unsheathing Dansu Raito he came to a crouch while cutting horizontally severing the unresting's back knee sweeping it right off the ground and landing on its back. Kage followed the line of his strike from left to right and came back from right to left but on a 45 degree angle to meet the undead as it landed on it's back. Kage's Dansu Raito pierced the gut. He stood up with his blade smoothly following out of the undead's stomach. The smell of death filled Kage's nostrils as he stepped over the deceased, he looked to a Nagri with a fire in his eyes.

He noticed the living were losing some ground on his side and then he spotted his target, 'Nagri...' he thought.

Kage noticed it was gazing at a formation which appeared to be protecting their archers. He would set his line of attack to intercept it's intention. The Nagri found it's moment as Kage started his approach, it ripped through a few minor skirmishes without much resistance from the living. Men and women alike were thrown off position as unresting followed the Nagri's destructive wake. It made incredible ground and at about 30 yards from encroaching on the formation of archers, Kage lowered his shoulder to hit the Nagri from the side slowing its movement and sending it to the ground for a second. Kage quickly slew an undead following the Nagri before the Nagri got back to its feet and attacked Kage, the Nagri's blade came from Kage's left in a crescent cut across his body. He instinctively twisted his right shoulder back, dipping his left shoulder, and using his hips to generate power in his maneuver pivoting the right foot to spin and cut. Upon spinning his right foot slipped in the mud causing him to fall to the floor right underneath the Nagri. The Nagri's blade came mere inches from his nose during the fall. Kage quickly recovering by switching the Dansu Raito to his left hand and rolling onto his right forearm allowing him to stab his sacred weapon upward at the Nagri. The Nagri side stepping the stab it used it's momentum from the cut to change direction back at Kage which was aimed at the rib cage. Kage was able to sit up from the energy produced in his stab and face the Nagri's blade, slipping his support leg back in the mud while leaning his lead knee forward to drop his height, Dansu Raito glanced the Nagri's horizontal cut. Springing from the back foot shifting weight to the front knee Kage pulled up and followed with a stab to the Nagri's skull.

After making the kill Kage scanned the battlefield quickly to reorient himself, turning his back to his allies formation, and focusing on the next Nagri to take out before the screams continued to effect the living.

SANGUINE EMPIRE (Dark Fantasy, Samurai/Wuxia setting)

Kage Tatsuya – No Honor Among the Dead: First Blood pt 1

Darkness of Light

I stand before the dying meet.
I feel the angel’s cry and weep.
I wish away my own defeat.
For one more breath I ask to keep.
I close my eyes, I lie in wait, until its time to strike with fate.
This is for you, sign the deceased.

For my fathers…
For my mothers...
For my daughters...
And my sons..
For my people...

“I pray.”

Kage knelt in the mud, his beads draped over either side of his hands as he clasped them together with his head down. Extraordinary visions of those he loved, and those who he would love passed through his consciousness box. He concluded with a deep breath exhaling any last regrets. It was ritual for him to release all that has tailed itself to his being every once awhile, to center himself in the objective spanning throughout generations leading to this moment. A moment that the living would never forget, the attack on Karaju was just the beginning of a campaign that would demand great effort to be undertaken by those who still believe there is life left worth fighting for.

The loud snap of what sounded like thunder roared overhead.

'It was time...'

Kage lifted himself from the earthy floor as remnants of muddy substance clung to the kimono near his knees. His tongue slid across his top lip sensing the water which continued to cascade from his forehead to his jawline. The rain's intensity would create for a more difficult battlefield to traverse but it was expected to thicken the plot of the story about to unfold. The doors to Karaju were broken and the undead began raging out in mass. Kage took a deep breath looking up toward the sky as rain split across his skin.

"May those who fall be blessed in eternity, and those who live find solace in their lifetime." Another deep breath to calm the spirit of his mind and body. His eyes casting back down to the battlefield where the first line of steel made contact with the enemy. The orderly living soldiers found their match in the chaotic formations of the dead. Kage reached around with his right arm over his right shoulder to grasp the wooden hilt wrapped in red cloth, raising his arm upward he unsheathed his Chang Dao. It was a beautiful blade with a straight edge used stabbing and for eliminating the small tokens in the undead army like the unresting and nagri.

Kage bent his knees planted his feet and sprung toward the living's front lines which were currently being supported by fierce warriors who each had their reason for participating in this dance of sparks and steel. Kage's bare feet found the soft mud a bit difficult to gain speed in, his eyes focusing in on his first target, as always the uncertainty spawned butterflies in his stomach, but once he hit that first contact...instinct would override and he'd simply be both the painter and the painting, neither directing the picture, but simply experiencing the happening.

His approach was not impeded, the first thrust forward with the Chang Dao slipped right below the chin of an unresting. It was previously engaged in defending their position against an ally of the living but was not prepared to defend it's right flank. Kage's blade had entered horizontally it's blade facing right. When Kage pulled his Chang Dao from it's target, his left foot was in front with his right foot as support. Kage's left shoulder remained lower than his right because his right arm was fully extended for a piercing blow. Following up this attack, he twisted his torso and hips to the right so that his blade cut through the left part of his target's throat. Kage's blade cut the air dividing rain drops before slicing into another undead from the side.

Two fell with two actions and a small window for a few more living soldiers to wedge into was established. The undead's formation losing some of its ground crashed in harder from the sides trying to close the newly founded gap. Kage and others maintained their maneuvering to continue pushing forward. Kage dancing gracefully in the midst of it all while allies ground away at the never ending corpses.

SANGUINE EMPIRE (Dark Fantasy, Samurai/Wuxia setting)

Kage Tatsuya

Kage Tatsuya

Heir to the Abyss

Age:28
Origin: Born in the Eastern Province of the Nang Dynasty, lineage stems from the hill tribes of Naijin.

Young Kage Tatsuya stands confidently at 5’10” with flexibility matching the feline and a piercing glare equal to a snake measuring its prey. Kage has long black hair reaching his shoulders with brown eyes seen from behind a kitsune or oni mask. These masks reflect the Roku-Dai teachings of Shin Takiyo and the Wu Xing Shin School. The oni represents the death harbored behind his presence as a mortal being possessed to practice evil acts for a purpose personal to him. The kitsune represents the deceit and trickery in using the darkness as an ally for good. Otherwise Kage wears a traditional Gi with a straw hat and his hair tied in a bun underneath.

Personality:

Kage is “silently fierce”, he is not one to entertain or draw much attention. He rather listen and observe his surroundings instead of adding to it in noise. Kage once a young boy bound to honor under the Nang Dynasty following the path of Feng Huo, has now cast himself into the unbound territory of shadows. The very art he practices is the Roku-Dai, an extension from the teaching of Shin Takiyo and his school Wu Xing Shin. Shin Takiyo only brought this extension or private school of thought to light due to the extraordinary circumstances that have occurred in the Nang Dynasty. Kage was presented with Shin’s teachings of Roku-Dai after the sacrifice of his father and Hiroshi, Shin now 89 years of age leaves the Roku-Dai in the hands of Kage Tatsuya at age 28.

Sacred Weapon: Dansu Raito or “Dancing Light”, The sword is a mixture of steel melted down from his father’s blade that was given to Kage before ordering him to retreat with the refugees, and Hiroshi before the sacrificial ritual. The two metals were fused together to create the double edged sword that Kage now wields with Hiroshi’s soul.



