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@Morose Welcome to da club!

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@Morose O.o is it really? Wow... that's... really weird... well my apologies lol but yeah, perhaps a different picture is in order :p

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@Nallore Welcome back :) Accepted, but I think you already know that lol

@Morose Hey! So I've never heard about this character before until now - Vicier had to kind of give me a brief run-down on what was going on, but now that I understand I think this is quite excellent and a great character idea. However, there are a few very nit-picky things I would like to point out that would need to be changed before being accepted. The first thing being her age. At 26, she's the age of my Pinocchio, who by really weird circumstances became a guardian (who failed miserably at his job). That being said, her age here makes her too old to be one of the children, and too young to be a guardian. If your character had remained in Rivenspire the whole time, the age would work, but because she's going to Earth, it separates her from the other children that were sent there. I would recommend keeping her age below twenty if possible. As of right now, Sebastian and Eliza are at the same age of 19 and the oldest kids, so being around that age would be a lot better.

Secondly, for some reason the Earth picture slightly bothers me. In your CS, you said that she got picked on for the color of her skin a lot, and while I definitely see it in the 13 years ago picture, the "now" picture's skin tone is very... off. The gif, the 13 years ago and the now pictures just aren't matching up the way they should. Like I said, very nit-picky, but its the details that get me :P

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@HalfOfLancelot Smarty already has Peter :) It's under the already accepted character list.

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@HalfOfLancelot The Spirit of Neverland is Pan's shadow. There are a lot of different representations of Peter Pan, but to me, it seems like the one constant is that Pan's shadow seems to have a life and mind of it's own - so I wanted to discover that more.
Here...

Spirit of Neverland

~Sebastian Beachley – Peter Pan's Shadow~

Name: Sebastian Beachley
Other Names: Crush
Real Name: The Shadow
Age: Physically 19 - Technically Ageless
Occupation: Student

Appearance - Thirteen Years Ago (Shadow Age 4):



Appearance - Today (Physically 19):



Personality Traits: Sebastian is an overly-outgoing boy who just can't seem to sit still most of the time. Though those who don't particularly know him would deem his boisterous personality as 'annoying' or 'disruptive,' his friends and even teachers find him to be a charming boy who's fun to be around and adds just the right amount of 'ridiculous' to the everyday cycle brought on by the school scene because unlike most 'class clowns' Sebastian knows that line of 'too much' and has learned over the years how not to cross it with a little help from his medication, however this system is not perfect and a handful of times has landed him in the principal's office for a quick scolding.

His personality really comes into play whenever Sebastian performs on stage. Whether going crazy on the drums or attempting the newest, dare-devilish stunt, it does not matter, he always has something new to add to the table and though he is unable to learn at the same rate as his fellow students, his teachers recognize a certain light within him that unfortunately can not be transferred to paper to measure his intelligence. Therefore, Sebastian doesn't exactly have the best academic record, the earlier part of his life even requiring tutors to help him through classes but after a while Sebastian stopped trying to achieve the same level of 'greatness' as his brother and looked for other ways to let him shine.

His strong popularity within the schools he has attended keeps him in a solid social group and as his talents as a athlete become more and more noticed, his friends are only too eager to brag about his talents. For the most part, Sebastian lets them brag for him as he prefers to stay on the sidelines when it comes to conversations about his success, however, there are a couple times when he himself will make a sort of small comment or jab that alludes to him knowing full well that he's 'just that good' though on most cases, this is done within the context of just screwing around and not particularly meaning anything behind it.

Sebastian is almost constantly in some kind of relationship. Notably the last time he was single was when he was thirteen years old and still uninterested in girls. Though he doesn't go through girlfriends like fast-food by any means as he is considered to be a very attentive boyfriend that tries to put his all into a relationship, most times his extracurricular activities keep him from being able to commit as much as he wants, which oftentimes leads to relationship problems. His popularity coupled with his addictive fun personality, however, keep the ladies coming despite knowing that he is most times 'too busy' for a relationship, all hoping to be 'that one exception' though none ever are no matter how much his heart is into the relationship. Simply put, his own self comes first.

Despite popular belief, Sebastian does manage to stay out of trouble for the most part. Extended outside of school, he keeps a pretty good rep with his adopted parents since (aside from his ADHD that gets him into trouble for lack of attention) they have never been given reason to distrust him. Even with the pressures of his peers, Sebastian steered clear of alcohol and drugs. There had been a few instances when he went to a party where he tried a beer a time or two, but that sort of life wasn't anything that ever interested Sebastian, as he could have fun and feel free without the aid of any substance. His relationship with his adopted parents was even close enough at that time for Sebastian to tell on himself, feeling a small sense of pride in knowing what he had learned from the experience.

