After having given her name, Iris followed the long line of people through the house and into the dining hall. Walking towards the table, her eyes lit up at the sight of everything, though most importantly, at the sight of the food. Walking with a skip in her step, Iris eventually made it to the table, sat down and didn't bother to look around to see if anyone else was going in to eat it just yet. Reaching across the table to grab a scone, she put it in her mouth as she started to chow down on it, and noticed that Sanderson had taken his seat as well, asking something from a man that she hadn't even noticed having existed until this point. As she then swallowed down the rest of what was in her mouth with a quick sip of tea, which had apparently already been poured at her seat, she then turned her attention back to Adventurer Society's leader as he asked a question. "Well," she started her answer, "I've always had this feeling of just wanting to find new things, not to mention meeting new people is always a good time as well. And what better place to find these new things then a place built on adventures?" After giving her brief and uninformative answer, she then went back to happily eating more of the scones.
Stratos had followed everyone else and went into the mad doctor's lab, quite like everyone else. As it had turned out, all of their friends had turned out to be here this whole time, and it seemed as though they were also currently safe and sound. Sort of. Letting out a sigh of relief, Stratos then looked over to see what was going on with Steel. Apparently the mad doctor was doing something to him, in regards to the ink thing that Oswald had mentioned, and while it did look completely unpleasant to be apart of, Stratos could only really watch as it happened, being unable to do anything else to help the situation. Once that was done, the entire room was apparently filled with some kind of pathogen, and Stratos briefly felt a bit odd as his body seemed to be somewhat inky now. All he really needed was a canvas, and he'd make a grand masterpiece of modern art. Anyway, the group was now splitting up, what with having a plan to take on the blots, it was clear who was going to get going to do what role. Stratos could only nod at the team that was chosen to go and fight against the master blot. He could attest to seeing Karina and Kel's strength first hand, and couldn't think of people much stronger than them. Then there was Steel, who even if he didn't know all that well, he was certain that that guy could move faster than anyone else in their crew. Finally there was Hikaru and D'daear who, granted, he hadn't really ever seen them around much, but they certainly seemed to have a certain aura of assurance about them. And so, Stratos was completely fine with the group that was going out to go and take on the boss of this place. As Karina had started to get a move on, Stratos simply gave a two fingered salute to her as he said, "I'll be sure to put in enough work against these blots for the both of us, so be sure you do the same for me." He sighed as he realized how much of a pain this might be without the help of his heartless fighting partner, but he was sure that the lot of them would be able to do it regardless. Walking over to Kel, he went to give him a fist bump as he said, "make sure to kick that thing's ass for all of us." With that, Stratos walked over to the rest of the group, summoning his Star Seeker keyblade as he looked at everyone and said, "let's go face our second army."
Ien stood at the ready, awaiting her opponent to respond to her challenge. As he did, she saw neither man nor god in his eyes. Just something short of a beast. A feral creature who only had his sights on killing. As such, she could not falter against such a lesser being, and steeled herself as he snarled his acceptance of their fight. The man struck first, firing out two lances made of some sort of dark energy fired directly at her. Letting out a deep breath, her focus sharpened on the lances as her blade seemed to become covered in electricity, letting off a light blue glow from the blade. As soon as the lances came within the reach of her sword, she struck in a single swing, cutting through both and causing them to dissipate in the air. Quickly readjusting herself, she brought her blade up in defense as the man seemed to charge at her with some form of reckless abandon, blocking his initial swing with Raikiri. He then seemed to start letting out a vicious series of blows, and while this would be the ideal time for a counter attack, the speed at which he struck allowed her only to defend and try her best to keep pace with him. As she constantly moved her blade to connect with his, she could feel that she would lose in this trade, and thus brought her blade back as she took a small jump back to avoid the swing. Not allowing him time to follow up with his previous momentum, she charged her legs with electricity the moment that she had landed, and instantly leaped back at him, striking at him with a horizontal slash of her blade towards his torso before following up with an upward slash.
