Era 8 Character Thread

Lord Ruler Sylphrena · January 13, 2025

Spoiler

Name: Vane aka Sunwatcher the Fair.
Appearance: Sunwatcher appears like a man in his mid 20's with pale skin, curly red hair, focused blue eyes, while confidently wearing a large Scadrian white-gold coat. He has the typical body of a returned (8 feet tall+strong) and is often wearing some very bulky leather armor with a bandolier of zinc vials and a dueling cane when needing to protect himself. When suppressing his Divine Breath he is around 6 feet and has a lean body.
Affiliations: Only arrived in Alleycity 6 months ago and is unaffiliated.
Personality: Sunwatcher is a very passionate man when it comes to most topics. He is very jealous and hates people that were born with more power then him. While he hates being considered weak he does respect those who have surpassed him through hard work. He wants to elevate everyone to a position where they aren't limited by birth, but has no sympathy for those who are not seeking to better themselves. He wants everyone to have equal opportunity to gain power but doesn't actually care about everyone being equal in strength (Survival of the fittest and all that). Despite strongly believing in honor he is okay betraying people and being sneaky, he knows this makes him a hypocrite but would prefer not to think about that. He loves Hemalurgy and Awakening as they are the only magic systems he considers completely fair. Elantrians are by far the people that Sunwatcher hates the most and would prefer for all of them to be spiked and have their powers given to those who worked the hardest.
Concept: A morally grey reformer.
Motivation

Shorter Goals: Find allies/more comfortable living situation.

Semi Long-term Goals: Get a Dead Shardblade. More power leads to more possibilities and either enhancing his Allomancy or sword skills is at the top of his mind.

Long-term/Unrealistic Goals: Achieve equal distribution of investiture.
Merits:

Major Merit: 1 Divine Breath (Obtained through Hemalurgy) and 1 Regular Breath. He usually doesn't suppress his breath and enjoys the superhuman boost it gives.

Normal Merits: 1) A-Zinc spike, and A-Duralumin spike. Sunwatcher has a spikes that make him a Rioter+Duralumin Gnat and while it isn't the most powerful he is very practiced with his Allomancy. 3) Decent swordsmen/cane duelist. He has not undergone the intensive training to become a master but uses his Allomancy to make his opponents overextend/hesitate at important moments and then finishes them off with his enhanced strength and speed.
Flaws: He is somewhat arrogant/distrusting and often disregards others opinions when they disagree. He is also quite power-hungry and while he normally takes his time doing things if he sees a promising opportunity he will get severe tunnel vision. His use of Hemalurgy also gives him a lot of paranoia around Emotional Allomancers.

Relationships: He family has all past away and he is currently on the hunt for like minded individuals. He dislikes anyone who was born with large amounts of investiture on principal and would consider himself an enemy of organizations like the UFO though he is mostly unaware of them.
Home Planet: Nalthis.
Current Residence: New Hallandren. He has a apartment and has been working gig jobs.
Backstory: Vane was born in Hallandran around 30 years before Warbreaker and was a devout Returned worshipper. He rose to become a High Priest of one of the Returned but found him to be a callous idiot. He came to the conclusion that people Return randomly and were simply parasites. After watching his god refuse to give up his breath for years he had a chance encounter with some Scandrian Worldhoppers. He doesn't remember who they were but he purchased a book containing knowledge on Hemalurgy from them. Sick of his god and of Nalthis in general he spiked the Divine Breath of his god and gave it to himself he then left the planet and travelled aimlessly until he arrived on Scadrial around 50 years before Era 2. He managed to spike a Rioter+Duralumin Gnat and practiced his Allomancy for some years. After learning about the Lord Ruler and the Skaa Rebellion's he came to the conclusion that people being born with too much power ruined society. He has made a vow use Hemalurgy to strip power from those underserving and create a Meritocratic Cosmere. He has ventured to Alleycity to gain more resources and to find people that might will help him create and new society starting in Alleycity. He knows he will probably never achieve his goals but he is around 100 years old it won't stop him from trying. He also decided to stop suppressing his Divine Breath and pretend he was a Returned called Sunwatcher the Fair (He thinks this name is extremely cool and I have to agree). He is trying to hide his use of Hemalurgy with bulky clothing but is okay with revealing his secret to any of his allies.

Loose Ends: While people that have not earned their powers still live there is always more work to do. Characters from his backstory probably wont show up but they have definitely influenced how Sunwatcher is going to be acting in Alleycity (Initially quite cautious but hoping to either work with/for someone strong very soon).
Links: I might add these later.

@Koloss17 Please tell me what you think/what need to change. I have never done any Sanderson RP before and I'm excited to check out the Alleyverse. Also is there a clear timeline for Alley City? I'm a but unclear as to when everything is taking place.

Edited January 14, 2025 by Lord Ruler Sylphrena
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Koloss17 · January 16, 2025

On 1/13/2025 at 6:50 PM, Lord Ruler Sylphrena said:

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Name: Vane aka Sunwatcher the Fair.
Appearance: Sunwatcher appears like a man in his mid 20's with pale skin, curly red hair, focused blue eyes, while confidently wearing a large Scadrian white-gold coat. He has the typical body of a returned (8 feet tall+strong) and is often wearing some very bulky leather armor with a bandolier of zinc vials and a dueling cane when needing to protect himself. When suppressing his Divine Breath he is around 6 feet and has a lean body.
Affiliations: Only arrived in Alleycity 6 months ago and is unaffiliated.
Personality: Sunwatcher is a very passionate man when it comes to most topics. He is very jealous and hates people that were born with more power then him. While he hates being considered weak he does respect those who have surpassed him through hard work. He wants to elevate everyone to a position where they aren't limited by birth, but has no sympathy for those who are not seeking to better themselves. He wants everyone to have equal opportunity to gain power but doesn't actually care about everyone being equal in strength (Survival of the fittest and all that). Despite strongly believing in honor he is okay betraying people and being sneaky, he knows this makes him a hypocrite but would prefer not to think about that. He loves Hemalurgy and Awakening as they are the only magic systems he considers completely fair. Elantrians are by far the people that Sunwatcher hates the most and would prefer for all of them to be spiked and have their powers given to those who worked the hardest.
Concept: A morally grey reformer.
Motivation

Shorter Goals: Find allies/more comfortable living situation.

Semi Long-term Goals: Get a Dead Shardblade. More power leads to more possibilities and either enhancing his Allomancy or sword skills is at the top of his mind.

Long-term/Unrealistic Goals: Achieve equal distribution of investiture.
Merits:

Major Merit: 1 Divine Breath (Obtained through Hemalurgy) and 1 Regular Breath. He usually doesn't suppress his breath and enjoys the superhuman boost it gives.

Normal Merits: 1) A-Zinc spike, and A-Duralumin spike. Sunwatcher has a spikes that make him a Rioter+Duralumin Gnat and while it isn't the most powerful he is very practiced with his Allomancy. 3) Decent swordsmen/cane duelist. He has not undergone the intensive training to become a master but uses his Allomancy to make his opponents overextend/hesitate at important moments and then finishes them off with his enhanced strength and speed.
Flaws: He is somewhat arrogant/distrusting and often disregards others opinions when they disagree. He is also quite power-hungry and while he normally takes his time doing things if he sees a promising opportunity he will get severe tunnel vision. His use of Hemalurgy also gives him a lot of paranoia around Emotional Allomancers.

