Kalamadea

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*At that, it was Sheogorath's turn to laugh.* Allow me to tell you a little something, laddie. I am the god of madness. CHEESE!!! *And, suddenly, melted cheese began raining from the sky.*

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Sheogorath turned his seemingly blind eyes towards this person and had a look of mock surprise on his bearded face. "What? You want me to repeat what I said in English, even though I said it in English? And I thought I was the insane one!"

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There you go! Enjoy! Hope you like my Sheo.

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"A desert? Why are these strange new places always deserts? Deserts are, so, BOOOORING!!!" Suddenly, right next to the group, an old man appeared. He wore a strange sort of attire that was red on one side and blue one the other. After looking around, he let out a "harumph" and continued. "So very hot! So very dry! So very endlessly boring! Those are the words that describe deserts! But forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. You can call me... Anne Marie! But only if your partial to being flayed alive, and having an angry god play hopscotch in your hollowed out rib cage! If not, you may call me Sheogorath! Daedric prince of madness." He gave a long enough pause that someone may have opened their mouth to reply, then abruptly continued by softly saying, "Charmed."

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Oh, I'd also like to use Sheogorath. He's so much fun to play, lol.

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Name: Kalamadea

Age: Estimates himself to be around 50000, but he's likely far older than that.

Gender: Male

Species: Primordial; born a Drakoniid (and looks like one)

Ascension Level: He is very close to ascending to the highest plane of existence, being only one or two planes away.

Abilities: Immortality
Not restricted to a physical form
Total, uncontested control of fire. He is the consciousness behind fire, and, therefore, cannot have his pyromantic control of fire overridden.
Total immunity to fire in all forms, whether hot, cold, dark, light, evil, holy, etc.
Draconic physiology grants total immunity to all forms of mental alteration. This draconic physiology also grants superhuman strength, as well as tough scales that can repel small arms fire and short blades, and negate damage from most firearms (but they'll break under that kind of force).
Multiple physical forms. He currently has three: an anthro form, feral form, and human form (in order of most used to least used).
Can compress fire to the point of being solid, as well as making it flow like water or expand like gas. This means that, in effect, Kalama can make fire behave like matter. In doing so, he can craft literally anything he wishes from fire.
Ascended: Kalama is totally unique within the Multiverse. Because of this, he cannot be copied or cloned without the copy/clone merging with the original. There can only be one Kalama in existence.

History

The first fifty years of Kalama's life were not out of the ordinary. He was born before Terrans even discovered the technology for interstellar travel, being born about the time that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were sent to the moon. He grew up in a Lair, and it quickly became apparent that he was extremely draconic and very much a Hotblood, but, strangely, lacked wings. At first, they thought him to be something between Coolblood and Hotblood, but when his horns started growing, that theory was completely dispelled. He eventually grew a staggering total of twelve horns, which was unheard of among Drakoniid. Of course, as soon as he was old enough for the position when he became 30 years of age, he was unanimously supported to become Shaman of his Lair, which he was honored to accept. The young Drakoniid could never have foreseen what his Shamanistic meditations would bring, however.

As he carried out his duties, he found he had a naturally high potential for insight, especially regarding himself and what his purpose is. As he aged further, even the natural psychic ability he had was completely different. Where most have the ability to manipulate the earth like clay using a highly advanced form of terrakinesis that could easily be called magic, his was the same, yet noticeably different: he could control fire instead of earth. This caused his social standing to skyrocket, as it showed he was even closer to dragons than his Lair initially thought. When he was 50 years of age, his services were demanded by other Lairs near his own, and he became the first to be called Father Dragon, and he was the first Shaman that other Shamans went to for advice. He was tied to no single Lair, wandering the world and giving advice when it was requested, keeping it cryptic as always in line with ancient Drakoniid tradition.

However, he soon found himself looking even deeper into himself, and it was common for him to meditate for hours, even days, on end, always seeking more knowledge about himself. The details about what happened next are lost, and, should you meet him yourself, if you were to ask him, he would say this thing just sort of happened, and he's still not sure how. As he meditated more and more and strained his psychic ability farther and farther, the psychic control of fire changed. It became true magical control of fire, drawing on and manipulating the energy of the universe to fuel his control of fire instead of relying on his own body's energy to produce his control. He often said that this was the beginning of his ascension, this thing that he's unsure of how it happened.

