[OOC] The Order: Awakening the Dragon

[GravityFlux]

DruSM157 said
Awesome!

Should be up in a while, but this encouraging post has given me a speed boost
Thank you

[DruSM157]

That's my job! To support everyone!

[GravityFlux]

DONE
NAME – Tiberius Winter

AGE – 35

ALIGNMENT – Neither apply, so I shall use the D&D alignment: True Neutral

APPEARANCE – Tiberius is an extremely well built man, but not unnaturally so, with a dark skin tone that would be classed as Anglo-Indian average in the real world. His arm muscles seem to be medium sized, yet much denser than they should have been. He is thin and hard at the stomach, with chest somewhat puffed out naturally. He has long legs, which make up for most of his 6'3" tall body. In terms of clothing, he always wears a blue sort of robe that covers his chest, and goes down to his thighs, and black leggings. On his feet is a braced stroke of bandages on both feet, and no shoes. He also wears a stereotypical straw hat for head-protection reasons, and to make sure no one mistakes him for TRULY Landeian. This is what he wears almost all the time.

STYLE – He uses Physical Spiritual Energy to both harden his body and limbs while fighting, to also create much more powerful attacks by creating "ki" barriers around his limbs to devastate his opponents. He can also use it to provide propulsion to his attacks, an example being a sort of rocket punch that would occur by applying propulsion Ki to the elbow before a full punch.

TECHNIQUES – Tiberius mainly uses his training in the martial arts. This martial art is actually quite mixed, and would be called a combination of muay thai, judo and jiujutsu. A better way of saying this would be that when he punches, its from the waist, and the hands are twisted to maximize bodily damage. Then you add on the damage he can cause by hardening his limbs, propelling his attacks to faster speeds, and creating Ki barriers. Same applies for kicking, takedowns, and drops.

CHARACTER BALANCING – Tiberius, being a monk hailing from the Salasi, is a capable fighter at hand to hand, but he is very limited at ranged fighting. As well as that, his detached nature may cause several people to believe he is a cruel person, thereby lowering his status with him socially.

PERSONALITY – Tiberius is a quiet and inwardly melancholy person, who has been taught to be patient, unjudgemental, and decisive. He doesn't always appear nice, but is rightly cheerful enough if you know him well. However, when it comes to people he doesn't like, he is generally patient with them, and treats them the way they deserve to be treated, although this CAN be affected by how he truly thinks of said person, for Tiberius IS entirely human.

BACKSTORY – Tiberius Winter, the last remaining man from a line of immigrant Landeians in Salasi, was born and raised in a monastery of monks. The reason for this was the fact that it was the only place that would take him, an orphan who's parents had become victims of disease and overwork. It seemed wrong for the timid and and weak child that was Tiberius to be raised in a monastery well known for its teaching of the martial arts, but over time, as he was raised collectively by the monks who lived there, he became more like his mentors, quiet, patient, and durable. They had decided to treat him like one of their own, and brought him up like they brought up any one who decided to join them.

They taught him the ways of controlling one's mind and body, with emphasis on the mind. They put him through harsh conditions, yet kept an eye of affection on him, and they trained him from the day he turned seven. Years passed, and Tiberius matured into a young and fit man, who was entirely, but not totally, unlike the three year old child who had been left at the monastery. His adoptive family was proud of him, although they did not openly express it.

But they didn't teach him everything. They wouldn't, not until he proved he was worthy. At the age of 20, they told him to set out out, and only to return when he had "found the most valuable thing in the world".

He set out on an epic journey throughout Ari, during which time he came into contact with different people, of different cultures, and even tourists, so he became acclimatized to other people, an experience he hadn't had before. He learned many things about the world, something the tough man hadn't been able to do, due to his contained life.

But he was failing in his real mission. "This is a journey everyone has taken, but me! What is 'the most valuable thing of them all'?" he would often say to himself on the darkest, coldest and loneliest of nights. But he endured.

Ten years later, after he had completed his journey around Ari, Gavia and his ancestoral home of Landeia, he still had nothing. Nothing but several experiences and memories to cherish, but to him, they weren't what he was told for look for, were they? He returned to his home in defeat, sad and of the opinion that he would be received with disappointment, anger, and shame.

That turned out to not be the case, for he was received with the words "You took the longest journey, longer than any of us. I hope you did find what we wanted you to find." When he replied in denial, and talked in shame of his empty-handedness. His mentor just laughed, along with the rest of his friends and family, and said in an affectionate voice "Oh, you fool. It was no material object, or even enlightenment we wanted you to find! We just wanted you to learn the ways of the world, and to travel! We wanted you to have experiences!"

With that, Tiberius realized that he HAD completed his original mission, although not entirely. Then his mentors taught him his final lesson, the reason why they had sent him out in the first place. Manipulation of spiritual energy and ki, which turned out simpler than he'd imagined in the first place. But even then, he was no longer at peace by staying in one place

Tiberius spoke to his mentors for a while, and came to a conclusion. His mission was not over.

