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Name: Mayumi Goto
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Race: Soulcaster (Human/'Demon' hybrid)
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Magic:
Abilities:
Personality:
Allegiance: Chaotic Good
History:
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Race: Soulcaster (Human/'Demon' hybrid)
Weapons:
Devil Heart Stone
The main weapon of a Soulcaster, the Devil Heart Stone allows the bearer to leech spiritual energy from their surroundings and use it to form an astral bow, casting arrows which can cut through almost any material. The stone is implanted inside the bearer's wrist and over time grows within them until finally they must choose whether to give themselves over to the demon or have their arm removed, forever losing their powers.
Spirit Render Blade
A secondary weapon, the Spirit Render Blade is a silver sword hilt which can project a Devil Heart Stone bearer's energy in the form of an astral blade. While this blade causes no physical damage when it strikes it has the ability to steal spiritual energy from its target, drawing it out so that the Soulcaster may capture it for use in their arrow attacks.
Soul Trap Crystals
A support artefact, the Soul Trap Crystal is used in conjunction with the Spirit Render Sword to capture a being's life energies and contain them within the crystal to be used as a source of spirit energy for the Soulcaster. A soul captured in this way gradually weakens over time until it is either released by the Soulcaster by shattering the crystal with their Spirit Render Sword or when the soul becomes too weak and fades from existence.
The main weapon of a Soulcaster, the Devil Heart Stone allows the bearer to leech spiritual energy from their surroundings and use it to form an astral bow, casting arrows which can cut through almost any material. The stone is implanted inside the bearer's wrist and over time grows within them until finally they must choose whether to give themselves over to the demon or have their arm removed, forever losing their powers.
Spirit Arrows
The arrows can be fired in rapid succession, with several hundred launched a minute, but in this form do no more damage than a pinprick. Alternatively the bow can be charged up, allowing the spiritual energy to grow inside it until finally being released as a single dense bolt capable of killing even the strongest of targets with a single shot, but expending all the energy which has been stored in the bearer, leaving them weak and exhausted.
The arrows can be fired in rapid succession, with several hundred launched a minute, but in this form do no more damage than a pinprick. Alternatively the bow can be charged up, allowing the spiritual energy to grow inside it until finally being released as a single dense bolt capable of killing even the strongest of targets with a single shot, but expending all the energy which has been stored in the bearer, leaving them weak and exhausted.
Spirit Render Blade
A secondary weapon, the Spirit Render Blade is a silver sword hilt which can project a Devil Heart Stone bearer's energy in the form of an astral blade. While this blade causes no physical damage when it strikes it has the ability to steal spiritual energy from its target, drawing it out so that the Soulcaster may capture it for use in their arrow attacks.
Soul Trap Crystals
A support artefact, the Soul Trap Crystal is used in conjunction with the Spirit Render Sword to capture a being's life energies and contain them within the crystal to be used as a source of spirit energy for the Soulcaster. A soul captured in this way gradually weakens over time until it is either released by the Soulcaster by shattering the crystal with their Spirit Render Sword or when the soul becomes too weak and fades from existence.
Magic:
Soul Fire Burst
A Soulcaster may create an explosive trap for an opponent by combining at least three Soul Trap Crystals of equal strength equidistant from each other before firing Spirit Arrows to strike them simultaneously. If successful the power from the Soul Trap Crystals in concentrated into the area between them focusing their full power against anyone caught within the perimeter. The smaller the area covered the more devastating the strike, but the more difficult the shot, and if the area is too large then the shot may also prove too difficult and the power too weak to affect the intended targets. If unsuccessful, due to mistiming of the arrows or an imbalance in the power levels or misplacement of the crystals, then the energy instead is released without focus, spreading in all directions without focus.
A Soulcaster may create an explosive trap for an opponent by combining at least three Soul Trap Crystals of equal strength equidistant from each other before firing Spirit Arrows to strike them simultaneously. If successful the power from the Soul Trap Crystals in concentrated into the area between them focusing their full power against anyone caught within the perimeter. The smaller the area covered the more devastating the strike, but the more difficult the shot, and if the area is too large then the shot may also prove too difficult and the power too weak to affect the intended targets. If unsuccessful, due to mistiming of the arrows or an imbalance in the power levels or misplacement of the crystals, then the energy instead is released without focus, spreading in all directions without focus.
Abilities:
Spirit Leech
A Soulcaster's Devil Heart Stone constantly drains spiritual energy from their surroundings, storing it within the Soulcaster's body until it is released. This effect is usually so passive that the energy drained is negligible and unnoticed to those around the Soulcaster and takes several days to fully charge the Soulcaster with power, but the rate can be increased through the use of the Soulcaster's Spirit Render Blade or through deep meditation in an area rich with spiritual energy, such as woodlands and parks rich with life.
