Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
Race: Orclach Gender: Male Guild: Heralds City/Commune: Magnagora Order: Drocilla
THE LOOK
Skin: Darkened silver, thick Eyes: Metallic grey Height: Something something no measuring sticks. Tall for race Build: Fit and trained, not a muscle-head Defining Features: Nothing visible Piercings: None Scars: None that are normally visible
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Motivation and dedication Weaknesses: Has no idea how to stop working Attitude: Changes depending on the goal or person Morals: Punish those only that deserve it Pet Peeves: Being treated lesser for being young Best way to piss me off: I don't anger, I get more motivated Best way to get on my good side: Do something useful
FAVORITES
Color: Metallic blue Tertiary: Tracking Tertiary Skill: Retriever Primary Skill: Chasm Location: Garden atop Tunika's tower God/Goddess: N/A, his job to revere all equally Guild Master/House Head (all time): Self, only actual option Artifact (don't have to own): Great Rune of Knight's Excellence Commodity: Platinum Animal: Jackal Item owned: Pilot aethersuit Village/forest/region: Muud NPC: Valkira, gives me gold to hang people Memory: Witnessing the sunset in the smog in the garden earlier mentioned Song: Whichever makes me stronger Drink: Poteen pot
MINDSET
Goals: Become the next @Ixion Ambitions: Name be synonymous with the Herald's guild Nemesis: Boredom Rival: Nobody has crossed my eye to challenge Best Friend: @Shango Idol: Don't have one, everyone is a learning experience Best personal achievement: Gaining Demihood in 2 years time Worst personal achievement: Winning an election that only had 2 votes Proudest moment: Winning the 60-99 Greathunt of 252 Most shameful moment: What is shame? If I could make one wish: Nothing I wish for, I will obtain it!
SUMMARY
Why you should hate him: Cold and seems uninterested. Why you should love him: Work-a-holic Why you should fear him: It's always the quiet ones. Why he is harmless: Not going to attack unless you earned it. If he ruled the world, you'd best expect: Work or be executed for laziness
Order: DisOrder of the Lord Who Walks as a Legion @Morgfyre the Devourer at the End.
THE LOOK
Skin: Bright silver, mottled with a darker pattern
Eyes: bright blue
Height: Short for her race, but still tall for other races.
Build: Soft with a hint of training so far.
Defining Features: Mottled skin
Piercings: Lots. Some not visible, others yes very visible.
Scars: One that so rarely comes up in RP is that she has a scar underneath her left breast flesh. Normally invisible, it's from a childhood fight that escalated to involving spears.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Genuineness, honesty, and task orientated nature.
Weaknesses: Impropriety, bluntness, a slight dash of stupidity, and near inability to lie.
Attitude: Generally cheerful and encouraging, gets serious when confronting the inadequacies of others. And those she finds morally reprehensible
Morals: Do not lie. Do not ignore others. A deal is always kept.
Pet Peeves: Being mocked for her earnestness.
Best way to piss me off: She tends to simmer and plot rather than actively get angry. But has one berserk button that's very obvious to those who know why she's in Magnagora.
Best way to get on my good side: Be consistent, and helpful.
FAVORITES
Color: Blood red
Tertiary: Dramatics
Tertiary Skill: Genderbend Tertiary Class Skill: Tarot
Tertiary Skill: Teacher
Primary Skill: Barbedtail
Location: That's a secret. But generally whereever her friends are is her favorite location.
God/Goddess: Lord Who Walks as a Legion @Morgfyre the Devourer at the End.
THE ESSENTIALS Race: Viscanti Gender: Female Guild: Infernal Mandate City/Commune: Magnagora Order: None yet, but considering @Drocilla.
THE LOOK Hair: Shaved completely bare, eyebrows as well as scalp. But she's got horns! Eyes: Black sclera, red irises, black pupils. Height: Pretty tall (6'11") Build: Decidedly chubby Defining Features: Bright red skin, see eyes above. Piercings: None. Scars: None.
PERSONALITY Strengths: Genuinely likes people, outgoing, far more intelligent than she lets on, actually listens to what people say. Weaknesses: Insecure about her worth, tendency to assume others are as clever as she is, very little actual hatred for any specific individuals (for a Magnagoran, that's a weakness) Attitude: Warm, friendly and approachable, with a fondness for learning how others see themselves and the world Morals: Give everyone a chance to be a friend, do not force the Taint on those not ready for it, be there for those she's close to. Best way to piss her off: Be a jackass for no reason, hurt those she cares for Best way to get on her good side: Be friendly, be open to discussion, tell her something new
FAVORITES Color: Black Skill: Symbol (specifically, deep pact) Tertiary Skill: Dramatics (Genderbend) Primary Skill: Nihilism (See Skill) Location: The Docks district of Magnagora, or wherever her friends are God/Goddess: @Drocilla Guild Master/House Head (All time): @Lycidas, with @Shango a close second. Artifact: Mechanical Clock Commodity: Silk (her favorite kind of clothing fabric) Animal: Horses Item Owned: Her choker (a present from @Lycidas) Village/Forest/Region: Nil, she finds it restful. Memory: Hunting with her full circle of friends the first time. Drink: She actually doesn't have one! She likes most drinks. Hobbies: Learning about people and organizations.
MINDSET Goals: Become a Demigod, marry @Lycidas, find an Order, rise in Magnagoran society Ambitions: Become an Ascendant. Nemesis: None. She likes people too much to really sustain a good hatred. Rival: None. Best Friend: She doesn't really consider one friend her 'best' - but she's probably closest to @Neela. Idol: None. Proudest Moment: Deciding to enter the Portal. Most Shameful Moment: Shame is for the weak! If I could make one wish: Everyone would embrace the Taint willingly, and we'd all gather around singing happily!
SUMMARY Why you should hate her: She is ruthlessly ambitious, and clever enough to realize that being kind and friendly is the best way to get what she wants most of the time. Why you should love her: She is genuinely caring and cares for nearly everyone she gets to know. Why you should fear her: Nobody is capable of greater cruelty than someone who truly believes that it's for your own good. Why she is harmless: She isn't. If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Mandatory 'tell Dear Leader what you really want, and why' sessions at least once a yar.
