Black
01-13-2012, 12:10 AM
Richards strengths are his weaknesses. Other than his lack of an ability to use magic Richards Hearing, Sight, and Smell can be used against him in order to disorient and daze him.
Name: Richard Godslayer
Age: 16,303
Gender: Male
Race: Elder Race
Build: Lean muscular body that is a side effect of the Elder Race and their war-like ways. He stands at a 6 foot even and weighs an average of 200 lbs.
Hair: Light brown stubble.
Eyes: Storm gray
Distinctive features: Gills that run along his rib-cage that connect to his lungs to allow him to breathe under water, webbed toes that allow him to swim faster.
Gray-tinted skin that provide resistance to massive amounts of heat (to an upwards of 600-700 degrees F) as well as retaining heat so he can survive the coldest temperatures on earth. They also allow him to survive high-pressure zones, allowing him to dive deeper than a human could without being crushed by the weight of the water.
Specialized lungs that allow him to breathe normally in thin-air that is common in the upper hemispheres.
Hawk eyes that allow him to cut through the darkness and see in lights and spectrum's unavailable to other races.
Pointed and slanted ears that allow him to hear in a spectrum closer to that of a dog than a human.
A upward slanted nose that allows him to smell things closer to that of a blood hound than that of a human.
Canine Teeth.
Clothes: Richard wears a tight fitting shirt that clings to his skin, it is smokey black with a gold collar and gold trimmings. The shirt is tucked into a pair of black smokey pants also trimmed with gold and held up by a golden sash that hangs down to Richards knee's. He wears no shoes but his feet are wrapped with tough leather.
Weapon(s): (Anything with an asterisk '*' by it is carried at all times by Richard. Anything without an asterisk '*' is an optional weapon he brings with him. I will specify when he has an extra weapon)
*Knife Brace- Twelve knives, six on each side of his rib cage. Held on by two straps that wrap around his shoulders and clamp around his back. The knives are double edged 6 inch blades, and perfectly balanced. They can be used for both close quarters combat as well as for throwing.
*Combat Gloves- Gloves specially designed to hold V shaped wedges of steel against the finger segments in-between first and second knuckles when you make a fist. The V shapes face point-away from the skin and behind the V is tough leather padding that allows the V shapes to be solid and do impact damage while protecting the users fingers. These gloves also have two metal spikes on the pointer finger and the middle fingers of both gloves. They are used to puncture skin when targeting pressure points.
*Combat/Climbing Claws- Inside the aforementioned combat gloves are three steel rods with curved tips that look like eagle beaks. These steel rods are inside specially designed tubes. When the tubes are squeezed the propel the hidden claws outward through hidden slits in the gloves. The claws slide through the cracks of the users fingers and extend 6 inches beyond his fist. The Combat gloves attach to the Combat Bracers in order to help conceal the claws without damaging the users wrists.
*Garrett wire /w Attachable Hook- Inside the cuff-links of Richards glove's are 50 feet of Garrett wire. At the end of each wire is a small 3-barbed collapsible hook. When Richard wishes to access the wire all he has to do is pull on the hooks. Then he pushed the hook up on its steel rod like an umbrella and a pin slides out to lock the extended hook in place. He can use it for climbing, stealth killing, hooking a weapon or person.
*Combat Shin Guards- Metal shin guards covered in a straight line of sharp 3 inch spikes. He uses these shin guards in conjunction with his deadly and rapid kicks.
*Combat Wrist Bracers- These wrist bracers are made of metal and leather. They help to contain the combat claws and they connect to the combat gloves in order to provide wrist protection from physical trauma and sharp objects. Additionally these bracers are covered in metal 1-inch spikes that are lethal when they connect with flesh. These bracers cover the forearm and lower-forearm, they also extend past the elbow point into 6 inch curved and pointed blades. Curved to flex around the arm to keep from cutting the user and pointed to penetrate Armour and sinew when the user elbows an enemy.
Hurricane- Hurricane was formerly carried by Kriss, Richard's Defeated foe and Slain lover. It is a Katana-like blade. Sleek and slim it is curved slightly backward. It is made in the traditional Japanese style of folding the steel in order to provide an indestructible and durable blade. The Katana is unique in that it can cut through other steel and other weapons because it can fight edge-on-edge. Any other blade fighting like that other than Damascus style knives would blunt, break, shatter, and sheer. Hurricane has a double-handed handle for powerful strokes with two hands but is light enough to be usable with one hand. Hurricane is more elegant and maneuverable when compared to Tempest.
