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IC

A magical world born of despair
    An outlet for confused identity
Neutered by fears of rejection
    Insanity defining the world itself
Kept as a dollhouse for incomplete toys
    Puppets struggling against choice
Looked at through ignorant eyes
    Some things refuse to be forgotten

What's This?
This is Remembrance, also called ANKL sometimes. Remembrance is a character driven story set in a vast world built to feel as real as possible, oftentimes more real than reality. It is driven by pain and sadness, such that moments of triumph and joy shine all the brighter. Reflecting my own experiences and struggles with mental illness and abuse, Remembrance aims to create meaning out of suffering, and hopefully tell an interesting story along the way. It is not for the faint of heart, but I like to think it's more than just a black hole with a thousand knives at the center. Even if a darker tone isn't to your taste, I'd still encourage you to give the RP a closer look, I like to think it's a lot more optimistic than it appears at a glance.

Among the main goals of the RP is for the characters to grow beyond characters, becoming fully fleshed out people whose decisions may surprise even their own creators. Rather than being avatars of their player, they are distinct, with their own histories, personalities, and lives. This allows for the character-driven narrative to flourish, placing characters into interesting situations within the world and allowing them to respond and grow in response to adversity.

Setting
The world of Remembrance is a cruel place where religion and politics reign over a largely unsuspecting populous always on the verge of destruction. Monsters roam freely, threatening to tear entire cities limb from limb. Men are widely enslaved, forced to serve society in dangerous roles. And war threatens to cut life short all across the globe. It is a far from pretty world, and yet for many it remains a happy one. Perhaps those people are just blinded by dogma, or perhaps there truly is something worth living for in this goddessforsaken world. Whatever the case, people live here, and they fight to keep living. Though it may not be a wonderful world, to the people living in this RP, it's the only one they have.

Technologically, the world sits somewhere in the 80s-00s range, depending on the exact area. Things are fairly similar to reality, save for one marked distinction: No wings. Although a potentially powerful technology, the ability to fly through means more complex than a hot air balloon has remained elusive for centuries. Yet this elusive technology is on the brink of discovery. Airships have recently taken flight, and with the barrier finally shattered, it likely won't be long before aerospace technology makes its final leap into the modern day.

Geographically, the world is split into three continents, with the majority of the RP taking place on the middle one. Specifically, the stories told center on the small, seemingly insignificant country of Katria. Once the seat of a mighty empire that spanned the entire continent and beyond, now embroiled in an endless war to take back its former glory. Although this would seem a fruitless endeavor, mandatory military service and a wealth of holy weapons have allowed the imperial remnant to remain a thorn in the world's side for generations.

To Katria's north lies Neridus. A small country itself until very recently, Neridus has rapidly expanded into an empire in its own right, spreading through the might of technology and cultural innovation. By effectively assimilating conquered lands, it has managed to grow to its current size seemingly unhindered. However, despite clear advantages in technology, logistics, and size, Neridus has been halted in its southern advance by Katria, which has taken far more resources to conquer than anticipated.

Southward is Tyran, a collection of smaller states once ruled by the empire. Katria seeks to reconquer these lands, but Tyran takes a stance of quality over quantity when it comes to holy weapon meisters, which has allowed it to outlast its former master, continually growing in influence as Katria slowly shrivels.

To the west is Lanica, a small mercantile country that once housed the trade capital of the world, and now serves as a capital of crime. Destroyed during the imperial collapse, Lanica would have been easy pickings for Katria at any point in history, were it still worth conquering. Due to its strategic location and regularly experiences with uprisings and coups, Lanica is a common target for puppetry by larger countries. The powerful few live in luxury, supported by foreign benefactors or criminal empires, while the rest languish in a state often worse than mere poverty, desperately hoping for a way out. Things do seem to be looking up for Lanica, however. A successful rebellion has recently instituted the first free government since the country's founding. Whether or not this fledgling rebirth can last remains to be seen.

Holy Weapons and Religion
A key component of the world of Remembrance are the mystical tools known as holy weapons. Integrally tied into society, warfare, and religion, they are a rope that binds the setting together. In other words, this is the power system. I'll run through exactly how you make a holy weapon for your PC during the section on character creation, but for now I'll be focusing on outlining the way holy weapons work in and of themselves. And that means I need to talk about religion.

Most places in the world follow some form of the Katrian religion. This religion is centered on ten virtues, the first eight of which are assigned in pairs to four goddesses, with the last two typically being assigned to the church or some other collective entity. These virtues are also further tied into ten matching elements, which fuel the powers of holy weapons. These element-virtue-goddess associations serve as the backbone for both the crafting of weapons and the understanding of religion. Many of the unusual effects of each element only make sense through the lens of the associated virtue, so I'll be combining these explanations for clarity.

Spoiler: Water/Force (click to show/hide)

Water - Luck
Chance, Patience, Chaos, Balance

Water is a jack-of-all-trades element with both offensive and defensive potential. Water’s indirect nature and low raw power enforce its virtue of Luck, asking the wielder to trust to the whims of fate and adapt to the situation around them. Its powers can be virtually anything, from simplistic to esoteric. Water asks the user to take the roundabout route and rewards them with unpredictable and often-underestimated strength; anything is possible if you leave it to Luck.

Force - Hope
Pushing, Future, Foresight, Relentless

The counterpart to Water, Force is a straightforward element that does one thing, and does it well. Force, much like true Hope, does not stop, inexorably reaching on toward the future regardless of all attempts to get in its way. Its strength is such that it can reach into the future itself at times, allowing the user to surmount obstacles before they present themselves. Force cannot be redirected or deterred, pushing aside everything in its path as it holds resolutely to its indomitable Hope.

Allia
Allia is portrayed as a teenage girl with pinkish skin and long, sky blue hair. Her large pink eyes complete her rather outlandish look. Though such colors can occur naturally, they are uncommon and stand in stark contrast to the more subdued designs of her sisters. Due to her chaotic nature, her design has varied greatly over the years, and even these basic features are sometimes inconsistent. Modern portrayals of Allia are as varied as her older ones, making it impossible to pin down any true form for the chaotic goddess.

Much like her inconsistent portrayals, the true Allia is indeed an entity of chaos and unpredictability. In many ways she is an embodiment of creativity and artistry, complete with the emotional instability that comes with it. She can be extremely amoral in her pursuits, caring little to not at all about what others think of her, so long as she can achieve whatever whimsical goal she has her eyes set on.

Spoiler: Frost/Spirit (click to show/hide)

Frost - Reason
Precise, Fragile, Words, Understanding

Frost is a precise element and almost as difficult to stop as Force - if, and only if, it is applied correctly. Let your Reason slip, act rashly, and it will shatter uselessly. Frost weapons universally require careful thought to use - sometimes literally, as it is not unknown for them to affect the mind, or allow it to affect reality directly. A razor sharp weapon belongs to those who can maintain their Reason in an unreasonable world.

Spirit - Ego
Confident, Unyielding, Tenacious, Emotion

Just as the existence of one’s Spirit is undeniable, weapons of this element create effects that cannot fail. An immovable Spirit weapon is simply that: nobody and nothing can move it until it so desires. As the element of Ego and by extension the soul, Spirit weapons sometimes have strange and esoteric effects, but they all share a commonality: their powers are absolute effects, much like the immutability of those few special things that define a person. Act in tandem with one’s true Ego while keeping it in check, and nothing may move you from where you stand.

Nerys
Nerys is portrayed as an older teen or young adult, commonly with her height somewhat exaggerated to be much greater than that of her sisters. She is given short brown hair and purple eyes. She is regularly given a more subdued build, especially compared to Katrina, with an emphasis placed on her long limbs and sharp facial features much more than her sexual appeal (though she is by no means made to be unattractive). She is regularly shown wearing a green, cloak-like dress that hangs loosely over itself to create many deep folds. This is felt to have a very mystical feel, and magical fantasy characters are often portrayed in a similar outfit. As with the other goddesses, attempts to modernize Nerys’s design are common, and hers are often the most popular. The portrayal of her as a glasses-wearing young woman with bright red hair is close to surpassing the more traditional design in popularity.

