Post by Ninmast on Jul 17, 2007 22:09:18 GMT -5
Name: James Anaki
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Alter-User
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Power Level: Varies (See Powers)
Timeline: Modern/Near Future
Appearance: A young man with gunmetal grey/blue hair. He's not built large, but he definitely has a solid development from years of growing up in third-world conditions. Apparently his only set of clothes, he is always wearing bleached-white jeans, a dark-blue t-shirt and a bleached-white jeans jacket.
Personality: A wild child who for the most part, does what he wants, or gives the impression of it. In truth, he's naturally protective of others, despite giving an impression that he can be bought with the right amount of cash.
History: Growing up in the Lost Grounds is hard enough if you're a normal person, trying to scrape by, though there's a great deal of teamwork amongst existing communities. Still, there's always drifters that move around and never settle down in one of the primitive villages. James was born to some of these, and drifted with them until he was old enough to go another direction.
Of course, he had an added difficulty. Some view it as a curse, some view it as a blessing. James views it as an opportunity. As an alter-user, he has access to powers normal humans could only dream of, but that also means that there are organizations that hunt him, either to destroy him or capture him. Mainly, HOLD and its elite group of refined alter-users that form HOLY. He fears HOLY and its power and avoids it if at all possible.
For a long time, he was content with his lot in life, or at least willing to make the best of it. That is, until a strange alter-user interrupted one of his missions. Bearing glowing blonde hair and shining blue eyes, she was an incredible sight to behold as her harmonious alter made her appear Angelic, with great, transparent wings and a glowing blade.
But her appearance, slamming through the ceiling to crash into the midsts of the complex he had been infiltrating, not only ruined his cover, but allowed his target to escape. He realized as he watched her look around, almost like she was pinpointing where she was, that she was probably there to steal his job. They were hard enough to come by without the competition.
He attacked her in a rage, but as she turned toward him, she batted him away as if he were a mere child, and he crashed against the wall with more force than he thought possible. When he climbed out of the rubble, she was gone and the job was lost.
He swore he'd become stronger, whatever the cost, and he'd hunt her down. And when he found the alter-user from that night, he'd get even.
He'd kill the angel.
Powers: James' alter is a harmonious one, meaning it alters parts of his body and manifests it in that manner, rather than simply manifesting outside of his body. Each form is progressively more powerful, and increases by half a power level with each new form he achieves. For instance, his human form may start at High-tier Low, but by the time he unlocks Level 6, his power level when untransformed will be High-tier Medium. In addition, if he can concentrate, he can actually recover some alter energy by absorbing the energy from others, particularly if someone else's manifestation has had something broken off. This allows him to replenish some of his uses of his techniques. In the case of Form 6, this recharge restores his supply of spikes.
Form: 0
Base Power: High-tier Low
Appearance: His normal appearance.
Special Attack: He has no special attacks, but can access some of his alter's energy without transforming, making him more powerful than the average human, but he has no training.
Form: 1
Base Power: Low-tier Medium
Appearance: His right arm is encased in white armor with a katar on the end.
Special Attack: Shining Pierce Strike - James charges at the target with a burst of speed and strikes straight-armed with the katar. He can perform this six times.
Form: 2
Base Power: Mid-tier Medium
Appearance: The armor on his right arm is thicker and more ornate and the katar is replaced with a short sword.
Special Attack: Shining Impalement - Much like the former attack, except with far greater speed and the blow is accompanied by a localized explosion. He can perform this five times.
Form: 3
Base Power: High-tier Medium
Appearance: Armor now encases both arms and covers his upper body in a chestplate while greaves appear on his feet. A longsword is present at the end of each arm.
Special Attack: Shining Tornado - By spinning rapidly in one spot, James whips up tornado-force winds that suck enemies in, where they get diced by his swords and bashed by whatever else gets pulled into the vortex. He can perform this four times.
Form: 4
Base Power: Low-tier High
Appearance: Now with light full-body white armor, with the exception of the head which is still bare, the sword is back on only his right hand, and is now a massive bastard sword.
