Post by BanRyou on Aug 14, 2007 20:24:10 GMT -5
Name: Reikou (Japanese for cold light)
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Race: Half-God
One of the rarer half-breeds, born when a god has a child with a human. Basically their just normal humans. The only difference is that they have enhanced abilities (strength, speed, etc.), greatly extended lifetimes, and abilities not normally found in humans. Although the god that sired them in greatly honored and respected, they are perhaps the most shunned of the half-breeds, even more so than hanyou.
Appearance:
Normal:
In his normal form, he appears as a human. His long, silvery white hair is the only visisble indication of his age. He wears a long, tattered cloak that covers most of his body, as well as leather armor on his upper body. He wears leather leg armor and boots, which is covered by steel armor that has dulled over the ages.
Transformed:
When Reikou transforms, his entire body changes. His hair becomes long and black, as do his nails which become more like claws. The cloak is replaced by black wings, six on each side. The leather and steel armor that covered him, transforms into black, winglike armor that seems to be made up of shadows. His sword also transforms, the blade becoming slimmer as well as turning a deep blue color.
Personality: To sum it up in three words, he’s darkness itself. He has no physical or emotional attachments, at least not anymore. He has only one opinion of love, happiness, sadness, and most other emotions. They are entirely useless, and they only succeed in weakening you. He either finds the emotional displays by what he calls “ignorant mortals” highly amusing, or highly disgusting. The only emotions he has are hate and rage, and he truly believes them to be the only ones able to make him stronger. He does have a sense of humor, although it’s very sadistic and twisted. It mostly stems from him slowly torturing someone. This torture is not merely physical, in fact it usually isn‘t. From his own experiences, he knows just how to injure someone in a way that is far more lasting than physical pain.
Powers:
Absorption- He can only use this on someone, or something, that has died. Once he has killed his enemy, or found an enemy that someone else has killed, he can absorb their energy. Once this is done he can take their power and use it to increase his own.
Increased abilities- His strength has increased far beyond the what it should be. Originally he was able to hold his own against most mid- level demons barehanded. However now, after having absorbed so many opponents, he is more than a match for all but the strongest of demons. His speed has also greatly increased beyond the norm, as well as his sight, hearing, and scenting.
The power of darkness- Basically he can control darkness. Naturally his powers are increased by a certain amount at night, and decreased by the same amount, if not moreso, during the day. During the tween hours of dawn and twilight, he loses his powers almost completely. He can control nearby shadows, as well as use the darkness to transport himself from one place to another. Other than that he can bend it to his will forming it into any shape, form, or size, and otherwise use it in any way that his twisted little mind sees fit.
Transformation: He can us the darkness to transform his body into a much stronger version of himself, his sword also transforms and becomes much stronger. In this form, all of his powers and abilities are greatly increased. In addition to his regular powers he gains the power of flight, and becomes surrounded by an aura of darkness that is nigh impenetrable. However this transformation uses vast amounts of power and is thus limited. During the daylight hours he can only maintiain this form for a maximum of three minutes. At night when his powers are stronger, he can maintain it for a maximum of 10 minutes. During the tween hours he is unable to transform at all.
Weapons:
Apocali- Originally just a normal sword, but it was tainted by a great deal of evil. It can control the shadows, however that’s about all. A holy seal has been placed upon it, locking it’s true power away from anyone without the slightest spark of light within in them.