Nerys is always a consistent and logical person, often to a fault. She is very stubborn and awful at listening to the external advice, making her very set in her ways. Unless the circumstances around her change, she is unlikely to change her approach. While one might expect her to have a robotic lack of emotions, she is actually the most emotionally mature of her siblings, and her ability to understand herself and control her emotions is part of what allows her to be so logical.

Spoiler: Flame/Radiance (click to show/hide)

Flame - Faith
Belief, Fervor, Uplifting, Vast

Flame is a well-balanced element capable of both strong defenses and powerful offenses. Tied to Faith, it grows beyond the individual meister, often acting without the need for conscious direction or persisting after the user has left. It can set a heart aflame as easily as it can a battlefield, with some weapons empowering the minds and bodies of those affected. Flame abilities spread to wide scales with ease due to the unique properties of the element, much like the ideas they might represent. The strength of your mind, body, and heart can all be lifted beyond their limits as long as you have Faith in the greater purpose surrounding you.

Radiance - Love
Care, Trust, Pain, Healing

A powerful supportive element, Radiance is most known for its ability to heal damage more easily than anything else. The virtue of Love is inextricably entwined with the care and consideration we give to others - and the pain we might inflict upon them, or they on us, because of it. Alongside healing and creating protective barriers, Radiance weapons may manipulate pain directly, protecting the user and others by crippling foes. Love takes many forms; depending on which, it can provide you the sweetest relief, cause the most excruciating agony. . . or both.

Kartia
Kartia is portrayed as a dark-skinned mid-twenties-ish woman with very pronounced curves and chest. She is given long golden hair that falls in the shape of a gentle wave down to her ankles and eyes of matching color. Most often she is clothed in a golden robe composed of loosely connected ribbons that does little to conceal her body. Some more modern Katrian interpretations like to dress her in the uniform of a military general. Although the rest of the world trends more towards showing her as a simple, devout woman who forgoes extravagant clothing. There was even a very popular work of fiction which cast her being incarnated as a beleaguered schoolteacher, emphasizing her passion for uplifting others.

In reality, Kartia is a guilt-ridden woman driven by the unforgivable sins of her past life to spend eternity atoning. She cares deeply about the bonds of friendship, and her loyalty to those she cares about is unmatched.

Spoiler: Thunder/Shadow (click to show/hide)

Thunder - Power
Strength, Sexuality, Naiveté, Uncontrollable

Thunder is an element that overwhelms. It is raw, unadulterated Power, and it demonstrates this in often-spectacular form. Thunder weapons tend to be incredibly strong, and equally difficult to control. “Restraint” is simply not in the vocabulary of this element. Alongside obliterating foes with bolts of lightning or crushing them with bursts of physical strength, Power exists in other forms as well; a Thunder weapon can exert influence in the form of mental effects, manipulating the ideas of allure and desire as they apply to the target. Give it a will, and Power will enforce it upon the world for you.

Shadow - Fear
Weakness, Constant, Hierarchy, Control

Running counter to Thunder, Shadow is a subtle, defensive element. Like the social structures that surround and bind all of us, Shadow weapons are constant, exerting an inexorable influence on their targets. As Fear given form, Shadow weapons enforce hierarchies: weakening foes, ensuring they fear your strength, or creating them directly. Many Cipher weapons are Shadow, targeting the minds and senses of the user’s victims. Understand it properly, and Fear will keep you safe from others and yourself.

Layla
Layla is traditionally portrayed in the nude. Shown either as a young girl that represents the simplistic, childlike nature of her existence, or as a young adult woman used as a symbol of sexuality. Both portrayals are shown to be deathly pale, with straight, shoulder-length black hair, and yellow eyes, the whites of which have switched color to black.

The childlike version of Layla is usually shown to be outwardly frightful, yet with immense power that she lashes out with to protect herself. Meanwhile the adult form is given an aggressive and unforgiving personality. These are often combined into a single idea, with the younger Layla outright transforming into her older form when threatened. This has led to the common media trope of mysterious young girls being powerful women in disguise.

Modernizations of Layla’s younger form don’t often try to change much, most often just lengthening her hair to be more like Katrina’s, allowing her more sensitive parts to be better concealed. Her older form, on the other hand, has begun to be shown wearing a variety of outfits. Most of them are rather fetishistic, ranging from a skintight leotard and high heeled boots to an overly complex black dress adorned with lace and flowers. Some, however, attempt to redesign her with baggy, masculine clothes in protest of the Church's sexist policies.

Lilith is an anxious and insecure person who views her own strength with immense paranoia. She is extremely emotional and prone to losing control of herself. Though her anxiety helps keep her from hurting others intentionally, it also often leads to her breaking down emotionally. Without careful guidance, she can easily fall into a terrible spiral of despair and self-loathing. Which with her immense power can be extremely dangerous not only to her, but to those around her.

Spoiler: Earth/Time (click to show/hide)

Earth - Fortitude
Humanity, Bastion, Space, Blood

Earth is an eternal bastion in which all can take refuge. Representing Fortitude, weapons of this element give the user the strength to protect not only themselves, or individuals, but the groups of people that help define who they are. Earth powers may not be as inviolable as Spirit, but no Spirit weapon can match them for sheer scale; immense stone barriers and earthen armor will guard far more people than a single impenetrable shield. Earth is also the element of humanity itself, and sometimes manifests with powers that manipulate the very blood of who we are. Act with unity and Fortitude, and your defenses will never falter.

Time - Eternity
Memory, Past, Gravity, Perception

Time is the element of the past, never quite touching a person yet having inarguable effects on them all. Its powers rarely take the form of direct offenses, instead acting to augment and support the wielder’s abilities by manipulating the temporal flow. Time powers warp their namesake, speeding it up, slowing it down, or using gravity as a medium to do so. Eternity does not simply refer to literal time, either; Time weapons may allow one to reach into one’s memories, conjuring forth effects from their contents. The long reach of Eternity shall always affect you; ensure your remembrance and it might just be positive.

Character Creation
The most significant aspects of making a character for Remembrance are her personality and her holy weapon. These two aspects are entwined, as the Element of a character's holy weapon is determined by the Virtue they are most lacking in. As such, you should typically write a personality and determine an element before you begin working on your weapon.

Holy weapons typically have a single cohesive power, alongside any minor abilities (strength, heat resistance, etc) required to prevent the character from being harmed by her own weapon. If a weapon has a second distinct ability or a particularly powerful ability, then it will suffer the downside of lacking some of the protections it would normally come with. A third ability guarantees that the weapon will absolutely trash its owner when used. A weapon with more than three abilities cannot exist.

The shape of a holy weapon should reflect what it does in some way, and the more powerful the ability, the more directly the form it takes should demonstrate what that power is, and the less likely it is to be literally shaped like a weapon. Some unlucky folks are saddled with a weapon painfully integrated directly into their body. Holy weapons are primarily made out of metal and gem-like structures with colors representing their element.

For your first primary character, you'll be creating a Katrian either in the military as an officer or having left it after their mandatory service ended. Once you have clearly established that character with at least two complete scenes, you'll be allowed to submit a secondary character from anywhere in the world. This second character must have a different element from your primary and cannot have any direct connection to them. In both cases, please feel free to ask for character help in the Discord channel, the world is big and complicated and I am very far from getting all possible relevant information for making a character into this post.

If a character dies or is retired, you may replace them with a new character immediately. If this is your primary, then you may promote your secondary and make a new secondary instead of making a fresh primary. You may also switch the two entirely at the end of an Arc if you please. Primary characters will be incorporated into the current main plotline if possible, while secondary characters will be used to explore the world and participate in smaller scale subplots.