Most times, whenever a situation would arise that would cause most people to get angry, Sebastian would instead find a humorous side to the situation and dwell on that, able to almost literally 'brush' it off of his shoulders and not ever letting anything stick for him to dwell on, aside from the very important question that he sometimes keeps himself awake at night thinking where did I come from? The question of his life before being adopted strikes a raw nerve in him which gets him slightly angry and defensive, so those he is around have learned to leave the topic of conversation alone.

Being quite popular among his peers, he hardly has any time to himself but when he does get a chance at solitude, Sebastian grows quite introverted and spends time dwelling on his life before being found in the empty stands of the race track. Very few people have seen this withdrawn side to Sebastian, as he is very good at making face, and is never comfortable showing this side to himself to anyone.

Skills: Having been exposed to the world of motocross an early stage in his life, Sebastian has adopted a very athletic set of skills, pertaining to both physical and mental strength, balance, focus and stamina. And because of the social demand within his school and growing fame as a musician, Sebastian is extremely sociable when he wants to be, using his life experience to be the one guy that has all the funny jokes, witty comebacks and intriguing stories to share with those he is close to, making him quite likable and a very good storyteller.

On top of his social expertise, Sebastian is also very proficient when it comes to the outdoors. Enjoying camping, fishing, hiking and boating, Sebastian has learned a large assortment of skills of everything one should know about survival if he ever got stranded like how to make or find a capable shelter, safe food and water to eat and drink, a compass out of practically nothing, a fire and so on; an exceptional hands-on kind of guy.

Being a natural 'hands-on' learner, Sebastian learned that he also had a talent for keeping a beat when he stood in for his friends' drummer when their band first started up in their 9th year. As fate would have it, Sebastian had a better talent for the drums after picking it up his first time than the actual drummer, and has been drumming for them ever since.

Minorly, another skill Sebastian seems to posses was discovered completely by accident when he was really hurting for some cash in high school to buy himself a ticket to one of the motocross competitions a few hours drive away. He took up babysitting the neighbors four kids and though the stories he heard about these kids to be nothing but little terrors, he actually found the job to be quite easy as the kids all seemed to take an immediate shine to him. A few times after that with different children, Sebastian came to the strange realization that he was just overall good with children of any and all ages.

Biography (Before Earth):
The birth of Neverland brought forth the birth of a single spirit - the soul that kept the island not only magical, but alive. The Spirit of Neverland, as it was called by the natives, had quite the mysterious nature about it as no one seemed to know what it truly was. Legend had it, The Spirit of Neverland was simply waiting for the perfect being to step foot on the island, where it would then attach itself to that being, creating the perfect, physical and true ruler of Neverland. Such a day came when Peter Pan was brought to the island by the fairy, Tinker Bell; and Peter Pan received his Shadow.

Peter's Shadow gave Peter both the understanding and knowledge of the land, sharing with Peter Neverland's secrets, and though he was young, the Shadow saw such potential in the boy, it knew immediately it had made the right choice.

The longer the two were forged, the more the two became one. Though Peter's Shadow certainly had it's own personality about it, always running off and making Peter chase him, they grew to be as brothers, causing all sorts of mayhem for others who shared the island with them.

Then, one day, when the Shadow had run off to have Peter give chase, Peter was gone. Not just from their home, but from Neverland itself. Confused, the Shadow went out in search for Peter. Not knowing where his other half had gone, and confused as to why he had left, the Shadow was then very suddenly encased by a vortex of magic and sucked inside, only to be spit out upon the sands of Australia in a world called, Earth.

Because Peter had been sent to Earth, and because the Shadow and Peter were one in the same, by some unforseen magic, a portal had opened and took the Shadow to the same realm Peter had gone. But because there was a severe lack of magic on Earth, the Shadow was given a physical form - just as any normal boy would be, and once more became his own person.

Confused, scared, and outraged from being taken from his home and other half, the Shadow fell into exhaustion on the sands, vaguely aware of a pair of adult arms picking him up and raising him into a life that would change him forever.

Biography (Life On Earth):
Found washed ashore by a young surfing couple within the light tide of Bells Beach in Australia one day, Sebastian had no idea who he was or where he had come from, his mind a complete blank. He was quickly adopted by the surfer couple, and Sebastian began his new life as the Beachley's son.

Sebastian started his new life quite introverted. His adoptive parents, the sweet and caring souls they were, tried everything to help Sebastian find his niche' as surfing just didn't interest him in the way it did the rest of his family. Through their efforts, Sebastian found that he did take an immediate liking to the outdoor world, though not necessarily the sea. Camping, fishing, hiking and boating became a few of his favorite activities and his adopted parents decided then that Scouts would be a good thing to put Sebastian in. He enjoyed it and seemed to fit in well, but it wasn't until Sebastian was ten years old he finally found what he was looking for when he stumbled into the world of motocross.

Sebastian completely immersed himself into the racing life, taking on every meet he could get himself into both in school and within the community. He loved the way he felt when he was on the bike - like flying. Unfortunately, it was at this same time that Sebastian started to get himself into trouble in school and with his parents as he didn't seem to be able to sit down and listen and after a quick doctor visit, Sebastian was diagnosed with ADHD.

