The Almost Gods: Rage (OOC-OPEN-Season 2)

[Joshulia]

Hmmm.....well, if he's a warden at the gulag, then that makes him and the Lieutenant allies......

And Arana, idea, no living creatures and, despite becoming real, everything he makes is sill paint. As such, he can't simply create food, and he can't just spray paint a nuclear bomb into existence.

What about still living things, but the living things are also still paint?

I'm gonna say nothing bigger than, say, a hawk

[Arana]

What about still living things, but the living things are also still paint?

I'm gonna say nothing bigger than, say, a hawk

No living things bigger than that or nothing at all bigger than that?

[Joshulia]

I'm gonna say nothing bigger than, say, a hawk

No living things bigger than that or nothing at all bigger than that?

Nothing bigger that's alive

[Arana]

No living things bigger than that or nothing at all bigger than that?

Nothing bigger that's alive

Sounds good to me. I'll edit it.

[Arana]

The Academy Of
Exceeded Human Abilities

---

Given and/or Used Name- Christophoros Zográfos, the Tenth Muse, Oracle
Age- 712, although he stopped aging at the age of 16 (Born July 3, 1302)
Sex- Male
Personality- Christophoros' personality has changed considerably in the last seven centuries. Basically, as art has changed, so has he. In modern times, he's rather outspoken and rebellious, but with hints of the more sophisticated, orderly personality he had in the past. Whereas he once reflected the Roman and Greek attitudes of the Renaissance, he now reflects the more disorganized and political aspects of modern art. Another thing to note is that he has mixed feelings about the so-called "New Gods." While this likely has something to do with the fact that the gods of ancient Greece, his family, have fallen out of worship, he'll probably never admit it.
Brief Biographical Essay of Subject's Life and/or Experiences- Christophoros Zográfos was born near Delphi in 1302, in what was then the Duchy of Athens. Although born to the Muse Thalia and the god Apollo, he was raised by a farmer and his wife on their farm. For the first sixteen years of his life, he lived as a normal human, and was raised Christian, believing that the gods of the ancient times were nothing but myths. To this day, he has no idea whether his "parents" knew about his godly nature or not. Either way, it became apparent that he was different when at the age of sixteen, he suddenly stopped aging. Even more so when he delivered his first prophecy that same year, involving the fall of the Byzantine Empire over a century later. Around this time period, his parents kept him hidden, out of fear that others in the community would accuse him of being possessed by demons. One night, while he was painting in the basement of his house, he saw a light outside, which he followed to a nearby ruin, the Temple of Apollo. It was here that he first met his real parents, and where they revealed his true nature to him. He lived with his human parents until they died in a fire three years later, at which point he began travelling throughout Europe.

At some point in the 14th century, he arrived in the Republic of Florence. While there, he helped inspire the first Renaissance painters. Over the next century, he traveled throughout Italy, spreading the ideas of the Renaissance much as the Muses before him had inspired the cultures that the Renaissance was based on. During this time period, he met many important figures of the Italian Renaissance, including painters, politicians, religious figures, and a group calling themselves Assassins or something. As the century drew to a close, he moved north into the rest of Europe, bringing the ideas of the Renaissance with him. In order to avoid talking about the entire history of art for the last six hundred years, I'll just say that between that point and roughly 1900, he traveled all over Europe, bringing whatever artistic movement was prevalent at that time with him. Around the start of the 20th century, however, the increasing number of major wars on the continent drove him to travel across the Atlantic to the Americas, where he influenced the politically oriented art of that time period. He stayed in the Americas until roughly 1942, during which he managed to return to Europe and take part in resistance movements against the Nazis from then until 1945. He was often caught and imprisoned, only to break out rather easily soon after.

