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[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Teal Mage

Krylo, your character is actually fine. I'm curious though, is the summoned Rapier made of silver, a non-descript magic metal or something else? Can't be iron, Fae hate that.

Was always intended to be silver. Just forgot to mention it. Edited into sheet.

As a small note though, because of how subdued his Glamour ability is, I'll let you add another small effect to his wings or sword, maybe they can glow or be used to soften a fall from a great height? Either way, the small boost should be something minor.

Added the softening the fall thing to his wings. Edited into sheet as well.

Congrats though, first approved character! You should feel special.

I always feel special.

[Dracorion]

Right, so.

I added Teal's observation on Aura Reading to Jack's profile. That was pretty much what I had in mind, though.

I also added some justification for Jack knowing Flash Move. Honestly, I can't believe I didn't see that opening before. And it also works as the reason he finds out about magic in the first place.

The air magic... eh, I'm going to leave it as it is, and take away the "making hits stronger" bit. Sure, it won't be much useful right at the start, but hell, it'll grow into a powerful weapon and until that happens, he can still kick ass and take names without it.

As for his relationships. Aside from his adoptive parents, none. Well, he's officially already joined the social club, but he didn't really meet anyone. Jack would rather get lost in a big-assed school rather than walk up to a stranger and go all "Umm..." and then be supremely embarrassed about not being able to talk to people. Not to mention it's more fun that way.

Not that he's a wangsty lonely guy by any means, God no. But he's joining the social club specifically to try and get past that little character flaw.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Originally Posted by Teal Mage

BardTheFif...I'm just calling you Bard. Yes, you can summon a motorcycle, but prolonged use will make you tired since it uses your energy, not fuel. However, you have the same problem that Overcast did; humans can't learn about their powers on their own. So, character rejected for that.

Might as well say a few things about your powers while I'm at it. Fire Magic would be limited to creating bursts of fire around his body, making it pretty much limited to melee use. A simple Fireball spell would probably work better. Given the current background, Flash Move wouldn't work either because teleporting is really hard to self-teach.

Don't get how his aura is dark red, by the way. It seems like it would be a pale blue, if anything. He seems to have it fairly well refined, and elemental control and motorcycles are things I typiclaly associate with the west. Since I've no idea how you arrived at that color though, I'm willing to listen to your reasons for it.

Also gonna add that I'm a little surprised that Nicholai has no relationships, you'd think there'd at least be someone out to get revenge on him. Not to mention someone watching to make sure he stays in line.

I would change my username, but I find the effect of the info-box much too fun.

I included that he was a parahuman, but I'll change it around. He'll probably be a nonhuman in that case.

Alright I'll revise the fire magic stuff.

I misinterepreted the aura thing. I figured Red just because he was more crazy with his powers. Blue probably would fit better.

I just hadn't included anything on relations. I was going to say something about fellow delinquent, but I simply was low on time.

I'm probably going to rewrite him Maybe make a new character. I have something in mind.

Edit: Would a half-demon character be acceptable?

[Arcanum]

Definitely interested in this, though I was busy with SC2 all yesterday so I didn't notice this until today. Regardless! I read the opening post and will read the rest of the thread before I write up a character.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Hell yes put me down as a placeholder.

[IHateMakingNames]

Name: Michael Jones

Gender: Male

Aura: Dark green

Appearance: Michael looks sixteen years old. He stands at 5'7", and still growing. He's a decent looker, nothing fancy but nothing to look over. Spending quite a bit of time outside, the sun has given his brown hair lighted highlights and his skin a good tan. He has a good build from tennis and general working out. Normally he wears darker colors, and fancies button-up shirts.

Race: Human

Abilities:

Summon Creature: Mountain Lion - There is a mountain lion that Michael regularly feeds outside his house; it is actually a summoned creature.

Illusion: Building Parts - When alone in his room, Michael often thinks about parts of a building or how he would construct something. Unconsciously he creates an illusion of parts of the building, which he writes off as good imagination.

Summon Item: Tennis Ball - Michael always seems to have another tennis ball in his pocket while playing.