As he grew older (having a better grasp on being able to focus when on his medication), the races he participated in increased in difficulty and variety but Sebastian embraced every challenge with open arms and took them down with seemingly little effort. His life was back on track.

However, things came to a roaring halt once more as Sebastian began struggling in school again and for the longest time, Sebastian nor his parents could figure out why. He was taking his medication, hell they even increased the dosage a few times, but Sebastian just wasn't getting it. He went through a series of tutors to help him through school, managing to scrape by with passing grades but eventually Sebastian simply quit caring, realizing that no matter how hard he tried, he simply could not keep up academically. It was discovered then at sixteen years old that not only did Sebastian have ADHD, but dyslexia as well, rendering his learning capability next to none without any extra help, and Sebastian wanted no part of it and simply became an average 'C' student putting most of his focus into motocross and drumming for a band that was finally starting to get somewhere.

Sebastian graduated from Scouts and high school around the same time and jumped right into college, studying to become a professional athlete, even getting as far as obtaining a sponsorship that earned him lots of recognition and even some great, new friends. Any extra time he got, Sebastian volunteered at the old middle school he went to, helping out his favorite teachers by becoming a volunteer aid, finding an overwhelming amount of joy in working with the younger children and becoming somewhat of a leader to them. And when he wasn't burdened down with homework on the weekends, Sebastian split up his time in practicing with his band and spending time with his adopted parents, either just lounging around the house like the sometimes lazy teenager he was, or going out on a quick family vacation to the beach or out camping. Either way, Sebastian was exceptionally content with his life, as busy as it may be.

Other: Thanks to a rather profound effect a certain movie had on him, a particular quote stuck with Sebastian from one of the lines from Peter Pan. "To die would be an awfully big adventure!" As soon as he was eighteen, Sebastian had these words tattooed onto his left rib-cage in loopy penmanship where he feels a strange sense of pride connected to these words.

There was an instance when Sebastian was out ocean fishing one time with his friends and Sebastian reeled in a rather large sea turtle. His friends, finding it rather hilarious, began calling him 'Crush' ever since, as the movie 'Finding Nemo' had just been released and quite the hit in Australia.

The name of Sebastian's band is blank.5 (pronounced blank point five) and are considered alternative rock.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Hey guys! As a heads up, we will probably have the intro post up either today or tomorrow! :) How's everyone doing?

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@LokiLeo789 Haha yeah... me and Vicier get a little carried away with CS's sometimes... so many character ideas! But we won't be bringing them all in at once

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~Li Shang - Mushu~

Name: Magnus Ping
Other Names: Mushu
Real Name: Li Shang
Age: (Physically 33 Spiritually 153)
Occupation: Martial Artist/CEO of Dragon Fist Martial Arts and Athletics

Appearance - Thirteen Years Ago (Physically 20 - Spiritually 140):



Appearance - Today (Physically 33 - Spiritually 153):

Rivenspire Appearance

Personality Traits:

Magnus' exterior is seen as a practical, sensible person. The way he runs his business is though the business itself is his life and can not be parted from it for very long but when he needs a bit of time to himself has no problems with directing people to those he has hired and come to trust over the years to inadvertently take his place if something were to happen. That in itself lets others who know that he is not from Earth that Magnus is always thinking one step ahead. He knows that he will not remain on Earth forever, and already has a plan for the business he built up should he unexpectedly return. He has his feet planted firmly on the ground and knows just what is what.

Magnus is also a very great person to go to for practical advice. Many of his students respectfully treat him as an equal, as they are not shy or afraid to ask him for help whether it relates to their form or something in their personal life. He is absolutely fantastic with children, and never underestimates or undermines them, no matter their age. He doesn't sugar-coat his words, by any means, but neither is he harsh when he speaks with them unless absolutely necissary to get the results from them he knows them to be capable of. He has pushed these boundaries only a handful of times in his life and regrets each and every one of them, still remembering how it felt to break a child's spirit, if even for a few moments.

Being far from superficial, Magnus' more romantic side comes from knowing the person rather than judging them by their looks. To Magnus, any average-looking female can be the most beautiful woman in the world if she has the right personality and carries herself well. On the same side, if Magnus were to see what society would call a supermodel, he would look and appreciate like any other male would, but would not have any interest in persuing anything more than conversation if he does not know them too well. Because of this, Magnus has been called demisexual on more than one occasion. And when he does find an attraction to a woman, he's not afraid to flirt a little to gauge their interest in him back. If it isn't reciprocated, he backs off immediately and does not press the issue.

He's also a bit of a nerd. His Asian culture brings a love of all things comics, anime, manga and yes, he does play Pokemon Go. He would never go as far as dressing up at a Comic-Con or any other Con convention, though he has been known to make appearances at them from time to time to browse the merchandise and spend his money on collectables. Magnus has also been known to have a little fun by visiting casinos, doing a bit of gambling, drink, and enjoy a show or two.

