Psyker Landshark

Edged Horizon

DEUS VULT

Name: Hector von Helbrecht
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Nation: Astopol

Appearance: Stands rather tall at 6'2. Has a rather chiseled build from years of physical training. When not in military uniform, he can be found wearing formal suits and capes. When bare-chested, numerous scars can be seen across his chest and back as a result of various battle wounds taken over the years. Generally has a somber or stoic bearing.

Personality: Stern and disciplined, Hector strives to project a dignified bearing suitable for the last scion of House von Helbrecht. He bears a hatred of monsters and Talze Utera ever since his unit was annhilated in an ambush by monsters. Generally regarded as one of the more zealous crusaders, he believes that all monsters are filth and should be put to the sword. Ruthlessly pragmatic, he has no qualms with what he regards as "delivering justice" to all monsters and human enemies of the state.

Biography:

• Born as the first and only son of the noble House von Helbrecht. Trained in the art of war from an early age.
• As the Rift Beasts appear, Hector loses both of his parents to the ravages of war, leaving him as master of the household as a young adolescent.
• Throws himself even further in his training from then on, wanting to avenge his parents.
• Enlists in the Astopolian military the moment he is of age. Shows great talent and quickly rises to a junior officer's rank.
• Is one of very few survivors of the Taldeer Massacre, in which most of the men in Hector's unit, including his captain, are ambushed and slaughtered by Talze Uterans. Has nursed a hatred of monsters ever since.

Abilities:

• Steel Rain: The sword flashes, and in an instant, one strike becomes several. Allows Hector to make several slashes in the time it would take to swing his sword once. The amount of fatigue this technique induces increases exponentially with each additional strike that is made.
• Iron Within: With the blink of an eye, the sword shifts to meet the enemy's blade, no matter what position it was in before. No matter what stance Hector is in, he can move to parry an enemy's blow instantaneously. The blade is temporarily reinforced to the point where it could take a tremendous blow without damage, but this comes at the cost of Hector's stamina, with heavier blows exhausting him more and more. The longer a distance across his body Hector has to move his sword, the more this technique tires him out.
• Iron Without: From Iron Within, the blade inconceivably twists pasts the opponent's guard in a flash and lashes out. Makes an almost instantaenous counter-attack once a blow is parried with Iron Without.
• Thunder Hammer: Crash down on the enemy from above with the sky's wrath. A finishing blow whose strength is enhanced several times over, and tellingly makes a sound akin to a thunderbolt on impact.

Important Items:

• Deus Vult: Hector's talentium greatsword. Named for a phrase from an ancient dialect.

Q - FLUX

Jiangli let out a low whistle at the reported death count, grimacing.

"Twenty armed gangsters? We'll need to deploy in force and use heavy firepower to handle this, at the least." He murmured, reflexively reaching for his pack of cigarettes despite already reeking of cheap tobacco. He stuck one in his mouth, but didn't bother lighting it.

Jiangli shrugged at Echo, still resisting the urge to light up in a non-smoking room. "Can't say for sure yet. We'll need to see what Cash knows first before we make any plans." He shifted his gaze to Echo's grocery bag. "You pick up any more Lucky Strikes?" The former Agent gestured to his box of cigarettes. "I'm on my last box."

Edged Horizon

Won't be able to start working on a sheet until Friday. Test Friday morning, need to study.

Edged Horizon

Man I didn't even see the fucking link in Discord what the shit

Q - FLUX

A haze of cigarette smoke engulfed Cafe Thaza's smoking room. Jiangli casually flicked the ash from his cigarette into the ashtray next to him as he scrolled down to the next page of the book on the dataslate he was reading, as had been his routine for the past year. Considering he was a deserter of the Prohibitum, he rarely chanced going out into public when not on assignment, and his reading backlog had subsequently shortened drastically over the past year.

Just as he'd finished his current cigarette and was about to light his sixth one of the day, Jiangli shifted his gaze towards the hall, hearing some commotion come from it. He looked longingly at the unlit cigarette for a moment before setting it back into its box and tucking the box into his coat. Jiangli rose from his seat and headed out to see what the hell was going on outside.

