[OOC] Aether Bridge Academy

[Apollosarcher]

History of Rift Wars

Twenty five years ago, thirty miles coast of Honolulu was when the first rift appeared. A portal to another universe, or rifts as they were later named allowed creatures from alternate realities to enter our world. The United States Navy and Air force engaged the other worldly invaders for weeks, support from Japan, China, and the United nations managed to drive them back into the rift.

The rift closed soon after, with over twenty ships lost and two hundred aircraft destroyed the battle marked the beginning of what would come to be known as the Rift War. The creatures that exited these rifts appear to resemble demons, dragons, and other cultural myths. They proved themselves devastating foes, even against superior weaponry they still concentrated fire to bring down.



This lead to the theory that this was not the first time rifts had opened on Earth. That somehow, a much less advanced culture had defeated and seal the rifts. That was why these creatures were so storied on Earth, naturally at dig sites around the work began to find something to link these invaders to our past.

This is how the relic tablets were discovered, stones from this other world, engraved in an indecipherable text. The script upon them appeared impossible to read, until a ten year old whose father had been studying the stones saw it. He spoke the words written upon, their at his side appear a creature from beyond our own world a Hell hound straight out myth. Yet it did only as the boy asked and other seemed more like a pet than an animal. With the child himself gaining pyromancy, control and creating fire at will.

The stones were linked to children, who whether through belief or some other property were able to connect with the creatures. They called it the Summoner Gene, a gift that roughly five percent of Earth's children have. Quickly older children, teenagers were found to have these abilities and begged for aid in this war, they agreed and began to train themselves for battle.



Able to command and summon a partner creature, the summon also gained access to weapons or abilities related to there summons own elemental type. With these summons, and there teenage partners, the Rift Wars came to a swift end. The monsters unable to establish a foothold retreated, yet now with these new powers the world quaked in fear. What could these summoners become? Would they fight for Governments? Or would they attempt to destroy them.

The United Nations came together declaring instead of giving the teenagers back to their parents nations that the war heroes would become teachers. The UN had uncovered thousands of these stones, with more found around the world it became apparent that they would need prepare those with the Summoner Gene to defend themselves and create a police force capable of going after unregistered and dangerous summoners.

Aether Bridge Academy, a school for those gifted with the Summoner Gene. This is the only school in entire world where those with the gift of summoning are not seen as freaks or living weapons. They are children, here to learn and master their abilities. Of course some students choose to go down the path of violence, learning to fight and competing the grand duels. They master combat and magic, becoming defenders traveling the world finding others with the summoners gene and stopping those who would abuse this gift.

The school itself is based on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, a once perfect and untouched island. It became a staging ground for human forces during the early Rift Wars. The UN placed the academy here dedicating it to those who died fighting the alien menace. However, the stillness and peace of the island means that students feel safe and may take trips to Honolulu by ferry to shop and interact with others.

Otherwise general education course take up up only half the day throughout the week, with students using the remaining time in the combat program, the adjustment program, or the teaching program. However the secondary courses only occur on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Giving two free afternoons for students to travel or relax, weekends are left free and the Ferry is open to all on Saturdays.



The school campus is not only dedicated to the student but also to researchers and weapon development for future combat against summoners and inter-dimensional beings. The west wing is devoted to student dorm rooms, cafeterias, and recreational rooms. The East wing houses classes and research labs, testing environments are in the basement of the East wing and strictly guarded. Out in front of the school and the two arenas, training halls where students may duel with other students able to watch and take notes. Medics are on standby twenty four seven in case severe injury.

Summoning and you

At thirteen years old, schools around the world perform the gene test on the students attending. Using divining tablet placed before students, if the tablet glows you carry the summoner gene and will be transferred into Aether bridge as soon as possible.

However outside of the standard catch all test many special cases and where children have stumbled across summoning tablets and activated them have occurred. The youngest students are children of summoners who fought in the war. With other being kids or teens who have grown up in shadow of the Rift War have discovered summoning tablets in the ruins of the war torn world.

The grand vault holds all collected summoning stones from all around the world and is the first place new students are taken. New students enter and find their stone unless they already have it.

Now unless you have a dark type summon, your summon be be destroyed. When that happens it retreats into the tablet to heal, it can take a few hours to recover enough strength for combat. To bring it back after destruction simple speak your mantra and your summon will heed the call. Your summon may also return to it's stone if it is bored or tired, they are basically small tears back into the pocket dimensions they reside in.

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Basically the story here is simple, a past multiverse conflict has thrust magic into public view and those who can control it are called summoners. Their summon gifts them abilities as they tap into the energies from the world which the summoned creature resides in. Those who can perform a summon naturally have the ability to summon elemental shielding around them, protecting them from harm temporarily. They also gain an elemental powers based off the summon element.

