The Frostbourne

Opinions: Silus will want more details about Drackensburg: Sphere wielders, basic history, economy, government, population densities, and marital status of each citizen. Those first four are true, at least. Get yer history, obviously. Your Grid is basic enough that it probably only amounts to one or two points; with your spheres both at basic for the moment, you could get Dread Pirate and still have a point to spare. You could use that to design some sort of "Cannoneer", which would be an evolved Gunner. It would be awesome. Lastly, see my previous post for opinions on Fenris and your History. Otherwise, it looks very promising. He's sort of a foil to our characters, none of whom are anything close to trusting. It should lead to interesting interplay. Try to avoid Abrosius and River, though. They'll tear you apart. As a side note, does anybody know what those dots underneath my Location are? I just noticed them. I have two?

First of all, please be conscious that I was nearly brained just now by that near-Wall of Text; please try to reduce the words you type in a single paragraph. Doing so will allow you to make points more concisely and effectively, as well as avoiding the ever-present danger of skimming. I apologize in advance if this comes across as harsh - it is not meant to be, honest! In any case, your story is interesting. If you are saying that you were gifted a SphereMorph by Maelstrom, then I would suggest taking/creating some sort of class that would follow after a giant Epic Thunderbird. I could assist with that, as could, I'm sure, anyone else in this forum. However, I would like to clarify - and by that, I mean, you should clarify. This is obviously going to be the most impressionable moment in Ajax's (love the name, btw) life; it's bound to take a large part of his History and/or RP sample. You don't need to show us the hopefully-upgraded version until you release a rough draft of your character. On the subject of your little Fenris: are you aiming for a cute, anime-style "mascot" companion, or a dangerous, fantasy-style fighting companion? >If the former, I would suggest looking at red pandas, and drawing inspiration from them. Considering your story, an amalgamated red panda/flying squirrel would do nicely. >If the latter, though, I would suggest avoiding orthodox creatures such as wolves or other such things. Especially with the name of Fenris, make it something impressionable, like a flying mongoose or Tasmanian Devil. That's how you avoid falling into cliche pitfalls. In either case, make sure you don't just make Fenris into "an animal companion". Give it life, give it originality, give it character (literally!). Remember, we are here at Nexus not to play a game and beat a boss; we are here to enjoy a unique perspective and new experience. Those are things that no video game can reproduce (Not until VR, at least...), and those are the goals you should keep in mind when creating any character. Complexity and originality are key. It doesn't matter if they are horrible fighters and end up dead in an alley, if the route to that greusome end was fulfilling and enjoyable. *Pant Pant Pant* [/sermon]

Man. That fact of your departure is just now hitting home. What's the actual date of your mission? Good luck Cuaiir; with this cast of loonies and psychos, you'll need it! Also, Silus, I had,forgotten the 5-point thing. I know I can upgrade a Sphere, but what else could I do with a single point?

Only one winner in the free-for-all? The picture makes it look like two...