Background: As a child Michael lived in Colorado. He would often go on nature walks with his parents, and one time near some mountains he happened to stumble across a mountain lion. He was too young to be aware that he should be afraid of it, and instead just wanted to pet the big kitty. Before anything bad happened, his mother scared off the mountain lion, but the encounter gave a great interest in mountain lions, eventually turning into interest in all animals.

After the mountain lion incident, Michael's parents decided to move to Ansidor. His father got a good job in the area and his mother grew up there and loved the area, so they bought a nice house in a good neighborhood. Since they moved Michael away from his friends, he ended up spending much more time indoors. He spent a good bit of time with his father. This is when Michael grew a love for drawing, since his father would show him his blueprints, which to Michael were just fancy drawings. At this point Michael's dream was to be an architect like his dad.

To get Michael back outside and meet new friends, his mother taught him how to play tennis. He quickly took a liking to the sport, and entered some tennis classes and eventually a club. This is where he met Doug, and soon Doug's friend Byrce. The three became close friends since they also went to the same school. It was around this time that his little sister, Janice, was born.

During school Michael got good grades, because of the heavy hints his mother placed on him to do well. She wanted Michael to go to the Amaranth Institute for the Gifted just like she did. Michael did get into the school, though none of his friends did.

Most of his free time is spent playing tennis with team members or friends, hanging out at a friend's house, or sitting at home. His little sister currently idolizes him, and while he plays with her when he is at home, she wants to go out with him, and which he does not. He has combated this is to get his sister into painting and drawing, so he can draw up buildings and animals at his own leisure while she is quietly painting some fruit, yet they are still hanging out.

Recently, he has found a mountain lion hanging around his house. No one believes him, since it only seems to come out when he's alone, and will run when others approach. Michael has started to feed it, hoping to somehow catch it.

Michael's mother decided it would be best for Michael to move into the dorms at Amaranth. Most of the students there transfer in from out of country or state, thus live in the dorms. To get the full Amaranth experience Michael should live in the dorms too. Plus he could come home at any time. His father agreed, thinking it would be good for Michael to get out of the house. His sister protested but she was outnumbered in votes, so Michael moved to the dorms. The cougar he was feeding seems to have followed him.

Clubs:
Tennis team
He'll try out various art clubs

Notes: Due to his interest, he has a very good eye and memory for forms of buildings and animals.

Relationships:

Justin Crawford – A guy Michael met when trying out for the tennis team. He immediately challenged Michael to see who hit a can first off a serve, and won. Then lost a challenge to see who can hit a ball further. He has brown hair and is fairly pale outside of summer tennis season. He's a bit of a showoff, mainly with his tennis serve, and likes to one-up people when he can. He can quickly laugh it off when his attempts to outdo others fail.

Doug Fowler and Byrce Welch - They have been Michael's main friends since middle school. Doug was a friend from tennis and he just met Byrce at school. They do not go to Amaranth. Doug is a good looking blond boy, and Bryce is a tad on the husky side with black hair and brown eyes. Both are laid back, like to hang out and play video games, and talk about girls.

Thomas and Marina Jones - Michael's parents. Thomas is a successful architect and Marina is a stock broker. His mother is a former student of Amaranth Institute for the Gifted, a witch, and part of the Witch's Association of America. Thomas is rather serious recently, having gotten an important project, and spends a lot of time at home doing work. He tries to make time for Janice, and doesn't bother Michael since as he explains it "he's a big boy now." His mother is rather doting on the two, and seems to be getting worried about Michael for reasons he can't figure out.

Janice Jones - Michael's six year old sister. She always wants to do things with Michael, while he doesn't. He makes sure to spend time with her when at home so she won't complain when he leaves without her. He is currently getting her into painting. She looks like your traditional cute younger sister, complete with brown pigtails, big hazel eyes, and currently losing baby teeth.

Theodore McFluffy - The newer family dog, an Alaskan Husky, currently one year old. Named by his sister. Still a puppy and very active, spends most of it's time with Janice or bothering George.

George - The older family dog, a Boston Terrier, currently eleven years old. Worn out and spends most of his time lying around.




