[quote=@DeltaV]That would be perfectly valid, if I were trying to insult the character and not give valid criticisms in the hope that it improves. As an extreme example, what if [@cziken20] had been accepted? Would it not make perfect sense to point out that the character doesn't really fit, in my opinion, with the setting?[/quote]
Well, I must say that while I actually agree in regards to the criticism being fairly open, I must say that it seems you picked out all of Lyrsaeyn's strengths without taking in mind the weaknesses related to his abilities. Nonetheless I will address the issues brought forth :)

[quote=@DeltaV]Alrighty. I don't like to complain, but I really have to bring up [@yoshua171]'s character. 

- He has a ring that he always knows the location of and that protects him from magic. Okay, sure.
- He has an amulet with someone's soul in it that improves his focus, and presumably thus all of his powers, "twentyfold." O-kay. 
- He has a sword where just unsheathing it causes everyone nearby to kill themselves by starvation.
- He can read people's emotions.
- He can summon, and to an extent mind-control, demons (and, uh, gods?)
- He can magically bind himself to wandering spirits and force them to do his bidding.
- He can, apparently, shatter peoples' minds and souls and absorb them into himself.

Doesn't that seem a bit excessive? Not to mention his backstory, which comes across as incredibly edgy -- for some reason his village reacts to finding out a child is blind by abandoning them in the woods, and then bringing out an executioner to kill him when he returns. Then the executioner just magically falls to the ground, the sword goes flying through the air and kills the town leader. Seeing this, the townspeople let your character live with them for five years. He wanders to the coast, takes a convenient fishing boat to wander the lands, and stumbles upon a temple full of wise men who teach him how to harness his magic. Then a mysterious hooded stranger tells him to seek out people to kill a demon, so he travels along, doing "good" that isn't elaborated on but also killing entire villages when people make him angry. Then he meets up with people, gets a bunch of overpowered gear and kills a demon.

I just find it hard to believe that this guy would ever be known as a mythical hero.[/quote]
[quote=@Dead Cruiser][@DeltaV] While it's not in my nature to bring up old shit, you're basically not alone. In the previous thread, all three GMs (myself included) got pretty big red flags from this character, over basically everything you just said. There was an incredible amount of deliberation on the matter, but ravenDivinity and yoshua seem to have reached a conclusion?

I feel like more could be done to bring the character in line in terms of tone and quality, but I'm willing to trust Raven's judgement on the matter.[/quote]

While I have addressed these concerns with Raven, I will address them here so thngs are more clear.

>His ring does not protect him from all magic, it protects him specifically from psychic influences. This is stated in its description. He knows its general direction, not its exact location.

>No it doesn't improve the potency of his powers, only his range and focus. Range meaning the distance which he can extend his abilities. Focus meaning his ability to hone in on details and multitask.

>Starvation takes three (or more) days, Lyrsaeyn is a pacifist by nature and once the he has the sheath he will likely not fully unsheath the blade unless it is a last ditch effort to achieve victory. Also note that unsheathing the blade fully means that he pretty much has a death wish. Partially unsheathing the blade will not have an effect on living people because the sheath restrains the abilities. I will add this last bit to the description since I didn't make it clear enough. My apologies.

>He can read emotions being projected towards people. He cannot read the minds of other people or their thoughts at all. Also it is notable that, as noted in the description of Vale's Insight, he is blind. He uses "sight" to discern people's mental state similar to how normal people use their vision to read expressions and body language (both things Lyr cannot do).

>He can't summon anything. He can draw on the spiritual energies in his surroundings and he can bind non-living spirits to himself (or others) so as to manipulate/control them. As to mind controlling a god that is absolutely absurd. In terms of demons, I don't know how that is defined in this world whatsoever so I can't really draw any conclusions. However, if a demon is a god's "evil" or "dark" counterpart then no he cannot control them.

>Not sure why the binding to wandering spirits is such a big deal? I mean aside from him giving them spiritual energy to move things around him they end up as amplifiers (to an extent) to his explained abilities. They also drain his sanity....

>He can't absorb people's minds. He can "rend" them (or shatter as you put it), but it requires four times the spiritual energy of that "mind," and it drains his own sanity (mind) to do so. It is immensely taxing and again, he is a pacifist and rending someone's mind is a violent thing indeed.