Skyrte

For Honor - Wolfpack

I'd be down for a Knight, dunno which yet.
Could do General.

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

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Olivia // Ebon
_{LOCALE // Lefig Lawn, Guild of Acquisitions
TIME // Morning}

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Hawkwood explained that most things that archaeologists find were never the type of things to be buried. It'd slipped her mind, and honestly made her feel a little bit stupid. Thankfully her armored mask concealed her face, now a shade of red. Once they reached the meeting point Ebon crouched and set her packs down, her medical kit and travelling kit, checking and rechecking everything. If she forgot her painkiller potions, some of her patients might not sit still for treatment, slowing the healing process. Potentially a disaster. In the middle of her recheck an older looking man stepped in, speaking to Elian with familiarity. One of their teammates presumably. The way he walked in reminded her of someone, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it, being occupied with her equipment check. Time went on while Ebon did detailed checks of her supplies, a bard began to play an upbeat tune with a violin, making Ebons lengthy check less mundane. Although it would be so much easier to assume that she'd gotten everything, her brother insisted that whenever she check something important, it was worth doing twice, or even three times in detail.

Just as Ebon began to pack her kit again, Elian spoke up, calling Hawkwood the Dork Knight and Ebon the Flashing Fencer. She smiled, she did get pretty quick, especially compared to when she first started out. She got up and bowed gracefully to return the greeting. She listened closely when Elian began to greet the others. Landon, the one who came in just as Hawkwood and Ebon arrived, was apparently a troublemaker. Elian greeted Graves, but when Ebon looked around she couldn't spot him, even on the tips of her toes. He would arrive shortly. Then Tiferet, the bard, she guessed. She looked to the bard when she saw a flying red snake zip by out of the corner of her eye, she let out a surprised yelp and put her hand on her mask, where her mouth would be. Hoping nobody saw or heard. Once she realized the snake was not even the size of a small dog and that it seemed to be attacking a larger armored man, she slowly let her hand fall back to her side. Once again thankful she wore her mask. A woman arrived shortly after the snake, cursing at it. The armored man wasn't bothered that much by it. Ebon looked around at her teammates, the group was sizing up pretty well. The armored man spoke up in introduction, “Good morning scrubs and scrubettes. Are we ready to get moving, get pwning, and most importantly, GIT GUD? For those that do not know, I am Thael, and I will be using my hella strongth and toight aggro to tunk for you today."

Ebon blinked hard in disbelief. His colorful vocabulary was strange to her, but when she looked around to see if anyone else was as puzzled as her, she found that nobody seemed to be. Another armored man spoke up, introducing himself as Graves, the armor he wore was fairly typical of a game but... Ebon glanced away, not wanting to stare, right towards Landon. He gave a quick introduction to the fencer, short and sweet. Earning himself a quiet, surprised, "Oh!" from Ebon. She bowed and was just about to give her own introduction to Landon, but found that his attention was now elsewhere. With a party this size, he would have to move quickly to give everyone a personal introduction, Ebon reasoned.
What a gentleman, she thought to herself, she noticed his attention was on the firemage. Presumably to introduce himself to her, although she was a bit busy with her snake, then he looked to the ranger who had just arrived. After her introduction, Landon rose his eyebrows suggestively and grinned. Ebon just let out an unamused "Oh." Now she knew what kind of troublemaker he was. She rolled her eyes and walked to Hawkwood, just as Tiferet began another song, more energetic this time. She tapped him on the helmet, "Done with your equipment check? Sharp steel? All supplies good?" she asked the knight, snapping the questions off rapidly and putting her hands on her hips.

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

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Richter // Hawkwood
Olivia // Ebon
_{LOCALE // Pyrite Park, The City of Thorinn
TIME // Morning}

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Pyrite Park and Pyrite Square, a perfect place to shop, picnic, have a date, stargaze, or even just to relax. For a number of people, the square shaped park, surrounded by a plethora of shops and restaurants, it's a place to train. There were a number of trees, benches, and stone pathing scattered across the park, but the stretches of grass were enough for the small number of wayfarers. At the center of the park was a massive stone, its sides cut away into a square and images of great battles and heroes etched into it. The top was left untouched, as a large formation of cuboid crystal, metallic and brass colored, rested on the stones top. There were six intergrown cubes, three acting as the base, and the other three stacked on top of each other, reaching into the sky. The crystals were mesmerizing, it's surface rippling in an explosion of color whenever something or someone touched it's edge. It wasn't exactly pyrite, but it was close enough.

It had been weeks since Ebon first arrived at this park and started training, back then she was the only one. Usually earning herself a few strange looks. Now there were at least thirty people every day here, learning under one of the number of masters here. Unfortunately she found herself to be one of these 'masters'. As much as she would like to get back to her flow drills and jogs, she had someone to teach, and no matter what she did, rookies in all shapes and sizes showed up with that look in their eye. She looked at the small group of newbies sitting on the lawn near her, all paying attention, spears, polearms, voulges and glaives on the ground. Ebon let out a quiet sigh and looked at her 'opponent', the person she was supposed to be instructing privately, Hawkwood, Tyhrien's Loremaster.