Mundane weapons:

+ Chang Dao
+ Zhanmadoa

Equipment:

+ Rope
+ Opium pipe
+ Herbal Medicines
+ Kunai

Background Story:

Kage Tatsuya is a member of the Tatsuya clan originating in one of the hill tribes of Naijin. He is also an outstanding member of the Shin Wu Xing School founded by a former Waito General by the name of Feng Huo and a Monk, Shin Takiyo. The two had fled from their respective province in the Waito lands after it’s collapse. During the summer season, a revolution sparked caused by the pressure of the current King. The dowry of the King was low due to poor spending leaving the security force half abandoned. Feng Huo during the last battle to protect the palace, decided instead to turn his attention on the monastery, which was also under attack, the revolution accused them for training “lost children” making soldiers out of them to supply the King with fighters. The accusations were incorrect, but it did not stop the revolution from attempting to raze it or take the children. Feng Huo would successfully defeat the small force but at the cost of losing the palace. Feng Huo speaks to Shin Takiyo the Monk of the Monastery to gather the children and make the move toward Naijin.

Feng Huo and Shin Takiyo would trek to the shores of Waito with 27 children, 17 trained men, 12 women, and 9 monks. During the journey they would lose 6 children, 5 men, 3 women, and a monk to illness on the road. When they reached Naijin, they found a similar scenario playing out as in Waito, but this time there were no ties to position or rank with responsibility and so the two decided to head North toward the hill tribes of Naijin. Once in the mountains, Feng Huo and Shin Takiyo secured a plot of land to begin building the school they conceptualized during their journey to Naijin. The plans of the school did not alter but the way they would sell it did. Considering the social predicament the Naijinese people faced, Feng Huo used the school as a way to teach self-defense to the rural hill tribes from the constant battles around them. They also marketed the school as a monastery for troubled or orphaned youth. Over time Feng Huo and Shin Takiyo would do small civil work in the villages, eventually putting the children to work as well. This created a reciprocal relationship between the school and the villages it pulled from.

The school was both a monastery for Shin Takiyo to continue his work, but also a recruiting center for Feng Huo. His loyalities did not leave him when he left Waito, they simply reorganized priorities. Feng Huo believed in unification of Waito, that one day Waito would no longer fight amongst itself, but would turn inward to prepare for its mature evolution into one entity. Feng Huo felt time was necessary for this growth, and he would re-enter to arena with strong men who could carry out his vision when other leaders with similar visions did the same. He knew them to be working as he was, for he was not the only one with the same vision during his time serving.

The school marked its name to be Wu Xing Shin or Truth of the Five Elements. It was an integration of both battle tactics and spiritual philosophy. The assimilation of mind, body, and spirit were emphasized greatly in the works of the Wu Xing Shin. Only 6 months after it broke ground, the school housed the original 21 children who moved from Waito to Naijin, but it added 7 more children from the neighboring hill tribes. Two of these children went by the names of Kaori Tatsuya and Hiroshi Yoshinori, appearing more like brothers than friends.

Both trained and worshipped closely together studying their way through the Wu Xing Shin School. The two would be tested on all levels of the human condition, but their loyalty to the land they grew up in was not truly measured until Feng Huo heard of Lau Nang’s plan for unifying Waito. Feng Huo seizing the opportunity he had been waiting for sent a correspondent to Lau Nang, promising a private military to fight for Lau Nang in the East, with the agreement that Feng Huo would be awarded his own land and position within the Nang Dynasty to help maintain the security of a unified empire.

Lau Nang agreed to these terms leaving Feng with negotiating the approach. Feng first had to speak with Shin, once they came to an agreement Feng took 70 master students including Kaori and Hiroshi to the Eastern provinces of Waito. Feng knew these lands well successfully liberating several villages from former warlords with the element of surprise. The villagers were then recruited by Feng Huo to continue their emancipation of needless warring states. This idea snowballed into a 200 man fighting force led by Feng Huo, Kairo, Hiroshi, and a handful of other master students.

Feng Huo’s momentum would not cave and his campaign resulted in success. It would not be but a few months later when news crossed the land of Lau Nang’s achievement too. The Nang Dynasty establishing itself as a secured power that did what was thought impossible. When the fighting settled, Feng Huo was invited to the capitol to receive his decorations in the ranks of the Nang Dynasty. His authority opened up a favorable pipe line from the Wu Xing Shin School to his army.

The brief time peace existed, Kaori would find a young Waito woman who he settled with, the two conceived five children; 3 boys and girls, the youngest was Kage Tatsuya. Hiroshi would not settle in having his own family, but treated Kaori’s as if they were his own. The five were trained by Feng Huo’s school established in the capitol of his province directly descending from the Wu Xing Shin School teachings. They also received lessons from Kaori, Hiroshi, and personally from the 57 year old Feng Huo at the palace.

Peace however does not last forever. The Dynasty was shook by the death of Lau Nang’s loved ones. Quickly the emotional toll of losing those closest to Lau Nang could be felt across the empire as his reign shifted to more cynical and tyrannical. A search for immortality was the new talk of the land, it was a chatter that propagated two camps; one opposing, one for. Lau Nang the only voice that mattered occupied the “for” camp in an attempt to reconnect his loved ones back with the world of the living. When Lau Nang announced the findings of the scrolls, he invited his Nobles to the capitol for a ceremony of Eternal Life, to give them the gift he was giving to his loved ones for their service to his cause. Feng Huo was one of them as he grew sick with old age, he had just started the dream he had always envisioned only to be sapped of his energy because of age and natural illness. Feng Huo agreed to the invitation of furthering his life asking Kaori to accompany him and two sons for protection on the road. He required those most loyal to him since many throughout the land disagreed with the use of these scrolls.

The arrival was a spectacle in its own right, but what followed was the illness never forgotten. All of the nobles who participated in the ceremony including Lau Nang became sick with a fever. Feng Huo even went as far to submit himself to it allowing for Kaori and his sons to return to the province. He believed the empire was about to be in danger from its own ruler. Reluctant Kairo takes his sons leaving the General at his bed side. Unfortunately, during the journey back both sons become ill, showing similar signs of the fever. They make it to the edges of their land greeted by one of the master students who takes responsibility in bringing the boys by cart. Kaori rides to Hiroshi and Kage who were left behind to maintain the daily operations of fielding a security force. When Kairo arrives he is able to fill in the details of what has transpired, but one day after arriving news of Feng Huo and a strange military of possessed looking Nang warriors are reported to razing a village a few hundred miles from the capitol of the province.

Kairo concerned about his boys who never returned order several messengers to ride out and have all the villages retreat to the palace. No one knew what the threat was, but Kairo after listening to Feng Huo’s warning after the ceremony while laying on his “death” bed, knew it could not have been of this world. Feng Huo should be dead, but he wasn’t, he was with an army killing his own people.

Some of the messengers were too late in getting to the villages before Feng Huo did, but those who could made it only to be asked that they either fight if able, or retreat to the shores to cross the waters toward Naijin if not. The fighters were instructed that the odds of surviving were slim and that their only objective was stand for as long as they could to give the others a starting chance. It would be 6 days after the initial invasion of Feng Huo before the Terror emerged over hill’s crest with an army of undead.

Kaori and Hiroshi with several other master students of the Wu Xing Shin School led the defense in opposing Feng Huo. Kage would be ordered by his father to retreat as the last known Tatsuya. There also needed to be a leader among the refugees who knew how to get to the monastery in Naijin. The battle for the capitol began with the archers volleying across the field while the undead scourge covered immense ground with supernatural speed. The final hours were closed once the undead reached the top of the walls where they began cutting down untrained men while trained men attempted to stand their ground only to be overwhelmed.

