[OOC] Summoners of Babel

[cloudystar]

yeah pretty much @LordofthePies

[Rune_Alchemist]

@cloudystar

Ah, certainly. I'll have my CS sup in a bit~

[cloudystar]

@Rune_Alchemist
can't wait

[Duoya]

Are we allowed to start out in a faction?

Father Samuel

Name: Samuel Evans.

Sex: Male.

Age: 43.

Appearance:


Weight: 175 lbs (79 kilograms).

Height: 6 feet (1.83 meters).

Notable items: A worn, leather bible emblazoned with a golden cross. Serves as his Catalyst.

Background: Born to a poor family on the outskirts of Regnum Magnopere, Samuel grew up with little food and was abandoned in an orphanage. Resorting to pick pocketing, Samuel became know as a delinquent and troublemaker in the small town he grew up in. He lacked the moral fiber the other children at the orphanage had and, as a result, took up bullying his weaker peers for food and money. He had little schooling as a child, and was illiterate until the age of 16. By the time he was 15, all the other children in his orphanage were adopted, leaving Samuel with children half his age and a staff who were less forgiving of him by the day. Just as Samuel was about to give up on ever being adopted, the orphanage was visited by a lone priest, who adopted Samuel and took him to live with the priest in an old church.

Growing up with the priest mainly involved the priest calmly asking Samuel to do a chore or task, Samuel angrily refusing to do said task, and Samuel begrudgingly finishing the task several minutes later. The priest taught Samuel how to read, how to multiply and divide, and even some basic history of the world. It was at the age of 18 that the priest gave Samuel his own bible, leaving the old church permanently, and leaving Samuel left to his own devices. Samuel spent the next 3 years studying the book of the lord, acting as the reverend for a town that used to despise him, and doing general repair of a decaying church. After those 3 years, Samuel decided to close the old church, going out into the world to experience what was outside of the small town he grew up in.

Samuel went to many different parts of the kingdom. After 10 years of traveling, he finally decided to settle down and return to the small town life he abandoned. Settling in a small town to the north of the kingdom, Samuel eventually founded a small hospital with the medical knowledge he developed from other travelers he met. Over the course of 12 more years, due to his job and importance, Samuel grew to be very respected in the small town, eventually being chosen as the representative of his town for events in the cities. This, combined with his regular preaching at the local church, lead to him cultivating his persuasion and compromising. It was on one of these trips to the cities that Samuel met Gabriel, his spirit.

Samuel was traveling alone along an abandoned dirt path, carrying vital pain medication from the city, headed for the town. As he traveled, his horse slowly began to grow restless, eventually stopping entirely. Assuming that the horse was hungry and tired, Samuel went for a walk while it recovered. It was near a dirty pond that Samuel noticed a small, almost crippled-looking bird on the side of the road. A pang of guilt passed through Samuel, as similarities between his childhood and the abandoned creature rose to the forefront of his mind. He reached out to the twitching, pitiable bird and felt a warm, nostalgic feeling emanating from it. As soon as he touched the bird, it gazed at him with glistening eyes and allowed Samuel to take it with him.

1 month later, the bird was fully healed and revealed itself as the spirit Gabriel. Gabriel left the tower to pursue a life of peace, but was assaulted by 2nd evolution spirits and left to die on the side of the road. Gabriel swore fealty to Samuel, serving as his shield in times where Samuel was in need of help, just as Samuel had done for him. With a strong spirit in tow, Samuel decided that he still had enough time to go on one last adventure, and headed out for the tower in order to bring fame and glory to his town.

Personality: Despite his youth, Samuel grew to become a very calm and rational person. Preferring to talk out an issue rather than fight, Samuel simply wishes to help people and watch them grow, just as the priest had done for him. Samuel believes anyone can change for the better and, if given the choice, refuses to kill anyone. Samuel rarely raises his voice above a conversational volume, and the times he does is usually for those at a distance. Samuel would prefer a calm walk through the upper levels of the tower than the thrill-seeking an adventurer usually goes after. One of the very few things that annoys Samuel is people commenting on how he looks older than he actually is. Samuel regrets many of the things he has done in his past and wishes to make amends with those he has wronged.

