Tuujaimaa

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

Why not everyone? :D

It's not like evil people tend to care that much who they're allies with if they don't have to share loot and have roughly the same goals :p

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

Slightly evil schmightly evil. :P

Evil's evil!

Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

After having completed her rounds to her other students' living areas, Kyō headed back to the first that she had designated for an initial meeting - Nara, Shiō. The surgeon's training grounds next to her surgery were fairly well kept, but it was fairly easy for Kyō to simply stride in and do whatever she wanted. That was a point that she would need to bring up to the young woman - security was paramount in the dire situation that the village had found itself in. Kyō's being called upon was a sign that the strife was at such a level that it needed to be cut down, swiftly and brutally, and harmony needed to be restored urgently. In some ways, the presence of the Twin Sages was one of rebirth.

Kyō waited for a few minutes before Shiō stepped into the grounds, a few seconds early, and waited. Neither of them spoke a word until six thirty exactly, and then the silence was broken by the mutual call of:

"Hello."

Kyō smiled - her first student was precisely on time and had a sufficient level of respect for social conventions. People who talked out of place and out of time were prone to errant thoughts that could detract from their training - they were poorly equipped to deal with the rigours of a regimented training routine. Kyō would remove these weaknesses from her underlings by any means necessary, using physical force and psychological pressure tactics if it came down to it. There was no excuse for a lack of respect, especially not given the darker climate that had seemed to settle over the village over the prior few days.

"You're on time. Good. You display the proper respect for routine and social convention. Good. As I'm sure you know, my name is Kyō - I am one of the last few Senju, the Bamboo Sage, and I am your new Sensei. Forget everything about whatever assignments you had before, for they are no longer in any state of being meaningful. You're a Medical Ninja, which admittedly is not my specialty, but I will teach you the discipline and fine control necessary to progress in your studies... But first, I must measure how disciplined you currently are. I am going to create nine hundred and ninety nine sticks of bamboo, and then I will throw this stick:" - she gestured to the stick she was holding - " into the pile. You will find this stick for me. Go."

With that, Kyō stomped her right foot into the ground, creating a small forest of upright bamboo around the two of them in order to obscure Shiō's vision of both her and her Ouku no Ne, and then stomped again, cutting them all down while simultaneously throwing her stick into the huge mass that had been created. Each stick was identical in every way, and in truth, there was no easy way to discern between them. There were ways, but they were convoluted and complex. The purpose of the exercise was not necessarily to see if Shiō could find the Ouku no Ne, but to test other factors about her personality. What constituted as passing the test and failing the test were known only to Kyō.

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

You could also have it be that they still have that angelic potential, but it was sealed away rather than stripped? You can keep yourself slowly increasing in power as the RP progresses then, and it gives you some interesting history/plot points to build on. :D

I can also work with you on that if you want to include someone else, but it's really up to you either way c:

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

Except for the Neutral Evil Assasin Sage Gorgon.

They're pretty fuckin' evil. :D

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

Elesh Norn is my favourite card of all time ever tbh

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

tbh that card is one of my favourites ever

AND STEVE ARGYLE IS AN AMAZING ARTIST

AND GORGONS

IT HAS EVERYTHING DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE ME CHRISTIE

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

Dormeria, Sage of Stone

【Full Name】
Dormeria

【Alias】
The Sage of Stone

【Sex】
Female

【Age】
Unknown; Dormeria is biologically immortal.

【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Women



【Birth Country】
Unknown

【Current Residence】
Physt; Tiaquin, City of a Thousand Lights

【Organization】
Herself; Tentatively an Assassin’s Guild

【Occupation】
Assassin, Oracle, and Seer



【Personality】

PENDING



【History】

PENDING



【Weapons/Tools】

Nothing noteworthy outside of her lair - which contains a scrying pool, her collection of petrified victims, and her alchemical workshop.

【Strengths and Weaknesses】

Dormeria is an extremely powerful mage, but her magic is not suited to combat - she is a fragile target who will sustain heavy damage if called into the thick of things.

Dormeria is extremely well connected and charismatic to the extreme.

Dormeria’s Gorgonic heritage offers her strong magical prowess, but leaves her physically weak.



【Dormeria’s Magic】

Name: Gorgons’ Gaze
Rank: Cryptic; Hereditary
Range: Gazing upon Dormeria
User(s): Gorgons
Element Affinity (If Applicable): Earth

Description: The legendary power of all Gorgons that have gained control over their inherent magical ability. Any who gaze upon a Gorgon for long enough will slowly be transmuted to stone (or anything related to the earth) for as long as they stare. The process is irreversible unless the Gorgon specifically casts magic to reverse the process. The key feature of the spell is that it can be activated and deactivated at the Gorgon’s will if they are sufficiently powerful. Dormeria is potent enough in her ancestral powers that she can not only choose when to turn people to stone, she can also choose the shade and type of stone that they are turned into, and can even transmute them into gemstones if she takes a significant amount of time to turn them. The magic affects all beings of all races (excluding Gods), but the time it takes to petrify a target increases proportionally to their magical talent, and the spell can end up being useless against mages of equal or higher skill levels.

