Character Profiles

Looks good Lamia. Go ahead and submit it for approval.

*cringes a bit*
Well, I hope it doesn't have to come down to booting for me. Let me know if anything does not coincide properly or contradicts anything. And spelling errors.
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Name: Unknown/NA
Alias: "West"

Appearance:
Differences from the photo:

Age: 22
Height: 6"
Weight: 175 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Body Type: Flexible, Agile, Toned
Fighting Style: Extremely adept at disarming swordsmen, uses stealth and uncertainty to his advantage, uses hostiles as shields when the odds are stacked against him. Usually incapacitates enemies, and sometimes steals clothes and/or armor for a disguise. For silent kills, he goes for the base of the neck, thus severing the spinal cord, as slitting throats causes targets to flop around and make unnecessary noise.

Personality:
While not exactly an assassin, West's work makes him approach objectives a no-nonsense manner, but maintains a light-hearted relationship with his associates and even with his momentary human shields. West has little patience for corrupt individuals and/or stuck-up people high up in governing bodies. He maintains a cynical, jaded and sarcastic sense of humor about the covert, illegal, and often morally ambiguous nature of what he does.

At the same time, he is highly loyal and a staunch believer in the ideals his work ultimately protects. He is quickly angered by the casual slaughter of civilians or unarmed military personnel by his enemies.

West is a loner, preferring solitude than interacting with others. He is not afraid of the dark, and nearly welcomes it, as he uses it to his advantage often. He dislikes mercenaries and bounty hunters in general, they get paid to kill stuff, although there are a few he respects.

Equipment:
West carries a 6-inch knife given to him by his brother(Similar to Applegate-Fairbairn combat knife. Look it up on Wikipedia) along with a small mirror. He wears simple dark-colored clothing with no patterns whatsoever.

Biography:
West lived a relatively normal life during his youth. He grew up on a farm with his parents and a brother. Despite the dark times, his city, Noctis, was left relatively untouched, besides the occasional bandit attack and having to work harder. He often enjoyed play knife and fist fights with his brother, soon becoming increasingly complex and eventually involving the real things.(Much to the disapproval of his mother) Saying his goodbyes, he left at 17, looking to start a life of his own elsewhere. Upon visiting other cities, he was slightly shocked to see the state of them.

Determined to find out the cause of such happenings, he settled on corruption, bands of thieves, and the like, slightly disregarding the old legends. Taking matters into his own hands, he started waging a personal war. At first, he mostly acted cautiously, and of his own accord, secretly sabotaging plans of underground black markets and revealing locations of bandit hideouts to nearby military powers. He took a few things, such as money and food, from the places he compromised. Reason being he was lacking a real job, and he was only getting what he needed.

After becoming more familiar and experienced in the art of stealth, he started becoming more bold, stealthily incapacitating leaders of thieve's guilds and even corrupt politicians. He refrained from any actual killing, not sure he had the skill nor the want to pull off any actual assassinations. In one venture gone awry, he was forced to kill the leader and two of his goons of an underground society in order to escape.

A high-ranking military official took notice, and instead of taking him down, he suggested the idea of using him to their advantage. A deal was struck. They'd supply him with any necessary materials and he was to continue what he was doing, and they would turn a blind eye toward it. He was originally against it, but seeing the options as being hunted down, and a chance to continue, he accepted.

West and his work is generally unknown, usually diverting credit to famous bounty hunters or rival thieves guilds. As a result, any enemies rarely are prepared from him. He currently is following a lead, heading toward the general area of Etherea.
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Das ist it.
I'm still trying to find a picture, but I'll have one soon.

KumoriRyuu wrote:Looks good Lamia. Go ahead and submit it for approval.

Thank you. But, I'm facing a bit of a problem.
I've been trying to submit for a while, but I keep getting this message:

Data too long for column 'image' at row 1

I've been trying to resize it and got the image to a really small size, but
it still gives me this. So, I'm not sure what's going on. D:

I'm not too good at this but try uploading it to a different site, such as what Igari suggests. Photobucket!

Ha~ Yes, photobucket often solves all issues. The site is formatted to accomodate the HTML coding used in most websites. The picture will automatically resize itself appropriately when a direct link is provided. So just follow the previous directions I gave Goose and you should be alright to go! Also, speaking of le Goose~ I'm glad I waited for my post--I totally plan to make Pev just stumble upon Brildar now >:3

Thank you for the help, but it's still not working for me.
I've tried tinypic, photobucket, and imgur.
For some reason, it just keep telling me the same thing. ; ^ ;

Hmmm. Perhaps it is the image file itself. Did you save the image and re-upload it? If this still isn't working, then take a screenshot of the image and save it on your computer. This is done two ways. Either, press ctrl+PrtSc, which is located on the top right of your keyboard. A snapshot of your desktop is taken--then open a brand new paint document and copy/paste it inside. You can further crop it to only be the picture and then upload this. The second option is a "snipping" tool which some computers have. This will be located by pressing start, then all programs--click the folder of "accessories", then select snipping tool. Then just click, hold down, and drag to select what you want. Then save and upload~ I hope this works for you~

Thank you for helping me, Igari.
Weirdly enough, anything that I try still doesn't work.
It just keeps telling me the same thing. ; A ;

Guys, please bring these conversations to the "general discussion" thread.

