Of Essence OOC Thread

Of Essence

RP Thread is here.

An old legend tells of an ancient object, called The Essence, that was created by the Gods themselves in order to house their combined power. The legend doesn't say why they did it, but it does state that the moment they brought it into existence, they regretted and fear what they had done, because anything that possessed such power would become stronger than any god, and be able to shape the world however they wished. Knowing this, they tried to destroy it, and when that failed, they instead sealed it deep within the Earth, giving the very last of their power to ensure that no life could ever reach it. Then, the Gods faded away, leaving the world and humanity to live without interference.
Very few truly believe that legend as anything more than a story for children.
But The Essence is real.

Prologue

The lantern hardly lit the cave at all, with everything more than just a few inches away completely veiled in the blackness of the underground. It felt like days had passed since the two of them had entered the cavern, when in truth it had only been a few hours. The natural twisting nature of the cavern made sure that light would not be cast far regardless, and so they pressed on slowly, as if the weight of the earth above them were bearing ever down on them. The feeling began to lift, however, when the man in front thought he could see a faint glow spattered over the cavern wall around the next corner. He handed the lantern to his companion as he strode forwards to confirm what he saw; that the hours in the darkness weren't playing tricks on him. It was then that he cracked a smile, before he even saw it. Instinctively, he knew his prize. The twisting, winding cavern had come to its end, giving way to a great, grand chamber. Any man-made attempt to create anything like it would have been an insult to the Gods themselves, he thought. "Mr. Craze, we have reached... the goal." Rhevin threw his arms out, revelling in the place's sheer existence. His grasp encompassed the whole chamber, a narrow rock walkway to the central focus, a coruscating, pulsating... thing that seemed to warp the world around it imperceptibly but undeniably. The entire area seemed to buzz with life, but it was different, unfamiliar. Rhevin took a step towards the pulsating focus of the chamber, and the buzzing became louder. With each step the sound became louder. With each step it became clearer. This was more than just a noise; there was something within it, unclear and distorted. Like the rest of the noise, it grew louder and clearer the closer Rhevin drew to the object before him. It wasn't long before the voice seemed like it was being spoken directly into his ears.
"WE, THE ESSENCE, FIND YOU, RHEVIN ALASTAIR KURSE, WORTHY OF US. BUT YOUR TASK IS YET INCOMPLETE." it came, revealing something that even he hadn't predicted; The Essence itself could think! This was unprecedented... this changes everything! He turned to his companion, who hadn't moved from the entrance yet. The younger Craze boy was always difficult to read, but right now he seemed particularly strange.
"Mr. Craze, I believe I'll need your assistance in relocating this object to my laboratory."
Instantly, Swift's eyes flashed an even brighter yellow, and his grip on the lantern tightened.
"That's not why we're here." The Auran stated, matter-of-factly. "We have to seal it away. It's too powerful to be thrown into a lab for testing!"
"...Craze, you disappoint me." The huge scientist replied, his formerly-excited face now showing little but contempt. "I thought you of all people would understand what this could mean for us. A perfect, infinite energy source! Think of the possibilities!"
The younger man paused for a long moment, seemingly wanting to believe Rhevin’s words. He looked down slightly, not meeting the genius's eyes.
"Where ever there's power... wars will be fought over it. That's not something that'll change because we want it to." His serious voice took on an almost-pleading tone. "If we destroy it, nobody else will have to die for a fable! That's what I said before, and that's still what I believe!"
Without saying a word, Kurse unsheathed the huge warsword from his back, his eyes fixated on Swift, knowing that if he wanted to take this power, Craze would have to die. Swift reacted immediately, releasing Soul, his own warsword, from its place on his back.
Crystal struck steel, and then steel hit crystal, but neither gave way to the other as the two greatswords clashed time and time again. Even against an Auran, Rhevin was incredibly formidable, stopping even the strongest of blows that Swift could muster. It seemed hopeless for both sides, as the slamming of the blades against each other caused nothing but echoes in the grand chamber, doing nothing but spurring the other to continue the fight.
Finally, the younger Craze gained the upper hand, if only for a moment, as his much faster reactions transformed what would have been just a dodge into the perfect opportunity to flank the much stronger combatant. Leaving nothing to chance, the young Auran forced all of his energy into his weapon as he threw it into the air, the green crystal of the weapon giving off an almost-blinding glow. Time seemed to slow down as he reached up to snatch it back from the air, swinging the blade, and the energy along with it, directly at Rhevin, who spun around just in time to intercept the blow with his own sword...
The steel blade of Rhevin’s weapon shattered completely. Shards of it were scattered, flying in every direction. Rhevin himself was also launched by the sheer, absolute force of the attack, being slammed into the wall opposite and immediately losing consciousness. Swift had won.
After a moment’s respite, Swift approached the center, where The Essence waited. He too heard the voice becoming louder and clearer as he approached, but unlike with Rhevin, he ignored its words, intent on destroying the object once and for all. He raised Soul above his head, ready to slash straight through it and...
Nothing. The sword struck a translucent orange, crystal-like barrier that suddenly stood between him and the power’s source. The barrier hadn’t a single scratch on it, and Swift knew that this was what The Essence had meant. ‘Your task is yet incomplete’. Something would have to be done, likely outside of this chamber, in order to bring down the barrier and expose the object for either use or destruction. There was no further reason to stay in the chamber. Leaving both the unconscious Kurse and The Essence behind, Swift made his way back through the cavern, picking up the lantern on his way. He would return another time, when he had figured out just how to finish what he had begun.

