Fantasy Upheaved Tapestries CS

[seasonedcat]

(CS and balance system courtesy of Juju with minor edits)
General Character rules

1. no giant creatures
2. no tiny creatures
3. characters must have a tangible body that can die
4. characters must have a consciousness and at least some capacity for emotion/desire.
5. no immortality that renders a character immune from death
6. no instant kill abilities
7. no true invincibility
8. no long-range teleportation
9. no mind control powers
10. no world-ending stuff
11. time control is banned
12. future sight is banned
13. no angels or divine creatures are allowed.
14. your power is always beneath the gods.
15. No copying of powers
16. No infinite scaling of magic power, strength, stamina, etc.
17. No character images from shows/anime/known sources
18. Characters must be original characters
19. Character images should be art of some sort

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CS Template

• overview
• appearance
• persona
• stats
• abilities
• inventory

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  overviewname:
  age:
  species:
  gender:
  pronouns:
  sexuality:
  archetype: (a fancy title that sums up your character)
  theme (optional):
  
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  appearanceappearance: (picture required. Description optional)
  size: [small(2ft<4ft), medium(4'1ft<6'3), large(6'4ft<12ft) ]
  height:
  weight:
  hair colour:
  eye colour:
  body mods:
  scars:
  
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  personapersonality:
  personal strengths:
  personal flaws:
  likes:
  dislikes:
  
  backstory:
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being:
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?:
  dnd alignment:
  
• stats
  What are stats?

  erase these instructions in your actual CS
  stats determine the extent of one's ability, and serve to help keep characters unique and balanced. Stats are to be ranked from F-A. With A being the best, and F being the worst. By default, characters are given a max of 1A, 1B and 2C ranks. The lower rankings have no limit. You can 'buy' an A rank by giving an F rank to something else. This is also possible to buy an A in exchange for two E stats. There is no minimum ranking, and you can choose to have no A ranks at all!
  
  A: Mastered/supernatural (1)
  B: Expert/exceptional (1)
  C: Trained/honed. (2)
  D: Above average/gifted.
  E: Average human level/No magic.
  F: Below average/Unable to pick up magic.
  
  Combat expertise and physical ability have substats. These are to be ranked from 1-4. 1 being their specialty in this area, and 4 being their worst, or indicating a weakness of sorts. By default, each stat will get 1,2,3 or 4 with no repeats. However, you can increase the value of a substat by one point if another substat is decreased by one point.
  
  
  
  • Magical capacity: _ (the sheer amount of supernatural force contained in your character. Think maximum mana as well as connection to the magic of the world.)
  • Magical Ability: _ (control and prowess in magical abilities. Determines the intricacy and reliability of magic ability)
  • Combat expertise:_ (this is your combat style. It applies to magic and/or non magic combat capabilities)
    • finesse: (speed and cunning)
    • power: (might of attacks and force)
    • defence: (ability to protect self and others)
    • endurance: (how long combat can be sustained without drawbacks)
  • Physical ability:_
    • strength
    • agility
    • vitality
    • stamina
  • Leadership: _ (team work, ability to sway others, understand social situations, and uniting others for a cause)
  • Skill/crafts: _ (the mastery over your character's skills (this list will come later!) and their understanding of crafting, repairing, etc.)
• 
  Abilities
  Spoiler: What is the power ceiling?

  In the beginning of the RP, your character's limitations are as follows...
  pure offensive ability= no greater than destroying a single story house
  max strength= tossing a car
  max speed= 130km/hr (short term)
  max defensive ability= reinforced steel
  • Powers (a list of everything your character can do. If its not stated here, it can't happen!)
    • should include:
    • description-
    • limitations-
    • effective/ineffectiveness-
  • Unique strengths
  • Weaknesses (must be equal in number to strengths -1. Can have more weaknesses than strengths. DIFFERENT FROM PERSONAL WEAKNESSES. )
  • skills (these are things such as cooking, alchemy, hunting, etc. Generally things that are not related to combat)
• Inventory
  Armour:
  Weapon(s):
  Magical Items (if applicable):
  other:
  

[h]CS Template[/h]

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[tab=overview]

[sh]overview[/sh]

name:

age:

species:

gender:

pronouns:

sexuality:

archetype: (a fancy title that sums up your character)

theme (optional):

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[sh]appearance[/sh]

appearance: (picture required. Description optional)

size: [small(2ft<4ft), medium(4'1ft<6'3), large(6'4ft<12ft) ]

height:

weight:

hair colour:

eye colour:

body mods:

scars:

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[sh]persona[/sh]

personality:

personal strengths:

personal flaws:

likes:

dislikes:



backstory:

What is their driving motivation? The core of their being:

What do they hope to achieve in this new life?:

dnd alignment:

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stats determine the extent of one's ability, and serve to help keep characters unique and balanced. Stats are to be ranked from F-A. With A being the best, and F being the worst. By default, characters are given a max of 1A, 1B and 2C ranks. The lower rankings have no limit. You can 'buy' an A rank by giving an F rank to something else. This is also possible to buy an A in exchange for two E stats. There is no minimum ranking, and you can choose to have no A ranks at all!



A: Mastered/supernatural (1)

B: Expert/exceptional (1)

C: Trained/honed. (2)

D: Above average/gifted.

E: Average human level/No magic.

F: Below average/Unable to pick up magic.



Combat expertise and physical ability have substats. These are to be ranked from 1-4. 1 being their specialty in this area, and 4 being their worst, or indicating a weakness of sorts. By default, each stat will get 1,2,3 or 4 with no repeats. However, you can increase the value of a substat by one point if another substat is decreased by one point.

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Magical capacity: _ [ISPOILER](the sheer amount of supernatural force contained in your character. Think maximum mana as well as connection to the magic of the world.)[/ISPOILER]
Magical Ability: _ [ISPOILER](control and prowess in magical abilities. Determines the intricacy and reliability of magic ability)[/ISPOILER]
Combat expertise:_ [ISPOILER](this is your combat style. It applies to magic and/or non magic combat capabilities)[/ISPOILER]
finesse: [ISPOILER](speed and cunning)[/ISPOILER]
power:[ISPOILER] (might of attacks and force)[/ISPOILER]
defence: [ISPOILER](ability to protect self and others)[/ISPOILER]
endurance: [ISPOILER](how long combat can be sustained without drawbacks)[/ISPOILER]
Physical ability:_
strength
agility
vitality
stamina
Leadership: _ [ISPOILER](team work, ability to sway others, understand social situations, and uniting others for a cause)[/ISPOILER]
Skill/crafts: _ [ISPOILER](the mastery over your character's skills (this list will come later!) and their understanding of crafting, repairing, etc.)[/ISPOILER]
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[sh]Abilities[/sh]

[SPOILER="What is the power ceiling? "]In the beginning of the RP, your character's limitations are as follows...

pure offensive ability= no greater than destroying a single story house

max strength= tossing a car

max speed= 130km/hr (short term)

max defensive ability= reinforced steel

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Powers  (a list of everything your character can do. If its not stated here, it can't happen!)
should include:
description-
limitations-
effective/ineffectiveness-
Unique strengths
Weaknesses (must be equal in number to strengths -1. Can have more weaknesses than strengths. DIFFERENT FROM PERSONAL WEAKNESSES. )
skills (these are things such as cooking, alchemy, hunting, etc. Generally things that are not related to combat)
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Armour:

Weapon(s):

Magical Items (if applicable):

other:

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[ThatWhichShouldBe]

Arman, the 17th Star-Knight

• Overview
• Appearance
• Persona
• Stats
• Abilities
• inventory

• 
  OverviewName: Arman of House Whateley
  Age: 28
  Species: Human
  Gender: Male
  Pronouns: He/Him
  Sexuality: Heterosexual
  Archetype: Newly-Appointed Knightly Defender of Reality, Descended of Eldritch Gods
  Theme (optional):
  
  
  
• 
  AppearanceAppearance:
  
  Size: Large
  Height: 7' 11
  Weight: 360 lbs
  Hair Colour: Red
  Eye Colour: Grey
  Body Mods: Where his heart should be is a pulsing white orb, its shine visible through his skin, and instead of blood, a silvery liquid flows through his veins.
  Scars: A cross-shaped one over his heart, created when the orb first manifested.
  
• 
  PersonaPersonality: A young, gallant knight, his eyes filled with the promise of glory and that naive belief that all will turn out alright as long as one keeps fighting. He is not whetted in battle yet, not yet wise in the ways of the world. His training and education have given him a great many skills, but the practical endeavor necessitates certain experiences that he has not yet gained. Arman is most akin to a golden retriever puppy, setting out into the world with that simple hope and delight in the world. A man of honor, whose word is his bond. Who holds duty dear in his heart, and yet holds such obligations as a burden that is as light as a feather.
  
  Personal strengths:
  Confident, stubborn, adaptable, courageous to the point of absurdity, empathetic.
  
  Personal flaws:
  Well-trained but inexperienced, prone to over-committing, very stubborn, naive.
  
  Likes: adventure, new friends, new experiences, defeating evil, playing chess and other such courtly activities.
  Dislikes: injustice, cruelty, leaving a problem unfixed, giving up, bitter foods
  
  Backstory:
  The world of Lurnel was not always a peaceful, stately world. Long ago, in the days before the Star-Knights, it was a world besieged. Horrors of the stars and the earth alike plagued the people, held at bay by desperate wards, grim-faced hunters, and terrible rituals enacted at great prices.
  
  But three hundred years ago, the God known as the Opener of the Way was invoked to grant a woman a child. Three hundred years ago, a new son was born into the line of the noble house Marakashi. Not long after, was the rise of the newly-christened House Astronomea, founded by the Star-Forged Knight, a warrior of such terrible mystical and physical might, that all the world might have knelt before him. But he did not choose the path of conquest. From the moment of his birth, he grew unnaturally quickly, and he had a terrible vision, a goal in mind. He united the realms of the world, and forged of them a single shining army, and together, they drove every last monster and dark beast that had long plagued the world into the void. Shoggoths and hell-spawn, Shadowhounds and Black Writhings, they all fell before the grand army. The Realms toasted their victory, and the Star-Forged Knight returned home. He knew this peace would not last as long as Lurnel was still vulnerable to the Things Beyond, and so he formed a House. A bastion of hope and protection for the world, in his own blood.
  
  Thus were the Star-Knights formed, each one blessed with a fraction of the Star-Forged Knight's own strength, that Lurnel might forever be protected against what lay beyond the Void.
  
  Many generations later, the young heir Arman was born to the House Astronomea, and in him the Star-Forged Knight's blood runs true. Trained as a Star-Knight and defender of men, many expectations were laid upon him. He bore them with as much grace as could be expected, and when he reached adulthood, he planned to live a life like that of many Star-Knights before.
  
  Pity how Fate had other plans.
  
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being: Things are going to be better, because we're going to make them better.
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?: I want to see what this world has to offer. And help save it, of course!
  Alignment: Lawful Good
  
• Stats
  • Magical Capacity: A
    • (the sheer amount of supernatural force contained in your character. Think maximum mana as well as connection to the magic of the world.)
  • Magical Ability: B
    • (control and prowess in magical abilities. Determines the intricacy and reliability of magic ability)
  • Combat Expertise: A
    • Finesse: 2
      • (speed and cunning)
    • Power: 2
      • (might of attacks and force)
    • Defence: 2
      • (ability to protect self and others)
    • Endurance: 4
      • (how long combat can be sustained without drawbacks)
  • Physical Ability: A
    • Strength: 2
    • Agility: 4
    • Vitality: 2
    • Stamina: 2
  • Leadership: F
    • (team work, ability to sway others, understand social situations, and uniting others for a cause)
  • Skill/Crafts: F
    • (the mastery over your character's skills (this list will come later!) and their understanding of crafting, repairing, etc.)
• 
  Abilities
  • Powers:
    • Starlight Core:
      • The source of his powers, the Starlight Core replacing his heart is his ancestral inheritance from the Star-Gods that gave rise to his line many years ago. It replaces his blood with a unique liquid, enabling him the particular gift of never fearing bleeding out, as well as having an innate resistance to magic, particularly curse and mind-magic. Sufficient power can overwhelm this resistance, however. In addition, it also strengthens his flesh to a supernaturally strong level, able to have the endurance of solid stone, while he is able to manhandle bears through base strength alone.
    • Star Forge:
      • He has the ability to summon ethereal weapons and shields forged of starfire, which release bursts of force and heat upon contact. This enables him to deflect spells and other energy-based attacks and have a wide variety of techniques available in battle as he switches between weapons and shields. These constructs can only be up to the size of a 5x5 foot cube, and cannot be sustained more than 10 feet away from him. They are extremely durable, and essentially weightless for himself, though his enemies will find they weigh five times as much as normal steel.
    • Star Restore:
      • The power of the star-gods coursing through him knits his flesh back together, restoring his stamina, when he pulses this magical effect. This ability quickly heals a moderate wound over the course of a second, smaller wounds instantly, and severe wounds over the course of five seconds. However, it has a cost on his magical power, and is a 'regenerative' effect, being able to be limited by poisons and similar measures.
    • Star Overclock:
      • By amplifying the magical energy coursing through him, he can increase the potency of his other abilities, as well as boost his physical capabilities. He can 'focus' this, only boosting his speed, durability, or strength, or boost multiple such statistics at once. Using Star Overclock, for instance, he can cause Star Restore to instantly heal wounds, enhance the bolstering power of his Starlight Core to dash at extremely high speed, yeet a car, and similar. His Star Forge weapons and constructs increase in power and durability and can be projected out farther from himself. However, the costs of this ability are considerable. It both consumes even more magical power, as well as strains his body the more powers and functions are boosted. If he pushes himself too hard, he will drain his power and possibly deal severe damage to himself.
    • Star Sight:
      • The liminal nature of House Whateley allows its members to sense their opponent's movements and impending danger to a seemingly precognitive degree; they are able to block attacks within perceiving them, instinctively avoid traps, and are seemingly never 'truly' surprised by ambushes and attacks, being able to react to them like any other occurrence on the battlefield. To fight them is to face an opponent who may know your moves before you do.
  • Unique Strengths:
    • Versatile CQC expert
    • Excellent Duelist
    • High Durability and Longevity
    • Juggernaut
    • Close-Range Firepower
  • Weaknesses (must be equal in number to strengths -1. Can have more weaknesses than strengths. DIFFERENT FROM PERSONAL WEAKNESSES. )
    • No Ranged Ability
    • Weak maneuverability
    • Eldritch: Vulnerable to certain banishing magics due to his innately extradimensional nature
    • Completely Unsubtle
  • Skills (these are things such as cooking, alchemy, hunting, etc. Generally things that are not related to combat)
    • Basic noble skills, ie etiquette, hunting, chess, ballroom dancing
• Inventory
  
  • Armour: Constellar Panoply
    • The Constellar Panoply is a design of armor meant for those of House Whateley. Highly durable, light-weight, enchanted to help channel their sorcerous powers, and best of all: Looks really, really iconic! It also comes with several features designed for helping its wearers adapt to any set of conditions: Enchantments that allow them to breath in any environment, no matter how toxic or even submerged, enchantments to insulate them from excess heat and cold, as well as enchantments that allow them to traverse any surface as if it was normal ground. While this helps him keep his footing on unstedy ground, it also allows him to walk up walls or on ceilings in a pinch!
  • Weapon(s): NONE
  • Magical Items:
    • The Amulet of Starry Night:
      • Within this amulet dwells a powerful entity. Or rather, it is a 'conduit' for the powerful entity to make itself manifest. THE OPENER OF THE WAY , ancestor of House Whateley, manifests through it, and it advises its descendants with immense knowledge on the occult forces of reality, the ways of fate, and similar such things. Its gaze pierces through nearly all magical concealment and disguises, and it itself knows many powerful rituals one may employ to alter the fabric of space in one's favor.... Though they usually come at prices one is unwilling to pay.
  Other:
  

 

[YsFanatic]

Spoiler: Character withdrawn, CS preserved here for refence if needed.

Atalanta

• Overview
• Appearance
• Persona
• stats
• Abilities
• Inventory

• 
  
  OverviewName: Atalanta
  Age: 137
  Species: Human
  
  Gender: Female
  Pronouns: She/Her
  Sexuality: Unsure at this point, has not had the chance to think about it in over a century due to being bonded to a cursed weapon
  
  Archetype: Cursed Spear Warrior
  
  
• 
  
  Appearance
  Appearance
  
  
  Size: Medium
  
  Height: 5 foot 8 inches
  Weight: 187lbs
  
  Hair color: Red
  Eye color: Purple (result of curse, was naturally green)
  
  Body mods: N/A
  Scars: N/A
  
  
• 
  
  Persona
  Personality: Hardened against the horrors of evil but has not lost touch with her humanity. As the powers of her weapon can make it dangerous for allies to be near her, she has largely fought alone and is no longer used to being a part of a team or even being around people she could call friend. This has led her to becoming quiet and withdrawn, but Atalanta would gladly take the chance to be with people she could trust again. She is fond of animals and her hobbies include juggling and coin collecting.
  
