Abbey is Lise's favorite traveling bard, so she keeps him perpetually on the Butterfly's Dance payroll. He's a master of the lyre, flute, and bells, though he has a wide arsenal of string and brass proficiencies to supply his evening performances, which span from ballads of the First Age to reenactments of the Night of the Nocturne to flambebe limericks. He never removes his mask. He even sleeps in it. He plays it off like a quirk, but he has never been seen without it. That fact plus his distance from his homeland spur light rumors, but they can only be taken as seriously as people view him.
Surprisingly, most of his acts are performed off the cuff, and, in lieu of serious preparation, he spends much of his day napping, snacking while reading, or improvising music. He stays well-versed in current events and pop culture, so he identifies guests of renown at once and loves to listen and learn what they have to say. In general, though, he's always up for a literary discussion or political debate, so don't be afraid to disturb him when he's nose-deep in tomes.
He's a chubby dove gray dragon with an incredibly thick coat that only grows thicker during winter months. Most of his body is covered in platinum-colored fur that lightens as it reaches his tail and legs. A skink-like striped pattern runs from the sides of his neck, all the way down his tail. His fins, which extend like horns from behind his ears and his feet are dark. His wings, mane, and tuft at the end of his tail are smokey gray and flecked with black like hawk feathers. His face is always covered in a white mask, his eyes outlined in red. He loves to adorn himself in chains from fine metal, feathers, and fur.
He's an evil genius, with a startling IQ and repertoire of spells, which he has mastered through decades of playing with magic. Evil is a deep part of who he is, and it marks every part of his life, from taking evil showers in the morning to taking evil slumber at night. He was meant to be a Saturday morning cartoon villain, but his wife Fifi and newborn son softened his heart. He still pursues evil, but it's a gentler form. He works with one of the more stable criminal organizations in town. His wife Fifi is fully supportive, and her fame as a celebrity has been instrumental in pulling off some of his jobs, especially earlier on in his career when he was less fettered. His wife makes enough money off of brand deals for them both to retire, but evil is a passion job for him.
He has unique features to say the least, with a squared forehead, complete lack of eyebrows, sloping orbital bones, pronounced nostrils. He usually wears his black hair shaved, but sometimes he grows it out long on the top. He wears glasses but usually leaves them at home. Dramatic changes and costumes are part of his lifestyle at this point, so his family doesn't even comment anymore.
He has unique features to say the least, with a squared forehead, complete lack of eyebrows, sloping orbital bones, pronounced nostrils. He usually wears his black hair shaved, but sometimes he grows it out long on the top. He wears glasses but usually leaves them at home. Dramatic changes and costumes are part of his lifestyle at this point, so his family doesn't even comment anymore.
He's an evil genius, with a startling IQ and repertoire of spells, which he has mastered through decades of playing with magic. Evil is a deep part of who he is, and it marks every part of his life, from taking evil showers in the morning to taking evil slumber at night. He was meant to be a Saturday morning cartoon villain, but his wife Fifi and newborn son softened his heart. He still pursues evil, but it's a gentler form. He works with one of the more stable criminal organizations in town. His wife Fifi is fully supportive, and her fame as a celebrity has been instrumental in pulling off some of his jobs, especially earlier on in his career when he was less fettered. His wife makes enough money off of brand deals for them both to retire, but evil is a passion job for him.
She's not as disciplined as her twin brother Aries, but she has more natural talent. She's been awarded two best-in-state titles for her swordsmanship, and she's steadily building a portfolio on git for her tools. She consistently brings home As despite never studying to her brother's immense envy. Her natural aptitude is always undermined by her lightheaded attitude and chronic forgetfulness, though. She always loses to peer pressure, too. She's a natural people pleaser and a friend to everyone around her.
She's tall and looks mature for her age, so Tessa ropes her into serving as "chaperon" to mature movies and buying M-rated games. She's also popular with boys, but her mom absolutely forbids dating until college. Her mom also polices her wardrobe but is beginning to lose ground in that argument. She'd only allow simple natural makeup, too, but Angel's never really been interested in adding to her morning routine anyway. She wears lots of sweaters and jeans, especially if she can incorporate rainbows of color. Her thick, long blond hair is her favorite feature, and she is always experimenting with different hairstyles. She also has light green eyes, slightly brighter in hue than her brother, round silver glasses, and freckles near her mouth.
