Theyra

Vanguard: Calder City

YULIAN

Another morning, another day in this city he calls home. Yulian was in the middle of his usual routine, after waking up at the crack of dawn and having something to eat at his apartment. He is now on his morning jog as he makes his way through the Fairview neighborhood, wearing his white workout hoodie, a pair of grey sweat pants, and running shoes. He does not see people much while on his jog here. People are still sleeping or getting ready for their day as the sun crept closer to the sky. Yulian normally sees only one person at this hour, an old dark-skinned woman with medium-length hair who seems despite her age. Still seems to have the vigor of a younger person, or at least is okay with being up at this hour.

Yulian sees her as she is getting her newspaper, and the two trade exchanges. She waves him hello, and he nods back respectfully. He does not know her name, nor does she know his, or even spoken to each other, but the two have an understanding and go about their day. As he jogs along the sidewalk and passes the brick-made buildings to his left and the parked cars to his right, and the occasional tree.

This part of the city is a nice place as far as he could tell. Close to his apartment, neighbors who respect his privacy, and near a small park called Wayview Park with a pond. Yulian has not had trouble in this place, and he prefers it to stay that way.

But he has seen the news, some Grays are causing trouble as usual, and a hero was killed. The Mountain, he was called, and was found dead in an alleyway. Yulian sighed at the thought, a hero of the city, just left to rot until someone found him. That reminds him of his old life, a part he wants to move on from, and while he knows people are investigating who killed him. Sometimes in his experience, the killer gets away with it.

Still, he goes jogging not for the exercise but to help clear his head and relax before his day begins. But living in a city like Calder City, it is hard to ignore the news sometimes and see similarities to his life back home in Russia.

Either way, he pushes on, moving those thoughts to the back of his mind as he reaches his endpoint. Wayview Park, and as he reached a park corner and stopped to rest. He could spot other joggers like himself going by, and the city was slowly coming alive. Cars were starting and driving by, birds were flying and chirping, and the sun was rising. He checked his watch, and it read seven o'clock a.m. Right on schedule, and as he was about to head back home. A familiar ringtone started to ring, and he reached down into his pocket to retrieve his phone. Quickly seeing who was calling him, he had a surprised look on his face and answered the phone.

"Shouldn't you be getting ready for classes or sleeping right now?" He spoke with his russian accent.

"Yes," A female russian accent replied to him, Milda. But I just wanted to talk to you when I knew you were up and free. That and before my classes started."

"Okay," Yulian was satisfied with that answer. "What is it then?"

"It... is just the anniversary of us coming to America, and I thought we could celebrate sometime today."

Anniversary... the thought lingered in his head. Yulian knew that Milda was one to remember stuff like that, and while he may not see the importance or care about it, unlike her. It does not mean that he will ignore or deny her this.

"Okay, sure, we can do that, after I get off work." He could hear the excitement from her end.

"Good, I almost thought you would say no, and I know a place we can go to. A place my friends told me about... if that is okay with you?"

"It is okay, Milda, and what is the place?"

"A restaurant called Sunset Blues. My friends tell me that it is an awesome place to go to. Good food, good live music, and a bar, though it is a bit expensive..."

"We still can go since you want to go, and today is a special day, so after work we can go."

"Awesome, and I will meet you at your apartment... dad."

Milda hung up, and her last word stuck to him, dad. A word he never thought he would be. She only started calling him that during high school, and while he is used to it by now. He still gives him a weird feeling, not a bad feeling, but a good one. He is the closest thing she has to family, and she has been a better family to him than his actual family. They care and look after each other like a family, and he just hopes it stays this way.

Yulian shook his head to shake off the thoughts for now and focused. He has a big day coming up now, and it has been a while since he had celebrated as a family. So, after putting his phone away, and with a small smile on his face. Yulian headed back to his apartment, looking forward to his day. Just one step at a time.

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Oh, wah.. I was gonna make an Asian character too xD

@TheCrudlet

You still can, you will just not be the only one with an Asian character.

Vanguard: Calder City

Finally finished catching up and will get something out either tonight or tomorrow.

Lost World: The Lost Expedition

Wade Sim

Gender

Male

Age

37

Appearance

Clean shaven 6 feet tall 37 year old East Asian man with short but curly black hair. Wears neutral clothing.

Personality

Cynical outlook on life due to the disappearance of his younger brother. While willing to help those in need, he operates on a trust but verify worldview.

