Valkyries: Warpath (Koti X P.K.) Rated M

[P.K.]

Rated M for blood, dark themes and other such things.

Its been years since the events of Nathan's and Bella's first Mission with the Valkyries as hellions. Something about the adventure bringing out more latent abilities in the druidic child forcing the the Valkyries to find someone who could handle the child's flourishing abilities and train her how to keep them in check. Fortunately They had connections with a friendly druid tribe somewhere in Canada and Bella was left in their capable hands. Leaving Nathan to train on his own under the care of the Valkyries.

And now years later, as the hellions have reached a new age in their development a tragedy struck their little family. The death of Connor. Father to Nathan and father figure to Bella. As the day of the Funeral draws near dark thoughts and sorrow swirl around the group and an unexpected member returns to join with the mourning.

What will this event bring? and what choices will be made?

[Koti~]

Name: Nathan Creedmore

Alias/Callsign: Nate

Gender: Male

[b]Race/Species:[b] Human

[Age (Real and apparent, if applicable): 19

Concept: Nathan is your typical teenage boy with atypical problems. He feels both at home with the Valkyries, yet not due to his birthright and sheltered upbringing. He became hardened while in the service of the Valkyries and has always tried to take the positive out if it all.

Appearance: Nathan stands at 4ft 9 inches, just under the average height for him, but weighs in 110 pounds, a decent portion of that being muscle. His hair is a dirty blonde with more brown focused at the roots. roots. His eyes are a silver green with a fleck of gold in the pupils, some which believe is from being an oracle. He only has one scar above his left eye from a training accident.

His usual attire is a simple black tee and jeans paired with a leather belt. Paired with this is a large satchel that connects to his belt for carrying around his knife and totems. He recently started wearing boots with steel toes and a camo jacket for working outside during the colder months.

UPDATE: Carrying the look of his father, Nate has grown into a more stocky built man, his round youth slowly being replaced by hard lines and training. He now stands at 5'8 and 178 lbs of mostly muscle. He keeps his hair short and clean cut, though has begun to grow a beard, just barely above a 5o'clock shadow along his jaw.

Personality: Nathan is a typical teenage boy, arrogant and knowing everything. He can be a pain and troublesome. Not one to be easily impressed and partially self entitled due to his heritage and importance of being the oracle.

In truth, this is just a shallow outer shell. Underneath the shallow facade, he's in truth scared and worried about the future. Unsure of his powers work and unable to yet control them makes him paranoid and nervous of the future. He wants to prove his strength and skill for Nathan, and show that he is a capable young man.

Very few have ever seen the past the normal facade, and those he's allowed to see have either seen him at his weakness, or have gained his trust. In all, he tries hard to come across as a normal teenage, despite living in a life completely different from that.

Power, Traits, and Abilities:

Oracle: Nathan is an oracle, which allows him to see beyond the veil and experience world dreams. This does cause him to experience nightmares and waking dreams as a result.

Expert Staff wielder: Nathan began training after his first few world dreams, as a way to help keep him calm. He has trained mostly with simple staffs, but has practiced with a lance and halberd. With his years of practice, he has become rather skilled at handling a staff, along with skills using batons

Novice marksman: Nathan has begun training with guns, in hopes of being useful to the other Valkyries. He has only trained with pistols for the most part.

Anima Strike: While not for fighting, Nate has learned this skill as a means to focus his powers. Focusing it into a sharp edge he is able to strike and chip away at objects, most of the time to impart an image upon inanimate objects.

Anima Project: As a means of defense, Nate has learned to project his abilities as a shield, protecting him from outside forces. He can also use this to project the anima he's stored into his sculptures. They usually take on the appearance of the object.

Sculpture: As a hobby and means to calm himself, Nate has taken up to carving wooden or clay figures, using as a way to calm and center himself. He has several pieces that he's carved over time, and usually has a few blocks on hand to carve.

Standard Loadout:
Swiss knife: As a birthday gift, Nate was gifted an authentic Swiss army knife which was blessed to help fight against other worldly beings. A gemstone is embedded into the casing to act as a focus for his anima.

Collapsible staff: A 5ft staff that can collapse down to a two foot staff and is made of a steel core and silver coating. The staff is runed for channeling his anima and help fight using his skills.