~

It’s now a year after the incidence in The Essence’s chamber. Swift has been working on finding a way to break the barrier, and is close to discovering how, but news has just reached him that Rhevin is now gathering followers, determined to reach and take The Essence before anybody else can stop him. Knowing that his task has now become a race, Swift and his brother, Demon, now must recruit their own followers, or stand no chance against Rhevin’s uprising.
This is where you come in. You are the recruits, of both sides. Your morals, past, and even present don’t matter, so long as you are capable and willing to help a side to reach The Essence first. The sides might have been labelled as ‘Heroes’ and ‘Villains’, but in truth it’s all about The Essence, and what you want to happen to it. Will it be destroyed, or will it be used?

Rules

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1. No Godmoding or Powerplaying, though sometimes I might have to for plot purposes. Sometimes I’ll ask somebody else to do so, too.
2. Two original characters are needed to join. This is one for each side, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Villains’. This is also the limit, though temporary and minor characters do not count towards this. I also have 4 major characters, though this is strictly for plot purposes, and others may also have a third character for plot purposes, though these will be given out by me and Bushy-Brow-1992.
3. Real people can be very fickle, so your character can change sides if their opinion changes enough, though it will have to be okayed by me. For the same reasons, you do not have to stick to the personality you’ve written down 100%, as that’s mostly just so I know what to expect.
4. Obey the site rules as well as mine. Annoying players is one thing, but being kicked off the site is seriously bad.
5. Romance is allowed, but let’s try to keep it teen-ish. Let’s say PG-16. Kissing is fine, and some implication of going further is fine, but keep it mostly clean.
6. 20-words minimum on all posts. If you can’t think of much to say, add details about what you have said or done. You have two characters that can be doing separate things, so there’s really no excuse.
7. Grammar, punctuation and spelling are all important. So long as it’s understandable, it should be okay, but too many mistakes and it will look messy and unprofessional, which will make you look messy and unprofessional. Which am bad.
8. Remember, I'm in charge. Not to be harsh, but no one argues with my decisions. I will be willing to discuss things via PM, but other wise, sit back and enjoy the ride.
9. Bushy-Brow-1992 is considered a semi-mod in this RP, so he also has some power here, however... I am the one in charge, and so his decisions can be overruled by me, though that is unlikely to actually happen.
10. Write ‘cookie’ somewhere in your first post as proof that you’ve read all of the rules.

Regarding OC’s

Your OCs will have a trait of some sort that will attract their recruiter to them. Be this a supernatural power, exceptional skill, or something else is up to you, but make sure that the character is genuinely capable even if alone.
Powers may include anything that you can think of, so long as it doesn’t break any of the previously mentioned rules. A power of any kind will need to justified, however, so ensure it’s not something completely ridiculous. Just being able to use magic requires no explanation, mages are fairly common in this word, though explaining what types of magic they can use is required. For example, if your power is to transform into a bear, why are you able to? Is it magical based, a curse perhaps, or something completely different?
Remember; Alignment refers to what you want to do with the Essence, not your actual morality. Villains want to use the Essence, Heroes want it to not be used. Jerky heroes, and kind-hearted villains are both perfectly fine.
Though your characters will definitely join the faction you've specified for them, they may not be part of the faction at first. The group, or somebody from it, will seek your character out to recruit them, in order to add an extra touch of realism. Unlike most rules, this is negotiable, though some characters will likely need to be recruited due to their backstory, or for other reasons.

One last thing: If you want to you are permitted to make your character an Auran, capable of utilising life energy like Swift can. Should you choose to go for this, there are some things that you will need to know.
- Aurans age at a slower rate than other humans, making them appear younger than they actually are.
- You may have a crystal that generates life energy, as Soul does, but this isn't required. It will be smaller than a greatsword, but any size from a ring gem to a longsword is fine, and it may be any type of weapon or accessory you choose.
- Aurans are able to sense other nearby Aurans. The sensitivity of this depends on the individual.
- All Aurans have access to at least one demon form, but you may not have more than two (a third can be added later, if you wish). The main trait, and the appearance of the form are up to you.

OC Forms:

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Username:
Name:
Age: (Minimum of 14, with the exception of Suki Amera.)
Sex:
Alignment: ('Hero' or 'Villain')
Appearance: (Images should be placed in spoiler tags.)
Personality: (Brief overview of your characters attitude. Does not need to be stuck to 100%.)
Bio: (Your characters backstory/origins.)
Power/Ability: (Choose whatever, but don't godmod.)
Weapon: (Optional, but useful.)
Ultimate Move/Ability: (Essentially your character's Limit Break.)
Other: (Any other relevant information.)

Regarding the Setting

This RP is set in an original universe, with an original storyline. The planet is very similar to Earth in terms of climate, but its geography is entirely different, as are the names of similar areas. While most of these places will be named by me, I am actually very poor at coming up with names and may ask a player to invent one for me at times.
Several different landscapes and climates may be visited during the course of the RP, and once a major area is visited I will add a brief description of the area to the first post in order to prevent confusion.

Regarding Ultimate Moves/Abilities

Your ultimate ability will be unavailable at the beginning of the RP, with very few exceptions. The ability will be gained at some point throughout the story, and once gained can be used at any time. I will discuss with you when and how you obtain your ability, and this will be negotiable.
However, the move or ability is not something to be used all of the time, and while I'll leave it to your own judgement as to where and when it is used, you must avoid using it in excess. Doing this is in violation of Rule 1.