Special Attack: Shining Fissure - James strikes the ground with his massive sword and sends a fissure splitting along the ground toward the target. The middle splits open to engulf the target, but dodging to the side still presents the obstacles of jutting stones and the like. If against an airborne opponent, this has to land a direct hit to do anything, since obviously there's no ground in the air. He can perform this three times.
Form: 5
Base Power: Mid-tier High
Appearance: Heavy full-plate armor, though his head now sports a targetting recticle that comes down over his right eye. His bastard sword has now become a cross blade, a variant of the two-handed sword with two blades intersecting at the middle, one going vertical, one going horizontal.
Special Attack: Shining Blade Shot - James' cross blade spins at incredible speeds as he targets an enemy and fires one of the blades off like a homing rocket. It can travel at speeds rivaling all but the fastest high-powered characters, and even though he may not be able to move at their speed, his targetting recticle allows him to lock onto them. He can perform this twice, once for each blade.
Form: 6
Base Power: High-tier High
Appearance: Full-body white plate, now complete with a grilled helm and spikes coming out of every joint and angle of the suit. This is his only form which does not have a sword.
Special Attack: This form has two attacks.
Shining Spike Storm - James fires the needles from his knuckles like dumbfire rockets, and the other spikes disappear to replenish them. Each spike has tremendous power, and he can fire them one at a time and be conservative or throw accuracy to the wind and unleash them all in one rapid-fire salvo of destruction. Either way, he can keep it up until he runs out of spikes.
Shining Nova Burst - James' last-ditch attack. This massive energy release utterly destroys everything within a mile radius and leaves him severely drained, cutting into his life energy if he isn't at absolute full power, and since it is his last ditch effort, he rarely is when he uses it. Obviously, he can only use this once.
Weapons: Just his alter. It's all he's ever needed.
Weakness: If he runs out of alter energy, he transforms back to normal, regardless of what stage he was in. If he manages to transform again, he'll be drawing more and more from his own life energy each time, making it increasingly dangerous and difficult to maintain.
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Alter-User
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Power Level: Varies (See Powers)
Timeline: Modern/Near Future
Appearance: A young man with gunmetal grey/blue hair. He's not built large, but he definitely has a solid development from years of growing up in third-world conditions. Apparently his only set of clothes, he is always wearing bleached-white jeans, a dark-blue t-shirt and a bleached-white jeans jacket.
Personality: A wild child who for the most part, does what he wants, or gives the impression of it. In truth, he's naturally protective of others, despite giving an impression that he can be bought with the right amount of cash.
History: Growing up in the Lost Grounds is hard enough if you're a normal person, trying to scrape by, though there's a great deal of teamwork amongst existing communities. Still, there's always drifters that move around and never settle down in one of the primitive villages. James was born to some of these, and drifted with them until he was old enough to go another direction.
Of course, he had an added difficulty. Some view it as a curse, some view it as a blessing. James views it as an opportunity. As an alter-user, he has access to powers normal humans could only dream of, but that also means that there are organizations that hunt him, either to destroy him or capture him. Mainly, HOLD and its elite group of refined alter-users that form HOLY. He fears HOLY and its power and avoids it if at all possible.
For a long time, he was content with his lot in life, or at least willing to make the best of it. That is, until a strange alter-user interrupted one of his missions. Bearing glowing blonde hair and shining blue eyes, she was an incredible sight to behold as her harmonious alter made her appear Angelic, with great, transparent wings and a glowing blade.
But her appearance, slamming through the ceiling to crash into the midsts of the complex he had been infiltrating, not only ruined his cover, but allowed his target to escape. He realized as he watched her look around, almost like she was pinpointing where she was, that she was probably there to steal his job. They were hard enough to come by without the competition.
He attacked her in a rage, but as she turned toward him, she batted him away as if he were a mere child, and he crashed against the wall with more force than he thought possible. When he climbed out of the rubble, she was gone and the job was lost.
