Armand von Emeric, The Elegant and Loving Monster [Anathema Ascendant]

[NoisyCricket]

Spoiler

Name: Armand von Emeric, The Elegant and Loving Monster


Player: Charles


Motivation: Find someone who can keep up with him


Urge: Annihilate the sanity and security inherent in loving relationships


Caste: Scourge


Anima: A blue rose flowers, blossoms, and the petals scatter, then are carried away by a cold wind.


Unwoven Coadjutator: Angyalkae


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Attributes


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[ ] Strength-------[X][X][X][X][ ]


[ ] Dexterity-------[X][X][X][X][X]


[ ] Stamina -------[X][X][X][ ][ ]


[ ] Charisma-------[X][X][X][ ][ ]


[ ] Manipulation----[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Appearance-----[X][X][X][X][ ]


[ ] Perception------[X][X][X][ ][ ]


[ ] Intelligence-----[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Wits------------[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


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Abilities


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Slayer


[ ] Archery--------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[X] Martial Arts----[X][X][X][X][X]


[ ] Melee----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Thrown--------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] War-----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


Malefactor


[ ] Integrity------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[X] Performance---[X][X][X][+][+]


[X] Presence------[X][X][X][ ][ ]


[X] Resistance----[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


[X] Survival-------[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


Defiler


[ ] Craft: Wood- [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Investigation-[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Lore--------- [X][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Medicine------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Occult--------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


Scourge


[X] Athletics------[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


[X] Awareness----[X][X][X][X][ ]


[X] Dodge--------[X][X][X][ ][ ]


[X] Larceny-------[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[X] Stealth--------[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


Fiend


[ ] Bureaucracy---[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Linguistics-----[X][X][ ][ ][ ] Native: Skytongue Others: Old Realm, Flametongue


[ ] Ride-----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Sail-----------[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


[ ] Socialize------[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]


SPECIALTIES


[X] Seductive Strumming (Performance) [X][X][X]


[X] Beckoning with his eyes (Presence) [X][X][X]


[X] Stalking Women (Stealth)________ [X][X][ ]


[X] Harp (Performance______________ [+][+][ ]


Backgrounds


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Backing (Adorjan)-[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]


Artifact------------[X][X][ ][ ][ ] (Unsurpassed Sanxian, +2 dice to Performance Rolls with it)


Cult ---------------[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]


Influence----------[X][ ][ ][ ][ ] (Spawn of Adorjan)


Artifact------------[X][X][X][ ][ ] (Tainted Moonsilver Infinite Resplendence Amulet, +5B/+5L Soak, not armor, +1 success on Resistance and Survival rolls for deleterious environments, toxins or disease, +2 dice for Stealth and Larceny)


Artifact------------[X][X][ ][ ][ ] (Angyalkae Tattoo - Two dots in Performance - Harp specialty, Two dots in Performance. Long fingers curled around his left thigh. Dots from the tattoo are denoted as '+' on the sheet)


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Charms


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Name Page


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Adorjan


1st Adorjan Excellency (x3) - 104 Infernals


Wind-Born Stride - 138 Infernals


Who Strikes the Wind? - 139 Infernals


Joy In Violence Approach - 139 Infernals


Threat Monitoring Excitement - 141 Infernals


Malfeas


Hardened Devil Body (x2) - 104 Infernals


By Pain Reforged - 108 Infernals


Scar-Writ Saga Shield - 109 Infernals


Infernal Monster Style


Retribution Will Follow - 158 Infernals


Raging Behemoth Charge - 159 Infernals


Infernal Monster Form - 159 Infernals


Impatient Slaughter Speed - Ink Monkeys


Bounding Beast Advance - Ink Monkeys


Shock and Awe Slam - Ink Monkeys


Combos


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Name - Charms


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Missed Me Missed Me... - 1st Adorjan Excellency, Retribution Will Follow, Threat-Monitoring Excitement, and Who Strikes the Wind?


