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[Raiden]

In the land of placeholders, the half-finished profile is king.

Also, AB and Overcast are approved.

[Astral Harmony]

Anymore Darksiders and I'll have to put Tsubasa in with the good guys.

[Julford Hajime]

What the hell. Why not. My typical RP'ing site died while I was away.

Name: Yuiri Kotone

Side: Light. Technically.

Race: Human

Age: 23

Appearance: Short, roughly 5'4". Short brown hair, brown eyes, no facial hair. Green shirt, black pants. Both relatively loose without being baggy. Female.

Weapons: Three foot long metal pole, roughly one inch thick. Unbreakable, and does not transfer energy (Heat, electricity, etc.). Constantly at room temperature.

Special Skill:
- General, simple magic: Small fireballs, bolts of electricity, chunks of rock, etc. (I'm curious how you feel towards general magic use, and I am willing to go into more detail. Let me know how much more detail you'd like, if any)
- Teleportation: Kotone can teleport any distance between 2 and 5 feet. She can do this roughly once every three seconds.

History: Kotone never cared for the life expected of her; she hated kids, and never dreamt of having any of her own. Instead, she desired strength, glory, and all those things most young boys dreamt of. However, forbidden from any sort of training, she never developed the combat skills the boys did as they went through training. Eventually, she ran away, disguising herself as a man and taking up the sword.

Her first battle resulted in her being left in a pool of her own blood, seconds away from dying as she watched her foes leave to celebrate their victory. Furious, she cursed everything she could; if she'd been allowed to train, she wouldn't have been beaten. Had she been trained, she'd have had power. Power.

In what should have been her final moments, a local kami took pity on her; lending its' power to her in exchange for some excitement. Kotone accepted the offer, but took it a step further; soon after accepting the power of the first kami, she dominated it, took all of its' soul and power into herself. This wouldn't be her only time doing this, either; she sought out more kamis, dominating them as she came across them.

This process took its' toll on Kotone, though. By the fifth kami, she had lost most of herself; all that was left was the desire for more power, the desire to be the only one WITH power. As such, Kotone has gained the powers of the kami spirits she came into contact with, but feels the need to prove her power against most people she meets. While she does not go from town to town killing everything that breathes, anyone that shows potential will summarily be attacked by Kotone.

Extra: Really, she's kinda neutral more than anything. She has no interest in helping the cause of killing Telkatz moreso than she's interested in proving herself to be stronger than anyone else in existence, Telkatz included.

[Dauntasa]

Can someone think of a name for me? I'm like 95% finished my profile but all the names I come up with sound stupid.

[Teal Mage]

Originally Posted by Dauntasa

Can someone think of a name for me? I'm like 95% finished my profile but all the names I come up with sound stupid.

You might have some luck with these name catalogues, I use them a lot. Last Names, and First Names.

Anyway, uh, I suppose since I'm already posting, I should say this is a placeholder? I've got a character mostly outlined (could be Dark or Light), but I don't want to post it while I'm this tired - I might miss a glaring problem.

They're another magic user. So, unless a lot more people put up mages, that'll be what I play. If magic becomes really popular, I'll figure something else out.

[Geminex]

In the land of placeholders, the half-finished profile is king.

Kay.


Name: Yamato Tetsuo
Side: Dark
Race: Human
Age: 29
Appearance: ????
Special Skill: Not sure yet. Either assassination-related stuff, or maybe something information/control related.

History: The legend goes that his ancestor had sworn loyalty to the demon lord at the time of the final clash between the two sides, commanded a contigent of human forces, and was one of the few Dark-side humans to survive said battle. Not to survive it voluntarily, mind you. He was defeated in combat, wounded, left for dead in the Light side's last charge. He came to hours later, aching, wounded horribly, his side defeated, his honor sullied. He had let his side be defeated, had fallen, had failed his lord. Tetsuo's ancestor had been a very fanatical man, very devoted to a cause, and this cause had been, in his eyes, worthy. And so, there it should have ended. His blade had still lain where it had dropped from his fingers and, with some effort, his ancestor had grasped, stood, swung it around until it was pointed at him... paused for a moment, trembled, felt regret, such regret, fear and then determination. The thought that filled his mind as he threw himself on the blade was that, even if his lord was dead, his honor would be saved.

