Jacogos's Gladiators

[Jacogos]

So here you are... The Hall of Warriors has quite an extensive cast, but most of it is off limits to you for now. If you click on the panels, you'll receive an extensive overview of the Gladiator you chose. Of course, more may be added to our collection over time, but for now, it is quite a limited selection...

Our Hall is outfitted with the latest technology to track our Gladiators, to tell what they're doing and where... But of course, we keep THAT data to ourselves... Oh, I'm sorry, I'm keeping you. Come, come, look at all we have here! Just make sure you don't stay here too long. I'm sure there's other things you should be doing...

Like your homework

[Jacogos]

Spoiler: The Shadow Warrior 

Name: Jacob 'the Shade' Shu

Age: 227 years, appears in late 20's

Gender: Male

Race:

Spoiler: Shadow Demon 

Shadow Demons are a minority class of demon that specialize in manipulating the souls of their slain enemies to their advantage. Shadow Demons are a rare type of demon that can be 'created' (by using a dark ritual to turn a human into a demon), rather than having to be spawned directly from other demons, but still make up only a small part of the vast number of demons that inhabit the world.

As mentioned before, their special ability resides in using the souls of their dead enemies. When a person slain by a Shadow Demon is weak of will, the Shadow Demon has the ability to take the soul of the dead and transform it into a 'shadow'. Most of the time, the soul is willing, unable to face passing into the next realm. Other times, the Shadow Demon may force the soul into his service. What the 'shadows' can do in battle is explained in their section of the Abilities tag.

Most Shadow Demons lose their 'humanity' (including human-like appearance) as they age past a certain point (tending to be around the age of 100, as, like most demons, the Shadow variety are long-lived). When this happens, they undergo a metamorphosis that turns them into their True Form, turning into an animalistic form that reflects their true nature. Though they retain a major part of their higher thinking processes, it becomes much easier for them to lose themselves in fits of blind fury.

Upon gaining their True Form, Shadow Demons are sent to a separate plane of existence, in order to protect innocents from their hideous power. In order to circumnavigate this, a few Shadow Demons have come up with the ability to turn their captured shadows into physical manifestations of their original human-like form. Afterwards, they impose their mind onto this Shadow of themselves, creating a new form to live in. While their True Form still exists, this Shadow Form acts as a living, breathing version of themselves, completely capable of everything they used to be capable of in their human-like form.

In practice, humans-turned-demon and pure-blood demons are the same, except that pure-bloods tend to be much stronger. A human-turned-demon may also breed with a pure-blood and produce a pure-blood child. A human-turned-demon also tends to be able to control their humanity better once they become True Form demons.

Build: Lean, not even appearing muscular. He comes in at 5'7" and weighs around 140 pounds. His skin is a deep natural tan, encompassing his entire body even if nude.

Hair: Dark brown, shoulder length

Eyes: Brown to the point they're nearly black. When angered or (sometimes) surprised, his eyes will turn completely black, including the whites.

Distinctive features: At Jacob's feet are a multitude of shadows that are not shadows. They move of their own accord, are a darker black than normal shadows, and appear in the light an dark equally. They depict humanoid and bestial creatures of all kinds. Though they are sentient beings, they possess no conscious for a mind reader to read or manipulate. More information on them in the Abilities section.

He has a scar across his chest received from a sword wound while young. Also, the Te Kage gauntlet (explained in the Weapons section) covers his left arm from fingertip to elbow.

Clothes: Always wears a cloak that covers his entire body (minus his left arm where Te Kage is, a part which simply is not there, neatly cut away and sewn closed), sometimes along with a hood that obscures his face as well. The cloak simply does not move from wind or Jacob's motions. However, it will by direct contact with something. Under this, he wears basic clothing, a skin-tight black shirt and dark gray slacks.

Weapon(s):

Spoiler: Te Kage, the Akuma Yaiba Gauntlet 

A powerful gauntlet of its own right, previously owned by a Demon Lord that Jacob served under. It grants near-Godlike power to those who can use it, though Jacob has only figured out a few uses of it beyond melee attacks from its clawed fingers. It greatly increases the strength in his left hand's grip, giving it the strength to even meld atoms together. It is made from an unknown metal, shiny silver in color, and covers from fingertip to elbow of Jacob's left arm. His cloak is cut away to reveal it to all who would see. When Jacob summons a weapon from it (See Abilities), a hole appears in its palm, leading to who knows where.

Spoiler: Kokuou Kotonashi: 

Jacob's katana, an indestructible weapon that otherwise has no special abilities or attributes. It is always belted to his left side in a plain sheath of black leather.

Spoiler: Kumori: 

Jacob's ninjato, enhanced by one of his shadows to have a special way of hitting. Instead of cutting, it phases through any solid and leaves destruction in its wake without actually harming the outside. For example, against a living being, it cuts organs instead of flesh (it passes through bone without damage). For metals, it rusts them from the inside. For wood or plants, it rots/decays them. For magical objects, it will only be another sword, not even passing through it as normal. Other things well be dealt with as they come up. (Starts battle stored in Te Kage)

Spoiler: Chained Dagger: 

One of Jacob's favorite long range weapons, it is usually shot out from the hole in Te Kage's palm. It is essentially a dagger attached to a chain that has no determinable length, both made of the same metal as Te Kage. The force behind the shot usually seems to run out before the chain does, so is usually only travels about 150 feet at full velocity, which would be enough to ALMOST punch through steel at point-blank range. As long as the chain is out, Jacob can use it as a sort of whip-like weapon, but once it returns to Te Kage's depths, it must be re-fired to be used again. (Obviously stored in Te Kage)

Spoiler: Dual Short Swords: 

The only other weapons Jacob has been able to find in Te Kage's depths, he only uses these swords if Kumori and Kokuou Kotonashi prove useless or break. They are nothing special, forged of the same metal that Te Kage seems to be made of.

