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Characters:
elf
Name: Kathrin Taylor
Appearance: Kathrin is quite tall. She was 6feet tall the last time she checked. She has light skin accompanied with a nice body shape. Her eyes vary. If she is using water they are sea blue (more turquoise) If she is using air they are sky blue. Using earth they are brown. And using fire they are a faint yellowy green. Her hair is always tied up in a bun. It is a silky golden blonde.
Personality: due to her first power, Kathrin has split personalities. Sometimes she is calm and mellow (water) others she can be firm and strong in her point of view (earth) and others she can be either very angry about somthing or very passionate (fire) she has always had this kind of split personality and hasn't really developed one of her own.
Power: her first and strongest power is to control the four elements. With this power though, each element has it's own personality inside her. Buit she has a second power which is to control other animals (human included) she can only control one at a time though as it tends to weaken her to much. If she holds control for over 5 minutes, she faints and awakens with a searing headache.
Other: Kathrin is 20 years old but she looks 18. She has been trained with a sturdy sword all of her life and is now a master. She keeps It in a sword sheaf on her back. In each boot she keeps a dagger. She can use a bow and arrow really well as she can minipulate the air to always shoot but prefers not to
Cat_Monty
Character Name: Francis Myre
Age: 23
Appearance: 6'0, Well-built with short black hair and hazel eyes, has a burn scar on his wrist and others on his back.
Personality: Francis (or Fran as he can be nicknamed - though he dislikes this) is judgemental and at times harsh. He doesn't hold back from speaking his opinion. It's easy to assume he is emotionless but he just holds it in and deals with it by himself.
Ability/Power: He is a very stealthy person naturally, on top of this he has the ability to "fade" into any shadow - this is harder during the day. This enables him to better sneak upon people or to turn invisible if its required.
Other: Francis doesn't talk about himself much but records show he was abandoned on the doorstep of a high lord. He experienced some time in jail for his murder before being offered a chance to redeem himself by hunting virtues for the government, He is well-versed in the use of poison and daggers.
rhetoric
Character Name: Atherin Gallows
Gifted.
Appearance: Atherin's gypsy heritage is clear in her appearance. 24. She's roughly five-foot-eight, with glossy white-blue eyes and extremely long, curly black hair. Her features are sharp but delicate, very mysterious and dark; she has the body type of a ballerina but the lithe motions of a warrior.
Personality: Stoic and well-mannered, she's all business. She does not mince or waste words, she speaks only when she has something of use or importance to say. Often times, she prefers being alone to being in the company of others. She has deep emotional scars that she cannot explain and they have given her specific quirks over time. She hates being touched or looked at and prefers to hide in the background. She has a number of strange brands, scars, and markings covering her body that she doesn't understand and has no recollection of receiving.
Ability/Power: Atherin is able to manipulate the weather. She primarily uses this to control clouds, to bring fog to conceal her when she wishes, and to create thunderstorms and blizzards on a whim. When she feels violent, she likes to create tornadoes and hurricanes. Atherin also has the (rare?) ability to create and perform charms, curses, hexes, and small nature-oriented spells.
Other: Atherin suffers from amnesia. She cannot remember what happened to her before her life in the Unlimited, and she doesn't care to. The scars and brands littering her body tell her she should start fresh. She has been with the Unlimited for only a year, and all of the memories she has made there are of training or her schooling.
Lilley
Name: Darkstar
Virtue
Appearance: Darkstar is tall, 6'3, and built like a soldier with broad shoulders, well muscled arms and chest that are laced with scars from battle. His face is rough and chiselled with a long scar that stretches from above his right eye down his face and neck before finally stopping in front of his right collar bone. His eyes are a deep purple and he often looks unkempt with stubble and rough clothes.
Personality: Darkstar is very aloof with those he doesn't know or when in a new place, he always has the hood of his cloak up to conceal his face and rarely speaks. Much proffering to use his famous black steel sword in place of his tongue, this weapon is what gives him his name amongst the local villages and those of high enough regard to need his services in the cities. But the name has a much much more bloodied and violent past. Darkstar is a master swordsman but regrets the fact that his only notable skill is killing; Darkstar was squired by the famed Knight of the Morning Sir Arthur Dwayne. Who fought against Government in the War and was killed, he passed his title onto Darkstar upon his deathbed and his famous family blade which Darkstar carries across his back at all times but never, ever uses.
Ability/Power: Darkstar has the ability to read people's minds. The process is painful for both parties but this means he is more than able to get the truth and information from people as well as delete memories and knowledge as well. His second lesser ability is the power to create images in people's minds for only a few moments using their greatest fears or deception in order for him to get the upper hand or escape.