In the palace Kaori and Hiroshi along with staged kegs of black powder awaited Feng Huo. Feng Huo reached the palace doors only to be invited in by Kaori and Hiroshi lest he hide behind his pawns because he was too weak to fight them. The challenge was accepted, Feng Huo battled the two without mercy severely injuring Kaori and wounding Hiroshi. In a final attempt to kill Feng Huo, the master students of Wu Xing Shin emerged from various places to ambush Feng Huo and the undead who were inside the palace witnessing the fight. During the chaos Kaori ordered Hiroshi to escape just before Feng Huo lifted Kaori up in the air taking a large bit into the neck of now limp body.

Hiroshi retreated into a tunnel beneath the palace where the black powder kegs were stationed. These kegs were set next to the supports resulting in the fortress to crumble beneath its own weight. Hiroshi with 5 master students escaped leaving several others behind to continue the fight. Ignited the kegs charged an explosion shaking the tunnel and the fortress, the structure began collapsing until dust and rubble remained. It was not confirmed whether Feng Huo survived but anything inside the palace would have been crushed or trapped.

Hiroshi does make it to Naijin reunited with Kage. Kage is informed of his father’s death by the hands of Feng Huo who also was a father-figure to Kage. The story brought with it a unfathomable amount of pain and questions only to be answered by the stories following the events, the ceremony brought with it a fever creating undead. This realization brought the news of Naito in Naijin not long after. Shin Takiyo, Hiroshi, Kage and several other members decide on their options with how they were to respond to the events of their once beloved land. Hiroshi offers himself to Kage to free the curse holding Feng Huo and revenge the death of his father and all the fathers who lost their lives and sons defending a dream now drowning in evil.

SANGUINE EMPIRE (Dark Fantasy, Samurai/Wuxia setting)

Kage Tatsuya

Kage Tatsuya

Heir to the Abyss

Age:28
Origin: Born in the Eastern Province of the Nang Dynasty, lineage stems from the hill tribes of Naijin.

Young Kage Tatsuya stands confidently at 5’10” with flexibility matching the feline and a piercing glare equal to a snake measuring its prey. Kage has long black hair reaching his shoulders with brown eyes seen from behind a kitsune or oni mask. These masks reflect the Roku-Dai teachings of Shin Takiyo and the Wu Xing Shin School. The oni represents the death harbored behind his presence as a mortal being possessed to practice evil acts for a purpose personal to him. The kitsune represents the deceit and trickery in using the darkness as an ally for good. Otherwise Kage wears a traditional Gi with a straw hat and his hair tied in a bun underneath.

Personality:

Kage is “silently fierce”, he is not one to entertain or draw much attention. He rather listen and observe his surroundings instead of adding to it in noise. Kage once a young boy bound to honor under the Nang Dynasty following the path of Feng Huo, has now cast himself into the unbound territory of shadows. The very art he practices is the Roku-Dai, an extension from the teaching of Shin Takiyo and his school Wu Xing Shin. Shin Takiyo only brought this extension or private school of thought to light due to the extraordinary circumstances that have occurred in the Nang Dynasty. Kage was presented with Shin’s teachings of Roku-Dai after the sacrifice of his father and Hiroshi, Shin now 89 years of age leaves the Roku-Dai in the hands of Kage Tatsuya at age 28.

Sacred Weapon: Dansu Raito or “Dancing Light”, The sword is a mixture of steel melted down from his father’s blade that was given to Kage before ordering him to retreat with the refugees, and Hiroshi before the sacrificial ritual. The two metals were fused together to create the double edged sword that Kage now wields with Hiroshi’s soul.



Mundane weapons:

+ Chang Dao
+ Zhanmadoa

Equipment:

+ Rope
+ Opium pipe
+ Herbal Medicines
+ Kunai

Background Story:

Kage Tatsuya is a member of the Tatsuya clan originating in one of the hill tribes of Naijin. He is also an outstanding member of the Shin Wu Xing School founded by a former Waito General by the name of Feng Huo and a Monk, Shin Takiyo. The two had fled from their respective province in the Waito lands after it’s collapse. During the summer season, a revolution sparked caused by the pressure of the current King. The dowry of the King was low due to poor spending leaving the security force half abandoned. Feng Huo during the last battle to protect the palace, decided instead to turn his attention on the monastery, which was also under attack, the revolution accused them for training “lost children” making soldiers out of them to supply the King with fighters. The accusations were incorrect, but it did not stop the revolution from attempting to raze it or take the children. Feng Huo would successfully defeat the small force but at the cost of losing the palace. Feng Huo speaks to Shin Takiyo the Monk of the Monastery to gather the children and make the move toward Naijin.

Feng Huo and Shin Takiyo would trek to the shores of Waito with 27 children, 17 trained men, 12 women, and 9 monks. During the journey they would lose 6 children, 5 men, 3 women, and a monk to illness on the road. When they reached Naijin, they found a similar scenario playing out as in Waito, but this time there were no ties to position or rank with responsibility and so the two decided to head North toward the hill tribes of Naijin. Once in the mountains, Feng Huo and Shin Takiyo secured a plot of land to begin building the school they conceptualized during their journey to Naijin. The plans of the school did not alter but the way they would sell it did. Considering the social predicament the Naijinese people faced, Feng Huo used the school as a way to teach self-defense to the rural hill tribes from the constant battles around them. They also marketed the school as a monastery for troubled or orphaned youth. Over time Feng Huo and Shin Takiyo would do small civil work in the villages, eventually putting the children to work as well. This created a reciprocal relationship between the school and the villages it pulled from.

The school was both a monastery for Shin Takiyo to continue his work, but also a recruiting center for Feng Huo. His loyalities did not leave him when he left Waito, they simply reorganized priorities. Feng Huo believed in unification of Waito, that one day Waito would no longer fight amongst itself, but would turn inward to prepare for its mature evolution into one entity. Feng Huo felt time was necessary for this growth, and he would re-enter to arena with strong men who could carry out his vision when other leaders with similar visions did the same. He knew them to be working as he was, for he was not the only one with the same vision during his time serving.

The school marked its name to be Wu Xing Shin or Truth of the Five Elements. It was an integration of both battle tactics and spiritual philosophy. The assimilation of mind, body, and spirit were emphasized greatly in the works of the Wu Xing Shin. Only 6 months after it broke ground, the school housed the original 21 children who moved from Waito to Naijin, but it added 7 more children from the neighboring hill tribes. Two of these children went by the names of Kaori Tatsuya and Hiroshi Yoshinori, appearing more like brothers than friends.

Both trained and worshipped closely together studying their way through the Wu Xing Shin School. The two would be tested on all levels of the human condition, but their loyalty to the land they grew up in was not truly measured until Feng Huo heard of Lau Nang’s plan for unifying Waito. Feng Huo seizing the opportunity he had been waiting for sent a correspondent to Lau Nang, promising a private military to fight for Lau Nang in the East, with the agreement that Feng Huo would be awarded his own land and position within the Nang Dynasty to help maintain the security of a unified empire.

Lau Nang agreed to these terms leaving Feng with negotiating the approach. Feng first had to speak with Shin, once they came to an agreement Feng took 70 master students including Kaori and Hiroshi to the Eastern provinces of Waito. Feng knew these lands well successfully liberating several villages from former warlords with the element of surprise. The villagers were then recruited by Feng Huo to continue their emancipation of needless warring states. This idea snowballed into a 200 man fighting force led by Feng Huo, Kairo, Hiroshi, and a handful of other master students.