Following World War II, Christophoros influenced the art of the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Whereas one year he might be inspiring the writers and painters of the Soviet Union, the next he might be painting graffiti on the Berlin Wall, such as in the picture below. Like during World War II, he was often arrested. He'd continue doing so until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. From that point on, he spent a lot of time in his native country of Greece as well as other Balkan states, particularly Yugoslavia, where he was frequently arrested. He was arrested a lot in the last two decades, mainly in the Balkan states, but also in the UK and Russia as well. Most recently, he was arrested in Russia roughly a year ago for taking part in a gay rights protest. This was no big deal to him, as he frequently escaped from prisons before, but this time was different. While being arrested, he began delivering a prophecy regarding the destruction of a major city somewhere in the world, which is now known to have been Paris. This got the attention of Russian special agents, who soon transferred him to the Pitt. Once the Warden heard about his ability to deliver prophecies, he was placed into solitary confinement. There, he's closely observed, and any prophecies are written down to be used to the benefit of the Warden and the agency that runs the prison. This is his current location.

Species- Muse

Super or Magical Abilities-

• Enhanced Reflexes - Before you say this isn't relevant to his domain, it is in a way. Mainly, this allows him to paint and draw faster than an average human being can, meaning his other abilities aren't completely useless in combat. However, he does also have generally enhanced reflexes, which make up for his rather low level of strength.
• Paint Manipulation - With the use of some form of paint, whether acrylic paint, oil paint, or just plain spraypaint, Chris can create pretty much whatever he can paint, living or unliving. Whatever it is, it becomes real. There are some limitations of course. Any creation takes energy, larger things taking more than smaller and living more than unliving. When he uses too much of this energy, he becomes weaker, possibly even to the extent that he becomes physically ill. Furthermore, he can also use the paint itself as a weapon. For example, a favorite use of his is to make handcuffs out of spray-paint by spraying it on the target's wrist as well as something else, whether an object or the other wrist.
• Comedy Inducement - This ability comes from his mother, the Muse of Comedy. Essentially, it allows him to make other people laugh, or just be in a comedic mood. His preferred method of doing so is by telling jokes, normally political ones, and in fact once escaped from British police by doing a standup comedy routine, slipping away while they were distracted. It works less on angry or sad people, and more so when they know it's going on.
• Dance Combat - Again, this pretty straightforward. Essentially it involves a combination of dance moves and combat, into something similar to Capoeira, but slightly more epic. This gives him increased speed, agility, and leverage in combat, making him rather difficult to hit. Plus, it's just cool to watch.
• Omnilingualism - Although many fail to realize it, language is an art too. With this ability, Chris can read or write any language that he is aware of the existence of.
• Prophecy Construction - As a child of Apollo, Chris has the gift of prophecy, essentially being able to tell the future by channeling the Essence, usually in a series of complicated statements that nobody can understand. While giving a prophecy, he enters a trance-like state, complete with glowing eyes and an echoey voice. He has no control whatsoever over what is said, and often times is unable to understand it himself. In other words, he is basically little more than a messenger.

Equipment-

• Christophoros is always carrying a large amount of spray-paint, as well as other types of paint and brushes, colored pencils, markers, and various other art supplies.
• Chris almost always has some form of musical instrument with him, usually an Aulos or Lyre, the symbols of two of his aunts. He also enjoys the violin, various kinds of drums, the harp, and piano.
• Chris always has a gold comedy mask given to him by his mother, which strengthens his comedic abilities.
• Chris carries around a sword and abow and quiver of arrows, in the event he actually needs to fight. He is an expert with both.

[The V O I D]

Joshulia, you never answered my question. I asked if my Cambion char would be acceptable if his demon control was limited to only those demons he was aware of in the area he's in, or if he sees them directly, and he can control no more than five demons at once.

[Arana]

Joshulia, you never answered my question. I asked if my Cambion char would be acceptable if his demon control was limited to only those demons he was aware of in the area he's in, or if he sees them directly, and he can control no more than five demons at once.

Question, would he still be the Antichrist? Because personally, that sounds like a cool idea, but it's up to Josh.

[The V O I D]

Joshulia, you never answered my question. I asked if my Cambion char would be acceptable if his demon control was limited to only those demons he was aware of in the area he's in, or if he sees them directly, and he can control no more than five demons at once.

Question, would he still be the Antichrist? Because personally, that sounds like a cool idea, but it's up to Josh.

Technically, according to Supernatural, all Cambions are like the 'antichrist'. As, the son of Lucifer and a human would be a Nephilim, not a Cambion, since Lucifer is an archangel. So, no, he would not necessarily be the antichrist, but he would essentially be a very badass and powerful character. Also, Cambions are a lot easier to kill than demons, but at the same time, they can be more lethal than demons.

