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The Evening Looms: Since All Has Risen [A War of Magic and Other Powers]

Sora hummed a little tune as he ducked and weaved passed the people in the bustling city streets. Slung over his shoulder was a bag, filled to the brim with cash. The bag originally belonged to the owner of several stores and establishments that reside within Mundin. Just a few hours earlier, the business owner had decided to buy into a high-stakes game of poker. Unfortunately for him, Sora was playing in the same game. After just forty-five minutes of playing, Sora had already taken everything the entrepreneur had placed on the table. A smile slid it’s way onto Sora’s face as he remembered the businessman’s face as he lost. The mix of anger and complete bewilderment on his face, after he lost hand after hand, was priceless. Although this wasn’t the reason that Sora attended the game. The real reason he was there was simply for information. The surplus of money was just a happy addition to what he really went there for. Several of the people playing in the game, including the businessman, were not what one would call law abiding citizens. They were all involved in the city's criminal enterprises, in one form or another, and Sora was there to see what their plans were for today’s festivities. Much to his disappointment, there were no great big plays being made against the city today.

Sora quickly stopped humming as he made a sudden and sharp turn into a nearby alleyway. He knew the city’s street and alley systems like the back of his hand, and this was the most efficient route to Parliament. He wasn’t interested in today’s festivities, and he decided to go inform the soldiers of the lack of criminal activity. A couple years back, Sora approached the MDU and MPU with an offer. He offered to become a confidential informant in return for relative freedom to work within the city. This was initially met with nothing but laughter, and Sora took his leave. The next time Sora showed up at MPU headquarters, he brought information that not only resulted in several successful drug busts, but also brought a criminal drug smuggling ring to an abrupt end. The MDU/MPU had no choice but to accept his offer at that point.

A left turn and then a right. A few minutes passed as Sora snaked his way through the alleyways. Most of the alleys were empty due to the fact that almost everyone in the city was currently funneling into St. Jeanne Plaza. Sora made one more left turn and kept going straight until the alley suddenly opened up. The sight before him was none other than an empty pathway leading straight to the Parliament Courtyard. He stood there only for a moment as he pondered his approach. He then reached into the bag, pulled out the money he used to buy into the poker game, put the cash into his jacket pocket, and then made his way up the pathway. The walk didn’t take too long, and soon enough he found himself in front of a small platoon of guards and what looked like a supplier of equipment. He was glad to see that his assumption that the Prime Minister would be delaying his involvement in the festivities was correct.

A smile crept onto his face as he said, “Well, well, well. Isn’t it my favorite platoon of goodie-two-shoes. How’s guard duty treating y’all?” He took a short pause to toss the bag of money off to the side and away from him, “I seriously don’t know how you guys do it. This looks like one of the most boring jobs on the planet, and I should know, my father was a college professor”, he chuckled, “Anywho, Your faithful spider has come to report on what news has fallen into his web!” He bowed towards the soldiers as he finished his sentence.

The Evening Looms: Since All Has Risen [A War of Magic and Other Powers]

If I may ask, would it a be a reasonable assumption for Sora to be an informant for the MDU/MPU? He gets to keep close tabs on the law enforcement within the city, and they would have someone keeping a close eye on the underbelly of Mudin. I'm just looking for a good reason for him to make his way to Parliament. There is still one more spot to switch over to Parliament as a "civilian", right?

The Evening Looms: Since All Has Risen [A War of Magic and Other Powers]

Sora Zardathian

Name: Sora Zardathian
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Caucasian & North American Immigrant
Appearance:
Personality: In a world of the manic and empowered, Sora has survived. When the world suddenly gained powers, an event he calls “The Singularity”, he learned quickly that the world he once knew came to a very abrupt end. Since then, Sora has survived using intellect, cunning, and manipulation. With the skills of a conman and psychologist, he goes through life playing with the hearts and minds of others to reach his goals. He never forgets a debt, good or bad. If you do find yourself on the wrong side of his good graces, take caution. He is the type of man to smile and take whatever punishment is given, all the while planning your downfall in a spectacular manner.

Although he is proud of his lifestyle, it is a lifestyle of distrust and disinformation. He will often keep people at arm's length, never allowing people to see his true feelings and motivations. This is both a way of hiding his underlying goals as well as a way to defend himself from future loss. If one does get passed his walls and barriers, and get close enough to be called an ally or friend, Sora will do anything for them.

Abilities:

Shadowmancy

Sora has the ability to alter and manipulate the shadows around him at will. He can do anything from giving the shadows a physical form and shape, to traveling through them at breakneck speeds. Sora has broken down the ability into 5 main overarching abilities.

