☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Character Sheet ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

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AGE: 27

APPEARANCE:
Rebecca is a tall, fit woman with pale white skin, standing at 5’10” (178 cm). She wears her long brown hair in a ponytail (as shown). She is usually seen wearing business casual when off duty, and wears a suit when on duty. She holds herself high, projecting an air of confidence and purpose about whatever she is doing.

PERSONALITY
Rebecca is a focused and driven woman who tends to focus on her works and her passions, and not much else. This leads to her having two somewhat distinct social groups, and to a point personalities. In her life IRL, she is a disciplined and honest person who is driven towards doing what is Right and Just, lending itself well to her job as an FBI Special Agent. In game, however, she is more free with how she acts, for better or for worse. This leads to her being a very passionate person in game, driven by the fires of Justice, Curiosity & Greed (not necessarily in that order, though...). Wherever she is, however, she carries herself with a confident air, and will stand up for those who need it.

BACKGROUND:
As previously mentioned, Rebecca is an FBI Agent, with all the burdens and advantages that comes with. She completed training smoothly, scoring high marks in investigation techniques and handgun marksmanship, and has developed a good reputation in the agency in the 3 years that she has worked there.

Long before this, however, she was introduced to the Den of Dreamers by a friend of hers in her freshman year of high school, at age 15. She was quickly hooked, and it took some truly last-minute scrambling, and an intense (and metaphorical) shock for her to actually pass her finals that year. After that she became more responsible, but her love for the DoD kept growing, and she found herself earning pocket money during college working to help keep the Den free of harassment, and tracking down people who stole others art to claim it as their own, etc. Once Haven Online was announced, however, she was ecstatic, and immediately preordered the game.

Rebecca logged on for the first time on launch day, and decided to use this chance to become famous, or at least internet-famous. As the game progressed, she was determined to be a part of as many big moments as possible, even starting her own guild with friends from the Den of Dreamers, the Interlopers, who dedicated themselves to standing up for those who couldn’t themselves, all while exploring and having fun. The guild became well-known during World War Grief as one of the first guilds to come to the Protectors Alliance after the call of Joseph Freeborn of the Crusaders Guild. After this event, they continued to protect people from trolls and PKers, and various members made their own names, whether in raids, in the arenas, or in other areas, such as the finding of rare, and sometimes even unique, items.

After a few years, however, the Interlopers have become somewhat spread out. While not disbanded, they are not often spotted together, but can often be spotted all over the game world in groups of 1-3. Their guild leader is the one who is seen the least, rumored to always be out hunting for the latest rarity.

TALENTS AND SKILLS:
Skilled in the art of investigation, criminal and otherwise
Solid grasp of fighting and marksmanship, though not an expert
Can pick locks
Ambidextrous

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STATS:
STR: ▰▱▱▱▱▱
STA: ▰▰▱▱▱▱
DEX: ▰▰▰▰▰▱
INT: ▰▰▰▰▱▱
WIS: ▰▰▰▰▱▱
LUC: ▰▰▰▰▰▱

ABILITIES
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Ability: Sniper’s Eye
Description: Passive/Active ability.
Passive: Grants user +20% Accuracy when using gun-type weapons
Active: Accelerates user’s reaction time by 15% and increases users perception by 15% for 15 seconds
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Ability: Narrow Down
Description: Passive Ability
Narrow Down increases accuracy over sustained firing of gun-type weapons by 5%/second, to a maximum of +50%. This resets when the user stops firing or reloads.
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Ability: Critical Strike
Description: Active Ability
The next attack used deals 100% bonus damage. Lasts until the next attack or combat ends.
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INVENTORY:
* Fairy Queen Suit - Armor set that grants the bearer a bonus to dexterity. It also acts as the power source to a number of weapons and accessories. Extremely rare, from a hidden Event Dungeon.
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NOTABLE FEATURES: The Interlopers guild. Involved in World War Grief on the Protectors side.

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Jump
Using his Jump Pack, Vector can jump in any direction at high speeds. Easily closing in or creating a gap from his targeted location. He can also leap up to cover dangerous gaps or climb higher locations. Although if used too many time in a short period, the user will start to suffer from "Jump Fatigue" Dropping their DEX by two levels.

Scorched Earth
Usable with the Jump Pack, the user can push out heat around him. The heat from the Jets create an small circle of Damage before lifting the user to the air. The Damaging circle last for 10s.

Dual Wield
Vector's preferred style is either with Dual Handguns or Dual Swords. Making him not only skilled at the art, but ambidextrous with most things in game.

Dirty Fighter
While some prefer to fight with style and even an art, Vector throws all of that away. Fighting aggressive, quick and dirty. Anything and everything is on the Table. Regardless of what it might look to others. Although others wouldn't necessarily call it sloppy. It is a style within itself, just one that is not as Honorable.

Static Traps
When attacking the target, Vector can set a trap down. Whether it set mid combat or before. They usually have the effects of Slowing, Paralyzing, or poising the victim that steps on these pressure activated traps. Usually there is a second delay before activating the circle trap, if the poor target does not remove himself fast enough a large static burst with open up from under them. Applying one of the effects at random.
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Reaver Armor
A Armor set that is sleek with medium armor and a terrifying face mask. The Armor provides decent protection, but for the Armor class it provides extreme speed, weighing almost nothing. On top of that it buffs to the player's speed, melee, and ranged weapons. While not as specialized as other Armors, it gives very nice buffs overall.

Jump Pack
The Jump Pack allows the user to use the 'Jump' and 'Scorched Earth' Abilities. A obvious choice for Vector due to his play style. It has two small cylindrical cones on the center of the back and two smaller ones on the hips of the wearers Armor.

