Name: Blitz
Gender: Female
Personality: Evil, cunning, deppreresed, ignorant hidden in a fake happy disposition/
Appearance/Armor: Fish set, blue eyes and a Shinning ward. her here: http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/4zq8qhokmyhy3umwdal9qwy1f3pzzf08
Weapons: A Slag guard spear moddified to shoot bullets and flames but overheats/malfunctions/out of energy alot, falling back at the shock making shattersword.
Background/History: A buillied child who decided to get her own while being happy. She latter joined the reapers when they were in the same guild and terrorised people untill theygot kicked out of the guild then went their seperate ways.
Relations: Her squad, Reapers who like torrmenting others. Von Strom uses brute force, Enigma uses stratigey and bastion who uses his attitude. She tricks them by using her happy disguise.
'Twist' Degree: tricks fellow new members
Pets/Sidekicks:none
Expendability: anything you want with the character.
Embrace the Dark: ROLE CASTING [UPDATED FEB. 8, REOPENED, view character list for open slots]
where do you find and how do you edit your knights eye effects, and how do you make it so the lighting fades into the black background like that?
happy released a face pack. the eyes are on the other fourm.
the fade is a skybox.
thanks comrade
Name: Urrick
Gender: Male
Personality: Friendly, Polite, Feels a sense of responsibility for his team for whom he travels with, Calm when under pressure.
Tentative role: Demolitionist. Feel free to put him in any role (Main, Supportive, etc.) that you feel is best for him.
Appearance/Armor: Wears a Volcanic Demo Suit with a matching Bomb Bandolier, and a Volcanic Stranger Hat (If you can't come up with this, A Volcanic Demo helm is fine) with Heavy Glasses. His personal color is Vermillion. His shield is the Crest of Almire.
Weapons: Nitronome, Shivermist Buster, a modified Callahan that shoots explosive rounds which he refers to by the name "Kong" and a Leviathan Blade. He is rumored to carry a prototype bomb during every mission he embarks on for experimental purposes.
Background/History: Coming from a long line of demo knights who have proudly served a dangerous position, Urrick is quite handy when it comes to arming (and disarming) explosives of all kinds. His current line of work is that of a researcher, making new types of bombs to test on the various enemies and objects within the Clockworks. He is also said to be a decent swordsman and an excellent squad member, due to his personality.
Relations:
-Researchers: Fellow scientists that create unusual devices for other knights.
-Albert: Head of Urrick's research group. Likes to be referred to as Boss.
-Edward: Close friend. Edward was saved by Urrick during the fall of the Skylark and likes to talk with him whenever he isn't too busy.
"Twist" Degree: Urrick would never turn his back on his fellow knights... But he is cautious around infamous knights.
Pets/Sidekicks: Has none
Expendability: I would hate to see him die, but it is okay if he sustains a serious injury and gets carted off to the emergency room.
Name: Umbra
Gender: Male
Personality: Loner, pessimsitic, hates the Spiral Order, will kill knights on sight. Has a terrible history which no one knows, but perhaps thats because whoever comes into contact with him is usually found maimed and with a bit "X" carved with his Leviathan Blade...
Appearance: Elemental hood with heavy glasses, ash tail coat with pumpkin bomb bandolier, levi blade, and kilowatt pulsar, along with Wise Owlite shield. Colors are Blue and Dark Blue. His eyes are unusually black, as if there is no life left in him, but is being possessed by a terrible thing...
Background: At a young age, he joined the spiral order, but was constantly teased and bullied. One day, it got the better of him, and he sliced one of the bullies arms off. He was banished, and he dissapeared. Days later, a trail of mysterioys murders were accounted for, each victim with a "X" carved into their backs. He lives in the Clockworks, wiht his own little hiding spot in the Scarlet Hall.No one knows much, but i can tell you a bit: days after he was banished, a squad came into contact with the Swarm. the group was rescued, but they never fully recovered. of the 4 in the group, 1 of them died of shock, another was mortally injured, and died of blood loss, and the other two have to be kept in constant care. Many times, they are caught saying things like "dark knight" and "red eyes" and such. They wake up screaming at night a lot, and days later, both of them died of heartattacks too. the streak of murders started the day after.
Relations: before his banishment, he had a small love relation with someone, who never really payed him much attention. she was one of the first to be killed in the streak of brutal murders. his parents had passed away when he was little, and he had no siblings.