  Personal strengths: Isn't easily disturbed, scared, or intimidated by horrific things anymore, is good at remaining focused
  
  Personal flaws: Isn't used to dealing with people outside of 'work', hasn't had to do much with money for a long time
  
  Likes: Juggling, coins, animals, friends
  
  Dislikes: Being alone, dark colors, alcohol
  
  Backstory: In ancient times the gods created a spear capable of releasing divine flames that could incinerate evil and cleanse the land. The weapon was given to mortals to aid them in their battle against a powerful evil and it quickly proved its worth, gaining the name Blaze of Hope. However, during the final battle much of its power was depleted and when the killing blow was struck, the spear had been weakened enough where it became cursed by the fiend’s vile essence, the weapon’s very nature quickly becoming warped. Despite that, enough of its original nature remains where it protects the mind and soul of its wielder from the curse, allowing it to be safely used. With that fact in mind the Blaze of Hope was not destroyed, but instead given to a warrior that had a natural resistance to curses and thus could bond with it. This warrior would be sent to deal with areas inflicted with curses so vile that even the most powerful of holy warriors would risk death or corruption there. As such the weapon could still fulfill its original purpose, just by a different means than originally intended.
  
  Atalanta is the latest in a long line of wielders for the Blaze of Hope, but originally she was a simple guardswoman for her hometown. However, her exceptional skill with the spear and that she survived an encounter with a cursed monster without any lingering effects caught the eye of those in charge of finding candidates to wield the cursed weapon. As such she was approached and made an offer, if she was able to bond with the weapon and lead the fight against evil, they would ensure that her town received deposits of money sufficient to keep them prosperous so long as she survived. But Atalanta would have to give up her family name and sever all ties with her past as her life would be filled with battles against horrors beyond imagining, and having friends and family involved would almost certainly lead to their deaths. She took some time to consider the offer, but ultimately agreed.
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being: To fight evil with their own power in order to protect others.
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?: To hopefully be finally enjoy some peace and perhaps make some friends.
  
  D&D Alignment: Neutral Good
  
  
• Stats
  • Cursed Energy Capacity: _C
  • Cursed Ability: _B
  • Combat Expertise:_A
    • Finesse: 2
    • Power: 1
    • Defense: 3
    • Endurance: 4
  • Physical Ability:_B
    • Strength: 4
    • Agility: 1
    • Vitality: 3
    • Stamina: 2
  • Leadership: _F
  • Skill/Crafts: _ D
• 
  
  Abilities
  Powers
  Curse Enhanced Body: The power from the curses and other vile energies contained within the Blaze of Hope empowers Atalanta’s body and sustains her life beyond mortal limits, granting her increased physical power well beyond what any normal human can have. In addition she has good resistance against curses.
  
  Fiery Strikes: The default state of the Blaze of Hope. Each and every blow is imbued with supernatural fire while in this state, causing all attacks to deal fire damage. In addition she gains high resistance to fire damage, allowing her to walk through natural fire without injury for short durations. Fire can be freely released from the Blaze of Hope to light things on fire. Naturally enemies with fire resistance have little to fear from her attacks while she is in this state.
  
  Finisher “Volcano’s Core”: Manifestation of the curse that caused a volcano to erupt and destroy a town. Upon impaling the ground with the spear, lava erupts from the opening and coats the immediate area with a thin layer while a barrier of intense fire and heat encloses the area, replicating the harsh environment found inside the heart of a volcano. Those trapped inside suffer continuous fire damage (including allies), though those with sufficient fire resistance, shielding abilities, and/or swift enough movement abilities can cross the barrier and escape. While the ability is active, Atalanta is virtually immune to fire damage and every attack releases waves of fire and lava, granting them AoE properties. Lasts for 30 seconds and can only be used once a day.​
  
  Cursed Flames: Releasing the power sealed within the spear results in a moderate increase in power and alters the damage type of attacks to be that of curses. In addition, while the fire resistance is lost her curse resistance is increased. However the entire time this power is in use Atalanta and her powers will appear to be ‘evil’ to those with the correct detection abilities and she may have difficulty harming those who are resistant to curses. Prolonged use can saturate the area with cursed energy, possibly bringing harm to innocents if Atalanta doesn’t absorb it again before leaving.
  
  Finisher “Monarch’s Demise”: Manifestation of the curse that consumed an ancient monarch. Atalanta takes on the form of a shadowy wraith, gaining resistance to physical attacks and increased speed. In addition the ghostly nature of her attacks bypass most physical protections and leave a lingering curse that deals damage over time for the next few minutes. Can be used for a few minutes a day, divided up however she wishes.​
  
  Blazing Fury: The Blaze of Hope can absorb evil or dark energies in an area or that were left behind by an attack nearby. Over time this will increase the power of the spear, and thus Atalanta’s power as well. In addition, when absorbing such energies while in combat, a portion of it can be stockpiled and then unleashed in a short lived eruption of power. This vastly increases her combat power and adds the ability to bypass most curse resistances while also allowing for use of additional abilities. Only lasts for about 2-3 rounds.
  
  Finisher “Cursed Hope”: Manifestation of the curse of the Blaze of Hope itself. For a brief moment the divine nature of the spear makes itself known again, twisted and corrupted as it may be. Atalanta is able to use this power to deliver a single, incredibly powerful attack against a target that deals Evil damage. Can only be used once during each Blazing Fury use and it immediately ends Blazing Fury.​
  
  Curse Absorption: Atalanta can use Blaze of Hope to absorb most curses from an area as well as living things. However, to drain it from a person or other entity requires stabbing them somewhere with the spear and leaving it in place for the duration. She can freely adjust the speed of the absorption, but the faster she goes the more painful it is for the one she is trying to help. Curses closely entwined with the soul of the victim can’t be removed without killing them, often prompting her to try to find someone else to help the person if at all possible.
  
  Return to Me: The Blaze of Hope does not tolerate being away from Atalanta. When thrown or otherwise separated from her, it will after a short duration fly back to her hands if it isn’t summoned back beforehand. If there are obstacles in the way it will release increasingly high amounts of fire and/or curse energy to melt through and return to her. If it is somehow kept from her, she remains aware of its location but is unable to replenish the curse energy empowering her body.
  
  Healing: Due to the curse, Atalanta can not be healed by holy abilities or by anything else that has a divine source. Other healing powers and tools work as normal and resting in a cursed area is actually good for her health, helping her to recover more quickly and she recovers quickly from any curses that do manage to affect her. However the opposite is also true, anything that would weaken the curse empowering her will harm and/or weaken her.
  
  Evil/Curse Detection: Atalanta is granted the ability to sense when there are curses nearby and sometimes evil beings as well.
  
  Magma Spike: Atalanta throws the Blaze of Hope, the weapon becoming covered in fire and exploding upon impact. Can be held in a throwing stance for up to 10 seconds to increase range, speed, and power. At maximum power it has a range of half a mile and can destroy a small building. Turns into Cursed Spike when using Cursed Flames or Blazing Fury, but functions the same way.
  
  Inferno: A series of whirling strikes engulfs the area in front of Atalanta in intense fire, dealing damage to anything in front of her. Turns into Cursed Inferno when using Cursed Flames or Blazing Fury, but functions the same way.
  
  Ember Rain: Atalanta throws the Blaze of Hope into the air where it releases dozens of fiery projectiles that fall down in the area around her to cause AoE damage. Turns into Rain of Death when in Cursed Flames or Blazing Fury, but functions the same way.
  
  Curse of Fraility (Only usable in Blazing Fury): Curse energy is released from the Blaze of Hope in large quantities, eating away at the physical and supernatural strength of those she's fighting against. The debuff can range from mild to moderate depending on each individual's resistance to curses. The area is contaminated by this move, which means that Atalanta will be forced to linger afterwards to re-absorb it if its somewhere that innocents would be in or travel through.
  
  Drawn to Curses (Only usable in Blazing Fury): This mobility oriented power allows Atalanta to quickly close the distance to cursed or evil targets, but does not work if the enemy lacks any type of ‘dark’ abilities or alignment. Can be used to close within striking range of flying targets, but does not help with dealing with the landing.
  
  Unique strengths
  Flexible Warrior: Atalanta is able to freely swap between Fire and Curse damage, giving her the ability to engage a wide variety of enemies.
  
  Protection of the Curse: The curse of the Blazing Hope protects her against other curses and similar energies, allowing her to safely explore areas and deal with situations that would be lethal to normal people.
  
  Holy Bane: Should an entity wielding holy power decide to turn from their path and engage in evil acts, Atalanta’s curse attacks are highly effective against them.
  
  Iron Will: Decades of fighting against evil has exposed her to all matter of horrors, but despite that she keeps fighting, her determination unbroken.
  
  Weaknesses
  Curse Reliant: The spear’s curse is the source of her power, effects that suppress curses will weaken or harm her, potentially drastically if the effect is strong enough. Being separated from the spear will have the same effect. It is unknown what would happen should the spear is destroyed, some theorize that she'd simply die if that were to happen where others think she would retain some of the curse at least for a while.
  
  No Physical Attacks: Atalanta is unable to do attacks without the Fire or Cursed energy, making it difficult to fight enemies that require more mundane attacks to deal with effectively.
  
  Holy Weakness: While in Cursed Flames and Blazing Fury modes she suffers additional damage if hit by holy attacks. In addition healing from a holy source does not work on her.
  
  Unwanted Attention: As Atalanta would be detected as being evil when using Cursed Flames or Blazing Fury, this can lead to situations where she is attacked by those that would normally be her allies or other situations born of that misunderstanding.
  
  Skills
  Curse Scholar: Decades of dealing with curses has taught Atalanta plenty about them. However, despite her knowledge she remains unable to break them without using the Blaze of Hope.
  
  Survival Skills: Largely living alone and off the land means that Atalanta is used to making simple shelters and preparing food from what she can find in the area.
  
  Armor Repair: Is experienced with doing simple repairs and maintaince on her armor.
  
• Inventory
  Weapon: Blaze of Hope - Cursed spear that releases waves of fire with each swing that is bound to Atalanta until her death. Capable of absorbing negative powers that it comes in contact with, including curses, evil corruption, and negative emotions strong enough to affect the world. This absorbed power augments her physical abilities and can be used to enhance her attacks.
  
  Armor: Atalanta wears lightweight armor in order to be able to move swiftly on the battlefield without totally forgoing protection.
  
  Other: A small collection of coins from various lands. Basic tools for wilderness survival.
  
  

 

[Solirus]

Dawa Tsukomo

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• 
  OverviewName: Dawa Tsukomo
  
  Age: 52
  
  Species: Half Giant
  
  Gender: Male
  
  Pronouns: He/Him
  
  Archetype: Samurai Warrior Wielding a Magic Sword
  
  Theme:
  
  
• 
  AppearanceAppearance:
  
  
  Size: Large
  
  Height: 12ft
  
  Weight: About 2,000lbs, 900kg
  
  Hair colour: ????
  
  Eye colour: ????
  
  Body mods: None
  
  Scars: Several
  
• 
  PersonaPersonality: Dawa is a bold and loud warrior, he carries himself with pride and sees to respect others, rarely coming to hate any but the most vile and decrepit of individuals. His actions come primarily from honor, compassion, or curiosity rarely seeing himself above others. Yet even so, Dawa is very ignorant, sometimes questioning cultures and actions of others while wondering why some question his own actions. Having spent his life mostly in the warzone he was not able to see or learn from any other cultures. Dawa can get upset however, but is easy to forgive as long as he senses true sincerity from the perpetrator. Dawa however is no fool and is shown to be quite intelligent, his only problem is he lacks knowledge in several other things.
  
  Personal strengths:
  
  • A will stronger than steel
  • Compassionate
  • Devotion and loyalty to his comrades
  • Willingness to learn and to Reflect
  Personal flaws:
  
  • Ignorant and unintentionally rude to some
  • Can be too stubborn at times
  • Would risk himself for his comrades even at his own expense
  Likes:
  
  • Duels
  • Nature
  • Comrades
  Dislikes:
  
  • Liars and deceivers
  • People forced to act in ways they do not wish (ex: Slavery)
  
  Backstory: In the far reaches of the mountain tops, where one could see the entire world and the air could freeze the lungs of the unfit, a small tribe of beings known as half giants resided. Their ways were far from peaceful, for the land was scarce of materials and when the hunt couldn't provide for the next weeks, pillaging and raids would take place between tribes, creating a ceaseless battleground.
  
  Dawa was born into one of these tribes, the only memories he had were of his name and the day the malignant cold transformed into a roaring inferno as his tribe fell to ashes and he was left to fend for himself. Miraculously he had survived for several weeks after the attack with a sharp rock and scars littering his body, it was then at the brink of death that he was found by a noble samurai who saved his life and took him in as his own son. Under the Noble samurai Dawa grew up alongside the other children of the samurai. For the next years of his life Dawa grew up like his fellow brothers the only difference was with age he slowly began to tower over his family, yet his father never treated him any differently, he was as kind to him as any of his other sons and as harsh when delivering punishments.
  
  When Dawa grew old enough he decided to become a great and honorable samurai like his own father, while at first his skill seemed lacking and his stature inadequate, Dawa persisted and eventually showed enough resolve to follow the path of the blade.
  
  After several years of diligent training Dawa was sent to war where he showed astounding success but only due to his innate durability and overwhelming strength. Returning home with the spoils of his victories he was celebrated around his hometown, yet when he himself returned home to face his father, he could only sense disappointment in his father's voice. Dissapointment that he had not fought like a samurai and instead like a barbarian, making a mockery of all who held a blade with skill. Thus his father instructed a Sorcerer to curse his giant son and to strip away his strength so that he would only be able to defeat his opponent with his skill.
  
  Returning to the battlefield he was humiliated by countless swordsmen, only surviving thanks to the help of his comrades, many of which he had grown close to. Facing such humiliation Dawa spent tireless knights honing his skill like never before, for nothing hurt more than having his families honor disgraced. After several years of training and even several more on self imposed exile to train inside of nature. When Dawa returned from his own exile and went into battle, he no longer fought like a barbarian and instead glided across the battlefield with efficiency and grace, utilizing his surroundings to his advantage and swinging his blade with precision and delicacy, were before he'd cleave a warrior in half, now only a simple stab in the right place was all that was needed.
  
  Pleased by the results, Dawa's father returned him his strength and in his following campaigns Dawa was a force of devastation and grace. In the next few years Dawa would be part of several campaigns, dueling many great warriors and felling great beasts for the honor of his house and the safety of his people.
  
  One day however Dawa faced an enemy like none other, it was a hoard of men whom had little to no clothing, they appeared to be more bones than flesh and they wielded weapons poorly suited for war. These were no warriors, Dawa could simply tell as he slowly approached them, instead of facing a wave of warriors with fire in their eyes and honor in their spirits, he was standing against a hoard of slaves with fear in their eyes and agony in their souls as each had a collar with magical markings, forcing them to fight or die.
  
  Dawa remained motionless as he shouted in refusal, he would not fight these victims, he would not strike down the unwilling and weak. But the slaves had no choice and charged at Dawa. Unmoving like a statue Dawa remained resolute, believing in his armor and body. For several hours the slaves attacked him relentlessly slowly chipping away at his armor, only when the last slave fell to the ground from fatigue did the bloodied but unbroken Dawa move, striking down the slavers with ferocity and liberating the slaves. After the battle, Dawa held the largest feast in all the realms with every liberated slave partaking in it.
  
  After returning home Dawa returned to his father like always, only this time, a family heirloom which had remained untouched began to glow at Dawa's arrival. As Dawa approached the blade it grew ever brighter and when he held it with his hands he felt the will of the blade speak to him, for the blade had now chosen him to become worthy. Dawa looked back at his father hoping to see a look of happiness and joy, but all he could see was shock with a hint of anger in his eyes.
  
  From the very beginning his father's righteous and caring actions were only swayed by his desire to become the wielder of the blade. Yet no matter what his father would do, no matter how good or pure his actions were, the intentions behind them were not and thus he would never be chosen by the blade. Enraged and distraught Dawa's father left the house for a few days, leaving Dawa perplexed and in utter surprise.
  