On Relationships, do you care if all our friends are non-human, or parents are part of a paranormal organization? What's the limitation on magicing up relationships, and background? Additionally, what is the percentage of magicy (non)people in the school? Are all staff members wizards or something? I was under the impression that this is like Hogwarts, where if you have magic you go here. Seems more like the Professor Landry may be the only magical thing, and all the PC stuff is just coincidentally centered here.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Unfinished for right now. I'll complete later.

Name: Nicholai Barbarove AKA The idiot

Gender: Male

Aura: dark red

Appearance: Nicholai stands at about 6 ft, and about 180 lbs. He looks a bit older than he is. He has blue eyes, and his hair is a dark shade of brown. His bangs go pretty far down, to his eyebrows, and also touch his collar in the back. He usually wheres a gray jacket and a red t-shirt below it. Hie eyesight isn't great, so he wears a small pair of glasses. He can go without the glasses, but things get blurry.

Race: Parahuman Fighter

Abilities

• Nothing right now. Can he summon a motorcycle?
  
  
• Elemental Magic: Fire. It's not much for right now, but he is capable of creating small amounts of flame and heat. He likes to form it around his hand to add more oomph to a punch.
  
  
• Flash Move: Short Range Teleportation.

Background: Nicholai grew up in a city off to the Northeast. It was a very crowded Urban area, and Nicholai was the middle child of about 6 kids. It wasn't awful, but he was neglected a fair bit. So he would constantly be out and hanging out with the mostly wrong crowd.

Nicholai wasn't quite a member of a gang, but they weren't friends from Sunday School. They would vandalize, part like hedonists, and drag race. The last one was what he liked the most. License or not, he loves driving, motorcycle or car.

Fights were also rather common. That's how Nicholai discovered his abilities. He soon became aware he had powers that went beyond that of a normal human, and he used this awareness to his advantage. No one would mess with him, lest they get burns across their face.

His position as king didn't last long though. His status as a parahuman was discovered due to his blatant use of it. Before he could totally blow his cover, he got shipped off to Amaranth Institute so his stupidity wouldn't screw anyone over.

Clubs

• Karate Club
• Mechanics club
• Riding Club

Notes: He has a tendency to carry a small switchblade with him, although he prefers a fist fight. Although he doesn't smoke anymore, he still carries his lighter. He also has some flame resistant gloves lying around, so he doesn't burn his own hand off.

Relationships: Probably none.

[Dracorion]

Name: Jackson Hall

Gender: Male

Aura: Pale blue

Appearance: At eighteen, Jack stands at 5’10’’, decently built, if perhaps a little slender. He has green eyes and messy black hair. He wears jeans, sneakers, a blue shirt and a brown leather duster.

Race: Wizard (Parahuman)

Abilities:

- Elemental Manipulation (Air): Just light manipulation of air. At most, Jack can create a stiff breeze that could maybe knock somebody down if they’re already wildly off-balance. Jack's range is about a spear-length in any direction. He can manipulate wind to blow away most ranged attacks.

Jack can also wrap air bubbles around his hands, provided he takes some time to focus on it. The bubbles burst on impact, adding some extra "oomph" to one hit. Because they take so much focus, Jackson can't manipulate air in any other way while the air bubbles last. If something distracts him (like being hit hard) the bubbles would burst automatically.

- Instant Movement: Flash Move.

- Enhanced Aura Reading: Lvl. 1, White Elemental.
When an opponent's aura flares, Jackson's able to read information about their powers by looking at their aura. If the flare is too brief, or the power set is too diverse, the information he can attain is more limited.


Background: Eighteen years ago, a baby was found in a basket outside an orphanage, with a silver locket and a note that said “Jackson Hall”. Since there was no one in the orphanage by that name, it was assumed that it was the baby’s name.

For all his life, Jack was bounced from foster home to foster home, never staying with one family for more than eight months. He was always, for the most part, allowed to pursue various things, though he never settled on any one interest. At fifteen, he was introduced to the family that would stick with him for the rest of his life (though he didn't know it at the time), Nathaniel and Kendra Carter. They were both members of a Paranormal organization, though they kept that and everything else related to magic hidden from their adoptive son.

During a schoolyard fight, Jack's magic manifested when he knocked a bully back with a gust of wind without actually touching him. Jack didn't notice, though, and his parents merely thought it was strange. His powers kept manifesting more and more until his parents finally saw them for themselves. They immediately told Jack about magic and began to train him in using his powers.

