In that case, you should be good to go, Archmage.

I'm very much looking forward to what everyone else is working on. I'd like to get this RP started without too much waiting, ideally in less than a week. In the meantime, I've come up with an example character, a contact from the Interest that will be working alongside yours in this raid. She's a good example of how some pretty outlandish things can be accomplished in this fantastical setting.


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[b]Name:[/b] Nadine

[b]Species:[/b] Bound myth possession-type

[b]Job:[/b] Martial Artist

[b]Appearance:[/b]
Although she stands at an average height, Nadine possesses a number of unusual features. Most striking is her hair, a long, voluminous, and curly mop of lustrous green. A close second however is her ears, long and tapered just enough to not quite be human. She boasts a full figure that she isn't afraid to show off with a sleek black leotard, with matching leggings and long gloves. Over this she wears a white jacket, shorts, and boots, giving her a semblance of a flashy MMA fighter. [url=https://i.imgur.com/hbgSUo3.jpg]Like this.[/url]

[b]Personality:[/b]
Generally serious, no-nonsense, and professional, Nadine makes it a point to be polite to just about everybody, even enemies. She's the sort who understands that there's a proper way to do everything and not only intends to do it but would prefer that everyone else stick to it too, thank you very much. She's not very outgoing and has little in the way of a sense of humor, making her a little stark and even a stick in the mud at times. Observing her, one gets the sense that she's haunted by some sort of melancholy she can't put aside, one that keeps her distant. However, Nadine has an unfortunate quirk; she is disproportionately quick to fall hopelessly in love. While she won't approach anyone she falls for and discourages relationships, her feelings are rather easy to see in her easily flustered behavior.

[b]Background:[/b]
The original Nadine was a passionate go-getter of a woman who, after a long and arduous journey, attained her dream of fighting in the UFC. Cheered on by her husband Branson, an aspiring artist, she did quite well for a time, although not so well as to make her name famous. Her career fizzled out after a while, and desperate to achieve glory of her own, she made the choice to fight in the underground Restless League, an illegal fighting ring taking place inside Dreaming Los Angeles. Duking it out on television in a realm of distortion -not to mention the everpresent lurking threat of monsters- was a terrific risk, but Nadine became addicted to the thrill.

As one might expect, one day everything came crashing down. On a day of qualifiers where a number of fighters were fighting for placement, a [url=https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/4e4883f5-49df-40c6-9ede-c156a49ebab2/dbdntuu-535d55e9-c062-4983-a88a-7f323671c2e3.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1765,q_75,strp/3_heads_by_sebastiankowoll_dbdntuu-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xNzY1IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNGU0ODgzZjUtNDlkZi00MGM2LTllZGUtYzE1NmE0OWViYWIyXC9kYmRudHV1LTUzNWQ1NWU5LWMwNjItNDk4My1hODhhLTdmMzIzNjcxYzJlMy5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.PPDAfynOYSALWAsMgBKvFP76jqyaTFvEaBk9CLR3_u4]creature[/url] wandered inside. Many of the fighters, some of whom possessed distortion, rallied to take it on together and become heroes on live T.V. Their victory might have been a turning point for the Dreaming City, a sign that the nightmares could be beaten by outsiders and those trapped within freed from the Lucid Dream. The creature, however, fought back with vicious strength. It mauled several of the fighters to death, badly wounded Nadine, and even partially devoured one before being driven off by gunfire. Everyone fled, but the commotion drew other nightmares. Nadine watched audience members and crew stuffed into bags, pulled down holes, and snatched behind walls, and in the end barely escaped with her life.

Nadine was forced to spend a long time in recovery, obliged to rely on her husband's earning both to live and to pay the medical bills. It wasn't long before all they saved went to nothing, and both found themselves in dire straights. Not skilled or renowned enough yet to support his family, Branson needed a breakthrough, and like Nadine before him he looked for a supernatural solution. In his childhood he'd visited the Grove with his family and been inspired by both its beauty and the uncanny link between the Unseen of that world and the myths of his own. The online records of human findings in the Grove indicated the existence of an Unseen that would grant artistic inspiration called Leanan Sidhe, and given his own Irish heritage he felt sure he could draw one out. He and Nadine spent the last of their money on a trip to the Grove, and after some searching, they found none other than the fairy they sought.

Branson implored it to bond with him, but the empathetic fairy asked to bond with Nadine instead. The union went off without a hitch, and in the process revitalized Nadine somewhat to boot. The couple set up in a town in the Grove, and lo and behold, Nadine could entreat her companion to inspire Branson at will. His works of art stunned the people who saw them, and in no time the two had enough money to return to earth and set up shop for real. Yet even as Branson's candle burned bright, it burned short. For the curse of the Leanan Sidhe bestowed inspiration to those they loved in exchange for withering their lives away. In less than a year, Branson was dead. Nadine, wracked by guilt and responsibility, lost the will to live. When her will died, the Leanan Sidhe took over her body, but the process left the fairy irreparably changed. Going by the host's name, she determined to live her life as a human, deservedly banished from the land of the Unseen for her own capriciousness. Unable to strive for a position of prominence, she hopped on the train of anomaly-hunting using a mixture of martial arts and fey magic. Her unique power and status eventually caught the eyes of the Interest, which recruited her. It gave her a real place to belong, and a real fight to believe in: ending the abuses of other dimensions on humankind.

[b]Talents:[/b]
As a magic-enhanced mixed martial arts fighter, Nadine possesses notable strength and speed, although her speed is the more remarkable of the two. She can summon the ethereal white-winged butterflies of the Grove, although that requires concentration, and use them for a variety of purposes. They can fly out as projectiles either speedily or forcefully in various formations, shattering into sparkling dust on impact. While they're out, she can command them to fly in certain ways. She can coalesce them into silken objects, which she in fact does for her boots, jacket, and shorts to have a supply on her at all times. She can also de-coalesce her body into butterflies to perform dashes, either for movement, attack, or both. This de-coalescence can take the form of a butterfly explosion. While de-coalesced, she is reduced to her 'true form' as a bright green fairy the size of a butterfly, in which she can fly at extreme speed in short lines, although she can bounce off surfaces while doing so.

[b]Other:[/b]
Her epithet as a member of the Interest is 'Dulcet Dust Breaker', but it's always shortened to 'Dust-breaker'. Her weaknesses are primarily her inability to sustain much damage and the relative straightforwardness of her fighting style. As such, she fights best with a more versatile partner.
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