RabidChoco

Fairy Tail: Fenix Tear, A Crimson Song Upon Azure Skies

Taylor Hiss

Taylor Hiss

A g e: 23 | R a n k: -

^{R e n d i t i o n} :
On first impression, Taylor can seem unpleasant, gruff, confrontational, transactional and borderline selfish; but given the course his life has taken, it's a manifestation of deep trust issues: he's slow to accept that other people actually care about him and his well being as an end in itself, and not just for what he can provide for others. First to step up to the line, and last to retreat; he takes promises and obligations seriously, even to his own detriment. Beyond that, he has a penchant for unconventional thinking; unexpected angles to solving problems, and twisted uses of the elements to open new approaches.

^{A d v e n t u r e} :
A byblow of some noble family or another that's long since fallen from prominence; not that he was ever in any position to care about things like heritage. With his mother passing away before he came of age, and his father utterly unknown to him, he fell in with some outlaws, discovering and teaching himself how to harness his affinity for fire magic to serve as the gang's bruiser - up until Conq scattered them. Fixed on the front line and too afraid to flee, he's been offered a second chance to make something of himself and learn his art for real.

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'M a g i c'

^{Fire Alchemy} : Under Conq's tutelage, Taylor can form semi-stable objects and convincing visual illusions using fire. Solid objects so far are limited to what can easily be carried in one hand.
✧ Mirage: Army of One - When affected by his mentor's Multiply spell, Taylor coordinates up to five illusory duplicates of himself for a coordinated multi-directional assault. Only one Taylor actually strikes, but when attacking from six directions at once, the odds of the real one hitting are in his favor. He's learning how to conjure and coordinate the additional duplicates without Conq's help, but he prefers the support.

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'W o r k s h o p'

^{Wit's Whetstone}: Taylor's space in the guild manifests as a lounge with tables for games of cards, dice and other implements of chance, to match wits and wills with his colleagues. He rarely wins, but he rarely seems to mind.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} : -

Fairy Tail: Fenix Tear, A Crimson Song Upon Azure Skies

CS

Taylor Hiss

A g e: 23 | R a n k: -

^{R e n d i t i o n} :
On first impression, Taylor can seem unpleasant, gruff, confrontational, transactional and borderline selfish; but given the course his life has taken, it's a manifestation of deep trust issues: he's slow to accept that other people actually care about him and his well being as an end in itself, and not just for what he can provide for others. First to step up to the line, and last to retreat; he takes promises and obligations seriously, even to his own detriment. Beyond that, he has a penchant for unconventional thinking; unexpected angles to solving problems, and twisted uses of the elements to open new approaches.

^{A d v e n t u r e} :
A byblow of some noble family or another that's long since fallen from prominence; not that he was ever in any position to care about things like heritage. With his mother passing away before he came of age, and his father utterly unknown to him, he fell in with some outlaws, discovering and teaching himself how to harness his affinity for fire magic to serve as the gang's bruiser - up until Conq scattered them. Fixed on the front line and too afraid to flee, he's been offered a second chance to make something of himself and learn his art for real.

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'M a g i c'

^{Fire Alchemy} : Under Conq's tutelage, Taylor can form semi-stable objects and convincing visual illusions using fire. Solid objects so far are limited to what can easily be carried in one hand.
✧ Mirage: Army of One - When affected by his mentor's Multiply spell, Taylor coordinates up to five illusory duplicates of himself for a coordinated multi-directional assault. Only one Taylor actually strikes, but when attacking from six directions at once, the odds of the real one hitting are in his favor. He's learning how to conjure and coordinate the additional duplicates without Conq's help, but he prefers the support.

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'W o r k s h o p'

^{Wit's Whetstone}: Taylor's space in the guild manifests as a lounge with tables for games of cards, dice and other implements of chance, to match wits and wills with his colleagues. He rarely wins, but he rarely seems to mind.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} : -

Fairy Tail: Fenix Tear, A Crimson Song Upon Azure Skies

So it turns out I've been requested to join through other channels; trying to tune my usual character to the setting. Hoping to have a CS filled out by end of day today.

Iliad City: A Magical RP in an Original World (Resuming)

@Smike: Looks good to me. Interesting angle making her an instructor. Let's see how that pays off.

Iliad City: A Magical RP in an Original World (Resuming)

I've a few concerns. Twenty yard radius seems a bit excessive for an area of effect, especially for a student, I'd suggest cutting that by half. And Crimson Bonds seems to me like it should be a bit more restricted than it seems. Personally I'd suggest explicitly saying that it requires Mathew to maintain eye contact.

Aside from those complaints, seems okay.

Terrible Terrible Fate - A Dark Magical Girl Roleplay

Looks interesting, I'll be watching this, might join as this builds out.

How about an Urban Fantasy RP?

Well, urban fantasy's definitely my jam, though I'm likely to defy you your hopelessness and play the cynically-acting obstinate optimist; the sort whose enemies would preorder a tombstone for him reading "HE DIED DOING THE RIGHT THING."

Iliad City: A Magical RP in an Original World (Resuming)

Okay, bit late, mea culpa, but dropping my sheets in here.

Taylor Hiss

Name: Taylor Richard Hiss
Appearance: Taylor is a tall, fair-skinned man bearing short, dark brown hair and the cliché perpetual five-o-clock shadow of the investigator. Wears a rough gray suit jacket over a white button-up shirt (no tie unless invited to formal events) with slacks that match the jacket and black worker's boots.
Age: 36
Bio: Originally from the Republic of Olympia across the sea, Taylor formally migrated to Iliad about 18 years ago, meeting his future wife Celeste, settling down and opening a private investigator's office, and siring a son, Conrad, and daughter, Julia.

