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The Horseman, Death

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Full Name:
Death

Nicknames/Aliases:
The Pale Horseman, The Grim Reaper, Saint Death, Mortem, etcetera, etcetera.

Age:
Older than ancient.

Gender:
Female

Species:
Is Death.

Description:
For the embodiment of something that generations of humanity have faced with dread and fear, Death does not look terribly intimidating. She takes the shape of a young woman in the prime of her life. She stands at 5’3” or so, with warm brown skin, thick, waist-height black hair, and soft curves. Her face is a lot like that one kindergarten teacher you had, the one who’d give you an extra bag of snacks when you looked like you were having a rough day. She even dresses cheerfully, too, in bright, flowing skirts and dresses
The biggest tell of what she truly is is in her eyes. The irises are not just black. They are darker than ink, or shadow, or sin.

They are the endless and unceasing black of death.

When acting as the Horseman, Death’s face does become more traditionally “skull-like”, though not entirely what people might expect. It resembles more the sugar skull masks of Mexico: splashes of color and whimsical patterns.
Though given that she dons this look when on her Horse, you probably won’t be looking all that closely at the fun, silly patterns on her face.

Personality:
Death is a chipper, remarkably friendly being. She holds none of the coldness or distance that might be expected from an ancient entity, instead acting as if everyone she comes upon is an old friend that she’s delighted to see. After all, when everyone who will and has ever existed will one day walk with you, why not be welcoming? That isn’t to say that her nature doesn’t set her apart from humanity, however. There are times where she’s prone to thinking in the grander scheme of things instead of the present, and that can blind her to a more human train of thought. She recognizes people want to avoid death for as long as possible, but struggles to truly empathize with those left behind after a loss: why would she, when all those who die are with her always?

Still, for what it’s worth, Death does her best to be kind. She genuinely adores humanity and watching its progress, and can come across as strikingly maternal at times. It’s no surprise that she dotes on children, who represent potential and possibility.

Skills:
Pale Horseman:
Death’s presence causes dead things to be a lot more...well, lively, to say the least. Spirits and walking corpses are drawn to her, and Death has the ability to influence them to some degree (though they are not forced to do as she commands). This effect only becomes more pronounced when out acting as an official Horseman, with the dead popping up like daisies wherever she goes.

Death Sense:
The shape that Death takes is more or less an avatar of the infinite, all encompassing nature of death as a whole. Just because her physical “body” is somewhere, doesn’t mean that she’s aware of someone dying somewhere else. As such, she can appear wherever someone is dying to reap them.
...Though if she’s particularly attached to a mortal, it’s possible for her to be held up for a life-saving moment or two. Funny how that works.

Death Embodiment:
Is Death. You can’t really kill Death.

Weaknesses:
- Though Death claims all when it’s their time, she is incapable of inflicting harm by her own hand.

- While the undead feel a natural inclination towards her, Death cannot force them to do something if they have a mind to act otherwise. Things are muddied further by the presence of Hel, and her own influence over the undead.

- Her agelessness and status as Death itself means that she has troubles relating properly to humans at times.

Brief History:
Death has existed since Life began.

She will exist when Life ends, as well.

Despite her job entailing the end of everything, Death has always been quite fond of the living. Plants, insects, animals: she loves them all fiercely. Humanity in particular has always impressed her with their ingenuity. They are the one species who invents such fascinating ways of trying to stave her off, inventing medicines and surgeries and health regimens in the desperate fight to live as long as they can. Death is inevitable regardless, of course, but she’s always found the efforts charming. Downright remarkable, actually.

When she and the other Horsemen were called out for the End of Times, Death was disappointed. She had hoped to see much more of the world, and the creatures that lived on it. Still, her job was her job, and she went to do it with grace. The Apocalypse’s hiatus understandably came as a relief to her, and she is content to wait until the proper time comes for it to happen.

Until then, she has found a newfound joy in mingling with the living...even if the living aren’t that comfortable with her presence.

Other: Is a surprisingly good dancer and cook.