At sixteen, they allowed Jack to learn taekwondo, just in case he'd need it when they sent him to Amaranth High. As they continued training, Jack gained some control over his air magic, discovered his Aura Reading ability (which was a rather interesting find for Kendra and Nathan), and, shortly before turning eighteen, finally mastered Flash Move. When he turned eighteen, his parents decided that he was ready to go out into the world without getting in trouble, so they sent him to Amaranth to further his magical education.

Because of his upbringing, Jack has grown up rather distanced from others. He's not particularly good at talking to other people. It's not that he turns into a nervous wreck, he just doesn't know how. He doesn't particularly like to fight, though when he's forced to, he prefers to use evasion and then strike to disable or intimidate when he sees an opening rather than cause actual harm.

Clubs: The Social Club.

Notes: Jack is trained in taekwondo. He is by no means a master, or even good enough to teach others, but he is pretty advanced.

Since he was found outside the orphanage, Jack has had a silver locket. Inside is a picture of a smiling green-eyed, raven-haired woman he assumes to be his mother.

Relationships:

- Nathaniel Carter: Jack's latest and longest-lasting adoptive parent. Nathaniel is a human and a member of a Paranormal Organization. He can be somewhat stiff, but is still kind to his adoptive son. He and his wife trained Jack in being a Wizard before shipping him off to Amaranth.

- Kendra Carter: Nathan's wife Kendra is Parahuman and a member of the same Paranormal Organization as her husband. She's a kind woman who is more lax than her husband. She genuinely loves her husband and son.



You know, I'm actually worried I may have underpowered his wind powers a bit. I mean, unlike other elements you don't really need to spend a skill point just to be able to make some of it on the spot (like fire and water) and then another just to control it. So maybe it's fine as it is.

[Naqel]

Color me interested, PM'ing questions.

[Krylo]

Name: Dalbhach Nuada

Gender: Male.

Aura: Gold.

Appearance: A pretty boy with raven black hair, strangely pale skin (particularly with the dark hair), and sparkling green eyes. He normally dresses rather impeccably, especially for a high school student. Though he dislikes suit jackets or ties.

Race: Tuatha De Danann, the fair folk.

Ablities:

-Ability: Glamour
Element: White
Level: 2
Effect: Though his full powers remain sealed, Dal is still able to use powerful illusions on himself. He's able to completely hide his non-human traits from any of a living being's five senses, and pose as a human. He's also obtained the ability to subtly manipulate these illusions, and appear to be different people, or just change its color to allow him to blend in with his surrounding. However, the larger the change, the more time it takes. Making convincing fakes is not simple!

-Ability: Flight
Element: Yellow
Level: 2
Effect: Though his full powers remain sealed, Dal's managed to weaken the restrictions on his wings. They can be used to allow him to fly, though no faster than he can walk. If used while he's running, Dal's able to substantially increase his movement speed - though repetitive speed bursts will quickly exhaust him.

-Summon Weapon: Rapier: Summons a highly ornate silver rapier. Self-explanatory.

Background: There weren't always laws of secrecy, and there was a time when the fair folk toyed with mortals freely. Sometimes malevolently, sometimes less so. Dalbhach was around then, and when the laws of secrecy started springing up, there were some fae folk who didn't particularly like the idea of changing how they did things. He was amongst them.

Unfortunately, they were considered a 'problem' by other groups, and he has to take a bit of a time out. He's currently being let out on a 'test run' with most of his powers sealed to see if he's ready to accept the new way of things.

Clubs: Fencing, A/V.

Notes: N/A at this time.

Relationships:

Morrigan: A powerful fae, his distant cousin, and his overseer. She watches him to make certain he doesn't cause too much trouble with the mortals. She generally takes the form of a crow for this duty, as it makes it easy for her to follow him about, though sometimes she appears as a student with hair as black as midnight and with oddly pale skin and bright green eyes--much like Dalbhach--though her personality is much more... terse, than his. Her powers are also FAR less limited.

Robin: A mischievous boy that Dalbhach sometimes associates with. He generally appears to be a student, but doesn't actually attend any classes that anyone knows of.