Dual 'HOTSHOT' Handguns
Vector's choice of Range Weapons. The two handguns fire a short range red projectile. Usually used in Full auto due to each round having low base damage. While a short ranged, they are extremely accurate as long as they can be used at range. These are usually Vector's Primary weapons. After long periods of being hit with this weapon the target has a chance to start taking Burn Damage.

Dual 'Frostbit' Machetes
While not the Primary weapon, sometimes Melee is a viable option opposed to Range. These blades do a decent amount of damage, but are very quick. Albeit Vector has to be in arms distance to inflict the terrifying flurry of melee attacks from these weapons. With each hit they have a chance to inflict a Slowing effect on the target. It is rare to see Vector use one of these weapons and even rarer to actual Dual wield them.

3x Stim-Injector
A potion that is usually in a small vial. When taken the user will gain 50% movement speed and a 25% increase in overall stamina. Although after 2 minutes the user will lose 25% movement speed and 50% overall stamina due to the fatigue for 5 minutes.

5x Large Health and Stamina Potions

• Diplomat of the Guild: PVP PLOX?: A PVP oriented guild that tries it's best to only fight others willing to fight back. They also operate in helping players who report areas of other Players who abuse their skill or Level to bully or attack those who do not wish to fight. The guild is known to only take player in the Top 100 Rank on the PVP Leader Boards.
• Rank 56 on PVP Leaderboard
• When not preparing for a Fight he usually dresses in a Fancy Black suit with a Red Tie.. He is always seen wearing it when out of his Diplo Missions.

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AGE: 17

APPEARANCE: Sean’s hair is messy, and he has no plans on fixing it. He goes to get it cut whenever it gets too long but otherwise it stays where it is. Maybe he’ll put a comb through it a few times if he’s feeling fancy, but that’s about it. His brown eyes have a clear, steady light to them, like a calm puddle. His build is thin, almost worryingly so. Wears a variety of novelty shirts and hoodies, usually with either jeans or cargo pants.

PERSONALITY: What would an unlucky person do about their fate? Perhaps they would be angry, frustrated that the world seemed to dash their efforts at every turn. Perhaps they would be bitter, quietly cursing their circumstances. Or, they could be Sean, who would be laughing. For someone of his circumstances he is strangely optimistic and active. He considers himself a rather fortunate person, and does what he can to give back to those who’ve helped him. He’s cheerful in an understated way, holding on to hope no matter how bad it gets. That’s not to say he’s always happy; there are certainly things that make him sad, but he never dwells on it. It feels as if he hardly takes anything seriously, but that’s not really the case. He puts his all in anything he does, but his light and cheery personality makes it look effortless. He puts a lot of work in the background to achieve those results. Likes to explore unknown things, which is difficult given his condition.

BACKGROUND: Some would say that Sean was a pretty unfortunate person, which was true enough. He was born with a series of birth defects, fixed reasonably well through modern medicine, but they left lasting complications leading to a poor constitution, making aggravated physical activity difficult for him. These complications would persist for life, and even modern medicine could only alleviate the effects. The symptoms would lighten over time but they would never fully disappear. He would never be able to play sports properly, go hiking, climb, or travel too long. Most would consider that very unfortunate indeed, but really, was it so bad? He had a loving family, which was something rare nowadays. He had food, shelter, a bed to sleep in and friends. Besides, this was a cyber age. His disabilities had never stopped him from experiencing life. Even when he was young he’d developed a deep love of stories and games, which helped him visualize a life without his disabilities. He would never be an Olympic athlete, or a weightlifter, or a world-famous explorer, but he could be a knight in shining armour, a wizard with an array of powerful spells, or perhaps a cyborg enforcer, more steel than man. In a story, he could be anything. In a story, he was happy. That was why, when Haven Online first appeared, he felt he had no choice but to enter that world. In it, he could finally break free of the chains he’d held his entire life, and he would eventually find himself spending quite a lot of his time inside that wondrous world.

TALENTS AND SKILLS: Creativity and time, and that’s all he needs.

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Description: The matchless steel knight, the immovable object, an unbreakable wall. The iron train, the unstoppable force, the mighty Juggernaut. Or Juggs, for short, though he mostly goes by Sean. An imposing avatar by any standard, standing 7 feet tall, clad in the heaviest armour Sean could possibly find. To create Juggernaut In Haven Online he copied one of the most intimidating figures from a video game created long ago. He has what many would consider a troll build, but it can be very effective given the right scenario. And more importantly, it’s quite fun. A large humanoid race combined with heavy armour that confers the best stamina, a towering shield with the absolute defence, and a massive steel lance to sweep and shatter the enemy throng makes Juggernaut a memorable figure, and a relatively famous member of the community, though its fearsome appearance belies Sean’s indominable cheer and chivalrous demeanour.






Notable Features: Sean has only been part of a few raids on account of not being part of a guild. He seems like everyone’s friend but in reality he doesn’t have a lot of them.

Age: 19

Appearance:

He laughs disinterested despite a charming smile, "Is that so?" still his laugh is airy and light in tone. There's a group of girls from your school surrounding him, you've never had the courage to talk to him despite him being your biggest crush. He's handsome, like a prince. His frame is lithe, lean and thin. He has elegant fingers, bony, but not too bony. His jet black hair is maintained and well combed, asymmetrical bangs, and gray irises hide an aloof personality despite seemingly engaging with those around him.

Often seen in his school uniform when you did go to high school, his style hasn't changed much from button up shirts and slacks, with fitted sweaters in the winter and a long coat. He smells like lavender often though you've never asked him why and his skin is light and pale.

He speaks formally and softly something the girls of your school preferred, though you wonder what he saw in an individual with his gray irises that are observant as ever on alert. He seems elegant on the surface, never out of pose. Though he seems to lack the actual interest in people when they speak to him. He seems to shut off. His smile, albeit beautiful, is one for politeness not one for actual interest.

Stands at 5'6", 167cms, and weighing at 117 lbs, 53kg, his blood type AB.

