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Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

If we're sharing, I guess I'll throw up my first draft of my character too- took some inspiration from the layout of other character sheets. I'll probably give it another pass to flesh out the details, but this is generally what I'm going for

Leah Eusebia Clearwater

Leah Eusebia Clearwater

Female | 17 | 5'8" (173cm)

House: Eusebia
Year: 5th Year
Chosen Pet: A Cait named Purrcival
Classes:

• Gifts
• Teamwork
• Artificing and Magi-Tech Advancements
• Seraphim Piloting
• Physics
• Apprenticeship and Support (Professor's Apprentice for combat related classes- General Combat, Daemons, Defense against Ni-Seraphi)

Mystic Classification: Psychiccer
Mystic Code: Telekineticist

A capable Psychiccer, Leah's primary talent revolves around using telekinesis to move and throw objects- and occasionally people- around. The concept is simple, yet effective, and is among the least 'invasive' of the Psychiccer talents- often having more in common with the various Elementalist talents. While capable of hefting heavier objects and people, Leah eschews sheer force for a more pragmatic and efficient use of her vitesse, often taking to a fight with a pair of heavy, oversized gauntlets, or a barrage of tungsten pellets. As a testament to her amount of practice, Leah is capable of fine control of her telekinesis, allowing her to strike with her gauntlets as though they were an extension of her own body. Using her gauntlets to strike from intermediate distances, Leah moves fast and strikes like a boxer, pummeling her opponents with a cascade of heavy, yet lightning fast jabs and combos to overwhelm their defenses, before swapping to even heavier blows and objects as a finisher. Defensively, the gauntlets can be pulled in to ward off blows, and should strikes get past her guard, Leah is physically fit and hardy enough to shrug off minor blows.

More practically, Leah is often seen using her gauntlets to carry around her books or belongings, or assisting her during research or work as a second pair of hands. The gauntlets will often write notes as she pours over textbooks, or checks her planner (notably, writing with her mind is faster than writing with her actual hands.) While capable of simultaneously controlling multiple objects, Leah's efficacy and fine control reduces exponentially as the number of objects increases.

Among other Psychiccers, Leah is regularly seen preaching the importance of physical fitness. After all, a strong body makes a strong mind- and a strong mind makes a strong Psychiccer.

Personality:
Brave, sensible, responsible, Leah appears every bit one would expect of a descendant of Eusebia, and a child of a Royal Guardsman. Confident, and just a bit headstrong, Leah aptly fills the the role that's been thrust upon her. Personable and friendly, Leah is seen as a role model by many. However, just behind the prim and proper facade, is a teenager, burnt out and exhausted by overwhelming expectations placed upon her by her family, the academy and her fellow students. Leah often feels alone, isolated from her fellow students, whether or not those feelings are misplaced. She fears that failing to be anything less than extraordinary means utter failure, and the fact that she was not designated as her house's Illuminaire for a 3rd year weighs heavy on her.

Leah is most in her element in classes and situations relying on physicality. While Psychiccers typically avoid physical conflict, Leah keeps in good physical shape, finding exercise and fighting as one of her few methods of therapy.

Generally not a stickler for rules anyway, Leah occasionally forgets that she's no longer the Illuminaire for her house, and wanders across campus during off hours from time to time.

History:
Leah Eusebia Clearwater is the granddaughter of Eusebia the Stalwart, a grand hero of the 72 Years Liberation War, and whom both Leah and an entire house of the academy is named after. Her father is General Artur Galahad Clearwater, a prominent commander of the Royal Guard. With such a pedigree, it wouldn't be a stretch for one to say that Leah was born for war. Seemingly groomed for such a role, even at an early age Leah was being prepared for an inevitable fight against the Ni-Seraphi. In her childhood years, Leah was instilled with the ideas of martial discipline, as expected of one in her stature, and lived in adherence to a strict schedule. Lessons, tutors, drills, etiquette, the best the Eusebia family could afford, Leah's day to day childhood was strictly enforced.

At the age of 13, Leah's powers began manifesting, to which her family took great pride in. Like her father, and his father, Leah was a Mystic. Also like her father, Leah was a telekineticist. Very quickly the Academy was contacted and Leah's potential was measured. They came to the conclusion was that Leah, a literal child, was destined for great things. The Academy was mandatory for Mystics, and thus Leah was admitted and sent off.

