Awesome Land VI: Official New Character Thread

[Monika]

HAPPY SIXTH ANNIVERSARY, AWESOME LAND!

Good job to those of you who have been with Awesome Land since August, 2008 (ALL TWO OF US), and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has joined since then. Newcomers are what have kept the story going for all these years. And, speaking of newcomers, it's time for the Official New Character Thread! You all should know how this works by now, but in case you don't:

Name: Santiago Oscura

Age: 47

Title: Ninja King

Appearance: Long, straight black hair, pitch black eyes, and a jawline that would make Mitt Romney blush. On those rare occasions when he is visible to the human eye, he is seen wearing ornate black chainmail armor and a hooded cloak.

Description: Santiago Oscura is the current King of Shadow Land, an island nation said to have been created by Seraphina and Delmerith millennia ago as a home for Shadow Fiends. Santiago’s ancestors emigrated to the island and developed various ninjutsu techniques based on the Shadow Fiends’ behavior. Santiago is the heir to all of those techniques, a role he takes very seriously. He mastered all eighteen ninjutsu disciplines and became a grandmaster by the age of 35, and is regarded as one of the most powerful ninja in the world. He has a seat on the Galactic Ninja Council and oversees the Central Ninjaversity System of Shadow Land, maintaining the integrity of ninja education. He is a no-nonsense type of person and completes missions at all costs without fail. It is rumored that he has assassinated upwards of 100 politicians and world leaders. He generally tries to remain cold and unfeeling, but he has a soft spot for his twin children, Amelia and James Oscura.

Weapons: At any given moment, Santiago is probably tri-wielding ninjato. They’re invisible. So is he.

Powers: If you think a ninja can do it, he can probably do it. Mastery over several forms of armed and unarmed combat, disguise, espionage, and a slew of other skills. Also, he is invisible almost 24/7 and can see things that would be invisible to normal people.

Short History: He was born to ninja parents. Trained in the ninja arts. Became the Ninja King. Had two ninja children.

Alignment: Lawful Stealth

Theme Song: Silence
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Name: Amelia Oscura

Age: If she’s not a teenager, she’s probably fresh out of her teenage years.

Title: Ninja Princess

Appearance: She constantly changes her appearance since any good ninja maintains an air of secrecy. In her most common form, she has straight black hair, black eyes, and wears traditional ninja robes. In her current disguise as "Emily Robertson", Emperor Awesome’s personal assistant, she has blond hair, blue eyes, glasses, a business suit, and a noticeably larger chest.

Description: Amelia is the current Princess of Shadow Land and a ninja master. Like all teenage girls, Amelia is impetuous and irrational. She is also dangerously ambitious, and wants nothing more than to be the ruler of her own country. Although she loves her father, she thinks that he shows favoritism to her twin brother, James, due to his special powers. She constantly plans assassination attempts against the two of them, but knows that they’re both too skilled to be for her plans to work. The day any of her plans work is the day she ascends the throne and becomes the Ninja Queen of Shadow Land...but that dream of hers seems farther and farther away every day.

Weapon: Amelia’s preferred weapons are explosives, although she possesses a considerable degree of skill with all throwing weapons. Knives, shuriken, spears, axes…If it can be thrown, there’s a good chance she can hit you with it.

Powers: She has trained in all eighteen disciplines of ninjutsu, though she is best at disguise, explosives, and throwing weapons. Like her father, she can see through darkness (except for the darkness that shrouds Shadow Land, that’s like advanced darkness or something) and most things that are invisible or are moving too fast for the naked eye. She possesses some basic control over light and dark magic, which is mandatory for all members of the Ninja Royal Family.

Short History: Born some years ago to ninja parents along with her twin brother James. Studied at the Royal Ninja Academy and took a few advanced classes at the Royal Ninjaversity. Mastered some techniques. Kicked out of her country to infiltrate Awesome Land.

Alignment: Neutral Stealth

Theme Song: Silence, like her father's, although hers has more of a pop flavor to it.

[Myrdraxxis]

A newcomer approaches!

Name: Leske

Age: 130

Appearance: Blond hair that he slicks back and a short beard. He has green eyes but they're usually hidden behind his golden shades. Wears black body armor under a grey long-coat. Basically, he's a blond Adam Jensen.

Description: Leske was born a simple man. A farmer, a townsman...an NPC if you will. That was until the the day that his town came under attack by an invading army of robots led by a mad necromancer, a heavily muscled super-cop and a cyborg. Like many, Leske lept to the defense of his home. A passing mage happened to be in town and was the one organizing the defense. Under his leadership, the army was driven off...though the town was destroyed in the fighting. With nowhere else to go, Leske and two others joined the traveling wizard on his journeyes and they had many adventures. Now promoted to Mook, Leske experienced is share of fighting and shenanigans. At some point during their adventures (a tournament in a volcano to be exact) Leske discovered that his new master had instilled in him some magic. In a trial by fire Leske harnesed his new powers and became a kickass gun-mage apprentice. Years have passed since then and there have been more adventures (probably), but eventually Leske went his own way.

It was during one of his many adventures that disaster struck. Abducted by the eldritch machine-intelligence Ephantus, Leske was experimented on and transformed; Ephantus stripped almost all of the magic from Leske, leaving little but a husk remaining. Ephantus' expieriments turned Leske into a cyborg that had hoped to one day possess as the ultimate servitor. Leske escaped before that occurred, but the damage was done, and little of his former power remained. Only enough to travel worlds.

Abilities: At one time Leske was a skilled gun-mage who could conjure arsenals of fireamrs. Now with what little magic he has left, he can conjure only one gun at a time, and never for very long. To compensate, Leske relies greatly on his cyborg abilities of enhanced speed, strength and agility as well as several augmented weapons on his person.

Alignment: Robotic Neutral

Theme Song: Icarus

[Mizagium]

Name: Rick Thunder

Title: Dinomancer

Appearance: 1950's greaser, with the white shirt, leather jacket, jeans, aviator shades, and slicked-up dark hair.

Description: Rick Thunder seeks to be the epitome of cool. He is almost always seen with a cigarette in he mouth, although he hardly lights it, and smokes even more rarely. He displays a chill attitude, but bristles with a desire to be a hero. His hero-desire stems from a love of action movies, and not from a real desire to do good. He thinks reading is for chumps and opposes authority almost pathologically.