Gael, An Antichrist

Full Name:
Gael Valentine

Nicknames/Aliases:
Hellspawn, “That Little Shit”

Age:
4

Gender:
Male

Species:
Antichrist, Spawn of Lucifer

Description:
On a surface level, Gael looks like any other child, if not a little smaller than other kids his age. He has pale blond hair, fair skin, and large, violet (admittedly, that does set him apart from other children) eyes. He often dresses in coats and jackets much too large for him (deliberate on his part, as they make him look even smaller and more unassuming), and has an odd fondness of ribbons and the color pink. Oh, and candy. His pockets are always full of candy.

When using his powers, his eyes glow like spotlights, his hands become clawlike, and he sprouts wings, not unlike those of a peafowl. The wings actually annoy him a fair bit, given that actually grow out from his body instead of materializing out of thin air. He’s had holes sewn into the backs of his shirts and coats to compensate, which are usually kept sealed with buttons, but that doesn’t make the wings any less annoying.

Personality:
There are Antichrists who favor their humanity over their demon heritage. There are Antichrists who refuse to follow in the footsteps of their sires, and instead walk their own path: a path of goodness, of righteousness, or at the very least general human decency.

Gael is not one of those antichrists.

Despite his being one of the younger hellspawn out there, Gael is much more in line with his demon half than his human. This quickly becomes apparent in any prolonged interaction with the boy. Not only is he intelligent and uncannily mature, but he openly delights in using that same intelligence to try and torment others. Much like how another child might pull the wings off an insect, Gael is fascinated by poking and prodding at other people’s buttons until he gets a response.

Skills:
Intelligence:
As mentioned, Gael is a smart cookie. He picks up on concepts quickly, and has a good enough grasp of normal human behavior to be able to play act at being a normal child when he needs to. Unfortunately for everyone involved, Gael loves to use his smarts to plot to his own advantage, and make things generally worse for everyone around him.

Regeneration:
Like many of his kin, Gael possesses enhanced endurance and speed, along with an increased rate of healing. His natural regeneration is a bit stronger than most, however, allowing him to bounce back from wounds that would completely incapacitate other children.

Child of Pride:
Despite his young age, Gael has a natural inclination towards his demonic abilities. These powers include a natural sense for people’s fears and vulnerabilities, a presence that seems to bring out the worst in people, and, unsurprisingly, the ability to make binding deals with people, among some other tricks up his sleeve.

Weaknesses:
- For all his posturing and powers, Gael is still a small child. In any physical altercation, he is going to lose, and lose fast. His wings in particular are actually very fragile. While his regenerative factor lets him recover faster than any human, that doesn’t change how vulnerable he is.

- Unsurprisingly, the child of Pride is arrogant, and prone to looking down on others. Who'da thunk it?

- Gael feeds off people’s pain and distress. If he doesn’t feed, his powers weaken.

- Cannot feel pain. This is more a detriment than anything, as this leads to him possibly being oblivious to a mortal wound.

Brief History:
Gael doesn’t have much memory of life before the apocalypse. His mother was a woman who, while initially happy to have a child, was much less happy when she realized she had given birth to an actual antichrist. She still took care of him, up until the point the apocalypse started, and Gael merrily went off to fulfill his duty as the antichrist.

And then the apocalypse stopped. And Gael isn’t quite sure what to do with himself at this point. There are some things about humanity he likes- the candy, for one. But he was so looking forward to becoming a dark prince or what have you. These days, Gael usually hangs around pestering his “siblings”, or living on and off with humans who are inclined to back up children of darkness.

Things are awfully boring right now. He hopes to help change that soon.

Other: A big fan of Edgar Allen Poe. He likes to quote his works, and also Shakespeare. Because Gael is pretentious.

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So, the apocalypse, huh? The End of Days, Armageddon, Ragnarok, what have you. No matter who you ask, just about everyone and their grandmother is in agreement that the world will end one day. Things get less unanimous when you start asking how the world might end, though. You've got the people who think it'll be the Antichrist, leading everyone's favorite equestrians and an army of the damned; the people who think it'll actually be a rain of fire upon the land brought upon by Surtr; the people that expect plagues; the people who expect horrors from the deep; the people who think it'll be simple, downright human stupidity. So on and so forth, from the predictable, to the ridiculous.

Not many people expected more than one apocalyptic scenario to kick off at the exact same time, though.