Tempest- Tempest is also a Katana formerly owned by Kriss. However this was forged in the style of a No-Dachi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodachi) style of katana instead of the Tachi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachi) style of Katana. The Tempest is used more for offense and is weighted in order to deliver a more powerful sweep, arc, and strike than the Hurricane. The Tempest was also forged for edge-on-edge combat.
Thunder- A spear once held by his father, an used to kill his lover. Thunder is 7 feet long and has been re-crafted to be exactly the same as the magnificent weapon his father used before Richard broke it. It was named Thunder because when thrown the impact of force could be heard in the distance for a long way.
Lightning- A long-sword designed for use should Thunder be cleaved in half or shattered. It is crafted in a typical style with only one addition, a lightweight metal was used which allows Lightning to literally almost blur when swung by an extremely strong opponent. The edge of this blade was re-crafted several times, as if it's owner accidentally shattered the blade with the force of his swing. I guess, much like a lightning strike, it's uses are limited to the amount of energy used. It is named lightning because it can strike fast and strike hard, but is prone to exerting itself too much and shattering to the hilt.
Tsunami- A twin dagger to Tornado Tsunami was crafted with a watery blue blade. About 3 feet long this dagger is more like a sword in the hands of someone smaller, but in the hands of this particular Elder it is a sleek weapon of subtle destruction. Tsunami is the bigger, heavier, and longer of the two blades, and thus strikes with a lot more force, being made of a denser metal as well. It is named Tsunami because it strikes with the force of a tidal wave when used in conjunction with Tornado.
Tornado- Tornado is the smaller brother to Tsunami. It is made of a lighter material and the blade is a smokey gray. At 2.5 feet long it is a true dagger and can slip into all the small places a bigger sword just simply cannot reach. Named Tornado because of it's twin use with tsunami and the fact that Tornado is often a whirring mass of death.
Blizzard- *WIP*
Cyclone-*WIP*
Typhoon-*WIP*
Squall-*WIP*
Fire Storm-*WIP*
Whirl Wind-*WIP*
Dust Devil-*WIP*
Quake- Quake is a battle axe. The head of the axe weighs an astonishing 50 pounds and the hilt of the weapon extends for 5 and a half feet, making the total size of this massive weapon six and a half feet long. The blade is not a dual head, but a singular with a massive hammer on the opposite end for smashing and crashing.
Eruption- *WIP*
Fighting Style: Richard's relative age and survival as an Elder Race boasts of his unique and extensive fighting style and skill. He fights with an un-named style that combines un-armed combat with armed melee combat while additionally throwing in a unique and complex system of weapon disarmament, locks, throws, and rolls.
Richards particular style targets ligaments, pressure points, joints, blind spots and knockout strikes. This style is based around the movement and nature of water.
"Water is fluid, it conforms to all shapes and none. One minute it can be a circle, the next it can be a square. As such it is maneuverable, it can be many things at once while still retaining it's true self. It is soft, caressing, gentle and water gives life.
However water is capricious. It gives life one moment and deals death another. It's storms rage and batter down everything within it's path. No structure of man nor formation of earth can stand up to the raw fury and undulating persistence and presence of water. It may take a million, maybe even two million years to wither away a rock but it's goal is still accomplished. It's assault is relentless and unstoppable.
Each drop of water is unique, separate, a being a life unto itself. However it acts as a coordinated being, a sentient life. It has a mind of it's own and it is the strongest power in the universe above and below. Water is unstoppable.
You must be like water. You must flow, like water. When your enemy swings, you flow backward away from the water as if he were pushing you away. Then when his fist is past you act like water should act. You let gravity carry you forward into your opponents stance, slamming your body into his knocking him off balance, forcing him into defense. Then like water you must go still. You must be patient as the water that erodes the rock. Your opponent will attack again and come to you.