Bio: Rick Thunder is known (mostly to himself) as the hero of Dino Land. However, after a series of unfortunate accidents that were in no way caused by his incompetence, Rick ran afoul of Stega City's mayor, Regulus J. Witherspoon. He attempted to sooth relations by stopping a train-jacking, but accidentally killed all of the passengers. (how was to know compsagnathus were carnivores?) Pursued by the police force, Rick escaped and journeyed to Awesome Land, where he seeks to be an action hero in a new land.

Weapon: Dinosaurs, street fighting, coolness

Powers: Dinomancy, a semi-magical ability to communicate psychically with dinosaurs, most notably a pterodactyl (Petra), four compsognathus (Tiki, Jelly, Mort, and Zoobumafoo), and a T-rex (Lola)

Alignment: Chaotic Action

Theme Song: He's currently composing one in his head

[Monika]

Name: Arabella White

Age: 16

Occupation: Part time priestess at the Church of Awesome, part time barista at Ominstar Coffee

Appearance: Neck length, curly blond hair, generally tied into a ponytail when she's at work. Which is constantly. She has emerald green eyes, average height, and is almost always seen in either her priestess uniform (which consists of a long white gown and a necklace with an x-shaped charm) or her barista uniform (which consists of a short sleeved shirt, purple apron, and hat, all of which have a picture of Kid Leon's face on them).

Description: Arabella is, for all intents and purposes, a normal citizen of Awesome Land. She goes to a small high school in Retro City, has some friends she hangs out with, and is saving up to buy a car. She's an amiable, easily approachable woman if you can get to her outside of work. She tries to make good grades and do well at both her jobs. Wants to go to college to study art. Listens to music. Really, just a normal girl.

Weapons: She sometimes carries around a ceremonial staff for important days at church, but it's more of a relic than a weapon.

Powers: She can make a damn good coffee and draw a pretty picture in it, too. She's also not a bad organ player.

Short History: She was born sixteen years ago to normal parents, raised in a normal household, and grew up to be a normal teenage girl.

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Theme Song: Average Girl
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Name: Archibald Graham

Age: An estimate of early sixties might be generous

Title: Reverend/High Priest of the Church of Awesome

Appearance: He's completely bald and rather wrinkly. Keeps his forehead polished. He's below average height, probably because he spends most of his time hunched over with a cane. His priest uniform is similar to that of the Pope's, and he wears a golden necklace like Arabella's.

Description: He's old. Really old. And tired, too. Archibald has been serving the Church of Awesome for the better part of his life, and has seen a precipitous decline in membership. In his younger old days, he was rather wise and strong in his faith, but recent events in Awesome Land have weakened his resolve. He has no children or grandchildren of his own, so he acts as a surrogate grandfather to Arabella.

Weapons: He can probably smack people with his cane.

Powers: Like all old people, he can ramble at length about any topic. He also plays a very convincing senile old fool, though he retains the use of most of his mental faculties.

Short History: He will reveal his history to you if you ask, but be prepared for a very, very long story.

Alignment: Lawful Neutral
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Name: Antitheon

Age: Appears to be anywhere from 18-27

Title: The self-proclaimed "Wrath of the Goddess"

Appearance: Antitheon has deep, royal blue eyes, a soft, pale face, and extremely long spiky hair that goes down to his thighs. Always wears an immaculate golden trimmed white robe that cannot be soiled. All in all, he is very androgynous, although he identifies himself as male.

Description: Antitheon considers himself to be better than anyone and anything on Earth, and makes little effort to hide this fact. His voice is very soft and barely registers above a whisper, even when he’s angry. His tone often comes across as condescending, not that he cares. He hates Earth and he hates people, but he is willing to hate you less if you submit to the will of Seraphina.

Short History: Very little, if anything, is known about Antitheon. He claims to have been sent to Earth by Seraphina to judge humanity. He has no public records, so this cannot be confirmed or denied.

Powers/Weapons: Antitheon wields a deck of fourteen playing cards that he stores in his robe pocket. From each one he can summon an indestructible blade with a particular elemental affinity. He demonstrates significant psychokinetic abilities – the rip entire buildings from their foundations and snap your neck from a mile away kind. Fortunately, he isn’t often compelled to use them.

He has a supernatural resistance to each of the fourteen elements as well as to physical and magical attacks in general. Through his signature technique, Negation, Antitheon is able to lower his resistance to thirteen of the elements in exchange for complete immunity to the other one. He most often uses this to render himself immune to Space, allowing him to become intangible and pass through solid objects.

Alignment: Unknown

Other: Antitheon has three enormous pet peeves. First, he does not like being touched by anything on Earth, hence why he spends most of his time intangible. Secondly, he hates the Immortals, considering them to be false gods. Finally, he absolutely detests when someone says the name “Seraphina”, especially if it is in vain, and especially if that person is an Immortal. Any one of those peeves is liable to earn you a psychokinetic thrashing. Two or more? Well, may the goddess have mercy on you then.

Theme Song: The Azure Arbitrator

[Calefrun]

Name: Kayla Efrun

Age: 30

Appearance: Long, silver hair, light blue eyes, and is usually wearing a black, hooded jacket.

Description: Kayla was born in Awesome Land along with her twin brother, Cale. Their father, GOLDBEZ KLEIN EFRUN, had always forbid them from learning about their grandfather (Cale's namesake), however Cale was determined to do so anyway. When they were twenty, they were pulled into another universe, and adventure ensued. During this adventure they encountered a Traveler by the name of Leske, and eventually became his apprentices, after which the trio embarked on adventures through space and time in a blue police box.

Weapons: She carries a pair of energy katanas, as well as a number of energy kunai and energy shuriken. They are similar in appearance to those used by the Crusaders, but all have projected blades which can be turned on or off.

Powers: She is skilled in both armed and unarmed combat, and is proficient enough in stealth to be able to move silently and hide in plain sight. Additionally, she has at her disposal powerful defensive magic- specifically shield, healing, and enhancement magics.