Now this was how you do war. Lucien had a bit of a nonchalant grin on his face, as he just sort of casually sauntered across the battlefield. He admired the scene that was before him, just one of endless chaos and fighting. It had been quite some time since he had actually dealt with fighting just regular grunts and not boss type monsters exclusively, and boy was he excited for it. He tried to look for a good place to find said mook killing, and spotted a good place to start. Watching the dwarven and demigod allies charge towards a hole in the wall, he continued to walk towards them, to get inside the building a bit faster, and saw that there was a small squadron of ground troops belonging to the Shards that just seemed to notice this, and saw them charge after the hole and the troops going into it. Well that was a perfect start. Picking up the pace, Lucien started to run full tilt towards the those Shard grunts, before leaping into the air and intercepting one of their heads with his foot. The man was blown away by the attack, and as Lucien landed in front of the group he looked at them and said, "sorry boys. But in order to get to the boss you gotta go through me first." The group of seven, as Lucien had counted, all had a somewhat shocked expression on their face at the sight of their comrade being killed by a dynamic entry of an unarmed man, but they quickly shook this off. Weapons already at the ready, the group of Shard grunts went to attack Lucien, who was simply standing their, waiting. As the nearest person took the first swing at him, thinking that this would be an easy kill, was swiftly proven wrong. Lucien simply side stepped the vertical slash of the man, and within the next moment, Lucien brought his fist up and connected it with the jaw of the grunt, causing the grunt's neck to somewhat twist and the man to fall down dead. One. He then saw the next two up to bat as they approached him from either side of him. The nearer one struck earlier than the farther one, and as he swung his blade, Lucien stepped in towards the man, avoiding the swing and grabbing the man. Lucien then proceeded to hoist the man over his head and to the other side, using the man as a human shield as the third grunt stabbed at Lucien and instead piercing his comrade. Lucien then let go of the man, and proceeded to punch grunt number three in the face. Three. The other four all seemed to be going wild at him now, enraged at the loss of their others, and seemed to approach him in from four different direction. Shrugging, Lucien proceeded to flip his legs up and proceeded to put his hands on the ground, keeping himself up with them. As the grunts all took their swings, Lucien pushed off the ground with both of his hands and kicked outward with his legs, kicking in a circle. His feet then collided with all of the men's weapons, the raw force of the attack sending it out of their hands, and then went for a second revolution as his feet collided with all of the men's faces. All seven. Getting back up onto his feet, Lucien dusted his hands off, and then proceeded to just casually follow after Jayce and Throda, not paying any mind to what he had just done. Ien despite having been completely ready to fight, felt a bit not able to at the very start of it. Her hand was clenched around the scabbard of Raikiri as she awaited combat, but the enemies had all been a bit too far away for her to actually engage them. She wasn't so good at fighting armies, and unfortunately she hadn't the faintest idea on how to actually shoot lightning bolts. So it was a bit of a waiting game for her. Standing at the base of Sky Tower, she had waited for enemies to come towards them, when she saw one such situation appear before her where she could fight. Seeing the man in the black coat with streaks of red light coming from him, she watched as he cut through a small group of Shards, and seemed to be standing there in a feral rage. While he was certainly an intimidating foe, it was one that she would not back down from. She had figured that someone who excelled at single combat such as herself would have her time better spent fighting one strong opponent, rather than having that one strong man rip through their ranks and lessen their army strength. And so, pulling out Raikiri from its scabbard she held it in both of her hands as she approached her opponent. "Man in black," she shouted towards him. "I will allow you to kill no more of my comrades. Come face me!" It would have been a much smarter idea to just strike him while his attention wasn't directed towards her, but honor had prevented her from doing such. And so, Kalak was challenged.
UPDATE: Okay so, for about a month now Rienzel and I have been working on some stuff and I'm finally able to announce that it is finished, (or at least for now.) Here are somethings that have changed and how you can familiarize yourself with these changes. MAGICS: So those magics you just picked at the end of the tournament and have had for like, a few weeks now. Yeah, you can finalize use them and assign them to ability slots. They come with the added bonus of actually being usable now. Alongside the magics comes the new stat, SP (for spell power.) SP is what you need to cast basically any spell from the specialized magic list, but in an attempt to not make MP trivial, you can also spend MP alongside the spell to augment the spell a bit. Every player starts with 100 SP and gains 10 per level (so if you were level 5, you have 150.) SP recharges every turn, but only 15 points at a time. So, if you had 100 SP last turn, next turn you would have 115. You can find all of the magics listed here: http://ittoft.wikia.com/wiki/Magics In order to find the specifics of your magic, all of the magic names are links to pages with the magics on them. If you ever are confused with any status affects that your magic is able to use, check here to clarify: http://ittoft.wikia.com/wiki/Terminology Character Stats: Okay, so since the old stat chart was probably one of the most horrid things to look at of all time, and was just stupid huge and cluttered, instead your stats are now located on a page specifically for your character. Your stats may be a tad different from what they were on the chart, but that's because they were probably impossibly high or low and thus I have taken the necessary action to fix them. A list of all characters can be found here: http://ittoft.wikia.com/wiki/Characters You can find your individual character's stat page by clicking on the character's name, and it will link you to the page. Just post what you want to buy/equip now that all of your abilities are available to you and I'll be sure to edit your wiki page accordingly and keep everything up to date as best I can. Happy spellcasting and we will me when the time comes to tackle the next broken aspect of this rp.
Alright, well no more danklight and instead I'll have Iris sign up for the Big Game Hunting Mission
A small victory had been won by Iris as she had found out just who Sanderson was. Iris continued to listen onward as the man introduced three others who seemed to help him with running the group of soon to be adventurers, only to then be told that they needed to hurry inside. As such, she waited for others to pass by her, giving their name to the bookkeeping girl. Walking over to her, after a somewhat different looking individual had entered the house, she bowed to the girl and with a pleasant smile on her face said, "a pleasure to meet you Miss Arcamere. My name is Iris Dagaz, and I look forward to journeying with you as well." With that, she strolled inside to take her seat with all of the rest of the people who had come to the society.