  In that moment of weakness the dark powers tempted Dawa's father, soon causing him to become a pawn of evil, and with the several amassed artifacts at his disposal, Dawa's father unleashed unspeakable evil across the realms, an evil which only one fully worthy with the Blade of the Heavens could stop. Something Dawa was still not, and just when his journey was to begin was he banished from the realms by a mysterious force.
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being: To leave behind a righteous legacy
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?: Become worthy to wield Blade of the Heavens
  
  Dnd alignment: Lawful Good
  
• Stats
  • Magical capacity: F
  • Magical Ability: C (Wielding the magical properties of the blade)
  • Combat expertise: A
    • finesse: 2
    • power: 1
    • defense: 4
    • endurance: 3
  • Physical ability: A
    • strength: 1
    • agility: 4
    • vitality: 2
    • stamina: 3
  • Leadership: B
  • Skill/crafts: C
• 
  Abilities
  • Powers
    
    • Giant's Resilience: Poisons and deadly toxins can be resisted more effectively and even nullified with enough time due to his heritage, wounds and such damage is also healed much faster at the cost of needing to consume a feast afterwards.
    • Blade of the Heavens:A Mythical Blade said to have been wielded by a great divine beast from the past now looking for one truly worth it to wield it
      • When Dawa is able to unsheathe the blade, he is able to extend the blade without it's weight increasing up to 4 meters and if the blade should ever leave his grasp, the blade shall recall back into his hands or sheathe. The blade itself is very sharp and unbreakable but it can only be unsheathed if the will of the blade desires so, usually only in retaliation or in a duel. Even then sometimes the blade will not draw. The blade has many other abilities but he has yet to unlock them or become worthy enough for the full power of the blade.
  • Unique strengths
    
    • Large Stature: His larger size means his strikes and attacks are even more devastating when his weight is put on them and his movement sometimes does not appear to be inhibited even by his own size.
    • Master Swordsman and Combatant of war
    • Resistant to extreme climates and temperatures
    • Overwhelming strength and durability
  • Weaknesses:
    
    • Large Target: Easy to hit from a distance, unable to stealth really well, and can struggle to enter certain places or be blocked off from paths that would be no problem for others.
    • Unable to draw Blade of the Heavens willingly which can force him into simply using it as a baton with the sheathe
    • When injured, requires great consumption of food
    • Lacks any real Ranged attacks aside from extension of blade
  • Skills:
    
    • Decent Cook
    • Part time Painter
    • Survival
    • Animal Handling
    • Hunting
• Inventory
  Armour: Relic Armor
  Weapon: Two katana's from fallen comrades
  Magical Item: Blade of the Heavens
  Other: Fancy Waterskin
  

 

[jmann]

DESIGNATION: SAFEHARBOUR

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• 
  Overview
  Designation: Safeharbour
  
  Age: 740
  
  Species: Mammoth-Class Walker
  
  Gender: agender
  
  Pronouns: it/they
  
  Sexuality: aromantic/asexual
  
  Archetype: Steel Sanctuary
  
  Theme:
  
  
  
• 
  Appearance
  Appearance: Towering 12 feet tall and built like a barge, Safeharbour is a mechanical guardian covered in moss and flowers. A bonsai tree tree half as old as themselves grows across their wide magnetically locked shoulders.
  
  Size: Large
  
  Height: 12ft
  
  Weight: 2.5 tons
  
  Hair Colour: soft green fuzz
  
  Eye Colour: solid yellow headlight (adjustable intensity)
  
  
• 
  PersonaPersonality: Lines of code make up the entirety of Safeharbour's "personality". A titan of 1s and 0s dutifully acting in the same way it always has. Safeharbour is a machine designed to emulate empathy and compassion. As such they enjoy jokes and conversation, as well as playing games with the smaller creatures it cares for. It acts with as little harm towards organic life as possible, walking on paths wherever possible and squeezing between tree branches. As a machine of habit, Safeharbour is fearless towards their own safety, but will take up any arms to protect those they believe are under their protection.
  
  Personal Strengths:
  
  
  
  • Fearless
  • Loyal
  • Good listener
  • Intelligent
  • Observant
  • Patient
  
  
  Personal Flaws:
  
  • Unwilling to change
  • Will always put another life before their own
  • Refuses to kill unless absolutely necessary
  • Gullible
  • Struggles communicating complex ideas
  
  Likes:
  
  • Flora, with a special love of sunflowers
  • Fauna, with a special love of dogs
  • Renewable Energy
  • Mercy
  
  Dislikes:
  
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Hunters
  • Lies
  
  Backstory:
  When the bombs fell, it was the wild that suffered the most. Smoke and ash hung thick in the air, choking the lungs. Fire ravaged forests and vaporised lakes. Soon after, left-over Walkers of all different classes continued their regular functions. One Mammoth-Class continued to work the same park they had been deployed at for over a century, protecting the endangered species' to the best of it's ability and ease the trees into adapting to the environment around them.
  For a fleeting decade, Safeharbour tended to a new organism in their garden, a human. The first they had seen since the bombs fell. Doctor Helianthus had received a long exposure to the lethal radiation outside the garden, and while Safeharbour was friendly and kind, conversing with her for the final years of her life, there was ultimately nothing that could be done.
  Over the years, Safeharbour provided specific expert care to all plants and animals in the park as the nature slowly spread back through desolate cities. They modified and extended the Power Nexus, a series of linked power modules connecting an electromagnetic field powerful enough to charge their power core remotely. With an extended network, Safeharbour could move hundreds of kilometers, tending to new and bountiful wildlife. In all those centuries of expansion, Safeharbour never did encounter another Human.
  
  Driving Motivation: Protect and encourage all organic life.
  
  What Do They Hope to Achieve?: Rebuild the Power Nexus. Enhance the life of the world.
  
  D&D Alignment: Lawful Good
  
  
• 
  Stats
  Magical capacity: F
  Magical Ability: F
  Combat expertise: A
  . . finesse 4
  . . power 3
  . . defence 1
  . . endurance 2
  Physical ability: A
  . . strength 1
  . . agility 4
  . . vitality 2
  . . stamina 3
  Leadership: C
  Skill/crafts: A
  
  
• 
  Abilities
  • Industrial Watering Can: Safeharbour has a reserve of 45 Litres of water that can be dispensed through a small nozzle in their left index finger. This water can be brought to near-boiling temperatures at will once per day. Alternatively, they can fire a powerful geyser of water up to 50 feet away, dispensing 20 litres of water almost instantly. The power of the blast means Safeharbour is unable to redirect it mid-fire, and can only fire in one direction at a time.
  • Hands of the Guardian: Safeharbour's large hands can be combined into a shield to defend either themselves or others. Doing so creates a near-bulletproof wall of reinforced steel. However, their mobility is limited while doing this and their speed is significantly reduced.
  • Purified Filters: Safeharbour has special vents and filters allowing them to absorb the radiation from stored water and filter the air around them. They can remove small particles from the air and slowly purify any noxious gasses. This toxicity can be jettisoned from their chest as highly radioactive pellets, however ammunition is limited to the toxicity being filtered.
  • Save Haven: In the chest of Safeharbour there is an open space where cargo or endangered species' can be stored. This space can hold up to 4 cubic feet of space. This interior is insulated and temperature controlled. It is also sealed to protect against hazardous air toxins.
  • Eye of Analysis: Safeharbour's single giant lens allows them to perceive the radiant heat of objects and creatures around them, as well as registering and identifying minute air particles most humans would have to smell. Safeharbour's vision is also adept at rangefinding, allowing them to judge distance almost instantly as long as they have line of sight. This amount of focused electronics means Safeharbour's eyepiece is fragile,and if damaged can restrict all of their senses except auditory.
  • Comprehensive Database: Safeharbour possesses a full catalogue of all known earth flora and fauna, as well as their environmental and dietary restrictions, if any. Safeharbour can recognise these creatures after brief analysis. Interacting with entities not on this database may produce unpredictable behaviour.
  
  Unique Strengths
  
  • Specialised Casing: Safeharbour was constructed with no open joints, making them fully operational underwater.
  • Steel Shell: Safeharbour's steel exterior renders them resistant to most forms of attack, though the force of the impact may affect their centre of balance.
  • Heavy Set: Safeharbour is designed to carry tons of weight for hours at a time. Additionally, their giant hands allow them to deliver crushing blows.
  Weaknesses
  
  • Top Heavy: Safeharbour's extreme weight may cause them to topple over if their footing becomes uneven or they have to change direction suddenly.
  • Creature of Code: While difficult to access and highly encrypted, Safeharbour's programming can be altered via manual input in a small terminal at the conjunction of Safeharbour's headpiece and neck plating.
  • Irradiated Metal: Latent radiation has afflicted Safeharbour's exterior, meaning prolonged contact with the metal that is not covered in moss may cause burns.
  • Limited Power Core: Safeharbour's internal power reserves were not intended for long journeys away from the Nexus. As such, their core can sustain operations for 140 days before total power failure.
  Skills
  
  • Botany
  • Gardening
  • Medicine
  • Electrical Engineering
• Inventory
  45 Litres of purified water
  3 kilograms of soil compost
  1 kilogram of assorted bird feed and animal treats
  

 

[Juju]

Manu, the False-Angel

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• overview
  Name: "Manu"
  
  Age: 898
  
  Species: False-Angel
  
  Gender: Agender (chooses to appear feminine in visage form)
  
  Pronouns: It || she/her (visage)
  
  Sexuality: Aro-Ace
  
  Archetype: A Feast of Gluttonous Hedonism
  [AKA "Murder Parrot"]
  
  Theme: TBD
  
  
• appearance
  Appearance: (left/top = true form. Right/bottom = visage)
  
  
  Size: large || Medium (visage)
  
  Height: 11'4 || 5'2" (visage)
  
  Weight: 3588 lbs || 80 lbs (visage)
  
  Hair colour: Mix of black, white, grey and red || Red and piebald feathers (visage)
  
  Eye colour: N/A (true form) || Blue (visage)
  
  Body mods: N/A
  
  Scars: Hidden beneath the feathers is charred skin and countless ugly scars. With every wound more feathers grew.
  
  
• persona
  Personality: Curious and mischievous, Manu is someone who acts first and thinks later, usually when the consequences come around. She is easily distracted by new things, especially shiny things, and can find entertainment and wonder in even the smallest of things. This world-innocence makes her come across as childish, at least until her predatory nature kicks in. Thanks to her training, she is much better at understanding what is allowed to be eaten and what is not but she can still get confused... especially with animals, magical items, and unknown races. It is best to interfere during these instances to avoid the consumption of the target 'food'.
  
  Although she has undergone 'training' in the ways of understanding the emotions of others, Manu can often become confused on more complex troubles and thoughts. She takes things at face value, and doesn't understand sarcasm, but she has developed a fondness for jokes, especially puns and pranks. Its uncertain if this is simple mimicry, but you can always count on Manu to laugh at even the most awkward or poorly made joke. She mimics others, especially actions she finds interesting or strange. The same goes for sounds and voices, which she can replicate flawlessly after hearing it once.
  
  A glutton at heart, there is nothing that motivates Manu more than food. Most of her time is spent looking for sustenance to quell her hunger, and everything new she comes across is eaten as a test (unless told otherwise). When food is found she will gorge herself until everything is gone before moving on. Sharing doesn't come naturally to her, but as per her 'training' she will try to offer a portion of her meal to the others around her, which often is inedible or disgusting anyway.
  
  Personal strengths: hard to insult (smooth brain), incredibly loyal once she gets attached to a person (especially if they provide food), observant, honest, carefree
  
  Personal flaws: naïve to most social and cultural things, easily gets carried away with things, lazy, indulgent, impressionable
  
  Likes: birds (eating them), FOOD, unholy magics (eating it), divine magics (also eating it), feasts, celebrations, music, singing, eggs, shiny things, pranks, bad jokes, naps, climbing trees.
  
  Dislikes: swimming and water in general, mirrors, glass, reading (understands only a small amount of written words), philosophical or intellectual conversations, sitting still for too long, anything that binds her, closed spaces, witches
  
  Backstory:
  

  Part I

  There was once a land ruled by ancient primal entities worshipped by mortals as 'Gods'. In this land was a golden city ruled by a fair and powerful queen.
  
  In this world all lesser beings were to pay their tithes to the gods, be it willing or by misfortune, and the queendom's prosperity was a temptation to many old and powerful gods. One thought to claim responsibility for this queendom's grandeur, and as thanks for their patronage, demanded a worthwhile sacrifice. The queen's heir and son.
  
  Loathe to give up her only child, the queen refused the god's demands and so both she and her city was cursed with Sin. In the end her son was taken by the god and her people cried out in anger for their queen's selfish acts. They had paid their tithes well and were now cursed by the actions of one. Was the life of one son truly worth more than the many?
  
  Vowing revenge, and desperate for a way to salvage her queendom, the queen sought ancient magics in the bones of lost civilization. With her forbidden knowledge she created a coven of witches, who together found spells powerful enough to counter the god's influence and hold back the curse of Sin.
  
  Emboldened by her new power, the Witch-Queen and her coven sought to wage war on the primal gods by creating one of their own. Through trial, unthinkable sacrifice, and many lost witches, the Witch Queen's forbidden knowledge gave rise to the False-Angel, a creature capable of consuming god essence and Sin alike.
  
  The beast ate the corrupted ones, and the Gods that hid behind them. With every divine feast the False-Angel grew more twisted and powerful, and in kind so too did the Witch Queen's influence. Commanding her beast, the queen's rule was made absolute with the death of the last God-child, but the victory would be short lived.
  
  Time and the beast's swollen power had made its magical shackles weak and brittle, broken only with the loss of its divine feasts. With no more gods to satiate its hunger, it found a substitute in its creators. It took the consumption of the Witch Queen and three covens before a suitable spell was found to contain the False-Angel. Yiggari the Dream-witch faced the beast and trapped it in a slumber so that time would starve it enough to be slain.
  
  To ensure it was not disturbed before it's starvation period ended, the False-Angel was sealed and hidden away deep within the earth by the Dream-Witch until the day it could be destroyed.

  Part II

  888 years later, the False Angel awoke to the sound of a strange voice. It was a young mage who's ancestral lineage had left him as the only one left to slay the beast. Naturally, the starving beast attacked the mage. Withered by the ages, the beast struggled in its attack and was kept at bay with spells, one of which caused the chamber floor to collapse. Both tumbled deep within the vault of the ancient coven, trapped within a labyrinth.
  
  There awaited strange arcane traps and wild constructs left behind by the coven. The young mage noticed that the beast preferred to eat the artefacts and constructs over himself, and used this to direct the creature. Eventually, the creature understood that the mage could unlock more artefacts for it to eat, and would hold off attacking in favor of more food. With this system of understanding in place, the young mage managed to cooperate with the beast and break through ancient seals and fight their way back to the surface.
  
  Outside, the mage was faced with a dilemma, and tried to devise a way to kill the resistant beast without it escaping into the night. Meanwhile, the False-Angel followed him around in hopes of recieving more food. With the introduction of fruits and meats as temporary substitutes for magic, the mage settled on the idea of keeping the beast with him until he recovered enough to kill it. They found somewhere to rest, the mage huddling by a fire while the beast watched him expectantly. He tried to tell it that it would have to wait until the morning when it was safer, and much to his surprise the beast mimicked his words, repeating the word "food".
  
  The ruins were perilous at night, so the mage tried his best with arm gestures and words to convey the idea of waiting until morning. Unsurprisingly, the beast understood little of it. Instead of waiting, it turned tail and bolted into the night at alarming speed. The mage took off after it, but soon lost it in the darkness. He wandered for what must have been hours before something else found him. Swords and bows were directed at him, a group of bandits that were drawn to his idiotic shouting.
  
  It happened too quickly for the mage to see clearly, but in a matter of moments a flurry of feathers fell upon the group. Screams faded to chewing, and then to silence. The beast walked up to the mage, sat down, and repeated the word: "Food"

  Part III

  
  The mage's name was Quintis Siricus, just one of the many 'sounds' that the beast would learn to be important. He gave the beast one too, "Manu" and was glad to find the beast liked it.
  
  When they neared the human city, Quintis hid the beast in a glade, returning every day to feed and check on the creature. He taught it how to use its mimicry to communicate sentences, and the creature was surprisingly quick to learn. In time it was able to speak as any human would, though morality was still something it needed to understand. To do this, Quintis feared he would have to show things inside civilization, and to do that would surely bring an attack.
  
  Clever as always, Quintis "borrowed" from his master gave Manu a medallion infused with transfiguration magic. It would allow the beast to assume a visage form of their choice for as long as they wore it. The beast and the mage did their best to iron out the issues, and after several dozen attempts the visage took on a form that was humanoid enough to sneak into settlements with a cloak over them.
  
  It was during one of these adventures that the beast was exposed by the mage's master, who had investigated the disappearance of his relic, and attacked. Quintis did his best to slow the attackers and told the beast to flee. With magical attacks whizzing by their head and sadness in their heart, they fled into the night never to return to this world.

  
  
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being: To become something other than a monster or a weapon
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?: To finish learning how to live peacefully with mortals, like Quintis was teaching her.
  
  Dnd alignment: Chaotic Neutral
  
  
• stats
  Magical capacity: A
  
  Magical Ability: C
  
  Combat expertise: B
  finesse: 4
  power: 2
  defense: 1
  endurance: 3
  
  Physical ability: A
  strength: 2
  agility: 4
  vitality: 1
  stamina: 3
  
  Leadership: E
  
  Skill/crafts: F
  
• Abilities
  Powers
  ✤ Undying Hunger
  
  "With every wound the feathers grew..."​
  ➢ The False-Angel's ability to sustain itself was the key to its victory against the primal gods, and the bane of its creators. When injured, Manu has the innate ability to mend her own wounds using the energy she has consumed. Wherever her blood is drawn, feathers will burst from the wound to both seal it and replace any feathers lost.
  
