...screw it. Here we go. Soldiers of Light Interest/Sign-Up Thread

[Steel Shadow]

I am the demandor. I demand all the things. Already Zelenha is manipulating events from behind the scenes.

[Flarecobra]

Message from Raiden:

Originally Posted by Raiden

Can't seem to log in on my phone and stuck at work. Can you post real quick in the thread saying that I'll needed to talk with Steel when I get home about how exactly magic in the setting works?

[Steel Shadow]

Always pickin' on me.

Which is to say it seems fairly simple? Humans need deals with the Kami to make with the fireballs. I figured Zel's foreign origin would stick her with weird looking magic that basically works to the same principles - ie. she has deals with various Kami across the world - heck, she probably owes most, maybe all, a service or two. It's that correct? How would you like to play it boss?

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Steel Shadow

Always pickin' on me.

[lazy man]

Nostalgia rang, and thus I decided to join... although with something quite a bit different than usual. Somehow still has to do with souls and spirits though. Huh.

Obviously changes will come if Raiden deems them necessary, but I just thought this up so changes shouldn't hurt too much.

Name: Yuurei no Seishi

Side: Dark

Race: Spirit

Age: Unknown, at least hundreds of years old

Appearance: A glowing, misty form with the general appearance of a humanoid of varying height. Some features seem to shift in every now and then, but are in constant flux and hard to discern.

Weapons: Depends on the situation, see first ability

Special Skill: Spirit Manipulation - With the vast energy needed to project a physical form from the plane of the dead, Yuurei can change its form to suit its needs. Whether this is a weapon or shield, or even a devastating expulsion of its gathered energies, this manipulation is something Yuurei is still mastering, only recently becoming more powerful due to the coming conflict.

Spectral - Not being of this world, Yuurei is more of a ghost or phantom than an actual physical being, able to phase through walls or become invisible to those who are not spiritually sensitive (when it wills it, obviously). In this sense, it cannot be truly killed, but its physical form can be undone for a time (length of time depending on how destructive or spiritually attuned the attack that did the deed was). This can last any time between a day to much, much longer (think decades, here). Dispelling physical form to dodge an attack can be a last ditch effort to remain conscious in the physical world, but will scatter its essence, which must be gathered over a small period to reform (this would effectively put him out of the rest of a fight).

History: In the battle between good an evil, many have died that wished they could live. Human, demon, niether good nor evil mattered when their spirit passed on, but some still clung to the belief that they could find life in this new existence. These lingering souls clung together in a last ditch effort to believe in their existence, wandering onward in a seemingly pointless struggle. But as the number of spirits slowly went up, passing through battlefields and massacres the world over, a new existence began to form. A hive mind of sorts, a conglomerate of spirits that sought to escape the fate of fading from the world. Wandering, gathering, growing... eventually the hive mind reached a point where it decided to form more of an individual to getter wander and see the world around it without confusion. An unknownable time later, the individual became more of its own being, a representative of the community that would gather roaming spirits and absorb them, thereby gaining more power and insight into the changing physical world.

With even more time, this being figured out how to project itself into the physical world. Only briefly at first, to the terror of those it appeared near. It eventually heard someone utter "Yuurei no Seishi", and came to accept it as a name for itself despite its rather easy to understand meaning. After hundreds of confusing years as a group, there was now a name, and with a name came more understanding. Seeking out those who could more clearly sense it, Yuurei began to learn the state of the world, and how light and dark were constantly at war with one another. With no concept of good or evil, Yuurei began to wonder if it should take a side... and came to the conclusion, after many years of thought, that niether side mattered at all. In death, all were equal among others in form and power. Reaching this conclusion, Yuurei decided that balance between the two was most important. Light kept those alive at peace, while dark unknowingly paid its tribute to the dead. Peace and calamity went hand-in-hand throughout time, and Yuurei would seek to keep that balance uninterrupted.

Reaching the present, Yuurei could feel light beginning to well up in the world, threatening to overthrow the dark for good. The dark responded in kind, gathering its forces to reform the Demon Lord born and slain long before Yuurei had itself gained sentience. This event, Yuurei realized, would be the cornerstone of future events and decide which side would be more powerful from here on in. Whether this was actually the case or not was something to be experienced, but Yuurei decided to join the forces of darkness in order to create a greater balance between the two sides in this upcoming fight. Whether it is to facilitate its own growth through a higher death toll in the world or to seek to undermine the darkness... only Yuurei truly knows.