Skills: Sleight of hand, Diplomacy, Medicine.

Spells:
Blessing: Grants an increase to one stat (Caster's choice).
Cure: Cures 1 status ailment

Spirit Companion: Gabriel

Species: Dove

Appearance:


How You Two Met: Background, paragraph 4.

Level One Transformations:

Beast Form: Baby dove

Weapon Form: A shield with a red cross

User Form: Healing touch

[cloudystar]

Are we allowed to start out in a faction?

Father Samuel

Name: Samuel Evans.

Sex: Male.

Age: 43.

Appearance:


Weight: 175 lbs (79 kilograms).

Height: 6 feet (1.83 meters).

Notable items: A worn, leather bible emblazoned with a golden cross. Serves as his Catalyst.

Background: Born to a poor family on the outskirts of Regnum Magnopere, Samuel grew up with little food and was abandoned in an orphanage. Resorting to pick pocketing, Samuel became know as a delinquent and troublemaker in the small town he grew up in. He lacked the moral fiber the other children at the orphanage had and, as a result, took up bullying his weaker peers for food and money. He had little schooling as a child, and was illiterate until the age of 16. By the time he was 15, all the other children in his orphanage were adopted, leaving Samuel with children half his age and a staff who were less forgiving of him by the day. Just as Samuel was about to give up on ever being adopted, the orphanage was visited by a lone priest, who adopted Samuel and took him to live with the priest in an old church.

Growing up with the priest mainly involved the priest calmly asking Samuel to do a chore or task, Samuel angrily refusing to do said task, and Samuel begrudgingly finishing the task several minutes later. The priest taught Samuel how to read, how to multiply and divide, and even some basic history of the world. It was at the age of 18 that the priest gave Samuel his own bible, leaving the old church permanently, and leaving Samuel left to his own devices. Samuel spent the next 3 years studying the book of the lord, acting as the reverend for a town that used to despise him, and doing general repair of a decaying church. After those 3 years, Samuel decided to close the old church, going out into the world to experience what was outside of the small town he grew up in.

Samuel went to many different parts of the kingdom. After 10 years of traveling, he finally decided to settle down and return to the small town life he abandoned. Settling in a small town to the north of the kingdom, Samuel eventually founded a small hospital with the medical knowledge he developed from other travelers he met. Over the course of 12 more years, due to his job and importance, Samuel grew to be very respected in the small town, eventually being chosen as the representative of his town for events in the cities. This, combined with his regular preaching at the local church, lead to him cultivating his persuasion and compromising. It was on one of these trips to the cities that Samuel met Gabriel, his spirit.

Samuel was traveling alone along an abandoned dirt path, carrying vital pain medication from the city, headed for the town. As he traveled, his horse slowly began to grow restless, eventually stopping entirely. Assuming that the horse was hungry and tired, Samuel went for a walk while it recovered. It was near a dirty pond that Samuel noticed a small, almost crippled-looking bird on the side of the road. A pang of guilt passed through Samuel, as similarities between his childhood and the abandoned creature rose to the forefront of his mind. He reached out to the twitching, pitiable bird and felt a warm, nostalgic feeling emanating from it. As soon as he touched the bird, it gazed at him with glistening eyes and allowed Samuel to take it with him.

1 month later, the bird was fully healed and revealed itself as the spirit Gabriel. Gabriel left the tower to pursue a life of peace, but was assaulted by 2nd evolution spirits and left to die on the side of the road. Gabriel swore fealty to Samuel, serving as his shield in times where Samuel was in need of help, just as Samuel had done for him. With a strong spirit in tow, Samuel decided that he still had enough time to go on one last adventure, and headed out for the tower in order to bring fame and glory to his town.