Half Staff: A new addition to his weapons, he carries around a metal staff that can separated and reconnect in the middle. The staff is a full 4ft in length when combined.

9mm pistol with laser sight https://www.pistolaccents.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/lassxd_viridian_green_laser_xd.jpg&maxx=300&maxy=0

Figurines: Made of either clay or wood, each figure has been made while using his anima to focus. He currently has 4 figures he uses for defensive and offensive measures. He can only use at most three before fatigue takes him.
Boar: a small boar figure posed in a charge to focus anima project at an opponent.
Lion: carved as an imposing figure to act as a deterrent and project back over a wide area.
Knight: a personal favorite, anima project turns it into a large wall that acts more as a shield against a single strike.
Eagle: Posed in flight, this he uses to send his own body flying from the point of use. He's still not proficient, but it has helped clear over 10ft in one push.
Snake: Poised in an intricate coil, this is designed to snare and hold opponents.


Background: Nathan was born amidst chaos and bloodshed. His mother, the Valkyrie member Aliya had given her life to deliver him even though she had been kidnapped by the Cult of Zosimos. He was told more about it than what he truly remembered, but it had been a heart wrenching moment. He was raised by several members, giving him a giant family, yet it still felt different. He was given the surname of Creedmore to protect him, but it only made him feel more locked into the castle than his freedom.

Connor was an amazing father and the people raising him was amazing for hearing of the world, but it also made him only feel how small the base was. He never minded as there was plenty that he could explore, but that was before he began to have the world dreams, allowing him both the visions of the outside world, but made him realize the base was just that much smaller.

It was during that time that he began training and how to harness the power of his anima. He pushed himself into the training in the hopes that he could get out of the base. He also used it to push the nightmares and waking dreams from his mind, as a means to give him purpose.

RP Sample: Nathan knew the path all too well. He had walked it often, and knew the guard routes, and the time change. It was just after one, and he couldn't sleep. Figuring a drink would be helpful to calm his nerves, he was sneaking his way down towards the kitchen, avoiding the guards that would be patrolling this hall. Looking in, he pulled out the flashlight and made it towards the fridge before the lights clicked on.

“On another late night drink?” A voice asked from behind, making the boy squeak and jump. He turned to face the bemused Alura, wearing her standard tech gear with her tail swinging freely. Nathan grumbled haughtily at being caught as he closed the door.

“Aren't you supposed to be patrolling the grounds right now?” Nathan asked grumpily, wondering if he had mistimed the moment she would be out. Alura chuckled as she moved towards the young boy, her boots clicking on the tiling. The thought that an eight year old would outsmart an elite task force that hunted those in the night was hilarious, but she would humor him.

“I'm actually running a bit late, had a favor to run for F.B before starting. Besides, you should be asleep right now.” Alura scolded him gently, a smile creeping on her face. He sunk some, a bit of a harrowed look to his face. She knew it well, despite him trying to pull it normally. He had woken from a nightmare, and one that wouldn't leave him alone. She knew those rather well.

“How about this, I'll let you join me on my first stroll if you keep it a secret that I was late?” Alura offered the young boy. She caught that quick moment of excitement, that twinkle in his eyes before the bratty boy returned. It was a game, but one she could play.

“I don't know… Connor may be upset to see you shirking your tasks like that…” Nate countered, drawing out his words with a smile.

“Aww, please? I'll let you hold my rifle while we do?” Alura bribed the boy, having already taken the clip out. The dilated pupils and wide eyes told her she won, before he turned his back on her. It was a deal they had made, to have him experience at least one night guard and get him out of the walls for a while.

“If I best.. I don't want F.B. mad that you were being lazy.” Nate spoke as if he wasn't interested in it at all, before hurriedly following after Alura as she led the way to the exit and towards the forest line for her normal walk.

[P.K.]

Name: Bella

Alias/Callsign: Trix

Gender: Female

Race/Species: Human Druid

Age: 19

Concept: Bella is a young girl who is adapting to a somewhat civilized life while retaining some of her feral quirks, but with in the ranks of the Valkyrie’s training to hone her existing abilities and developing abilities.

Appearance: Bella stands at a small stature of 3 and ¾ feet tall, though usually she is crouching or posed on all fours. She’s got short brown hair and heavily sun freckled skin and two bright green eyes, she has a variety of small scars that litter her body but most notably on her hands and feet.