Ebon cleared her throat, "Right, get into stance. We'll be going with underhand today, focusing on your circles of defence and offense." she unsheathed a dulled, generic saber and tossed the scabbard to the ground to the side.

Hawkwood took a deep breath in, having finished stretching his limbs out. Surprisingly limber for a man as armored as he was, he was surprisingly able to do full-on squats in spite of his armor. Pulling his wooden training spear off the ground, Hawkwood gave it a testing toss to feel for the weight, before nodding. "Perfect weight. So, underhanded it is then?" he asked, shifting his stance accordingly. "Remember prospects, she's the one that knows what she's doing. Listen to her, and watch what I do wrong." Taking up his shield to complete the combat ensemble, Hawkwood stood at the ready, going to give his best in his circles of defence.

Ebon stepped closer to the armored man, "Everyone has what I call circles of defense and offense, every weapon has both." she explained. She tapped the tip of his spear with her sword, "The spear is normally an offensive weapon, thrust or toss. But with a simple addition..." she slid her sword along the edge of his spear and the lugs stopped her blade, "the lugs will parry an opponents weapon. The thrust is part of the circle of offense, using the lugs to parry is part of the circle of defense." she stepped closer. Tapping Hawkwood's shield, "Even the shield has both. Defense is clear, but offense is less obvious. Before we start on demonstrations, Hawk has a third and final circle, one which everyone has, armored or unarmored. Your body. You can use your body to wrestle, tackle, punch and kick." Ebon stepped away and got into an offensive stance a few feet away from Hawkwood. "Now, I will throw a cut from above, Hawk, parry it with your spear, then push it away." Ebon stepped forward then followed through with an overhead cut, stopping mid cut. Hawkwood intercepted the sword with his spear, pushing it away.
"Now my blade is out of line, and I have no defense." She said, Hawkwood stepped forward, pushing the saber further away with his spear. Once in range, he made a punching motion with his shield, using the edge of the shield as his weapon, he stopped before the impact was made. "And that's the offense of a shield. Alternatively you can bash with the shield face." Hawkwood brought back his shield and demonstrated a shield bash.
"Reset." Ebon said, and Hawkwood went back to a defensive stance. Ebon picked up a wooden shield. "The lugs on a spear can also open up an opponents defense." she rose her shield. Hawkwood thrusted his spear high, not quite reaching Ebon, but far enough so that the lugs of his spear went past her shield. He brought the spear down and pulled the shield away from Ebon.
"Reset, now this is trickier, and a bit situational. In a real fight, every part of your opponent is a target. As I retreat and Hawk advances, use the lugs to hook my foot. It will either make me stumble or fall, both of which will halt my retreat, and allow you to advance into an attack." she said. Ebon went back into a defensive stance and retreated slowly, with Hawkwood advancing at the same pace. He thrusted low and wide, then brought the spear to Ebon's ankle and pulled at her foot, stopping once the bottom of her foot was clearly off the ground, letting everyone see. He let her foot go.

"Now, we'll get a quick spar in, then I'll direct you to a proper polearm master." Ebon said, "Hawk, try and use the lugs of your spear more this time."
The two readied themselves, getting into defensive stances. Hawkwood advanced and pulled Ebon's shield away, yanking at the edge closest to her fist. Ebon reacted by letting the shield get pulled, then advanced and pinned Hawkwood's spear between her arm and side. The armored warrior, his spear now bound, pushed Ebon away with his shield. Ebon placed her sword arm between her and the shield, using it as a springboard and letting the spear go, she was pushed back several feet. When she landed, she shifted her stance, going into a more offensive one with her right foot forward, a much more comfortable stance for her.

Hawkwood advanced slowly, cautious, ready to parry any of her strikes. Ebon didn't give him the chance. She did a quick short advance to the side, then a long advance towards Hawkwood, pushing his spear to the side with her shield. She threw an overhead cut, Hawkwood moving his shield to deflect the attack. Ebon halted the attack, a feint, and spun the saber to strike under his shield. The hit landed, striking Hawkwood's back. Ebon had won this quick sparring match. Hawkwood nodded, understanding what had just happened, and relaxed.

Ebon stepped away, tossing the wooden shield aside, "Good work, watch the feints, your armor would have protected you in real combat, but it's better not to be hit at all." she looked over to her audience, "There you've had your demonstration, now go to..." she went on her tip toes and looked around the park, "Tokuma!"
A girl wearing thick blue and navy blue robes, sitting, sipping tea looked over, seeing an Ebon Horizon on her tiptoes, and a group of untested polearm users. She downed her tea quickly, grabbed her naginata and booked it.
"Wha-?" Ebon stared as the spear user ran with impressive speed, "Go catch her! And watch out for her cuts, naginatas are like swords on a stick." Ebon commanded, the rookies shrugged and ran after the spear master.