Feng Huo’s momentum would not cave and his campaign resulted in success. It would not be but a few months later when news crossed the land of Lau Nang’s achievement too. The Nang Dynasty establishing itself as a secured power that did what was thought impossible. When the fighting settled, Feng Huo was invited to the capitol to receive his decorations in the ranks of the Nang Dynasty. His authority opened up a favorable pipe line from the Wu Xing Shin School to his army.

The brief time peace existed, Kaori would find a young Waito woman who he settled with, the two conceived five children; 3 boys and girls, the youngest was Kage Tatsuya. Hiroshi would not settle in having his own family, but treated Kaori’s as if they were his own. The five were trained by Feng Huo’s school established in the capitol of his province directly descending from the Wu Xing Shin School teachings. They also received lessons from Kaori, Hiroshi, and personally from the 57 year old Feng Huo at the palace.

Peace however does not last forever. The Dynasty was shook by the death of Lau Nang’s loved ones. Quickly the emotional toll of losing those closest to Lau Nang could be felt across the empire as his reign shifted to more cynical and tyrannical. A search for immortality was the new talk of the land, it was a chatter that propagated two camps; one opposing, one for. Lau Nang the only voice that mattered occupied the “for” camp in an attempt to reconnect his loved ones back with the world of the living. When Lau Nang announced the findings of the scrolls, he invited his Nobles to the capitol for a ceremony of Eternal Life, to give them the gift he was giving to his loved ones for their service to his cause. Feng Huo was one of them as he grew sick with old age, he had just started the dream he had always envisioned only to be sapped of his energy because of age and natural illness. Feng Huo agreed to the invitation of furthering his life asking Kaori to accompany him and two sons for protection on the road. He required those most loyal to him since many throughout the land disagreed with the use of these scrolls.

The arrival was a spectacle in its own right, but what followed was the illness never forgotten. All of the nobles who participated in the ceremony including Lau Nang became sick with a fever. Feng Huo even went as far to submit himself to it allowing for Kaori and his sons to return to the province. He believed the empire was about to be in danger from its own ruler. Reluctant Kairo takes his sons leaving the General at his bed side. Unfortunately, during the journey back both sons become ill, showing similar signs of the fever. They make it to the edges of their land greeted by one of the master students who takes responsibility in bringing the boys by cart. Kaori rides to Hiroshi and Kage who were left behind to maintain the daily operations of fielding a security force. When Kairo arrives he is able to fill in the details of what has transpired, but one day after arriving news of Feng Huo and a strange military of possessed looking Nang warriors are reported to razing a village a few hundred miles from the capitol of the province.

Kairo concerned about his boys who never returned order several messengers to ride out and have all the villages retreat to the palace. No one knew what the threat was, but Kairo after listening to Feng Huo’s warning after the ceremony while laying on his “death” bed, knew it could not have been of this world. Feng Huo should be dead, but he wasn’t, he was with an army killing his own people.

Some of the messengers were too late in getting to the villages before Feng Huo did, but those who could made it only to be asked that they either fight if able, or retreat to the shores to cross the waters toward Naijin if not. The fighters were instructed that the odds of surviving were slim and that their only objective was stand for as long as they could to give the others a starting chance. It would be 6 days after the initial invasion of Feng Huo before the Terror emerged over hill’s crest with an army of undead.

Kaori and Hiroshi with several other master students of the Wu Xing Shin School led the defense in opposing Feng Huo. Kage would be ordered by his father to retreat as the last known Tatsuya. There also needed to be a leader among the refugees who knew how to get to the monastery in Naijin. The battle for the capitol began with the archers volleying across the field while the undead scourge covered immense ground with supernatural speed. The final hours were closed once the undead reached the top of the walls where they began cutting down untrained men while trained men attempted to stand their ground only to be overwhelmed.

In the palace Kaori and Hiroshi along with staged kegs of black powder awaited Feng Huo. Feng Huo reached the palace doors only to be invited in by Kaori and Hiroshi lest he hide behind his pawns because he was too weak to fight them. The challenge was accepted, Feng Huo battled the two without mercy severely injuring Kaori and wounding Hiroshi. In a final attempt to kill Feng Huo, the master students of Wu Xing Shin emerged from various places to ambush Feng Huo and the undead who were inside the palace witnessing the fight. During the chaos Kaori ordered Hiroshi to escape just before Feng Huo lifted Kaori up in the air taking a large bit into the neck of now limp body.

Hiroshi retreated into a tunnel beneath the palace where the black powder kegs were stationed. These kegs were set next to the supports resulting in the fortress to crumble beneath its own weight. Hiroshi with 5 master students escaped leaving several others behind to continue the fight. Ignited the kegs charged an explosion shaking the tunnel and the fortress, the structure began collapsing until dust and rubble remained. It was not confirmed whether Feng Huo survived but anything inside the palace would have been crushed or trapped.

Hiroshi does make it to Naijin reunited with Kage. Kage is informed of his father’s death by the hands of Feng Huo who also was a father-figure to Kage. The story brought with it a unfathomable amount of pain and questions only to be answered by the stories following the events, the ceremony brought with it a fever creating undead. This realization brought the news of Naito in Naijin not long after. Shin Takiyo, Hiroshi, Kage and several other members decide on their options with how they were to respond to the events of their once beloved land. Hiroshi offers himself to Kage to free the curse holding Feng Huo and revenge the death of his father and all the fathers who lost their lives and sons defending a dream now drowning in evil.

Nomadic Fist: Radiant Soul (A Fighting Game RPG!)

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Nomadic Fist: Radiant Soul (A Fighting Game RPG!)

Lillith Sophia Aeterna

Lillith Sophia Aeterna

⦋ 300 || Geradamasian || Female ⦌

APPEARANCE & PERSONALITY

APPEARANCE

Self-Actualized Appearance

Kaloagathia (Refer to Super Moves)

Aeterna (Refer to Super Moves)

Kalos (Orange) and Agathia (Blue) Djinn Form

Kalos and Agathia Physical Form

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Introverted, Thinker, Perceiving, Intuitive, Fearful, Strategist, Creative, Determined, Faithful.

BACKSTORY & MOTIVATION

Lilly is a Geradamas, and the daughter of Vitalis Aeterna; son of Jeno Aeterna; daughter of Sophia, who is the Aeon of Wisdom and partner to Dunamis; the Aeon of Power. The Geradamas believe they are spiritual entities trapped within a material existence of illusions and shadows. Born out of the Divine Seed dropped by Sophia, to be impregnated by Dunamis, is the origin story of the Geradamas. The fall was Sophia’s first born; the Creator, a flawed being by which Dunamis had no role in creating, it was Sophia’s own creation and without Dunamis it was a broken one. This creation without understanding itself began twisting the spiritual and material planes together as it saw fit. To stop the Creator from its ignorance, told Dunamis of what she had done and what the creator was doing. Dunamis instead of helping left Sophia and the Divine Seeds behind as a consequence to her actions without him. The loss of Dunamis enraged the Creator and it trapped its mother and the Divine Seeds into forms, binding them to the material world. Sophia's spirit broken by her first born is said to have left traces of Wisdom behind for her children to find and bring her back together once more for the redemption of falling from Dunamis' grace. The Creator does not wish the return of Dunamis and wishes to continue trapping its mother while attempting to possess the material forms of spirits by deceiving them of their true essence. It is the Geradamas who must bring to light the Wisdom of Sophia for the material beings to see their true essence which is their true potential in the spiritual plane.

