PLAYER INFORMATION NS nation nickname: Torr
Skill Level (beginner, intermediate, advanced): Intermediate
How often can you post? About a few times per day/two days
CHARACTER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS Character Name: Hectaros Varinos te Eterri Maginestim the Brave-Sworded (or just Hectaros)
Character Gender: Male
Species (nation personification, human, alien, etc): Human
Age: 21
Appearance: Hectaros stands at a reasonable 5' 9'' and weighs roughly 81.5kg, with toned muscles and little apparent fat all around. He has fair, olive-ish skin and medium-short black, well-kept hair; a light beard and mustache covers his face. His eyes are a dark brown, his lips are thin and average in width, his nose is somewhat large and curves out slightly, and for the most part, the rest of his appearance is decent and attractive. A scar runs down his forearm from one of his earlier years in his service to his Emperor, and another just above his Achilles' Heel from his most recent battle.
URL to Character Picture, if any: Here. Character Occupation: Legionary for the Eterridone Empire.
Character's biggest strength: His courage and wit. Like most other Eteridone peoples, Hectaros prides himself on his stone-like courage and resilience in the face of any danger or threat, and uses his quick thinking to outplay others that could otherwise consider themselves better than him.
Character's worst flaw: His pride. Like most Eteridone peoples, he's rather prideful of many things, to the point that his pride gets to his head and distracts him from reality.
OBJECTIVES AND GOALSPrimary Objectives are what drive's your character's actions and their part of the plot. When not engaged in stories, these are what occupy your character's thoughts or keep them busy. Examples include: acting on a desire to become a powerful and respected leader; attempting to overcome some horrible thing in the past which hinders the character on a day-to-day basis; seeking to break out their shell by overcoming profound shyness (getting involved with stories); comping to terms with a major flaw that inhibits the character from reaching full potential; etc.
Minor Goals. These should be an undercurrent for your character when they are engaged in stories or on their free time. They are what your character does to aid them in achieving their Primary Objectives. Examples include: acquiring weapons and becoming proficient with each one; improving sundered relations with a companion; improving their reading comprehension; mastering news spells; researching a cure for a plague; etc.
Objectives such as "making friends" or "finding love" are NOT acceptable. Please put much though into your character's objectives - they are what flesh out your character and one of the most important aspects necessary to portray the character as 3D.
Primary Objective: Hectaros' main goal is to find out why he was brought to Galli (at the moment, he assumes one of his gods, Antaros, sent him), and to ultimately achieve whatever his "prophesied" task at hand is, so that he may in turn return home with the blessings of Antaros.
Minor Goals: In the meantime, Hectaros intends to become a strong and functioning member of the rest of the PL group. He also intends to learn more about the world itself as necessary.
MUNDANE SKILLS These do NOT require points. These are the average, daily things your character can do. Examples are "drive a car", "speak one Foreign Language", "play a guitar", "write poetry". Some mundane skills come from your bio and are freebie. A soldier has gone through Basic training. However, Medic, martial arts or sniper would be a Specialized Skill or Talent.
List Mundane skills here*Speak his native language (Eterridone)
*Read and write
*Draw
*Basic drill
*Breathe
SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND TALENTS These are specialized skills that set you apart from the average person. You have 7 points to spend here. Examples are swordsmanship, sniper, coercion, medic, spellcraft, piloting helicopter, manipulate water, etc.
- Ability 1 and Points Spent: Sword and shield combat - 3 points
- Ability 2 and Points Spent: Projectile throwing - 3 points
- Ability 3 and Points Spent: Persuasion - 1 point
- Ability 4 and Points Spent:
OPTIONAL SUPERNATURAL CHARACTERISTICS You have 7 points to spend here on supernatural skills or abilities. Sonic Scream, Levitation, Spell Casting, Shape Shifting etc. Superman MUST have his kryptonite thus weaknesses are things which inhibit the ability. Restrictions are what can't they do with their power or what balances it. They can only use it when they genuinely need it? They can't use it for more then five minutes without
serious side-effects? Some things are allowed without points. A pegasus has wings thus it can fly. A raptor is fast thus no points are spent in speed. These "natural" abilities should be listed here, however. What isn't allowed: teleportation beyond a few feet; the ability to alter or go back/forward in time. IMPORTANT: You might need a knowledge in Specialized Skills and Talents in order to work these abilities. Example: you'll need "manipulate water" to do just that, and this section is where you record what water manipulation abilities the character has.
- Ability 1:
Power Level:
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Weaknesses (what counters it):
Restrictions (limitations or other factors that hamper it/the character):
- Ability 2:
Power Level:
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- Ability 3:
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- Ability 4:
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MAGICAL OR SPECIAL ITEMSIf it's not on this list, your character doesn't have it. Magical items are rare and hard to come by. Please list what they can/can't do - treat them like a supernatural thing. Items not allowed: anything that can alter time; anything that allows a character to teleport beyond a few feet.
