Troubleshoot

The Nameless City

I've adjusted mine for Davi apprenticing. Otherwise, it is as we agreed. Looking forward to this one.

The Nameless City

Godric

Godric Argyle

• Age: 49

• Curse: Godric’s body no longer heals on its own at all. Ever since being touched by the storm, all repair to his body has to be done through ikonomancy. While there are no obvious outward signs, there have been whispers among the healers of his body taking longer to heal than it did previously.

• Ring and views: Of the First Ring by both wealth and status, the Argyle family has maintained their proximity to the power center for generations. While being a Regia Guard wasn’t the best option for their primary heir, it was a great path for the secondborn. When it came to his practical views of society, Godric was always known for strict adherence to hierarchy. Their God and his Voice stood above the rings, thus the First Ring bowed. In turn, Seconds bowed to them, with the Thirds bowing to those before. Fourths would give way to Thirds, but hold superiority over the Fifths. His worldview seemed to have gotten much softer ever since the Fifth fell. Offering words of guidance instead of outright orders or dominion to those who were surely below him. This change in his character was overall taken as old age and weakness.

• Active Role: Oldest serving member of the current Regia Guard, Godric made his name for great deeds in the previous generation. However, anyone who has started service in the days following the fall of the Fifth would find the present man left much to be desired when compared to the hero of old stories. Over time, his once commanding presence has been reduced to more of a relic of times past. The fact that he kept stepping out of the way of any real conflict only added to the feeling that he had already seen his best days. Currently, the upper echelon of the First is actively looking to push him into retirement. Had his family been any less wealthy and influential, this would have happened several years ago. His influence still holds with any older officers in the service, as they mostly remember him as he was instead of what he became later in life. Within the Guard itself, he had grown to be an ostracized, agreeable sort. He never desired conflict or voiced opinions against the grain. The only aspect of his life which still showed a degree of fortitude was the relationship with his apprentice. Llyris would be his legacy.

• Biography: Argyle family always did its best to maintain a good position in relation to the other great houses. They would arrange political marriages and overproduce offspring simply to make sure additional pieces could maintain the board. If you were the firstborn, you were to take over as the family head once the previous generation stepped down – which is what his brother Lorentz did.
Both of his sisters were married off for political capital. Emilia made a great name for herself as a particularly skilled healer, even making her own adaptations to common practices. Julianna on the other hand blended into the background, quickly becoming what most would deem as a perfect wife. There were occasional rumors about schemes and intrigue, but none have ever landed squarely on her. The youngest of the family, Damian, seemed to have pulled away from Godric completely in the years following his choice of apprentice. Damian had always expressed an interest in the Guard, but while he was still mighty, Godric never saw the proper strength within the man. As such, he had chosen Llyris – son of his former brother in arms. While his name still carried weight within the Guard, his family kept their deference to him, but as soon as he started losing said influence – their tune changed as well. They still recognized him as one of their own, supplying resources and backing him in all public affairs – but his influence had come to an end. Once he retired, he would fall completely under Lorentz’ command for the remainder of his days.

The family has recently been surrounded in whispers of a marriage for Damian – a play to prop themselves back into the currents Godric couldn’t help them swim in. Since Damian never lost his intention to join the Guard, it wasn’t too strange when bad luck seemed to loom over Godric's allies.

Godric did his best to keep Llyris under his protection, but as his influence faded, so did the air of safety.

Welcome to Vradia

I should have something up tonight sometime. Pending time I'm back home.

Welcome to Vradia

@WhiteAngel25 Looking really cool!

@Mechromancer @Ti @shagranoz @Jamesyco What tokens do you guys want - I can make any of the following 4 work: Paladin, Warlock, Sorcerer, Wizard.

The Gifted (Reborn)

Kilo

Kilo

Basic Information

| Samuel “Sam” Wilkins |

| Code Name |

Kilo

| Age |

30

| Gender |

Male he/him/his

| Race |

Gifted

| Gifted Class |

Omega

| Allegiance |

Rebellion

| In-Depth Appearance |

Due to certain elements within the Hunters knowing his appearance, Sam can seldom be readily observed. He is usually covered in multiple layers of clothing and has a hood or cap of some kind on as well. He carries a small weight strapped around his right wrist, usually concealed. If someone gets closer, they will notice that his right hand is missing everything but the thumb and index. His dressing habits have produced a relatively fair complexion over the years. His slow movements along with the bulky apparel often get him mistaken for a much bigger man.

