Trouble in Sciona ((OOC))

Subject: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:37 am

Sciona is a world caught in a struggle between its magical races and the near-modern technology developed by humans. For several centuries, humans, the only non-magical race, kept four of the five magic-wielding races enslaved with superior weapons and a general aptitude for technology. The fifth magical race keeps to themselves, unconcerned with the affairs of the rest of the world, as do the angelic beings that reside in the parallel dimension of the Lygaia Realm. The demons that live in yet another parallel dimension, however, have taken an interest in Sciona, but have caused little to no trouble for mortals in past centuries.

Things are changing rapidly, however. Five years previously, there was a war between the humans ruling most of the world and a group of rebels. For once, angels and demons became involved in mortal affairs, fighting for and against the rebellion and each other. In the end, the rebel group, consisting of a few humans and a lot of the enslaved people, won and were able to drastically change the social structure of the world. Now the people that were slaves are free, but attempting to get over years of hate will take a lot more time.

However, a new problem has arisen that will require the cooperation of all the mortal races. The outbreak of demons during the war indicated a weakening of the barrier between the planes, allowing them easier access to Sciona. Once the demons discovered this, they began to wreak havoc across the mortal world. The angels and their goddess, who have historically dealt with demons and protected the mortal world, refuse to interfere with them after the war. A very small group of angels has decided to go against their orders and help out by training a group of powerful mortals to stop the attacks to reseal the demon realm, despite the inevitable problems that arise from attempting to make them work together.

More info on the races and magic to come!
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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:39 am

The people of the world. Only instructor characters can be Celestials; the other six races are open to everyone.

Humans

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Miasumi

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The elven race of this world. They are divided into five different clans, but only three have been really significant to the history of the world - the Nasune, the Miere, and the Saith. Save for the Miere, they are a generally xenophobic bunch and deal with humans only because humans are almost a match for them militarily. They're also the one group of magic users in Sciona that has never been enslaved. In part this is due to their strong magic, which extends their lives far beyond human lifespans.

Historically, the Miasumi have always held a special hate for the Nishina. They worship Selene, the goddess of the moon, and follow the teachings passed down from generations going back to the time when they ruled Sciona.

The Nasune Miasumi were nearly wiped out by an attack on their city five years ago, with the only survivors being the ones who were out of the city at the time. The remaining Nasune have gathered in the ruined city. They specialize in healing and defensive arcane magics, which they use to stay isolated from the rest of the world. They are generally tall, with hair in shades of brown, red, and blond, and blue or green eyes.

The Miere Miasumi are where legends of mermaids come from. They live in the sea near the coast of Desora, and can live easily in water or air. They trade with humans and are a lot friendlier than the other Miasumi clans. Their magic deals with water. Generally, they have pale skin, blue hair, and blue eyes.

The Saith are a ruthless, war-loving clan living in the mountains south of Desora. They use their arcane magic for offensive purposes, unlike the rest of the Miasumi. At one point, the Saith attempted to take in the scattered Nasune Miasumi, but were refused. They are the tallest people in Sciona, with darker skin and darker hair than the other Miasumi.

As a whole, the talents of the Miasumi are related to their magical prowess. Many have no idea how to use a weapon, but were able to successfully defend themselves during the last war. They hold a special hatred for the Nishina, considering them to be wild and uncontrollable in a world that they have controlled for ages. The enmity is mutual, for the most part.

Alindri

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Miyana

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Nishina

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Celestials

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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:46 am

Magic is the force that runs Sciona. Even humans, who have no ability to use it, rely on it in their daily lives.

There are six elements of magic: fire, water, earth, wind, light, and shadow, as well as the arcane magic used mostly by the Miasumi. While some people in certain regions have a tendency to use a certain type of magic (for instance, the Miyana in northern Sciona use fire), it generally depends on the individual and their personality rather than any geographic or racial affinity.

Magic is used by drawing on one's surroundings and tapping into nature to make it do your bidding. This can limit a person; a fire mage would have trouble drawing enough heat to use their skills to great effect in a cold place. If they are in a good place, however, they are only limited in power by their skills.

Celestials and Alindri use a different type of magic, however. They draw on energy, the essence of magic that resides in everyone. Only they have the ability to use it, however, but with it, they are capable of feats far stronger than what ordinary magic users can do.

Alindri are hampered in their use of energy by their mortal bodies; through using it constantly, they will eventually run out. It's possible for an Alindri to live on without energy, but that is one of the situations in which they would go crazy and likely end up killing themselves or others. Demons and angels do not have this problem, as they have enough to sustain them for centuries even with constant use.
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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:50 am

Character Sheets

Only instructors can be Celestials. The instructors have already been picked out; everyone else will be a student.

Name
Age
Race (if Miasumi, which clan, if Nishina, which animal)
Alignment
Appearance
Elemental Affinity
Special Skills
Weapon
History
Personality

For example...

Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:02 pm

Name: Aeris
Age: 50 (looks 18) (Changed it because of the weird age/appearence balance in comparison with other Miasumi, sorry ^^")
Race: Nasune Miasumi
Alignment: Chaotic Good. Aeris does what she thinks is right.
Appearance: Long platinum blond hair. She has a pale face with green eyes that seem to stare right into your brain, reading your mind. Pretty good looking too and tall.
She has a light yellow dress with golden stitching, low cut with a light blue sapphire on her breast. The dress has it's own ability to change into something else if Aeris wants to.
Here is a picture, but the color of the dress is different as mentioned above.

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Elemental Affinity: Light
Special Skills: Can create barriers of light to protect herself and others. She has strong healing powers and her magic is mostly defensive. She can however create beams of energy with different degrees of power from a small ball to devastating blasts.
Weapon: A long white staff that seems to glow.

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History: Not much is known about Aeris' past. She just has been wandering from place to place when her home was destroyed. She has lost many loved ones in the destruction, but tries to find a new reason for living again.
Personality: She is quiet, fond of animals as she used to take care of a lot of them. Aeris usually acts on what she thinks is right and tries to protect innocent lives.
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The Demon King Age : 21 Joined : 14 Nov 2007 Posts : 278

Name: Revya

Demon's Name: Gig

Age: 25

Race: Alindri

Alignment: Good

Demon's Alignment: Evil

Appearance:

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Revya's eyes glow blue under normal circumstances. The glow is somewhat brighter at night. In fact, his night vision is excellent. When he's using Gig's power or Gig is in control, his eyes glow red. Revya is usually wearing sunglasses and using the Dygard to create a cloak. If you can't see Revya's eyes, there is another way to tell them apart. Revya normally speaks with a calm, even kind tone of voice. When Gig is in control, his voice is harsher, disrespectful, and all around different.

Elemental Affinity: Shadow

Special Skills: Revya, or rather Gig since it comes from him, is mostly skilled with raw energy of the shadow variety. A common application might be to release beams of shadow energy as long range projectiles. Or perhaps for medium range, with a slash of the sword send out a nice wave of energy to cleave things a little bit too far to hit withthe actual sword. Need a quick defense? No problem. Just create yourself a barrier and watch those attacks get deflected.

While there are undoubtedly many other things Revya could do, Gig has mostly kept to telling him how to do the basics. In his own words, "Geez! What am I? His babysitter? It's a hell of a lot more entertaining to see the kid try to figure this shit out on his own. Isn't that right, soulmate?"

Weapon:

Onyx Blade- A large, black, two-handed sword similar to a zweihander. Made from unknown, likely demonic, materials. Three blood red stones are placed in the crossguard. Despite being a little bit longer than Revya, it's surprisingly light. It is also extremely sharp and durable. A solid weapon that's more often than not the only weapon Revya needs.

Dygard- The oddly placed, seemingly useless shoulder armor. Contrary to what you might expect, it moves in a way that allows Revya to enjoy a full range of arm motion and thus fight effectively with a sword. While the weird shoulder things could be used to block an attack, the Dygard's real use is it's ability to change shape when Revya applies energy to it. The current shapes are best described as Offense, Defense, Speed, and Covert. The biggest advantage of it's use, it takes a negligable amount of energy to change the Dygard's shape. Letting him do usefull things and not waste energy in combat unless he has to.

Offense- The Dygard fuses with the Onyx Blade, transforming it into a large and powerful scythe. The scythe itsef takes on a blackish-purple glow and the blade takes on the clor of freshly spilt blood. The general rule of thumb, and on that hasn't failed Revya yet, is if he can't make something die by stabbing it with his sword, he can sure as hell make it die by slashing it with this scythe.

Defense The Dygard attatches itself to Revya's arms, forming into armor that's actually useful. This armor protects his shoulders, upper arms, and forearms. The chest and upper back area also becomes protected. In combat, this is the form you're most likely to see. Gives him a bit of staying power and lets him avoid getting trashed too easily.

Speed- The Dygard transforms itself into a pair of bat-like wings, looking almost organic. While they can be used for flight, which provides good mobility, for reasons not even Revya can explain he is able to move much faster when the Dygard has taken this shape. Not used very often. Mainly because it leaves his body more exposed than any other form.

Covert- No, it doesn't make him some kind of invisible ninja. It's just a way to help him get around in public and somewhat deal with his light sensitivity. Basically, the Dygard becomes a cloak and hood thesame color as Revya's shirt. Nothing more. Nothing less.

History:

A long time ago Gig was a demon who managed to force his way through the walls seperating the demon realm from the one inhabited by those who are not celestials. He caused much damage and was seen as a very real threat to the world. But when you take on the world by yourself you run into a very real problem. The world tends to outnumber you. In the end, Gig's own arrogance did him in. He underestimated those he considered worms. Throw enough people at him, and even a one demon army will get tired eventually. This moment of weakness was exploited by a powerful sorceress that managed to strike a fatal blow. But for reasons known only to herself, as Gig lay dying the woman decided to transfer Gig's soul into his very own sword. Where it lay forgotten for many, many years.

