[hider=The Storywright][b][u]Name:[/u][/b] Vidi [b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b] [hider=The First Snake][img]https://i.imgur.com/iVbkSHy.jpeg[/img][/hider] [b][u]Race:[/u][/b] (Appears) Belua [b][u]Sex:[/u][/b] (Appears) Female [b][u]Age:[/u][/b] ??? [b][u]Magic Divination:[/u][/b] ??? [b][u]Abilities:[/u][/b] Unquestionably powerful, Vidi rarely engages in combat herself; opting to stay at the rear, and command her Handmaidens, Living Dolls, that serve her needs. [b][i]Rite of Miasmatic Creationism[/i][/b]: Vidi can manipulate Miasma as if it were simple magic, and uses it to create her Handmaidens, Living Dolls of Flesh and Blood that serve her needs so she needn’t dirty her hands. [list][*][b][i]Scarlettina “Scarlett” Ishval, the Grave Warden[/i][/b] [i]Surveyor of Yesterday, the Graven Warden is the sole practitioner of [[b]Historians’ Magic[/b]] - a fusion of [[b]The School of Galdr[/b]] in combination with the [[b]The School of Espermancy[/b]] that uses Miasma as a resource instead of Magic. Summoned by Vidi, Scarlett commands Death as a weapon - quite literally. By summoning a Spirit to her side, Scarlett can reshape it into a weapon or armor. The more willing the Spirit, and the higher the Grade of, the stronger the weapon or armor; additionally, she can translate the Spirit’s ability into her weapons or armor. So much so, Scarlett is actually naked, and each article of her clothing is a contracted Spirit that feeds off her Miasma as part of their contract, leaving Scarlett in a constant, lethargic state.[/i][/list] [list][*][b][i]Mochizuki Lupina, the Gunpowder Saintess[/i][/b] [i]Surveyor of Tomorrow, the Gunpowder Saintness is the sole practitioner of [[b]Philosophers' Magic[/b]] - a fusion of [[b]The School of Alchemy[/b]] in combination with the [[b]The School of Elementalism[/b]] that uses Miasma as a resource instead of Magic. Summoned by Vidi, Lupina creates ammunition where there is none, shaping the Elements and Miasma into shells for her shotgun - the material form of her twin brother, Baast, a victim of Vanishing Twin Syndrome, and her Guardian Spirit. Bending the elements and science to her whim and will, Lupina is rarely without ammo. However, her prideful nature and storied past has lead her to quite the ego, however her... [b]pettan[/b] build is a stinging point in comparison to her younger brother's [b]oppai[/b] build.[/i][/list] [list][*][b][i]Phillipa “Kalos” Hemos, the Celestial Reaper[/i][/b] [i]Surveyor of Today, the Celestial Reaper is the sole practitioner of [[b]Explorers' Magic[/b]] - a fusion of [[b]The School of Thaumaturgy[/b]] in combination with the [[b]The School of Void[/b]] that uses Miasma as a resource instead of Magic. Summoned by Vidi, Kalos wields the power to bend moonbeams and sunbeams into Darkness and Light, Frost and Flame, in the forms of twin scythes, Dusk and Dawn, which can be married into a single twin-headed scythe that burns and freezes known as Twilight - but only during the aforementioned period of time known as the Twilight Hour. Despite being a raised by, and notarized as, a Sister of the Holy Church, Kalos is easily the least religious woman of the cloth, in manner and dress, usually clashing with her fellows.[/i][/list][/hider][hr][hider=The Grave Warden][b][u]Name:[/u][/b] Scarlettina Ishval [b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b] [hider=Scarlett][img]https://i.imgur.com/v2HYDQ9.png[/img][/hider] [b][u]Race:[/u][/b] Pherendal (Elf/Human) [b][u]Sex:[/u][/b] Female [b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 25 [b][u]Magic Divination:[/u][/b] Historians' Magic [b][u]Abilities:[/u][/b] Due to her connection to Vidi, Scarlett has access to a powerful, but demanding form of magic that mixes Galdr and Espermancy into a singular Magic known as [Historians' Magic] and gives her the ability to use [Miasma] as a resource to exercise unprecedented control over Spirit and imaginative affairs. [b][i]Traven's Eye[/i][/b]: Less of a physical eye, and more of an esoteric crystal mass that takes the space of Scarlett's heart, and connects her to another being in another dimension. As a result, Scarlett has no heartbeat, and her veins flow with Miasma that any sensitive enough can notice with focus on it. Removing Scarlett’s “heart” will not kill her, but it will break her connection, and cause her to go into a feral