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It was a dark and stormy night.
Not that it was a prerequisite for dark deeds, but it was a well known fact that the majority of such things took place on nights like these. When the storms and the rain broke out, thunder and lightning flung and crashing like the cries of war, in times long since past.
It was a night for the beings of the Moonlit World to venture out into a world, largely belonging to them. The witching hour, the darkness and the shadows where humans were faint and few- That was the world that belonged still to them. In Central Parks, the lycan packs ran wild in the knowledge that there was nothing to fear.
In the neon-lit streets, slick with rain stalked hauntingly beautiful people, vampires of the Courts seeking prey under the Accords that bound all of them.
Strange things flew in the skies, mages performed their experiments at home and the mana-rich areas of New York City. Such was the wonder such a cosmopolitan city afforded for all. All the Old Ways, the Old Rivalries pardoned and under the rug for coexistence to be possible.
In his apartment, a mage would be reading. A professor, at the local college. It was a cozy place, warm and inviting. As a matter of fact, his mind was as far away from any sort of magic tonight. He was reading, the Once and Future King by T.H. White and well worn at this point.
He blinked.
A pulse.
His hand went to his throat as he began to choke.
Lightning flashed in the skies above as he gasped, the room lit up before he let out a choked scream.
There was a bursting noise.
The clock struck twelve.
And laid out, dead in his chair the professors body lay. His chest with a hole and a heart, crushed as though by some hand.
It was a dark and stormy night.
And on such nights, dark deeds more often then not, were done.
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-Saint's Characters-
Name: Lucifer Matthias Anghelscu
Day Job/Mundane Cover: Catholic Priest
Race: Damphir
Mythos Origin: Balkan Mythology.
Profile: A member of the Burial Agency of the Vatican special forces divisions, dealing primarily with monsters. Of the rank "Executioner", his primary responsibility is the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen and surrounding neighborhoods, alongside his fellow Executioners. They are sanctioned to act as diplomats and agents of the Churchs Will, as well as assassins if the need arises.
Personal abilities extend to hypnosis, regeneration, enhanced strength and speed to a six ton bench limit and forty miles per hour limit. His senses are on par with an animals as well as gifted with the ability to see in infrared. He can phase through most materials, save for cold iron and blessed silver. He has control over lesser animals, primarily rats, bats, moths, spiders and wolves and can shapeshift for a length of time according to the amount of blood consumed, though this is limited to a wolf, swarm of bats and dragon form, though he has yet to unlock the last. In exchange, sunlight weakens him without the Shroud of Saint Job and blessed weapons do more damage to him proportionate to how much of his gifts he uses.
In battle, he primarily relies on swordplay in which he's mastered for his line of work.
His weakness is his reliance on blood. Where more fullblooded vampires can last on a little blood, Lucifer as a half-blood has to drain more gas for his mileage as it is. In the sunlight without his shroud, is reduced to peak human ability and loses vampiric powers.
His fangs produce a narcotic that releases a neurotoxin that enhances body sensitivity and releases intense pleasure to better allow a two-way prana flow. Lucifer gains blood, and in return he releases a little of his untapped and unused magic to heal the person in turn.
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Name: Ella Copernicus Penwyk
Day Job/Mundane Cover: College Student/Lead Singer of The Bad Seeds.
Race: Magus
Mythos Origin: Worldwide, Dresden Files
Profile: A fourth-generation Warden of the White Council of Wizards, Ella is the latest in a prestigious line of those who train to protect the White Council. She grew up in Brooklyn, raised by her grandmother: An iron woman whose spells of protection and healing marked the entire apartment complex the pair had lived in till Ella moved out to her own place.
She enjoys flower pressing for the beauty of it and also for the magical aspects such tools afforded. She takes pride in her skills with a blade and gun, but was woefully lacking in her magical arts, which she knew her grandmother was saddened by.
Her dream is to become a museum curator. She hates spicy food.
Her weapon of choice is a crucifix that transforms into a longsword, which doubles as her focus.
Spell List
Trojus- Wizards naturally screw with technology, but this gathers it up into a burst that with fry most electronics, engines, and the more modern firearm.
Empiro- Increases durability, allowing for more punishing damage that a person otherwise might die or be affected from. A poor mans Shield Charm, but it works for her.
Lumos- Produces light. The more power, the more light.
Lupine- A tracking charm of her own devising, based on the careful study of wolves and dogs.
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-Hospes's Characters-
Name: Aralyn Daleyza Alamazt
Day Job/Mundane Cover: College Student/Babysitter
Race: Baku
Mythos Origin: Chinese & Japanese Folklore
Profile: A new college student studying for her degree in psychology. The reasons for this are as simple as that she sees it as a way to blend in, and at the same time learn about humans and their workings. On top of this, Aralyn found babysitting as a wonderful job, as it provides easy access to the nightmares she needs to get by.
Abilities include hypnosis, dream manipulation, and divine territory. Despite being of the supernatural sort, Aralyn actually sees it as her job to ward off evil, and has limited divine abilities to help her do so. She likes being a Baku because of this, as she can cleanse people's dreams and conscience, often making them feel much happier in her experience. Most commonly, she prefers to avoid fighting if possible, instead using her divine territory in attempt to simply ward off and keep evil at bay. However, she can only hold up these barriers for so long, and can't hold them along much higher ranks of evil. So when necessary, she wields blessed kunai, shuriken, and other small throwing weapons(though she'll occasionally use simpler knives.
