Lyla

Adventures of the Blood Rose Irregulars

Gender: Female
Age: 26
Appearance: Odessa stands an average five foot, but despite her small stature, her entire aura is anything but. Odessa, while friendly and helpful, has a sort of larger than life feel to her that many people cannot pin-point. Though she does have some issues with social interactions at times, there is an unshakeable determination that shines within those hazel eyes of hers. Her build is of toned muscle and feminine curves coupled with a small frame. Though not as strong as most warriors, she looks like she can hold her own.

Biography: Odessa grew up in the heart of the empire as a noble's daughter. She wanted for little and was given almost everything, but instead of looking up to her parents for guidance, she had to suffer the consistent rotation of handmaidens. Though it was a lonely childhood, she kept her nose between the pages of books and spent most of her time trying to master the magic of her birthmark from tutors. During these younger years she wasn't much trouble and mostly kept to herself.

However as she grew up, she started to acquire a wanderlust and found herself sneaking out of the house to walk down streets, climb trees, and watch warriors train in the barracks. This is when she became fascinated by the tales of old, of heroes who fought back the beasts from the Shadowlands, and yearned to earn a place by their sides. A somewhat famous brawler had taken notice of this and decided to take the young noble under his wing, though never let her go into proper battle. Despite her lack of real experience, he noticed her ability to learn quickly and before a few years, she was creeping up on even his level of skill.

Growing into an adult spurred a romantic encounter that changed Odessa's life. As she found herself in training, she would often meet a soldier by the name of Ashley, who would spar with her often. Before long, they both had formed an attraction to one another that was slowly blossoming into something special. Before it could fully formed however, Ashley was called to the front line and met an unfortunate end to her story. With a spark of bittersweet resolve, Odessa choose to dedicate the next year to training until she finally felt ready to join the front lines herself as an irregular - determined not to let Ashley's sacrifice be in vain.

Fighting Style: Odessa fights with a clear fluidity to her motions, that are as efficient as they are precise. Though not a master at her particular style, she tries her best to not let a single motion be wasted, playing heavy off of her intelligence as much as her muscle memory.

Equipment: Odessa carries very little, which is normally only her clothes, though she does have a fraction of her own wealth within whatever quarters she's settled into among other things. She does try to carry a small portion of rations within a pouch.

Skills/Abilities:

• Journeyman Martial Artist: While nothing that stands out, Odessa can definitely hold her own in a fight.
• Journeyman Acrobatic: Along with her magic and her combat prowess, Odessa has trained to flip, tumble, twist, and dodge - at least enough to be regularly effective.
• Arcane Wizard: Odessa uses her magic to normally enhance her attacks as a martial artist, though at times, will also pulse the magic to propel her into the air.

Other

1. Listen to the GM(s), If you have a complaint tell me. I am not an evil dictator and if I am wrong I will admit it.
2. Romance and Gore allowed, But keep it in good taste and in site rules
3. Now not all characters will play nice with each other I understand that, but keep the disputes in the RP not in OOC
4. Be civilized and polite please
5. All basic RP rules apply to this roleplay: Power playing, Meta gaming, and others are not allowed.
6. The story isn't exactly set, If you have an idea for a mission feel free to pm me the details and I'll try to work it in.
7. Copy the rules into a Hider in the "other" of your cs so I know you read them.
8. Get into your character's skin become him or her as you are playing have fun and give us insight into their thoughts.
9. Try to keep active, in both the IC and OOC pages please. And even if you don't have anything to say, at least read the OOC

Adventures of the Blood Rose Irregulars

@Arthanus - That works too! Well, the offer is there regardless if you need it later for whatever reason. I think I'll do the monk anyways, since there's no magic just yet. =3

Adventures of the Blood Rose Irregulars

@Arthanus - I'm debating between two images for my character... what do you think?

Sword Master

Monk / Mage

Adventures of the Blood Rose Irregulars

@Arthanus - Saw this yesterday, but I have a busy life too... but with that said, I'm somewhat interested in helping with Co-GMing, but I need to read everything first. I've had experience GMing before - I guess this is my way of saying I'm interested as well in the general idea. Just want to go over all the details before making a [potential] CS. ^.^

Edit: Caught up!

Edged Horizon

@ERode Yeah, you're right, but for the first time in a long while.. I feel at a loss. As in, I don't know how to make the concept work anymore and I'd rather step out than trash the idea all together. Regardless its probably because I'm distracted that I missed those major points.

