Description
Name: Alan White
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Element: Shadow
Crush: Alexandra Azar
SIGNATURE SPELLS
Spell Name: Shadow lurking.
Spell Description: Can move through shadows, but if the shadow he's moving through is destroyed then he shall be forced to come out of the shadow.
Initiation: The shadow must be connected to his shadow and he must have a bit of his blood dropped onto the shadow.
More Info: This is mostly used for get aways and not for casually traveling, since it requires a bit of his blood.
Spell Name: Shadow Manipulation
Spell Description: Can manipulate the shadow of anything in his vicinity and use it against his enemies, but while doing this he can't move from where he stands and is vulnerable. He can make the shadows become solid and be used as a weapon, but any shadow he makes solid will be dark and glossy like obsidian.
Initiation: He has to be still and has to be able to see the shadow he's manipulating.
More Info: The bigger the shadow, the more concentration it takes for him to manipulate it.
Spell Name: Shadow Drain
Spell Description: He can drain the life force of someone by mixing his blood and their blood, and then making both of their shadows overlap.
Initiation: He needs to the target's blood and make their shadows overlap, and they must not be able to fight back or it will cause immense damage to his body.
More Info: This spell is dangerous to be used and can cause immense damage to his body if done incorrectly.
Personality
Alan can be cold and heartless or he can be nice and friendly, just depends on if he is wearing his glasses. If he is not wearing his glasses, he'll become a puppeteer that could easily sway your mind with simple words or agitate you and make you hurt your own friends. When wearing his glasses he is a calm and laid back guy that would try to save people, even if he can barely use his abilities in the light. Eventually his both personalities will clash and form one personality, but that wont happen until later on.
When wearing his glasses he'll become a calm and spaced out person who really has no goal, besides just kicking back and relaxing. He has no worries, but can't use most of his magic when subjected to light due to his magic being shadow magic. He will always be wearing a smile when in this state and will speak with a calm voice. Usually he doesn't mind being pushed over when in this state, but do not expect the same thing when the glasses come off. He may not mind now, but when his glasses are off he'll try to get revenge on you. He developed this persona to prove that he is not a bad child, instead that he is a good and innocent calm and spaced out child. Do not be fooled, he has done terrible things to people as a child to survive.
When the glasses he wears are forced off of him, he will become a more cynical type of person who could use words to manipulate you into doing whatever he wants, since he was always forced to lie and cheat to get things done as a child he developed a second persona to cope with the fact that he has done many bad things. He is known to be able to come up with a perfect strategy and be able to use his magic to his advantage, but he will not be able to hurt the people he sees as friends even if he tries as hard as he can. He has a pessimistic outlook on things that he got from seeing what sort of monsters people could be, but instead of trying to make the world a better place he decided to use a saying he heard someone on the street who saved him say "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, evil for evil." He believes in this creed a lot, since it was the first advice someone gave to him to survive. Unluckily for him, the creed helped solve a lot of his problems which only helped further the bad things the broken child would do.
When his personalities become one something interesting will happen, but you shall just have to wait and see to learn what becomes of him.
Equipment
A knife that has a long ribbon tied to it, since the ribbon leaves a shadow. He uses the shadow left by the knife to travel from place to place.
He has a sword that he uses when it's day, since his magic is pretty limited at daylight. Even though he's pretty terrible at using a sword.
The glasses that control his personality.
History
Alan is a descendant of one of the mages who considers the thing that wishes to destroy this realm a friend, in fact Alan's father is the host for this thing. Alan's father only cares about gaining power and has the same sort of personality that Alan has without his glasses, except his father is more powerful then Alan considering he is the host for the "thing". The words he most remembers from his childhood are "Eye for Eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, evil for evil."
Alan never knew who his father was, being abandoned for being weak. Although he wasn't weak, instead they never knew that he had a lot of power in shadow magic. Due to being abandoned he was taken in by a pickpocket by the name of Volvo, since Volvo was a pickpocket Alan also began to learn how to pickpocket and steal to survive. Volvo was a poor man who couldn't see, instead he saw by using earth magic to replace his eyes. He could never get a job due to not having eyes, but he could see without them. The people who he asked for jobs with didn't want him working there, even if they felt pity for the blind pickpocket. Whenever they refused him Volvo pickpocket them to show that you shouldn't act with malice towards a disabled person. He never used this fact to justify that he was a pickpocket, instead he knew what he did was wrong. He didn't care though, even if it was wrong, it helped get medicine to cure his dog's illness and that was something he cared deeply about doing. From Volvo is where Alan learned to be a sneaky and conniving child, even if Volvo didn't want Alan to become anything like Volvo. Volvo tried explaining to Alan that pickpocketing was wrong, but Alan didn't care as long as he could be of service to Volvo. One day Volvo was killed by a group of bandits, but they did something stupid leaving Alan with nothing to lose. That is the day when Alan lost control of his magic and made shadows engulf the bandits completely, then he made the shadows become solid and become spikes that were aimed at the foolish bandit group. Their bodies were found in the town square completely mangled.