Who Am I?

| Personality |

♦ Analytical ♦ Cautious ♦ Confident ♦ Predictable ♦

The lesser twin in both mind and body, Sam was always deferential to his sister. While he was weak and sickly when the powers initially manifested, she handled them without issue. As such, much of his early years were defined through this deference. As he grew older, the gap between them would shrink, and with that his confidence finally grew. The scars remained. Even though he approached life with confidence due to the sheer power of the gift, he never saw himself as her equal. The fact that both his family and former allies had been actively working with the Hunters made him overly cautious. What some would describe as careful planning and preparation, others would see as cowardice. He would never want to openly fight his twin or others of her level. In all avoidable situations, Sam would most likely run, a fact well known by his enemies – making him a rather easy opponent to plan against.

| Likes & Dislikes |

✔ Safety, Having a backup plan, Being accepted, Being covered up, Having a boring day
✘ Rash people, Poor planning, Panic, Sleep, Being relaxed

Abilities and Skills

Gravitokinesis – While still developing, Sam’s power is formidable even at its current stage. While in theory, gravity could affect many things such as time or light itself, the man is nowhere near powerful enough to accomplish any such feats. Currently he is mostly confined to weight displacement and manipulation.

Idea: Sam serves as a conductor of the gravitational transference.

Limitation: If he is touching two things, the transfer is near immediate and total. If he’s touching a car and a man, the man could become as burdened by gravity as the car or the car could become as light as a man. All such dealings will always affect his own gravity as well, often in unpredictable ways – sometimes the load on him will lessen and sometimes increase as a result of being the conduit.

As range increases, Sam’s power of transference lose about 10% of their potency every meter beyond his reach. This is only true if he’s already touching one component of the transference, but if both are out of reach, then the loss is doubled and distance instead counted between the manipulated points.

The bigger the transference is, the longer it takes.

Consequence: Sam does not know how to revert any manifestation of his power, and as was the case with Feather – it appears to be quite long lasting. His past experiences lead him to ignore any potential uses on his teammates, and focuses on enemies and objects instead.

| History |

Born out of wedlock to a pair of disgraced government officials, Sam and Hope were looked at more as investments than as children from an early age. When their powers first began manifesting, their father left – knowing he came from a long line of people without Gifts and not fully believing the children were even his. In what could later be described as a short-sighted decision, their mother looked to her old government contacts for assistance. This is how the pair was first flagged in the system. While the gift of gravity quickly got them both labeled omega due to fear and misunderstanding, there was still a significant power difference between the twins.

It was unclear what exactly happened to the mother after the children were taken away, but they weren’t able to see her again. The years that followed were training, indoctrination and examination. Hope took to it much better than he and was getting the brunt of the interest in those days.

The day would come and they’d get a chance to escape the Republic during one of the Rebellion riots. For the twins, this was the catalyst of separation. While both had the chance to get away, Hope had little interest in doing so. She found her place within what was likely to become a group of Hunters later on. The success was enough to forget any thoughts of other family or a life before the Republic.

The next couple of years were rough. Running mindlessly at first, it would take Sam a good number of years before he could ever stop and surround himself with anything more than temporary accomplices. One such person was Emma, who brought him into the fold of the Rebellion. It was never clear whether this was a genuinely extended hand or value seen in his Gift, but he took the opportunity and slowly built his place within the rebels.

It wasn’t long before he became a field operative. It was during one such mission that an uncontrolled transference would live multiple team members dead, Sam maimed, and Emma forever known as Feather. She didn’t stick around for long, opting to leave, moving as far away from Sam as she could.

It would be a long time before he ever saw Feather again, a Hunter and going for his head.

While Sam had become quite well known within his cell of resistance, his reputation wasn’t the greatest. He was often theorized to have done more harm than good to their cause, crippling his cell, and causing one of the better operatives to join their enemies.

| Family |

Hope – twin sister

| Strengths |

• Power of his gift.
• Contacts in the resistance.
• Knowledge of Hunter tactics

| Weaknesses |

• His twin sister is a Hunter with a very similar, but stronger power.
• Codename Feather – a previous Rebellion operative turned Hunter following Sam’s accidental transference.
• Very reliant on the gift in a confrontation

The Other

| Florence and the machine - Heavy in your arms |

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eOmvM-4zc&ab_channel=eclipsethesoundtrack
_{”My love has concrete feet
My love's an iron ball
Wrapped around your ankles
Over the waterfall.”}

Welcome to Vradia

@Mechromancer I did not catch that whatsoever. Maybe we have the same uncle.

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Marcos

Marcos bin Zamd III

of the House of Yastes

from the Shields of Ymir

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Basic Information

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Age:

28

Race:

Human

Class:

Paladin/Warlock

Weapons:

A steel longsword and a wooden shield - both quite heavily worn, but normally cleaned and maintained.