Skills

Firearms training, outdoors survival skills, decent stamina and strength

Personal Belongings/Equipment

Flashlight, bowie knife, survival backpack, binocular, MREs, lighter, spare clothes, , compass, sleeping bag, portable radio, first aid kit, HK USP .45, spare ammunition, canteen, satellite phone,

Missing Loved One

Cooper Sim - Younger brother

Background

Wade was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska to Korean immigrants Daewon Lee and Yujin Lee (née Oh) as the eldest of the two boys; his brother Cooper was born three years after him. Both Wade and Cooper were outdoorsy growing up, joining the local Boy Scout chapter, got involved in after school sports (Wade with football, Cooper with swimming), and joined their parents in camping out in the Alaskan wilderness before the family moved south to Houston, Texas. Wade enlisted in the Marine Corps and then used his service benefits to attend Texas A&M. Cooper, being academically gifted, was able to get a scholarship to UC Berkeley and graduated with a BS in biology, using it as a foundation to be a paleontologist.

Despite being apart by multiple states, the brothers still maintain contact with each other, Cooper even flew all the way back to Houston to attend Wade's wedding to his fiance, Emma Adler. Last Wade and his family head from Cooper, he was joining a science expedition with some crack theorist named Henry Coswall, whom Cooper was in acquaintance with while working as a researcher at Stanford. The family warned Cooper against joining the expedition, believing a trip to the wilderness of South America to be both dangerous and a waste of time for paleontology. However, the young brother still joined the expedition, transferring a large sum of money to his parent's bank account and promised to keep in contact if he can to ease their worries.

Not a lot of news went by from Cooper or the expedition team and the fear of his demise grew as years gone by. His father passed away due to old age and his mother moved with Wade and Hannah to help take care of their son and daughter. Ten years later since Cooper's trip to South America, Wade was contacted by Lucas Bryne, an individual who also lost a loved one in the expedition and someone who found possible clues of the expedition's route, inviting him to join on an expedition to find what happened to the expedition. Although Wade didn't want to abandon his family in case he goes missing, he did want a chance to bring Cooper home or at the very least, closure. After a lengthy discussion with Hannah and his mother, he sent a tacit acceptance to Lucas and send in his two weeks notice at his job. He also updated his will. if he is going to die looking for his brother, he wants to make sure that his family would still live comfortably for some time. He also sent instructions to his friends and neighbors Mike Kim, Jeff O'Donnell, and Matteo Gonzales to look after his mom and wife while he's gone. Jeff gave him a spare satellite phone to contact them.

@Badarby

Accepted

Empire of the Clouds

Zano Mirazdar

Zano helped the one-eyed Admiral as they worked to gather the coffee. "I did think of staying behind Hamelin," Zano admitted. "I am an inventor and not an airship crewman, but I figured I got one last run for this airship." Plus, learning how to pilot an airship helped with him wanting to stay. A use he had aboard the vessel.

He exclaimed as he went to help Hamelin open the coffee cans. Seeing how it is a challenge for the admiral. "Maybe it could give me inspiration for a new invention." Zano happily said as he opened his first coffee can with some effort. "But honestly, I have no idea, and I would like to know what we are doing."

An adventure, the admiral said. He pondered as he continued to work on the coffee. Zano would be up for one last adventure aboard this airship. Where are they going and what will they be doing? An uncertainty that hopefully will not make him regret coming along for one final time. "Maybe something for the war effort?" He put out the question and sounded unsure of himself. Zano is not a military man or studied military matters. So it could be anything really with what the Princess has in mind.

Finally, he finished with the coffee cans and saw that Hamelin had found the officer's stash. "Ah, the good stuff I see," sounding pleased. "A good time as any to use that stuff."

@PrinceAlexus

Vanguard: Calder City

S H I F T E R
S H I F T E R

^{"Sometimes blood is thinner then you think"}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ (FC: Grigoriy Dobrygin; Dialogue: Copper) _________________________________________________________ S U M M A R Y S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Yulian Ilyich Kislukhin _________________________________________________________ September 5 | 35 _________________________________________________________ Single | Male | Heterosexual S T A T S S T A T S _________________________________________________________ Height | 6'2 _________________________________________________________ Hair Color | Brown _________________________________________________________ Eye Color | Blue _________________________________________________________ Hometown | Veliky Novgorod -

