Nearly done. Took a while. Still WIP.
“I don't have any spells to dull the pain.”
NAME
Olivia de Verley
AVATAR
Ebon Horizon
AGE
20
GENDER
Female
VISAGE
Ebon is a carbon copy of Olivia, save for the hair which has been shortened to shoulder length, and perfect vision. Olivia is a short person, standing only at 5'2/157cm. Thanks to years of fencing and training in HEMA, she is fit and athletic. She normally wears glasses over her dark brown eyes to correct her poor vision, something she doesn't need to do in Pariah. She has black shoulder blade length hair often tied up in a ponytail or wrapped up in a bun, styles that she keeps while in the game. The outfit she wears in Pariah is only cloth, but it's comfortable, light, and lets her keep her range of movement. Although it was designed for practicality and comfort in mind, some parts are there for fashion. The shoulders have been padded, her shirt extends downward to her shins much like a dress, and her coat stops at the middle of her midriff. Her boots are thigh high, but still made of a durable, rugged material. She wears a metal mask which acts as her 'fencing mask'. She usually has a dark grey cloak wrapped around her shoulders for warmth.
PERSONALITY
Olivia is an introverted person, nervous and uncomfortable when outside of her comfort zone. She compensates for this by imitating confidence, following the saying 'fake it until you make it'. She would very much rather not be bothered, but the false confidence she displays when in social situations can cause others to approach her. While it is something she dislikes, she knows that she has to work on her social skills in order to avoid becoming a crazy cat lady when she grows older.
When it comes to other people, she is friendly and helpful. She's quick to make friends see the good in them, just as quick to become close to them and trust them. There's always a lingering fear that she'll be betrayed in some grand and cinematic way, but so far, none have done so. When she's in a familiar setting she relaxes and becomes more honest, quieter, turning back to her normal introverted ways.
BACKGROUND
Olivia was born into a wealthy family on the east coast of the United States. With two other sisters and two brothers, she's the youngest in the family. As a child she was enrolled into public schools, raised as a normal child, with loving, caring parents with four attentive siblings. Remarkably she turned out to be very... normal. When she was seven, her parents let her choose a hobby, ranging from sports to music to woodworking. When presented with so many objects, tools, musical instruments, she picked up one of her fathers sabers that was mounted on the wall. A week later Olivia had a fencing tutor. Throughout the years she kept at her swordsmanship, expanding her interest into Historical European Martial Arts as well, specifically Victorian Sabre. As she went through middle school and high school, she had joined a club to further expand her knowledge, she had participated in a number of tournaments, winning more than a few of these competitions. She floated through life committing only to martial arts, not really knowing what she wanted to do in the future.
Two years after graduating high school she decided to study to become a paramedic, getting her own apartment close to the campus. She stopped practicing martial arts to focus on her study. She kept in contact with the friends she made during those years fencing but she had very little luck making new friends. A year later one of her old friends had mentioned a new virtual reality game, Pariah Online. Olivia had no history of playing video games, but it didn't take much to convince her to join.
ROLE
Combat Medic - Healer/DPS
AFFILIATION
TYHRIEN
PROFESSION
Healer
WEAPONS OF CHOICE
Sunset's Edge - A military sabre based off of the appearance of the English Pattern 1853 Cavalry Sword, complete with three bar hilt. Crafted with blackening on the ricasso in the shape of a right triangle, the back of the triangle on the false edge of the blade. Further blackening follows the fuller and spine, halting where the fuller stops. Two angled stripes cross the weak of the sword. The black oxide coating represents the night, while the steel is day.
BENCHMARKS
Basically a simple and tertiary list of achieved knowledge and possibly abilities. No Kirito-types; keep it in a fundamental nuance of moderately experienced characters but not savants. To keep this under control give me 5 physical benchmarks (swift fighter, etc.) and 5 mental benchmarks (herbalism, etc).
ROUGH VIRTUAL HISTORY
Kind of like your in-game backstory. Keep in mind characters should be within the same pool of experience.
OLIVIA // EBON HORIZON
“I don't have any spells to dull the pain.”
O V E R V I E W
NAME
Olivia de Verley
AVATAR
Ebon Horizon
AGE
20
GENDER
Female
VISAGE
Ebon is a carbon copy of Olivia, save for the hair which has been shortened to shoulder length, and perfect vision. Olivia is a short person, standing only at 5'2/157cm. Thanks to years of fencing and training in HEMA, she is fit and athletic. She normally wears glasses over her dark brown eyes to correct her poor vision, something she doesn't need to do in Pariah. She has black shoulder blade length hair often tied up in a ponytail or wrapped up in a bun, styles that she keeps while in the game. The outfit she wears in Pariah is only cloth, but it's comfortable, light, and lets her keep her range of movement. Although it was designed for practicality and comfort in mind, some parts are there for fashion. The shoulders have been padded, her shirt extends downward to her shins much like a dress, and her coat stops at the middle of her midriff. Her boots are thigh high, but still made of a durable, rugged material. She wears a metal mask which acts as her 'fencing mask'. She usually has a dark grey cloak wrapped around her shoulders for warmth.
PERSONALITY
Olivia is an introverted person, nervous and uncomfortable when outside of her comfort zone. She compensates for this by imitating confidence, following the saying 'fake it until you make it'. She would very much rather not be bothered, but the false confidence she displays when in social situations can cause others to approach her. While it is something she dislikes, she knows that she has to work on her social skills in order to avoid becoming a crazy cat lady when she grows older.
When it comes to other people, she is friendly and helpful. She's quick to make friends see the good in them, just as quick to become close to them and trust them. There's always a lingering fear that she'll be betrayed in some grand and cinematic way, but so far, none have done so. When she's in a familiar setting she relaxes and becomes more honest, quieter, turning back to her normal introverted ways.