Accepted OCs:

‘Heroes’:

Spoiler: Swift Craze

Username: DarkTraitor
Name: Swift Craze
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Alignment: Hero Leader
Appearance:

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Personality: Courageous, Sometimes reckless, Determined.
Bio: Swift is an Auran, born with the ability to channel his own life energy into both offensive and defensive states. After losing his parents at the age of seven, Swift began hunting for the man he thought responsible, his own brother. It took twelve years, but Swift eventually caught to Demon in skill, only to find he wasn't responsible at all. He and his brother teamed up, finally avenging their parents deaths, and ending their long hatred for each other. Since then, Swift has worked alone as a moral mercenary, using his Auran abilities to protect others. After hearing that Rhevin was building a small army to take the Essence, he quickly moved to form a resistance in order to ensure that such a powerful object isn't used for the wrong reasons.
Power/Ability: Can channel life energy from himself or Soul into energy-based magic. Is also capable of taking on the a weaker version of the strength Demon Form. Due to his harsh, self-imposed training, he has great reaction times.
Weapon: Soul (Greatsword made from a special crystal, filled with a near-infinite amount of life energy that an Auran wielder can use instead of their own.)
Ultimate Move/Ability: Aura Burst; Uses a huge amount of the life energy in Soul in order to unleash a blindingly fast flurry of physical blows.
Other: Leader of the 'Heroes'. Demon Craze's brother.

Spoiler: Demon Craze

Username: DarkTraitor
Name: Demon Craze
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:

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Personality: Blunt, Sometimes aggressive, Protective of those close to him.
Bio: Like Swift, Demon is an Auran, born with the ability to channel his own life energy into several abilities. After the death of his parents, Demon was taken in by a man who claimed to be a friend to his father. He was trained by the man for twelve years, believing Swift to be behind the death of their parents, until Swift caught up to them, and the real killer was revealed to be Demon's mentor. Having then teamed up with Swift to get revenge, their feud had finally ended. Since then, Demon has lived a quite solitary, simple life until Swift approached him recently once again, asking for his help in gathering a group to counter Rhevin's.
Power/Ability: Great strength, Access to three seperate Demon forms; Strength, Agility, and Flight.
Weapon: Pair of matched swords.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Fused Demon Form; Exactly what it sounds like, a combination of all three Demon Forms, capable of flight, stronger than the power form and as agile as Agility form. Is also much larger and uses massively more energy than the regular forms, with Demon only capable of holding it for a few minutes at a time.
Other: Swift Craze's brother, and Suki Amera's unofficially adoptive father.

Spoiler: Suki Amera

Username: Bushy-Brow-1992
Name: Suki Amera
Age: 13
Sex: Female
Alignment: Hero
Appearance: Refer to Banner ---->
Personality: Suki is a sensitive, caring young girl, but was always regarded as different by everyone around her and as such was often ignored like she never belonged. Because of this, she can be timid, and not too wise when it comes to people since she has essentially always been alone. She is incredibly close to Demon now however.
Bio: An orphan girl who has grown up on the streets, she doesn't know to this day what happened to her parents and why she became an orphan. She had only the clothes on her back and the blue ribbon in her hair, which the only possession of her mothers she actually has. On the streets and in the orphanage, she was always regarded as being different by everyone and was often ignored like she didn't belong. Either that, or she was picked on horribly or called a freak, since something about her just emitted an overwhelming power.
Having one day suffered some particular abuse and insults after she had simply used a healing spell to help one of the other Orphan's who had in turn become scared at her display of magic, Suki left the Orphanage upset... she ran at the time feeling more scared, upset and alone than ever.
She was unfortunate enough though to happen across two slave traders... they saw Suki as a prize and were going to claim her for their own... Suki, was completely unable to resist... and was ready to resign herself to her sad, cruel fate.
But it seems her fate was about to change as that was when she met him... Demon Craze. He quickly dealt with the two slavers, leaving them heavily beaten and barely breathing. Silently, he observed the small girl noting that something seemed different about her and sensing that she was all alone in the world. He was the first to treat Suki like a normal person... and now, she looks at him almost like a father figure.
Power/Ability: Suki has a vast and surprisingly powerful control over magic. She isn't limited by type and her spells are pretty strong considering she has no former training. As such, having never had anyone to teach her, her skills are still pretty basic and she has much to learn. The reason behind why she show's such promise in the magic arts is a mystery.
Weapon:

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Ultimate Move/Ability: Awakening - Increases her power by a massive amount, though the method through which this is done will not be described for spoiler purposes.
Other: Is something of a unofficial Daughter to Demon as she views him as a father figure.

Spoiler: Merin Astarion

Username: TheAstarion
Name: Merin Astarion
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Alignment: The Aura Rangers! Insistent terminology, go! With your true strength, carve your own path to our combined glory! (‘Heroes’)
Appearance:

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Tall for a girl, around 5'9, though this is about average for females of her clan.
Personality: Merin is usually carefree, and easily distracted by trifling matters she deems to be serious business. She does, however, relish a good fight, and regularly spares strong opponents on the promise of a rematch later. She makes friends easily but completely fails at keeping in touch, and assumes that every relationship can be resumed as if the last contact was yesterday. She's childish when she can afford to be, but when the chips are down, she shows her other side...
Bio: While she appears to be a girl from the Tribe, she's actually from one of the larger cities. Whether or not she was born there isn't something she cares about, it's home when she's there and that's good enough for her. She has more affinity for towns than the wild, which makes contact with Tribesmen difficult and embarrassing.
Power/Ability: Aside from general armed and unarmed combat prowess and athletic ability, she's an adept healer and elemental mage. She enjoys exploring ways to combine them in combat.
Weapon: Twin Aurasabers, focused through her own Soulstones. Think air blades, lightsabers or whatever. She can also lock them together into a double saber, but tends not to. Since they're focused through soulstones, the blade intensity is directly linked to her emotions; if she's not trying to kill you she probably won't be able to.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Omega Cannon - Contains all the elements of magic within a small sphere until they're in perfect harmony... then lets rip. The ultimate omnielemental attack for nailing elemental weaknesses.
Other: Likes winning, nearly winning after a good fight, and sweets. Her dad is an inventor and runs a small company, for which she runs deliveries. She doesn't really have a goal, but wouldn't complain if she found one.

