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GRAM - The Witch Hunters

Yeah, sorry, I've had some housing problems coupled with a high workload lately so I've been having a hard time finding the time to write anything meaningful.

GRAM - The Witch Hunters

Terribly sorry for the delay. I'll do some changes to my CS soon.

GRAM - The Witch Hunters

Mairi Gow

Name: Mairi Gow

Age: 21

Branch: Sorceress

Skills: Scavenging, nomadic traveller, Ferrokinesis

Magical Ability description: The ability to manipulate metal. Alloys are harder to utilize and she is still vulnerable to metal poisoning (maybe throughout the campaign she might iron out these weaknesses)

Non-standard gear: 3 tennis ball sized spheres of silver, chrome and tungsten. A harness around her shoulders and thighs lined with copper wire. (I want to make the suggestion that silver is more effective against Supernals. Otherwise the silver ball is made of iron.)

Physical description: Medium height with a skinny build and short dirty black hair. When not wearing the GRAM uniform she can usually be seen wearing old dark overalls covered by an oversized cotton shirt along with various necklaces and wristbands.

Biography: Mairi lived most of her life in the ruins of European civilisations, mostly travelling between the British Islands and the north of France. As a child, Mairi found herself separated from her parents during the cataclysmic events that destroyed the old world. She was then taken in by a group of scavengers, too scared to join any of the witches nations but also not willing to seek out the new world.

The girl eventually came to discover her ferrokinetic powers and the group made sure to get a good use out of it, moving between old cities and dodging every form of resistance they could find. After a while, Mairi resigned to the fact that this band of vultures would be the only form of companionship she would ever come to know.

One day however the group bit off more than it could chew. The leader of the band took the initiative of ambushing a squad of GRAM soldiers, believing that their equipment and supplies would give them an edge over other scavengers. Despite Mairi's reluctance, the attack on the GRAM troops went ahead. At that point the thieves realised that they had just signed their death sentence. Most of the band was slaughtered, with a few being apprehended. The leader of the GRAM squad also took notice of the small girl that could somehow deflect bullets and lift chunks of metal larger than herself.

Mairi was then taken to the GRAM facility in Australia against her will, in which she received her Sorceress training and was subsequently drafted into service.

GRAM - The Witch Hunters

Showing interest.

World Warriors: The Nomadic Fist [A Quirky Fighting Game Inspired Roleplay Reboot]

Hectic shit is dying out on my end too. I should be able to get back into this if it gets rolling again.

World Warriors: The Nomadic Fist [A Quirky Fighting Game Inspired Roleplay Reboot]

Okay, guys. I'm sorry I haven't posted yet and I'm still not gonna post soon. I spent Easter with the family and my flight back home was cancelled. Last few days have been crazy with trying to balance out work, class projects and making sure that Ryanair doesn't leave me stranded.

World Warriors: The Nomadic Fist [A Quirky Fighting Game Inspired Roleplay Reboot]

Tokyo Stadium, contestants' lounge

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The crowd erupted in cheers as the winner of the last match stepped out of the ring and the next fighters readied themselves for the next rounds. Hot blood was pumping and the anticipation filled the locker rooms and corridors in the backstage with an electric atmosphere. While some potential champions would be stretching and warming up others could be found going over their strategies, frantically trying to work out any last minute tricks that they could take advantage of. All fighters worth their salt were eagerly, and somewhat nervously, waiting for their turn to step into the ring.

Not Bec though. A small folding table was set up in one of the waiting rooms. Several contestants and tournament staffers were huddled up around it, appreciating another type of showdown. Between the shoving spectators, two men sat across the table facing each other. One of them was a tall and burly man, furling his eyebrows as he looked over his hand of cards, alternating between the money he bet on that game and the smile painted across his opponent's face. The man on the other end of the table was a touch smaller and lacked such an imposing physique yet his expression was a clear indicator of who had control of the situation.

"Come on, ya radian," came the smaller man's voice, denouncing a slight italian accent, "I'd like to get another game in before it's my turn in that ring. Put down more digits or get off my table."

His opponent glared at him, clearly at the end of his rope, and finally threw down the cards in his hand, a trio of jacks.

"I fold, smug asshole..." The spectators let loose their breath, some of them claiming a spot to challenge the italian man that laid down his cards face down on the table, smilling as he collected his money. The loser of the bout grit his teeth and aggressivelly snatched the cards from the table.

"A pair," came an angry shout, "what kind of game do you think you're playing? I had you beat!"