She's tall and looks mature for her age, so Tessa ropes her into serving as "chaperon" to mature movies and buying M-rated games. She's also popular with boys, but her mom absolutely forbids dating until college. Her mom also polices her wardrobe but is beginning to lose ground in that argument. She'd only allow simple natural makeup, too, but Angel's never really been interested in adding to her morning routine anyway. She wears lots of sweaters and jeans, especially if she can incorporate rainbows of color. Her thick, long blond hair is her favorite feature, and she is always experimenting with different hairstyles. She also has light green eyes, slightly brighter in hue than her brother, round silver glasses, and freckles near her mouth.
She's not as disciplined as her twin brother Aries, but she has more natural talent. She's been awarded two best-in-state titles for her swordsmanship, and she's steadily building a portfolio on git for her tools. She consistently brings home As despite never studying to her brother's immense envy. Her natural aptitude is always undermined by her lightheaded attitude and chronic forgetfulness, though. She always loses to peer pressure, too. She's a natural people pleaser and a friend to everyone around her.
Twin brother of Angel, but they are anything but in sync. Angel is pretty sensitive, so Aries's neglect to coat anything in sugar drives her crazy. He's opinionated and not afraid to say what's on his mind at any given time. He also loves to play devil's advocate just to mess with people. His fighting style is light and flexible with pistols and daggers as his weapons of choice are pistols and daggers. He also enjoys archery as a hobby. He takes self-defense training seriously and devotes 2-3 afternoons a week to the gym. The rest of the week, he spends at least an hour or two studying by himself or tutoring Chloe.
He's tall and lean with gentle features, pale skin, spiky blond hair, and eyes so green they are almost white. He keeps himself well-groomed, never letting his hair grow out, and maintaining a minimal but consistent skincare routine. Honestly, one of his biggest fears is aging. He got started on sunscreen at a young age, since he sunburns like an x-ray fish. He keeps his arms and legs covered even in the summer. Athletic wear dominates his closet, dressing in an endless array of jackets and joggers with color-blocking in bold navies, reds, golds, and whites.
He's tall and lean with gentle features, pale skin, spiky blond hair, and eyes so green they are almost white. He keeps himself well-groomed, never letting his hair grow out, and maintaining a minimal but consistent skincare routine. Honestly, one of his biggest fears is aging. He got started on sunscreen at a young age, since he sunburns like an x-ray fish. He keeps his arms and legs covered even in the summer. Athletic wear dominates his closet, dressing in an endless array of jackets and joggers with color-blocking in bold navies, reds, golds, and whites.
Twin brother of Angel, but they are anything but in sync. Angel is pretty sensitive, so Aries's neglect to coat anything in sugar drives her crazy. He's opinionated and not afraid to say what's on his mind at any given time. He also loves to play devil's advocate just to mess with people. His fighting style is light and flexible with pistols and daggers as his weapons of choice are pistols and daggers. He also enjoys archery as a hobby. He takes self-defense training seriously and devotes 2-3 afternoons a week to the gym. The rest of the week, he spends at least an hour or two studying by himself or tutoring Chloe.
Bats flock around the slumped waifish figure, disappearing into the feathers of her dove gray wings. She herself is stark white from head to toe, apart from the beige roan fur that sparsely covers her hooved legs. Her face, apart from a barbed purple blind-fold, has an air of innocence and purity, coupled with the often childish ways she styles her long, straight white hair.
An unidentified egg excavated from a primordial digsite was sold to a private egg collector then quickly lost behind other more visually impressive specimens in his gallery. Years passed uneventfully until its sudden hatching. She escaped into the night and recently resurfaced in the city. Her technical owner is aware of her whereabouts but is desperately consulting his lawyer team on the best way to cede his liability for her damages or attempt to "collect" her.