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: [Should include a rank. I’m just poaching the ones the US Army uses for the sake of simplicity]
Age: [16-21 for Katrian mandatory service]

Appearance: [What your character looks like, anime color rules are in effect but natural colors are more common]

Personality: [A description of what type of person your character is]

Element: [Which element your character is attuned to, based on whichever of the virtues they are lacking the most]
Weapon: [A description of your character’s weapon, including its appearance and abilities. We’ll go over this together before finalizing to ensure it is balanced, so don’t worry about overdoing it on your first pass]

Characters
Primaries
Lieutenant Colonel Monika Sydow - Goggy
Yava Yenthrid - Akira
Major Estela Lazarri - Twin
Second Lieutenant Mirka Kay - Wrench
First Lieutenant Aura Flamine - Sora
Lady Arturia Eberhardt of Folkvangr - Val

Secondaries
Lunete Ellsworth - Val
Immortal - Strat
Special Probationary Officer Sydia Lacus - Goggy

Spoiler: Retired PCs (click to show/hide)

Second Lieutenant Sylvia Wright - Glass
Jessie Lynch Alice Farsign - Glass
Lieutenant Colonel Eilyth Hutton - Akira
Lady Astarte Falck - Goggy

List of NPCs

[Chevaleresse]

Spoiler: A knight, of ages eld for times anew (click to show/hide)

Name: Arturia Eberhardt of Folkvangr
Rank: Lady
Age: 19
Theme: Knight of Firmament

Appearance: Arturia is tall, but not incredibly so, with long bluish-silver hair largely kept under control by its own sheer mass. Her bright blue eyes look from behind glasses when they are practical and contacts when they are not. She tends to look graceful until she moves; this is reversed in combat, with an almost lackadaisical-looking form that snaps into deadly precision when needed. Her chest is on the large side of moderate, but her style of dress (intentionally) de-emphasizes it.

Arturia usually drifts towards loose-fitting clothing. Much of her wardrobe is more bedraggled than one might expect, as she rarely gets rid of clothes unless they’ve been rendered effectively unwearable. A preference for heavier clothing over lighter often leaves her rather warmer than she’d like, but it does help keep the sun off of her somewhat pale skin, which suffers dearly to her distractibility at times.  She likes her mantle and wears it more than she should.

Her combat uniform hearkens back to antiquity, being a modern reinterpretation of more archaic stylings. It consists of a dress and long skirt in silvers, blues, and blacks, with strategic cuts and tailorings to maintain combat mobility and general freedom of movement. The sleeves bear stylized wolf motifs, as do the shoulders of both the shirt and the mantle covering it; the latter is also trimmed with faux silver wolf fur with the rest being a deep blue. A wolf ear headband sits on her head; it wasn’t originally part of the costume but it somehow makes its way into the outfit regardless of her wishes. The skirt is trimmed up in the front to show her black leggings (and, more practically, to stop it from getting tangled in her footwork.

Personality: Arturia is sometimes thought to be a mass of contradictions. Somehow, she manages to be both short-tempered and patient, working through great deals of easily-roused frustration. She seems to carry herself with little regard for the opinions of others, yet those same opinions haunt her relentlessly. The trait that brought her Ladyhood, however, is her willingness to suffer on behalf of others; she is kind to a fault, often sacrificing her own well-being to put another at ease. This can sometimes grow into resentment, but she rarely expresses such; after all, it's her job to be nice, and confrontations are difficult.

Though she often finds herself unmotivated and exhausted by life, it’s not impossible to get energy out of her. She delights in exploring her interests and, despite her other traits, tends to thrive under pressure in the short term.

Element: Thunder
Weapon: Arturia’s weapon appears as a sword impaling her, pierced straight through her heart, and the “sheath” has replaced the organ as well as the other disrupted tissues. The blade generates a storm of Thunder around her, lashing out at incoming threats. She can spawn this in her hands as well to use as a weapon, effectively “throwing” the power at a stubborn foe. If she draws the sword, it will be further energized, wreathing itself in Thunder as well as increasing the power and range of the ability overall, but Arturia’s “heartbeat” will slow and stop in its absence.

[SOLDIER First]

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[GodofGamingRWBY]

Hi it's me again
Primary PC

Spoiler:  JUST MONIKA (click to show/hide)

Name: Major Monika Sydow
Age: 20
Birthday: 12/15

Appearance: Monika is a 5’8” woman with plain caucasian skin and a well built body, bearing blood red eyes and medium length dark hair that goes down to her shoulders, her bangs also being long enough to cover her left eye. The fact that she possesses a rather handsome face and deeper voice would trick some into thinking she was one of the Enlisted, if not for her officer uniform and chest. Due to her rank, Monika was able to make slight modifications to her uniform, mostly through swapping out the skirt with similarly colored dress pants and adding a waist length blue cape that covers one of her shoulders. This choice of fashion extends to her casual wear as well, where she is often found wearing some variation of a suit.

Personality: Optimistic and empathetic, Monika gives off a calm and cool presence even in the worst of times, often being the one to make light of a bad situation, and despite not being that religious, she follows a belief of protecting others with a fervor that is hard to match. Though naturally gifted in combat and committed to her job and training, she’s publicly known as a shameless flirt (to both genders, not just other women) and party girl, showing a carefree and oftentimes bored attitude ill fitting for someone of her rank, though this is largely due to the fact that she’s often done with her work early rather than flat out ignoring it.

Element: Flame
Weapon: Monika’s Holy Weapon takes the form of an extravagant halberd, its handle covered in red fabric, blades of silver, and a red ruby embedded in between the axe and spear portion of the weapon. This Halberd possesses the ability to absorb excess heat in the air, superheating itself to absurd degrees, but its main ability is that it allows Monika to launch concentrated heat blasts from any part of her body. Though Monika herself is immune to the heat created by these blasts, she can use them to launch herself with the force, or use them to deflect small arms fire.

Secondary PC

Spoiler: Angry one armed woman breaks your knees (click to show/hide)

Name: Lady Astarte Falck
Age: 22

Appearance: Standing at 5’3”, with well tanned skin, grey eyes, and long silver hair that falls messily around her face, as well as being tied into a ponytail that goes all the way down to her waist, Astarte is a slight oddity when it comes to appearances, not helped by a large yet faint burn scar running diagonally between her eyes. The most noticeable part of her appearance is her missing right arm, severed right on the shoulder.

Regardless, her outfit as a Lady is rather simple, being a small red jacket with white outlines overlapping a black tube top that reveals a good part of her stomach. Past that, she wears black shorts with two red loops of fabric hanging from the belt loops. She also wears red boots that stop just under her knees, black plates covering the front of them, along with a single red gauntlet, which contains her Holy Weapon.

Personality: Though Astarte tries to present the image of a composed warrior, it’s fairly easy for most to notice a perpetual, focused anger lying underneath her surface, and often letting her emotions dictate her actions. Fiercely dedicated to her duty, training, and sense of purpose, Astarte goes through any length to achieve greater strength, all for the sole purpose of eventually surpassing and defeating the one who destroyed her arm. Despite this inherent selfishness, Astarte is fairly protective of those around her, going out of her way to assist those who truly need help.

Element: Frost
Weapon: Astarte’s weapon takes the form of a small, silver disk strapped to the back of her hand, a white gem planted within.This disk allows Astarte to rapidly create weapons and structures made of ice, mostly being a blade or shield. As expected from her element, these creations are extremely fragile, often breaking after one use. However, Astarte’s power truly shines in moments where she is given a few moments to center herself. Once that center is found, Astarte is capable of nullifying any attack thrown at her, or break any defense erected to stop her, no matter how strong they may be, her gauntlet creating a structure of ice that is capable of achieving a perfect counter, no matter the opposing power. Additionally, her weapon has a unique property that manifests once Astarte reaches that 'center', granting her limited precognition of her opponent's next move, and the knowledge of how to properly defeat it.

Additional Note: At the time of this writing, Takosher and I have agreed to write Astarte in shortly before her life changing event.