Shadow Constructs - Sora can create physical objects using the shadows in the near vicinity. There is no restrictions on what he can create other than that there must be enough shadow to create the desired object and that it cannot be sentient. There are a few Caveats to using the shadows in this way though. Shadows were never meant to have a physical presence in the world and constantly try to return to their natural state. This means that Sora must make a constant effort to maintain the object’s form. The bigger the item, the more effort and concentration it takes to maintain the object's physical existence.

Shadow Marionetes - Closely related to Shadow Constructs, Sora can controls and shape the shadows how he sees fit. Be the shadows physical or not, he can control how they look and how they move. Combining this ability with Shadow Constructs, Sora can create the illusion of life and sentience. For example, by creating a Shadow Construct of a Tiger, He could control the Tiger’s movements and actions like it was a real Tiger. This is all an act though and can be seen through by experienced eyes. Controlling Shadow Constructs is a mentally taxing task, and increases the difficulty of maintaining the object’s physical presence in the world.

Shadow Walk - Sora has the ability to temporarily turn himself into shadows and move through them with blinding speed. He can also hide within the shadows to escape detection or to eavesdrop in on private meetings and conversations. As a shadow he cannot interact with the physical world and can only maintain what changes he has already made to the shadows around him. Also, when he is travelling through the shadows, he cannot travel to non-connecting shadows. An example would be going into the shadow of a mailbox. If the shadow of a nearby lamp is overlapping the shadow of the mailbox, Sora can jump into that shadow and keep moving. If there are no other shadows overlapping the mailbox’s shadow, then Sora would be confined within the shadow of the mailbox. Also, although he turned into shadow, he is not impervious to damage. Although the damage is reduced, any physical or mental trauma he sustains as a shadow will take effect when he returns to a physical form. Another note would be that, if the shadow Sora is currently possessing disappears, he will automatically return to his normal state.

Shadow Mind - Sora has a natural shield against mental attacks. The shield isn’t overly strong though. Strong telepaths can still push through it and attempt to seize his mind, but he/she will find that there is a mysterious second entity helping to repel the attack. Sora has surmised that the natural darkness within the human anatomy is what actually shields his brain and mind, and therefor cannot get any stronger or weaker since the shadows within the body never changes.

Shadow Theater - This is Sora’s strongest ability, but also the least used. By entering a meditative state, Sora can syphon the shadows in a large radius around him to create a large room sized area of shadows. He can willingly control how the light reacts within this area and create several complex Shadow Constructs. He has found that this is not a practical ability for combat and to only be used as a trap or training tool. He has only ever practically used this ability twice and both times were to help him escape capture from the GAU.

Biography:
Ever since he could remember, Sora could read other people’s true motivations. He didn’t know why, but he learned at a young age how to observe the voice fluctuations and body language of others. He could sense when he was being used or lied too, and it lead him to be ostracised by almost all the kids his age and even some groups of adults. Since he didn’t have any real friends, he became very introverted and turned to books and video games to pass the time. Most of the books he ended up reading were educational books, a large portion of them being about psychology, philosophy, and communication. This was because of his father, who worked as college teacher for some college that Sora can’t remember the name of, kept bringing home textbooks and scientific magazines. Sora was content on being a silent academic, but that all changed when he was 10 years old.

That was when the world got turned upside down. In an event, that Sora would later coin “The Singularity”, where a large portion of the world’s population gained supernatural abilities. Sora remembers the sudden chaos the ensued in the passing months. His most vivid memory of this time period was the sudden rise of the Great Arcane Union. They made short work of the United States Government, and quickly spread their influence through the continent as an opressive and tyrannical force. It was around this time that Sora and his father fled to Canada.

It wasn’t long before the GAU focused its sights on the Norther Territories, and once again Sora had to watch as he lost everything. This time was much worse though. In an effort to defend what little they had left, both Sora and his father joined the local rebellion. A small group of powered people who had the idea in their heads that they had what it takes to stop the GAU, they were wrong. After a couple of months of relative success, the rebel leaders got word that a member of the Grand Council would be passing through a nearby town. The rebels thought it to be a great opportunity to deal a significant blow to the GAU. Sora was the only one to sense that something was off with the messenger that delivered the news. Over and over Sora voiced his concerns, but his words fell upon deaf ears as the rebel leaders were blinded by such a ripe opportunity. A week later the entirety of the rebellion forces moved out in what would be their largest operation yet. It was also their last.