BACKGROUND
Olivia was born into a wealthy family on the east coast of the United States. With two other sisters and two brothers, she's the youngest in the family. As a child she was enrolled into public schools, raised as a normal child, with loving, caring parents with four attentive siblings. Remarkably she turned out to be very... normal. When she was seven, her parents let her choose a hobby, ranging from sports to music to woodworking. When presented with so many objects, tools, musical instruments, she picked up one of her fathers sabers that was mounted on the wall. A week later Olivia had a fencing tutor. Throughout the years she kept at her swordsmanship, expanding her interest into Historical European Martial Arts as well, specifically Victorian Sabre. As she went through middle school and high school, she had joined a club to further expand her knowledge, she had participated in a number of tournaments, winning more than a few of these competitions. She floated through life committing only to martial arts, not really knowing what she wanted to do in the future.
Two years after graduating high school she decided to study to become a paramedic, getting her own apartment close to the campus. She stopped practicing martial arts to focus on her study. She kept in contact with the friends she made during those years fencing but she had very little luck making new friends. A year later one of her old friends had mentioned a new virtual reality game, Pariah Online. Olivia had no history of playing video games, but it didn't take much to convince her to join.
A T T R I B U T E S
ROLE
Combat Medic - Healer/DPS
AFFILIATION
TYHRIEN
PROFESSION
Healer
WEAPONS OF CHOICE
Sunset's Edge - A military sabre based off of the appearance of the English Pattern 1853 Cavalry Sword, complete with three bar hilt. Crafted with blackening on the ricasso in the shape of a right triangle, the back of the triangle on the false edge of the blade. Further blackening follows the fuller and spine, halting where the fuller stops. Two angled stripes cross the weak of the sword. The black oxide coating represents the night, while the steel is day.
BENCHMARKS
Basically a simple and tertiary list of achieved knowledge and possibly abilities. No Kirito-types; keep it in a fundamental nuance of moderately experienced characters but not savants. To keep this under control give me 5 physical benchmarks (swift fighter, etc.) and 5 mental benchmarks (herbalism, etc).
Enhanced Speed - Years of HEMA and fencing practice has made Ebon remarkably quick on her feet. Her ability to dodge, dash, lunge and move in short distances is only rivaled by other competition fencers and martial artists. This benchmark only further enhances her speed and reaction time.
Saber Expert - Her history with the saber has gotten her this benchmark rather quickly. However this only extends to Saber weapons, although she has experience with other one handed swords, she cannot use them as effectively as the saber.
Lightning Step - A Storm magic ability that Ebon has unlocked very recently, which also has the potential to deplete her stamina almost immediately depending on how far she wishes to step. Lightning Step was allows her to advance, retreat, or lunge a distance of at most 10 meters with the speed of a lightning bolt. Observers have told her that she practically becomes an orange lightning bolt when casting this. When Lightning Stepping only one meter, the stamina usage isn't so much, but ten meters will make her fatigued. She can only lightning step when in en garde, meaning she cannot use this outside of being ready and in stance to fight.
Saber Expert - Her history with the saber has gotten her this benchmark rather quickly. However this only extends to Saber weapons, although she has experience with other one handed swords, she cannot use them as effectively as the saber.
Lightning Step - A Storm magic ability that Ebon has unlocked very recently, which also has the potential to deplete her stamina almost immediately depending on how far she wishes to step. Lightning Step was allows her to advance, retreat, or lunge a distance of at most 10 meters with the speed of a lightning bolt. Observers have told her that she practically becomes an orange lightning bolt when casting this. When Lightning Stepping only one meter, the stamina usage isn't so much, but ten meters will make her fatigued. She can only lightning step when in en garde, meaning she cannot use this outside of being ready and in stance to fight.
Experienced Warrior - Years of sparring and competing has given her a good sense of battle. When fighting she can tell when the opponent will attack, advance, retreat, guard or parry based on the movements of her opponents body.
Healers Incantations- Not the best healer in the game thanks to her obsession with becoming proficient with the blade again, but she has a wide variety of healing chants. The spells are more effective when specific, a chant to heal a broken bone will heal much quicker than a general 'heal this warriors wounds' spell. This requires her to identify the wound and then say the correct chant to heal the wound, her ability to see, properly diagnose, and heal has given her this benchmark.
Shorthanded Cant - Ebon has developed her healing in the form of chants and prayers. Then she developed it further into a shorthanded cant that sounds like a foreign language, it's been compared to the more rapid sections of a Tibetan monks morning chant. She can only shorthand her lower level healing spells, which is unable to heal heavier wounds. She is able to shorthand heal and fight at the same time, although she'll grow tired quickly and may mess up the heals, making it less effective. She is unable to shorthand anything stronger than her most basic healing spells
Healers Incantations- Not the best healer in the game thanks to her obsession with becoming proficient with the blade again, but she has a wide variety of healing chants. The spells are more effective when specific, a chant to heal a broken bone will heal much quicker than a general 'heal this warriors wounds' spell. This requires her to identify the wound and then say the correct chant to heal the wound, her ability to see, properly diagnose, and heal has given her this benchmark.
Shorthanded Cant - Ebon has developed her healing in the form of chants and prayers. Then she developed it further into a shorthanded cant that sounds like a foreign language, it's been compared to the more rapid sections of a Tibetan monks morning chant. She can only shorthand her lower level healing spells, which is unable to heal heavier wounds. She is able to shorthand heal and fight at the same time, although she'll grow tired quickly and may mess up the heals, making it less effective. She is unable to shorthand anything stronger than her most basic healing spells
ROUGH VIRTUAL HISTORY
Kind of like your in-game backstory. Keep in mind characters should be within the same pool of experience.