Within the barracks of the Sky Tower, there sat a young girl, making sure everything was prepared. Her blade was sharp, clean, and ready to strike any enemy that would dare to challenge the Shards of Hope. Sheathing her blade in its scabbard and attached it to her hip, she stood up, ready for any sort of combat that was coming their way. As Carissa had come in to reaffirm that a battle would soon be coming there way, Ien could only nod and say, "yes ma'am." Ien was getting anxious for the battle to come, knowing full well the importance of it. This tower was a tactical fortress, one that allowed the Shards to keep full control of this area and with the momentum that the Shards had going for them, this would most certainly one nail in the coffin of the Order of the Hammer were they to lose. As such, they would be sure to throw as much as they could at this tower. While Ien was most certainly tense, this sort of tension turned into annoyance as she heard the going bet and just general discussion. She had the utmost respect for lady Carissa, however accepting some kind of bet from this kind of man seemed a bit beneath her, and otherwise unnecessary. And then there was Aster. He was a completely other case, one that she had never wanted any part of since the moment she met him. Though upon hearing his words of capturing instead of killing his sister, she figured that if the two of them shared the same blood, it wouldn't be worth dirtying anyone's blade with it. Looking out the window, she could see the Valiant approaching, coming to a halt and landing on the ground, her grip on Raikiri tightened. Looking to Carissa she said, "it would appear the battle is starting ma'am." She was ready to take on not just anyone, but most importantly the demigod leader, Jayce. The man who was a son of a grand wielder of lightning. One who fought with the power of storms himself. On her path to become the next Storm King of legend, someone like him was in direct opposition to her. He was another potential candidate whether he knew it or not, and at the end of the day, there could be only one king. Lucien gave a small salute to the boss, as he told him to get ready for the battle to come. He would be certain to bring down the hammer on those shard asshats, and make sure that his fists weren't just for looking good. He watched as Jayce went to follow the dwarf, throwing himself out the window, and thought it would be some kind of fun as well, but restrained himself until the ship came to its natural landing. Looking toward the rose girl with a smirk on his face, he jokingly asked, "what, too flashy an entrance for a little daffodil like yourself?" Eventually though, the time for joking came to its end, and instead, came the time for actual fighting. The smirk on his face widened into a grin as he started to crack his knuckles."Alright Hammers," he announced, "you heard the man. Let's go nail some Shards to their walls." With that, Lucien stepped out of the ship and sauntered his way towards the Sky Tower.
In a rather unremarkable corner of the great ship, The Valiant, there sat a man who was waiting. Waiting for what? Anything really. His eyes were closed, and his ears were covered with headphones that seemed to be playing some unknown track on them. There he sat, until finally things seemed like they would finally start heating up. The announcement from there oh so glorious demi-god leader that was Jayce. The invasion on Sky Tower would commence, the attack against the Shards of Hope be underway, and who the winner would be...well, Lucien had no idea. There was just going to be a good deal of fighting, and a lot of it. Taking care to shut his headphones off before removing them from his ears to hang around his neck, he got himself off the ground and started walking to meet up with his, for lack of a better word, comrades. As he continued through the halls, he finally managed to get to where the others were starting to gather, and sensed a somewhat gloomy atmosphere amongst them. Well, less gloomy, and more one filled with extreme murderous intent. "Now now fellows," Lucien's voice seemed to be one of nonchalance as he entered earshot of the fellow hammer bros. "Let's not seem so on edge here. After all, our mission is," he pointed in the direction of Sky Tower, "just breaking shit and busting heads. And what could be more simple and easy than that. Besides," he took a glance as Kalak,"murder thoughts don't do the brain well in decision making." With that, he had started to get himself ready for the landing. A smile crossed his face, as he could feel round three getting to start. And boy, was this going to be one hell of a start.
So, spending two points in Intelligence because hey moar mystics and all. Also, buying Aqua Splash and Strike Raid for 1000 munny total (for no other reason than I can.) Also equipping the Lucky Lucky, MP Haste and Tribute Ability (to which I volunteer as tribute) and the Symphonia limit for 10 AP total. Also Equipping Counterpoint for Musical Missions. Stat Changes: Munny: 1685 -----> 685 MP: 7.6 (+3) -----> 8 (+3) Magic: 22(+8) ----> 24(+8) Resistance: 13.5 -----> 14 AP: 33/45 -----> 43/45 (still got some extra, baby) Nominations: Hikaru Karina D'Daear Kel Steel
I shall send good old Iris on a grand journey to the Danklight Caverns on the Danklight Disturbance.
