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Aegis Faces the Man-Eater

Alexandros, budding hero of Epirus and spiritual successor of Achilles himself, thrust his spear through a bundle of leaves with a mock war-cry. He lifted the weapon high, crinkled brown detritus falling from the head and scattering across the shoulders of his bronze armour. Holding the long weapon firmly in his right hand he thrust the butt into the earth and used the shaft as a hiking stick as he climbed up a small rocky hillside. With his other hand encumbered by his Aspis Shield climbing could be somewhat difficult, and even in the relatively cool hours leading towards dusk the heat under his helmet made it tough going. Still, Alexandros was a hero, and heroes had to suffer hardship every once in a while. With a youthful enthusiasm that seemed undaunted by the task at hand, the young warrior trudged on. He’d found perhaps the highest point in the Gorge to climb, a short hill a half mile from the river which meandered through the area. From there he hoped to spot any signs of smoke or fire, which would reveal to him the location of a bandit camp stowed away in the forested Gorge.

The hill was only sparsely populated with mostly bare trees, but great piles of leaves had accumulated, hence his choice of playful target for a bit of spear practice. The strong young hero bounced up the last few feet with a sudden burst of energy and reached the top, letting out a brief sigh of relief. Climbing up hills in armour was never pleasant, not even for a hero. He span on his heel and plonked himself down, arranging the short-sword at his side and stabbing his spear into the ground with its butt-spike. Before him a fair view had developed, as he could see over the tops of the trees spread before him and spot the river beyond, glistening in the fading sunlight. With a casual disregard for a sight he had seen many times before, Alexandros allowed himself to sink into the soft grass and closed his eyes a moment.

“Well. It would be best if I were to get to work.” He decided finally, sitting up with a start and looking all around, he stood with an exhale of breath and picked up his spear, looking out over the tree-line for signs of cooking fires.

“Now where might you be?”

Aegis Faces the Man-Eater

Aegis

Aegis
Identity Matrix
Name: Alexandros
Moniker: Aegis
Race: Demi-God (Human and Titan)
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Alignment: Lawful Good

Appearance Matrix
Face: Aegis looks like a fairly ordinary teenager from Ancient Greece, his hair is a muddy blonde colour of medium length, and his skin is tanned olive. He doesn’t have any facial hair as of yet, he has bright blue eyes. His features are symmetrical and appealing enough to be called fairly attractive, though not immediately noticeable.
Height: 5ft 6”
Weight: 65kg
Build: Wiry

Physical Traits
Aegis has fairly remarkable physical traits for a young man, reaching the peak of human potential despite his misleadingly slight form.

Aegis’s divine biology increases his resistance to pain, poison and disease, though it doesn’t grant immunity to any of those things. He is also able to survive extreme environments for longer periods of time than an ordinary human, hence the peak of human potential.

Aegis’ blood is red and gold in colour, making it fairly noticeable. It also has the unique quality of regenerating wounds it comes into contact with, so bleeding wounds heal quickly on Aegis.

Aegis has a natural affinity for combat and battle, as part of his warlike father’s divine blood running through him, hence his fairly impressive skill for a young man.

Skills
Aegis can use a spear, a short sword and a hoplite shield with some competency.
He can throw a javelin with decent accuracy.
He can use a sling.

Abilities
Son of Atlas

Aegis’ special abilities come from his father, the Titan Atlas. They give him an inherent knowledge of the Earth around him and the ability to summon the Celestial Orb of Moon.

Earth Sight: Aegis can sense any movement around him through vibrations of the Earth, he also has a completely accurate mental picture of the ground around him at all times at around 100 feet away from him in every direction.

Moon Orb: Aegis can summon the Celestial Orb of Moon in particularly dire situations, a rocky orb about as big as a football. When utilized the Orb allows the user to manipulate the Earth around them in a radius around them. Due to Aegis’ inexperience he can only control the earth in a ten foot radius around him. Earth only applies to –

Rock
Stone
Dirt
Mud
Sand

And materials built up from a component of any of these things predominantly.

Limitations – As the Orb is used it slowly reduces in size, if it reaches the size of a golf ball it becomes useless, showing that its power has been used up.

The Orb can be fairly restrictive as it requires either concentration to maintain hovering or the physical holding of it in one or both hands.

Entrapping Orb: The last resort ability of the Moon Orb, it may be thrown at an opponent and manipulated from range as if it were earth. Aegis uses this extra range attack to split the Orb into an incredibly durable wrapping that can restrain an opponent. The orb is used up and cannot be regained in its original form until midnight.