After the attainment of true magic, he continued to wander Aenaea, though his fellow Drakoniid still assumed he was merely psychic instead of magical. It was a well-kept secret, for he never required more energy-eating applications of his newfound magic. By this time, he was 70 years of age, which is approaching the point where Drakoniid begin to decline due to aging. Kalama himself could feel that point nearing, but he continued to push himself, bringing his magic to an even higher level. He continued meditating as well, gaining further and further insight. Then, as he reached 100 years of age, his body just stopped aging. He wasn't sure how it happened, and he felt no different, but he could no longer feel his decline nearing. It wouldn't be for another century or so that he would find out what happened.

He continued to serve his people as Father Dragon for another century, with the other Drakoniid assuming his lack of aging was due to him being very, very close to their draconic ancestors, who didn't decline at all with age. He still aged, in a way, but he only grew stronger as he grew older. After 100 years, he was caught by surprise by one of the many brutal predators of Aenaea, and he seemed to have been killed. However, instead of fading into oblivion, he was still aware of his surroundings, and it seemed like his senses stretched much farther than before. He didn't know about the concept of ascension at that time, but he was just glad he wasn't dead. Not long after the beast had its fill of his corpse and left, he found himself forming a new body, an exact copy of his last one, making it as if he was never killed. For a few more decades, he continued wandering Aenaea, before disappearing without a trace. None saw him since then, but many claim to have caught glimpses of him and seen him out of the corner of their eyes.

After his disappearance, Kalama faded into legend, becoming one of the first true deities worshiped by the Drakoniid. As time went on and Drakoniid culture developed, however, religion, as with Terrans, soon faded and became something of a laughingstock, making Kalama mere myth rather than legend. That someone could just accidentally become a god was not something Drakoniid continue to accept, especially since nobody ever saw Kalama. If he was truly one of them, why would he stay away? His ascension inspired the Drakoniid, anyway, and they eventually discovered the concept of ascension and used his story as inspiration for some of their own stories. And, despite everything, there are still a few Lairs outside of the Diarchy that worship him, thoroughly convinced that he would return one day.

As for what actually happened, he continued ascending until he hit the farthest his species could ascend. At that point, he cast aside his Drakoniid nature and became a true dragon, allowing him to ascend even farther. And even then, he eventually hit a point where he could no longer ascend as a true dragon, so he cast that aside as well and became a Primordial, which made him one of the most powerful beings in the entire Multiverse. And even then, he continued ascending until he neared the most one could possibly ascend. For now, he seems to have hit his peak, as he's not ascended any farther for centuries.

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Glad we could work it out. Now, I don't feel comfortable if I don't fill out a sheet first, so I'll make one up so you guys can see what Kalama's like.

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That's what I'm saying. Most people don't speak in third person, so all I'd really be doing differently is sticking all dialog and action in one block of text. I can eliminate environmental description if needed, I just want to put dialog and action in the same paragraph. That's what I've been trying to say that all along. So (using your example as well) I'd do

So-and-so looks down. "Hey, I can pull this off."

I don't usually use terms like "says" or "said". I just kinda stick the dialog right after an action and only use those kind of terms if they speak a specific way.

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Well, I want a multiversal force, not an emotion, so it should be fine. I'm hoping to stick my fursona in here, and he represents fire (and, in part, dragons, since he is one). I may or may not put in a second character. Depends on how well my interest holds.

Anyway, you should probably end up expecting casual-level posts from me. I go by whether the concept interests me instead of whether it's free or casual (and I have dabbled in advanced as well).

Anyway, I kinda feel like the posts I do would run a bit more smoothly if I did the regular style of storytelling, due to my writing style. Since you already do third person anyway and separate the dialog into a separate paragraph, it really wouldn't make much difference. It's not like you write dialog in third person. Even if a character refers to themselves in third person, they still use second person in reference to others (usually).

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I'm saying primordial entities are far, far more powerful than gods. To the point where my fursona, being a primordial entity representing fire, actually completely negates all pyromancy/pyrokinesis within a considerable radius of his current position. He's also completely immune to all forms of fire, even if the fire isn't even hot. Unlike Guardians, which control, primordial entities are literally the consciousness of whatever they represent, which grants them unrivaled control of that aspect. It's why a primordial entity of electricity could easily strip control from a Guardian of electricity despite the Guardian's absolute control, because it would be the electricity simply refusing to cooperate, choosing to do what it wants instead of what someone else wants.

I'd understand if this is too much, though. Oh, and I should also mention that primordial entities are always immortal in mind, but rarely in body (meaning you can physically kill them, but given time, they can reconstruct their body; it takes a while to do so, however). The reason is put simply: you can't kill fire, so why would you be able to kill an entity that is the very embodiment of fire?