Detailed Appearance:

Marcos is often heard before he is ever seen. The coins of the House of Yastes have afforded him with plate armor far greater than his need had ever been. His steps are heavy and arrival often announced by the stomping of his boots across the floor, as well as the clinking of the plates around the joints. The armor, as well as the rest of his equipment had clearly seen better days, but even with heavy signs of wear it is clear that significant funds went into equipping the man.
His equipment appears professionally cleaned, while his face appears perpetually groomed - both owing thanks to the artisans around the household. Many years of wearing the armor and swinging a sword have given the man a muscular frame. It remained unclear whether it was the time spent with Edmond or simple lack of discipline, but he always appeared less physically intimidating than the other knights Ymir trained. When observed, one could quickly see that Marcos had a sheltered life. His high mannerisms and lack of caution only seem to push that observation further.

Bio History:

Marcos was born and raised closer to the capital due to the social standing of the House of Yastes. They were never a major power in local politics, but they were very well off. This provided his early life with many comforts those with lesser luck could only dream of. From that early age his interests were somewhat esoteric and thus it wasn't unexpected when his parents pushed him into an apprenticeship with his uncle Edmond, the resident black sheep of the family. It was in these days that he got the majority of his education from.

The uncle often dabbled in foreign sorcery and seemed to draw his power from somewhere beyond normal understanding. While everyone was initially suspicious of his actions, they were more open to his methods once The Plague came. What was once deemed blasphemous in their house was back to being considered. In this shift of opinion, Marcos got a chance to try his own hand at magic. Deemed fully unfit by his uncle, it was instead proposed that he leeched power from a being which already possessed it since he was unable to amass any of his own.

Unfortunately for the man, he would soon realize that the relationship was not a one way street. The source of his power would indeed grant a lot, but it also started siphoning at his sanity. Uncle would notice the man slowly circling the point of no return and would work his influence to get him stationed under Ymir, a prominent holy warrior. The hope was that the corruption could be counterbalanced by a cleaner and more divine power source. Since Marcos' talents were insignificant when it came to actual spellcasting, he was instead selected to undergo an oath - one of protection. At first, it didn't seem like anything had changed - but with time, as he protected those around him, the walls of his mind started protecting him from the foreign influence. While he was never as good of a sorcerer as his uncle or as great a paladin as Ymir, he would finally find balance in the combating influences.

He lived this way for a while longer, maintaining loyalties to both his uncle and service to Ymir. Soon enough, Ymir would fall in battle with plagued and Marcos' world became simpler. His desire to protect the people of the land from the disease which took even Ymir would lead him to start conducting missions for his uncle. Each action he took felt in service of a greater cause, deepening his understanding of this disease, or curse as some had called it.

Before he could ever fully comprehend his role in the studies, Edmond was gone.

Without either of his guides, and with the struggle inside him bubbling back to the surface - Marcos was left to try and decide which mantle to carry into the future.

Likes:

• Honor
• Truth
• Having his weapon within reach
• Wearing his armor
• His uncle

Dislikes:

• Being lost
• Not being able to see
• Being protected by people
• Most warlocks
• Royalty

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Skills and Abilities:

Abilities (limitations and drawbacks):

• Lay on hands: Every Paladin wields a very limited amount of healing power - being only partially in the order, Marcos' portion is smaller than most. He is able to cure minor scrapes and bruises a couple of times per day, or a a single more significant but not life threatening injury once per day. The main drawback of the ability is that it requires Marcos to either be well rested or take a rest immediately following the sure of this ability.
• Eldritch blast: Whenever his weapon draws blood, he is able to summon eldritch energy to inflict additional harm upon the wound, the damage seemingly sonic in nature. The main drawback and therefore limitation for this power is that after every usage Marcos' mind is beset by the whispers of an otherworldly being. The language isn't anything he speaks, but unless his willpower is sufficient the same blast which hurt his enemy will damage his mind as well (I was thinking we roll dice for a Wisdom save and see what happens).
• Detect evil: Like many of his ilk, Marcos is able to detect evil in others 3 times per day. The main limitations of this power is that it is blocked by lead or anything thicker than clothes. There are no real drawbacks other than the lack of subtlety due to his eyes glowing as the power manifests.

Skills:

• Knowledge: Nobility and Royalty - Marcos' previous upbringing, as well as later study under a mentor have given him an advantage in dealing with court politics
• Insight - When one combats corruption as a purpose, over time, a great sense of intuition is born. He is able to more quickly evaluate truth from lies or the real nature of a man than a layperson might.
• Survival - Over the course a life, a lot of knowledge is gained about preserving it. While at first glance, he might not look like the outdoorsy type, there were many nights where woods proved safer than the cities themselves.

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Theme Song:https://youtu.be/4bSPI260R0c

Welcome to Vradia

@WhiteAngel25 Yeah, sure, it' just an arbitrary number. What's the fitting range?

Heroes of Virtue ~ The Interest Check

@Dragonfly 9 Yes, sir!

Welcome to Vradia

@WhiteAngel25 I was thinking the Uncle being 60ish, and Ymir actually being younger than Marcos - simply a lot more accomplished.