[Arana]

Question, would he still be the Antichrist? Because personally, that sounds like a cool idea, but it's up to Josh.

Technically, according to Supernatural, all Cambions are like the 'antichrist'. As, the son of Lucifer and a human would be a Nephilim, not a Cambion, since Lucifer is an archangel. So, no, he would not necessarily be the antichrist, but he would essentially be a very badass and powerful character. Also, Cambions are a lot easier to kill than demons, but at the same time, they can be more lethal than demons.

I see... interesting...

[The V O I D]

Technically, according to Supernatural, all Cambions are like the 'antichrist'. As, the son of Lucifer and a human would be a Nephilim, not a Cambion, since Lucifer is an archangel. So, no, he would not necessarily be the antichrist, but he would essentially be a very badass and powerful character. Also, Cambions are a lot easier to kill than demons, but at the same time, they can be more lethal than demons.

I see... interesting...

Now, an even deadlier being would be a Cambion-Nephilim offspring, or the offspring of a demon and angel.
That is just asking to watch the world burn.

[Joshulia]

Joshulia, you never answered my question. I asked if my Cambion char would be acceptable if his demon control was limited to only those demons he was aware of in the area he's in, or if he sees them directly, and he can control no more than five demons at once.

No, I'm not going to allow that, direct control over playable characters is just too much

[Lunas Legion]

The Academy Of
Exceeded Human Abilities

---

Given and/or Used Name- The Major (no other name given)
Age- 316
Sex- Male
Years Aware of Their Powers 291
Personality- The Major is a soldier through and through; he has no time for peace, and believes that violence can solve all problems. He also suffers (although he doesn't consider it a flaw) from a severe lack of empathy towards everyone, and cares about nothing save for himself.
Brief Biographical Essay of Subject's Life and/or Experiences- Born in 1698 in Moscow, Russia, to a minor noble family, the Major (who's original name is lost to the mists of time and his damaged memories), learned to read, write and fight from a young age. As the second son of the family, he went into service with the Russian Army in 1714 at the age of 16 as a loader in a Fortress Artillery Regiment.

After several years of service, including attending the Russian Army's gunnery school, the Major reached the rank which would later become his name, and it was then, in 1723, whilst his Regiment were being transferred to a new fort, that he was bitten and fell ill. Being discharged from the army, he retired to his family's mansion in Moscow for a year before leaving for Alaska as a guard for a wealthy merchant. Over the year it took to reach Alaska and back, he learned the various tricks that being a vampire provided, which eventually led to him killing the merchant and shapeshifting to look like him.

He spent around 2 decades as the merchant, before spending the next 60 years shifting between various individuals and only in the early 1800s did the Major return to the Russian Imperial Army, now posing as an Artillery Officer. He served through the 1800s, being discharged in 1815 and shifting again, before moving to the US. He joined the Texans in the Texan War of Independence, fighting the Mexicans, before joining the US Army as a rank-and-file infantryman, and was discharged in the 1830s, and shifted again to re-enlist in the US Army as an Officer Cadet, from where he worked his way through the ranks to become a Colonel by the time of the Civil War. During the Civil War the Major served at Gettysburg, but went M.I.A during the battle, as he deserted, heading west.

It took the Major the best part of a decade to cross to San Fransisco, from where he sailed to Japan and worked as a foreign advisor during the Boshin War and refined his knowledge of the multitude of new technologies involved in warfare. He finally moved from Japan in 1885, spending a few years in Siam, before shifting and impersonating an Italian Army officer during their disastrous invasion of Ethopia in 1895. He remained with the Italian Army until 1904, when he returned to Russia and joined the 1905 Revolution, before being sent into exile in Siberia. He was freed in 1913, and then shifted so he could once again join the Russian Army, fighting through the First World War on the Baltic Front and being present at the Battle of Tannenburg.

He joined the Provisional Government in 1917 but defected to the Bolsheviks during the 1917 Revolution, fighting Yudentich's army in the Baltics. He retained his rank as an officer through the 1920s, but was imprisoned in the Gulags during one of Stalin's purges in 1937. He was released in 1941 to serve in a penal battalion and after the war he escaped to China where he impersonated a CPC guerilla and fought in the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War and later the Vietnam War, after which he left China for Afganistan, where he fought against the Soviets until their retreat and then the other Afgan factions. After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, he joined the Russian Army again and served in various wars in the Causcaus before being discharged and being hired by a shadowy figure to be a warden at a gaol in Siberia for 'special convicts'.