When he comes again, once again let yourself become water. Let yourself flow around him and through him. When he presents an opening strike. Be swift with the speed of a hurricane, be as strong as a summer typhoon. Overwhelm your opponent and flow through him. Water does not seek to inhabit the spot of it's opponent. It seeks to go through it's opponent, to a destination un-determined. Strike with the power of the ocean and all it's fury.
When you begin your assault do it with the ferocity of water, do it with the terrible beauty of the ocean and its fickle storms. When you strike bear all your anger unto your opponent. Flow through him, around him, above and below. Disorient him and draw him further off guard. Then do as water does and drown him beneath the onslaught of your assault. - Richard Godslayer
Abilities:
None. The Elder race cannot use magic of any kind. Magic itself is highly effective against an Elder Race so long as it isn't an elemental magic. Holy magic, Evil Magic, Arcane, illusionary, summoning, and other types of magic are highly effective.
Other abilities/attributes:*
Elemental Affinity- As an elder race Richard has subtle immunity to elemental magics. Water itself has no effect what-so-ever over Richard because of his natural affiliation to water. Richard can breathe it with a set of gills that run along his rib-cage. His skin makes him resistant to fire, as well as providing him with heat retention so he can survive cold temperatures and his skin additionally allows him to survive higher pressures than a human could, I.E. being capable of diving further than a human could under water. His feet are webbed. He has Hawk-sight, Canine hearing and smell, as well as taste. His teeth are sharper than usual.
In short he can breathe under water and dive deeper than a human could. He has heat-cold resistant skin. Webbed feet for faster swimming, and the traits of various animals.
Personality:
Richard has a level personality. He is not prone to outbursts of anger or fury. Instead he has a mentality of something more akin to a tree. He is methodical when he goes about his life and tasks. He doesn't rush when he doesn't need to and he makes sure something is done properly to the best of his ability and it's ability. Beyond that he can grow to love or hate someone in the usual ways any human could. Bring harm to his life and he will grow to hate. Bring joy to his life and he will grow to love. His animal nature additionally make his feelings towards people more permanent. If he were to grow to love someone his loyalty and love would be intense, unconditional, and hard to break. The same is true of disliking someone.
History:
Fated, as all Elder were, to do battle with the one they love the most Richard unfortunately won the battle. Having tried to kill himself he failed, and the one he loved the most gave her life to keep his, and forbade him from committing suicide.
Name: Richard Godslayer
Age: 16,303
Gender: Male
Race: Elder Race
Build: Lean muscular body that is a side effect of the Elder Race and their war-like ways. He stands at a 6 foot even and weighs an average of 200 lbs.
Hair: Light brown stubble.
Eyes: Storm gray
Distinctive features: Gills that run along his rib-cage that connect to his lungs to allow him to breathe under water, webbed toes that allow him to swim faster.
Gray-tinted skin that provide resistance to massive amounts of heat (to an upwards of 600-700 degrees F) as well as retaining heat so he can survive the coldest temperatures on earth. They also allow him to survive high-pressure zones, allowing him to dive deeper than a human could without being crushed by the weight of the water.
Specialized lungs that allow him to breathe normally in thin-air that is common in the upper hemispheres.
Hawk eyes that allow him to cut through the darkness and see in lights and spectrum's unavailable to other races.
Pointed and slanted ears that allow him to hear in a spectrum closer to that of a dog than a human.
A upward slanted nose that allows him to smell things closer to that of a blood hound than that of a human.
Canine Teeth.
Clothes: Richard wears a tight fitting shirt that clings to his skin, it is smokey black with a gold collar and gold trimmings. The shirt is tucked into a pair of black smokey pants also trimmed with gold and held up by a golden sash that hangs down to Richards knee's. He wears no shoes but his feet are wrapped with tough leather.
Weapon(s): (Anything with an asterisk '*' by it is carried at all times by Richard. Anything without an asterisk '*' is an optional weapon he brings with him. I will specify when he has an extra weapon)
*Knife Brace- Twelve knives, six on each side of his rib cage. Held on by two straps that wrap around his shoulders and clamp around his back. The knives are double edged 6 inch blades, and perfectly balanced. They can be used for both close quarters combat as well as for throwing.