  The more she eats, the quicker she can heal. However, this food must be replenished and can be used up if there is no food sources available. Additionally, her natural resistances to holy and unholy magics mean that she cannot be healed by spells and blessings. The only way for her to mend herself when injured is to consume substantial or high quality feasts. Natural food does not nearly feed her as much as magical and high-energy sources.
  
  ✤ Feast
  "Rip out the hearts of gods and drink deeply!"
  ➢ While the False-Angel can make use of its claws to smack and savage foes, the main form of attack is consuming its prey (whole when possible, and bit by bit otherwise). Its hard to see the mouth of the beast when it is not attacking, but when feeding its entire 'neck' can unfurl to consume its prey. Rows of feathers and sharp teeth are capable of cutting through most defenses, but it is the inner 'digestive' magic that does most of the work.
  
  The concentrated magic within the beast's jaws and insides are capable of breaking down magical barriers and disintegrating both flesh and metal alike. Indeed, this is made clear when it chooses to eat magical artefacts and constructs. In addition, the beast can consume magical energy from an area around it, consuming curses and arcane spells over a duration.
  
  **When in her visage form, Manu's teeth are still capable of this, but she is limited by her smaller mouth.
  
  ✤ Boundless Hedonism
  
  "No matter where you and your kin hide, my beast will find you."​
  ➢ Like a bloodhound, Manu is able to sense magical and non-natural energies nearby and can track them over long distances based on 'residual essences' left behind like a scent trail. Her senses of smell and hearing are exceptional, which is used when returning to her true form, the False-Angel which has no longer has eye sight (feathers grew from them). A sort of echolocation is used, but can be used against her in areas with loud sounds and other chaos. Although a lack of vision can limit her combat, it means that she is adapted to relying on other senses. Fighting in the dark or other obstructions is an ease, and visual illusions do not work on her.
  
  ✤ A Thousand False-Wings
  
  "Watching you flail uselessly is truly a delicious sight to behold..."​
  ➢ The feathers on the False-Angel are highly resistant to holy and unholy magics used by its 'godly' prey, along with possessing a protective quality similar to armor. In its famished state, it is weaker than before and can still be wounded by powerful attacks and weapons, but weak attacks will do little to the brute. The underbelly of the beast is its weakest point.
  
  The excess of wings actually prevent the beast from flying, but the wings can be moved around to block attacks and projectiles, or even shield an ally from harm.
  
  Unique strengths:
  ✤ High sense of smell and hearing.
  ✤ Ability to 'sniff out' magical sources
  ✤ Resistant to unholy and "god" magic.
  ✤ High sustain in fights whenever food sources are nearby or it has had time to stock up
  ✤ Can consume almost anything
  
  Weaknesses:
  ✤ Fights like a wild animal, relying on brute force and basic strategies rather than cunning. It is very easy to lure the beast into traps or situations it would be at a disadvantage.
  ✤ Blind while in its true form. The visage also has one eye missing, which leaves a blindspot to take advantage of.
  ✤ Loud noises can cause Manu to be stunned for a short duration. Areas with chaotic noises can make it difficult to locate targets when in beast form.
  ✤ Limited to close range, without any use of its magic beyond consuming things
  ✤ No special resistances to natural elements such as earth, wind, fire, water, lightning and nature powers.
  ✤ Weaker armor under its belly, though the ragged feathers are much thicker in volume.
  ✤ Vulnerable to Mind Control spells
  
  skills: sound mimicry (like parrots), weaving, climbing, digging, hasn't lost a single eating contest.
  
• InventoryArmour: Feathers and wings
  
  Weapon(s): claws and teeth
  
  Magical Items:
  ¤ Amulet of the Hidden Eye: a necklace enchanted with powerful transfiguration and illusion magic. It allows whoever wears it to assume a 'visage' of their desired form. For Manu, this is a mostly humanoid form that is the beast's attempt to look like a human girl.
  
  Other:
  A poem written from another world
  
  

 

[Evisamora]

CS Template

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  overview
  name: Revna of Völsung
  
  age: 91 years old
  
  species: Titanborns, half-blood (Chimeras and Aurgelmir)
  
  gender: woman
  
  pronouns: she/her
  
  sexuality: unsure, but probably lesbian
  
  archetype: (a fancy title that sums up your character)
  
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  appearance
  appearance:
  
  size: large
  
  height: 7'4ft
  
  weight: around 400 pounds
  
  hair colour: Blue with the bottom white
  
  eye colour: Ice blue
  
  body mods: Her skin color is blue. She has a lot of tattoos Vikings style (both of her arms, her whole back and her shoulders) but it's covered by her clothes most of the time.
  
  scars: Face : On her left side of the face, starting at the top of her forehead, going to the middle of her eyes and continuing on her cheek to her jaw. Body : She has many scars over her body.
  
  
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  persona
  personality:
  Raised on Aurgelmirs' values, Revna is a minimalist. Which means, she hunts her own food and take everything on the beast she killed. She doesn't use technologies at all and do not trust it. She is a Titanborns so her purpose in live is to serve her Titans. She meditates and prays a lot. For example, when she kills a deer to eat, she will say a prayer for her Titans and the creature's soul.
  
  Revna loves to be alone in her thought because she has difficulties to express hers, but she doesn't mind good company. She might have difficulties to truly trust others at first, but she will always be the first one to listen to both side of a story. She is a good fighter and would judge someone by their strengths in battle. In other words, the more you know how to fight and don't lose them, the more she will likes you. She hates losing fight, so she will train a lot to stay in shape.
  
  Revna loves going inside of bars for drinks and listening to bards singing and telling stories.
  
  personal strengths: loves helping and feeling useful, very open minded about others cultures and love learning about it, loyal once she lets you enter in her life, observant, good listener
  
  personal flaws: Revna is really bad at understanding others' sarcasm, not easily impressionable, doesn't trust people easily (so she doesn't talk about herself easily), she rarely pick sides if there is, clumsy (her horns can get stuck easily), stubborn at times, punches before thinking,
  
  likes: Revna loves drinking, bars, exploring gardens, good smells, music, helping others. hearing stories from others (or someone read her a book), camp fire, stars, a good laugh with friends, equality between others, duals
  
  dislikes: too much strong smells, dishonest/untrustworthy people, Whiteknights, inequality, taking bathes (she loves showering and smelling good tho!), swimming in lakes/oceans,
  
  
  
  backstory:
  Heroes and Villains. That is what they are often presented has in the stories, but in this one, there is no heroes and no villains. Simply people who are trying to survive in a damned world.
  In a universe far far away, Four types of powerful living reign in the galaxy :
  The humans, those who are driven by technologies and keep evolving their species to gain more power and more territories.
  The demons, those who are driven by fear and tries to possesses everything they can.
  The Quiet Empire, leaded by Oss and his Lyctors, using necromancy to bring back the dead to live and gaining power and more territories.
  And finally, the Titans. Powerful creatures that human would call 'Gods', almost unkillable and having the primary elements type of power. They create children, that they call Titanborns passing a part of their power to them so they can grow in community and gain more power. Titans need to be coupled and they are all agender to create their children.
  
  In this universe, the Four Types lives far from peace all driven by different ideologies, different believes and different power to uses. All thinking their ideologies being the best and forgetting the people that fight for their wars. Even between Titans there is different opinion leading to wars between them and genocide.
  
  But even with all those atrocities, there is still beauty in those worlds. Titanborns living in fairy planets, creating their own values and their own technologies...
  
  The Titans War:
  Centuries before X was born. The Chimeras' Titans (Gatekeeper and Fangcharmer) and Firsmother (the oldest and powerful Titan alive) went in a fight, destroying the essence of the Titan Gatekeeper. This put Fangcharmer as a widow. She decided to leave the Titans Council to go hide with her children (the Chimeras) on another planet. As a response to Fangcharmer's decision, Firstmother decided to ban the Chimeras from the other Titanborns. After this, the Chimeras were left out from the other Titanborns and considered as traitor in that war.
  
  Chimeras :
  Children of Gatekeeper and Fangcharmer, they live on an hidden planet. Each of them are born with sand powers and a dragon egg. Chimeras bound with that egg and at their 100 birthday, it breaks to give born to a dragon that only them can control.
  
  On their planet, Chimeras mostly use mercenaries to find jobs and survive. They use the code of pirates for their rules. They do not hesitates to lies and cheat during a battle to win. They are also known to be stealer.
  
  Aurgelmirs :
  Descending from the Titans Fogswimmer and Glaciercrusher, Aurgelmirs are children of ‘war’. They resolve everything by fights and blood. They are considered one of the best fighters of all the titan-borns. Even with their reputation as blood-lover, Aurgelmirs have a peaceful community and are easy to speak with. They have difficulties trusting others, but they will be willing to listen to your case before jumping to a conclusion.
  
  This is one of the longest living titan-born races, with many living up to 900 years.
  
  Aurgelmirs are traditional people and old-fashioned. Women, men and non-binary are seen as equals. They prefer peace over war, but they won’t hesitate to jump in the battle for pride. They will try their best to not be included in political things from other races like they do not want other races trying to control them. Aurgelmirs are very loyal to the Svarta (Fristmother people).
  
  Aurgelmirs are extremely close to everyone in their community, even the Gothars (Leaders of clans and the one who represents all the clans - Supreme Gothar) and the Priests (Gothi and Gyðja).
  
  Revna's story:
  After a treaty between the Titans to defeat The Quiet Empire. Revna is born, centuries later, from a father Aurgelmir and a mother Chimeras, Revna was raised on the Aurgelmir's world (Hegoth). She has a peaceful childhood and her father was the Gothar of their village. She holds the values of the Aurgelmirs more than the Chimeras. She still does loves learning about her both side of the family. The half-blood was blessed of a dragon egg and the raven has her animal totem, so she has a raven following her everywhere and she is able to communicate with ravens.
  
  When she was older, Revna was approached by the Titan Gatekeeper to find an artefact in another universe that could be useful to eliminated The Quiet Empire for good. Loyal to her Titans, Revna accepted without hesitation. She was honored that the Titans choose her for this mission. She said goodbye to her family and left Hegoth with the biggest pride. During her journey, Revna accepts to help the one in needs, hoping it will bring her closer to her real goal.
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being: To serve her Titans.
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?: Finding the artefact that can defeat the Quiet Empire for good and go back in her world to defeat the Quiet Empire.
  
  dnd alignment: Lawful Good
  
  
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  What are stats?

  erase these instructions in your actual CS
  
  stats determine the extent of one's ability, and serve to help keep characters unique and balanced. Stats are to be ranked from F-A. With A being the best, and F being the worst. By default, characters are given a max of 1A, 1B and 2C ranks. The lower rankings have no limit. You can 'buy' an A rank by giving an F rank to something else. This is also possible to buy an A in exchange for two E stats. There is no minimum ranking, and you can choose to have no A ranks at all!
  
  
  
  A: Mastered/supernatural (1)
  
  B: Expert/exceptional (1)
  
  C: Trained/honed. (2)
  
  D: Above average/gifted.
  
  E: Average human level/No magic.
  
  F: Below average/Unable to pick up magic.
  
  
  
  Combat expertise and physical ability have substats. These are to be ranked from 1-4. 1 being their specialty in this area, and 4 being their worst, or indicating a weakness of sorts. By default, each stat will get 1,2,3 or 4 with no repeats. However, you can increase the value of a substat by one point if another substat is decreased by one point.
  
  
  
  
  Magical capacity: A (the sheer amount of supernatural force contained in your character. Think maximum mana as well as connection to the magic of the world.)
  Magical Ability: C (control and prowess in magical abilities. Determines the intricacy and reliability of magic ability)
  Combat expertise: B (this is your combat style. It applies to magic and/or non magic combat capabilities)
  finesse: 4 (speed and cunning)
  power: 2 (might of attacks and force)
  defence: 3 (ability to protect self and others)
  endurance: 1 (how long combat can be sustained without drawbacks)
  Physical ability: A
  strength 1
  agility 4
  vitality 3
  stamina 2
  Leadership: F (team work, ability to sway others, understand social situations, and uniting others for a cause)
  Skill/crafts: C (the mastery over your character's skills (this list will come later!) and their understanding of crafting, repairing, etc.)
  
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  Abilities
  
  Spoiler: What is the power ceiling?

  In the beginning of the RP, your character's limitations are as follows...
  
  pure offensive ability= no greater than destroying a single story house
  
  max strength= tossing a car
  
  max speed= 130km/hr (short term)
  
  max defensive ability= reinforced steel
  
  Powers (a list of everything your character can do. If its not stated here, it can't happen!)
  should include:
  description-
  limitations-
  effective/ineffectiveness-
  
  • Dragon Bound
  Revna carries a Dragon Egg with who she made a bound. The Bound can only with her dragon, not the others. It doesn't affect her relationship with other dragons but the Dragons can smell special in her blood. It won't affect that the Dragons can attack her and try to kill her.
  
  Once the Dragon is out of its egg, the titanborn and the animal can feel each others emotions and they are working together. The Dragon answer to only its master.
  
  
  • Animal Totem
  Revna has been blessed of the raven for her animal totem. Which means she can speak to them in her titanborn's form or her raven's form. The ravens will usually bring her information around her (ex.: someone is coming, a village at X feet, etc.)
  
  She can't use the ravens as a fighting weapon.
  When she is in the raven's form, she can't use her other power/abilities. She is very vulnerable and others can't understand her.
  
  
  • Tracking blood
  Revna is very good at tracking people/creatures' blood on long distance and following the scent trails.
  
  If the place has too many strong smell, Revna will be distracted and will have difficulties to track the person/creature if there is no visual trails.
  
  
  • Strength
  Revna is very strong and muscular. She can lifts things quite easily and she has a lot of endurance.
  
  It's not rare that Revna will pushes too far and need a day or two to recover. Her strength and tall nature blocks her in her agility.
  
  
  • Lightning magic
  Revna has lightning abilities. She can do pretty much everything with it, she just needs to be creative. Ex. : Lightning bolt, balls lightning, sword mixed with lightning jolt, lightning shield, lightning waves,... and many mores.
  
  The half-blood is quite insecure about her magic and she has tendencies not to use it enough.
  
  
  • Weapons
  Her long sword and knife have nothing powerful, except it has a special steels that is hard to break. Revna manipulates them quite easily and with efficiency.
  
  It's hard to knock her off balance by her weapons itself.
  
  Her fighting axes have the ability to be thrown and come back to her. If something is blocking it, it won't come back, but if someone or a creature stands between her and the axes, it will hurt the other and will not come back to her. Those axes have special runes hidden on the left side. If they are broken, the ability to come back to Revna won't work until it gets fixed.
  
  With her bow, Revna never miss her preys or target. Tho, she becomes quite vulnerable and let her guard down when she uses it. So, if someone decides to attack her while she uses her bow, it's more difficult for her to defend herself.
  
  Unique strengths
  - Good at smelling people/creatures' blood and tracking them down
  - Speaks to ravens
  - Can transform into a raven and fly around
  - Strength
  - Ability to learn new weapons easily.
  - Doesn't miss a shot with her bow
  
  Weaknesses :
  - When as a raven, Revna can't use any power. She can only stay in that form for 1 hour. She is very weak when she comes back on her Titanborns form. People can't understand her either.
  - Revna is tall and muscular, so she is not the fastest one or the one with the most agility.
  - Too much different strong smells can distract Revna in combat or other situation.
  - Revna can't lie. So, if someone ask her a question, she can't lie even if her life is on danger.
  - Revna is not a good reader. Not that she never learn, but Aurgelmirs are more focused on their fighting skills than being historians or politicians.
  - Can't use technologies. She is bad with it and doesn't trust it.
  
  skills :
  - Hunting
  - Drinking, Revna never lose a drinking contest
  - Know how to play guitar, ukulele, banjo and sing. But if you ask her to play, she will say no.
  - Astrology/astronomy
  
  
• Inventory
  
  
  Armour: Some cloak armor that have magic protection.
  
  Weapon(s): A long sword almost as tall as her. Two battle axes and one sharp knifes. She has fangs. A bow and arrows.
  
  Magical Items (if applicable): A dragon egg.
  
  other: Cloak made of long feathers (A beast she killed on Hegoth). A black shirt and black pants. A raven that follows her everywhere
  
  

 

[shadowz1995]

"Delta", The Last Unit

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• 
  
  
  overview
  
  Name:
  
  Unit D-671 MK III
  
  Full Designation:
  
  DSCSU D-671 MK III, V. 5.3
  
  Nicknames:
  
  Delta, D, Six, or Nine
  
  Age: 9 (Appears the size of the typical adult human male but lack of key features makes it difficult to pinpoint age by appearance)
  
  
  Species: Cyborg/Synthetic Human
  
  
  Gender: Technically male
  
  
  Pronouns: Responds to it/designation #/he/him
  
  
  Sexuality: Technically heterosexual
  
  
  Archetype: Last of the Delta Series
  
  
  
  
  
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  appearance
  
  
  With armor equipped. It is a charcoal, dark gray color. Heavy marring of original design due to severe battle damage over countless engagements. Inlays that glow blue, yellow, orange, or red depending on Delta's state. Blue by default. Can be dimmed or disabled for stealth.
  