Defining Features: her strikingly white hair, resting b%#$* face
Piercings: none that you'll ever see.
Scars: various fine scars on her left arm and hand where she carved into it to inspect her own bone and ligament structure, then stitched them back together.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: a lack of morals of any kind beyond her personal code. Noira doesn't shy away from doing what she needs to accomplish her goals.
Weaknesses: Noira isn't good with words, or being flowery, or even vaguely feminine.
Attitude: Generally friendly but disinterested in being anything more than a friend to anyone at all. Any bond she forms with someone is just business. Her only real devotion is to House d'Vanecu and Morgfyre, mostly in that order.
Morals: Consequences are for those who get caught.
Pet Peeves: Snuggling.
Best way to piss me off: Snuggling her. Inviting her to be intimate in any way. Leaving the family (I'm looking at you, @Nyxion)
Best way to get on my good side: Be helpful. Keep my secrets and I'll keep yours. Don't be an idiot.
FAVORITES
Color: Oily black
Tertiary: Arts
Tertiary Skill: Repair Tertiary Class Skill: Tarot
Tertiary Skill: Empress
Primary Skill: Minorthird (helps soothe things before I cut them open)
Location: either in her laboratory manse, BlackLab, or in the family estate, Asylum
God/Goddess: Morgfyre, but Raezon if he were active
Guild Master/House Head (all time): Vatul
Artifact (don't have to own): probably an onyx Institute scalpel with a rune attached to it.
Commodity: Black marble
Animal: mutant rats, or beggars
Item owned: aethersphere
Village/forest/region: the library in Morgfyre's temple
NPC: Dantreus
Memory: The time she made a bawdy joke on the Disorder Aether and Dantreus showed up to thwap her.
Drink: unholywater
MINDSET
Goals: get House d'Vanecu back to being a Greathouse
Ambitions: gain Lavinya and Ixion's approval
Nemesis: see below
Rival: Nyxion, her brother, who she sees as everything in Lusternia that she doesn't want to be.
Best Friend: Vatul
Idols: Tremula, Vatul, Lavinya
Best personal achievement: gaining Drocilla's favor for raiding Celestia with Avurekhos and killing a few people before reinforcements showed up.
Worst personal achievement: Leaving the game for several weeks because of irl holidays and letting a very special beast die >. <
Proudest moment: becoming the head of her House
Most shameful moment: Shame is for the weak.
If I could make one wish: children. Some smart ones to keep, some left over children to vivisect. Goals!
SUMMARY
Why you should hate her: She doesn't care what you think about her.
Why you should love her: She probably doesn't want to kill you yet.
Why you should fear her: Yet.
Why she is harmless: She's aware of her lack of actual power, and bides her time. Sooooooon...
If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Magnagora and Hallifax take over the Basin, flooding the First World with taint. Using various highly powered machines, we focus the power of all the nexii into a giant tongue of tainted fire and subdue Kethuru, keeping bits and pieces of him alive for experiments.
Lycidas is fake for not having me as his best friend but okay here goes!
Race: Viscanti (very elfen though but don't tell Vatul)
Gender: Female
Guild: None City/Commune: Magnagora
Order: Drozilla
THE LOOK
Skin: teal
Eyes: tealish blue
Height: short
Build: thin and frail
Defining Features: maybe her skin, unless it's super common then literally nothing
Piercings: none
Scars: none
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Dedicated, studious, curious
Weaknesses: Daft, overly trusting
Attitude: Extremely interested in making new friends and learning, especially if it helps her family, literally everything she does is motivated to help her loved ones
Morals: It's only bad if it's not beneficial
Pet Peeves: Kistan
Best way to piss me off: Refusing to be helpful
Best way to get on my good side: Be helpful, gimme knowledge
FAVORITES
Color: Lavender
Tertiary: Tailoring
Tertiary Skill: Tertiary Class Skill:
Tertiary Skill:
Primary Skill: Location: Parent's manse, Asylum
God/Goddess: Drocilla
Guild Master/House Head (all time):
Artifact (don't have to own): a heating crystal
Commodity:
Animal: Tolborolla bunnies
Item owned: a heating crystal
Village/forest/region:
NPC:
Memory: Being converted from Elfen to Viscanti with the unholy power of the Taint
Drink:
MINDSET
Goals: See n'Kylbar flourish
Ambitions: Be better than @Lycidas at literally everything
Skin: So pale that death looks like a blush in comparison. She bathes consistently in all manners of luxury to keep it that way. Did I write luxury? I meant blood.
Eyes: Expressive twilight blue eyes, often shadowed. Something is always lurking behind them. Is it pure evil? Yes. Height: Shorter than an average orclach
Build: Greco-Roman, or Heian Era - can't decide
Defining Features: Voice
Piercings: Ears Scars: [Redacted]
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Endurance
Weaknesses: A lady has no weaknesses, but possesses the means to strike at those who think so.
Attitude: Victorian Morals: Never deny an indulgence. Too much, is never too much. Pet Peeves: Lack of etiquette, assaulting a lady, attacking Magnagora, denying her of a kill.
Best way to piss me off: Lack ambition that results in lack of completion of duties. Best way to get on my good side: She doesn't have a good side.
FAVORITES
Color: Indigo Tertiary: Tarot
Tertiary Skill: Hangedman
Primary Skill: Necroscream
Location: Silent Cathedral or the Pit of Cruelty
God/Goddess: Drocilla, because She's my queen
Guild Master/House Head (all time): N/A Artifact (don't have to own): Font
Commodity: Dark essence Animal: Two-headed eagle
Item owned: a golden clockwork pendulum Village/forest/region: Delport
NPC: Ayman n'Kylbar's imp labourer or Snaikka
Memory: Investigating the murders of aristocrats
Song: Jagrerox's song of the Bulwark ritual
Drink: I drink wine, and I know things.