Removing his helmet, Hawkwood held it under his armpit as he took a breath of fresh air for a moment. "Didn't see the one to the ribs coming. I'll have to remember that one. Last thing I need is a cracked rib halfway through a fight." he said, a casual air to his tone as he picked up the training shield and spear, leaving the latter sticking out of the ground from its butt. The shield he'd leave strapped to it, before going to check on the horse he rode in on, having let it take a break to drink at a nearby enough stable to keep it in sight. Just as he was about to exit the training grounds, the familiar sound of feyling wings cutting through the breeze. His message was plopped right into his hand once he stretched it out, the feyling circling around before landing atop his shoulder. "Take it you got an invitation too?" he questioned, pointing to the one that had arrived for Ebon.
The swordswoman looked up from the small message and nodded, "Lefig Lawn?"
"The same." Hawkwood said, turning over the message. "Wouldn't happen to have a pen on you? Last time I went looking for one I was washing Feyling crap out of my leather."
"Think so." she replied, walking over to her belt and pouches on the ground, she fished out a quill and ink sink, tossing it to Hawkwood, "The message said tomorrow, I'll grab food, water and medical, you grab the other stuff?"

Hawkwood gave a slight nod, saying: "Roger. Meet you at the dungeon, then." he said, penning his message before sending the messenger off. He'd need to resupply on rope and various other dungeon necesseties, plus a bit extra. Could never be too careful in Pariah. Getting onto his horse and paying the stablehand, he went off to the market, leading it by the reins on foot as he did his shopping.

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Richter // Hawkwood
Olivia // Ebon
_{LOCALE // Lefig Lawn, Guild of Acquisitions
TIME // Morning, the next day}

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Having pooled together their various resources obtained from Thorinn's marketplace and grabbed their equipment from the inn, Hawkwood and Ebon had arrived at Lefig Lawn and were prepped for the dungeon run ahead.

"Wonder if its all just made magically, or if its just ancient and buried." Hawkwood said, looking up at the impressive and dangerous structure. "Found a dungeon once that had a library. Most of the books didn't seem nearly as old as the place either. Almost feels like the world's cheating when it pops them out."
Ebon looked towards the dungeon, "I don't think they're buried, seems like the type of thing that wouldn't be buried."

Giving a light shrug with his shoulders, Hawkwood said: "Not many things seem like the kind of things to bury. Archeology turns up some crazy findings sometimes though. Ah well, that's not my field anyhow...Oh! Elian!" he finished with a loud greeting to make himself known, waving to their elven healer friend from across the field.

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

Olivia // Ebon Horizon

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OLIVIA // EBON HORIZON

“I don't have any spells to dull the pain.”

O V E R V I E W

NAME

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Olivia de Verley

AVATAR

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Ebon Horizon

AGE

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20

GENDER

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Female

VISAGE

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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', and she usually has a dark grey cloak wrapped around her shoulders for warmth.

PERSONALITY

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Olivia is an introverted, practical 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, seeing the good in people. And just as quick to trust and become close to 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

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Olivia was born into a wealthy family on the east coast of the United States in 2092. With one other sister and three brothers, she's the youngest in the family. As a child she was enrolled into public schools, raised as a normal kid, with loving, caring parents with four attentive siblings. Remarkably she turned out to be very... normal. She connected the most with her eldest brother, Alfons, a man who wanted to live without any financial help from his family, he wanted to stand with his own achievements. On his own he had joined the military making a career out of being an Air Force Pararescueman. When she was young, Olivia saw him as a real life superhero, after all he did jump out of planes and ride helicopters to save people for a living. Whenever he came home she was always around him and he always taught her a few things, how to dress a wound, how to fight, how to hide and evade from people chasing you. Skills typically utilized by an Air Force Pararescueman. Alfons the practical, special operations brother, made a huge impact on Olivia. She grew up to be like him.

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 father’s sabers that were mounted on the wall. She wanted to be a warrior, like Alfons, someone who could fight and protect others. 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 and high school, she joined a club to further expand her knowledge. She participated in a number of tournaments, winning more than a few of these competitions. In her club she was exposed to a number of other techniques, Fiore’s longsword and rondel dagger, Polish and French sabre, but she only dabbled in these, learning from other students when everyone was leaving for the day. She floated through life committed only to martial arts, not really knowing what she wanted to do in the future.

Two years after graduating high school, Alfons was deployed to a city in Italy that was struck by an earthquake. Alfons and his team prepared, flew, arrived and began operations for search and rescue in just a little over ten hours. Twenty eight hours after their arrival, a group of extremists attacked. As people ran from the fighting, Alfons and his fellow PJs prepared to fight back, armed with nothing but kitchen knives salvaged from the rubble and rocks. They fought for hours in the darkness of night before the area was mostly clear of civilians and the Italian armed forces had arrived. During the battle Alfons shielded a young Italian soldier from a grenade, taking shrapnel to his back and two bullets to his left leg. The battle lasted for ten hours more, Alfons laying in a field hospital with the people he had rescued just earlier, hating that he was taken out of the fight so early. He would be sent back to the states to recover from his wounds with two shiny medals pinned to his jacket, one from the Air Force, another from the Italians.

