First five players will become the five shards. "Spartan" Is unplayable and you'll know why at the end.
Each of the five shards have a unique property that is likened to Spartan which is Wrath.
These properties are:
Pain: Fire burns away at him since the fusion, and the pain is always there. But this has given him the strength to bear the pain of others. His greatest strenght is to take that pain that has been his whole life, and to turn it against those who would harm the ones he cares about most.
Chaos: Freedom comes at a price, as do the wings that adorn this shards back. Though he has great power, and the ability of flight, the use of this power is uncontrolled, and has often hurt the ones he loved as the ones who would hurt them. Over time this has made him fearful of his own strength, and in so, his strict control of that power has allowed him to control the chaos that is pure energy.
Silence: Seeing all, but saying nothing. This shard has always stayed behind, silent even against the evils committed around it. Though silent it has always been, it has always remembered those things. Now, with all that regret behind, it will not cease in the actions to defend it's loved ones. For though it has always kept it's voice from our ears, when it does speak, it rewrites the reality of it's friends and family so that they may be happy, even if it must always remember the suffering that was.
Joy: To live is to survive, to survive is to fight, and to some, to fight is to expierence joy! Who else but this shard can be struck with a blade, cleaving from hip to collarbone, and still laugh at the pleasure of battle? Indeed the strength of it's exilihration will puzzle it's enemies, even as it fights them and tears them asunder..
Hope: The last shard to leave Tiamat, and by far the most mysterious. Whoever has fused with this shard is an enigma, unseen by all. Yet their presence is felt, for disasters that have struck, that should have annihilated people, never did. No matter how bad something has ever gotten, it has always gotten better.

Also, for the sake of the storyline, certain things in background and personality must be kept by these characters, else they do not qualify. These are as follows.
Pain: Orphaned at a young age and stowed away on a research traveling to a distant planet. Upon fusing and being cursed with constant and debiliating pain, and being found by the researchers, who cared for a cursed child who knew only the pain forced upon it. This child would grow up to dedicate itself to bearing the pain of all those on the planet that became home for the researchers.
Chaos: A young boy who had always tricked and played pranks, but upon fuzing grew wings of a demon. A mainly christian community that he grew among scorned his very existence. Indeed the Archon based here seek to destroy him, but his adopted daughter wishes to protect him. And while he will listen to no one, her cries he will always answer, for the child is the one stability in his life.
Silence: A young girl upon fusing with her shard, who lost her voice due to it's effect. Always timid and shy, this girl has never been able to fight back against the evils commited by others. And her one dream of being able to play the part of rockstar will always be denied her.
Joy: A child born to an intellectual family, who preferred activity to study. Always active, and unceasing in activity, this child is abnormally thin and after fusion has a tail one and a half times the length of their body. The tail is like that of a dragon, and ends in a razor sharp point.
Hope:Full reign on the background of this character goes to it's player, but the character will be a male, around the age of 16, who's eyes are bright blue, who does not speak with his mouth, but rather speaks with his mind to those who's minds are open. This character will not be seen by any npc, as an effect of fusion, he cannot be seen by any save the other shards.

After the five shards are chosen, players may still join and create characters that will act as crew upon the ship known as "Bahammut". This can range from captain to cook, so don't think your being slighted, for even though the six shards will play pivotal roles in this story, you others will have very much everything to gain by helping the six through there journey, whether your services be cooking, arming, or training, They're victory, or failure, is up to you.