Equipment:
Bronze Panoply (Hoplite) armour and a bronze Corinthian helmet.
Dory spear (6ft long)
Aspis Shield (85 cm diameter)
Xiphos short sword (55cm long)

History

Alexandros was born in Epirus in ancient times, shortly after the 12 trials of Hercules which was of course one of the main periods of time when Atlas was free from his burden of what was colloquially known as holding up the sky. During this time the Titan spread his seed as a back-up plan in case he failed to escape his eternal duty. Alexandros was one of the fruits of this plan, and unfortunately for Atlas he was indeed re-imprisoned.

As one might imagine, Alexandros is from an Earth where mythology is very real and very dangerous. He was taken in by the people of his mother’s village in Epirus when she died birthing him, it was this act of kindness that ultimately made Alexandros, or Aegis as he became known at just 12, into a hero. He felt a debt to the vulnerable humans who had saved him, and though he knew very little of what he was he felt he could do something to protect them.

Fast-forward three years and Alexandros has a grasp of the final piece of evidence he needs, discovering his father was in fact Atlas the Titan General and betrayer of the Olympians. He wonders now what his next step should be.

Aegis Faces the Man-Eater

The setting is Ancient Greece, specifically the region of Epirus. The young hero known as Aegis has been hired by a local village to look into the deaths of a number of merchantmen who have traveled through Vikos Gorge. Supplies in the village are running low, and they fear barbarians or bandits have taken residence in the Gorge and are strangling the village of deliveries.

Arena Chat Thread

I've got it, the Wayward Fragment of Wrath.

The sheet will be up in a few hours, The Fragment is actually component to a much more powerful character who is multiple entities. The Wayward Fragment is separated from the rest of the network, and is significantly mutated and weaker than the rest. You'll find it interesting, I'm sure.

@LeeRoy

Alright, I'll wait and see the sheet.

Arena Chat Thread

Hmm, pick something you think suits the character. If you look he hasn't got much going for him past the average movie hero, and with far less firepower. Someone like Sukoh would be nearly impervious to anything he could use just because of how big he is.

Arena Chat Thread

Well, as I mentioned a mythological theme would be better, which is why I'm somewhat hesitant to accept Doc's flying xenomorph.

Arena Chat Thread

It would probably be a losing battle, but if your character is just testing my own and not outright trying to murder him it might still be entertaining.

His backstory feels like something out of an Eddings novel, coincidence?

I'll think it over anyway, but it might be fun. Though I'd have preferred a more beast/monster like opponent.

Arena Chat Thread

Hmm, anybody got any monster characters they'd like to try out? Anything based around ancient mythology would be perfect, but any kind of 'monster' would probably do. Want to try out Aegis, unranked of course as the season's over. You can check him out here, I'd prefer to face off against a mostly biological/physical enemy, maybe with some slight powers but nothing overt, and at least somewhat within Aegis' level. (AKA conceivable for a human hero to kill, if lucky or skilled enough.)

I'd usually ask Khan (and probably lose, as Khan's monsters tend to be pretty O.P) but they're A.W.O.L/Busy at the moment.

Character is here.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2818058

End of a Dreamer

You are sticking the sword through the mesh only correct? Nothing else but the plasma sword?

@Skallagrim

Nothing else, just the blade, which can't even really be called a sword (as it has a telekinetic handle, rather than a real one)

End of a Dreamer

Fury bristled as his foe spoke to him, though to the man his words had one meaning, to the Dreamer they had another. Skallagrim was worthy of the Ascended’s ire, more specifically the hatred of Kaelin, all which had passed before had led to this. The Void had been destroyed in its infancy, but from the ashes The Fury was born, and it would achieve Kaelin’s ultimate goal, the death of the Dreamer. To Fury, Skallagrim seemed to be speaking with something beyond him, for a moment his thoughts flashed to the Void, a presence he knew only too well. There was something off though, and it unsettled him a moment, causing him to momentarily pause, the plasma writhing in his grip before him as the changes overcame the planet. The Fireen knew a moment of doubt, and the Void raged within him straining to throttle the life from the Dreamer, how it dared fight his vessel with mere words it could not guess.

“What are you talking about? This is between you and me Skallagrim, you took everything from me!” Fury roared out his defiance, his mind re-asserting what it knew above that which it was starting to guess. With this re-affirmation of his belief came with it a strength of purpose that flooded his system, with the only emotion the Void could fully understand. Fury.

There was some form of energy lattice-work between him and his enemy, but it would matter not. As the plasma writhed in its telekentic prison he fed it with stolen power stored within the World Machine, causing it to glow painfully before his eyes. While Skallagrim worked on the macro-scale, Fury’s concentration on the micro could grant him an edge. One he planned to use in that frontal fashion which was characteristic of the Fireen.

He burst forward, energy induced flight driving him towards the mesh as he thrust his right arm forward, the effect of which saw the blade come about in something akin to a long sword lunge. The blade would easily pierce the lattice-work, bringing him to a momentary halt as he observed the effect his attack had upon Skallagrim’s designs. If he broke through, it would only be a matter of moments before he was upon the Dreamer himself.