This story would haunt Olivia for a week after Alfons had told her. Soon after, Olivia decided to study to become a paramedic, understanding how fragile people are. It was nothing like the movies or books, where heroes would take sword blows to the chest and keep on fighting, where warriors would lose limbs and fight on. Her superhero was taken out of the fight by two bullets and a handful of shrapnel. She got her own apartment close to the campus. She stopped practicing martial arts to focus on her studies. 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 she found herself with more free time than before, since she had stopped fencing. It didn't take much to convince her to join.

A T T R I B U T E S

ROLE

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Combat Medic - Healer/DPS

AFFILIATION

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TYHRIEN

PROFESSION

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Healer

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT OF CHOICE

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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.
Combat knife - A typical combat knife modeled after the german KM2000 army knife.
Belt - A leather belt with two pouches. One pouch is for a water can, the other is for miscellaneous things, pens, notebooks, etc.
Backpack - A backpack based on a military compact assault pack. Usually has camping supplies.
Medical Satchel - A satchel containing various medical supplies.

BENCHMARKS

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Physical Benchmarks

Enhanced Speed - Thanks to her intense training in the park, Ebon is remarkably quick on her feet. Her speed has been enhanced by this benchmark, letting her dart from place to place with a quickness not many can match, her reflexes has also been enhanced to allow her to process and react with her new speed.
Lightning Step [Storm Magic] - Ebons need for speed and training to be the fastest she can be has granted her the ability to go above and beyond normal ‘fast’. With Lightning Step she accelerates with the speed of a lightning bolt. Appropriately observers have told her that she practically becomes a cluster of orange lightning bolts when using this magic. So far she is only familiar enough with this to use it while en garde, in a stance ready to fight, at a distance of at most 10 meters, and only with advances, retreats and lunges. If Enhanced Speed is one rating above normal human quickness, Lightning Step is two ratings.
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 swords, she cannot use them as effectively as the saber. This benchmark naturally increases the penetrating and cutting power of whatever saber she is currently using.

Mental Benchmarks

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 opponent's body. This benchmark gives her the ability to feel if her opponent will be attacking physically or magically.
Healers Incantations [Holy Magic] - 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 warrior's 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. The benchmark acts much like a mental library, with this she will never forget the words to heal. It also allows her to invent new chants, for example in a situation where she has never seen a specific kind of wound before, and she has no existing incantation for it, she will be able to develop a new incantation just for it and deposit it into her mental library.
Shorthanded Cantation - Shorthanded Cant is a much quicker, shortened incantation which lets her heal while doing another action, such as moving or fighting. When most other healers need to concentrate fully on healing then halting to fight, Ebon is capable of both at the same time thanks to this benchmark. So far she is only able to shorthand her lower level, generic healing spells.

ROUGH VIRTUAL HISTORY

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When Ebon first joined, she explored the starter areas, amazed by the landscape. Then she quickly became tired. This was a problem to her, a big one, in real life the amount of travelling she had done wouldn’t even have winded her. But there she was, panting. So the second thing she did was get a sabre, she tried it out and found that it felt heavy and sluggish in her hand. This coupled with her lack of stamina upset her. The third thing she did was train. She ran laps, practiced her advances, retreats, lunges, ripostes, parrys, attacks, she wanted that sword to feel familiar in her hand. She felt incomplete without it. For weeks she would stay in the same park, exercising, running through flow drills, practicing her techniques. So much so that others had gathered around her, mostly warriors, doing the same. With her as the center they exchanged their knowledge of weapons, armor and shields. They taught new players, and sparred with experienced ones.

It was here that the sword became familiar to her again, and it was here that she met a man named Elias. He was a blacksmith, wanting to adventure and travel, but he had no experience in combat. He wore a suit of armor that he made, wielding weapons that he forged. Ebon taught Elias what she knew and he invited her to party up with her. She agreed. The two travelled the forests and mountains, fighting wild creatures, discovering beautiful waterfalls and rivers, talking well into the night, seeing the sun rise and set. Then Elias told her that they should return to the city. When they did, he disappeared for a few days. Olivia had volunteered at the local hospital, where hunters would be healed. When Elias reappeared, he held a sword, a very specific sabre. He said that he was going to move, and he had to sell his module to make the trip. He wasn’t certain that he would come back. The two logged off for the night. When Olivia logged back in she was greeted by a message, Elias saying that he had walked to a cliff where they had camped and seen the sun rise and fall for the first time. If this was his last moments in the game, he wanted it to be in a beautiful place. She unsheathed the sword that he had given her as a parting gift, it was the Sunset's Edge.

NOTES

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Color - Chetwode Blue #9289e1

CS v1.3 Changelog

CS 1.3
>Edited Weapons of Choice to Weapons and Equipment of Choice.
>Added Belt, Knife, Backpack and Medical Satchel to Weapons and Equipment of Choice.

CS 1.2
>General proofreading, grammar fixes and changes.
>Added Notes section.
>Added color formatting.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised 'Enhanced Speed'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Minor grammatical change to 'Lightning Step'.