Abilities:

Spoiler: Te Kage Abilities 

Eclipse Ray: After charging, Te Kage can release a devastating beam from its palm, which, after a few hundred feet of straight flight , splits off into four separate beams that arc off in different directions. The original beam can cut through a human without trouble, and the four arcing beams burns through about an inch or so of skin before dissipating. The beam is only five feet in diameter, and the arcing beams are a foot each. Jacob cannot move or change the direction of the beam once fired. The actual firing of it lasts exactly seven seconds, and the beam travels a little more than 100 mph from the point it leaves the gauntlet. It takes two posts to charge, and must be fired on the third post. It can only be used once a battle.

Summon Weapon: Jacob may store weapons in Te Kage for future use, summoning them to his hand in the midst of battle. A weapon may be summoned and used in a single post, but Jacob must wait a full post before he can store or summon another weapon. Upon storing a weapon, Jacob may also summon another. So far, there seems to be no limit to the storage of weapons in Te Kage, but summoning them back again is another problem entirely. The weapons listed above are not the only ones he has found,but they are the only ones he has figured out the way to consistently summon them to his hand without misfire.

Focusing: Jacob uses Te Kage to focus his shadow and Black Magic abilities, increasing their effectiveness. This is a passive ability, and only is put in this area because if Jacob is somehow cut off from Te Kage, he loses this ability.

Atomic Boost: Once per battle, Jacob can revitalize his body through Te Kage by first using the gauntlet's power to weld atoms together in its fist, then harnessing the energy thus created. This ability resets all ability cooldowns, and leaves Jacob with energy to spare. However, this does NOT heal Jacob in any way, and takes a certain amount of energy to perform in the first place. Jacob must also have a full turn uninterrupted to perform the energy transfer. There is also a 1 in 10 chance (determined by Random Number Generator) that the energy will rapidly burn itself out without Jacob doing a thing. This ability may not be used while Wrapped in Shadows.

Spoiler: Shadow Abilities: 

Wrapped in Shadows: Jacob wraps himself in his shadows, causing him to become ethereal and not of this world, rendering him immune to physical damage completely, though he becomes more mune to magical attacks (this excludes magically enhanced weapons). This ability must be used before a few others in the Shadow section may be used. It takes a full enemy post for the shadows to completely wrap himself in shadows, in which he may still be attacked and the ability negated. Jacob may remain Wrapped in Shadows indefinitely. However, he cannot attack physically or magically in this state, being outside of the physical world. As soon as he steps out of this state, it will be three posts before he can use the ability again. This ability uses all of Jacob's shadows, making them unable to perform another duty until it is dropped.

Shadowwalk: While Wrapped in Shadows, Jacob may become invisible as long as he remains out of direct sunlight or Holy Light. Jacob is unable to be sensed, smelled, heard, or otherwise noticed while Shadowwalking. Useful for sneaking unnoticed behind an enemy and appearing out of being wrapped in shadows to attack. No recharge

Shadowjump: While Wrapped in Shadows, Jacob can perform a sort of teleportation that allows him to move instantaneously to any nearby shadowed area. Useable up to a mile. No recharge.

From the Shadows: An attack where Jacob uses one or more of his shadows to literally grab his opponent, attempting to pin him or her down. The shadows are earthbound, so only opponents that can be reached via the ground or something attached to it can be affected. The shadows wrap around the victim and pull down, each shadow pulling with about thirty pounds of weight. Shadows can move about 50 yards from Jacob before becoming weaker and thereby useless for this attack, even after they have attached to the victim. When attacking like this, the shadows become even darker than normal and become mune to non-Light magical attacks. It is also possible for Jacob to place a shadow onto one of his weapons (including the Chained Dagger), which act as a medium through which the shadow can attach to the opponent.

Spoiler: Black Magic: 

(These abilities drain a store of mana that marginally affect's Jacob's physical energy. Each ability drains an amount in proportion to the first spell's cost. In other words, Jacob can cast Lightning Bolt 20 times before draining his pool, and each other spell is based on that cost. Therefore, Jacob has 20 mana. Cooldown affects all magical abilities. (I.e. if one is on cooldown, no other magic in this category can be used.)

Lightning Strike: Jacob launches a blast of lightning at his opponent. It is magical lightning, which, upon contact, acts as if a electrical shock is actually going through the person, regardless of being grounded or airborne. It is guaranteed to cause muscle spasms for up to 10 seconds in a particularly small being, progressively less time for larger creatures. For a hit on the chest, it may cause paralyzation of the body for a few seconds. A hit on limbs might isolate the paralyzation to that limb, whereas a head-shot has the potential to knock the victim unconscious. The point of contact may also experience burns, particularly in clothing. Each single bolt costs 1 mana. The bolt travels at about 40 mph.