History: Reikou was born in a land far to the west. He was born to the lands sole god and his human wife. For the most part he was entirely normal. His parents loved him, he had plenty of friends that he enjoyed playing with, and he was very intelligent. He even managed to beautiful young girl that he fell in love with. They married and a had children, twin daughters. Then one day while he was off hunting in the nearby forest, he noticed smoke in the distance. He hurried home and arrived just in time to see his wife being killed. From inside the burning house, he could hear his children’s cries of pain just before the flames engulfed them. In front of him stood so called “holy men” from the east, religious fanatics that denounced his father as the lands god. In a blind rage he attacked them, and slaughtered the lot in a near instance. He unconsciously enjoyed the act of tearing the life from their bodies, and it was in that instance that the darkness inside him began to creep forward. He went to his parents in hope that his father could resurrect his family, but he found the mighty ruler of that land distraught. Reikou’s mother was on the verge of death, and his father had come to a startling realization. While his family would eventually age and die, he was forced to live on to eternity. The darkness inside him began to sow it’s seed, and he convinced his father to give up his powers. That way he would be able to die and stay alongside his beloved wife. Once his father had completed this, Reikou killed them both. After that he left, traveling the world and slaying countless victims. However every so often he would be plagued by horrendous nightmares, and the more he killed, the more frequent and vivid they became. Eventually he reached an island to the far east, known as Japan. It was there that he encountered the demon known simply as the Inu no Taishou. His arrogance at the time led him to attack the demon, and he wound up being very nearly killed. However the evil that existed where his soul once was had become so great that it had formed into a separate being, and it wasn’t about to let itself die. It knew that it wasn’t yet strong enough to survive without it’s host, and so it dragged him back to the world of the living. After that he craved more power, and traveled to the very depths of hell in order to achieve it. He reached the lord of that realm and offered him his soul in exchange for the power he sought, as well as the eternal life that he as a half-breed lacked. The lord was impressed by the fact that he was the first to reach him and remain living, as well as the great darkness that filled him, therefore he accepted the offer and granted him power that most could only dream of. Yet it wasn’t enough, he found that he still craved more power. Upon reemerging in the world of the living, he went to see an extremely powerful demon sorcerer. He gave the demon the sword that he had first used to slay the holy men, and then everyone that he had killed since. He asked the demon to use his magic to make it a weapon of power. The power to control the shadows, to darken the land and cleave the souls of morals, and the power to make the three swords of the honorable ruler appear as if no more than sharpened sticks by comparison. The demon crafted the sword to these exact requests, and forged the most dangerous weapon the any of the realms had ever seen. Once his weapon was returned to him, he immediately slay the demon and absorbed his powers. However the sorcerer had known this would happen, and he was to have the last laugh. He had placed a holy seal on the sword, so that it’s true power would be forever locked away from anyone who could not see the light. This threw Reikou into a rage and he began to mercilessly slaughter the inhabitants of that land. His rampage didn’t last very long though, because in the first village he went to he encountered a being. It appeared to be man, but he couldn’t tell if it was man, demon, or living metal. He learned that the beings name, was Ryouken. A fierce battle ensued, one that raged on for days and left them both at the end of their ability to continue. It was through him that he learned of Athena and the others. They parted ways, and now he is determined to find and absorb every last one of the siblings.
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Race: Half-God
One of the rarer half-breeds, born when a god has a child with a human. Basically their just normal humans. The only difference is that they have enhanced abilities (strength, speed, etc.), greatly extended lifetimes, and abilities not normally found in humans. Although the god that sired them in greatly honored and respected, they are perhaps the most shunned of the half-breeds, even more so than hanyou.
Appearance:
Normal:
In his normal form, he appears as a human. His long, silvery white hair is the only visisble indication of his age. He wears a long, tattered cloak that covers most of his body, as well as leather armor on his upper body. He wears leather leg armor and boots, which is covered by steel armor that has dulled over the ages.
Transformed:
When Reikou transforms, his entire body changes. His hair becomes long and black, as do his nails which become more like claws. The cloak is replaced by black wings, six on each side. The leather and steel armor that covered him, transforms into black, winglike armor that seems to be made up of shadows. His sword also transforms, the blade becoming slimmer as well as turning a deep blue color.
Personality: To sum it up in three words, he’s darkness itself. He has no physical or emotional attachments, at least not anymore. He has only one opinion of love, happiness, sadness, and most other emotions. They are entirely useless, and they only succeed in weakening you. He either finds the emotional displays by what he calls “ignorant mortals” highly amusing, or highly disgusting. The only emotions he has are hate and rage, and he truly believes them to be the only ones able to make him stronger. He does have a sense of humor, although it’s very sadistic and twisted. It mostly stems from him slowly torturing someone. This torture is not merely physical, in fact it usually isn‘t. From his own experiences, he knows just how to injure someone in a way that is far more lasting than physical pain.
Powers:
Absorption- He can only use this on someone, or something, that has died. Once he has killed his enemy, or found an enemy that someone else has killed, he can absorb their energy. Once this is done he can take their power and use it to increase his own.
Increased abilities- His strength has increased far beyond the what it should be. Originally he was able to hold his own against most mid- level demons barehanded. However now, after having absorbed so many opponents, he is more than a match for all but the strongest of demons. His speed has also greatly increased beyond the norm, as well as his sight, hearing, and scenting.