MINDSET
Goals: Represent, enrich, serve, and protect Magnagora. Ambitions: See goals.
Nemesis: Lack of resources
Rival: Rivals are childish. Discord for the most part can only breed discord. Unless that is what you desire...
Best Friend: She doesn't really have one. Grandchildren she favours would likely count.
Idol: The statue in Someone's Fulcrux. I swear, I'm going to break it.
Best personal achievement: Lady Nightingale of Drocilla's Order. Worst personal achievement: She considers all achievements, even the worst to somehow culminate in good things.
Proudest moment: Breaking an enchantment to free the first nightingale. Most shameful moment: What is shame?
If I could make one wish: Jagrerox would be empowered again.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate her: Most people think she thinks she's better than you. She doesn't care who is better and who isn't. She's just trying to work.
Why you should love her: She has a big heart underneath all that blood and decorum. But no one gets to see it.
Why you should fear her: She will destroy anything that does not benefit Magnagora with an iron fist. No holds barred.
Why she is harmless: Nothing is harmless in Magnagora. First rule.
If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Conquest and dominion over all, with a "caring" and gracious emissary in one, and a battle-hardened Valkyrie Warlady on the other.
The cool night-time breeze shivers in the arid caress of the streets of the capital city, brushing the earthen taste of dust across your lips.
*
A blessed silence falls upon the city for the moment, most activity confined to the towers and the theatre due to the snowy weather.
*
Pinprick points of light twinkle in the deep black overhead, their brightness full of a cold, hungering malice.
Race: Sileni, but Lucidian or Gnome if he weren't.
Gender: Male
Guild: Consortium, Quartz Syndicate.
City/Commune: Hallifax
Order: None, but offers heavily to Czixi and some to Isune.
THE LOOK
Skin: Lightly tanned, with light golden hairs all over.
Eyes: Soft, chocolate brown.
Build: Tall and slender. Currently an Aeromancer, but maintains his acrobatic build with careful eating.
Defining Features: Melodic voice, horns, cute button nose. Did I mention the Sileni part?
Piercings: None, gross. My body is a temple and entirely too perfect to pierce with sharp instruments of torture. Scars: See Piercings
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Complete lack of morals. Choros refuses to entertain any sense of right and wrong. There is only what helps himself, and by extension his family and Hallifax, and what does not. He's willing to bend almost any rule or guideline to do what needs to be done. Choros is Neutral Evil, but knows who butters his bread.
Weaknesses: Choros overestimates his ability to get away with his shenanigans, and he's going to be caught some day. But not today.
Attitude: Well dressed, openly polite and respectful, especially to authority figures who aren't hampering him. Think mobster.
Morals: If you can't prove it, I didn't do it. You got a warrant? Am I free to go?
Pet Peeves: Being touchy-feely or openly flirty. If I'm interested, you'll know. If you don't know for sure, I'm not.
Best way to piss me off: Lack of manners, ratting me out to authorities. Bitches get stitches. Being too lazy to work to get what you want. Nothing worth having is easy to achieve.
Best way to get on my good side: Feed me, show me how to make a profit. Make small talk and tell me things.
FAVORITES
Color: None, but prefers black accented with gold or quartz buttons with gold veins. Tertiary: Telepathy for now, Glamours as a bard.
Tertiary Skill: Dominate, Maze
Primary Skill: Aeromancy
Location: his Manse, Goldensil.
God/Goddess: Czixi. Though we've only interacted one time, I think we'd get along at least in spirit.
Guild Master/House Head (all time): Ayisdra, who is the closest thing to a mentor Choros has. Artifact (don't have to own): a plush doll of Guido Bondshredder
Commodity: Rope. @Aramel knows why. Animal: his mount, Durama the Llama.
Item owned: a crystal bottle emblazoned with the seal of House Shevat (filled with winter's rose and peach white tea) Village/forest/region: Hifarae Hills
NPC: Raphie DiGagio.
Memory: Escorting Daraius to a timequake.
Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_HHRJf0xg <----his song as a Symphonist.
Drink: Tea. Anything but black, preferring honey or fruit.
MINDSET
Goals: take over the Consortium. Ambitions: See goals.
Nemesis: Glomdoring. He finds them entirely too much like Hallifax in many ways, and there can be only one.
Rival: @Alexandria, who is also his best friend and sister.
Best Friend: See: Rival
Idol: Ayisdra and Portius
Best personal achievement: Beating @Steingrim and @Lisuarte to aethertrades Worst personal achievement: None, yet.
Proudest moment: None yet. Most shameful moment: Getting pissed off over Ironhart and verbally berating people for not wanting to do timequakes
If I could make one wish: The admin would make a bubblix for Lyria-whatsit.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate him: You shouldn't. He has a heart of gold.
Why you should love him: Because if you're friendly with him, he'll shower you in riches. Maybe.
Why you should fear him: because he doesn't care what you think, and he'll gleefully pay for someone to slaughter you and bring your head to him time and time again if you piss him off.
If he ruled the world, you'd best expect: Speakeasies and gambling casinos all over the place.
Her voice firm and commanding, Terentia, the Even Bladed says to you, "You have kept your oath to Me, Parhelion. You have sworn to maintain Justice in these troubled times."
Yet if a boon be granted me, unworthy as I am, let it be for a steady hand with a clear eye and a fury most inflaming.
Don't worry, I tend to eliminate witnesses. You'll never even know
Her voice firm and commanding, Terentia, the Even Bladed says to you, "You have kept your oath to Me, Parhelion. You have sworn to maintain Justice in these troubled times."
Yet if a boon be granted me, unworthy as I am, let it be for a steady hand with a clear eye and a fury most inflaming.
Decided to try this, even if some of the questions are hard due to how new she is. I struggle a bit with this character, I think because she's very different from others I play/have played.