Flame Burst: Jacob sends out a sphere of fire from himself, catching anyone within 10 yards on fire. He can charge up to make the blast zone larger. Uses 2 mana for regular, 3 for charged. Instant use, or charge 1 post for 20 yard AoE. 1 post cooldown for charged.

Blizzard: A burst of icy wind shoots forth from Jacob in a cone. At max, it reaches a 20 foot area in front of him. The wind clocks in at about -30 degrees Fahrenheit and only strong enough to topple a lawn chair across a yard. 2 mana, cost must be charged for a post. No cooldown

Quake: After two posts charging, Jacob releases a large earthquake from his feet, causing the ground to heave under the enemy's feet, sending most people to their feet within a few hundred feet. Terrain greatly affects this ability. Sandy areas have little to no affect, and aerial or aquatic battlefields have no affect at all, obviously. Normally, though, the ground cracks a little. Uses 4 mana and has a single post cooldown.

Wind Blast: After post charging, Jacob releases a gale-force wind in front of him in a cone 8 feet wide at its apex. It is capable of knocking a normal human off their feet and back a few yards. Uses 3 mana and has no cooldown.

Defensive Force: Jacob may throw up a magical force that protects him from offensive projectiles. It is not impenetrable, but it is pretty damn sturdy. It covers his body and lasts a total of 3 seconds. Defensive Force costs 5 mana and a post worth of cooldown.

Other abilities/attributes:

Spoiler: Shadows 

While Jacob's shadows are out, they can tell him things about the environment and his opponent. Information on any single person is limited to the distance a shadow is from the target. At any distance more than 50 feet, Jacob may only know the target's race and extreme emotions. At less than 50, Jacob can pick up heart rate, most emotions, whether they are charging up magic (though not specifically what magic it is), and if they have a magical object with them. If the shadows touch the target (even if not under the effects of From the Shadows), Jacob can know so far as what the person is currently thinking (though only so basic as general thoughts), if there is any illness affecting the person, and how much energy they have left.

Shadows themselves are really souls of those that Jacob has killed that didn't want to continue into the afterlife. Jacob has taken them willingly into his service, and currently has 63 of them for his use. Under normal circumstances, these beings are completely invulnerable to every form of attack except for the purest of Light Magic aimed directly at them. Though they can speak to Jacob and each have an individual personality, they have no consciousness for a mind reader to see. Jacob appears to be more than one being, but trying to pick out the individual beings is a fruitless effort.

Jacob is a Shadow Demon, a being that possess above average (for humans) strength and physical/mental ability. Hardly superhuman, though, he makes up for it with his arsenal of weaponry and magical skill. Jacob is considered a master of wielding a single blade and is competent at making quick decisions, as he has lived most of his life relishing in combat. His body has the same limitations as a normal human body, though. He has a higher pain threshold than a normal human, though, able to, in theory, survive all of his bones breaking without passing out or feeling anything other than the actual pain. It's not that he doesn't FEEL it, he simply ignores it, which sometimes leads him to abusing his body's limitations. Jacob also is extremely competent at resisting mental attacks, such as mind manipulation, hypnosis, fear, etc. However, inciting his rage may lead him to attack wildly and without regard for his own life.

Personality: Jacob has a blunt, carefree personality, and he tends to be mellow around friends. Though his is a demon and a killer, he is capable of love and friendship, demonstrated by the fact that he has a wife and twin children. He tends to avoid violence, but won't ignore a fight if someone asks for it or offends him or his friends. He has a bloody side that he keeps in check since he has become a father, something else you will see in his BG. He is a wise guy, and pretty damn smart for his age, and he won't pass up joking around when the situation allows.

Background:

Spoiler: Its a VERY long background, but I've been working on it and adding to it ever since I began RPing with this character. I will remove it if necessary, but putting it in a spoiler was the best I could do for now 

Born in a remote mountainous area as a full blooded human, Jacob never knew his parents. Before he was even three years old, they were killed while out for a walk by a local gang. The reasons why are still uncertain, but it is speculated that Jacob’s parents were targeted by someone for their money. Jacob was left to die next to his parents’ bodies, a two-year-old infant not even aware that his parents were no more. However, to his great fortune, the murders were witnessed by a monk who lived nearby, who had also been out on a walk. He saved Jacob from the wilderness and took him back to his dojo, where Jacob grew up as his apprentice, among many others. Jacob was a prodigy to the martial arts, as well as nearly every weapon he laid his hands on. He was also taught basic magic by local wizards, and trained under the famous Vivi Orunitia in Black Magic, as well, when the mage stopped by the dojo for a few months. As soon as he was old enough to understand, Jacob was told the truth of his tutelage in the dojo, and why he was there. Jacob took it well outwardly, but he swore that he would have his revenge one day.
Eventually, Jacob came of age, and his master, Tai Shu, accepted him as a master of all the arts he could be taught. Jacob was given two swords that day, a katana named Kokuou Kotonashi and a ninjato named Kumori. Jacob took the swords and thanked his master for everything, then went to his room. Later that night, Tai Shu told him that he knew Jacob’s plan. He warned him of the danger in it, but didn’t stop him. Jacob left that night unknowing of how drastically his life was about to change…

For nearly a month, Jacob tracked the trail of the local gang, finding their hideouts, which were always vacated before he got there, and tracking down people who knew where they went next. He always found a way to force the truth out, and if that didn’t work, he moved on to the next supplier of information, conveniently disposing of the previous one beforehand. When the trail went cold by informants, he learned ways to track the gang like a wilderness explorer, picking up on their distinct scents and tracks, stalking them through the wilds and towns they passed through on their trek. Jacob focused so much on the trail, that he never noticed where the trail was heading, how it slowly turned around, and led him right back to where he had started. That is, until he burst through the brush one day to behold his old dojo, with the guards hung by the front gate.