Skills:

Magnus has a natural knowledge of the rarely used Dragon style of Martial Arts, where the style in itself is classified as strong, smart, deceptive and unpredictable. Magnus is all of these things and more having mastered the style quite some time ago before his death. The Dragon style also has a few select traits of the other four Shaolin animal styles but is deemed to be the most difficult to master and the most powerful. Magnus uses quick, snapping kicks that hit with the blade of the foot and uses a full fist and his forearms to strike. He teaches his students that any part of the body that can be grabbed would be considered a target while practicing, especially the head which is simultaneously grabbed and struck. In order to master this style, Magnus had to learn how to keep his muscles relaxed even while fighting and hone the ability to switch from soft movements to hard ones. As a child, and even until this day, Magnus keeps his body in it's prime by doing drills to build the explosive power the style is known for.

Magnus has two trademark attacks he uses that his students aspire to perfect one day. This includes a Dragon-Tail kick, which is used to hit or sweep, and the Dragon Claw, which positions the digits in a flatter orientation than the Tiger Claw position.

With his marital arts training came absolute patience and respect for Chinese history, which in turn transitioned into arcane knowledge of the China both on Earth and in Rivenspire. He is a quick learner and has an incredibly adapt mind, allowing him to read up to three large books a day and retain most if not all the knowledge he gains from them to store into his long-term memory. During his schooling days in Rivenspire, this adept mind and speed-reading ability granted him the "Jinshi" title.

He had very minimal military training, and though he knows his way around a sword he never got the chance to see what he could really do with it before his death, though it became known very early on in his training that Magnus is ambidextrous. Whether he conditioned himself this way to be better than the rest or he was simply born that way remains a mystery even to him.

His years running his own company and opening up various Martial Arts buildings gave him an early knowledge of management. He shows excellent leadership skills by not being afraid of getting results by methods that are both brutal and exhausting, though they are highly effective in the grand scheme of things, showing an efficient leader behind his harsh exterior. He is excellent with money management, advertising, and keeping his company afloat even when merging into the world of athletic sponsorships when he had accumulated enough money to do so.

Magnus also has a hidden, introverted ability stemming from him being a spiritual guardian of the Royal Family. Though these powers have yet to be explored in his human form, he often-times thinks about what his magical limitations might be once returning home. When especially angry, his eyes flash a golden-yellow color for the briefest of moments before dissolving back into the dark brown eyes he was born with. So far, this seems to be the limitations of what he is able to do on Earth.

Biography (Before Earth):

Son of worldy renowned General Li, Shang was born into a heavily-influenced military family. Growing up, Shang was given nothing but the best for the slightly-above middle class family. He was given the best schooling, the best clothes, the best reputation and of course, one of the best houses. Things went well as he grew up so long as he kept perfect marks. There was a single time when his grade dipped a letter and his father had him conditioning for weeks until he was able to get it back up. Shang never made that mistake again. He was always pushing himself, forcing him to be the best student in all of his classes right up until graduation when he then immediately enlisted into the army to fight alongside his father.

For years, things went very well and Shang grew to be a very strong, independent man. He didn't have a whole lot of influence in the army in his young age, but he never let something like title keep him from offering to do jobs he knew was above his status. It was in one of these voluntary jobs that ultimately brought him to his end.

His squad was camped high up in the mountains, awaiting a traveling group that had been suspected to try and attack China from the outside. When the group never arrived, Shang, along with the others, began to get very suspicious. When he went out on a scout, which was not part of his orders, Shang came to the terrifying realization that the enemy had known about their location and was getting set to ambush them instead. Returning to the camp as quickly as he could, Shang didn't even have a chance to let out a breath before bombs and arrows were being rained down on the camp. His first thought was that of his father, his General, so by breaking every rule, Shang ran into the general's tent and tackled his father to the ground where he would be safer. Explosives near the tent went off, and shielded by his son, General Li lived to fight another day and drive off the attacking forces, but Shang was not so lucky.

After the war, a ceremony was held for Shang in high honor and was given a near-royal status upon his death bed. It was the events of his bravery and selflessness that then led to his father's promotion to the Emperor's second, as he could not have any children of his own. Then, suceeding as The Emperor, General Li took over and Shang's younger brother, Li Ping, took over. Li Ping eventually got married and they had a daughter Jí Yíng, who took over as second. She was then quickly married to Ying Zheng, who, after Li Ping's death, took his position as Emperor.

A shrine had been built near the palace a great number of years ago. It was a place where the royals could go to pray to their ancestors for a great many different things. Shang had a statue built in his honor - an Eastern Dragon to symbolise his spirit in battle. Legend had it, the sign of the dragon was to protect treasure, defend against famine and floods, and is filled with ancient wisdom and folklore. But above all else, Shang's personal statue of the dragon was considered one of the two most powerful animals in Chinese astrology and the sign of the emperor.

