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Original poster
Name: Ryan Cobalt
Age: 15
Grade: Sophomore
Sex: Male
Race/Species: Lich
Clique: Neeeerrrrrd!
Sexuality: Bisexual, though prefers females.
Occupation: Waiter at a restaurant nearby, where he works while aspiring to be a writer.
Personality: Ryan loves nothing so much as a good story, and will go to great lengths to hear or make one. As such, he's a total bookworm and a terrible gossip, though he keeps most of the information to himself. While he's very talkative and wordy, he's actually quite introverted and has an awkward time initiating conversation. Once conversation is initiated, he proves to be a lightheartedly sarcastic joker, one with a dark brand of humor that straddles the line between offensive and funny. Being introverted doesn't mean he's antisocial, it mainly just means he prefers a close circle of really good friends than an enormous web of acquaintances. He's also got a bit of a rebel in him, and has no issue breaking rules he doesn't agree with when it suits him. These things, combined with his nature as a Lich means that he's not willing to take shit from anyone, even when he should. He's famous for having cussed out an upperclassman who promptly mauled Ryan to as close to death as he could get without destroying his phlyactery. Oh, yeah, he's got a foul mouth on him.
History: Ryan comes from a distinct line of sorcerers, but despite being incredibly gifted, he's far from the prodigal son. In fact, he's something of a black sheep. Unlike most of his family, who are mostly either Abjurators (those who practice warding and healing magic) or Geomancers, (earth mages) Ryan is a Necromancer who's dabbled in the mental magics of illusion and enchanting. He knows a little of his family's Magic as well, but not much. Ryan is adept in his chosen fields, and his nature as a Lich gives him a lot of mystic power to throw around, though he lacks finesse. (See "Talents for more)
As Ryan says of his origin, "You don't get to be a Lich by selling cookies and going to church on Sundays. It takes an inherent hatred for the natural order of things, and no small amount of blood, magic, and willpower. A disapproving family of magi is recommended, but not required." Ryan's cause to give up his humanity for Lichdom is a closely guarded secret, as is just how he achieved it, though not so secret that he wouldn't tell someone close to him, such as a close friend or lover, or, as he put it to the curious teacher, "C'mon, buy a guy a drink first...actually, make that a lot of drinks. And strong ones."
Strengths:
Magic, specifically Necromancy.
English
Storytelling
Video Games, especially Halo, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Pokemon, in which he is at the competitive level.
Weaknesses:
Mathematics
Physical activity
Platforming, at which he is notoriously shitty.
Redheads, which he has huge thing for.
Inabilities:
So long as his phylactery is intact, dying.
Smelling, he lacks a sense of smell.
Other languages, one of the few aspects of academia at which he consistently falls sub-par.
He's also nearly blind without his glasses, as without them anything beyond his arms length is a blurry mess.
Fears:
Dying, which is why he became a Lich.
Old age, also a part of why he became a Lich.
Heights.
Ryan is easy prey to jump scares.
Habits:
Cracking his knuckles, neck, back, and toes.
Cursing, often in great excess.
Delivering "category sick burns" to people he knows won't be too upset by them.
Talents:
Firstly, Ryan's nature as a Lich gives him a near-immortality. So long as his phylactery remains undamaged, he cannot be slain. If his phylactery is destroyed, he would become mortal once more, and any injuries that he sustained during his time as a Lich will occur to him. While death is not guaranteed, Ryan has taken sufficient damage to kill him in the last six years, ensuring his death if destruction of his phylactery occurs. Outside of this, Ryan is unkillable. His body will age...to a point. After he reaches about 25, his body will age about 1/100 of its normal rate. Even then, the effects of aging are reduced, and he will continue to function with the same efficiency as a 25 year old even when he's aged himself into a skeleton.
As for his more active abilities, Ryan has a few...
Drain: By coming into contact with a living creature in possession of a soul, Ryan can drain their soul away; however, this technique takes centuries to master, and Ryan's been a Lich for only a little more than half a decade. At present, Ryan would be unable to take the soul of anyone of consequence, such as the other Player Characters, school staff, or even a larger than average human. Possessing a person's soul grants Ryan total control over their thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Necromancy: Ryan can control the dead, to a limited extent. The more undead he controls, the less control he gets over individual undead. While he could potentially control upwards of a couple thousand, they'd be acting almost entirely independently, aside from a simple goal, such as "kill target x" or "break x thing." Without Ryan's intelligence to guide them, even the best undead aren't very skilled or effective at a given task. As a result, Ryan's effective maximum before he begins to lose individual control is three. At thirty, he can direct them into small groups and order individual undead to preform tasks like opening doors. At 100, he loses individual control completely, but can command the horde as a whole with relative finesse. After 150, it's as if he was giving directions over the phone to the whole group. There's lag between thought and action, and while he could make the horde do something such as control where groups stood, or where they entered a building from, non basic commands are impossible. He could have them enter through a window, but not enter quietly, for example. After 200, he can barely direct the general flow of the horde, but is at his lowest level of control. Additionally, a being of power equal or superior to Ryan's could potentially break free of his control, and turn against him. This would prevent him from taking over any of the vampires at the academy, or from resurrecting Van Helsing to murder his enemies.