The True Secondary PC

Spoiler: A friendly stylist (click to show/hide)

Name: Sydia Lacus
Age: 25

Appearance: Sydia is a woman who stands at a diminutive 5’0” with white skin, bright red eyes, and short, straight black hair. While her normal job as a fashion designer gives her a large selection of outfits, Sydia has a preference for a single outfit: Namely, a sleeveless, short black dress with an x pattern cross connecting it to a choker on her neck, with a red belt wrapped around her waist, with black leggings underneath, ending with black boots with red fur trimming. In addition to this, Sydia wears an open black jacket with both red, furred collar, red trimmings, and a red inside, and finally, short black gloves to cover her hands.

Personality: At first glance, one could easily assume that Sydia is a very friendly woman, one who maintains a calm and approachable demeanor at all times. If anything, her only noticeable flaw would be her intense perfectionism, constantly pushing herself further and further in her craft, and even then, that trait could easily be attributed to the cause of her career as a fashion designer.

Unfortunately, beneath that mask of friendliness is a woman with little sympathy and value for other people’s lives. Though she kept the truth hidden for several years, an encounter with a particularly unruly patient led to the mask being unveiled permanently, leading to a long standing list of murders across Neridus that could be traced back to Sydia, each an attempt to create something truly beautiful out of the act of killing.

Element: Earth
Weapon: Sydia’s Holy Weapon comes in the form of a pair of elegant designer scissors, clearly meant for cutting fabric and hair. While the tips are clearly sharp enough to be effective stabbing tools, and the blades are surprisingly sharp, the scissors don’t initially appear as good weapons, until one looks into their natural traits. The first is allowing Sydia to “blink” between locations by cutting the distance between her and her chosen spot, though its limited distance and inability to be used multiple times in quick succession prevent it from being a casual traveling tool.

The scissor’s other ability is only present when Sydia slashes with her scissors, which creates an invisible line where her scissors moved. This line initially does nothing, but after a few moments, another "slash" will effect the line, absolute in nature, and severing anything less than another Holy Weapon if it is caught in its effect.

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

Spoiler: <Tiny Sleepy Hammer Idiot> (click to show/hide)

Name: Captain Llewella "L" Vaughan
Age: 20

Appearance: L is a diminutive almost to the point of ridiculousness. She is known amongst the army for many things but most importantly for being without a doubt the shortest. She possesses long blonde hair that reaches all the way to the ground. She often sloppily throws it in a ponytail so it is out of the way but nothing ever more intricate. It is often required when she has to do any movement, or at least was. L is so used to it at this point it hardly affects her, but she is often required to for the sake of others or when required to be in dress. L would probably be considered stunningly beautiful if she ever tended to her own appearance but outside of military dress she never does. She dresses entirely for comfort, wearing whatever is most easily put on or to slip out of when she is able to. Her eyes would be a shocking ocean blue, however their beauty is oft ruined by lingering tiredness that seems to always accompany her.

Personality: L is airheaded, spacey, and often distracted. These are all symptoms of a greater underlying issue however, her seemingly eternal exhaustion. L always seems worn out, often falling asleep where she is standing, possibly in the middle of a conversation. Despite this, she is reliable when it matters.

It is known to those that are aware of L, that she is difficult to communicate with.. Oftentimes, if she doesn't think you worthy of her time she will not even expend the effort to pretend you exist, tuning you out completely. It can be difficult to penetrate that little world of her's once her attention is lost. She can even tune out minor amounts of pain as she is so adept at shutting off and isolating herself. She does this even without thinking, her eternal tiredness seeming to affect her situational awareness.

Element: Thunder
Weapon: L's weapon is a giant hammer, one greater in size than her own body. How she wields it is a mystery to most given her tiny frame that shouldn't even be capable of lifting it let alone swinging it. However, it is a simple matter truly. L possesses super strength, enough to wield her hammer as if it were nothing. However, she cannot wield the Hammer without it, meaning that during battle she cannot turn off this power, not for a single second.

Her hammer also serves as a channel for lightning, allowing L to tear peals of lightning down from the sky. Powerful bolts rend the area, strong enough that they can tear through buildings, and whatever obstacles may between them and their targets. L can prime these bolts to land anywhere, though it takes them longer to form and strike the further from herself she designates the target. This is not strictly a downside, as it can be used to delay a strike for many purposes.

Faith: C
Love: C
Reason: A
Ego: B
Power: F
Fear: D
Luck: A
Hope: C
Fortitude: B
Eternity: D

[Glass]

I have no idea what this is, but it definitely sounds interesting.
I'll edit stuff into the character sheet as I figure stuff out, but one question: the element part says "Which element your character is attuned to, based on whichever of the virtues they are lacking the most" [emphasis added]. Is that how it's supposed to be, or is it supposed to be based on what you have the most of?
Also, why do some of you guys have letter grades for the traits? These questions have been answered, thank you Twinwolf.

Spoiler: Ensigns are unfortunately not a thing now (click to show/hide)

Name: Second Lieutenant Silvia Wright
Age: 19?

Appearance: Silvia stands tall, at 6 feet, though her habit of leaning back on whatever furniture is available diminishes the effect, as does her thin frame. Her hair is a brown-red color, and kept in a simple braid that goes down to her shoulder blades; there is typically at least one pen or pencil stowed away in it, and occasionally also a scalpel. Her eyes - almost perpetually rimmed with dark circles - are a dark green, and her face is covered in freckles, standing in contrast to her pale skin.
She doesn't look terribly comfortable in the military uniform, and has modified her own to have a longer skirt, reaching down to a bit below her knees, and notably containing pockets, despite stern warnings not to do so. Out of uniform, she generally wears a collared shirt of some variety and a pair of stained cargo pants.

Personality: Clear intelligence and foresight got Silvia her position as a commissioned officer; irreverence for her superiors, the church, and "how things ought to be done" have kept her at the very bottom of the totem pole. Most of the time, Silvia is - mostly - easygoing, primarily wanting to get things done the right way, and willing to put in the work not only to do it, but to figure out how to do it. In social interactions, she tends toward quietness, speaking when she feels she has something to contribute - though if she does get to talking, there's a decent chance she may start lecturing for a while. She does, unfortunately, have a tendency to forget names, alongside other things she doesn't process as being important in the long term or, worse, she thinks are stupid. On the plus side, she's quick to forget grudges so long as they haven't been particularly consistent, and if you can get her to remember a debt, she'll typically try to fulfill it.
The "mostly" stops rather abruptly when others try to tell her what to do without - in her opinion - providing proper reasoning for these orders. At these points, she will be downright chilly, with most responses being terse, and either dismissive or snarky, even caustic if she finds the plans particularly poorly-thought-out. On occasion, she will try to tell a superior a different plan of her own making; her opinion of them will be shifted heavily depending on if they at least take the time to consider it, though few do.
Her free time is frequently spent either tinkering or drawing blueprints, though they're kept hidden during the day. What she knows of foreign technology has left her frustrated at the lack of access to equivalents at home.
[Reason+Hope high, Faith+Eternity low]

Element: Time
Weapon: Silvia wields a simple quarterstaff, each end holding a small quartz crystal; one is grey, the other yellow. Specifically, whichever one is on top will be grey, and the one on bottom will be yellow, though the change is not instantaneous, rather moving over the course of a minute, like sand in a flipped hourglass.
While the crystals are in the process of inverting, the world around Silvia slows down, or rather, she speeds up, experiencing five seconds for every one that actually passes. This dramatically increases her speed, reaction time, and other such things, and allows her to take advantage of opponents' mistakes that others would be too slow to notice, let alone exploit.

[Twinwolf]

It's correct, you're supposed to get it based on which one is most lacking. I asked.

The letter grades aren't required, it's something the GM did on her example characters as a "here's an idea of how this character is" and some players did it for theirs.

Also, be aware of the discord linked at the top.

[Glass]

Ah, thanks. I missed the Discord. Popping over now.

