As discussed in my 'New RTD' thread it's an RTD based around a group of operatives from a Demon Hunting group. All knowledge required will be explained in spoilers below.
Zaphol Cifain is an old organisation, it was founded in the year 1264, by the man named 'Zaphol Cifain'... or rather, the man who was eventually named after the organisation he created. Originally, it was just a group of people who came together because of their abilities, being shunned from society because of them. Knowing that without them, society would end, they entered the shadows, becoming the unseen shield of the people. Where-ever the Demons of the Night appeared, someone from Zaphol Cifain was also, hunting that Demon down to exterminate it. The Leader, Zaphol, lived to a surprising age of 116, and died fighting a Demon Lord. Then his apprentice took over. A few centuries later, in 1597, Zaphol Cifain was torn down by an insurge of traitorous Half-Demons seeking power, in the form of Demonic Corruption. The world went into a period of darkness, with people dying from 'Animal Attacks' much more often. 14 years after, in 1611, the new order 'Zaphain', was founded, and organised even more fully than ever before. The different Divisions were founded, and the Council was established. The Council is made up of six people, Leaders of the six Divisions, and deemed the most powerful in the organisation. Each division is seperated into different Specialities; Combat, Intelligence and Transportation. This new organisation has lasted ever since.
The six Divisions are named as follows; Kie, Saue, Naz, Trhi, Jaik and Eis. They are each lead by the one deemed most suitable to the position, within their own Division. Five of the Divisions discriminate slightly based on what abilities and strength one has, while the last (Eis) does not. Rankings within Divisions are seen as informal. Pulling rank is looked down upon, and generally no matter your ranking, importance is based on seniority and experience. Ranking Names are based off of group positions; In order - Soldier -> Squad Lieutenant -> Squad Captain -> Troop Commander -> Tactical Commander -> Leader.
Abilities fall under two categories. 'Talent', or natural abilities, such as energy manipulation, or 'Demonic', which are all forms of Half-Demons and how they can manifest their Demonic heritage. Generally, The Talented use energy projectiles, Psychic attacks, or other things of the like, while Demonics use their Half-Demon features (Superb Physical Prowess and Demonic Forms) to fight eye-to-eye. Demonics have a higher endurance, averagely, and also have regeneration, the extent of which depends on how much Demonic Energy pervades the area. The Talent can also call beings into existance from their own energy, one noted Talented could create arms of solid shadow from his natural energy, and eventually an entire Shadowcreature. He was one of the Leader's before the Council was established, and is commonly noted because he had one arm and no legs. He used his ability to substitute, and became all the more powerful for it. Constant usage of abilities does boost the Effective Strength of the ability, it also increases efficiency, but it is incremental. The strength gain at the start is incredible, but the power usage is highly inefficient and exhausts the user easily. Later on, the power usage is extremely efficient, but the strength gain is small. Essentially, the more power use, the higher the gain of strength.
The basics of Manifestation is pulling forward your Demonic Traits by 'Synchronising' with your Demonic Energy. It's basically a Mental command/state which allows you to become more in tune with your Demonic Form. Partial Manifestation is pulling forward Demonic Traits in a body part only (An arm, a Leg, other body parts) while Full Manifestation is pulling them forward in your entire body. The % rates are roughly defined as this; 1-10% general enhanced skills (Even more than the passive boost you get) 10-50% minor demonic traits, loss of control (Enhances skills even more drastically, but causes slight loss of control and causes most demonic features to come out (Eyes, skin color, hair color, other features (Tails, horns, wings etc)) and then 50-100% increased loss of control, berserker features, full Demonic Traits. (As you get closer to 100% your form becomes increasingly closer to your Demonic Form, and you lose control to the point where it becomes hard to distinguish friend from foe.)
Of course, a lot of the control aspects can be negated with training. Also, something I just thought of; Every Half-Demon has some sort of Limiter (Magical Sealing Tattoo) inked on their body which allows them to gradually increase their synchronisation. Only those with exceptional willpower could pull out partial demonic traits on their own. (Basically, the Limiter allows you to only partially use your Demon Form, rather than just going 100% straight away.)
Name: (Obvious)
Age: (As above)
Gender: (As above)
Personality: (A short description of personality)
Physical Description: (A short description of physical appearence)
Background: (Description of background. Short/Long doesn't matter)
Abilities: (Talent/Demonic, then description of Abilities.)
