This update is to reflect Tobias' inventory and several story based updates.
Tobias is 26 years of age as of this update, and has returned from two years away from the west. Markedly, he has returned to Salvar and sought out one Madison Freebird, having taken an interest in the dealings of a Crimson Hand in the throes of rebirth. The events of their meeting in Archen are recounted in this thread.
Tobias maintains the abilities set forth in his previous profile, as follows:
Namerokth: The Raven is nearly a foot and a half in length, and when not circling overhead he perches on Tobias' shoulder. When he cackles, Tobias alone understands. He is able to see through mystic wards and travel great distances all while Tobias watches through his eyes. To do this, Tobias must sacrifice his own vision for the duration and maintain concentration on Namerokth.
The raven has talons for taking his foes, which can cut through steel easily. If he dies, he will slowly disperse and reform.
Dauntless: Tobias has transcended pain. Through flame and whip, knife and nail, his body has been punished beyond breaking. Each time, the broken man stood once more. Tobias can continue to fight even with normally incapacitating wounds. Broken bones will slow him, but not stop. He will endure through the loss of limbs or critical wounds until his body is unable to function.
Lightning Reflexes: Tobias can move at breakneck speeds on a whim; though his running speed is nothing special, his reaction time is incredible. Quicker than most men blink, he can move faster than a "shot from the hip". (Can't dodge a bullet, but is incredibly hard to aim at if he knows he's being fired on) At close range, his hands can move faster than the eye can follow. He can stab with a blade 10 times in the time it takes most men to do so once.
Hatemark: Unlike before, Tobias' ability to damn an opponent with a breath now extends to up to four targets simultaneously. Whereas it once matched the strength of a foe and allowed him to act as their equal, it now quashes their resolve and breaks them down with constant feelings of doubt and hopelessness. As long as they are close to him, the feelings of inadequacy and depression intensify until it becomes unbearable. He must have a visual on them to mark them, but once they are marked they remain so until he wills the mark away. Additionally, he is aware of their presence regardless of invisibility or attempts to mask their presence, and if he concentrates on them he can track them over great distances. If Tobias thinks about someone who is marked, they feel the chill of death down their spine.
Slayer: Tobias' strikes are honed over years of training and combat. His brutal finesse makes armor less effective against his blows. His strikes (of moderate strength) with a blade pierce Mithril grade metal and less (if they strike head on).
Unmake: Trained in the secret arts of the Order of the All-Seeing Eye, Tobias has learned to break down magic spells with his own mana. This powerful fluctuation of magic power breaks down and scatters a spell to the winds. This can be use six times per day.
Terror: Once he has marked an enemy with his Hatemark, Tobias can actively "infect" them with his Mana. By flooding the marked target with his essence, Tobias can shatter an enemy's resolve and force them into a state of primal fear. This makes it nearly impossible for them to concentrate, though it does not inhibit their movements. While afflicted, the victim hallucinates, which causes them to see either their greatest fear or to relive the most tragic event they have experienced. This effect lasts for three posts or seven minutes. (Usable 3 times/thread)
Scour: With a subtle incursion of his power, Tobias afflicts a sickness on his foe that remains dormant until they channel magic. This "trap" causes what begins as a "mild ailment." As the target begins to draw on magic power, it erupts into a crippling fit of vomiting and shivers. If the target continues to use magic, the condition can progress into plaguelike symptoms and ultimately organ failure. (Usable twice per thread, lasts 3 posts)
Stillness: Forcefully unloading energies onto a foe, Tobias can cause their body to atrophy, which makes their movements become labored and difficult. Their movement speed and reaction time are halved while in the effective range of ten feet while he is maintaining this power. As victims are subjected to this, their tissue begins to weaken. It will slowly return to normal over the course of several minutes once the victim leaves the affected area or the effect ends, but while weakened, it is more susceptible to damage. (For example, bones become more brittle, which makes them much easier to break, muscles tear more easily from exertion, etc.)(Lasts for 5 posts or 10 minutes, usable 2 times/thread)
Black Mana: Tobias draws on the volatile energies and manifests them on the Althanian plane. Anything close by feels uneasy when he does this, like the power itself is a perversion of magic and reality. Anything the spell strikes rapidly begins to break down at the molecular level, but the attack halts immediately upon impact. (It stops at armor, but the armor begins to deteriorate. The effect does not spread to anything the armor protected, i.e. flesh, cloth, etc.) The effected area pulsates with a sensation of great loss, like it had been stripped bare and everything that once existed simply ceased to do so. This can be used two times in a thread
Withering Touch: Tobias can alter the energies within a body and cause it to warp. Because of the nature of his own power, this causes vicious damage to cells (not unlike cancer, on a localized level). He can do this four times per thread. This can only be used by touching the target, and only extends out a foot from the touched area in all directions. The longer he maintains contact, the worse the effects.
If contact only lasts for a second or less, the effect is akin to lancing pain and mild bruising. For two to five seconds, the skin warps and knits together just around the immediate area, and pain like fire remains for several hours. Six to ten seconds, the effect begins to spread around the area, and the skin directly touched becomes necrotic. That area remains numb, but the area around it still sends pain signals to the brain. For any more than ten seconds, the area and everything within a foot begins to writhe and "boil," coalescing together and remaining in that condition. Internal damage from this is akin to rot: bones decay, organs shrivel and start to lose function.
If Tobias were to grab someone by the wrist and hold for ten seconds, their hand and forearm would become useless.
In addition to his abilities, he has the following weapons.
Calm and Cold, the enchanted Mithril long knives. (Information linked in signature)
Ruin. (detailed here.)
Stone Edge. (Purchased here., details here.)
The Blade of Hunter Colo (Purchased here.)
Greed. (Information found here.)
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