Alignment: Neutral Stealth

Theme Song: Nightfall

[Sariel of Tevet]

Name: Captain Albert Alexander

Age: 40's

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Appearance:




Bio:

One day he was born
to his dear mother's scorn
with an old navy cap

By the time he should walk
baby Albert would fall
it seemed he would be lame

Til one day when his daddy came home
had with him a tiny boat in tow
He crawled on his ship and tugged the helm
looks like he finally found his legs
Albert's parents smiled
and sang

Captain Albert Alexander
found sea legs in just one blink
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the drink

When he was a boy
he wanted to play
down by the sea

At age thirteen
everyday after school
he would always sail around the lake

All the people would stand and stare
as he sailed around with precision and care
With his bi-corner hat and the way he would stand
he looked just like a Navy man
All the townsfolk would gather and say, and sing away

Captain Albert Alexander
He'll be a brave seafarer someday
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the waves

By the time he had grown
many seeds he had sewn
Albert had fallen in love

Took his girl to the sea
and then she started to scream
Albert's love was carried away

He took chase and began to sail
after a skeleton pirate and killer whale
Albert jumped onto its back
the captor he then went to attack
His love watched from safety and swayed
and sang away

Captain Albert Alexander
Fills the damsels with glee
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the sea

By age twenty four
he had left the shore
and was sailing for the Queen

On a dark starry night
Albert awoke to the sound
of his Captain screaming as he was drowned

The Navy crew was taking a lick
pirates had invaded the ship
But Albert with one aimed harpoon
ignited their rum with a spark and soon
flames drove the pirates away
the Navy sang

Captain Albert Alexander
Saved his crew from pirate slaughter
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the water

Twenty some odd years later
On his ship The Sea Slater
He sailed into a mass of blubber

Gazing up to the sky
stood a large walrus
that was a hundred stories high, it meant no harm

The walrus was in a great deal of pain
It suffered from a tusk with tooth decay
Albert threw his anchor 'round it's tusk
with a little bit of pulling it was out by dusk
The walrus thanked Albert and sang, as he sailed away

Captain Albert Alexander
Friend to sea urchin and me
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the sea

Abilities: sailor stuff

Weapons: The Sea Slater, Walrus tusk, sea creatures, navy weapons, sea legs

Theme Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQeeQjdU2Bk

Followed around by a old timey barber shop quartet that sings of his wonder.

[Monika]

Name: Clyde

Age: Mid to late thirties, biologically. Time in the Fallen Paradise is weird, so hundreds of years may have passed while he was down there, or no time at all.

Title: Demon King (though, not having met them, it can't be said for certain whether he is acknowledged as such by other demons)

Race: Arrancar Demon. But not like before, when he was a demon with a giant masquerade mask over his face. Now he's a Maskless Demon

Appearance: His eyes are an unnerving red color and have the tendency to glow. His hair is long and blond, and he has horns that extend from the sides of his head and point upward. He's about 6'6" and has massive bat wings. His expression is usually stern, and he shows a bit of battle wear. Also, he doesn't wear a shirt, allowing people far and wide to see his 8-pack abs and well toned arms.

Description/Short History: He started out as a tough, slightly arrogant general in the Super Land army. He always followed orders directly, until he took it upon himself to find and kill Leon Veralice and pals, who had come to Super Land to steal the Orb of Wind. Had a falling out with Super Land's then-leader, Raphael de la Viento. After being discharged from the military, he turned to ancient magic and was transformed into a tougher, even more arrogant demon monster. His power increased dramatically, but he found himself trapped in a dimension he christened the Fallen Paradise (Awesome Land's analogue to our concept of Hell). Unable to do escape, his anger and arrogance were replaced by a sense of mellowness. Then Raphael came to visit, letting Clyde know that the Orb of Wind was stolen and that Raphael was dying from the injuries he sustained in the fight. Then Clyde saw Super Land crash into the ground, wiping out everyone in the country. Then his mellowness was replaced by sorrow. He eventually resigned himself to his fate and was accepting the fact that he had lost everything he cared for and would never see the surface world again...until Antitheon, the angel, appeared. After fighting (and being thoroughly defeated by) the angel, Clyde submitted to the will of Seraphina, and gained the power he needed to escape. He's still mellow and a tad bit sad, but now he's extremely powerful and has a bit of a freedom complex. READ THROUGH AWESOME LAND 3 AND AWESOME LAND IV TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM.

Weapons/Powers: His leaner, more compact demon form is accompanied by a significant increase in his power. All of the demonic energy that he possesses no longer has to course through a ~30 foot tall monster, and can be used more effectively. The physical strength he developed while in the army has increased by several times, and he can approach the speed of sound while flying. He can create a number of constructs out of darkness, not the least impressive of which is the Shadow Rifle, which has, as described in Awesome Land 3 during his battle with Leon and Narrator, "the range of a sniper rifle, the power of a shotgun, and the rapid fire capabilities of a machine gun." And it shoots plasma. Also he has laser vision, and his eyes have adapted to see in the darkness after spending an extended amount of time in the Fallen Paradise with its messed up lighting.

Alignment: Anywhere between Lawful Dark and Chaotic Dark, depending on how addicted he gets to his freedom.

Theme Song: B13a

[Calefrun]

Name: Sark

Age: Really Freakin Old

Appearance: A mysterios hooded figure. The only part of his body that is visible is the lower half of his face, upon which there is a thin silver beard, barely visible against his skin, which is unnaturally pale.

Description: His past is a mystery.

Weapons: A seemingly endless number of swords, which he is able to conjure from thin air.

Powers: He can conjure a seemingly endless number of swords, and control them telepathically.

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Theme Song: Blumenkranz

[Mizagium]

Name: Clara Lux

Age: 28

Appearance: Clara is noticeably tanner than her sister, Ollie. The Grove was almost entirely outdoors and they didn’t wear sunscreen so as to receive the full benefit of Seraphina’s light, so she got way tan. Her hair is very light, however, because sun also does this to you. She once had green eyes, but something to do with the Light magic and maybe the Holy Light has turned them to a gleaming gold that seem to shine no matter what the light level; some say they can been seen in the dark. She wears the standard ALIA armor with the proper ranks denoting her General status, unusual for one so young. Beneath her armor she wears the crossed-swords emblem of Seraphina as a pendan at all times.

Description: Clara is a just Seraphim of the Goddess, believing in the Truth and Light of Seraphina. She will put what she perceives as Seraphina’s will above all other matters, but will be a protector of the weak and the innocent.