She's an enigma to everyone she meets, and it's impressive if you can get more than a one-word response out of her. Coupled with her rigid, forceful ideology and overwhelming power, she can seem like a vengeful revenant or otherworldly paragon. In reality, she's quite childlike in the rigidity of her morality and her ability to reduce complex environments and encounters into a simple symbollic understanding. She's dense as stone. It's easy to mislead her to keep yourself on her good side, but if she ever catches a whiff of duplicity, appealing to mercy won't save you.
She wields a titan maul with inhuman strength in combat, has an absurd healing factor, and can fly for long distances.
Bats flock around the slumped waifish figure, disappearing into the feathers of her dove gray wings. She herself is stark white from head to toe, apart from the beige roan fur that sparsely covers her hooved legs. Her face, apart from a barbed purple blind-fold, has an air of innocence and purity, coupled with the often childish ways she styles her long, straight white hair.
No one really knows much about Bijoux, even her roommates. She works as a beat cop and stays out late at fairy house parties all night.
She's an excessively unpleasant person, though. When she's home, she is either complaining loudly about humans or casting fairy tricks on random men.
She's a lithe woman with a huge toothy grin at her face at all times. Despite her refusal to take anyone or anything seriously, she grooms herself with meticulous attention to detail. Her hair is neatly tied back in a bun at the nape of her neck, not a strand out of place, and her outfits are impeccable.
She's a lithe woman with a huge toothy grin at her face at all times. Despite her refusal to take anyone or anything seriously, she grooms herself with meticulous attention to detail. Her hair is neatly tied back in a bun at the nape of her neck, not a strand out of place, and her outfits are impeccable.
No one really knows much about Bijoux, even her roommates. She works as a beat cop and stays out late at fairy house parties all night.
She's an excessively unpleasant person, though. When she's home, she is either complaining loudly about humans or casting fairy tricks on random men.
Bless is queen of the wilds and forever surrounded by her horde of abyssal beasts. Her most precious underling is Rune, a newborn earth angel she took in and raised as her own. She is fiercely protective of him and fights invaders tooth and claw, earning the entire area a reputation for being too dangerous to develop.
She's more or less a regular black styracosaurus, so long as you accept the cartoony giant lizard interpretation of dinosaurs.
She's more or less a regular black styracosaurus, so long as you accept the cartoony giant lizard interpretation of dinosaurs.
Bless is queen of the wilds and forever surrounded by her horde of abyssal beasts. Her most precious underling is Rune, a newborn earth angel she took in and raised as her own. She is fiercely protective of him and fights invaders tooth and claw, earning the entire area a reputation for being too dangerous to develop.
Calder's temper is fiery in the literal sense. He has a genius aptitude for arcane magic but a blasé disregard for its effects or proper study. Despite being the headmaster's son, his disdain for the less adept and explosive attitude made him distinctly unpopular with his teachers and fellow acolytes. His father could only shield him from the consequences of his actions for so long, however. Outright setting fire to the university after a clash with a group of students was a crime judged by a jurisdiction higher than the board of directors. Calder, now disowned and summoned to a court heavily stacked against him, had nothing to lose. Before tucking his tail and running, he burned down the courthouse. He traveled to the Ashfall Waste, where they surely are less sensitive about petty fire fights. It turns out the Fire Flight is even less impressed by conflagration. He now lives in debt to Lise, matron proprietor and main dancer of the Butterfly's Dance, after accidentally burning the exterior of her tavern.
His strong, masculine features offset his almost sickly pale skin and pastel pink eyes. His hair is just as fair, and he wears it long and wavy despite a lifetime of elders telling him to keep it short. He has a great body and knows it, taking every chance to show it off. He wraps himself in charmeuse, feathers, and flowers.
A girl with a mane of wiry black hair, warm skin, always dressed in flowing rainbows of ruffles.
Both of Cass's (pronounced the same as "case") parents are originally from Mexico. She's fluent in Spanish and used to visit Mexico every year with her family before going to college, but her accent is indistinguishably American. She's on scholarship but not particularly driven in any area, so she took a business major upon recommendation by a friend of her mother.