state to survive until it's returned - or reclaimed, as she will hunt for it relentlessly. [b][i]Miasma Manipulation[/i][/b]: Scarlett can connect herself to another dimension from which Miasma, the planetary blight, originates, and manipulate it to cause controlled multiple Spirits at once. [b]Scythe Combat Training[/b]: Scarlett has extensive combat training involving scythes, and can carry a collapsible one beneath her coat, preferring to use it before her [Historians' Magic]. [b]Breathless[/b]: Due to the artificiality of her heart, Scarlett does not need to breathe to facilitate the movement of oxygen, as her body seems to operate by absorbing ambient Mana. [b]Miasma Immunity[/b]: Scarlett is completely immune to Miasma, and actually benefits from it with her unique magic. [b][i]Historians' Magic[/i][/b]: A form of [Synergistic Magic] previously unknown to the Material Realm, utilizing Miasma to summon and repurpose Spirits from Beyond into weapons and armors. [list][*][b][hider=The Ossuary Octuplets][img]https://i.imgur.com/CQRSBxF.png[/img][/hider][/b], in clockwise order: [b]Francine, Vivian, Emily, Laura, Samantha, Gina, Ophelia, and Jacqueline[/b] who make up Scarlett's visible clothing and weaponry. Francine takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett's jacket, as she loves soaking in the sun, and her Spirit Weapon Form is a tower shield that can be wreathed in fire to allow for a burning tackle. Vivian takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett's undershirt, regulating Scarlett's body temperature since she doesn't sweat, and her Spirit Weapon Form is an oar that can be soaked with water and made denser. Emily takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett's right sock, while Ophelia takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett's left sock, as both prefer to be unseen, and have the shared Spirit Weapon Form of a paired bladed quarterstaff that can be used as twinned katanas. Gina takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett's left heel, while Jacqueline takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett right heel, as both like to think that the combination of Ice and Lightning makes Scarlett faster, and have the shared Spirit Weapon Form of a pair of stiletto daggers. Laura takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett's slacks, giving her a more grounded stance, in her opinion, and takes the Spirit Weapon Form of a twin-headed axe. And, lastly, Samantha takes the Incognito Form of Scarlett's blouse, because fashion is key, and a good shirt ties it all together, and takes the Spirit Weapon Form of a rapier.[/list] [b][u]Equipment:[/u][/b] A pack of cigarettes. That's about all Scarlett carries around of her own accord. [b][u]Brief Background:[/u][/b] Second-born Princess of the Kingdom of Scientia to the north, Scarlettina Ishval - Scarlett for short - was born to Gren Ishval and Lady Lefay of the Myrkr as a Pherandel, the unity of a Human and the Elvin Faefolk. However, she was born under no moon at the stroke of midnight on All Hallow's Eve, and considered to be a cursed child. Such flights of fancy had no place in the cold, hard logic of the scientific kingdom, but the manifestation of the curse would take root, regardless of belief. As an infant, no more than eight days. Scarlett would be diagnosed with an irreparable blood disease that caused her blood cells to take on excessive amounts of iron, resulting in her blood being heavy and slow to move, reducing her to a wastrel in her community with a predicted, shortened lifespan... Condemned by the very nature of her kingdom, Scarlett would be raised as a commoner, in secret and silence, spoken of only in past tense. However, in a kingdom, gossip is part and parcel, and the smartest tend to be the nosiest, and rumor begets suspicion. By her tenth birthday, Scarlett would be uncovered, not by enemies or political rivals, but her own sister, Violettina “Violet” Ishval, First-born Princess, who suspected that her baby sister had been alive due in part to following hush money and research funds to the common folk. Realizing that her only rival was alive, Violet would arrange an assassination attempt, but a lush and lazy, the huntsman would be routed before his attempt was even attempted. Still, the damage was done, and matters had to be handled. Unable to