Then came the human Revya. Revya was basically a normal person with normal problems. Nothing special about him in the slightest. In all honesty, he might have lived a very boring and uneventful life if not for a moment of weakness on his part. He got a job delivering crap to people who liked to collect crap. During one such delivery, curiousity got the better of him. He looked inside the container and saw it. A sword. And some kind of goofy looking armor. Deciding to have a little bit of fun, he actually put the armor on and picked up the sword. That's right. He decided to play with the antiques. Gig began to stir.

In the middle of goofing off, someone tried to attack Revya. They even managed to hurt him. Apparently someone else wanted what Revya was playing with. Revya thought he might die. Then he heard a voice. The voice said if Revya let him, he could save him. Revya let himself be saved. Gig possessed him and briefly took control. Just long enough to brutally murder Revya's attacker. Ignoring the parts where he had to get used to being an Alindri, Revya did some things. Time passed. Eventually, he got sme sort of invitation. An offer to go somewhere and become more powerful. He decided to check it out. Mainly because Gig wouldn't stop demanding Revya become stronger.

Personality:

Revya is a generally good person. When someone is in trouble he'll probably try to help. Though he'll likely want to know why the person needs help. He'd feel silly if he assisted a serial killer or something. Though he can also be a little bad. He doesn't really have a source of income, mostly because of prejudice against what he is, so he's no stranger to acts of thievery. Taking only what he needs of course. He is somewhat self-concious of his status as an Alindri, given the stigma associated with them, but rarely lets it get him down. His moral compass is of his own design, meaning he operates on his own views of right and wrong. Though this can lead to conflict with society's views. This isn't to say he's arrogant and thinks he knows better than you. He just has his own way of looking at things. He's really a nice person. If you get to know him.

Demon's Personality:

Gig is probably what you might expect from a demon. Arrogant and self centered. A penchant for acts of villainy. Has a bit of a bloodlust. Gig typically has the opinion of might makes right. If you want something, you damned well better have the strength to take it. If you've got the power to stand up for yourself, you're alright. If you're too weak to accomplish anything, you die. Easy to remember? Yeah. He thought so too. Of course when you share the body, mind, soul, and whatever else is shared with a human . . . things change. Coexisting with Revya has had a bit of an influence. He's no saint, but he's mellowed out a bit. He'll still boast about how much of a badass he is and suggest Revya do evil things, and he'll bitch when Revya does good things, but it's gotten to the point that Gig is more annoyed than anything else. Much better than getting angry to the point he threatens to rape, murder, and devour everyone you've ever known and loved. Not neccesarily in that order. In a twisted kind of way, they might even be friends.
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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:40 pm

Name- ‘Drake’ (not true name, as he doesn’t know his true name, just the nickname he was given for so long)

Age-19

Race- Half Alindri (by birth), and half Nishina....The race being….some form of lizard……one that is large and grows wings……..

Alignment- Uknown due to mental issues, but just guessed at Good.

Appearance-
Physically:
‘Human’ Form-
Pale, very pale, skin. He’s 5’8’’, broad shouldered, and 150 lbs, of healthiness. He’s not muscled, but not skinny or fat.
Naked, you see years of torture on a trouble person. Scars are wrapped around everywhere, almost every inch of him, from his tortured life. Though, most has faded and none are disfiguring in the sense they have permanently stopped motion or cause pain, they do look a bit unsightly. His face has a mish-mash of them, though they are faded, (healed with magic, but magic can only do so much).
His eyes are like this but replace the outside green with grey.
His hair is also an almost translucent grey, with strange streaks of pure black on the tips. His hair is medium length, and it naturally spikes up and sorta sweeps back.

Half-Animal form-
His hands becomes claws, VERY sharp claws, yet he could control such dexterity to hold things like he was human.
His body is covered in black scales, and those scales being what they are are very tough and have some magical resistance, though not intense. It should be noted that where his scales are is when he can stand the light more so, though only so much.
His feet also grow talons (three claws in front, one in back of foot), and are sharp again.
He grows only some inches in this form, to maybe 5’10. His body is still mostly ‘human’ in stature.
His body grows in weight, and is much more ‘ripped’ in muscle it seems, and give him greater amounts of physical strength and speed.

Full-Animal form-
Not known. He has enough trouble just forming into his half form, and for some reason, guessed because of that ‘other’ (Alindri) side of him, he can’t form into full form…….