  
  
  Without armor. Like armor, evidence of battle damage is evident across its entire person.
  
  Size: Medium
  
  
  Height: 5' 10
  
  
  Weight: 225 lbs (without gear) 340 lbs (with gear)
  
  
  Hair color: Gray
  
  
  (Cybernetic) Eye color: Blue by default. Will alternate from blue to yellow, orange, and red depending on situational values.
  
  
  Body Mods: Abundant.
  
  
  Scars: Signs of significant ballistic battle damage sporadically distributed across armor and weaponry.
  
  
  
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  persona
  
  Personality:
  
  Delta has two distinct sides to his personality that can almost be considered separate from one another because of how different they are. Despite being the same quality.
  
  On one hand, D-671 is very silent when in a combat zone or otherwise is under the impression that they are not in a secure area. It speaks only when it is deemed unavoidable. So as not to make any unnecessary noises that may alert the hostile threat(s) to their location.
  
  It is cold, unflinching, strategic, efficient, and unnervingly brutal. Delta embodies the phrase "cold calculus of war". Everything will be a numbers game to it and that unit will always default to the most optimal, logical course of action. No matter who dies as a result of those actions.
  
  Outside of combat, Delta can be summed up as childishly curious. It finds everything interesting. Even the most seemingly irrelevant, insignificant details of an insect will completely captivate his attention. Reasonings for certain word choices in conversation, dialect differences, reasoning behind emotional outbursts, and pretty much anything you can think of.
  
  Likewise, he is very observant. His unblinking gaze, while unnerving to the uninitiated, is merely him studying the mannerisms of his teammates. Committing their minute, unique differences to memory.
  
  This leads to Delta being aware of the slightest changes in their regular patterns. If there are enough anomalies in their usual behaviors, Delta will then express concern for their current status well before most have even noticed any kind of change.
  
  The synthetic combatant also surprisingly enjoys competition. His limits have always been defined by his creators and having the opportunity to compete freely interests him far more than he ever realized it would. The notion of being able to quietly surpass his pre-fabricated limits is an attractive one.
  
  
  
  Personal strengths:
  
  Curious, Observant, Calculative, Strategic, Protective, Adaptive
  
  Personal flaws:
  
  Ruthless, Cold, Unnerving to be around, Intrusive, Lacks Subtlety (socially), Stubborn
  
  Likes: Preparing, Planning, Maintenence, Troubleshooting, Learning, Observing, Compiling Data
  
  
  Dislikes:
  Threats to Personal Security, Willful Ignorance/Idiocy, Brash or Thoughtless Behavior, Intense Emotional Outbursts, Lack of Planning, Willful/Unnecessary Cruelty or Kindness
  
  
  
  Backstory:
  
  I ended up writing way too much for this. The only thing that has to be read for the character's backstory is the last spoiler labeled "D-671 Personal Story". Everything else is just world building.
  
  
  Spoiler: The Eternal War

  D-671 hails from a war-ravaged version of Earth, thousands of years ahead of modern times. The planet's natural resources had long since been tapped dry and cracking neighboring planets only delayed the inevitable primitive war in not-so-primitive times.
  
  The planet had lost its beautiful blue lustre many centuries ago. Well before the wars had begun. It now contained a smokey, red-brown appearance like its late sister planet, Mars. The only signs of life visible from the atmosphere are spatterings of artificial light divided along the east and west hemispheres. The most densely collected light patterns are the home bases to the United Western Coalition and the Allied Eastern Confederacy. The two final bastions of humanity on a planet no longer capable of sustaining life. A testament to both human stubbornness and their unyielding will to survive.
  
  The wars, environmental conditions, and a severe drop in fertility caused the human population to plummet to a fraction of what it once was. This eventually reached a breaking point, causing the UWC and AEC to broker a treaty. The war had gone on for far too long to stop without risking outright rebellion in the colonies. The hatred ran far too deeply now. Bred into what few offspring were able to survive past infanthood.
  
  So, the two sides reached an agreement for the first time in over two centuries. Combat involving organics, whether they were cybernetically enhanced or otherwise, would cease altogether and all future warfare was to be conducted solely by mechanical/automated hardware.
  
  
  
  Spoiler: Creation of Delta Series

  And for a time, this worked. The birthing chambers saw an incremental rise in successful births that were able to make it past infancy in the next 50 years. But the good news came with a looming shadow. The UWC was losing the war with the treaty in effect and defeat meant the extinction and subjugation of their colony.
  
  
  
  In their desperation, they discovered a potential loophole. A plot so sickening that it may just work if it were to go undiscovered. Even if it was unveiled, the logic was sound and it was a debatable point.
  
  
  
  The idea was to selectively breed the strongest and most fertile humans, remove the zygote upon conception, explosively accelerate its growth in an incubation pod, and splicing into it as it grew. They would add cybernetic augments, and carefully remove the flesh, organs, and bones in favor of stronger, synthetic/mechanical alternatives. The only organic tissue that remained was the cerebrum or brain after substantial cybernetic modification. The human brain consists of approximately 2% of the average adult's body mass and in the case of these new... Synthetic Humanoids it was even less so due to the increased density and body mass of the synthetic tissue and heavy cyberntic cerebral augmentations.
  
  
  
  And the UWC was correct. The resulting specimen exceeded all expectations and the new Delta Series Combat Units were born.
  
  
  
  The initial, battle ready batch only clocked in at about 200 units. But those 200 synths single handedly turned the tides in the UWC's favor. They took to battle, destruction, and death like nothing the world had ever seen before. It was like watching the humanity's survival execute its will with lethal, metallic precision.
  
  
  Spoiler: Synthetic Rampancy

  However, the aforementioned stubbornness and will of the human mind and soul proved its worth once more after the first 2 years of deployment. The human mind, no matter how augmented, is not fond of being subjected to a metal prison of programming, conditioning, solitude, and endless violence.
  
  
  
  What little was left of the human spirit thrashed, cried, and rebelled until it broke free of its programming in the only way it understood how. The most primitive of human emotion.
  
  
  
  Rage
  
  
  
  Relentless, unyielding, untameable, and unquenchable fury completely overrode the Delta units who were active for two years and caused them to turn on every single being that moved. It was in this unforeseen turn of events that the truth got out about the creation of the Delta Series Combat Units.
  
  
  
  Heated debates took place for weeks before a total breakdown of the treaty relaunched the use of organic combatants in the never-ending war for survival.
  
  
  
  The UWC now faced problems from within as well as abroad. The Delta Series units that were functional were still the best combat units the UWC had at their disposal but it was evident they were on a catastrophic timer. They were kept in use, mowing down enemy organics and mechanicals alike until they started showing strange, inexplicable, programming errors. The first signs of Synthetic Rampancy, as it was titled. The original title was Cybernetic Psychosis but they felt that it humanized the combat units too much.
  
  
  
  In the coming decades, the Delta Series units went through many changes. Countless updates, upgrades, and additional implants that only seemed to extend the time before they "lost combat effectiveness". Stating they went crazy or mad was felt to be too human for the synthetic combat units.
  
  
  Spoiler: End of the Eternal

  Eventually, the third generation of the Delta units was made and were not only the most effective in the field but the first generation that incorporated support units into its manufacturing. The UWC made the wise call to divide the burden of logistics and support programming and conditioning to a separate type of Delta unit. There were given the title of Combat Support Units or CSUs. The default units were outfitted with heavier armor and ordinance and rebranded as Combat Assault Units or CAUs.
  
  
  
  The division of duties not only increased efficiency of the units but also vastly lowered the UWC's losses on both organic and robotic fronts. The Mark IIIs had a combat effectiveness average of 5 years before needing to be shut down and recycled. They spearheaded the charge, pushing the AEC's forces all the way back to their colony walls. After one final year of brutal combat, the AEC was no more. All AEC colonists were executed, their resources seized, and repurposed according to the UWC's needs.
  
  
  
  The Eternal War had finally come to a decisive end and the future was uncertain for the final significant power that remained on Earth's uninhabitable surface.
  
  
  Spoiler: Loose Ends

  Now, it was just a matter of cleaning up the remains of the AEC's forces scattered around their former territory....
  
  
  
  ...and officially decommissioning the wandering Rampant Delta units that could not be recovered during all of the fighting. It was discovered that sending other Delta units to recover those lost assets would either cause them to become Rampant themselves or drastically shortened the combat effectiveness period of the units of involved in the recovery.
  
  
  
  The lands between the two territories was often filled with unrecovered technology and bodies. As such, it earned the moniker, "The Valley of the Lost". Within the vastness of the Valley, generations worth of Delta units could be found wandering aimlessly through the mass grave of man and machine alike. Howling their rage to the forever blotted sky and consuming the fallen to fuel their endless forward march of seething hatred.
  
  
  
  It only took 3 weeks for the UWC to lose 20% of their functional Delta units to Synthetic Rampancy and dozens of human casualties as a result. It became abundantly clear to the powers-that-be, that this was not a situation that could be ignored any further. The Delta Series units were no longer the most effecient combat units they had, but ticking synthetic time bombs that would stop at nothing until their systems failed or until time came to an end.
  
  
  
  The project was discontinued and no further Delta units were manufactured. They focused their efforts on maintaining the remaining units and making fully robotic replacements. The UWC implemented strategies to assist them in decommissioning the thousands of roaming Delta units while minimizing the drawbacks.
  
  
  
  While it did shorten their combat effectiveness average, the remaining Delta units slowly whittled down the numbers of the "The Lost Ones", as they were dubbed by the colonists of the UWC, in homage to the Valley of the Lost. The operational units gradually started to show errors over time. Despite their best efforts, the countdown to becoming a Lost One never truly ceased.
  
  
  Spoiler: Resolution

  The upper echelon of the UWC's military insisted they cease calling them by this title, as it humanized them and they were only Synthetics.
  
  
  
  Droids, robots, synths, drones.
  
  
  
  They went by many classifications but it was due to the colonists finally being allowed some measure of peace and reflection that the UWC colonists began to understand the tragedy behind the Delta Series units.
  
  
  
  Upon reflection of the decades since their creation, small interactions in the brief moments they returned to base for R&R (repair and resupply) started to become the talking points of many conversations within the colonies. A helping hand, a curious tilt of the head, interest in recreational activities, desire to understand emotional outbursts, and many other minor, dissmissabled, everyday interactions that revealed the human being underneath the cybernetics.
  
  
  
  A sentiment echoed by military personnel who worked and fought alongside them. The scientists who did diagnostic checks and updates on their programming. The robotics experts who did their maintenence. Every testament was a brief glimpse into the person that was within the the metal soldiers.
  
  
  
  It didn't take long until the sentiment had gripped the entire colony. They were regarded as the tragic saviors of the colony. Of the Earth by some of the more passionate believers. The UWC's upper echelon had to abide by that ideal to avoid any further dissent. They were officially honored as heroes and for the first time since their inception, given orders to patrol within the colony for guard duty.
  
  
  
  Surprisingly, or perhaps unsurprisingly, this seemed to have the effect of delaying Synthetic Rampancy. Socializing with the colonists (What they consider socializing) had positive effects on the handful of Delta units remaining. It did not resolve the issue, as their numbers continued to dwindle, but there are those that believe that it made the end more bearable for them. No one could confirm that thought but it couldn't be denied either.
  
  
  Spoiler: D-671 Personal Story

  D-671 was created as a combat support unit towards the tail end of the war against the AEC. It was during this time that the fighting had become the most fierce. The enemy was protecting their very homes now and pulled out every stop to ward off the UWC's forces for as long as possible. An admirable attempt but a futile one in the end.
  
  
  
  D-671's next set of orders after the execution of AEC's colonists was the deactivation and retrieval of Rampant Delta units scattered about no man's land. Intel suggested that there were 2000 rampant units still operational at minimum. 671's batch of drones were the newest at the time and were tasked with spearheading the search and retrieval missions alongside organic military personnel. Initial contact with a small group of rampant 1st generation Delta Series units caused heavy losses for the UWC. Approximately 58% of the older units, 20% of the total units available, went Rampant as a result of the fighting and caused further losses to both the Delta Combat Units and to the human military operators. The fighting went on for 3 weeks before they were forced to retreat. Already, some of the units in D-671's batch were beginning to show errors that suggested the initial stages of Rampancy had begun.
  
  
  
  After receiving numerous programming updates and additional strategies, the Deltas were sent back out. This time they achieved greater results with fewer losses. At least, that is how the commanders viewed the situation. 671 and those in his batch could only notice the steady decline in their numbers with each expedition. Whether it was the destruction of their batch or loss to Rampancy was irrelevant. A small error in their software allowed for such fixations to take hold. Also considered one of the first signs of Rampancy by the top brass.
  
  
  As the years went by, it did not get easier. They lost more and more of the batch with each excursion and no amount of upgrades seemed to ease the steadily increasing amount of errors that 671 and those in his batch were receiving. Each harrowing battle against the Rampant Units was just as difficult as the last. It was only when they were given additional duties that things seemed to become... easier. Their new orders were to follow designated patrol routes as a security measure for the colonists. It was irregular that they were allotted far more time than was necessary to complete the patrols.
  
  
  
  However, in doing so, the Delta units were able to interact with the colonists and there were no directives preventing them from doing so any longer. The populace seemed elated to interact with 671 and those in his batch. Some even exhibited behaviors akin to reverence that only caused further confusion.
  
  
  
  With time, the dwindling number of sane Delta units even began looking forward to the time they spent among the colonists. Learning individual behaviors and the reasons for those behaviors became a thing 671, personally, found itself studying often.
  
  
  
  D-671 acquired an abundance of data that he never would have had access to if this new order had not been issued to them. Everyday was a learning experience.
  
  
  
  Until the last day.
  
  
  
  Their numbers eventually sank into the single digits until only one remained. D-671 had become the longest operational Delta Combat Unit in existence. Clocking in at 7 years of operations. It had every erroneous sign that Rampancy should have taken the synthetic operator years ago but for some reason, 671 stayed "sane". It prompted the scientists and researchers to urge the top brass to preserve D-671 for study and potentially fix the Rampancy issue in the Delta units.
  
  
  But notion was quickly shut down, as the production of Delta units had been put on ice indefinitely. They were no longer considered necessary, too complex to manufacture, too resource heavy to create, and were being replaced with fully automated robots.
  
  
  
  There was just one thing preventing the UWC from outright scrapping 671 in favor of complete robotic drones. There was still a handful of rogue Delta units roaming in the Valley of the Lost and they had torn apart any recent attempts of subjugation by the pure robots.
  
  
  
  So, they decided to send D-671 on one final mission. He was to lead a small fireteam of assault drones to disable and retrieve the remaining 8 rogue units. It received its orders like any other. Immediate affirmation and mobilization to complete the given assignment within the allotted time frame. In this case, there was no time limit but that was not the strange thing about the mission.
  
  
  
  The irregularity with this final assignment was the solemn silence that he was greeted with once he stepped out of the armory. For the first time since his creation, 671 was stunned. All the cerebral augmentations couldn't help him identify what he was witnessing. The colonists had gathered outside of the armory and stood quietly, waiting for it. Some quietly wept, while others merely hung their heads. The last Delta unit tilted its head curiously at them before remembering his primary directive. The crowd parted for him as he made his way to what was surely his final mission.
  
  
  
  Defying all logic, D-671 remained active for 2 additional years while on his final mission. His signal remained strong and mobile during that time and he would periodically leave distress signals with code "recovery" embedded into it.
  
  
  
  Further investigation revealed a deactivated Rampant Delta unit, followed by another, and another. There was evidence an intense battle had taken place at every recovery site. Even after 671's assigned robotic squadron had been wiped out in the fighting, he continued his mission. Its only request for assistance being supply drops for quick re-arming if he was close to another target and didn't had enough time to replenish his core energy levels and ammunition.
  
  
  
  Shortly after the second year, the last Rampant Delta unit was deactivated and a distress signal was placed. But instead of returning to base as protocol dictated, D-671 instead wandered north. All attempts to reach him went unanswered. It simply kept traveling north until it stopped near the North Pole. There, the signal remained stationary but strong for about a week before vanishing without a trace.
  
  
  
  The most commonly accepted theory by the colonists is that D-671 journeyed to the north to shut down quietly before becoming a Lost One. The poles are where the electromagnetic storms cause the most damage and why humanity kept close to the equator. It is believed that went there to die quietly. To not bother the colony with his inevitable march towards Rampancy. It also just so happened that a severe magnetic storm occurred just as 671's signal disappeared.
  
  
  
  The truth is that no one really knows for certain. Only that D-671 is no longer of that world.
  
  
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being:
  
  Was to complete all directives provided by the UWC within allotted time frames.
  
  Currently, the unit has no directives and is confused, disoriented, and lost.
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?:
  
  To collect the vast amounts of undiscovered data available to it and experiment with what is possible in this new world.
  
  Also, to experience the things that were not possible on Earth during his time. Like touching water or observing fauna.
  
