Tatsua Aiisen

Coven: Shattered

I mean, I was going to join, but I think I might just watch.

Demon Sunrise

Illias, the Madness Catalyst

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Type: Sentient Demonic Artifact
Plane: Indár Sólásí
Appearance: Illias is a maddeningly beautiful fragment of crystalline substance that, when shone on with light, releases an awe-inspiring rainbow of ever-changing colours. While at the moment it is only precisely four inches in length, its size and beauty seem to only grow the more minds that it touches. Looking inside of Illias allows you to see yourself reflected on all of the crystal's innumerable surfaces, although doing so is said to have a strange effect on one's mind.

Personality and Drive: Illias is an evil being. No matter how pure it may appear or act, its most important goal is to spread its madness to as many entities as possible. It wishes to grow, to nourish its dark powers with the minds of others, but to what end? What could a crystal possibly desire? Its origins cloaked in mystery, not even its most loyal servants are quite mad enough to understand its true motives. All anybody knows is that its core is an ever-changing prism, and that its beauty is matched only by its cruelty.

History: Long ago, Illias was little but a tiny, glittering speck, lost in a great cavern deep beneath the surface of Indar Solasi. Ages passed in those dark depths before a lonely demon, shunned by the world, stumbled upon it out of sheer chance. The demon was entranced, it watched the tiny point of light in its hands, watching it glow solemnly through the emptiness of the abyss. There they sat, the demon staring into Illias's light for what felt like an eternity. And as it stared into the tiny shard of crystal, the crystal whispered sweet, soothing words into the demon's mind, bending its will, slowly driving it into obsession...

Until one day, the demon stole the speck from its dark prison. It took Illias and brought it up to the surface, to the beings that had made him an outcast, and told them of what he had found. Those creatures wanted nothing of the demon's speck, and attacked him, but the demon was not the same individual it was before. Having spent an age filling itself with nothing but the speck's dark light, the demon suddenly grew up to twice its size and struck down the leader of the creatures. The others of its kind cowered before the demon's dark might, begging for mercy. But instead of showing them mercy, the demon showed them what it had found in the depths, and the creatures looked into it oh-so eagerly, not understanding what horrible fate awaited them...

Abilities: Illias has the power to cast potent illusions, tricks of light and mind that fool mortals and demons alike into believing something of the crystal's evil design. Those who gaze into its depths for too long will quickly find themselves trapped inside of it, their minds refracting through the dark prism endlessly before returning to their own head as something not quite like how it was originally. Those who experience this phenomenon find themselves obsessed with the crystal, they hear it whispering into their head, driving them insane with the need to show the crystal to others. After they are maddened, the carrier of the crystal becomes Illias's "Host", somebody empowered by its dark light to preform tasks in its stead.

Ordinarily, Illias requires a host in order to channel additional dark magics, but from time to time it is able to forge spells on its own, usually in order to protect its existence. When this happens, it must take a while to rest or it risks shattering under the strain. The magics it wields are varied, they revolve mostly around emitting demonic light to inflict madness and chaos upon those who dare challenge it. It may create constructs of light, strengthen those it favours with an aura of power, protect itself from other demons using a radiant barrier or even, in times of dire need, completely shatter the mind of its host to convert the entirety of their existence into pure, demonic energy, leaving them naught but an empty husk afterwards.

Host

Name: Only ever called the Cult of Illias.
Size: Illias's cult consists of nearly two thousand followers of limited combat ability and species, in addition to several hundred special cases. It should be noted that the Cult of Illias is capable of greatly increasing its size, given Illias's nature.
Hierarchy and Culture:

History

After being consumed by the dark light of Illias, the outcast demon became more than it once was.

Military Capabilities:
The Shadows of Illias

While their numbers are limited, these monstrous beings from deep beneath the surface of Indár Sólásí serve as her primary source of raw military might. Each of these tremendous fiends possess the strength to cull numbers many times greater than their own, and the sheer terror their presence brings to their foes is enough to break the willpower of all but the most battle-hardened warriors.

They are however quite large, and thus rather easily targeted. Additionally, the fact that they are almost entirely two-dimensional means that they have trouble covering large distances quickly. They have the ability to greatly shrink themselves, and possess an extraordinary resilience towards mortal magic.
(List all your unit types, and their capabilities. This is mostly to help others grasp the feel of how your faction will fight - this category is not a power play, so don't be a shart.)
Warcry: (Totally optional)

Holding

Name: The Prismatic Sanctum, Tava'xilus (Xilus for short.)
Type: Temple
Description: Xilus is a glittering sanctuary of crystal and stone that sits hidden from watchful eyes in the depths of an immense crater. The largest part of the temple is the church itself, where prospective or particularly devout followers of Illias come to be bathed in its wondrous light. At the far end of the church, an intricately carved pedestal sits where Illias may be placed. A single ray of light filters through a hole in the ceiling, always shining perfectly on the place where Illias would normally sit.

There are also living quarters for Illias's most trusted caretakers, and while they are not present in the church itself, Illias's demonic light shines easily through the carefully crafted walls of crystal, radiating through their minds even in their deepest rests.

Demon Sunrise

My Indar Solasi sheet is on its way. I hope you guys don't mind me taking the title of "First inanimate object to command an army."