H I S T O R Y H I S T O R Y ___________________________________________________________________________________ Yulian's life was different from most growing up. The second son of a local mob boss. His life was spent learning how to live in the Russian Mafia. A life that Yulian would sometimes struggle with as he tried to make his father proud. While showing a skill in violence and intimidation. There was always a softer, kinder part of himself that he would hide from his father. A trait he got from his mother before she died of cancer, and he learned to hide it well. It was when he was eighteen that things changed when Yulian discovered his powers, as his father would call it. A power different from the one his father and older brother had. Which made Yulian's father treat him less as a son and more as a weapon. Using his power to kill and intimidate rivals, and Yulian's father would grow ambitious. Using Yulian as a means to advance higher in the Russian Mafia and secure his older brother's role in the mafia. Yulian was not okay with being used and treated like this, but he felt powerless to stop the ambition of his father and because of his father's power inflicted pain on him. His brother did nothing to stop this and let it happen. As his father had made it clear, if he ever disobeyed or betrayed him, then Yulian would regret it immensely and saw examples of his father's wrath. So Yulian spent years as a weapon and lived under his father's thumb. The only thing that helped him through this time was Milda, an orphan who had come into his father's service, albeit by some force. While Yulian was indifferent to her at first. The two would grow to bond with each other over the years and had a good relationship with each other. Mirroring the relationship, he had with his mother before she died. One day, as Yulian was spending time with Milda. His father's plans fell apart as the mafia's higher-ups discovered his plans to assassinate a fellow mod boss and ordered the house to be cleaned, with the mafia sending fighters to deal with his father and his men. Which Yulian and Milda were caught in the middle. In the chaos of the conflict, Yulian's father was killed, and Yulian and Milda took the opportunity to escape and flee the city. Using what funds he had, Yulian took the pair far from Russia. Yulian never knew what happened to his brother. Eventually, taking them to America, where they would move around until settling in Calder City. Where Milda would attend high school and later college in the city. Yulian would take up work as an assistant at a local gym after a stint as a nightclub bouncer. Yulian wishes his new life to be a quiet one, and he can forget his old one. But sometimes, the past has the tendency of not staying dead. A B I L I T I E S A B I L I T I E S __________________________________________________________________________________ Yulian has the ability to create organic constructs from his body. Such as shaping his arms or part of his arms into blades. Creating a shield from his body and other uses. Which can be of varying strength and durability. The construct cannot leave his body and is always attached. He can still feel pain if the construct is hit or damaged. His body can only use a few of these constructs at a time, as if he uses too many constructs at a time, then his body will start to break down, unable to support the constructs. He has to reabsorb the constructs to save his body and rest before he can use a construct. He can reabsorb a construct at any time. P E R S O N A L I T Y P E R S O N A L I T Y __________________________________________________________________________________ Due to his past and upbringing, Yulian is a guarded person who does not like to talk about his past before coming to Calder City. While he does have blood in his hands, he is not one to kill pointlessly since leaving Russia, and does not have the desire to kill again. In an attempt to distance himself from his past as his father's weapon. From the outside, Yulian seems like a reserved and distant person. Which is half true, as he has numbed to a degree from his past life. He never wants to be in a situation like that with his father again. Yulian has grown to resent anyone who seeks to use him for their own selfish goals. As he does not want to be a slave to anyone again. More so if crime and the mafia are involved. He will not follow anyone who thinks of him like a weapon and nothing else. Underneath his baggage lies a person who can be a kind and gentle being. Always there for those he cares about and values the friendships he has. Always a listener who someone can confide in and can be trusted to keep a secret. Which Yulian can be warm to those he trusts and considers friends. But he can be cautious about others, more so if they remind him of someone from his past life. M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S __________________________________________________________________________________ Yulian's goal is to live a quiet life than his old one in Russia. Not wanting to be a killer or mobster again. But live in peace and watch over Milda as she attends college, and be there for her if needed. But if the need arises and something happens to her, if his past comes knocking or something else entirely. Then he may have to act and be something he never thought of ever being.

Lost World: The Lost Expedition

@Flarbinia So, it looks like I may be getting a CS tomorrow from someone I know, so there may be a chance this a get launched if you too get a CS up. Since I am willing to launch this with what I have, so two or three people minimum.

Lost World: The Lost Expedition

Yeah, it sucks, but I am not sure of what to do with this rp right now besides try again later.

Lost World: The Lost Expedition

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Sorry I didn't get around to writin' my character sheet earlier. I had writer's block with the backstory.

@Flarbinia

It is fine but it seems this rp idea is not gaining ground so, I may have to end it here. Unless new people show up.

Vanguard: Calder City

@NeoAJ That and writing again is a good way to get rid of that rust.