When there is a new profile to submit, then you can post here. But if it's conversation, general discussion.

Thanks.

KumoriRyuu wrote:Guys, please bring these conversations to the "general discussion" thread.

When there is a new profile to submit, then you can post here. But if it's conversation, general discussion.

Thanks.

Noted.

Name: Lysard Direfaust
Alias:

Appearance:

Differences from the photo: Please disregard the dragon.

Age: 26
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 178 lbs
Hair Color: Black, paling at the roots
Eye Color: Vivid sapphire blue
Body Type: Athletic
Fighting Style: Broadsword & Armored Gauntlet. The gauntlet is used less in offense, but more often in feints and to capture the blade of his opponent, following which he can try to disarm them or even break their weapon. Additionally his techniques allow him to create openings which are used to deliver punishing blows with his heavy broadsword.

Personality: Chivalrous and unyielding, he is relentless in his pursuit of those who commit evil in his eyes and acts with determination. His struggle is often desperate. In time it helped build his character accordingly to that of a man who takes upon himself a lofty goal. He is frequently surrounded by lack of recognition on behalf of those he chooses to help, outright spite from most of those who would normally be his allies. Though balancing on the verge of darkness (and not just due to his nature) he finds ways to withstand hardships.

Equipment: Family armor, a two-edged broadsword and an armored gauntlet – all mementos of his family that are presently the last things he has to his name.

Abilities: Never properly shown ways to unlock any distinctive gift, his abilities are somewhat average for a vampire. He lacks true magic training though he would likely be able to discern it. Lysard has formidable self-control even when feeling hunger and all his physical capabilities are strongly boosted. He has claws but they aren’t particularly helpful due to his tendency to wear full armor including his gauntlets. With proper guidance he might increase his capabilities further.

Biography: Most families build their history and reap rewards for their deeds. Lands, prestige, riches, vassals, but it certainly serves to say something of the Direfaust family if its only heritage is military training and outstanding weapons. Some say that the prideful family deliberately took upon itself the role of one constantly immersed in strife and struggle – a self-enforced demonstration of endurance. Hunting vampires was also among their great deeds. Forged of iron and blood, its history came to an end in blood as well, though this time not one spilled with iron. Somewhat fittingly, the blood of the Direfausts stained the sharp fangs of their supernatural enemies.

Though officially the family is no more, the truth is somewhat different. Their demise was the result of a large raid of vampires on the family fortress perpetrated with the aid of inside agents and carried out in order to demonstrate that vampires were far from a few scattered beasties as well as to put an end to a strong enemy. In a display of what could be ironic punishment however, they weren’t murdered outright, instead infected and locked in various parts of the fortress. Following those dreadful days each Direfaust’s fate was different. To their credit many of them took their own lives. Some became mad with hunger and tore apart other family members before being put down by the vampires who stayed behind to observe the new ordeal of the Direfausts. Some joined the vampires, strengthening their ranks. Young Lysard should perhaps be considered one of the latter, if it were not for a certain deviation. A certain young vampiress from among the attackers became infatuated with the youth and took it upon herself to support him, giving him comparatively better understanding of his vampire nature during the transformation and training him in ways of survival.

Their initial relationship was strained at best with the young Lysard expressing nothing but disdain for the murderers of his family, but in time he came to shocking revelations concerning the humanity lingering in some members of the vampire species. The “valorous” deeds of his family butchering “monsters” were cast in a different light to him, as were the desperate raids of famished vampires denied nourishment and shelter for too long. At some point he and his rogue “mentor” both left the vampire group. This timely desertion helped them avoid their bitter fate – the vampires had to face conflict among their ranks, their group falling apart and in time tearing itself apart from the inside, making those that remained easy prey for hunters. To Lysard’s mentor however their choice to go on a path of their own only seemed to delay a painful death. The young man loathes bringing up the point at which she had been taken from him…

While briefly in hiding he had time to ponder and contemplate. He looked upon his time in his family, then at the months spent with the vampires and the remainder of the year in the company of his mentor. Regardless of which side was right – he had the duty to survive on his own now regardless. All he had was his own justice – not that of the vampires, nor that of humans. All he could turn to were those whose trust he’d earn on his own. All the skills he had at his disposal were those taught by his family’s warlike doctrine and the instincts brought up by his skilled mentor. He wanders Etherea with sword in hand, bent on surviving and proving that whether one is a man or a beast is decided only by one’s own will…

Okay, Shaodow and Howlkin, not bad. Two Vampires in the RP should prove interesting to say the least. Anyway, I will accept both of your profiles so long as you bulk up your character's weight. At 5' 11" and 5' 10" respectively, anything less than about one hundred and seventy five pounds puts your characters as underweight and very lanky. Even for Vampires, they'd be comparatively weak. So Shaodow, minimum of 175 (since I'm 5' 11" and weigh 180 and am still thin). Howlkin, about 170 minimum please.

