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The Supernatural Concealment and Investigation Operations Network.

Better known as S.C.I.O.N.

Once, in times gone by, known as The Order of the Scion of the Azure Moon.

But that's a bit of a mouthful and hard to shout when some lycan is trying to crush your trachea in a big meaty fist.

So, SCION it is.



Assuming you're a human, you will probably never have heard of it. You will most likely live out your entire life never openly encountering any trace of SCION, or its staff. And if you don't, you can probably consider yourself lucky; because if you have, you're either a very exceptional individual... or something statistically far more powerful is trying to murder you.

Possibly both.

SCION is a collaborative effort between a small section of humanity, and some of the major families of the sapient cryptid species, to both research supernatural species, and the enforce a...healthy distance between humanity, and the monsters out there in the world. It exists to keep things secret, and to keep both sides of the coin safe from destroying each other. (Previous instances where humans and cryptids have mixed in recent times has made things...tense at best. Think Witch Trials. Think, vampires buried alive with rocks stuffed into their mouths, think whole camps of human soldiers found mysteriously torn apart out in remote nordic woodland...that kind of stuff. )



It's the only place you're likely to find humans working alongside werewolves, vampires, the spirits of the dead. Brings a whole new meaning to the idea of workplace diversity, right?

Once upon a time, SCION worked for world governments, under their funding and protection. Branches all over the place. Then, came a sudden declaration to cut the funding, burn the records, and shut everything down. No more SCION anywhere. Gone. Finished. Obviously someone, someone very powerful wanted there to be no-one checking up on supernatural activity.

So, for 50 years, no SCION. Not a peep. Well, not that most people were aware of. Other things rush in to fill the power vacuum. Vampire clans. Wolf packs. And far darker things. Stories of a major demon on US soil filter through the rumour mill, though nothing is confirmed. Order remains... but that order is maintained through a large number of humans who see things they should not going 'missing' forever.

SCION became nearly a myth. The odd shadow in the night. Rumours that they still operated somewhere, on a low level.

Then, about 10 years back, operatives began to appear, to contact the old families and clans. SCION would live again. A benefactor had left them enough funding to begin again from the ground up, this time as an independent entity, outside of government control. They could work once more...but this time they were in a far more precarious position. Relying on the whimsical and tumultuous nature of the powers in the supernatural work for support.

Cut to the present, and SCION has climbed its way back into prominence in the supernatural community. They investigate, they research, they spy...and they bust heads..if need be. They carefully select members from all walks of life and (nearly) all species. Some are important for their skills and aptitude, some for their political position in the supernatural world...and some are simply people who can disappear and not be missed at all. All kinda have been given a new life within the SCION base.

So, the question is, are you ready to sign up?






SCION Teams


There are plenty of types within SCION, all play a big role, and not all get along too well.

The main operatives within the central wings are divided into teams. Each team has trained together for some time and the members know each other well. A Team Leader is assigned to keep everyone in line and to report back to the Officers, the three senior SCION staff who then report back to The Head, SCION's oft-heard, but never seen benefactor.

The Teams often have a degree of rivalry, some playful...sometimes a little less playful, but they are often required to work together cohesively. Any drama (and there's often plenty of drama) must be put aside when out in the field, because if you can't trust someone to watch your back in that dog eat dog world, you're as good as dead.









Species of the Supernatural World


There are many creatures that inhabit the world, without their presence being realised by humanity. Within SCION, this subset of species are collectively referred to as 'cryptids' in order to save time.

Other cryptids do, almost certainly, exist out there in the world (ie if you've got some other ideas, feel free to let your friendly GM know) but some of the most prominent are detailed as follows:














Character Sheet







Hi folks! I'm Vit, your GM for the evening (and hopefully longer?).

Welcome to SCION OOC, make yourself at home, have fun, and respect the house rules.



  • Please submit characters on the OOC thread for review before putting them on up in the characters tab. Place aren't really limited or anything but I like to check everything makes sense first.
  • Be polite in the OOC thread. Leave the bickering to the characters, lord knows they need the space.
  • Take as many characters as you can handle, but only if you're comfortable with juggling them.
  • You're welcome to put your character up for one of the team leader roles, but do be aware that they'll be reviewed for realism in the sense that they're supposedly an individual who has proven themselves an able leader. ie, a team member character could realistically get away with being a it of a slacker, a team member character, much less so.
  • If you have any other species ideas, you're welcome to suggest, though it does depend to some degree on the species' capacity to blend in in the 'normal' world. Dragons might exist out there somewhere, but you're not likely to see one strolling down a street waving to onlookers.
  • I'm relatively new to this site specifically, so, I'm not really hip with the fancy coding, so, if you want to pretty-up your sheet more than my mediocre attempt, add more pictures, do something fancy, then be my guest, so long as it retains the categories listed.


