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1) Basic info: 2) Appearence: 3) Characteristics: 4) Weapons:
 * Name: Cypress Chronos (Cypress is a term commonly given to various trees and shrubs used in ceremonies associated with death);
 * Team/occupation: Member of the ruling council of Mistral.
 * Species: Human;
 * Age: 58;
 * Sex: Male;
 * Handedness: Left dominant (As portrayed in paintings);
 * Aura/Effects: Black/Smoky
 * Symbol: Three diamond shaped theater masks; two happy at the bottom and a sad one on top (Represent birth and death at the bottom, and life at the top, also a nod to the cerberus);
 * Physical traits: Olive skin tone;
 * Misc traits: A ring on each finger of his right hand. 4 of them have a multi colored jewel on them, while one is a solid gold wedding ring.
 * Nickname(s): Boss (half of his enforcers); Sir (the other half);
 * Height: 1.93 meters;
 * Weight: 90 kg;
 * Eyes: Yellow;
 * Face: Diamond;
 * Hair: Short curly black hair, with matching mustache and beard. Has some grey patches due to his age;
 * Physique: Endomorph and oval shaped. Slightly overweight, since he spends more and more time managing his prisoners rather than explore his domain like he used to;
 * Business Outfit: Bronze suit with a black shirt and silver tie. The buttons on his shirt and suit are made of gold. Walks around in green galoshes;
 * Exploration Outfit: Green trousers and overcoat with reflective tape above the knees, on the arms and in an x pattern on his chest. Wears a black shirt under it and walks around in green galoshes.
 * Background:
 * 1) Like family: Cypress was the youngest son of Aurum Chronos, the last king of Mistral. Although his family were hailed as heroes and subsequently crowned as kings of Mistral for discovering the military properties of dust, years of wealth have slowly seeded greed throughout the entire family, a greed that was passed on from generation to generation.
 * 2) Like father: As time passed, paranoia began to drive Aurum insane. Every day the thought that his sons would betray and kill him for the crown entered his mind, not helped by the fact he did the same thing to his father. In a desperate attempt to save her sons from death, Era Chronos banished each and every one of her children to remote fortresses, each one more heavily guarded than the rest, in order to placate her husband. It worked, and with her five children safe, Era ordered the construction of a secret sixth fortress.
 * 3) Like son: Within the Elysium mines, Cypress found himself with barely any of the wealth he once had and a band of soldiers ordered to keep him inside at all costs, who were given permission to beat him up should he try and escape. As he explored the mines with his "escort", Cypress quickly came to learn a couple of things: that there were a lot of precious minerals within the caves, that there were a lot of grimm within the caves, and that there were a lot of greedy and bored soldiers and miners within the caves. So with a goal in his heart and a glint in his eyes, Cypress began the long process of turning his new prison, into his own world.
 * 4) Like Brother: Years later, long after buying almost every soldier tasked to keep him in (and “replacing” those that refused his offer), he found himself visited by a man he has never seen before, that bore a striking resemblance to his own reflection. For the first time, Cypress had a talk with his youngest brother, who came with an interesting proposition: to pay his dear old dad a visit and " convince" him to alter the ruling system from a monarchy to a government. Despite being next in line, Cypress agreed, deciding that it would be far less trouble than turning into the paranoid mess that was his father…on one condition: every prisoner of war be placed under his custody to work their crimes within his mines. After the “talk” that lasted nearly a year, the last king of Mistral fell, and a new council of six was formed.
 * Personality: Businesslike.  He is a strict enforcer of laws and rules (particularly his own) to every person under his custody. Harsh in his punishments but fair with the rewards, he has unfortunately inherited his family’s signature greed, which means he will not hesitate to buy(within reason) or (legally) blackmail anyone and everything he can in order to increase his wealth (just ask his wife). He isn’t however completely blinded by it, for his time spent in the mines have taught him the value of investment, and as such, he has some of the most heavily armed enforcers out of all his siblings. Be warned, he can be creatively cruel to those that don't respect the terms of his agreement.