Character Name: Nyana
THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Illithoid Gender: Female Guild: Heralds City/Commune: Magnagora Order: None, offers at any nearby Magnagoran shrine
THE LOOK
Skin: Veiny, slightly purplish. I've been told she looks like Gollum. Eyes:Black Build: Short stature, thin and wiry. Defining Features: Probably the featurelessness... except for the large eyes. Piercings: None Scars: None
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Open-minded(to some degree), humility, willingness to rush into danger regardless of the odds. Weaknesses: Masochistic(if that's a weakness), may be slightly delusional about some of her beliefs. Attitude: Respectful of authority, polite(by her standards) to enemies. Calling Merian 'fish' is not an insult. Morals: Does it make someone/something stronger/smarter/more tainted? It's probably fine. Pet Peeves: Arrogance, strong emotions. Best way to piss me off: It hasn't happened yet. Hoping someone will. Best way to get on my good side: Have interesting discussions
FAVORITES
Color: Black and green Tertiary: Hexes, may switch to astrology
Tertiary Skill: Well... whammy, I guess
Primary Skill: Pooka
Location: Spectre island
God/Goddess: Fain. Because of Avurekhos more than anything else.
Guild Master/House Head (all time): Ilthilior Artifact (don't have to own): I don't know about favorites, but various runes I would get. Or cloaking gem.
Commodity: Gems. They're shiny. Animal: Snakes
Item owned: A necromantic Ouroboros armband Village/forest/region: Angkrag
NPC: Maybe a controversial choice, but I'm going with Rowena. For reasons. For the moment.
Memory: Magnagora raiding Glomdoring that one time and Avurekhos just patting her on the head and leaving. Song: Not sure. Drink: A nice, boring glass of water.
MINDSET Goals: Get Faethorn properly tainted. Ambitions: None currently.
Nemesis: Glomdoring. They're just wrong, even if she doesn't really hate them.
Rival: Kyalrhin or Ishra.
Best Friend: None presently.
Idol: Avurekhos
Best personal achievement: Nothing that significant yet. Worst personal achievement: Same as above. Proudest moment: Hmm... so far, I'd say when Vatul gave her a lichseed. For... reasons. Most shameful moment: Nothing significant.
SUMMARY Why you should hate her: She's an amoral zealot. Or you're from Glomdoring. Why you should love her: In person, she's pretty laid-back and works hard. Why you should fear her: Your disapproval is boring and she is immune to sympathy. If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Tainted fae for everyone.
Apparently I haven't posted one of these yet. While it is tempting to answer a thread with the title "Character breakdown" by saying that yes, my character has had plenty of those, here is my breakdown for Nelras. I copied the template from Nyana's post above.
Character Name: Nelras
THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Trill
Gender: Male
Guild: Aerie/Symphonium
City/Commune: Hallifax
Order: Isune
THE LOOK
Eyes: Dark blue
Build: Thin, just above average height for a trill.
Defining Features: Wings
Piercings: None
Scars: No physical scars.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Compassion, patience, (usually) able to remain calm.
Weaknesses: Somewhat unflexible in his views.
Attitude: Polite and compassionate, except for when he is not. More of a zealot than he likes to admit.
Morals: Act according to the teachings of Isune and the Higher Emotions. People can change. Magnagora is bad.
Pet Peeves: People who don't listen when warned what is happening.
Best way to piss me off: Use certain individuals against him. Be certain other individuals from his past.
Best way to get on my good side: Have interesting discussions
FAVORITES
Color: No specific favourite colour. Certain colours have certain significances to him.
Tertiary: Glamours
Tertiary Skill: Illusions Improved
Primary Skill: Music MajorSixth
Location: Isune's realm
God/Goddess:Isune
Guild Master/House Head (all time): Has been a guild master for far too long.
Artifact (don't have to own): Map
Animal: Birds
Item owned: A small painting of Xeii which he keeps with him
Village/forest/region: Hard to say.
NPC: Isaisys
Memory: He has too many of these.
Song: [Redacted]. It was around 2am and I wasn't logging, I can't remember it and neither can he. The song he sung when things happened that one time. You know the one if you were there.
Drink: Tea, the blend carefully selected to fit the occaision.
MINDSET
Goals: Prevent the alliance from damaging Hallifax. Help people to move to Hallifax (Or away from tainted areas) where possible.
Ambitions: Improve life in the Basin where possible. Spread the idea of the Higher Emotions. Help [redacted] if possible. [Redacted] knows who they are, just as they know that Nelras's idea of helping probably doesn't match theirs.
Nemesis: Magnagora. Three specific people who don't play those characters any more (Unless one of them does, I haven't seen them around for a while if they do).
Rival: None currently?
Best Friend: The recent ones retired.
Idol: Isune
Best personal achievement: [Redacted], relates to the same incident as the song.
Worst personal achievement: [Redacted]. Ask [redacted]. On second thoughts, don't. She will kill you, it will hurt.
Proudest moment: Being given the title of Silvern Legate.
Most shameful moment: See worst personal achievement.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate him: He is a zealot who won't change with the times.
Why you should love him: He is a kind and compassionate person.
Why you should fear him: He will listen to you. No, seriously.
If he ruled the world, you'd best expect: Everyone to get along. A lot less tainted people.
Defining Features: Sweet ass runes stained with unicorn blood by Thul.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Approaching things a little sideways; observe first, act later. Weaknesses: Maybe act slightly sooner.
Attitude: Distant and kind to people with enough sense to live in a commune.
Morals: Nature, both wyrd and the subpar variety, are to be preserved. Pet Peeves: Politics in general.
Best way to piss me off: Arrogance, belief in 'science' Best way to get on my good side: Grow a Ravenwood from each city nexus. Imagine a massive tree gripping the Megalith with its roots, splitting it in twain!
FAVORITES
Color: White Tertiary: Shamanism
Tertiary Skill: LIGHTNING!
Primary Skill: Flow
Location: Standing atop Night's Needle
God/Goddess: Shikari
Guild Master/House Head (all time): Shayle Artifact (don't have to own): Pathfinding boots
Animal: That one snake from Magnagora that breaks shields
Item owned: Pathfinding boots Village/forest/region: River west of Glomdoring
NPC: Glumki Thorneye
Memory: Exeryte, Ashteru, chasing Krellan around Faethorn.