[Sutoratosu Akira]

Primary PC

Spoiler: Thief with a heart of gold (click to show/hide)

Name: Yava Yenthrid
Age: 21(Estimated) (Found on 1/26)
Appearance: A lithe, olive complexioned woman standing at an impressive 5’0”. She has a fairly generous bust and hips despite her small stature, giving her some much needed proof of maturity considering her soft cheeks and button nose lends her face an almost childlike quality. Her messy, royal blue hair is cut short just above her shoulders, with her bangs obscuring her right eye. Her monolid eyes shimmer a shade of green reminiscent of seaweed. Her outfit of choice consists of faded jeans and a dark green hooded poncho with a black t-shirt and utility belt underneath.

Personality: A jovial, roguish woman with a penchant for getting in over head and finding her way right back out again. Yava was raised as a revolutionary and worked as a criminal for most of her life, and at this point has stolen from, worked jobs for, and made enemies with too many people and organizations to even keep track of. She takes great pride in her skills as a 'private contractor' of sorts, but never in using those skills against those just trying to get by. Quite the contrary in fact: Yava strives to maintain a heart of gold despite the cruelty of the world around her, and has a strict personal code against stealing from small folk or killing anyone unless it's absolutely necessary. Even then, she tries to only take the bare minimum of what she needs and give as quick and painless a send off as possible. Plenty of people have called her soft heart a sign of weakness, but Yava largely doesn't care and never did. Suffering is something she loathes, and she's determined to not sow more of it into this world if she can help it. And even in the cases where she does, she at least tries her best to tear it out again before it sprouts.
    The debatable merits of her ideals aside though, Yava also has a mischief streak a mile long and a fascination for everything and anything shiny. While she tries to mostly refrain from thievery unless she absolutely needs to or she's sure no one would miss what she’s taking anyway, her kleptomania still occasionally drives her towards less scrupulous sleights of hand. In most of these cases she's more content to admire what she stole (or the reaction of the victim) rather than keep it, though this admiration often turns to guilt upon finding out the item has some important purpose or sentimental value.

Element: Water

Weapon: Yava’s weapon manifests as a large, ornate skeleton key with various different bits emanating from along its shaft. Separated from the shaft by a small circular crossguard is a cylindrical, ergonomic handle topped in a shining blue crystal ball. The shaft and its bits are sharp enough to use as a dagger, should things come down to it.

The first, and most superficial, ability of Yava’s key is the power to create an extension of itself out of water that will perfectly match the internals of any mechanical lock it is presented to, no matter how old or complex.

It’s second, and true, power, however, is the ability to gradually alter the probability of events for anything it makes direct contact with, with the sole exception being her own self. How long this alteration takes to complete depends on the magnitude of it, and this holds true regardless of whether Yava is raising or lowering a probability:

• Altering a likely event to be near certain to occur can be done instantaneously.
• Altering a plausible but unlikely event to the point it becomes nigh certain takes only a few moments.
• Altering something that is practically impossible to the point it becomes nigh certain takes up to several minutes if not tens of minutes.
• Altering something so ridiculously unlikely as to be infinitesimal takes even longer, up to several hours at best.

Lastly, no matter how how long she makes contact, Yava can never fully guarantee that an event she alters will or will not occur, for there will always be at least the theoretical probability of the undesired outcome regardless, no matter how minuscule.

To date, the Probability-fucked items she has created with her power include:

• Yava's Sidearm- A simple but reliable 9mm pistol of foreign design. Practically impossible to jam, while being practically guaranteed to hit its target.
• The Last Mag- The magazine of Yava's Sidearm. Practically guaranteed to always have at least one shot left.
• Zenith Maglite- A maglite practically guaranteed to temporarily blind and stun anyone it's beam shines on, even if it doesn't actually hit their face.
• Healing Asprin- A bottle of asprin pills nigh certain to induce rapid healing when ingested.
• Ballistic Attire- Yava's t-shirt and jeans, altered with an extremely high likeliness to deflect bullets, knives, and other such dangerous objects.
• Hood of Anonymity- Yava's poncho, almost guaranteed to avoid notice from observers. Anything it covers can avoid notice as well by extension.
• Fizzle Light- A cheap flashlight with a "fat chance in hell" of cancelling any Holy Weapon effect its beam is pointed at. Work-in-progress.

Secondary PC

Spoiler: The Immortal (click to show/hide)

Name: Orino “The Immortal” Okabe, Rame Nero (To the Neridans)
Age: 24 (Estimated; Birthdate Unknown)
Appearance:
A slender waif who couldn’t be a day past her late teens at most. She stands at 5’6” with crimson, monolid eyes devoid of life and snow white hair draping down to her lower back. Her complexion is pale bordering on translucent and she wears her hair in a low-riding bun with a Lycoris hairpin keeping it in place. Her canines have always been a touch longer and more prominent than the rest of her smile, which combined with her milky white paleness led to many a joke of her being a vampire, among other remarks.

Orino’s ensemble can vary wildly across regenerations, but she trends towards loose and backless dresses that provide freedom of movement while still being stylish. Regardless of what she happens to be wearing, she is almost always seen with a military duffle bag slung over one shoulder.

Her current outfit consists of a red haori with white floral pattern, beneath which she wears a pleated white halter dress that stops just above her knees. Her legs are clad in black thigh-high boots with red soles, and fastened across her waist is a wide red leather belt with various pouches adorning its length. Also mounted on this belt is a katana with a translucent ruby pummel, lacquered cherry-red tsuka and saya, a gold tsuba, and black-tinted blade. Given its appearance and Orino’s fierce attachment to it, many assume it’s a Holy Weapon, but this 5160 steel blade is the product of a master swordsmith rather than an Esteemed One.

Personality:
A woman for whom “death” stopped meaning anything long ago. No end of rumors circulates through the underworld about Orino’s true nature. Some say she’s a demon wearing human skin, moving with all the strength and speed worthy of one while seemingly unphased by such inconveniences as being shot, stabbed, burned, or dismembered. Others say she’s a vengeful spirit, always reappearing no matter how thoroughly you destroy her. A few even claim she’s a vampire, swearing that they’ve seen her tear out people’s jugulars with her bare teeth. Regardless which of these tall tales one chooses to believe, if any, one thing is certain: Even fewer people know who she is than what she is, and most of those who’ve escaped to spread their tales simply call her “The Immortal''.

Those who meet Immortal without having already been marked for death will see that she’s far less overtly monstrous than her survivors make her out to be. Most still find her presence unnerving, chiefly due to her face’s apparent inability to show any emotion and the equally dead monotone in her voice. This is simply a matter of consequence for Immortal, as a previous life of constant suffering has left countless scars across her body and soul alike. It was only through learning to master her instinctive response to pain that she managed to not break entirely. Just as it was only through learning to control her rage and hatred by numbing her emotions that she managed to bide her time and escape.

Escape though she did, her heart and mind were twisted beyond recognition, and she had nothing and no one to return to. Seeing no other constructive purpose for her wretched existence, Immortal decided she would spend it paying evil unto evil.  It was this fateful decision that pushed her to acquire greater power, and with that power she began to slay the monsters she so despised.

Element: Radiance

Weapon: Immortal Bloom
A rose gold tsumami kanzashi ornamented by three brilliant Lycoris blooms woven from metal fibers, accentuated by two small rubies dangling from short chains. Beneath these blooms is a ribbed handle ending in a disk shaped guard with an ovoid ruby embedded in it. The kanzashi’s biprongs meet to form a pronounced point and are deceptively sharp, allowing it to be deployed as an improvised dagger.

Immortal Bloom serves as Orino’s phylactery. It is the true seat of her consciousness and life force, allowing her to remotely control her body, survive its physical destruction, and completely reconstruct it again so long as at least a small piece remains (with the minimum she can regenerate from being the size of a baseball). This same power also renders her body completely immune to disease and aging, and allows it to heal damage extremely quickly.

In order to maintain optimal control, however, her body  must stay within a minimum distance of Immortal Bloom. Moving beyond this range will result in her movements becoming sluggish and harder to coordinate. Those looking for a more permanent solution may try to destroy Orino’s body so that nothing remains to regenerate from, but even this is only a stop gap as she’ll simply become trapped within her weapon; effectively defeated and sealed, but far from dead. Thus, the only way to permanently destroy Orino is to either destroy her phylactery outright or find a method to counter its powers.