As students you'll be forced to contend with high school, puberty, the fact you're a weapon of mass destruction, and have to take care of a summon. Of course that is not all. You'll find out more on why they choose to build a school so close the original rift site.

Below you find a character sheets and summon sheet. As well as descriptions of elements and ideas on what a summon might be like with it's element.

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Character

Name:

Appearance: (Description or picture is fine, please no real life photos.)

Age: (Between 14 to 17 for our students.

Personality: (What do they enjoy? Did they endure trauma? Did they survive an attack during the Rift Wars? Fears, dislikes, and eccentric quirks go here.)

Abilities: (What do they know? Are they artistically minded? A trained marital artist? Maybe they are a trained sword fighter.)

Element: (Your element is the same as your summon. Your elemental type determines how the void barrier you can generate appears. Element's all have there own theme, they don't automatically beat one another. An Element simple refers to how your summon draws power and a general theme of abilities.)

Powers:

• (Void Shield. Elemental barrier you can generate to stop blows get to weak to generate it you lose a duel.)
• (Activated spell. This could be an aura or a simple utility spell you use commonly.)
• (Summon link. This is your combat power, from fire ball to summon weapon this is how you defend yourself.)
• (Gifted power. Unique, perhaps you can clone yourself or teleport. These powers vary wildly and more about the summoner than the summon.)

History: (Where you come from, why you want to follow the path you choose. Did you lose your family in the Rift Wars? Maybe you have an older sibling who fought in the war? Maybe you were living a normal life until your Summoner Gene was discovered and they took you away from your family.)

Other: Anything not covered by the above

Elements

Fire- An element of passion, fire can be as beautiful as it is destructive. A powerful tool, it is hampered by the fact it can burn out quickly if not properly controlled. Yet a steady heat can destroy even the stronger of walls. Fire was the first element of the first summon and remains a more common element, yet it's destructive potential is the greatest. All fire summons gift their wielder immunity to flames and more more importantly they can hold fire without getting burned.

Water- A serene and controlled element. Water does not break it's enemies, it engulf them and drowns them with unyielding tides. The bringer of life and one the most powerful natural forces, it can wash away cities or save them. A summoners with control over water find it easy to direct and control with little but emotions. However a enraging a water summoner can turn a calm sea into a raging storm that few will out last. Water elemental's can allow their summoner to breath under water and control waters surface tension beneath them.

Earth- Rough, strong willed, and stubborn as elements go. Earth is the laziest of the elements, yet when it's strength is used its power is outstanding and awing. Earth elements after often immune to taunts and jeers, only when something they truly care for is threatened or hurt will they react usually with overwhelming force. Then they usually relax or see to whoever they were fighting for, there is no better friend than Earth. Earth elements can fortify their summoners void barrier, allowing them to block heavy attacks with little damage.

Air- Wild and fun loving, air elements love a good joke. Often showing off or training there own talents, air elements are lovers of fun and trouble. They don't intend to hurt anyone usually but just to laugh and make others smile. Yet mock one or worse yet make them the but of the joke and you will soon find out how powerful the wind can be. All wind elemental's control movement in the air perfectly, this allows them to make themselves and their summoner hover at or fly if they have wings.

Electricity- Fast and unpredictable, Electric elements need constant managing from a summoner. Curious and constantly thinking, they are often incredible smart yet afflicted with the problem of trying to do more than they can. Often forgetting genius ideas due to other concerns or simple distractions. Yet in battle they can unleash flurry's of attacks and plan complex strategies at high speed. Most Electric elements have passive telepathy to allow for communication at a faster pace, though it is best to keep it muted outside of combat.

Ice- What many see as a cold and aloof elemental others know as a deep and contemplative element. Ice is not water, it is not relaxed and willing to move, it is strong and powerful and only those who can look beneath the surface know how truly powerful it is. An ice element might not hug it's summoner or talk to them much but it cares deeply. It knows how they need each other and they will often do anything it takes for them, save actually talking to them about how they feel. Ice Elemental's allow their summoner to control their core temperature and generate by touching water.

Darkness- Death, unending blackness, a void where nothing exists. Elements of this nature are often seen as monsters. Yet there is something simple and sad about them, they do not hate they are simply the other end of the scale. Using less magic they are more psychical fighters, using magic to back up their attacks. They do what must be done and take no pleasure in it, they see themselves as allies to nature as they bring the end that must come. Darkness elements cannot be destroyed like a normal summon, they instead admit defeat and usually fall back to recover.