After this he was found by a well known magician who helped those in need, of course the magician took Alan in and saw what he could do. The magician decided that he would have to help Alan break free of his habit of pickpocketing and help him control his magic more. The man helped Alan get his calm and laid back attitude towards the world, but the magician had to cast a spell on something that would help Alan control his personality better. The magician decided to use glasses for the spell and the glasses now caused Alan to be calm and laid back. It was better then him being a cynical and manipulative monster like his father is. He traveled a lot with the well known magician and saw what sort of impact the magician left on people's lives, since he saw how the people were filled with happiness and trust for the world he decided to try and help as well. He couldn't quite do the same thing as the well known magician due to his magic being used for killing and not helping. This is when the magician decided to send Alan to this academy to improve Alan's control and use over his power. When he came to this school he came wearing his glasses and being calm and laid back, but some people needed someone to vent their frustation on and used poor Alan. They were stupid in taking away his glasses from him, especially since they did that at night. He quickly showed the elite mages what he was capable of, but no one knows that it was him who made the poor elite magicians become so beat up and the magicians never bother him anymore after what he has done to them. This isn't the only time he has been forced to take off his glasses, but those times the people didn't know who he was and expected him to be a weak training dummy. He has earned the name Anomynous Shadow, but no one knows it's him who is this Anomynous Shadow. Besides who expect and innocent calm and laid back person to cause so much damage?
So begins...
... Zephos froze, and his eyes became cloudy. He sensed another magic user in the school, but this one was different from the others. He felt shadow magic stirring within this individual. The same magic that ran through him. He also felt something else within this individual, something deep within that struck a chord in Zephos' memory. He eventually returned to the present. Though he made himself a promise. He was going to find this shadow user. As soon as possible....
( OOC: in answer to your question of how strong we'd be together, i think it would be a sight that others wouldn't forget.)
Alan awoke in the headmaster's office, but he had no idea what he was doing here. He wasn't fully awake or lucid, since he was still trying to remember the things that happened yesterday. He quickly remembered what happened and what he almost did. He felt like a monster, but he hoped that he didn't hurt anyone too badly when in his pessimistic state of mind. He tried rubbing his eyes, but he found that his glasses were in the way. He panicked and was wondering how his glasses were on him when they were clearly broken the night before, but he remembered that the headmaster fixed his glasses. He made a mental note to thank the headmaster later, but for now he had to get something to eat or risk dying of hunger. He smiled a bit and he remembered the girl who helped him into the office, then he decided to ask her to be his friend. He just hoped she wouldn't think he was too bad of a monster, since he was referred as a monster by many who saw what he could do when provoked. He didn't want to concentrate his power into a weapon, since that would be his weakness and it would be stupid to have to defend your weapon constantly. He stood up and went out into the hallway, he hoped that no one would bump into him since he was still barely awake.
...Zephos woke up with a start. He could have sworn he heard someone shuffling behind his door. He watched in incredulity as someone cast a spell that bonded the wood of his door to its frame. Anger started to flush Zephos' senses. He stood up with his grey eyes slowly tinging blood red. He pointed his palm towards the door, and exerted some of his energy. A beam of dark magic spouted from his palm and blasted the door to splinters. Zephos walked casually out the door and strolled up to the two boys from the previous day. both were sitting hard on their rears, gaping up at Zephos. Using the shadows of the early morning, Zephos lifted the two by the front of their shirts in front of him. " Good morning fellow school mates," Zephos said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes," I have become ever so increasingly aware that you think that your levels are in question, seeing as you always try to stir up trouble." The smile dropped from Zephos' face, to be replace by a snarl. " But if you continue to exert your power on others the way you do- especially with me- then I'll just have to show the true meaning of being afraid of the dark. Are we clear?" The two boys eyes widened, and both nodded imperceptibly. " Good boys. Now run along before I change my mind." Zephos dropped the two boys and the scurried out of the dorms as quick as their legs could carry them. - Zephos sighed. Welcome to the Academy,Zephos. He looked up quickly, feeling a nagging at the back of his mind. He remembered that he needed to find that shadow user. The man's aura felt familiar, Zephos just couldn't place it. Zephos put on his black suit ( he was always fond of suits) and grabbed his staff. He then walked out of the dorms in search of the shadow user..... and nearly ran straight into him.
