[OOC] Bringers of Light - A Kingdom Hearts Story

[Zorogami]

The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes
But don’t be afraid
And don’t forget
You hold the mightiest weapon of all
You are the one who will open the door

The world we live in set in an age of peace and light. The worlds go about their business, many don't even know there are other worlds out there, everyone comprised of their own people and history. Master Irakois however, a veteran Keyblade Master and the keeper of the land of departure, is sensing a shift in the balance. Throughout the last few days and weeks, kids keep getting transported to his castle, each one of them chosen by the light, holding either a keyblade or some other weapon. The old master has studied these signs, which can only herald one thing: The rise of the darkness. It is his mission to prepare the next generation, to take on the dangers that soon will cast a long shadow over the worlds...

Welcome, bringer of light, to your Kingdom Hearts Story!
The plot of this RP will be based on an original idea, drawing inspiration from the games and the kingdom hearts lore. Prior knowledge about the plot and characters is not a requirement, as long as you know what a keyblade is you will be fine. The general story will be driven by our characters exploring different worlds and fighting the rising darkness, trying to find out who is pulling the strings behind the curtain. A big focus will be put on adventuring and combat, but I’m also hoping to include slice-of-life type moments, since KH deals a lot with themes like friendship, loss and hope. If this sounds like fun to you, and you’ve secretly always wanted to wield a keyblade yourself, join us!

Every story needs a beginning…

We will be starting off at the land of departure. Each of our characters has been transported to this place in the last few months, shortly after we were chosen by the light. Since then, we have been training under Master Iracus, the keeper of this world. Our characters are learning how to use keyblades and magic to fight off the minions of darkness, this life of study and training however will soon enough be interrupted...

The worlds

The upcoming journey will take us to several different worlds, allowing us to meet fun characters as well as dangerous enemies. We will probably end up visiting every major Disney world out there, and if you want to suggest a setting that is not Disney/SE, feel free to try and convince me to include it. As long as it fits the general tone and theme, I’ll probably end up allowing it.

Growing stronger

As we progress through the story, your character will have the chance to learn new techniques, spells, keyblades, summons and maybe even forms. These type of things will usually be awarded after a tough section or difficult boss fight, but they might also be a result of creating new bonds with characters, or depending on the choices you make.

Your Hero

Please post yours in the OOC first. After a character is accepted by me, you can post it in the CHAR tab

Character CS

Name

Age
*should be somewhere between 13 and 18

Appearance
*pictures are great, i don't care if they are anime or realistic. Written description will be allowed if done properly

Weapon
*Keyblades would be the standard go-to option, but you can chose something else if you want
*Other options would include weapons similar to the ones from Org. XIII for example, here are a few ideas

Personality
*feel free to be as creative as you like, anything from serious brawler to whacky goofball

History
*We are all kids basically, so no need to go too deep. If you have lots of ideas though, go ahead!
*Bringers of Light are chosen by their weapons, so please tell us how you got yours

Magic
*Chose one from the basic spells (fire, blizzard, cure, reflect...)

Techniques
*This will become more important later on, as your character grows and becomes stronger
*This section is meant for you to come up with cool move ideas (using the keyblade as "boomerang", combining a spell with an attack, etc.)
*Our characters are just getting started, you can have up to two techniques

Favorite Disney/Square Enix world or setting
*I would like to include everyone's favorites
*If something you like is not disney/SE, you can mention it here as long as it fits the general theme and you can convince me of including it

Random Stuff
*Anything goes: Weird quirks, favorite meal, least favorite ice cream flavor, fondest childhood memory...

The story so far...

