Post by Theo on May 1, 2014 1:30:29 GMT -5
 | ALIAS TWENTY-FIVE MAY 5TH | MALE BISEXUAL ARTIFACT HUNTER |
| THEO | ||
★ APPEARANCE
At his very core, his person and countenance are such as to strike the most casual of passerby. Petering to a modest height of 5'10'' and lithe enough he seemed considerably taller. When he isn't folded up at the foot of his desk; he's a pretty easy figure to spot. Theo bears a lanky, almost stretched out frame, appearing almost fragile if not for the tensile strength that lies hidden in his muscles. Long days of travel and work have left him with deft physical reflexes and a wiry body, resilient to both pain and stress; remarkably enough, his skin tone remains relatively light. His hair is a silky mess of brown, ranging from medium to long; the bangs are constant, though, framing a set of hard purple eyes.
He invests in thick, durable, travel-worthy clothing and tends to avoid decorative wear; however, recently he has fallen into wearing a crisp linen cloak on occasion. The man's body is made of a dark, immaterial substance with no apparently visible vital points causing all magic utilized to become a murky, inky black in appearance - a tell-tale sign of the Leshii demon at work.
He is a victim of a parasitic race of demon where an obfuscation employed by the Leshii as a sort of overall camouflage and other identity functioning via rerouting itself into a magician's magic stores. Projecting and emulating the image of the warlock's mannerisms and name cataloged from their most recent and final memories. The demons can make seamless adjustments to preserve the integrity of mobility and realism allowing it to host 'true forms' of these creatures that are imperceptibly larger than that of the average person. There is a transitory stage between the human guise and materializing into his true form - essentially a 'visual bleed' or optical phenomenon observed when the false form glitches or is dropped entirely occurring when the host is emotionally-vulnerable or otherwise distracted. The Leshii usually steels their focus so as to avoid 'bleeding' as it is a dead giveaway to the demon's identity in a dangerous situation. Though recently he's received a limiter in the way of two ruin-esque tattoos running along the inside of his thighs. This will essentially bind his demon form to his flesh-and-blood vessel while he searches for the magical item to remove the curse before it amasses and the effects are felt in their entirety. Namely, loss of consciousness and contamination of his natural, canine-like form where the core or heart of the Leshii demon becomes singular and intuitive. The remnants of his body will fuse with the Leshii's internal organs, structures, and vitals to create the semblance of organic control while feeding off the magical entity's latent energy.
The Leshii would love to articulate Theo's true form - that of a lower-class demon a lion-like dragon dog - portents of both life and death said to guard the gates of hell or the human equivalent of the underworld. Nonetheless, they're cold, forceful things that tread the hard line of distinction, the barbed-wire border between life and death, the neatly planted rows of deceit and truth and think that to cross it is the end of all things but it can also be the beginning. Theo spans the size of a Clydesdale. A brachycephalic molossoid type canine, his heritage carries through to his ancient conformation particularly his shadowy double-coat interspersed with thread-like darkness and a thickly arched tail.
★ PERSONALITY
+thorough + artful + fixated + charismatic + unassuming
- contradictory - imposing - sly - unorthodox - vengeful
★ HISTORY
Theo's first manifest memories involved interaction with a strange magician. Naturally, the mage's influence prompted him to take his mannerisms and name, once he had properly killed him via drowning. The event is called a ‘drowning’ among magic users, and the effect is said to be similar to throwing a magnet into a pile of iron filings. Theo, in his dog form happened by only to watch an unlucky mage fall into a lake teeming with Leshii to be mauled, stripping them layer-by-layer of skin, organs, and bone until only a ragged approximation remained. This became the magical center of a beast—bound together around it, the Leshii collectively form a new entity and began acting like a singular, conscious organism. Theo hadn't skulked away unscathed either.
A byproduct of magic use on or near significant quantities of standing water, Leshii continuously skulk in puddles or lakes in the presence of magical energy. They thrive and feed on magic, which also appears to have a cohesive effect on them: normally individualistic demons will bond together while feeding and create vaster and more sentient beings. This is a rare phenomenon and the monstrosity it creates usually requires a magician of significantly higher capability to accommodate it provided the severity of visual or auditory hallucinations doesn't do them in.