Personality:

On the surface Asuka comes off as a very polite and generous individual, he doesn’t insult others, and he doesn’t lash out at others even when they do something to insult him. Though most of this is a surface behavior, not that Asuka is a spiteful person, though truthfully he is bored and disengaged with people’s shallow view of conversation. He’s intelligent and prefers in depth conversations that inspire him or tickle the analytical itch he has for information. Despite this Asuka is a sociable person he won’t turn down people if they truly need him for something or truly need his advice. He was taught to be courteous to others and never rude.

Those who know Asuka best, know he comes off emotionally aloof, however, he often doesn’t give other people insight into himself. He never really discloses much about himself or even request things for himself. He lives in quiet self reservation most of the time. Emotional outburst are not Asuka’s type of deal. Many read this aloof, reserved, cold personality as impersonal and see Asuka as a manipulative type of person because he’s not honest or truthful.

Except saying that Asuka is not be a genuine individual discredits his genuine effort to help others. Or his true desire of not wanting to be malicious to others. Asuka doesn’t behave in a manner meant to be mean, cruel. He just often indirectly pushes them away because he’s not very open or vulnerable about how he feels in many circumstances.

Where Asuka shines as individual is in his intelligence and his creative rational side. There is not a single person who couldn’t deny that Asuka looks truly engaged and truly interested when something is tickling his interest in creative avenues. While some see his aloof reserved nature as manipulative, some see it has him being adaptable and being able to deal with all kinds of personalities very well.

The dark side of Asuka is that he can be incredibly critical. He can come off very severe when giving an individual advice or criticism. On the flip side he also has a tendency to be unforgiving to those that have done something that has crossed his boundaries. No amount of apologies will often win Asuka over. Few have regained his forgiveness after they had done something to cross him.

He likes coffee, he enjoys maintaining his family’s garden left behind by his grandmother, he enjoys floral arrangements and plans to go into maintaining a flower shop. He dislikes loud noises, rude people, or cruel sorts of people. He hates ice cream because it gives you a migraine if you eat it too fast. And likes calico cats.He owns two of them.

Background:

It was never really meant to be this way. At a young age Asuka was cursed with knowing what death was and have death follow him throughout his life. You’d start to call him the death prince if you knew any better. He lost his mother at a very early age to illness. Distraught, but carried on by his father Takenaka Mudo’s optimism Asuka seemed to be able to carry on. Even at five he had been praised for his great adaptability and ability to roll with what was given to him. Some say it was a trait Mudo instilled in him at that age.

Shortly after at the age of nine he lost his father Mudo to a car accident, tragedy had befallen the young child again. Though Asuka found some comfort in the floral bouquets as macabre as that may sound. Someone took the time to arrange them in the wake of others tragedy. Whether they were meant to bring hope or not it is what birthed Asuka’s early obsession with floral arrangement, and composition.

In those times he felt grief, felt cursed, felt uncertainty and anxiety. What would happen now that he had neither Mudo or his mother Chisaka? Nightmare dreams of strangers he didn’t know taking him in like the fairy tales of Cinderella. Horrible people. Often with claws. Who’d hurt him. Scared him at the time. As the family deliberated what to do with him.

Eventually he was taken in by his aunt Himiko. New city. New school. And slowly there began to be a rift that disconnected Asuka from other kids his age. None of them could not the tragedy he went through. At first he coped through art. Arrangements and colors representations of great inner turmoil. Though he learned from Himiko how to be polite and never speak out. He learned to be courteous to others, never curse, because that was very unbecoming.

It was his cousin Kenshi who introduced him to his first early addiction to gaming. It was seductive and changed his perspective of the world. Where the real world was one of death, and a lot of it. Some of it he wondered if he brought along with himself, the world of video games were tempting. They took away any pain or turmoil Asuka had at the time. Turning his nightmares into dreaming about adventures.

Then tragedy fell the family again when he was eleven. When he lost his aunt, his uncle in law, and their son in a train accident. Asuka being the only survivor due to him staying home that day to play the latest MMO type game at the time. Once again Asuka would become displaced. Where the family would deliberate who he would pass onto next. His concern being them not wanting him because of the string of death that followed him.

Until eventually his grandmother Setsko, and his grandfather Himura took him in. Asuka never took any chance to deal with problems. As he never saw them as problems that impacted him. Instead he just continued to do his school work, be the polite child they’d expect, and sometimes slack on his homework to get into the latest raid.

Then he got his hands on Haven. It was never really meant to be this way. A world that completely tuned everything out. The annoying attention he got from all the girls who didn’t care a damn about how he felt. His grandfather’s constant need to plug him into colleges he wanted him to go to. The jealousy of other boys in his class. This was a game that could completely take away his time. And it did. Though nowhere near as dangerous levels as it does now after his grandparents passed. His grandmother of natural causes. His grandfather of a heart attack not too shortly after.

He was nearing seventeen then and could make his own future decisions. Those decisions just ended up not being the greatest decisions. Dropping school. And spending nearly every waking hour and strength plugged into Haven and games that he would eventually drop to hold his sole dedication to Haven online.

Currently in Haven those hours of playtime have finally paid off known as the Prophet of Fire to English speaking members, Ignace is the leader of the 焼け付く [Yaketsuku] 末尾 [Matsubi] or The Burning End to English speaking members, a group created after an incident of PVP griefers were targeting low level mages - especially white mages - and killing them. The Burning End was at first meant to be a safe haven or shelter so other mages could not be harmed or targetted alone. It eventually ended up in a group. And where a life outside of Haven Asuka felt he had no role or purpose, but to bring tragedy. He had a purpose in Haven to lead a fellowship of mages.

Talents and Skills:
An Outsiders point of view, despite his hours spent in Haven, no one would claim, not even Asuka would claim himself an expert. Though many assume or many call him an expert, due to his unique builds. Or his unique way of thought. His experience with the game comes with experimenting and tweaking ideas in order to be able to solve or work out better builds.