Prologue, Land of Departure

[Zorogami]

@Cerberus0807@Aquaknight@Mistress Dizzy@SoleAccord@LeonVon@Wayward

As promised, here is the official OOC! Go ahead and post your characters as soon as you have them ready.
Cerberus and Aquaknight, i limited the number of spells to one and techniques to two for balance reasons. Please modify your CS accordingly and post it here again, thanks :D

[Aquaknight]

Ami

Name
Ami

Age
12 (Her Birthday is coming up very soon in IC)

Appearance


Weapon

Determination Stick: A light and physically weak keyblade, but what it lacks in physical power it makes up for in magical and agile potential

Personality

Ami is a very determined tomboy who never stops doing what's she's doing because people tell her to, which makes her reckless and foolhardy at times, but she makes up for it for her kindness and gentle disposition. As she is very polite girl who is respectful towards everybody she meets unless they act in a way that proves why they shouldn't be respected. She is also very protective and loving towards her friends and allies but she is willing to smack some logic into their heads when they are being illogical or mean. She is at times can be rather sassy and foul mouthed when she's either by herself or around people she doesn't like.

History
Ami was raised in Radient Garden with her Mother, who was a Mage who has given up the life of a warrior to become a mother. But even though her mother give up her life as a Magic Warrior, she taught her daughter Fire Magic. But there was one day while Ami and her mother were relaxing in their World's Expansive gardens they were attacked by Heartless, Ami's mother died protecting her, which caused her Keyblade to be summoned. But even witgh the Keyblade Ami Couldn't fight forever and eventrully passed out from exhastion. But when she awoken she didn't wake up dead or in a Garden but instead in an unknown land where she would learned is the Land of Departure. A kindly Keyblade master found her and eventrully started to teach her the way of the keyblade and to finetune her magical abilities. Ami is the youngest of the Trainees but she is determined to show her skills and and to make sure others don't go though what she went though with her mother.

Magic
Fire

Techniques
Though the Fire and Flames - Ami can surround herself in a huge fiery ball and charge at an opponent, if she hits something she takes no damage but if she misses her target she takes damage

Flaming Ball of Youth - When Ami Dodge rolls she both surrounds herself with flames to further protect herself as well as leave a trail of fire where she rolls.

Favorite Disney/Square Enix world or setting
San Fransokyo (Big Hero 6)
World of Balance/Ruin (Final Fantasy 6)

Random Stuff
Loves Spicy foods and Sweets
Loves Playing with Fire
Loves Hot weather
Hates Rain and snow
Hates sour foods especially lemons and limes
Hates Snails

[Wayward]

I'll have my character up later tonight.

[Zorogami]

@AquaknightThanks for adapting your cs, there are a few minor mistakes in the personality and history section, could you please correct them?
Once you have, go ahead and post Ami in the Char tab :)

[Cerberus0807]

Felix

Name
Felix

Age
16

Appearance



Weapon



Intertwind Fate: A very balanced keyblade thats fairly easy to use.

Personality

Felix is somewhat of an optimist and usually wont get dreadful in bad situations and usually looks on the bright side though this sometimes annoys those around him. He also has a bad habit of ignoring his own safety in favor of those around him which usually ends in him getting hurt. Felix isn't all sunshine and rainbows though if he loses his cool or someone hurts a friend he will become somewhat aggressive and antagonistic towards the one who caused it and challenge them to a fight.

History

Felix has fairly average and somewhat boring history. He grew up in a world where his biggest problem in life would be paying bills or finding a girlfriend. He spent most his time just going to school and hanging out with friends boring teenager and kid stuff. His life didn't really change until his world was attacked by heartless which caused alot of death and destruction. Though Felix lucked out and eventually his keyblade summoned in his hands and he defended himself to the best of his ability. Though he eventually passed out from exhaustion and awake in an unfamiliar place with other people with similar weapons to his keyblade. Felix quickly learned what happened and began training though he knew it would take him awhile to catch to everyone who enter this new world before him.

Magic
Reflect

Techniques
Quick run - Felix for a short distance dashes at extreme speeds to dodge enemy attacks.
Aerial Dodge - Felix launches himself quickly into the air to avoid enemy attacks.

Favorite Disney/Square Enix world or setting

Honestly this will sound boring but I really love the world that never was and twilight town.