With the weight of her family's expectations already upon her, Leah threw herself headlong into her studies, forcing herself to meet said expectations no matter what the cost. When Leah wasn't in school, she was receiving private training from members of the Royal Guard- eager to win favor from her father. Skyrocketing to among the top of her house's rankings, Leah was even designated the Illuminaire for her house during her 3rd and 4th year in the Academy. To cap off her 4th year of school, Leah even bested a junior member of the Royal Guard in single combat. Riding that high, Leah returned home with her head held high, only to be deflated shortly thereafter. Even with all of the accolades and awards, it still didn't seem to be enough for her family.

Close to buckling under the expectations of her family, Leah approaches her 5th year with some measure of trepidation. She still hasn't told her father that she is not the house Illuminaire this year.

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

Lol no worries, Thanh and Nguyen are both pretty common names lol

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

@Emeth Thanh Nguyen is my aunt's name lmao

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

All the character ideas so far sound so inspired :D

I think my character is going to be a son/daughter of the royal guard. Maybe an Illuminaire a year or two back, but since burnt out and stressed with their school load. Supportive and easy going, but likely battling feelings of inadequacy and the weight of familial expectations. Perhaps the equivalent of a teacher's assistant in one of the combat related classes, or maybe heads a practice club for dueling/training.

I'm thinking I'm locking in on a telekinetic, I like the idea of them carrying around a pair of heavy gauntlets to box from a distance, or carrying around a case of ball bearings to launch like shotgun pellets

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

I find that discords can be occasionally overwhelming- maybe its just a me thing (I need to clear out some of these old channels I'm a part of), but I think they're really good for communication. It makes it easier to coordinate collabs, or potential plot beats with others

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

I'm thinking about making a telekineticist- probably an older student, but friendly and outgoing

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

This looks awesome! I'll be keeping an eye on this!

The Envenomed: Military Science Fiction Deniable Operations

ECHO DOMAIN - PLATFORM #2884

Echo's warform slowed to a stop as they came across a field of rubble and bodies- with obvious signs of a recent fight. It wasn't difficult to deduce that this area was very recently- and possibly was still now- a killbox. Whether or not the ambushers were still there, remained to be seen, but at the very least Salvator wasn't willing to take any risks, disembarking along with the rest of the squad as they reached the edge of the area. With the higher vantage point of the Warform's main turret, Echo began scanning for potential hostiles hidden around the killbox, even as it redeployed its Warform to join the squad on the ground.

Taking 'cover' wasn't exactly a tactic that unztadtlige typically employed, but as hardy as its armor was, even Echo wasn't invincible. Many unztadtlige platforms had met untimely destruction from not adequately assessing danger before marching in- many of its kind found themselves to be generally untouchable in a lot of conventional ground fighting, which often led to something similar to 'overconfidence' in typical humanoid organics. Still, it wasn't exactly as though the Warform could really hide behind anything, instead settling for hunching down on its legs, providing cover for the squad's flank. The Endoform was a bit more capable of taking advantage of the rocks around it, checking the charge level on its bubble shield in case the squad came under fire.

Deploying from the Warform's sides were a quartet of Microforms. Given the possibility of contact, Echo was wary about removing too many of its close in defense weapons from the main host, but as it was, they had no information and the Microforms were one of their few options of collecting information without risking casualties to the squad itself.

Deploying Microforms. Echo's voice crackled across the squad's comm network. Beginning reconnaissance of local area. Stand by.

Final Fantasy: Lightseekers

Galahad Caradoc

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Galahad's shoulders heaved as he panted, winded and a bit battered, but otherwise no worse for wear. His once pristine armor had splashes of Blightbeast icor covering it, and his forearm bore his own blood from the bite he had received earlier, but all things considered things were going well. He had overexerted himself a bit by jumping too much, but the beasts had been beaten back, and the party lay in a field of freshly cut grass, surrounded by the corpses of the vile creatures. The rest of the party seemed to be faring just as well too, mostly minor injuries and scrapes obtained from the nature of battling up close and personal with monsters, but nothing to write home about.

Galahad snorted as the gunbreaker remarked about being kept on their toes. "I'll be sure to write the beasts. Knowing them, I'm sure they'd be happy to ambush us at every waking moment."

Pulling his helmet off, Galahad shook his head, freeing his hair from its confines. He glanced around with a frown, the beasts were already so close to the heart of Edren. Even during his travels to Balmung, the beasts had not bothered his traveling group, but now they were striking in force. He wondered if there was any rhyme or reason to the attacks- any intelligence behind their rampage. Whether they picked out what they believed to be targets of opportunity or just anything that came into sight.

"I'll find the chocobos." Galahad said with a sigh, "Keep your wits about you, the beasts might just be feigning a retreat. Once we've regrouped we should find a place to camp out."

Shadow Contract: A Demon-Slaying Action RP

I might try writing something up here