(OOC: Yeah we can make the two in someway familiar with each other. Might add a interesting twist to the role play)
Alan's eyes were still a bit blurry, but he regained most of his vision and he could actually make out the faces of people he walked past. He wasn't planning on going to class, since he was still a bit dizzy from having to suppress himself. He laughed a bit, but he wasn't happy one bit and he knew that this probably meant he was surpassing the power limit put on his glasses. He wasn't worried now though, since the headmaster was able to fix his glasses and make them better at suppressing Alan. He didn't really use strength while fighting, instead he used strategy and was usually able to defeat people without using too much of his power. He wondered if the headmaster was back in his office, since he didn't see the headmaster when he woke up. He wasn't worried about the headmaster one bit, since the headmaster was supposed to be extremely powerful and a bit hard to defeat. Being old didn't stop the headmaster from being powerful, instead it helped the headmaster have more power and wisdom than most magicians. He made a shadow into the shape of a snake and made it slither, of course it wasn't alive and he was just making it seem alive. He was bored, so this was the easiest way to pass the time. He wondered what other shadow magic users were like at this school, but he didn't even know who they were or where they would be at and he didn't know if he actually wanted to meet the shadow users considering some of them are less than pleasant. He couldn't walk forward of backwards, since he was focusing on keeping the shadow in the form of a snake and it was pretty hard for him to move and keep the spell active at the same time. He stopped making the shadow into the form of a snake, so the shadow returned to where it was originally supposed to be at. He started walking again and he heard a crash of sorts, but he thought that this was normal for this school and he wasn't worried about it. He continued walking and he bumped into someone, so he apologized for being careless and not paying attention. "I'm sorry, but I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." He hoped the person wouldn't be mad at him for bumping into the person. He looked up and saw the form of a male, so he let his eyes adjust to the light and he began seeing more clearly. "Wait, do I know you?" He thought that he perhaps knew this person, but he couldn't pinpoint from where he knew the person.
Adion stood in a long dark hallway, he could not speak or even make noise. He saw two strong shadow mages, one with glasses. The other had emotions that dictated the unwanted use of said person`s magic. Adion then began to feel dizzy as the world around him began to to fade away and become a small, one room building. Even after some looking around Adion could not tell if the building was a school or a church. Pews were stacked along the walls and desks were filled with small children. One child being bullied, before strong shadow magic, especially for that age, took down his attackers. The other sat alone in the corner fearing his own self.
Adion woke up suddenly. The teacher was still explaining the game that would be played tomorrow. Adion thought back on the dream, which was not of uncommon sorts, he had enter another shadow mage`s memories.
Zephos eyes widened in surprise. "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention where I was going. Wait do I know you?" Zephos' memories started to kick in as he studied the other shadow users face. Hold on..."...Alan???" now he remembered. Alan was his studies partner in their first couple years of shadow training. They we're also best friends. They went their separate ways when their masters had a falling out. " Alan, it's me Zephos. Don't you remember?" Something caught Zephos attention. He watched as a young girl was pushed and locked in a closet. "Hey!", he shouted, but the person was already gone. "Someone's in trouble," Zephos sighed to Alan. Zephos quickly ran over, broke the lock, and swung the door open. The girls eyes were closed and she was clutching her pendant. "Hey,"Zephos asked," are you ok?"