Weapons: Belaneir, a lance supposedly blessed by the Goddess herself. Belaneir was granted to Clara upon her reaching full Seraphim status and has demonstrated to generate (or perhaps channel) Light of its own and aids Clara in her own magic. Also with her she carries Falbrenth, a shield to repel even the deepest of darkness. At her side she wears a quiver of short throwing spears that are enchanted to always return to her unless destroyed.

Powers: Light Magic. Clara has been trained to use Light Magic as a weapon and as a shield. She can imbue her weapons with light, project it around herself, as blasts of magic, and even to levitate a bit. At the cost of much of her strength, Clara can channel Pure Holy Light to call forth Seraphina’s Judgment on an area. This Light originates with the Goddess herself and is the strongest Light imaginable.

Short History: Clara and Ollie both hail from Awesome Land, having grown up long before Leon’s hostile takeover with Hystoger. By that time, Clara had gone off to the Grove of Light, a monastic order in the east, dedicated to serving the will of Seraphina. Unlike most monastic orders, the Grove of Light disciples were trained in the martial arts – soldiers for the Goddess. Called her Seraphim, they were taught to seek and eliminate darkness and heresy wherever they saw them.

Clara, much like Ollie, had always displayed an affinity for Light. Whereas Ollie’s turned out to draw from the Elemental source of Light, Clara’s turned out to be much more magical (or less, depending on how you look at it) in nature. Hers came from an innate affinity for light magic, which she learned to wield in battle at the Grove. However, she was never quite satisfied with her powers, finding them a pale imitation of the real Light of Seraphina, so she devoted herself even more to her training, with her ascension to full Seraphim, Clara unlocked the ability to summon Pure Holy Light from the Heavens themselves (religion is an RPG, don’t you know?) though this causes great strain on her body.

When Leon assumed control of Awesome Land, Clara’s training was complete and she intended to set out against him, but the warrior monks insisted she wait. This was not her battle, they said. Seraphia had a plan to remove the inheritor of her brother’s sin. Clara accepted this and was pleased to find that Leon was deposed by another set of heroes, which she (rightly or wrongly) attributed to Seraphina’s will.

With Aurora’s ascension, she found a home in the Awesome Land Imperial Army, determining that her path was to root out any remaining traces of Leon’s corruption. Although she had found her place, it wasn’t until the ascension of Emperor Awesome that she truly knew this was her charge. She was dazzled by him at his coronation speech, determining that he was Seraphina’s chosen ruler, destined to unite the world in Her Light.

Alignment: Angelic Good

Theme Song Keep Your Guard Up

[Mizagium]

Name: Veritaz Thundercougarfalconbird

Age: 58

Title: Master Ninja of Really Cool Land

Race: Human (ninja)

Appearance: Short grayed hair; Gray eyes with the mark of the Thundercougarfalonbird Clan in each iris; He wears tough, flexible metallic armor over fitted black clothing (the armor is also black, of course); a few scars decorate his face; he is always seen standing with perfect posture

Description: Veritaz takes his job as Master Ninja of Really Cool Land very seriously. While his primary job is to safeguard the RCL royal family, he maintains a wide web of communication over the all of the kingdom; you don't so much as sneeze too loudly without him knowing within seconds. He cares deeply for the Mambutoo O'Malleys, as well, regarding them as his family and friends, aside from just his duty. He will sacrifice anything to protect them and the land.

Short History: It is said that Veritaz was born with a blade in his hand and turned it on the nurse when she tired to smack his bottom. By the age of 2, he was able to do sweet backflips. By 5, he had tamed the wildlife around his village. He was taught at the RCL Royal Ninja School before being sent off to the nameless ninja school in Scholastic Land where he excelled, of course. He officially began his service at 18 to the then-king-and-queen Daniel and Lora Mambutoo O'Malley.

Veritaz served faithfully and even became good friends with Randolph and Jonathan, who were not terribly younger than him. His skills were put to the test fifteen years ago, when Really Cool Land was INVADED BY ALIENS. King Daniel and Queen Lora were killed in the fighting, forcing Prince Randolph and his wife, Francine Wankershim to assume the throne, but Jonathan disappeared and was never seen again. The campaign was short, but fierce, and during that time Vertiaz manifested the Iris Sigil of the Clan - indicating the previous bearer, the Clan Head, had been killed. With the previous Master Ninja (and clan head) lost during the fighting, Veritaz was quickly swept into the position, which he has served with honor ever since.

Powers: Ninja powers; mastery of most known forms of armed and unarmed combat; proficiency in several languages, mathematics, sciences, and has an impeccable knowledge of world history and world literature; he long ago mastered the art of hyperspeed reading, allowing him to consume over 9000 words a second. As the bearer of the Clan Eye Sigil, Veritaz can channel all of his ninja powers through said eyes to summon the mythical Thundercougarfalconbird (he can also channel smaller amounts to draw upon the Beast's attributes: Lightning, Thunder, Speed, Stealth, Stalking, Flight, and the ability to regurgitate undigested animal matter (that one is seldom used))

Weapons: Veritaz only ever carries his own fists into battle. While it seems as if he can produce weapons out of nowhere, he actually has a team of hyperfast ninja that switch out any weapon from a secret, secure armory.

Alignment: Lawful Loyalist

[Mizagium]

Name: Johnny Mambutoo O'Malley

Age: 19 (look, Sarah is 3 years older, alright?)

Title: Prince of Really Cool Land; Hero of the New World; That Guy with Too Many Powers

Appearance: He's pretty handsome, you know? What with that face and those eyes and that hair. Oh baby. No, but for real, he's got brown hair and brown eyes. He usually wears clothing more suitable for jumping around and fighting that being a prince.

Description: Johnny lives for the adventure. Sitting around being a prince was never his life goal. He is impatient, but has learned that sometimes caution trumps haste. He has a tendency to ignore others in a fight, but is working on that. His adventures in Random World have instilled a sense of leadership and responsibility in him, although not enough to want to be a king, still.

Short History: Eh, I think I've been over this before. Prince of RCL; childhood friends with Cassandra; bratty as a kid, turned his personal tutor into a clockman; journeyed to Awesome Land to save his sister; almost went full emo, but didn't; learned he was a True Hero; gained some powers and then forgot about them; went on a journey of self-discovery; saved a world; gained absurd amounts of new powers; is back home.