Retired

Spoiler: The Dragon of Katria (click to show/hide)

Name: Lieutenant Colonel Eilyth Hutton
Theme: Nightmare-Cover by Lollia
Age: 20 (BD 12/24)
Appearance:

A tall woman standing at 6’1”, with a sinewy and powerful build. What she has in well sculpted muscle, however, she lacks in both bust and curves, resulting in her being mistaken for an enlisted once before (long story, don't ask). Her face is marked by its narrow scarlet eyes, high cheeks, a sharp nose and even sharper jawline, the latter two characteristics being classic features of the Hutton bloodline. Her platinum blonde hair is cut in short and choppy curls and ever present around her neck is a black metal choker sculpted in the image of a dragon biting its own tail. The most glaring part of her appearance however, is the tentacles, colored pitch black like the deep unknown. Two of them sprout from either shoulder blade, though they are usually kept concealed beneath her clothing.

Her current attire consists of an emerald green hoodie with a dragon scale-pattern and four discreet slits in the upper back, as well as a simple pair of black jeans with a pair of matching leather boots.

Personality: Despite having seen the truth of their reality firsthand, Eilyth has maintained not only her sanity, but her sense of self. It doesn't matter to her that this world is a fabrication, or that she and everyone around her are the creations of beings beyond their ken. Though she cannot ever fully understand the whims of their makers, she is firmly convicted that she has a will of her own. She believes even more strongly that any being, be they a higher or more secular power, who dares impede her rightful exercise of said will is an enemy to be destroyed. And what enemies she has made: even the likes of physical gods have failed to kill her, and time and time again Eilyth overcame them not through tangible might, but the unfaltering drive to live.

Though she has proven herself as the leader of her merry bunch time and again, Eilyth has no love of authority and simply wants to enjoy the quiet, peaceful life she never had growing up. Part of her protectiveness over her companions is the realization that they are the foundation of what she seeks, and any threat to them constitutes a threat to her entire dream.

And while she may not be a hero, a villain, or even much of an idealist one thing has become deadly certain over the course of her journey: Eilyth will fight tooth and nail to protect her dream, often with little regard to her own safety. Woe be to those who try to rob the Dragon of her greatest treasure.

Element: Earth

Weapon: Amicus
Amicus is a metallic band sculpted into the shape of a dragon biting its own tail, with scales as black as fertile soil and red garnets for eyes. It is integrated directly into Eilyth's spinal cord and the flesh around the base of her neck, making it virtually impossible for her to remove even if she wanted to.

Through Amicus, Eilyth holds the power to clad her body in formidable scales of elemental stone, shaped much like those of a dragon. Even a small number of these scales is enough to protect her actual body from most blows, and when assembled into a full armor they can ensure Eilyth's survival against even the most heinous of attacks. In fact, they are so durable that anything of lesser power than armor-peircing tank fire cannot even scratch them.
    Her power does not stop with simply generating the scales, however. Eilyth also possesses complete control over them while they are attached to her. This control allows her to stand them up and extend them as spikes, detach them at will to be slung at enemies, or to arrange them into various draconic limbs and limb extensions such as claws and talons, razor sharp wings, a powerful tail, and even digitigrade legs.

Lastly, though her armor does support most of it's own weight (and any outside weight which acts on it), having to bear even a fraction of dozens of tons at a time is still enough to easily crush an unaugmented person. Amicus accounts for this simple fact by modifying and reinforcing Eilyth's bone and muscle structure while her power is active, granting her superhuman strength and durability.

[dgr11897]

Spoiler: terminator (click to show/hide)

Name: Specialist, HK0001, "The beast"
Age: Unknown

Appearance: White hair and one eye of steely silver. The other eye has been... Lost, or replaced, in it's place is a docking port of sorts for her holy weapon.

Personality: Inured to death, unknown to life, Hunter Killer 0001 is a person without hope. They keep moving forward out of a feeling of duty, of empty will, and lack of a desire to do otherwise. Outside of combat she is surprisingly warm, trying to support and aid anyone she can, in combat, she is a cold machine, nothing but a cog in the gears of war that continue to grind onwards. Originally, she was part of an amoral experiment, namely, to see if it was possible to make a "Hollow" person, someone who was so empty of virtue and personality they could use all elements, it failed, as she refused to break, emotion became replaced with logic, ego and faith filling her with determination to go on, power being gained, all the virtues manifesting, except hope, for she was broken, no hope, tomorrow would be just as bad as today, nothing could change, only faith and logic, love and ego driving her on, resulting in HK.

Element: Force
Weapon: The Sunderer armor
A suit of advanced armor, directly connected to the user through pre installed sockets, it is impossible to remove by force. It possesses a basic layer which is more of a rough skeleton, atop which plates of armor can be attached. It's helmet posesses a gem for one eye, and a grill over the other, the gem eye is over the eye HK has lost. The gauntlets of the armor are sharpened, like claws, the same can be said for the feet, every portion of the armor is a weapon through and through. It has the following abilities.
The user can mark targets based on an image or line of sight and begin hunting them, upon doing this, they cannot be stopped from proceeding to the location of the target and terminating them by any outside force.
An addition to the above, the armor will continually stitch together the user's body, allowing them to keep fighting regardless of damage while active.
A final ability is the power to coat the armor in force magic, turning it unstoppable for a brief period. This allows the claws of the suit to cut through stone walls like tissue paper, pierce basically anything, and allows the armor to shrug off a certain amount of damage.

Character for if I decide to join later, since right now I have too much stuff going on to play, but couldn't resist trying my hand at making a character. I definitely went overboard though.

[Naturegirl1999]

Virtues

Spoiler: Faith (click to show/hide)

Faith represents the ability to believe, even in modern times filled with doubt. It is a powerful and contagious virtue that leads many to great fervor. The Church stresses it among all Katrian women as a core value, urging them to follow the Church and have faith, even when things don’t make sense.

Spoiler: Love (click to show/hide)

Love is a feeling of caring so deep that it can overcome even the harshest pain. The Church teaches Love as a major part of its military doctrine. It helps Katrian soldiers bond together and overcome the many tribulations that military life places on their shoulders. And it gives those soldiers the will to go on through the agony they feel when their sisters in arms die on the battlefield.

Spoiler: Reason (click to show/hide)

Reason is the ability to solve problems and uncover knowledge. The Church sees it as a somewhat troublesome virtue, as many interpret it as the ability to think independently and defy what you’ve been taught. The Church instead chooses to interpret Reason as a method for discerning truth, and professes that its leaders are all well versed in its use. Reason is encouraged as a way to root out lies and conspiracy that might undermine the Church.

Spoiler: Ego (click to show/hide)

Ego is the sense of self and governs internal consistency. Although outside of Katria it is almost universally interpreted as promoting individuality and self-worth, the Church instead claims that Ego represents the ability to be confident in your beliefs, a companion to Faith. A focus is placed on the aspect of consistency, and Ego is used to support what one believes even when others might try to tear them down.

Spoiler: Power (click to show/hide)

Power represents potential and the ability to rise above others. Most commonly it is seen to represent physical strength and sexual prowess. Though the latter is significantly more emphasized across the world, as physical strength is often tied to masculinity. It is also seen as simplistic, sometimes to the point of childlike naivete and innocence. These conflicting ideas weave together into a complex web of different ideas and interpretations, more than any other virtue. Most interpretations fall in line with that of the Church, which professes that Power represents the ability to enact change in the world around oneself.

Spoiler: Fear (click to show/hide)

Fear is much simpler, representing the emotion of fear and, more broadly, weakness as a whole. It has some association with the concept of respect, but this does not significantly alter most interpretations. The Church preaches Fear as both a tool for governance and as a weapon. Fear, in its association with respect, serves as a tool for understanding hierarchy and stands against disorganization and chaos. As well, the ability of Fear to weaken those it is inflicted in makes it a powerful weapon and tool when used properly.