Sora was right to be concerned. Apparently a few weeks prior, one of the rebel force’s messengers was captured by the GAU. The messenger was tortured and brainwashed into working for the GAU, and then sent back into the field to work as a double agent. The exact same messenger was later given false information to give to the leaders of the rebellion. What was going to be the biggest opportunity for the rebel forces quickly became their biggest downfall. When the rebels reached the town, they were quickly greeted by a large group of hostiles and 3 members of the Grand Council commanding them. It was a massacre. Sora watched as the GAU slaughtered everyone he cared about.. The only thing that Sora could do was run. It wasn’t enough though. His escape route was cut off by none other than one of the Grand Council. Just before the man was about to land the killing blow, Sora’s father stepped in and sacrificed himself. Sora watched has his father was maimed and mutilated by the man's magic. Sora ran, but not before lashing out at the man and leaving a visible cut down the right side of his face. Sora escaped from the town, the lone survivor.

After the fall of the rebellion, Sora was a wanted enemy of the GAU and he was alone. He spent the next few years running from town to town, narrowly escaping the GAU goons. He couldn’t stay in one place for too long, so he started learning the ways of the criminal. He learned how to lie, cheat, and steal from others in order to survive. Eventually he became a Grade A conman/grifter, and was able to make a reliable living from deceiving those who thought themselves untouchable.

Eventually the pressure from the GAU became too much, and Sora was forced to flee the country. He was able to cheat his way onto a smuggler’s air ship, and set forth for Mundin. After many hardships, he finally became a citizen of the island city-state. He can now be seen in multiple of the streets and alleyways of Mundin, cheating other powered people out of their hard earned wages all the while planning his eventual revenge against the GAU.

Specialties:
-Expert at Sleight of Hand
-Highly Proficient at Reading the Body Language and Voice Modulations of others.
-Can fluently speak and read English, Japanese, German, French, and Mandarin.
-Proficient at weapon-based combat
-Highly Knowledgeable of Psychology and the Human Psyche

Equipment:
Sora always carries three things no matter what.
1. His father’s pocket watch
2. A curved dagger
3. A Book (The book will change but he will always have a book)

Other:
He has very deep grudge against the GAU and despises anyone connected to it.

The Evening Looms: Since All Has Risen [A War of Magic and Other Powers]

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Sora Zardathian

Name: Sora Zardathian
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Caucasian & North American Immigrant
Appearance:
Personality: In a world of the manic and empowered, Sorin has survived. When the world suddenly gained powers, an event he calls “The Singularity”, he learned quickly that the world he once knew came to a very abrupt end. Since then, Sora has survived using intellect, cunning, and manipulation. With the skills of a conman and psychologist, he goes through life playing with the hearts and minds of others to reach his goals. He never forgets a debt, good or bad. If you do find yourself on the wrong side of his good graces, take caution. He is the type of man to smile and take whatever punishment is given, all the while planning your downfall in a spectacular manner.

Although he is proud of his lifestyle, it is a lifestyle of distrust and disinformation. He will often keep people at arm's length, never allowing people to see his true feelings and motivations. This is both a way of hiding his underlying goals as well as a way to defend himself from future loss. If one does get passed his walls and barriers, and get close enough to be called an ally or friend, Sora will do anything for them.

Abilities:

Shadowmancy

Sora has the ability to alter and manipulate the shadows around him at will. He can do anything from giving the shadows a physical form and shape, to traveling through them at breakneck speeds. Sora has broken down the ability into 5 main overarching abilities.

Shadow Constructs - Sora can create physical objects using the shadows in the near vicinity. There is no restrictions on what he can create other than that there must be enough shadow to create the desired object and that it cannot be sentient. There are a few Caveats to using the shadows in this way though. Shadows were never meant to have a physical presence in the world and constantly try to return to their natural state. This means that Sora must make a constant effort to maintain the object’s form. The bigger the item, the more effort and concentration it takes to maintain the object's physical existence.

Shadow Marionetes - Closely related to Shadow Constructs, Sora can controls and shape the shadows how he sees fit. Be the shadows physical or not, he can control how they look and how they move. Combining this ability with Shadow Constructs, Sora can create the illusion of life and sentience. For example, by creating a Shadow Construct of a Tiger, He could control the Tiger’s movements and actions like it was a real Tiger. This is all an act though and can be seen through by experienced eyes. Controlling Shadow Constructs is a mentally taxing task, and increases the difficulty of maintaining the object’s physical presence in the world.