The power of darkness- Basically he can control darkness. Naturally his powers are increased by a certain amount at night, and decreased by the same amount, if not moreso, during the day. During the tween hours of dawn and twilight, he loses his powers almost completely. He can control nearby shadows, as well as use the darkness to transport himself from one place to another. Other than that he can bend it to his will forming it into any shape, form, or size, and otherwise use it in any way that his twisted little mind sees fit.
Transformation: He can us the darkness to transform his body into a much stronger version of himself, his sword also transforms and becomes much stronger. In this form, all of his powers and abilities are greatly increased. In addition to his regular powers he gains the power of flight, and becomes surrounded by an aura of darkness that is nigh impenetrable. However this transformation uses vast amounts of power and is thus limited. During the daylight hours he can only maintiain this form for a maximum of three minutes. At night when his powers are stronger, he can maintain it for a maximum of 10 minutes. During the tween hours he is unable to transform at all.
Weapons:
Apocali- Originally just a normal sword, but it was tainted by a great deal of evil. It can control the shadows, however that’s about all. A holy seal has been placed upon it, locking it’s true power away from anyone without the slightest spark of light within in them.
History: Reikou was born in a land far to the west. He was born to the lands sole god and his human wife. For the most part he was entirely normal. His parents loved him, he had plenty of friends that he enjoyed playing with, and he was very intelligent. He even managed to beautiful young girl that he fell in love with. They married and a had children, twin daughters. Then one day while he was off hunting in the nearby forest, he noticed smoke in the distance. He hurried home and arrived just in time to see his wife being killed. From inside the burning house, he could hear his children’s cries of pain just before the flames engulfed them. In front of him stood so called “holy men” from the east, religious fanatics that denounced his father as the lands god. In a blind rage he attacked them, and slaughtered the lot in a near instance. He unconsciously enjoyed the act of tearing the life from their bodies, and it was in that instance that the darkness inside him began to creep forward. He went to his parents in hope that his father could resurrect his family, but he found the mighty ruler of that land distraught. Reikou’s mother was on the verge of death, and his father had come to a startling realization. While his family would eventually age and die, he was forced to live on to eternity. The darkness inside him began to sow it’s seed, and he convinced his father to give up his powers. That way he would be able to die and stay alongside his beloved wife. Once his father had completed this, Reikou killed them both. After that he left, traveling the world and slaying countless victims. However every so often he would be plagued by horrendous nightmares, and the more he killed, the more frequent and vivid they became. Eventually he reached an island to the far east, known as Japan. It was there that he encountered the demon known simply as the Inu no Taishou. His arrogance at the time led him to attack the demon, and he wound up being very nearly killed. However the evil that existed where his soul once was had become so great that it had formed into a separate being, and it wasn’t about to let itself die. It knew that it wasn’t yet strong enough to survive without it’s host, and so it dragged him back to the world of the living. After that he craved more power, and traveled to the very depths of hell in order to achieve it. He reached the lord of that realm and offered him his soul in exchange for the power he sought, as well as the eternal life that he as a half-breed lacked. The lord was impressed by the fact that he was the first to reach him and remain living, as well as the great darkness that filled him, therefore he accepted the offer and granted him power that most could only dream of. Yet it wasn’t enough, he found that he still craved more power. Upon reemerging in the world of the living, he went to see an extremely powerful demon sorcerer. He gave the demon the sword that he had first used to slay the holy men, and then everyone that he had killed since. He asked the demon to use his magic to make it a weapon of power. The power to control the shadows, to darken the land and cleave the souls of morals, and the power to make the three swords of the honorable ruler appear as if no more than sharpened sticks by comparison. The demon crafted the sword to these exact requests, and forged the most dangerous weapon the any of the realms had ever seen. Once his weapon was returned to him, he immediately slay the demon and absorbed his powers. However the sorcerer had known this would happen, and he was to have the last laugh. He had placed a holy seal on the sword, so that it’s true power would be forever locked away from anyone who could not see the light. This threw Reikou into a rage and he began to mercilessly slaughter the inhabitants of that land. His rampage didn’t last very long though, because in the first village he went to he encountered a being. It appeared to be man, but he couldn’t tell if it was man, demon, or living metal. He learned that the beings name, was Ryouken. A fierce battle ensued, one that raged on for days and left them both at the end of their ability to continue. It was through him that he learned of Athena and the others. They parted ways, and now he is determined to find and absorb every last one of the siblings.