Polyphemus

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That's where they land originally, but once they hit the planet that attack major cities anywhere around the globe.

@unfallenangel

Okay, that makes sense.

Though if you're open to a suggestion, there's plenty of Atlantic cities they might hit before going to the other side of the planet, especially if they're smart enough to plan strategically or even if they're just looking to kill as many people as possible. I have a couple ideas there if you're interested.

Also, I'm glad you like my characters! I'm excited to bring Olifant Rogue into battle.

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@unfallenangel

Revised my original sheet to include a Jaeger and pilot, let me know how they look to you. Thanks for your consideration!

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Oh. I thought they were attacking cities on the Atlantic.

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@unfallenangel

Question: what cities have the Malihini attacked so far?

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Everyone using complex magic to aid them in search and battle, and Atlas throws a Molotov at a giant ice monster. I love this group.

100 posts yay!

@Witch Cat

I've been hoping someone just runs up and hits it with a stick.

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Sgt. Gideon Khambalo

PICTURE:


NAME: Gideon Khambalo

AGE: 29

GENDER: Male

SEXUALITY: Hetero

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single

GOVERNMENT AGENCY REPRESENTING: South African Army

JOB: Jaeger Pilot

JAEGER NAME: Olifant Rouge

DESCRIPTION: Gideon is a massive, powerfully built man. He is around six feet five inches tall and 250 pounds with especially broad shoulders and big hands. He prefers to dress in uniform and is nearly always smiling.

PERSONALITY: Gideon is a cheerful, boisterous man with an infectious laugh, the type to slap you on the back and tell a joke, the type who declares you his best friend after knowing you for only an hour. He enjoys a good fight, maybe a little too much.

HISTORY: Growing up a poor Zulu in the slums of Johannesburg was no picnic for Gideon, but it did teach him one valuable thing: how to fight. Fighting has more or less defined the man's entire life- it is his passion and his expertise. It's a good thing for honest people everywhere that he chose to join the Army rather than one of the many slum gangs like other members of his family.

Promoted to sergeant and a regimental hand-to-hand instructor, Khambalo was among the many soldiers screened as potential pilots for South Africa's burgeoning Jaeger program in 2024. With the South African economy growing due to more and more Asian industrial concerns deciding to relocate to Africa (with kaiju destroying factories left and right, there was only one continent left with a large labor pool and low tax rates), it made good economic sense to build the capabilities to protect these new assets.

Khambalo was the only canidate to get through the rigorous training to pilot Olifant Rogue, the first African Jaeger (Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt have since built their own). Intended as a just-in-case weapon in case kaiju reeemerge, now Khambalo is being pressed into action in this new war.

THEME SONG: Seven Nation Army- The White Stripes (Glitch Mob remix)

LIKES:
Kaizer Chiefs Football Club
Brandy
A good fight
A worthy opponent

DISLIKES:
Cowardice
Spicy foods

FEARS:
Gideon never learned to swim and though he would never admit it, he is secretly terrified of drowning.

Olifant Rogue

JAEGER NAME: Olifant Rogue

JAEGER DESCRIPTION IN DETAIL: Olifant, like the name suggests, was built for sheer size and strength, intended to be able to manhandle even Class III kaiju. Standing around 102 meters (334 feet) it is larger and heavier than many other Jaegers and painted a uniform gray. Instead of conventional hands, it possesses large pincers. The connpod is in the large head, which posseses a long, flexible prehensile tentacle (the trunk) and two massive artillery pieces built into the collarbone (the tusks). More on these below.

SPECIAL WEAPONS:
Pincers- Olifant Rogue's pincers, while incapable of fine manipulation, can close with enormous force, enough to flatten a freight ship. When closed, they work equally well as maces to batter any foe who gets too close.

Trunk- The tentacle from Olifant's head is around 55m (180 feet) long and unlike the pincers, is actually capable of lifting or manipulating smaller objects, or constricting something with crushing force. On the end is a “small” but extremely sharp diamond-crusted blade.

Tusks- The two artillery pieces in Olifant Rogue's collarbone are 90 cm smoothbore guns, some of the largest such weapons ever created. Firing a shell the size of a panel van, the recoil is so great that even Olifant Rogue must brace itself to avoid being bowled over. The size of the shells prevents intricate aiming, however, the guns basically only fire straight ahead. However, the weapons can tear through even a destroyer with ease. The muzzles of the cannons have also been sharpened to a fine point, because why not.

SPECIAL ATTACKS:
Olifant Rogue is built for close-in brawling, meant to use its enormous size and power to overwhelm a kaiju- a tactic that suits the pilot well. Ideally, it would batter an opponent into submission, hold it still with pincers and trunk, then finish it off at close range with the tusks.

WEAKNESSES: Olifant's sheer size and heavy armor results in one major drawback: it is slo-o-o-oow, with around half the speed of most other Jaegers. In addition, the size and weight of the thing makes operating in urban areas almost as dangerous as a kaiju attack- just walking around would destroy buildings and collapse streets.