Clothing:
Wears grey robes over his body, his hands and feet that protrude are covered in cloth wrappings that aren’t too tight as to restrict him in any form, but protect his skin from the sun, he’s quite sensitive to it.
He wears glasses like this , the ‘dark’ ones, minus the mp3 attachments.
(He DOES carry an MP3 player with him at all times though, with wireless and/or wired earphones, and listens to it almost all the time, its powered by both electricity and, as he found out, he can recharge it with a little of his magic even).
His robe has a hood on it, and his face is almost always covered in that breathable and comfortable wrappings, leaving only a slit for his eyes that are usually wearing those sunglasses.

Elemental Affinity- Dark/Shadow/Atrum (atrum is latin for dark) and Arcane.

Special Skills-
Besides usual magic skills, his mix of Arcane and Shadow magic is a strange mix, but considering his genetics, maybe not.
He likes to form things called ‘Shadow Hands’: Disembodied ‘hands’ of magic that can be used to pick stuff up, lift things, or, obviously, fight with. He can make more than two, and use them independently of his normal hands, though it helps to have them coordinate. He can form those ‘Shadow Hands’ into things other than hands, like claws, sledgehammers, shields, etc.
Drake’s magic is always tinted to look like misty black fog.
Drake can perform the usual blasts of pure arcane/shadow from things like offensive ‘missiles’ of magic to shields etc. Drake has gotten expiramental in his magic, seeing what shadow and arcane mixed can do.

Drake can also control his animal-forming to make specific parts of him form in just his normal form, but he still has trouble ‘forming’ into his half form even.

Other skills besides his magic isn’t much besides a good skill in music, which is singing and playing (generally electric) guitar or keyboard/piano (you’d be surprised how much they cross each other). Drake carries a black notebook of his music writings, and keeps his musical talent a secret generally, his music either calming smooth stuff, or heavy caustic similarities of metal, it really ranges. He likes to listen to music constantly and when alone, sing or play.

And one other important ‘skill’.
Due to his …….. ‘troubled’ times, as evident of his scars, Drake has a ridiculous amount of pain tolerance.

Weapon-
None. Drake’s weapons are his magic or his own body, though he prefers his claws if it comes to hand to hand fighting.

History-
All that is told is that Drake was found, at eight years old, curled up, naked, shivering in what looked like shock, wide-eyed and mute in the middle of what looked like a warzone: dead bodies everywhere, most of them human or demon, and all torn to pieces or mutilated or burnt and such badly. Rubble of what looked like some hidden facility, and no other survivors in sight.

The ones who found him, was a Miyana couple traveling the world. They saw a kid, without parents, without family, alone and scared. They did what they wanted to do: have a kid.

Drake was silent at first, though more than happy to be with other people. Soon though, he grew to love his new ‘family’. They were very heavy magic users, heavy in Arcane magic. Drake learned a lot from them, they weren’t hesitant to teach him at all. They were surprised to see his affinity of magic as it was, and his affinity for Shadow powers…

They knew of what he was, and so taught him to rarely use that ‘other’ magic of that ‘other’ side… or it would take over him, and make him something he wouldn’t like.

Drake also learned everything else should be taught by parents, literacy, education of sorts, behavior, and so on.

Then at the age of thirteen, the war had begun.

For years him and his family hid and stayed away from the war, but one day it caught them by surprise, and they were smack dab in the middle of it.

While running between bombed out buildings, ‘mom’ was shot in the leg, and they had to take shelter in one building for a bit. That was when soldiers came in and held them hostage by gunpoint, and they weren’t a nice bunch of soldiers, and may have shot ‘dad’ in the shoulder for pleading for their lives.

Drake’s eyes went pure black, and a whole squadron of soldiers were nothing but pieces of meat and writhing dying flesh in minutes.

While still in his half form, a certain Magistrate came in to take care of what was thought of a squad of soldiers goofing off and needing to be punished, when they met.

The fight lasted not that long, but it was bloody. Drake had caught Magistrate by surprise, something that has yet to ever happen. Drake was nearly dead when the war shifted its field of battle and the rebels retook the city. Magistrate, wounded in the leg and soon to be outnumbered severely, lost Drake and the family while killing a few dozen rebels here or there.

………

The war ended. And, with Drake 19, he paid the price by seeing demons tear his family to pieces, after they had just settled down in years, thinking it was all over….

The village was overrun with a pack of demons….but soon was empty of both signs of life, the only thing walking away was a blood-stained teen, hurt, confused, carrying little luggage and holding a letter in his hand……..

Demons must go. So no one knows of the suffering like this. They will all die. Every. Single. One. Of. Them.

There walked not one teen, but more than one person, it seems too many minds in one body…..

Personality-
Drake, for all his troubles, is quite the nice kid, actually. Not cheerful really, but kind, polite, nerdy acting, and shy, especially around women. He’s super polite to women, a gentleman as his ‘dad’ had taught him, and is a bumbling fool around them really. He’s also super protective of them though, and is not afraid to stand up for someone in need.

Drake has, due to his polarizing lifestyles, has separate personalities. It’s not profound in most cases, but seeing someone bullied or someone innocent hurt (like a woman, hearing a girl scream is one of those triggers, and so is the ‘smells of war’) will cause his half form to take place uncontrollably and so begins his rampage, though he’s actually gotten better at controlling it.

