[hider=Golem Maker] [img]https://i.imgur.com/YtA4NPO.jpg[/img] ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Name: Asheckalva Zabolruju Age: 33 Gender: Male Weight: 177 cm Height: 73 kg Elemental Affinity: Fire Alignment: Neutral Good. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Magic Circuits Number:C Quality:B ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Magecraft/Abilities:(Spells and/or powers your Master has) General Magecraft: A proper education as befits a modern magus has been taught to Asheckalva. Kabbalism: A magical system based off assigning value to letters. Asheckalva is able to utilize the three different kabbalist systems to shorten commands and thereby control many golems. Utilization of numerology, and the creation of golems. Golem-making: Creation of golems. A magical construct that originates in Kabbalah, namely in the creations of Solomon ibn Gabriol, also known as Avicebron. A golem is created via using jewels as organs, parchment as skin, and mercury as binding. Other materials such as a magus for the core, a covering of stone, and the like are also considerations. They are doll-type familiars, similar to puppets but more machine-like in their nature. The skill of the Zabolruju is among the best in the modern world. While they were a family that was always good at their craft, it was said that improvements to their designs and craft were made after one of their previous heirs met and made friends with a certain vampire. Even to this day some form of a friendship exists between the Zabolruju and the one who is the master of the many Demon Castle Golems. Their focus in particular grants their golems a certain unique facet and in a way it could be said that their business is that of creating terminals of holiness. Utilizing Torah Scrolls, their golems hold the property of being an Ark/Holy Ground. As such they hold a property of being conceptual weapons that impose the laws of god upon contact. A far cry from the Ark of the Covenant that holds a taboo that destroys any that touches it. However they are indeed superior to more common conceptual armaments like the Keys of Providence of the church. Although most importantly for the pursuits of the Zabolruju they are a construct that enshrines/hosts holy things/energy. Furthermore like the Black Keys of the church there is an Zabolruju art of creating golems. A mixture of things based on church sacraments, and Avicebron’s own magecraft. Although they are temporary constructs instead of the permanent constructs that golems normally are. Creation of golems through running magical energy through a Torah Scroll is possible. Various configurations and templates are possible to be utilized in the creation of golems through the means of different parts of the Torah. Through this attribute it is also possible for the golems to shapeshift. Seraphim: The act of creating Angels. Or rather the act of making golems into angels. The idea of an angel can be said to be vague. Yet it is a mystery that is firmly believed within and one of the most stable foundations that exist in the modern world. Beings of "fire" and heat. Beings that bring light and knowledge. They are an holy power and energy that uplifts and brings one closer towards god. Upwards, just as heated air rises. Energy that is pure and brings clarity. By making a perfect Seraphim the Zabolruju hope to create a golem that is more than just a golem. Rather they wish to both create a higher-dimensional terminal. Further connecting the Root with the throne of heaven, it is only natural for a Seraphim to lead to it. A Seraphim in the form of a golem. A connection to wisdom, a connection to truth, a connection to god and a connection to death. Such is their path to the root, such is the way they will reach the truth of all. As the golems are Arks (places where holiness dwells and is contained) It is possible to imbue golems with the concept of angels and uplift them, giving them abilities/properties of an angel One could say it is a parallel to the great work that a certain philosopher and golemmaker attempted to bring forth with a golem that receive the blessings of the earth. In this case the golems themselves are the blessing of the heavens. While the true enshrinement of a bonafide higher-order being has yet to occur, the fact that they could manage a pale shade of an imitation means that these golems are of a class that are hard to match if given the same amount of time and size, even in the hands of a great genius. Furthermore due to the property of being that which guides man and brings knowledge, it is possible to use them as the base of clairvoyance, As the main toil of the family, three golems passed down as heirlooms, and as the great work of their line are the treasures of the Zabolruju. Holding value equal, if not exceeding a magus’s magic crest. The blueprints of these three golems, and the three golems themselves are of a priceless value. They are naturally not at a completed state, but they continue to gain mystery and are further improved generation after generation. In a sense the comparison to a magic crest is more than apt, being the built up work of generation after generation. Certainly by the definition of a magus, these golems are undoubtedly angels (vessels of power) In other words they 1: set things on fire (Spontaneous Combustion) 2: are conceptually angels. 3: Punch things really hard and good. 4: are good chairs. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Other Abilities: Pottery: Is good at working with clay. Financing: Good at managing his budget, finances and income. The creation of golems is a practice that requires some degree of fortune after all! ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Mystic Codes/ Magical Items:(Any special magical items your character has) Various Torah Scrolls. Handwritten scrolls of gods most holy book. The partchment and age of these scrolls make them ideal materials, and ideal catalysts for the creation of golems. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Weapons/ Other Belongings: ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Personality: An individual who is without doubt an optimist. Believing in the future, believing in the work of his family, and believing in his own future and success he is a man who does not worry. As one who has been able to contribute to his family's project and help improve their golem designs for the future, and one who has managed to manage his finances to establish a continued good fortune for his descendants... He could be said to be a magus who looks to the future. It is not as if he sacrifices the present, but rather than a magus who looks only nostalgically towards the past he is a sort who awaits the next passing day with interest. However he is also a sort who is eccentric in how he deals with people. Golems are pleasant, golems are very listening. People he considers difficult are people he does not wish to deal with. In a sense he considers surface level friendships, and light-ties the best. The main exception is a certain vampire he continues to write letters to, and occasionally is visited by. Background: A family of Jewish Golemmakers that date from eight centuries before. While of course to be a magus is to choose a different path from those who follow god, there is still a respect for the Judaic traditions. In a sense they could be called similar to those heretics who are followers of Christian faith while being magi themselves. Differing from the man who wished to create a utopia and sublimate mankind and the world into paradise (Eden). The Zabolruju aim for the origin of all things by attempting to create a golem that brings the truth within death. A word-play brought by inverting the meanings of the words used to animate and stop a Golem. To remove a letter from truth is to turn it into death. Mimicking the act of god and trespassing upon his authority. Respecting the act of god and letting themselves be guided by him. Let us make wonderful things. Let us make holy things. -- With the political climate in Germany, and the various happenings, events such as the Kristallnacht already occurring. The cruelty of the Nazi regime when it comes to the treatment of the Judaic people was not perhaps something unheard of, yet a terrible plight. Having heard of the contest held by the man known as Dr M, and also of the interest of the Nazis in the relic on offer. It was not surprising that Asheckalva chose to merge self-interest and his desire for the good of his own people into one and become a competitor. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Wish/Reason for Being in the War: To use the grail to further his family's attempts at creating an angel. To prevent the Nazis from attaining the grail. [/hider]