When he arrived, the sight of Advent was almost enough to make him want to wash his hands of the entire situation and go back to his smoke. The sight of the woman actually being a medic instead of a defiler of flesh for once gave him pause, however, and he simply sidled up next to End, completely unsurprised to see her extorting a man for the healing of the boy.

"300 credits?" He asked wryly, one eyebrow rising. "That's almost charitable of you. What brought this on?"

Q - FLUX

Relationships:

@ERode - End
Fellow pistol aficionado. Socializes on a semi-regular basis with her, bonding over their shared love of heavy pistols and mutual disgust of Advent's creations.

@Jeyma - Voice
A tragic soul. Jiangli's not particularly bothered by the implants. He'd seen worse during his time as an Agent, and from much nastier people at that.

@DracoLunaris - Advent
No. Just fucking no. Jiangli knew he'd be working with Painstakers when he signed up, but this tests his limits. If the threat of Nightmares wasn't the only thing keeping the group together, he would have brought this sick bastard in months ago.

@SilverDawn - Warthog
Respects him as a veteran with a damn sight more field experience than his own. Sticks to a professional relationship.

@Skyswimsky - Zer0
A nice kid, but too young to be doing this kind of thing. Wish she'd get off his ass about the smoking, though. He needs his vices.

@Traitor - Hex
Tolerable. Jiangli doesn't show it, but he's still slightly hesistant to work with Painstakers after so long as a Prohibitorium Agent. Still, it wasn't as if he could fault her for developing magical abilities without warning. Hopefully she manages to stay outside of the law's reach while still a Cleaner.

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Unarmored

Armored

Name: Jiangli Lao

Codename: Runner

Color Scheme: 0054a6 a0410d

Age: Early thirties

Gender: Male

Personality:

• Industrious
• Stubborn
• Maverick
• Relentless
• Chain-smoker

Short Biography:

Once upon a time, there was a talented Agent rising through the ranks of the Prohibitum. Jiangli Lao made waves straight out of the academy as he brought down several criminal mages and Painstakers in his rookie year alone.

After a few more years of distinguished service, Jiangli was fast-tracked into a special response unit for magical incidents too much for Policus or individual Agents to handle.

The special response team's first and only mission was an unmitigated disaster. What had thought to be a turf war between Painstakers of rival criminal organizations escalated into an utter bloodbath as a battle between a large nightmare and several Cleaners spilled onto the battle and added to the chaos.

Faced with a battle on multiple fronts, Jiangli's captain made the order to focus on the Painstakers, despite the threat of the Nightmare tearing its way through Cleaners, Painstakers, and fellow Agents alike. Jiangli followed orders nevertheless and withdrew with the rest of his squad once the Painstakers were neutralized, leaving the weakened Cleaners to endure the nightmare's assault, but protested to his superiors upon returning to headquarters. However, the higher-ups determined that the captain had made the right call in the situation.

Jiangli was incensed. Why couldn't they see that the nightmares were a threat equivalent to or even greater than any Painstaker? Rogue mages could at least reason; nightmares were utter beasts set on nothing but destruction. With no hope of support from the Magus Prohibitum, Jiangli abandoned the Agent ranks and set off in search of a way to track down and join the Cleaners.

Magic Style:

Temporal Distortion
Jiangli's personal brand of chronomancy revolves around creating localized fields of temporal distortion that either accelerate or drastically slow down anything that passes through them, allowing him to bypass a mage's PRF so long as they physically touch the field that he erects. His distortions take the form of runic circles drawn in the air, and any physical object that passes through one is affected by his chronomancy. Jiangli typically prefers to use fields of acceleration while on the offensive, while decelerating attacks on the defensive.

Membership: One year

Equipment:

Heavyware Raptor Suit Mk. 8 - A well-balanced armored exoskeleton designed to be adaptable to most battlefields. Provides a happy medium of speed and protection compared to light and heavy armor lines.

Serrated Motor Blade - A sword with motorized, serrated blades that run along the edge of the blade. In other words, a chainsword. The blade is a Thremont prototype with a motor powered by will alone. Taken by Jiangli years ago as a battle trophy during his days as an Agent.

Heavyware Executor EMT - The precursor to the Punisher model, but still preferred over the Punisher by veteran marksmen. More difficult to use than the Punisher, with only a ten round magazine and a heavier frame, but fires a larger caliber to compensate. Fires HE, AP, and subsonic ammunition.