MINDSET
Goals: Marry Xiran. Amibitions: Grow the Stormcrow family as a unifying tribe of the two forests
Rival: Don't remember the name, was a character that would work with Synl to find Shikari. Veyda or something?
Idol: Shikari
Best personal achievement: Finding the Nekotai, and being amongst the first to do the Scorpion prophecy/tie it into Nekotai. Worst personal achievement: None, absolute allstar.
If I could make one wish: All the city-Stormcrow see the error of their ways and return to hippietimes.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate him: He doesn't really contribute. A true blogger.
Why you should fear him: don't?
Why he is harmless: playing is hard
If he ruled the world, you'd best expect: an endless forest, Glumki making out with Selene.
Apparently I haven't posted one of these yet. While it is tempting to answer a thread with the title "Character breakdown" by saying that yes, my character has had plenty of those, here is my breakdown for Nelras. I copied the template from Nyana's post above.
I had been wondering when you were going to make one of these. Also, so many secrets
Strengths: Stubborn, capable of immense and precise focus
Weaknesses: Often listless, susceptible to bouts of self-defeat and overthinking her circumstances
Attitude: A strange and sometimes contradictory cocktail of stoicism and hedonism, minimalism and extravagance, lackadaisy and zeal. Above all, a sense of optimistic nihilism: that while there is no true meaning in anything, this leaves you free to ascribe whatever meaning you want to whatever you want and wherever you want. Everything is nothing, nothing is everything.
Morals: Mostly amoral, but likes to leave things be unless strongly compelled otherwise. Pursue your own ends without disrupting the searching and questing of others.
Pet Peeves: Black and White mentality.
Best way to piss me off: Pulling her into unnecessary drama and tension (spectating is fine, though).
Best way to get on my good side: Be unafraid of showing some curiosity and eccentricity of your own. Comment on her designs or otherwise utilise them.
FAVORITES
Color: Purple! Then Green. Then it's sometimes blue or pink. Then all the others.
Tertiary: Paradigmatics, I guess? It's sometimes tertiary.
Tertiary Skill: Goodluck
Primary Skill: Cooking (Preserve)
Location: Many, but for fun we'll stick with the boot stall near Gaudiguch's market. Scenes that tell stories (or leave potential for a story) otherwise.
God/Goddess: Charites
Artifact (don't have to own): Clipboard
Commodity: Silk
Animal: Octopus - so intelligent, yet so tasty
Item owned: Her bookshelf full of old sketches and letters
Village/forest/region: Delport, Undervault tunnels as a close second
NPC: the tiny rockeater always in need of training
Memory: Starting her letter exchange with Thayan
Song: Whatever has an appropriate and catchy tune, really
Drink: Purple haze wine
MINDSET
Goals: Filling her shops with a wide variety of her things.
Ambitions: Shaping the arts and the crafting world as a whole through sheer profusion, living up to the possibility of being a remnant of Yudhe's Son by inspiring creative energy within mortal shards as He inspired Dynara Herself.
Nemesis: The voices in her head.
Rival: Leticia, kind of. She has a way of popping up during competitions and is almost expected at this point. It's fun!
Best Friend: Formerly Moi, presently Coraline
Idol: Thayan
Best personal achievement: Winning the Beauty Medallion
Worst personal achievement: Developing and distributing kissy boxers
Proudest moment: Initiation of her familial consideration
Most shameful moment: I'm sure there's been some, but none stand out? Shame is pretty transient and dismissed with some degree of levity.
If I could make one wish: A bottomless rift of crafting materials.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate her: If you have any dreams of conquest or grand ambitions, it is likely that she's entirely useless to you.
Why you should love her: If you daydream about an idea for a given item or pattern within earshot of her, there's a chance she might seize it and run off with it.
Why you should fear her: If you daydream about an idea for a given item or pattern within earshot of her, there's a chance she might seize it and run off with it.
Why she is harmless: Zero interest in developing or honing combat skill, actually does forget when she forgives, distracted by pretty things.
If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Not much, really. This is the sort of job she'd be liable to turn lax with while dedicating her energy to more niche and nonsensical pursuits.
Yay, introduction time for my youngest boy. Still room to grow, but here's the gist of him.
Character Name: Trahey Dewcrest
THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Human. Has strong trill lineage.
Gender: Male
Guild: Adherents of Adom
City/Commune: Hallifax
Order: Czixi
THE LOOK
Feathers: A waist-length mane of brown feathers that he religiously keeps glossy, which also serves to hide his flightless wings in the absence of overwear.
Skin: Slightly tanned
Eyes: Wide and grey
Build: 7'3. Well-toned and lithe.
Defining Features: Apple cheeks and lack of visible wings.
Piercings: None
Scars: One across his back from a falling beam during a childhood fire.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Tenacious, idealistic, and dedicated. Being from a working class family, he also has a sense of practicality that balances out some of his naivete. He's somewhere between Lawful Good and Neutral.
Weaknesses: Stubborn. Easily consumed by the ideas of the past. Doesn't actually bounce back from things as quickly as he appears to.
Attitude: Jovial and respectful. He's fairly expressive, and turns to stoicism when he's really rattled.
Morals: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The past is the best teacher.
Pet Peeves: Unwanted advances because he doesn't do romance.
Best way to piss him off: Diss the lower wards/Cririk Adom. Hit unarmed denizens or his family. Be intentionally disruptive.
Best way to get on his good side: Share lore and good conversation. Be nice to his animal companions. Show him new plants.
FAVORITES
Color: Cream and blue
Tertiary: Tracking
Tertiary Skill: Deliver
Primary Skill: Cleave
Location: The street of novelty shops in the lower wards, his mentor-manse dweller Xinka's house, and the children's park in Lacunyr.
God/Goddess: Czixi. He's a little confused about his feelings toward Her, but will sort out his emotions eventually.
Guild Master/House Head (all time): @Eadei, who he'd thought of as a father figure.