Pets: none, he is possesed by the Swarm. only pets he would have are Swarm infested monsters :D
Expendibility: i would like to keep him the way he is, infested and all that... but being injured or something, im cool.
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Happyapathy, I love this fanfic comic of yers. So I'm deciding to make a role playing character for ye. Hope ye like it. ^_^
Name: Artini
Gender: Male
Personality: Quiet, Soft-spoken, he has piercing green eyes that can sometimes make people uneasy if they dont know him. With people he doesn't know too well he keeps quiet. With people he's comfortable with he talks openly, sometimes not stopping to catch a breath. Thinks about situations before acting, accept sometimes in combat he can take rash and stubborn decisions.
Appearance/ Armor: Skolver Helm/Armor, his shield is his grey owlite shield.
Weapons: Divine Avenger and Callahan, also carries a gran faust. He calles his Gran Faust and Divine Avenger yin and yang.
History/Background: On the crash landing, Artini received a very bad bump on the head, receiving a massive gash on his head and causing him to forget everything about himself accept his name. On arriving at Haven Artini was lucky enough to be nursed back to good health and treated for head injuries. He still can't remember anything about himself. (good for some twist in the story eh? :P) Artini prefers to be by himself, training hard, and making new types of maneuvers to baffle his enemies. He met some friends in haven, two of them had sealed swords, and the four or them turned into a close knit family. On a journey to the Royal Jelly Palace, all of them died by the Jelly King's hand, er, gelatinous form?. Artini went into a rage. Now I'm sure everyone will agree with me when i say that taking on the Jelly King in only Wolver gear and a tempered calibur is not very smart, but Artini, as stubborn as an ox charged him and beat him off, buying him enough time to see to his friends. They were beyond help, so Artini took the two sealed swords in his hands and pledged to never forget them, and that he would forge these two blades in their memory. With tears in his eyes he escaped back to haven. It has been many months since the incident and now Artini, armed and ready, is patiently waiting for his calling.
Relations: as explained before, his only relations are dead...yeah....
Twist Degree: His memory is blank! blank canvas :D feel free to put in anything!
Pet/Sidekicks: N/A
Expendability: I would like it if he survived to the end. Some injuries would be nice too, but it you have to kill him thats fine by me. Just please dont make it like hes dead three seconds into it, that would really kill the who waiting for his calling and never forgetting his dead friends thing XP
@Happyapathy: My character (Soro) is definately a follower, someone who could easily play a minor role.
Name: Gospel
Gender: Male
(Preferably minor or supporting role)
Personality: Easy going and aloof. He is pretty lazy at most times and prefer others doing the job. But at times when his "breaktime" is ruined, he is sure to turn the tides around. As a knight quoted: "He is a genius by birth lazy by choice."
Beyond the sluggish appeal though, he believes on what is right and goes the extra mile to protect what he holds dear, even to the point of self sacrifice.
He has a belief that one can tell another's heart just by clashing blades. Finding the one that can handle the burden of the sword - that is his mission.
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/netmafiagospel/gospel2.png
Appearance/Armor: Blizzbreaker Armor. Royal Jelly Helm (w/o the crown) with a Divine plume. He also wears an Aegis
Weapons: Acheron. Blazebrand and Blizzbrand sheathed in the Aegis. Boltbrand sheathed as parrying blade.
He never uses gun or bomb, he plainly sucks on using those. Uses a unique quick-draw-fast-switching sword style from the arsenal on his left side.
When required, he can also offer another knight any of his swords.
History/Background: Annoyed that he lost his favorite set of swords after leaving the Skylark, He lost his interest to absolutely anything. Many of the knights that know him were astounded by this tantrum, but alas, they forced him to take on a new team. Now a bum, not one soul remembers that they are looking at the one they formerly called 'Saint of Swords'.
In this new expedition he finds someone, with a heart that can carry a thousand swords. One who can wield a saintly legacy.
Relations: if possible, a teacher/protector role to a main character.
'Twist' Degree: A shell of his former self, knights are always surprised when he starts to really get into the fray. And as his name resurfaces again, many swordmasters want to claim his nickname. Sadly, this puts his own comrades, his new team into danger. There are rumors, a knight who formerly had his title roams around the clockworks.