Random Stuff
Has a pet fox that oddly came with him when he left his world
Always carries two packs of gum
Has a lucky coin
knows 3 diffrent languages

You know his starting techniques and magic are my most used abilities in kingdom hearts 2 final mix ironically.

[Zorogami]

@Cerberus0807Your CS looks fine to me, you can go ahead and post it in the char section :)
And honestly, i think the world that never was is one of the coolest worlds out there ;)

[Aquaknight]

@Zorogami Okay I edited Ami's CS~

[Wayward]

My character may take a bit longer than expected. I had friend reach out to me about doing a bit of a collab between characters for this, which has changed my plans.

[Zorogami]

@Aquaknight Thank you!

@Wayward No worries, seems we won't be starting just yet either way due to only having a few characters

[Kurai]

Gonna do my best to make time for this. I'll try to have a sheet up tomorrow evening.

[Zorogami]

@KuraiSounds great! Looking forward to it

[Kurai]

Here's my sheet. Btw, I put that he knows Blizzard, but if possible I'd like him to know Gravity. If you'd like me to wait until later to learn that that's fine, I wasn't sure if you wanted to count that as a basic magic or not.

Axeus

Name:
Axeus

Age
17

Appearance
In normal clothing:

Keyblade Armor (assuming we have keyblade armor, if not I'll remove):

Weapon

Heart's Yearning. A simple Keyblade that is good with physical attacks, capable of causing good damage.

Personality

Axeus is cocky and can sometimes come off as a jerk. He is very confident in himself and craves power, sometimes willing to throw others to the wayside in order to get it. However, when he makes friends, he makes them for life. He is slow to trust but once he trusts you he will place his life in your hands. Axeus can sometimes go a little overboard with insults, and while he never really means them seriously, they have gotten him into some rough spots before. He's not a loud mouth but he's also not afraid to tell it like it is.

History

Axeus grew up in the Land of Departure, surrounded by powerful and capable warriors. All he wanted since he was little was to grow up to be like them, strong and able to take on anything. He trained on his own for as long as he could remember, doing rigorous physical exercises and even teaching himself basic gravity magic. One day, while on the outskirts of the world, a portal to darkness opened up and a mysterious figure cloaked in black stepped through. The unknown man summoned a key-like weapon and challenged Axeus to a duel. Axeus was still young and, while he fought valiantly, he was no match for the man. He was knocked unconscious and, when he awoke, a similar key-like weapon was in his hands. He was soon recognized as a keybearer and was taken in by one of the Masters of the Land of Departure. Since then he has been training as hard as he can, often working himself to exhaustion on a daily basis.

Magic
Gravity

Techniques

Piercing Slide- Axeus makes a very quick dash forward combined with a stabbing attack. This attack is great at breaking guards and damaging armored enemies.

Retaliate- Axeus can absorb an attack that he blocks with his keyblade and strike back, using the force of the enemy's attack against them. This causes some damage to Axeus as well as he overexerts his body.

Favorite Disney/Square Enix world or setting

Ivalice (Final Fantasy 12/ Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced)

Land of Dragons (Mulan)

Random Stuff
Doesn't like when people watch him eat
Always works out before bed and right after waking up
Likes to learn about strategy and war
Hates the rain

[Zorogami]

@KuraiI like your CS, go ahead and put in in the CHAR section. Feel also free to replace Blizzard with Gravity, I see no problem with it :)

[Kurai]

Thanks, @Zorogami. Made the edit and copied Axeus over to the Characters tab. Looking forward to starting.

[Zorogami]

@Cerberus0807@Kurai@Aquaknight

It seems like, at least for now, it will only be the four of us. If you guys don't mind and are still interested, I´ll post my own character and the first IC post to get us started soon?

[SoleAccord]

It seems like, at least for now, it will only be the four of us---

@Zorogami

Lemme just stop you right there Zoro because

Aspiring Hero, Lin!