*Combat Gloves- Gloves specially designed to hold V shaped wedges of steel against the finger segments in-between first and second knuckles when you make a fist. The V shapes face point-away from the skin and behind the V is tough leather padding that allows the V shapes to be solid and do impact damage while protecting the users fingers. These gloves also have two metal spikes on the pointer finger and the middle fingers of both gloves. They are used to puncture skin when targeting pressure points.
*Combat/Climbing Claws- Inside the aforementioned combat gloves are three steel rods with curved tips that look like eagle beaks. These steel rods are inside specially designed tubes. When the tubes are squeezed the propel the hidden claws outward through hidden slits in the gloves. The claws slide through the cracks of the users fingers and extend 6 inches beyond his fist. The Combat gloves attach to the Combat Bracers in order to help conceal the claws without damaging the users wrists.
*Garrett wire /w Attachable Hook- Inside the cuff-links of Richards glove's are 50 feet of Garrett wire. At the end of each wire is a small 3-barbed collapsible hook. When Richard wishes to access the wire all he has to do is pull on the hooks. Then he pushed the hook up on its steel rod like an umbrella and a pin slides out to lock the extended hook in place. He can use it for climbing, stealth killing, hooking a weapon or person.
*Combat Shin Guards- Metal shin guards covered in a straight line of sharp 3 inch spikes. He uses these shin guards in conjunction with his deadly and rapid kicks.
*Combat Wrist Bracers- These wrist bracers are made of metal and leather. They help to contain the combat claws and they connect to the combat gloves in order to provide wrist protection from physical trauma and sharp objects. Additionally these bracers are covered in metal 1-inch spikes that are lethal when they connect with flesh. These bracers cover the forearm and lower-forearm, they also extend past the elbow point into 6 inch curved and pointed blades. Curved to flex around the arm to keep from cutting the user and pointed to penetrate Armour and sinew when the user elbows an enemy.
Hurricane- Hurricane was formerly carried by Kriss, Richard's Defeated foe and Slain lover. It is a Katana-like blade. Sleek and slim it is curved slightly backward. It is made in the traditional Japanese style of folding the steel in order to provide an indestructible and durable blade. The Katana is unique in that it can cut through other steel and other weapons because it can fight edge-on-edge. Any other blade fighting like that other than Damascus style knives would blunt, break, shatter, and sheer. Hurricane has a double-handed handle for powerful strokes with two hands but is light enough to be usable with one hand. Hurricane is more elegant and maneuverable when compared to Tempest.
Tempest- Tempest is also a Katana formerly owned by Kriss. However this was forged in the style of a No-Dachi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodachi) style of katana instead of the Tachi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachi) style of Katana. The Tempest is used more for offense and is weighted in order to deliver a more powerful sweep, arc, and strike than the Hurricane. The Tempest was also forged for edge-on-edge combat.
Thunder- A spear once held by his father, an used to kill his lover. Thunder is 7 feet long and has been re-crafted to be exactly the same as the magnificent weapon his father used before Richard broke it. It was named Thunder because when thrown the impact of force could be heard in the distance for a long way.
Lightning- A long-sword designed for use should Thunder be cleaved in half or shattered. It is crafted in a typical style with only one addition, a lightweight metal was used which allows Lightning to literally almost blur when swung by an extremely strong opponent. The edge of this blade was re-crafted several times, as if it's owner accidentally shattered the blade with the force of his swing. I guess, much like a lightning strike, it's uses are limited to the amount of energy used. It is named lightning because it can strike fast and strike hard, but is prone to exerting itself too much and shattering to the hilt.
Tsunami- A twin dagger to Tornado Tsunami was crafted with a watery blue blade. About 3 feet long this dagger is more like a sword in the hands of someone smaller, but in the hands of this particular Elder it is a sleek weapon of subtle destruction. Tsunami is the bigger, heavier, and longer of the two blades, and thus strikes with a lot more force, being made of a denser metal as well. It is named Tsunami because it strikes with the force of a tidal wave when used in conjunction with Tornado.
Tornado- Tornado is the smaller brother to Tsunami. It is made of a lighter material and the blade is a smokey gray. At 2.5 feet long it is a true dagger and can slip into all the small places a bigger sword just simply cannot reach. Named Tornado because of it's twin use with tsunami and the fact that Tornado is often a whirring mass of death.