Lillith travels the world in search of Sophia as her kin have done for centuries, accumulating knowledge and power through finding Wisdom. It is in this journey Lillith finds herself with the burden of restoring her people to their true essence, breaking the bonds of the Creator and redeeming their kind in the eyes of Dunamis. The Creator is the cause of all suffering and Lillith as a descendant of Sophia bears the responsibility of this suffering.

FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES

Kaloagathia

Kaloagathia or Beautiful Virtue – It is the combined names of Kalos and Agathia, both who are the transcendental spiritual manifestations of Lilly’s ki or energy. These manifestations have developed their own personalities overtime while working with and through Lilly’s Self. Lilly uses these two ki entities as a conduit and channel from which she pulls, reserves, and releases ki in various aptitudes. Kalos acts as the Shield or Defensive Skill Set while Agathia acts as the Sword or Offensive Skill Set. In their Idle modes, they can be seen as simply orbs that navigate the electric magnetic field around Lilly’s physical form.

SPECIAL MOVES & TECHNIQUES

■ [Kalos Orb Form: Burst Fire ]

Lilly will present one arm forward and Kalos’ Orb will form just a few inches away from the palm, she will then rotate her wrist to initiate a series of fireballs bursting toward her opponent.

■ [Kalos Orb Form: Reign of Fire]

[Lilly will present one arm forward and bring her other to the back of the first hand, pull back, and direct it forward making contact with her back hand which intiates the Orb to fire with a gravity affect. When the orb reaches the desired position, she closes the first hand into a fist which forces the orb to release a rain of fire from above with splash damage effect.]

■ [Kalos Orb Form: Flare]

Kalos can flare himself into a bright light to blind his opponent from seeing a potential attack.

■ [Summon Kalos as Man (All orb moves are accessible faster, without access to Agathia’s orb moves.)]

Kalos can be summoned as a man who fights in place of Lilly. Agathia will equip herself in the hands of Lilly for defensive measure, and Lilly will act as a second pair of eyes for Kalos.

■ [Summon Kalos as Djinn]

Kalos tranforms into the spiritual embodiment of his ki, he has no weight in the physical plane, but can directly act as a conduit and channel for Lilly to power herself.

■ [Summon Kalos as Protection]

Kalos may transform himself into the desired protection of Lilly and her situation.

■ [Agathia Orb Form: Shadow Tentacles]

Lilly raises her arm with the palm facing down and fingers hanging. The orb appears below the palm a inch from the finger tips. At the moment Lilly balls her hand into a fist over the orb and rotates her hand. Immediately at the moment she flexes her fingers out to reveal the orb, palm facing up, the orb releases 5 tentacles which now Lilly’s fingers puppeteer.

■ [Agathia Orb Form: Cloak]

[Lilly can raise Agathia’s orb above her head and use her alignment with the darkness to create a cloak over Lilly’s physical body for a limited time.]

■ [Agathia Orb Form: Formless]

Agathia with limited time can transform Lilly into a shadow to get out of a hairy situation, or Agathia can alter a location on Lilly to act as a shadow element for attacks that could have landed as a deadly blow versus a near-miss.

■ [Summon Agathia as Woman]

Agathia can use all of the orb moves while in hand-to-hand combat. Kalos will equip himself with Lilly for defensive measures and Lilly will act as Agathia’s second pair of eyes.

■ [Summon Agathia as Djinn]

Agathia tranforms into the spiritual embodiment of her ki, she has no weight in the physical plane, but can directly act as a conduit and channel for Lilly to power herself.

■ [Summon Agathia as Weapon]

Agathia may transform herself into the desired weapon that Lilly needs in her given situation.

SUPER MOVES

■ [The Puppeteer]

[Lilly takes full control of the two spiritual embodied ki entities called Kalos and Agathia as their Djinn forms. She conducts their actions like a conductor of an orchestra. Lilly uses one hand for each being and plays the subtle game of puppeteers.]

■ [Transmutation of Kaloagathia]

[Lilly can bring forth both energies of Kalos and Agathia, Kalos positioned in the heart, Agathia positioned in the mind, and Lilly positioned in the body. The three become one entity; Kaloagathia, ]

■ [Kaloagathia’s evolution to Aeterna]

[Kaloagathia taps into the essence of all three interplaying powers within oneself, and in this fusion of all three, none take control or are controlled, simply all three powers surrender themselves over to the new form of self – Aeterna; or Eternity, a form with its own abilities and potential far from Kalos, Agathia, or Lilly.]

WEAKNESSES & LIMITS

Lilly is not strong, agile, fast, or a master of the martial arts. Lilly will not perform extraordinary feats of physical ability or even wow you with her average aim. Lilly has no other protection other than what can be done through Kalos and Agathia.

Nomadic Fist: Radiant Soul (DEMO MODE)

Lillith Sophia Aeterna

⦋ 300 || Geradamasian || Female ⦌

APPEARANCE & PERSONALITY

APPEARANCE

Self-Actualized Appearance

Kaloagathia (Refer to Super Moves)

Aeterna (Refer to Super Moves)

Kalos (Orange) and Agathia (Blue) Djinn Form

Kalos and Agathia Physical Form

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Introverted, Thinker, Perceiving, Intuitive, Fearful, Strategist, Creative, Determined, Faithful.

BACKSTORY & MOTIVATION

Lilly is a Geradamas, and the daughter of Vitalis Aeterna; son of Jeno Aeterna; daughter of Sophia, who is the Aeon of Wisdom and partner to Dunamis; the Aeon of Power. The Geradamas believe they are spiritual entities trapped within a material existence of illusions and shadows. Born out of the Divine Seed dropped by Sophia, to be impregnated by Dunamis, is the origin story of the Geradamas. The fall was Sophia’s first born; the Creator, a flawed being by which Dunamis had no role in creating, it was Sophia’s own creation and without Dunamis it was a broken one. This creation without understanding itself began twisting the spiritual and material planes together as it saw fit. To stop the Creator from its ignorance, told Dunamis of what she had done and what the creator was doing. Dunamis instead of helping left Sophia and the Divine Seeds behind as a consequence to her actions without him. The loss of Dunamis enraged the Creator and it trapped its mother and the Divine Seeds into forms, binding them to the material world. Sophia's spirit broken by her first born is said to have left traces of Wisdom behind for her children to find and bring her back together once more for the redemption of falling from Dunamis' grace. The Creator does not wish the return of Dunamis and wishes to continue trapping its mother while attempting to possess the material forms of spirits by deceiving them of their true essence. It is the Geradamas who must bring to light the Wisdom of Sophia for the material beings to see their true essence which is their true potential in the spiritual plane.

Lillith travels the world in search of Sophia as her kin have done for centuries, accumulating knowledge and power through finding Wisdom. It is in this journey Lillith finds herself with the burden of restoring her people to their true essence, breaking the bonds of the Creator and redeeming their kind in the eyes of Dunamis. The Creator is the cause of all suffering and Lillith as a descendant of Sophia bears the responsibility of this suffering.

FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES

Kaloagathia

Kaloagathia or Beautiful Virtue – It is the combined names of Kalos and Agathia, both who are the transcendental spiritual manifestations of Lilly’s ki or energy. These manifestations have developed their own personalities overtime while working with and through Lilly’s Self. Lilly uses these two ki entities as a conduit and channel from which she pulls, reserves, and releases ki in various aptitudes. Kalos acts as the Shield or Defensive Skill Set while Agathia acts as the Sword or Offensive Skill Set. In their Idle modes, they can be seen as simply orbs that navigate the electric magnetic field around Lilly’s physical form.