Expendability: Gospel, having "the skill of a god" has the least chance of being slain in battle. But as his former fame catches up on him, and more and more try to take both his title and his life, he is risking not only himself, but everyone around him.
Pets/Sidekicks: None.
(This is version 2 of my entry)
Name: Beta
Gender: male
personality: brutal, harsh, sarcastic, pessimistic, and a sore loser, but sometimes shows appreciation, and bursts of happiness, but vanishes as soon as it came on
appearance/armor: almirian set with com unit and parrying blade, BTB,crest of almire, Argent peacemaker, and voltedge
history/backround: Always boastful, Beta was always a noticeable knight in the order, but when the skylark crashed he lost more than his cool he lost his mind, after escaping the crash he fled and delved into the clockworks, but in his madness he met a mysterious knight that helped him and his sanity eventually returned and he found his way back to the order and became a squad leader , but the knight who helped him wasn't that lucky, on a mission to the core he was killed by an ambush at FSC. Ever since then Beta has been a shell of his former, always sarcastic and cold but maybe he just has to meet someone new?
relations: maybe a main character but if not a side character to another?
"twist degree": None
expandability: Whatever you see fit
EDIT: due to the fact that it was requested he not be insane I'm dropping the insanity bit but he still acts rude and harsh to everyone because of the incident also has a special hatred for vana and fsc
Let me suggest a character for the story. Whether you use him or not is totally up to you.
Character type: Minor/supporting, whichever role you could make my character fill. Preferably squad 1
Name: Avaren
Gender: Male
Personality: He is a friendly kind of person, he always takes the chance to speak with his squad and make good acquaintances with others, he is always ready to help anyone in need. He remains brave and loyal to his squad, even though he is lacking in training he would never abandon his squad in the face of danger. He can keep a cool head under pressure, but he will often rely on his superiors for battle-strategy as he is still something of a recruit. He would willingly risk himself if it meant the survival of his squad.
Appearance: Dons a solid Cobalt Helm and Armor. Has a Vitakit containing a few pills for emergency situations. His sword is worn on the back and his gun holstered on the left leg when either are not in use. Wears a mech-tenna on the right side of his helm. His personal color is light blue.
Weapons/Equipment: Carries a Tempered Calibur as his primary weapon. An Antigua handgun as a back-up and ranged weapon. Wears a Great Defender shield on his left arm. He is a better swordsman than gunner, but his aim is somewhat decent.
History/background: Born and raised on the knights' home-planet (whatever that place may be) he lived a fairly normal childhood. His father was a 4-star knight while his mother worked as a nurse in one of the many hospitals. When he was old enough, he followed his father's footsteps and joined the ranks of the Spiral Knights. He did not show any special skill, but had proven to be a great ally on the battlefield. He had fought in a few battles and had seen some good men lost, but he always managed to make it back alive.
When the Spiral Order unveiled their latest creation: The Skylark, and announced an expedition into the far reaches of space, Avaren was one of the few lucky soldiers sent along as an escort for the expedition team. The vast crew would soon find that the presence of the Military forces, and the Spiral Order would be indispensable.
When The Skylark crashed, Avaren was one of the many crew members who reached the pods and helped set-up their new colony with the help of The Strangers. Expeditions into the Clockworks became a weekly thing for the military forces on the colony as they desperately needed a power source to repair The Skylark. During this time, Avaren has been in the same squad and they had managed to keep each other alive, but nothing lasts forever.
Relations: His family was on-board The Skylark just like Avaren. His father is currently retired and both parents live inside a pod, within the home of a Stranger named Naru. He is also infatuated with a certain female knight (One of the female characters, preferably one of the good guys), but she does not know of it as Avaren almost never let it shows; he is afraid that he may be rejected due to his lack of skill and rank on the battlefield compared to her.
Twist-degree: I'd like my character to stay the way he is, but if something traumatizing happens (such as their squad leader or love-relation dying) then I'm pretty sure his personality would change.
Pets/Sidekicks: None whatsoever
Expendability: Although I would like my character to live for a good amount of time, you are the writer so I cannot control my character's fate. If you do make him die, please let him die for something (such as to save his squad).
Character name: Omega (Supporting role) (And by now you guys have probably noticed my liking to the greek/Phoenician alphabet)
personality: your average prankster Omega loves pranking his teammates by putting on trojan disguises, and put's love puppy costumes on red rovers, He is charismatic, out-there, awkward, and sometimes has rash mood swings that are anything from happy to down right maddening, also a computer genius.