Relationships: He family has all past away and he is currently on the hunt for like minded individuals. He dislikes anyone who was born with large amounts of investiture on principal and would consider himself an enemy of organizations like the UFO though he is mostly unaware of them.
Home Planet: Nalthis.
Current Residence: New Hallandren. He has a apartment and has been working gig jobs.
Backstory: Vane was born in Hallandran around 30 years before Warbreaker and was a devout Returned worshipper. He rose to become a High Priest of one of the Returned but found him to be a callous idiot. He came to the conclusion that people Return randomly and were simply parasites. After watching his god refuse to give up his breath for years he had a chance encounter with some Scandrian Worldhoppers. He doesn't remember who they were but he purchased a book containing knowledge on Hemalurgy from them. Sick of his god and of Nalthis in general he spiked the Divine Breath of his god and gave it to himself he then left the planet and travelled aimlessly until he arrived on Scadrial around 50 years before Era 2. He managed to spike a Rioter+Duralumin Gnat and practiced his Allomancy for some years. After learning about the Lord Ruler and the Skaa Rebellion's he came to the conclusion that people being born with too much power ruined society. He has made a vow use Hemalurgy to strip power from those underserving and create a Meritocratic Cosmere. He has ventured to Alleycity to gain more resources and to find people that might will help him create and new society starting in Alleycity. He knows he will probably never achieve his goals but he is around 100 years old it won't stop him from trying. He also decided to stop suppressing his Divine Breath and pretend he was a Returned called Sunwatcher the Fair (He thinks this name is extremely cool and I have to agree). He is trying to hide his use of Hemalurgy with bulky clothing but is okay with revealing his secret to any of his allies.

Loose Ends: While people that have not earned their powers still live there is always more work to do. Characters from his backstory probably wont show up but they have definitely influenced how Sunwatcher is going to be acting in Alleycity (Initially quite cautious but hoping to either work with/for someone strong very soon).
Links: I might add these later.

@Koloss17 Please tell me what you think/what need to change. I have never done any Sanderson RP before and I'm excited to check out the Alleyverse. Also is there a clear timeline for Alley City? I'm a but unclear as to when everything is taking place.

I actually like this character a lot!

As to your point, are you asking the internal timeline of the Alleyverse, or the external timeline? Because essentially the Alleyverse is a pocket dimension that creates entry points across all of space and time in every one of Sanderson's works. It operates outside of the times of those universes, and once you're in the Alleyverse it is very difficult/dangerous to get out of it. Alleycity, given that it has people from many different places, times, and universes, will have a wide variety of technologies, cultures, and abilities. Its sort of Ankh-Morpork-like, if you are familiar with Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Have you read the worldbuilding and etiquette guide? I assume you have, so I won't go into more details about Alleycity itself.

If you're asking about the events and history of Alleycity, I have a plot summary of the previous era (which still needs to be fully updated, and which I should have updated soon) that you can look at. Anything older than that you're kind of on your own for discovering in this subforum, but there is some stuff there. Era 7 was meant to be a soft reset to the Alleyverse RP, so you don't need to know anything earlier than Era 7, and Era 8 is in a completely different district than last era, with a largely different plot, so you don't need to know what happened last era to RP. If you have questions about anything, feel free to ask!

Alright back to your character.

So close to being approved. Two questions tho:

1. was the spiking of the allomantic powers two different instances of spiking a rioter and a gnat? I assume so, I just want clarification.

2. I generally like having a small portion of the backstory dedicated to how your character got to Alleycity. The how is intentionally extremely vague, so feel free to decide on anything. I know of characters that have traveled the cognitive realm for it, some that have just stumbled into it, some that were trapped in the Alleys for a bit, some that were forcefully taken into it. How you get here can be anything you want, but knowing the how can help bridge the backstory and the present. In your case, another small paragraph or so on what your character has been doing in the 6 months between arriving and now would also be nice.

Through the Living Shadow · January 16, 2025

Can I upload a second character? I’ve changed Asheol…

I like playing both sides.

Lemme get him.

Spoiler

Name: Teon Asheol (Graceful Death in Aon...)

Appearance: Dula Elantrian, Single scar, one on his hand. He doesn’t have the other. Has a generally reserved air.

Affiliations: None (yet...)

Personality: Like before, is generally reserved. Interacts well with people, and takes pity on those going through hardships. Has a ruthless streak, though. Brave.

Concept: Elantrian popo fuzz guy.

Motivation (Short & long term goal): STG: Bring to justice the various criminal groups that have been extorting those who have slipped into the alleys abruptly. LTG: He hates and resents what happens to him when he fell into the alleys, so he wishes for the power to help others back to their lives.

Merits: MiM: 1) Charismatic, perceptive 2) is nearly passable at hand to hand (he uses aons instead) NM: 1) Keeps a journal. Likes to record things, and his opinion of people, whether or not to trust them, MaM: Is an Elantrian. As such, knows the Aon Kii, Ashe, Ate, Ene, and Ehe

Flaws: Is traumatized by the fall of Duladel and battles in Arelon + hand loss. Doesn't have any real way to learn new Aons. Missing a hand.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): Was cut away from family when came to Alley. He worked with various organizations before becoming a popo fuzz, so long as it can be considered in some way “honest”, to gain money for paper, ink, and food. Now, as per recommendation from a popo fuzz that he had worked with to stop a (relatively) serious crime.

Home Planet: Dula, Sel

Current Residence: Lives in the mistwarrens.

Backstory: Grew up in Duladel, until the city fell. Ran to Arelon with his family when he was 17, then was scarred in the battle in Arelon. The morning after, he became Elantrian and fell into immediately into the Alleys and then the Alleyplanet. For a while was on his own, lost a hand due to an attack by an Anti-investiture fanatic-ish person, fell into shock. Man who took pity on him gave him shelter for a while. He never gave the man his name. Eventually, the man couldn't take care of him anymore, so he had to send him into the streets, which is when he got the name Teon Asheol from the man. He saw an elantrian use Aon Kii (on one of his fellow urchins) and Ene. Spent most of the money he can scrounge up on notebooks. When he suspects someone did something wrong, he would turn them in using Aon Kii to gain a quick advantage over them. One of the police he helped referred him for a job even through his lost hand. He was accepted - it was a low level police force. From here has been working to make what he can better.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): Wishes to bring his version of justice against both sides, so long as it doth be right.

I’ll need to check this for consistency, but gotta save what I changed…

Edited January 16, 2025 by SpiritOfWrath

Steel Speedster · January 16, 2025

@SpiritOfWrath I believe the character limit is 5.

I myself am tempted to add a 4th, but I don’t want to over saturate the RP. @Koloss17 @Stormlightsong Would it be helpful to have another UFO character? (There don’t seem to be a lot of them.) I did start working on one a while ago, but I don’t really need another character.

Koloss17 · January 16, 2025

33 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Can I upload a second character?

I like playing both sides.

Lemme get him.

you can, but I will give a warning for all of the people who have second characters that aren't experienced in the RP yet: be very careful not to overextend yourself. If your two characters become important for two different plots, and you get busy with other more important things than the Alleyverse, that is a very easy way to put the RP to a standstill. So yes, you can have more characters, but for each character that you have active in the RP at the same time, the more times the metaphorical RP ball will be in your court, and you will have to be prepared for it.