do anything about Violet, Gren would call in a favor to one of his business partners, Donovan Krauser, to room and board his daughter, as his adopted daughter, and make whatever remained of her life as productively as possible, putting her through schooling, and an internship, if she made it that far. Fast-forward five years, and Scarlett can be found attending [i][b]Morgenröte Finishing School for Girls[/b][/i] as the loner, the loser, Queen of the Goths, having thrown away her love of the scientific for a spiteful passion for the occult. As the ringleader, Scarlett would found the A5 Coven, named as such all the members had the letter “A” as the last letter of their given names - creating a place for herself and four of her fellow “Witches”. For a time, things were good and the A5 Coven stood strong, as a diverse gang that controlled a good portion of the school. For Scarlett, it was the ultimate expression of rebellion, until they came across real, divine magic in the form of a transient artifact, a ouija board that spelled out a single name: [center][u][b]V-I-D-I.[/b][/u][/center] And, an offer of power in exchange for her broken heart... Smash cut ten years later, and the former princess strolls the sandy dunes of Melchizedek, walking the streets of her hometown with a simple mission in mind. However, before she can greet her elder sister... duty calls, and pulled her attention to the siren call of her Benefactor and Recreator. Materializing, Scarlett has her service pledged to Arteus and Eon Tower as a Reaver. [i]Revenge would have to wait...[/i] [b][u]Extra Bits:[/u][/b] [list][*]Scarlett’s personality tends to drift between hot and cold, but always slightly detached due to her partial lack of Humanity. Even when she's emotionally available, it presents as “off” and “alien” in a sense.[/list] [list][*]Scarlett's dominantly right-handed, but writes with her left hand.[/list] [list][*]Scarlett has deep pockets due to smart investments and works in real estate despite her appearance.[/list] [list][*]Scarlett CV: Stephanie Young (Nico Robin)[/list] [list][*]Scarlett’s Character Theme: [url=https://youtu.be/9A00XAh3myA?si=mA1gvUIfBRoCOkGL]Faust VIII Theme[/url][/list][/hider][hr][hider=The Gunpowder Saintess][b][u]Name:[/u][/b] Mochizuki Lupina, Mochizuki Baast [b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b] [hider=Lupina][img]https://i.imgur.com/ggNg5MX.png[/img][/hider] [hider=Baast][img]https://i.imgur.com/Sv7XYMr.jpeg[/img][/hider] [b][u]Race:[/u][/b] Dire (Predator/Prey Belua crossbreed) [b][u]Sex:[/u][/b] Female [b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 25 [b][u]Magic Divination:[/u][/b] Philosophers' Magic [b][u]Abilities:[/u][/b] Due to her connection to Vidi, Lupina has access to a powerful, but demanding form of magic that mixes Alchemy and Elementalism as a singular Magic known as [Historians’ Magic] and gives her the ability to use [Miasma] as a resource to create Elemental Rifle Shells from thin air. [b][i]Miasma Manipulation[/i][/b]: Lupina can connect herself to another dimension from which Miasma, the planetary blight, originates, and manipulate it to create ammunition. [b][i]Traven's Eye[/i][/b]: Less of a physical eye, and more of an esoteric crystal mass that takes the space of Lupina's heart, and connects her to another being in another dimension. As a result, Lupina has no heartbeat, and her blood has a constant presence of Miasma flowing through it that any sensitive can notice with focus on it. Removing Lupina’s “heart” will not kill her, but it will break her connection, and cause her to undergo feral [Malfestation] until it's returned - or reclaimed, as she will hunt for it relentlessly. [b]Tonfa Combat Training[/b]: Lupina’s past gang afflictions have made her rather skilled with the tonfa, a Yoake-Haun weapon. [b]Breathless[/b]: Due to the artificiality of her heart, Lupina does not need to breathe to facilitate the movement of oxygen, as her body seems to operate by absorbing ambient Mana. [b]Miasma Immunity[/b]: Lupina is completely immune to Miasma, and actually benefits from it with her unique magic. [b][i]Philosophers' Magic[/i][/b]: A form of [Synergistic Magic] previously unknown to the Material Realm, utilizing Miasma as a resource. [b]Boombaastic[/b]: [i]The Spirit Weapon Form of Lupina's little brother, Baast, and a modular rifle that can be loaded as a shotgun, or as a marksman rifle, depending on the bullet he “swallows”. Baast adamantly refuses to be thought of as a mere piece of equipment, and considers himself the highest tier of firearms possible. In his words, “I am the Excalibur of Firearms.”