Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20150826013454/@comment-26397825-20150904032231

Well, here's a two for one. They're uh...they might be a bit dark/creepy.

1) Basic info:

Name: Viorica Zaruciti

Team/occupation: Co-CEO of Zaruciti Foundries (note explaining company down bottom)

Species:Human

Age: 27

Sex: Female

Handedness: Right

Aura/Effects: Navy blue, flows thick and slowly like molasses

Symbol: Two hands clasped together in a wrestling/gangster handshake, family symbol

Physical traits: N/A

Misc traits: Always wears a necklace with a silver calla lily pendant, blue spinel in the centre, which falls in the opening of her business blouse, and a silver ring designed to look like two hands shaking on left ring finger

Nickname(s): Little Flower (Her parents)

2) Appearance:

Height: 6’4” 198cm

Weight: 167lbs 76kg

Eyes: Bright Blue

Skin color: Pale

Face: Angular, with a sharp chin and nose and exotic eyes

Hair: Black, straight and long, pinned back in an elaborate braided bun, imitating the shape of a flower. A hairpin is set in the centre, making it seem like the centre of the flower is made of blue spinel.

Physique: Lithe and slightly toned, slim, small chest

Combat Outfit: (due to civilian, business attire will go here) Fitted charcoal military long coat that flares at the hips and reaches the knees at the back, mid thigh at the front, with deep green cuffs and collar and silver buttons. Over the knee black boots, small heels, small black buckles up sides and large silver square buckle over top of foot. Fitted dark green, almost black, pants, tucked into shoes. Brilliant blue long sleeved blouse with teardrop cutout above chest and a black waist cincher underneath coat.

Casual Outfit: (due to civilian, house attire will go here) Fitted navy blue short sleeved blouse with peter pan collar tucked into black suit pants. Belt with large square silver buckle, small heeled black ankle boots

3) Characteristics:

Background: Viorica is the younger of the twins, born to a well-to-do couple. Her mother was the CEO of Zaruciti Foundries, having kept her last name when she married their father and the twins inherited her last name. Their father was a weapons designer, spending most of his time concentrating on new and improved weapons for the average civilian while their mother put them into production. The twins were raised by a live-in nanny, though they constantly caused trouble for the poor woman by sneaking off to spend time with their father and mother whenever they got the chance.

They were privately schooled their entire life in preparation for taking over the business, though Viorica managed to guilt their parents into allowing the twins to do other stuff as well. Viorica delved into ancient civilisations and history and the development of technology, alongside learning to fight with a cane simply because she felt like it. They both learnt all the sorts of things a child would learn for ‘polite society’, according to their mother. The only constant companion the pair had was each other, resulting in a tight knit bond between them.

When Viorica was 22, their father fell ill with a bad case of bronchial pneumonia. Viorica convinced her mother to leave the running of Zaruciti Foundries in the hands of Brandeis and herself, and perhaps move to somewhere warmer than Vale. Her mother hummed and harred for ages, but eventually gave in after their father ended up with terrible scarring on his lungs, transferring control of the company to Brandeis and Viorica and moving to the warmer kingdom of Vacuo. Viorica checks on them when she has free time, giving them phone calls at least once a month. They visit whenever they have a chance to get away from the business, sometimes using the factories based in Vacuo as an excuse to go see them. Viorica took over the design and statistic part of the business, leaving the people and organisation to her brother.

A few years after the twins became CEO’s, when they were 24, Brandeis introduced the concept of selling under the counter weapons as well as legitimate sales through stores and agents. They started carefully, slowly introducing their weapons to the underground societies and black market. They have been careful to cover their tracks, building a separate warehouse for assembling the pieces built in other factories, making weapons with no indicator of which company manufactured them.

Personality: Viorica finds amusement in making others extremely uncomfortable and manipulating people with words, though she is less inclined to thinking outside of the box. Her humour is dark and sometimes gruesome and she has no care for the feelings or thoughts of other people except how she can manipulate them to get what she wants, except in the case of her brother, Brandeis. In private, she enjoys studying the evolution of machinery and technology, and getting her hands dirty digging through old machines. She collects antiques, and is in the process of restoring an antique car for herself.

The twins have purposefully crafted a public persona to keep their associates, whether business or otherwise, off balance to push through what they want faster and to avoid having to make concessions. One of these methods is to flirt playfully with each other, or the other people, but do so in a way that the associates cannot claim rudeness, and end up agreeing to terms they previously wouldn’t have out of discomfort.