Powers: Unknown to him, Johnny bears the Iris Sigil of Ultimate Potential, allowing him to naturally (and unconsciously) develop new powers should the conditions arise; his powers may also change and evolve as they are developed. Through this, Johnny has manifested the ability to control all Fourteen Universal Elements - not nearly to the degree of the Immortals, but he CAN handle more than one at a time.

During the First Battle of Dynasty City, Johnny discovered a spiritual connection with Ventus, the legendary hero of Really Cool Land, while in combat with Xavian, Ventus' old nemesis. This connection allowed him to produce the Holy Claymore, using the True Sword as a catalyst - although this may have been an extension of his later-discovered ability to access the Infinite Sword Plain.

Johnny has also manifested a connection to the Infinite Sword Plain, a trans-universal repository of any and all legendary, unique, or otherwise named swords, which he can then copy and use for himself. Within that Plain are seven incredibly powerful swords which he cannot approach.

He once disguised himself as a male model to locate his sister and displayed some abilities that have since been linked to the Sexy Force, although it is unknown if this is a power he possesses.

Weapons: Swords from the ISP; the 14 Elements

Alignment: Heroic Good

[Mizagium]

Organization Name: Guardians of the New World

Age: Like 5 Days

Base of Operations: Random World Brave New World

Members: Cruxias, Taylor, Frederick, Taere, Raem, Y'omi, Johnny (honorary leader and founder), Vespi (co-founder)

Short History: The GotNW were formed while Johnny went through his 'finding himself' phase in Random World. Initially there was only Cruxias, whom Johnny took on as an apprentice hero of sorts, but that quickly grew to include Taylor, the runaway.
Frederick was a formidable opponent more than once, but eventually joined them against Lamia, his former mistress, and Astleas, the insane creator of the world. Teare was another of Lamia's generals that switched sides. Raem and Y'omi are Homonculai, former memory-collecting servants of Lamia and the last of their kind.

Descriptions:

Cruxias - Long blond hair and blue eyes. She's sixteen so she's a bit lanky. A bit of a rebellious streak, but good at heart. Her father is the mayor of a town.

Taylor - Seventeen with darker hair and eyes than Cruxias; considerably more brooding although he's getting better. A former runaway, he isn't used to belonging to a group.

Frederick - Although created by FORD in the Awesome Land dimension a few years ago, Frederick appears in his early thirties. He wears dark purple armor (nearly black) and has short, dark purple hair and similarly colored eyes. He has a strong sense of duty and honor.

Taere - Mid-twenties. Short brown hair. Tank top. Short shorts. She's fun-loving and easily excitable, although a bit bummed at having to 'babysit' kids. She likes to go fast.

Raem and Y'omi - Teenage bodies with golden eyes and silver hair. They were created as a pair and thus are basically twins. Raem has shorter hair than his 'sister; but otherwise it's hard to tell them apart.

Powers:

Cruxias - Soul Armor, a hard-projection of her soul; Soul Sword (and other weapons) hard-projection of her soul. These Soul projections rely on her strength of will and determination to maintain themselves. Obviously, prolonged use can damage her soul. She also possesses an untrained ability to connect with other souls.

Taylor - None to speak of, but he possesses Stormscar, a falchion that can produce weather effects by loading modular spheres into slots.

Frederick - Frederick can manipulate gravity in a local area, as well as on certain objects such as his gravity hammer.

Taere - Taere actually possesses a variation of Time, which she calls Speed. Basically, Taere manipulates time around herself to create the effect of moving super fast. She can also project it onto other objects, although this is very difficult if she isn't touching it.

Raem and Y'omi - Memory stealing and reading; can manipulate memories on a small scale to make a crowd forget they were ever there.

Weapons:

Cruxias - her hard Soul Projections

Taylor - said Stormscar

Frederick - Gravity Hammer

Taere - brass knuckles

Raem and Y'omi - N/A

Alignment: Adorably Ragtag

[Bruce Leroy]

Name: Metal Gear Fish
Age: ?
Appearance: A fish with an eye patch, camouflage, and a cigar
Description: No one really knows why MGF is in Awesome Land anymore. He supposedly is fighting to create a better world, but he’s just here for the CQC, sneaking, and not so subtle sexism.
Weapons: He is a master of all modern military combat equipment. He carries a M16 assault rifle on his back, as well as his 1911 pistol, his silenced tranquilizer gun, and his combat knife. He also has a belt that holds his various grenades to use in combat. He also as the Fulton system, which is used to extract any precious cargo to his home base.
Powers: He is a master of CQC (Close Quarters Combats) and stealth, using clever disguises, the environment, and boxes to blend into any situation. He also has a mystic inventory system that somehow can get him any tool or weapon that he needs for any situation.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Theme Song: Metal Gear Theme Song



Name: Cod Commando
Age: ?
Appearance: (insert Cod Commando)
Description: He works for the government as a member of S.P.O.R.K. and is the sworn enemy of Hector Con Carne and Metal Gear Fish.
Weapons: Like his adversary MGF, he is also adept at using modern military equipment. He carries two laser pistols in his pockets.
Powers: Aside from being a superb military tactician and seemingly endless pockets for storage he does not have any remarkable powers.
Alignment: Lawful Good
Theme Song: Danger Zone



Name: The Gears (Marcus Fenix, Augustus “Cole Train” Cole, Damon Baird, Dominic Santiago)
Description: Delta squad from the games. They are here essentially as Metal Gear Fish’s enforcers, but they are horribly incompetent at their job.
Weapons: Chainsaw assault rifles
Powers: Steroids
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral


I'm working on my original character, which should be done by tomorrow

[Bruce Leroy]

New character to be done eventually

[Myrdraxxis]

I DONT BELIEVE YOU

[Bruce Leroy]

Rejoice for he is here

Name: Sky Captain Bactus Virerina

Title: Captain of the Skys

Appearance:

Age: 30

Description: Sky Captain Bactus Virerina Captain of the Skys started as a young lad on the mean tough streets of Steampunk Land. At the age of 14 he got his first job upon the The Foul Thunder, the finest airship there was at the time. By the time he was 24 he was already the first mate to Captain Brody Kantiford. Along with their faithful crew, they became the most notorious airship pirates of the land. Tragically, during a raid, they were ambushed by a group of pirates trying to make a name for themselves and killed Captain Brody. Looking to their new captain, Bactus lead his men to victory. Since that day he has vowed to plunder all that can be plunder, sleep with all the sky wenches that he can sleep with, and drink all the booze that can be drank. Thus began the Legend of Sky Captain Bactus Virerina Captain of the Skys.