Shadow Walk - Sora has the ability to temporarily turn himself into shadows and move through them with blinding speed. He can also hide within the shadows to escape detection or to eavesdrop in on private meetings and conversations. As a shadow he cannot interact with the physical world and can only maintain what changes he has already made to the shadows around him. Also, when he is travelling through the shadows, he cannot travel to non-connecting shadows. An example would be going into the shadow of a mailbox. If the shadow of a nearby lamp is overlapping the shadow of the mailbox, Sora can jump into that shadow and keep moving. If there are no other shadows overlapping the mailbox’s shadow, then Sora would be confined within the shadow of the mailbox. Also, although he turned into shadow, he is not impervious to damage. Although the damage is reduced, any physical or mental trauma he sustains as a shadow will take effect when he returns to a physical form. Another note would be that, if the shadow Sora is currently possessing disappears, he will automatically return to his normal state.

Shadow Mind - Sora has a natural shield against mental attacks. The shield isn’t overly strong though. Strong telepaths can still push through it and attempt to seize his mind, but he/she will find that there is a mysterious second entity helping to repel the attack. Sora has surmised that the natural darkness within the human anatomy is what actually shields his brain and mind, and therefor cannot get any stronger or weaker since the shadows within the body never changes.

Shadow Theater - This is Sora’s strongest ability, but also the least used. By entering a meditative state, Sora can syphon the shadows in a large radius around him to create a large room sized area of shadows. He can willingly control how the light reacts within this area and create several complex Shadow Constructs. He has found that this is not a practical ability for combat and to only be used as a trap or training tool. He has only ever practically used this ability twice and both times were to help him escape capture from the GAU.

Biography:
Ever since he could remember, Sora could read other people’s true motivations. He didn’t know why, but he learned at a young age how to observe the voice fluctuations and body language of others. He could sense when he was being used or lied too, and it lead him to be ostracised by almost all the kids his age and even some groups of adults. Since he didn’t have any real friends, he became very introverted and turned to books and video games to pass the time. Most of the books he ended up reading were educational books, a large portion of them being about psychology, philosophy, and communication. This was because of his father, who worked as college teacher for some college that Sora can’t remember the name of, kept bringing home textbooks and scientific magazines. Sora was content on being a silent academic, but that all changed when he was 10 years old.

That was when the world got turned upside down. In an event, that Sora would later coin “The Singularity”, where a large portion of the world’s population gained supernatural abilities. Sora remembers the sudden chaos the ensued in the passing months. His most vivid memory of this time period was the sudden rise of the Great Arcane Union. They made short work of the United States Government, and quickly spread their influence through the continent as an opressive and tyrannical force. It was around this time that Sora and his father fled to Canada.

It wasn’t long before the GAU focused its sights on the Norther Territories, and once again Sora had to watch as he lost everything. This time was much worse though. In an effort to defend what little they had left, both Sora and his father joined the local rebellion. A small group of powered people who had the idea in their heads that they had what it takes to stop the GAU, they were wrong. After a couple of months of relative success, the rebel leaders got word that a member of the Grand Council would be passing through a nearby town. The rebels thought it to be a great opportunity to deal a significant blow to the GAU. Sora was the only one to sense that something was off with the messenger that delivered the news. Over and over Sora voiced his concerns, but his words fell upon deaf ears as the rebel leaders were blinded by such a ripe opportunity. A week later the entirety of the rebellion forces moved out in what would be their largest operation yet. It was also their last.

Sora was right to be concerned. Apparently a few weeks prior, one of the rebel force’s messengers was captured by the GAU. The messenger was tortured and brainwashed into working for the GAU, and then sent back into the field to work as a double agent. The exact same messenger was later given false information to give to the leaders of the rebellion. What was going to be the biggest opportunity for the rebel forces quickly became their biggest downfall. When the rebels reached the town, they were quickly greeted by a large group of hostiles and 3 members of the Grand Council commanding them. It was a massacre. Sora watched as the GAU slaughtered everyone he cared about.. The only thing that Sora could do was run. It wasn’t enough though. His escape route was cut off by none other than one of the Grand Council. Just before the man was about to land the killing blow, Sora’s father stepped in and sacrificed himself. Sora watched has his father was maimed and mutilated by the man's magic. Sora ran, but not before lashing out at the man and leaving a visible cut down the right side of his face. Sora escaped from the town, the lone survivor.