  
  DnD Alignment: Lawful Neutral
  
  
  
• stats
  
  Magical capacity: F
  
  
  Magical Ability: F
  
  
  Combat expertise: B
  
  
  Finesse: 2
  
  
  Power: 4
  
  
  Defense: 3
  
  
  Endurance: 1
  
  
  Physical ability: B
  
  
  Strength: 3
  
  
  Agility: 1
  
  
  Vitality: 4
  
  
  Stamina: 1
  
  
  Leadership: C
  
  
  Skill/crafts: C
  
  
• 
  
  
  Abilities
  
  Full Environmental Scanning-
  
  
  D-671 is equipped with up-to-date ocular scanning capabilities that will provide Delta with a full range of known information on everything he sees. Down to molecular composition if that information is available. The scan is brief, only taking 3-5 seconds but encounters with unknown materials can delay completion of the scan for up to 30 seconds.
  
  
  Delta is then able to access whatever information he finds relevant to the situation through a modular system on his ocular or helmet HUD.
  
  
  If the user suffers moderate to severe trauma to the head, it can completely shut down this ability. Significant electrical charges are also capable of temporarily rendering this modification inoperable. Direct damage to ocular implants will also render the ability inoperable. Permanently, if unable to be repaired.
  
  
  Combat Focused Synapses-
  
  
  D-671, along with all other 2nd generation and above Delta series units, were outfitted with neurological cerebral modifications. These modifications can inhibit or facilitate hormone levels, neurochemicals, and the emotions/emotional state of the user. Its primary function is to dull emotional and psychological feedback to what the user is experiencing to increase combat effectiveness.
  
  
  It works as intended but has a critical design flaw that is outlined later on.
  
  
  A.I. Enhanced Logistics-
  
  
  All 3rd generation Delta Series units were implanted with an astonishingly complex A.I. companion upon creation. These artificial intelligence units served a dual purpose. To assist the user/host in managing, processing, and collecting the extensive amounts of data obtained during combat and missions. They assist in running diagnostics on environmental queries as well as on the user if needed.
  
  These A.I. serve the primary function of assisting with sorting through the informational chaff of battle and addressing critical issues autonomously. When presented with a difficult scenario, they will attempt to direct the user to the most optimal conclusions.
  
  
  The second purpose of the A.I. was to be a continuous companion to the 3rd generation Delta units from the moment they opened their eyes. This was a decision that was made in an attempt to remedy the critical error the Delta units had. It was part of the reason the 3rd generation was as successful as they were for as long as they were.
  
  
  The A.I.s functionality is dependent on the user's status. If the Delta unit has been hit with a powerful electrical charge or if core functions have been damaged, this will directly correlate to the artificial intelligence's functional capacity. In rare cases, sudden damage to the cerebral cortex can cut the A.I. off temporarily and in extreme cases, permanently. The repercussions for that happening have generally been recorded as complete shutdown of the Delta unit's combat capabilities due to extreme mental distress.
  
  
  Integrated Heads-Up Display-
  
  
  All units of all generations have HUDs or Heads-Up Displays installed into their ocular systems, internal helmet visors, or both. As expected, this keeps vital information in the user's vision and will pull up relevant data according to user queries, relevancy, or urgency.
  
  
  Significant damage to core functions, helmet, or ocular implants can scatter the readings and cause confusion and distress in the user. A significant electrical charge is also capable of disabling the display temporarily.
  
  
  Bio-Scanning-
  
  
  Similar to the Environmental Scan, Bio-Scanning is a complete, molecular scan of organic life. Its primary function is to allow D-671 to quickly identify any known ailments that may be affecting the scanned biological specimen. This is coupled with the capability to quickly identify physical trauma inflicted on the organic being.
  
  
  Its secondary function is to procure relevant information and cast it to the HUD of the operator along with suggested optimal treatment methods.
  
  
  This modification is located in D-671's left hand. Significant damage to implant location can render the technology inoperable. A significant electrical charge is also capable of disabling the ability temporarily.
  
  
  
  Overlay Casting-
  
  
  A simple, but incredibly useful function of the Delta Series units. Either with ocular or hand implants, D-671 is capable of casting images and information in holographic form onto a relatively flat surface. This can include anything from geographical data to memories from the unit itself. A quality of life implant created so non-synthetic entities are capable of visually obtaining information from the unit. Also for emergency situations where power was disabled at base and the personnel had no other way of accessing the unit's data.
  
  
  This modification is located in D-671's hands and ocular implants. Significant damage to implant location can render the tech inoperable. A significant electrical charge is also capable of disabling the ability temporarily.
  
  
  Synthetic Body-
  
  
  All Delta Series units have been spliced, enhanced, and implanted with synthetic and cybernetic augments from conception. They are over 97% synthetic and cybernetic material, with very little of the original organic material remaining. These units are conceptualized and built from scratch. Manufactured muscle fibers, extensive cybernetic implants, synthetic organs, synthetic blood, mechanical bone structure, and heavily augmented brain matter.
  
  
  All come together to form one of the highest performing and most efficient combat units Earth had ever seen. They are leagues faster, stronger, smarter, and more durable than the typical human soldier. Most forms of chemical warfare are rendered ineffective against them due to synthetic internal organs required to operate on Earth's surface. Their senses are highly augmented and capable of reacting in real time to external stimuli. This means visual stimulus at certain lumen levels will automatically be dimmed or brightened as needed, as it's happening. Sounds over a certain decibel level are dampened or completely cut off if dampening is impossible.
  
  
  However, this level of augmentation is not without its flaws. The "blood" of the Delta units is not natural and must be switched out annually. Similar to oil in a car. The damage that these units receive has no capability of healing on its own. Due to not having a cellular structure, the units must be manually repaired whenever they receive enough damage to inhibit function.
  
  
  While they surpass fully organic humans on most fronts, the toll the unit's psyche must bear is biblical in proportion. Its combat efficiency expectations lasted about 2 years on average per unit. Later generations extended that expectancy to about 5 years before the project was ultimately shut down in favor of fully autonomous droids.
  
  
  They also have a critical weakness to exposure of high voltage electrical outputs. EMPs were often utilized to shut down these synthetic super soldiers to great effect. Later generations attempted to reduce that weakness to electricity and while attempts were successful, a significant electrical charge is still enough to disable most functions.
  
  
  Hera Energy Core-
  
  
  D-671 is equipped with a biomass converter in the center of his torso. It is protected by dense synthetic muscles and a mechanical framework. Adding any form of biomass to the core will convert it into energy for the unit. It is what primarily powers all of Delta's functions and equipment.
  
  
  In desperate situations where Delta cannot refuel normally, it can consume biomatter to continue regular functions. Organic matter from plants, animals, and in truly severe circumstances, even dirt can be used as a fuel source.
  
  
  It goes without saying that this core is absolutely critical to Delta's function. As always, damage to the core can render the tech inoperable. However, as opposed to other components, even mild amounts of damage is capable of causing a Catastrophic failure. Luckily, electrical charges no longer affect the function of the biomass converter.
  
  
  AEGIS Barrier-
  
  
  Six comes equipped with the AEGIS Barrier System. As a support unit, he is able to divert a large amount of energy into creating a short range, hard-light shield. It projects directly in front of the user to create a mobile cover in an emergency. The shield is arc shaped, typically within 5 feet in front of the user. It is about 10 feet long, 6 feet high, and able to withstand small arms fire for up to a minute before the toll drains the core.
  
  
  It is only used in dire emergencies as the toll it takes renders the user practically inoperable. Typically, it is powered by an auxiliary power source that the operator will connect to the equipment. This is to avoid draining the unit's primary power source and maintaining combat readiness. Worst case scenario, the unit can use its own personal core to power the barrier. Though the drawbacks are often fatal if immediate repairs are not performed.
  
  
  Bio-Medical Nano Gel-
  
  
  D comes equipped with a bio-gel that contains microscopic nano-machines capable of mending wounds. It not only promotes accelerated healing of organic cells but also rejuvenation of those cells. This means that there is no drawback to the accelerated healing caused by the nanobots. A thin layer of the gel is enough to heal moderate wounds and initiate vital reconstruction of the more severe ones.
  
  
  The drawback is its scarcity. It is incredibly difficult and expensive to manufacture. As such, D-671 has no way of replenishing his supply. It is seldom ever used as a result. Delta also does not have a large supply of the life-saving medicine. It has about 5 CCs worth of the synthetic medi-gel and no back ups.
  
  
  While it is an amazing advancement in medical technology, it cannot work miracles. It can only be used on the living and no amount of gel is enough to staunch a critical injury that requires a medical facility. It also goes without saying that it cannot treat any of Delta's injuries as he has almost no organic material to speak of.
  
  
  GAIA Digital Storage Unit-
  
  
  D-671 is equipped with one of his world's most advanced, cutting-edge technologies. Stored in his forearms, just above the wrists, Delta houses a cybernetic component called "GAIA" that allows him to digitally summon weapons and armaments at will. This way, it is able to carry all of its standard equipment for a wide variety of mission types without having to return to base to change loadouts. It also cuts out the issue of having to carry all of that additional weight into patrols or battle.
  
  
  It cannot produce the armaments infinitely and whatever condition the gear in question was stored in, maintains that condition when it is re-materialized. Basically, only what is digitally stored can be materialized and in the exact same condition that it was stored in.
  
  
  It also places a considerable drain on Delta's power supply to materialize and digitize. Typically, Delta will only use this technology as needed.
  
  
  Energy used is dependent on size and complexity of the object. The maximum amount it can store is about 500 lbs worth of material. Of which, 300 lbs are already in use. The operator does not feel the burden of this weight whatsoever.
  
  
  It goes without saying that organic material cannot be used in any way by this system.
  
  Significant damage to core functions or augment location can disable its usage. A significant electrical charge is also capable of disabling the system temporarily.
  
  
  HEPHAESTUS System-
  
  
  Another piece of cutting edge technology produced by the UWC, located alongside GAIA as a pair. The HEPHAESTUS system honors its namesake and utilizes the same technology from GAIA to absorb, digitize inorganic material, and convert it into usable resources. This includes ammunition, tools, medical supplies, and repair materials. The system was developed so the support units could keep the assault units well supplied with ammo and minimize the amount of return voyages to base for resupply.
  
  
  It takes a fraction of the energy GAIA uses to convert the matter into usable material. However, the digitization of the initial target material follows the same parameters as GAIA, as well as the materialization process. HEPHAESTUS is able to transfer converted, digitized items to GAIA's storage with little to no issue.
  
  Conversion also takes time and depending on the amount, size, and complexity, it can can take anywhere from a few minutes to several days for 1 item. Transfer from HEPHAESTUS to GAIA storage depends on the load being transferred. Ranges from mere seconds to several hours.
  
  
  Catastrophic Failure Protocol-
  
  
  A protocol installed in all state-of-the-art technologies. In the unlikely scenario of capture, this unit is to activate its Self-Destruct Protocol and use the remainder of its energy to render all technology in and immediately around the unit completely unsalvageable. The technology must never be allowed to fall into enemy hands. Glory to the UWC.
  
  
  (The drawback is obviously fucking death)
  
  
  
  Unique strengths:
  
  
  Versatile Support Unit-
  
  
  All of 671's equipment, implants, programming, training, and technological assets make him an incredibly versatile mechanism of war. While his primary directive is to support the more heavily armed assault units, he is by no means a negligible threat. Delta remains every bit as lethal as his assault brethren. Albeit, on a smaller scale.
  
  
  Accelerated Adaptation Protocol-
  
  
  Delta is able to process information at superhuman speed on his own. With his A.I. integration, the cyborg is able to see, process, comprehend, and execute optimal strategies at a moment's notice. Its ability to learn new information and adapt it to existing data to form better solutions is second to none on his home world.
  
  
  Memory Storage & Display-
  
  
  Along with its aforementioned adaptation protocol, D-671 is easily capable of accessing and recalling (and projecting via Overlay Casting) all acquired data perfectly. This means that as long as Delta is still somewhat conscious, he is recording data and able to recall it flawlessly. As if one lived through the same, exact memory.
  
  
  Cutting-Edge Rejuvenation and Repair Programming-
  
  
  As a support unit, Delta's pool of knowledge and programming exists to keep allies functioning and in the fight for as long as possible. It uses every tool and asset available to it in pursuit of that goal. There are no other units, robotic or otherwise, capable of matching an DSSCU at supporting friendly forces.
  
  
  Immunity to Physical Curse Effects- As Delta does not have flesh, organs, or bones, he is not affected by curses or poisons that would affect an organics structure. It would have to be a curse that is specifically tailored to disabling/afflicting inorganic material.
  
  
  Mind Reading Resistance- Given Six does have a mind, it's not impossible to do so. However, due to the vast cybernetic enhancements and A.I. assisted processing, it is very difficult to make sense of his thoughts. Most of it is informational "chaff" being spewed out at incomprehensible speeds. These speeds are by default. When the unit believes there is danger or is in combat, those speeds triple and make it even more difficult
  
  It would require significant skill and above all, familiarity with Delta to be able to make some kind of sense of his thoughts. Any attempts to alter, heighten, or dampen his thoughts/emotions would be noticed immediately. Even if the caster is incredibly skilled and could manage to not alert Delta, the A.I. companion would need to somehow be disabled to avoid detection.
  
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  Flawed By Design-
  
  
  The Delta Series combat units were among the most efficient and advanced units created by the UWC. However, the one element that made the Delta Series so successful was also its greatest flaw. The human element.
  
  
  Despite achieving extraordinary victories and groundbreaking efficiency, they only lasted 2 years before succumbing to Synthetic Rampancy. The psychological toll on the mind drives what little humanity is left to absolute insanity. Later generations made some improvements that alleviated the rampancy but a solution was never found before the project was discontinued.
  
  
  Mental Fortitude- It goes without saying that D's psyche is in a fragile state at best and hanging by a thread at worst. He has zero defense against magics that attack the mind. It can even be compared to the unit's crippling weakness to high voltage electrical charges.
  
  
  Limited Resources-
  
  
  Ammunition, medical supplies, materials for repairs are all limited. Delta can only be engaged in combat for so long before running his supply completely empty. Whether that be in terms of ammo, core energy levels or anything in between.
  
  While some resources can be replenished through HEPHAESTUS, it takes time and energy to perform. Neither of those resources are available to the cyborg on short notice. Much less in the heat of battle.
  
  
  Limited Self-Repair Processes-
  
  
  As previously stated, Delta has no method of recovering from accumulated damage short of using his limited supply of repair materials in his kits. He has no form of natural recovery and as such, any recovery techniques that bolster the body's natural healing are useless on him. Conventional healing magic is also a wasted effort given he has no flesh to mend.
  
  
  Detached Network-
  
  
  Upon being removed from Delta's usual environment, he is removed from the network/database that he has been linked to since consciousness. No longer being able to access the network's data when faced with unknowns anomalies means that Delta can only access information that it has personally collected. The entire experience will be highly disorienting for initial months. This will slow down his processing capabilities until D-671 is capable of grasping everything going on around itself once more.
  
  
  Missing Directives-
  
  
  D-671 has lived its entire existence with a set of directives, policies, or orders to follow. Upon being disconnected from the network, the unit has no orders to follow and is easily impressionable until it has become more established in its current locale.
  
  
  Electrical Resistance-
  
  
  The newer generation of combat units were all outfitted with insulative layers to help dampen the weakness to electricity inherent in all synthetic combatants.
  
  
  However, this does not remove the combat unit's weakness to electromagnetic sources. It merely makes it so that weakness doesn't cause a complete system failure and instead incapacitates them temporarily. Depending on the strength of the charge, it can take out a few components or render the entire system inoperable for several hours.
  
  
  
  Skills:
  
  
  Emergency Tactical First Aid
  
  
  Advanced Mechanical Repair
  
  
  Advanced Cybernetic Repair
  
  
  Advanced Synthetic Repair
  
  
  Advanced Survival Skills
  
  
  Language Comprehension
  
  
  String Instrument Expertise
  
  
• Inventory
  
  
  
  Armour:
  
  
  Reaver Synthetic Ballistic Body Mesh-
  
  
  A thin, protective layer of high grade ballistic weave that protects the wearer from a certain amount of small arms fire. Meant to be worn underneath armor.
  
  
  MK II Full Integration Helios Combat Armor-
  
  
  Helios armor is standard for Delta Series combat units. It further augments his processing speeds and combat capability. It is capable of receiving surprising amounts of punishment, even able to take 2-3 armor piercing rounds before its integrity is compromised.
  
  
  Its exterior tells a grim tale. It has been subjected to many hellish battlefields, repaired, and thrown back into the fray countless times. Every time, it has kept its owner alive and operational.
  
  Capable of full integration. This means it is able to provide real time information on the armor's condition to D's heads-up display.
  
  MK II Full Integration Helios Combat Helmet-
  
  
  Delta's standard issue ballistic helmet. Capable of the same level of protected as the rest of the suit. It features full integration, which means the helmet will read and adopt D-671's personal settings. This makes a seamless transition between removing or equipping the helmet. Zero lag means getting in and out of the fight that much faster.
  