Terrified, Jacob entered the dojo, looking around at the carnage that the gang had unleashed on his family. Men and women alike were dead or dying, beyond his ability to help, if he had even thought to help them. All he thought about was getting to the top floor, finding the gang before they killed any more. He threw open the top floor doors only in time to see the gang leader shove a sword straight through Tai Shu’s heart. His master, his mentor, father, and friend killed before his helpless eyes. With that, Jacob lost any thought processes left in him. He slaughtered them all. A full gang of more than fifty people butchered like livestock before one single man. When he was done, he took his two swords and licked the blade’s clean of blood, savoring the metallic taste as the dojo burned down around him.

He left then, heading nowhere. For only a day he walked before he was visited by his campfire by a demon lord. The demon had been watching him since that first night he left bent on revenge, watching as the man who used to be Jacob changed and was twisted by his desire to kill his parent’s killers. He had been there when that final blow was struck on Jacob’s shattered mind, his master’s death, which ground the shards of his consciousness into nothing. The demon lord ravished in Jacob’s bloodlust and offered him powers to allow him to be an even more merciless killing machine. For a price. No caring either way what happened, Jacob accepted the demon’s powers. And thus, Jacob Shu, the human, was turned into Jacob the Shade, shadow demon.

For exactly one whole year, Jacob was to go and kill for the demon lord, his own personal assassin. Jacob killed everyone from royalty to beggars, excluding no one that was on the contract. Sometimes, whole cities burned for one man’s mistake. Jacob never cared. It was his job. Through these killings, Jacob gained his impressive arsenal of shadows, growing more and more in tune with his new powers and slowly becoming more powerful. At the last minute of the year, the demon lord ordered Jacob to sign a new contract, binding the Shade into the lord’s servitude for life. Jacob just looked at the demon and skewered him where he stood, grinning as he did. It was then that Jacob took Te Kage, the Akuma Yaiba from the lord, and made it his own.

Since then, Jacob has wandered the worlds, killing only those who challenged him or did him wrong. He keeps to himself mostly, speaking to those that interest him, passing by those who don’t. No longer does he have a purpose beyond finding the best fighter he can, and beating him/her. Slowly, though, his behavior was changed by those he interacted with, and eventually he found himself making what the civilized called “friends” and even developing romantic interests. The most notable of his romances was Ramisha, a vampire-demon mix that had been in multiple failed relationships before him. Taking pity on her, he sought to simply befriend her and keep her from the suicide that might soon follow her depression. His interest in her soon changed into something more than friendship and before either of them knew it, Ramisha was pregnant.

After the normal nine months, she gave birth to twins Lydia and Lynk, each three-quarters demon and a quarter vampire. Having a son changed Jacob, and he knew that he now had an heir to his unholy powers. After a few years of training Lynk separately from Lydia, Jacob was satisfied that his son would be able to survive the coming of age that shadow demons supposedly went through. He knew his son would be more powerful than him since he was born a demon, unlike his father. Having that sliver of vampire in him didn’t change much. Knowing this, he made sure Lynk knew everything that he would be and already was. He was blunt, sugar-coating nothing. Lynk however, is another story entirely.

When the twins were merely six years of age, Jacob found himself in the company of another pure blooded demoness, named Colette. She was a master of seduction and had the body of a goddess, and Jacob found himself tempted. Trying to get his mind off of it, he challenged her to a spar, since she was obviously capable of putting up a fight. She accepted and they sparred. Jacob found himself acceptably challenged and was even more tempted so he began to fight as if he would kill her. He let himself fall into bloodlust. However, after a certain tempting move by Colette, he found he couldn’t control himself any longer and the two made love in the wilderness. Being demons, the two found themselves bonded in a way that was more physical than emotional, and they both sought the aid of the Demon King himself, Satan. Colette had a record with Lucifer and Jacob had to use his own wiles and strength to outmaneuver the Devil and get what they wanted from him.

Now, Jacob was faced with the problem of Ramisha. He still loved her, but now he had a tangible bond with another. Killing himself inside as it did, he faced her and his children together and told Ramisha that he had cheated on her and was leaving. With that, he did leave, and not long after, broke the bond with Colette and left it all behind. Lynk and Lydia were too young to understand it at that time, so later, Jacob returned to them, who had gone their own ways by then, and explained to each of them what had happened. Lydia didn’t take it well, but Lynk took it worse. Broken-hearted at the thought that the man he had idolized had been nothing but a whore and a liar, Lynk took it upon himself to challenge his father to a duel to the death. Jacob easily beat his son, but did not take his life, unable to do so when he had no reason for it, and obviously still loved him. Fleeing, Jacob resumed his wanderings. However, before he left completely, Jacob tore his own soul from his body and turned it into a shadow, giving it to his son as the first shadow Lynk would possess.