Spoiler: Ren Yuuki

Username: Master of Keyblades
Name: Ren Yuuki
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:

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Personality: At most times Ren is pretty much calm and Collective, but he can be reckless and rush right into thing if he's not focus. One of the few times he could get blinded with rage is if Vincent begins to mock him.
Bio: Ren pretty much had a normal life, a good family and friends. The only problem was that he had a special power that even he didn't know much about. It never would’ve been awoken if Vincent had never tried to kill him. Even though Vincent manages to take out his left eye, the pain from it was enough to release his powers and cause Vincent to stop him from finishing the job.
Power/Ability: Can channel electricity through his body and focus it at any specific point or fire it out of the palm of his hands
Weapon:

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Ultimate Move/Ability: Thunder Spark- If the conditions are right, Ren can momentarily gain control of natural lighting.
Other: Often likes to stare at the sky.

Spoiler: Rubira Sumona Curas

Name: Rubira 'Ruby' Sumona Curas
Age: Appears to be in late 20s.
Sex: Female
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:

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Her true form^ minus the snakes in her hair. She also has fangs and claws, not teeth and nails.
She can also turn into a human form where her tail becomes legs and her claws/fangs become nails/teeth. In the human form, her skin color stays the same and the scales of her tail become silk-like pants on her legs.

Personality: Sadistic, but mysterious. Rubira likes to keep to herself, especially when it's about anything personal to her, but she loves to find out details about everyone else and use it to manipulate them. She loves inflicting pain and is quite evil in personality. She has a strange fondness for cookies.
Bio: Rubira is a Medusa, a sub-race of humans that evolved from serpents instead of primates. Medusas are very few in numbers compared to humans and rarely seen living in the most hidden parts of deserts, mountains, forests, and in some cases, underwater. Mystical in nature (think gypsies) and sadistic in personalities, they are an extremely rarely-seen race. While her past is shed in mystery, Ruby left her tribe to stop the Essence from being used, seeing it as an affront to the planet itself, the gods themselves, and creation as a whole.
Power/Ability:
-Enhanced strength and speed in Medusa form.
-Mild hypnosis in human form (only making someone easier to convince) and extreme suggestion in Medusa form, but only with close eye contact.
-Venom. Any living material she bites turns to stone around the area. If she spits the venom, it acts as a corrosive acid.
-Ability to turn into a humanoid female.
Weapon: N/A (unless you count her claws, fangs, and tail).
Ultimate Move/Ability: Gorgonic Wrath. Each strand of hair turns into a separate snake that can stretch extremely far, biting everything in sight.
Other:

Spoiler: Merrisa Levaunt

Username: Jayn.
Name: Merrisa Levaunt.
Age: 21.
Sex: Female.
Alignment: Hero.
Appearance: Here.
Personality: Logical, calculated, serious.
Bio: Merrisa Levaunt devotes a large part of her life to finding ways to better the world. Her goal is to make the world a place where science outdoes magic. She wanted nothing more than the end to the "The Essence". She lives by a code of conduct and preforms within the limitations of what is excepted.
Power/Ability: She'd really prefer to stick with weapons, but she is trained in several forms of hand-to-hand combat.
Weapon: She prefers using gun, traditional (though messy), but in actuality would probably prefer not to fight at all.
Ultimate Move/Ability: N|A
Other: I'd really like a cookie right now. Though that's totally not relevant.

Spoiler: Nano Chen

Username: terminallyCapricious
Name: Nano Chen
Age: 14
Sex: Unknown (Either a boy or a girl)
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:
It's the one to the left

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Personality: Elegant and polite. Will reach out to others easily. Feels as if they should serve humans and holds them in the upmost regard.
Bio: A bastard child between a Human and a Lycankin. Was raised outside of the tribes and forced into a life of restraints by their human mother. It became evident that they were not allowed to be in any form of relationship or contact with people of it's own age or species.
Power/Ability: The power over Souls.
Can take out, heal, seperate, consume, switch, ect. souls.
All Nano needs is direct contact to do so although this takes an INCREDIBLE ammount of energy and normally one direct attack to a soul will cause him/her damage.
Weapon: None.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Judgement Breaker.
Where all of the souls in the area are sent into the afterlife. This also kills the user as well.
Nano only knows that it has this move because it preformed it once before; but The Power of Love revived him/her.
Other:

‘Villains’:

Spoiler: Rhevin Kurse

Username: DarkTraitor
Name: Rhevin Kurse
Age: 39
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain
Appearance:

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Personality: Usually reasonable, Charismatic, Dedicated.
Bio: A skilled fighter, and an incredibly well-respected scientist, Rhevin has been a massive force behind the progression of mankind for the past 25 years. After Swift defeated him one year ago, he seems to be more and more focused on claiming the Essence, to the point of conducting less-than-ethical experiments to assist him in getting it. He has recently started gathering an elite group together in a final attempt to take the Essence for himself and his experiments.
Power/Ability: Great strength, Incredible intelligence.*
Weapon: Greatsword
Ultimate Move/Ability: Unknown as of yet.*
Other: Leader of the 'Villains'. Anya Kurse's father.
*Some information has been left out for plot purposes.

Spoiler: Veiran

Username: DarkTraitor
Name: Veiran
Age: Appears 19
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain
Appearance:

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Personality: Loyal, Un-Selfish, A natural leader.
Bio: Created by Rhevin as a counter to Swift's own abilities, Veiran is a clone made from the DNA of thousands of different humans, all chosen for particular traits. He's aware of his status as a clone, but chooses to serve Rhevin of his own free will. Due to an accelerated growth, his DNA is unstable and prone to degrading unless regularly treated.
Power/Ability: Unmatched reaction times and reflexes, above-average movement speed.
Weapon: Single-handed Katana
Ultimate Move/Ability: Degradation; Grants an incredible boost to his already impressive speed, but leaves him with little energy afterwards.
Other:

Spoiler: Anya Kurse

Username: Bushy-Brow-1992
Name: Anya Kurse
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Alignment: Villain
Appearance: Refer to banner ---->
Personality: Cold, calculating and loyal to no one but her father.
Anya doesn't care about anyone or anything but achieving her father's goals. As such, she will do anything necessary in order to achieve them, no matter what sacrifices must be made, even if it means herself.
Bio: Anya is Rhevin's daughter. Nothing more than that is known, not even the identity of her mother.
Power/Ability:

• Enhanced Strength - Anya is a lot stronger physically than most normal people.
• Enhanced Speed - Anya is a lot faster physically than most normal people.
• Enhanced Defense - Anya is a lot more durable physically than most normal people, her skin being stronger than even the strongest of elements.
• Enhanced Magic - Anya is strong magically and has a vast and powerful control over many types of magic.