With a look of awe and joy on her face, Iris walked down the streets of Varewyn, taking in all of the sights that she saw to be around. It had been quite the arduous journey, one filled with many completely unremarkable stories to get from her home city of Thassalus. Though the journey was long, it too was over as she had made it here. Or rather, one could say it was truly starting to begin. As she continued to stroll along the street, she admired everything about just what she was seeing. How a similar river city, within close proximity of her own, could be so vastly different and full of such interesting characters. Granted, these sights and unfamiliarity lead to a slight problem of getting a bit lost and turned around and not really knowing where anything at all was, and so she ended up spending far more time wandering than she actually did trying to go to the place of interest. But at last, her face lit up as her eyes finally came to see the glorious site that was the Bracklewood Manor. And given the rather large gathering outside, she was sure that this time, she had found the right building. Continuing to walk forward, she noted just how odd the group before her actually was. There were two living piles of leaves, a dainty looking girl, an armored looking man, and someone even jumped off a building to make their entrance into this society. What a colorful assortment of people! As she proceeded toward the group, she then ran into another perplexing problem of unfamiliarity. Looking at the assortment of gentlemen that had gathered she had realized that she had absolutely no idea which one of them was Sanderson. Running through all the options in her head, she had narrowed it down to the young man speaking with the girl who looked completely unassuming, or the other young man accompanied by a female who seemed to share similar facial features to him. And so, as she finally stopped walking, she bowed in the general direction of both of them, and without looking at one of them in specific, she said, "well met Adventurer's Society. I look forward to being able to work alongside you all."
Name: Iris Dagaz Gender: Female Age: 23 Class: Priestess Weapon(s): Pure Staff Armour: Cloth ropes Magic/incantations: -Light: Fortune -Pure: Overworld Crafting: Medicine Specialism: AP Appearance: Stands at around 5'7", (about 170 cm.) Here for more details. Personality: Someone who seems just a tad bit odd. She seems to have a constantly upbeat and somewhat carefree demeanor about herself, and somewhat projects herself as an airhead. In spite of this, she is a more observant fellow than one would be let on to. Is a somewhat religious fellow who believes in spreading good fortune to others. Origination: Thassalus Backstory: Born in Thassalus, Iris was someone who had been made to learn the importance of her religion early on. Due to her family owning a shrine, Iris was someone who had been made to learn magic and incantations early on, and due to being somewhat proficient in both, her help was often sought after within the shrine. However, as time had gone on, and all she had done was work for the shrine, Iris felt as though she was missing something crucial in her life. It wasn't as though she felt unhappy, more so a feeling close to being incomplete. Of course, not being able to figure out just what it was she was missing, Iris decided to start looking for just what it could be, and if it could be found in other people. So, she took to trying to learn more about others, and after awhile realized that the answer she was looking for would never present itself while she stayed put in Thassalus, and thus had decided it was time to move away from her home life and find just what it was in the world that she needed to find.
Charlotte's expression wasn't one that let up in its constant scowl as the group of demons started to plead their case. It was something that seemed to be made from a classic playwright's tale or something, though them being demons did not entirely allow her to feel the amount of pity someone normally would in this kind of a situation. Regardless, it seemed that they seemed to recognize that, just as Calxiyn possessed the power of the Fire Devil Slayer magic, they had realized that Charlotte's mood was caused by the Angel Magic that she possessed. With that in mind, they seemed to think that she was able to discern whether or not they were lying about the entire situation, though, as Charlotte had just recently obtained this magic and hadn't even really understood what the sense granted to her by it was capable of doing or how to use it, she could still only really sense that they were somewhat vile and repulsive creatures. Nevertheless, they seemed to get on their hands and knees as they seemed to be begging for their help. Charlotte's expression hardly lightened, even as the red haired key bearer had turned to the rest of them to express her feeling of sympathy for them. As she had mentioned that demons were generally prideful creatures, and then begging was generally beyond them, Charlotte couldn't help but feel in disagreement as she said, "aye, and they're also renowned for their trickery and deceitfulness, especially those of the incubus variety." However, seeing that the girl would not back down, it would seem that Charlotte ultimately have no choice in the manner. Whether or not the demons were lying ended up being a somewhat moot point. Letting out a reluctant sigh, Charlotte turned to the rest of the group and said, "if they are telling the truth, it would not be right to just leave them to their deaths. Besides, if she seems bent on being a devil's advocate," she said pointing to Calxiyn, "then we should accompany them all the more to make sure that she does not end up getting herself caught in some trap quite like last time." Charlotte was not overly pleased with the task at hand, but it was one that she would most likely get roped into one way or another regardless. When the fairy had gone on to explain more and more just what was going on, Lucia still wasn't entirely sure of what could actually be done about this problem, and she seemed to put her hand to her chin as she continued to think on the situation more. However, with everyone knowing so little right now, it was probably just a waste of time, and so Lucia only saluted to the girl and said, "you can count on us!" as she asked for protection down the long road to meet the blue guardian.