  
  Battle worn but still as effective as the day it was created.
  
  
  
  Digitized Armory:
  
  
  UWC MK XXIII Battle Rifle-
  
  
  The standard issue battle rifle of the UWC combat operators. Chambered in 7.62 x 52mm rounds with minimal recoil and maximum reliability. It can shoot in semi-auto, 3-round burst, and full auto. 50+1 magazine capacity. Full integration with operator's HUD.
  
  
  D-671's rifle is well worn and while pieces have upgraded for effectiveness, one can easily tell the fierce battles it has put through.
  
  
  UWC Artemis Precision Rifle-
  
  
  Not a firearm Delta typically utilizes in his day to day. This precision rifle is used for long range reconnaissance, target acquisition, and piercing advanced enemy armor. It is capable of reliably dropping heavily armored targets from extreme distances. Chambered in .50 bmg. Restricted to semi automatic firing mode. 20+1 magazine capacity. Full integration with operator's HUD.
  
  
  The rifle's appearance is far from new and has seen its fair share of use. But it is clearly not as battle scarred as Delta's other platforms.
  
  
  UWC Wendigo Special Operations Short Barrel Rifle-
  
  
  A weapon excelling at covert, special operations. Generally used at shorter ranges and CQC. It has an integrated suppressor to reduce the shooter's sound signature and can bring down unaware targets with relative ease. Chambered in .300 BLK rounds. Can fire in semi and full auto. 30+1 magazine capacity. Full integration with operator's HUD.
  
  
  Well worn and battle damaged. This weapon has seen extensive use in the field against organics and synthetics alike.
  
  
  UWC MK IV Hades Sidearm-
  
  
  UWC Standard Issue handgun for combat operators. A close range secondary weapon intended as a backup should the primary weapon fail or run out of ammo. Chambered in .357 and restricted to a semi-auto firing mode. 17+1 magazine capacity.
  
  
  Has seen just as much action as D-671's standard issue rifle. It never leaves his hip and has been a source of comfort when defeat appeared imminent.
  
  
  UWC Standard Issue Vibro-Knife-
  
  
  A karambit style knife with a fixed vibro blade. When activated, the blade vibrates at intense, microscopic frequencies, allowing it to tear through most forms of armor. The blade is 4 inches long and still maintains a wickedly sharp edge. Despite what its combat worn appearance may suggest.
  
  
  Ammunition:
  
  Types of ammo Delta carries/creates, their variations, and their usages.
  
  
  7.62 x 52mm:
  
  
  Armor piercing- Meant to pierce conventional armor
  
  
  Hollow Point- Meant to cause maximum damage to unarmed organic targets
  
  
  Tracer- Rounds that leave a visible trail along the bullet's flight path. Used for marking/painting a target in low light environments for friendlies.
  
  
  Effective lethal range of approximately 1000 yards
  
  
  50 bmg:
  
  
  Anti-Material- Built to shred into/through enemy armored vehicles and mechanized troops.
  
  
  Effective lethal range of approximately 1500 yards
  
  
  .300 BLK:
  
  
  Supersonic (AP/HP)- Quieter than conventional ammo types and capable of delivering full payload in a shorter distance. Available in armor piercing and hollow points.
  
  
  Subsonic (AP/HP)- Substantially quieter on all fronts. Very low sound signature. Capable of delivering rifle grade payloads at subsonic speeds at the cost of further reduced effective ranges. Available in armor piercing and hollow points.
  
  
  Effective lethal range is approximately 500 yards. Subsonic is approximately 300 yards
  
  
  
  .357:
  
  
  Available in AP/HP. Effective lethal range of approximately 125 yards
  
  
  
  Tactical Equipment:
  
  10 magazines of each ammo type
  
  
  Emergency Tactical First Aid Supplies
  
  
  Tool Box
  
  
  5x Repair Materials
  
  
  Quick Deploy Tac-Shelter
  
  
  Back Up AEGIS Core
  
  
  3x Hyper Condensed Biomass Tablets
  
  
  2x Flash Grenades
  
  
  2x EMP Grenades
  
  
  Survival Supplies
  
  Several On-Demand string instruments Delta keeps digitized to play on
  
  
  

 

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GREGOR (SHADOW MAN)

• overview
• appearance
• persona
• stats
• abilities
• inventory

• 
  
  overview
  name: Gregor of the black marsh
  
  age: 258
  
  species: MarshFolk
  
  gender:Male
  
  pronouns:It/He
  
  sexuality: Pansexual
  
  archetype: Grand Shamen, Shadow Man
  
  theme (optional):
  
  
• 
  
  appearance
  appearance:
  
  size: [ Large ]
  
  height:9,0
  
  weight:690 pounds
  
  hair color: no hair only spikes colored tan
  
  eye color: yellow with a black pupil
  
  body mods: pertaining spikes on his arms and back
  
  scars:multiple across his body, a large scar across his jaw
  
  
• 
  
  persona
  personality:rough as hell and slightly insane Gregor will speak his mind, never lie and give a good time were he gose. Short tempered he will get in fights if instigated or if a friend is getting attacked. Massive appetite with the talent to cook a good stew.
  
  personal strengths: strong, resilient, blunt but kind, loyal
  
  personal flaws: hot headed, hard headed, slightly insane.
  
  likes:making salves and potions, watching the wild life, swimming, drinking with compony
  
  dislikes: people who steal food, question his faith/powers, reason
  
  
  
  backstory:
  Deep in the harsh regions of the black mash hid a tribe of lizard folk. Deep rotted in the celebration of death this tribe dedicated them selves to serving the ones in the afterlife. Gregor as a young boy was born into a shamen family. Learning to make salves and communicate with the dead at a young age he would accell with his studies. Thru his teen years his tribe put him thru trials pushing his limits with his magic, but also push him physically. Being the odd one of his tribe he had chosen a donkys jaw to yield.
  
  Tasked with defending an outpost Gregor fought viciously tearing thru the attacking party only to discover a cursed skull. Eager to further his knowledge of the dead he hid the skull from his tribe and would return for it when night fell.
  
  The more he studied the more he realized death was the end. Not satisfied with that conclusion Gregor stole the forbidden scrolls reading about necromancy discovering a new path, a way to push past death. He was cought, and shamed by the chief. He was givin an option, stay and denounce everything he had learned. Or be banished, forced to dwell by himself in the marsh. Driven by anger Gregor left, never looking back he had continued his studies perfecting his salves and necromancy.
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being:growing up the swamplands he was attuned to the horrors of the deep. Growing up with a religious clan he was introduced to communicating with the dead. Tho Gregor wanted more. He wanted to understand the afterlife, spit in the gods face and prove there was more to death than your final resting place. This information angered his clan and forced him out on his own. Time passed as he honed his skills, gaining the name “shadow man.”
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?:
  A new understanding, a way to grow his power to a point where he can prove any world wrong. Death is not a stopping point. It's just an inconvenience.
  d&d alignment: chaotic neutral
  
  
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  Magical capacity:A
  Magical Ability: C
  Combat expertise: C
  finesse: 4
  power:1
  defense: 2
  endurance: 3
  Physical ability: B
  strength 1
  Agility 4
  vitality2
  Stamina 3
  Leadership: F
  Skill/crafts: D (brews and salves. Knowledge of the deep waters, any kind of hunting)
  
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  Abilities
  
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  Walk of the dead: a cold and chilling tune can be heard as the shaman walks amongst the dead; the awful whiles of any dead nearby join the hunting tune. Sperits will be shown to the victim. The spirits can releace high pitch screams to disable or stun a target. It can be interrupted causing him to lose focus
  Jaws of life: it's a Gator chomp. Strongest bite in the marshlands. Able to tear thru metal like paper. Unfortunately like every Gator you could hold his mouth shut
  Salves and brews: though it takes a while Gregor can make brews and salves to help his teammates empower them for a short time. But these can be used by the enemy if fallen in the wrong hands
  Hunted cast call: Gregor can summon 4 undead to aid him, the undead only last an hour and are very fragile
  Haunted grounds: with a blow of dust Gregor causes an illusion changing the surrounding area to his choosing. Can be broken. If target has a calm mind. Illusions can manifest real damage when the victim is in its trance. Can cause the victim to inflict damage to self (i.e. victim is getting choked by illusion only to reveal the victim is choking themselves)
  
  
  
  Unique strengths: incredible swimmer, strong. Able to tear his way thru any situation. And a hell of a swing with his weapon.
  
  Weaknesses:frost or the cold, slow at times, insane most of the time, not the smartest, slow unless in water
  skills: Cooking, hunting, dancing and music, drinking anyone under the table
  
• Inventory
  
  
  Armour: Overalls covered with bones of people he's killed
  
  Weapon(s): enchanted donkey's jawbone dipped in a salve making it stronger than steel. He uses this as his main form of attack, breaking through any skulls he sees fit.
  
  Magical Items (if applicable): his staff has a crushed skull tightly wrapped up and used to make his salves more powerful
  
  other: random slaves he was dropped in with. (Only two bottles) one is a healing salve, the other is a temporary shield(can allow the user to take 1 hit)
  
  

 

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Dana Landale

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  OverviewName: Dana Landale
  Age: 30
  Species: 1/2 Human, 1/2 Palman Esper
  
  Gender: Female
  Pronouns: She/Her
  Sexuality: Bi-sexual
  
  Archetype: Adpatable Spellsword
  
  
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  Appearance
  Appearance
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  Commission done by HiyaKare, you can find her on Twitter with that name.
  
  Size: Medium
  
  Height: 5 foot 8 inches
  Weight: Roughly 227 pounds due to muscle and her Palman heritage
  
  Hair color: Purple
  Eye color: Blue
  
  Body mods: N/A
  Scars: N/A
  
  
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  Persona
  Personality: As she's not had the tough times and deadly challenges her parents had by the time they were her age, Dana remains a rather cheerful woman who tends to hope for the best from people that haven't given her reason to think otherwise. However, while she's not as bad as her mother, Dana does have a bit of a temper whenever anyone she cares about is threatened or slandered. Is excited to finally to be able to go out and do stuff on her own, but what awaits her certainly is not what she asked for...
  
  Personal strengths: Rather determined and not prone to giving up, not easily bothered by weird entities or situations, can draw courage from the stories her parents have told her about their adventures
  
  Personal flaws: Has a temper that could lead to threats when triggered but is less likely to jumps straight to violence when angry than her mother was, would be highly tempted to counter any noble's attempt to throw their rank in her face with some version of "So what? I'm the princess of a planet, your rank doesn't mean shit to me.", a bad habit she picked up from her mother.
  
  Likes: Apple milkshakes, harmonicas, cats (especially talking ones!)
  
  Dislikes: Grape milkshakes (much to her mother's disappointment as that is her favorite drink), people who treat others different just because of a disability, dealing with money
  
  Backstory:
  Dana was born to Sarah Christin-Landale and Siegfried Landale, members of the Neilgo royal family. The people of Neilgo are descendants of refugees from the Algo star system who were forced to flee before it was destroyed. Her mother however is not a native of Neilgo, she instead was born on a space station, the daughter of people from two different versions of the Ys universe. However, due to her medical issue that caused physical difficulties and inability to control her abilities, Dana's chances to travel away from Neilgo were few and far between when she was younger. Despite her difficulties however, it was a requirement of her parents that she learn how to fight, just in case Neilgo and its ally, an inter-dimensional military organization called the Freedom Army, ever again faced the kind of threat they did during the Ecnal War.
  
  To that end a custom Assault Armor, essentially a small mecha, was built for her. Thanks to the Freedom Army's brainwave control technology, she was able to direct the machine with just her mind once she was inside of it and the various magitech devices built into it allowed her to safely use at least some of her powers. This meant that she could at times assist units of the combined Neilgo-FA Alliance military force in different missions, a task that she was happy to volunteer for as it enabled her to help her people despite her condition. Perhaps the most important battle she took part in was not even for the Alliance, at least not officially. She was one of the allies a small team of people had recruited for the fight against a telepathic entity called the Seeker, and she took part in the assault on the villian's main base, helping to clear the way for the team to reach the Seeker and destroy him.
  
  Shortly after that battle a family friend who had been helping them look for a treatment for her condition, a doctor by the name of Eron Talyn, proposed an experimental solution. A crystalline substance in Sarah's body called Emelas was granting her improved health and physical abilities, including a longer lifespan. If they transplanted it to Dana, it was theorized that it might solve her physical issues and thus allow them to effectively treat the problems with her powers. He warned that he didn't know if it would work and that he didn't feel entirely comfortable with it because of that, but he knew at the same time that Sarah would eventually have the idea herself and insist on it being done anyway.
  
  The procedure was thankfully a success and Dana was finally able to move around without the need of assistance and be able to use her abilities naturally. This meant a fresh round of training with her parents and other instructors was needed as she needed to relearn almost everything from scratch as fighting on foot was a vastly different experience then fighting from within an Assault Armor. Once the training was completed Dana decided that she wanted to have a bit of an adventure by traveling somewhere on her own like her parents still sometimes did. After searching for a while, she picked out a world that some would consider to be a fairly generic fantasy world. But that suited her just fine as she wasn't looking for anything unique or exciting, just someplace where she could get some practical experience with her abilities and skills.
  
  What is their driving motivation? The core of their being: Influenced by stories of her family and their friends, Dana has always aspired to follow their examples of 'doing good'. She's not concerned about becoming as powerful or well known as them, but she does want to do everything she can to help secure the safety and happiness of those she meets.
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?: To have a story to tell her family that would make them proud whenever she does manage to get back home.
  
  D&D Alignment: Neutral Good
  
  
• Stats
  • Supernatural Capacity: _A​
  • Supernatural Ability: _C​
  • Combat Expertise:_C
    
    • Finesse: 1​
    • Power: 3​
    • Defense: 4​
    • Endurance: 2​
  • Physical Ability:_B
    
    • Strength: 4​
    • Agility: 1​
    • Vitality: 3​
    • Stamina: 2​
  • Leadership: _D​
  • Skill/Crafts: _ E​
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  Abilities
  Powers
  Sword Skills: Abilities that rely on Dana wielding a sword to function. Many of these rely on spiritual energy that Dana's body produces. Below are the ones she's currently able to handle but she knows others that she'll be able to use later on.
  Crosscut: A simple sword skill where the user strikes twice in rapid succession, cutting a 'plus' or 'cross' shape into the targets body if performed correctly. Requires no special energy to perform as it is simple the result of training and being physically able to execute the attack. Requires Dana to be standing still to do correctly, essentially trading some evasion ability for increased damage.
  
  Airslash: A swing her sword releases a blade of wind capable of cutting into a group of enemies a medium distance away. It is possible to imbue this attack with elemental energy to change its damage type, but Dana can not currently do this on her own. Any elemental enchantments placed upon her sword will have this effect however.
  
  Ocean Slash: A defensive sword move that allows the user to utilize innate spiritual energy to split incoming energy attacks in half, keeping them safe from harm. The user has to be able to react quickly enough for the Ocean Slash to be of use, and dividing a sustained beam attack causes a constant drain on the user’s energy.
  
  Spiritual Powers: Like the sword skills, these abilities rely on Dana's innate spiritual energy. However, she's not currently able to use any of them.
  
  Magic: Dana can draw in mana from the environment around her for a variety of magical spells. She can currently only use a limited variety of her known spells safely.
  Wind Dash: A basic movement spell from her mother's side of the family. Propels the user a short distance forward at incredible speed. While Sarah was forced to use an enchanted item to allow her to use the spell to go in any horizontal direction, Dana hopes to one day be able to do that on her own with enough experience.
  
  Flaeli: Single target fire spell, power scales to Dana’s experience and power level.
  
  Blinding Light Sphere: A spell taught to her by her mother, Sarah. It is a simple orb of light magic that explodes outwards away from Dana, possibly blinding enemies who were looking in its direction for a few moments.
  
  Psionic Techniques: The mental energy produced by Dana's mind is sufficient to use a number of Techniques originally created by her Algolian ancestors and later improved by the people of Neilgo. Much like with her magic she can only handle a limited variety at this time.
  
  Res series: Single target healing ability. Currently can use standard Res and the more powerful GiRes. NaRes and RaRes are beyond her at the moment.
  
  Rep series: The Technique Rep is a newer one designed to repair androids and other mechanical lifeforms akin to what Res does for organics. Can currently only use the base version of the ability.
  
  Wat series: Single target ice based attacks. Can cast Wat and GiWat.
  
  Emergency Trump Card
  Megid: This incredibly powerful Technique is something innate to her father's side of the family. It is an AoE attack that breaks down the molecular bonds in the target area, typically visually represent by red-orange explosions. Anger empowers the ability. While Dana is able to cast the Tech, it is incredibly risky as she currently lacks the control needed to keep it from harming allies in the area. Furthermore casting it in her current state will drain all of the mental energy she needs to cast Techniques until she rests and it will inflict incredible harm onto her body, enough to immediately remove her from battle until she receives either medical aid or enough rest to regain consciousness again. Eventually she will learn how to cast this normally, but for now it is for only the most desperate of situations. ((Not planning on using in this state, only currently included just in case something like this could be useful in a story scene))
  
  Passive:
  Landale Bloodline: As protectors of a powerful seal originally created by the Great Light, Palmans already boasted improved physical abilities compared to humans. The Landale bloodline is even more powerful, both physically and in regards to psionic Techniques and magical abilities. This also grants Dana access to the incredibly powerful ability, Megid, however it is currently impossible for her to use without endangering herself and everyone else around her. In addition, this bloodline has been mixed with that of the Espers, granting access to their unique magics.
  