Weapon:

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She uses two of these which she holds in a reverse style grip.

Ultimate Move/Ability: Glint - Her eye's turn white and she gains the ability of increased visual perception allowing her to move against most attacks at extreme speeds. If she sees an attack, she can pretty much dodge/block it perfectly in an instant. She is also able to pretty much read her opponent(s) so well that she can practically predict their moves.
Other: Rhevin Kurse's Daughter.
The reason for her abilities are a mystery.

Spoiler: Nightshade Troquin

Username: TheAstarion
Name: Sorceress Nightshade Troquin
Age: 31. Maybe.
Sex: Female
Alignment: 'Villains'
Appearance:

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Personality: She is calm and collected at all times, eerily so. It is difficult to know sometimes if she is aware of the danger around her, until she brutally puts all threats to rest in what is quite often a single strike.
Bio: Her goal is to extend her control over Space-Time to halt the expansion of the universe, to avoid the End of Time, however it may come. Immortality, in her mind, is useless without a universe to support it, and eternal life beyond the End of All Things would be a fate far, far worse than death. While not immortal herself, she is not incapable of achieving it.
Power/Ability: She is the quintessential sorceress. Her area of expertise is spacetime manipulation, and she specialises in the space part. While she can manifest physical force in battle, it's often easier for her to simply not be there... or for her opponent to find themselves elsewhere. Fighting is for barbarians who can't use magic, after all.
Weapon: Planning. She doesn't enjoy the attention that comes with a Death Sword of Death. She carries a dagger with her, but only uses it as a utility.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Absolute Zone: Void to the Stars - Nightshade opens a portal to a known place in the universe... which sometimes can only end badly for all. Spewing the heart of a star into someone's path can put a dampener on their day.
Other: She may or may not be Hemlock's real daughter, and it may or may not matter. She follows Rhevin on the chance that his proposed experiments will show something interesting for her purposes. She is more than willing to share the fruits of the quest, unlike most traditional villains, simply because she doesn't care if others get their wish. If this idea of hers fails, she will find another way. She doesn't seem to take pleasure in anything, and does only what she sees is necessary.

Spoiler: Vincent Rucksal

Username: Master of Keyblades
Name: Vincent Rucksal
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain
Appearance:

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Personality: Fill with curiosity once Vincent finds something that interest him, he never stop in testing its limits until it either fails him or he get bored with it. Once he see Ren though he forget about whatever the goal he has is and focuses entirely on finding the extent of Ren’s powers.
Bio: Unlike Ren, Vincent life wasn’t all that good. Due to that fact he was part of an experiment use to give humans super-natural abilities he wasn’t allowed to see his family for and while. As time went by he became a wander, doing whatever it took too survive, even if it meant killing.
Power/Ability: Due to the experiment, Vincent can move any in-animate object or turn it into a weapon by concentrating.
Weapon:

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Ultimate Move/Ability: Using a vast amount of energy, Vincent can create a giant Knight out of anything around him.
Other: N/A

Spoiler: Agile Verge

Username: Red Robin (LilBueno)
Name: Agile Verge
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain
Appearance: Here
Personality: Lazy. He's only serious when it's relating to the Essence.
Bio: Agile was a normal Auran growing up. In fact, the only notable thing people knew about him was that he was an Auran. He was often told he was a waste of the Auran blood, due to his slacking. In reality, he was simply 'bored with this dull ball we call a planet.' Even though he was a slacker, he always hoped to be remembered. He wants to change the world. While bored with the world, he does have the best interest of people in heart. Which is why he believes the Essence should be used to benefit mankind.
Power/Ability: His crystal (residing on his necklace) gives him the ability to control his own gravitational field. He uses this to decrease his weight for added speed, increase it for added strength, or to direct his personal gravity towards a wall in order to walk on walls/ceilings.
His Strength Demon Form is slower than Agile in his normal form, but its massive strength makes up for it.
His Speed Demon Form is weaker physically than his normal form, but is able to move quick enough for him to be nothing but a blur.
Weapon: Blitz-a sword that changes shapes with his Demon Forms.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Mega-G. Agile's Ultimate Move lets him change the gravity in the surrounding area in an instant. He uses it to shoot opponents high into the air at high speeds and then increases the gravity to send them slamming down to the ground just as fast. He's unable to move while he does this.
Other: (Any other relevant information.) N/A

Spoiler: Shayne Dawn

Username: Jayn.
Name: Shayne "Galaxy" Dawn.
Age: Appears around twenty.
Sex: Female.
Alignment: Villian.
Appearance: Here.
Personality: Sarcastic, bitter, impatient.
Bio: Galaxy's past doesn’t matter much anymore. When she was younger, she was a driven and determined girl. She was heading to the top of her field of study. She was considered a genius, having accomplished more at the age of 20, with her expertise in science and her ability to absorb information like a sponge. But within this intelligence and study, she began to fall into somewhat of an obsession. She began to see just how useful a power such as this could be to humanity, until eventually, it was less of a selfless conclusion and more an addiction. Not to mention, while studying and working in the labs, she was startled, accidentally dropping a syringe of a foreign substance--which happened to land on her wrist. She began to change, into something even she didn't understand.
Power/Ability: She is able to harness light, as an energy force.
Weapon: She usually prefers to jump back and forth between shaping the energy into that of a gun-like weapon, and using it as a sword. Though she can shape and utilize it in whatever way she wishes.
Ultimate Move/Ability: In the midst of a battle, if she can stay calm enough, she can steal the light source from an entire area and harness however she wishes. (in a non-godmoddy way, of course. ;3)

