[hider=Ansel] [COLOR=BFAFB2][CENTER][h1][COLOR=EEE8AA]Ansel, the Wraith[/COLOR][/h1][/CENTER] [TABLE][ROW][/ROW][ROW][CELL] [IMG]https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/3d7d5e29-db56-4f9d-9aa8-e99c3a5a81c9/dcqava9-afc233b9-c4ed-448b-a8a5-3a49aeb11d26.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzNkN2Q1ZTI5LWRiNTYtNGY5ZC05YWE4LWU5OWMzYTVhODFjOVwvZGNxYXZhOS1hZmMyMzNiOS1jNGVkLTQ0OGItYThhNS0zYTQ5YWViMTFkMjYucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.oyIDlSKdeCxIikAz-BpWSuTJONBXgEl89INN4Y2MGFU[/IMG] [CENTER][SUB]________________________________________[/SUB][/CENTER][CENTER][SUB][COLOR=EEE8AA][b] Anselmet Guernier [/b][/COLOR] [COLOR=EEE8AA] ??? [/COLOR] | [COLOR=EEE8AA] Male [/COLOR] | [COLOR=EEE8AA] Human [/COLOR][/SUB][/CENTER][CENTER][SUP]_______________________________________________[/SUP][/CENTER] ❏ [COLOR=EEE8AA]BIRTHPLACE:[/COLOR] Royal Palace, Borisan Kingdom ❏ [COLOR=EEE8AA]CASTE:[/COLOR] Dangerous Spirit; King (formerly) ❏ [COLOR=EEE8AA]AFFILIATIONS:[/COLOR] Styx; Borisan Kingdom (formerly) ❏ [COLOR=EEE8AA]GOALS:[/COLOR] To destroy Hades and return control of the East to his longtime friend, Styx. [CENTER][SUP]_______________________________________________[/SUP][/CENTER] [COLOR=EEE8AA]TALENTS:[/COLOR] ◆ Comedian: Not many would expect a scary, infamous spirit to be so funny but Ansel provides a uniquely cynical and sarcastic sense of humor. His dark jokes may not be suitable for children. ◆ Stealth: Being without a body makes for ample opportunities for sneaking. Untold years of haunting the mortal realm has allowed Ansel to be able to surprise even the most acute senses. ◆ Translator: Having existed for so long has made Ansel a master of nearly every language, both current and dead. ◆ A Warrior (in spirit): Though unable to make much use of these skills as a spirit he was once a powerful champion, capable with any weapon put in his hands. Perhaps he could be an excellent coach or teacher, if he felt so inclined. [COLOR=EEE8AA]EQUIPMENT:[/COLOR] ◆ Spectral clothes that are in fashion for the modern ghosts and ghouls. ◆ His sharp, often mean-spirited wit. ◆ It should be apparent by now that he doesn't actually have any equipment on him, as he is a spirit. [/CELL][CELL][B][COLOR=EEE8AA]Appearance[/COLOR][/B] [SUB][SUP]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/SUP][/SUB] Though he is permanently semitransparent it is usually quite easy to distinguish his features. Ansel may not actually be dead but he sure looks like he is with his deathly pale skin. His long black hair appears both grizzled and greasy. His eyes black and piercing, haunting to stare into for too long. His stature is that of a muscular, trained man of an average height. At a glance he may appear to be a dirty, middle-aged man but only when he doesn't mind being seen... [B][COLOR=EEE8AA]Personality[/COLOR][/B] [SUB][SUP]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/SUP][/SUB] In his mortal life he was a proud, self-righteous man capable of immense kindness as well as immense fury. Since his curse was awakened, however, Ansel has changed a number of times over. At first he tried to make the best of his new situation but when that failed his nature began to change. He became angry and spiteful, indignant over his fate and lashing out in any way he could to cope with his upcoming eternity. But as time dragged on even the emotional wounds of an immortal would heal. His rage turned to apathy, his spite to cynicism. He would go on to meet many people, see many lands, and he found that he simply did not care about hardly any of them. Though he has made friends over the centuries with similar immortal beings and spirits he only pays mind to mortals as a source of entertainment. He rarely kills anymore but will still frequently scare or annoy mortals purely for fun, as it remains one of the few reasons to continue existing for him. Of course he can mostly tolerate mortals when he isn't in the mood for a little haunting, but the question becomes whether they can tolerate his offensive humor and lack of conduct. What he lacks in sympathy he makes up for in comedy, though his intended