Description

Personality

Likes:
Osmond: Cooking, Meditating, Combat Practice, Reading, Blues music
Desmond: Video Games, Cooking, Combat Practice, Exploring, Heavy Metal

Dislikes:
Osmond: Chaos, Dirty Rooms, Pretentious people, being interrupted in conversations.
Desmond: Quiet moments, being alone, bad music, smarty pants people.

Personality:
Osmond: Calm, usually the more quiet of the two, prefers to chew on his toothpick and let Desmond do most of the talking, though not afraid of speaking when he needs to. Osmond enjoys spending time in the library studying different methods of martial arts which he later practices with Desmond to improve their connection.
Desmond: Usually chipper and outgoing, being the more talkative of the two. Desmond loves to blast his music in the apartment to the discomfort of the neighbors. Desmond hates spending time in overly quiet places but doesn’t mind spending time in the library with Osmond studying different martial arts styles.

Equipment

Weapon Type: Chain Shields (Round shields with sharpened edges connected by an extendable/retractable chain) (photos included) [url][/url] [url][/url]

Elemental Attribute: Wind

Weapon forms:
-Chain Shields (primary twin transformation)
-Targe (Celtic shield with a spike in the center) (Focuses more on offense and less on defence with the gaining of a center spike and increased mobility)
-Wall Shield (primary defensive, heavier though more durable than the Targe and Chan Shields though sacrificing mobility)

Soul Resonance Form: A ring of energy blades surrounds the edges of each shield and spins (the speed of the rings depends on the spiritual control of the meister) (Osmond’s ring rotates clockwise while Desmonds’s turns counter clocwise)

Soul Resonance Techniques:
1. Iron Maiden’s Embrace- The shields are thrown by the chain like a bolo. Upon contact with a target, the shields wrap the chain around the target and dig the energy ringss into the target while increasing the pressure on the chain.
2. Hadrian's Mace- Osmond and Desmond connect and are swung like a yoyo, the number of times they can be thrown will increase with the meister’s physical strength and their connection to Osmond and Desmond.
3. Gale Fortress- The chain is removed allowing Osmond and Desmond to fly freely within a ten foot sphere, cutting anything attempting to enter the field.
4. Berzerker's Armor- The chain is extended and wrapped around the torso and arms of the meister creating a strong barrier for physical attacks. The shields connect to the forearms of the meister, forcing close proximity combat for the meister. (WARNING: If the bond between weapons and meister is not strong, this can prove lethal for the meister, Do not attempt upon first use of Osmond and Desmond)
5. Razor Tempest- Osmond and Desmond move to either side of their meister, using their rings to create two powerful gusts of cutting wind (this is best used for creating escape routes when outnumbered).
6. Wind War Dance- The twins work with their meister to perform an ancient tribal war dance in which the shields use their wind capabilities to increase the power of their meister's attacks while performing the dance. The meister's movements become fluid as the three work together. (Once in tune with their meister and Hadrian, the next level becomes Hadrian's Dance in which movements become more fluid and gale force winds are applied to amplify the damage of each strike)

The twins also have learned how to create a special type of war paint that belonged to their clan for centuries. Proper application of this warpaint opens the blood vessels and creates a temporary state of blood lust and madness. This paint's effects can be removed one of two ways: first the paint is removed with a heavy blast of water. And secondly if the paint will come off after the magic within it's compound is used up (which comes off in the form of smoke from the wearers body) [WARNING applying too much warpaint at one time can lead to full madness in which the afflicted will only hear words in tribal tongue. Those of the Ralley bloodline are able to translate and control themselves but only with extreme focus, this paint is not to be relied on!]

History

Coming from a long line of shield weapons, Osmond and Desmond are the first twins in their family for over 500 years. This anomaly created a slight difficulty when it came to their training seeing that most of the training equipment owned by the Ralley family was to improve the abilities of one weapon. Due to this setback, the two found benefit in training together, discovering the chain they formed when they joined arms when shifting into weapon form. For the early part of their lives, the Ralley twins grew up on their family farm set in the deeper mountains of Ireland where their family raises what are known as War Rams (A special breed of large muscular rams allegedly used by the Ralley clan in war times as mounts and weapons). The boys worked as shepherds for their family, which allowed them to build on their strength. Osmond tended to have a gentle approach like his mother while Desmond tended to have a more head on approach like their father. While tending to the flocks, Osmond and Desmond trained in a wide variety of martial arts, primarily focusing on Celtic wrestling and the art of Berserks. When their father, mother, and grandfather (on their father's side) noticed an apptitute in the boys towards combat, their grandfather trained them in the art of creating and applying war paint which taught them how to reach their full potential, although this came to become a heavy burden on the young boys' bodies. The boys also learned their clan's special fighting style known as the Wind War Dance, which utilized the dancer's strength to create a powerful weapon out of a normally defense only shield. Upon turning 16, the two decided to set out for Death City with hopes of becoming the first Death Scythe Shields. Before they entered Death City, Osmond and Desmond decided to take a year to fend on their own in hopes of improving as much as possible before it came time to find a meister to wield them. During this time they worked odd jobs as bodyguards for minor shop owners and begged on the streets of New Orleans. It was during this time that Desmond perfected a skill in pick-pocketing and Osmond learned how to "put-pocket" to return the remains of Desmond's thefts. While living within the city, Desmond and Osmond discovered a small coven of witches posing as voodoo shop women, this discovery was the incentive needed for the two to end their stint as beggars and theives. After this year they felt themselves prepared to begin their journey to “Death-Scythe-dom” as Desmond likes to call it. While on their way to Death City, the two used the last of their private funds to purchase clothes worthy of students of the DWMA while still accommodating their own personal sense of style and a modest three bedroom appartment for themselves and their meister.