[Red Mage Black]

To add a note here. Make all the characters female and we got ourselves a Touhou game. We got ourselves everything from humans, to yokai, to demons and even spirits. I think the only thing we're missing is fairies and an oni.

Correction, we have an ice sidhe. All we're missing is an Oni.

[PhoenixFlame]

Originally Posted by Red Mage Black

To add a note here. Make all the characters female and we got ourselves a Touhou game. We got ourselves everything from humans, to yokai, to demons and even spirits. I think the only thing we're missing is fairies and an oni.

Correction, we have an ice sidhe. All we're missing is an Oni.

I can even Danmaku. Dohohoho~

[Sithdarth]

Name: Senken no Akira
Side: Light
Race: Human
Age: 40ish (He doesn't even remember)
Appearance: Akira is about average height and a little on the thin side. He generally wears the robes of a traveling Shinto monk and uses an usual looking walking stick. The most notable thing about him is the blindfold he wears to hide the fact that he no longer has eyes.

Weapons: That unusual walking stick is actually a specially crafted conduit for his Ki and his primary weapon.

Special Skill: Second Sight - Akira has the slightly heightened senses generally associated with the blind but beyond that he also has the ability to sense the spirits of the things around him which allows for a kind of sight (he definitely won't be reading anything or seeing colors though). His walking stick acts as a sort of conduit enhancing this ability allowing him to sense things clearly in a 10 ft radius circle. Beyond that radius things quickly become indistinct and he must rely on his other senses. Without the walking stick he can barely make things out at 4 ft. This second sight also allows him to see the flow of Ki in living beings which means that while he is unaffected by light levels a large release of Ki will have about the same effect as a flash bomb.

Supernatural Aikido - Essentially a variant of Aikido with the addition that his second sight allows Akira to slowly disrupt the Ki flow of his opponents. This disruption can have effects ranging from a decrease in physical ability to internal organ damage. The disruption accumulates slowly over time so the effects are rarely noticeable at first. Akira generally prefers to subdue his opponents so he generally only fights until they are weak enough for him to overpower. The special nature of his walking stick (i.e. its ability to channel Ki) allows him to use it as an extension of his own body to disrupt the Ki flow of his opponents.

History: Akira was a Shinto monk in training when it became clear that the forces of evil were once again massing. The leaders of his shrine asked for a volunteer to undergo a ritual that would give the volunteer the ability to fight the evil and help purify the world. They warned that a great sacrifice would be needed as part of the ritual. Akira had come to the shrine as an orphan after an encounter with an evil Kami resulted in the death of his parents. As such he was very eager to gain the ability to destroy evil. This ritual is the origin of Akira second sight and the reason he no longer has eyes. It is also the origin of his name. After the completion of the ritual the monks told him that he was now Senken no Akira and that he should travel and search for companions that would help him purify the world. As a parting gift he was given the walking stick he now uses.

Extra: The walking stick is a bit more durable than your average stick given its unique origin and the presence of Akira's Ki. If it is ever destroyed it can be replaced but only with great effort. Akira would need to find a very old tree with a very strong spirit and convince it to willingly give him a branch. That branch must then be ritually purified over several days before it can be used as a conduit for Ki. The result is a piece of wood that is still alive despite being detached from a tree. However, if it loses contact with Akira for more than a day the wood will begin to die. Once dead the wood is useless as a conduit and must be replaced.

Sorry it took so long to get this together. I thought I was more settled on an idea than I actually was.

[Raiden]

Lot of people with walking sticks. Looking forward to when they eventually get mixed up.

Sith: Approved.

Lazy: Approved

Steel: More or less, though this adds something about magic I should also point out for everyone.

I'm typing between client shifts and nursing a headbutt to the chin so I can't be arsed to go back and read the first post explanation of the game (which honestly is mostly a copy-paste of my last one four years ago), but magic works one of two ways in the game. First way is if you're a demon, then you have your own magical well to draw upon. If you're human, though, you have no inherent magical power. What you have to do is draw upon the power of Kami, which are the elemental spirits around you. That can be done either amicably through pacts with a certain element, or it can be stolen through darker rituals. For fluff it's essentially the same results, just that if you get too used to stealing power from Kami they'll get pretty pissed off.

What that also means, though, is that human magic users have to be more aware of their surroundings. If you're, say, on a boat in the ocean? Water Kami will be abundant, so Water Magic will be really powerful. Fire Kami? Not so much. So have to be aware of the environment you're in.

[Overcast]

Wicked Crone Alessa, pretty much Alastor, perhaps more mocking.