Personality: Despite his youth, Samuel grew to become a very calm and rational person. Preferring to talk out an issue rather than fight, Samuel simply wishes to help people and watch them grow, just as the priest had done for him. Samuel believes anyone can change for the better and, if given the choice, refuses to kill anyone. Samuel rarely raises his voice above a conversational volume, and the times he does is usually for those at a distance. Samuel would prefer a calm walk through the upper levels of the tower than the thrill-seeking an adventurer usually goes after. One of the very few things that annoys Samuel is people commenting on how he looks older than he actually is. Samuel regrets many of the things he has done in his past and wishes to make amends with those he has wronged.

Skills: Sleight of hand, Diplomacy, Medicine.

Spirit Companion: Gabriel

Species: Dove

Appearance:


How You Two Met: Background, paragraph 4.

Level One Transformations:

Beast Form: Baby dove

Weapon Form: A shield with a red cross

User Form: Healing touch

@Duoya

course my good pal XD

[cloudystar]

the healing touch is a minor healing though if anything just want to specify that...and the shield may be a buckler to start off with...if that's okay. sorry
@Duoya

[Duoya]

the healing touch is a minor healing though if anything just want to specify that...and the shield may be a buckler to start off with...if that's okay. sorry
@Duoya

@cloudystar

No prob, I expected that since his spirit is level one. Everything else approved of, or should I change some things?

[cloudystar]

@Duoya
yeah seems fine in my eyes so far so yup!

[Rune_Alchemist]

@cloudystar

Ah, almost done with my CS, just two more questions for clarification -

How does magic work here? Is it something my elf could cast without the aid of a spirit or is that a purely spirit thing?

And I am correct in assuming beast-kin retain a humanoid form even at level one, right?

@Duoya
Just a thing, but my Elf and Father Samuel are probably going to get along really, really, well~!

[cloudystar]

yes an elf could cast magic without even having a spirit and such
and yes again, but don't forget...people will have reactions to everyone's spirits and such. especially noticeable ones and such @Rune_Alchemist

[Duoya]

@cloudystar
Are their any kingdoms besides Regnum Magnopere?

Are their any other towers besides the tower of babel?

Are their any factions besides the main 3? Or any other religions?

Who is currently in power?

Do our characters know any of this?

[cloudystar]

1) not anything major so far since it'd be a pain to think of writing up kingdoms that we'll most likely never visit due to the tower being the only tower in the world
2) no other towers besides babel
3) nope, but you never know...after all, there are other arcs after this so thanks for the ideas XD
4) the magno backstory states the queen is in power over the factions
5) they could know of this if they were educated
@Duoya

[Rune_Alchemist]

@cloudystar
Alright, sorry for taking awhile! Finally finished. Do tell if there are problems, and I am up for changing anything. Decided to let her try and learn some magic spells unassisted later.

Alena & Tania

"H-hello! Might you be in need of assistance in some matter?"

Name
Alena Liatris

Race:
Elf
Sex:
Female

Age
17

Appearance:
Standing at a lithe and graceful looking five foot seven, Lena, as she prefers to be called looks like your stereotypical elf. Long, bright blond hair falls to her back, typically tied in a braid and not doing much to hide the typical pointed ears of her people. She has bright blue eyes, and a pale, but unblemished complexion. She weighs a fairly light 135 pounds, and doesn't particularly look all that physically impressive if someone were to take an initial look at her, and might find it somewhat comical that she's using a sword about as big as she is.

As far as clothing and attire goes, Lena wears light metal armor mixed with leather cloth in order to maintain a bit of mobility while still allowing for some fairly decent defense. The armor itself is colored in blues and golds, and around her waist is a leather belt with a few pouches on it for storing items.

Background:
Born in Regnum Magnopere, Lena was just like any other elf when she was born into a relatively middle-class family. For the most part, her life was fairly average growing up. Loving parents, a small circle of friends, and for the most part viewed the world with rose-colored glasses. She wanted more than anything, to grow up and be able to help people as an adventurer of sorts. Unfortunately, as she turned fourteen, it became increasingly clear that unlike most other elves, she had little talent for the arcane and for magical studies and things in general. This, well, made the other elves her age shun her somewhat. While they were off doing excellent in academics and arcane studies, she was off struggling to make sense of something as simple as how a rank 1 spirit worked.