SPECIAL MOVES & TECHNIQUES

■ [Kalos Orb Form: Burst Fire ]

Lilly will present one arm forward and Kalos’ Orb will form just a few inches away from the palm, she will then rotate her wrist to initiate a series of fireballs bursting toward her opponent.

■ [Kalos Orb Form: Reign of Fire]

[Lilly will present one arm forward and bring her other to the back of the first hand, pull back, and direct it forward making contact with her back hand which intiates the Orb to fire with a gravity affect. When the orb reaches the desired position, she closes the first hand into a fist which forces the orb to release a rain of fire from above with splash damage effect.]

■ [Kalos Orb Form: Flare]

Kalos can flare himself into a bright light to blind his opponent from seeing a potential attack.

■ [Summon Kalos as Man (All orb moves are accessible faster, without access to Agathia’s orb moves.)]

Kalos can be summoned as a man who fights in place of Lilly. Agathia will equip herself in the hands of Lilly for defensive measure, and Lilly will act as a second pair of eyes for Kalos.

■ [Summon Kalos as Djinn]

Kalos tranforms into the spiritual embodiment of his ki, he has no weight in the physical plane, but can directly act as a conduit and channel for Lilly to power herself.

■ [Summon Kalos as Protection]

Kalos may transform himself into the desired protection of Lilly and her situation.

■ [Agathia Orb Form: Shadow Tentacles]

Lilly raises her arm with the palm facing down and fingers hanging. The orb appears below the palm a inch from the finger tips. At the moment Lilly balls her hand into a fist over the orb and rotates her hand. Immediately at the moment she flexes her fingers out to reveal the orb, palm facing up, the orb releases 5 tentacles which now Lilly’s fingers puppeteer.

■ [Agathia Orb Form: Cloak]

[Lilly can raise Agathia’s orb above her head and use her alignment with the darkness to create a cloak over Lilly’s physical body for a limited time.]

■ [Agathia Orb Form: Formless]

Agathia with limited time can transform Lilly into a shadow to get out of a hairy situation, or Agathia can alter a location on Lilly to act as a shadow element for attacks that could have landed as a deadly blow versus a near-miss.

■ [Summon Agathia as Woman]

Agathia can use all of the orb moves while in hand-to-hand combat. Kalos will equip himself with Lilly for defensive measures and Lilly will act as Agathia’s second pair of eyes.

■ [Summon Agathia as Djinn]

Agathia tranforms into the spiritual embodiment of her ki, she has no weight in the physical plane, but can directly act as a conduit and channel for Lilly to power herself.

■ [Summon Agathia as Weapon]

Agathia may transform herself into the desired weapon that Lilly needs in her given situation.

SUPER MOVES

■ [The Puppeteer]

[Lilly takes full control of the two spiritual embodied ki entities called Kalos and Agathia as their Djinn forms. She conducts their actions like a conductor of an orchestra. Lilly uses one hand for each being and plays the subtle game of puppeteers.]

■ [Transmutation of Kaloagathia]

[Lilly can bring forth both energies of Kalos and Agathia, Kalos positioned in the heart, Agathia positioned in the mind, and Lilly positioned in the body. The three become one entity; Kaloagathia, ]

■ [Kaloagathia’s evolution to Aeterna]

[Kaloagathia taps into the essence of all three interplaying powers within oneself, and in this fusion of all three, none take control or are controlled, simply all three powers surrender themselves over to the new form of self – Aeterna; or Eternity, a form with its own abilities and potential far from Kalos, Agathia, or Lilly.]

WEAKNESSES & LIMITS

Lilly is not strong, agile, fast, or a master of the martial arts. Lilly will not perform extraordinary feats of physical ability or even wow you with her average aim. Lilly has no other protection other than what can be done through Kalos and Agathia.

Takanis - A Historically Inspired Fantasy NRP

Name of Nation: Nucaal

Government: Monarchy

Species: Geradamas (Sorcerers), Nucaal (Humans), and Nahaki (Repitilian)

Geradamas Culture & History

The Geradamas were born in a land far from the one they exist in today. To date their involvement in this world starts at the mouth of the Ydra River. It is here the Geradamas thrived for sometime as an agrarian culture, their knowledge and wisdom of how to work the land, tend to the animals, navigate the sea, and connect their community remained buckled in traditions of a discipline considered ancient to current times; Teachings of Sophia.

As time carried on, the mouth of the river became more dangerous. Men with their own ideas of "right" and "wrong" began deciding on what land was their's. These same men pulled children into conflicts, to fight their own battles, so as to retain their own ideas of what they believed to be the "Just" cause. The Geradamas would ignore the common babbling of a man who convinced himself to be God, until one day the Geradamas were forced to leave before being pulled into one of these deranged contests. Some Geradamas would remain, successfully disguising themselves among the masses and setting up Sanctuaries inside the region.

The Geradamas who left would find themselves voyaging to the Island of the Caals. Their interaction started off with the Caals bearing their teeth, but after impressive diplomatic discussion, the Caal would remain open to negotation. The Caals were in the midst of a war with the Nahaki; a serptine species which put the Caal in an interesting position. They asked for the Geradamas to help in return for sovereignty.

The Geradamas were not a people who fought wars, but they could help in the field of magic. Their tradition and intuition regarding magical affairs lent them a hand in creating powerful devices that could sway the tides of battle. The Geradamas supported the Nucaal, and the Nucaal succeeded in defending the island.

Story of the Geradamas

Story of the Geradamas and The Individual Journey of the Complete Becoming

The Geradamas are a people of tradition who believe in world view not always agreed upon by others. Their belief system has both aided in tethering the knots of those who are believers tighter to one another, and severing their connection to those who oppose such ideas. Their story, their beliefs, are nestled in the Aeons or Teachings of Sophia.

The Teachings of Sophia tell of two Gods or Aeons who came together to begin it all. Lila, a Lux Aeon and an Aeon who held the Wisdom of All things, looked toward the source of All things. In it she saw the reflection of creation and in that moment she realized she had a creator. This realization marked the beginning of her own desire to create. Lila's first attempt at creation was with her own Wisdom and Power, but what she lacked was Understanding of both, unable to see herself, she made a flawed being and this being began wrapping her up in her own delusion for creation. Lila looked toward the other Aeons for help, but only one heeded her final cry. Umbra, the Tenebris Aeon, he reached his hand to pull Lila from the Bestia's web, but in return Lila had to agree to lay with Umbra and never return to the Bestia.

Lila unable to convince herself to leave her first creation behind, returned to the Bestia in hopes to save it from its own web was caught herself in her attempt. Lila now pregnant with a child was wrapped in the Bestia's illusion and gave birth in the world of "stuff". Her child was to be named "Sophia", but before Lila could raise Sophia, Lila was once again pulled from the Bestia by Umbra and this time locked away for only Umbra to see. The child, Sophia, was discovered by one of the 7 tribes; AETERNA, OLHO, COROA, ABRAXO, MYSAR, NAFTAL, BASAL. Delivered to them by her mother, Lila, before disappearing into the light as it is told today.

These tribes vowed to secrecy, for the Bestia and his Archons would have Sophia disappear into the illusion they've so ignorantly created. It was out of these tribes the Geradamas were born. The Geradamas are those who have sworn to protect the Teachings of Sophia, to find Umbra and unlock Lila from her prison. The unification of Sophia and Lila is the only way to end the illusion created by the Bestia.