While they are largely ignorant of average humans. Leshii will violently hunt magicians, who often avoid and fear water for this reason. Theo is a demon of the underworld and the parasitic ilk were drawn to him like a magnet contaminating his right leg - he thought nothing of it originally only to realize patches of his flesh turned dark and immaterial. He sought out magical items, artifacts, and trinkets imbued with enough power to drive the fiends from his blood and so shortly made his way to Dorcha Hollow in desperate need of aid.
At his very core, his person and countenance are such as to strike the most casual of passerby. Petering to a modest height of 5'10'' and lithe enough he seemed considerably taller. When he isn't folded up at the foot of his desk; he's a pretty easy figure to spot. Theo bears a lanky, almost stretched out frame, appearing almost fragile if not for the tensile strength that lies hidden in his muscles. Long days of travel and work have left him with deft physical reflexes and a wiry body, resilient to both pain and stress; remarkably enough, his skin tone remains relatively light. His hair is a silky mess of brown, ranging from medium to long; the bangs are constant, though, framing a set of hard purple eyes.
He invests in thick, durable, travel-worthy clothing and tends to avoid decorative wear; however, recently he has fallen into wearing a crisp linen cloak on occasion. The man's body is made of a dark, immaterial substance with no apparently visible vital points causing all magic utilized to become a murky, inky black in appearance - a tell-tale sign of the Leshii demon at work.
He is a victim of a parasitic race of demon where an obfuscation employed by the Leshii as a sort of overall camouflage and other identity functioning via rerouting itself into a magician's magic stores. Projecting and emulating the image of the warlock's mannerisms and name cataloged from their most recent and final memories. The demons can make seamless adjustments to preserve the integrity of mobility and realism allowing it to host 'true forms' of these creatures that are imperceptibly larger than that of the average person. There is a transitory stage between the human guise and materializing into his true form - essentially a 'visual bleed' or optical phenomenon observed when the false form glitches or is dropped entirely occurring when the host is emotionally-vulnerable or otherwise distracted. The Leshii usually steels their focus so as to avoid 'bleeding' as it is a dead giveaway to the demon's identity in a dangerous situation. Though recently he's received a limiter in the way of two ruin-esque tattoos running along the inside of his thighs. This will essentially bind his demon form to his flesh-and-blood vessel while he searches for the magical item to remove the curse before it amasses and the effects are felt in their entirety. Namely, loss of consciousness and contamination of his natural, canine-like form where the core or heart of the Leshii demon becomes singular and intuitive. The remnants of his body will fuse with the Leshii's internal organs, structures, and vitals to create the semblance of organic control while feeding off the magical entity's latent energy.
The Leshii would love to articulate Theo's true form - that of a lower-class demon a lion-like dragon dog - portents of both life and death said to guard the gates of hell or the human equivalent of the underworld. Nonetheless, they're cold, forceful things that tread the hard line of distinction, the barbed-wire border between life and death, the neatly planted rows of deceit and truth and think that to cross it is the end of all things but it can also be the beginning. Theo spans the size of a Clydesdale. A brachycephalic molossoid type canine, his heritage carries through to his ancient conformation particularly his shadowy double-coat interspersed with thread-like darkness and a thickly arched tail.
★ PERSONALITY
+thorough + artful + fixated + charismatic + unassuming
- contradictory - imposing - sly - unorthodox - vengeful
★ HISTORY
Theo's first manifest memories involved interaction with a strange magician. Naturally, the mage's influence prompted him to take his mannerisms and name, once he had properly killed him via drowning. The event is called a ‘drowning’ among magic users, and the effect is said to be similar to throwing a magnet into a pile of iron filings. Theo, in his dog form happened by only to watch an unlucky mage fall into a lake teeming with Leshii to be mauled, stripping them layer-by-layer of skin, organs, and bone until only a ragged approximation remained. This became the magical center of a beast—bound together around it, the Leshii collectively form a new entity and began acting like a singular, conscious organism. Theo hadn't skulked away unscathed either.