Floral Arrangements - Asuka has an eye for color and composition. He always has and it shows in his floral arrangements and designs. Something he enjoys doing as the only other past time he has outside of Haven.

Floral Identification - Because Asuka works on flower arrangements, he can identify a flower and it's genus as well. He can also tell you the outward meaning of the flower.

Stats:

STR: ▰▰▱▱▱▱
STA: ▰▰▰▰▱▱
DEX: ▰▰▰▱▱▱
INT: ▰▰▰▰▰▱
WIS: ▰▰▰▰▰▰
LUC: ▰▰▱▱▱▱

Abilities:
Fire Magic

Fire Wind - 火の風 - Hi no Kaze

A whirling tunnel of flames licks at the flames of his enemies. This tunnel of flames follows them upwards of 60 seconds, max, and they take 2 burning damage over time as the flames continue to flicker. Overcharge - Has the ability to overcharge the spell and the tunnel of flames explodes, individuals take 5 damage and an additional 10 damage if they were taking burn damage. Max damage 15.

Burning Pillars - 燃える柱- Moeru Hashira

Several pillars of fire rise from the ground, those in the crossfire a 15ft radius, take 5 points of damage. Those who are hit by the pillars of flames take an additional 2 burning damage for 30 seconds. Overcharge - Has the ability to overcharge the spell, upon summoning the burning pillars he may explode them in a 15ft radius blast. Those who are hit by the explosion of the blast take up to 5 points of burning damage instead and 2 points of damage from the blast itself.

Flame Mantle - 炎 外套 - Hono Gaito

A mirror of flames appears. Like a mirage of fire, he is concealed by flames for a mere 20 seconds. Though enough for him to either escape or get the drop on someone for a sneak attack. Overcharge - has the ability to explode this spell. Those close to him take 2 points of damage and burn for 1 point of damage for 10 seconds.

Combustion Dance - 燃焼 踊り- Nenshō odori

These are not ordinary daggers, they look like fangs, but molten, melting metal as they drip of flames like lava. When these daggers are equipped an individual can slash at enemy upwards to 10 times. Does upwards to 10 damage. If an enemy is already burning does an additional 5 damage and leaves the enemy burning for an additional 1 point of damage for 30 seconds.

Subterfuge -

Hidden Heat - 隠された熱 - Kakusareta netsu

When unseen add burning damage to your next attack.

Inventory:

Daggers of Garma - Mage Only - A rogue proudly saw these daggers once and thought he had scored the jackpot. To only be turned down when he saw they could only be equipped by magic users. What magic user would use two daggers, dripping of lava? He chucked them aside and Ignace acquired them after several complaints by his dexterous friends about them. Lorewise, the daggers were said to come from the fang of Garma a draconoid of some sort, and the reason why the daggers can only be equipped by mages is due to Garma’s dracanoid heritage. All though this all could be simply speculation as well. No one really has a clue on these wonky daggers.

Alchemist Kit + Several Herbal Ingredients - There was a time before Ignace that Asuka may have focused on a build of healing, but that’s been put aside for Ignace the flaming priest. Still he likes to make his own potions and when he doesn’t want to deal with people collect alchemical ingredients.

Notable Features:

Guildmaster of the guild Burning End, or The Burning End,a sanctuary for Mages so they may not be targeted by PvP players who target low level mages or mages without a party.

It’s also known that Ignace or the Prophet of Fire streams his gaming sessions for those who do not play Haven. It’s how he sort of supports himself in his daily life. He has some notoriety due to this, but nothing like fainting fans.

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AGE: 21

APPEARANCE:
Elaine stands at 5’4 and is so a bit on the short side. She has a pale skin tone, which unfortunately burns rather easily. She is slim and obviously puts in regular workout to stay fit, strong and healthy. Her hair is naturally black and thick, and Elaine has it cut short, so it falls just below her ears, which gives her a slightly boyish look. She will often fasten her bangs to the sides with plain black hair-clips. Her eyes are a very curious combination of light brown and dull green, and up-close, small almost golden flecks seem to be mixed within. Elaine prefers to dress for comfort and whenever she bothers with make-up, it’s usually very light. She likes T-shirt and jeans, but also has several dresses, a collection of fine, soft and elegant shirts and a couple of jackets to go with them to pull off a semi-formal look if needed. All of her bras are a comfy sports model, but sometimes she still shucks it off at home, puts on a tank-top and hoodie, and usually wears a pair of sweatpants, leggings or shorts alongside.

PERSONALITY
+ Ardent
+ Curious
+ Loyal
+ Fun-loving
+ Determined
- Socially awkward
- Blunt
- Vindictive
- Stubborn
- Impulsive

Elaine is an introvert with the occasional outbursts of extraversion. It takes a long time for her to get familiar with someone, but as she does so, she will gradually begin showing them the more outgoing part of her personality. Online she dares more due to the anonymous nature of the environment. She prefers not to lead, but if the situation calls for it, she will step up to it and put her all into it, and this has seemed to work out alright so far. She isn’t afraid to call people out if they do or say something she perceives as wrong and doesn’t shy away from being confrontational if that’s what it takes. Elaine tends to be blunt and the hardest thing for her is connecting with new people, which has made her circle of friends a relatively small one. She does like social situations, but once she reaches her limit, she gets rather moody and usually moves to a quiet corner or goes home before souring it for everyone. She appreciates her alone time and doesn’t take too well to having it interrupted.