Other: Darkstar was twelve when he became the squire to the famous Knight who found him in his village fighting with four other boys, older than he at the time, and winning. When the war broke out between the Virtues and Government Sir Arthur was sympathetic to their cause and fought for them, when he died he passed his title and blade onto Darkstar. Upon hiring himself out as a sellsword Darkstar forsook his real name until the moment he feels he has earned the famous title and the sacred sword or his Master.
WithClawsToWrite
Name: Damien Rade - "Virtue"
Appearance: Of average height, 5' 11", his body type is rather slim and lanky which can make him appear taller than he actually is. He is 26. His hair is a dark brown, but is already turning a silver/grey from the tips up even at his young age (his acquaintances tell him it is because of his cynicism) he wears his hair sort of shaggy and messy with a slightly unshaven chin. His eyes are chocolate brown and from far away can make him appear to be a harmless creature (though he is anything but this). He wears custom jackets (plural, because they often tear) that are a dark tan color and could almost be a shorter version to a cloak but with a raised collar instead of a hood, with slits that go from the inside of his sleeves to his armpits that are later added (because of one of his abilities).
Personality: Damien is definitely an animated character. He is highly cynical and shows his opinions and emotions only through sarcasm, wit, and smug facial expressions. You will often find him in groups of people, for he loves to socialize and act playful due to the overly dramatic and loud side of his persona, but he never forms any lasting partnership with anyone, fated as he is to be loner, with the exception of a stray dog or two that always seem to want to follow him home. He is somewhat of a Jack-of-all-trades and makes his living doing any short, high paying jobs he can find. He is known for appearing paranoid in everyday situations, almost just for fun and to add humor, but turns entirely opposite to completely self-preserved under great pressure. He does not have a quick temper, and always tries to think before he acts... but never before he speaks. He can be very sly and tricky but hides it by playing down his abilities and appearing weak.
Ability/Power: His first Power is in his arms (the reason for his customized jacket/sleeves) they have the ability to morph into extremely large black battle axes, equaling more than half of his own body, but have the issue, after being used for a certain amount of time, of eliminating themselves and detaching from his body by turning into piles of sand. Much like an hourglass, he must wait until all the sand has disappeared and have rebuilt his arms in order to use them again, though this really only takes five minutes at the most. His second is in his eyes, when able to make straight eye contact with anyone else, he can see their ultimate weakness or fear, therefore, having the advantage of forming a battle strategy.
Other: After Damien's entire Family was killed during the Uprising he doesn't much take to being a part of any protest. He looks down upon pre-meditated war and anyone, from either side, who participated. He looked up to his father more than anyone, who was one of the leaders in the War, but now barely thinks of him or any of his family for that matter. He believes that dwelling on the past is a waste of time but has no idea how he truly wants to spend his future. He tries to focus on his own survival more than anything else. The reason he appears so thin and with little muscle is because he is not a very big eater and would much rather have a drink than anything else, which has also become his favorite hobby. He spends all his free time at small unknown pubs in rural areas (so he will not be easily noticed) never staying in one place for too long (so that the Gifted will not catch onto his travel pattern). He also happens to befriend one of the stray dogs that follow him that resembles a wolf, which is aptly named Wolfe
llmay
Name: Mariette (Marie) Sommer
Appearance: 31 years old: 5'11": Lean with thin but strong muscles: has no sign of it what-so-ever: Short black hair just above her shoulders: Very mesmerizing blue crystal (almost white) eyes: Very striking as a whole
Personality: Marie doesn't often care what others think. She's a do-it-yourself kind of gal. Despite her non-interaction with others she is very intelligent and wise which is why she is often trusted.
Ability: Psychokinesis (Telekinesis). Time manipulation, though she hasn't used it often it hasn't brought harm to her.... yet.
Other: Has known about the Last War and lived in that time period but doesn't care much for it. Knows martial arts and often combines it with her telekinesis. Can sometimes harbor her energy because of that. Everything else about her is unknown.
Spots filled:
1) Gifted- elf
2) Gifted- Cat_Monty
3) Gifted- rhetoric
4) Gifted- me (llmay)
4) Virtue- Lilley
5) Virtue- WithClawsToWrite
POSTING ORDER:
1) elf
2) Cat_Monty
3) Lilley
4) rhetoric
5) llmay (me)
6) WithClawsToWrite
Okay, now that that's done... Welcome to the planning and brainstorming for "Lost Virtues" (Cat_Monty's amazing title!). Here we will come up with the first part (beginning) of our little story and then begin posting.
@Cat_Monty lol it's 5:36 in the midwest over here
So what do we want to open with? I saw a mention of a final battle for the uprising in which the Virtues lose. I'm assuming this is where we should start?
how much technology is in the cities?
Well it was similar to the early 1900's in the U.S..... except with sanitation. They like to keep things clean in the city unlike us. No telephones or indoor plumbing. Very middle earth so the technology they had there would be kind of the same: pulley systems, etc.