Alan couldn't tell if he knew the person or not, but Zephos managed to show that Alan actually knew Zephos. Alan remembered that he and Zephos were friends and study partners for their first couple years in training, but he also remembered why they had to go their separate ways. He noticed that something caught Zephos's attention and he turned in the direction of what was happening, and there was the girl who he spoke to earlier. Alan ran over, but he couldn't really do anything due to him being nervous and having his glasses on. If he didn't have his glasses on, then he would've been calm and collected in helping Alexandra. When Zephos swung the door open Alan was a bit worried about the state of Alexandra, so he asked her if she was okay. "Alexandra, are you hurt?" He hoped she wasn't too badly damaged and he also felt a sudden rage towards the person who pushed her into the closet, so he was seriously considering taking off his glasses and letting his other personality loose to wreck havoc on the girl who pushed Alexandra into the closet. He decided it would be better to check up on Alexandra, since she saved him and he was determined to return the favor. He extended a hand towards Alex, since that was his first response to seeing someone curled up in a corner. It was too late for him to go after the girl who pushed Alex into the closet, since the girl was long gone and it would be hard for him to find her. He would get the girl back later, but for now he was worried about Alexandra and he wasn't going to look for the girl just to hurt the her badly. He began scanning her body for any signs of damage, but he found no visible marks left on Alex's body. He was relieved a bit and he sighed, since he was worried that the girl damaged Alex. He guessed that the girl was the same girl who pushed Alexandra through the cafe window earlier. "Alex, are you sure you should just let that girl walk away like that?" He wasn't afraid of facing the girl or the posse the girl might have rounded up, since he enjoyed breaking the pride of people who acted cocky and he could get Zephos to help him take down bullies. He looked towards Zephos, with his hand still extended towards Alex. "This is a crappy reunion, don't you agree?"
She took his hand and stood shakily. She really didn't wand to go after the girl in this state. She slowly calmed her breathing. God they probably thought she was a scardy wimp.
"I'm ok" she said shakily" and I really don't want to try and chase her like this. Umm, if you don't mind could we get out of here." God how she hated small spaces. She looked at the person who had opened the door. Then to Alan.
"Uh, do you know each other" she asked" oh and I'm Alexandra, just call me Alex"
" I've had worse reunions," Zephos said in reply to Alan. "We'll have time to catch up later." Zephos turned to Alex. " where are my manners?" he gave a slight bow," pleased to meet you Alex. My name is Zephos. I do hope you are not in any harm." Zephos looked in the direction of the girl who through alex in the closet, and a low growl pushed past his lips, " I despise troublemakers." shadows began to emanate off of Zephos suit, and his eyes became blood red. No, he thought to himself, now's not the time. He fought to keep him self in control. eventually the shadows disappeared and his eyes faded back to gray. He looked back at Alan and Alex. "Alright then," he spoke pleasantly, " What should we do about this?"
Alan was relieved when Alex calmed her breathing, since that proved she wasn't hurt too much. He blushed a little, since he made such a big deal of a little thing. "Uh, do you know each other?" Alex asked this, so Alan decided he would answer. "Yes, we were study partners and best friends, so it's a bit weird to come across each other." He was wondering what he could do with Zephos to catch up, but he had no idea what to do and decided to let Zephos ask him if they wanted to hang out. He noticed Zephos about to go after the girl, but he also noticed that Zephos had it under control the next minute. "Still lacking control as well, guessing neither of us advanced very much in that area." He laughed at this comment, since it was true and he was pretty sure they both wasted quite a bit of time. What should we do about this?" Zephos was looking at both Alan and Alex when he said this, so he answered first. "I don't want to play cat and mouse with that girl, so I'm just going to let it go unless Alex wants to pursue this problem." He wondered what the classes would be like and why he decided to not go to the first class of the day, but he wouldn't worry about that at the moment. Two of his friends were in front of him and he wasn't going to kill the mood by mentioning class. He didn't actually know if Alexandra wanted to be his friend after seeing what he could do, but he would still consider her a friend. Zephos was his friend before, so he wasn't worried about Zephos and he knew that Zephos didn't mind that Alan could be a monster without his glasses. He wondered what the problem between their masters was, but he honestly didn't want to think too much about that.
"Lovely to meet you Zephos" she said smiling then she turned to Alan, "there is no need to peruse her in my account"
Alex looked from Alan to Zephos. Realising she was intruding. She blushed and shifted on her feet.
"Umm, should I... leave. I really feel like I'm intruding," Alex says shyly. Biting her lip.
Adion searched for those whose dream he had previously entered. After not going to his second class, which bothered him none, he went off to find the two distinct shadow mages. When he found them they were talking to a girl with a broken closet behind her. Adion did not try to hide as he walked nonchalantly towards the shadow mages, nonspeaking.
Zephos smiled. " no worries, your not intruding," he said to Alex. " no reason to leave now. And honestly..." Zephos looked in the direction the girl had run, " it might be best if you stayed with us." He turned to Alan, " and , no, I'm still not very good at controlling myself. if anything, it's gotten harder since I've gotten stronger." He let out a hearty laugh that didn't reach his eyes. He was worried. How long could he go with finally losing control on someone. He could always direct it to who he was in conflict against , but that didn't mean he could control how much damage his power caused. He saw someone out of the corner of his eye walking towards them, but Zephos chose to wait for him to speak.