Of course if you do get busy with something, you are never expected to RP over anything else you have going on. I would very much appreciate it though that if you are unable to RP for longer than say a week, that you communicate your absence to the people you are interacting with, and possibly give a suggestion on how they can carry on without your character.

@Steel Speedster this also applies to you. I will say that Soon (TM) I will be making a second character that will be a UFO agent, but you are always welcome to have whatever character. From what I understand, Stormlightsong wants to get to the point that for the most part, he doesn't have to have his characters be directly involved in the plot (at least for this episode), and more have them give out orders for other characters to follow through with.

Also you are free to have NPC characters that you RP to further the plot in some way, with the main difference being that they don't have to be as fleshed out and can be used by other players, serving more of a plot device for other characters than a character themselves. You can see that with both Midas and Phemus in my debut post, where they're really just there to set the scene.

Steel Speedster · January 16, 2025

5 minutes ago, Koloss17 said:

you can, but I will give a warning for all of the people who have second characters that aren't experienced in the RP yet: be very careful not to overextend yourself. If your two characters become important for two different plots, and you get busy with other more important things than the Alleyverse, that is a very easy way to put the RP to a standstill. So yes, you can have more characters, but for each character that you have active in the RP at the same time, the more times the metaphorical RP ball will be in your court, and you will have to be prepared for it.

Of course if you do get busy with something, you are never expected to RP over anything else you have going on. I would very much appreciate it though that if you are unable to RP for longer than say a week, that you communicate your absence to the people you are interacting with, and possibly give a suggestion on how they can carry on without your character.

@Steel Speedster this also applies to you. I will say that Soon (TM) I will be making a second character that will be a UFO agent, but you are always welcome to have whatever character. From what I understand, Stormlightsong wants to get to the point that for the most part, he doesn't have to have his characters be directly involved in the plot (at least for this episode), and more have them give out orders for other characters to follow through with.

Also you are free to have NPC characters that you RP to further the plot in some way, with the main difference being that they don't have to be as fleshed out and can be used by other players, serving more of a plot device for other characters than a character themselves. You can see that with both Midas and Phemus in my debut post, where they're really just there to set the scene.

Okay. Maybe I’ll just wait for a bit before deciding.

I forgot about using NPCs. That’ll help.

Through the Living Shadow · January 16, 2025

On 1/15/2025 at 9:46 PM, Koloss17 said:

you can, but I will give a warning for all of the people who have second characters that aren't experienced in the RP yet: be very careful not to overextend yourself. If your two characters become important for two different plots, and you get busy with other more important things than the Alleyverse, that is a very easy way to put the RP to a standstill. So yes, you can have more characters, but for each character that you have active in the RP at the same time, the more times the metaphorical RP ball will be in your court, and you will have to be prepared for it.

Of course if you do get busy with something, you are never expected to RP over anything else you have going on. I would very much appreciate it though that if you are unable to RP for longer than say a week, that you communicate your absence to the people you are interacting with, and possibly give a suggestion on how they can carry on without your character.

@Steel Speedster this also applies to you. I will say that Soon (TM) I will be making a second character that will be a UFO agent, but you are always welcome to have whatever character. From what I understand, Stormlightsong wants to get to the point that for the most part, he doesn't have to have his characters be directly involved in the plot (at least for this episode), and more have them give out orders for other characters to follow through with.

Also you are free to have NPC characters that you RP to further the plot in some way, with the main difference being that they don't have to be as fleshed out and can be used by other players, serving more of a plot device for other characters than a character themselves. You can see that with both Midas and Phemus in my debut post, where they're really just there to set the scene.

Cool, thanks.

@Koloss17

I’ve been able to keep track of multiple RPs well, I’m not too busy, so I think that this could work.

I gots the character here now:

Spoiler

Name: Teon Asheol (Graceful Death in Aon...)

Appearance: Dula Elantrian, Single scar, one on his hand. He doesn’t have the other hand. Has a generally reserved air.

Affiliations: None (yet...)

Personality: Like before, is generally reserved. Interacts well with people, and takes pity on those going through hardships. Has a ruthless streak, though. Brave.

Concept: Largely uneducated Elantrian popo fuzz guy.

Motivation (Short & long term goal): STG: Bring to justice the various criminal groups that have been extorting those who have slipped into the alleys abruptly. LTG: He hates and resents what happens to him when he fell into the alleys, so he wishes for the power to help others back to their lives.

Merits: MiM: 1) Charismatic, perceptive 2) is nearly passable at hand to hand (he uses aons instead) NM: 1) Keeps a journal. Likes to record things, and his opinion of people, whether or not to trust them, MaM: Is an Elantrian. As such, knows the Aon Kii, Ashe, Ate, Ene, and Ehe

Flaws: Is traumatized by the fall of Duladel and battles in Arelon + hand loss. Doesn't have any real way to learn new Aons. Missing a hand.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): Was cut away from family when came to Alley. He worked with various organizations before becoming a popo fuzz, so long as it can be considered in some way “honest”, to gain money for paper, ink, and food. Now, as per recommendation from a popo fuzz that he had worked with to stop a (relatively) serious crime.

Home Planet: Dula, Sel

Current Residence: Lives in the mistwarrens.

Backstory: Grew up in Duladel, until the city fell. Ran to Arelon with his family when he was 17, then was scarred in the battle in Arelon. However, when he was about to die, a Elantrian found and helped him, using a variety of Aons. Asheol was able to record Aon Kii. The morning after, he became Elantrian and fell into immediately into the Alleys and then the Alleyplanet. For a while was on his own, lost a hand due to an attack by an Anti-investiture fanatic-ish person, fell into shock. Man who took pity on him gave him shelter for a while. He never gave the man his name. Eventually, the man couldn't take care of him anymore, so he had to send him into the streets, which is when he got the name Teon Asheol from the man. Spent most of the money he can scrounge up on notebooks. When he suspects someone did something wrong, he would turn them in using Aon Kii to gain a quick advantage over them. One of the police he helped referred him for a job even through his lost hand. He was accepted - it was a low level police force. From here has been working to make what he can better, as well as work on increasing his capacity of Aons.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): Wishes to bring his version of justiceagainst both sides, so long as it doth be right.

Edited January 17, 2025 by SpiritOfWrath

Steel Speedster · January 16, 2025

After thinking about it overnight, I have decided to go ahead and post this character.

Spoiler

Name: Palava Maves

Appearance: Black haired 20-year-old Alethi woman. She is 5’ 11” and holds herself stiffly. She wears various disguises depending on what is needed, usually something generic and inconspicuous.

Affiliations: UFO

Personality: Palava is coolheaded with a no-nonsense attitude. She is unemotional and acts with dispassionate efficiency. As a UFO agent, she doesn’t like Investiture users. Has trauma from killing her brother, but pins the blame on the Knights Radiant as an organization for making it necessary. She has a great deal of sympathy for the common people, which is a primary reason she joined UFO.

Concept: Elite spy.

Motivation (Short & long term goal):

Short:
- Prove herself to her superiors.
Long:
- Bring down the Knights Radiant.

