Nobody wanting to be the first to post a character? Well, here's my submission! Open to requests to change - if he is considered under or overpowered. I just had fun with the concepts and this is what I got. [Hider] [B]Name:[/b] Lustran [B]Age:[/b] 34 [B]Race:[/b] Human [B]Gender:[/b] Male [B]Appearance:[/b] Narrow faced and cold of expression, Lustran is solidly built yet lythe after many years of living as what can only be described as an outlaw. He has charcoal grey hair which is kept roughly hewn to several inches long, swept back to reveal a face whose expression naturally falls somewhere between a sneer and a snarl. His eyes are a cold steel-blue, piercing and recessed beneath a prominent brow. His face is slightly gaunt, though this is made more prominent by the surreal hollowness in his expression. Several small scars adorn his face, but none are noteworthy enough to be mentioned specifically. He wears a brown leather greatcoat, lined with a thin layer of chainmail. The coat is well fitted and of high quality, if very old. It is stitched in many places where the leather has been split or pierced by various means. Beneath this, Lustran wears a fitted doublet of faded black velvet and matching legwear - both of high quality and well cared for, but again somewhat aged. He also wears thick boots and gloves made of rugged leather, with iron accents. [B]Bio:[/b] Cold and disinterested in the affairs of others, to call Lustran the emotional equivalent of a stone wall would be a disservice to walls everywhere. He is a cold hearted outlaw - a mercenary, a wanderer and a brigand through and through, who cares little for anyone beyond using them for his own means. He has no qualms about taking the underhanded route to success and will happily lie, cheat, steal or kill his way to victory. He plays the part of the villain well, as that is what the world has made him. Intelligent and cunning if not particularly wise, Lustran is more adept at thinking in the moment than planning ahead. He maintains a strong sense of self entitlement and twisted view of justice and retribution. Lustran can be disproportionately cruel with very little motivation. His history is clouded even to himself - a voluntary move on his part to forget a past he would rather not remember. Now he lives from one day to the next, taking what he can and doing as he wishes. [B]Other:[/b] Lustran has wandered for a long while and performed countless deeds that might be considered far from lawful. He is generally known as a criminal wherever he goes, and has few friends in the lawful world. Having previously ran with a number of bandit groups and less lawful guilds, he does have sone connections in the underworld. [hr] [B]Eldritch Arm:[/b] 'Valkyrie' is a colossal crossbow that Lustran carries with him at all times. A hulking contraption that by all accounts more closely resembles a small siege weapon than a man-carried one, Valkyrie fires bolts that are closer to javelins or small spears in size. A weapon such as this would be tremendously cumbersome under most situations, though Lustran wields her with speed, precision and grace beyond that of a normal man. Valkyrie also bears a large iron spike proturding from her front, which is used as a bayonet should the need arise. She bears a lever system to rapidly reload bolts and generally operate more akin to a much smaller, lighter and simpler weapon. As an Eldritch Weapon, Valkyrie is not without her faults. She feeds on Lustrans positive emotions - directing his anger, indignation and self righteousness back into him to fuel his coldhearted ways and prolong his hatred-filled life. As a side effect of this, he is also unable to feel grief: as grief requires love to occur in the first place. This symbiotic relationship was well understood by Lustran when he took Valkyrie for his own - it was a sacrifice he made freely and he has never looked back. She may or may not actually be sentient, but Lustran firmly believes that she is and that by making him immune to the pain of loss, she is doing him the most generous favor of all. In addition to this, the Valkyrie radiates an addictive aura of reliance and comfort on her owner, which grows stronger over time and can make it difficult to even put her down - never mind let her out of his sight. Lustran is never without Valkyrie as a result - and would kill anyone who attempted to take her taken away from him. [B]Alternate Form:[/b] Valkyrie is a very versatile weapon, and as such does not have an alternate form. [B]Overbreak Form:[/b] When empowered, Valkyrie shines with a golden light and becomes much lighter - able to be moved with pinpoint precision. She assists with aiming and compensates for various factors, even aiming herself if Lustran is otherwise incapable of doing so, and will activly choose targets most dangerous to her wielder. More prevalently, she fires bolts of Eldritch energy rather than physical projectiles while in this enhanced form - no longer punching through armor so much as ignoring it completely. She does not need ammunition in this state, and is instead fuelled by the raw anger and hatred of her wielder - leaving them cold and completely devoid of any emotion whatsoever: free to focus on pure efficiency in battle. [B]Unleashed Form:[/b] Fully unleashed, Valkyrie becomes Valkyrie Borialis - a fully self aware machine of vengeance which radiates the glow of the Aroura as she hurls bolts of lightning-like Eldritch energy with pinpoint precision. She is capable of guiding her own actions even in the hands of someone who has intentions other than hers, and will do all in her power to fulfill the will of her ward. Valkyrie Borialis draws not only on the emotion of the wielder in this form, but also their very soul. With each shot, a small fragment of their spirit is sundered and fused with the weapon itself - further empowering the weapon and solidifying the bond between the two, while forming increasingly permanent spiritual wounds that entrench the wielders dependency on the weapon. [/Hider]