Also, for reasons he doesn’t tell, he is almost scared shitless of needles and anything resembling a lab or a doctor.
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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:42 pm

Name: Nirako
Age: 31
Race: Miyana
Alignment: Rillian Evil
Appearance: Will edit in with more detail later, but for now slate gray leathers with a black vest lined with darts, and a spool of rope on his belt to balance the short sword sheathed at the other side.
Elemental Affinity: Air
Special Skills: If allowed to focus on the task at hand, Nirako can use his air magic with enough precision to manipulate objects delicately. Also, he's good with rope.
Weapon: A short sword at his hip and darts in his vest.
History: Will edit in with more detail later, but for now he was used as a power source, broke out during a rebel raid, and helped the rebellion after that as a saboteur.
Personality: Bitter, very bitter. Hates humans with a passion, but that only stems from his hatred of the idea of being forced to serve another. He wants to stop the demons for this very reason: He sees their bloody reign as a worse form of slavery that what the humans made him endure. He can be sarcastic, sometimes demeaning, but he always makes an effort to make up for his personality by serving whatever cause he fights for to the best of his ability.
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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:46 pm

Instructor

Name: Rashnu(old Demon name) Rozbael(pronounced Roz-bay-ul) the other instructors nickname him Roz or Rozzie.

Age: 1,238

Race (if Miasumi, which clan, if Nishina, which animal): Sephirim

Alignment: Neutral Good, was Neutral Evil

Appearance: Tall and lean, he stands at 6'5" with dark navy wings, he still retains the eyes of a demon, glowing bright red, his hair short but not buzz cut short and an icey blue, his features soft but harder than normal angels, he wears a large metal collar thats loose and has several engravings on it, he wears gold trimmed armor when around other races, marking him as one of the angels of destruction and a primary combatant against demons, around other celestials he wears a slightly punkish attire. He wears a black ring on his left hand as a reminder to his past. He also wears sunglasses to mask his demon eyes. His appearance without his armor doesn't seem to match the hardened character he actually is. In general those details on something like this(kai is gonna love this)

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Elemental Affinity: Ice(Wind+Water)

Special Skills: Once known as one of the most feared Ice Demons he has since been converted but without loosing those demonic skills, and infact adding angelic ones to his aresnal of skills, making him possibly the most powerful ice user to date. He is however knowledgeable in other forms of magic and energy and a master of combat with almost all weapons. He is also quite agile.

Weapon: His prefered weapon is his rapier, the blade made of diamond and infused with ice energies, the sword's guard strongly resembles a pair of bird wings. Its pommel is shaped like a skull with a sapphire in its mouth. Being his most cherished weapon its the only one he has named, calling it Boreal.
He also has a Flammenschwert, made of a special tempered steel that glows faintly(a weapon he was given as an angel)
He carries a pair of katars, made of solid ice that never shatters (example of a katar)

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He owns a lance made of demonic materials from when he was a demon as well as a set of daggers made of jagged ice he used as throwing weapons.
He has an assortment of other weapons he has collected from his various victories as well that he keeps in a collection.

History: Rozbael was once a very powerful demon following under Tamiel instead of her sisters, but generally keeping to himself mostly. He choose to not interfere in the mortal realms holding no interest in them at first. He earned a small following in demon realm and earned himself many enemies from the other demons for his lack of involvement. Despite this he was a skilled warrior and feared whenever he stepped upon the battlefield. He eventually crossed paths with several angels and after losing the fight was converted by Selene. He started to take more interest in the affairs of the human world because he was never truely welcomed into the Lygaia Realm and eventually joined the others that choose to instruct the mortals in their fights against the demons.

Personality: He is generally quiet and contemplative outside battle except when something catches his curiosity and can be smug and confident in battle, but also stern and commanding, holding respect for few, he's generally found practicing in the training grounds or reading in his room. He is on good terms with the instructors but not many other angels or demons.
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Mischief and Mayhem Joined : 10 Oct 2007 Posts : 3985

(I'll work on it in little bits. Don't know when i'll be done.)

Name: Danayru Tarushni
Age: 23
Race: Nishina - Northern Goshawk
Alignment: Chaotic Good (but mischiveous)
Appearance: In her human form, Danayru is pale, and stands at about 5'11". She has slate grey hair that just passes her shoulders, bright orange eyes and a slightly hooked nose. He mouth is more often than not in a smile, unless she's in a not-so-good mood, but even then she tries her est not to frown. She usually wears slightly loose t-shirts and pants that aren't restricting, as well as leather boots. Her clothes are mostly neutral colours, but on occasion she'll wear light blues. She will often wear a longer jacket to hide her weapons.
In her half-human half-bird form, her lower legs and feet start to get slightly scaly, and her skin turns grey. Wings the same colour as her hair protrude from in between her shoulderblades as well. Though she can't fly with her wings, she can use them to slow a fall or put them to more practical use, like giving her shade or fanning herself. Awesome

