The "Chosen One" gets a familiar / companion, correct? Did I miss it in the sheet, or would that be something you want to explore as you are atoning once gameplay starts?
Right, River is done and everything can be found in her profile. Apologies about the background, it came out... strange. But hopefully that's appropriate given the situation.
For clarities sake a short summary follows:
- River took part in the attack on Light, driven mad by Moon's power.
- At some point during the attack she was caught up in an outpouring of Moon's power and encased in ice.
- She died in the ice, or at least slept so deeply that it might as well have been death.
- Woke up with almost no memory of anything, apart from vague recollections of light and laughter.
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Implied but not explicitly written:
- then escaped from Light and wandered away, heading nowhere in particular.
Crunch should all be there, let me know if you spot anything off and I'll explain/fix as appropriate. :)
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A.
1. Was born with the mark of the phoenix, and as such raised with an extremely close relationship with the temple, and with a strict and highly constraining manner. He was quickly discovered to have power over flame, and even held the capability to heal others with his fire. Which only furthered to link him to the Temple.
2. As he aged, he began to disagree, even resent in some manners, the Temple, largely that of the cauldron lady. This eventually led to his self imposed severance from anything related to the Temple, a breaking of chains as he would put it. Often saying that, victory must be won without sacrifice, or eventually there will be no one to celebrate the victory.
3. While many, if not all other Ifrits normally follow a specific life philosophy, Leonardo Meliano v'Adril, or Leo to some, believes and indeed preaches, that ifrits should follow, incorporate and strive to embody all of the life Philosophies.
4. Leo's personality is like a fire. Friendly, Outgoing, Nosy, energetic and Loud, with the potential to quickly burn others out. Likewise, like a fire, when angered he can be oppressive and terrifying.
5. He often "preaches" to people in the city, talking about how they need not stand alone, how only through cooperation can the darkness be driven back. Even that if may be time to beseech Volcano to work with their peers, River and Forest.
6. He prefers to speak without pageantry or decorum. Often times going out of his way to hide his noble lineage from people, just so a big deal isn't made of it and he can talk to people in a normal manner.
B. Goals
Rid the Temple and religion of Volcano of the Cauldron lady all together.
Bring about a stronger, more united and equal union/cooperation between the 4 peoples.
Discover why he was given the powers he has and how they are potentially linked to the Pheonix.
Secrets: I'm not sure what would be good secrets here, to be honest. Still a bit of a WIP.
Relatives/friends/rivals:
Mother- His mother is an Undine. He still doesn't know the story behind why or how she ended up with his father however she's always been incredibly kind and loving towards him. She helped smooth over his rougher edges, like water on stone. Quest and strong, she bends but never breaks. Depsite being an ifrit, Leo carries several aspects from his mother.
Amelia- His younger sister. Hot blooded and confrontational. The two often butted heads, and still do. Fiercely independent she fully believes in the Cauldron Lady's teaching of victory requires sacrifice. However, she also agrees with Leo's idea that ifrit must embody all the life-philosophies to truly prosper.
Father- While loving, is strick and disciplined. His way of upbringing Leo has caused a fissure to form between them due to the heavy handed way of forcing him into the Temple. Eventually this led to Leo renouncing his family name.
Memories-
One memory leo has is of his mother. Who would often take him to sit by a river or stream, and hum gentle tunes or play a wind instrument to him whenever he was allowed away from the Temple. To this day, he often sits by a body of water to quiet his mind and unwind.
another memory is of a pet Leo had. It had been the runt of a litter, destined to die as many would say. He however took it in to nurture it and it managed to survive and even grow somewhat strong, though never to the proper size or weight it should. Eventually, rising tensions saw the Temple of the Cauldron mother attempt to teach Leo, and forced him to sacrifice the poor thing. An act he regrets to this day, and the final cementation of his blatant opposition to the Temple of the Cauldron Lady. Though, it wasn't until the sign of the Pheonix roared in the sky that he truly had the strength of will and resolve to full exercise himself from both the Temple and his family.
He remember the day the Sign of the Phoenix roared in the sky, the courage, hope and warmth it had filled him with. The resolve. The unwavering surety that his ideas were right. Perhaps they aren't, perhaps he misunderstood. But to this day, that thought has yet to cross his mind.
Leo's Appearance. Almost to the letter.
Sorry, I wanted it to be a bit longer, but I only managed to sit down about an hour ago to gather all my scattered thoughts and ideas here and wanted to have it more or less finished, such as it is. I think I remember to cover everything, at least in a general broad sense. If selected, I'd love to go back through to fine comb everything.
No worries! I'll be making a decision tomorrow. Thanks for your submissions and time everyone :)
This game looks super cool, unfortunately I think I will have to withdraw interest at this time as the shop I work at gets extremely busy leading up to Christmas. I will keep an eye on the forums in case another opportunity to join comes up at a later date.
Thanks for letting me know, LDDragon!
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Ok, all three of the remaining submissions are in! :)
rorek55
River
Almonihah
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What I'd like to do is
1) Iron out background etc. It would be cool if there was a little shared history (maybe River and Leo are distant cousins on the Undine side that met a few times in childhood ;; or Leo and Benedetto trained in Forge (many units are comprised of mixed abilites, so paladins and firehands would sometimes train together)
Not a requirement, but a few links would help the cohesion of the party.
2) I'd like to set up a separate thread in Gameplay for us to "meet each other" first, then go into the main Gameplay thread in a week or two. I'll keep you posted on details.
Let me know any questions you have in the meantime!
Those sound like good things to do! I'm open to background connections for Benedetto.
Let's take the weekend to put these final touches on background etc. Ask me questions if you have them! :)
River is starting over with a more-or-less blank slate memory-wise, so any 'connections' would be feeling rather than actually knowing. As a thought she was originally in Light to do some performances - since she's a good dancer. Maybe she's been on tour (alone or as part of a troupe) and Leo/Ben might have seen her as part of a show somewhere else?
Let's dicuss here, and I will start a separate Gameplay thread for us to "meet" each other.
A few last requests:
1) Please make sure you have your crunch and your background within your character profile. A link to your character sheet is fine too. I'm not picky, I just need it all accessible from your profile.
1a) Rorek, do you have an alias made for Leo?
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2) Everyone, also please update your tagline to these specifications:
It's a very useful time-saver for me to have quick access to bonuses like perception, saves, important resources, etc.
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Let me know if you have any questions! I'll be updating with ideas about background connections later today.
Leo, as you are creating your alias, having the text of your powers. abilities within your profile (like River's) would be greatly appreciated. The Kineticist is a pretty complex class in terms of all the moving parts and lists of powers (that I'm not familiar with) and not having to look them up myself will be a big time-saver.
ok, upon further consideration, I think it will be easier to Discuss this in a Discussion thread, so join me here:
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