Appearance/equips: Trojan disguise, but real armor is volcanic salamander set, furious flamberge, combuster,magma driver,heater shield, volcanic dragon wings, and a mini love puppy
history: one of the many surviving and sane knights that was on the skylark's crash, he eventually set himself as a high level scientist, but one night a failed experiment blew up right in his face, thus disfiguring his persona from a light and happy scientist, to a blood-thirsty savage knight, to an annoying prankster. Since spiral HQ saw his sudden mood changes they let him go into the clockworks for research, but also for the fact he's a complete madman on the battlefield.
Twist degree: His twists are random and varying like in his history his moods change so you should change his attitude for the occasion!
pets/ sidekicks: his pocket love puppy which he made in his lab, provides slow healing, and can be attached to any gremlin tech for almost instantaneous hacking.
expendability: As with my other characters I would want him not to die but if you have to kill him off, please kill him meaningfully? Also throughout the series can he provide new tech to the knights and also see some action in the clockworks? (Also make sure to prank the other knights good with him! :)
EDIT: Ok reducing insanity to just short bursts of happiness and/or rudeness and twitching
@Smashcraft
I actually would prefer it if you could come up with an alternative name to 'Bunny' for your character instead of leaving it to me
Second in Command (supporting role) - CONFIRMED
My choice of Darkbrady's Jael may come as a surprise but when I said serious and dark I wasn't implying evil or cold characters, maybe dark was a poor choice of words to describe what I was looking for, perhaps somber or, as he said, stoic would have been better.
@Darkbrady
That said, I'm going to ask for a if its okay to make some changes and take some liberties here:
1. Robida will not be in the squad, if I use him it would work better if she were someone who stayed in Haven doing a civilian role instead, you could also describe what you think she would look/be like and suggest what kind of work she would do
2. Take the "Will laugh a lot and appear to never take things seriously on an aesthetic level, but always does, he just doesn't show it" part of his character, I think stoic would be good enough. He has to be the kind of guy who'd be willing to take orders from a monster and be able to live with himself after
3. I need liberty on his weapons and especially his appearance as the one you gave would completely be out of place with the squad I want to put him in, I actually have a custom helm and possibly armor in mind and want to create a more proper 'military' kind of appearance rather then a wolver type character for this role, I will warn you that the image I have in mind will look nothing like you suggested.
For his weapons I would like to replace the pepperbox with a custom autogun-like weapon and change the swiftstrike shield for something a bit more 'solid' looking, I also would like to use a less showy sword then a troika type one.
If you are okay with these changes I will confirm his place in this role, otherwise I will reopen the role for another character.
So are you ready to tell us who made it then?
I have a chart going right now at the bottom of the OP, if a role is not filled then I haven't decided yet, its likely I will add characters as I need them, possibly even in the later parts of the story, nothing is set in stone yet.
Not to sound to (whats the word) bossy (?). but after reading what you want in your 1st leader seems to fit Rex pretty well, maybe take out his short temper tho? he has the open face helm (dragon scale), and generally just wants the best for his squad. idk seems like a good fit to me :P
I read it and I didn't quite think he fit for the leader for the first squad, if he does make it in I don't think I would play with his relation to his brother or the Alpha Squad much.
Right now the I actually am considering a rather surprising choice for the team 1 squad leader. I will inform the submitter later when I have a more solid decision.
That said Rex is a serious contender for the unconfirmed 3rd squad at the moment, if I do add them you may see him there.
Are my characters high contenders or am I out of the game? (Just like Nd I really don't want to sound bossy just really excited!)
Your first character sounded interesting but I can't find a place for him (yet?), your other two did sounded like they could be put in a minor or supporting roles but their background history has an awful lot of baggage (insanity, disfiguration, whatnot), without that they may be more appealing as a potentially insane person doesn't sound like a person you would want in a team and their issues are things I would rather not deal with in my story. Maybe you could try giving them less dramatic backgrounds.
Ok I get it maybe you could edit them so they fit in as supporting characters?
Name: Zale
Gender: Male
Personality: Hasty and cheerful. Despite his hastiness he will follow orders to the dot, if a little put off. He enjoys a good joke every once and a while.