I think that's about all I need to cover for now. If you're interested in hopping on this, do speak up!


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Full Name: Ashley Trevon
Nicknames/Aliases: Ash
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Species: Vampire
SCION Team/Rank: Hunter’s Moon

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Description:
Whether it is the charm characteristic of her species, or just genetics, she’s easy on the eyes. Long dirty blonde hair extends past her shoulders in delicate waves, although she mostly wears it up to not stain it with blood. As a human the light caused her eye color to shift but now they are duller, colder. Her posture is refined even if her clothes tend to reflect a more casual style.


Personality:
Talk about a metamorphosis. Ashley as a human was the ultimate party girl, she was pretty, popular and had practically invented the word carefree. And why not? She thought she had her whole life to grow up. Then her transformation happened and her world took a 180-degree turn. Now her face is usually contorted in a thoughtful frown and any conversations she has with others are about work. She may be on the field but she is still an avid researcher and a workaholic. Ash is quiet towards strangers but definitely not a pushover. To others she’s a smartass, to her friends she the reliable one that has got her life together. She spends her time lost in though which might lead others to think she is uninterested but really she takes everything seriously, maybe a little too serious. Organized and quit-witted she can easily plan and improvise when things go sour. Hunger is not as big a problem for her as other vampires.


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Skills:
Like her species, Ash has developed supernatural night vision, strength and speed. Her fangs are similar to those of other vampires’ but they have a slight curve at the end, like that of a snake. She also possesses venom, although she has never turned anyone else and prefers to have a clean drink. Although young she shows remarkable control when not emotionally upset. Her healing powers are average for her kind.


Weaknesses:
Her delicate skin and eyes are sensitive to light and tend to show irritation almost immediately. If she ever has to go out, she wears a long coat and sunglasses. The weakness in her sternum seems to have spread out a little in her case as her ribcage is easily damaged. Since she’s young for a vampire she is physically weaker than her older counterparts, for now.


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Brief History: Ashley had a good human life. Caring parents, good grades and a likable attitude that gained her many friends, her early years seemed to hint at a great future. Her teenage years her crazy and rebellious, like the stereotypical teenage movie expect less cat fights. At 20 years old she was in college and her parents were asking her to grow up and to start taking things more seriously. She got good grades anyway so she told them that when she turned 21 she would get it together. At a party she was hanging out with some friends when a mysterious stranger took her out to the dance floor. He was enthralling and their brief moment was enough for her to let him drive her home. On the drive home a drunk driver nearly crashed into them but the boy’s supernatural reflexes left them unscathed. Except for a shallow cut on her forehead when the airbags were deployed, and this was Ashley’s downfall. The boy she met was a vampire with a drinking problem and when the crimson liquid surfaced his identity was revealed. In order to not kill her he turned her. That was ten years ago. They spent almost half the decade together, but Ashley had changed, she was more serious and sadder. She was angry, he saw her as a broken toy, so they broke apart. SCION was Ashley’s chance to think about something other than her lost life. She learned about it through a vampire she hunted with once or twice and applied soon after.

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@Irisity I dig it. That's a yes for Clara!

@Rhabdophobia I look forward to it!

Welcome to both of you.
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I'm interested in this roleplay but would it be fine with you if I played my character as a Siren?
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@Rhabdophobia And that's a yes on Ashley!

@WildChocobo Yep, siren sounds like it should fit fine. Might well have a gorgon around in due course so will be good to have a few greek mythology beasties about.

Aaaand Cyrus is up, so that's the first of my characters done.
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Full Name: Phoebe Alice Stride
Nicknames/Aliases: Stride
Age: 46, although she physically appears to be in her early twenties.
Gender: Female
Species: Gorgon/Human Hybrid
SCION Team/Rank: Member of Thunder Moon

Description:
At about 5’4”, “Stride” is a woman of pale complexion, and even paler hair. Locks of silver fall messily about her face, with several hanging low enough to brush her chin. Her eyes are a strikingly bright yellow, and very much serpentine; nearly all of her eyes taken up by the same color, and her pupils are slitted. Scales litter her body, showing up as sporadic patches on otherwise regular human skin.

However, Stride has a habit of covering most of her features, leaving much to the imagination. Typically, she dons a pair of goggles over her eyes, and a thin, breathable strip of fabric over her mouth; although when out on battle, she tends to switch these items out for a basic gas mask. Her outfit consists of a maroon jacket over dark shirts, jeans, and a set of work gloves and boots.