[/i] [list][*][b]Snapdragon Snarl[/b]: A shotgun blast of fire that emulates a dragon’s fireball of legend. Lupina cannot fire this at much range, and uses it, by and large, to control and overpower at close-range. Due to the simplicity of its construction, Lupina can produce these shells en masse. However, these shell are not as strong as her other bullets.[/list] [list][*][b]Lilypad Lancer[/b]: A rifle round of compressed water that has immense cutting power, punching through even the toughest material in one or two shots. Unfortunately, the construction of this bullet is fragile and fickle, as water is subject to change under heat and cold alike. However, for it difficulty, it's stopping power is unmatched.[/list] [list][*][b]Anemone Assault[/b]: A shell that releases a powerful explosion of air, knocking targets backwards and far away. Its direct killing potential is moot, but its indirect killing potential is unlimited, as the burst can knock targets off buildings, bridges, ledges, and edges galore, as well break bones and necks in equal measure. However, if Lupina is not careful, she can get caught in the blast.[/list] [list][*][b]Tulip Takedown[/b]: A shell that releases pellets of solid earth, and serves as a more damaging option over [Snapdragon Lance] or [Anemone Assault] and their area of denial effects. This shell has less killing potential that [Lilypad Lancer], but more immediate stopping power than anything else. However, it's a very dense and difficult shell to pack.[/list] [list][*][b]Magma Magnolia[/b]: An advanced round, combining the area of denial of [Snapdragon Snarl] and punching pellets of [Tulip Takedown] to fire a shell of flaming, molten rock that rupture into pools of magma, doing immense damage and blocking paths. This shell takes several minutes to create, and it's something that cannot be done on the fly.[/list] [list][*][b]Hyperstatic Hydrangea[/b]: An advanced round, combining the explosive power of the [Anemone Assault] and the puncturing potential of [Lilypad Lancer] into a single rifle round that can freeze a target in their track by shooting through them with an icicle. Like [Magma Magnolia], this shell cannot be created without the time to focus.[/list] [b][u]Equipment:[/u][/b] Lupina carries the usual affair of a soldier of her high standing and a few feminine pleasantries and toiletries in an easily hidden clutch. [b][u]Brief Background:[/u][/b] The acuity of a Predator. The acumen of Prey. The danger of someone born to both. In Belua culture, the act of breeding across this line was taboo, more so than crossbreeding specieses. On the mist-shrouded continent of Yoake-Hau, the union of Predator and Prey would give birth to the physical embodiment of “[i]a wolf in sheep's clothing[/i]” as Mochizuki Lupina came into the world with a hungry bleating and a mouth full of fangs, a newborn spirit of Harowin. And, she wasn't alone. Though created as twins, only one child would be born. The other, the first to be conceived, would not survive the strain of coming into existence, and would become a victim of Vanishing Twin Syndrome, folding into Lupina, and becoming her strength; awakening as a Guardian Spirit. Raised to the best of her parents' ability to shield her from the reality of a prejudiced world, both within and without, Lupina would grow up rather sheltered. However, even the strongest shelter was a simple, huff and puff away from being blown away. Protected, Lupina’s world would be shaken by the execution of her father, after the Wolf Belua was pushed to the edge, and demonstrated exactly how strong a Predator could be, when it was taken there. Unfortunately, mob rule tends to stand tallest in the smallest communities. Picking up the shambles of their lives, Lupina’s mother would take to a new life across the ocean, and settle in the outskirts of Morgenröte to live a nondescript life in real peace. However, Lupina had been broken, and awoken, by the first true act of violence against her, and seething hatred would brew within her. Flash-forward five years, and second-in-command of [i][b]Morgenröte Finishing School for Girls[/b][/i] - infamous - A5 Coven would be elected, due to her affiliation with the local gang, known for dealing the street drug ‘Slipstream’ as she was an street enforcer and pusher. However, a burgeoning connection with her Coven-mates would start to turn Lupina’s life around, causing her to seek escaping... but, blood was blood, in Belua culture, and a message was sent to Lupina by the hospitalization and coma of her mother. [center][i]A warning. A mistake.