Weakness: The spell is only effective for as long as the victim is looking at the Gorgon.

Name: Eventide Hallowing
Rank: Arcana
Range: Variable
User(s): Dormeria
Element Affinity (If Applicable): Light; Dark

Description: Magic of great potency and lethality that was sealed away eons ago by its creators for fear that the unjust would chance upon it and use it for purposes they had not intended. Dormeria gazed upon the future of a client who was destined to find the ancient magics and took them for herself, unlocking them only after almost a century of arcane rituals and blood sacrifices. The magic allows Dormeria to create areas of Twilight, both murky and bright, that vastly empower her allies and greatly debilitate her enemies. The power brought forth by this magic is great enough to turn the tides of seemingly unwinnable battles, and is extremely dangerous if used lightly. While in the Twilight, Dormeria gains strong telekinetic powers over beings of less potency and of objects for as long as they remain within the Twilight. The Twilight is extremely challenging to bring forth, requiring sixty uninterrupted seconds of ritualistic chanting and channelling, and can only be brought forth in a fifty feet radius sphere once every day.

Weakness: Extremely long preparation time.

Name: Song of the Sirens
Rank: Cryptic
Range: Long
User(s): Dormeria
Element Affinity (If Applicable): N/A

Description: The once ubiquitous magic of the Sirens - Dormeria’s unique take on the magic allows her to use both her voice and her looks in order to seduce and enthral a target. As she is not a Siren she cannot directly take control of their actions, nor is it strong enough to compel them to do anything that is not of their free will, but the attraction is both platonic and romantic and is extremely strong - leading to many throwing their lives away at her whim or giving her treasures and powers that she should not rightfully have.

Weakness: The attraction is only that - attraction. It cannot be initially resisted, but can be overcome.

Name: Providence’s Bane
Rank: Cryptic
Range: Personal
User(s): Oracles; Seers
Element Affinity (If Applicable): N/A

Description: The secret technique of seers all across the world - Dormeria is able to gaze into the future by use of a ritually prepared medium. In Dormeria’s case, it must have been consecrated with the Eventide Hallowing, and it must be either a reflective surface or a pool of water. The foresight is very powerful, but is limited in what it can show a person other than Dormeria, and it cannot gaze too far into the future. Dormeria is able to gaze into the past, but she can only gleam knowledge from an outsider’s perspective.

Weakness: There is no guarantee the information will be useful to Dormeria, and she is only able to understand things written or spoken in languages she can understand. She cannot share the majority of her visions.

Name: Alchemy
Rank: Cryptic
Range: Personal
User(s): Alchemists
Element Affinity (If Applicable): Various

Description: The ability to create various potions, intoxicants and poisons that may or may not be magical in nature. Dormeria has perfected the art of making the drugs that those in her native city so enjoy, as well as placing unique spins on them in order to provide various effects.

Weakness: N/A

Overboard? What's that? :D

Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

The serenity of the eventide prior was one that had been untouched by the grisly news of the morning, and it was that serenity that one Senju, Kyo awoke with. Sunlight filtered through her bamboo blinds, dappling spots on her body with their rays, and this gentle push was all it took to awaken her from the peaceful slumber she had surrendered to. She had told herself that she would get up early so she could personally greet all of her new students - she preferred to be direct with them - and lay down the rules that they would live by under her tutelage. After getting up and getting dressed, she receieved the news of why she had been considered for tutelage arrived at her doorstep.

The idea that her tutelage had been called upon was odd. It existed in a strange dissonance between having been valuable enough to be called upon and yet the reasons for which it was called upon were for anything but its wisdom - and that thought was enough to snap Kyo out of the serene calm that she had woken with. Kirugetsu - someone she'd served with - had apparently snapped and killed two of his Genin before destroying all of his worldly possessions and killing himself, after declining a generous gift from Hosuka. Her cousin had asked her to step in to replace Kirugetsu, figuring that she was one of the few strong enough after the war... But that also meant that Iroh would be serving - if she was being considered for her strength, so was he.

"Fuckin' Iroh..." she muttered under her breath, before grabbing her breakfast for the day and getting dressed. It was a matter of ten minutes before she left the house, first stopping at the surgery of one Nara, Shio. With a simple stomp of her right foot, a single shoot of bamboo would grow up in the middle of the surgery, inscribed with the message that Kyo was going to be her new Sensei and that she was going to return in an hour to meet her in person. Kyo hoped that she was an early riser - if she wasn't, this experience would likely be terrifying and quite unpleasant. Even though she didn't know it yet, she was under Kyo's rules - and Kyo did not take kindly to lateness.

The process was repeated with both Kino and Kami, though Kino would be seen by both Kyo and Shio, and Kami by all three. Bamboo was grown where they lived, and inscribed with a message - if they had any wits about them, they'd soon realise just how much bamboo their teacher was going to use. She didn't achieve the title of 'Bamboo Sage' by not using bamboo, after all.

Against the gods, Against the world! Open-World Fantasy Adventure

I've decided upon having a Gorgon Sage.