[hider=憤怒龍] [color=f7941d][b]Name:[/b][/color] [color=ed1c24]Jiang Zhao[/color] [color=f7941d][b]Alias:[/b][/color] [color=ed1c24]憤怒龍[/color] (pron. Fènnù lóng) AKA [color=ed1c24]Angry Dragon[/color] [color=f7941d][b]Race:[/b][/color] Human [color=f7941d][b]Sex:[/b][/color] Male [color=f7941d][b]Class:[/b][/color] Composer/Musical Conductor [color=f7941d][b]Equipment:[/b][/color] -[b]Conductor's Baton[/b] (faintly humming and glowing) [color=f7941d][b]Abilities:[/b][/color] -[b]Incredible Repertoire [/b]- His mad strive for absolute perfection has allowed him to remember a terrifying amount of detail from practically every single song he's ever heard. -[b]Intimidating Tact [/b]- His strive for perfection has also earned him incredible hand-eye coordination and seemingly lightning-fast reflexes. Basically, if he were to slap someone in the face, the motion of his hand wouldn't be detected by the naked eye. -[b]Severe Synesthesia [/b]- Not only can he physically see music and sound, but he can materialise it into the world in a visible shape. His Conductor's Baton greatly amplifies that power. -[b]Le Vent, Le Cri [/b]- Glowing floral shapes appear around Jiang and, within the specific song's power, begin healing any damage on his body. A full recovery requires him to finish the entire song. The more severe the damage, the longer the song needs to be. [hider=Example songs]Le Vent, Le Cri - Ennio Morricone In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley Turn of a Friendly Card, pt. 1- The Alan Parsons Project Waltz of the Flowers - Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky[/hider] -[b]Riders of Doom [/b]- This spell forces Jiang's target to plunge into hopelessness, panic and/or emptiness, causing hallucinations of shadowy barbarian riders circling around them, or a vast, dry desert. Decreases will to fight. Potency of this abilty depends on the song's length and intensity. [hider=Example songs]Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom - Basil Poledouris Hokuto Shinken Denshousha, Ryouken - Nozomi Aoki Per Un Pugno Di Dollari #2 - Ennio Morricone Le Roi et l'Oiseau - Wojciech Kilar[/hider] -[b]Disco Inferno [/b]- The ground within 1 or more meters around Jiang bursts into flames. Range depends on length of the song. If the enemy moves out of the area, Jiang must walk within range of them and start the song over. [hider=Example songs]Disco Inferno - The Trammps Holy Diver - Dio We Stand To Fight - Virtue The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest[/hider] -[b]Live Wire/Tachanka [/b]- Lightning bolts shoot out of the Baton OR various firearms appear from behind him and shoot towards the target in rhythm with the song. Whether one thing or the other happens depend on whether he directs a military march or not. [hider=Example songs]Mötley Crüe - Live Wire My Generation - The Who Unsere Panzerdivision - Kurt Greiner-Pol Tachanka - Russian folk song[/hider] -[b]Harder than Steel [/b]- Jiang shields himself with a metal wall around him. Strength of the wall depends on the length of the song. [hider=Example songs]Harder Than Steel - Jag Panzer Anvil of Crom - Basil Poledouris Turn of a Friendly Card pt. 2 - The Alan Parsons Project Polyushka Polye - Russian folk song[/hider] -[b]Kung-fu prowess [/b]- Relatively formidable knowledge of Kung Fu - he reached the rank of black belt once near the end of high school and even participated in regional competitions, but due to his pursue in music he never developed this skill any further after he went to university. He can block out and counter most unarmed attacks. [color=f7941d][b]Fighting Style:[/b][/color] His usual tactic is to keep a safe distance and cast his Riders of Doom. He then begins striking the enemy with Live Wire/Tachanka while the enemy is disoriented. If they are too close, he casts a Harder than Steel and briefly ignites the ground with Disco Inferno, forcing them to get away. He only uses his prowess in kung fu when his Baton, for any reason, is out of reach. [color=f7941d][b]Personality:[/b][/color] Very condescending, extreme perfectionist with severe anger issues - he gets dangerously furious when he notices even the smallest errors in anything he finds relevant to his immediate interest, or if he finds out someone disagrees with his taste in music. This lifestyle seems to have caused permanent and grave damage to his sense of humor - one could say it is nonexistent at this point. As a citizen of the People's Republic of China, he has great distrust towards anyone who doesn't look like "pure Han Chinese being", calling them "laowai" (foreigner). [color=f7941d][b]Bio:[/b][/color] Born in 1977 in a small town near Shenyang, Liaoning province, PRC. Jiang's affinity to music became visible at the age of one, when the Beijing Symphony Orchestra was being broadcast live from a famous concert hall - the conductor's hand movements, in particular, impressed him, so he began waddling his hands around and that mysteriously increased and fixated the volume on the TV. His time in elementary school was relatively normal, save for several incidents specifically involving orchestral music. Middle school was when his musical abilities began to really show - it was in a musical school. He joined the school band as a clarinet player and immediately impressed the teachers with his almost perfect musical skill. He was looked up to by every schoolmate and was pushed to perfection. A high point in this period of time was when he, agitated by the offbeat playing of his fellow bandmates, asked the teacher if he could replace him as conductor for a minute or two - the teacher agreed and, as Jiang directed the band, they played in perfect harmony. High school ended early for Jiang - he became famous in his region for his beautiful compositions, his outstandingly precise tact and the mysterious aura he emits when on stage. Somehow, even the most lowly amateurs played like pure masters when he was there. This was not enough for him - he wanted to be able to materialize sound. An incident occurred due to this aura of his - it involved a kidnapping, a pair of shady-looking figures and, as revealed to him later on, the Chinese Government. It was there, in a secret underground complex under the Forbidden City in Beijing, when he discovered the true range of his supernatural abilities. A team of scientists conducted various experiments on Jiang, while another team of engineers invented a special Baton, basing their design around the scientists' studies. He was eventually led back out into the real world and was given the Baton - a device that he found out would allow him to finally materialize sound. He was satisfied - but not for long. He went on to become a world-famous composer, which turned out was still not enough for him. Ever since then, he has taken it upon himself to become so perfect, he wouldn't need the Baton any more. [color=f7941d][b]Wish:[/b][/color] To become the most perfect, most prestigious composer and conductor in the entire world and to bask in his own absolute glory. [color=f7941d][b]Echo:[/b][/color] The very front of the stage in Vienna Musikverein, Vienna. Behind him are seated the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, in front of him - a full audience, every seat in the hall taken; among the audience - the world's leaders, mesmerised by his music and perfect tact. [color=f7941d][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] [hider=Photo of Jiang Zhao, circa 1994][img]http://img.timeoutbeijing.com/201610/20161006043255536_Large.jpg[/img][/hider] Always wears a tuxedo suit and bowtie - they appear to be always perfectly clean. [color=f7941d][b]Frenzy:[/b][/color] Jiang starts playing [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ&feature=youtu.be&t=1m39s]1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky[/url] 1:39 minutes in. Brightly glowing, tentacle-like beams of light appear behind him and make him invulnerable until the crescendo. All enemies in the area, meanwhile, are blinded. As the music progresses, the beams transform into a circle of cannons around him. Once the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ&feature=youtu.be&t=3m4s]crescendo[/url] hits, the cannons are fully formed and serve as his defence, as he is completely vulnerable to any attack. The cannons fire rapidly and at random, always aimed in the general direction of Jiang's target. [color=f7941d][b]Inventory:[/b][/color] Phylactery [/hider]