[/i][/center] In a rage, Lupina would accept the offer of the supposedly Divine Spirit that the A5 had summoned via a cursed ouija board. Her broken heart for the power to do what needed to be done. In her bloody path of destruction, Lupina and Baast would come across the man that would become their “Alpha”, a vagabond named Vagus, an old commander of the army Lupina would join to spite him. Ten years would pass after that chance meeting, and Mochizuki “Vagus” Lupina would be on patrol in the heart of the Republic of Altaria, as a detached envoy from Morgenröte’s Magus Association, with her brother in hand - turned from a Guardian Spirit with no form into a unique rifle that never left Lupina’s side. However, her marching orders were to change, as the siren call of her Mysterious Benefactor rang in her chest. Stepping out into the dark, Lupina would go AWOL, in the dead of night, and materialize within the confines of Eon Tower. [i]Soon to follow a parallel path to her adoptive father figure...[/i] [b][u]Extra Bits:[/u][/b] [list][*]Lupina loves meat dishes, even though she struggles to digest them, causing Baast to police her meals[/list] [list][*]Despite being the big sister, Lupina is the fussy, little sister type.[/list] [list][*]Lupina is fiercely defensive of the title “Vagus”.[/list] [list][*]CV: Lupina: Wende Lee (Arisawa Tatsuki) / Baast: Stephanie Sheh (Inuoe Orihime)[/list] [list][*]Lupina's Character Theme: [url=https://youtu.be/hD7t3CqXtkE]Lamb God[/url][/list][/hider][hr][hider=The Celestial Reaper][b][u]Name:[/u][/b] Kalos [b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b] [hider=The Celestial Reaper][img]https://i.imgur.com/oXk2W6I.png[/img][/hider] [b][u]Race:[/u][/b] Half-blooded (Human/Belua) [b][u]Sex:[/u][/b] Female [b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 25 [b][u]Magic Divination:[/u][/b] Explorers' Magic [b][u]Abilities:[/u][/b] Due to her connection to Vidi, Kalos has access to a powerful, but demanding form of magic that mixes Void and Thaumaturgy as a singular Magic known as [Explorers' Magic] and gives her the ability to use [Miasma] as a resource to shape sunbeam and moonbeams into weapons. [b][i]Miasma Manipulation[/i][/b]: Kalos can connect herself to another dimension from which Miasma, the planetary blight, originates, and manipulate it to cause controlled mutations to her body. [b][i]Malfestation Resistance[/i][/b]: Thanks to [Traven’s Eye], Kalos has more resistance to Miasma than most can dream of, allowing her to weaponize it. [b][i]Traven's Eye[/i][/b]: Less of a physical eye, and more of an esoteric crystal mass that takes the space of Kalos's heart, and connects her to another being in another dimension. As a result, Kalos has no heartbeat, and her blood has a constant presence of Miasma flowing through it that any sensitive can notice with focus on it. Removing Kalos's “heart” will not kill her, but it will break her connection, and cause her to undergo feral [Malfestation] until it's returned - or reclaimed, as she will hunt for it relentlessly. [b][i]Explorers' Magic[/i][/b]: A form of [Synergistic Magic] previously unknown to the Material Realm, utilizing Miasma as a resource. Unlike Scarlett and Lupina, Kalos's magic is simple and direct, and almost limitless in potential. [list][*][b]Saintess of the Sun[/b]: During the day, underneath the sun, Kalos can manipulate the beam into strength, increasing her physical attack and defense, and empowering her scythe, Dawn, with flaming attacks that can catch her foes on fire. However, this increase comes with a decrease in her speed, and limits her range to close-quarters-combat, and Kalos is only granted half of this power during overcast and rainy days. During a solar eclipse, Kalos is granted double this power, but it is completely nullified by a lunar eclipse.