After the fall of the rebellion, Sora was a wanted enemy of the GAU and he was alone. He spent the next few years running from town to town, narrowly escaping the GAU goons. He couldn’t stay in one place for too long, so he started learning the ways of the criminal. He learned how to lie, cheat, and steal from others in order to survive. Eventually he became a Grade A conman/grifter, and was able to make a reliable living from deceiving those who thought themselves untouchable.

Eventually the pressure from the GAU became too much, and Sora was forced to flee the country. He was able to cheat his way onto a smuggler’s air ship, and set forth for Mundin. After many hardships, he finally became a citizen of the island city-state. He can now be seen in multiple of the streets and alleyways of Mundin, cheating other powered people out of their hard earned wages all the while planning his eventual revenge against the GAU.

Specialties:
-Expert at Sleight of Hand
-Highly Proficient at Reading the Body Language and Voice Modulations of others.
-Can fluently speak and read English, Japanese, German, French, and Mandarin.
-Proficient at weapon-based combat
-Highly Knowledgeable of Psychology and the Human Psyche

Equipment:
Sora always carries three things no matter what.
1. His father’s pocket watch
2. A curved dagger
3. A Book (The book will change but he will always have a book)

Other:
He has very deep grudge against the GAU and despises anyone connect to it.

The Evening Looms: Since All Has Risen [A War of Magic and Other Powers]

Any room left in this?

Four Winds

@banjoanjo Thanks. I am happy this is a thing again. Fun set of people from the looks of it.

Four Winds

I have been summoned from the abyss!! Finally some daylight.

Also, I'm still interested for sure. New concept and all.

Soturi: Death of a King

Noxian Greymane

Name: Noxian “Nox” Greymane
Element: Darkness, His mark is the shape of a black crescent moon on the outside of his thigh.
Race: Human
Religion: Polytheistic
Age: 20
Looks:

Personality: Nox is a boy who was forged within the realm of crime and corruption. He has lived in the shadows for most of his developmental years and has become very accustomed to it. He finds solace in the dark and tight spaces of the city and forest, and becomes uncomfortable in vulnerable wide open spaces. He is an extremely hard worker who strives to reach every goal he sets, no matter how improbable it may be. This is the main reason he has fostered a strong sense of competition in his soul, and it becomes very obvious when someone challenges his competency in his craft.

Often seen as a Lone Wolf among his peers, Nox never really had any friends. In fact, the closest thing he ever got to a friend was his temporary partnership with Axel Stonewright, and that was very short-lived. Nox was never against the idea of having a friend, but when you live in the underbelly of the world, trust and friendships were few and far between.

Nox seems like a cold and calculated person. A boy who doesn’t let the world easily affect his emotions, but this a far from the truth. His emotions are raw and untamed, made even more so from his most recent betrayal. He does his best to hide what he feels behind a mask of neutrality and annoyance, but the people who can see past his façade know otherwise.

Nation you come from: Lempea/Muratti

Background: Noxian Greymane was born as Adam Woodburl into a small middle class family in Lempea. Adam was too little to remember, but for the first several years of his life, he was happy. That all changed when his parent decided to become the leaders of a movement against certain Nobles in the capital. These corrupt nobles then forged tall tales and twisted stories about his parents, Soon enough, Adam and his family were ridiculed and persecuted by the blind masses, and their good reputation slowly slipped away. Adam’s father coped with alcohol, while his mother receded into her mind like a shell. Adam, at the age of 6, was still too young to understand the severity of what was going on, but he knew something was wrong. The days and months passed, and Adam’s family name was pulled through the mud and back. His parents lost their jobs, they were thrown out of their house, and everyone treated them like trash. It wasn’t long after this that thugs, hired by the corrupt nobles his parents tried to fight against, came for them. His mother and father were brutally beaten and killed for their misgivings to the Thugs’ employers, and even Adam could not escape their fists and knives when they found out he was a Soturi. After multiple hours of being brutally beaten and tortured, Adams captures left him in the middle of the alley to slowly bleed to death.

It was then that Mallek Black found Adam’s unconscious body. Seizing the opportunity, Mallek took the dying boy away, deeper into the city. When Adam next awoke he was, bandaged head to toe, in a bed. It was there that Mallek Black introduced himself as the leader of a criminal organization known as the Black Rose and gave the boy a choice, become Mallek’s apprentice as an assassin and join the Black Rose organization, or be sold off into slavery. Adam chose the former. Now the apprentice of a self-proclaimed assassin extraordinaire, Adam begun his training as a shadow in the night.