Aoki looked in awe as the vine trampoline seemed to be way sturdier than one would assume. It was interesting to see that the trampoline could hold Johanna's weight as an elephant, and didn't seem to be showing any signs of snapping. She wondered briefly just what this thing's purpose was. It was just a giant, springy collection of vines out in the middle of the forest, meant to be able to hold something of immense weight. Wait a second, was this thing even a trampoline to begin with? It was then that Frazer showed the group a picture of what the monster he saw was. It looked...somewhat unsettling to say the least. Putting on on her thinking cap, or rather keeping it on, Aoki began to try and draw more conclusions as to what was going on here. And then an odd question popped into her head. How much did that monster weigh? Still having her hand to her chin, Aoki had started thinking out loud. "What if, instead of a trampoline, that thing is actually meant to hold something really heavy, like a giant net, or trap or something. Also," she then looked back to the two adventures that were their guides for this mission, "we should probably keep on the lookout for that thing. If that thing looks like a tree, then it could be anywhere in this forest right now and we probably wouldn't easily be able to see it." it was at that point that Ander started speaking up about the curse some more, to which Aoki's expression seemed to get a tad confused. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing that he was still on the curse, after all it was just as valid a theory as any right now, but his way to go about testing it seemed a bit off to her. "Ander," she started, "I'm no expert on curses, or poisons for that matter, but I'm pretty sure immunity to one doesn't transfer over to the other. Like, curses are normally hexes, dark ritual mumbo jumbo stuff, and not...poison...right?" She looked to the others in the group to affirm if she was on the right track of thought or completely off. "Anyway, I think he's right though," she turned to Johanna, "if it does turn people into animals, whether by poison or curse, we don't know what it does beyond that, so trying to live test it yourself would probably be a bad idea." Looking around a bit more, she then figured she probably wasn't going to get anymore by just looking around this area, and started to look for the tracks that the animals would have made as they made it out of here.
As the group had continued to keep searching the area, they had eventually figured out everything they needed to about the area they were in. With that in mind, the group had decided to keep on moving forward and search other areas for clues. The makeshift trampoline was certainly something that stood out, in addition to the large apparently elephant tracks in the ground. Not really what to make sure of the whole situation, she decided to just hear what everyone else had to say. As she did, it became evident that the group was coming to the consensus that the inhabitants had just turned into animals, and that was why they were herbivores and the like, though, Aoki wasn't entirely sure if she was convinced of that. "Remember what he said earlier," she pointed to Antonio, "we don't want to make assumptions, especially ones that'll completely mislead us. So, I'm not saying it's wrong, we should probably just step back from the idea that the island is cursed to begin with." Putting on a pensive look she said, "so what we know about these animals so far is that they are definitely moving in an unusual fashion. So I suppose it's a matter of whether or not they're being controlled by people, were people, posses some sort of intelligence, or are just moving around on instinct away from something. While the last one seems the most sensible, it's also the one we've got the least evidence for." She then looked back to Alessia and said, "if the animals posses enough intelligence to build this, chances are they'd probably make it to support the elephant. And seeing as we've already got someone who can turn into an elephant," she pointed to Johanna, "we've got a way to check." She then turned back to Anotnio and asked, "you said that it was weird that we haven't run into any monsters yet, but, what are these monsters supposed to look like? Is it possible that they just got the animals confused for the monsters?" While she didn't think she was the most motivational of speakers, it had seemed that it worked well enough and the group was definitely ready and able to move through. As they entered the fairy realm, they were immediately greeted by the rather frantic fairy, Elivana. It had seemed that the problem was pretty grave, as apparently their guardian, whatever that meant, was busy being somewhere else, and apparently their entire world was dying for some inexplicable reason. Lucia was, needless to say, a bit confused by the whole thing and figured it'd be a good thing to get some answers first. As such, the other party members of hers had started to ask the things that had immediately come to her mind. Lucia nodded at what Silvia had asked and asked alongside it saying, "yeah, what exactly is it that you expect us to do to save your home?" Rho sat down alongside everyone else. This place was, for a lack of a better word, miserable. Given that Fleet Street was evidently a slum, he wondered what it was about Johanna that Dale had figured would lead him to this place. Nevertheless, as the group was getting ready to inform the women of what their true purpose was here, she seemed to offer them some nourishments. Rho was not quite in the mood for Ale, as this was the start of their journey, and after seeing Aias's less than pleasurable reaction to it, he had decided to sit out on eating one as well. He simply just sat there, as Dale and Aias stated what they were doing here, and stayed silent for the most part. Charlotte had been sitting back as Calxiyn and Ra continued to show each other's magics to each other. It wasn't only until a random person had come into the guild hall unannounced, accosted the young red haired female and kissed her that things seemed like they were about to take a change of pace. As more and more started to pile into the room, Charlotte was starting to feel more and more unnerved by their presence. As their antics had continued, it was only stopped by the display of the young Calxiyn's fire magic. Though it would probably be natural for one to be intimidated by someone suddenly causing a table to explode, the more surprising thing that had happened was that they had immediately recognized the magic that was used. No hesitation, no sort of doubt in any of their voices, and all five in complete unison. They had somehow recognized the unique Devil Slayer magic, a magic that no one had ever seen before in this guild, one that was renowned for having the most varied collection of wizards. There was definitely something off about them, and even their odd knowledge of devil slayer magic aside, Charlotte had a somewhat supernatural sensation tugging at her that just made these five young men seem all the less favorable to her as time went on. Following suit with just about everyone else, Charlotte drew out her blade and the blade seemed to crackle with electricity. With a look of scorn and a scowl on her face, she pointed her blade at the men. "As both my comrades and I are in no mood to deal with your tomfoolery, it would be wise for you to answer our questions swiftly and precisely. So, what brings a manner of beasts such as yourselves to this guild."