Asides from these features, Stride is of Japanese and Greek descent, and while she can understand the language of the former, prefers speaking in English above anything else.


Personality:
Sarcastic, hasty, and generally rough-around-the-edges, Stride’s personality seems to befit the protagonist of a cheesy action movie over a member of a discreet intelligence operation. Her vocabulary is vast enough to make a sailor blush, and is something she often uses to get on the nerves of most decent folk. It doesn’t take long for her to give out a few rather...blunt comments if it means getting a rise out of someone. She possesses quite the temper, as well- acting childishly when frustrated or taken off guard, and throwing out meaningless insults in an effort to maintain what she views as an “impressive” demeanor. Given this hot-bloodedness, this often makes her fairly unpleasant company, especially when around those with thinner skin.

In spite of this, however, she’s fiercely loyal to both SCION and her companions, working doggedly to get both recognition and admiration between her peers. This results in her being a bit show-offy at times; although when it counts, Stride can be fairly cool-headed and reasonable enough, making her decent enough to work with.


Skills:
While she cannot induce the same symptoms as a pure blooded gorgon, Stride’s gaze can stun anyone who meets her eyes, inducing an effect similar to being tazed in the victim- muscles locking, and waves of pain flooding their body. If Stride were to hold her gaze for too long, it is very much possible that her power could turn deadly. She’s also talented with use of firearms- especially with her dual H&K MP7A1s- and fairly decent in terms of hand-to-hand combat. Her heritage also grants her a heightened healing factor, which, again, while not as strong as a gorgon’s, heals minor wounds fairly quickly and keeps her from aging much.

Aside from those, Stride also boasts the basic knowledge of most SCION fighters on squaring off with the supernatural- both in detainment and dispatchment- as well as some various miscellaneous skills picked up from her work.


Weaknesses: Stride’s pride tends to be her biggest weakness, as, in efforts to prove herself, she will often charge headfirst into a confrontation. She’s willing to perform dangerous stunts- a trait of hers only worsened by her fighting style, which, when left up to her, focuses on getting closer than most long-ranged weapon users would. Using her gaze for too long tends to draw energy from her, and, along the lines of her heritage related attributes, Stride is also cold-blooded. There is also the matter of her being a perfectionist; while this leads her to strive for improvement, it also leads to aggression and irritation when she fails to reach her intended goal.

In addition, Stride is rather emotionally underdeveloped, causing her to become frustrated when things don’t go her way.

Brief History: Young Phoebe was born as a result of a rather...problematic affair between her mother- a married human woman, and head of a prosperous weapons company- and her father- a gorgon killer-for-hire. As the child didn’t exactly resemble the woman’s husband, it was obvious enough that she was a bastard- something that threatened to cause a large stain upon the family’s reputation. As such, Stride was often kept away from company and shunned, causing her to turn to the various movie and T.V. memorabilia for influence on her personality.

Throughout her years, Stride constantly worked in an effort to become a proper member of the family; although her efforts were made for nothing at the resurgence of SCION. Upon its discovery, her family was quick to send her to join the organization, and she has remained with the group ever since.
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@Zahir@EchoicChamber A yes on Phoebe and Aries. Welcome aboard!
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is it too late to join?

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Do non-sapient cryptids like bigfoot and nessie exist in this universe?
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@Spinosaurus Not too late at all, go ahead! And yes, things like that do probably also exist in very small numbers.
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@VitoftheVoid And because I'm feeling ambitious, what would you think is the reasonability of a werewolf/vampire "mix" of sorts? (Edited out "hybrid" since that has genetic implications.)
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@VitoftheVoid Do we have to be something from the list of creatures, or can we be something more "out there"? [Spring-heeled jack, frogman, lycan-not-werewolf, ect.]
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@Juicy In the sense of one of the species who was bitten by the other? That in itself happening is probably not unheard of, but the two conditions don't really play very nicely with one another due to the serious opposition in their ideal body environment. Vampires have low body temperature, slow pulse, longer digestive tract, werewolves high body temperature, rapid pulse, short digestive tract. I suspect that a crossover wouldn't live too long, or one 'condition' would overcome the other. Of course if you can come up with a reason a character might've ended up a stable cross, I'd be happy to give it a look.