Her headstrong, sardonic attitude gives her a harsh edge that contrasts with the shower of feminine pastels and vibrant florals that dominate her wardrobe and bedroom. Her nightmares have always been just as vibrant, pushing violent imagery, psychotic villains, and natural disasters onto her nightly since she was a preteen. Many of them seemed real, taking place in her bedroom with realistic break-ins. She could feel needles, hornet stings, and worse the same as she could feel her fingertips pinching herself during the day. There were reoccurring figures whose faces and bodies she had grown so loathsomely familiar with, she mockingly named: Owen, Caleb, Isaac...
And finally, one night, soon after moving into her first apartment, she met Caleb in the waking world.
Before long, her apartment was a circus of haunts - incubi and things she had never heard of before. This attracts the attention of a full 500-pound baku (a spirit-eater that is visually indistinct from a regular tapir) and inspires him to take up permanent residence in her bedroom. Her landlord maintains a strict pet weight limit of around 10 pounds, so this stresses her out to no end, at least until he brings her the sweetest dreams she's had since she was in 5th grade. The haunts still rear their ugly heads now and then, but it's usually just her and Funwa, a cute but nosy baku.
A girl with a mane of wiry black hair, warm skin, always dressed in flowing rainbows of ruffles.
Unlike fake cat people like the science origin Bobcat, Cat Man is a real cat person. He is a man well-integrated into society, going into work every day and paying his bills. He is also a cat with all the hyperactivity, play aggression, and 15-hour sleeping period. He frequently dozes off during meetings and ambushes shareholders, but he gets away with it due to cat privilege.
He moonlights as a superhero. He works closely with the press to ensure maximum coverage of his heroics. When asked his motivations, he always asserts he does it all for the attention. His powers are pretty standard for a cat: claws, reflexes, and stealth.
-He's got a nondescript but short male human body but with a gray mackerel tabby head, tail, and claws.
He's got a nondescript but short male human body but with a gray mackerel tabby head, tail, and claws.
Unlike fake cat people like the science origin Bobcat, Cat Man is a real cat person. He is a man well-integrated into society, going into work every day and paying his bills. He is also a cat with all the hyperactivity, play aggression, and 15-hour sleeping period. He frequently dozes off during meetings and ambushes shareholders, but he gets away with it due to cat privilege.
He moonlights as a superhero. He works closely with the press to ensure maximum coverage of his heroics. When asked his motivations, he always asserts he does it all for the attention. His powers are pretty standard for a cat: claws, reflexes, and stealth.
diff --git a/src/char/Chandra b/src/char/Chandra deleted file mode 100644 index fcef656..0000000 --- a/src/char/Chandra +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ -Chandra | means shining (after the Chandra X-Ray Observatory) | prophetess♀Basically, she lives in a timeline where the Old Testament took place during the space age. The entire Earth is essentially Israel and the solar system's alien races are the Canaanites, Hittites, Jebusites, etc. Israel-Earth has shattered into shards, and the tribes are spread out in space. Some are living on doomed shards, others have been taken into captivity on other planets, etc, so there are plenty of opportunities for adventures. Chandra was called to begin a ministry to reach all 12 tribes and announce that Planet Canaan as the Promised Land. She's also given a spaceship. Van is her pilot and sword.
Early on, her party is attacked by bandits. The Canaanite Colt rescues her and joins them. They have the ill-fated love thing going on. He falls in love with her, but she is not interested in breaking the command to intermarry with the enemy nations. Way later, the tribes are given the Promised Land, but Chandra was disallowed from ever setting foot in it due to her the LORD of hosts leaves her and gives her quest to another, and even Colt won't take her back because he had become a spiritual Israelite through faith after seeing the many miracles of the journey.
She has the millennial RP heterochromatic eyes in the colors from Portal because I wrote Hello, Traveler in the 2000s. Other than that, she's a cute blonde girl with short hair and weird sci-fi makeup and robes.