Adam spent five years training under Mallek, learning the ins and outs of being an assassin. One of the first things that Mallek made Adam do was to change his name. Mallek’s reasoning was that a new name, combined with his new lifestyle, would make Adam very hard to trace among the sea of faces that exist in everyday life. Adam, not know what to call himself, left it to Mallek to choose his name. Mallek spent only a few minutes before settling on Noxian Greymane. Adam agreed to the new name, and from that day on, only replied to someone calling him Noxian or Nox. After the name change came the real training for Nox. He first had to learn how to survive in combat, and Mallek spent many months teaching Nox how to use a variety of weapons. Bows, swords, daggers, needles, bo staff, nunchucks, chakrams, and even a wide spread of poisons were just a few of the weapons that Nox learned how to wield. Nox preferred using daggers and needles as they were easily concealed under and in his clothes, but he knew that bows and swords were essential weapon of the battlefield and became the most proficient with them. After he was proficient with every weapon that Mallek could ever think of, it was time for Nox to learn how to conceal himself and learn to move in the shadows. Nox spent many months mastering the art of hiding one’s presence as well as the art of moving through and over obstacles quickly and efficiently. When his physical training was done, Nox was a lean, mean fighting machine that focused on agility, dexterity, and technique to take down his sparring partners.
After his five grueling years of training, it was time for Nox to become initiated into the Black Rose. The initiation ritual was quite simple really. You would take an assignment of your craft and complete it. Nox, although physically ready, was nervous. He had never killed a person before, but his nervousness disappeared when he found out what assignment Mallek had chosen for him. His first target was a nobleman making moves in the underworld that would eventually throw The Black Rose into disarray. One of the same nobles that were responsible for destroying his family. Nox took little time to prepare for his mission and went on his way. He was to complete this assignment alone, and Mallek shadowed the young assassin only as a spectator to the young talent.

Breaking into the man’s home was easy enough for Nox. He had to climb up 5 stories on the outside of a castle sized mansion, but he figured it would be easier than trying to fight through a small army of servants and guards, foolishly protecting the noble. Nox slipped through the window which he had silently opened and slowly crept his way through room after room of the large mansion. Soon enough Nox found himself standing over the slumbering man, wrapped in the fine silken blankets of the building. His heart was racing at the time and many thoughts passed through his mind at the time, but the only thought that didn’t cross his mind was if he was able to take a life. He already knew that answer. The man stirred in his bed and opened his eyes. His eyes were in a haze, but they quickly cleared as they noticed the young intruder. The man opened his mouth to scream, but Nox was too quick for him. In a single fluid motion, Nox pulled out his dagger and dragged it across the man’s jugular with extraordinary precision. Nox then watched as the light slowly faded from the noble’s eyes. Nox stood there, taking in the reality of what he had just done. He wasn’t panicked or scared. He was excited and happy. Happy to have finally gain vengeance on his family.

After that night Nox was a full-fledged member of The Black Rose and went on countless solo mission across the world to assassinate high priority targets for the highest bidder. Most were just corrupt business men and nobles, but there were a few targets that Nox didn’t quite understand. He never asked any question though. Noxian Greymane became a name to be feared among criminals of the world, and Nox relished in the fact. It was maybe three years after his first assignment that Nox met his soon to be partner in crime Axel Stonewright. Axel was only a few years older than Nox, and was already the top conman the organization had ever known. Axel was responsible for many people losing their homes, and fortunes under false claims and promises, and no one ever could figure out who the culprit was in the end. Axel and Nox over the months realized that they could use each other’s specific skill sets to their advantage, and that was how the partnership was born. They were the most successful duo in The Black Rose, at least until Axel got caught and killed in a routine con. After Axel’s death, Nox swore to never take on a partner in crime again, and thus became the Lone Wolf of the Black Rose.

A year later, the fact that Nox was a Soturi was exposed, to a large portion of The Black Rose, by a jealous member of the Orginizaiton. Nox thought nothing of it as it did not seem to create the much of a stir among his peers, but he had failed to realize the growing fear and hatred that plagued the faces of the members of The Black Rose. It wasn’t until a few months later that he received his final assignment from the Organization. Mallek had seemed off that day as he gave Nox his assignment. When Nox went to the location, he was surprised to learn it was a trap. Before he could realize what happened, he was surrounded by armed guards and taken away. Fortunately, able to keep the fact he was a Soturi hidden from his captors, Nox was sent to a Labor Camp where he was forced to work in Salt Mines.