Path to the Complete Becoming

Rings of the Geradamas

Initiate - The Ring of the Initiate is the beginning of a long path to the Complete Becoming. Inside this circle are no Geradamas, but candidates of those wishing to be accepted into the circle of what it means to be a Geradamas. The Initiate will undergo a study of the SHACKLES, once prepared, they will then participate in the FIRST REAPING.

Pathfinder - The Ring of the Pathfinder challenges the individual's heart and mind. Their responsibility lies in mastering the Shackles of Aeons, while pushing their bodies to extreme limits brought onto them by Umbra Masters. Upon completion of the UMBRA TRIALS and SHACKLES OF AEONS, they will be granted ceremonial access to participate in the SECOND REAPING.

Apprentice - The Ring of the Apprentice proves the path has been found and now all that is left is to find a guide. The Apprentice at this point will have no concept of who they were before finding the path. They will now select the path of a Celestial, Umbra, or Elementalis for further disciplinary study. Depending on their path, they will be granted a mentor who will assist in developing the depths of their knowledge in regards to the path they've chosen. When the mentor decides they are ready, a test of their ability is challenged in the DUALITY. If successful then they will participate in the THIRD REAPING.

Ferryman - The Ring of the Ferryman acknowledges the wearer as a skilled and tested member of the Order. They are on the boat to Complete Becoming, but are required first to contribute a significant discovery or act to the Order. It is at this stage most will test their true ability, because it will be the first time they act on a mission without supervision or aid. The chaotic world will bring them to many dark places and if they return, they return as Masters. The inauguration of a Master is a successful discovery, return, and the ceremony called; The GREAT HARROWING.

Master of Nous - The Ring of the Master symbolizes the sacrifice of their own life for the life of the Order. They embody the Teachings of Sophia, Freed their Souls from the Shackles of Aeons. Mastered their own Body and Mind, challenged their discipline in the world of the Bestia.

The Three Disciplines and the Trascendant

Celestial - Their discipline is in the art of healing and light.
Umbra - Their discipline is in the art of illusion and death.
Elementalis - Their discipline is in the art of nature and life.

Avatar or Trascendant - Their discipline is in the art of all three, a Complete Becoming of ALL things, an Avatar of the Free. The Transcendental Whole of a once Incomplete Being, a true Geradamas.

Shackles of Aeons, Reapings, and Harrowing

Shackles of Aeons

Shackles of Aeons

1) Shackled to the Image - Body and Self.
2) Shackled to the Reflection - Heart and Mind.
3) Shackled to the Shadow - Space and Time.
4) Shackled to the Ignis – Spirit.

Reapings

The Reapings are a ceremony where the observers and the participant are together for the single purpose of witnessing death and rebirth. The ceremony starts with a ritual which is conducted by one of the CHIMERA (One of the 30 Heads of the 3 Disciplines). The Chimera will present a brew from which the participant will drink, the participant will both puke and move their bowels until they typically collapse into what appears to be sleep. The participant is then submerged in sand while in this state given only the nose uncovered from which to breathe. Once the participant experiences moments of no illusion and awakes they will be "reborn". They will be celebrated back into the world of illusion to do the work of a Geradamas.

Each Reaping has a different ritual but similar feel, the first ritual is to provide the first time an individual sees what it is like without illusion fogging their senses. The second time is to get rid of their sense of self, while the third is to remind them of where they are going. Each time one is Reaped, the tethers to who they were before the Reaping is always greatly diminished.

The Great Harrowing

The Great Harrowing is a significant ceremony which hosts a different potion. This brings about frightening images specific to the individual; a metaphorical hell. The ceremony is not presented by a CHIMERA but instead is presented by the SEVEN CROWNS. These are the Geradamas who've originated from the original tribes, Avatars of the Geradamas.

The Nucaal Culture & History

Origins of the Caal

The Caal, a tribal agrarian culture from which cities blossomed on an island rich with resources. The Caal had 12 tribes, each founding their own city in due time, each with their own agenda and focus. Peace sustained itself until the territories and needs of each city outgrew the very land each had claimed as their own. It did not take long for the Caal to engage in territorial skirmishes over food, land, and materials.

These battles played out for years until two of the dominant city powers married one another through the Son and Daughter of both Emperors. These two were named Aalyptus and Nazeri. Each fed off the other as they both strove for power, their focus was in uniting the Caals under one nation by force.

The result of this power play created a resistance from the Western cities where an alliance was formed to bring down the power couple. The three resistance leaders were Kyber, Jaeis, and Heiros. The Free Caal State is what they went by as Aalyptus and Nazeri subjected others forcefully under their banner. There were three decisive battles involving the three resistance leaders and Aalyptus himself. Aalpytus would kill Jaeis and Kyber, but in the final battle over the last city, Heiros slayed the Emperor. Heiros would manage to escape the city with barely his life, Nazeri would finish off any residual units of the Free Caal and the cities were liberated under the reign of Nazeri, Queen of the Caal.

Nazeri would reign for 5 years time before disturbances in the southern region of the island were reported. She had forced East and West under her rule, but the South remained under their own independence. The Queen had plans for campaigning South but had two more years before she would commit, unfortunately for her, Heiros emerged before she was ready. Heiros once again inspired numbers of Caal to fight for him, and with great experience behind him, he was able to push back a lot of the lands Nazeri had claimed. Quickly, Heiros’ victories spread like wild fire and other resistance forces ignited within the Nazeri’s borders to create further instability across the land. Nazeri had no other option but to seek out and destroy Heiros before momentum grabbed ahold of her own people in the Capitol.

Nazeri would campaign in the South for nearly a year before she fell into a trap set up by Heiros himself. She was captured alive, and Heiros requested an end to the fighting. He summoned all Caal city-states to Mount Halios. In six days time, all representatives arrived on Mount Halios where Nazeri was judged and executed. Heiros pleaded for a national unification of the Caal into one state for the sake security and longevity for future kin, the representatives after deliberation of ideas agreed and the Nucaal were thus born.

Igniting the Dragon

The Nahaki; a serpent and reptilian species, first came to the shores of Polisea. The Caal greeted the Nahaki upon their arrival, but during talks it is said the Nahaki flashed the blade of a knife from a pouch and plunged it into a Nucaal representative.

“You greet us as visitors on our own soil?” – words spoken by the Nahaki murderer.

The Nahaki drew blades, stormed the beaches, and Polisea was lost in a day. Polisea was a poorly fortified village, and held up no real resistance in the defense. The Nahaki not only were a surprise, but also beasts of intimidating appearance, myths of their lore swept the imagination of the Caal, but the words silenced when it reached Heiros’ ears. Heiros gathered a number of warriors to march on Polisea in a week’s time. The siege of Polisea lasted 3 days, with heavy casualties on both side. The Nahaki chose to retreat as their numbers dwindled waiting for reinforcements. They were surprised to see an organized resistance mount against them, and to see a leader among the “mongrels”. The Nahaki left Polisea and Nucaal took to rebuilding and fortifying the city.

The First King – Prime Halios – of Nucaal

The foreign invaders would bring about the transformation of the Nucaal government system. It originally was established as a Republic, but quickly shifted into an Monarchy as a Commander and Chief would be needed for organizing the Nucaal’s defenses. Heiros was the one to sentence the beasts off the island, and Heiros would be the one to be given command of the Nucaal military. It was in his era that a standing military or security force was created, funding for naval innovation and the construction of boats to secure the shores, along with building roads for swifter supply transportation. The infrastructure of the island grew tremendously; population, economy, education, and security.