Edged Horizon

@ERode Well, can't say I'm really the happiest right now, but.. since this is your baby, you're very picky, and tore apart my idea pretty much - as well as you don't know me from the next door neighbor - I'd say it's safe that I'm already not fitting in here. Just on the off chance I did so by mistake, this is by no means an attack on you, your character, or your role-play... just having a really bad day so it might be coming across. Anywho, it was worth a try. Thanks for reading it over in either case.

Edged Horizon

Not as wordy as some others, I hope this works. ^.^

Golem Girl

Ava

(Subject 7)

Ava, while standing what is considered average height, is anything but. It becomes apparent within only a brief moment that she is far different than most things that exist. The small exposure of her joints that reveal pistons, the metal plating of her shoulders, the strangely shaped feet, even her bright aqua eyes give it all away - that she is some sort of machine. Despite her very obvious give-aways, she has a beautiful face (though some may argue it's more cute), fingers, and skin in various places making it seem like whoever created her was attempting to make her human-like.

Age: 1
Gender: Female
Race: Golem
Nation: Illiserev

Personality:

Ava is a curious sort and even though she has limited knowledge of the world around her, the progression of the war or politics, she doesn't seem to be exactly naive either. She is friendly, awkward, but has a good heart and hopes to help others in whatever ways she feels she can. To top it off, she is one that enjoys learning and tends to find herself drawn to libraries. However at times she can be a tad bit too analytical, her intentions are in the right place.

When it comes to more serious matters such as combat or danger, she adorns a serious, determined attitude, drawing from a deep-seeded need to protect. She will even go so far as to sacrifice her safety if she feels the need to. Underneath it all is an unusual romantic, despite her lose of memory and at the end of the day she fears being alone, forcing herself to socialize and get attached.

Biography:

• Towards the battle against Rift-Beasts, noble Caroline commissions work on a project, seeking to take pressure off of live soldiers. It's based on the research of Gods of War.
• Two years go by and little advances in knowledge happen. Instead Caroline takes what she does know and applies it to the creation of a golem.
• A year goes by and a body is forged from Talentium, costing almost all of Caroline's wealth. She stays determined. She hires several summoners and begins research on bonding a spirit to the body.
• During the last two years of the war, her husband dies from an illness, causing her dedication to her project to increase to almost unhealthy levels. Several of the bonding summons fail, despite several summoners working together.
• Finally, with the seventh summoning attempt, they finally bond a powerful ice spirit. Though the process isn't perfect as said being has lost all previous memories despite still understanding how the world seems to work. Caroline retreats and allows the golem to wander as she sees fit, just hoping all her energy would mean something in the end.

Abilities:

Being a spirit closely related to ice, Ava has specialized magic and manipulation in frost-based attacks, though she also has noticeable martial arts skills surprisingly enough. These skills seem to come naturally to Ava in spite of her memory loss and there's no telling why she knows how to fight or how much potential she has if she were ever to remember her past.

• Martial Art Mastery: Ava is a master of hand-to-hand combat and as such, fights on a skill level that is hardly matched by even expert swordsmen. She is able to dodge, twist, block, and attack in fluid motions that almost seem like a beautiful, but deadly dance.
• Talentium Body: For the most part, this makes Ava partially invulnerable at least in the traditional sense. She cannot be cut or crushed, however there is still exposure to her joints and no matter how reinforced they are, they can eventually be damaged causing her to move slower or right-out immobile. She is still subject to magical effects though, such as those that effect time or extreme damage.
• Golem Physiology: As a golem, Ava does not sleep, eat, drink, or tire. She can also endure extreme temperatures and climates and has night vision.
• Frost Strike: Ava can, if direct contact is made, force icicles to instantly form against any surface. This causes extreme drops in temperature and pain for those who can feel it, making most metals brittle to the touch as well as flash-freezing skin.
• Swallow Tail: A beautiful dance of either kicks or swings, she can causing a short-ranged wave of ice to radiate from her form, doing the same sort of damage as her Frost Strike. It trades range for accuracy since it is easier to dodge or block, but can be done in quick succession.

Important Items:

• Caroline's Headband: Though made from Talentium, it doesn't really have any functions other than it was a gift from Caroline. It's precious to her since it was a sign of peace and an apology for her losing her memory.

Edged Horizon

@ERode Very likely, yes. ^.^

Edged Horizon

@ERode - Btw, I saw you set the deadline to.. tomorrow? I just found this and I already have plans to go to the RenFair tomorrow all day. So, on the off chance I don't get it done tomorrow... can I still work on it, or no?

_{At least I found my image!}

Golem Girl

Edged Horizon

@ERode - I could do that... but since I don't have any reference concerning golems (not Gods of War), I'm not sure what I can and cannot do? Or should I just... present something? Or talk in PMs? Also, I take it that Talentium can cut through anything? Even other Talentium?