The Inheritance Game

Laura, the Great Detective

Name: Lauren Goldsmith
Gender: Female
Age: Ten and a half, thank you very much.
Appearance:

Written Description

Likely the first thing anybody will notice about Lauren Goldsmith is her radiant smile, followed closely by her natural blonde twintails and fondness for the colour blue. "Bright" would be the most accurate word to describe her with, from her sparkling blue eyes to her fair complexion. Her hair is well maintained and healthy, usually lifted up into her favoured twintails but otherwise hanging at close to shoulder length. She stands at approximately 140cm and weighs a measly 32kg, making her rather close to the average size for girls her age.

Out of her humble collection of outfits, her favourite is the blue sundress hand-picked for her by her mother. She has two pairs of hair ribbons, one light blue and the other coloured a darker tone of the same blue. Her shoes aren't that interesting, really, they're either sneakers, sandals or black dress shoes depending on the scenario. She has a yellow raincoat, a blue parka and a few different sorts of blue swimsuit, including her favourite one-piece. She owns a pair of glasses and a pair of sunglasses, although they're not prescription.

Relation to Christopher Lovelle: Niece
Occupation: Detective extraordinaire

Personality: Despite her childish attitude, Lauren often shows moments of surprising insight and forethought, suggesting an unusually high level of reasoning ability. She's the perfect image of a happy, energetic little girl, bouncing around and seeking praise wherever she can manage. She loves puzzles and games, and is very excited to be taking part in such a "cool" game with family members she may have never met. She's often seen with a wide, dazzling smile that has become her trademark, and is used mostly as a way to manipulate others into giving her sweets or playing games with her.

She shows all of the traits of somebody who has never been lied to in her life, and it shows. Despite her sharp mind, she's quite naive and easily fooled by appearances. At the same time, even short conversations with somebody can give her an unusual amount of insight into somebody's character, and even the most complete lies won't be able to fool her inquisitive mind forever. Because she's been rather sheltered for her entire life, she doesn't have a very good sense of when things are dangerous, and often disregards the warnings of others in favour of exciting new adventures.

Biography: Little Laura is the only child of Christopher Lovelle's youngest sister, who married a young entrepreneur she had met while travelling the Americas. The two of them settled down somewhere in western Canada and, after several failed attempts, finally managed to make themselves a fine little daughter. Seeing the baby girl's brilliant blue eyes, the two of them decided to name her Lauren, after the wife's grandmother (who possessed precisely the same hue.)

It was evident at a young age that Lauren was something special, and that she had inherited a certain love for puzzles from her mother. Once she began to understand words, there was rarely a waking moment spent where she wasn't talking about something or another. The only times you could catch her being quiet were when she was eating or playing with her puzzles, so her parents caught on to this and nearly began to bring home a new puzzle every day.

By the time she was six years old, she had already mastered every one of her early puzzles and was moving forwards to more complicated, age-appropriate puzzles. For her, it was like she was advancing through the ranks, becoming a cooler and more excellent puzzle-solver with every passing year. When she moved on to reading books, she immediately attached to her father's mystery novels, and while it was a while still until she was able to read them on her own, she spent many long evenings sitting on her fathers lap and listening to the adventures they contained. To her, books were beginning to become their own special kind of puzzle, one that she could actively enjoy with others.

Now, she is ten, and her reading habits have become more ravenous than ever. Somehow, she has seemed to be getting into books far beyond her apparent level, and has begun to show an extraordinary level of literacy and intellect for her age. Her parents were very proud of their little girl, even if they had to spend less and less time with her as the years passed. She never seemed to get lonely or hate her parents for leaving her alone, and her happy smile served as fuel to keep the couple together and happy even during what was one of the toughest periods in their life. Lauren didn't know what was the matter, but she was sure to give her very brightest smile whenever her mother looked her way, and life only seemed just that much more fun when her parents did have time to spend.

When the letter came, describing the scenario that was being presented for Christopher Lovelle's inheritance, Lauren's parents seemed immensely relieved and almost desperate to participate in the Game. However, only one person in that household was addressed with the right to join in, and that person was- surprisingly, Lauren. Not knowing what to think of it, Lauren's parents were against the idea at first, but broke quickly beneath their daughter's insistence and allowed her to join in.

Miscellaneous:
-Lauren does not care about the inheritance, beyond her interest in participating in the Game
-Her parents left shortly after they arrived, as neither of them were invited to stay
-Laura's parents are in a dire situation unknown to any of the participants, Laura herself included
-While she's easily underestimated, Lauren's intellect and reasoning ability are both at a level where she can compete with the adults
-Loves sweets
-Hates boredom

Crime Sorciere Chronicles: A Fairy Tail RP

Ohh, you're Tofu! I was wondering why you were using his format. I think I have you added on skype, don't I?

The Inheritance Game

My character was also going to be quite young, but I sorta feel like the young characters are getting a bit excessive...

Coven: Shattered

In a combat scenario, how does one protect themselves against a direct magical assault? I'm talking snapping somebody's neck with telekinesis, rather than shooting fire at their face.

Multi-Planar Fantasy NRP

The god that I based Izalia off had a neat realm, an infinitely growing M.C. Escher-inspired labyrinth of stone that reacted to the minds of those within to create the most maddening possible arrangement.

The only problem being that it drove its master insane just as easily as it did mortals.

Fallen Realms: The Ruins of Ironshore (An exploration and dungeon crawling based RP)

Jivusa said
Yeah, I think it's dead.

We're waiting for you to post...

Multi-Planar Fantasy NRP

Yeah, I read the thread. I'm still thinking of maybe joining this, though.