Post by shinaobi on Oct 1, 2007 14:35:08 GMT -5
Name: Obadiah Brilshaden
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Power Level: Low Tier High
Timeline: Medieval
Appearance: Obadiah is dark skinned, with hazel eyes and has the look of an experienced warrior, with more of a leaning towards endurance rather than pure muscle mass. His hair is naturally black and grows rather quickly, although a magic mirror he happened upon allows him to change various facets of his appearance, although he uses it mostly to change his hair style as the whim suits him, often meaning he can have a spiked mass of fiery red hair one day and be entirely bald the next. For the most part, he usually sticks to his natural hair, which has grown down in a surprisingly neat manner to stop at about his shoulders, where he keeps it neatly trimmed. He tends to move about shirtless, with a reliably tough pair of leather pants.
His weapon is a zweihander with runes inscribed into the metal, which has an extreme degree of luster on the blade. The scabbard could be best described as part of the blade, as the blade always fits perfectly inside the scabbard, which, while sharing the blade's properties, otherwise has no special features to speak of. It appears to be a simple leather scabbard.
Personality: Obadiah is mostly a thrill seeker, mostly going for what seems to be the most fun or most exhilarating experiences, with his morals playing a smaller role; they're pretty loose to begin with, so most people consider him irrational to the nth degree. During interactions with people he tends to treat them with a reasonable degree of respect depending upon their occupations, physical appearances, and initial reactions to his appearance, and he doesn't take any joy out of causing innocent casualties, although he won't necessarily go out of his way to save someone, nor is he in any way against collateral damage, as long as it doesn't spread to unneeded loss of life.
History: Obadiah lived a simple, boring, peasant life. Anyone who had read about him would say he was average in every way, and he was acutely aware of it, and in no way did it make him any happier. His parents, while aware of it, weren't quite as bothered, as the life was mostly stable.
This all started changing around Obadiah's 20th birthday. A semi-famous wizard came to visit the baron, and it was rumored that he had an enchanted weapon he had come along to give to a resident of the fiefdom. Of course, everybody expected the baron to receive the weapon. Obadiah's attendance was guaranteed mainly because it would break up the monotony and he liked the monotony to be broken.
When the wizard arrived, he pulled a move that proved even more exciting to Obadiah. He placed the sword, still inside the scabbard, onto a pedestal that had conveniently appeared while said wizard was talking. He declared that anyone who wanted the sword would have to challenge him to a series of duels. If this could not be done, the wizard would take control of the fiefdom. The only reason people didn't like this was because the baron kept taxes low and crime down. Since crime and taxes are very important to people, this caused an uproar, as wizards, witches, and mages were known far and wide to quickly squander the money on magical knicknacks, and raise the taxes so that they could pay for more magical knicknacks.
Of course, the Baron was having none of this, and, after a failed attempt to do so himself, promised functional freedom to any man able to complete the challenges. Obadiah jumped at the chance, and immediately started devising while all the other villagers repeatedly failed.
After convincing his parents of the benefits of freedom, he "borrowed" some of the baron's better wines and arranged to meet the wizard near the sword. After some talking down and the wizard managing to drain 3 casks, Obadiah gained the sword and the functional freedom of the household.
His parents packed up, left, and, after a few months, gained a monopoly on all the blacksmithing when a 40 kilometer radius, guaranteeing that his family would be rich for generations to come. Obadiah was happy for a few months, but eventually he found it to be trading monotony for monotony.
After an incident involving a large group of moneygrubbing brigands and Koenig, Obadiah made preparations to depart while his parents were busy getting publicity out of the incident. They were aware that he was leaving, and even used it to turn him into a hero of sorts, eventually gaining another monopoly on his name. Now his parents were guaranteed to die dirty stinkin' rich, instead of stinkin' rich.
Obadiah was fine with this, and he left a few weeks later so that he could actually have some fun.
Powers: Obadiah has a superhuman degree of strength, agility, speed, and endurance, able to survive impacts that would result in extremely unpleasant consequences to most humans, and can heal himself of normally fatal injuries within a few months; if it doesn't kill him on contact, he can recover. He's also got a good 4 years+ combat experience, and the tenacity and ferocity birthed through it.
Weapons: Obadiah carries naught but a single weapon, a magically enhanced zweihander named Koenig. Koenig's enhancements are the origin of every one of Obadiah's abilities and a few of his personality traits. It is, as far as mortal means go, entirely indestructible, and is in perfect sync with Obadiah's mind, able to change its shape, size, and weight as needed, able to split into multiple pieces, with those pieces retaining indestructibility and malleability. Koenig's only transformation limitation is that it can only transform into a weapon. It has something of a mind of its own, as it only allows its powers to change hands upon its current owner being properly bested, although it won't actively attempt to return to its owner if they are separated.
Weaknesses: His abilities are very closely linked to his weapon, and, were he to be properly disarmed, he would be forced to rely on nothing but brains and the brawn that a reasonably experienced soldier would have, and his regenerative powers don't extend to allowing him to regenerate a lost limb. He also has little to no formal training, so an opponent on his level could likely find flaws in his techniques.