When a Soulcaster is fully charged their body may begin to suffer damage from the stored energies, forcing them to find ways to bleed off the energy safely. This is normally achieved through a ritual where the Soulcaster fully charges their Devil Heart Bow and fires arrows into the air until their store is empty, allowing the safe release of the power as well as increasing the Soulcaster's proficiency with their weapon.
When leeching energy the Devil Heart Stone grows inside the Soulcaster's arm, and accelerating the flow can cause the stone to also grow faster, hastening the day when the Soulcaster must choose to either sacrifice their arm or their soul to the demon inside.
Arrow Flight
By charging their Devil Heart Bow and catching the arrow in the instant it leaves their grip a Soulcaster can launch themselves through the air, flying for as long as the power of their arrow lasts. This ability allows the Soulcaster to travel very rapidly, although at the cost of their stored energy and only as far as their bow range reaches. Due to the draining cost of this ability most Soulcasters prefer to walk whenever possible, saving their Arrow Flight only for those occasions where speed is desperately required.
A Soulcaster's Devil Heart Stone constantly drains spiritual energy from their surroundings, storing it within the Soulcaster's body until it is released. This effect is usually so passive that the energy drained is negligible and unnoticed to those around the Soulcaster and takes several days to fully charge the Soulcaster with power, but the rate can be increased through the use of the Soulcaster's Spirit Render Blade or through deep meditation in an area rich with spiritual energy, such as woodlands and parks rich with life.
When a Soulcaster is fully charged their body may begin to suffer damage from the stored energies, forcing them to find ways to bleed off the energy safely. This is normally achieved through a ritual where the Soulcaster fully charges their Devil Heart Bow and fires arrows into the air until their store is empty, allowing the safe release of the power as well as increasing the Soulcaster's proficiency with their weapon.
When leeching energy the Devil Heart Stone grows inside the Soulcaster's arm, and accelerating the flow can cause the stone to also grow faster, hastening the day when the Soulcaster must choose to either sacrifice their arm or their soul to the demon inside.
Arrow Flight
By charging their Devil Heart Bow and catching the arrow in the instant it leaves their grip a Soulcaster can launch themselves through the air, flying for as long as the power of their arrow lasts. This ability allows the Soulcaster to travel very rapidly, although at the cost of their stored energy and only as far as their bow range reaches. Due to the draining cost of this ability most Soulcasters prefer to walk whenever possible, saving their Arrow Flight only for those occasions where speed is desperately required.
Personality:
While Mayumi appears to be a fun-loving and vivacious young woman, always ready for fun and enjoying wild parties in reality she's a deeply sombre person, resigned to the fact that her powers are a death sentence guaranteeing her an early end. She keeps her fears well bottled up, choosing instead to embrace life, enjoying every precious second she has.
Allegiance: Chaotic Good
History:
Born and raised as part of the hidden tribe of Soulcasters Mayumi always knew that one day she would be chosen to become one of the sacred bearers of what is both the blessing and the curse of the tribe, the Demon Heart Stones. The stones weren't truly demonic in nature, merely called such due to the effect they had on their bearers.
Said to have been gifts from the Gods in the ancient times the stones had fallen on the tribe's village in a time of great need, granting their bearers the power they needed to fight back against their enemies, but taking a heavy price ion return. For all who wielded their power eventually succumbed to the madness and woe the stones brought, and turned against their fellow tribesmen with a demonic rage and unrelenting fury. The only choice for the tribe was to strike the creatures who had been their guardians down, ending their lives before they destroyed everything they'd once held dear.
Mere days after her 21st birthday Mayumi was called out on a dark hunt, tasked along with the other candidates from the tribe to track down the latest guardian to be struck with the demon sickness, and to end them before they became a threat. Although the hunt went badly, with only Mayumi returning to the village, she succeeded in her quest, having defeated the monster who had once been guardian and taking the cursed stone into herself, keeping it away from all others as she bore the burden for another generation. her only choice to use the power she holds within her to do as much good as she can before the madness strikes her down, forcing her to pass her burden onto another.
Said to have been gifts from the Gods in the ancient times the stones had fallen on the tribe's village in a time of great need, granting their bearers the power they needed to fight back against their enemies, but taking a heavy price ion return. For all who wielded their power eventually succumbed to the madness and woe the stones brought, and turned against their fellow tribesmen with a demonic rage and unrelenting fury. The only choice for the tribe was to strike the creatures who had been their guardians down, ending their lives before they destroyed everything they'd once held dear.
Mere days after her 21st birthday Mayumi was called out on a dark hunt, tasked along with the other candidates from the tribe to track down the latest guardian to be struck with the demon sickness, and to end them before they became a threat. Although the hunt went badly, with only Mayumi returning to the village, she succeeded in her quest, having defeated the monster who had once been guardian and taking the cursed stone into herself, keeping it away from all others as she bore the burden for another generation. her only choice to use the power she holds within her to do as much good as she can before the madness strikes her down, forcing her to pass her burden onto another.