Artifact (don't have to own): A splendid masquerade ball snowglobe
Commodity: Gems. He spent a lot of his childhood admiring the village glassblower's displays.
Animal: He loves everyone in his little menagerie!
Item owned: His Sentinel Company watch.
Village/forest/region: Clarramore Cloud Gardens
NPC: Ruin
Memory: Meeting @Llesvelt Shevat, and returning home for the first time with @Nelras and @Aramel.
Song: A lullaby his late aunt back home used to sing to him and his cousins.
Drink: Barrel-aged pumpkin beer and white orange-blossom and pomegranate tea
MINDSET
Goals: Get to guild rank 5 and earn his First Name.
Ambitions: Become an indispensable figure in his guild, city, and Order. How, it doesn't matter, but hopefully he'll make 'em all Great.
Nemesis: None yet.
Rival: Friendly rivals or just an odd friendship with @Coraline, potentially.
Best Friend: Still getting to know people. From his past, Xinka and the late Mica.
Best personal achievement: Becoming Procurator of Collectivism.
Worst personal achievement: He essentially abandoned his underage, orphaned cousin for the Portal. They're estranged now, and he always wishes he could have done things differently.
Proudest moment: His induction into the Order.
Most shameful moment: Getting tangled up with a persistent village girl when he was too young to sort out his lack of feelings.
If I could make one wish: Make the Adherents Great.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate him: He once described himself as a conservative old fart who just looks to be in his twenties.
Why you should love him: There's a lot he would do for entities and people he really likes. In the words of Daraius, "I did not expect such dogged determination to fulfill an idle request."
Why you should fear him: His Name doesn't have Hound in it for nothing.
Why he is harmless: I'm a RPer/designer who plays on mobile. In a more IC vein, Trahey's not that fond of killing sentient beings and is more of a defender.
If he ruled the world, you'd best expect: You'd just go on living your own lives and randomly notice the infrastructure's gotten better and the streets much safer.
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THE LOOK
Fur: Shaggy, color of wet sand with Kafe colored patches at eyebrow and chin
Height: Average for a Tae'dae
Scars: Many small ones though none worth mentioning
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Ready to try something new...
Morals: Love is the law.
Pet Peeves: Being petted (it feels condescending)
Best way to get on my good side: Do you have any sweets?
FAVORITES
Color: The velvety purple/black of space between the stars.
Tertiary: Astrology
Artifact (don't have to own): Handheld astrolabe
Animal: Bears (duh)
Village/forest/region: Skarch
MINDSET
Goals: My own manse with an observatory.
Ambitions: Restore the damaged observatories.
Worst personal achievement: Not realizing that the shifting sands was a Worm.
Most shameful moment: When I thought I was a faeling bard for like 100 years...
Race: Orclach
Gender: Male
Guild: Heralds
City/Commune: Magnagora
Order: Drocilla
THE LOOK
Skin: Darkened silver, thick
Eyes: Metallic grey
Height: Something something no measuring sticks. Tall for race
Build: Fit and trained, not a muscle-head
Defining Features: Nothing visible
Piercings: None
Scars: None that are normally visible
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Motivation and dedication
Weaknesses: Has no idea how to stop working
Attitude: Changes depending on the goal or person
Morals: Punish those only that deserve it
Pet Peeves: Being treated lesser for being young
Best way to piss me off: I don't anger, I get more motivated
Best way to get on my good side: Do something useful
FAVORITES
Color: Metallic blue
Tertiary: Tracking
Tertiary Skill: Retriever
Primary Skill: Chasm
Location: Garden atop Tunika's tower
God/Goddess: N/A, his job to revere all equally
Guild Master/House Head (all time): Self, only actual option
Artifact (don't have to own): Great Rune of Knight's Excellence
Commodity: Platinum
Animal: Jackal
Item owned: Pilot aethersuit
Village/forest/region: Muud
NPC: Valkira, gives me gold to hang people
Memory: Witnessing the sunset in the smog in the garden earlier mentioned
Song: Whichever makes me stronger
Drink: Poteen pot
MINDSET
Goals: Become the next @Ixion
Ambitions: Name be synonymous with the Herald's guild
Nemesis: Boredom
Rival: Nobody has crossed my eye to challenge
Best Friend: @Shango
Idol: Don't have one, everyone is a learning experience
Best personal achievement: Gaining Demihood in 2 years time
Worst personal achievement: Winning an election that only had 2 votes
Proudest moment: Winning the 60-99 Greathunt of 252
Most shameful moment: What is shame?
If I could make one wish: Nothing I wish for, I will obtain it!
SUMMARY
Why you should hate him: Cold and seems uninterested.
Why you should love him: Work-a-holic
Why you should fear him: It's always the quiet ones.
Why he is harmless: Not going to attack unless you earned it.
If he ruled the world, you'd best expect: Work or be executed for laziness
Tertiary Class Skill: Tarot
THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Viscanti
Gender: Female
Guild: Infernal Mandate
City/Commune: Magnagora
Order: None yet, but considering @Drocilla.
THE LOOK
Hair: Shaved completely bare, eyebrows as well as scalp. But she's got horns!
Eyes: Black sclera, red irises, black pupils.
Height: Pretty tall (6'11")
Build: Decidedly chubby
Defining Features: Bright red skin, see eyes above.
Piercings: None.
Scars: None.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Genuinely likes people, outgoing, far more intelligent than she lets on, actually listens to what people say.
Weaknesses: Insecure about her worth, tendency to assume others are as clever as she is, very little actual hatred for any specific individuals (for a Magnagoran, that's a weakness)
Attitude: Warm, friendly and approachable, with a fondness for learning how others see themselves and the world
Morals: Give everyone a chance to be a friend, do not force the Taint on those not ready for it, be there for those she's close to.