Weapons:
The Foul Thunder: the mighty vessel of the Sky Captain. The ship is equipped with: two Gatling guns on the front upper level of the ship, as well as two on the lower back level, flamethrowers on both sides on the upper levels, two cannons on the lower sides. The ship is constantly being upgraded to make sure that it is in peak shape for combat and navigation by its loyal crew.

Ebony and Ivory: The Sky Captains trustworthy pistols that never seem to miss their target. They are both six shooter revolvers and ironically Ebony is made of Ivory and Ivory is made of Ebony, they Captain was drunk when he named them.

Scurvy Splinter: The Sky Captains blade of choice. It is a black sword with white and brass engraving on it. The Captain keeps it at his side almost all the time and never hesitates to use its shaper blade to kill or torture his enemies.

Powers: Confidence, a pirates spirit, and an extremely high thirst for alcohol and wenches

[Mizagium]

Name: Arcturus

Age: 47

Title: Fuku-shogun

Appearance: Tall and regal, with discerning gray eyes, and feathery black hair. Has a full, but neatly trimmed beard. He has a hard, angular face. He probably looks something like default Hawke from Dragon Age II. He wears an ornate, but practical o-yoroi of the ancient samurai style, but constructed with cutting-edge, lightweight material. His is azure-colored.

Description: Arcturus is the son of a farmer from a backwater world of the Cosmic Shogunate. Always feeling there was more to him than scraping out a living farming space-potatoes, Arcturus joined the Space Land Armed Forces and worked his way through the ranks of the Star Samurai, eventually finding himself as a fuku-shogun, a lieutenant general, second in rank only to the Cosmic Shogun Polaris himself. Despite (or perhaps because of) his lofty position, Arcturus has come to hate what the Shogunate has become. Polaris is only a figurehead, while the Space Ninja Clans actually rule the empire, unbeknownst to the common people. Arcturus despises sneaking and treachery, preferring a punch to the jaw than a knife to the back. He believes he could lead the Shogunate back to the glory days of conquest.

Weapons: Hokule’a, a katana forged just for him. While a nodachi would be more fitting of his rank, Hokule’a is a more practical weapon.

Powers: In his youth, Arcturus briefly turned away from the Samurai and embarked on a journey of self-discovery. Along the way, he was visited by the spirit of Qing Long, the Azure Dragon, a guardian deity, and blessed with mystical powers. Arcturus can use the Azure Dragon’s power to summon (Azure) barrier fields to protect, repel, and augment.

Alignment: Lawful Evil

[Mizagium]

Name(s): Castor and Pollux

Age: 15

Appearance: Castor and Pollux are twins, hence why they’re sharing a bio. Both are awkward-looking teens with pale skin, and light brown hair. Castor has that emo teen hair swoop going on, while Pollux’s keeps getting closer to a buzz. Training has made their wiry bodies into lean killing machines.

Description: Orphaned at a young age, Arcturus ‘adopted’ the boys and trained them into the Star Samurai they are today. Of the Samurai, Castor and Pollux are among the most loyal. Although effective with the sword, they are most at home in the pilot seat, having earned the Shogunate’s highest honors in flight (both in and out of atmosphere).

Weapons: Standard issue katana

Powers: Both brothers have a rather basic lightning generation ability, which can be amplified by tandem usage. As well, each brother can heal the other (but not themselves) and if either of the brother is killed, the other can completely revive him, but at the risk of severe exhaustion.

Alignment: Arcturus

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Name: Vega

Age: 28

Appearance:

Description: Vega comes from an old Samurai house, one that was once prestigious enough that its children didn’t have to actually serve in the military. However, that glory has long since faded away, and while the house maintains its high status, it is somewhat of a private joke known to all. Vega joined the Samurai intentionally to bring honor to her house again, much to the annoyance of her family, who had simply hoped to marry her to another house.

Vega rebuffed their attempts to arrange a marriage and became a Star Samurai. Because of her abilities, she was drafted into the Star Fallers, a high-altitude infiltration unit. While serving, she met and fell in love with another, Altair. She became known as the Vulture, and he the Eagle. Obviously disapproving of their inevitable union, Vega’s family hired Space Ninja to sabotage a mission and frame Altair. Altair was imprisoned, but Vega was implicated as well, leading to a dishonorable discharge. She didn’t know about the sabotage, but she didn’t believe Altair was responsible.

Arcturus recruited a distraught Vega on the verge of agreeing to an arranged marriage. He promised to help her clear Altair’s name if she would assist in his takeover. He promised to destroy the old aristocracy and hinted that the Ninja Clans were involved in the cover-up. In joining, he has also been introduced to Antares, Altair’s brother, who also seems to want to free Altair.

Weapons: Although she carries her katana, she’s more a fan of tanto and kaiken – short swords and daggers, as well as kama.

Powers: Vega’s power can be summarized thusly: falling with style. In long form, she can control how much gravity affects her, increasing or decreasing it as needed. As well, she can manipulate wind resistance, which can give her the appearance of flight. This is technically not true: she can only create a perpetual free-fall state. If she wanted to get higher, she would have to land, and jump while nullifying gravity and wind.

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

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Name: Draconis

Age: 35

Appearance: Black hair tied up in a tail, with a full beard. His armor is painted black and stylized to look like a night sky as seen from his home.

Description: Like many Samurai, Draconis hails from an ancient and powerful family. Unlike many Samurai, Draconis’ family is actually a branch family of a Ninja Elder House, meaning his loyalties lie closer to the Space Ninja, than the Star Samurai. His family has acted as Honor Guards for a Ninja House for centuries.

Draconis is the only member of Arcturus’ inner circle that was explicitly lied to. According to Arcturus, Draconis was recruited to help ferret out traitors to the Shogunate, especially those harmful to the Ninja Houses. As the Ninja are the actual government of the Shogunate, Draconis naturally agreed. His mission is to track down spies who escaped Cloud Land and plan on undermining the alliance of Cloud Land and Space Land.

Weapons: Ootenkiryuuga, his familiy’s ancient weapon, possessed by the Star Dragon, Typhon.