He never takes the mask off, primarily because he has a chronic fear of gas courtesy of his service in WW1.

Species- Vampire

Super or Magical Abilities- Standard Vampire abilities (shape shifting, levitation, ability to command/create ghouls, increased strength/regenerative abilities/pain threshold)
Equipment- Gas Mask, 2 messenger bags each with 6 Molotov Cocktails in, two lighters, Suppressed M16 loaded with various types of ammo including some custom made anti-supernatural bullets, Suppressed Jackhammer shotgun with the same ammo mix as the M16, 8 Gas/Smoke grenades in a grenade bandolier.

Hmmm.....well, if he's a warden at the gulag, then that makes him and the Lieutenant allies......

And Arana, idea, no living creatures and, despite becoming real, everything he makes is sill paint. As such, he can't simply create food, and he can't just spray paint a nuclear bomb into existence.

Allies in name only. The Major considers no one an ally; just tomorrow's enemy.

[Joshulia]

Hmmm.....well, if he's a warden at the gulag, then that makes him and the Lieutenant allies......

And Arana, idea, no living creatures and, despite becoming real, everything he makes is sill paint. As such, he can't simply create food, and he can't just spray paint a nuclear bomb into existence.

Allies in name only. The Major considers no one an ally; just tomorrow's enemy.

The major could help the Almost Gods escape......unless he wants to be an independent......or him and the Lieutenant could think either one helped with the jailbreak, causing the rivalry to come to a head ......

[Lunas Legion]

Allies in name only. The Major considers no one an ally; just tomorrow's enemy.

The major could help the Almost Gods escape......unless he wants to be an independent......or him and the Lieutenant could think either one helped with the jailbreak, causing the rivalry to come to a head ......

What nationality is the Lieutenant? Because if the Almost Gods make an escape attempt and fail, his (vast) amount of racial prejudice might force him to the conclusion the Lieutenant tried to help them escape, even with no other evidence.

[Joshulia]

The major could help the Almost Gods escape......unless he wants to be an independent......or him and the Lieutenant could think either one helped with the jailbreak, causing the rivalry to come to a head ......

What nationality is the Lieutenant? Because if the Almost Gods make an escape attempt and fail, his (vast) amount of racial prejudice might force him to the conclusion the Lieutenant tried to help them escape, even with no other evidence.

Irish-Spanish mix, dark skinned

[Lunas Legion]

What nationality is the Lieutenant? Because if the Almost Gods make an escape attempt and fail, his (vast) amount of racial prejudice might force him to the conclusion the Lieutenant tried to help them escape, even with no other evidence.

Irish-Spanish mix, dark skinned

Most definitely then. He's still running on 1700s nation-logic, and thus doesn't consider Ireland a country. They're just Englishmen who speak funny and drink alcohol instead of tea and eat too many potatoes.

[Arana]

Josh, new app accepted?

[Joshulia]

Irish-Spanish mix, dark skinned

Most definitely then. He's still running on 1700s nation-logic, and thus doesn't consider Ireland a country. They're just Englishmen who speak funny and drink alcohol instead of tea and eat too many potatoes.

Oh they're gonna rip each other's throats out

[Joshulia]