[/list] [list][*][b]Maiden of the Moon[/b]: During the night, underneath the moon, Kalos can manipulate moonbeams into speed and reach, increasing her movement and attack range, granting her scythe, Dusk, the power to sling arcs of frost and freeze over distance does. However, this comes with increased fragility and weakness, as Kalos is more specialized to attack at mid-to-long range, and her power increases with the phases of the moon, being at its zenith during a full moon and its weakness during the new moon.[/list] [list][*][b]Tyrant of Twilight[/b]: Unlike the longer and easier to maintain [Saintess of the Sun] and [Maiden of the Moon], this spell is only possible during the Twilight Hour, but combines Dawn and Dusk into its true form, Twilight, and makes Kalos into a near-prefect avatar of combat. Her only weakness: [i]twilight is naturally fleeting.[/i][/list] [b][u]Equipment:[/u][/b] Kalos only carries her twin scythes, and travel necessities. [b][u]Brief Background:[/u][/b] The first bell tolled, and her shell broke. Small, almost imperceptible affair, as the hidden chamber was rife with blood and bodies; limbs torn away, stomach and chest gutted, forming a nest of viscera... A plaintive chirp escaped the halfbreed newborn, small lungs powerful enough to prove her existence, and seek out someone to feed her... unaware that the one she sought was dying beneath her, stomach exposed from the crude cesarean to extract the egg from her womb. Pitiful, she was, the attention she sought would be answered, as a hulking figure walked over - not stomping, not tromping, but striding like a beast half his size. He was covered in blood, soaking into selfsame hued scales, and adorned in leather armor that had seen wars and deaths more than anyone could fathom. The not-so-lumbering beasts would approach, and stoop down to set a wicked claw against her pale, squishy neck; her cry silenced, not out of fear, but primal recognition. [center][i]What little girl would fear her father?[/i][/center] “Steady on, wee bonnie lass...” His voice was deep, commanding, a roguish brogue stolen from another land, and made his own signature speaking pattern. His presence was demanding, imposing beyond the pale, yet he held himself as someone calm and calculating. He was everything her instincts wanted her to be... “Born under such auspicious circumstances. Seems that the Witch spoke true.” His claw would curl, inward, not upwards, and lift her chin to expose her inhuman eyes to his. “A child of mine, meaning more. How amusing...” Reaching down, the man-and-half-sized King of Reptile would reach behind the newborn, and pulled at her weak tail - the meat separating, defensively, painlessly, and unnoticed, as he stashed it in his satchel, before pulling out a hunk of dried and salted beef, and dropping in into his daughter's hand, before unceremoniously swaddling her in the overcoat of her dying mother. “You've done your part well, lass. I'll see to mine, and she, to hers.” Fifteen years later, and we come across Phillipa Kalos Hemos, ward of the state, headache-inducing adopted daughter of Marianne Fairmor Ixnil, laughing madly over the bloodies bodies of “Enemies of the Church”, twin scythes in hand, tail raised in defiance; the Menace of [i][b]Morgenröte Finishing School for Girls[/b][/i] and the Muscle of the A5 Coven mixing business with pleasure, and fitting herself for expulsion, if not for her connections. However, once graduated, Kalos would be sent deep into Ceigehn on “religious sabbatical” - a.k.a., being grounded as an religious adult, as far as Marianne was concerned. However, after ten years of isolation, Kalos would get the summon that she so patiently waited for, as her the siren call of the Unmentionable Goddess, and gleefully waited rematerialization within Eon Tower. [i]Eager for a well overdue family reunion...[/i] [b][u]Extra Bits:[/u][/b] [list][*]Kalos only answers to her given name when spoken by Marianne, ignoring anyone else addressing her by it.[/list] [list][*]Being cold-blooded due to her half-Belua nature, Kalos expresses symptoms of low-blood pressure upon awakening, and power-naps instead of fully sleeping.[/list] [list][*]Despite her expressed bloodlust and mania, Kalos will not kill children or pregnant females - humanoid or animal.[/list] [list][*]Kalos's CV: Kari Wahlgren (Tayuya)[/list] [list][*]Kalos Character Theme: [url=https://youtu.be/0O2QKWIQV0Q?si=qaW5epvpAsrv2XBU]DMC Netflix EP[/url][/list][/hider]