Appearance/Armor: A jelly crown with some sort of light body armor like a Celestial Mantle or Chaos Cowl. He either uses an Omega Shield or a Quickstrike Buckler.
Weapons: A modified Striker (faster) and an Antigua (if you're fine with dual wielding that would be preferable).
History/Background: Originally a historian for the Spiral Order he grew up with a large fascination of history and time. He prefers everything to be really fast or really slow. When the Skylark crashed he was put to work on several teams as backup. He quickly dashed through the fields making short work of weakened enemies and giving basic medical aid to those who needed it. Out in the field he became obsessed with jellies (he thought they were cute) and pieced together a crown out of some mini-royals' crown shards his team had slain. He admires the wolvers and their speed and the lumbers and their turtling strength.Now he explores the clockworks out of his own willfulness to discover.
Relations: He's met a few people from the squads he was in previously and a few higher-ups from his previous job.
Twist Degree: Go nuts Happyapathy.
Pets/Sidekicks: None. Still loving timbers and wolvers though.
Expendibility: If you want.
I'm assuming with the description I gave, maybe a supporting or minor character. I'm fine with him being a leader if it fits though.
So do you have a pretty good idea on the characters? Like is the cast pretty much set? Or is there still room for more characters. Not to sound imposing or anything but did you like my character?
thanks!
Alright edited my other 2 characters so they aren't psycho anymore hope you can squeeze them in as support or side characters! Also maybe you could post the character lists?
Name: Gwilren
Gender: Male
Personality: Puts on a cheerful face and an optimistic attitude in times of low morale. Does whatever he can to help out his team and keep them going and often plays harmless jokes on them. Enjoys whistling complex and simple tunes at random moments and homemade cooking. Strong and determined warrior who always puts his friends and teammates' well-being first.
Appearance/Armor: Dark Grey Personal Color (Oh wait. There is none. Some shade of the basic greyscale would be neat though), Snarbolax Coat, Dragon Scale Helm, a large collection of others...
Weapons: Acheron, Glacius, Modified Valiance, Electron Vortex, a large collection of others...
History/Background: Has had a very troubled past and a large collection of scars in addition to his Arsenal. An experienced veteran who's seen many a comrade and leader die. Despite his past difficulties he has found the ability after much grief and pain, to still enjoy the simple pleasures in life and still have a caring heart for those he loves.
Relations: ?
'Twist' Degree: He's all yours.
Pets/Sidekicks: ?
Expendability: No one is truly immortal.
What do you think of my character so far? I'd like to know if you're going to use him, and if I should change a few details to make him fit better. I'm not rushing you or anything, I just wanted to hear your thoughts so far, either positive or negative.
Name, Rike
Gender, Female
Position: Bomber
Personality, Always fired up, energetic, impatient and a pyromaniac. Takes every opportunity to light things on fire (without a second thought). and doesn't consider things.
colour is orange.
Backstory: A fast rising confident knight rising up through the spiral order who finds her way into a high ranked squad, manages to get every other member of her squad injured. Then with her past "behind her" she gets picked for a small squad who needs a bomber, and doesn't even wonder why the squad put off picking her for the last 6 months. Your story resumes here.
Clothes: Fused demo helm, Blazebreak armor, Blazebreak shield, a dozen special issue firecrackers (have extra fire) and a deconstructor.
"Twist" 20 degrees, not a good player but still loyal, NO BACKSTABBING! also forgiving.
She has a small scuttlebot that hides in her hat, her deconstructor suggests she messes around with machines and well... she does.
Name: Auger
Gender: Male
Personality: Cold, unresponsive
Appearance/Armor Weapons: http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8011/auger.png
Experience: Auger is a demolitions expert, often he is tasked with opening sealed chambers and making exits when there is none available.
History/Background: Auger has seen countless failed missions, and from his experience he has learned comradery leads to failure on the battlefield. He is scarred and as such vows to do his service and nothing more, never again talking to a soul but always listening, following commands.
Relations: None
'Twist' Degree: None
Pets/Sidekicks: None
Expendability: Huge
Name: Twitch
Gender: Male
Personality: Summed up in one word? Insane... This knight, is most well-known for his moods. His emotions are a bit volatile but are almost always stuck on manic mode. Happy and extremely interactive. People constantly ask if there's an off-switch on him and his twitchiness.