Spoiler: Luck (click to show/hide)

Luck has two major interpretations. The first sees it as an easygoing virtue that suggests taking things as they come without complaint. Most view this interpretation as lazy, and it’s only really popular with certain anti-establishment groups. The Katrian interpretation is more common, suggesting Luck as a virtue means the ability to change and adapt to whatever the world might throw at you.

Spoiler: Hope (click to show/hide)

Hope is the ability to look to the future and find something positive. This may come in the form of simply seeing a bright future, or it may be more involved and require work to achieve. What matters most is that one doesn’t give up, no matter what.

Spoiler: Fortitude (click to show/hide)

Fortitude represents unity and group strength within the Church, which serves as a bastion of safety for all within its walls. External interpretations typically reassign the role of the church to another group, but some make an attempt to interpret Fortitude as standing for a source of general unity and the steadfastness of all women as a whole.

Spoiler: Eternity (click to show/hide)

Eternity represents the infinite nature of the Church, how it has always existed and will always exist. More individually, this virtue is expressed through the memory of those who came before and an effort to be remembered by those who will come after, often seen through the lens of family. The Church tends to downplay its potential relation to the promise of immortality, and instead promotes remembering the virtuous deeds of past family members and important Church leaders. Other interpretations strive to replace the Church or remove its role from this virtue entirely, but this can be difficult to justify. Any entity intended to replace it has to be just as ubiquitous as the Church, and no other organization has such a storied history. Removing it is even more difficult, as no other virtue is unattached to some guiding entity. The most successful attempts come from the same minds that justify Fortitude as a more general virtue tied to womankind itself, repeating the idea by suggesting that Eternity should be interpreted as the broader ideas of memory and cumulative knowledge. Some even take it a step further, explaining Eternity as the virtue of collective consciousness, a goddesslike entity in itself and the spiritual counterpart to Fortitude’s more physical concept of unity. This interpretation successfully supplants the role of the Church for both virtues, attaching them to the “deity” of the collective. Thus far none have gone so far as to coin a name or a face to this collective deity, but the idea that perhaps there is a fifth goddess who had her role stolen by the Church has been brought up in scholarly circles, though as yet no hard evidence of this has been found.

Elements

Spoiler: Flame: M.Element of Faith under Katrina (click to show/hide)

A versatile element balanced well for both attacking and defending. The power of Flame can continue to burn even beyond the actions of its wielder, making it extremely difficult to permanently end the influence of a Flame user.

Flame based abilities take on the appearance of fire. Its color is red.

Example abilities:

• Creating and controlling fire
• Increasing combat ability over time
• Creating or absorbing heat

Spoiler: Frost: M.Element of Reason under Nerys (click to show/hide)

A powerful but fragile element geared for offense. Frost is by far the deadliest element when wielded with care and precision, but even the smallest missteps can lead to its attacks shattering uselessly.

Frost based abilities take on the appearance of ice. Its color is green.

Ex:

• Creating sharp blades out of ice
• Flash-freezing things
• Attacking with your words

Spoiler: Thunder: M.Element of Power under Layla (click to show/hide)

An unparalleled source of destruction, Thunder is the pinnacle of raw offensive might. Although Frost may outpace it in terms of pure damage potential, Thunder’s sheer scale and indiscriminate nature allows it to devastate more, faster.

Thunder based abilities take on the appearance of lightning. Its color is yellow.

Ex:

• Firing bolts of electricity
• Creating booming, thunderous roars
• Enhanced physical strength or speed

Spoiler: Water: M.Element of Luck under Allia (click to show/hide)

A balanced, utility based element. Water serves as a jack-of-all-trades, being even more versatile than fire thanks to its healing potential and much greater utility. Its abilities are individually weak, but given enough time an experienced Water user can overcome any obstacle.

Water based abilities take on the appearance of water. Its color is blue.

Ex:

• Manipulating liquid into beams that push things away and erode
• Healing by dousing with water
• Forcing an outcome to be decided by a 50/50 chance instead of skill

Spoiler: Earth: M.Element of Fortitude under the Church (click to show/hide)

A steadfast element with unparalleled large scale defensive potential. The raw defensive power of Earth allows its wielder to protect themselves and others from any assault with barriers of stone and disorienting shaking.

Earth based abilities take on the appearance of dirt and stone. Its color is brown.

Ex:

• Creating massive stone barriers
• Causing earthquakes
• Altering space to manipulate distance or density

Spoiler: Radiance: H.Element of Love under Katrina (click to show/hide)

A powerful defensive element with strong protective potential and even greater healing. Radiance may not have the potential to outright block as much damage as the other defensive elements, but its healing powers make it nearly impossible to put a Radiance wielder or their allies down permanently.

Radiance based abilities take on the appearance of golden light. Its color is orange.

Ex:

• Healing yourself or an ally with a gentle glow
• Creating hard light barriers
• Transferring your pain to your enemy

Spoiler: Spirit: H.Element of Ego under Nerys (click to show/hide)

An unbreakable defensive element. The power of Spirit is not as strong or as widespread as
that of Earth, but it more than makes up for its lower raw power with its sheer tenacity. No matter what attack is thrown at them, a Spirit user will never falter.

Spirit based abilities take on the appearance of smooth, ethereal stone. Its color is purple.

Ex:

• Making something totally immovable or intangible
• Turning something invisible
• Projecting your thoughts or feelings over great distances

Spoiler: Shadow: H.Element of Fear under Layla (click to show/hide)

A defensive utility element with little to no raw power. Shadow makes up for its shortcomings with a consistent output that can’t be matched by any other element and the ability to inflict weakness upon anything it touches. Using its output, a shadow wielder can rapidly drain the ability of foes to stand up to it and overwhelm them.

Shadow based abilities take on the appearance of darkness. Its color is black.

Ex:

• Creating tendrils of darkness that induce fear in anyone they touch
• Causing metal to rapidly rust or plants to wither
• Creating phantoms and illusions to trick foes

Spoiler: Force: H.Element of Hope under Allia (click to show/hide)

A mighty offensive element that refuses to be held back. Though not lacking in damage potential, raw power is not Force’s strength. Rather, like Spirit, it relies on its unwillingness to surrender. Once a Force user begins attacking, nothing can get in their way.

Force based abilities take on the appearance of solid white light. Its color is white.

Ex:

• Creating unstoppable energy blasts or empowering your weapon with unstoppability
• Continuing to fight no matter how much damage you take
• Limited clairvoyance

Spoiler: Time: H.Element of Eternity under the Church (click to show/hide)

A utility element tooled for offensive support. Time has the least potential for direct influence of any element, even less so than Shadow, but it’s potential supportive abilities are not to be trifled with. Time can weaken foes and strengthen allies, with little ability to counter it, by altering the flow of reality itself. Despite its lack of raw power, many regard Time as the mightiest element of them all.

Time based abilities are largely invisible to the eye, taking the appearance of a slight haze over affected areas. Its color is grey.

Ex:

• Creating time bubbles that slow things down or speed them up
• Sending objects a short ways back in time
• Increasing or reducing gravity around you

Spoiler: Holy Weapon info (click to show/hide)

Holy Weapons
Every woman in the world holds within them a connection to one of the ten virtues in the form of a mighty element. Though these elements are meaningless on their own, it is possible to create power weapons to channel them. These holy weapons can turn a single woman into a force capable of combating a hundred.

Each holy weapon is bonded to its wielder, taking a unique form suited to them and their skills. Without the elemental energy that flows from its wielder, a holy weapon will become little more than a hunk of metal, albeit a high quality hunk of metal. Should its wielder die, a holy weapon will be totally destroyed.

The crafting of holy weapons is a difficult process, and they are generally reserved for the highest bidder. In practice this often results in their being rapidly swept up by global militaries.