Name: Scott Karite
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Personality: A cocky kid who doesnt stand for anyone messing with something that is his or messing with him, and thanks to his talents he is always okay with a brawl
Physical Description: A young man with black croped hair with matching eyes, he is leaning on the musclular side but is just thin with wiry but powerful looking muscles
Background: An up and coming boxer who was said to have a magnificent talent for counter punching was going for his first championship belt. The Champ hit him and as his coach yelled at him to counter he threw his fist forward coursing with electricity, soon after the match he was thrown out of the league for having a tazer in his glove but it was all him.
Abilities: Talent/ Electrical Manipulation.
Name: Tarran Conwood
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Personality: Tarran is reserved and usually is a pacifist. But, get him angry or threaten him or his allies, and you've pushed a berserk button. He tends to be laid back. He is hard to get actually angry, though, and most of the time when he's "angry" he's actually just pretending. He does tend to be somewhat sad, though, due to his background.
Physical Description: Tall and pale, black hair. Blue eyes. Limiter located on left forearm's bottom.
Background: Tarran was an unusual child for his parents. When he was born, he had a small bump on his rear end. Which slowly turned into a tail. When he went to preschool, he was made fun of by most of the other children. Eventually, he decided he'd rather homeschool instead. He became quite separated from humanity, all the while growing his wings. Tarran constantly saw other teenagers outside his window, wishing to be with them, sometimes nearly cutting his wings and tail off, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He eventually decided to sneak off every night very late and see what's around. Eventually, when Tarran was 18, the government came for him. Apparently he wasn't careful enough and someone saw him. They caught his parents but before they could capture him he flew away. He wandered around for nearly a year before Zaphain came for him. He was really hard to get to, but eventually he started making friends... abit slowly. He also learned he had abnormal regeneration and some ability to tell how evil or good an area is. In addition, he can apparently see things that normal people don't see, which is usually unimportant and useless, but sometimes it proves to be really useful.
Abilities: Demonic. Functional Wings, Faster Regeneration, Evil/Good Sense, Unusual Spotting.
Name: Solum Leto
Age: Unknown; sounds like he's in his late forties, though.
Gender: Male
Personality: Leto is cold and calculating. He tends to be very exact in his planning, and while he works with others, doesn't particularly care if they live or die. For him, survival is always a personal concern, and if you end up bleeding out on the floor that's your own fault and your problem to solve.
Physical Description: Leto is wrapped in layers of deep, dark red cloth around his entire body, like a mummy. Over the cloth is a black wrap that is tied securely around his waist and hangs down to his knees with slits up each side for ease of movement. Strips of leather are wrapped around his feet and calves to protect them from the ground, and his knuckles and forearms are protected by bands of iron. All that can be seen of his actual body is the almost pure-white skin immediately around his golden eyes. Some of his long black hair hangs free between the layers of red cloth, but most of it is gathered in a low ponytail at the base of his skull and hangs down to his waist. He has a very powerful build and stands about 6'2. His limiter is located along both biceps and resemble a maze of red and black lines, standing out in stark contrast to his skin whenever the lines are visible.
Background: Leto doesn't talk about his background. The only thing important about it is that he's still here, still alive.
Abilities: Demonic. He has the physical suite normally; greatly increased strength, speed, durability, and regeneration. His clothing is meant to hide his demonic features; while he's normally a pale-skinned man with black hair, he starts changing the more he synchronizes with his demon blood. The first obvious change is his hair turns white. Next is that his eyes go red, and then his skin to a stony gray color. These are at 25, 40, and 50% respectively. At 60% his eyes start glowing red, making him easy to see in the dark but also increasing his ability to see in low-light areas. At 70% he gains canine-like characteristics, with fur the color of his hair and a muzzle full of teeth. At 80% he tends to growl and bark more than actually speak and gains an increased sense of smell, as well as a tendency to walk on all fours. At 90% he is more wolf than man; he hasn't gone beyond that but he speculates that at 100% he becomes a Cerberus.
Name: Zack Shiatomo
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Personality:
Physical Description: Medium length Golden Blond Hair, Golden Eyes, 5 Ft 7 In, Dragon Tattoo that circles around his body starting at his ankle, and ending at the middle of his chest.
