Red alpha wrote:Please don't forget about me, I'm still interested in joining!

here's my character, I put my focus on his personality rather than his power or history, so it might seems a bit copy-paste work at first but once i get a better idea of him through a good IC post it will make more sense.

Name: Alexander Morrondes Richtenwald
Age:19
Appearance: (don't mind the attire or weapons) standing at 5.8 t tall and with a slender build Alexander looks quite fit and able to participate in the Gilgamesh event. he usually goes around in grey jeans, boots and open grey jacket over a maroon sweater, not very notable but that doesn't matter to him.

Personality: quiet and calm are his most notable traits when you first meet him. he isn't shy but usually he just tries to remain in the background, he is quite perceptive when it comes to seeing things from little quirks in someone's personality to a build up to being able to notice small changes on the flow of a battle such as the ballance between attack and defence or when the tides have turned against him.

Alexander is a nice enough guy when you get to know him but he seems more focussed on the Gilgamesh and getting out of the Labyrinth to the tower. it's not that he is cold to others, he just doesn't forget his task at hand. (will be changed throughout the roleplay to be more open to others and less focussed on fighting for his great grandfather)

History: coming from a family of great sorcerers and enchanters once known to lead many wielders of magic as masters of genetic magic. unfortunately long ago an indecent occurred where a magical experiment made by the master Elesias Richtenwald which caused the destruction of the old university and the deaths of over a hundred students and sorcerers present in the area during the incident. after all the years few know exactly what happened but the Richtenwald family was forever cursed by the guilt and shame and the exclusion of every magical institution since that unfortunate day. (details to be revealed IC with possible twist)

Alexander is a strong but relatively unknown sorcerer because of the low status of his familyline after the Richtenwald incident. like his father and grandfather Alexander lives to restore the family name and undo the damage done by his ancestor Elesias, this has had much influence on his attitude towards magic and the Gilgamesh.

Since early childhood Alexander was known to show great promise with the magic. mostly because he greatly resembeled his greatgrandfather, Morrondes Richtenwald, who participated in the last Gilgamesh to take place one century ago. Morrondes was a strong fighter because of his great power in genetic magic which allowed him to advance through the labyrinth and through the tower only to be eliminated by the would be runner up in the tournament. Alexander has trained long with his father to restore the family name by winning the Gilgamesh using the same powers his great grandfather used before: the power of the armoured beasts.

more to be revealed IC once I get more inspiration.

Ability: The Richtenwald Armour:
using magic to change his body Alex can transform his body to create an exoskeleton on insect-like shields and plates to protect his body while enhancing his body with greater endurance.

Although he is free to decide what part of himself he alters he is still young and therefore cannot make the total transformation. he is always limited to protect 45% of his body with the armour. his best and personal use of the power is to make his arms more insect-like (long, three fingered hands with poison fangs embedded in the palms and small hooks on the arms and fingers to get a good grip on his adversary) whilst completely covering his upper chest and back. but if he must he can create other forms (such as sword arms or complete body protection with several gaps between sections instead of a full segmented cover)

Wish: his wish, just like his grandfather's is to alter history so the Richtenwald disaster would be erased from time and restore the former glory of his family line with it.


(yeah I know it's pretty basic but don't worry, once I get to use him I'll get better ideas and make him a batter character IC, also don't think too highly of his ability, enhanced endurance and sharp/venomous aren't going to assure victory ofcourse)

Red alpha wrote:Ah snap. I should have seen it coming I guess with a character like that. I messed up by trying to keep in mind your advice about trying something outside my normal field of roleplaying and therefor did not make a character out of a power but just added it while building up from the personallity.

oh and by the way (have to blow off some steam: watch out, rant ahead!) you'd think it's hardly necessary to have your character completely written out and ready, especially if nearly everyone decides to go with the 'to be reviealed during the roleplay' solution on writing background story. I mean, I loved to keep those little plottwists and secrets also hidden from my fellow roleplayers and not just their characters (most notable example was by attempting to mask a murder mystery roleplay with a casual roleplay untill I would kill off a character of mine) but its a rather noobish thing to do all the time. a decent roleplayer shouldn't get into trouble with keping player knowledge and character knowledge separate (why else would we have charactersheets?)
(sorry for the rant-ism I'm tired and more easily annoyed by these little noob things I still had three years ago)

Well anyway, enjoy the fights. I'll search for something else.