Thanks guys. Once you edit those details you're free to submit your characters.

After we get this business with Lamia sorted out, I will no longer be accepting any new characters. We're getting to the point where there's too many characters and we'll start to get bogged down. So Lamia is it once we get her issue sorted out.

Nice job bluebirds, go ahead and submit it for approval.

At this point I have to assume that Lamia has given up on joining, so we'll all be moving ahead now.

There were some things that popped up that I needed to take care of first,
but after trying what the Admin said, it's still not working for me at all.
I wish I could join, but it doesn't seem possible like this at all.
I suppose that there's nothing more for me to do, so I'll just say byebye for now.

I hope you all have fun ~ c:
& thank you to all of those who helped me with this, too!

Name: Pan

Alias: "What on earth would I use a false name for? I am Pan, the beginning and end--There is no other name, no other title for me."

Appearance: http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=elf+male#/d51bycj

Age: "Literally as old as the dirt below those heavy boots of yours. Which is to say, I am Etherea."
Height: "Six-feet-and-two-inches. A very /uncomfortable/ height for me, I'll tell you now."
Weight: "Never felt a need to /weigh/ myself. I'd guess…Half a cow's worth right now."
Hair Color: "Black like night without light."
Eye Color: "Black, like night /with/ light. Aha, lad--I've got you there!"
Body Type: "Elf. Grumble grumble. I want my old body. Grumble grumble. Soul /really/ does not like new body. Grumble."
Fighting Style: " Aim, twang, ow. /Now/ it is. Before, you'd be smothered by--Well, I won't give you pleasant nightmares..."

Personality: Pan cares for the living; though his body is new his soul is not, and he remembers every bit of his last life; galloping among the greens, the bubbling of streams, drinking from the rivers, drinking from the river daughters (take that as you will), sampling cherries of the tree-nymphs (again, take that as you would) the hard cracking of nuts, the death of a flower, the birth of an animal, the springs, summers, falls winters-All of this had come to him in Etherea and left him as they would, bringing life and death as they went.

He enjoys the company of women...and men. In the grass, on the ground, on a patch of dried hay, in the trees--Anywhere, really. He was slapped off a few times though, and to this day he remembers how hard, precisely the tree-nymphs could wallop. Ouch. Oh, and their fathers. Really, you'd think that since he was there for the birthing days of all of them, they'd lay off a bit.

He does wonder what happened to that drum he made out of that fellow, whom thought he could actually play reed pipes better than Pan...Hadn't seen it since his last life. Pathetic fool thought he could challenge him--He, Pan. Pan who was there for the first acorn and the first raindrop! Pan who saw the little people coming and the big people wandering in with their big feet. Ahhhh, it irritates him to no end that he was one of the big people now!

Equipment: Well, how frightened would you be if you knew the very earth was his main weapon? Truthfully, (and regretfully) however, he's still gaining back the "muscle memory" of the earth, due to his new... Ah, re-incarnation. He's still fairly nature oriented, but he isn't the earth, as he was before. Now he uses a bow and arrow, a keen eye, his brain, lots and lots of what he calls "charm" and whatever he's got on his virtual doorstep whilst learning.

(He can still get vines to strangle you. Or snipe you the minute you look in another direction. And he still is the earth, or so he says-- no matter the actual facts that say he isn't.)

Biography: Pan...Pan was here for Etherea, was Etherea before Evil began moving. He is the guardian of the land, it's embodiment--It is all centered in a single being. To say that he has a history--He is history; it is more uncertain if there is anything that is not part of his own story. He has individual tales--Such as the tale of the drum--But he came from nothing, and lives as everything.

Though there was the huge disruption of being re-incarnated for coming war, he mainly continues as best as he can in his journey of life--For the best of his history is yet to come.

((I would like to apologize for the delay, and if you can offer any pointers to fix my character I'd greatly appreciate it. I feel it's a bit slapdash; I've been horrifically busy in all the wrong places and times and hadn't had much time to work on it like I wanted. And to top it off, I'm new to the site, and unfamiliar to most of the formatting here. //Grimaces.))

Alright Melody, not too bad for someone new to the site.

I could tell that it was a bit rushed, so what I'll do is give you the time to go back, review it, clean it up, and beef it up the way you would like. I'll wait patiently for you to do so, and when you know without a doubt that you're ready we'll bring you into the RP and I'll help you design your first post.

But for now, just relax and take your time going back through the character and fixing anything you need to about the profile.