EXTRA WEAPONS/ADD-ONS:
SAM battery- Mounted on Olifant Rogue's shoulders are two batteries of surface-to-air missiles with heavy warheads (two batteries of sixteen missiles for a total of thirty-two). They were hastily added when it was discovered that the Malihini were able to fly, hopefully they can knock one of the flying creatures back to earth.

Exocet battery- A battery of twenty-five Exocet anti-ship missiles (modified for ground combat) are built into Olifant Rogue's chest in order to give it at least some ranged combat ability. An Exocet can sink an armored warship, hopefully it can do some harm to a Malihini.

Dr. Ramesh Pillay

PICTURE:


NAME: Ramesh Pillay

AGE: 34

GENDER: Male

SEXUALITY: Gay

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married

GOVERNMENT AGENCY REPRESENTING: Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

JOB: Biologist

DESCRIPTION: Ramesh is man of Indian descent in his mid-thirties. He is of average height and build. His clothes are mismatched and his hair is constantly messy- he is not terribly concerned with his personal appearance.

PERSONALITY: Ramesh is fascinated with knowledge for the sake of knowledge. The appearance of kaiju within his lifetime has especially caught his interest, and he will obsessively study the subject without food or rest. This does not mean he is unsociable or unkind, but he often doesn't realize that others might not share his passion- the unprepared will often find him off-putting and weird.

HISTORY: Ramesh Pillay was born in Durban in 1999, the son of a lawyer and a real estate agent. He was a quiet, bookish type as a child. His interest was firmly captured by the first kaiju attack on San Francisco in 2014. Questions about how such an enormous creature could survive and function raced through his mind. He began to study biology and zoology, especially the burgeoning field of kaiju studies. His parents had money, which afforded him an excellent education both in South Africa and in the United States (he met the love of his life and eventual husband Phil Travers while studying at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore). With little competition, by his 20s Pillay had become one of the top macrobiologists- the men and women devoted to the study of kaiju. However, with the Kaiju War considered won by 2025, macrobiology became less of a dire need and more of a curiosity. Teaching at the prestigious Stellenbosch University, Ramesh was considered a competent if spacey professor and the faculty indulged his research as an eccentricity. However, with the Malihini attacking Atlantic cities, this position has been reconsidered. Pretoria has sent him to London to aid in the efforts against the invaders.

THEME SONG: I Know What I Know- Paul Simon

LIKES:
Paul Simon
White wines
Rooibos tea
Biology textbooks
Kaiju
Malihini

DISLIKES:
Bigotry
Fighting
Loud noises
Being ignored

FEARS:
As fascinated as he is by the Malhini, Ramesh is well aware of the consequences should they win this war.

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Looks neat. Starting work on both a Jaeger pilot and a support character.

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Lenya pulled in closer, attracted to his fireball like a moth to a flame. Not that he blamed her, this was the first warmth anyone had felt since leaving the office. A tall, thin man, Max felt the cold easily. He held the flame a little closer to Lenya, then passed over his Thermos of hot coffee as they descended the basement steps. "Have a little of this, it'll do you some good. I think after this I'm gonna ask my brother if I can borrow his condo in Key West."

Max hesitated for a moment, the unwrapped the afghan from around himself and draped it over both their shoulders, so they both at least had partial coverage. Two master magicians fighting over a blanket would be extremely undignified, so might as well share. "So far nothing is charging up the stairs at us," he said. Their descent was slow, the cold seeming to intensify with each step. "Unless it's just waiting for us. Like Satan, trapped in the ice of Cocytus, unable to move for the freezing winds he generates in his attempts to free himself."

With that cheery thought hanging over his head, Max coughed lightly. "A balaclava might have been good, but I have to admit, my head is literally the only warm part of my body right now. This hat is surprisingly good, I'll have to ask Maria if it's magic or something." He paused for a moment, regarded the flaps and plush ears of the foxy hat. "Maybe I'll buy it off her."

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"Christ!" Max yelped at the stabbing cold in his hand, withdrawing his gloved hand immediately and trying to massage a little warmth back into it. On one hand, that was an encouraging sign that he was looking in the right direction. But on the other hand, going down into that basement would be a hazard to life and limb. He would have to take some precautions.

Firstly, he looked around the wreck of the living room, his eyes falling on a thick woolen afghan draped on the overturned couch. Grabbing the blanket, he draped it over his shoulders and wrapped it around his body as an added layer of insulation. That'd help at least a little. Next, he looked through the kitchen for a hurricane lamp, a lantern, something he could use as a source of both light and warmth. Finding nothing, however, he sighed to himself. Max disliked using magic for mundane purposes- it was beneath the grandeur and the majesty of such knowledge to be wasted on mere parlor tricks. But there seemed to be little option at the moment. Holding out one gloved hand, Max sang a brief incantation in Hebrew. A small but bright and warming globe of fire flickered into the air, hovering a couple inches above his palm. Light and a source of personal warmth.

With that done, Max edged nearer the door. Cautiously, he reached up with his shovel and undid the latch. As the door creaked open, he sighed, peered into the darkness, and descended into the basement.

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No, it's cool, I'll post. I don't want to be the one gumming up the works.