Blizzard- *WIP*
Cyclone-*WIP*
Typhoon-*WIP*
Squall-*WIP*
Fire Storm-*WIP*
Whirl Wind-*WIP*
Dust Devil-*WIP*
Quake- Quake is a battle axe. The head of the axe weighs an astonishing 50 pounds and the hilt of the weapon extends for 5 and a half feet, making the total size of this massive weapon six and a half feet long. The blade is not a dual head, but a singular with a massive hammer on the opposite end for smashing and crashing.
Eruption- *WIP*
Fighting Style: Richard's relative age and survival as an Elder Race boasts of his unique and extensive fighting style and skill. He fights with an un-named style that combines un-armed combat with armed melee combat while additionally throwing in a unique and complex system of weapon disarmament, locks, throws, and rolls.
Richards particular style targets ligaments, pressure points, joints, blind spots and knockout strikes. This style is based around the movement and nature of water.
"Water is fluid, it conforms to all shapes and none. One minute it can be a circle, the next it can be a square. As such it is maneuverable, it can be many things at once while still retaining it's true self. It is soft, caressing, gentle and water gives life.
However water is capricious. It gives life one moment and deals death another. It's storms rage and batter down everything within it's path. No structure of man nor formation of earth can stand up to the raw fury and undulating persistence and presence of water. It may take a million, maybe even two million years to wither away a rock but it's goal is still accomplished. It's assault is relentless and unstoppable.
Each drop of water is unique, separate, a being a life unto itself. However it acts as a coordinated being, a sentient life. It has a mind of it's own and it is the strongest power in the universe above and below. Water is unstoppable.
You must be like water. You must flow, like water. When your enemy swings, you flow backward away from the water as if he were pushing you away. Then when his fist is past you act like water should act. You let gravity carry you forward into your opponents stance, slamming your body into his knocking him off balance, forcing him into defense. Then like water you must go still. You must be patient as the water that erodes the rock. Your opponent will attack again and come to you.
When he comes again, once again let yourself become water. Let yourself flow around him and through him. When he presents an opening strike. Be swift with the speed of a hurricane, be as strong as a summer typhoon. Overwhelm your opponent and flow through him. Water does not seek to inhabit the spot of it's opponent. It seeks to go through it's opponent, to a destination un-determined. Strike with the power of the ocean and all it's fury.
When you begin your assault do it with the ferocity of water, do it with the terrible beauty of the ocean and its fickle storms. When you strike bear all your anger unto your opponent. Flow through him, around him, above and below. Disorient him and draw him further off guard. Then do as water does and drown him beneath the onslaught of your assault. - Richard Godslayer
Abilities:
None. The Elder race cannot use magic of any kind. Magic itself is highly effective against an Elder Race so long as it isn't an elemental magic. Holy magic, Evil Magic, Arcane, illusionary, summoning, and other types of magic are highly effective.
Other abilities/attributes:*
Elemental Affinity- As an elder race Richard has subtle immunity to elemental magics. Water itself has no effect what-so-ever over Richard because of his natural affiliation to water. Richard can breathe it with a set of gills that run along his rib-cage. His skin makes him resistant to fire, as well as providing him with heat retention so he can survive cold temperatures and his skin additionally allows him to survive higher pressures than a human could, I.E. being capable of diving further than a human could under water. His feet are webbed. He has Hawk-sight, Canine hearing and smell, as well as taste. His teeth are sharper than usual.
In short he can breathe under water and dive deeper than a human could. He has heat-cold resistant skin. Webbed feet for faster swimming, and the traits of various animals.
Personality:
Richard has a level personality. He is not prone to outbursts of anger or fury. Instead he has a mentality of something more akin to a tree. He is methodical when he goes about his life and tasks. He doesn't rush when he doesn't need to and he makes sure something is done properly to the best of his ability and it's ability. Beyond that he can grow to love or hate someone in the usual ways any human could. Bring harm to his life and he will grow to hate. Bring joy to his life and he will grow to love. His animal nature additionally make his feelings towards people more permanent. If he were to grow to love someone his loyalty and love would be intense, unconditional, and hard to break. The same is true of disliking someone.
History:
Fated, as all Elder were, to do battle with the one they love the most Richard unfortunately won the battle. Having tried to kill himself he failed, and the one he loved the most gave her life to keep his, and forbade him from committing suicide.