Light- Love, hope, compassion these elemental's embody life in it's many forms. Yet they are vain, often admiring themselves, yet they are also innocent not understanding harsh truths or the worse aspects of life. Light elemental's in combat often use weapons with heavy enchantment, blows that land are powerful. Yet if no blow lands the weapons enchantment is worthless. Light elemental's often bestow a weapon to their summoner, as they wish to fight alongside their partner.

Summon

Name:

Appearance: (Description or picture is fine, please no real life photos.)

Summoning Mantra: (The phrase you utter to bring your summon into this world. If your summon is destroyed you'll to bring it using this. It's engraved on the summon stone, only you can read it.)

Abilities: (How do they battle, do they use elemental spells? Perhaps punch and kick with augmented strength? Or create weapons to smash the enemy?)

Element: (Eight to choose from.)

Element gift: (The power and your gives you from the moment of summoning, neat little powers you share.)

About: (Who is this summon? Do they want to understand humans? Do they fear humans? Are they friendly? Are they pet like or more humanoid.)

Other: (Anything else you want to add.)

[The One]

@Apollosarcher I've got an idea I want to ti past you.

Two characters, one Cs, one summon.

Twins. My idea is a Nephalim. Half angel, half demon. One twin has light one twin has dark. They always stick together no matter the situation and it would make sense they share a summon.

It's just an idea, if not then oh well, I have others.

[Apollosarcher]

@The One Hmmm while I don't mind twins sharing a summon so much the fact of the matter is that each summon has one element. I designed them that way so that each feels powerful and powers generally match element. To mix too would require me to completely balance the system around people getting two elements.

The way I currently have it written, a dark and light type elemenal would be unable to be destroyed have illusion based magic, enchanted combat weapon, and a weapon for the summoner. Which is a lot of powers to get just off your elemental types alone.

[The One]

@Apollosarcher Ok understandable. I may still make twins though if that's ok, with one element. What do you think?

[Apollosarcher]

@The One That would be fine, perhaps they unique in that they can both only read half the summoning stone?

[The One]

@Apollosarcher That's exactly what I was going for. Also, could you change the Colour of the word Darkness to something brighter? It's so dark it's impossible to read.

[Apollosarcher]

@The One It is now purple.

[The One]

@Apollosarcher Perfect thanks.

[NobodiesHero]

Working on my character now, but I have to go to work soon, so it'll be up later tonight.

[The One]

@Apollosarcher Just to clarify, I pretty sure I know the answer but...

I'm guessing every child is different and so is every tablet, which means a child would have to find the specific tablet that they can personally read and understand where other tablets they wouldn't be able to read?

[Apollosarcher]

@The One Correct, every summoner will find a tablet that calls to them.

[The One]

@Apollosarcher Ah ok. So the way it works is as long as you are near the tablet, you will be drawn towards it? Or do you mean the literal sense, hearing it literally calling you?

[Apollosarcher]

@The One Yes you are drawn towards the tablet. Your summon wants to be found.

[The One]

@Apollosarcher I figured it was the first. It's very rare it's the second. I'll begin working on the Cs now

[Sketcher]

Adrian Rose

Age : 16

Personality : Adrian can often come off as annoyed or bored when in a difficult situation. Despite his annoyed demeanor, he's always happy to be with friends, longing to build more meaningful relationships with his fellow students. When he becomes close to someone, he becomes very comfortable and confident around them, similarly to how he acts around his summoning, Mey'lu. He likes to engage in arguments and sees himself as a rational person, but can get very irrationally angry when people bring up particulars of his past.

Abilities: He has an eye for plastic arts, seeing the world as his canvas and his canisters as his brush. He's very acrobatic and skilled in free running, but his regular fighting skills aren't beyond that of any street ruffian. He's skilled with the violin.

Element: [Dark]

Powers:
Void Shield : [Dark]

Activated spell : [Mirage] - When focused on the spell (out of active combat), Adrian can activate Mirage in order to make himself invisible and create an intangible clone of himself in his stead. Camera's cannot be fooled by this spell, but so long as the spell is active, organic life forms won't be able to see him on screens either.

Summon link : [Shadowforme] - With Shadowforme, Adrian can form dark extensions from his body that can take many shapes and sizes with considerably greater strength than that of his muscles. This allows for a more versatile method of combat as well as a way to move around or leave a black mark somewhere.

Gifted power : [Out of Time and Space] - Adrian's own power allows him to "blink", as it appears to a viewer. In a small blue flash, he disappears from one place and appears in another. While he's able to move vertically with this ability, there is a slowly growing radius limit for each jump that is currently 15 meters. Each time he uses this ability, he transfers into a parallel realm for a brief period of time where he can move about for a few seconds where he sees the moment he disappeared from the real world and navigates it to choose where to reappear. He makes this movement quick, giving him little time for long contemplation. While this is the extent his skill allows him at the time, it might have further implications with further refinement.