In spirit, Shang continued to watch over and protect his family - appearing in dreams, giving answers to their prayers by making things "happen" that wouldn't normally. And, when the other ancestors would allow it, Shang could obtain the appearance of his old physical body to interact with those with the purest of hearts for a few moments. Of all of his ancestors that prayed to him, little Mulàn Fa Yíng became his favorite. He spent a great deal of time with her in his spiritual form, finding it easier to lead and guide her this way.

But as tragedy struck, where Shang tried to test the limits of Mulan into making her a better warrior and ultimately breaking her small spirit for a few moments which led to events that nearly costing her, her life, Shang was stripped his title of guardian and cast out by the other ancestors that lived within the shrine. Guilt-ridden, humiliated, and having no honor, Shang was destined to wander the mortal realm as a spirit for the rest of his days, until a Sorcerer approached him with a job that could very well redeem what he had lost. More than interested, Shang was given a position as a guardian for a few children the Sorcerer wished to send to another land. Though still a spirit, it came to a strange (and oh, so wonderful) shock that his body once more became solid and alive when arriving to Earth.

Biography (Life on Earth):

After insuring that the children he had been sent with were safe, Shang continued to follow Merlin's orders by means of fitting into the strange world he had been put into. Knowing that he needed money, he needed a job, but what he was good at didn't seem to settle very well with Earth's standards as he got busted a handful of times trying his hand in fight clubs. After a year, or so, however, Shang, who had changed his name to Magnus Ping (to help him remember his home back in Rivenspire - Ping being a nickname he gave the child of the Emperor when his job was to be her guardian), decided to start his own business in martial arts.

It took perhaps five total years for Magnus to see more profit than loss, but his hard work and dedication definitely started to pay off and very quickly. Suddenly, he had gone from a romen-noodle-every-night kind of budget to being able to go out to the kinds of places that only let you in if you had a reservation. He was able to buy himself a penthouse that overlooked the city, have his home furnished and decorated for him, and even got a taste for the expensive suit style.

He didn't want to spend all of his hard-earned money on luxury, however. Instead, Magnus had invested his time into thinking about how he could, somehow, get some of the children he had been sent to Earth with to be associated with one another. It wasn't until he was at one of his demonstrations, watching as some of his students went up a belt, when the idea of throwing his funds at possible his own sponsorship occurred. So he branched out his business to not only teach Martial Arts, but to sponsor other athletics - more specifically, snowboarding and motocross. He had kept distant tabs on both Elsa and the very strange occurrence that happened to Peter Pan once he came to Earth. At first, the thought of a boy and his shadow splitting and becoming two different people was very strange to him, but then he had to remember that he was a spirit himself that took on very distinct dragon traits.

So reaching out to both Elsa and Pan's Shadow, now Eliza and Sebastian, he offered them a sponsorship to help them in their careers, and was more than pleased to find out that a friendship had formed between the two of them. He kept in touch with the other guardians as well, though save from Pinocchio who seemed to vanish completely. Magnus had to start wondering if the puppet had even made it through the portal at all.

Magnus now spends his time running his business, traveling the world, and simply having a good time. Though when he was almost unexpectedly reached out to by Merlin himself, he knew that things were going to be changing very quickly.

Other:

Dragon Fist Martial Arts and Athletics logo

Circling the dragon in Japanese is, "Dragon Fist Trains the Spirit."

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~Pinocchio – Jack Woodard~

Name: Jack Woodard.
Real Name: Pinocchio.
Age: 26.
Occupation: Street Magician.

Appearance - Thirteen Years Ago (Age Thirteen):



Appearance - Today (Age Twenty-Six):



Personality Traits: A bit of a womanizer, Jack carries himself with a high regard finding no wrong in what he does. He's cheeky, outgoing, flirty and all-together just fun. He carries himself like the bad boy he is and relies on his street smarts to get him from place to place. He's a quick thinker having been forced into many different awkward situations but rather than sit down and plan something out, he grasps for moments on a whim and deals with the consequences later.

Skills: Jack is very fit, therefore the more rigorous tasks of day-to-day life come fairly easy to him. He’s also quick on his feet as well as quick-minded. He’s an adept thief, using his quick wit to pick pockets or snatch things off the shelf without anyone taking notice. He's great with cracking codes to safes, picking locks, hot-wiring cars and using his rugged good looks to charm ladies into an evening of fun.

Biography (Before Earth):
Long before Pinocchio became a puppet, Geppetto had fallen in love. He was a young boy then, and quite poor but Geppetto had spent many summers with a woman who he could one day see himself marrying. Each summer when she came to their little village to visit her uncle, Geppetto and Malia would go off together and bask in the warm glow of the afternoon sun. They had a particular spot they liked to go to, an old cherry tree on the top of a hill that provided just the perfect amount of shade to keep their skin from getting blistered. It was here at this tree where Geppetto and Malia fell in love, carving their names into the tree trunk in a heart and shared a many number of kisses. Geppetto had been set to marry this girl of his dreams, but the next summer in which she was supposed to visit... she never came. It was only years later that Geppetto had found out that a terrible illness had been brought over her, and she had died. Overcome with grief, Geppetto swore that he would never love another woman again. He went to their spot and cut down the cherry tree, salvaging only the part of the trunk where they had carved their names and returned home with it, putting it on display as a reminder of just how wonderful love could be, but also of how quickly it could slip through fingers.