The Academy Of
Exceeded Human Abilities

---

Given and/or Used Name- Christophoros Zográfos, the Tenth Muse, Oracle
Age- 712, although he stopped aging at the age of 16 (Born July 3, 1302)
Sex- Male
Personality- Christophoros' personality has changed considerably in the last seven centuries. Basically, as art has changed, so has he. In modern times, he's rather outspoken and rebellious, but with hints of the more sophisticated, orderly personality he had in the past. Whereas he once reflected the Roman and Greek attitudes of the Renaissance, he now reflects the more disorganized and political aspects of modern art. Another thing to note is that he has mixed feelings about the so-called "New Gods." While this likely has something to do with the fact that the gods of ancient Greece, his family, have fallen out of worship, he'll probably never admit it.
Brief Biographical Essay of Subject's Life and/or Experiences- Christophoros Zográfos was born near Delphi in 1302, in what was then the Duchy of Athens. Although born to the Muse Thalia and the god Apollo, he was raised by a farmer and his wife on their farm. For the first sixteen years of his life, he lived as a normal human, and was raised Christian, believing that the gods of the ancient times were nothing but myths. To this day, he has no idea whether his "parents" knew about his godly nature or not. Either way, it became apparent that he was different when at the age of sixteen, he suddenly stopped aging. Even more so when he delivered his first prophecy that same year, involving the fall of the Byzantine Empire over a century later. Around this time period, his parents kept him hidden, out of fear that others in the community would accuse him of being possessed by demons. One night, while he was painting in the basement of his house, he saw a light outside, which he followed to a nearby ruin, the Temple of Apollo. It was here that he first met his real parents, and where they revealed his true nature to him. He lived with his human parents until they died in a fire three years later, at which point he began travelling throughout Europe.

At some point in the 14th century, he arrived in the Republic of Florence. While there, he helped inspire the first Renaissance painters. Over the next century, he traveled throughout Italy, spreading the ideas of the Renaissance much as the Muses before him had inspired the cultures that the Renaissance was based on. During this time period, he met many important figures of the Italian Renaissance, including painters, politicians, religious figures, and a group calling themselves Assassins or something. As the century drew to a close, he moved north into the rest of Europe, bringing the ideas of the Renaissance with him. In order to avoid talking about the entire history of art for the last six hundred years, I'll just say that between that point and roughly 1900, he traveled all over Europe, bringing whatever artistic movement was prevalent at that time with him. Around the start of the 20th century, however, the increasing number of major wars on the continent drove him to travel across the Atlantic to the Americas, where he influenced the politically oriented art of that time period. He stayed in the Americas until roughly 1942, during which he managed to return to Europe and take part in resistance movements against the Nazis from then until 1945. He was often caught and imprisoned, only to break out rather easily soon after.

Following World War II, Christophoros influenced the art of the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Whereas one year he might be inspiring the writers and painters of the Soviet Union, the next he might be painting graffiti on the Berlin Wall, such as in the picture below. Like during World War II, he was often arrested. He'd continue doing so until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. From that point on, he spent a lot of time in his native country of Greece as well as other Balkan states, particularly Yugoslavia, where he was frequently arrested. He was arrested a lot in the last two decades, mainly in the Balkan states, but also in the UK and Russia as well. Most recently, he was arrested in Russia roughly a year ago for taking part in a gay rights protest. This was no big deal to him, as he frequently escaped from prisons before, but this time was different. While being arrested, he began delivering a prophecy regarding the destruction of a major city somewhere in the world, which is now known to have been Paris. This got the attention of Russian special agents, who soon transferred him to the Pitt. Once the Warden heard about his ability to deliver prophecies, he was placed into solitary confinement. There, he's closely observed, and any prophecies are written down to be used to the benefit of the Warden and the agency that runs the prison. This is his current location.

(Image)

Species- Muse

Super or Magical Abilities-

• Enhanced Reflexes - Before you say this isn't relevant to his domain, it is in a way. Mainly, this allows him to paint and draw faster than an average human being can, meaning his other abilities aren't completely useless in combat. However, he does also have generally enhanced reflexes, which make up for his rather low level of strength.
• Paint Manipulation - With the use of some form of paint, whether acrylic paint, oil paint, or just plain spraypaint, Chris can create pretty much whatever he can paint, living or unliving. Whatever it is, it becomes real. There are some limitations of course. Any creation takes energy, larger things taking more than smaller and living more than unliving. When he uses too much of this energy, he becomes weaker, possibly even to the extent that he becomes physically ill. Furthermore, he can also use the paint itself as a weapon. For example, a favorite use of his is to make handcuffs out of spray-paint by spraying it on the target's wrist as well as something else, whether an object or the other wrist.
• Comedy Inducement - This ability comes from his mother, the Muse of Comedy. Essentially, it allows him to make other people laugh, or just be in a comedic mood. His preferred method of doing so is by telling jokes, normally political ones, and in fact once escaped from British police by doing a standup comedy routine, slipping away while they were distracted. It works less on angry or sad people, and more so when they know it's going on.
• Dance Combat - Again, this pretty straightforward. Essentially it involves a combination of dance moves and combat, into something similar to Capoeira, but slightly more epic. This gives him increased speed, agility, and leverage in combat, making him rather difficult to hit. Plus, it's just cool to watch.
• Omnilingualism - Although many fail to realize it, language is an art too. With this ability, Chris can read or write any language that he is aware of the existence of.
• Prophecy Construction - As a child of Apollo, Chris has the gift of prophecy, essentially being able to tell the future by channeling the Essence, usually in a series of complicated statements that nobody can understand. While giving a prophecy, he enters a trance-like state, complete with glowing eyes and an echoey voice. He has no control whatsoever over what is said, and often times is unable to understand it himself. In other words, he is basically little more than a messenger.