Powers: Draconis can, by uttering a trigger phrase, summon a celestial dragon, an ethereal beast that looks like it is made of stars and nebulae. While conjured, the dragon can be commanded to attack his opponent or defend Draconis. The dragon is a real spirit, though, and constantly tries to take over Draconis’ mind, urging him to release more and more of its power. If left summoned for too long, it will overpower Draconis.

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

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Name: Betelgeuse (formerly Orion)

Age: 43

Appearance: Grizzled old mountain-man loner. As Orion, he had a nice urban legend following. Most of it was exaggerated, but he was possibly the best hunter in the Shogunate. Part of that was that no one else was doing it, but still. His hair has been gray since he was twenty, and he used to just tie it back – now he’s chopped it to ear-length, but he doesn’t really care for it. His eyes have been dyed red by the Hunter’s Blood usage. He’s tan, scarred, and imposing in the strong, silent badass way. He’s not stupid, or Arcturus wouldn’t have sought him out, and there’s a careful discernment in his eyes.

Description: Betelgeuse walked away from civilization in his teenage years, preferring the wild to modern comforts. Also his family was extremely influential, and he wanted no part of that. So he brought great shame on his house and lived among the beasts. He garnered a reputation, something your run-of-the-mill mountain man wouldn’t have, what with being from a noble house and all. He kept his name and displayed his trophies when he could, always reminding the Shogunate that here he was, a noble, who had walked away from society.

His mythos painted him as temperamental and savage, but the truth was he simply felt at home in the wilds. His frequent returns to civilization to taunt his family aren’t recorded, as they sort of ruin the image crafted for him. On those excursions, he did learn about the goings-on, and so wasn’t surprised when Arcturus approached him. Arcturus, however, seemed surprised when he was rebuffed. Repeatedly.

Sending Antares was apparently an act of desperation, as Orion had no real connection to the man. Antares nearly killed Orion, and utterly destroyed his right arm, before bringing him in alive. Save by old friend Ophiuchus, Orion adopted the Betelgeuse moniker and decided he would see what this Arcturus was all about.

Weapons: Any weapon, but he prefers the bow.

Powers: Betelgeuse harnesses a power he called ‘Hunter’s Blood’ which is an energy source which he traditionally uses to increase his strength, speed, endurance, and focus. Doing so will exhaust him once he releases the power. More recently, thanks to the artificial arm from Ophiuchus, Betelgeuse can form Hunter’s Blood into more tangible forms, like weapons. When doing so, or if overclocking on Hunter’s Blood, excess energy vents from his back, appearing like butterfly wings. Ophiuchus speculates he could use them for gliding, if not flight.

Alignment: The Wilds

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Name: Ophiuchus

Age: Unknown

Appearance: Long, straight green hair, narrow green eyes, forked tongue – er, forget about that last part. He definitely doesn’t have a snake tongue. He *does* have oval pupils. And sharp teeth. He is usually seen wearing a lab coat. He also usually has a belt or some sort of bag with various serums, syringes, and implements.

Description: Ophiuchus is a mad scientist, there’s no two ways about it. While dedicated to the sciences, he specializes in biomedical engineering, enjoying new and interesting ways to enable people to destroy each other. Arcturus’ vision for a new Shogunate provides great potential for death and destruction. Ophiuchus is actually childhood friends with Orion and was the one who saved his life and built his new arm. He’s mainly a background player.

Weapons: Whatever concoction he’s got. Also syringes filled with poison.

Powers: Being weird. Also, he’s apparently a lot older than he looks, having injected himself with an immortality serum. He, uh, occasionally sheds his skin, snake style.

Alignment: Neutral Evil

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Name: Leporis

Age: 57

Appearance: Big fat guy with an impossibly spherical belly. He’s usually red-faced, but isn’t much of a drinker. He always wears his helm because he’s balding underneath. His armor doesn’t actually fit all the way down over his gut, so it’s bunched up and broken.

Description: Leporis is a veteran soldier, and a commander, or whatever the Samurai equivalent is. He had been relegated to a desk job for several years before Arcturus recruited him for his purposes. While not one hundred percent loyal to Arcturus, he is elated to be back in the field.

Weapons: Naginata

Powers: Leporis was always known as the Rabbit, after his ability to leap with great force. His increased girth has not reduced his proficiency at all. In fact, he might be a little better. His other ability is his gut. Leporis’ swollen belly absorbs light as long as it is exposed, which is all the time these days. When struck, it released a shockwave of the energy stored up. In low lighting, it shines.

Alignment: Jovial Combative

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Name: Monoceras

Age: Undetermined – appears roughly 25

Appearance: Tall and elf-like, with snow-white hair and rose pink eyes. His face and body are narrow and slight. He’s pretty, not handsome, in a very fey sort of way. Oh, and he has a single horn growing from his forehead, like all members of his people. He tends to wear a noble cloak over his armor.

Description: Monoceras comes from a race of horned folk. His planet was conquered long ago, during the Expansionist phase of the Cosmic Shogunate. Due to their apparently universal attractiveness, the Tsuno people were enslaved as ornaments for high-ranking Samurai families. Those not taken were left in poverty. Due to their horns’ magic-capture properties. They were highly sought after, forcing the poverty-stricken people to sell their horns, but obviously not for the full value. House servant Tsuno generally didn’t have to ever cut their horns – unless their master demanded it.

Monoceras was a street Tsuno, frustrated with his people – first with the street Tsuno for remaining in poverty, and for the house Tsuno for allowing themselves to remain enslaved, rationalizing that it was better than living on the streets. While the street Tsuno had a sense of pride about their struggle, Monoceras identified it as a tool by which his people oppressed themselves, and decided he was fed up with his people.

His psychic powers developed early on and used them to manipulate people. By reading minds, he learned the right things to say to the right people at the right time, gaining an apprenticeship with a merchant, while secretly training himself with a bo staff. Everything might have gone well, but when a Samurai attempted to extort his master, Monceras eventually threw the man out. While technically within rights, he was a Tsuno and had dared to lay a hand on a noble. Insulted, the Samurai tried to ‘teach him a lesson’ – but Monoceras easily put the man down, leading to Monoceras being arrested, and his Master fined heavily.