Elemental Affinity: Air
Special Skills: Danayru often uses her magic to move objects around in the air, and can also propel them at very high speeds if the occasion calls for it. She will also use her magic to make flying easier and faster for her.
Danayru can also compress the air around her into a small amount of liquid air and then release all the pressure suddenly. Though doing that takes time and a lot of concentration on Danayru's part, so she doesn't do this often.
Weapons: She has a belt (covered by a jacket) with a row of darts on it, seperated into two sections, so she doesn't make a mistake. One of the sections has tranquilizer darts, and the other has darts with a neurotoxin from one of the more dangerous snakes of the world (she also has an antidote for it in case she accidentally poisons someone she doesn't want to die or herself). She has two daggers with a relatively fast-acting poison that merely disorients the victim as well, and also carries a collection of throwing daggers hidden on her person as well.
History: Danayru was born into slavery, as the slave of a very rich man who had the bright idea of breeding Nishina to make a fat profit. She had always hated her master for being so harsh on her parents, even though he he wasn't nearly as harsh on her.
During the confusion of the rebellion though, her parents had taken the opportunity to kill their now former master and flee with Danayru into the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on their backs, a couple handfuls of food and a bottle of water. They had eventually made themselves a small home near some mountains where they wouldn't be disturbed. Danayru's parents forced her to learn to defend herself, should anyone come in an attempt to enslave them again.
During this time, her parents wouldn't let her go near humans at all, because of all their previous experiences. Despite everything though, Danayru kept an optimistic view of humans, because not only did she think that most humans would still be good people, but she was also fascinated at the way they could function so well without any form of magic.
She eventually got fed up with her parents feeding her that bile about humans though, and left while they were both asleep (leaving a letter so they don't fret and whatnot.)
She wandered a good few months, sating her curiosity about humans and their technology without restriction. Despite all this though, she still remained hopless when even the subject of technology came up, so she mostly would simply stare in fascination.
Personality: Danayru is a curious, fun-loving woman, and often switches between acting quite mature and acting immature. (Thus, her mischiveous streak.) She has a great love for life and is a romantic. She is patient, empathetic, practical, and a little secretive. She is normally fairly social (and will say a lot) except on occasion she will close up and be extremely quiet and more or less lost in her own little world. Usually it's playing out some elaborate scenario in her head, and because of that, her mood will change during these bouts.
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Honor and Virtue Joined : 31 Mar 2007 Posts : 4279

Name: Chiele
Age: 52, looks 19 (when in Rome…)
Race: Miasumi - Miere
Alignment: Neutral Good
Appearance: roughly 5’5”, lanky and wiry – strong, but doesn’t look it. Pale skin, almost white with icy blue hair to mid-back, usually tied back. Deep teal eyes. Wears a short tunic and leggings, both grey, with a dark blue sash and short black boots
Elemental Affinity: - water
Special Skills: water magic and breathing underwater/swimming natural to the Miere, trident melee combat
Weapon: black trident
History: Always a loner, Chiele was plagued from a young age with a wanderlust, spending much of her time wandering the lands along the coasts.
Personality: Chiele is an overall goodhearted sort but lacks a certain degree of tact. She doesn’t hold much regard for the law and hates seeing people taken advantage of. She is very approachable but tends to have her head in the clouds at times.

Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:53 pm

UPDATE! Expanded a bit on Seluran's especific application of his light energy.

Name: Seluran Retnosalran

Age: 55 (Looks 19.. but i think Jade's idea of the miasumi is a bit mixed up.. )

Race: Miasumi, Half Nasune, and half Saith.

Alignment:Chaotic good

Appearance: Tall, around 6'4'', thin, with a bit of muscles, but nothing too evident, he has a tanned skin but lighter than a normal saith's, and light red hair, long in length, reaching his shoulders, but falls naturally, he has deep blue eyes, and overall has a young appearance, looks like a 19 year old human, and has a gentle looking face, and is considered to be quite handsome.

He wears a yellow trimmed, green vest, green pants, and a silver cape as well, with silver boots, belt and shoulder pad.

The overal design would look like this, just remove the headband, (actually, ignore the face, Seluran does not look at all like him) and change his collor scheme to the one i mentioned.)

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Elemental Affinity: Light

Special Skills: Due to Nasune blood flowing trough his veins mostly, he has the natural ability of casting light based healing and defensive spells, having a strong potential even as a child for it, though his magic needs a lot of polish since there was no one in the saith clan to teach him how to use or hone this kind of magic.

Despite this, Seluran has found a was to apply his light magic to aid him in combat, not in the form of offensive blasts or anything like that, but as Magical augmentations for the target's strenght, speed, endurance, magical resistance, and even grant regenerative powers for a short amount of time. He is also an able healer but to an extent until he polishes his powers more, and he is unaware on how to create defensive barriers.