Merits:

Minor:
- Coolheaded.
- Firearm training.
- Intelligent.
Normal:
- Martial arts and hazekiller training.
- UFO gear: Small aluminum firearms and an ISD
Major:
- Spy training.

Flaws:

Trauma from killing her brother. Believes that she hears his voice in her head.
Blind loyalty to UFO.
Unemotional.
Quick to justify her actions or shift the blame somewhere else.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends):

Her brother, Thamar, was a Radiant before she killed him during a mission for UFO. This has left Palava with lasting trauma.

Home Planet: Alleyplanet.

Current Residence: The Sphere.

Backstory: Palava grew up in a poor family in the Sphere. She spent her youth exploring and sneaking around. From her observations, she came to the conclusion that Investiture didn’t help common people as much as it should, though, not being the philosophical type, she acknowledged this more-or-less with a shrug, and didn’t continue to think about it seriously. Meanwhile, her younger brother, Thamar, joined the Knights Radiant. A short time later, Palava first came in contact with UFO. With her pre-existing conceptions about Investiture, she was won over fairly easily, and joined the organization at the age of 17. Despite her official membership in an organization with the explicit goal of abolishing Investiture use through any means necessary, Palava failed to consider what implications this would personally have for her. Only after she was thoroughly indoctrinated did she come to the realization that she and her brother were a part of diametrically opposed organizations. Her beliefs, combined with unadmitted jealous resentment of Thamar led to a confrontation between them. They argued, and Palava killed her brother with her UFO gear. Horrified, she convinced herself that it had to be done, that it was the fault of the Knights Radiant as an organization, and that UFO’s ends would justify the means. Unable to face the possibility of being wrong, she redoubled her efforts for UFO, determined to somehow prove to herself that she was in the right.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): Unresolved trauma from her past. She still has work to do for UFO.

Edited January 19, 2025 by Steel Speedster
Swapped motivation

Koloss17 · January 17, 2025

On 1/16/2025 at 7:08 AM, SpiritOfWrath said:

Cool, thanks.

@Koloss17

I’ve been able to keep track of multiple RPs well, I’m not too busy, so I think that this could work.

I gots the character here now:

Reveal hidden contents

Name: Teon Asheol (Graceful Death in Aon...)

Appearance: Dula Elantrian, Single scar, one on his hand. He doesn’t have the other hand. Has a generally reserved air.

Affiliations: None (yet...)

Personality: Like before, is generally reserved. Interacts well with people, and takes pity on those going through hardships. Has a ruthless streak, though. Brave.

Concept: Largely uneducated Elantrian popo fuzz guy.

Motivation (Short & long term goal): STG: Bring to justice the various criminal groups that have been extorting those who have slipped into the alleys abruptly. LTG: He hates and resents what happens to him when he fell into the alleys, so he wishes for the power to help others back to their lives.

Merits: MiM: 1) Charismatic, perceptive 2) is nearly passable at hand to hand (he uses aons instead) NM: 1) Keeps a journal. Likes to record things, and his opinion of people, whether or not to trust them, MaM: Is an Elantrian. As such, knows the Aon Kii, Ashe, Ate, Ene, and Ehe

Flaws: Is traumatized by the fall of Duladel and battles in Arelon + hand loss. Doesn't have any real way to learn new Aons. Missing a hand.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): Was cut away from family when came to Alley. He worked with various organizations before becoming a popo fuzz, so long as it can be considered in some way “honest”, to gain money for paper, ink, and food. Now, as per recommendation from a popo fuzz that he had worked with to stop a (relatively) serious crime.

Home Planet: Dula, Sel

Current Residence: Lives in the mistwarrens.

Backstory: Grew up in Duladel, until the city fell. Ran to Arelon with his family when he was 17, then was scarred in the battle in Arelon. However, when he was about to die, a Elantrian found and helped him, using a variety of Aons. Asheol was able to record Aon Kii. The morning after, he became Elantrian and fell into immediately into the Alleys and then the Alleyplanet. For a while was on his own, lost a hand due to an attack by an Anti-investiture fanatic-ish person, fell into shock. Man who took pity on him gave him shelter for a while. He never gave the man his name. Eventually, the man couldn't take care of him anymore, so he had to send him into the streets, which is when he got the name Teon Asheol from the man. Spent most of the money he can scrounge up on notebooks. When he suspects someone did something wrong, he would turn them in using Aon Kii to gain a quick advantage over them. One of the police he helped referred him for a job even through his lost hand. He was accepted - it was a low level police force. From here has been working to make what he can better, as well as work on increasing his capacity of Aons.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): Wishes to bring his version of justiceagainst both sides, so long as it doth be right.

Hm. A few wonderings:

-losing a hand seems to be a generally decent weakness, but the method is curious. What type of anti-investiture person attacked him? If we’re talking UFO, @Stormlightsong will need to back me up, but from what u understand, it is an organization that by and large have stayed out of Alleyverse meddlings, and have really only been gathering people and forming plans during this time. Now, there obviously has to be people that care deeply enough to join up, so I’m not saying that such a person wouldn’t exist in the Alleyverse. However, a more fleshed out encounter might be nice, if only to better round out that part of the character’s backstory

-a police grunt seems like a decent idea for a character, though obviously an elantrian would likely rise in the ranks quickly. Also, which district are they serving? If they’re living in the mistwarrens, I assume one of the Scadrian districts would make sense, but for an Elantrian to situate in a Scadrian district is itself odd. Certainly not unheard of, as this is a city full of different people and different backgrounds, but perhaps a short explanation as to why he chose a majority Scadrian district to live in would be useful.

-I will need to look into the power sets of Elantrians, as I will admit I’m not particularly familiar with their powers. If you could summarize the types of things you envision your character is able to do, that might help a bit, but of course I’ll also consult the Coppermind.

On 1/16/2025 at 8:06 AM, Steel Speedster said:

After thinking about it overnight, I have decided to go ahead and post this character.

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Name: Palava Maves

Appearance: Black haired 20-year-old Alethi woman. She is 5’ 11” and holds herself stiffly. She wears various disguises depending on what is needed, usually something generic and inconspicuous.

Affiliations: UFO

Personality: Palava is coolheaded with a no-nonsense attitude. She is unemotional and acts with dispassionate efficiency. As a UFO agent, she doesn’t like Investiture users. Has trauma from killing her brother, but pins the blame on the Knights Radiant as an organization for making it necessary. She has a great deal of sympathy for the common people, which is a primary reason she joined UFO.

Concept: Elite spy.

Motivation (Short & long term goal):

Short:

Bring down the Knights Radiant.

Long:

Prove herself to her superiors.

Merits:

Minor:

Coolheaded.

Firearm training.

Intelligent.

Normal:

Martial arts and hazekiller training.

UFO gear: Small aluminum firearms and an ISD

Major:

Spy training.

Flaws:

Trauma from killing her brother. Believes that she hears his voice in her head.

Blind loyalty to UFO.

Unemotional.

Quick to justify her actions or shift the blame somewhere else.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends):

Her brother, Thamar, was a Radiant before she killed him during a mission for UFO. This has left Palava with lasting trauma.

Home Planet: Alleyplanet.

Current Residence: The Sphere.