audience is only himself. [B][COLOR=EEE8AA]Arcana[/COLOR][/B] [SUB][SUP]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/SUP][/SUB] [B]Major:[/B] [COLOR=FFFFFF]Death[/COLOR] [INDENT] Ansel awakened his arcana as a grown man and was rewarded with the immediate, painful destruction of his mortal body. Ages have passed and he has had plenty of time to learn, practice, and play with his magic. He can move through objects, hover or fly at great speed, and adjust the transparency of his spirit to the point of invisibility. However his most potent and dangerous ability, and the one for which he has become known, is the ability to possess the body of a living victim. From within he can control them as if they were a body of his own, and can even glance through their memories, but he cannot manipulate the body in ways it is physically incapable of. Unable to replicate his former strength in any normal mortal, Ansel found it far easier to "fight" mortals by simply possessing them and forcing them to commit suicide. Only those of a higher caliber, of the strongest wills, can resist or repel Ansel. [/INDENT] [B]Minor:[/B] [COLOR=FFFFFF]The Ace of Swords[/COLOR] [INDENT] A potent, powerful artifact capable of striking at a soul directly. Typically eternal spirits like Ansel will never die but if they were to be struck by the sharp edge of this blade it would destroy them. Worse than death: it would remove them from existence entirely. Ansel originally collected this blade as a means to hide it from the rest of the world and ensure he could not be destroyed, but now he views it as his option to cease existing once he finally grows too tired of immortality. That being said: Ansel is not in direct possession of this blade and has not been for a very long time. Instead it is hidden, though he was the one who hid it himself so he knows where to find it (as long as nobody else managed to find it, that is). [/INDENT][/CELL][/ROW][/TABLE][hr] [CENTER] [COLOR=EEE8AA]Combat[/COLOR]: •••••••• Though it is now ancient history, Ansel was once a powerful warrior-king. He had decades of experience in combat against foes both mighty and many before he lost his mortal body. Though unable to fight in a traditional way those skills still remain. [COLOR=EEE8AA]Culture[/COLOR]: ••••••• Though generally apathetic and sometimes a menace, traveling the world over the course of many lifetimes is a good way to learn about the world and its people. But, much like his combat ability, there aren't many outlets for him to express his knowledge due to being a feared wraith. [COLOR=EEE8AA]Commerce[/COLOR]: • With no need to eat, sleep, or otherwise purchase goods or services there has been no incentive for Ansel to even memorize the price of bread, let alone care about anything else economic. He's so detached from commerce, as a concept, that he doesn't even need to steal since he doesn't [i]need[/i] anything. [COLOR=EEE8AA]Magic[/COLOR]: •••••• His ability to manipulate his own spirit and any bodies he possesses make for some powerful magic in its own right, but the scope of his capabilities is limited to just that. He has had plenty of time to understand what he is capable of, and what he isn't capable of. [COLOR=EEE8AA]Survival[/COLOR]: • Much like how he has no need for commercial knowledge he has very little need for survival knowledge. He is at no risk to his life, if you could call it that, at any given time as it is. There is no threat the natural world can throw at Ansel, nor any boon it can give him, thus he cares not for the natural world. [COLOR=EEE8AA]Karma[/COLOR]: • While mostly apathetic in the modern age there were many years that Ansel spent terrorizing both the wicked and innocent. First out of anger, then out of boredom he would torment, terrify, and even kill his unsuspecting victims. The karmic justice he receives is not death but the lack thereof, to never feel the sweet embrace of his many lost loved ones in an afterlife too good for him. What good deeds he had accomplished in life have long been lost to time and only his sins he has made in his un-life remain. 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