She tried not to let it get to her and she kept a more positive outlook. If she wasn't any good with arcane stuff, she'd try to learn swordsmanship. Eventually, she found someone willing to teach an insistent little elf which end you were supposed to stab things with, and how not to stab yourself with the weapon. From the age of fourteen until sixteen, she did her best to learn, until the older swordsman had nothing left to teach and told her if she wanted to get better, go look inside the tower. So she did.

It was difficult getting someone to take her, objectively a novice into the tower, especially higher levels. With a little insistence and persuading though, she finally found someone to humor her and even let her accompany them all the way to level 10! It was an opportunity she wasn't going to pass up. Certainly, she supposed it might have looked like a shady deal to someone else, but for Lena? It was the perfect chance to at least get a little experience.

Maybe someone else would have seen it coming, but Lena didn't. The party was eventually attacked by wild spirits on the floor. A bit more than they could handle themselves...and they conveniently had an inexperienced adventurer they could use as a distraction. Leaving Lena to the more than figurative wolves, they fled. Lena of course, was more than a little terrified and likely would have died if not for the timely intervention of someone who would grow to be her best friend.

"Well, that was fun to watch, elf. Those guys leave you to die...that's pretty terrible. It'd be pretty funny if I could just kill ya, but I think it might be more fun if I help ya."

Tania. For whatever reason, the impish little beast-kin had been watching the whole thing for her own amusement, and decided to help her out. She allowed Lena to contract her, and since then the two have been fairly stalwart companions, with Lena constantly putting up with the pixies selfish seeming whims. Despite that, Lena adores the little spirit, and the spirit has even helped Lena out and helped her understand magic to a basic point, but she is still unable to use it effectively unassisted by her.

Personality:
Bright, upbeat, a bit of a klutz, but somewhat naive, idealistic and simplistic in her world views. At her core, she truly believes that everyone is good, even if they don't know it themselves. Typically, she's all smiles and giggles, and would do anything for anyone she considers a friend or a stranger. She'd be the first to step in if someone needed help with anything. That said, she isn't naive to the point where she won't fight - she will defend herself and others with her sword if need be, even if she would rather talk things out. She abhors fighting, and only sees it as a last resort option for anything. Even in the tower, she only fights things if she has too, preferring to move through them without fighting. Even so, she still hones her skills so that even should she be forced into fighting she can defend herself and the innocent people she has to and does her best to try and keep a level head in most situations.

Unfortunately, at times, she tries to put on a brave and upbeat face when she really isn't alright. Lena suffers heavily from a lack of confidence, as well as a bit of lack of self esteem at times, often questioning whether or not she's good at what she does. She's by no means an expert swordsman, and as much as she tries to convince herself she's a bringer of justice and peace, she more often then not screws up quite a bit at times.

Soul Partner:
Tania
Skills:
-Swordsmanship
-Fairly Agile.
-Can cook fairly well

Spells:
-Healing Hands: A small healing spell. Isn't going to be curing anything big. At most, a few scrapes and bruises.

Tania

"Hey, Listen!Fufu...you starin' at something, human? Never seen a beast-kin before? Maybe I should eat you. I bet that'd be fun. What? Think I can't? Pfft, you wanna-oooow. Leeena, he was making fun of me!"

Name:
Tania

Species:
Beast-Kin, Demon
Appearance:
not even a foot tall and her weight probably wouldn't register on a scale, Tania might be best described as a 'Pixie that thinks she's some high-ranking demon lord'. She has a black dress that is cut off just above the knees, and wears long stockings with heels. Bright blue butterfly looking wings extend form her back, with two sharp horns jutting from her forehead, and parting her silvery white hair, with smaller ones in between.

How You Two Met:
See history

recap

Maybe someone else would have seen it coming, but Lena didn't. The party was eventually attacked by wild spirits on the floor. A bit more than they could handle themselves...and they conveniently had an inexperienced adventurer they could use as a distraction. Leaving Lena to the more than figurative wolves, they fled. Lena of course, was more than a little terrified and likely would have died if not for the timely intervention of someone who would grow to be her best friend.