Many years later, Geppetto found that he was lonely. Despite his goldfish and curious cat Figaro, he knew that there was something still missing from his life. In an effort to distract his thoughts, he came up with the idea to take the wood he had salvaged from the cherry tree and created a puppet boy out of it, the very vision of what his child with Lia would be if she had not died. For months the little wooden boy he had named Pinocchio sat on his shelf, staring back at him. And for months Geppetto prayed to anyone who would listen to turn his little wooden boy real. Finally, his prayers were heard and Geppetto was visited by The Blue Fairy. She brought life to the wooden puppet and told Geppetto that someday, if Pinocchio proved himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, he would become a real boy.

At first, Geppetto was thrilled to have his wish come true but ended up running into a string of problems that very first night with Pinocchio. Being a naturally curious boy, Pinocchio would constantly ask unnecessary questions when Geppetto was trying to sleep showing Geppetto just how much patience he really had. They survived the night and Geppetto, with a fresh perspective on things, took Pinocchio out on the town to show him where they lived. Naturally, Pinnochio ended up getting into mischief when Gepetto introduced him to those they passed along their way in town, and later breaking Geppetto's heart when Pinocchio exclaimed that he didn't want to be a toymaker like his Papa; that he wanted to be a magician.

The following day, Geppetto sent Pinocchio off to school so that he could interact with children his own age, telling Pinocchio to just act like all the other children did and he would do fine. However, Pinocchio got into a fight at school when he began to imitate all the other children until one had reached his boiling point. Disappointed, Geppetto took him home bumping into an unsuccessful puppeteer named Stromboli along the way. Stromboli became exceedingly interested in the boy made of wood, knowing that he could make a fortune off of Pinocchio as the main attraction in his puppet show, voicing his interest but Geppetto was quick to remove Pinocchio from the man's sight and take him home. Once home, Geppetto sent Pinocchio up to his room to think about what he had done, leaving Pinocchio near to tears unable to understand why he was in trouble for doing what his Papa had asked.

Geppetto, still furious with Pinocchio's misbehavior, tried to reason with the Blue Fairy after Pinocchio had gone to bed but she insisted that there was nothing wrong with Pinocchio, that Geppetto just wasn't seeing the whole picture. Frustrated that even The Blue Fairy couldn't help him anymore, he went up to Pinocchio's room to apologize only to find that Pinocchio had run away to live with Stromboli. Figuring it was for the best, Geppetto went to Stromboli's show to say goodbye.

Stromboli was more than pleased with Pinocchio as his star puppet but was even more pleased by the money he had brought in for him. But when Pinocchio started to feel a little homesick and asked to go back home, Stromboli refused and reminded Pinocchio it would violate the contract he had him sign. When Geppetto arrived just after the show had finished, Stromboli intercepted him and explained that Pinocchio had left after the show, claiming that he wanted to see the world. After Geppetto left with a heavy heart, Stromboli returned to Pinocchio but realized the boy was gone, just managing to spot him boarding a stagecoach to Pleasure Island.

Summoning The Blue Fairy to tell her what had become of his son, The Blue Fairy was outraged that he had let such a precious gift go. She quickly informed Geppetto that Stromboli had been lying to him, and that Pinocchio was headed for Pleasure Island. Terrified for his son, Geppetto got ready for a journey to save his son. When he arrived, Geppetto found it harnessed a terrible curse in which all the boys were turned into donkeys after riding a roller coaster. He arrived just as Pinocchio was boarding the roller coaster and begged for Pinocchio to come home with him but Pinocchio refused, saying that Geppetto didn't want him because of what a big disappointment he was to him and the ride took off. Almost immediately Pinocchio was turned into a donkey and was stuffed into a crate to be sent away from Pleasure Island on a boat.

Geppetto got his own boat and followed after his son, calling out to him and telling him that everything was going to be okay but a monster of a whale came to the surface and swallowed up Gappetto and his boat whole in one gulp. Pinocchio managed to break free of his constraints and jumped into the water after his Papa, ultimately getting swallowed by the whale as well, the curse of being a donkey washing away in the water. Finding his Papa inside the belly of the whale, Gappetto apologized for the way he had treated Pinocchio and Pinocchio forgave him. Then the wooden boy got an idea of how they could get out and return home so he began to tell a random strand of lies, making his nose grow and tickle the whale's uvula to throw them back up.