After a few more years, Jacob returned to the twins, the two having called him to them. They pleaded with him to return to Ramisha so that they could be a family again, mostly for Lydia’s sake. Ramisha still loved Jacob, and Lydia was feeling worse and worse about the tear that was forming between their family. Jacob refused, saying that some wounds never healed, and were never meant to. They pushed him, and eventually, Jacob broke, having been thinking a bit too much when he was alone in the wilderness. Taking Lynk’s girlfriend hostage, Jacob proceeded to draw his son into a trap. Using the rest of his shadows, Jacob linked himself to his son’s shadows and started to single out one in particular, his own soul that his son still had as a shadow. Using his mastery over the shadows, he made it seem like he tore his own soul apart, and extinguished his own life as he faded away before their eyes. In reality, though, he took the soul back to himself and vacated his physical body and returned to his demonic self that resided in another reality accessible only by demons in particular. Lynk, however, figured out what he had done and followed his father with Lydia again, again pleading with him to return. Regardless, the Shade stayed where he was and sent the twins home empty-handed again. After a few more months, he grew bored with his solitude and returned to the world in his original body, exploring the endless lands at his fingertips.

Recently, Jacob found himself reaching out to Ramisha again. He had found that he did still love her and they got back together again. Now they live together with Lydia, Lynk and his girlfriend Nila and Lynk's twin children, though Jacob still goes out on his travels when life in a house gets too suffocating. That is how Jacob found out about the Arena. Interest piqued, he entered, hoping to test his skills again after so long.

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Spoiler: One with the Wind 

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Spoiler: The Rotting Assassin 

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Spoiler: The Musical Enigma 

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[Jacogos]

Spoiler: The Bloody Monk 

Name: Uai (Pronounced Yoo-eye) Trakand

Age: 28 earth years

Gender: Female

Race: Yynglyng (Pronounced Ing-ling) - An endangered species of humanoid creatures, who practice the magical ways of violence. They take an almost monk-like approach to killing, which is why most of them are locked up in high security prisons. Yynglyngs are brought up to the age of 7 learning how to kill with their innate magical skills, then are set out to kill something worthy of praise with nothing but their magic. Huge bears, heavily armed escorts, a king, dragons, etc. are all good targets. Only after bringing the kill in do they go on to study their own form of magical killing. They revel in murder, take an almost religious method to it, including killing in sacrifice to their God. Usually the messier and slower the kill, the more praise it signifies. (In practice, they are basically the same thing as humans, only with differences in skin, mindset, and ability. Their physical prowess is slightly higher.)

Build: Slender, 6'0", 120 lbs.

Hair: Bleach Blonde, and small-of-the-back length

Eyes: Blood red, with cat-like retinas

Distinctive features: Pale, pale skin with a faint blue glow to it, covered in tribal ‘tattoos’ of the same blood red as her eyes. No two Yynglyng’s have the same pattern of tattoos.

Clothes: She wears none. Her species does not find sexual organs as ‘indecent’. This may be an advantage against male competitors.

Weapon(s): Uai carries no weapons, as her own body is a weapon in itself. She can kill a man within seconds if they let her to close. She is a well-trained martial artist, and doesn’t need to try too very hard to find a killing blow.

Abilities:
Spirit Control: Uai summons spirits of her God, Ionor, to aid her. The spirits can do one of two things, either or at any one time. She can send them to strike at her enemies, ripping and tearing, as well as distract them overall. On the other side, she can bring them around her to form a sort of shield against magical attacks, though a physical object or a person can get through with only a slight resistance. When attacking, the spirits act like a sort of maneuverable weapon, similar to a whip that Uai attacks with. It takes a post to call the spirits out and they can stay out for three posts before they return to Ionor and she has to call them out again. She manually return the spirits if she wishes to Ghost, and this takes up the offensive and defensive part of a post.

Ghosting: Uai created this form of phasing that allows her to become nearly ethereal, only partly existing in this world. She cannot move through solid objects completely, but she can stick her hand and arms though things, normally into people where she causes them great pain, if she doesn’t just rip out their organs. This also lessens damage from physical attacks like blades, projectiles, and hand-to-hand. It doesn’t take away the pain and damage entirely, though. Example: a full on cleaving cut from a blade would hurt like hell, but only a scar would be left in its place instead of her being cut in half. She cannot use her spirits or blood control while Ghosting. This does not affect magical attacks at all. It takes a post for the effect to settle completely, during which time she can still maneuver, but physical attacks will not be defended against. Dropping the Ghost form is instantaneous, but can't be used again for two posts. The form can be held indefinitely, but is almost useless for offense.

Blood Control: Uai’s favorite talent, formally known as Hemokenesis. If there is blood visible, whether fresh from an open wound or dried on an old cut, Uai can use it as a weapon or possibly defense, though its use in that aspect is quite limited. She can cause the blood to boil upon a person’s skin, or turn it into tiny needles and shoot it at them, or even use it to staunch her own blood flowing from a wound as well, preventing her from losing too much blood during battle. Uai must have complete concentration and an unobstructed line of sight to use this ability (This means blood under the skin cannot be controlled). Blood Control is usable at anytime it is ABLE to be used, restricted by the availability of blood on the field.