Backstory: Palava grew up in a poor family in the Sphere. She spent her youth exploring and sneaking around. From her observations, she came to the conclusion that Investiture didn’t help common people as much as it should, though, not being the philosophical type, she acknowledged this more-or-less with a shrug, and didn’t continue to think about it seriously. Meanwhile, her younger brother, Thamar, joined the Knights Radiant. A short time later, Palava first came in contact with UFO. With her pre-existing conceptions about Investiture, she was won over fairly easily, and joined the organization at the age of 17. Despite her official membership in an organization with the explicit goal of abolishing Investiture use through any means necessary, Palava failed to consider what implications this would personally have for her. Only after she was thoroughly indoctrinated did she come to the realization that she and her brother were a part of diametrically opposed organizations. Her beliefs, combined with unadmitted jealous resentment of Thamar led to a confrontation between them. They argued, and Palava killed her brother with her UFO gear. Horrified, she convinced herself that it had to be done, that it was the fault of the Knights Radiant as an organization, and that UFO’s ends would justify the means. Unable to face the possibility of being wrong, she redoubled her efforts for UFO, determined to somehow prove to herself that she was in the right.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): Unresolved trauma from her past. She still has work to do for UFO.

I like the idea of someone who had killed their sibling due to a rift in beliefs and organizations, and I think there’s a lot that can be done with that. Again, I don’t really know how likely it would be that UFO would be engaged in attacking Radiants, especially if they’re on the down low, but that’s something to bring up with @Stormlightsong. Overall though looks like a solid character. I’d check in about the UFO stuff first before I approve it tho.

Steel Speedster · January 17, 2025

2 hours ago, Koloss17 said:

I like the idea of someone who had killed their sibling due to a rift in beliefs and organizations, and I think there’s a lot that can be done with that. Again, I don’t really know how likely it would be that UFO would be engaged in attacking Radiants, especially if they’re on the down low, but that’s something to bring up with @Stormlightsong. Overall though looks like a solid character. I’d check in about the UFO stuff first before I approve it tho.

Before this era started, I hadn’t really realized that UFO would be focused almost exclusively on New Hallandren for the time being, so I figured a Rosharan agent focused on the Knights Radiant would make sense. I could actually just swap her short and long term motivations. That way, taking down the KR is more of something that she wants to do someday, once UFO is more powerful, rather than something that she’s currently working on. Would that help?

Through the Living Shadow · January 18, 2025

On 1/17/2025 at 3:16 PM, Koloss17 said:

losing a hand seems to be a generally decent weakness, but the method is curious. What type of anti-investiture person attacked him? If we’re talking UFO, @Stormlightsong will need to back me up, but from what u understand, it is an organization that by and large have stayed out of Alleyverse meddlings, and have really only been gathering people and forming plans during this time. Now, there obviously has to be people that care deeply enough to join up, so I’m not saying that such a person wouldn’t exist in the Alleyverse. However, a more fleshed out encounter might be nice, if only to better round out that part of the character’s backstory

-a police grunt seems like a decent idea for a character, though obviously an elantrian would likely rise in the ranks quickly. Also, which district are they serving? If they’re living in the mistwarrens, I assume one of the Scadrian districts would make sense, but for an Elantrian to situate in a Scadrian district is itself odd. Certainly not unheard of, as this is a city full of different people and different backgrounds, but perhaps a short explanation as to why he chose a majority Scadrian district to live in would be useful.

-I will need to look into the power sets of Elantrians, as I will admit I’m not particularly familiar with their powers. If you could summarize the types of things you envision your character is able to do, that might help a bit, but of course I’ll also consult the Coppermind.

Crap pressed post - hang on… no this is ok… I got everything, I think.
Okokokok

instead of anti investiture, t would make sense for it to be a fjorden

These aons (Kii, Ashe, Ate, Ene, and Ehe) do the following (He knows no modifiers, so it won’t be very powerful.):

Kii: The guilty feel pain.

Ashe: Emits light

Ate: Makes a room go silent

Ene: Imma copy the coppermind thing

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Aon Ene emits what is commonly referred to as the "Light of the Mind." Anyone who is touched by the light has their mental capabilities enhanced. They can memorize more quickly, reason more clearly, and stave off the mental-diminishing effects of illness or lack of sleep.

Ehe: Creates a pillar of fire. Might honestly get rid of it…

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Name: Teon Asheol (Graceful Death in Aon...)

Appearance: Dula Elantrian, Single scar, one on his hand. He doesn’t have the other hand. Has a generally reserved air.

Affiliations: None (yet...)

Personality: Like before, is generally reserved. Interacts well with people, and takes pity on those going through hardships. Has a ruthless streak, though. Brave.

Concept: Largely uneducated Elantrian popo fuzz guy.

Motivation (Short & long term goal): STG: Bring to justice the various criminal groups that have been extorting those who have slipped into the alleys abruptly. LTG: He hates and resents what happens to him when he fell into the alleys, so he wishes for the power to help others back to their lives.

Merits: MiM: 1) Charismatic, perceptive 2) is nearly passable at hand to hand (he uses aons instead) NM: 1) Keeps a journal. Likes to record things, and his opinion of people, whether or not to trust them, MaM: Is an Elantrian. As such, knows the Aon Kii, Ashe, Ate, Ene, and Ehe

Flaws: Is traumatized by the fall of Duladel and battles in Arelon + hand loss. Doesn't have any real way to learn new Aons. Missing a hand.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): Was cut away from family when came to Alley. He worked with various organizations before becoming a popo fuzz, so long as it can be considered in some way “honest”, to gain money for paper, ink, and food. Now, as per recommendation from a popo fuzz that he had worked with to stop a (relatively) serious crime.

Home Planet: Dula, Sel

Current Residence: Lives in the mistwarrens.

Backstory: Grew up in Duladel, until the city fell. Ran to Arelon with his family when he was 17, then was scarred in the battle in Arelon. However, when he was about to die, a Elantrian found and helped him, using a variety of Aons. Asheol was able to record Aon Kii. The morning after, he became Elantrian and fell into immediately into the Alleys and then the Alleyplanet. For a while was on his own in the, lost a hand due to an attack by a fjorden fanatic-ish person (attack took place while he was traveling to Dominion, he asked someone if they could take him there, turned out to be fjorden, attacked him and took his right hand thinking that was his dominant one. After this attack, he fell into shock and wasn’t thinking very clearly - thought that no one would accept him in Dominion, so he stayed where he was, latent trauma keeping him there throughout his short time in the Alleys). Man who took pity on him gave him shelter for a while. He never gave the man his name. Eventually, the man couldn't take care of him anymore, so he had to send him into the streets, which is when he got the name Teon Asheol from the man. Spent most of the money he can scrounge up on notebooks. When he suspects someone did something wrong, he would turn them in using Aon Kii to gain a quick advantage over them. One of the police he helped referred him for a job even through his lost hand. He was accepted - it was a low level police force. From here has been working to make what he can better, as well as work on increasing his capacity of Aons, though he hasn’t been there for very long yet.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): Wishes to bring his version of justiceagainst both sides, so long as it doth be right.