I was working through a lot of spiritual stuff at this time, and it's most literal in the archetypal "God's Daughter" character Lisbet, who was made to be alone. She's the sole inhabitant of her shard. When rescued by Chandra's crew and settled into her cabin, a Man locked the door. He says, "Turn away from everything else but me," then waits. She spends almost the full duration of the adventure in abject loneliness without getting to see Chandra and the others while going out of her way to ignore the Man. Occasionally, she turns this against him in spiteful argument. She cools, and in weak moments asks him for help, but she only asks for small things and only receives small things, but she generally powers through alone. In the end, she sees his faithfulness and asks him to teach her how to talk to him, to better understand him, and to change her heart. Little by little, the room brightens and expands with opportunity to learn his character until the door opens out directly into Canaan where she enjoys the rest of her days, surrounded by community and fellowship in the spirit at last.
She has the millennial RP heterochromatic eyes in the colors from Portal because I wrote Hello, Traveler in the 2000s. Other than that, she's a cute blonde girl with short hair and weird sci-fi makeup and robes.
Basically, she lives in a timeline where the Old Testament took place during the space age. The entire Earth is essentially Israel and the solar system's alien races are the Canaanites, Hittites, Jebusites, etc. Israel-Earth has shattered into shards, and the tribes are spread out in space. Some are living on doomed shards, others have been taken into captivity on other planets, etc, so there are plenty of opportunities for adventures. Chandra was called to begin a ministry to reach all 12 tribes and announce that Planet Canaan as the Promised Land. She's also given a spaceship. Van is her pilot and sword.
Early on, her party is attacked by bandits. The Canaanite Colt rescues her and joins them. They have the ill-fated love thing going on. He falls in love with her, but she is not interested in breaking the command to intermarry with the enemy nations. Way later, the tribes are given the Promised Land, but Chandra was disallowed from ever setting foot in it due to her the LORD of hosts leaves her and gives her quest to another, and even Colt won't take her back because he had become a spiritual Israelite through faith after seeing the many miracles of the journey.
A changeling baby neglected by her parents and taken in by Brother Van at an early age. She's an awkward but tender girl, spending long hours every day haunting the corridors of the church, silently doing her chores. She loves Van like a father and relies on him for moral guidance and learning how to pray. In thanks, she has taken over preparing community meals, managing the library, and takes care of children during service. Overcommitment is an issue for her, and it wrecks her ability to focus at school. Van tries his best to help her study, but nothing ever seems to stick.
She's trained in all manners of bows and blades, but she's not particularly adept at fighting.
-She's short with deep teal hair, pale blue eyes, and light skin. She always swallows her body up in billowing robes and dresses out of insecurity. Her body's so small it looks kind of silly, though, so to balance it out on top, she wears berets and oversized bows. She's a daily makeup wearer, trying to round her wide eyes with eyeliner and narrow her mouth by slightly overlining her cupid's bow and pout in a Sisyphean effort. Her wardrobe is simple, consisting of a few maxi dresses, robes, long blouses, and jumper skirts with deep pleating, showered with pops of solid blue, red, black, and gray.
She's short with deep teal hair, pale blue eyes, and light skin. She always swallows her body up in billowing robes and dresses out of insecurity. Her body's so small it looks kind of silly, though, so to balance it out on top, she wears berets and oversized bows. She's a daily makeup wearer, trying to round her wide eyes with eyeliner and narrow her lips by lining the corners in nude in a Sisyphean effort. Her wardrobe is simple, consisting of a few maxi dresses, robes, long blouses, and jumper skirts with deep pleating, showered with pops of solid blue, red, black, and gray.
A changeling baby neglected by her parents and taken in by Brother Van at an early age. She's an awkward but tender girl, spending long hours every day haunting the corridors of the church, silently doing her chores. She loves Van like a father and relies on him for moral guidance and learning how to pray. In thanks, she has taken over preparing community meals, managing the library, and takes care of children during service. Overcommitment is an issue for her, and it wrecks her ability to focus at school. Van tries his best to help her study, but nothing ever seems to stick.
She's trained in all manners of bows and blades, but she's not particularly adept at fighting.