Spoiler: Yoppei

Username: terminallyCapricious
Name: Yoppei
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain(?)
Appearance:

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Personality: Incredibly hammy, but nice to say the least. He'll help out the needy and refuse to fight anyone who is unable to fight.
Will grab a microphone to scream out his 'evil' plans which normally consist of much less heinous things than he normally does. In other words; he won't mind slaughtering an army of soldiers but there is nothing more evil than stealing from a store. Hitting his berserk button will normally lead to things such as HUGE DRAWN OUT SPEECHES OF GOOD AND EVIL to all. Hero or Villain.
Bio: Bored. That's the only reason he joined the Villain's side to begin with.
Power/Ability: Music which can control anyone who hears it into doing whatever he feels like. Only for amusement's sake.
For fighting, he uses his...
Weapon: A very amazing-looking guitar(see pic above) with bladed ends.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Meltdown
Other:

Other:

Races:

Human:

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It's fairly likely that the players in this RP are humans themselves, so little explanation should be required. While there isn't a specific statistic, certain humans may inherit the ability to control life-energy, and are named Aurans.

Medusa:

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Having evolved from serpents, Medusas are snakelike in both nature and personality. They have the lower torso of a snake; the abilities to hypnotize, poison, petrify, take a humanoid appearance, and unhinge their jaws. Men are rare, but not seen in their tribes. Instead, the women become pregnant by age (differs depending on the woman) and lay eggs. Medusas are able to procreate with other races, but the Medusa traits greatly diminish and becomes recessive to the other half.
Half-human, half-Medusa children do not have a Medusa form with a tail or claws, but keep unnaturally-colored skin, unhingable jaws, and the ability to hypnotize.
Medusas live in small tribes or clans, but are adapted to all climates. They can be found in the hottest deserts, the deepest rivers, the tallest mountains, darkest caves, or largest forests. They are gypsy-like in nature and have high mystical perception. A Medusa's bite does not petrify the entire body, only the area that was bitten. Unpetrification is a painful, but possible medical procedure. Medusas tend to torture their victims by biting separate areas of a body rapidly so the body can still move but starts to weigh too much due to the stone or by biting the joints so a victim can't move. They are rarely seen in cities or towns, but it isn't uncommon.

Lycankin:

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Lycankin, or "Tribesmen", are, on average, larger than humans, but not inordinately so. Their distinguishing features are animal ears and a tail, usually the same colour as their hair. They also have pronounced canine teeth and sharp claws that they tend to keep sheathed; using them as weapons is a taboo in their society. They tend to weigh more than a human of the same proportions, owing to an increased muscle mass and bone density. They usually live in tribes away from humans, but are still a common sight in towns and cities. The tribes themselves put up an uncivilised facade to stop people being nosy, but in reality they just don't want their women to all end up as maids, and all their men to end up as bouncers. Adolescents are allowed to leave their tribe permanently, and other tribes usually welcome new blood. Some, however, just end up getting lost in a city and staying there. To see a Tribesman outside their villages over the age of 30 or below the age of 15 means you've found one such person, or their offspring.

Locations:

None yet.

This is the OOC Thread, where RP-relevant discussions may take place, and where you should post your OC forms. While I will allow OOC's in the RP Thread itself, you should restrict that to just a couple of lines. Anything longer than two and a half lines, or anything relating to past or future events, should be posted here.

Most importantly; have fun.

 

Name: Ren Yuuki
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:

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Personality: At most times Ren is pretty much calm and Collective, but he can be reckless and rush right into thing if he's not focus. One of the few times he could get blinded with rage is if Vincent begins to mock him.
Bio: Ren pretty much had a normal life, a good family and friends. The only problem was that he had a special power that even he didn't know much about. It never would’ve been awoken if Vincent had never tried to kill him. Even though Vincent manages to take out his left eye, the pain from it was enough to release his powers and cause Vincent to stop him from finishing the job.
Power/Ability: Can channel electricity through his body and focus it at any specific point or fire it out of the palm of his hands
Weapon:

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Ultimate Move/Ability: Thunder Spark- If the conditions are right, Ren can momentarily gain control of natural lighting.
Other: Often likes to stare at the sky.

Username: Master of Keyblades
Name: Vincent Rucksal
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain
Appearance:

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Personality: Fill with curiosity once Vincent finds something that interest him, he never stop in testing its limits until it either fails him or he get bored with it. Once he see Ren though he forget about whatever the goal he has is and focuses entirely on finding the extent of Ren’s powers.
Bio: Unlike Ren, Vincent life wasn’t all that good. Due to that fact he was part of an experiment use to give humans super-natural abilities he wasn’t allowed to see his family for and while. As time went by he became a wander, doing whatever it took too survive, even if it meant killing.
Power/Ability: Due to the experiment, Vincent can move any in-animate object or turn it into a weapon by concentrating.
Weapon:

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Ultimate Move/Ability: Using a vast amount of energy, Vincent can create a giant Knight out of anything around him.
Other: N/A
Cookie

 

@master of keyblades: You're in~ Happy to have you along!

 

Username: LilBueno
Name: Rubira 'Ruby' Sumona Curas
Age: Appears to be in late 20s.
Sex: Female
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:

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Her true form^ minus the snakes in her hair. She also has fangs and claws, not teeth and nails.
She can also turn into a human form where her tail becomes legs and her claws/fangs become nails/teeth. In the human form, her skin color stays the same and the scales of her tail become silk-like pants on her legs.