Other abilities/attributes: Yynglyng’s are trained from birth to resist the abilities of telepaths. Reading her mind or any other kind of mind manipulation is impossible unless in extreme conditions where she is caught off guard or weakened already.

Personality: As per her species, Uai is very violent, and likes to kill if she can. If she doesn’t get her way, she’ll attempt to kill you. If she feels you have wronged her, she’ll attempt to kill you. If you look a little too unappealing to her, she’ll attempt to kill you. If she suddenly feels her God needs a sacrifice, she will attempt to kill you. Getting a good picture yet? Beyond her violent streak, she’s not stupid. She knows when a fight is too much for her and when to back down and get out of the way. As far as a social life, she keeps to herself. Most view her ways as savage, and some are surprised she can speak on a college level, or at all.

Background: Uai grew up as a normal Yynglyng. On her seventh birthday, she was sent out as they all are, and she returned three days later with the head of a nearby city’s crime lord. Not to say she believes in justice, he was just a very heavily guarded target. Good pickings for a seven year old. Uai then proceeded to hone her skills in blood control, summoning, and ‘ghosting’, as she calls it. (More in the list of spells segment) After a few hundred sacrifices over the years for her God, Uai eventually picked a target too high on the importance list. A failed attempt at the life of the Practitioner was all they needed to put Uai in Nair, one of the highest security prisons in the universe, for good. However, with the aid of a few other prisoners with nowhere else to turn to, she escaped with them, and now returns to test her skills in violence once more.

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Spoiler: The Experiment 

Name: Subject Sigma
Age: One year since creation
Gender: Unknown
Race: Genetic Experiment
Build: Different for every opponent.
Hair: Different for every opponent, though usually a lighter shade.
Eyes:

Spoiler:  

Distinctive features: Subject Sigma always starts out every battle as an orb of light blue energy, almost appearing to be a humanoid fetus in a ball of light. One interesting thing to note is that the orb, though it seems to have no substance, is inscribed somehow with the capital Greek letter Sigma. Though every fight has Subject Sigma adapting in a different way and form, it almost always turns out with a sort of light blue pigment in its clothing and skin.

Clothes: Different for every opponent.

Weapon(s): Subject Sigma does not use weapons. However, it does have a sort of onboard computer built into it that allows it to scan its environment during the first few moments of the battle. This computer self-destructs after its use.

Abilities: Subject Sigma is designed to follow specific actions during the process of a fight (every post has a preordained action that will be taken, though there is some room for maneuvering so that Sigma may use each action to its advantage).

Spoiler: The List 

Post 1: As an opening action, Subject Sigma’s computer scans its surroundings. This does not include the opponent. After this information is gathered, the computer prepares Sigma for a certain style of evolution before self-destructing.

Post 2: As Sigma will no doubt still be in its first stage of evolution, the Experiment is designed to emit an electrical pulse for its first attack. This pulse usually does not leave Sigma’s body, though it is possible for it to be launched away from it.

Post 3: Subject Sigma is designed to implement a blast of fire to the best of its ability.

Post 4: Subject Sigma will take a pause between attacks on this turn, only resorting to a defensive matrix of pure energy if necessary. It knows that this would be the best time to decide how its next evolution should go.

Post 5: After the pause from before, Sigma now has enough energy to launch a beam of light energy. Of course, he could also use this light in other ways. The light could easily scorch a human at close range, or blind someone looking directly at the source.

Post 6: Sigma’s next move is to use a bundle of electrical energy however it pleases.

Post 7: The Experiment is forced to take the opponent’s most recent projectile against him/her. This includes energy, elemental, weapons, or even firearms.

Post 8: At this time, Sigma is almost always in its third form, and as such, it has gained access to an attack involving high-speed air. Usually, it goes out in a form of tornado or air that can cut through skin (Razor Wind).

Post 9: The next action Subject Sigma was designed to take is its body suddenly becoming extremely flexible, to the point where it could fold up into a cubic foot or stretching its body parts about as much as Mr. Fantastic. This does not necessarily make it as immune to damage as Fantastic is.

Post 10: This time Subject Sigma does not get an action, but its body produces three wisps of energy. These wisps are very versatile, but only effective for the duration of the post. What they can do is almost too long to effectively list in this sheet.

Post 11: Energy condenses for Subject Sigma in the form of a weapon. This weapon will usually be an indestructible melee weapon, or a projectile with unlimited uses/ammo (never a gun, though).

Post 12: Subject Sigma gains another blast of fire to use immediately, any ways it wants.

Post 13: Subject Sigma once again takes a pause, only allowed a defensive energy matrix.

Post 14: After the pause from the previous turn, the Experiment can now launch a beam of energy, strong enough to pierce through a human. It takes a moment to charge up, though.

Post 15: Without fail, Sigma changes into its fourth stage of evolution. In this stage, Subject Sigma is open to use any ability it has since the beginning of the battle, no matter what. This ability is recurring throughout the rest of the battle.