During his time ine the Salt Mines, Nox was tortured. He was beaten and whipped on a regular basis and multiple other labor slaves attempted to take advantage and kill the young assassin. Although he couldn’t retaliate against the guards, he made sure any other slave that dared to take his life were either killed or horribly maimed after the fact. This often resulted in Nox being sent to the Salt Mines famed isolation chambers. Nox spent a year in the mines, cautiously keeping the fact that he was a Soturi a secret. When the word of rebellion crawled through the labor camp, Nox knew that it was time for him to make his leave. A week later, Nox was a free man. Leaving a trail of bodies and faking his death, Nox was now another anonymous face in the sea of people in everyday life. After his escape from the Salt Mines, Nox made his way to the country of Muratti. He now calles the forest country his home.

Anything else you want to include: He is great at sewing.

Theme Song:

Soturi: Death of a King

@zackattack279 No, it's cool. I'm using a remodeled character that didn't get a chance to be played, and having him in a city and forest scene was exactly how I imagined him. So, go Muratti!

Soturi: Death of a King

For Consideration. My CS applicaiton

My Hider

Name: Noxian “Nox” Greymane
Element: Darkness, His mark is the shape of a black crescent moon on the outside of his thigh.
Race: Human
Religion: Polytheistic
Age: 20
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Personality: Nox is a boy who was forged within the realm of crime and corruption. He has lived in the shadows for most of his developmental years and has become very accustomed to it. He finds solace in the dark and tight spaces of the city and forest, and becomes uncomfortable in vulnerable wide open spaces. He is an extremely hard worker who strives to reach every goal he sets, no matter how improbable it may be. This is the main reason he has fostered a strong sense of competition in his soul, and it becomes very obvious when someone challenges his competency in his craft.

Often seen as a Lone Wolf among his peers, Nox never really had any friends. In fact, the closest thing he ever got to a friend was his temporary partnership with Axel Stonewright, and that was very short-lived. Nox was never against the idea of having a friend, but when you live in the underbelly of the world, trust and friendships were few and far between.

Nox seems like a cold and calculated person. A boy who doesn’t let the world easily affect his emotions, but this a far from the truth. His emotions are raw and untamed, made even more so from his most recent betrayal. He does his best to hide what he feels behind a mask of neutrality and annoyance, but the people who can see past his façade know otherwise.

Nation you come from: Lempea/Muratti

Background: Noxian Greymane was born as Adam Woodburl into a small middle class family in Lempea. Adam was too little to remember, but for the first several years of his life, he was happy. That all changed when his parent decided to become the leaders of a movement against certain Nobles in the capital. These corrupt nobles then forged tall tales and twisted stories about his parents, Soon enough, Adam and his family were ridiculed and persecuted by the blind masses, and their good reputation slowly slipped away. Adam’s father coped with alcohol, while his mother receded into her mind like a shell. Adam, at the age of 6, was still too young to understand the severity of what was going on, but he knew something was wrong. The days and months passed, and Adam’s family name was pulled through the mud and back. His parents lost their jobs, they were thrown out of their house, and everyone treated them like trash. It wasn’t long after this that thugs, hired by the corrupt nobles his parents tried to fight against, came for them. His mother and father were brutally beaten and killed for their misgivings to the Thugs’ employers, and even Adam could not escape their fists and knives when they found out he was a Soturi. After multiple hours of being brutally beaten and tortured, Adams captures left him in the middle of the alley to slowly bleed to death.

It was then that Mallek Black found Adam’s unconscious body. Seizing the opportunity, Mallek took the dying boy away, deeper into the city. When Adam next awoke he was, bandaged head to toe, in a bed. It was there that Mallek Black introduced himself as the leader of a criminal organization known as the Black Rose and gave the boy a choice, become Mallek’s apprentice as an assassin and join the Black Rose organization, or be sold off into slavery. Adam chose the former. Now the apprentice of a self-proclaimed assassin extraordinaire, Adam begun his training as a shadow in the night.