Likes: Machinery and technology, antiques and the stories behind them, green tea

Dislikes: The destruction of ancient sites for no reason, compromise,

4) Weapon

Name: Avarice

Maker/Smith: Viorica and Brandeis Zaruciti

Type: Protective Grappling Utility Cane (PGUC)

Weapon Derivation: Cane-Sword from AC: Syndicate, Melodic Cudgel, Neo’s Umbrella

Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: A fancy cane

Form 1: Cane. A straight handle, sitting at a right angle to the body of the cane itself. Handle is shaped like a trumpet lily bud. Cane is midnight blue, with silver trimmings, handle and end, decorated with swirls interspersed by jagged ‘thorns’.

Form 2:. Pistol. Cane handle twists to one side and pulls away to reveal a short pistol, the barrel is typically sheathed in the body itself.

Form 3: Kama. Button on the side of the cane folds out a short kama blade about eight centimetres down from the end of the cane, turning the sheath into a long handled kama. Another button activates the grapple function, which shoots the kama blade as a grappling hook, with rope attached.

Features/Capabilities: capable of using the grapple function with pistol and kama sheathed, though less effective for grappling without kama. When pistol is sheathed, pistol trigger connects to grapple trigger. Dust dispenser stored in the very end of the cane, just above where the kama blade pops out, containing Protect Dust.

Usage: Prefers not to fight at all, instead dealing crippling attacks to weak spots when the enemy is least expecting it if necessary, or talking her way out of a fight while her semblance disarms them. In a fight, she dual wields the pistol in her off hand and Kama in her right. She uses the environment around her to make distance between herself and any enemies, and the grapple function to manipulate objects and enemies.

Planned/Possible Upgrades:

Notes: Avarice is another word for Greed

5) Semblance:

Name: Shadowstalker

User(s): Viorica Zaruciti

Type: Construct

Purpose: Utility

Short description: Her shadow detaches from her body and can manipulate shadows of objects/people around her, thereby manipulating the objects/people.

Visual effect: The soles of her shoes shimmer with navy blue aura, and she does not cast any shadows.

Range: Short

Other limitations: Shadow can only affect the shadows of objects with 10lbs of mass/force or less (ie, lifting the shadow of something to lift the object, as long as the object weighs 10lbs or less, stopping a punch/strike as long as the strike has 10lbs of force or less, will increase with practice). Shadow can not go more than 20 metres away from user (distance will increase with practice). Shadow is confined to surfaces and cannot manifest as a 'clone' of themself. A light that destroys the shadow will send it back to the user, accompanied by a severe headache. Moving the shadow through larger shadows takes less aura than moving it through lit places. Shadow does not have the users weapon.

Passive ability(s) (if any):  Sometimes her shadow will reflect their emotions, even when she does not show them herself.

Active ability(s) (if any): She manipulates her shadow, giving it purpose. She can 'see' through the shadow, gaining a vague impression of its surroundings, enough to find openings and objects and people but not make out any detail. She can manipulate objects/people up to a certain degree.

Dust interaction (Fire): Shadow can create other shadows to manipulate further.

Dust interaction (Earth): Shadow is 2x stronger, able to affect more in terms of mass/force.

Notes: Inspired by the game Contrast and Peter Pan's shadow in the Disney movie. The aura of people doesn't affect it, as it's just as if the user did the action themselves, but the limitations on strength mean it can't just pick people up or pull their weapon out of their hand unless they're not holding it properly.

6) Combat info:

Position/Class: Rogue/Assassin

Landing strategy: Use the grapple function of Avarice to pull herself to safety. Her shadow will grab branches as they pass, slowing her fall minutely.

Fighting style: Quick, with precision strikes to crippling areas and misdirection, preferring to fight from a bit of a distance.

7) Statistics:

Strength: 1

Speed: 3

Aura reserve: 2

Aura manipulation: 2

Dust Manipulation: 2

Dust use: 2

Weapon Skill (Primary): 3

Weapon Skill (General): 1

8) Trivia:

Relationships:

Her parents: Loves them, worries about her father after he fell sick so terribly.

Brandeis: her twin, loves him with all her heart. Despite how they may act in public, it is purely platonic

Notes:

Zaruciti Foundries is a fairly successful business based out of Vale, though they have production warehouses in each kingdom, specialising in standardised off the shelf weaponry incapable of channelling Dust. Their main customers are new Hunter applicants, rich people wanting a weapon of some sort, civilians, and recently delved into under the counter dealings with criminals. Occasionally they will sell a weapon design to the military. They have access to folding frame technology, though the majority of their off off the shelf weapons lacks these functions to allow for cheaper manufacture and more availability for civilians.