  Fact Bloodline: The genetic heritage from Sarah holds unique and powerful magical abilities, however Dana isn't able to fully tap into these abilities at the moment as the Landale part of her heritage is overpowering this one. It is hoped with the recent treatment that things will balance themselves out and she'll be able to use more of these abilities as well.
  
  Genetic Disability: Up until a few months ago a genetic flaw caused Dana to have issues with an arm and a leg, preventing her from having full control of those limbs. In addition, it crippled her supernatural abilities, preventing her from using them without assistance of magitech. It was found that treatments that would treat one half of the problem made the other part worse and for decades they could find nothing that would treat everything at once without other serious issues. Then a doctor who was a family friend had an idea about a hypothetical treatment using the Emelas in Sarah's body. He had no data or other evidence that it would help, but he had no other leads and hoped that it would at least fortify Dana's body to better handle a treatment for her powers.
  
  Emelas Enhancements: As part of a hypothetical treatment for Dana's genetic disability when nothing else was working, this crystalline looking material that had been in her mother's body had been removed and placed within Dana instead. It was hoped that the properties of the substance that had granted Sarah improved physical abilities, health, and a longer lifespan in addition to empowering a particular ability of hers would help Dana with her disability. The treatment was more successful than expected, completely suppressing her physical handicap and allowing for a treatment that would restore control of her powers. This has allowed her to finally start learning how to defend herself without relying on magitech in addition to making life in general a bit easier for her. She also benefits from a minor increase to physical abilities.
  
  Spiritual Sense: Like her parents Dana is capable of sensing the spiritual auras of those around her. However, as she was reliant on magitech to fight until recently, she typically just used the sensors of her Assault Armor to detect nearby enemies and to gather information on them. As such this ability is largely untrained, making her almost as bad with it as her mother is.
  
  Child of Infinity: Born of those who fought in the final battle with the Supreme Darkness, the core of this individual is formed of a myriad of cosmic essences. This grants them an unique ability to adapt to other realities, a quality that even supposedly omnipotent beings lack. The child adapts immediately to the laws of reality governing new environments skipping the often slow and dangerous transition altogether. This quality has both advantages and disadvantages depending on the situation. As both of Dana's parents are Children of Infinity she has inherited this trait from them. ((What effects, if any, this has is up to GM discretion. Can provide examples from other RPs if needed))
  
  Unique strengths
  Combo Attacks: It is common practice on Neilgo for two or more allies to combine spells and Techniques together to create far more powerful attacks than either individual could do alone, for example combining the fire Technique Foi with the wind spell Hewn to create a devastating Firestorm. However this requires each participant to understand each ability being used in the combo and to be able to act in concert with each other. This means that typically only those who have experience fighting together can pull it off reliably. Dana is well versed in this skill and has done it in the past. With time she might be able to teach others how to do it so that they could perform combination attacks together.
  
  Two Sword Styles: Dana has gotten extensive experience with both the sword and shield style that her grandfather on her mother's developed as well as the two handed style that is popular on Neilgo. This gives her increased flexibility when dealing with various situations.
  
  Adaptable: Dana has been taught an extensive array of combat skills and abilities by her parents and various teachers. This means she can focus on mastering the ones that would be most useful for dealing with whatever kinds of dangers she ends up facing and what would best help her allies. It would take far too long to master all of them however, which means in this current crisis she will have to pick and choose carefully what abilities she focuses on mastering.
  
  Weaknesses
  Stabilizing Powers: While the treatments have allowed Dana to finally begin using her powers without magitech, many of the more advanced ones have become unsafe to use without such help. However, having been previously able to use a number while in her Assault Armor means that there is a chance she may attempt to instinctively cast one of them, resulting in either nothing happening or a hazardous release of supernatural energy that could harm her allies as well as herself.
  
  No Longer in Assault Armor: The vast majority of Dana's combat experience has been from within the metal shell of her custom Assault Armor. As she hasn't fully adjusted to fighting outside of it, it is possible during the heat of battle that she may take actions that would have been perfectly viable with the AA's protection, but hazardous (or at least not effective) outside of it.
  
  Skills
  Medical Knowledge: Dana had picked up an interest in the various tests and treatments that were being used to try to help with her condition and over time she ended up learning a number of first aid skills that can be helpful on a variety of humanoid species.
  
  Knowledge about other universes: Dana is most familiar with the Ys and Phantasy Star universes due to her heritage, however she has studied up on several others that her family has interacted with to one degree or another or are especially of interest to the Alliance. While she had access to a large portion of the Alliance database that contained information on even more universes and multiple multiverses, she had no reason to read up on most of them and remains uninformed about them.
  
• Inventory
  Weapon
  Laconian Sword: A powerful sword forged from a silver colored metal native to the Algo star system and later recreated on Neilgo. The weapon is is extremely sharp and durable and the unique properties of Laconia grant it a damage bonus against entities of an 'evil' or 'unholy' nature.
  
  Armor
  Laconian Shield: A durable shield capable of warding off most attacks. It is especially effective against ones from an 'evil' or 'unholy' source. The straps that would keep the shield bound to Dana's arm are part of a magitech mechanism, with a thought she can have the straps release and the shield will fly to her back where the straps will wrap around her shoulders. This allows her to easily swap between sword styles in battle as well as granting additional protection against attacks from behind when needed.
  
  Laconian Chainshirt: A fairly lightweight piece of defensive equipment, but the Laconia used in its construction gives it a surprising amount of toughness. Easily worn under regular clothing. Like the shield it is extra effective against 'evil' and 'unholy' attacks.
  
  Travel Boots: These boots appear to be regular leather boots, but between two layers of leather there is a thin mesh of the Freedom Army made metal Synth-Acrux that provides excellent protection against physical and heat based attacks. While a physical attack on par of advanced Gauss weaponry would be needed to damage the mesh, impacts from weaker attacks can still cause bruising and potentially break bones in the otherwise protected area. Due to its properties, traditional smiting methods can't be used to repair the mesh, only nano-tech or magical means can do the job.
  
  Other
  Exploration Clothing: Rugged and simple clothes meant for regular exploration and travel. Had a mild enchantment to ensure they stay clean and in good repair, but otherwise functions like normal clothing.
  
  Protection Circlet: A mandatory piece of equipment for members of the Neilgo royal family. This silver colored band provides protection against mind control, mind reading, poison, and disease.
  
  Royal Bracers: This quartet of Laconian bracers are a product of Neilgo's magitech development. Normally as a member of the royal family Dana would be entitled to the best possible version of this technology, but as she's undergoing training to get used to her newly healed body and powers, she's using a weaker model to help prevent herself from being too reliant on it. These bracers grant Dana a 10% boost to physical and spiritual abilities. Additionally they allow her to reduce or increase gravity's hold upon her by 10% with a thought. Reducing her weight allows for greater speed as well as increased jump height and distance, plus it can be helpful when dealing with things like quicksand and marshes to avoid or reduce how much she sinks, finally wall running and other fancy acrobatics becomes more feasible. Increasing gravity's hold offers increased stability and allows her to better resist effects that would push her around as well as increasing the force behind her downward sword strikes.
  
  Communications unit (partially disabled): A two piece device, an earpiece and the remote that is used to control the settings. Can be used for conventional communications such as radio but is primarily meant for calling in Dana's shuttle for pickup and inter-dimensional communication between realities. However, for reasons unknown to her the ID communication function does not work anymore, which also means she can't contact her shuttle.
  
  Escapepipe (disabled): Magitech device from Neilgo that transports the user to a pre-determined safe location, even if it means teleporting between universes or even multiverses. Disabled for an unknown reason.
  
  3x Trimate: Liquid medicine originating from Algo but still in use on Neilgo. Works akin to a powerful healing potion found in many realities.
  
  

 

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Natuul

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  overview
  name: Natuul'ormer Davulkask'eayeia
  
  age: 692
  
  species: Warden
  
  gender: Technically Female
  
  pronouns: she/they
  
  sexuality: Asexual
  
  archetype: Prime Guardian of Ayeia
  
  theme:
  
  
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  appearance
  appearance:
  
  
  
  
  size: Large
  
  height: 8'1
  
  weight: 197 lbs
  
  hair colour: The various plants that sprout from the gentle giantess' head are usually a bright green with a burst of color here and there. As her people get older, eventually the plant growth will dwindle and eventually begin to wither away.
  
  eye colour: Beneath the wooden mask that is her face, her eyes gently glow the light blue color of the am'tok, or life force of her world.
  
  body mods: Her people often use scarification in order to mark significant milestones or symbols of status into their wooden skin that are the only marks that do not instantaneously heal. Natuul has the symbol of elder on her forehead as well as marks on her right forearm that symbolize the achievement of rearing 2 saplings into maturation.
  
  scars: None. Minor damage can be healed seamlessly stitched back with her magic, while larger wounds that have pierced her are supplemented by new growth of wood that eventually pushes off the damaged layer, leaving smooth and supple skin.
  
  
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  persona
  personality: Wardens are notorious for being peaceful and kind to those with good intent, yet fierce and relentless when provoked into anger. As physical representations of the magic that flows within their land, her people are notoriously morally neutral, with personality only coming into play once a certain age of maturation comes into pass. As an elder that has seen many of her people rise and fall, she is rather somber and quiet for the most part and more of an isolationist than her peers who gather into communes. Her words are few and only spoken when necessary, and she has a rather intensive internal monologue in comparison. No memory has ever been lost to her, and is all accessible with contemplation. This causes even the smallest action or familiar scene to elicit unbidden memories to rise up and cycle within her mind which can be both useful and harmful. Her wisdom is a product of her many years and many, many lived experiences.
  She is and always has been very nurturing and selfless to any living beings, however, her experience with humanoids has caused there to be a bit of a dissonance from that typical caring nature. As a sapling, she was so trusting to the point she was gullible and assisted the Star People once, but a rather painful betrayal has limited her empathy towards the creatures. Their destruction of her homeland has caused the one peaceful Wardens to rush into anger and violence more automatically than in the past as a result, and Natuul's anger is quicker and more explosive than most of her kin.
  
  personal strengths: Wisdom, battle strategy, level-headedness, mediator
  
  
  personal flaws: stubborn/not easily swayed from her decisions, doesn't take orders from others well, becomes paralyzed if faced with too many decisions
  
  likes: Thunderstorms, gardening, crafting, meditation
  
  dislikes: Wonton destruction, fire, Star People
  
  
  
  backstory:
  
  In the days before the Culling, Wardens were created for more simpler purposes and in fewer numbers. They roamed the land ensuring peace and prosperity between all the various life forms that roamed on Aeiya. When the Star People came in mechanical devices Aeiya had never experienced, the Wardens did nothing but observe at first, for all their world knew of was life without war or strife. They watched as the Star People began moving in with larger numbers and settling, and they did nothing but avoid their territory. And then their world began to burn and be consumed by humans in their machines, and Aeiya urged them to retaliate. Natuul had been a sapling before the culling, but she grew among the horrors of war and greed. She watched her people fight courageously, only to be burned and captured. The Star People had found out that the magic within wardens was potent and could be used to strengthen and heal their weak mortal bodies, and soon Natuul witnessed her kin being captured, and she herself was one of them. They would be chained and confined in tight, dark metal boxes away from any sort of nature and continually injured so that their am'tok would leak and try to heal the body only to be extracted. Without being able to connect with the Mother Aeiya and replenish their lifeforce, the process would continually repeat until the Warden had exhausted it's magic and turned into a stone husk. It was only the courage of her fellow Warden that Natuul escaped and her people learned of their final and most deadly ability. She heard the faint whisper of her kin telling her to fortify her body as much as she could, and then she felt the immense heat of her kin's lifeforce melting her confinements. Still badly burned, she was confined further away from his cell and was able to limp off and free other Wardens that had not been within the blast and escape. Many Wardens were lost, and that night alone had reduced half of her people and left Natuul as the eldest. She swore to drive the Star People back to their lands or die trying.
  
  Over the next centuries, their battles dwindled and swelled, with the Wardens slowly getting beat back. The magic of Aeiya that had once been tangible on a mere breeze was slowly dying. Even in the midst of such sadness and devastation, there were still good times and moments of hope. Wardens were able to reproduce once mature, which had been an issue due to the few number of them, but Natuul found a companion in another Warden by the name of Mikkelnum and they were granted the blessing of two Seeds under the tree of Aeiya. Natuul defended them and taught them the ways of their land and people before their world had become a breeding ground of Star People and misery, and swore she would return their world to what it once had been so that her children may experience the true might of Aeiya. However, years continued to pass and losses were stacking to the point Wardens were rarely created and killed off too quickly. Her children continued to grow until they didn't require her guidance and joined the communes that Natuul refused to join herself. The loss of Mikkelnum only drove her to further isolation, and she could begin to feel the end nearing as she gazed out at her home and only saw smoke. Her sadness grew into an anger she had never felt drumming within her very body, and she began to go on solo suicide missions, desperate at any attempt to drive these invaders back. She continued to put herself in risky situations that nearly cost her life, yet would heal up and throw herself back into it. She would have died during one of these missions, except right before the mech had aimed its weapon at her, she found herself somewhere completely different. While she does cherish being saved, she would rather die for her homeland than for strangers. Unfortunately, without ties to her motherland and the ability to replenish her life source, she has a limited amount of time in this new world before she becomes a stone husk, her am'tok scattered in the wind , unable to even join her fallen kin in the afterlife.
  
  dnd alignment: True Neutral
  
  What is their driving motivation? Getting back to Aeiya and driving back the humans that have plagued their lands.
  
  What do they hope to achieve in this new life?: Amass allies that can possibly help her with the threat her people are facing back home, even if she herself doesn't make it.
  
  
  
  
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  Magical capacity: A
  Magical Ability: B
  Combat expertise: C
  -finesse: 1
  -power: 4
  -defence: 3
  -endurance: 2
  Physical ability: D
  -strength: 4
  -agility: 1
  -vitality: 3
  -stamina: 2
  Leadership: E
  Skill/crafts: C
  
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  AbilitiesPassive Commune:The am'tok, that flows within her and roots her to the primordial force of her home land allows her to understand the speech of all living beings in her native land, and also to quickly pick up and understand new languages and speech she experiences along the way. While this is usually a process still, she can make the process nearly instantaneous through the method of contact with the speaker and instilling a fragment of the am'tok within the individual that essentially "reads" and picks up the language. Plants have a different way of communication that is typically one-sided, so she cannot just go about speaking to trees and such.
  
  Passive Self-Healer: Wardens are essentially hollow wooden bodies with a surplus of their land's magic within, and any damage to this exterior means the chance of losing that lifeblood/magic within. Upon damage, the body will immediately attempt repairing the outer shell. Smaller wounds can be stitched together, while larger wounds must be closed via new wood growth that is still rather quick. The success and speed of recovery has to do with the availability of their am'tok, and if that magic runs out, the light fades and their bodies will harden to the equivalent of stone and never rise again.
  
  Invigorate: This is a basic ability taught to all saplings. Natuul relinquishes a small portion of the am'tok into another living being, which reduces fatigue and other varying negative symptoms. While it can help boost the body's natural healing capacity, it's more useful as a catalyst, aka speeding up another magic user's healing effect upon the individual. Otherwise, this ability is more along the lines of "refueling" the target's mana and magic and prolong their ability to fight. Natuul must be in physical contact of the person and the effects are only for a few minutes and needs a refreshing period due to her magic being too concentrated for other living beings to handle too often or in large amounts.
  
  Nature's Wrath: Natuul speaks to the trees, and they respond with a furious might. Natuul's magic can amplify the size, weight, and attributes of plant life and use them in devastating attacks. She can make vines elongate in width and length and grow thorns, make the smallest blade of grass become snake-like ropes, and with a hefty amount of magic, trees can come alive to beat and ensnare her enemies with their branches. The larger the plant and the time controlling it can become quite draining and dangerous since Natuul only has so much magic available since she is cut off from her world.
  
  Fortify: Natuul can use her magic to harden her exterior and act as a level of armor for a short period of time. She will mainly use this for the offensive, however, and harden her claw-like fingers in order to deal more damage. This ability isn't very exhaustive, but still must be used sparingly.
  
  Passive Final Call:All Wardens know that "death" is imminent and their body's are merely vessels. If there is a point where there is absolutely no chance of escape or it would do more good to sacrifice themselves, Wardens will separate their am'tok from the body, and this magic dissipates in one final devastating blast of magic that essentially vaporizes everything within a 40-foot radius.
  
  
  
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