Post 20: If the battle is not over by now, Subject Sigma enters its Final Form, in which all of its powers are increased threefold in power. However, upon entering this form, it unleashes a shockwave of energy in a 360 degree arc around it. This shockwave paralyzes anything that catches a full blast of it, though it disperses against any solid obstacle. Subject Sigma cannot attack after the shockwave until the next post.

Other abilities/attributes:
As the battle proceeds, Subject Sigma goes through five stages of ‘evolution’ including the original stage. The first stage is the orb of energy/light with Greek letter Sigma inscribed on it. The next stage is usually small and child-like, normally lacking full control of its abilities, even though they are preordained to happen. Subject Sigma usually changes to this stage at the beginning of post 3. The third stage is an adolescent form which usually comes in around post 7 or 8. It has more control, more logical deductions for its moves, but can usually be driven to rash decisions. After Post 15, Subject Sigma enters Stage Four, which resembles an adult. It has complete control of its abilities and is almost completely adapted to the opponent’s tactics and abilities. The Final Form comes in to finish the battle at post 20. It symbolizes the wisdom gained in late adulthood/the senior years and it more powerful than all the other forms combined. It has perfected its battle style against the opponent down to mere centimeters of movement, even going so far as to almost predict what the opponent is going to do.

During stages one and two, Sigma has a limited ability of flight, as the first form is not developed to ‘stand’ and the second form kind of grows into that. The Final Form also floats, as a display of its sheer power.

The main idea behind Subject Sigma is that it is a learning experiment. As the battle progresses, Subject Sigma learns how to specifically counter the opponent’s style of fighting. This includes adapting its own battle style, body type, gender, weapon at Post 11, and personality throughout its evolutions. It gets smarter during the process of the battle, which makes it best to end the battle early.


Personality: Different for every opponent, though universally it is very blunt during the first and last stages, though naively so in the former.

Background: Subject Sigma is an experiment designed by an underground group in order to mass produce the perfect soldier. Their idea was to be able to grow the soldiers to learn everything they needed to know within a few hours of birth, and then be sent out then and there to war. Subject Sigma is specifically designed to test the learning factor of the soldiers. The scientists ran into a problem with the learning factor, as every time Subject Sigma was taught something, it began to age at a considerably faster rate than normal. Soon it aged into death and was somehow reborn, back as the ‘fetus’ it began as. However, with the death also died its memories of the previous life. In essence, the scientists had created a soldier that could fight a single battle and the start over brand new. Deciding that this opportunity was too good to pass up, the scientists decided to enter Subject Sigma into fights in a Grand Coliseum in order to study how it reacted to the different fighters it fought against. To this day, Subject Sigma fights who the scientists deem worthy to battle their prize experiment.

[Jacogos]

Spoiler: Being of Chaos 

Spoiler: Normal State 

Name: Djinn

Age: Current body has been alive for around 19 years. The spirit is nigh innumerable in age.

Gender: Current body is male. The spirit does not define to a gender.

Race: Possessed Human/Chaos Spirit

Build: Unnaturally thin and frail. He stands about 5’9” and weighs less than 100 pounds. Needless to say, there are places where his bones are prominent beneath his skin, as well as his face appearing gaunt and stretched.

Hair: His hair is flaming red, short, and spiky, akin to an Anime Protagonist. A person feels heat upon touching it, though nothing more than holding your hand close to a campfire.

Eyes: Empty white. These eyes have no irises, no pupils, nothing but the whites. This does not mean he cannot see, but it is an unnerving sight to normal humans.

Distinctive features: Besides the above, Djinn sometimes appears to have limbs/body parts that don't belong to normal humans. Nothing more than aesthetic, his arms can become bestial, mechanical, anything to the imagination. For a split moment, his entire being could appear to be a large lamp post. There is no rhyme or reason to what he looks like at the moment, and the description above is his standard appearance that he returns to most of the time.

Clothes: Usually, he wears dark brown rags that just barely play at decency. They cover his chest and groin and little else.

Weapon(s): Djinn has a single 8" dagger that he always wields despite what happens. Like his appearance, this dagger can change what it looks like, though it will always only act like a dagger. (i.e. even if it looks like a sword, it will only cut where the actual dagger part it. The rest will just dissolve away on contact with something other than him.) If the dagger is separated from him, he somehow manages to get it back by the next post, regardless of the events in question.

Abilities: Chaos State: Every post, Djinn is rolled a d10 (I will be rolling on a different site, not using RPA's roller, as it breaks after editing the post). If he rolls a 10, Djinn enters Chaos State and becomes much more powerful. The other numbers do nothing. This state is described below in its own Spoiler.

Chaos Flame: A burst of fire than can potentially be very powerful. When this ability is used, a d5 is rolled. The higher the number, the more powerful the fire. At 1, it is little more than a flicker of fire, enough to catch cloth alight, but no more. At 2, it is a less-than-worthy blaze, barely enough to be called a small "fireball". At 3, it comes into its own, becoming an actually dangerous fireball. At 4, he fire is a wave of flames, gushing forward from him in a cone. It can reach up to 10 feet away. At 5, the fire turns a darker tint and bursts out from him in all directions, engulfing everything within 20 feet in seconds. It burns much faster than normal and clings to objects like napalm. He can use Chaos Flame two turns in a row before he must rest a post. He may use it every other turn indefinitely. If level 5 fire is used two turns in a row, Djinn loses control for a post and flails about wildly, his skin burning from his own fire.