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Attacks


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[Weapon 1]


Punch - To hit 11, Damage 4B (speed 5)


Kick - To hit 10, Damage 7B (speed 5)


Clinch - To hit 10, Damage 4B Piercing (speed 6)


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Willpower


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[X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [ ] [ ] [ ]


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Virtues


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Compassion (PV)


[X][X][X][X][ ]


{ }{ }{ }{ }


Conviction


[X][X][X][ ][ ]


{ }{ }{ }


Temperance


[X][ ][ ][ ][ ]


{ }


Valor


[X][X][ ][ ][ ]


{ }{ }


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Dodge DV - 6 Natural


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Parry DV - 6 (Punch)


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Dodge MDV - 5


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Parry MDV - 4 (Performance)


Parry MDV - 3 (Presence)


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Soak


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B_3___ L_3___ A_0___


*Infinite Resplendence Amulet-----------------------------------------*


B_8___ L_8___ A_5___


Pierced Soak


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*Natural-----------------------------------------*


B_3___ L_3___ A_0___


*Infinite Resplendence Amulet-----------------------------------------*


B_8___ L_8___ A_5___


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Hardness - 3B/0L/0A


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Move - 5


Dash - 14


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Health


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~0 [ ]


~1 [ ] [ ]


~2 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]


~4 [ ] [ ] [ ]


Incapacitated [ ]


Dying [ ] [ ] [ ]


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Essence


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[X] [X] [X] [ ] [ ]


Personal _16_|_16_


Peripheral _28_|_38_


Committed __10_____


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Limit Break


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Intimacies


Adorjan (Role Model)


Samira (Happy Submission)


Love (Finding New Ones)


Nalsa, his former Sifu (Respect)


Nadalia, His Lost Love (Tinges of Regret)


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Equipment


*[Artifact 1]------------------------------*


See artifacts in Backgrounds section...will fill this out later


*[Mundane 1]


Hm...not sure


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(Planned Spending)


Scar-Writ Saga Shield (Second Purchase)


Viridian Legend Exoskeleton


Pathetic Distraction Rebuke


Invulnerable Wounding Futility


Ablation of Brass and Fire


Essence 4


More Infernal Monster!


Scar-Writ Saga Shield (Third Purchase)

 

[NoisyCricket]

General personality, background, quotes, and notes go here!


Background info:


Armand was a budding musician who sought to win the heart of a young noblewoman (Nadalia). He grew up in the town of Omersk, a mid-sized town in a small country in the North, which is a nominal ally of the Haslanti League. The town is nestled in a valley known for its blue roses.


Nadalia:


Armand grew up with her. While no one thought anything wrong of a minor nobleman's daughter being friends with a commoner child, the idea of her marrying below her station (or to someone who was not famous) was out of the question. While they both cared for one another, she was more realistic in her future, and accepted the betrothal as expected. She had secretly hoped that Armand's talents would elevate him fast enough that she could marry him, but it was not the case. Her hair and skin are both quite pale, with her hair bordering on white. her eyes are the same blue as the roses that bloom in the valley, which is considered a lucky sign.


Family:


His parents were still alive when he left. His mother is a seamstress, and his father is a cobbler. Both reasonably good parents, but thought his growing love of Nadalia might end poorly. They attempted to steer him away from her, but were ultimately unsuccessful.


He has two brothers, both older than him. The oldest (William, or Bill) is generally the loudest, and had gotten all of the brothers in trouble more than once. The middle child is Manuel (Manny to his friends) and is the most erudite. He recently received an appointment to a minor government official in the Haslanti League.


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Reason he is not being Mentored by Nalsa any longer


She found out he followed around a Defiler (who acts a fair bit like a priestess at times), and they did not get along. Nalsa confronted him about it, and after he crawled away bleeding, he decided it was best if he learned the style on his own from now on...


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Just some romantic interlude for after a masquerade ball


Thin, impossibly-long fingers removed the eye-mask as his figure bulges slightly. He smiles wickedly at the woman in her ballgown. "Do you not like what's under my mask bella mia?"


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Both of us working together


The guards charged her, and she stood calmly. Her eyes flicked from one to another, picking them up like toys and breaking them...just like toys.


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[NoisyCricket]

Fiction goes here!

Spoiler

Omersk, a mid-sized town in a small country in the North


Armand fidgeted nervously with his sanxian in hand as he waited behind the curtain of Omersk's relatively large stage.