Background: Zack grew up with his mom, Sharon Shiatomo, she was a single parent, and was gone most of the day, because she had to work to keep them fed. He grew up knowing nothing of Renard, Demons, or Zaphain, but little did he know it was all rapidly approaching him, and that the truth would come at the cost of his only relative, his mom. He was always alone as a child for his mom was rarely home, and people distanced themselves from him, because he always seemed depressed due to the fact that he saw his dad shot to death in front of him at the age of five. On the day of his tenth birthday he witnessed a man with a large sword fighting what seemed to be demons, as they tried to kill Zack's mom, and as he watched the man changed into what seemed to be like half of a demon, and ripped the demon in front of him in half. As the man picked up Zack's mom, adn started to walk towards him Zack felt a sudden shiver go up his spine,a nd he passed out. When Zack awoke he was laying in a clean white room with the mysterious man sitting beside the bed the man looked at him for a second before saying "I'm sorry Sharon is dead I couldn't protect her." with that he stood up, and walked out of the room leaveing a pendant lying on the bed. Three weeks later at his mother's funeral Zack saw the man again, adn as they walked towards the exit of the cemetary Zack asked " Will you teach me to fight demons? " the man stared at him in suprise for several minutes before saying "Yes if that is what you wish, but I must warn you this path is a rough one for we must cut ties with all those we love in order to protect them." Zack merely bowed, and said "I know this is a difficult path, but it is one I must follow Master. " with that Zack began his training as his Master taught him to control the powers he had gained the day he saw his Master fight the demons, adn they quickly learned that a large amount of the demonic energy that changed him was his Masters, so their powers were similar. It took him many years, but Zack finally mastered his powers, and joined the Zaphain organization.
Abilities: Demonic, Zack's demonic powers allow him to summon, adn control other demons, and even create demonic weapons, but any weapon Zack wishes to make he must have first seen since all demonic weaons are unique, adn born from demons themselves they are powerful objects. At 40% sync Zack can summon demons,and create weapons. Zack has never gone past 40% on purpose, and the one time he did acciedntally perform a full manifestation at max sync he sealed a demon into a jar of jam. His demonic appearance is the same as renards, but Zack somehow developed a tail.
Name: Raizen (herpaderp you're gonna die man)
Age: 19, 20... somewhere around that.
Gender: Male apparently. "Wuss" would be more descriptive.
Personality: First and foremost a survivor. Prefers to handle problems by avoiding them altogether. If that's not possible he's quite pragmatic, if not as much as I am.
Physical description: Like Dave Strider, but taller. Much taller. Which is weird because he was around before Homestuck even started.
Background: Despite trying to keep out of trouble, irony (and meddling on my part) always make him end up in some other mess. This time he joined the group to have a bunch of meatshields between himself and the demons that inevitably will try to kill him.
Abilities: Talent. Although in a different sense, since he has no psychic powers. He has incredible speed and dodging skills, as well as a knack for shooting stuff while dual wielding and anything that requires dexterity. He can also break the 4th wall by talking with me. But all my characters have that by default anyway. Herp.
Name: Aram Davidyan
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Personality: Introverted and antisocial, Aram speaks little and views others with indifference at best. Addicted to various substances, ranging from cigarettes to hard drugs, he only shows much emotion when suffering from withdrawal.
Physical Description: Aram has a wiry, short build, with dark brown hair and eyes and somewhat aquiline features. He wears small, reflective glasses very out of place in the modern world and is clad in thick layers of padded clothing even in the summer heat.
Background: Aram hails from a small town in Armenia, where he lived alone and had a reputation as an eccentric. He travelled often, changing identities with his Talent when it suited him.
Abilities: Talent, body transformation (both to himself and to others)
Name: Taylin
Age:19
Gender: Male
Personality: Wary of others, yet impulsive in actions, he will go to great lengths to deal with someone who harmed him or someone he had decided to protect
Physical Description: An imposing 6 foot, 5, Taylin also has neck length hair and dresses plainly. He exudes an aura that seems to say "don't f**k with me"
Background: He trusted the wrong person in his childhood, and was hurt badly for it, if he ever saw that person again, the remainder of that person's short life would be filled with pain
Abilities: Talent - Thermo-kinesis, the ability to manipulate and move around temperatures, physical contact not required, this comes with an innate sense of the temperatures around him
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