Position: Supportive (don't see a lead for this poor guy)
Appearance: Personal Colour is a lime green (if possible), he wears what appears to be Mercurial Mail and an Arcane Salamander Mask. Shield is Brute Jelly.
Weapons: Cutter, Blast bomb, Electron Vortex, Cold Snap
Background/History: It all started with a dang quicksilver in his training. Twitch apparently wasn't always so... twitchy and insane. It was his first time in the Ironclaw Munitions Factory... his group came upon a quicksilver the size of a Giant Lichen Colony. It sprouted spines up from the ground and shocked his whole team... he survived... but something in his brain seemed to just fry. Next thing he remembered was waking up in the hospital with a new quicksilver mail strapped up to him.
He is the first guy you'd go to if you want something hotwired for the Spiral Order. His major specialty is gun puppies.. Most of the Ironclaw Munitions Factory is Twitch's playground, he's always going with parties to be the 'switch-man', always first to be out and about in the 'death machine' as some called it. Never looked at the Twins as enemies, just really fun playtoys. Even made them misfire their lasers on each other once.
Twitch always enjoys a laugh, in fact, he likes laughing so much, he does it when the party is in danger. His twitchiness has contributed to many strange feats of dexterity and agility, and has made him well-known for being a trap-disarmer. Just don't expect him to be fun and games when he sees quicksilvers... he demands payback and apparently could always use some additional material for his Mercurial Mail.
Shockingly enough, Twitch decided to officially sign on as both a Medic and support bomber. He doesn't see guns as useful enough, he'd rather pull in his enemies nice and close and then slash combos off into them and blast them within a hand tossing range. Twitch seems to like playing 'dodge projectile' a little often for his own good and will likely want others to play with him. He's been known for playfully reprogramming gun puppies for dodgeball, and attack spamming when surprised or pressed against a wall... Luckily for the spiral order... he's never hurt another knight beyond a broken limb or two. Which is somewhat why he's become a medic... people made it mandatory that he knows exactly how to fix knights up when a gun puppy fiasco broke multitudes of 'bones' in more than 20 knights.
Rivals: Anything Quicksilver or Mecha Knight must be destroyed
Relations: He has a collection of random 'toys' he's 'reprogrammed for the spiral order'. Most of them are Scuttlebots that seem to have Love puppy qualities and gun puppies that maintain his household as a security detail.
His relationship with other knights seems to be a uniform: Crazy friend-ish guy.... may as well be a red-headed stepchild.
Twist Factor: If you want he can become king of the quicksilvers... I don't mind twists long as they don't go the full 180 degrees. (You got enough moodies in here) Leave it around 150?
Pets/Sidekicks: Love Scuttlebot (if possible) Love puppified scuttlebot that won't shoot a single bullet. Just follow Twitch around and bark occasionally. Many still don't know what he's around for.
Expendability: Make it fun.
@Happy
Okay cool ^_^
I'm looking forward to seeing how the story plays out. I also have one question tho, will the whole story be played out in that 1st person type view, or was that just for the preview?
No it won't be done in first person view, that was a pain actually :P
Ah okay, I figured it wouldn't, and was a pain :P. my guess was you had to add all of that HUD stuff yourself in photoshop or gimp or whatever you use XD
Character name updated as per request.
@Varsian
I like the personality of your character, but he sounds like a loner type and I did mention there is likely to be little room for the solo-type characters, at this point I'm looking more for team players but that may change in the future.
Supporting Role (Medic): CONFIRMED
@Smashcraft
Your character is confirmed, though I think her pet will be a 'stay at home' type, I may switch out one of her weapons for a custom one, plus I'm giving her a cautery sword as well as the two guns.
Minor role: CONFIRMED
@Tovvok
Your character Auger is actually almost perfect for a minor role in the second squad, I would like to ask though if it would be okay to change his color to blue and change up his weapons (the gray Callahan will stay though). Don't expect him to talk too much, he doesn't sound like the chatty type anyways. Tell me if your okay with these and I will confirm his role.
Supporting Role (Second in Command): CONFIRMED
@Angelonmy
I quite like this guy as the old-soldier second in command type for the first squad, I will ask though if its okay if I change his gear to an Ancient Plate Mail set and give him a 5* troika type weapon. Tell me if you are okay with these changes and I will confirm your character.
