"You will not stand in between my lover and me."
: Abigail Jingoston
Codename: Maiden of Bones
Age: 24
Appearance: Abigail is a young woman, sporting a lithe frame with a head of shoulder-length navy hair. Her eyes are a shade of green and a large scar runs down the side of her face, indication of something happening in the past that left her scarred for life (of course, it was a physical wound). Her armor is olive green, overlaying a purple dress and with a chainmail midriff to allow for maximum flexibility in a fight and maximum protection with that flexibility. Her mask (shown far below) is a crude skull complete with a victorian design along the left side, possibly indicative of the scar on her face instead of being just a design.
Personality: Dedicated, callous, and planning, Abigail is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. She devoutly follows her morals of what is good without any question, and will never slack off on a job if it still needs doing. Even though she's often opposed to instigating combat, she will not hesitate to bring down the hammer if need be. That being said, she will always try for diplomacy when she fights, be it alliance or surrender.
History: Born the daughter of a mayor, Abigail had wanted to strive for something different since she could toddle around on her own feet. She was unhappy being treated like dad's little princess and was eager to leave her home to find a real purpose. She got through school decently enough, advancing right up to the upper quarter of her class in high school, but even despite being set up for success, Abigail desperately wanted change.
Fortunately, her life changed within one faithful day. The day she met
him.
Abigail had heard rumors of assassins and what-not all throughout the world, but she never thought she'd get the chance to meet one. One day, while she was walking home from her school, she literally ran into Brock Sinclair, an assassin known for his swordsmanship and abilities. Of course, she didn't recognize that the man she just spilt coffee on was that assassin, so she apologized sincerely as she offered him lunch as a way to say she was sorry. He didn't accept the lunch.
Later that night, Abigail awoke to a sword point in her face. Reacting quickly, she threw the assassin off her and rushed for her phone, preparing to call the authorities. Brock begged her to not do it, to the point where he offered her protection from other assassins, and she accepted his offer. Little did she know, that made her a potential target for many other assassins, to the point where she had quite the hefty bounty. Of course, she didn't know that until she guessed it from Brock wanting to teach her under his guidance about swordplay. She graduated highschool and began her education about swordplay on the same day. Every day after, Brock came to her residency and helped her learn about the sword in hopes of mastering it. Soon, the two became a pair that invested romantically into eachother, and eventually, they became engaged. Things were going great for Abigail, and this was the change she had hoped for.
That was, until the day that Brock didn't come. The situation was peculiar for Abigail, but she figured that he just couldn't make it that day.
Then the next day he didn't come, either. Abigail decided to take matters into her own hands as she went to Brock's own house, only to find his skeleton impaled by his own sword, the meat of his body completely stripped off of his bones. Abigail broke down crying as she read the note his corpse was left with.
"Old friends die hard. To whoever finds this skeleton freak dead where he perished, just know he died painfully. His debt has been repaid, however, so know that we will not strike again. This was our final act as the Rhine Rioters, and with Sinclair dead, our leader has no purpose. We are disbanded."
Lifting the sword of the old assassin Bonesword, Abigail placed his remains in a bag as she took up her own assassin title of the Maiden of Bones, a homage to her fiance, and she longs to bring him back to life with a free will so she may be reunited with him. Since the day of his death, Abigail has felt more... intact with her abilities, and has learned a kind of supernatural spell as a result. She believes it as the ghost of Brock himself fighting alongside her, but it may be untapped potential that was finally activated.
Combat Style: A quasi-master swordsman, Abigail knows the ins and outs of swordplay and uses her knowledge of such in order to play on the defensive in a fight, only going in when she sees a golden opportunity. One handed weapons are her bread and butter, allowing her to fire off dreambolts while swordfighting against someone. She's able to hold her own on the offensive, using a reliance on slashes and jabs in order to get in damage before trying to disarm the opponent in an effort to make their end come quicker.
Equipment: Her personal weapon of choice is the Shroomblade, the signature sword of Brock Sinclair. The sword exists as a rapier that, when wielded, is charged with plasma that allows the sword to act as a beam rapier. It fundamentally works similar, and it's quite convenient for the rare situation when the plasma fails to work. The blade is also able to tie into one of Abigail's special techniques.
Powers:
Dream Manipulation - Abigail possesses the innate ability to draw upon the power of dreams and channel that into spectral energy, which she can fire off for damage. Typically, these bolts don't do a ton of damage, however, their power is amplified at night and/or in the proximity of many people.
Limited Plant Manipulation - Abigail can control plants to a degree. It mixes into her power to control dreams, and as such, she can perform greater feats with this only when she is surrounded by many others. Additionally, this power is restricted to only working on terrain that allows for plant growth, and only terrain-specific plants can be grown (sand = desert plants, soil = majority, concrete = moss almost exclusively, etc.)
Special Techniques:
Nightmare - Usable only at night, Abigail can completely terrorize a mind of a target with her powers and, in the right circumstances, reduce them to complete insanity or into a state of temporary cranial inactivity, incapacitating the target completely for a while. The use of this move will cause her nose to bleed at best or all of her facial orifices to bleed at it's worst.
Vengeance Slash - Abigail can fuse her powers with her blade, allowing for a single strike to completely devastate a target in a surge of energy that emblazons them with feelings of vengeance and redemption. This strike must land on the opponent for the full effect of the power to be activated, as it will not target the ground or an empty barrel.
Your Turf - The Necro Lab
: An old abandoned research facility, taken over and rebuilt from the ground up in pursuits of education on the idea of necromancy, specifically the resurrection of deceased and decrepid organisms in pursuit of a way to bring Brock Sinclair back from the dead. Additionally, funds for the research facility come from other various methods acquisition, all perfectly legal. Taxidermy, cremation, funeral services, eulogies, floral arrangements, the facility does all of that and then some if it gets funds for the research they are conducting.
Arena Tactics: Around the grounds, research into chloromancy has been completed, one of Brock Sinclair's signature abilities. As such, the facility is swarming with sentient plant life that will act against an invader and attempt to assault the invader. Rumor has it that a large basil-isk and a tiger lily roam the facility, looking for their deceased master relentlessly. They're neutral towards the researchers, but they'll be killer towards anyone impeding their research. Oh, and you need to bring a plant to enter. Any plant will do, preferrably a green rose.
Minion Description: Researchers, armed with various beam weapons, prowl the grounds of the Necro Lab. Their outfits are mainly labcoats and gasmasks, and they each carry around their respective ID Cards allowing them access to the certain levels of the doors in the facilities. You can try to swipe one of the max-level keycards, but watch out! Those are reserved for the highest level researchers and for the monsters that dwell within.
- Travis has a red jacket, I think. It's so you can't see him bleed.