"Well, that was fun to watch, elf. Those guys leave you to die...that's pretty terrible. It'd be pretty funny if I could just kill ya, but I think it might be more fun if I help ya."

Tania. For whatever reason, the impish little beast-kin had been watching the whole thing for her own amusement, and decided to help her out. She allowed Lena to contract her, and since then the two have been fairly stalwart companions, with Lena constantly putting up with the serpents selfish seeming whims.

Level One Transformations:
Animal/Humanoid Form:
Small pixie with horns, see above.

Material Form:
Tania takes the form of a simple, but elegant looking blade.

User Form:
Fusing with Lena causes Lena to be able to use low-level wind spells, mostly buffs to her speed and agility.

[cloudystar]

@Duoya@Rune_Alchemist
GREAT SO NOW YOU TWO HAVE GREAT CHARACTER SHEETS THAT ARE BETTER THAN MINE
...going to put extra work on them tomorrow when i wake up and such...going to bed and will post that sheet on character tab in the morning. yeah it's fine from what i see so far from both of you. great job XD

[Rune_Alchemist]

@cloudystar

Sorry for taking a bit! My internet is being shit at the moment and I'm trying to fix it xD

I think I may have fixed it temporarily, but the Wi-fi might be shot. Want me to move Lena to the Char Tab?

[cloudystar]

@Rune_Alchemist
i got it for you and nice job with it. once we get like...prob two more peeps, i'll start the IC trend and get us kicked off. just saying now though, we're all going to be getting our licenses and such to become adventurers in the tower in the beginning so yeah

[LordofthePies]

@cloudystar
Just getting it approved first.

Character Buisiness

Rashenar the Feeble

Name
Rashenar (Rash - In - Are) the Feeble
Catalyst
A large tooth from an unidentified carnivore.
Race
Orc
Sex
Female
Age
24
Appearance (picture, height, weight, and notable items)

Picture

5'7''
130 lbs
No notable items so far.

Background
Rashenar's mother was one of the few orcs that believed that both a strong body and mind would be best, and often encouraged her daughter to engage in studies. Since there was very few books and even fewer schools where Rashenar grew up, so focused on literacy and magic. She never really did focus on having a strong body, the downfall to continuously studying inside.
Her abilities grew, but she never did get the hang of controlling her magics when in a rage. Rash wanted to learn more than just the simple words and magics, so when she was 19 she went out to find the most difficult power to gain; knowledge. She's been a nomad ever since.

Personality
Rash is extremely stubborn but isn't narrow-minded. She always tries to think outside the box. She is easy to enrage, but also easy to get along with. She is constantly looking for new knowledge and her friendship can be bought through favors and books.

Soul Partner
3 Star
Skills
1. Hiding
2. Planning
3. Creation (Things like making flowers bloom or summoning pebbles. Nothing too crazy.)

Spells
1. Can create small orbs of water. Can be used to land-drown people or make a nice soup broth.
2. Can summon a small beam of energy used to harm and break things.

Ixenkothaesth the Dragon

Name
Ixenkothaesth
aka Fire Tooth
Species
Dragon
Appearance

How You Two Met
Found him on Rash's knowledge quest. Been with him for three years.
Level One
Hatchling (Little baby dragon)
Transformations
1. Small knife.
2. Line of wire. (You know, for strangling people in dark alleys.)
User Ability Thing
Allows Rash to summon and control small fires.

[Duoya]

@cloudystar
Can Beast type spirits communicate?

If so, how do they communicate (Telepathy, speech, some instinctual bond, etc)? Can they only communicate with their companion, or with everyone?

How many spirits can a single person have?

[cloudystar]

@LordofthePies
lol a catalyst is something for your summoning to go back into after it was defeated like a pokeball for a pokemon

[cloudystar]

@Duoya
1) yes they can only with other Spirits
2) they make beast noises like pokemon
3) hm...depends on the ranking spirits so far and probably limit it to our main Spirits for now until the characters get stronger and such. plus if you do get multiple spirits, you have to treat them all fairly and such