@Koloss17

Edited January 18, 2025 by SpiritOfWrath

Koloss17 · January 19, 2025

9 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Crap pressed post - hang on… no this is ok… I got everything, I think.
Okokokok

instead of anti investiture, t would make sense for it to be a fjorden

These aons (Kii, Ashe, Ate, Ene, and Ehe) do the following (He knows no modifiers, so it won’t be very powerful.):

Kii: The guilty feel pain.

Ashe: Emits light

Ate: Makes a room go silent

Ene: Imma copy the coppermind thing

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Aon Ene emits what is commonly referred to as the "Light of the Mind." Anyone who is touched by the light has their mental capabilities enhanced. They can memorize more quickly, reason more clearly, and stave off the mental-diminishing effects of illness or lack of sleep.

Ehe: Creates a pillar of fire. Might honestly get rid of it…

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Name: Teon Asheol (Graceful Death in Aon...)

Appearance: Dula Elantrian, Single scar, one on his hand. He doesn’t have the other hand. Has a generally reserved air.

Affiliations: None (yet...)

Personality: Like before, is generally reserved. Interacts well with people, and takes pity on those going through hardships. Has a ruthless streak, though. Brave.

Concept: Largely uneducated Elantrian popo fuzz guy.

Motivation (Short & long term goal): STG: Bring to justice the various criminal groups that have been extorting those who have slipped into the alleys abruptly. LTG: He hates and resents what happens to him when he fell into the alleys, so he wishes for the power to help others back to their lives.

Merits: MiM: 1) Charismatic, perceptive 2) is nearly passable at hand to hand (he uses aons instead) NM: 1) Keeps a journal. Likes to record things, and his opinion of people, whether or not to trust them, MaM: Is an Elantrian. As such, knows the Aon Kii, Ashe, Ate, Ene, and Ehe

Flaws: Is traumatized by the fall of Duladel and battles in Arelon + hand loss. Doesn't have any real way to learn new Aons. Missing a hand.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): Was cut away from family when came to Alley. He worked with various organizations before becoming a popo fuzz, so long as it can be considered in some way “honest”, to gain money for paper, ink, and food. Now, as per recommendation from a popo fuzz that he had worked with to stop a (relatively) serious crime.

Home Planet: Dula, Sel

Current Residence: Lives in the mistwarrens.

Backstory: Grew up in Duladel, until the city fell. Ran to Arelon with his family when he was 17, then was scarred in the battle in Arelon. However, when he was about to die, a Elantrian found and helped him, using a variety of Aons. Asheol was able to record Aon Kii. The morning after, he became Elantrian and fell into immediately into the Alleys and then the Alleyplanet. For a while was on his own in the, lost a hand due to an attack by a fjorden fanatic-ish person (attack took place while he was traveling to Dominion, he asked someone if they could take him there, turned out to be fjorden, attacked him and took his right hand thinking that was his dominant one. After this attack, he fell into shock and wasn’t thinking very clearly - thought that no one would accept him in Dominion, so he stayed where he was, latent trauma keeping him there throughout his short time in the Alleys). Man who took pity on him gave him shelter for a while. He never gave the man his name. Eventually, the man couldn't take care of him anymore, so he had to send him into the streets, which is when he got the name Teon Asheol from the man. Spent most of the money he can scrounge up on notebooks. When he suspects someone did something wrong, he would turn them in using Aon Kii to gain a quick advantage over them. One of the police he helped referred him for a job even through his lost hand. He was accepted - it was a low level police force. From here has been working to make what he can better, as well as work on increasing his capacity of Aons, though he hasn’t been there for very long yet.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): Wishes to bring his version of justiceagainst both sides, so long as it doth be right.

@Koloss17

looks much better! approved! Be wary of godmodding though, as this seems like something that could be easily godmodded without intending to.

On 1/17/2025 at 5:37 PM, Steel Speedster said:

Before this era started, I hadn’t really realized that UFO would be focused almost exclusively on New Hallandren for the time being, so I figured a Rosharan agent focused on the Knights Radiant would make sense. I could actually just swap her short and long term motivations. That way, taking down the KR is more of something that she wants to do someday, once UFO is more powerful, rather than something that she’s currently working on. Would that help?

yeah I think overall that's okay. Approved!

right now UFO is in its infancy in the public eye, and so while at the moment they're in New Hallandren, that might change depending on how things go in these episodes.

Through the Living Shadow · January 19, 2025

13 hours ago, Koloss17 said:

looks much better! approved! Be wary of godmodding though, as this seems like something that could be easily godmodded without intending to.

yeah I think overall that's okay. Approved!

right now UFO is in its infancy in the public eye, and so while at the moment they're in New Hallandren, that might change depending on how things go in these episodes.

Cool, thanks.

Yea, I’ll try to stray (and stay… [talking is weird]) away from that sorta thing.

Stormlightsong · January 19, 2025

Farenah:

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Name: Farenah (Fara for short)
Appearance: Fara has short brown hair. When in public she wears a variety of colorful tight fit cloaks the hide her beige IRS (Idrian Resistance Society) uniform and weapons.
Affiliations: IRS, UFO
Personality: Fara is cold but willing to work with others. She has a strong distain for awakoners and misses Idris.
Concept: a homesick IRS elite determined to make a home for her people.
Motivation (Short & long term goal): Short term: follow orders. Long term: make a home in the Alleycity for herself and her people.
Merits: Minor: fireproof uniform, aluminum throwing knives, and colorful disguises. Normal: IED (which is worn on the chest and hums with the anti-stormlight tone when near a concentrated amount of Investiture above 1 BEU as to double as a Radiant defense mechanism.) and an aluminum dagger/taser/mini flamethrower. Major: high amounts of combat and espionage training.
Flaws: Reckless, driven by anger, and not as good at fighting at long range.
Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): father: still back at Idris
Current Residence: New Halandren
Backstory: as a child, all Farenah wanted was to fight for her nation. Her Mother had worked as an Idrian spy in Halandren and had never really been in her life. At age 16, Fara and her father received news that her mother had been arrested and was due to be executed. After hearing the news Fara’s father tried to send her to a monastery as to not follow in her mother’s footsteps. Fara begrudgingly agreed, but snuck out in the middle of the night to try and get enlisted into the military. As she ran she felt a hatred towards her father and more so at the people of Halandren for everything that was happening. Then she tripped, straight through a crack in reality and into the Alleys. For the next year Fara found her way out of the Alleys and into Alleycity. Because of all the different cultures and stories she heard, she expected to find more Idrians, but instead she found something she hated more than anything in the Alleys: New Halandren. As it was her only lead, Fara entered and was quickly found by the Idrian Resistance Society after she tried to attack an awakoner. For the next f5 years she trained to fight amakoners and other investiture users and, because of her hatred and homesickness, soon became a deadly soldier and assassin. She is now very high rank and has been put in charge of a big operation in new Halandren.
Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): though the Alliecity has become something she is willing to make into her new home, Fara still wants to see Idris one last time and tell her dad that she is okay.