CS 1.1
>Adjusted CS Skeleton: Changed color of name headers.
>Adjusted Background: Revised work. Paragraph 3, sentence 1.
>Adjusted Background: Grammatical fix. Paragraph 4, sentence 1.
>Adjusted Background: Revised work. Paragraph 4, concluding sentences.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised and buffed 'Enhanced Speed'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised and buffed 'Lightning Step'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised 'Saber Expert'.
>Adjusted Mental Benchmark: Revised 'Healers Incantations'.
>Adjusted Mental Benchmark: Revised 'Shorthanded Cantation'.

CS 1.0
>Original CS

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

@Vec OH LOOK A VEC. Do you both want and need the discord server link?

@shylarah

There's a discord??
what the heck

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

@Gowi
I think you looked over the older character sheet. I went over the sheet anyways because I didn't really proofread it in the first place and fixed a few errors.
As for the benchmarks issue perhaps making a list of the existing and accepted benchmarks will benefit people? Additional examples wouldn't hurt either. They can look over this list and take skills from that list, instead of making a third ability about combat awareness, or they can look to the list and get a better idea of what benchmarks are all about.

CS v1.2 Changelog

CS 1.2
>General proofreading, grammar fixes and changes.
>Added Notes section.
>Added color formatting.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised 'Enhanced Speed'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Minor grammatical change to 'Lightning Step'.

CS 1.1
>Adjusted CS Skeleton: Changed color of name headers.
>Adjusted Background: Revised work. Paragraph 3, sentence 1.
>Adjusted Background: Grammatical fix. Paragraph 4, sentence 1.
>Adjusted Background: Revised work. Paragraph 4, concluding sentences.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised and buffed 'Enhanced Speed'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised and buffed 'Lightning Step'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised 'Saber Expert'.
>Adjusted Mental Benchmark: Revised 'Healers Incantations'.
>Adjusted Mental Benchmark: Revised 'Shorthanded Cantation'.

CS 1.0
>Original CS

Olivia // Ebon Horizon

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OLIVIA // EBON HORIZON

“I don't have any spells to dull the pain.”

O V E R V I E W

NAME

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Olivia de Verley

AVATAR

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Ebon Horizon

AGE

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20

GENDER

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Female

VISAGE

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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', and she usually has a dark grey cloak wrapped around her shoulders for warmth.

PERSONALITY

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Olivia is an introverted, practical 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, seeing the good in people. And just as quick to trust and become close to 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

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Olivia was born into a wealthy family on the east coast of the United States in 2092. With one other sister and three brothers, she's the youngest in the family. As a child she was enrolled into public schools, raised as a normal kid, with loving, caring parents with four attentive siblings. Remarkably she turned out to be very... normal. She connected the most with her eldest brother, Alfons, a man who wanted to live without any financial help from his family, he wanted to stand with his own achievements. On his own he had joined the military making a career out of being an Air Force Pararescueman. When she was young, Olivia saw him as a real life superhero, after all he did jump out of planes and ride helicopters to save people for a living. Whenever he came home she was always around him and he always taught her a few things, how to dress a wound, how to fight, how to hide and evade from people chasing you. Skills typically utilized by an Air Force Pararescueman. Alfons the practical, special operations brother, made a huge impact on Olivia. She grew up to be like him.

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 father’s sabers that were mounted on the wall. She wanted to be a warrior, like Alfons, someone who could fight and protect others. 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 and high school, she joined a club to further expand her knowledge. She participated in a number of tournaments, winning more than a few of these competitions. In her club she was exposed to a number of other techniques, Fiore’s longsword and rondel dagger, Polish and French sabre, but she only dabbled in these, learning from other students when everyone was leaving for the day. She floated through life committed only to martial arts, not really knowing what she wanted to do in the future.

Two years after graduating high school, Alfons was deployed to a city in Italy that was struck by an earthquake. Alfons and his team prepared, flew, arrived and began operations for search and rescue in just a little over ten hours. Twenty eight hours after their arrival, a group of extremists attacked. As people ran from the fighting, Alfons and his fellow PJs prepared to fight back, armed with nothing but kitchen knives salvaged from the rubble and rocks. They fought for hours in the darkness of night before the area was mostly clear of civilians and the Italian armed forces had arrived. During the battle Alfons shielded a young Italian soldier from a grenade, taking shrapnel to his back and two bullets to his left leg. The battle lasted for ten hours more, Alfons laying in a field hospital with the people he had rescued just earlier, hating that he was taken out of the fight so early. He would be sent back to the states to recover from his wounds with two shiny medals pinned to his jacket, one from the Air Force, another from the Italians.

This story would haunt Olivia for a week after Alfons had told her. Soon after, Olivia decided to study to become a paramedic, understanding how fragile people are. It was nothing like the movies or books, where heroes would take sword blows to the chest and keep on fighting, where warriors would lose limbs and fight on. Her superhero was taken out of the fight by two bullets and a handful of shrapnel. She got her own apartment close to the campus. She stopped practicing martial arts to focus on her studies. 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 she found herself with more free time than before, since she had stopped fencing. It didn't take much to convince her to join.