Spoiler: The Storm King Name: Ien Title: The Storm King (in training (self declared)) Faction: Down with the demigods! (The Shards of Hope) Age: 19 Gender: Female Description: Here, she stands at around 165 centimeters and is human in just about every conceivable way. Personality: Ien is the kind of person who seems to always be calm, collected and composed. Always seeming to be completely calm and steel faced in the face of danger, Ien is someone who is always in a serious mood. Someone who seems to be very mission minded, yet an honorable fellow all the while. In truth though, she has zero idea how to actually be social with others, and is somewhat awkward/unable to easily converse with others on a casual level. Weapons: Raikiri: A simple katana, made of a metal known to some as Unobtanium. It's has no real special purpose other than being extremely durable, and sharp, being a blade that does not give under stress and can cut through things most blades could only dream about...if swords dreamed. It can be noted that the blade can be used to cut lightning, but this is purely speculation and more so praise from its wielder than anything actually factual. The sheath of Raikiri is equally durable/hard, if not more so than the sword it contains. Armour: Clothing: Ien wears clothing, and that is good armor against sunlight, insects, cold, an unwanted gazes. That's right, it protects her from the sunburn that can happen from overexposure to sunlight, and keeps her warm enough on days that aren't even that cold to begin with. In relation to combat prowess, it's light and doesn't get in the way. It can also block a blade, but if a sword were to strike it, it would stop it for less than an actually measurable amount of time before being split like any other average article of clothing and would become worthless in any terms of defense. After all, it's just ordinary clothing. Spoiler: Abilities -Passives: Lightning Resistance: Ien posses an abnormal resistance to electricity. Whereas a normal lightning bolt would be enough to kill someone, she's basically unfazed by it. This ability, while something that she innately has, somehow extends to her clothing, keeping them from being destroyed when they otherwise should be, at least by electrical attacks. Steadfast: Ien is able to keep herself rooted in a single position, not pudging from otherwise large forces that would push others back. -Actives: Lightning Charge: Someone with the ability to imbue things that she touches with lightning. Like, she electrifies her hands, which then carries over to whatever she touches, whether it be a blade, or a fence or a rubber ball. The latter of which is pretty uninteresting to watch be electrified though. Shippu Jirai: The user electrifies a section of their body, granting them a burst of speed in that section. Like charging one's legs to increase movement speed, or arms to increase striking/drawing speed of their blade. However, doing this places a larger amount of stress on her body. Strengths: Exceptional swordsman, exceptional at one on one combat, electricity. Weaknesses: Ranged combat, the element of earth, social awkwardness History: Ien is someone who has already been fascinated with myth's, legends, and old stories. One such legend is that of the legend of storm king. The legend of a being who was a prolific, if not unrivaled, swordsman who had the power of tempest gales and brilliant lightning at his finger tips. A man who was so powerful that none could possibly stand up to them, and as such, constantly looked for someone to match him and surpass him. Of course, the rest of the myth is lost to time, as Ien never found out the ending to it, however, she took this legend as something to aspire to. As such, for the entirety of her life, she dedicated her existence to becoming the newest Storm King. This came in the forms of learning swordplay, finding an amazing sword of awesomeness, and all other things needed to be one such being. Of course, among her legend hunting, she found the story of Aidan and Xanatos. It seemed to be one that ended in a very inconclusive way, like most stories, though this one was different in a very interesting way. It was real. And it was still going on. From just every story that Ien had read, the demigods had seen like none too nice fellows, and furthermore, the Xanatos fellow himself seemed to somewhat resemble a wannabe Thor Storm King himself. As such, it was only natural that Ien would join the shards of hope and defeat the demigod scourge once and for all. Other: Spoiler: Here for Round 3 Name: Lucien Title: Eraser Faction : The side of plot, though for argument sake let's just say the hammer bros. Age: Who knows at this point. Gender: Male Description: It ain't easy being blue, He stands at about 2 meters tall. Personality: He's got a bit of a sense of apathy about him, acting none too surprised at most things. He's a nice guy at heart, though, and generally tries to do what he thinks is right...he's just also kind of a dick. Weapons: A weapon that all men and women posses innately. One that is with all of us, and we are all born with. One that is exclusive to none...unless you don't have hands. That's right, I'm talking about...his fists. I suppose the rest of his body qualifies as a weapon as well, but he's more a punchy kind of guy then anything else. Armour: Quite to Skyheart standard, Lucien does not posses any actual armor. However, due to his demonic heritage, his skin unnaturally tough, acting as if it were more so some form of scale than actual skin. Abilities (passive and active): Passives Fire resistance: Once more, due to his demonic heritage, Lucien is someone who is pretty good at dealing with heat. This of course extends to fire, giving him a somewhat supernatural resistance to fire. This, of course, extends to his clothing. Concept Shattering Strength: Lucien's physical strength is so ridiculous that he can ignore