Makeup: dark blue eyeliner, black mascara, eyeshadow - silver inside, blending outwards to blue, mocha lipstick, light foundation and blush

Viorica means bluebell in Romanian, Zaruciti means Troth, an ancient word for Oath, in Croatian

1) Basic info:

Name: Brandeis Zaruciti

Team/occupation: Co-CEO of Zaruciti Foundries (note explaining company down bottom)

Species:Human

Age: 27

Sex: Male

Handedness: Left

Aura/Effects: Dark green blue, flows thick and slowly like molasses

Symbol: Two hands clasped together in a wrestling/gangster handshake, family symbol

Physical traits: N/A

Misc traits: Calla lily tie pin, silver with a blue spinel in the centre, a silver ring designed to look like two hands shaking on his left ring finger.

Nickname(s): Brand (parents, Viorica)

2) Appearance:

Height: 6’4” 198cm

Weight: 178lbs 81kg

Eyes: Bright blue

Skin color: Pale

Face: angular, with a defined jawline and sharp nose, and exotic eyes.

Hair: Black, kept short and styled in a purposefully slightly scruffy look, stubble around his jaw kept trimmed to look neat without being a beard or clean shaven.

Physique: Lithe, toned, flexible

Combat Outfit: (due to civilian, business attire will go here) Fitted charcoal military long coat that reaches the knees, with deep green cuffs and collar and silver buttons. Knee high black boots which tops folded over, small silver buckle over ankle. Dark green, almost black, pants, tucked into shoes. Brilliant blue long sleeved button up shirt and black tie and formal vest underneath coat. Black top hat with dark green band.

Casual Outfit: (due to civilian, house attire will go here) Dark green short sleeved button up shirt, with top buttons left unbuttoned and left untucked. Black pants, black sneakers.

3) Characteristics:

Background: Brandeis is the older of the twins, born to a well-to-do couple. His mother was the CEO of Zaruciti Foundries, having kept her last name when she married their father and the twins inherited her last name. Their father was a weapons designer, spending most of his time concentrating on new and improved weapons for the average civilian while their mother put them into production. The twins were raised by a live-in nanny, though they constantly caused trouble for the poor woman by sneaking off to spend time with their father and mother whenever they got the chance.

They were privately schooled their entire life in preparation for taking over the business, though Brandeis’s sister, Viorica, managed to guilt their parents into allowing the twins to do other stuff as well. Brandeis delved into the cultures of today, studying the other kingdoms and how recent events have shaped the world, alongside learning to fight with the cane as a way of having a readily available but hidden weapon. They both learnt all the sorts of things a child would learn for ‘polite society’, according to their mother. The only constant companion the pair had was each other, resulting in a tight knit bond between them.

When Brandeis was 22, their father fell ill with a bad case of bronchial pneumonia. Viorica convinced their mother to leave the running of Zaruciti Foundries in the hands of Viorica and himself, and perhaps move to somewhere warmer than Vale. Their mother hummed and harred for ages, but eventually gave in after their father ended up with terrible scarring on his lungs, transferring control of the company to Brandeis and Viorica and moving to the warmer kingdom of Vacuo. Brandeis checks on them when he has free time, usually joining in on the phone calls Viorica makes at least once a month. They visit whenever they have a chance to get away from the business, sometimes using the factories based in Vacuo as an excuse to go see them. Brandeis took over the interaction with agents and people, and the organisation part of the business, while Viorica stuck to what she knows and took over the statistics and design part of the business.

A few years after the twins became CEO’s, when they were 24, Brandeis introduced the concept of selling under the counter weapons as well as legitimate sales through stores and agents. They started carefully, slowly introducing their weapons to the underground societies and black market. They have been careful to cover their tracks, building a separate warehouse for assembling the pieces built in other factories, making weapons with no indicator of which company manufactured them.

Personality: Brandeis finds amusement in the petty struggles of people, along with manipulating them with words. He is inclined to thinking outside of the box in order to achieve his goals, often disregarding the feelings of other beyond how he can manipulate them, except in the case of his sister. His humour is dark, but lends more to psychological than gruesome humour like his sister. In private, he enjoys studying cultures of today and how they have developed, and experimenting in the kitchen with different cuisines. He collects recipes, and has quite an extensive library or recipes.

The twins have purposefully crafted a public persona to keep their associates, whether business or otherwise, off balance to push through what they want faster and to avoid having to make concessions. One of these methods is to flirt playfully with each other, or the other people, but do so in a way that the associates cannot claim rudeness, and end up agreeing to terms they previously wouldn’t have out of discomfort.