A T T R I B U T E S

ROLE

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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

---

Physical Benchmarks

Enhanced Speed - Thanks to her intense training in the park, Ebon is remarkably quick on her feet. Her speed has been enhanced by this benchmark, letting her dart from place to place with a quickness not many can match, her reflexes has also been enhanced to allow her to process and react with her new speed.
Lightning Step [Storm Magic] - Ebons need for speed and training to be the fastest she can be has granted her the ability to go above and beyond normal ‘fast’. With Lightning Step she accelerates with the speed of a lightning bolt. Appropriately observers have told her that she practically becomes a cluster of orange lightning bolts when using this magic. So far she is only familiar enough with this to use it while en garde, in a stance ready to fight, at a distance of at most 10 meters, and only with advances, retreats and lunges. If Enhanced Speed is one rating above normal human quickness, Lightning Step is two ratings.
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 swords, she cannot use them as effectively as the saber. This benchmark naturally increases the penetrating and cutting power of whatever saber she is currently using.

Mental Benchmarks

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 opponent's body. This benchmark gives her the ability to feel if her opponent will be attacking physically or magically.
Healers Incantations [Holy Magic] - 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 warrior's 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. The benchmark acts much like a mental library, with this she will never forget the words to heal. It also allows her to invent new chants, for example in a situation where she has never seen a specific kind of wound before, and she has no existing incantation for it, she will be able to develop a new incantation just for it and deposit it into her mental library.
Shorthanded Cantation - Shorthanded Cant is a much quicker, shortened incantation which lets her heal while doing another action, such as moving or fighting. When most other healers need to concentrate fully on healing then halting to fight, Ebon is capable of both at the same time thanks to this benchmark. So far she is only able to shorthand her lower level, generic healing spells.

ROUGH VIRTUAL HISTORY

---

When Ebon first joined, she explored the starter areas, amazed by the landscape. Then she quickly became tired. This was a problem to her, a big one, in real life the amount of travelling she had done wouldn’t even have winded her. But there she was, panting. So the second thing she did was get a sabre, she tried it out and found that it felt heavy and sluggish in her hand. This coupled with her lack of stamina upset her. The third thing she did was train. She ran laps, practiced her advances, retreats, lunges, ripostes, parrys, attacks, she wanted that sword to feel familiar in her hand. She felt incomplete without it. For weeks she would stay in the same park, exercising, running through flow drills, practicing her techniques. So much so that others had gathered around her, mostly warriors, doing the same. With her as the center they exchanged their knowledge of weapons, armor and shields. They taught new players, and sparred with experienced ones.

It was here that the sword became familiar to her again, and it was here that she met a man named Elias. He was a blacksmith, wanting to adventure and travel, but he had no experience in combat. He wore a suit of armor that he made, wielding weapons that he forged. Ebon taught Elias what she knew and he invited her to party up with her. She agreed. The two travelled the forests and mountains, fighting wild creatures, discovering beautiful waterfalls and rivers, talking well into the night, seeing the sun rise and set. Then Elias told her that they should return to the city. When they did, he disappeared for a few days. Olivia had volunteered at the local hospital, where hunters would be healed. When Elias reappeared, he held a sword, a very specific sabre. He said that he was going to move, and he had to sell his module to make the trip. He wasn’t certain that he would come back. The two logged off for the night. When Olivia logged back in she was greeted by a message, Elias saying that he had walked to a cliff where they had camped and seen the sun rise and fall for the first time. If this was his last moments in the game, he wanted it to be in a beautiful place. She unsheathed the sword that he had given her as a parting gift, it was the Sunset's Edge.

NOTES

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Color - Chetwode Blue #9289e1

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

@Skyrte I ALMOST FORGOT! I would think that Elian and Ebon at least know each other. Elian would respect Ebon, and her dedication to training, as well as her skill and real-world knowledge of healing. I could see them being at least friendly, maybe even friendly rivals. Possibly teaming up for things where one healer is not really enough? whatcha think?

@shylarah

Sure, I don't see why not.

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

@shylarah
Uh... what do you mean by fussing over colors?

CS v1.1 Changelog

CS 1.1
>Adjusted CS Skeleton: Changed color of name headers.
>Adjusted Background: Revised work. Paragraph 3, sentence 1.
>Adjusted Background: Grammatical fix. Paragraph 4, sentence 1.
>Adjusted Background: Revised work. Paragraph 4, concluding sentences.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised and buffed 'Enhanced Speed'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised and buffed 'Lightning Step'.
>Adjusted Physical Benchmark: Revised 'Saber Expert'.
>Adjusted Mental Benchmark: Revised 'Healers Incantations'.
>Adjusted Mental Benchmark: Revised 'Shorthanded Cantation'.

To do list
- Maybe add more benchmarks.