Personality: Sadistic, but mysterious. Rubira likes to keep to herself, especially when it's about anything personal to her, but she loves to find out details about everyone else and use it to manipulate them. She loves inflicting pain and is quite evil in personality. She has a strange fondness for cookies.
Bio: Rubira is a Medusa, a sub-race of humans that evolved from serpents instead of primates. Medusas are very few in numbers compared to humans and rarely seen living in the most hidden parts of deserts, mountains, forests, and in some cases, underwater. Mystical in nature (think gypsies) and sadistic in personalities, they are an extremely rarely-seen race. While her past is shed in mystery, Ruby left her tribe to stop the Essence from being used, seeing it as an affront to the planet itself, the gods themselves, and creation as a whole.
Power/Ability:
-Enhanced strength and speed in Medusa form.
-Mild hypnosis in human form (only making someone easier to convince) and extreme suggestion in Medusa form, but only with close eye contact.
-Venom. Any living material she bites turns to stone around the area. If she spits the venom, it acts as a corrosive acid.
-Ability to turn into a humanoid female.
Weapon: N/A (unless you count her claws, fangs, and tail).
Ultimate Move/Ability: Gorgonic Wrath. Each strand of hair turns into a separate snake that can stretch extremely far, biting everything in sight.
Other: The Medusa race:

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Having evolved from serpents, Medusas are snakelike in both nature and personality. They have the lower torso of a snake; the abilities to hypnotize, poison, petrify, take a humanoid appearance, and unhinge their jaws. Men are rare, but not seen in their tribes. Instead, the women become pregnant by age (differs depending on the woman) and lay eggs. Medusas are able to procreate with other races, but the Medusa traits greatly diminish and becomes recessive to the other half.
Half-human, half-Medusa children do not have a Medusa form with a tail or claws, but keep unnaturally-colored skin, unhingable jaws, and the ability to hypnotize.
Medusas live in small tribes or clans, but are adapted to all climates. They can be found in the hottest deserts, the deepest rivers, the tallest mountains, darkest caves, or largest forests. They are gypsy-like in nature and have high mystical perception. A Medusa's bite does not petrify the entire body, only the area that was bitten. Unpetrification is a painful, but possible medical procedure. Medusas tend to torture their victims by biting separate areas of a body rapidly so the body can still move but starts to weigh too much due to the stone or by biting the joints so a victim can't move. They are rarely seen in cities or towns, but it isn't uncommon.

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Will post my villain tomorrow~ Sorry for the wait.

 

Your Hero character is accepted Bueno. I love how you included the cookies too. XD
Also, it will be interesting seeing how a more evil character acts on the Hero side :P

Just post the villain when you can anyway.

 

Was planning on waiting for your villain before I accepted, but yeah, what Bushy said.
Everybody, if you could have a think about where and how you'd like your characters to be introduced (remember, they won't neccessarily start with their group from the begining), post it here and I'll include as much as I can into the RP itself.
We'll start a little later in the week, so long as that's fine with everybody.

 

Username: Jayn.
Name: Merrisa Levaunt.
Age: 21.
Sex: Female.
Alignment: Hero.
Appearance: Here.
Personality: Logical, calculated, serious.
Bio: Merrisa Levaunt devotes a large part of her life to finding ways to better the world. Her goal is to make the world a place where science outdoes magic. She wanted nothing more than the end to the "The Essence". She lives by a code of conduct and preforms within the limitations of what is excepted.
Power/Ability: She'd really prefer to stick with weapons, but she is trained in several forms of hand-to-hand combat.
Weapon: She prefers using gun, traditional (though messy), but in actuality would probably prefer not to fight at all.
Ultimate Move/Ability: N|A
Other: I'd really like a cookie right now. Though that's totally not relevant. >>;



Username: Jayn.
Name: Shayne "Galaxy" Dawn.
Age: Appears around twenty.
Sex: Female.
Alignment: Villian.
Appearance: Here.
Personality: Sarcastic, bitter, impatient.
Bio: Galaxy's past doesn’t matter much anymore. When she was younger, she was a driven and determined girl. She was heading to the top of her field of study. She was considered a genius, having accomplished more at the age of 20, with her expertise in science and her ability to absorb information like a sponge. But within this intelligence and study, she began to fall into somewhat of an obsession. She began to see just how useful a power such as this could be to humanity, until eventually, it was less of a selfless conclusion and more an addiction. Not to mention, while studying and working in the labs, she was startled, accidentally dropping a syringe of a foreign substance--which happened to land on her wrist. She began to change, into something even she didn't understand.
Power/Ability: She is able to harness light, as an energy force.
Weapon: She usually prefers to jump back and forth between shaping the energy into that of a gun-like weapon, and using it as a sword. Though she can shape and utilize it in whatever way she wishes.
Ultimate Move/Ability: In the midst of a battle, if she can stay calm enough, she can steal the light source from an entire area and harness however she wishes. (in a non-godmoddy way, of course. ;3)

 

Approved, and as for the limit break of your first character.
We've spoken about your reasons for not wanting one, and it's fine. So yeah. XD

 

A limit break doesn't neccessarily require a superhuman ability to use, since it can be anything from a special move to a combat stance you're especially skilled in. If you REALLY don't want one, I guess that's fine, so long as you don't mind the fact that you may be slightly underpowered compared to some others.

 

The RP thread is up. Once LilBueno (Red Robin) posts his villain, we can get started.

http://www.kh-vids.net/showthread.php?112121-Of-Essence

Accepted characters and other information similar to that will remain exclusively in the OOC Thread, so as to reduce my workload and increase the chance of it being updated on time.

 

All right, villain posted or not we should think about starting now, if people haven't lost interest due to lack of anything.