Updated: Bella has filled out more as a young women, though she's not specifically endowed she's clearly a young women. Her once short brown hair has lightened into a dark honey brown and has grown out to her mid back with a single braid down the back decorated with small colorful stone beads. Her bright green eyes have a rim of brown around the pupil and flecks of blue. She stands roughly 5'3" with a light Lilith build just barely masking the muscle she'd acquired over the years and she has a tiny scar of three claws right behind her left ear.

Personality: Bella is usually a pretty happy child, filled with curiosity and little sense of preservation or fear, most things are a game or a simple matter of life or death. She’s rather desensitized to blood and gore and is willing to investigate anything and everything that moves, or doesn't. She’s got a limited attention span and is a bit of a mischief maker.

Updated: Bella has grown more quite, her usual mischievous nature appears a little more subtly now and she seems more serious. She's far more cautious but still doesn't seem to have the same sense of fear that others have. And has a far better attention span then she did as a child. She's slow to speak and even when she dose its in short quips and struggled sentences.

Powers, Traits, and Abilities:
Pickpocket - What more can you say? She's got the smooth moves of a thief.

Distraction - Bella makes a good distraction for anyone who needs time to prep a spell or a weapon.

Parkour and freerunning - Bella is extremely agile, steady on her feet and flexible as such she’s quite capable of leaping over large gaps, bouncing off walls and climbing the side of buildings, trees and cliffs.

Beast influencer - Bella is capable of influencing creatures around her, her influence is most notably effective on small animals but gradually her influence has increased to larger animals and seemingly not so normal creatures.

Fauna influencer - Bella is capable of influencing the plant life around her, though her influence here seems to be considerably less than on the beasts.

Mimic - Bella can Mimic the abilities of creatures she’s had contact with before. Such as Echo location of a bat, the sense of smell of a blood hound or the dark vision of night creatures. But she has to have had some time spent with said creature.

Shifting - Bella is capable of shifting into animals.

Standard Loadout: Bella really doesn't carry any weapons.

Background: Bella was around 10 when she was found in the wooded lands somewhere in California. Her skin was seemingly a dark brown and caked in mud, long tangled hair covered her small body and she growled like a wild beast. She was found feasting on a carcase with a couple of fox kits who didn’t seem to mind her presence but didn’t treat her as a siblings either. The kits retreated into their barrow leaving the feral child curiously observing the strangers that interrupted her meal.
First attempts to catch her failed, and while she didn’t seem afraid so didn’t hiss or growl, she did seem to tempt them and tease them like she was having fun with the idea of these strangers chasing her around.
Eventually with a little coaxing They managed to get her close enough that they could catch her. At first she was resistant but with a bit of food and a few interesting items to keep her bussy she was taken under the Valkeries care, she cleaned up rather nicely but most of her ratty hair had to go.
There was no hint to if she was abandoned in the woods or was the remnant of a people long lost. Surprising for being feral so long she adapted quickly to a more civilized living, though she has not fully lost her feral quirks and is a slow learner when it comes to language.
The only one Bella listens to 100% is Mamma Sigrid, she even likes to tempt fate messing with Creed and will hide behind Claude with stolen goods and or goodies. Sometimes she may present these stolen goods, or scavenged goodies to her family as a 'gift'.

RP Sample: Bella’s eyes narrowed and widened as she watched the little red dot travel over the floor. She was laying on the floor, mimicking the movements of a cat as closely as a human body could. The suppressed giggles and laughters of the spectators made her cock her head but her eyes didn’t move from the hovring red dot.

Like a flash she leaped forward slamming her hand onto the ground only for the dot to zoom away on the opposite direction and like a cat she dashed after it trying to catch it in her hands but it always seemed to elude her grasp. She red dot suddenly vanished and she spun around for a moment trying to figure out where it could have possibly gone.

“Alright, that’s enough of that.” a voice cut off hushed amusement as the men and women and entities took up an at the ready stance. Bella turned her bright green eyes falling on the little laser pen in one of the men’s hands. And while they were all facing the orcs direction she slipped over and snagged it from the man’s grip. "Hey!" He gasped reaching for the child but she evaded his grabbing hands much like the red dot had evaded her's and took up a position behind the Orc to investigate her newly acquired toy more closely.