Alan was bit tired and he honestly felt like laying down on a bed or something comfy, but he knew he would have to continue with the rest of the day. Alan watched as Alexandra blushed and stood up. "Umm, should I… leave. I really feel like I'm intruding," She was biting her lip when she said this, so Alan wanted to convince her that she was not intruding and that him and Zephos could catch up later. "It's fine, since we have quite a bit of time to catch up later and I wouldn't dare leave a friend." He thought of Alexandra as a friend and nothing would be able to convince him otherwise, unless Alexandra herself declined being his friend. He saw someone walk up to them and he wondered what goal the person had, but he wasn't going to prepare to fight the person approaching Alan. "Hello, my name is Alan, his name is Zephos, and her name is Alexandra. It's a pleasure to meet you…" He hoped the person who walked up to the group would finish Alan's sentence by telling the group his name. He was starting to develop feelings towards Alexandra, but he wouldn't notice this until later on and he would probably not have the guts to do anything about those feelings. He missed Volvo, but he also loved his mentor and he didn't want to lose his mentor. His mentor's name was Daniel and Alan loved Daniel in a father and son way, and his mentor loved Alan as a son. He never did respond to the letter his mentor gave him, so he decided he would write the response as soon as he was done conversing with the group.
"Adion." Was the one word that came from behind the mask of the cloaked man. Adion had now figured that these two shadow mages were the ones from the memory that Adion had found his way into. He now knew the names of the children, and they seemed to be friends. One thing about Adion was obvious to anyone attuned to magic, he was a powerful shadow mage. However, the shadows around him did not seem to bend to his will, nor did they move at all. Something else that was bluntly obvious, was the fact that Adion was prepared to be attacked at all times. This could be told by the fact that he was wearing black leather armor and had a sword strapped to his belt. Also, the eyes behind his mask seemed to be constantly moving, bolting from one side to another.
Zephos raised an eyebrow. This leather clad shadow mage ( Zephos could sense other shadow mages quite easily) seemed a little jittery. Like he was expecting conflict. "Pleased to meet you, Adion," Zephos gave a slight bow, " I am surprised to find we have another shadow user in our presence. Though I must say," Zephos examined the mask and armor, " whatever is all the armor for?" He looked back at Alan and Alex and noticed that they looked uncomfortable. Zephos asked, " Do you guys want to go somewhere? Maybe standing out here in the middle of a hallway might not be the best idea."
Sh blushed as Alan called her friend, it was silly really it wasn't like he had said anything much. But still she felt happier somehow to know that someone actually thought of her as a friend. She blushed more as she realised that the new person wearing he mask was also a shadow user. She shouldn't be here. She was really out of place. She noticed thed The masked person seemed nervous. She tilted her head slightly.
"As Alan said I'm Alexandra but I would prefer to be called Alex, nice to meet you," she said and put out her hand for him to shake. S
Adion raised his right had with its silver gauntlet with a shiny, black stone in the center. "Shaking hands is dangerous, Miss Alex." He spoke very calmly for how on guard he was. Adion then turned to Zephos. "I wear this because I have small problems that tend to enjoy extensive amounts of pain." When Adion said this, he seemed a little agitated.
Adion stood waiting for the others to respond to his reactions. Again, his aura was obviously that of a shadow mage, but the shadows didn't seem to be effected by him. However, all around him could feel a strange, unplaceable feeling.
"Umm, ok" Alex said slightly confused as to how shaking hands was dangerous..
She shoved her hands in her pockets she looked at all them. Here she was with three shadow mages yet she was a lightning Mage. It made her feel uncomfortable. She didn't want to leave because it may seem rude and she may not find them again. She hadn't realised that her short sleeve had slid down her arm slightly revealing her scar.
" small problems, eh?", Zephos said with a crooked smile, " everybody has their own problems, my friend. The key to solving them is to learn to gain control over them. My ......abilities have given me grief for years.... especially when I become angry." He noticed that Adion still looked nervous,and a little agitated. Interesting. He would have to get to know this shadow user more. Zephos sighed, rubbing his eyes," Look, all I'm trying to say is this- everybody has their own demons." He noticed that Alex looked uncomfortable. a scar was on her shoulder. Zephos eyebrows knit together in concern. " Hey, are you alright?" he asked.