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Comments and criticism is appreciated.
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Power Level: Low Tier High
Timeline: Medieval
Appearance: Obadiah is dark skinned, with hazel eyes and has the look of an experienced warrior, with more of a leaning towards endurance rather than pure muscle mass. His hair is naturally black and grows rather quickly, although a magic mirror he happened upon allows him to change various facets of his appearance, although he uses it mostly to change his hair style as the whim suits him, often meaning he can have a spiked mass of fiery red hair one day and be entirely bald the next. For the most part, he usually sticks to his natural hair, which has grown down in a surprisingly neat manner to stop at about his shoulders, where he keeps it neatly trimmed. He tends to move about shirtless, with a reliably tough pair of leather pants.
His weapon is a zweihander with runes inscribed into the metal, which has an extreme degree of luster on the blade. The scabbard could be best described as part of the blade, as the blade always fits perfectly inside the scabbard, which, while sharing the blade's properties, otherwise has no special features to speak of. It appears to be a simple leather scabbard.
Personality: Obadiah is mostly a thrill seeker, mostly going for what seems to be the most fun or most exhilarating experiences, with his morals playing a smaller role; they're pretty loose to begin with, so most people consider him irrational to the nth degree. During interactions with people he tends to treat them with a reasonable degree of respect depending upon their occupations, physical appearances, and initial reactions to his appearance, and he doesn't take any joy out of causing innocent casualties, although he won't necessarily go out of his way to save someone, nor is he in any way against collateral damage, as long as it doesn't spread to unneeded loss of life.
History: Obadiah lived a simple, boring, peasant life. Anyone who had read about him would say he was average in every way, and he was acutely aware of it, and in no way did it make him any happier. His parents, while aware of it, weren't quite as bothered, as the life was mostly stable.
This all started changing around Obadiah's 20th birthday. A semi-famous wizard came to visit the baron, and it was rumored that he had an enchanted weapon he had come along to give to a resident of the fiefdom. Of course, everybody expected the baron to receive the weapon. Obadiah's attendance was guaranteed mainly because it would break up the monotony and he liked the monotony to be broken.
When the wizard arrived, he pulled a move that proved even more exciting to Obadiah. He placed the sword, still inside the scabbard, onto a pedestal that had conveniently appeared while said wizard was talking. He declared that anyone who wanted the sword would have to challenge him to a series of duels. If this could not be done, the wizard would take control of the fiefdom. The only reason people didn't like this was because the baron kept taxes low and crime down. Since crime and taxes are very important to people, this caused an uproar, as wizards, witches, and mages were known far and wide to quickly squander the money on magical knicknacks, and raise the taxes so that they could pay for more magical knicknacks.
Of course, the Baron was having none of this, and, after a failed attempt to do so himself, promised functional freedom to any man able to complete the challenges. Obadiah jumped at the chance, and immediately started devising while all the other villagers repeatedly failed.
After convincing his parents of the benefits of freedom, he "borrowed" some of the baron's better wines and arranged to meet the wizard near the sword. After some talking down and the wizard managing to drain 3 casks, Obadiah gained the sword and the functional freedom of the household.
His parents packed up, left, and, after a few months, gained a monopoly on all the blacksmithing when a 40 kilometer radius, guaranteeing that his family would be rich for generations to come. Obadiah was happy for a few months, but eventually he found it to be trading monotony for monotony.
After an incident involving a large group of moneygrubbing brigands and Koenig, Obadiah made preparations to depart while his parents were busy getting publicity out of the incident. They were aware that he was leaving, and even used it to turn him into a hero of sorts, eventually gaining another monopoly on his name. Now his parents were guaranteed to die dirty stinkin' rich, instead of stinkin' rich.
Obadiah was fine with this, and he left a few weeks later so that he could actually have some fun.
Powers: Obadiah has a superhuman degree of strength, agility, speed, and endurance, able to survive impacts that would result in extremely unpleasant consequences to most humans, and can heal himself of normally fatal injuries within a few months; if it doesn't kill him on contact, he can recover. He's also got a good 4 years+ combat experience, and the tenacity and ferocity birthed through it.
Weapons: Obadiah carries naught but a single weapon, a magically enhanced zweihander named Koenig. Koenig's enhancements are the origin of every one of Obadiah's abilities and a few of his personality traits. It is, as far as mortal means go, entirely indestructible, and is in perfect sync with Obadiah's mind, able to change its shape, size, and weight as needed, able to split into multiple pieces, with those pieces retaining indestructibility and malleability. Koenig's only transformation limitation is that it can only transform into a weapon. It has something of a mind of its own, as it only allows its powers to change hands upon its current owner being properly bested, although it won't actively attempt to return to its owner if they are separated.
Weaknesses: His abilities are very closely linked to his weapon, and, were he to be properly disarmed, he would be forced to rely on nothing but brains and the brawn that a reasonably experienced soldier would have, and his regenerative powers don't extend to allowing him to regenerate a lost limb. He also has little to no formal training, so an opponent on his level could likely find flaws in his techniques.
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Comments and criticism is appreciated.