certain laws and properties that would otherwise apply. The only example to give at the moment is that spirits are normally incorporeal beings that physical things just pass through...this does not apply to Lucien's fists. Actives Punch: Lucien has the interesting ability to clench his fist, reel back his arm, and then strike forward with it at a target, dealing immense damage to any person who gets hit by the fist. This is no different than a normal punch in literally anyway. Strengths: Physical strength, melee combat Weaknesses: What is range? History: A long long time ago, like 3 years or something, there existed a roleplay known as Forum Wars II. It was one that was a sequel to an RP that had accomplished the near impossible. Which was coming to an actual end. During this time, a young half demon had come into existence. One who had been given the label as a fourth wall breaker, (for some reason,) and one who had also been only been known for board games or something. This was, of course, Lucien. However, going only off the hype and fame of Forum Wars I, like most sequels, Forum Wars II had come to a full stop after a full slew of issues and loss of hype. During this time, Lucien had moved on from Punchwood, and found himself a new home. During this time, however, he had heard from an old friend of his that a reboot of the Forum Wars II saga had come about, but due to forum issues and similar issues to the first sequel, that too had come to a full stop as well. And so here he was again. Feeling a bit nostalgic at the sight of his birthplace being reborn once more, and so, decided to see if he could go and help the world out. Of course, because Ien had already been a member of the Shards of Hope, Lucien naturally had to join the opposite side. Though his choice was completely superficial, he figured he'd go along as a member of their side until something had caused the faction war to end. One could only hope to god it wasn't the Covenant again. Other:
After Beucette's little freak out, it appeared that the beach was where the group was going. She didn't entirely like the idea of sneaking away to a place of apparent danger, but there was something intimidating about the blond haired man that just made her awkwardly nod and say, "sure." As the group had walked over to the beach, it had become increasingly apparent that they were not the first people to be here on this beach. Seeing clear signs of civilized people, as they could, at the very least make fire and wield spears, she got to thinking about all of the things that they had found on the shore. Looking around at the fire pit, she then turned to Zephyr and said, "hey Zephyr, you've got some kind of fire magic right? Would you be able to tell if this fire was made with magic or not?" She figured it'd be good to know whether or not the residence of this place were wielders of magic like themselves, which wasn't inherently important, but it'd be nice to know. Then looking at the tracks, they definitely seemed to be bird like. While some kinds of bird tracks were apparent, which kind they were was probably important as well. Thinking about it, she remembered that the zoologist had said something about peacocks being on this island, and figured that they were probably that bird. Turning to the man she said, "you're a zoologist, and Johanna you've got some connections with animals. Do peacocks normally hang around on the beach." Discerning natural patterns was probably something that was important to investigating a scene...probably. She had zero idea what to make of the food, thinking it might just be what they ate and just hung around here while they did it. Thinking more on it, she then figured something else was weird with the scene. "I don't think it's really weird that people might be eating here, and that they didn't use the spears for fish. But that they just kind of left the spears." She then motioned to the forest saying, "I mean, they probably went back in there, and considering the wildlife here is probably some kind of dangerous, it seems weird that they would just up and leave their spears here. Even if it's not much, some kind of protection is better than none."
Aoki hadn't been at sea since she had been many years younger. The smell of the ocean in the air, the sea breeze flowing through her hair, and the boundless view of the water stretching infinitely and endlessly, she felt a familiar sense of awe. She had always dreamed of going on an adventure like this, and now that she was here, it seemed a bit surreal. Furthermore, as she closed her eyes to take in everything, she had felt somewhat connected to the sea. Her destined path seemed to give her some sort of innate bond with the water, and as she opened her eyes, she saw that there was land on the horizon. The zoologist seemed to be absolutely ecstatic about the whole prospect of discovery on this new and uncharted island, and Aoki couldn't exactly blame him. There was a huge sense of adventure welling up inside of her as well, as the idea of this expedition seemed to get more and more enjoyable as the island came into view. As the group landed on the shore, she felt the sand underneath her feet, and was all set to get going. When the group leaders had said that there was exploring to be done, and that they should get going in groups. As such, Aoki decided to start to get a move on, just sort of taking a cursory glance across the shore, before deciding on which direction to get going in. Ander soon spoke up about which place he wanted to check out, as she said, "alright. I'm going to go check out the peninsula over there. It seems to be the biggest area of beach land on the island, so we're probably most likely to find something washed up from the sea or something like that over there." Turning to the rest of the group she asked, "anyone want to come with?" For clarity sake, I'm talking about the bottom right circle on the map.