Equipment-

• Christophoros is always carrying a large amount of spray-paint, as well as other types of paint and brushes, colored pencils, markers, and various other art supplies.
• Chris almost always has some form of musical instrument with him, usually an Aulos or Lyre, the symbols of two of his aunts. He also enjoys the violin, various kinds of drums, the harp, and piano.
• Chris always has a gold comedy mask given to him by his mother, which strengthens his comedic abilities.
• Chris carries around a sword and abow and quiver of arrows, in the event he actually needs to fight. He is an expert with both.

Accepted

[Arana]

Irish-Spanish mix, dark skinned

Most definitely then. He's still running on 1700s nation-logic, and thus doesn't consider Ireland a country. They're just Englishmen who speak funny and drink alcohol instead of tea and eat too many potatoes.

Well, my char's not going to like yours very much... didn't mention it in the app, but Ireland was one of the places he went to, helping cause the rather large amount of writing, painting, and other art coming out of Ireland while occupied by the English.

[Lunas Legion]

Most definitely then. He's still running on 1700s nation-logic, and thus doesn't consider Ireland a country. They're just Englishmen who speak funny and drink alcohol instead of tea and eat too many potatoes.

Oh they're gonna rip each other's throats out

That is a waste of human resources. The Lieutenant may try to do that to the Major, but he'll settle for blasting the Lieutenant's head off. Or setting him on fire.

At some point he'll have to add a flamethrower to his arsenal.

[Joshulia]

Oh they're gonna rip each other's throats out

That is a waste of human resources. The Lieutenant may try to do that to the Major, but he'll settle for blasting the Lieutenant's head off. Or setting him on fire.

At some point he'll have to add a flamethrower to his arsenal.

Great thing is they both belong to highly regenerative species......so the head blasting thing could happen, or vis-versa

[Lunas Legion]

That is a waste of human resources. The Lieutenant may try to do that to the Major, but he'll settle for blasting the Lieutenant's head off. Or setting him on fire.

At some point he'll have to add a flamethrower to his arsenal.

Great thing is they both belong to highly regenerative species......so the head blasting thing could happen, or vis-versa

Would be interesting. Anyway, I presume The Major is accepted?

Can I have a rough summary of everything that's happened in the IC so far, and where I could jump the Major into the action?

[Joshulia]

Great thing is they both belong to highly regenerative species......so the head blasting thing could happen, or vis-versa

Would be interesting. Anyway, I presume The Major is accepted?

Can I have a rough summary of everything that's happened in the IC so far, and where I could jump the Major into the action?

All the Major needs to know is that a group of insurgents known as the Almost Gods have been delivered to the prison and cannot be allowed to escape under any circumstances, due to the fact that they destroyed Paris in a nuclear explosion

And the Lieutenant is about to beat the shit out of one

[Lunas Legion]

Would be interesting. Anyway, I presume The Major is accepted?

Can I have a rough summary of everything that's happened in the IC so far, and where I could jump the Major into the action?

All the Major needs to know is that a group of insurgents known as the Almost Gods have been delivered to the prison and cannot be allowed to escape under any circumstances, due to the fact that they destroyed Paris in a nuclear explosion

And the Lieutenant is about to beat the shit out of one

And now for the Major to come in and kick the Lieutenant's arse, because the military doesn't abuse PoWs.