BACKGROUND:
Elaine was born as the only child of her parents, the tree of them a normal middle-class family, well off enough to be able to afford most things which are considered essential for a good life. As far as she remembers, she’s always had a harder time making friends or chatting to strangers compared to others. She did well enough academically. The fact that she is such a good close-range DPS in Haven today is due to a string of certain random events. Her mother was once on a friendly outing with some of her other classmates’ mothers, and one of them suggested enrolling the children in a 3-year long program, which would supposedly impart them some basic knowledge about staying safe as a citizen. Most agreed, Elaine’s included. And so, the elementary-schoolers learned about digital safety, various relevant organizations and how and when to contact them, and even physical self-defense. After the program’s end, some of the kids continued with some media-related classes, but Elaine was one of those who enjoyed the more active part, and so convinced her parents to be enrolled into one of the several martial-arts classes available. Though honestly, back then Elaine did it because she enjoyed anything sports-related and thought it was cool to learn how to fight, even if she would likely never use it. She occasionally went to a competition, but was no prize fighter just yet.

The thing that got her into gaming herself was a friend recommending a stream to her, and from there on, she developed enough of an interest to try out several games. What really inspired her, in more ways than one, was when she heard Haven online being announced. Maybe it was unnatural, existentially questionable or the opposite of how it should have been, but it was gaming, Haven online in particular, which re-energized her in real life too. The virtual reality truly felt limitless, and even combat was somehow much more fun (partly because there was no pain sensation, partly because one could do some truly ridiculous things, especially with higher stats, and partly because getting loot was a really nice bonus). Elaine was suddenly motivated to take her martial arts classes more seriously and initially went with the pure fighter route online. When she eventually wanted to spice things up, she added the spells to go along with it and in the following years, this got here to where she is now. Before making her own guild, she was the kind of a player who sought out mostly opportunistic one-time groups when the situation called for it. But she managed to befriend a fellow martial artist, who cajoled her into making a guild, and together with some other enthusiasts, they built it up and nowadays enjoy the minor fame that comes from being part of a recognizable guild.

TALENTS AND SKILLS:

• Dedication
• Kickboxing
• Time management
• Owns driver's license

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STATS:
STR: ▰▰▰▰▰▱
STA: ▰▰▰▱▱▱
DEX: ▰▰▰▱▱▱
INT: ▰▰▱▱▱▱
WIS: ▰▰▰▰▱▱
LUC: ▰▰▱▱▱▱

ABILITIES
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Sorcerous fighter
One of the warrior-mage combinations, this ability makes it possible to tie spells to one’s own body*. Magic damage and precision gain a very significant boost from strength instead of being tied only to intelligence. However, the mana pool is still locked to wisdom. A higher familiarity with a spell also tends to adapt it to the user’s combat style (e.g. instead of the original long-range one direction lightning strike with a chance to stun, the spell follows the intended path of an attack – such as a kick or punch – and has a chance to cause a debuff like “Crippled” depending on the hit area). *Users of this ability cast spells with their (avatar’s) body instead of with a mage weapon.

Incantation Shortcuts
Since long chants can be rather inconvenient if not outright impossible to manage during a close-quarter melee fight, In-Short reduces cast time by converting the original chant to a shorter string of keywords. The longer the original spell, the longer will its shortened form be. Regardless of stats, each spell will take practice to master in its new (shortened) form. Due to the nature of this ability, it still makes the most sense to search for high-powered spells but with short chants.

Vampiric Drain
This is an ability which can (be chosen to) trigger when inflicting burst damage on an enemy (a high crit which is foreseen to finish off an opponent will activate it automatically, if available). The activation of this ability will split the damage so that it’s dealt to both the enemy’s health and mana (instead of just their health) and will transfer the amount taken to the user of this ability. Vampiric Drain is restricted in use to a maximum of three times per enemy during a single period of combat.

Cursed Fangs
An ability which triggers when the user bites an enemy, leaving them with a curse. The curse applies a poison and bleeding type effects, slowly damaging the enemy for a while. A Special version of Vampiric Drain can be used once per combat on anyone marked by the curse. This Special version functions as a long-range curse-type spell and drains health and mana in DOT style (i.e. transfers them from the enemy to the user in increments). The Cursed Fangs effect can be lifted by the right kind of ability, which can also remove the DOT Drain (if active) from the person and the Special will be considered used for this round of combat. Cursed Fangs is restricted in use for a maximum of six times per combat phase (regardless of the number of opponents) and can be used only twice on the same target (per combat).

Entrancing Shout
The user can use their body’s (magical) energy to amplify, focus and “cast” their voice in a narrow 3D conical-shape towards a target within the user’s line of sight. When the enemy is hit, the psychical energy carried by the sound waves will put them in a trance, interrupting any action they were in the middle of performing and preventing moving, turning or use of items and abilities for the following 6 seconds. Any damage the enemy receives during the trance will free them from their stupor. Entrancing Shout can be used every 20 seconds (if the user’s mana is sufficient).
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INVENTORY:

• Immortal's armor set: A high-tier armor set with good offensive and defensive bonuses. Something she had to grind a lot to obtain. [equipped]
• Athena’s headdress: A silver-coloured metal helmet providing a slight boost to int and wis. [equipped]
• Ring of Haste: Substantially increases movement speed outside of combat. [equipped]
• Large potion of Health x2: Can be used in combat, immediately restores some health. Has a 30 second cool-down.
• Potion of Mana x3: Can be used in combat, immediately restores some mana. Has a 30 second cool-down.
• Health poultice x6: Cannot be used in combat. Restores some health over time. Has no cool-down, but only one item of this type can be used at the same time.
• Apple x8: A shiny treat! Better not let it rot in your bag.
• Unnamed junk: Random items that always accumulate and take up your precious space no matter how often you sell them. Useless, but can be sold for a meager profit.

NOTABLE FEATURES:

• Hates being teased about her alias. For heaven’s sake, she came up with it when she was fourteen.
• Leader of the guild MMA-O. As the name implies, most members are martial artists, brawlers, street fighters and all manner of (close-quarter) combatants. There are some pure magic, ranged and blade users, but those that have joined, have generally done so out of a honest appreciation for combat. The guild is fairly well ranked, mainly due to having several good PvP-ers as members, leader included.