The now richer man looked at him from beneath his hat and simply shrugged, taunting the man with his smile. As the more imposing contestant stood up, knocking down the chair and glaring at the young man, he was quickly but discreetly alerted by the surrounding staffers about his permanence in the building. After murdering the victor with his eyes one last time the burly gentleman turned his back and walked out of the small crowd.

Bec remained in his chair, shuffling his cards and savouring his victory. He would have felt proud of his achievement had it not been the most natural result to come out of the game. Looking towards the clock on the wall he took note of the time left until he would stand up to take part in the tournament. The young prodigy leaned back on his chair patiently waiting for his next victim to sit down across the table.

World Warriors: The Nomadic Fist [A Quirky Fighting Game Inspired Roleplay Reboot]

While things haven't exactly started up yet, I'm curious over a couple of things, namely which characters do you think are foils of each other? Like, for example, Otsana and Lucie, Jonas and Vindani, and so on; curious to see what others will come up with, as well as reasons (didn't come up with any for mine now, but I'll maybe get to it later).

@Savo

Haven't had the chance of reading up on every character but Bec seems like he could be a foil to Karliah and Shippai. Karliah is very focused on training and fights close quarters while Bec dismisses hard work and prefers to fight at a comfortable distance. Shippai has naturally low ki and was abandoned by her parents while Bec is a prodigy and walked away from his home.

@Savo
What do you mean by foil?

@Darkmoon Angel

TV Tropes has a good summary on that and different examples of it.

World Warriors: The Nomadic Fist [A Quirky Fighting Game Inspired Roleplay Reboot]

Clouded for Bec.

World Warriors: The Nomadic Fist [A Quirky Fighting Game Inspired Roleplay Reboot]

Bec Bonacci

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[ 22 || Italian || Male ]

APPEARANCE & PERSONALITY

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APPEARANCE

Bec stands at 1,88 metres. He's a slim Caucasian young adult with sharp facial features which are covered by a mess of straight light hair and a stubble. A half-way unbuttoned black shirt displays his physique which, while impressive for a normal human, is underdeveloped by Nomad's standards. His ripped skinny grey pants are held up by a large buckled belt and meet a pair of fine black leather boots at their end. While not fighting he often wears a dark overcoat with a furred collar. A dark hat with a purple band tops off his looks. His body lacks any type of marks or scars save for the fingertips of his left hand which are as black as coal.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

-Insufferable
-Brilliant
-Snarky
-Full of himself
-Lazy
-Bohemic
-Excentric
-Arrogant

BACKSTORY & MOTIVATION

Giorgio Battista was born to a poor italian couple on a large metropolitan city. His mother was worked as a house maid while his father ran a dying grocers. When not fighting, his parents were either drinking their problems away or lamenting how their life turned out, barely acknowledging their son's existence. In the middle of all of this, no one expected little Giorgio to do anything with himself. Out of some divine intervention or joke, the little boy did start to show some proficiency with ki but his physical feats were still barely worth mentioning. For some time, both adults and other kids saw him as a nobody from the ghetto that would amount to nothing.

As the years started to pile on, something incredulous began to happen. His ki readings began to grow exponentially but the curious thing was that he was still physically relatively undeveloped. While public school's teachers and educators tried to convince him to grow his ki by physical training and meditation, like most users do, Giorgio found another way to grow his dormant power. He began to focus on exercising his mind and gaining knowledge in areas such as mathematics, physics and even competitive games and puzzles. In this way he used his ki to cultivate his IQ instead of his physical attributes, although his energy projection skills were above average for his level. Not to say that he was a pushover. He soon found creative ways to employ his ki blasts at first as a way of defending himself from the thugs that ruled his neighbourhood and later to entertain himself when he came across the city's ruthless criminals.

The rate at which his intellect grew was unprecedented and, at age 14, Giorgio would solve complex equations and study theoretical physics with little trouble. In fact, at one point he gave up training altogether, feeling that his superior ki-powered mind was above everyone else's. At 17 he published a paper that proposed a new prototype engine to be used on space rockets. While initially dismissed as a joke, he kept developing the early stages of his theories in the coming months. His discoverings were solid and he soon sold his findings to the European Space Institute, which had caught eye of his abilities.

Giorgio was offered a full scholarship in engineering with the option of joining the space program after graduation. He turned down this offer as, in his eyes, he was already well above his teachers and peers. Giorgio grew up feeling superior to those around him and, thus, unworthy of his respect. He left his deadbeat parents, taking the name Bec Bonacci in order to distance himself from his original town. He has since been living as a Nomad. He takes pride in taking on and playing with some of the world's best as a way of showing that he is a peerless wonder.

FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES

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FIGHTING STYLE

Bec's fighting style heavily revolves around projecting and manipulating ki. He will use ki blasts in order to overpower and outmanoeuvre his opponents. With no proper fighting or martial arts training, he sees battle as a puzzle that he must solve in order to subdue his opponent. He's more comfortable fighting between medium to long range and will start to employ counter-measures if he starts to lose his footing.

He will use his rather flexible array of ki beams in order to mix-up his opponents and set up his offence as well as his defence. If all of his plans and counter-measures fail he will however resort to desperate tactics in order to win, going as far as injuring himself if pushed hard enough.

SPECIAL MOVES & TECHNIQUES

¦ Eureka

A triple fireball shot. One of the shots flies straight ahead while the other two will be angled into opposite direction to the sides.

¦ Exponential Logarythms

Ki will flow through Bec's chosen limb and travel shortly in front of it, temporarily extending his melee range.

¦ Tesla Coil

An horizontal line will travel a short distance in front of Bec and come back in the same direction. Bec can be damaged by this attack.

¦ Accelerating Mass

A relatively large, slow moving shot that picks up speed as it travels.

¦ Fourier Transposition

Bec will teleport up to 2 metres in whichever direction he wants. Needs 3.5 seconds to recharge.

¦ Factoring Nulls

A shockwave is released from Beck. This shockwave won't hurt his enemies but instead will make any active ki blasts explode where they stand

¦ Exaohm

An orb will float in front of the ground at Bec's melee range. This orb will follow Bec until he manually releases it at which point it will behave like a normal projectile.

¦ Falling Apple

After tapping his heel into the ground, a shockwave will travel through the floor and explode a short distance in front of Bec.

¦ Beyond Infinity

If he starts running low on ki energy, Bec will tap more deeply into his vast ki reserves. This also reduces his cooldowns while raising the maximum number of allowed active ki powers. Due to the lack of proper technique he will injure his body while doing so.

¦ Root of -1

Bec takes hold of his opponent and fires a ki blast at point blank range, blasting himself and his opponent away from each other. Since he doesn't train for battle, he also sustains damage from the sloppy explosion.

¦ Generating Force

Active ki blasts will pick up speed but lose damage.

¦ Settling Atrophy

Active ki blasts become more damaging but lose speed.

SUPER MOVES

¦ [Newton's Dynamic]

Bec solidifies a body-wide barrier that slowly moves towards whichever direction he wants. If an opponent comes into contact with this barrier he will be continuously shocked and his ki will slowly dissipate.

¦ [Curie's Ray]

Bec quickly recalls every active energy projection (including Newton's and Becquerel's) and fires a thin concentrated beam from his palm. The strength of this move is exponentiated by the amount of ki collected.

¦ [Oppenheimer's Fission (Limit Break)]

This is his desperation move and the reason why his left hand is permanently marked. Bec concentrates every portion of his ki into his index finger. In order to unleash this attack, he will get as close as possible to his opponent and split the atoms of this miniature energy ball. The resulting force is strong enough to permanently injure Bec's body and will leave him defenceless for several days. While this attack is sure to put his enemy out of commission, the side-effects are obviously severe and Bec will only resort to it in times of absolute despair or mind-numbing rage.

WEAKNESSES & LIMITS

His ki-infused brain reads and processes information faster than the average person. He naturally functions at "level" 4 out of 7. His "level" increases as he gets more excited and invested in the subject at hand while it decreases if he becomes flustered or nervous. At level 7 he will read his opponents moves with pinpoint precision. At level 1 he's similar to a child throwing a tantrum.

Bec can't take much punishment and is physically weaker than most opponents. He's a versatile and mobile fighter but his stamina is somewhat lacking which makes him more of a glass cannon. His biggest flaw though is his ego. If you manage to rattle and upset him enough he will steadily lose focus until he abandons strategy altogether. In this tantrum state, he will lose access to all of his techniques save for the more basic ones. The trade-off is that if you do push him too far but aren't quick enough to finish the job he will be more likely to, in his rage, unleash Oppenheimer's Fission.

OTHER

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-An avid player of cards and billiards. He keeps himself fed by money matching other players and counting cards.
-He dresses ike a common thug but that's more a result of his modest upbringing. He kept that look because he found it easier to impress women.
-Bec dismisses videogames for not providing a decent challenge for him but he's secretly a huge fan of Street Fighter III (he mains Chun-li, of course)