Enchantment: Ryan can create false thoughts in the minds of those he wishes. While he is skilled in these arts, they are inferior to his necromancy. If he were to make mental contact with another living creature, they would instantly become aware of his presence. Additionally, any creature smarter than a bear has the ability to fight him off. Particularly willful creatures, such as vampires, Wizards, or even particularly strong willed humans are usually victorious. Creatures without thoughts are immune. Things like wolves or children with simple thought patterns and minds are particularly susceptible to his influence.
Illusion: Ryan can create false images and sounds Anyone capable of resisting Ryan's Enchantment is aware of the nature of his illusions, but they still see/hear them.
Ryan's range with both Enchanting and Illusion powers is about 100 feet, and only if he can see who he's targeting or where he's placing his Illusion.
Ryan needs to be within fifteen feet to use his necromancy on a corpse, after which he can control it up to 75 miles away.
Relationships:
Liana Cobalt, mother and skilled Diviner. (Prediction and detection based magic.)
Richard Cobalt, father and master Abjurator. Personally despised Ryan for his usage of "Vile Magics" and disowned him after he used the extensive mystic libraries of the Cobalt family to become a Lich.
Elena Cobalt, younger sister, skilled Geomancer and favorite child of his parents. Believes she can "bring Ryan back to the light," intrigued by his power over the undead
????, upperclassman, werewolf, once kicked the shit out of Ryan.
????, Rival gamer.
Poe, skeletal raven and Ryan's pet.
Alfred, zombie butler, smells awful and is kept in the school's boiler room.
((In need of relationships!))
Schedule:
Homeroom
AP English
Free Period--used for reading, writing, or video games.
AP History
Latin
10th Grade math
Biology
Chemistry
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How's that? @RougeRaven12or @Alison will either of you be my Ryan's upperclassman assailant? @The Silver Philosopher how would you feel about having a Rival in the digital world?
Name:
Jezebel "Jez" Lincoln
Age:
17
Grade:
Junior
Sex:
Femme Fatal
Race/Species:
Firestarter- Semi immortal descendant of some old god or another
Clique:
None really though she feels she can get along wherever
Sexuality:
Bisexual with a stronger leaning towards females
Occupation:
Teaches piano to kids after school
Personality:
Jez is about as outspoken as it gets. She has no problem letting people know exactly how she feels about something for good or ill. She's opinionated but smart about it. She loves to laugh or cry or fight, whatever so long as it's passionate. She blames the fire in her soul, but the girl can't stand to be bored. She is an emotional roller coaster at times and has been known to get into fist fights on a regular basis, but she's got a good heart and can't stand sitting back while something she doesn't agree with goes on. She's fun loving and but understands when things need to get serious.
History:
Jezebel's mother was one for the books. A drug, sex, and just about everything else addict, the woman should have never been allowed to have children. But Amber Jean ended up pregnant late in life for an unknown man and somehow gave birth to a healthy girl. Jezebel grew up feeling anything but loved, usually left to fend for herself while mother entertained whatever man was in her life at the moment or left her alone for hours on end to earn the money she needed to support her habits. At fourteen one of her mother's suitors offered her drugs and slapped her when she refused. Furious, Jezebel's powers flared and flames consumed the man and the rest of the small home she and her mother shared. Luckily, perhaps, her mother wasn't at home when the incident occurred. Devastated, the woman threw her daughter out after seeing what became of their home. Jezebel feared homelessness but just as she set out into the city to find a shelter, her father appeared, having sensed her powers awakening. The sophisticated man explained that Jezebel bore the fiery blood of an old God and had inherited the necessary gene to basically provide immortality and mastery over flame. Jezebel moved in with her father and began learning to control her abilities. She began attending school soon after and has been there ever since.
Strengths:
Anything physical (sports, combat, etc)
Fire manipulation
Speed
Outgoing
Piano
Singing though she doesn't like the gravely quality of her voice
Dancing
Southern cooking
Weaknesses:
Maintaining calm during conflict
Dealing with people who have never experienced hardship
Anything super girly
Smokes
Stress eats
Anything she can't fight her way out of
Fears:
Drowning
Ending up like her mother
Feeling trapped, emotionally or physically
Habits:
Bites her bottom lip when she's trying to control her facial expression
Digs her heels in before punching someone
Snorts when she laughs
Flicks her stupidly long hair out of her face when she's annoyed
Talents:
Cooking, singing, anything physical, piano
Relationships: OPEN
Best friend- Alex 'AJ'
Schedule:
1.Homeroom
2.Choir
3.Free Period
4. Creative Writing
5.Calculus
6. AP English
7. AP Bio
8. PE