Norman Smivens



AGE: 26

APPEARANCE:
In a brief summary Norman could be described as "Thoroughly unthreatening".

He is a rather skinny fellow, lanky and standing at around 5'11". His jawline is rather slender and he has somewhat softer features, not exactly the spitting image of masculinity. He has medium length jet black hair that he basically just cleans. He lets it do it's own thing since he's not really worried about dressing up his hair. His eyes are a deep grey color with deep bags around them due to his rather nocturnal schedule. He does wear formal attire on many occasions but you'll also find him wearing black long sleeved shirts and plain jeans.

PERSONALITY
Norman is a smart man. He is also a timid man.

He has a fair amount of curiosity, thrilled with the prospect of exploring worlds from the comfort and safety of his own home. His bravery is not his strong suite as he is typically easily cowed and is quite generally shy. He understands that he's weak in that regard and wishes he weren't so, using a virtual reality to try and live a life where he's more outgoing and bold. Unfortunately that hasn't been going so well for him. On the plus side the strife has driven him into more adventure than he thought he could handle.

At times he can be paranoid and is very often quite high strung. He means well but his fear of consequences can bring out the worst in him. Despite everything he's invested in giving this second life of his the best shot he can give. His reluctance to give up what progress he's made can make him awfully bold when his back's against the wall. The last thing he wants to lose is the closest friend he's ever made, Rook, an NPC companion he refused to relinquish to The Chess Club.

He is a fairly intelligent scholar and tends to put a lot of thought towards his pursuits. His avatar design reflects a great deal of his heavy leaning towards strategy and numbers over reflexes and direct combat. In game he compensates for his poor aim and slower reflexes by giving his avatar more emphasis on area control and support magic. With Rook by his side he intends to explore all that Haven Online has to offer.

After all, he was well in over his head ever since that fateful day.

BACKGROUND:
Norman was never a popular man. His parents were always prouder of his older brother and he never had many friends. Growing up he turned his focus more towards his studies and gaming, building his passion for both. As he grew up he eventually set off to University where he got his doctorate in mathematics. In the meanwhile he made a living designing web pages, learning how to code as a secondary interest. When a friend, more colleage than friend really, mentioned the announcement of a new game coming out for the IRIS. The Haven caught Norman's eye and soon he had joined to find himself in it's fascinatingly diverse world.

So naturally the first thing Norman did was look for groups that shared interests of his to join. No real harm to that, yes? Wrong. Very wrong. When he saw The Chess Club they intrigued him. He had always been a chess fan and his colleague recommended this club among a list he compiled so they both signed up to join the club. Upon being given an excrutiatingly thorough rundown of their rules they were first forced to change their usernames to include the title [Pawn].

All the members held the name of a chess piece to indicate their importance within the club and all newcomers started at the bottom as [Pawn]s. The brackets were to differentiate their names from the names of the actual pieces themselves so there was no confusion. Before long they were given a full on chess piece to maintain and run at which point they were conscripted into one of the Chess Lord's armies. How lucky they were that the army they were forced to join was run by the cruelest, most ruthless member of them all: The White [Queen].

She was almost as talented as she was crazy and she's the most talented player in the club. While most would describe her as a paranoid, hateful, antagonizing and all around despicable human being there was no doubting her skill in chess. Almost never lost and always won by crushing her opponents with extremely aggressive strategies that no one had ever seen before. Unfortunately for her armies victory was all that really mattered in her eyes. She was the head of the club so she was never short on supplies to rebuild her pieces and thanks to the needlessly draconian rules she always had first pick of the newcomers. To her the people who took care of the pieces were no less disposable than the pieces themselves.

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There was no room for originality. None of the higher ups cared about their wants or ideas. The upper ranks were filled with elites who very much acted the part, treating those they considered lesser with little to no respect. Norman had eventually gotten to run a Rook though, a station just a bit higher up than those who were fresh to the club. He didn't want to lose his position despite how little the higher ups cared. He didn't enjoy staying but as per the rules leaving the club meant giving up all that the club had given him, including his board and chess piece.

Being a timid man he contented himself with his role as the operator to the Rook. He suppressed his feelings of inadequacy and put up with his thankless job within a game. His friend however was a bit more of a rebel. One day back in the chess piece workshop they were tending to their pieces when his friend pulled out a swatch of wool along with a vial of blue dye.

"Hey, I got the blue dye."

"No, we're not allowed to use dyes. That's against the rules."

"I'm gonna do it.

"You can't do that it's Cheating!"

"I'm doin' it."

"No, no no no no-!"

Applying the dye his friend had turned the swatch blue. Norman's fists were clenched so tight his knuckles were white.

"God damnit! God damnit god damnit god damnit god damnit! You broke the rules! You broke the rules and now everybody's gonna be mad because you broke the-"

The sound of a gentleman clearing his throat brought Norman's furious rant to a halt, the both of them standing up stiff as they slowly looked over to the voice's owner. It was Baron [Rook], one of the commanders in The White [Queen]'s army.

"I see we have ourselves two scofflaws who see themselves above rules and regulations."

"What!? No! nonono-"

"SILENCE! You both will see me in my office. Now."

[Pawn]'s expression fell. This was it. He was in for it now.

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He sat in a chair just outside Baron [Rook]'s office in the waiting room. He could hear him talking from where he sat. He was going to strip them of their roles and put them back in the station of pawns. It didn't matter if it wasn't his fault. He felt guilt well up as he could hear his friend trying to convince the baron that he was the only one responsible for the transgression but he'd hear none of it.

Norman hated it. He hated Baron [Rook]. He hated The White [Queen]. He hated The Chess Club. Most of all he hated himself. He was a slave to this club, treated no better and given little more. He was not bound by chains of iron but of the mind. Before the club he had nothing and all that he had earned in all the battles he's fought in were going to be stripped away as though they meant nothing. As though he meant nothing.