Name - Meilin "Lin" Xiao Yu

Age - 15

Appearance - At a height of 5’5, Lin has a modest look about her, much to her dismay. With the lightly browned skin of her Chinese family and ancestors, what sets her apart from most girls her age is her muscle tone. Her arms and legs are much more defined in that the hard work put forth in exercise and remaining physically fit has paid off, results blatantly on display whenever her bare limbs are exposed. Prideful despite herself, Lin’s body is, feminine wise, not very impressive. Her chest is negligible, with the only obvious sign of her body coming into its own are her developing hips and waistline. In spite of her ‘lack of feminine quality’, she dresses well and prefers to keep herself looking presentable whenever possible.

Lin has dark olive eyes, thin lips, and a clear complexion. Black blunt bangs cover half of her forehead, her entire hair cut short other than the very back where a long braid is formed stopping just at her waist in a ‘queue’ style typical of Chinese men (without the shaved head, of course). Due to the nature of her active lifestyle, she has chosen to commonly wear a black Tai Chi outfit. The coat and pants fit loosely around her slim form, providing enough room for heavy physical activity and plenty of comfort for casual affairs. It is cool, comfortable, and light weight to fulfill all her needs, making no complaint necessary. She wears a pair of black, laceless shoes with strong rubber soles that fit snugly to her feet, as though she was Cinderella to a glass slipper.

Weapon - Lin is a practitioner of many weapons, but identifies the most with polearm weaponry.

Bo Staff – Taken from her homeland and handcrafted into a weapon she deemed ‘elegant yet deadly’, Lin’s Bo Staff is without formal name, but nonetheless handled with care. Sometime after her creation she had learned to establish a ‘bond’ with her weapon, learning to call to it from a far off location without the need to carry it around. This weapon is not by formal standards ‘legendary’, but to her it represents the little girl in her that wanted to become a hero for her people, the little girl in her that still does. A natural brown color, it is both lightweight yet surprisingly durable. Lin believes it to be because she took good care of it, but it is due to her making it stronger by wielding it. This weapon is not unbreakable and can be broken with enough force.

Personality - Lin is everything a hero should strive to be, or so she believes: Courageous, kind, and full of burning passion for what she does and who she wants to be. She had grown up happy and healthy, surrounded by a loved family that helped mold her into the person she is today. Not without a heart, her hand will extend to any and all who wish to accept her help and her friendship, even to the point she may forgive a former enemy after enough trust has been built between the two. She is strongly opinionated and admittedly hardheaded in regards to the ‘correct’ matter of handling a variety of situations, leaving those around her to believe she is incredibly arrogant when in reality her convictions are just unshakable. Lin is rarely uncertain about the actions she chooses to take, knowing that she does it with the interests of the people at heart. She is normally cheerful and ecstatic of what tomorrow might bring, and the day after tomorrow as well.

Finding strength in friendships, creating bonds with a variety of people is one of her favorite pastimes. As a friend and a budding young woman, she is attracted to convictions that are similar to her own and a desire to help those who cannot help themselves. With a focus on bettering herself and the communities she comes across, Lin’s strength is found in her ability to cooperate with others and help lead them to a common goal with the least amount of difficulty. Though she one day desires renown for her ability as a warrior, the true goal is to better humanity as a whole and help guide whole communities onto a better path. Abundant with heroic qualities, Lin too hopes to one day be considered as a ‘hero’ to the people she seeks to protect.

Despite a strong inner fire, Lin is not invulnerable to weakness. She fears rejection by those close to her, this does include her physical appearance to people she genuinely finds attraction to, and is quite worried someone may insult her for not being quite as beautiful as other girls. In spite of not being a glory seeker, Lin also worries she will be too weak to be capable of protecting her friends and loved ones, causing a lingering anxiety deep within her heart. Nothing will ever be good enough, and so in her fear of failing to keep people she loves safe Lin may become distant at peak periods of this fear. A perfectionist to the core, she will master a new maneuver, technique, or weapon of choice until she knows it like the back of her hand. Lin will make any sacrifice necessary to save innocent people, even if they’ll never know her name.