Back home and finally able to understand one another, The Blue Fairy came to Gappetto once again to tell him of the threat of The Dark Queen. Geppetto begged to have The Blue Fairy arrange it so that Pinocchio would be safe, but The Blue Fairy told him that the portal to Earth was for the royal family, and Geppetto despaired. Feeling guilty, The Blue Fairy then amended her statement by saying that she would see what she could to and took Pinocchio with her to discuss something to be arranged with the organizers.

Once there, it was decided that Pinocchio, since a great deal older than the other children, could go if he promised to stay with them, look after them, and help them to remember who they truly are in their hearts. Pinocchio promised and was presented with a magical amulet and was informed that when the time was right, they would have the option to return home.

Biography (Life On Earth):
Pinocchio spent his birthday living on the streets those first couple years. He wasn't sure how it happened but he and the other children were separated the moment they came to Earth. It was exceptionally difficult at first since Pinocchio hadn't ever had to do very much on his own before, but through trial and (much) error his time on the streets became easier and easier. It helped quite a bit that there were a handful of other boys his age who had been living on the streets their entire life who were willing to look out for him for a short time, reminding Pinocchio a bit of Pleasure Island. He knew what they were doing was wrong. Stealing hadn't been something he had ever thought about doing before but it seemed that it was his only option for survival now. He just hoped his Papa would understand.

Two years after coming to Earth while raiding through a house on the richer side of town, Pinocchio was caught by the owner’s daughter, a few years older than himself. She was understanding towards Pinocchio's situation and though he didn’t go into his past or where he came from or even his name, she accepted him and did what she could to help him.

Pinocchio was kept in a hidden room in the nursery where the girl would sneak him food as often as she could and while the parents were out, he was allowed to come out and socialize. It only lasted a few weeks before the parents found out their daughter was smuggling a fifteen-year-old boy and Pinocchio was taken to an orphanage immediately. When asked his name, Pinocchio simply responded with "Jack" since it was the only name he could think of, having heart it in passing before he had been taken to the Orphanage.

He was adopted rather quickly into a home that immediately had Jack's skin crawling. It was a trashy place; the father always gone and the mother always coked up on some kind of drug. Jack was quickly put to work in what he quickly realized wasn't a family, but a job. He was forced to do the mundane tasks of a ‘gopher’ in the world of the drug trade, and hated every minute of it. He was beaten often, and fed very little. By the time Jack turned seventeen he had enough, and left without a word.

Jack has been living on his own ever since, at first just picking up whatever odd jobs he could on the side until he came across a group of street performers that were more than willing to take him in and show him the ropes. Once he learned what it is that they did, he became appalled with the false display of magic; it was an upfront lie! Ever since he was a young boy he had always been taught to tell the truth. But Jack couldn't help but to feel closer to home than he ever had before. So throwing his conscious to the wind, he became a well renounced street magician, proficient in the art of lying and deception and made quite a bit of money in the process.

Other: Although perfectly human here on Earth, Jack is still supposed to be made out of wood so from time to time, Jack's limbs freeze up completely (as if they were made of wood) and renders them completely useless for a while. Also, never being put into any kind of schooling here on earth Jack has a lot of difficulty with reading and writing.

♦ Through The Pages ♦ (Fairytale Roleplay)

~Taka Lionhart – Scar Lionhart~

Name: Scar Lionhart.
Other Names: Kovu.
Real Name: Taka Lionhart.
Age: 34.
Occupation: Royal War General/ King of The Pride Lands.

Appearance - Thirteen Years Ago (Age Twenty- One):



Appearance - Today (Age Thirty-Four):



Appearance - Cursed (Lion):



Personality Traits:
Even as an adolescent, Scar proved himself to be highly intelligent, motivated by jealousy, and is exceptionally manipulative. His ties to family only go so far when his own goals are in mind, and he saw no problem in endangering his brother's life in order to get the attention he so desired. He takes little interest in the well being of his followers, willing to bend the rules and put his own interests above all others. He takes to plotting and his perceptual features are nonchalance, seriousness and almost comical sarcasm. It's hard for him to find allies amongst the royals so he is forced to develop relationships with other outcasts such as bandits.

He has an urge for a dramatic presentation and will even sacrifice others' lives in order to get a dramatic atmosphere. Still jealous and bogged down by feelings of inferiority, Scar is psychopathic and even less reliant on his family, willing to frame and murder the only family members he has left in order to steal the throne. He is very capable of manipulation and is still sensitive to the mention of his brother, knowing full well that he can never be the king that Mufasa was. He suffers from a lack of self-esteem and to cover that up he thrives in torturing the helpless. Even in a position of power, he remains vulnerable to bouts of indecision and insecurity, unable to accept criticism and too stubborn to take the advice of his advisers.