This would not stand. He didn't come to the virtual world to live a life of drudgery and belittlement, he came to escape that world and live in a world where he could decide for himself who he'd be. Up until now this was what he had chosen. No longer.

While Baron [Rook] grilled his friend he got up and left back into the workshop. He took his board, he took the Rook he was attuned to and he simply walked away. No direction, no map, he just picked a direction and walked for as long as he could keep walking. Sure, his profile page was going to get downvoted to hell for this and his comment section was going to be a veritable pit of profanity but he didn't care anymore. He wanted to see something new, to do something new and be the one who chose to do that, not anyone else.

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He lived a life abroad in Haven Online since then. He'd done a few quests but for the most part he's mostly just explored, roaming from the tallest mountains to the deepest dungeons. Using his board has made navigation a breeze so he'd taken to drawing up maps for other adventurers to use, all for free. He'd made a name for himself amongst travelers of many sorts but The Chess Guild had not forgotten his betrayal. He'd remained apart from society as they would never cease in hounding him to return what they had given him. As far as they were concerned he had robbed them like some filthy criminal scum. It was hard to argue that the stuff he kept was technically their property but he would never give it all up. He felt he had earned all that they had given him. To ignore the sweat and tears he had shed in all his time on this game, all of it for them, to his mind was the real crime.

Now, with the creation of The Crossroads, he was given a new realm to explore. More than that however was reached out to by the developers, emplored to help them right the wrongs they've been dealt. For once he felt filled with a sense of purpose, something he could do that would be appreciated. He could maybe even be... A hero.

Something he could never be in reality. Perhaps with this he could finally atone for both his poorly spent lives. One more chance to turn his virtual life around and be that person he'd always wanted to be.

TALENTS AND SKILLS:
- He's got a doctorate in Mathematics so obviously he's got a good head for numbers.
- He's skilled in strategy games. His favorite games are tower defense games.
- He's a decent coder, having written up a fair few websites and even a couple VR sites.
- He tells terrible puns. Not sure if that counts.

[Pawn] & Rook


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[Pawn] STATS:
STR: ▰▱▱▱▱▱
STA: ▰▱▱▱▱▱
DEX: ▰▱▱▱▱▱
INT: ▰▰▰▱▱▱
WIS: ▰▰▰▰▱▱
LUC: ▰▱▱▱▱▱

Rook STATS:
STR: ▰▰▰▰▰▱
STA: ▰▰▰▰▰▱
DEX: ▰▱▱▱▱▱
INT: ▰▰▱▱▱▱
WIS: ▰▱▱▱▱▱
LUC: ▰▱▱▱▱▱

[Pawn]'s ABILITIES
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Ability: Set The Board.*
Description: This ability basically just activates The Chess Board. When activated the board will create a topographical image of the land centered on the location of the board itself. In addition to the land itself The Chess Board will also display all Chess Golems in range of it's view. The Chess Board will even allow it's user to view cross-sections of areas revealing the contents within. The view is limited to a cube perimeter whose sides are 0.8 Kilometers far from the board. The board only displays areas seen directly by the user, covering all unknown areas in an opaque mist which only clears upon physically viewing the location for the first time.

Ability: Castling.
Cooldown: 30 Seconds.
Description: In using the Rook [Pawn] has the ability to perform Castling. When activated [Pawn] can teleport right beside Rook and vice-versa. Neither [Pawn] Nor Rook can be teleported into spaces they are physically incapable of fitting into and they will never overlap with any other non-gaseous object. All items that are regarded as being either equipped or in inventory by the system remain as such.

Ability: Mending.
Cooldown: 10 Seconds.
Description: With this spell the user can channel mana to restore the physical form of a non-living object until it is once again whole. The speed of Mending's restoration is dictated by the user's INT stat. In order to cast Mending the user must be physically touching the target. The user cannot cast any other spell and maintain Mending at the same time nor can they attempt to harm anything. Should the user attempt any other spell or attack the spell will end, leaving the target object only partially mended to a degree based on how long the Mending spell was channelled. The larger the object's health pool is the longer it takes for Mending to fully restore it. The spell's cooldown activates once the channelling ends.

Ability: Tower Defense - Basic Turret.
Cooldown: 20 Seconds.
Description: This spell conjures forth a Basic Turret within arms reach of the user. The Basic Turret is a small intangible arcane construct with a floating orb of magical energy hovering directly over it. When the user designates a target the turret will fire a small mote of magical energy which will fly directly to it's target and erupt, dealing a small amount of arcane damage. The mote moves slowly for a projectile but tracks wherever it's target is and never stops until it hits it's target. The mote is intangible towards everything with only one exception: It's target. This means no amount of cover will stop it and it will hit no one else besides it's target. The turret fires slowly and it has a sight perimeter of only six meters in radius. Motes however have an unlimited tracking distance. The Basic Turret have an unlimited duration but cannot be moved. For the duration a Basic Turret is active a portion of it's user's mana pool equal to the cost of the spell will be locked, unable to be recovered until the turret is dismissed. If multiple designated targets are in range of a turret the turret will fire upon the nearest target.

Rook's ABILITIES
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Ability: Golem Traits.
Description: As Rook is a sentient construct it is subject to different limits as opposed to living beings. Abilities and spells that function strictly against organic targets fail to effect it. It never grows tired and never undergoes fatigue. Abilites and spells that effect the mind do not work on Rook since it's mind is born not of flesh but of pure magical energy. As a golem Rook requires neither food nor water. Rook cannot experience pain nor pleasure. It does not need to breath and it cannot be deafened. Bright flashes do not hurt it's eyes. If Rook is destroyed it can be repaired if enough of it remains. Rook's bodyparts can be exchanged with different types of bodyparts so long as they're compatible with golems of it's design.