Holding very pacifistic views, she hates unnecessary violence and condemns those who harm others. She is not delusional enough to believe that violence is not necessary, but hates seeing people capable of good committing harmful deeds. Underhanded tricks and blackmail, not to mention hostages or threats on innocents, are acts that do not earn forgiveness. She has no respect for those with greater strength that misuse it, and will sooner find respect for those who are weak and seek to become stronger, than those stronger who intend to control the weak. Lin enjoys healthy competition, but likes to learn in battle much more than she does to win. If you are much too competitive and hungry for a fight, she will always pity your pointless aggression.

History - Lin was born in China, otherwise known as "The Land of Dragons," to a mother and father she cannot remember. Her elder brother, Han, had taken care of her for much of her life and encouraged her dream of becoming a hero and protecting people. Some of her efforts are a result of being self-taught, while much of what Han taught her had become a part of her combat style and aspiration. She wanted to master every part of combat all for the sake of defending those who could not defend themselves. One day, while she was training alone in the courtyard of her home, the Bo Staff she had fashioned had suddenly shifted forms into what Han understood to be a Keyblade. With knowledge Han possessed, Lin understood the weapon to be one of immense power. She was a chosen wielder of a new and powerful weapon capable of much good, and much evil.

The Bo Staff had reverted from its Keyblade-state to its old self, but she still felt the warmth of its light within her weapon. Sensing the strength of her heart, Lin was welcomed to the Academy shortly after by way of summoning, but not before having Han's blessing to become as strong as she desired to. While she misses him and those in China dearly, Lin intends to take advantage of the new opportunities opened up by the attendance of this Keyblade Academy and hopes to make friends who share her ideals. Most importantly, she hopes to become stronger.

Magic - Fire

Techniques -

Balance/Acrobatic – Lin is not the strongest, or the fastest, or the smartest, but what she lacks in those fields she makes up for in her ability to remain perfectly centered. Whether she’s on one foot with the other raised towards the sky or on one hand with the other pouring a cup of tea, her ability to remain on her toes (and hands if she chooses) is remarkable. Concentration is a large part of this and must be maintained; this means that if her concentration is disrupted she can start to lose the advantage of her foot work and acrobatic ability. Her skills are so profound that she can even run or walk across flexible surfaces such as water with ease. The ability to flip, leap, and perform feats of incredible physical skill are not beyond her. She is a flexible woman, who can bend and reach as needed. Light as a feather, she can remain upright on the smallest of objects.

Inner Flame – Lin is attuned to the power of fire and because of it is highly capable of drawing flame from within herself for use. The power can escape her pores and even her own mouth, essentially being a living match. Because of her gift she is immune to intense heat and open flames, able to place her hand in a brazier and feel no effects. With her talents in the field of balance, she had learned how to control her power enough to wield it safely in the presence of those nearby, not risking the chance of harming those close to her because she got carried away.

Favorite Disney/Square Enix world or setting -

*In order of preference

Land of Dragons (Disney) / Olympus Coliseum (Disney) / Twilight Town (Kingdom Hearts CoM / 2)

Random Stuff -

She enjoys spicy foods and is oddly immune to the hottest of dishes no matter the spice.
Looks up to Fa Mulan, the Hero of China.
Often meditates in silence, contemplating the actions that led her to her current state.
Her heart burns so brightly with light that it is nearly impossible to hide her presence from those that are drawn to them.

*A quick note that her 'techniques' are more 'passive' things she can do whether through rigorous training and exhibiting control over her chosen element. If these are deemed too strong, or if you prefer I use more 'traditional' Kingdom Hearts techniques, I will rework things.

[Volenvradica]

I'm sorry, is there any space left?

[Cerberus0807]

I'm happy that coming back now that I finally have internet again it's more active hope we're starting soon.

[Zorogami]

@SoleAccordGreat read, move Lin over to the CHAR section when you please :D

@VolenvradicaOf course, go ahead and grab a CS to get started!

Also, sorry for the lack of updates everyone, i was sick the last 2 days and still recuperating. I'll get us started soon, promise!
Thanks for your patience!