News of the boom would travel to a few distant places, and it would even entice populations North of the Nucaal Island and South. During this period the Northern Empire which seemed to have no limits to its growth, quickly collapsed and those seeking for a new chapter in their life migrated to the island of Nucaal. Heiros would accept these refugees under conditions now titled as the "Sanctuary Action"; allowing for foreigners to settle if they agree to 2 years of auxiliary service. During this time the military acted as a standing army, and construction force. Many of the Northern refugees would be placed in the construction force to contribute their manpower to the overall infrastructure of Nucaal society. They were then granted full citizenship and equal rights. Those who served in the military would have battled significant questioning but if they held true, their acceptance would have been tremendously felt and acknowledged.

The refugees in the military would aid Heiros in mapping strategic points off the coast of Nucaal and on the coast of the Northern continent. Some of these points were abandoned forts left behind during the collapse of the Northern Empire. Heiros would move on the Northern continent because of the collapse and claim a territorial buffer which granted more access to resources and fertile land to fortify and feed the growing populace.

Many of the projects started by Heiros would be seen to the end with the exception of only a minor few, these would be continued into the reign of Prime Halios II Vacuna. Vacuna would focus on upgrading new ways to process and refine materials, his funding went into those who studied the arts of alchemy and smiting. Out of Vacuna’s reign the Vacuna Ferro or Victory Steel was forged, a strong, durable metal used for weapons. Vacuna would also innovate production to increase the efficiency of work and reducing time spent.

Vacuna would later be super seceded by Prime Halios III, Renne. He demonstrated his worth in the battle of Polisea when the Nahaki occupied it. Renne fought directly under Heiros’ command, and alongside him in battle. He would too navigate the relationships of the Geradamas and save the Nucaal from a successful Nahaki invasion.

Arrival of the Geradamas and the Nahaki

Renne met the Geradamas when they made land fall, negotiated a proposal that did not take the first time around. The Nahaki arrived months later in the West and a second proposal was offered to the Geradamas in exchange for aid. Renne and the Geradamas took to the battlefield and repelled the Nahaki who had a strong presence along the Eastern shore by the time Renne’s forces and the Geradamas mobilized.

The Geradamas were offered sovereignty, constructions of one Citadel outside some of the major cities, and rights of citizenship.

The Dragon-Coastal War

Battle of Polisea – A small port city with outstanding trade opportunity. It is located on the upper west peninsula of the island. It was lost twice, first under Heiros’ rise, and the second under Renne’s command. It was poorly fortified during Heiros’ time, but was heavily fortified and the last stronghold to stand during Renne’s campaign. The Geradamas contributed a lot to the victory of this battle, Geradamas operated covertly and provided access for Renne’s forces to liberate the city.

500 Nucaali Casaulties, 8 Geradamas Casualties, 350 Nahaki Casaulties

Battle of Izan – The city is cradled in the center of the west coast, the belly of the island just north of the southern peninsula. Izan was under siege by boat for four days before the Nahaki morale broke for Renne’s forces to march in with ease and take the city. It was the first time in Nucaal history that naval warfare was used in a way that mitigated casualties of land troops.

25 Nucaali Casaulties, 0 Geradamas Casualties, 300 Nahaki Casualties

Battle of Guren – The southern peninsula at the very tip houses a port town named Guren. This was the largest battle in the Dragon’s War, both land and naval forces clashed with the Nahaki for several days without end. The Nucaal would fight during the day, and the Geradamas would act covertly in the night practicing espionage. By the next day the Nahaki would have to restructure rank, reinforce and allocate resources to continue holding the city, as their numbers thinned, the Nucaal would breakthrough first on land and enter the city by mid-afternoon on the sixth day.

At sea the Nahaki would retreat along the coast line to Polisea, several ships would fall behind and sink as the Nucaal made chase. The Nucaal would move to Izan, where the ships would be deployed once more serving a far greater tactical advantage. They would not make it too Polisea for the final battle because of repairs.

780 Nucaali Casualties, 93 Geradamas Casualties, 1200 Nahaki Casualties

The

Today’s Sun

1. Prime Halios IV or Amelia, currently continues to support the war in the west after Renne’s resignation as Prime Halios III.
2. Geradamas are working in secret on Project Manifest.
3. Nucaali in the northeast region are currently experiencing a small group of Nucaali who detest the Geradamas. Reports suggest, highway thievery, murder, and town disturbances. General Taolos is dispatched to the region.
4. Fortifications of the northern border are completed across the countryside.
5. Southern fortifications are currently in the second stage of construction out of four.
6. Illegal Nucaali mage activity in the southern region; one Penumbra, one Elemantalis, and one Nucaali mage investigate by orders from Amelia. The party is escorted by five Nucaali fighters.

Geradamas Order : Gear

Lila’s Faith

Umbra’s Guard

Geradamasian Tips

Nucaal Military

Army

Ground Warriors - Hylic

Male

Female

Navy

Sea Devils

Acudaemonia or Sea Devils – These fighters are typically deployed on boats at sea. They are armored in all the right places for a land battle, but are equipped and trained to take over boats. They're speciality is sea warfare and attacking boats after making contact.

Medium Equipment


Light Equipment

Griffon (Light)

Acubovem (Medium)

Leviathan (Heavy)

Rolls:

Land Area: 2 (+2) 4
Land Fertility: 12
Development: 18 (+2) 20
Land Power: 12 (-2) 10
Naval Power: 15 (-3) 12
Economy: 11
Magical Reserves: 3 (+7) 10
Magical Sophistication: 19 (+1) 20
Population (Determined by other rolls): 12 (-2) 10

Traits:

Sea Devils, Sky Angels

The Nucaali society has thrived off fishing and deep diving on the coastal edges working their way inland to a more agrarian culture without ever losing its thread to the water. Surrounded on all sides, the Nucaali have always trained and explored the water from when they are young to when they die. It is such apart of their culture that when a baby is born, the ceremony of birth is held in water, and when a Nucaali dies, they are dropped into the sea.

Pros: Fearless under, in, or on water, great swimmers, navigators, and excellent divers. Their stamina, physical capability, and endurance is top notch for per their usual practice in the sink. Those who excel over already great swimmers, are selected to be Sea Devils (see Sea Devils in military section.)

Nucaali Pride

A Caal is invested emotionally in their culture and society. Traditions pervade their Self practice, Cultural practice, and Societal expectations/roles/responsibilities. It is difficult to critique a Caal of his own traditions unless it comes from another Caal. They are accepting of others, will treat others equally, but they will immediately shun these traits if disrespect is perceived by the person about their heritage.

Pros: Collective mindset, high morale can sustain itself for long periods of time, sense of belonging (increased happiness).

Cons: Easily upset by perceived remarks, relationships can easily be destroyed and difficult to mend, decisions of the future can be hard to make without push back.

Augmentation Technology

Gear created by the Nucaali are typically modified to present a space to house a crystal for augmenting the gear with magical capabilities.

Pros: The gear can have certain effects in combat or other realms of society where significant impact can be had in more effective ways.

Cons: If the stone is overused, it can explode and have a negative impact on the wielder.

Artifice Becoming

The Geradamas explore unknown and known territory regardless of the laws or prohibitions. Their purpose is to seek artifacts that bring them closer to their ultimate goal. This means their ability to innovate, construct, and connect new concepts with current technology is always pushing current limits. The knowledge they hold is quite powerful, but also dangerous.

Pros: Accelerated technological, developmental, and magic sophistication upgrades.

Cons: Target for espionage, waving trust among the Nucaali, and opportunities for internal corruption.


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