Weaknesses consist of a lot of things - Aralyn doesn't like fighting. Unless absolutely necessary, as a shy and timid being, she prefers not to fight and will try to avoid doing so, instead relying on fleet feet and barriers. Due to this, she is a bit unpracticed with her weapons, often becoming clumsy in her combat. Because of her shy and timid nature, she also struggles to truly blend into the crowd, inspiring a deep fear of being discovered. She's very smart, but beyond her agility and fleet feet, she's not exactly made for fighting and is rather frail. Finally, Aralyn hasn't got the best hearing, and often needs things repeated or spoken slightly louder for her. This often leaves a blindspot.
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Name: Lupa Perdita Animos
Day Job/Mundane Cover: Constantly changing. Currently, in a great bout of irony, the young woman works as a police officer - only so she can get an eye on any criminals that could be potential targets.
Race: Inugami
Mythos Origin: Japanese Mythology
Profile: By day, an 'innocent' officer, and by night? A ferocious revenge-seeking vigilante. The fiery wolf-spirit, despite always trying to act witty and snarky in an almost childish manner, is a force to be reckoned with and refuses to let anything stand in the way of her punishing of the guilty. Before having been ritualistically turned into an Inugami, the girl was a wolf, raised by an abusive man named Richard Elzic. She was treated poorly, hardly ever allowed inside even in the harshest cold or the fiercest heat, and even less commonly provided with food or water. Despite this, the wolf maintained a sense of loyalty and love for her master, never once trying to leave the place or abandon him.
Of course, that all changed when the man decided that the state she was in wasn't enough.
The man buried her up to her neck, leaving only her head free, before placing a bowl of food just out of her reach. She was left there for days, until she was finally about to die - at which point, Richard chopped her head off, burying it beneath a nearby highway. And, soon after, he dug up both the head and the body of Lupa, placing it in a shrine and thus creating what Lupa is, now. Ever since then, Lupa's been filled with rage and a lust for blood and revenge on all evildoers.
Her fighting consists of utilizing her abnormally sharp canines and her claws, most commonly. However, if truly needed, Lupa will resort to the use of human-made weapons.
Despite her abilities, Lupa has more than a few weaknesses. She has a crippling fear of being buried alive once again, as well as of small/tight spaces. Another deep fear is of becoming as evil as those she punishes.
While her enhanced senses are a blessing, they also serve as a curse. If one were to overwhelm her with loud noises, strong scents, or anything that might throw off her vision, she'd be rendered temporarily out for the count. Perhaps even unconscious. She often uses everything she has without pacing, which is something that can be used against her in combat. Above all else, Lupa is horrendously lonely. The girl hates having anything about her weaknesses(especially emotional ones) or her past pointed out, and this triggers her enough to send her either into a crippling shock, or a blind rage.
Special Abilities
Evil Sense: Quite simply, this allows for Lupa to sense whether someone is evil or not.
Shapeshifting: Easily Lupa's favorite ability, and the one she's explored the most. It allows her to change forms with relative ease, at the cost of the process(when not switching between her human and Inugami form) taking a fair bit of a toll on her.
Enhanced Senses & Conditioning: Naturally, as a wolf spirit, Lupa has enhanced senses in almost every aspect and then some(including of hearing, smell, and sight). She also has higher speed and strength, and a slightly abnormal recovery rate, than/in comparison to humans.
Possession: Something that Lupa is blissfully unaware that she can accomplish, this is a quite simple ability. It allows for possession of others.
Name: Lucifer Matthias Anghelscu
Day Job/Mundane Cover: Catholic Priest
Race: Damphir
Mythos Origin: Balkan Mythology.
Profile: A member of the Burial Agency of the Vatican special forces divisions, dealing primarily with monsters. Of the rank "Executioner", his primary responsibility is the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen and surrounding neighborhoods, alongside his fellow Executioners. They are sanctioned to act as diplomats and agents of the Churchs Will, as well as assassins if the need arises.
Personal abilities extend to hypnosis, regeneration, enhanced strength and speed to a six ton bench limit and forty miles per hour limit. His senses are on par with an animals as well as gifted with the ability to see in infrared. He can phase through most materials, save for cold iron and blessed silver. He has control over lesser animals, primarily rats, bats, moths, spiders and wolves and can shapeshift for a length of time according to the amount of blood consumed, though this is limited to a wolf, swarm of bats and dragon form, though he has yet to unlock the last. In exchange, sunlight weakens him without the Shroud of Saint Job and blessed weapons do more damage to him proportionate to how much of his gifts he uses.
In battle, he primarily relies on swordplay in which he's mastered for his line of work.
His weakness is his reliance on blood. Where more fullblooded vampires can last on a little blood, Lucifer as a half-blood has to drain more gas for his mileage as it is. In the sunlight without his shroud, is reduced to peak human ability and loses vampiric powers.
His fangs produce a narcotic that releases a neurotoxin that enhances body sensitivity and releases intense pleasure to better allow a two-way prana flow. Lucifer gains blood, and in return he releases a little of his untapped and unused magic to heal the person in turn.
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