Best way to piss her off: Be a jackass for no reason, hurt those she cares for
Best way to get on her good side: Be friendly, be open to discussion, tell her something new
FAVORITES
Color: Black
Skill: Symbol (specifically, deep pact)
Tertiary Skill: Dramatics (Genderbend)
Primary Skill: Nihilism (See Skill)
Location: The Docks district of Magnagora, or wherever her friends are
God/Goddess: @Drocilla
Guild Master/House Head (All time): @Lycidas, with @Shango a close second.
Artifact: Mechanical Clock
Commodity: Silk (her favorite kind of clothing fabric)
Animal: Horses
Item Owned: Her choker (a present from @Lycidas)
Village/Forest/Region: Nil, she finds it restful.
Memory: Hunting with her full circle of friends the first time.
Drink: She actually doesn't have one! She likes most drinks.
Hobbies: Learning about people and organizations.
MINDSET
Goals: Become a Demigod, marry @Lycidas, find an Order, rise in Magnagoran society
Ambitions: Become an Ascendant.
Nemesis: None. She likes people too much to really sustain a good hatred.
Rival: None.
Best Friend: She doesn't really consider one friend her 'best' - but she's probably closest to @Neela.
Idol: None.
Proudest Moment: Deciding to enter the Portal.
Most Shameful Moment: Shame is for the weak!
If I could make one wish: Everyone would embrace the Taint willingly, and we'd all gather around singing happily!
SUMMARY
Why you should hate her: She is ruthlessly ambitious, and clever enough to realize that being kind and friendly is the best way to get what she wants most of the time.
Why you should love her: She is genuinely caring and cares for nearly everyone she gets to know.
Why you should fear her: Nobody is capable of greater cruelty than someone who truly believes that it's for your own good.
Why she is harmless: She isn't.
If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Mandatory 'tell Dear Leader what you really want, and why' sessions at least once a yar.
THE LOOK
Skin: So pale that death looks like a blush in comparison. She bathes consistently in all manners of luxury to keep it that way. Did I write luxury? I meant blood.
Height: Shorter than an average orclach
Scars: [Redacted]
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Endurance
Morals: Never deny an indulgence. Too much, is never too much.
Pet Peeves: Lack of etiquette, assaulting a lady, attacking Magnagora, denying her of a kill.
Best way to get on my good side: She doesn't have a good side.
Color: Indigo
Tertiary: Tarot
Artifact (don't have to own): Font
Animal: Two-headed eagle
Village/forest/region: Delport
Goals: Represent, enrich, serve, and protect Magnagora.
Ambitions: See goals.
Worst personal achievement: She considers all achievements, even the worst to somehow culminate in good things.
Most shameful moment: What is shame?
theatre due to the snowy weather.
hungering malice.
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
Czixi, the Welkin murmurs, "Fight on, My Effervescent Sylph. I will be with you as you do."
Aian Lerit'r, Lead Schematicist exclaims to you, "A *paperwork* emergency, Chairman!
THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Illithoid
Gender: Female
Guild: Heralds
City/Commune: Magnagora
Order: None, offers at any nearby Magnagoran shrine
THE LOOK
Skin: Veiny, slightly purplish. I've been told she looks like Gollum.
Eyes:Black
Build: Short stature, thin and wiry.
Defining Features: Probably the featurelessness... except for the large eyes.
Piercings: None
Scars: None
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Open-minded(to some degree), humility, willingness to rush into danger regardless of the odds.
Weaknesses: Masochistic(if that's a weakness), may be slightly delusional about some of her beliefs.
Attitude: Respectful of authority, polite(by her standards) to enemies. Calling Merian 'fish' is not an insult.
Morals: Does it make someone/something stronger/smarter/more tainted? It's probably fine.
Pet Peeves: Arrogance, strong emotions.
Best way to piss me off: It hasn't happened yet. Hoping someone will.
Best way to get on my good side: Have interesting discussions
FAVORITES
Tertiary: Hexes, may switch to astrology
Artifact (don't have to own): I don't know about favorites, but various runes I would get. Or cloaking gem.
Animal: Snakes
Village/forest/region: Angkrag
Song: Not sure.
Drink: A nice, boring glass of water.
Goals: Get Faethorn properly tainted.
Ambitions: None currently.
Worst personal achievement: Same as above.
Proudest moment: Hmm... so far, I'd say when Vatul gave her a lichseed. For... reasons.
Most shameful moment: Nothing significant.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate her: She's an amoral zealot. Or you're from Glomdoring.
Why you should love her: In person, she's pretty laid-back and works hard.
Why you should fear her: Your disapproval is boring and she is immune to sympathy.
If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Tainted fae for everyone.
Czixi, the Welkin murmurs, "Fight on, My Effervescent Sylph. I will be with you as you do."
Aian Lerit'r, Lead Schematicist exclaims to you, "A *paperwork* emergency, Chairman!
I love hearing about everyone else's cool and interesting characters though!
I had been wondering when you were going to make one of these. Also, so many secrets
Pfft, nonesense. If the act of typing and fleshing it out seems fun, then who cares if it's all obvious anyways?
Character Name: Jolanthe
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Guild: Goonsquad
City/Commune: Gaudiguch
Order: None
THE LOOK
Skin: Absurdly pale for someone who spends so much time by a desert
Eyes: Violet
Build: Soft and feminine
Defining Features: Flat, straight, malachite-green hair
Piercings: None
Scars: None
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Stubborn, capable of immense and precise focus
Weaknesses: Often listless, susceptible to bouts of self-defeat and overthinking her circumstances
Attitude: A strange and sometimes contradictory cocktail of stoicism and hedonism, minimalism and extravagance, lackadaisy and zeal. Above all, a sense of optimistic nihilism: that while there is no true meaning in anything, this leaves you free to ascribe whatever meaning you want to whatever you want and wherever you want. Everything is nothing, nothing is everything.
Morals: Mostly amoral, but likes to leave things be unless strongly compelled otherwise. Pursue your own ends without disrupting the searching and questing of others.
Pet Peeves: Black and White mentality.
Best way to piss me off: Pulling her into unnecessary drama and tension (spectating is fine, though).
Best way to get on my good side: Be unafraid of showing some curiosity and eccentricity of your own. Comment on her designs or otherwise utilise them.