The Saith heritage is shown mostly in his ability to fight, he is fast, and can hold his own very well in a close/mid-range fight thanks to his Naginata, though he is not as strong or skilled as his brother, oddly enough, he is also unable to cast even simple offensive spells despite his upbringing.

Weapon: He uses a long Naginata, the pole is jet black and the silver blade is long and curved, with some gold runes carved on the blade (below it's an almost spot image of one, just change the red engraving to golden rules and you got it.)

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History: During a raid of a Nasune village, the chief of the Retnosalran tribe, (a tribe of the Saith clan.) raped a beautiful Nasune maiden, deciding to let her go in return, he kept this affair secret from his whole clan. This was obviously because a race as prideful as the Saith would never condone having their chief mixing himself with any other race or clan.

But even an action kept secret has it's consequences, this particular consequence took the form of a basket carefully delivered to the Retnosalran chief, The basket contained a baby and a brief note, reminding the chief oh his deed that took place months before, and also a notification that the mother was in a fatal condition and that she would soon die. This baby was Seluran.

To this day, it is ignored why the chief decided to keep the child, it could have been because of shame, and as an act of redemption from his terrible deed, or maybe was simply because of pride, but the fact remained, the chief took the child as his own and his wife's, though it was evident from the start that that baby was clearly different from the rest of the tribe, no one dared to contradict the word of the chief, not even his wife, and so, the child grew as a legitimate son of the Retnosalran chief.

Despite being the chief's son, the tribe never truly accepted Seluran as one of their own, seeing as his appearance was different, having a lighter skin and hair, and the fact that his magic was completely different from the one they used, Seluran grew mostly isolated from the rest, and when he got out for any reason, many times he got bullied by other children, when this occurred though, his older brother, Elkaranti , always stepped out to defend him. Unlike the rest of the village, his elder brother always embraced Seluran as his brother, and was very protective of him, because of this, the two of them bonded despite being so different.

(Still in progress, i still need to find a good reason as to why the brothers joined or were called to the academy, also, i am not entirely happy at the above story, might change it later.)

Personality: Seluran Always had a calm, passive personality, even in this he contrasted with the rest of the tribe, he never liked to fight, but was forced to learn how to do so, and eventually embraced a reason to do so, if only to defend himself and not let his brother protect him all the time.

He also serves as the "voice of reason" for Elkaranti, as he is prone to lose his temper quite easily, but never forgets to address his brother with respect, actually, his brother and his father are the only two people Seluran truly respects, harboring resentment at the rest of the tribe and even other races, even they don't deserve it, he usually keeps to himself, and while he is educated,and civil, he rarely opens up towards other people.

He truly wishes to live in a peaceful world, where he can live without the need of fighting, But because of society's rejection at him, he has a hard time convincing himself to fight for the sake of others, or obeying the rules of a society.
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The Man Without a Rank Joined : 13 Oct 2007 Posts : 2396

Name: Emmanuel Carter "Magistrate"

Age: 68

Race: Human (Genetically augmented)

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Appearance: About five feet tall, wiry, going bald in the back of the head. Wears a long coat over hard contact armor and a wide brimmed hat. Brown eyes, white hair, tan skin. Face is still strong, though wrinkled.

Elemental Affinity: Fire

Special Skills: He's a genetically augmented human from the Lawbringer program. His strength, speed, balance, agility- All are increased to incredible levels. His eyes work as well in the dark as a cat's, and his ears register things normal people couldn't hear.

Weapon: Many. Primary assault weapon: PPSh-43 submachine gun. Primary longarm: PSG-1. Primary Sidearms: Two LeMat Revolvers. Carries WP, HE, Incendiary, Flash bang and smoke grenades as well as regular, incendiary, explosive and armor piercing rounds for his firearms. Carries poisons, plus toxic gases of every variety in his coat. Master at martial arts, especially capoeira.

History: Last surviving member of the Lawbringer Program. Superior genetic human with minor tech upgrades. Used to hunt down criminals and rebel leaders. Current kills: 4218 enemy combatants.

He's been hurt on numerous occasions but he's always survived. He has a bit of a gimp leg from a truly diabolical creature, some sort of half man, half lizard thing that tore through a squad of Imperial soldiers in minutes.

He had managed to wound the creature, but it had got him back in the leg and escaped before Magistrate could get a bigger gun.