The town had a reputation for gifted musicians of all types, and while Armand was not yet the most gifted, he had shown plenty of promise and was honored to be able to perform tonight.


...though the real reason he was fidgeting was due to one member of the audience, Nadalia. Her form and words and smile were like a perfect sonata in his soul! While they had talked before, and even flirted, nothing serious had happened, due to her family's influence.


But tonight that changed! He had composed a piece just for her, and if all went well, he would be offered a position as a royal musician. Certainly enough prestige for her family!


Finally, the curtain came up, and he saw her. Hair the color of the freshly fallen snow outside and eyes the same blue as the roses that grow in the valley. Closing his eyes, he began to strum and pluck at the sanxian, evoking the feelings he had for her, as well as the graceful beauty of her walk and speech...


Smiling at all of the applause for both his performance and his invitation to the royal musicians' guild, he bowed, and waited for quiet. "Thank you all for listening to my performance! I wish to dedicate my piece to the one who inspired it, the lovely Nadalia!" Armand sweeps his arm out to gesture at the woman as the crowd applauds once more. A blush spreads across her face at all of the attention, causing him to smile wider.


"I also wished to announce my intention to seek her hand in marriage!" The applause begins once more, but dies down quickly as Nadalia's face blanches, and she stands up.


"A...armand...that is impossible...my parents have just arranged for my marriage this evening." Her eyes fill with tears, and she runs out of the Hall as everyone turns toward the devastated man.


"N...nadalia" He reaches out a hand, and almost puts a foot forward... What's the point? Her family has chosen...I could run after her, but ...then sits back down, staring at his lap as the audience begins filing out.


Just a few short minutes later, the hall is finally empty except for Armand, lightly plucking a dirge with his sanxian.


A harp begins playing and he looks up as a beautiful woman begins playing the air with...well, not a woman, as her fingers are far too long, and there are far too many of them. But the music is almost heart-breaking.


"Armand...my mistress sees that you have been enlightened tonight, and she wishes for you to join her."


"Enlightened?" The young man asks, confused and hurt.


"Yes, you have learned that to love is to be hurt...let go of those things and people you are attached to...and you shall become greater. But you need not give up love! You can even find more of it. I can make it so that your playing will bring women running to you...and if they run from you, they will never be out of your reach." The demon offers her hand, still playing the air with the other.


Armand nods slowly, tears still in his eyes as he grasps her hand, the fingers entwining around both of their bodies to cocoon him, as soft harp music plays mournfully...





Time seemed to slow as his foot came arcing down toward his Sifu, her grin feral as her form blurred off to the side, his leg connecting with the stone below, shattering it, before he spun away to land facing her.


He sprinted away as she rent the air with her claws where he was, just moments ago, bounding away and dashing through the courtyard where they were having their training...well, it was training at the start anyway...


A few minutes ago, in a slightly less-destroyed courtyard...


"You what?!" Nalsa growled, her form beginning to change almost involuntarily.


"I met another Green Sun Princess. She's a defiler, but she has a large cult following her as a priestes..." He grunts as she slashes at him unexpectedly. He backpedals, then begins running. "I don't see why you're so upset by that! And besides, we're assigned toget..." He stops talking as she bounds after him, getting uncomfortably close as her claws leave slight rents in his clothing...


Back to the present...


Armand sprints down a side street, then skids to a stop as he turns around, bounding at Nalsa just as she leaps at him. Both meet in the middle of their jumps, clash, and fall to the ground. She staggers to her feet and turns, just to see him blowing her a kiss as he bolts down the street...


Well, she won't be happy...but we're leaving for Creation again tomorrow...so hopefully she'll cool off before then...or else making up will be fun! Armand grins manically as he races down the streets of Malfeas, back to Samira's mansion to crash for the evening...since he isn't sure his own will be so safe tonight.

 

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XP Info


56/56 Starting XP Spent


Essence 2-3 (16)


Extra purchase of 1st Adorjan Excellency (8)


Infernal Monster Form (8)


By Pain Reforged (8)


Scar-Writ Saga Shield (8)


Shock and Awe Slam (8)