Main Role (Team Leader): CONFIRMED
@Azure-Orbit
Surprise :D! I wanted at least to have one definite 'good guy' in this story who is dependable and is not likely to be badly hampered by his/her background, the character Avaren you gave resonates that very well in your description and even the name is appealing for a main character to me, before I can confirm the role there are a few changes I would like to ask permission to do:
- removing the "even though he is lacking in training" and "but he will often rely on his superiors for battle-strategy as he is still something of a recruit", for one thing that's not leadership material, I would rather he be confident in his abilities and judgement, it also doesn't go with the background you gave which makes it sound like he has gotten plenty of experience more then anything :P.
- also remove "During this time, Avaren has been in the same squad and they had managed to keep each other alive, but nothing lasts forever." If he is a squad leader he probably has seen a number of friends and people under his command die, the fact that he still keeps going is a testament to his personality
- remove the infatuation part from his relations, he may grow close to someone over the course of the story so I want this kind of relationship open
- I need great liberty with his appearance, I intend for him to remain as a mainly swordsman type but I would like to give him a custom Nameless-like hat if that's okay, and a different set of armor (non-gunslinger) that matches well with it, an Antigua also sounds a bit underpowered for him too so I would like to switch it out for something a bit bigger.
- Been a main character I expect him to be heavily customized so I'm considering giving him either two dual-wielded custom Ascended Caliburs or one custom Leviathan Blade, which one would you prefer? Regardless of which I have a customized, Great-Defender like shield in mind.
All together the core of your character is mostly the same but with more experience and confidence, what I really need here is permission to do an almost total overhaul of his appearance. If you are okay with these changes then I will confirm your character's role, otherwise I will reopen the role for others.
@Happyapathy: Is Soro acceptable for a minor or supporting role? I just want to know if there is anythng I can change about him to get him in. :)
@Isisdelltion
I don't see him appearing in these first two chapters, he may come later on if needed.
@Xairathian
I would like to fit your character Critias in but he doesn't seem to be the type to give orders due to his lack of confidence, but at the same time he doesn't feel like he should a subordinate to someone, which is he? Also what is your position on expendability for Torus?
@Everyone
The third squad is likely to be in, so keep your eyes on the roles there, don't forget this is early in the story so if your character doesn't get in there it is likely there will be chances in the future still.
@Happyapathy Your changes are all welcomed. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Best of luck.
Yea the name auger actually comes from a type of drill that's where i came up with the idea for his expertise!
I have no quarrel with changing anything on the character, whatever feels most fit for you I figured you needed more simplified roles so I've altered my approach on this guy. So yea go ahead and change his color, weapon and anything else you see fit.
The only talking I ever expected of this character was a simple yes sir here and there
Name: Rosco Barns "Silk Finger"
Gender: Male
Personality: Arrogant, Confident, pompous
Appearance/Armor and Weapons: http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6996/silkfingerroscobarns.png | http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5323/silkfingerroscobarns2.png
History/Background: Once a legendary gunman and idol to many other members of the spiral order, silk finger had a falling out where he succumbed to lesser deeds (alcohal and adultry) and after an investigation was stripped of his position and forced to serve under another officer in a novice squad.
Relations: Everybody knows him, yet he has no close friends.
'Twist' Degree: none
Pets/Sidekicks: none
Expendability: Super High
Do you have any other concerns about my characters? And have you placed my characters yet? (please be a main role.....)
Try actually editing their backgrounds instead of just adding a little edit note at the bottom and I'll see, just keep in mind that I did say not everyone will get their character(s) in.
Due to Critias' nature, he's the 'loner subordinate'. He'll willingly go with the group, but at the same time he'll be more likely to defy orders. The only time he actually *gives* orders is if he/his squad/his friends are in danger, in which he'll go into total overdrive (aka, like that ambush scene in the prologue: that's a situation he'd give orders in).
As for Torus, his expendability on a scale of 10 (1 being OMG MUST KEEP and 10 being 'Injury every 10 seconds!), would be a 6.
If you want i can change the loner part, i said he was quiet, i guess tht implied tht hes a loner, but tht can change sorta lol
@Happyapathy: Just curious (and since several others are doing it), but what are the chances of my characters getting in? Anything I can do to increase those chances?