He swore he'd become stronger, whatever the cost, and he'd hunt her down. And when he found the alter-user from that night, he'd get even.
He'd kill the angel.
Powers: James' alter is a harmonious one, meaning it alters parts of his body and manifests it in that manner, rather than simply manifesting outside of his body. Each form is progressively more powerful, and increases by half a power level with each new form he achieves. For instance, his human form may start at High-tier Low, but by the time he unlocks Level 6, his power level when untransformed will be High-tier Medium. In addition, if he can concentrate, he can actually recover some alter energy by absorbing the energy from others, particularly if someone else's manifestation has had something broken off. This allows him to replenish some of his uses of his techniques. In the case of Form 6, this recharge restores his supply of spikes.
Form: 0
Base Power: High-tier Low
Appearance: His normal appearance.
Special Attack: He has no special attacks, but can access some of his alter's energy without transforming, making him more powerful than the average human, but he has no training.
Form: 1
Base Power: Low-tier Medium
Appearance: His right arm is encased in white armor with a katar on the end.
Special Attack: Shining Pierce Strike - James charges at the target with a burst of speed and strikes straight-armed with the katar. He can perform this six times.
Form: 2
Base Power: Mid-tier Medium
Appearance: The armor on his right arm is thicker and more ornate and the katar is replaced with a short sword.
Special Attack: Shining Impalement - Much like the former attack, except with far greater speed and the blow is accompanied by a localized explosion. He can perform this five times.
Form: 3
Base Power: High-tier Medium
Appearance: Armor now encases both arms and covers his upper body in a chestplate while greaves appear on his feet. A longsword is present at the end of each arm.
Special Attack: Shining Tornado - By spinning rapidly in one spot, James whips up tornado-force winds that suck enemies in, where they get diced by his swords and bashed by whatever else gets pulled into the vortex. He can perform this four times.
Form: 4
Base Power: Low-tier High
Appearance: Now with light full-body white armor, with the exception of the head which is still bare, the sword is back on only his right hand, and is now a massive bastard sword.
Special Attack: Shining Fissure - James strikes the ground with his massive sword and sends a fissure splitting along the ground toward the target. The middle splits open to engulf the target, but dodging to the side still presents the obstacles of jutting stones and the like. If against an airborne opponent, this has to land a direct hit to do anything, since obviously there's no ground in the air. He can perform this three times.
Form: 5
Base Power: Mid-tier High
Appearance: Heavy full-plate armor, though his head now sports a targetting recticle that comes down over his right eye. His bastard sword has now become a cross blade, a variant of the two-handed sword with two blades intersecting at the middle, one going vertical, one going horizontal.
Special Attack: Shining Blade Shot - James' cross blade spins at incredible speeds as he targets an enemy and fires one of the blades off like a homing rocket. It can travel at speeds rivaling all but the fastest high-powered characters, and even though he may not be able to move at their speed, his targetting recticle allows him to lock onto them. He can perform this twice, once for each blade.
Form: 6
Base Power: High-tier High
Appearance: Full-body white plate, now complete with a grilled helm and spikes coming out of every joint and angle of the suit. This is his only form which does not have a sword.
Special Attack: This form has two attacks.
Shining Spike Storm - James fires the needles from his knuckles like dumbfire rockets, and the other spikes disappear to replenish them. Each spike has tremendous power, and he can fire them one at a time and be conservative or throw accuracy to the wind and unleash them all in one rapid-fire salvo of destruction. Either way, he can keep it up until he runs out of spikes.
Shining Nova Burst - James' last-ditch attack. This massive energy release utterly destroys everything within a mile radius and leaves him severely drained, cutting into his life energy if he isn't at absolute full power, and since it is his last ditch effort, he rarely is when he uses it. Obviously, he can only use this once.
Weapons: Just his alter. It's all he's ever needed.
Weakness: If he runs out of alter energy, he transforms back to normal, regardless of what stage he was in. If he manages to transform again, he'll be drawing more and more from his own life energy each time, making it increasingly dangerous and difficult to maintain.