The world was still left, and he's been traveling ever since

ORIGIN – Tiberius has a mission to see the world, and he has been for almost fifteen years now. He has gone to many places, except for Teriv, and a large part of Rylos. He is currently going towards Teriv, and his ship has landed in Dun. He will definitely assist in stopping the Order, as their genocidal moves go against the idea of "Balance" in which I believes in.

OTHER – Even though he seems to be growing old, a lifetime of constant training has made sure he's not going "obsolete" any time soon.

Oh, and a picture of him in stick form, which the best I can manage to get

Los Tiberion!

'Cept without the white hair.

[Empath]

Still here, lurking in the shadows ^^

[DruSM157]

Empath said
Still here, lurking in the shadows ^^

Don't lurk! Make a profile!

[DruSM157]

Also, to those who posted apps, don't worry. I've been pushing Gowi to look over stuff and we will start going through applications soon.

I'd like to say this though, after looking over some of the profiles:

Appearance: Cover any distinguishing features. Scars, birthmarks, interesting clothes.

Personality: Quirks, compulsions, odd things about them spice up a character besides saying that they are brooding.

Origin/backstory with the order: Come on guys. Try to come up with something creative. Maybe the order murdered a friend, or perhaps they were once almost initiated before realizing what the order really does. Something beyond, "they thought killing orderlings would be fun" makes an app look a lot better.

Anyways, we're waiting on a few more apps and we'll start giving approvals and saying what specifics need to be fixed soon.

[Noel]

Alright so, in the intcheck the "swamps of Teriv" were mentioned. What nations and stuff are closest located around this area? Eheh, kinda confused about where everything lies and want to get that sorted out before trying to write a background.

[Empath]

DruSM157 said
Don't lurk! Make a profile!

But... that would mean that I would have to come out into the light! I am a nocturnal dinosaur, I cannot handle the light!

BS aside: I am nearly done with the CS, just need the two major parts: personality and history (in the latter I might need some guidance though).

[DruSM157]

Empath said
But... that would mean that I would have to come out into the light! I am a nocturnal dinosaur, I cannot handle the light! BS aside: I am nearly done with the CS, just need the two major parts: personality and history (in the latter I might need some guidance though).

Any questions and we will answer! :D

[Gowi]

Noel said
Alright so, in the intcheck the "swamps of Teriv" were mentioned. What nations and stuff are closest located around this area? Eheh, kinda confused about where everything lies and want to get that sorted out before trying to write a background.

Blue-green spray is swamps and the setting for the RP is in Dun.

It's a chickenscratch map sketch though.

[GravityFlux]

Gowi said
Blue-green spray is swamps and the setting for the RP is in Dun.

Jesus Christ.
How did I manage to get it right in my app that Ari, Gavia, and Landeia are so close!?

[Gowi]

GravityFlux said
Jesus Christ.How did I manage to get it right in my app that Ari, Gavia, and Landeia are so close!?

Maybe you are a psion! =o

Also your character's appearance somehow reminds me of

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[Noel]

Gowi said
Blue-green spray is swamps and the setting for the RP is in Dun.It's a chickenscratch map sketch though.

Thanks! Thats super helpful

[Gowi]

I tried to make it as informative as I could with my half-tired MS paint abilities.

[GravityFlux]

Gowi said
Maybe you are a psion! =oAlso your character's appearance somehow reminds me of

Oh god, I hate psions. Its a long, LONG story, from a Pathfinder game I GM'ed.
Long story short, party of terrible psions, all of them are TERRIBLE rp chacs, they can't make half decent rolls, and WORST OF ALL, THE ENTIRE PARTY GOT KILLED BY A LEVEL 6 COMMONER
Eh, I'm sorry. I'm rambling
Still, thanks. But I don't recognize that RP

[Gowi]

GravityFlux said
Oh god, I hate psions. Its a long, LONG story, from a Pathfinder game I GM'ed.Long story short, party of terrible psions, all of them are TERRIBLE rp chacs, they can't make half decent rolls, and WORST OF ALL, THE ENTIRE PARTY GOT KILLED BY A LEVEL 6 COMMONEREh, I'm sorry. I'm rambling

Oh, you don't have to tell me, I've heard stories from my own GM's about bad psions. =)

[GravityFlux]

Gowi said
Oh, you don't have to tell me, I've heard stories from my own GM's about bad psions. =)

Also, when I said "I don't recognize that RP", I meant, "I don't know that anime"
Where does that monk come from?

[Gowi]

GravityFlux said
Also, when I said "I don't recognize that RP", I meant, "I don't know that anime"Where does that monk come from?

http://myanimelist.net/character/40839/Kagetoki_Kariya

[Noel]

Is Cosmic Energy available for players to use? She half remembers reading it wasn't allowed to players but shes not sure if her terribad memory is playing tricks on her. Shes probably asking too many questions

Also hey look, Samurai Champloo. That was a good anime.

[Gowi]

Noel said
Is Cosmic Energy available for players to use? She half remembers reading it wasn't allowed to players but shes not sure if her terribad memory is playing tricks on her. Also hey look, Samurai Champloo. That was a good anime.

I think for cosmic energy I'd be curious how a player character knows it most of all, if it's compelling it'll go from there. I'd say... GM approval basis?