Only it wasn't. The blade shattered, and in the light of the setting sun, the first few rays of moonlight, the fires of the last few torches, reflected in the shards of the blade, his ancestor had seen... something. Something that made him change his mind. Sign? Omen? It was unknown. But he turned from suicide, and knew, knew, that he had to survive, be ready. His lord would return, he had to be ready. Fragments of steel littered the bloodstained ground around him as he turned away, wept at a broken lord, a broken blade. And broken honor too. Because his sword had broken, when his lord had touched him through the failing light and the rising shadows, he hadn't been forgiven. He'd been called, but not forgiven. And he had to answer that call, no matter the cost. Even if it cost him his honor. So he abandoned his name, started going by Yamato, founded a dynasty.

A dynasty wreathed in shadows, that never used swords, that had no honor. But powerful nonetheless, adept at leading, at making deals. They gathered strength, out of sight. One son a generation, each father teaching his heir what had to be done, and how to do it. The line was without honor, their honor had been replaced by devotion to their Lord. If their ancestor had been fanatical, they had ten times his devotion, because honorlessness had festered and their line's shame had been passed on with the family history, and the teachings. So goes the legend. Mostly true, too.

And thus Tetsuo lived, fanatical, in the shadows, learning, first from his teachers, then from his father, then from the world itself, fighting his own, dark battles, gaining power where he could, applying what he knew. No troops to call his own, no sword to fight his battles with, but intigue and betrayal worked perfectly well, strategy and deception replaced fortitude and morale, and daggers could pierce what swords could not. Dark battles, fought in the name of being ready, being prepared. And then, when spies started arriving, and word started coming that a great evil had descended upon the land, a king of demons...
Tetsuo rejoiced. They were honorless. But goddanm, they were prepared.



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I'm thinking, could I replace his personal techniques with the ability to call upon his Dynasty's resources? Or could I try to combine the two? What would you allow?

And yeah, there you have it. Chaotic evil, except for in respect to his lord, where he's so lawful, a Paladin would tell him to chill. Fanatic to the point of being insane, but very good at strategy (I'm thinking of having him write the in-game equivalent of "The Art of War") and very, very devious and deceptive.

Does that work?

[Raiden]

Originally Posted by Geminex

I'm thinking, could I replace his personal techniques with the ability to call upon his Dynasty's resources? Or could I try to combine the two? What would you allow? Does that work?

Technically, special skills can mean a wide variety of things for a human, so yeah having large amounts of resources on hand seems like a viable special skill. So long as I don't see an army being requisitioned we should be good. So you're TENTATIVELY approved, until I see the full profile.

Julford: Approved, and you wouldn't be the first time we had a neutral character who liked to switch sides. *coughKrylocough*. And the general magic is approved, so long as you realize that by not specifying a specific magic, your general magic is going to be pretty weak. A fireball to the face is still effective as a fireball to the face, but you're not going to be summoning a vortex of fire like someone else probably can. But otherwise it's good.

Steel Shadow: Looks good to me, though honestly seeing as it's a lot of PvP that'll be going on, everyone has a slight weapon immunity of "not going to break" just because people will get upset if the other team makes their weapon shatter. HOWEVER, someone's special skill may be the ability to shatter a weapon, and the general immunity won't protect you from that.

Nagel: The character itself looks good, except the limit on special skills is technically 2, while your character has three. I was going to be lenient on the speed as demons tend to be physically stronger than humans, but then you said it can move at the speed of sound which seems very specific. So right now he has Super Speed, Hypnotism, AND Venom, and I'm gonna need you to pick two of those in order for me to approve it.

Menarker: Sounds good. Just don't pick on a single person on the Dark Side, as I don't want PMs of "He's making my character ineffective all the time!" Good character, just seems easily abuseable. Approved.

Batgirl: approved, since while your one skill is pretty nice, you made it take up both slots so I'll let you go with it.

Lazy: Approved. Just because you've played the guy before and he's fun to have around.

[rapter200]

Name: Osech Sulran
Side: Light
Race: Human
Age: 38

Appearance: Sulran stands at 6'1?. He is a very muscular man from years training with his weapon of choice. He wears a gray hooded cloak so as to hide his weapon from curios eyes. His hair is brown but slightly graying on the outskirts. His eyes are the color of silver and have a look that would unnerve many.

Weapons: Sulran carries with him a single weapon, it is a revolver modeled after the Pfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolver named Kore Wa Desu (It is death, これ　は　デス). On-top of the already incredibly large caliber of the Revolver the rounds can very quite a bit from ones that are designed to explode a few seconds after hitting something, throwing shrapnel everywhere, to rounds that are solid slugs.


Special Skill:

Super Human Strength: This is needed to be able to wield his revolver one handed and to handle the recoil.

Dead eye accuracy: Through years of practice Sulran has gained god like accuracy, he can shoot dimes thrown in the air from a hundred meters away. Consequently his eyes seem to have some kind of magical aura about them.