A. Soul Seeds B. Key of Wealth 5) Semblance: 6) Combat info: 7) Trivia:
 * Maker/Smith: Cypress Chronos;
 * Type: Uncut Crystallized Aura Container;
 * Weapon Derivation: Pomegranate seeds…no…really;
 * Appearance: Jewelry, usually rings, holding an initially transparent shard. These shards, created by Cypress while experimenting with the dust and crystals that filled his home, will forcefully absorb the nearest source. As it absorbs, these shards slowly gain the color of the auras it is feedin on. Once they lose their transparency, the shards also lose their ability to absorb aura;
 * Capabilities: The shards, once full, can be detonated by forcefully inserting more aura into them, at which point it explodes, releasing raw aura that latches onto the nearest soul (usually the one that detonated them), replenishing up to 15% of someones aura near instantly. Because auras are impossible to be completely turned into a raw form, users get bombarded by an array of distorted memories that can leave them in a catatonic state should they absorb too much of it;
 * Uses: Used on prisoners in order to drain them of energy and reduce their chances of trying to escape, Cypress permanently uses the jewels in order to organize expeditions within his mines, where he arms his enforcers with one jewel each. He is currently the only person able to endure 3 jewels while still being able to fight optimally, mostly due to overexposure;
 * Notes: Loosely based on the Pomegranate seeds used by Hades in order to bind Persephone to the underworld, as well as Hades control over spirits.
 * Maker/Smith: Cypress Chronos;
 * Type: Fire and Earth Splitting Bident;
 * Weapon Derivation: Hades bident;
 * Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: A straight thumbstick (a type of walking stick). It has a fire jewel on the tip and the shaft has an earth jewel inside. By changing the length of his staff with the use of sliding panels and releasing hidden blades located in the gripp, his thumbstick turns into…
 * Form: A bident of variable length (Maximum length is roughly 2 heads higher than his size).
 * Usage: Regardless of form, the fire jewel at the tip can be used to shoot fireballs for ranged combat, while the earth jewel allows him to cause fissures and tremors, and even summon stone spikes by taping the staff to the ground.
 * Notes: Based on the bident with which Hades is depicted in pictures, as well as his ability to split the earth that he used to bring Persephone to the underworld. The fire jewel is a nod to some of his more modern depictions. It's name is a nod to his roman counterpart.
 * Name: Shading;
 * Type: Physical;
 * General description: A semblance that allows a user to obscure anything and anyone that comes in contact with their semblance. It is able to obscure sight, sound and smell;
 * General limitations: It does not however obscure aura, meaning that although you can shade a target’s presence, you can’t mask it. As a result, Grimm and perceptive aura users can feel their location;
 * Visual effect: To an outside perspective, the object seems to become a 3 dimensional shadow before it disappears completely;
 * Passive ability: Users of this semblance are able to see the target’s they shaded. To them, the objects appear to be covered by a thick and uniform shadow that is unaffected by light;
 * Active ability(1): Continuous shading. When concealing users of this semblance, or targets that their aura is continuously touching (such as their clothes or weapons), the user can remain invisible for an indefinite amount of time by continuously exerting aura. This technique cannot be broken unless the user is knocked unconscious;
 * Active ability(2): Timed shading. When shading targets that will not be within the users vicinity, he can chose to exert a set amount of aura in order to give it temporary invisibility. This technique can be broken with a strong enough blow, as the aura that was used to make the object invisible will shattered.
 * Notes: Based on the helmet of invisibility that was given to him by the cyclops in order to fight Chronos. The fact he can make others invisible ties in to the fact Hades has lent his helmet to quite a lot of people.
 * Position/Class: Crowd control support;
 * Landing strategy: Throw the bident and use the earth jewel to make a shockwave that loosens the ground and clears a landing path.
 * Fighting style: If he has a say in it, he will never fight enemies directly. He’d much rather make himself invisible and support his enforcers, by loosening their enemies footing and striking them from their blind spots, while supplying his allies with aura and making them invisible to bail them out of tough spots. When he doesn’t have the luxury of other nearby auras in order to mask his own, he’s forced to be a little more creative with his semblance, such as invisible fireballs, fissures and walls, and making his spear invisible while altering its length. Given he has 4 Soul Seeds on him at all times; he can afford to use his aura more recklessly.


 * Notes: Has an odd relationship with his wife. They seem to treat each other more like coworkers most of the time and both have mentioned several times how they won’t care much when the other one bites the dust, yet both always seem to spend their free time bugging the other. It’s safe to say the two seem to have reached an understanding of sorts.