[hider=Charles][b]Name[/b]: Charles Brontescorden [url=https://youtu.be/FsVUtF11fbM?t=68][b]Theme[/b][/url] [b]Age (Magical Girl)[/b]: 16 [b]Age (Before Magical Girl)[/b]: 23 [b]Gender[/b]: Male [b]Gender (Before Magical Girl)[/b]: Male [hider=Disguise][img]https://i.imgur.com/crSTsvq.png[/img][/hider] [hider=True][img]https://i.imgur.com/yToC2bA.png[/img][/hider] He has obsidian draconic arms with crimson energy glowing through the small cracks in his arms. The dark cape is actually made out of his wings. [b]Specialization[/b]: [b][u]Darkness[/u][/b] - A specialization better suited for deceit and debilitation rather than direct confrontation. Allows Charles to do such things as turning invisible, intangible, or using curses. [i]Smoke[/i] - Charles can create a thick black smoke that can blanket an area and block out light. As the cloud is magical in nature, it lends itself well to obscuring even magically-enhanced vision and working against those normally immune to airborne attacks (though at a greatly diminished effect). The clouds may be cursed for added traits, acting similar to tear gas or even weakening those who stay in it took long until they become unconscious. Charles may create more than one cloud and they can be separately cursed, though they will not mix together. He has some control over where the cloud spreads and can resist the effects of natural wind. Air specs, however, are this ability's bane. Charles is immune to the effects of and can sense other beings within the smoke. He is only able to manipulate clouds he has made, and any smoke from other sources is not within his ability to control. [b][u]Light[/u][/b] - A specialization better suited to revealing the truth and destruction rather than indirect meddling. Allows Charles to do such things as blasting foes, dispelling illusions, and bringing the truth to light. [i]Mirrors[/i] - Charles can create constructs with mirror-like properties or temporarily bestow surfaces with them. Created constructs can be formed at range, moved at will, and require very little mana to maintain. Multiple may be made of varying sizes. The imagine they reflect is based on the truth, meaning any visual deceptions will not be depicted. Those within a reflection of a mirror feel more willing to tell the truth instead of lie. [u][b]Weapon[/b][/u]: [b]Dragon's Roar[/b] - A magical single-action revolver that resembles a dragon and enhances Charles' magical potential. Though the bullets are made from his magic, it only fires six shots before needing to be reloaded, but makes up for it in power. A single well-placed shot has the force to knock a girl to the floor even if it doesn't kill her. The fire rate is a bit slower than a normal semi-automatic but Charles can fan the hammer at closer ranges to offset this. Rounds fired from this gun still have the potential to ricochet. [u][b]Power[/b][/u]: [u]Killing Blow[/u] - Avatar: The Absolute of Despair And The Bane of Hope And Life Charles retrieves his own, special flyer which then floats before him as he expends all of his mana in order to summon a simulcrum of his former horror. The false horror then bellows out an ancient, terrible language so strong that the very words it speaks take the form of a magical blast of awesome strength in front of him. Everything, including even the very terrain, succumbs to the ultimate despair and ceases to live. Living beings becoming nothing more than an unsalvagable husk, the ground decays, and buildings crumble and fall apart. Even bearing witness to the horror's form can cause those with a weak will to despair. [u][b]Perks[/b][/u]: [u]Dual Weapon[/u] - Charles' revolver also acts like a focus for his magic, empowering his spells. [u]Transfiguration[/u] - He can switch to a small, lizard-like form and scurry around at quick speeds, climb walls, or crawl into small holes. [u]Eternal Style[/u] - Charles is always looking his best, even if he doesn't feel like it. He can create fashionable outfits to wear and always has a pleasant scent about him. [u]Ojou-sama[/u] - A wealthy magical girl he saved years ago. She provides him the motivation to work, even if he doesn't want it. [u]Defender[/u] - Taking one for the team can earn the favor of those who witness it, including girls. Charles has almost made doing so an art, for the wrong reasons. [u]Masculinity[/u] - Perhaps fate throwing him a bone, he managed to retain all of his male bits when he joined the magical side of the world. [u]Gifted[/u] - He took to his powers quite well, even fabricating unique ways to use his specializations. [u]Hammerspace Handbag[/u] - A place where Charles may place the various things that he collects in order to retrieve them later. Currently holds an assortment of miscellaneous, mostly-useless items and trinkets, most shiny. Food can also be stored here, allowing for mid-mission refreshments. Perhaps the most disturbing thing within his space is the seemingly infinite amounts of flyers coated with blood in the form of ancient symbols that depict his old horror's desire to corrupt the world with fear and despair. These give off an eery vibe and he makes sure to give most people he meets at least 2. [u]Allies[/u] - Anastasia has been his ally for some time now. [b]Patron, Benefits, and Drawbacks[/b]: [center][b]Solo[/b]:[/center] [u]Free Agent[/u] - No (supernatural) strings attached to him. He's (technically) his own boss and can work for whom he wants, to get what he wants. [u]Magical Overload[/u] - An overabundance of magical power left him warped forever. [u]Alone[/u] - Being beholden to no one is quite lonesome, but at least he has Anastasia. [u]Monstrous Form[/u] - Corruption transformed him into something stronger but also harder for people to accept. [b]Fighting Style[/b]: Typically uses his revolver as his main form of offense. His specializations are often resigned for utility, debilitating, or granting beneficial control to him over a battlefield. [center][hider=Disguised]Stats (Disguised): STR: 3 AGI: 3 VIT: 3 MAG: 3 LCK: 4[/hider] [hider=True Form]Stats (True Form): STR: 5 AGI: 14 VIT: 8 MAG: 13 LCK: 5[/hider] [hider=Stat Modifiers] Strength - 4 = Base +1 STR from Overdeveloped Total = 5 Total = Agility - 4 = Base +1 from Light Spec +1 from Ranged Dual Weapon +1 from Gifted Light +1 from Wings +1 from Ojousama +3 from 3 Bronze Coins +2 from 1 Silver Coin Total = 14 Vitality - 4 = Base +2 from Light Spec +1 from Defender +1 from Darkness Total = 8 Magic - 4 = Base +1 from Light Spec +1 from Killing Blow +1 from Mystic Weapon +1 from Elaborate Outfit +2 from Darkness Spec +1 from Gifted Darkness +2 for 1 Silver Coin Total = 13 Luck - 4 = Base +1 from Masculinity -999 from Horrendous Luck Total = Fukou da[/hider][/center] [b]Personality[/b]: Charles is a somewhat affable, eccentric man who doesn't take things epecially seriously, unless they pertain to his compulsion. He tends to look on the bright side of things, even if everything is dark. [b]History[/b]: Charles always had incredibly bad luck, even when he was a human. From being born with heart disease to growing up somewhat unpopular, to being caught in troublesome situations. He could never find a break. His death was not an exception. Charles was introduced to the magical side of the world via a horror of some renown, with 'introduce' being a fairly strong and pleasant word. He was actually plucked off the street at night while walking home from a failed date and dragged into an alleyway, where he was brutally murdered and recreated to serve the entity, who had grand plans for this world and an immediate need for a new errand boy after Beacon had disposed of his last. Subject to things many would find unspeakable, even the horror was surprised to see what he became. Eerily optimistic. He was an individual who tried to put things behind him and see the brighter things in life. Was he forcefully made subservient to some eldritch horror who had terrible plans for his world? Yes. Did he also now have a body that wasn't defective? Yes! Well, sorta. The abundance of magical power did have some noticeable effects on him, but at least he looked cool, right? Chicks would definitely dig it! But working with a horror wasn't easy, and he rarely got time to have pleasant talks with others. Though he had other jobs, his main task was to obtain items of value for the horror. He did all he could to become the best slave! Hard work paid off alright! Not literally, mind you, but at one point the horror confessed replacing him would be irritating, so he took that as a sign of gratitude. It was nice to be needed. All that ominous writing on the walls, maybe more than one or two abductions, and intimidating countless girls to strike fear into their hearts was all worth it to see the smile on his best friend's (overlord) face. Not that he smiled. Of course, Charle's bad luck had not been remedied by obtaining a new body. You could argue it was linked to his very soul. And so, one day, things changed for the "worse". He was confronted by those pesky Beacon girls at their lair! How terrible! He couldn't imagine how they even discovered their hideout. He hadn't told anybody except this girl he happened to save on a whim while out spreading the good word about his master. Weird. As it turned out, his horror was not yet ready for direct confrontation. Things went suboptimally, and ultimately, Charles was unable to keep the Beacon from foiling the scheme that had been set in motion that was to blanket the entire world in fear. His horror was soundly dealt with and then it was his turn. But as it turned out, the girl from before was one of the members of Beacon, and pleaded for her allies to not kill him. They did not listen, of course, but they were distracted. Charles made a hasty departure from the lair and went into hiding. What was he supposed to do now? Everything and everyone he knew was dead! It was just so horrible of a situation. But he was yet again saved by that girl from before. Even though she was Beacon, she had defended the champion of a horror and was excommunicated over it. Even stranger was she thought she still owed him, or so that's what she claimed. He wasn't used to being the one with a follower, but despite the risks, she wouldn't take no for an answer, so thus she became his first actual friend and they've been together for years now. Due to his creation having a specific purpose, the desire to collect things never really went away. It didn't really matter what, though. He would pick up shiny things. He would collect cans. It was, more or less, a compulsion for the sake of it. The monster boy would become very irritable if he tried resisting this, and he found certain things kept him satiated for longer. Things didn't always have to be material, either. Certain emotions sufficed, the first he noticed was fear and despair. He made use of the former quite often. Anastasia, his friend, was rather jumpy, and it was fairly easy for Charles with his powers to make use of this to jumpscare her. The effect eventually diminished, and he learned he couldn't lean on one person forever. Then one day, by chance, he discovered the most potent of things to 'collect'. Anastasia encouraged him to support others as he had done for her. Since she was insistent (and resorted to violence if he didn't), he obeyed and used his powers for good, doing all sorts of things. In return for saving a magical girl's life, the stranger gave him a kiss on the cheek, and the act sent a jolt of satisfaction throughout the entirety of his body. Fatigue and the compulsion to collect things immediately died down and stayed that way for far longer. Was this what he was meant to do? Collect kisses? That sounded a lot better than to risk getting sued for causing a heart attack. Not that it'd be easy. Most girls didn't give away such a thing so freely. How unfortunate, but maybe he'd get lucky. It'd save him lots of trouble and it was well worth the shot. [b]Incantation[/b]: "Oh, Bane of Life! Grant me your wicked power so that I might smother hope in your name!" [b]Additional Info[/b]: [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/campaigns/748]Stat thing[/url] [hider=Coinage] -1b to swap Wood Spec to Light -3b to give +3 AGI -1s to trade Sourcery for Dual Weapon -1s to give +2 AGI -1s to give +MAG -1g to gain Perks 8 and 9 Emergency Background, Hoarder Corruption[/hider] [/hider]