In exchange Rook is subject to spells that effect non-living objects and materials, especially those of it's composition which is stone. It cannot recover health over time no matter how high it's stamina is nor can it use consumables designed for organic users. It cannot smell nor taste anything. If the user it is attuned to goes unconcious it goes inactive. If it's attuned user dies it enters standby mode until someone else attunes with it. As a result of it's thick design it's fifty percent more durable than standard characters however it is reduced to half it's overall mobility as a result. Rook cannot equip most items not designed for use by it's design of golem.

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INVENTORY:
- The Chess Board* (Abilities with an * require this item.)
Description: The Chess Board is the staple tool of The Chess Club. It looks like a standard chess board but possesses great power. Almost none are seen outside The Chess Club and the club takes great displeasure towards non-members using such boards.
- Blue Wizard Robes (+1 INT, +1 WIS.)
- Blue Wizard Hat (+1 INT.)
- Round Glasses of The Sage (+1 WIS.)
- Jeweled Gloves of The Amethyst (+1 WIS.)
- Medium Backpack.
- Small Foldable Table.
- Ten Traveler's Rations.
- Compass.
- Spy glass.
- Spell Book.
- Ten Pens.
- Stack of Papers.
- Ruler.
- Canteen.
- Tent.
- Four Pitons.
- Lantern.
- Three Flasks of Lantern Oil.
- Rope.
- Bedroll.
- Currency Pouch (30 Units of Currency.)

NOTABLE FEATURES:
- He's got more clothes than was featured in his Inventory, they just provide no stat benefits so they weren't really worth mentioning. He IS wearing pants I assure you.
- It might be a bit subtle but he's got a chess theme.
- His original username was TheOriginalSine. He never changed his name back from [Pawn] because he had been stuck with that name for so long he just sort of grew accustomed to it. He doesn't even really remember his original username anymore.
- His friend's name is Eddy. His username is GetReady4Eddy.

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AGE:
19

APPEARANCE:

• 1.80 m (around 5'90") tall.
• A bit skinny.
• Caucasian.
• Light brown hair (usually a bit messy).
• Dark green eyes.

Usually wearing:

• Green hoodie.
• Dark grey shirt.
• Dark blue jeans.
• Red comfy sneakers.

PERSONALITY:
When Peter is not in Haven Online, he tends to be withdrawn towards the outside. Because he feels like he has no future, he is very cynical. Peter feels like he is a useless person, which can make him feel depressed at times. Because of this, he completely dives into gaming, mainly Haven Online. In Haven Online, his personality changes a lot. Because he feels like he actually has a purpose in this world, even though virtual, he becomes much more confident. This sometime leads him to become a tad cocky, which results in him making risky moves. Luckily, he has the skill and experience to make these moves a succes. Because Haven Online changes him for the better, it is irreplaceable towards him.

BACKGROUND:
Peter was born and raised in the Netherlands. At young age he already noticed that he didn't know what his destiny would be. Even on short term, nobody had even an idea what future had in store for him. In a way, you could say that he stood out by not standing out in any other way. He was good at gaming, but wasn't a programmer. He was creative, but wasn't into art of any kind. When he got his hands on the IRIS Genium with Haven Online, he went in with the idea he would just play another game. He would be surprised to find a new path for himself.

As Peter went to explore the game, he noticed this new world made him feel different. It made him feel more confident. He started exploring all the options and found he had a talent for parkour. Something about them made him feel good about himself, maybe even if it was because he kept winning them no mather the difficulty. Though after a while, the parkours he did were getting a bit too easy. It didn't feel like any parkour was a challenge for him anymore. So instead of giving up on parkour, he made his own parkour courses.

Under his pseudonym 'KingOP', he released a whole array of courses, each tested by himself, known as the 'Reach HCPK' series. They included courses of all difficulties, but they all have in common that they feel satisfying when you finish them, like you have actually accomplished something. It became a succes, and although almost nobody knows who KingOP really is, both in real life and his Haven Online username, among the parkour community he is a very well known and respected name.

TALENTS AND SKILLS:

• Although not used very much in real life, Peter has a very fast reaction speed, which is very usefull while doing parkour in Haven Online, especially with moving platforms.
• Because of his long gaming sessions, Peter has a lot of mental stamina, meaning he can play longer than most average people.

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STATS: On a scale of 1-6; 1 being a fresh newbie, and 6 being endgame level stats.
STR: ▰▰▱▱▱▱
STA: ▰▰▰▰▱▱
DEX: ▰▰▰▰▰▰
INT: ▰▰▱▱▱▱
WIS: ▰▱▱▱▱▱
LUC: ▰▰▰▱▱▱

ABILITIES
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Ability: Monkey Agility
Active time: 15 seconds
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Description: SpeedyMonkey is able to temporarily boost his dexterity with two levels, which can increase above the maximum of six. This makes him able to have inhuman agility and speed for the duration of the skill.
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Ability: Monkey Tricks
Active time: 10 seconds
Cooldown: 1 minutes
Description: If SpeedyMonkey has been running and keeping momentum for at least 5 seconds, he is able to go invisible and in his place comes a duplicate that keeps moving on his own, but can not attack. Once the original attacks, the invisibility dissapears.
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Ability: Monkey Combo
Active time: Passive
Cooldown: None
Description: Every consecutive hit SpeedyMonkey makes gives him a combo. Every three combos, his attack speed goes up, making him able to deal more attacks in the same period of time. This keeps stacking possibly infinitely, but once he misses 3 or more hits in a row or he gets hit himself, his combo gets reset.
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INVENTORY:

• Red Bo Staff
• Red Nunchaku
• Stamina Potion x3

NOTABLE FEATURES:
He gathered a lot of in-game currency because of donations from people who liked KingOP's courses.