Olivia // Ebon Horizon

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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, practical 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 in the 2092. With one other sister and three 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. She connected the most with her eldest brother, Alfons, a man who wanted to live without any financial help from his family, he wanted to stand with his own achievements. On his own he had joined the military making a career out of being an Air Force Pararescueman. As a child Olivia always saw him as a real life superhero, after all he did jump out of planes and ride helicopters to save people for a living. Whenever he came home she was always around him and he always taught her a few things, how to dress a wound, how to fight, how to hide and evade from people chasing you. Skills typically utilized by an Air Force Pararescueman. Alfons the practical, special operations brother, made a huge impact on Olivia. She grew up to be like him.

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. She wanted to be a warrior, like Alfons, someone who could fight and protect others. 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. In her club she was exposed to a number of other techniques, Fiore’s longsword and rondel dagger, Polish and French sabre, but she only dabbled in these, learning from other students when everyone was leaving for the day. She floated through life committed only to martial arts, not really knowing what she wanted to do in the future.

Two years after graduating high school, Alfons was deployed to a city in Italy that was struck by an earthquake. Alfons and his team prepared, flew, arrived and began operations for search and rescue in just a little over ten hours. Twenty eight hours after their arrival, a group of extremists attacked. As people ran from the fighting, Alfons and his fellow PJs prepared to fight back, armed with nothing but kitchen knives salvaged from the rubble and rocks. They fought for hours in the darkness of night before the area was mostly clear of civilians and the Italian armed forces had arrived. During the battle Alfons shielded a young Italian soldier from a grenade, taking shrapnel to his back and two bullets to his left leg. The battle lasted for ten hours more, Alfons laying in a field hospital with the people he had rescued just earlier, hating that he was taken out of the fight so early. He would be sent back to the states to recover from his wounds with two shiny medals pinned to his jacket, one from the Air Force, another from the Italians.

This story would haunt Olivia for a week after Alfons had told her. Soon after, Olivia decided to study to become a paramedic, understanding how fragile people are. It was nothing like the movies or books, where heroes would take sword blows to the chest and keep on fighting, where warriors would lose limbs and fight on. Her superhero was taken out of the fight by two bullets and a handful of shrapnel. She got 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 she found herself with more free time than before, since she had stopped fencing. 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

---

Physical Benchmarks

Enhanced Speed - Thanks to her intense training in the park, Ebon is 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 increases Ebons speed and reaction time. The speed is dependant on how much she wants to exert herself, a sprint will be a normal sprint, but if she pushes herself beyond that sprint, this benchmark kicks in and allows her to run further and faster, but at the cost of stamina. Enhanced Speed applies to all physical actions.
Lightning Step [Storm Magic] - Ebons need for speed has granted her the ability to go above and beyond normal ‘fast’. With Lightning Step she accelerates with the speed of a lightning bolt, appropriately, observers have told her that she practically becomes a cluster of orange lightning bolts when using this magic. So far she is only familiar enough with this to use it while en garde, in a stance ready to fight, at a distance of at most 10 meters, and only with advances, retreats and lunges. If Enhanced Speed is one rating above normal human quickness, Lightning Step is two ratings.
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 swords, she cannot use them as effectively as the saber. This benchmark naturally increases the penetrating and cutting power of whatever saber she is currently using.

Mental Benchmarks

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 opponent's body. This benchmark gives her the ability to feel if her opponent will be attacking physically or magically.
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 warrior's 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. The benchmark acts much like a mental library, with this she will never forget the words to heal. It also allows her to invent new chants, for example in a situation where she has never seen a specific kind of wound before, and she has no existing incantation for it, she will be able to develop a new incantation just for it and deposit it into her mental library.
Shorthanded Cantation - Shorthanded Cant is a much quicker, shortened incantation which lets her heal while doing another action, such as moving or fighting. When most other healers need to concentrate fully on healing then halting to fight, Ebon is capable of both at the same time thanks to this benchmark. So far she is only able to shorthand her lower level, generic healing spells.

ROUGH VIRTUAL HISTORY

---

When Ebon first joined, she explored the starter areas, amazed by the landscape. Then she quickly became tired. This was a problem to her, a big one, in real life the amount of travelling she had done wouldn’t even have winded her. But there she was, panting. So the second thing she did was get a sabre, she tried it out and found that it felt heavy and sluggish in her hand. This coupled with her lack of stamina upset her. The third thing she did was train. She ran laps, practiced her advances, retreats, lunges, ripostes, parrys, attacks, she wanted that sword to feel familiar in her hand. She felt incomplete without it. For weeks she would stay in the same park, exercising, running through flow drills, practicing her techniques. So much so that others had gathered around her, mostly warriors, doing the same. With her as the center they exchanged their knowledge of weapons, armor and shields. They taught new players, and sparred with experienced ones.