He saves Chandra and her crew from bandits and eventually joins them as a bodyguard. He falls for Chandra to her great annoyance because he doesn't even accept her as a prophetess of God. His personality is coarse, and his morality is pretty questionable, but his intentions are never bad. Van and Chandra are still constantly steering him to the narrow path, though. He's initially dismissive, but some of their points stick in his mind.
He's skilled with swords.
-He's tall with sharp features and muddy brown colors. Anywhere his hair parts, tiny quills are revealed that contain a mild numbing poison. He's always armed with some kind of weapon while off the ship.
He was a character I first met in a dream.
He's tall with sharp features and muddy brown colors. Anywhere his hair parts, tiny quills are revealed that contain a mild numbing poison. He's always armed with some kind of weapon while off the ship.
He was a character I first met in a dream.
He saves Chandra and her crew from bandits and eventually joins them as a bodyguard. He falls for Chandra to her great annoyance because he doesn't even accept her as a prophetess of God. His personality is coarse, and his morality is pretty questionable, but his intentions are never bad. Van and Chandra are still constantly steering him to the narrow path, though. He's initially dismissive, but some of their points stick in his mind.
He's skilled with swords.
Her mission is to warn the leaders of the island of eminent captivity if they do not correct their path.
Under her leadership, Lucrest has prospered beyond reason, being called an economic oasis in the agricultural south. She's taken shortcuts to success, but her results are undeniable. She hopes her father will be proud and her siblings will be jealous.
She has a special class no one else can learn: the Tycoon.
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Under her leadership, Lucrest has prospered beyond reason, being called an economic oasis in the agricultural south. She's taken shortcuts to success, but her results are undeniable. She hopes her father will be proud and her siblings will be jealous.
She has a special class no one else can learn: the Tycoon.
diff --git a/src/char/Tessa b/src/char/Tessa deleted file mode 100644 index 73f3585..0000000 --- a/src/char/Tessa +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -Tessa Skye St Martin | means to gather | tamer♀She moved to Lucrest with her family and white, fluffy cat from France when she was really little. Unfortunately, her father died not too long afterward. She doesn't know much about him or his old country of Haiti, but she visits extended family in Blois with her mom every Christmas. That doesn't mean she's that great at French. In fact, to her mother's immense disappointment, she has a better grade in Spanish.
She deeply admires her mother as a strong, loving, successful tradeswoman, so she gives back some of her time to help in her studio. Several days a week, she can be found hand-sewing fabric flowers, or serving as a fit model.
She would rather spend every moment outside, though, forever hiking, jogging, and poking her nose into her neighbors' business. Her cat is an outside cat and joins in on her adventures most of the time. Tessa's the instigator in her friend group, daring or begging to rope everyone into her wild adventures. She's all fun all the time, so she doesn't always know where the boundary is between playful teasing and outright bullying.
She is a light-skinned black girl of Haitian-French descent with silver eyes and a short, very athletic build. Her hair is dyed with darker streaks, and styled with short, choppy hime bangs. She never leaves the house without eyeliner and loves dressing in athleisure or trying new trends. Her favorite color changes with the season, but gunmetal is a consistent love. Her ears are pierced.
Despite viewing women as nothing more than playthings, he's drawn to Cass for an indecipherable reason. Even when he rebels against the attraction and goes far away, he finds himself back in her town before long. The other incubi bully him incessantly about catching human feelings. He doesn't know what to think.
He can paralyze victims with his magic power.
Conventionally handsome with silver eyes and long black hair and a smooth, gentle voice.
I initially developed this character to cope with recurring episodes of sleep paralysis, but he's his own character with his own plot at this point.
Conventionally handsome with silver eyes and long black hair and a smooth, gentle voice.
I initially developed this character to cope with recurring episodes of sleep paralysis, but he's his own character with his own plot at this point.
Despite viewing women as nothing more than playthings, he's drawn to Cass for an indecipherable reason. Even when he rebels against the attraction and goes far away, he finds himself back in her town before long. The other incubi bully him incessantly about catching human feelings. He doesn't know what to think.
He can paralyze victims with his magic power.