I haven't heard from Silus yet about the Grid I've designed, but I'm going to toss this up anyway, since I finnally found it. How do you like it? Username: The Frostbourne Contact: PM Character Name: Erika Melodi Age: 21 Gender: Female Hometown: Spiral Falls Marital Status: Single Appearance: Erika was given her mother's looks, with short, dark red hair, green eyes, and skin with a Native American hue. She wears a dark green, oversized sweater, black pants tucked into knee-high leather boots, a squat cylindrical cap, and thin, fingerless gloves. Her SphereMorph is set on an iron band clasped around her left wrist. Personality: Erika is highly precocious and slightly nosy. She has an understandably difficult time talking about herself, and will either change the subject, cut off the conversation, or tell a lie. In Crook of the Plains, there were probably dozens of rumors about her, and she had started most of them herself. About things and people other than herself, though, she is honest, and often brutally blunt with the truth. She is untrusting of others, in that she expects them to be foolish lummoxes with only half of a brain. If another person proves themselves intelligent, her expectations change from extremely low to demandingly high, sometimes impossibly so. Only if a person can draw close to her does that change, at which point she becomes loyal and protective. History: Born in Spiral Falls to a merchant named Dominak and a Defender named Felicity, Erika learned to walk by the age of five months, and was talking barely three days later. By three years of age, she could write more clearly than many adults, with either hand. Things changed, though, when much of her extended family, and both of her parents, were murdered in one night, right in front of her. Years ago, Felicity and her brother Seth had attracted the attention of a powerful gang, led by a man called Spectre, in the Crook of the Plains, but they managed to arrest their leader and escape town. The gang had tracked them down, under a new leader by the name of Destron. Erika had created a plan to pretend that Felicity and her brother were in the middle of the family, on the way to a tavern, so that Felicity and Seth could escape undetected. The gang members shot anyway. They killed over half of Erika's family, as well as Dominak. Erika took a glancing blow in the right leg. She limped into a safehouse to hide, where she found her mother fighting another SphereMorph, with Seth nowhere in sight. Her mother managed to strike the other down. Out the small peephole of the safehouse, Felicity spied two more SphereMorphs approaching. She took off her SphereMorph, gave it to Erika, and told her that she needed to run. Erika fled the building through the back door, and ran. She looked back just in time to see her mother snatch the SphereMorph from the unconscious and begin to glow. Felicity settled into Form just in time to find a blade between her ribs. Erika was seven at the time. After hiding in Spiral Falls and learning to use the SphereMorph, Erika joined a merchant caravan as a guard, wandering with the caravans for eight years. Ironically, she ended up in the Crook of the Plains. In this, she saw the perfect opportunity, ending her contractual guard duties and involving herself in the underground that was always so persent in the area. She spent years there, building a reputation as a criminal mastermind, which wasn't hard to do, with the fools she was surrounded by. She made alliances, broke them, killed, and became ruthless. Soon, she was ruler of the fifth most powerful gang of the city, and in reach of her goal; to take down Destron once and for all. She planned, spied, and prepared. Unfortunately, her attack was expected. Despite careful planning and thirteen planted spies, her plan failed, and Erika was forced to go into hiding once more. On that night, she again had to watch as those she trusted were killed. Still reeling from the blow, she wandered into the Vast Plain, where she was approached by a strange armored man with the most tantilizing offer she had ever heard... Grid: Equilibrium This Grid is a diamond, split into four Quadrants. When held level, it will act as a compass. The Northern Quadrant is called the Farcast Mentality, the Eastern Quadrant Farcast Physicality, the Southern is Closedrawn Physicality, and the Western is Closedrawn Mentality. Each Quadrant grants added prowess in its specific trait to the Sphere placed within; however, its weakness lies in the fact that if a Sphere which does not sufficiently utilize the trait a Quadrant grants is placed in said Quadrant, the Sphere weakens over time unless it is removed from the Grid; even Spheres placed, properly will have lessened strength in the opposite trait. This severely limits the Sphere combinations one can have while using this Grid. Additionally, it's almost impossible to Gate Fuse two Spheres in such a way as to actually make them better. Erika has her Toa Sphere to the West, Closedrawn Mentality, her Thief Sphere to the South, Closedrawn Physicality, her Infiltrator Sphere to the East, Farcast Physicality, and her Scribbler Sphere to the North, Farcast Mentality. Forms: • Toa - As a Toa, Erika gains a dark purple and black body of protodermic metal, shaped tall and light-footed. Besides being granted with limited gravity manipulation and twin battleaxes, used in tandem to glide short distances, Erika gains a powerful Kanohi Mahiki, Mask of Illusions. Basic Form • Thief - As a Thief, Erika replaces her sweater with a tight green shirt, and gains sashes around waist and arms, as well as a light scarf around her neck. Her knives have sheaths hidden within the sashes on her arms. Basic Form • Infiltrator - Erika dons white Energized Armor with glowing blue details as an Infiltrator, and weilds an MP7 SMG in hand. She also has an AI AS-50 Sniper Rifle hooked onto her back, and a Whitney Wolverine in the pistol holster strapped onto her waist. Spectre --> Infiltrator • Scribbler - With thick glasses perched on her nose and pencil case strapped to her right forearm, it is obvious that Erika spends a lot of time as a Scribbler, mostly scoping out and scetching possible locations of battle, ambush, etc. She has a full notepad of scetches stored for various streets and roads in and around the Crook of the Plains. Summoner --> Scribbler Roleplaying Example: "I'm done with this." Her tutor, new this week, stopped her sentence and turned toward me. "I haven't finished the instructions. How can youhave finished already?" I sighed, then declared exaggeratedly, "I extrapolated what you've told me with what is on the board. It wasn't terribly difficult; I managed to solve them without even having to writing any work. Can't you at least give me something challenging?" The tutor glared at me for a long moment before turning to the board. She began to write furiously. "The answer is three over the cube root of seventy X squared, multiplied by the cosine squared of three X." I glanced around the well-furnished room, saw her pictures, her various books on romance, her bitten nails. "Also, your new boyfriend is cheating on you. Expect to be dumped within two months." The tutor didn't turn this time. She just said, cold as the Frozen Foothills, "Thank you for letting me know. Also, that was the correct answer; congratulations." I recognized that tone of voice. "I'm not getting another lesson from you, am I?" The tutor turned then. She had the most frightening glare of any so far. Small wonder about her boyfriend... She nodded once, curtly. "I assume you can find the door?" I left. Father would not be pleased, but I was planning on mitigating that with the news that, from my trip to the market this morning, he should definitely pour more investment funding into the new fishery... I sighed. This stuff is of no use to me any longer. Into the fire the journal went, with the others. I stood, exited the room. Father was dead, the tutor was a city away. It shows how much has changed, that I thought to bring those along when I left town. I entered the main room of the gang hall and called for the new reports from the night. Looking around, I couldn't help muttering to myself. "He'll betray soon. He's going home. She's planning on a power seize soon to gain position. He hates me. He doesn't trust me." A new evaluation stopped me in my tracks. "He... fears. Me." Finally. The fear begins, and thus the power does as well. I would be in charge in a few month's time. Then, the real planning could begin.

