Blue Demon

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

@Blue DemonThe sword thing is mostly a personal quip, since there's broadswords, longswords, shortswords, katana, rapiers. Mostly me nitpicking. I do that.

@Hatman1801

I guess it would most likely be a long sword. XD
I'll add that in.

Star Trek: To Boldly Go

Excuse the absence, ankle injury. Should be back on my feet (har har har) this weekend.

@DeadBeatWalking

I saw your status. Are you back home yet? Breaking bones is never fun.

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

From the sound of it, Ebenezer is more concerned with studying (He is a scholar after all) than he is with profit, so he doesn't match the common Diver dynamic, despite the fact that he's left the border before. The occupation tab is more of a 'what does your character consider themselves as?' sort of deal.

@tex

Correct. He doesn't consider himself a Diver.

Appearance: Ebenezer is six foot tall. He has medium length brown hair and a beard-mustache combo that is neatly kept. He has dark green eyes, nearly black. He has fair skin from spending lots of time indoors. He typically dressed in a suit or work casual. He always wears long sleeves, gloves, and a scarf to cover as much skin as possible. Under the clothes are carved symbols in his skin. Most appear to be nonsense, but others are arcane symbols found in the uncharted places in the world.
I hope to see you expand upon these arcane symbols in the future. They must have some meaning, eventually, and I'm very curious to see what you come up with.
Primary Focus: Demonology
Magical Capabilities: None
Here's where I'm a little confused. Is Ebenezer actually capable of speaking with or summoning demons? If so, I would consider that to be magical to some degree, even if there isn't a way to explain it in-character just yet. It's fine if he's able to talk with/summon demons, but I'd like these abilities to be listed explicitly.
Weapons and Equipment: Four tomes on Demonology, a chest full of arcane supplies for Demonology (Summoning, slaying, etc) Sword, twin pistols. His Demon Imp companion.
Read last comment, I'd consider the demon imp to be magical in nature, more like a summon of sorts. Or is her permanently summoned to his side, and invisible to others?

The Real Story?

_{- - - - (Power Matrix)}
Primary Focus: Never practiced.
Magical Capabilities: It's possible Lloyd has a innate ability to use either Ki or Arcane abilities. Or he just might be insane. It's hard to say because he knows some things he should know. For example, sometime he says he sent Imp to look at something, and knows what a (chart/book/something) might say, having never seen it. Other times he's just plain wrong. Sometimes he also can predict an event that will happen, but more often he's wrong. Just coincidence?

Although Demonology certainly isn't explainable by current studies, I'd have to infer that it has some magical influence. The one thing I need more detail on is his imp companion, and his capabilities. Other than that, I love it.

@tex

1) I can expand on them. If you want I can add them to the CS as we go, or be a sad puppy and do it now. Haha. (I'm currently not in the mood for writing atm, but I can do it tomorrow.)

2) He is capable of speaking and summoning them. However, as I mentioned to Hat earlier. Demonology doesn't use any innate abilities. Unless you count memorizing symbols and rituals. If you want to know more about the rituals, I guess I can go into detail, per quote below _V

3) Imp is permanently summoned, until Ebenezer decided to send Imp back to where ever demons are from. (Void most likely) And Imp is invisible to everyone but Ebenezer. I wanted it to seem like he's crazy and imagining Imp. (Which he may or may not be)

Summary:
I need more details on the imp, and his demonology expertise. That's all, though. I really really like the character so far.

Also, with your permission, I'd like to add a section for Demonology, vaguely describing the theory of the study in the initial post. You could do this yourself if you'd like, I just prefer to have it in there somewhere for documentation purposes. It's fine if you'd prefer I didn't, though.

Lastly, although it's not necessary to use arcane/ki to describe your abilities, all magic, including practical demonology, would stem from one or the other in some way, since the three philosophies of energy are the building blocks of reality.

@tex

So I need to flesh out Demonology as a study, which includes information about demons (Imp by association), symbols and rituals and implements used in summoning and control. Did I miss anything?

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Magical Capabilities: None
Well he has arcane runes carved on him, and presumably some sort of ability to communicate, control, or summon demons, so he can't really lie about this unless he "knows" a really bad tattoo artist.
Body Modifications: None, unless you count the scars
Weapons and Equipment: Four tomes on Demonology, a chest full of arcane supplies for Demonology (Summoning, slaying, etc) Sword, twin pistols. His Demon Imp companion.
Any specific kind of sword?

So your character isn't a Diver? Because the IC kind of is going to be centered around Divers, outside of special cases and NPCs.

@Blue Demon

My notes. I think there needs to be just a bit of clarification here.

@Hatman1801

1) According to Ebenezer the ability to summon/control Demons doesn't come from you. Anyone can do it. It comes from the ritual and the power of the world. So nope. I stand by my answer. No magical capabilities.

2) Nope. Typical sword. I can look up and see if there's a fancy name for one. But there's nothing fancy about it.

3) I was told he doesn't have to be. I asked tex. If you think that's wrong, take it up with him.

I'm working on my reply to tex. It'll be up a bit later after I write it all out. (Of course I add so much work to myself. :( )

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

This is an oddball of a CS.

I hope you enjoy Ebenezer as much as I enjoyed writing him. :D

Ebenezer

_{Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean I'm crazy}

_{- - - - (Personal Details)}
First Name: Ebenezer
Last Name: N/A
Age: Varies between 28-36 depending on whom he's talking to
Sex: Male
Home Nation: Wont say.