History: Adrian came from a very well-off family. His bloodline seemed "blessed", as both his older brother and sister had also been gifted with the powers of summoners. The Roses were a family of weapon manufacturers in the UK, getting rich off the suffering of people abroad at first, and getting richer off the Rift War years later. The family was never, however, in the eye of the public. Cybil and Aaron, the older siblings, were privileged enough to have the gifts of the summoner and avoid going to the war altogether. The two started accompanying their parents on their business trips, sometimes functioning as a kind of intimidation tactic used to persuade rivals.

As years passed, the Rose family grew richer and richer. They were prosperous enough that they wouldn't need to work another day in their lives to make sure their great grandchildren would still be taken care of like royalty. The peace in their well guarded home was broken when the father returned home with a child whose few strains of hair were a light yellow, a distinct contrast to the pitch black head of hair the rest of the Roses had, but he had his father's Eagean hazel eyes. So Adrian became the bastard of the Rose. In the coming years, he had a normal childhood, relatively to his siblings. Even with the war going on, he was able to get a proper education with other students. Still, at home, his own family looked down upon him in resentment: his father, as a source of shame, his mother, as a reminder of her husband's infidelity, and his siblings, as an unwanted guest. This life didn't last very long, due to their father's untimely passing. With no one left to show him an inkling of love, he was to be sent off to a boarding school until he could be tested for the summoner's gene. The night he learned of this, just days before the end of the war, he fled the house with as many valuables as he could carry. The first day on the road, he hailed a cab and paid for it with a historic golden coin. The second day, he tried to pawn off the rest of the stuff, but no one wanted to have anything to do with so much of what they thought to be stolen loot. Every pawn shop only took a few pieces, and for less than a fraction of the true selling price. For the following weeks, he remained on the streets, left with nothing but a useless rock that not even any of the pawn shops would buy. In his uneasy sleeps, he'd see a similar dream, in a dark plane with a grim fellow, talking.

He spent the next year in an orphanage, where his belongings were confiscated. He kept stirring trouble, so he wasn't a very popular choice among the people who came to adopt a child. By the end of that year, he decided to run away again, sick of the feeling of confinement and perpetual abuse. He climbed out the window of the locked room the children slept in and crept into the attic where all of the children's stuff were put away until adoption. He located his bag and checked inside, only to find that there was nothing there. He hadn't properly looked at the flat stone he'd taken with him in the dead of night, but he knew it had to be there, and he knew he couldn't leave it behind. "Why" wasn't really a question that he thought of. He made his way down the attic stairs into the hallway. He let himself to the flow of things, finding himself walking into the kitchen. He pulled a tile up and found the stone tablet, but something seemed different. He looked at it, squinting his eyes, but before he could read what was written on it, the lights flicked on. As he recoiled in terror at the sight of the owner, he grabbed the tablet and tried to run, but was swiftly grabbed by the hair. His eyes forced themselves onto the tablet. As he muttered the words while he struggled, he blacked out. The next day he woke up with a headache and a large armored humanoid creature looming over him. He greeted the familiar figure with a faint smile.

Over the next few years, he enjoyed his newly gained freedom, zipping around London, stealing whatever he needed thanks to his abilities, and painting the walls of the city with his own brand of art. He was caught a year ago and sent to Aether Bridge when they found out he was a summoner.

Other: When he was on his own, he carried a violin case and a large backpack with graffiti canisters.

Mey'lu

Summoning Mantra: "Come forth from Hades' gate, to my side"

Abilities : Mey uses an ability similar to Shadowforme that allows him to alter his shape, but to a much greater degree. He truly shines in his gravitational magic, some of which he shares with Adrian upon being summoned. He is able to alter the weight of those he touches to make things and people heavier or lighter.

Element: [Dark]

Element gift: [Gravitational Crush] - With this power, Adrian and Mey are able to conjure an shadowforme-object that can be thrown as a projectile, which then becomes a strong source of gravity for a few moments to pull in objects in a 5 meter radius, aimed to crush the target. It can only be used once per summoning.

About: Despite his terrifying appearance, Mey is quite friendly to humans, often trying to imitate the way they talk

Art Credit to Genek and Vandione

[Apollosarcher]

@Sketcher Wonderful! Approved go ahead and move those two on over.

[DragonKingUk]

Is this still open?

[Apollosarcher]

@DragonKingUk Not right now as I'm trying to see how many characters we get first before I decide if we will take in more people yet.

[The One]

@Apollosarcher My idea so far is fun loving, energetic and playful fire twins, what do you think? Also what's the age limit here?

[Apollosarcher]

@The One Between 14 to 17 for our students.