Oooh, boy. It looks like at the four-way battle(?) Of glyph, it'll be me, Ambro, Jay'el, and some random NPC. And only two of us can continue onward. This should be very interesting. Excellent planning, Silus! EDIT: Stupid Trip. Never mind...

Ironically, I rather like the song, though it does tend to get a bit... Overplayed. It's a great song to slip into your iPod when a friend isn't looking. Also, as an FYI; I had my character pretty much done, and... The device which held the file has gone missing. If I don't find it tomorrow, I'll start anew.

"The companionship will be welcome; Top finds shopping rather dull by one's lonesome, unless one is searching for a specific purchase." He turns toward a near hall, the direction he hopes is the markets. He makes a mental note to see if there is any actual schedule planned out for the fights; if so, he'll want to check it on the way by. It wouldn't hurt to keep an eye out for Mr. Strange from earlier, either... Top remarks over one shoulder, "Though pocketless, could you not simply attach a money pouch, similarly to the way you attach weapons?" and strides away, glancing back to ascertain that Ambrosius follows.

he was the one supposed to use the SphereMount; the only ShpereMount? Surely a gang of thieves wouldn't have willingly let him leave... I wonder what he, or they, did to make him flee? "Enough of the past. Top has some money, and surely you do as well; he would like to see what this dark place has to offer in way of merchandising. Care to take the lead? Top would likely end up perusing books for hours. He assumes you will be able to find something more entertaining."

Interesting. Top wonders what it is that made them move... "And yourself? Do you take after the thieving ways? Know that Top will hold no ill to you if you answer with the affirmative, for all people are necessary to make the world what it is; just try to remember that thieves need allies as much as anyone else, and it is generally advisable to keep a sense of propriety and non-alienation when regarding them. Of course, if Top has misunderstood, he apologizes for the question in advance." Though he's almost positive he did not misunderstand...

"That sounds as if it would quickly grow inconvenient. It would be useful to hold a few, but all things in moderation. Not that Top critiques you, of course. He is just curious as to how such an odd tradition began. Did you say from whence you hail? Top himself is from the area near the Crags of Dichotomy." Top is curious about this... The practice sounds vaguely familiar for some reason. Perhaps it is simply his imagination.

Gah! I always forget the lack of tone online. That was not "real" rage. I was overstating. I apologize. Oh, and I was referencing the mask when I asked you to tell; I was comparing and contrasting this situation to the one with the prophecy. I'll take a look when I have the time, I guess. Sorry again. Thanks about the banner; I had forgotten about that.