Other abilities/attributes: Djinn is possessed by a Chaos Spirit. The spirit is powerful enough to keep Djinn from dying through mundane means: vital organs are not kill shots and he cannot 'bleed out'. However, the body can be maimed enough to become useless. Considering how frail it is, this is much easier done than said. A decapitation is also still a kill shot. Magic is also much more effective against him, or sometimes not at all. When magic is used against him, a d5 is rolled. Unless he rolls a 5, the magic does twice its intended damage/effect. Otherwise, it does nothing at all. Djinn is also ambidextrous. These abilities stay throughout all 3 stages unless otherwise noted.

Personality: Djinn, as you've no doubt guessed, is a very unstable individual. Like his appearance, Djinn tends to cycle through personality quirks and thought processes, though there is no doubt that he tends to generally just be a raving lunatic with a passion for murdering things. His speech pattern has a tendency to be erratic and a lot louder than it needs to be.

Background: Djinn is the name of a Chaos Spirit that has inhabited the bodies of unwilling men and women since the dawn of its existence a really long fucking time ago. As the bodies it inhabits grow useless, it jumps to another nearby and imposes its will upon them, potentially inhabiting some rather powerful bodies. Djinn wanders the earth as a killing machine, using its erratic powers to spread blood and gore as far as it can. Djinn has no other reason for existing other than this. It is a being of Chaos, and there will be chaos. For without Chaos, could there be Order?

Spoiler: Chaos State 

Hair: Djinn's hair becomes a little bit longer and fiery-colored in this state. It also exudes more heat, akin to being near an open oven at around 400 degrees.

Eyes: A dark red pupil now inhabits the white of his eyes. That and his eyes become very bloodshot, lines of red webbing around his eyeball.

Distinctive features: His aesthetic changes become even more erratic, losing his normal form much more often and with a wider variety of objects he incorporates into his being.

Abilities: In Chaos State, Djinn gains access to many more abilities than normal. However, these abilities are triggered at random (chaotically, if you will). A d10 is rolled for every post in Chaos State. The number rolled determines his action, as noted by this list:

Spoiler: Chaos List 

If he rolls a 1, Djinn stops moving and takes whatever may be coming his way. He may take no other action.

If he rolls a 2, Djinn falls into a state of madness and flails about wildly, regardless of his distance from his opponent. If the opponent is close by, it's possible to harm him while Djinn is writhing.

If he rolls a 3, Djinn uses his Chaos Flame from his standard form on his opponent. The d5 roll is still in place.

If he rolls a 4, Djinn's body becomes living flame for this post. It is extinguished after his opponents "Reaction" stage.

If he rolls a 5, Djinn takes no action (though he can still React), instead taunting his opponent and playing around childishly.

If he rolls a 6, Djinn charges his opponent with no remorse and no regard for his self. With no magic available, he uses his body and dagger as his weapons.

If he rolls a 7, Djinn physically changes the environment around him, subject to the discretion of the Judge/Opponent.

If he rolls an 8, Djinn summons a torrent of fire around him, burning himself and anything else, too. If his opponent is not near when he does this attack, the torrent rushes towards his opponent, similar to a level 5 Chaos Flame, but controlled. It can engulf an area of about 10 square feet.

If he rolls a 9, Djinn restores his body to its "prime condition" (i.e. how it was at the beginning of the fight). This results in an automatic roll of 1 on the next post. If there was little to no damage to his body during the fight, then the additional rule is ignored. This "healing" takes place at the beginning of the post. If the opponent was attacking at their last post, Djinn still has to dodge or take damage this turn.

If he rolls a 10, Djinn reverts back to Normal State.

Chaos Incarnate: If Djinn is in Chaos State for two full turns, the roll rule changes slightly. Instead, a d20 is rolled. The 11-19 rolls are the same as the 1-9 rolls (1 = 11, 2 = 12, etc.) The only change is that if Djinn rolls a 20 in Chaos State, he ascends into Chaos Incarnate. This form is explained later. A roll 10 remains unchanged, and Djinn will revert to Normal State.

Other abilities/attributes: Djinn is quite a bit faster in this form and is capable of slight levitation (only inches off of the ground).

Personality: Djinn's voice takes on a darker tone, while still remaining erratic in his behavior.

Spoiler: Chaos Incarnate 

Hair: Djinn's hair grows long and wild, its flaming locks appearing to be tails flailing about erratically. The heat it exudes is nigh unbearable unless you are more than a few feet away.

Eyes: Djinn's eyes darken to a deep, nearly black red. Energy exudes from his eyes in the form of fire.

Abilities: Djinn is now an expert pyromancer, able to freely control fire in a dangerous and awe-inspiring manner.

Other abilities/attributes: Djinn is much more proficient with the dagger now. He is also capable of flight via levitation. Djinn remains in this state for two full posts. On the third post, he reverts, unable to do a thing as his body returns to Normal State. While Chaos Incarnate, Djinn's rule about magic changes. If Djinn rolls anything other than a 1, magic has no effect on him. Otherwise, magic does THREE times its normal damage/effect.