Appearance: Ebenezer is six foot tall. He has medium length brown hair and a beard-mustache combo that is neatly kept. He has dark green eyes, nearly black. He has fair skin from spending lots of time indoors. He typically dressed in a suit or work casual. He always wears long sleeves, gloves, and a scarf to cover as much skin as possible. Under the clothes are carved symbols in his skin. Most appear to be nonsense, but others are arcane symbols found in the uncharted places in the world.

Personality: Most people say Ebenezer is crazy. Despite his sane appearance he has been known to mumble to himself about demons and to talk to nothing. He is a very secretive person and tends to lie a lot. Each time he tells a story it changes just a little. The common opinion is that nothing he says it true. Which leads into his paranoia, he claims Demons are after him. He also claims he has a Demon enslaved to his will that travels with him. Of course no one has ever seen it. Despite this Ebenezer is a very likable man. He's witty and pleasant conversationalist.

History: Each story he tells of his past changes. But a few details do always remain the same in every telling. It always starts with death and demons.

When I was young, just a little boy, my family was killed by demons. They came during the night. I still remember hearing my parents scream. I shared a room with my brother, despite the fact my parents were extremely wealthy. When the screaming started I panicked, crawled under my bed and hid.

My brother was always braver than I. He as three years older than me and my protector. He didn't hide as I did, despite my please for him not to go. When he left the room I cried, even as my parents stopped screaming. The silence afterwards was oppressive. I nearly almost wished for the screaming to come back. It must have given my brother pause too for he lingered at the door.

After what seemed like an eternity I could finally hear his foot steps tread down the hallway, bare feet on wood. I hid my head in my arms and wept for my brother, sure that he would die.

The silence stretched, then I too heard him scream. Thankfully his was short lived. I huddled even further under my bed when I heard a strange noise. It wasn't the sound of feet, or boots. It was a strange scratching noise and the sound of something heavy being dragged. I didn't dare look, couldn't, for I was frozen in fear as the noise grew closer and closer to my bedroom door.

I prayed, for the first time in my life, that I might be spared.

It must have worked for the thing snuffed at my door before moving onto my sister's room. I don't remember them screaming, nor the rest of the night. When the servants rose to get the house ready in the morn, they discovered my family. And the blood. It took them two days to even realize I had hid in my room and was still alive...

From there the story would go on to explain how he got started on his path to being a demonologist. Some tales recount how he ventured into the unknown and lived there, learning secrets from the land itself. Other telling told the story of him learning under a wealthy eccentric who had studied Demons before him.

Whatever the case, he ended up in Arcadia, studying in a very prestigious university, which was also funding his trip into the unknown.

Occupation: Demonologist/ Scholar/ Explorer
_{- - - - (Power Matrix)}
Primary Focus: Demonology
Magical Capabilities: None
Body Modifications: None, unless you count the scars
Weapons and Equipment: Four tomes on Demonology, a chest full of arcane supplies for Demonology (Summoning, slaying, etc) Sword, twin pistols. His Demon Imp companion.
Specialties: Demonology, University schooling, and backing.

The Real Story?

_{- - - - (Personal Details)}
First Name: Lloyd
Last Name: Maginn
Age: 37
Home Nation: Illon Republic

History: Lloyd was the youngest child of poor parents. He was five when his father killed his mother and then himself. His older brother was twelve and subsequently went mad. He drowned himself in the tub after they were taken in my their aunt. His older sisters had been off at school and as far as Lloyd ever heard married up the ladder into advantageous unions. Lloyd himself went a little crazy too.

He began carving symbols into his skin with whatever he could find. His aunt eventually didn't care when he ran away, relieved to be done with the troubling boy.

Lloyd ended up on the streets where he cemented the idea of demons. On the streets is where he "summoned" up the Imp that still travels with him. When he reached his middle teen years, he came under the attention of the Council of Magic and Arcane Science for spreading rumors of Demons. At first the CMAS thought him mad. However as they caught him once and studied his markings that changed. Some of the markings were pure nonsense. However some of them could be found elsewhere in the world, in the uncharted places, origins unknown. It was possible Lloyd had seen them before, but they were perfect scale replicas.

Doubt crept into the minds of the Arch Mages that maybe Lloyd wasn't mad. However Lloyd slipped their grasp and escaped before they could truly determine his sanity. He reappeared as a young man in the capital studying at the post prestigious university. However, due to his backing by the school and a wealthy noble, the CMAS watched Lloyd, now going by Ebenezer quietly.

Lloyd's paranoid seems to stem from the CMAS and their diligence and watching him. After all, he is actually being followed.

_{- - - - (Power Matrix)}
Primary Focus: Never practiced.
Magical Capabilities: It's possible Lloyd has a innate ability to use either Ki or Arcane abilities. Or he just might be insane. It's hard to say because he knows some things he shouldn't know. For example, sometime he says he sent Imp to look at something, and knows what a (chart/book/something) might say, having never seen it. Other times he's just plain wrong. Sometimes he also can predict an event that will happen, but more often he's wrong. Just coincidence?

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

@texQuestions.

1) Does our character have to have ki or arcane abilities? Because it sounds like of you don't want that you have to have false parts/limbs

2) Demonolgy. Does such a thing exist in this world.

3) Do you have to play a Diver or Junker?

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I'd think it would work the same. Even on my phone I can copy image's urls.

That's all I got. If it still doesn't work, I'm not sure why since the url you showed, worked.

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@LunaA good way to check is to go to the URL and make sure it's the image's URL not the web page's URL. Which sometimes happens. If you go to the web page, manually copy the image's url if it auto generates one on the web page.

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@LunaCan I see the code/url you were using?

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