LilBueno (Red Robin), just post your villain when it's convenient now, and we'll work them into the plot then or a little later, depending on what's happening at the time.

Anyway, if anybody has an idea for their first post, feel free to go ahead and post, but remember that most people won't have been recruited yet on the 'good' side, so they'll be doing whatever they'd do in their normal lives (normal for them, which might be a little more eventful than most peoples lives). Villains can be recruited already if you want them to be. They have a base of sorts, which I will describe in detail a little later, and everybody has their own room which is either just for yourself, or shared with another character if you both agree to it.

Let things make their begining.

 

Username: Red Robin (LilBueno)
Name: Agile Verge
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain
Appearance: Here
Personality: Lazy. He's only serious when it's relating to the Essence.
Bio: Agile was a normal Auran growing up. In fact, the only notable thing people knew about him was that he was an Auran. He was often told he was a waste of the Auran blood, due to his slacking. In reality, he was simply 'bored with this dull ball we call a planet.' Even though he was a slacker, he always hoped to be remembered. He wants to change the world. While bored with the world, he does have the best interest of people in heart. Which is why he believes the Essence should be used to benefit mankind.
Power/Ability: His crystal (residing on his necklace) gives him the ability to control his own gravitational field. He uses this to decrease his weight for added speed, increase it for added strength, or to direct his personal gravity towards a wall in order to walk on walls/ceilings.
His Strength Demon Form is slower than Agile in his normal form, but its massive strength makes up for it.
His Speed Demon Form is weaker physically than his normal form, but is able to move quick enough for him to be nothing but a blur.
Weapon: Blitz-a sword that changes shapes with his Demon Forms.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Mega-G. Agile's Ultimate Move lets him change the gravity in the surrounding area in an instant. He uses it to shoot opponents high into the air at high speeds and then increases the gravity to send them slamming down to the ground just as fast. He's unable to move while he does this.
Other: (Any other relevant information.) N/A

Sorry I'm so late D:

 

It's fine lol
I like the sounds of this guy anyway.
So yeah, approved!

 

Oh yeah, please add

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to Nightshade's profile. I hadn't finished editing it way back when.

URL: http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i405/TheAstarion/nightshadeDarkEdit.jpg

 

Added.

Also, I had asked Bushy to post saying this but it seems he's forgotten, so I'll say it.
Anybody who wants to be recruited quickly, so as to get involved with the story faster, Heroes and Villains are gathering in (seperate) places now. For Villains, it's where Agile currently is, and for Heroes; whoever posts their Hero waiting to be picked up gets to decide where they're waiting.
The original idea was to recruit seperately in order to allow people to flesh out their characters before becoming a part of their respective team, but since it was brought to my attention that it might make for less screentime for certain players, I'm allowing this now. If you still want to be recruited a little later, that's also fine.
So anybody that is going to be waiting to be picked up; just assume that somebody from their respective team has already approached them about joining, and that they were told to meet wherever.

 

Username: terminallyCapricious
Name: Nano Chen
Age: 14
Sex: Unknown (Either a boy or a girl)
Alignment: Hero
Appearance:
It's the one to the left

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Personality: Elegant and polite. Will reach out to others easily. Feels as if they should serve humans and holds them in the upmost regard.
Bio: A bastard child between a Human and a Lycankin. Was raised outside of the tribes and forced into a life of restraints by their human mother. It became evident that they were not allowed to be in any form of relationship or contact with people of it's own age or species.
Power/Ability: The power over Souls.
Can take out, heal, seperate, consume, switch, ect. souls.
All Nano needs is direct contact to do so although this takes an INCREDIBLE ammount of energy and normally one direct attack to a soul will cause him/her damage.
Weapon: (Optional, but useful.)
Ultimate Move/Ability: Judgement Breaker.
Where all of the souls in the area are sent into the afterlife. This also kills the user as well.
Nano only knows that it has this move because it preformed it once before; but The Power of Love revived him/her.
Other:

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Before I start this next form, I would just like to say:
/shot for basing a character off of a nico singer
Username: terminallyCapricious
Name: Yoppei
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Alignment: Villain(?)
Appearance: /shot again

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Personality: Incredibly hammy, but nice to say the least. He'll help out the needy and refuse to fight anyone who is unable to fight.
Will grab a microphone to scream out his 'evil' plans which normally consist of much less heinous things than he normally does. In other words; he won't mind slaughtering an army of soldiers but there is nothing more evil than stealing from a store. Hitting his berserk button will normally lead to things such as HUGE DRAWN OUT SPEECHES OF GOOD AND EVIL to all. Hero or Villain.
Bio: Bored. That's the only reason he joined the Villain's side to begin with.
Power/Ability: Music which can control anyone who hears it into doing whatever he feels like. Only for amusement's sake.
For fighting, he uses his...
Weapon: A very amazing-looking guitar(see pic above) with bladed ends.
Ultimate Move/Ability: Meltdown
Other:

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I find these both oddly amusing.
ACCEPTED
You may post whenever you feel like it~

 

OH *bleep*! I forgot! Nano has no weapon yet but they will get one later.
SORRY TOTALLY FORGOT TO MENTION THAT!

 

Also fine. That'll be added when he/she gets the weapon.

 

I know we're moving slowly guys, but we are still moving. Just gonna quickly explain one or two things.

• If you want your character to have a personal quest, just post here saying so, or send me a message, and I'll make sure to try and work it into the plot when you want it.
• Already-recruited 'Heroes' should head towards the bar where Swift and Merin are once it gets dark (next post or so), where they'll head to their hideout from shortly afterwards.
• Already-recruited 'Villains' should head towards the rooftop where Agile Verge, Nightshade Troquin, and Veiran currently are, or to a place of Bushy's choosing to meet up with either Veiran or Anya respectively, who will bring them back to Rhevin's base. They can do this whenever they feel like it, but it should be relatively soon.

That is all.