@Spinosaurus I'm happy to accept different species, so long as they fit the 'could conceivably blend into normal society if they tried' rule. That said, for the sake of this canon's simplicity, 'lycan' and 'werewolf' are just different terms for the same creatures.
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@VitoftheVoid Could a person be the sole being of a species of creatures?
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@Spinosaurus Well that would depend, the creature would, presumably, have had to come from somewhere. Something being the last of its kind would make sense, but aside from primordial things like demons that aren't welcome in the organisation, things must have been created at one point.
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And if the origin is unknown?
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Full Name: Silas Clarence Whitmore
Nicknames/Aliases: Si, Holy Vessel of the Naga
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Species: Human (host to deity)
SCION Team/Rank: Harvest Moon (applying for team leader)


Description:
A tall, lanky man with bifocals figuratively thicker than his biceps. He's got a mop of disheveled brown hair and quick blue eyes which are magnified by his glasses to nearly owl-like proportions. His skin is pale from lack of sun exposure, but a dusting of freckles dots his cheekbones. Silas has gangly arms and a tendency to swing them about when he speaks. His outfits typically consist of button up shirts and sweaters, often accented by a stray gecko or two hiding under her collar or the roll of his sleeve.


Personality:
Silas is a proponent of the "knowledge is power" philosophy, and embodies this ideal with his actions: He is quick and exuberant, with an insatiable thirst for information. He enjoys the company of others, but tends to trail off on tangents mid-conversation. His curiosity is excitable at best and uncontrollable at worst, as he is prone to sudden ideas and will often lock himself in the study for hours on end when he is confronted by a question he has yet to explore. That being said, he has come to accept that some phenomenon have no answer, and embraces the mantra of, "I can't know that which I don't know."

Silas is empathetic, despite being fairly socially inept, and is always willing to lend a listening ear. He is slow to hold a grudge, but strong in his convictions. He believes the answer to most problems lies in communication, and the rest are simply reached through persistence.


Skills:
Photographic memory, MENSA genius, and esteemed supernatural lore expert, fluent in Latin, ancient Greek, Old English, Hindi, and Gaelic, with multiple degrees (Bachelors in History with a focus on European tribes and a minor in mythology, Masters in archaeology, Masters in ancient history, Masters in linguistics with a speciality in dead languages, Doctorate in linguistics, Doctorate in in ancient history with a focus in mythology and ancient lore).

Also capable of understanding a large number of reptilian tongues, and gets along quite well with most scaly critters.


Weaknesses:
Silas is poor in combat, boasting no more ability than a mortal human. He's also curious to a fault, and is easily coerced into doing otherwise foolish things in the hunt for new information. He also serves as the host for an ancient reptilian deity, commonly referred to as a Naga, that spews a constant stream of useless ideas into his consciousness.


Brief History:
Since a young age, Silas was always a bit "different:" He preferred books over video games and documentaries over action films. He started college at age 15, and went on to study with several universities, acquiring three Masters and two Doctoral degrees by the tender age of 26.

Silas published multiple papers, but was best known for his work in ancient history and the mythologies of ancient peoples. At 27, he lead an archaeological expedition of students and peers in India to investigate a recently discovered temple to a previously undocumented local deity. While inside, Silas happened upon a patch of unstable ground, lost his footing, and tumbled into a subterranean tunnel below the temple's main floor.

He toppled into a secret chamber and broke his leg, and more importantly, unleashed a curse upon himself in the chamber.

The spirit of the temple deity, a powerful Naga, manifested in the young Doctor Whitmore, cursing him to be forever surrounded by, and able to understand the whispering of, reptiles.

Which, as far as curses went, didn't seem the worst possibility.

Unfortunately, the deity also took up host residence in the young academic. Silas was rescued by an excavation team within two days of his incident, being pulled from the tomb hungry, dehydrated, and with several geckos in his pockets, but physically intact.

The curse, however, had shaken him to the core and served to confirm a suspicion he had held for many years: The subjects and myths of his research were more than fairy stories. Between his new possession and this realization, he took to incoherent babbling. That which did make sense seemed nonsensical, leading him to voluntarily commit himself for mental treatment.

Hearing this story, SCION moved in to adopt the doctor and introduced to the reality of a supernatural world. With this new understanding, and after he had adequately geeked out at the actual existence of cryptids, Dr. Whitmore managed to learn to live with his new state. He was offered a position as the chief historical and lore expert, and has been cheerfully researching away in the rare archives ever since. He doubles as an adjunct professor at a local university, teaching multiple anthropology courses online (as the last time he set foot on campus, the snakes from the biology lab had a sudden and violent escape.)
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@ScoundrelQueen That's a yes on Mr Whitmore!

@Spinosaurus It's fine to have a background that's shrouded in mystery from an IC perspective, but from an OOC point of view, something that's a big departure from the norm would need a clear reason, not in the least because SCION would be rather unwilling to accept an agent that they felt was withholding information from them, if that makes sense.
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