Likes: Exotic food, people watching, chai lattes

Dislikes: Compromise, people dismissing different cultures as unimportant

4) Weapon

Name: Desiderata

Maker/Smith: Viorica and Brandeis Zaruciti

Type: Protective Grappling Utility Cane (PGUC)

Weapon Derivation: Cane-Sword from AC: Syndicate, Melodic Cudgel, Neo’s Umbrella

Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: A fancy cane

Form 1: Cane. A straight handle, sitting at a right angle to the body of the cane itself. Handle is shaped like a horse’s head. Cane is midnight blue, with silver trimmings, handle and end, decorated with swirls interspersed by jagged ‘thorns’.

Form 2:. Pistol. Cane handle twists to one side and pulls away to reveal a short pistol, the barrel is typically sheathed in the body itself.

Form 3: Kama. Button on the side of the cane folds out a short kama blade about eight centimetres down from the end of the cane, turning the sheath into a long handled kama. Another button activates the grapple function, which shoots the kama blade as a grappling hook, with rope attached.

Features/Capabilities: capable of using the grapple function with pistol and kama sheathed, though less effective for grappling without kama. When pistol is sheathed, pistol trigger connects to grapple trigger. Dust dispenser stored in the very end of the cane, just above where the kama blade pops out, containing Protect Dust.

Usage: Prefers not to fight unless necessary, but goes for crippling attacks in weak spots at every opportunity. In a fight, he dual wields the pistol in his right hand and the kama in his left. He uses the grappling function to pull distant enemies around and closer to himself, or pull himself closer to them.

Planned/Possible Upgrades:

Notes: Desiderata means Something Desired, another way of saying Envy.

5) Semblance:

Name: Shadowsoldier

User(s): Brandeis Zaruciti

Type: Construct

Purpose: Utility

Short description: Creates a being out his shadow, and adds more shadows for extra strength

Visual effect: His shadow detaches from his body and becomes a construct that rises from the ground, the soles of his feet glow dark green and he does not cast any shadows.

Range: Short

Other limitations: Construct damaging strength and health is reliant on darkness of shadows. Sudden light harms the construct, light that hits places where shadows were taken from removes the shadows forcefully from the construct. Cannot take a shadow more than twenty feet from its origin, shadow instead goes back to normal position and a new shadow within range must be added to construct, range increases. Shadow cannot lift more than ten pounds despite how many shadows added, will increase with practise. Construct cannot go more than twenty feet from user, will increase with practice. Shadow can only affect objects, not the shadows of objects, though it can absorbs said shadows to become stronger. Construct movements are somewhat jerky, though a degree of smoothness can be obtained through practice.

Passive ability(s) (if any):  Shadows near the user seem to flicker when emotional

Active ability(s) (if any): His shadow manifests into a physical construct, drawing in nearby shadows to make the construct do more damage and take more hits. Construct shape and size is dependant his imagination and the amount of shadows within range. He can choose which shadows nearby to add to the construct.

Dust interaction (Ice): Construct sprouts ice spikes on their body, increasing the damage output by 2x, and causes freezing attacks on contact.

Dust interaction (Fire): Shadows grow deeper, strengthening the construct overall by 1.5x

Dust interaction (Lightning): Construct causes shock damage with each attack

Dust interaction (Earth): Construct sprouts plates on their body, increasing the overall health, and increase weight lifting capacity by 2x

Dust interaction (Wind): Construct is much smoother in its movements, allowing for more dodging capabilities.

6) Combat info:

Position/Class: Striker/Rogue

Landing strategy: Use the grapple function of Desiderata to pull himself to safety. If needed, he will summon his construct underneath him to shield him from the fall.

Fighting style: Quick but aggressive, utilising his semblance for misdirection and attacking his opponents and taking every opportunity that arrives to strike in crippling areas. Prefers to fight up close, but can fight from a distance if required.

7) Statistics:

Strength: 2

Speed: 2

Aura reserve: 2

Aura manipulation: 2

Dust Manipulation: 2

Dust use: 2

Weapon Skill (Primary): 3

Weapon Skill (General): 1

8) Trivia:

Relationships:

His parents: Loves them, worries about his father after he fell sick so terribly.

Viorica: his twin, loves her with all his heart. Despite how they may act in public, it is purely platonic

Notes:

Zaruciti Foundries is a fairly successful business based out of Vale, though they have production warehouses in each kingdom, specialising in standardised off the shelf weaponry incapable of channelling Dust. Their main customers are new Hunter applicants, rich people wanting a weapon of some sort, civilians, and recently delved into under the counter dealings with criminals. Occasionally they will sell a weapon design to the military. They have access to folding frame technology, though the majority of their off off the shelf weapons lacks these functions to allow for cheaper manufacture and more availability for civilians.

Brandeis is a shade of blue, Zaruciti means Troth, an ancient word for Oath, in Croatian.