After Rho's own ceremony ended, it seemed to be quite as uneventful when in contrast with the others. In fact, his very magics didn't seem to be all that amazing either. However they suited him. He had no real aspirations on using the power of the titan, and Crash just seemed to be a more effective version of what he had already been doing. However, the last of the three, or rather, the one that resonated with him the most, was one that he had already known prior to this whole ceremony. If there was a magic that fit him, it was most certainly that one. As the ceremonies had proceeded, a man had seemingly fallen right out of the sky. Rho had noticed something interesting about the man, and that was that he had seemed to look almost exactly like a dead ringer for Ra. Which in turn he looked almost exactly like Rho as well. He had not exactly realized there was another one, and just the sight of it caused him to chuckle a tad. Nevertheless, the business being dealt with Ezekiel was none of Rho's business, and thus he didn't really pay it any mind. Soon after the ceremonies, missions were ready to get underway. Rho, of course, had been going on the same mission as Aias. At this point, he wasn't exactly sure which of them was actually the first to sign up for it, but it seemed only like a foregone conclusion that it would end this way. As it had turned out, Dale had seemed to want to find something out more about the young girl, Johanna's, heritage. While Rho wasn't overly familiar with the woman, it was something that still seemed important enough to the man. As such, Rho obliged him by nodding, followed by asking, "so, where will this search be taking us?" Rho then heard the S Class accompanying them, which gave him a slight internal chuckle once he realized just what pairing was to go on this search. Pointing to the blade on his back, Rho assured the wizard by saying, "not to worry, danger is something I am always prepared for." Aoki was still slightly fatigued, and she could only think she was a bit delirious during the events of the ceremony. Having seen a man appear out of nowhere, only to be told that she had called him, was enough to make anyone think that they might have been going a bit crazy. Nevertheless, he seemed to be not just a figment of her imagination, and someone the guild had apparently had bad relations with in the past. Feeling a bit wary about the whole thing, Aoki had dismissed herself from the ceremony area as fast as she could, wanting to distance herself from the whole situation. As she went back to her room, she noticed in the reflection that she had gained some strange markings on her body, and being a tad off put by them, decided it would be best to cover up her body. Despite being fatigued, and just barely having any time to put on a new outfit, Aoki had to go on a mission at this point in time. As such, she got her things ready and joined everyone else, where they were to be briefed on their newest mission. As it had turned out, they were to assist two adventures, one zoologist and one sailor, on an expedition to some previously unknown island. Having grown in a port town, Aoki had seen a lot of sailors in her day, between pirates, the adventures and even some royals. However, there seemed to be something a bit off with these two. However, as they continued to brief them about their mission, Aoki passed it off as just another result of her fatigue. While there seemed to be some discussion about the ecosystem and how monsters were important to it, it had suddenly reminded her of her own questionable ability to use magic in the first place. As doubts started to cross her mind, her apparent mentor in this regard, Ezekiel was his name, had started to give her some information about her magic. As it had turned out, the magic she acquired didn't just harm the user in acquisition, but also quite self destructive in use as well. She wasn't entirely sure if she got what he meant by keeping it in balance, but figured it was something that would be better understood through doing than by just hearing about it. "Alright," she nodded to the blonde haired man, "I'll see what I can do with it." She then turned her thoughts to thinking more on the journey they had been given. She wondered just what could be so important on an island that one would resort to hiding the entire thing. It seemed like a question that thinking on wouldn't get her any where, and so she simply got ready to embark. Lucia felt a bit out of place. She clearly had no idea who this Clara person was, but it seemed like the others on this mission did. Not to mention, it had appeared that whatever had happened on the mission when it had last happened was not something that was all too happy. Realizing this, she felt like she'd try to tip toe around the subject as much as possible, and avoid bringing it up altogether. Regardless of that, they had a job to get doing. A kingdom was in grave danger...which it seemed that that was a sort of trend amongst kingdoms these days. Not only that, but this kingdom was one made of fairies and one that only those with ample control over magic could go to. As such, it was the perfect job for this team of wizards to go on. Seeing everyone in low spirits, and Clara's whole unease and distress with the problem at hand, Lucia decided to see if she could take charge and boost the morale of those around her. But how? She wasn't exactly the leader type. But there was someone who definitely was. Thinking about how her friend would do things, Lucia took a deep breath as she then went to pound her chest and saying, "don't worry Clara, you can count on us to help save this kingdom." Turning to the rest of the group, she seemed to emphatically pump her fist into the air as she said, "alright guys, we have an adventure before us, so let's get ready and go help those who need us." Wait, she forgot one important aspect of her friend's mannerisms, which was to stop making sense somewhere along the way in whatever it was you were saying. Nevertheless, she had hoped that everyone would get psyched and ready. Charlotte stood there as everyone had started to depart. She seemed to be a bit distant, as she continued to affirm just what her third magic was. Watching as her crackled with electricity in response to her willing it, it was indeed a lightning based magic. Well, if this was her destiny, then destiny certainly was certainly a being that had a sense of humor. Nevertheless, everyone else seemed to be trying out there new magics as well, and then all appeared to be rather pleased with it. While Charlotte was a bit wary of Calxiyn's presence, due to some sort of instinctual sense than any sort of rationale, this was not at all helped when she had summoned forth a giant black serpent monster. Nevertheless, she tried to pass of this feeling, and instead paid attention to what was happening with Ra instead. Or rather, what wasn't. It had appeared his second summon had failed, to which Thomas had immediately gone off to tell him that it was a worthless key. Charlotte was no expert on the Celestial Spirit magic, but she couldn't think of a key as being "garbage." Furthermore, Evanora seemed to be a strong believer in this guild's traditions, and seemed to believe that destiny was what would determine the strengths and powers of its guild members. Which meant she most likely thought that it was a part of Ra's destiny, thus it was probably important for him to hold onto. As Veilen seemed to wonder what being a broken key even meant, Charlotte advised, "it would be unwise to toss the key aside. It is curious that it doesn't work, but I believe the key will show its true purpose in time."