Arcturus came to Monoceras in jail, on the eve of a death sentence, describing his desire to change the Shogunate. Monoceras found truth in the man with his developing telepathy, and agreed to assist Arcturus, with the condition he was not a servant, but a soldier, to which Arcuturus easily agreed.

Since then, Monoceras has largely flaunted his newfound freedom whenever he gets the chance, but in strange and seemingly contradictory ways. Operating directly under lieutenant general Arcturus, Monoceras outranks most noble Samurai, and enjoys putting them down. Conversely, he purchases Tsuno horns, finding a wry irony in using his own people’s strength, derived from enslavement. He hates to see them so, but hates to see how they perpetuate the cycle. He isn’t sure what he’ll do once they’re free, but that is his goal.

Weapons: Yes, a katana, but he prefers his staff.

Powers: Monoceras is a natural-born telepath. Through experimentation, he discovered he was also an empath, technopath, and most recently, a gaiapath – that is, able to communicate with an entire world. Ophiuchus suspects he is a true omnipath, a person able to psychically communicate with anyone or anything. Aside from this, Monoceras has an affinity for the mystic arts, though a very broad kind, making him effective in most schools, but not especially good anywhere. He solves this by using the focus-like property of his people’s horns.

He carries a few on his person at all times. With one, he can ‘capture’ and enemy ability, attuning that horn to it. He can then, temporarily, harness that power, by impaling himself with the attuned horn. Eventually the horns lose the attunement, and he has to remove them and heal the wound. Technically, his own horn is capable of this, but it takes time to regrow, and sawing it off is so messy.

Alignment: High and Mighty

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Name: Antares

Age: 30

Appearance: If madman is an archetype, that’s Antares. He has long, unkempt dark hair that hangs in his face, wide ‘crazy’ eyes (heterochromatic: black and hazel) and he seems to always be smiling, as if waiting for someone to laugh a joke he had just told, but the joke wasn’t that well executed, and a little offensive. He’s also a big guy, probably over six feet tall, but hunches.

Description: Altair’s older brother, long estranged from the family. He disappeared years ago after burning down the servant quarters with all the servants inside. He was found by Ophiuchus and introduced to Arcturus, and they have all entered into an uneasy alliance. Upon finding out that Altair was imprisoned, Antares nearly marched down and freed his brother – likely killing everyone in his way – but was kept down by Arcturus. Instead, he was sent to speak with Orion, which, in retrospect, was probably a bad idea; he nearly killed Orion.

Antares is not loyal to either Ophiuchus or Arcturus, but appears willing to listen to either. His mind has degraded over the years, but he seems to hope Ophiuchus will find a cure.

Weapons: His hands, spit, and breath.

Powers: Antares power is one of corrosion. Whatever material he touches – wood, metal, flesh – he can dissolve. Usually he does this by contact with his hands, but his saliva and breath are also corrosive. He usually has conscious control over when his powers activate, but loses it when stressed or emotionally compromised. He is not, as one might suspect, immune to his own powers. Antares’ corrosive touch will melt his flesh just as well as another’s, and he bears numbers scars from this, particularly on his face. Recently, he’s shown to be able to drip an acidic substance from his hands. By his own mental degradation, it’s possible Antares is capable of corroding minds and/or souls.

Alignment: Neutral Evil sliding into Chaotic Evil

[Myrdraxxis]

Name: (allegedly) Bushido Jones

Age: 27

Appearance: Bushido Jones is a pretty cool dude. He wears his black hair in a perfectly coifed pompadour, with rockin' sideburns and a goatee. A pair of sunglasses almost always hide his blue eyes. Jones wears a yukata, along with a single shoulder pauldron, and leg and arm bracers for armor. Jones is fairly average in height.

Description: Jones grew up to a poor family of farmers, but had dreams of becoming a kick-ass samurai. It was his only ambition, despite the clear class laws against him being able to join the Shogunate's military. Jones trained himself for years and then managed to join the army by lying about his origins. Eventually though, Jones found the life in the army too restrictive and that his talents for swordplay were being wasted (also they had really annoying fraternization laws, I mean come on man...) so he went AWOL, becoming a a wandering ronin.

Weapons: Jones arms himself with a katana, wakizashi and tanto.

Powers: Jones' powers come not from himself (the filthy pleb) but from his weapons, the three blades he swiped from the Shogunate (or won in an honor duel depending on who you ask). All three weapons can alter their own gravity, becoming either very heavy or very light instantly, allowing Jones to alter the flow of combat on the fly with heavy attacks of light flurries of strikes.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

[Mizagium]

Name: Corvus Crater

Age: 34

Appearance:

Description: Corvus Crater never wanted to be a Samurai, he was perfectly content to drink, gamble, steal, and whore his life away, until he finally cheated the wrong man. Despite his history, attitude, and promises to resume his previous lifestyle, Arcturus decided it would be a good idea to draft him into the Star Samurai, claiming that he 'knew' something about Corvus. Something that even Corvus didn't know. Not wanting to rot in prison or de killed outright, Corvus accepted the offer.

True to his word, Corvus made a terrible Star Samurai. Not based on skill - he's actually a decent swordsman - but he disrespected authority at every turn. Disobeyed orders. Snuck away from training to gamble, drink, and whore. Despite all this, things might have been ok if Corvus hadn't royalled screwed up. One night, having done exactly all those things I just said, Corvus was confronted by a superior officer, who had had it with his behavior, Arcturus be damned.

Either too drunk or too defiant to care, Corvus drew his blade on the officer, which, in samurai culture, is a no-no. Corvus was good, but the officer was better. Corvus was defeated and imprisoned for treason, where he's languished since. Arcturus was either unable to liberate him, or unwilling to do so, since several years have passed.

Weapons: Katana, although being the rogue he is, Corvus prefers throwing stars, kunai, short-bladed weapons, smoke-bombs, caltrops, etc.

Powers: Corvus is a Voidsailor, a class of Samurai able to attune themselves to Darkness and Space, granting them the ability to survive in space without any kind of environmental suit, as well as to fly. voidsailors were utilized as boarding parties for naval battles. Their terrestrial counterparts are the starfallers, and oceanmasters. Voidsailors aren't trained much in the way of manipulating darkness beyond a personal bubble, but Corvus learned to shadowstep on his own. Basically, he learned how to use Darkness and Space in ways to support his shithead lifestyle.

Alightment: True Neutral