What he doesn't want you to know, is that he spent the four years before he settled in Iliad, as an Olympian spy.

Sure, fourteen would sound an improbable age to be involved in international espionage; but despite its friendly outward appearance, the Republic of Olympia is not a particularly nice place.
Orphaned at an early age, he was taken in as a ward of the state, educated with an onslaught of Olypmian propaganda, and subjected to a battery of aptitude tests to determine his fate in the Republic's apparatus.
Ultimately, he was sent to the Foreign Corps and learned the crafts of his assigned trade; when he was finally deployed abroad, though, he was actually little more than a glorified courier, picking up missives brought to the border by agents in the Hermannreich, and bringing them to his handlers at the Republic's embassy in Iliad.

One near miss with the local color on such a run led into his first meeting with his future wife. While he was being chased by members one gang for taking a shortcut through their turf, he stumbled upon brutes from another gang hired to make a vulnerable Descendant "disappear." Luckily for both of them, the gangs were bitter rivals, and considered their rivalry more important than whatever an "outsider" had paid them to do, allowing Taylor and Celeste to cleanly escape their peril.
Eventually, they got to know each other, became friends, fell in love, Taylor quit the courier job and naturalized, and they got married.
Between raising their son and starting his private investigation firm, Snake Eyes, he enrolled in a few classes at Marduk to supplement his compressed Olympian education.

Now, he's an established investigator and family man and all-around concerned citizen, although he's well short of being a shining pillar of the Iliad community. And he wouldn't have it any other way.
Mundane Skills: On the fighting side, Taylor's an excellent marksman, and a fair street fighter. Mentally, he's got a strong memory, and can generally maintain his composure in high-pressure situations.
Magic: Taylor is mostly comfortable using fire and gravity magic in a variety of applications, both in combat and out. In combat, he usually channels fire magic to add a bit of sizzle to his brawling style, or infusing a conjured fireball with a touch of gravity magic to use as a sort of grenade or mine. Gravity alone, he uses more sparingly, forcing minor fluctuations on the spot to literally send his foes off their balance.
Outside of fights, fire magic's use is much more situational, mostly being used as an obvious but readily available source of light or heat when he needs it. Conversely, he can use gravity magic outside of combat to get from "Point A" to "Point B" a lot more conveniently.
Personality: Taylor's a man of more action than words. He's generally quiet, projecting a calm, confident aura for his family, friends, and community in general. He tends to be quick to raise his voice or act belligerent when threatened, frustrated, or annoyed, but that's part of how he tries to take control of the situation. Ultimately, his controlling attitude results from his own past, in which he lived at the whim of the Olympian state; and fear for his newfound family, whose overall safety is his main priority. Threaten him, he'll throw it back in your face; threaten his wife or children, he will hurt you for it.
Faction: Primarily affiliated with his own investigation agency "Snake Eyes Investigations", but leans towards Marduk's position on foreign policy.
Are you a Descendant of the Illuminated Poet?: No.

Conrad Hiss

Name: Conrad Orion Hiss
Appearance: Conrad is tall for his age, with lighter skin and almost blond hair, which he likes to wear long. If not required to wear a uniform for school, he prefers a casual but robust outfit comprising of a dark-toned denim jacket over a graphic-print t-shirt with slightly lighter long jeans and light athletic shoes.
Age: 17
Bio: Not much to say here; Conrad is the son of Taylor, the foreigner; and Celeste, the Descendant of the Illuminated Poet. He's aware of it, thanks to capturing the interest of his grandfather; but his father's influence leaves him skeptical that his lineage is That Big a Deal. Still, said grandfather convinced Taylor to have his son enrolled at the Marduk Academy at the earliest of opportunities.
Mundane Skills: He's decently athletic, mostly a runner.
Magic: Between his education and his lineage, he hasn't really managed to identify a specialty for his talent, but he personally leans on wind-based magic, as well as picking up some extra practice with fire from his father.
Personality: At first glance, Conrad might seem inattentive, unmotivated, withdrawn, or even lazy. More accurately, he feels isolated from his surroundings, having listened to too many arguments between his father and grandfather about what he should do with his life; at 17, he doesn't really have an answer, but he feels he should find a niche of his own pretty soon.
Faction: Attends Marduk, but has learned his father's problematic tendency to question things, especially things others would like him to take for granted.
Are you a Descendant of the Illuminated Poet?: Yes.

Iliad City: A Magical RP in an Original World (Resuming)

"Relax, you can trust us," the last member of Marduk's band told William. "Okay, I can't speak for the others, but I wanted to do this before they put the Epic at stake." The blond coughed, flubbing a dismissive sigh. "Before they told us we were up against her." Conrad Hiss coughed again to get the feeling of rawness out of his throat, turning back to his pretense of checking the others' instruments. "Yeah, still clear for now, Will. Egh, I've still got my doubts, but you at least look like you know what you're doing." He straightened up, unpacking a keyboard and glancing over his shoulder at the scion of Ascot.

Truth be told, Conrad was terrified. When he first signed up for this, he had had no idea of the potential stakes or the competition. And as for his last minute teammate, he was still making up his mind about William.

Iliad City: A Magical RP in an Original World (Resuming)

@RabidChoco, I like it, but isn't it a bit short?

@Letter Bee

I'm not particularly satisfied with it myself. I just can't figure out how to properly expand on it yet, partially because in my head he's defined by other characters I haven't yet totally defined either.
Though that's part of his in-character issues as well, I'd imagine.