Relationships:

End
Fellow pistol aficionado. Socializes on a semi-regular basis with her, bonding over their shared love of heavy pistols and mutual disgust of Advent's creations.

Voice
A tragic soul. Jiangli's not particularly bothered by the implants. He'd seen worse during his time as an Agent, and from much nastier people at that.

Advent
No. Just fucking no. Jiangli knew he'd be working with Painstakers when he signed up, but this tests his limits. If the threat of Nightmares wasn't the only thing keeping the group together, he would have brought this sick bastard in months ago.

Warthog
Respects him as a veteran with a damn sight more field experience than his own. Sticks to a professional relationship.

Zer0
A nice kid, but too young to be doing this kind of thing. Wish she'd get off his ass about the smoking, though. He needs his vices.

Hex
Tolerable. Jiangli doesn't show it, but he's still slightly hesistant to work with Painstakers after so long as a Prohibitorium Agent. Still, it wasn't as if he could fault her for developing magical abilities without warning. Hopefully she manages to stay outside of the law's reach while still a Cleaner.

Character Impressions:

Theme Song:

Digimon: The Convergence of the Human and Digital Worlds

Christ I'll throw in a filler post soon enough while we wait for Ob to get his shite together

Q - FLUX

Unarmored

Armored

Name: Jiangli Lao

Codename: Runner

Color Scheme: 0054a6 a0410d

Age: Early thirties

Gender: Male

Personality:

• Industrious
• Stubborn
• Maverick
• Relentless
• Chain-smoker

Short Biography:

Once upon a time, there was a talented Agent rising through the ranks of the Prohibitum. Jiangli Lao made waves straight out of the academy as he brought down several criminal mages and Painstakers in his rookie year alone.

After a few more years of distinguished service, Jiangli was fast-tracked into a special response unit for magical incidents too much for Policus or individual Agents to handle.

The special response team's first and only mission was an unmitigated disaster. What had thought to be a turf war between Painstakers of rival criminal organizations escalated into an utter bloodbath as a battle between a large nightmare and several Cleaners spilled onto the battle and added to the chaos.

Faced with a battle on multiple fronts, Jiangli's captain made the order to focus on the Painstakers, despite the threat of the Nightmare tearing its way through Cleaners, Painstakers, and fellow Agents alike. Jiangli followed orders nevertheless and withdrew with the rest of his squad once the Painstakers were neutralized, leaving the weakened Cleaners to endure the nightmare's assault, but protested to his superiors upon returning to headquarters. However, the higher-ups determined that the captain had made the right call in the situation.

Jiangli was incensed. Why couldn't they see that the nightmares were a threat equivalent to or even greater than any Painstaker? Rogue mages could at least reason; nightmares were utter beasts set on nothing but destruction. With no hope of support from the Magus Prohibitum, Jiangli abandoned the Agent ranks and set off in search of a way to track down and join the Cleaners.

Magic Style:

Temporal Distortion
Jiangli's personal brand of chronomancy revolves around creating localized fields of temporal distortion that either accelerate or drastically slow down anything that passes through them, allowing him to bypass a mage's PRF so long as they physically touch the field that he erects. His distortions take the form of runic circles drawn in the air, and any physical object that passes through one is affected by his chronomancy. Jiangli typically prefers to use fields of acceleration while on the offensive, while decelerating attacks on the defensive.

Membership: One year

Equipment:

Heavyware Raptor Suit Mk. 8 - A well-balanced armored exoskeleton designed to be adaptable to most battlefields. Provides a happy medium of speed and protection compared to light and heavy armor lines.

Serrated Motor Blade - A sword with motorized, serrated blades that run along the edge of the blade. In other words, a chainsword. The blade is a Thremont prototype with a motor powered by will alone. Taken by Jiangli years ago as a battle trophy during his days as an Agent.

Heavyware Executor EMT - The precursor to the Punisher model, but still preferred over the Punisher by veteran marksmen. More difficult to use than the Punisher, with only a ten round magazine and a heavier frame, but fires a larger caliber to compensate. Fires HE, AP, and subsonic ammunition.

Relationships:
Character Impressions:

Theme Song:

Q - FLUX

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