A byproduct of magic use on or near significant quantities of standing water, Leshii continuously skulk in puddles or lakes in the presence of magical energy. They thrive and feed on magic, which also appears to have a cohesive effect on them: normally individualistic demons will bond together while feeding and create vaster and more sentient beings. This is a rare phenomenon and the monstrosity it creates usually requires a magician of significantly higher capability to accommodate it provided the severity of visual or auditory hallucinations doesn't do them in.
While they are largely ignorant of average humans. Leshii will violently hunt magicians, who often avoid and fear water for this reason. Theo is a demon of the underworld and the parasitic ilk were drawn to him like a magnet contaminating his right leg - he thought nothing of it originally only to realize patches of his flesh turned dark and immaterial. He sought out magical items, artifacts, and trinkets imbued with enough power to drive the fiends from his blood and so shortly made his way to Dorcha Hollow in desperate need of aid.
★ MAGIC
PRIMARY SPECIALIZATION (support)
RANGAR MYND (falseform)
By altering his physiology, Theo can elongate or enhance his body parts, dissociate into a pool of shadow, or take on the partial imitation of an animal he is visually familiar with. In addition, he has gained the subtlety needed to utilize this ability for disguise as well – by observing a target, he can replicate their appearance with an accuracy that increases with familiarity or time. With simple modification of his vocal chords, he can slip into further human disguises with ease.
Rather than thicken his defenses so as to resist physical attacks, Theo has gained the ability to render his body as fluid and flexible as water itself. This is quite a defense nonetheless, as now the majority of brute force tactics appear useless against him. While this skill is active, his body will absorb the force of any blow; he may break and ripple as if a mere reflection, but he will reform as soon as contact is lost.
He may also collapse his body entirely, resulting in ease of movement and concealment near other bodies of water. The liquid nature of this form, however, means that he is susceptible to electrical attacks, with only minimal insulation against magical lightning. No additional spells can be used during this skill's use.
ILLI ANDINN
Theo can reconstitute his body to take on a half vaporous form. His entire body becomes slightly opaque, while his upper arms and lower legs fade entirely into fog; the advantages provided by these changes are mainly geared toward travel or evasion, as they allow Theo to travel by air at about the speed of a running human. If he pushes to his current limits, he can gain up to 10 feet in altitude on his own, though he could certainly activate this spell in midair. His increased maneuverability comes at a price; he cannot activate any additional spells while this one is in use, and his body, though less visible, is still vulnerable to attack.
VATN VARII
As long as he has contact with a source of living blood, Theo can poison it, and the blood is converted into the shadowy substance that makes up his own body. The corrupted sludge can be absorbed to enhance Theo's regenerative and shifting abilities; he can fix imperfections in his body or extend the size and longevity of his form. He can only absorb as much as about a tenth of his weight - but not all at once. At its most effective, and provided a victim stays still long enough, this ability only steals enough to make them lightheaded.
SECONDARY SPECIALIZATION (crafting)
FERÐAST HRAUN
Stealth tracking and locating of magic or rare artifacts/items for crafting or alchemic utilization.
ELDUR ÚLFRINN
Enables the summon of lesser ulfurs or wolf-like specters. Up to two Shadows and Haunts and one single Leader can be summoned at one time. As long as the summoned pack remains, all other skills except false form are inactive. These specters have sharp eyes and sharper snouts specifically attuned to the kaleidoscope of essences a magical artifacts/entities exude possessing a tracking radius of about a quarter mile. When in the encroaching vicinity of an entity the ulfurs will begin to glow increasing in intensity as distance dwindles. Lasts for 3 posts from time of summon.
By incising the corner alchemic array the Seed of Life or seven circles being placed with sixfold symmetry, forming a pattern of circles and lenses, a soul may be bound to an inanimate object. The iron in the blood will interact with the metal or substance it is on, causing the object and the blood rune to form a symbiosis. His underworld heritage seems to enhance his ability to collectively drag a dead soul past the Hell Gate without the sacrifice of a limb or otherwise. In essence, these souls exist in the mortal plane without their bodies, are able to manipulate the objects to which they are bound and communicate verbally with beings around them but, of course, there are caveats.