FAVORITES
Color: Purple! Then Green. Then it's sometimes blue or pink. Then all the others.
Tertiary: Paradigmatics, I guess? It's sometimes tertiary.
Tertiary Skill: Goodluck
Primary Skill: Cooking (Preserve)
Location: Many, but for fun we'll stick with the boot stall near Gaudiguch's market. Scenes that tell stories (or leave potential for a story) otherwise.
God/Goddess: Charites
Artifact (don't have to own): Clipboard
Commodity: Silk
Animal: Octopus - so intelligent, yet so tasty
Item owned: Her bookshelf full of old sketches and letters
Village/forest/region: Delport, Undervault tunnels as a close second
NPC: the tiny rockeater always in need of training
Memory: Starting her letter exchange with Thayan
Song: Whatever has an appropriate and catchy tune, really
Drink: Purple haze wine
Goals: Filling her shops with a wide variety of her things.
Ambitions: Shaping the arts and the crafting world as a whole through sheer profusion, living up to the possibility of being a remnant of Yudhe's Son by inspiring creative energy within mortal shards as He inspired Dynara Herself.
Nemesis: The voices in her head.
Rival: Leticia, kind of. She has a way of popping up during competitions and is almost expected at this point. It's fun!
Best Friend: Formerly Moi, presently Coraline
Idol: Thayan
Best personal achievement: Winning the Beauty Medallion
Worst personal achievement: Developing and distributing kissy boxers
Proudest moment: Initiation of her familial consideration
Most shameful moment: I'm sure there's been some, but none stand out? Shame is pretty transient and dismissed with some degree of levity.
If I could make one wish: A bottomless rift of crafting materials.
Why you should love her: If you daydream about an idea for a given item or pattern within earshot of her, there's a chance she might seize it and run off with it.
Why you should fear her: If you daydream about an idea for a given item or pattern within earshot of her, there's a chance she might seize it and run off with it.
Why she is harmless: Zero interest in developing or honing combat skill, actually does forget when she forgives, distracted by pretty things.
If she ruled the world, you'd best expect: Not much, really. This is the sort of job she'd be liable to turn lax with while dedicating her energy to more niche and nonsensical pursuits.
Character Name: Trahey Dewcrest
THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Human. Has strong trill lineage.
Gender: Male
Guild: Adherents of Adom
City/Commune: Hallifax
Order: Czixi
THE LOOK
Feathers: A waist-length mane of brown feathers that he religiously keeps glossy, which also serves to hide his flightless wings in the absence of overwear.
Skin: Slightly tanned
Eyes: Wide and grey
Build: 7'3. Well-toned and lithe.
Defining Features: Apple cheeks and lack of visible wings.
Piercings: None
Scars: One across his back from a falling beam during a childhood fire.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Tenacious, idealistic, and dedicated. Being from a working class family, he also has a sense of practicality that balances out some of his naivete. He's somewhere between Lawful Good and Neutral.
Weaknesses: Stubborn. Easily consumed by the ideas of the past. Doesn't actually bounce back from things as quickly as he appears to.
Attitude: Jovial and respectful. He's fairly expressive, and turns to stoicism when he's really rattled.
Morals: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The past is the best teacher.
Pet Peeves: Unwanted advances because he doesn't do romance.
Best way to piss him off: Diss the lower wards/Cririk Adom. Hit unarmed denizens or his family. Be intentionally disruptive.
Best way to get on his good side: Share lore and good conversation. Be nice to his animal companions. Show him new plants.
FAVORITES
Color: Cream and blue
Tertiary: Tracking
Tertiary Skill: Deliver
Primary Skill: Cleave
Location: The street of novelty shops in the lower wards, his mentor-manse dweller Xinka's house, and the children's park in Lacunyr.
God/Goddess: Czixi. He's a little confused about his feelings toward Her, but will sort out his emotions eventually.
Guild Master/House Head (all time): @Eadei, who he'd thought of as a father figure.
Artifact (don't have to own): A splendid masquerade ball snowglobe
Commodity: Gems. He spent a lot of his childhood admiring the village glassblower's displays.
Animal: He loves everyone in his little menagerie!
Item owned: His Sentinel Company watch.
Village/forest/region: Clarramore Cloud Gardens
NPC: Ruin
Memory: Meeting @Llesvelt Shevat, and returning home for the first time with @Nelras and @Aramel.
Song: A lullaby his late aunt back home used to sing to him and his cousins.
Drink: Barrel-aged pumpkin beer and white orange-blossom and pomegranate tea
MINDSET
Goals: Get to guild rank 5 and earn his First Name.
Ambitions: Become an indispensable figure in his guild, city, and Order. How, it doesn't matter, but hopefully he'll make 'em all Great.
Nemesis: None yet.
Rival: Friendly rivals or just an odd friendship with @Coraline, potentially.
Best Friend: Still getting to know people. From his past, Xinka and the late Mica.
Idol: Eadei, Llesvelt, @Daraius
Best personal achievement: Becoming Procurator of Collectivism.
Worst personal achievement: He essentially abandoned his underage, orphaned cousin for the Portal. They're estranged now, and he always wishes he could have done things differently.
Proudest moment: His induction into the Order.
Most shameful moment: Getting tangled up with a persistent village girl when he was too young to sort out his lack of feelings.
If I could make one wish: Make the Adherents Great.
SUMMARY
Why you should hate him: He once described himself as a conservative old fart who just looks to be in his twenties.
Why you should love him: There's a lot he would do for entities and people he really likes. In the words of Daraius, "I did not expect such dogged determination to fulfill an idle request."
Why you should fear him: His Name doesn't have Hound in it for nothing.
Why he is harmless: I'm a RPer/designer who plays on mobile. In a more IC vein, Trahey's not that fond of killing sentient beings and is more of a defender.
If he ruled the world, you'd best expect: You'd just go on living your own lives and randomly notice the infrastructure's gotten better and the streets much safer.
This seems premature. Unless... This must really count for a lot.
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."