Things were pretty bad for a while, I've got to tell you. Some cities got it pretty bad, and were completely leveled. A lot of fire and brimstone and sulfur in the air. And then there was that nasty issue of a couple rivers turning to blood. Made Sunday morning fishing a whole lot more uncomfortable.

Things looked bleak. Half the population was praying to whatever gods they believed in- or didn't believe in, up until that point-, and the other half were making the most of the world ending and going absolutely wild.

And then suddenly, everything...stopped.

It's said that while the world was supposed to end sooner or later, not even the forces behind the apocalypses were sure which one would be the one to do things in. And sure, the world was ending either way, but there was really too much going on all at once, and the impact was lost when it was all these different events vying for dominance...

So the apocalypse got put on indefinite hiatus. Taken back to the drawing board, the workshop, whatever you'd like to call it. Of course, that made things a tad awkward for those still alive. You had a whole lot of people who had made a whole lot of bad decisions with the thought of, "well, the world's ending anyway so why not", and are now stuck with the decisions. A lot of rebuilding of towns and cities, a lot of...trying to move on past all the chaos that had happened, honestly. The world hadn't gotten the chance to go so south that life couldn't go on (with a few adjustments, of course).

Things were even more awkward for the people- er, monsters, or whatever- that wound up left in the aftermath. The Horsemen have nowhere to ride. Loki's kids are stuck twiddling their thumbs, or paws, or...tails? And wouldn't you know, there's a downright unreasonable number of halfbreed something-or-others roaming about. A lot of demons and eldritch gods and the like trying to sire their own antichrist/evil spawn/world ender, you see. That, or they got a little too frisky, and had a child who just so happen to have potentially world-ending abilities. Gotta love those happy accidents!

But life doesn't just go on for mortals alone. Some of the world enders have shrugged their shoulders and decided to hunker down in the mortal realm for as long as it takes. Maybe some didn't even want to have anything to do with the whole apocalypse business, and are secretly relieved that they don't have to go forward with it. Maybe some wanted everything to do with the whole apocalypse business, and are determined to set it in motion again, even if they have to do it themselves.

Hell, there's even some strange humans who are strangely keen on backing up the End of Days.

The question stands:

Are you one of those World-Enders who are content about the delay, and really wish those Wacky Cultists would leave you alone already?

A World-Ender who wants to follow up on that whole World-Ending thing?

A human who's desperately trying to return the puzzling amount of antique clocks you splurged on when you thought the world was going to end?

Who are you?

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Revelations Crew

The Antichrists

The hellspawn crew. While some of them were accidents, many were purposefully sired by demons hoping that their kid would be the one to bring about the downfall of humanity. Their specific flavor of power depends on who their parent was, as does their strength, though there are a few traits common in antichrists: heightened endurance, a penchant for psychic abilities, and an inclination towards chaos. When using their abilities, they usually show a "tell" of their true nature. This can be horns, red eyes, an aura of malice, what have you.

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The Horsemen

The Horsemen. You know the ones: Death, Pestilence, War, Famine.
With the exception of Death, all the Horsemen have a specific item that they carry with them. These items are their primary weapons, and help them focus their powers.

The Horseman, PESTILENCE: [RESERVED] Rides upon a white horse. Their signature item is a crown.

The Horseman, WAR: [OPEN] Rides upon a red horse. Their signature item is a sword.

The Horseman, FAMINE: [OPEN] Rides upon a black horse. Their signature item is a set of scales.

The Horseman, DEATH: @EchoicChamber Rides upon a pale horse. They have no signature item, aside from the dead itself.

The Sins:

Demons. Monsters. They are the top of the top, the creme de la creme of demons. Though they can assume human shape, they are anything but human.
They are also, unsurprisingly, the parents of a good number of antichrists.

Asmodeus (LUXURIA): [OPEN] The demon of lust.

Beelzebub (GULA): [OPEN] The demon of gluttony.

Mammon (AVARITIA): [OPEN] The demon of greed.

Belphegor (ACCIDIA): [OPEN] The demon of sloth.

Leviathan (INVIDIA): [OPEN] The demon of envy.

Lucifer (SUPERBIA): [OPEN] The demon of pride.

Satan (IRA): [OPEN] The demon of wrath.

OTHERS:

Got any other ideas? Feel free to shoot!