List: EQUIPMENTThis is what your character has
on their person at the very moment when they are pulled from their home dimension. Laptop? Firearm? Cigarettes and matches? Don't abuse this. They won't be clutching an entire bunker.
List: *wine red, long-sleeved shirt with a unique pretzel-knot-tie-like tied collar
*creme-white pants
*brown leather, shin-high boots with steel "spikes" on the bottom
*steel breast- and back-plate with two hinged shoulder pieces
*steel gorget
*steel, visorless bascinet-like helmet with a round top and a flared edge
*hand-and-a-half sword
*an inward-curving, rectangular-like shield with a steel boss and reinforcing steel strips on the rim, painted red with a white X
*steel dagger
*six steel darts attached to the inner face of the shield
*brown leather belt + sheathes for the sword and the dagger
*a water bladder
BACKGROUNDBe detailed please. You must explain how your character acquired their skills, talents, abilities, and special items. Wrap your primary objectives and goals into it.
Education or Training: Hectaros learned most of his mundane and special skills during his five years serving as a Legionary for Eterridone - in fact, reading and writing is as much an important skill to the Legionaries as fighting is, so it's taught to them alongside their skills fighting.
Character Background/Biography: It was a bright, beautiful, blue day in the eastern coastal town of Eterri Maginestim (Our Town on the Large Mountain), well into the seventh year of Emperor Barakos' reign, when a rare, but prophetic sight was beheld by the Empire - a glimmering shooting star, visible in spite of the sun's light, tearing across the sky. On this same day, Hectaros was born - his parents, jubilant at the apparent signs, prophesied themselves that Hectaros would one day be the one to save Eterridone (it was around this time that Eterridone was at its worst: political corruption was rampant, a war on two fronts strangled the elite military of the Empire, and civil unrest was at its highest yet.). For most of his childhood, Hectaros grew up believing he was the next best thing since sliced bread - all of his life revolved around being the "chosen one": he was pushed to do his best and overachieve, a stress that strained his relationship not only with his parents, but also with his younger brother and sister.
It was the twenty-second year of Barakos' reign, just after Hectaros turned sixteen, when he, at the behest of his parents, enlisted into the Imperial Army. There, his entire worldview shifted, twisted, knotted, and became a confusing, horrible mess: some of the men and women fervently believed him to be a chosen one based off his day of birth and practically formed a cult around him, while others considered it malarkey and ruthlessly hazed him for it, with scores others taking up all sorts of positions in between. Not one to back down, Hectaros pushed on - although he was no more tougher, smarter, or incredible than any of the others, he pushed on; he pushed on, and he endured. Like his comrades, he was ready for his first taste of battle two years later. And what a battle it was: the Battle of Secarlos, they called it; an utter, resounding defeat who's wail was heard across Eterridone and who's triumphant roar was heard by her enemies, the Kingdom of Aldere and the Kataliin Empire - here, Hectaros tasted defeat for once in his life, and was left with a painful reminder in the form of a sword's cut to his arm, which scarred him. In the hearts and minds of peoples all across the Empire, the end was nigh, and there was to be no return. The survivors - Hectaros included - fled back into Imperial lands, fending off invading Kataliin groups as they pursued.
A second tragedy found its way to Hectaros as he and his surviving comrades found shelter in the border city of Eterri Tudesnim (Our City on the Dead River), their expected reinforcements had arrived, safe and unscathed - among them, Hectaros nineteen-year-old younger brother, Natorin. Hectaros was dismayed by this; he already had his taste of war, and it sickened him to his core - it was something he couldn't dare wish on another, especially not his own blood. However, there was little time to resolve this: the walled-city came under siege by a Kataliin army, leaving the two brothers and their brothers and sisters trapped in the wolf's terrible, ensnaring jaws.
OTHER GAME MECHANICS URL to Apartment Picture: (What's the inside of their apartment look like) Here. Link to RP examples: (this MUST be a
DIRECT LINK to your
IC post in an RP, NOT a link to the RP thread itself. If you don't have examples, make your biography good.)
1 2 IMPORTANT FINAL STEP: One paragraph that sums up your character. This paragraph is what we'll use on your player tab on the first page of the thread. This MUST be brief. Your tab will contain a link to your application so people will have full details.The nickname you go by on NS: Torr
Character Name: Hectaros
Image Link:
Here.Brief Description for Bio: An average man, it was foreseen when he was born that he'd be a great hero. Instead, he turned out average and became a soldier for his homeland.
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