Despite his inner insecurities, Scar is a natural orator with a charismatic charm, able to rally his followers to his cause and gain the fanatical loyalty of other villains. His smooth talking is not easily overlooked, but when his walls are broken down, Scar is revealed to be a coward who would much more likely run from a conflict than turn to face it. When forced into a fight, he can hold his own and is not above cheating. His natural charisma hides a cowardly nature that refuses to accept blame and takes no shame in shoving problems and troubles on other individuals.

Skills:
Highly intelligent and able to come up with masterful plans with just a few minutes, Scar is able to retain almost everything he sees and store it in the back of his mind to use at a later time. His charismatic charm often times leads those into following him blindly. But he isn't all brains. Having grown up in his father's army to ultimately become their leader, Scar is very proficient with a blade and shield, but even better with improvisation when weapons are unavailable. He is also a high physical threat as he is a master of hand-to-hand combat.

Biography (Before Earth):
Once, a very long time ago, there were two brothers born to a king. The older brother Mufasa, was the heir to the throne leaving his younger brother, Taka 'second best'. The boys never got along, always fighting with one another and causing mischief but Taka's 'rough housing' became more and more dangerous as the years went on. Even at the age of six, when the noble house of Kiburi gave birth to a child destined to be betrothed to Taka, his interest did not waiver. When Taka was able to comprehend what jealousy was, he knew for certain that he wanted to be king, giving no interest in what was supposed to be his future - only what he wanted it to be. Despite his constant pleas to his father, the only way Taka would become the true king is if Mufasa died. So that's what Taka did.

Now teenage boys, both being trained profusely in their father's army, they managed to slip away from their duties and went out to play. Taka purposefully lead his brother into a trap to 'play a game.' Leaving Mufasa for just a moment, Taka went to find an antelope herd and started to throw rocks at them, herding them into stampeding towards his brother however in an unexpected turn of events, Taka became trapped and got mixed in with the herd, getting seriously injured and giving him a deep scar across his eye.

With more than just his pride wounded, Taka then took up the name Scar as a constant reminder that he needed to plan more accordingly rather than to just improvise... a mistake he never made again. The years went on and the boys grew into men. Scar's betrothed, now a woman, was his own small effort to take away his obsessive thoughts of murdering his brother and was distracted by the task of trying to create a family. However, when Mufasa become King at the young age of twenty-five (Scar now twenty) due to an unforeseeable death in the family, the jealousy returned into Scar as he bitterly rose to become Mufasa's war general and not to take his father's place as King.

It was only one year later when Scar decided that he had had enough and went rogue with his brother's soldiers, using his quick wit and manipulation skills to turn them against their king. There was one among them, however, that didn't take to Scar's manipulation. A young man named Simba, Mufasa's seven-year-old son. So on the night of the rebellion, Simba slipped away in time to warn his father. With the plan thwarted, Scar was ultimately caught and was thrown into prison. He was completely cut off from the world, forced to spend months to himself in madness until his execution day.

Brought before the block at the young age of twenty-two, Scar was shown mercy by his brother and was instead exiled from the land. Ripped from his fiance (as they never got the chance to marry), Scar was forced to leave his only home. Once exiled, Scar was desperate to find power wherever he could get it to return home and stumbled upon a sorcerer by the name of Rothbart. Practically demanding power, Scar's quick temper and ill tongue got him into trouble and had a curse put upon him, pulling out the beast inside of him into the true monster he was inside. Rothbart eventually changed him back, letting him know then and there that so long as he has hatred in his heart, the beast inside would remain. Furious, Scar was forced back to his desolate home to think upon Rothbart's words, trying to devise a way to break the curse set upon him.

He began to send letters; anything and everything he could do to contact his fiance. Finally, after months of waiting, Scar got a reply. Though it wasn't from his fiance, Kiara, but her sister, Zira. Zira replied in her letter that she was willing to meet with Scar though with understanding that it had to be outside the Kingdom of The Pride Lands. A few more letters back and forth and a few months later, Scar set out to their designated meeting place where he could finally get some answers.

When Zira and Scar finally met in secret, Zira told Scar the unfortunate news that after he had put into exile, Kiara tried going after him - only to have the Wildes take her life shortly after as she was not prepared. Devastated, and driven by an animalistic rage he had yet to tame within himself, Scar lost all sense of who he was and snapped Zira's neck just before turning into the beast Rothbart had cursed him into. When Scar woke up the next morning without even so much as a memory to what he had done, surrounded by disembodied limbs and covered in the blood of his fiance's sister and small handful of guards, Scar wept. He knew his only chance for redemption was to make amends with his brother as Rothbart had told him. With his fiance dead, and her sister's blood on his hands, he had nothing more to lose. He had no one else to love.

Picking himself back up, Scar washed himself from any life he had ever had hopes of having and returned home to Pride Rock. It was time to kill his brother.

Biography (Life On Earth):
Scar doesn't even know what 'Earth' is.

Other:
When a beast, he is unpredictable but most often times blood thirsty. There hasn't yet been anything that can stop him, but his animal form drains his energy quickly and is prone to losing consciousness and waking up human again.