Personality: A bitter and crusty old man who vows to bring down this upstart rebellion. Hates the freaks and rebels who tore down everything he knew. A bit of a lecher, enjoys younger girls- Which is nearly everyone.
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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:13 pm

Edit: Added some motivation for the current situation to the "history" section

Name: Jared Morgan
Age: 25
Race: Human
Class: Inventer
Alignment: True Neutral: Interested more in science than politics and morality
Appearance: Unkempt and long haired, with large glasses covering his face, he looks very strange. If he took care of himself, he would have kind of an average face, but a large nose that distracts from that. He's very skinny, and often looks sick. He tends to wear a white lab coat while working/dealing with technological devices, but wears a more military garb out in the field. Is a smoker, but would never smoke while working.
Elemental Affinity: none/technology
Special Skills: Invention: knows the general principle of how most technological systems work, and can make simple objects, or fix more complex ones.
Clearance: Is generally trusted by rebel human military officials.
Weapon: M16 standard action 5.56mm semiautomatic rifle. (armor piercing rounds)
Ex-41 multi-shot grenade launcher (40mm rounds)
High density fragmentation grenades (experimental)
History: Jared was brought up in a standard human education, but even at a young age showed a surprisingly sharp mind. He was then taken by some of the higher human officials and brought through a "special" training curriculum where he managed to prosper. He helped design weapons for the great human army, until five years back. When the tide of battle turned towards the rebel army, he sought it out. They did not trust him, but he proved to them that his skills were worth it. His inventions, though none of them proved to be the defining point in winning the war, were all found to be useful either in the consumer or military world. Recently, however, his main work has taken a back seat, while he secretly works on forbidden projects, including genetic engineering, applied dimensional plane theory, and cybernetic enhancements. Was chosen to be taught for the sole purpose of gathering information on celestial magics and technologies, as well as to run secret tests on the interdimensional fabric.
Personality: often seems distracted and distant, he is focused very much on his work at hand. He tends to mumble, especially when he feels he is close to a breakthrough. He is generally standoffish and sarcastic, and holds himself aloof from everyone, human or otherwise. However, even if he keeps it hidden he does have feelings, and is determined to better the society of the whole world. Tends to feel that other races rely too much on powers they don't understand well enough, and truly believes and is working towards a future where all races might come together through a marriage of magic and technology... however, he keeps this secret, as most humans despise this notion, and purists may even react to it with violence. He is not very committed to his government, and will generally follow any lead that interests him.
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Subject: Re: Trouble in Sciona ((OOC)) Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:38 pm

(yeah, lemme reserve this...)

Instructor
Name: Sanhedrin Shinmari

Age: 736

Race: Celestial - sephirim

Alignment: Neutral Good

Appearance: She has the appearance of angels of Scionian legend, with long silvery-violet hair, pale skin, and silver eyes. She's a little shorter than what people expect at 5'4", so she hovers a few inches off the ground at all times. She wears a button-down shirt and black pants with no shoes. Her wings, when she shows them, are the same silver color of her eyes.

Elemental Affinity: Light, shadow, fire

Special Skills: She is near-impervious to most methods of attack, and can drain a person of their magic, energy, or vitality to energize herself or others.

Weapon: This sword, Ragnarok

History: Sanhedrin was born a demon, living in the castles of the demon realm with her twin brother Raine and their mother. Her mother was an advisor to the demon queen, Tamiel, but was unhappy with their lot in life and was executed as a traitor. Her brother was later captured and had his soul separated from his body. For a time, San served as Tamiel's advisor in her mother's stead, but was approached by Aleandre and given the opportunity to become a sephirim. She became Aleandre's advisor, and was responsible for bringing the angels to aid the rebels in the war. The plan to reseal the demon realm is hers, as she wants to erase all aspects of her former life and doesn't care what she has to do to achieve that goal.

Personality: Snarky and occasionally impatient. Level-headed, except when it comes to sweets. Probably has a British accent despite there being no Britain.

Student
Name: Colenis Callisto-Sayuki

Age: 15

Race: Alindri (possessed)

Alignment: Neutral Good

Appearance: She is small, with large green eyes that go red when she uses her demon abilities and long, curly black hair. She wears a goth-loli dress somewhat like this as well as her cloak and fitted sunglasses. At times, with her pale skin and quiet demeanor, she could be mistaken for a doll.

Elemental Affinity: Shadow

Special Skills: She has a strange ability to go completely unnoticed despite her admittedly strange appearance. Also, she has some skills with human weaponry.

Weapon: Twin handguns, Colichemarde and Chirijiraden

History: Colenis was originally human, the daughter of two genetically altered humans who fought for the rebellion. They were killed during the war, when she was ten, and for four years, she was taken in by Kieri Callisto and Prima Sayuki, an Alindri and a Nishina wandering Sciona together. When she was fourteen, the demon in Kieri drove her insane, driving her to murder Prima before being taken down by nearby humans. She received her weapons from Kieri and was returned to the capital. For another half a year, she lived with old, rich friends of her parents in Desora until a demon, on the run from some hunters, allowed her soul to harbor his power. She quickly gained control of it, remembering what happened to her parents (birth and surrogate) and decided to use that power to avenge their deaths.

Personality: Very quiet and reserved. She doesn't mind interacting with people as long as they don't baby her or try to keep her from doing what she wants. Also, she tends to shy away from altered humans in fear that they would recognize her.
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