He cannot, as of yet bind souls to living vessels. The rune itself is vital; if it is damaged in some way, the soul will start to fade from the object. Eventually, if one's soul is bound to an inanimate object for long, the soul and object will start to dissociate from each other. The length of time Theo can bind an soul to an object is a few minutes (1 post) at best before dissociation is imminent; still he practices to be able to transfer a portion of himself into another being should the curse overtake him.
PRIMARY SPECIALIZATION (support)
RANGAR MYND (falseform)
By altering his physiology, Theo can elongate or enhance his body parts, dissociate into a pool of shadow, or take on the partial imitation of an animal he is visually familiar with. In addition, he has gained the subtlety needed to utilize this ability for disguise as well – by observing a target, he can replicate their appearance with an accuracy that increases with familiarity or time. With simple modification of his vocal chords, he can slip into further human disguises with ease.
INTERMEDIATE
SKYRIR TJORN Rather than thicken his defenses so as to resist physical attacks, Theo has gained the ability to render his body as fluid and flexible as water itself. This is quite a defense nonetheless, as now the majority of brute force tactics appear useless against him. While this skill is active, his body will absorb the force of any blow; he may break and ripple as if a mere reflection, but he will reform as soon as contact is lost.
He may also collapse his body entirely, resulting in ease of movement and concealment near other bodies of water. The liquid nature of this form, however, means that he is susceptible to electrical attacks, with only minimal insulation against magical lightning. No additional spells can be used during this skill's use.
BEGINNER
ILLI ANDINN
Theo can reconstitute his body to take on a half vaporous form. His entire body becomes slightly opaque, while his upper arms and lower legs fade entirely into fog; the advantages provided by these changes are mainly geared toward travel or evasion, as they allow Theo to travel by air at about the speed of a running human. If he pushes to his current limits, he can gain up to 10 feet in altitude on his own, though he could certainly activate this spell in midair. His increased maneuverability comes at a price; he cannot activate any additional spells while this one is in use, and his body, though less visible, is still vulnerable to attack.
BEGINNER
VATN VARII
As long as he has contact with a source of living blood, Theo can poison it, and the blood is converted into the shadowy substance that makes up his own body. The corrupted sludge can be absorbed to enhance Theo's regenerative and shifting abilities; he can fix imperfections in his body or extend the size and longevity of his form. He can only absorb as much as about a tenth of his weight - but not all at once. At its most effective, and provided a victim stays still long enough, this ability only steals enough to make them lightheaded.
SECONDARY SPECIALIZATION (crafting)
FERÐAST HRAUN
Stealth tracking and locating of magic or rare artifacts/items for crafting or alchemic utilization.
BEGINNER
ELDUR ÚLFRINN
Enables the summon of lesser ulfurs or wolf-like specters. Up to two Shadows and Haunts and one single Leader can be summoned at one time. As long as the summoned pack remains, all other skills except false form are inactive. These specters have sharp eyes and sharper snouts specifically attuned to the kaleidoscope of essences a magical artifacts/entities exude possessing a tracking radius of about a quarter mile. When in the encroaching vicinity of an entity the ulfurs will begin to glow increasing in intensity as distance dwindles. Lasts for 3 posts from time of summon.
BEGINNER
VÍGTENNUR Í RÁNDÝRUMBy incising the corner alchemic array the Seed of Life or seven circles being placed with sixfold symmetry, forming a pattern of circles and lenses, a soul may be bound to an inanimate object. The iron in the blood will interact with the metal or substance it is on, causing the object and the blood rune to form a symbiosis. His underworld heritage seems to enhance his ability to collectively drag a dead soul past the Hell Gate without the sacrifice of a limb or otherwise. In essence, these souls exist in the mortal plane without their bodies, are able to manipulate the objects to which they are bound and communicate verbally with beings around them but, of course, there are caveats.
He cannot, as of yet bind souls to living vessels. The rune itself is vital; if it is damaged in some way, the soul will start to fade from the object. Eventually, if one's soul is bound to an inanimate object for long, the soul and object will start to dissociate from each other. The length of time Theo can bind an soul to an object is a few minutes (1 post) at best before dissociation is imminent; still he practices to be able to transfer a portion of himself into another being should the curse overtake him.
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