Koloss17 · January 19, 2025

53 minutes ago, Stormlightsong said:

Farenah:

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Name: Farenah (Fara for short)
Appearance: Fara has short brown hair. When in public she wears a variety of colorful tight fit cloaks the hide her beige IRS (Idrian Resistance Society) uniform and weapons.
Affiliations: IRS, UFO
Personality: Fara is cold but willing to work with others. She has a strong distain for awakoners and misses Idris.
Concept: a homesick IRS elite determined to make a home for her people.
Motivation (Short & long term goal): Short term: follow orders. Long term: make a home in the Alleycity for herself and her people.
Merits: Minor: fireproof uniform, aluminum throwing knives, and colorful disguises. Normal: IED (which is worn on the chest and hums with the anti-stormlight tone when near a concentrated amount of Investiture above 1 BEU as to double as a Radiant defense mechanism.) and an aluminum dagger/taser/mini flamethrower. Major: high amounts of combat and espionage training.
Flaws: Reckless, driven by anger, and not as good at fighting at long range.
Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): father: still back at Idris
Current Residence: New Halandren
Backstory: as a child, all Farenah wanted was to fight for her nation. Her Mother had worked as an Idrian spy in Halandren and had never really been in her life. At age 16, Fara and her father received news that her mother had been arrested and was due to be executed. After hearing the news Fara’s father tried to send her to a monastery as to not follow in her mother’s footsteps. Fara begrudgingly agreed, but snuck out in the middle of the night to try and get enlisted into the military. As she ran she felt a hatred towards her father and more so at the people of Halandren for everything that was happening. Then she tripped, straight through a crack in reality and into the Alleys. For the next year Fara found her way out of the Alleys and into Alleycity. Because of all the different cultures and stories she heard, she expected to find more Idrians, but instead she found something she hated more than anything in the Alleys: New Halandren. As it was her only lead, Fara entered and was quickly found by the Idrian Resistance Society after she tried to attack an awakoner. For the next f5 years she trained to fight amakoners and other investiture users and, because of her hatred and homesickness, soon became a deadly soldier and assassin. She is now very high rank and has been put in charge of a big operation in new Halandren.
Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): though the Alliecity has become something she is willing to make into her new home, Fara still wants to see Idris one last time and tell her dad that she is okay.

Approved!

BridgeBoi · January 28, 2025

I'm going to make a new character. Sorry! I made the backstory very long.

spoilered for size

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Name: Altin

Appearance: Altin comes from Roshar so he is taller than the average cosmere character. He is a youngish male. He has brown hair and light green eyes, with tan complexion. He dresses in solid worker clothes, not fancy but functional. He carries himself confidently.

Affiliations: None so far, though he seeks for more.

Personality: Altin is fiercely competent. He is mostly cocky and confident but inside he hides a deep insecurity. He has a fierce loyalty to family and friends. He views life as a contest for survival.

Concept: A former criminal leader fallen from power seeking to reclaim status

Motivation (Short & long term goal): Altin’s primary goal right now is to gain money for himself and his cousin Leif. In the long term, he wants to fulfill what he sees as his fathers’s legacy: found a criminal gang and gain power in the Alleyverse underworld.

Merits: Minor:

An experienced if not innovative leader. He led a criminal gang before and knows how to manipulate people.
Allomantic tin refuses to give up. He will never completely surrender but will always keep going.
He is a good thief. Has good sleight of hand, stealth, and deception/

Normal:

Tineye: He has a tineye hemalurgic spike. However, He is relatively inexperienced with it, and might misuse it, which could cost him dearly.
Altin is a very good swordsman. He uses Vinestance. He is not at the level of an Adolin or Dalinar, but is a swordmaster nonetheless.

Major:

Altin: bears a shardblade, given to him by the Nightwatcher. This shardblade is a deadeye spren named Weaver. With the help of the Nightwatcher, Weaver regained sentience and some of his prior powers, including the ability to change shape.

Flaws: Altin has two main problems. First, is his current position. To put it frankly, Altin and his younger cousin, Leif are refugees. They came to the Alleyverse with little and what little they had has already been spent. Altin needs to get money and food fast, or his cousin might die. Altin’s more major problem is the Nightwatcher’s bane. Every night as Altin sleeps, he is drawn into horrific spiritual realm visions (similar to Dalinar’s in Way of Kings) of his most horrific memories, the night his dad died, the death of his mentor and friend, spiking Felin, the flight from Roshar. These daily nightmares leave Altin stressed and wornout. While he tries to cover these wounds up with a facade of confidence, inside he is deeply insecure and unsure of his worthiness. Because he doubts himself, he might not be able to achieve his goals for fear of failing. This insecurity is also part of lingering guilt from this failings.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): Leif: Leif is Altin’s younger cousin around 16 years old. She is a kind, gentle soul though not without her own struggles from past trauma. She looks up to Altin for protecting her and relies on him. Altin channels his remaining guilt from the death of his family into protecting and providing for Leif. He would die for her and would do anything to make sure she doesn’t die.

Weaver: Weaver is a calm solid person. He and Altin are very good friends. Weaver acts as a moral anchor for Altin and his calmness helps counteract some of the worst effects of Altin’s self-doubt.

Home Planet: Roshar, Veden

Current Residence: He has a small apartment in the Mistwarrens, paid for by savings from his previous life.

Backstory: Altin was born around 45 years before the coming of the Everstorm. He was raised in the city of Vedener. His father was a successful criminal leader. He was taught basic criminal and leadership skills from the age of five. This life continued until the night when his father was assassinated by rival gang leaders when Altin was 13. Altin escaped the slaughter that followed and rescued his younger cousin Leif, who was 8 at the time. That night, Altin swore two oaths, to avenge his father and to protect Leif. They fled Vedener and managed to find work on a caravan heading to the west. They ended up in Emul where they worked as petty thieves for 4 years. Everything changed when He heard legends of the nightwatchers boons and banes.

He traveled to the valley and met the Nightwatcher. He wished for the power to avenge his father and to protect his cousin. The Nightwatcher accepted and gave him a shardblade named Weaver. Weaver was a cultivationspren who had been bonded as a radiant spren. He was killed in the recreance. The Nightwatcher awakened him with the help of cultivation. This reawakening also granted him some of his prior abilities such as the ability to be summoned instantly and the ability to change shape. The Nightwatcher also gave Altin skill with the sword. However, she also gave him a bane. Every night, Altin relives his worst memories. He took weaver and traveled back to Emul. From there, he traveled back to Vedenar. He quickly took revenge on the gangs who had killed his family. He killed their leaders, taking his revenge. However, after a few months of operating as a criminal leader, rumors began to spread of the new criminal’s shardblade. The government of Jah Keved, seeking more power, put a massive bounty on Allomantic tin’s head. Altin fled, recognizing that the government could kill him. In their flight, Altin, Leif, and Weaver fell in with an experienced smuggler, Felin. After Altin befriended Felin, by saving his life from whitespines, Felin revealed his past as a tineye worldhopper from Scadrial. He then decided to help his new friends on their journey. The four of them formed a new family. However it wasn’t to last. In the outskirts of Rira, the bounty hunters caught up with the group. They barely managed to escape but in the process Felin took a poison arrow. After the four made their escape, Felin collapsed. Knowing that he would die, he told Altin to spike him. Altin, recognizing Felin’s last wish, used a hemalurgic spike and killed Felin. They wandered on until they were trapped in Kholinar. With nowhere else to go, they ran down an alleyway and they were transported to the alleyverse. In the couple weeks since then, Altin and crew have been living off savings until Altin can find work.

Loose Ends: Altin will try to recreate his father’s criminal empire. He feels driven by those who he feels like he failed such as Felin and his father.