History: At the age of 15 Sulran started his career as a bounty hunter, he wasn't very good at it at first, he always somehow managed to lose his captives on the way back to collecting. But as he grew older his skill grew as well. Soon he was working high level bounties, but no matter what he always bring them in dead, one thing he learned to do while growing up to make sure they couldn't run away. In the 23 years as a bounty hunter he developed great accuracy from long range with his weapon of choice. He inherited Kore Wa Desu when his father was killed by a demon. Sulran does not trust any demon, no matter what side they are on. Though he will begrudgingly fight beside one if he needs to.

[Teal Mage]

Alright then, mage character time! I tried to use common words in place of the Japanese ones - especially for the clothes. I'm not very knowledgeable about traditional Japanese fashion, so I'd more likely mix the terms up and make it more confusing than it'd be if I, well, didn't.

So anyway, Old School Mage Character time! I suppose it should be stated that Kami are manifestations of the power of nature - roughly equilivant to spirits in western myth, but that's an oversimplification.

Still, for the profile's sake, that'll do.

Name: Kobayashi Ryou
Side: Light
Race: Half-Demon
Age: 19
Appearance: Lightly tanned skin, straight blue-black hair hanging loosely past his neck, golden eyes. Slim build, handsome features, slightly taller than average. Clothing includes a wide sleeved and white trimmed back overrobe, with the stylized image of a gold eye on the back; robe is normally held closed by a white thread at his waist. Wears loose black pants and a deep gold shirt beneath under the coat. Carries a black sheathed dagger in his sleeve.

Weapon:
Ritual Dagger, A single edged dagger, blessed to counteract harmful curses (or, in some cases, blessings) laid upon an object or a living creature. To dispel a curse on a human, they must be stabbed. Purifying an object requires the blade to be heated; which makes it burst into white flames. Doesn't inflict extra damage to demons. Normally carried in a simple black sheath.

Special Skills:

Environmentalism, By manipulating the Kami around him, Ryou is able to exercise a degree of control over the environment around him. This ability's effects vary heavily place-to-place. Most manifestations of it will be as a weak form of elementalism (bursts of wind, tree roots tripping people, the ground rolling like water, etc), but there are some more esoteric applications - like using a river Kami to protect himself from fire, or a wind Kami to erect wards. If there aren't any Kami around, Ryou can't use this ability.

Mysticism, Using his demon blood augmented will, Ryou can - often indirectly - influence the events around him. In practice, that usually manifests as spells of protection, healing, luck or binding. Using catalysts, like a lock of the target's hair, their true name, or a circle drawn in the dirt, can amplify the power of whatever Ryou does. Unlike Kami manipulation, any kind of Mysticism is draining - it draws directly from his own energy. The discipline is also highly symbolic; harmful spells are especially strict in their requirements for some kind of connection to the target.

History: Descended from a long line of spiritualists with unnatural inner strength, Ryou was trained from a young age in the mystic arts and destined to, one day, become a village shaman. Under the instruction of his mother and grandfather - both renowned mystics in their own rights - Ryou completed his training quickly. Afterward, he was sent to another village to study under a friend of the family, an elderly priestess, to obtain more practical experience. For all his talent, he was far from ready to take care of a village.

Two years have past since he left his family home, and he's learned a lot about the world, and himself, since then. Now, he's worrying about the strange whisperings from the Kami, something seems to be happening, and it isn't good. With the strength of his spiritual powers, Ryou feels obligated to get involved. Whatever that means.

Extra: Ryou's really much less than a half demon, as the demon blood has become thinned substantially since it was first introduced into the family line. His eyes and hair color are the only real signs that he's supernatural - beyond his inner strength. I suppose you could say he's only 1/16 of a demon. Consequently, he isn't much better than a human in battle, unless you count magic.

[Naqel]

Originally Posted by Raiden

Nagel: The character itself looks good, except the limit on special skills is technically 2, while your character has three. I was going to be lenient on the speed as demons tend to be physically stronger than humans, but then you said it can move at the speed of sound which seems very specific. So right now he has Super Speed, Hypnotism, AND Venom, and I'm gonna need you to pick two of those in order for me to approve it.

Since you say demons are by default physically superior when compared to humans, and you already gave me a finger by mashing both venom skills into one, I guess I'll just drop sub-sound speed attacks.

Though to be honest, my original plan was to group them all in a single skill called "Snake Skills", cause technically, if you simply enlarged a cobra to that size, it'd get all those abilities, and from there it's a matter of demonizing them as the "second skill".