Adam spent five years training under Mallek, learning the ins and outs of being an assassin. One of the first things that Mallek made Adam do was to change his name. Mallek’s reasoning was that a new name, combined with his new lifestyle, would make Adam very hard to trace among the sea of faces that exist in everyday life. Adam, not know what to call himself, left it to Mallek to choose his name. Mallek spent only a few minutes before settling on Noxian Greymane. Adam agreed to the new name, and from that day on, only replied to someone calling him Noxian or Nox. After the name change came the real training for Nox. He first had to learn how to survive in combat, and Mallek spent many months teaching Nox how to use a variety of weapons. Bows, swords, daggers, needles, bo staff, nunchucks, chakrams, and even a wide spread of poisons were just a few of the weapons that Nox learned how to wield. Nox preferred using daggers and needles as they were easily concealed under and in his clothes, but he knew that bows and swords were essential weapon of the battlefield and became the most proficient with them. After he was proficient with every weapon that Mallek could ever think of, it was time for Nox to learn how to conceal himself and learn to move in the shadows. Nox spent many months mastering the art of hiding one’s presence as well as the art of moving through and over obstacles quickly and efficiently. When his physical training was done, Nox was a lean, mean fighting machine that focused on agility, dexterity, and technique to take down his sparring partners.
After his five grueling years of training, it was time for Nox to become initiated into the Black Rose. The initiation ritual was quite simple really. You would take an assignment of your craft and complete it. Nox, although physically ready, was nervous. He had never killed a person before, but his nervousness disappeared when he found out what assignment Mallek had chosen for him. His first target was a nobleman making moves in the underworld that would eventually throw The Black Rose into disarray. One of the same nobles that were responsible for destroying his family. Nox took little time to prepare for his mission and went on his way. He was to complete this assignment alone, and Mallek shadowed the young assassin only as a spectator to the young talent.

Breaking into the man’s home was easy enough for Nox. He had to climb up 5 stories on the outside of a castle sized mansion, but he figured it would be easier than trying to fight through a small army of servants and guards, foolishly protecting the noble. Nox slipped through the window which he had silently opened and slowly crept his way through room after room of the large mansion. Soon enough Nox found himself standing over the slumbering man, wrapped in the fine silken blankets of the building. His heart was racing at the time and many thoughts passed through his mind at the time, but the only thought that didn’t cross his mind was if he was able to take a life. He already knew that answer. The man stirred in his bed and opened his eyes. His eyes were in a haze, but they quickly cleared as they noticed the young intruder. The man opened his mouth to scream, but Nox was too quick for him. In a single fluid motion, Nox pulled out his dagger and dragged it across the man’s jugular with extraordinary precision. Nox then watched as the light slowly faded from the noble’s eyes. Nox stood there, taking in the reality of what he had just done. He wasn’t panicked or scared. He was excited and happy. Happy to have finally gain vengeance on his family.

After that night Nox was a full-fledged member of The Black Rose and went on countless solo mission across the world to assassinate high priority targets for the highest bidder. Most were just corrupt business men and nobles, but there were a few targets that Nox didn’t quite understand. He never asked any question though. Noxian Greymane became a name to be feared among criminals of the world, and Nox relished in the fact. It was maybe three years after his first assignment that Nox met his soon to be partner in crime Axel Stonewright. Axel was only a few years older than Nox, and was already the top conman the organization had ever known. Axel was responsible for many people losing their homes, and fortunes under false claims and promises, and no one ever could figure out who the culprit was in the end. Axel and Nox over the months realized that they could use each other’s specific skill sets to their advantage, and that was how the partnership was born. They were the most successful duo in The Black Rose, at least until Axel got caught and killed in a routine con. After Axel’s death, Nox swore to never take on a partner in crime again, and thus became the Lone Wolf of the Black Rose.

A year later, the fact that Nox was a Soturi was exposed, to a large portion of The Black Rose, by a jealous member of the Orginizaiton. Nox thought nothing of it as it did not seem to create the much of a stir among his peers, but he had failed to realize the growing fear and hatred that plagued the faces of the members of The Black Rose. It wasn’t until a few months later that he received his final assignment from the Organization. Mallek had seemed off that day as he gave Nox his assignment. When Nox went to the location, he was surprised to learn it was a trap. Before he could realize what happened, he was surrounded by armed guards and taken away. Fortunately, able to keep the fact he was a Soturi hidden from his captors, Nox was sent to a Labor Camp where he was forced to work in Salt Mines.

During his time ine the Salt Mines, Nox was tortured. He was beaten and whipped on a regular basis and multiple other labor slaves attempted to take advantage and kill the young assassin. Although he couldn’t retaliate against the guards, he made sure any other slave that dared to take his life were either killed or horribly maimed after the fact. This often resulted in Nox being sent to the Salt Mines famed isolation chambers. Nox spent a year in the mines, cautiously keeping the fact that he was a Soturi a secret. When the word of rebellion crawled through the labor camp, Nox knew that it was time for him to make his leave. A week later, Nox was a free man. Leaving a trail of bodies and faking his death, Nox was now another anonymous face in the sea of people in everyday life. After his escape from the Salt Mines, Nox made his way to the country of Muratti. He now calles the forest country his home.

Anything else you want to include: He is great at sewing.

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