Name: Ian
Gender: Male
Personality: Serious (sometimes even grim), stoic, focused, well-prepared.
Appearance/Armor: Aquamarine* as personal colour, Nameless Hat, Nameless Poncho but without revolver barrels, scarf. Some large backpack.
*unless you can magic up olive/hunter green.
Weapons: Callahan and Umbra Driver. Probably some Sleeping guns/bombs vs beasts. Generally gear that stuns and discourage beasts and slimes rather then do serious harm. Actually he may have lots of useful gear in his backpack: jugs for collecting samples, device for recording waves emitted by lichens, and so on.
History/Background: Biotech and expert about anatomy and habits of all organic beings out there (Beasts and Slimes). Working a lot as field researcher he's not afraid of getting his hands dirty and has lots of practical knowledge and survival skills. At the first glance looks rather like huntsman then typical egg head. He knows lots of tricks when it comes to deceiving beasts and slimes. In wolver's dens and lichenous lairs feels like at home - he knows how to find hearts in shrubs... er.. I mean prepare herbal medicine and so on. Actually his house-pod smells like wolver and is rather slimy, but as you may guess, he's not very sociable and doesn't care really. He opposed mindless extermination of beasts and slimes, but he's not ecological fanatic or sentimental tree-hugger. He strongly believes that knowledge about beasts and slimes may help knights to avoid battling with them and focus on their real enemies - gremlins with their army of constructs and unearthly creatures of evilness like fiends or undead. He respects beasts but knights are those who he really cares about.
If you've watched The Troll Hunter think about someone like Hans the trollhunter.
His knowledge and experience is not of much use against constructs or undead. He will stay cool and does his best though.
Relations: up to you
'Twist' Degree: moderate
Pets/Sidekicks: up to you, but I don't think so
Expendability: I'm ok if he dies. Sort of ok ;-)
justs to clarify hes not a loner, he likes to be around people. Actually i modeled his personality after myself :P. Basically, he is really quiet, but wants to be around people, when he IS around people he sorta just spews out what hes thinking. I don't think that was put across haha, so he is not really a solo kind of guy, just wanted to clarify.
Name: Xevis (Pronounced, Zevis)
Gender: Male
Personality: Silent and cold, Xevis is almost completely mute. But would risk anything to help a fellow knight.
Appearance: Dusker Set, Heavy Plate Shield.
Weapons: 2 Autoguns, Jalovec. Also a Freezy Vaporizer Mk II. (Refers as, "Mist")
Bio: Ridiculed and beaten as a recruit, his used to be bright personality snapped under the pressure. He now will do his best to stray away from other knights.
Relations: None at all, except for a "thing" he wants to find, referring to it as IT.
Pets/Sidekicks: Screw Sidekicks, I got FRONT kicks!
Expandability: Injuries? Ok. Death? Make it epic.
"Twist" limit: No got one. Twist it as much as you like.
Misc: Rumors say he trapped the his happy personality in the recesses of the Shield.
Frostrex isn't accepted?
this is the 101 comment trololol!
This is my idea for: Squad 2 ??? - Second in Command (Supporting)
Portrait:
> http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7t4llBkf1r4umhbo1_1280....
Name: The Fallen
Gender: Male
Personality: Void of emotion, Vigilante, Loyal, Focused, Curious (to the extent where he doesn't know standard protocal/operations like other knights, things that would seem second nature to some are confusing to him)
Appearance/Armor: The crown of the fallen with a dusky maedate and sinister skelly suit
Weapons: Gran Faust, Sentenza
History/Background: Nobody really knows his history not even he does he was found wandering the clockworks with an absent look on his face muttering to himself "I've Fallen, I've Fallen."
Relations: He can't really relate to anyone, he can't remember anything of his past!
'Twist' Degree: remembers who he once was and turns on his squad
Pets/Sidekicks: He doesn't have a pet or companion though he does carry a small idol (mini totem or statue) as the only memento of his past existence
> http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4654/idoly.png
Expendability: Would love to see him survive to discover what he once was, if you have no intention then he is of the average expendability (if and when he should die though I would note the coolness factor of him clutching his totem while lying there dead)
Profile images:
> http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4292/77329469.png
> http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3060/70061281.png
> http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7136/33267021.png
> http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/5154/97850509.png
He doesn't have his maedate in any of his profile shots because when I went back to make them I forgot okay!