@Koloss17

Edited January 28, 2025 by BridgeBoi

Koloss17 · January 28, 2025

11 hours ago, BridgeBoi said:

I'm going to make a new character. Sorry! I made the backstory very long.

spoilered for sizei

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Name: Allomantic tin

Appearance: Allomantic tin comes from Roshar so he is taller than the average cosmere character. He is a youngish male. He has brown hair and light green eyes, with tan complexion. He dresses in solid worker clothes, not fancy but functional. He carries himself confidently.

Affiliations: None so far, though he seeks for more.

Personality: Allomantic tin is fiercely independent and competent. He is mostly cocky and confident but inside he hides a deep insecurity. He has a fierce loyalty to family and friends. He views life as a contest for survival.

Concept: A former criminal leader fallen from power seeking to reclaim status

Motivation (Short & long term goal): Allomantic tin’s primary goal right now is to gain money for himself and his cousin Leif. In the long term, he wants to fulfill what he sees as his fathers’s legacy: found a criminal gang and gain power in the Alleyverse underworld.

Merits: Minor:

An experienced if not innovative leader. He led a criminal gang before and knows how to manipulate people.

Allomantic tin refuses to give up. He will never completely surrender but will always keep going.

He is a good thief. Has good sleight of hand, stealth, and deception/

Normal:

Tineye: He has a tineye hemalurgic spike. However, He is relatively inexperienced with it, and might misuse it, which could cost him dearly.

Allomantic tin is a very good swordsman. He uses Vinestance. He is not at the level of an Adolin or Dalinar, but is a swordmaster nonetheless.

Major:

Allomantic tin: bears a shardblade, given to him by the Nightwatcher. This shardblade is a deadeye spren named Weaver. With the help of the Nightwatcher, Weaver regained sentience and some of his prior powers, including the ability to change shape.

Flaws: Allomantic tin has two main problems. First, is his current position. To put it frankly, Allomantic tin and his younger cousin, Leif are refugees. They came to the Alleyverse with little and what little they had has already been spent. Allomantic tin needs to get money and food fast, or his cousin might die. Allomantic tin’s more major problem is the Nightwatcher’s bane. Every night as Allomantic tin sleeps, he is drawn into horrific spiritual realm visions (similar to Dalinar’s in Way of Kings) of his most horrific memories, the night his dad died, the death of his mentor and friend, spiking Halal, the flight from Roshar. These daily nightmares leave Allomantic tin stressed and wornout. While he tries to cover these wounds up with a facade of confidence, inside he is deeply insecure and unsure of his worthiness. Because he doubts himself, he might not be able to achieve his goals for fear of failing. This insecurity is also part of lingering guilt from this failings.

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): Leif: Leif is Allomantic tin’s younger cousin around 16 years old. She is a kind, gentle soul though not without her own struggles from past trauma. She looks up to Allomantic tin for protecting her and relies on him. Allomantic tin channels his remaining guilt from the death of his family into protecting and providing for Leif. He would die for her and would do anything to make sure she doesn’t die.

Weaver: Weaver is a calm solid person. He and Allomantic tin are very good friends. Weaver acts as a moral anchor for Allomantic tin and his calmness helps counteract some of the worst effects of Allomantic tin’s self-doubt.

Home Planet: Roshar, Veden

Current Residence: He has a small apartment in the Mistwarrens, paid for by savings from his previous life.

Backstory: Allomantic tin was born around 45 years before the coming of the Everstorm. He was raised in the city of Vedener. His father was a successful criminal leader. He was taught basic criminal and leadership skills from the age of five. This life continued until the night when his father was assassinated by rival gang leaders when Allomantic tin was 13. Allomantic tin escaped the slaughter that followed and rescued his younger cousin Leif, who was 8 at the time. That night, Allomantic tin swore two oaths, to avenge his father and to protect Leif. They fled Vedener and managed to find work on a caravan heading to the west. They ended up in Emul where they worked as petty thieves for 4 years. Everything changed when He heard legends of the nightwatchers boons and banes.

He traveled to the valley and met the Nightwatcher. He wished for the power to avenge his father and to protect his cousin. The Nightwatcher accepted and gave him a shardblade named Weaver. Weaver was a cultivationspren who had been bonded as a radiant spren. He was killed in the recreance. The Nightwatcher awakened him with the help of cultivation. This reawakening also granted him some of his prior abilities such as the ability to be summoned instantly and the ability to change shape. The Nightwatcher also gave Allomantic tin skill with the sword. However, she also gave him a bane. Every night, Allomantic tin relives his worst memories. He took weaver and traveled back to Emul. From there, he traveled back to Vedenar. He quickly took revenge on the gangs who had killed his family. He killed their leaders, taking his revenge. However, after a few months of operating as a criminal leader, rumors began to spread of the new criminal’s shardblade. The government of Jah Keved, seeking more power, put a massive bounty on Allomantic tin’s head. Allomantic tin fled, recognizing that the government could kill him. In their flight, Allomantic tin, Leif, and Weaver fell in with an experienced smuggler, Halal. After Allomantic tin befriended Halal, by saving his life from whitespines, Halal revealed his past. Halal was a tineye worldhopper from Scadrial. Halal decided to help his new friends on their journey. The four of them formed a new family. However it wasn’t to last. In the outskirts of Rira, the bounty hunters caught up with the group. They barely managed to escape but in the process Halal took a poison arrow. After the four made their escape, Halal collapsed. Knowing that he would die, he told Allomantic tin to spike him. Allomantic tin, recognizing Halal’s last wish, used a hemalurgic spike and killed Halal. They wandered on until they were trapped in Kholinar. With nowhere else to go, they ran down an alleyway and they were transported to the alleyverse. In the couple weeks since then, Allomantic tin and crew have been living off savings until Allomantic tin can find work.

Loose Ends: Allomantic tin will try to recreate his father’s criminal empire. He feels driven by those who he feels like he failed such as Halal and his father.

@Koloss17

overall, I like the character. Seems interesting and something that could be fun to RP with. I have two questions though.

1. why is their name Allomantic Tin? Both for a meta sense and an in world sense.

2. why is his mentor named Halal? like sure it fits Alethi naming standards of almost being a ketek, but it feels weird to have someone named after a religious dietary practice.

BridgeBoi · January 28, 2025

I'm going to be completely honest. I have no idea why it changed it to Alllomantic Tin. His real name is Altin so I think it autocorrected? I went through the character sheet and changed it back.

As for Halal, that is also a mistake. I was not aware that was a real world thing so I just came up with a good name. I will change that to Felin.

Sorry for the mistakes! @Koloss17

Koloss17 · January 29, 2025

23 hours ago, BridgeBoi said:

I'm going to be completely honest. I have no idea why it changed it to Alllomantic Tin. His real name is Altin so I think it autocorrected? I went through the character sheet and changed it back.

As for Halal, that is also a mistake. I was not aware that was a real world thing so I just came up with a good name. I will change that to Felin.

Sorry for the mistakes! @Koloss17

honestly autocorrecting Altin to Allomantic tin is hilarious. With those name tweaks, you're good to go! Approved!

Edited January 29, 2025 by Koloss17

Lord Ruler Sylphrena · February 3, 2025