Norse Gang

The Norse crew, said to have a heavy involvement in Ragnarok. To say the least.

Loki's Children:

Said to be Loki's children, the three of them have serious destructive power to back them up.
It's unfortunate that it's going unused for now, huh?

Fenrir, THE WOLF: [OPEN] A giant, angry wolf monster. Up to the writer's discretion whether you want to play him as a giant wolf, or also give him a human form.

Jörmungandr, THE SERPENT: [OPEN] The World Eater, and the middle child of the family. Also up to the writer's discretion whether you want to play a really, really large snake, or give them a human form.

Hel, THE RULER: [OPEN] A woman divided in two: one half of her body appearing to be a beautiful woman, and the other half corpselike. Said to be the ruler of the underworld of the same name.

Surtr, THE GIANT: [OPEN] The powerful fire giant of myth. It is said that when Ragnarok occurs, it is he who covers the world in flame.

Níðhöggr, THE DRAGON: [OPEN] The Malice Striker, and the dragon said to gnaw upon the roots of Yggdrasill. It is said that it chews upon the corpses of those guilty of the worst crimes imaginable.

Sköll, THE SUN EATER: [OPEN] The wolf that chases the sun, and, during Ragnarok, is said to finally accomplish its goal and consume it. May also be the child of Fenrir.

Hati, THE MOON EATER: [OPEN] The wolf that chases the moon, and, during Ragnarok, is said to finally accomplish its goal and consume it. May also be the child of Fenrir.

OTHERS:
If you have any other ideas, do let me know!

Eldritch Gang

Unlike the other categories, I'm allowing much more freedom and flexibility in terms of eldritch characters that go here. Mostly because I think it would be a lot more fun than to just go with typical Lovecraft gods.

The Halfings

The scions of the eldritch horrors from the deep. Not dissimilar to the antichrists, both in purpose and in nature, though their powers are generally more surreal, unpleasant, and full of body horror. Some might be able to take a human shape, except when using their powers. Others....not so much.

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OTHERS:

If you'd like to add anything, let me know! I'm happy to oblige.

Hider

The mortals. The poor, unfortunate humans, whose world is now...well. A bit of a mess, to say the very least. What sort of mortal you are is up to you, however. Are you a cultist? A regular joe? A deeply, deeply exhausted government official? The world is your oyster, except not really, because it's in pretty poor shape.

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Our story is set in one of the U.S' cities- one of the ones that still stands, still functions, and is in generally alright shape. Though things aren't exactly "normal" anymore, things have fallen into a tentative sort of peace.

But with all the plotting and the discontent beneath the surface, it's possible that that peace won't last for very long at all.

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Hello, all! I'm Echo, returning from a hiatus to run another nonsensical plot. While there is intended to be a running conflict of those who really want the world to keep ending versus the ones who don't, the roleplay is a heavily character-driven one. There's no pressure to fill all the roles, given how many there are, and I want to encourage as much freedom and creativity as I can.

With that said, however, there are some rules to keep everything in order.

1. No powerplaying, no stealing the content of others, etcetera.

2. While the presence of antichrists and monsters and whatnot means that some characters will be fairly powerful, the roleplay isn't intended to be a competition. You can make a character who is strong, but I would discourage you from trying to make a character solely to have the strongest one possible. Even a strong character has their weaknesses, as well.

3. Be courteous to each other. IC characters can be absolutely terrible people, but OOC everyone should be polite.

4. You can have as many characters as you can manage.

5. Have fun!

Character Sheet

(An image isn't needed, but feel free to add one if you want one in. Otherwise, you can delete this bit.)

Full Name:

Nicknames/Aliases:

Age:

Gender:

Species:

Description: (What do they look like? Even if you've got a picture, a bit of writing would be nice. Include their usual attire, any notable scarring or markings, etc.)

Personality:(A brief outline of their demeanor.)

Skills: (Magical or practical abilities.)

Weaknesses: (Achilles' Heels that can be exploited by enemies.)


Brief History: (Any notable events in their background that might have shaped them. You don't really need to write that much if you want to, but I would recommend providing their thoughts on the apocalypse and on it being postponed.

Other:

(Anything else you think everyone needs to know about your character.)