It was here that the sword became familiar to her again, and it was here that she met a man named Elias. He was a blacksmith, wanting to adventure and travel, but he had no experience in combat. He wore a suit of armor that he made, wielding weapons that he forged. Ebon taught Elias what she knew and he invited her to party up with her. She agreed. The two travelled the forests and mountains, fighting wild creatures, discovering beautiful waterfalls and rivers, talking well into the night, seeing the sun rise and set. Then Elias told her that they should return to the city. When they did, he disappeared for a few days. Olivia had volunteered at the local hospital, where hunters would be healed. When Elias reappeared, he held a sword, a very specific sabre. He said that he was going to move, and he had to sell his module to make the trip. He wasn’t certain that he would come back. The two logged off for the night. When Olivia logged back in she was greeted by a message, Elias saying that he had walked to a cliff where they had camped and seen the sun rise and fall for the first time. If this was his last moments in the game, he wanted it to be in a beautiful place. She unsheathed the sword that he had given her as a parting gift, it was the Sunset's Edge.

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

Finally done.

Olivia // Ebon Horizon

---

---

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, practical 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 in the 2092. With one other sister and three 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. She connected the most with her eldest brother, Alfons, a man who wanted to live without any financial help from his family, he wanted to stand with his own achievements. On his own he had joined the military making a career out of being an Air Force Pararescueman. As a child Olivia always saw him as a real life superhero, after all he did jump out of planes and ride helicopters to save people for a living. Whenever he came home she was always around him and he always taught her a few things, how to dress a wound, how to fight, how to hide and evade from people chasing you. Skills typically utilized by an Air Force Pararescueman. Alfons the practical, special operations brother, made a huge impact on Olivia. She grew up to be like him.

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. She wanted to be a warrior, like Alfons, someone who could fight and protect others. 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. In her club she was exposed to a number of other techniques, Fiore’s longsword and rondel dagger, Polish and French sabre, but she only dabbled in these, learning from other students when everyone was leaving for the day. She floated through life committed only to martial arts, not really knowing what she wanted to do in the future.

Two years after graduating high school, Alfons was wounded during an operation, an earthquake struck Italy. Ten hours later, Alfons and a handful of other pararescuemen were at the city that was hit the hardest, searching for survivors. Twenty eight hours after their arrival, a group of extremists attacked. As people ran from the fighting, Alfons and his fellow PJs prepared to fight back, armed with nothing but kitchen knives salvaged from the rubble and rocks. They fought for hours in the darkness of night before the area was mostly clear of civilians and the Italian armed forces had arrived. During the battle Alfons shielded a young Italian soldier from a grenade, taking shrapnel to his back and two bullets to his left leg. The battle lasted for ten hours more, Alfons laying in a field hospital with the people he had rescued just earlier, hating that he was taken out of the fight so early. He would be sent back to the states to recover from his wounds with two shiny medals pinned to his jacket, one from the Air Force, another from the Italians.

This story haunt haunt Olivia for a week after Alfons had told her. Soon after, Olivia decided to study to become a paramedic, understanding how fragile people are. It was nothing like the movies or books, where heroes would take sword blows to the chest and keep on fighting, where warriors would lose limbs and fight on. Her superhero was taken out of the fight by two bullets and a handful of shrapnel. She got 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

---

Physical Benchmarks

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 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.

Mental Benchmarks

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 opponent's body. This benchmark gives her the ability to feel if her opponent will be attacking physically or magically.
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 warrior's 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

---

When Ebon first joined, she explored the starter areas, amazed by the landscape. Then she quickly became tired. This was a problem to her, a big one, in real life the amount of travelling she had done wouldn’t even have winded her. But there she was, panting. So the second thing she did was get a sabre, she tried it out and found that it felt heavy and sluggish in her hand. This coupled with her lack of stamina upset her. The third thing she did was train. She ran laps, practiced her advances, retreats, lunges, ripostes, parrys, attacks, she wanted that sword to feel familiar in her hand. She felt incomplete without it. For weeks she would stay in the same park, exercising, running through flow drills, practicing her techniques. So much so that others had gathered around her, mostly warriors, doing the same. With her as the center they exchanged their knowledge of weapons, armor and shields. They taught new players, and sparred with experienced ones.

It was here that the sword became familiar to her again, and it was here that she met a man named Elias. He was a blacksmith, wanting to adventure and travel, but he had no experience in combat. He wore a suit of armor that he made, wielding weapons that he forged. Ebon taught Elias what she knew and he invited her to party up with her. She agreed. The two travelled the forests and mountains, fighting wild creatures, discovering beautiful waterfalls and rivers, talking well into the night, seeing the sun rise and set. Then Elias told her that they should return to the city. When they did, he disappeared for a few days. Olivia had volunteered at the local hospital, where hunters would be healed. When Elias reappeared, he held a sword, a very specific sabre. He said that he was going to move, and he had to sell his module to make the trip. He wasn’t certain that he would come back. The two logged off for the night. When Olivia logged back in she was greeted by a message, Elias saying that he had walked to a cliff where they had camped and seen the sun rise and fall for the first time. If this was his last moments in the game, he wanted it to be in a beautiful place. She unsheathed the sword that he had given her as a parting gift, it was the Sunset's Edge.

Pariah Online: Prologue [ closed ]

@Skyrte looking for a finished sheet from you as well. Olivia/Ebon

@shylarah

Aye, working on it now. Expect it to be done today.