Due to their unique attachment to their wielders, holy weapons come in a variety of unique forms, each with their own abilities. Generally A given weapon will have one major ability that defines its usage, with zero to three secondary abilities related to the main ability that ensure it can be used without an issue. On rare occasions a holy weapon may have two or even three major abilities, with more major abilities reducing the likelihood of secondary abilities to stabilize them.

Holy weapons vary greatly in appearance, but they are generally metallic in appearance (although not always) and always have some sort of gem or other crystal structure attached to them somewhere. What form a holy weapon takes will always have some sense of consistency with the ability it has, they aren’t just weapons with magical properties, they’re magical tools that take a form that lets them be used effectively.

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Second Lieutenant Maria Cipher
Age: 16

Appearance: She is 5 ft tall, has blonde hair at shoulder length, pale skin, and grey eyes. When not in uniform she wears denim jeans, a long sleeved shirt and a sweatshirt.

Personality: [A description of what type of person your character is]

Element: [Which element your character is attuned to, based on whichever of the virtues they are lacking the most]
Weapon: [A description of your character’s weapon, including its appearance and abilities. We’ll go over this together before finalizing to ensure it is balanced, so don’t worry about overdoing it on your first pass]

Sorry this isn’t finished yet, how detailed do appearance and personality have to be? I’m putting the virtues and elements here so it’s easier to look through while making my character

[Takosher]

Spoiler: terminator (click to show/hide)

Name: Specialist, HK0001, "The beast"
Age: Unknown

Appearance: White hair and one eye of steely silver. The other eye has been... Lost, or replaced, in it's place is a docking port of sorts for her holy weapon.

Personality: Inured to death, unknown to life, Hunter Killer 0001 is a person without hope. They keep moving forward out of a feeling of duty, of empty will, and lack of a desire to do otherwise. Outside of combat she is surprisingly warm, trying to support and aid anyone she can, in combat, she is a cold machine, nothing but a cog in the gears of war that continue to grind onwards. Originally, she was part of an amoral experiment, namely, to see if it was possible to make a "Hollow" person, someone who was so empty of virtue and personality they could use all elements, it failed, as she refused to break, emotion became replaced with logic, ego and faith filling her with determination to go on, power being gained, all the virtues manifesting, except hope, for she was broken, no hope, tomorrow would be just as bad as today, nothing could change, only faith and logic, love and ego driving her on, resulting in HK.

Element: Force
Weapon: The Sunderer armor
A suit of advanced armor, directly connected to the user through pre installed sockets, it is impossible to remove by force. It possesses a basic layer which is more of a rough skeleton, atop which plates of armor can be attached. It's helmet posesses a gem for one eye, and a grill over the other, the gem eye is over the eye HK has lost. The gauntlets of the armor are sharpened, like claws, the same can be said for the feet, every portion of the armor is a weapon through and through. It has the following abilities.
The user can mark targets based on an image or line of sight and begin hunting them, upon doing this, they cannot be stopped from proceeding to the location of the target and terminating them by any outside force.
An addition to the above, the armor will continually stitch together the user's body, allowing them to keep fighting regardless of damage while active.
A final ability is the power to coat the armor in force magic, turning it unstoppable for a brief period. This allows the claws of the suit to cut through stone walls like tissue paper, pierce basically anything, and allows the armor to shrug off a certain amount of damage.

Character for if I decide to join later, since right now I have too much stuff going on to play, but couldn't resist trying my hand at making a character. I definitely went overboard though.

First, not going to properly go over a submission until you're certain if you're joining. You're on the Discord so let me know when your situation changes and I'll take a proper pass over your sheet

Second, I glanced over this and I don't need to go over it in-depth to tell you that this doesn't work. The core concept is completely off-kilter relative to the setting, tone, and system of the RP

Sorry this isn’t finished yet, how detailed do appearance and personality have to be?

There's a slew of example sheets that should help you get a sense of how detailed you need to be in your writing

[Chevaleresse]

Spoiler: Phantom Lord (click to show/hide)

Name: Lunete (LOO-neh-tay) Ellsworth
Age: 36
Theme: Black Knights

Appearance: Lunete wears an older Neridan uniform that has clearly seen better days, though its owner has apparently done her best to ensure that it remains in good enough shape to be recognizable. The undershirt that once went with the jacket has been lost at some point, and she tends to wear little in its stead. Her long blue hair is as untameable as her personality, though it seems doubtful that she’s tried too hard. Her remaining natural eye is a verdant green color; the place where its twin once dwelt is usually covered with an eyepatch. She has a more normal-looking glass eye to put in its place, but this is rarely, if ever used, leaving the socket beneath either disturbingly vacant or occupied by her holy weapon.

Lunete, in addition to a fairly standard-issue sidearm, also carries about a broken (mundane) sword and a variety of smaller keepsakes, and is prone to waving any one of these about and monologuing about its great power.

Personality: Lunete fancies herself to be an old-fashioned chivalrous knight and acts thusly, though some would say she lacks the courtly manners, or that most heroic knight types don’t talk about the power of hate. She tends to be bombastic and brash, and mercurial in her moods. Lunete holds a belief that anything worth doing is worth overdoing, and this extends to her personality. Due to this, she can be easy to discourage, but simultaneously difficult to dissuade entirely.

Her excitable nature and penchant for flowery speech conceal a depth of conviction that truly does run as deep as she claims and a sharper mind than most would believe she had at first brush. She sees the oppression and suffering happening around the continent and desires to tear down the governments that have inflicted this sorry state upon the world around them. Lunete abhors needless suffering and will try to address it where she sees it. . . but her goal is always in sight or just outside it, and she can set aside a great deal in pursuit of her desires.

Element: Shadow
Weapon: Contutus Vindictia: A gleaming metallic orb with a lustrous black crystal forming the pupil and iris of the “eye,” which finds its home in the bearer’s right eyesocket. It generates a slow, insidious aura that intensifies the closer one gets to the user. It is focused on whatever Lunete looks at, intensifying the effects. The mechanism is simple: it degrades the strength of what is affected by it. Nonliving objects invisibly weaken the longer they are exposed, with sufficient time rendering metal brittle enough for anyone to shatter. Living things with no or lesser intelligence become sickly and weak, before suffering the same physical fragility - though animals tend to flee before this affects them.

Humans find their mental strength eroded first, becoming more inclined to panic, and holy weapon users find it difficult to execute the combat techniques they have learned over time, with prolonged exposure interfering more directly with the weapons; an extended exposure can cause a weapon to fail to activate or to do so when the user does not wish it (though this may also be an extension of the mental interference generated.)

The power does not actually make Lunete stronger; it simply gives the illusion of doing so, as it makes people more inclined to misinterpret what they see when she uses the weakening effect to break things.


Virtue Assessment
Faith: A - Keeps faith in the idea that her visions are achievable, amongst other things.
Love: C - Cares deeply about people, but usually more in a group sense. Perfectly willing to sacrifice people for the greater good, but she really doesn't like it (and will blame others for "making her.")
Reason: E - While perfectly capable of planning things out, she's totally governed by her emotions and is ultimately controlled by them and not rational thought.
Ego: C - Fairly strong sense of self, but it's also embedded in how she imagines herself against the world. Would probably have a hard time answering if asked who she was outside her cause.
Power: B - She has the willpower to enforce her vision on others and isn't afraid of what may need to be done to do so.
Fear: E - Hierarchies and structures are for nerds, she's here to break shit.
Luck: B - Lunete is an adaptable person and difficult to keep down for long.
Hope: A - Her driving force is a vision of a better tomorrow where women can live free without constant warfare and Big Sister looking over their shoulders.
Fortitude: D - "I don't care now 'cause I'm on my side, don't tell me what to do!" Perfectly willing to be a one-woman movement, promoting unity isn't exactly a strong suit.
Eternity: C - She wants to leave a lasting impression, but never looks backward.

[Remuri]

I just noticed that there is no male character player yet,

Anyway, the way how younger they are in higher makes me feel it hit by a miracle.

[Glass]

I just noticed that there is no male character player yet,

If you’d read the OP a bit more closely, you would likely see why. I assure you, I considered it for a moment.