Expand Top's...? Oh, right. Top cannot expect everyone to understand his sayings. He begins to chuckle. "Top gives apology; the phrase is one which can be used in many circumstances, generally meaning that one wishes to gain a greater understanding, aptitude, or amount. Top meant simply that he wishes to meet more people. In other words, your Spheres are safe. Top is somewhat curious by the way; of all the costumes and clothings Top has seen, your outfit is possibly the strangest. Would you care to elucidate him on the reasons for the straps of leather, as opposed to, say, breeches and a shirt? Perhaps some boots?" Top gives up searching for the stranger and turns his attention to the conversation, still keeping an eye on the arena. Top will simply have to search later. This is more important at the moment.

Top bows slightly in acknowledgement of the introduction. "You wouldn't happen to be busy, would you? To be honest, Top has met only one other combatant, and would like to... Expand his spheres." Top checks to see what, if anything, is happening in the arena at the moment. he also keeps an eye out for the strange person he had been following.

[rage]Darn it, Silus! You're making me Scour, again!?[/rage] Really, though. You know I will find it, if it takes me hours. Could you please just tell me, if it's already a concrete fact? The prophecy is one thing; there is no concrete knowledge of what it means. This, though, you said yourself we've seen it. Oh, and Em: Natural paranoia, for the win!

Top reflexively checks his pockets and other pouches and bags, as he apologizes to the odd man swathed in what appear to be straps of leather. "Please excuse Top, he was not paying enough attention to his path." He reluctantely allows the man to escape, for now. Top will have to keep an eye out for him... He turns his attention to the situation at hand. Only then does he recognize the man he had run into. "Top was rude earlier, he now realizes, and never asked for your name. You likely know his already; he is Top."

Why did one person stand out so, against a crowd of unique individuals with extreme power and, often, some measure of insanity? If this is some sort of Destiny Manipulation, Top swears... That it's working. He attempts follows the figure, wishing for a more intimidating way of shoving through crowds than apologizing excessively.

Sorry, I forget at times how poorly deadpan humour carries into a text format. Also, I was (accidentally) referencing the character I have in the works. I figure it would make for n interesting time, yes? If she wanted to be rid of it, but wanted to have it originally, that means it must have some advantage. It would make for interesting storytelling, at least.

woah! New player! welcome, oh friend of Em! Hmm... This makes my female character somewhat redundant... Oh, well. Too late; she is nearly finished! Ah, mask? Now I just have to find a way top get that bit of Sphere in my possesion to see what I can make go wrong for me... It's bound to happen eventually.

Alright, I guess that makes sense. *uneraseuneraseunerase*

...You mean I can't create more any longer? *eraseeraseerase*

Top sighs. Top is gaining no more from these studies. They work as a repulsive force; it's rather simple. Top wanders off, though not to far from the arena. He decides to go looking for trouble. There is no better pursuit for a SphereMorph than the pursuit of danger... Otherwise, I wouldn't be here.

To be entirely honest, I'm excited for PvP. EITHER I win, and get an epic fight, or I lose, and get to explore more of the fascinating world Silus has created. Comatose- I'm not certain I know what MBI is. Would you enlighten me, please? EDIT: Wow, sorry Comatose. I should have seen that. My bad. I don't feel like adding to postnumbers just to kick myself for not catching that.

You know, watching Jack's play and looking through the Data again has made me want a second character. Is this acceptable, Silus? Also, if Silus does allow me (to be honest, I'm assuming he will), I am looking for opinions as to the gender of my second character. I am bugged slightly by the lack of female characters. Don't call me sexist; don't call me anti-sexist. I don't control it; it simply is. What do you all prefer? I would like your opinions, as I am neutral in the matter, and would hate to resort to a coin flip or some such shenanigan.

I feel the urge to speak on some of the thoughts I've had in regards to the propphecy: • I definitely agree with the Geass idea, especially considering they are stated to have delusions of immortality. • Also, notice that Melodic Bladesingers weild a knife/Tone of Damnation. • Is it a coincidence that Ambrosius has both of these Forms? As to the Stone reference, in my opinion, it could be one of two, maybe more possibilities. One, it could be a reference to the Dungeon. For all we know, the "stone" is actually the innards of some creature, and we've been brought to feed it or some weird idea like that. I don't neccesarily believe it's that extreme, but still... the other possibility is that it references Atium, inkeeping with the connection to Ambro. Atium, as a metal, is not truly such, so, you know. That one is less logical, but it's a possibility.