Revenant
06-11-10, 07:29 PM
Name: William Belesavius Arcus
Age: 35
Race: Revenant
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Glowing Red-Orange
Height: 5’ 11”
Weight: 178 lbs.
Occupation: Wanderer
Level – 0 (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=19186)
Level – 1 (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=20437)
History:
William's Early History (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=19261)
William wandered for years as a revenant, consistently locked in a cycle of fighting against the demon inside him until the demon became too strong, broke free and killed again and again. William wandered, hoping that by traveling he would find a way to control the demon within him. He was partially right.
Learning of the Citadel in Radasanth, William journeyed there to try and gain control of the demon within him through combat. In the Citadel, William learned that he could control the demon’s power if he called upon it instead of fighting against it. The joy of this realization was tempered by his newfound knowledge that he hadn’t been possessed by a demonic entity, but that he and the demon had been merged into one being, inseparable.
William resumed his wandering, departing from Corone to once again return to Scara Brae. Things there took a turn for the worse and he left, knowing that he would never find the peace and control that he sought on the island nation, and returned to Corone. William used the skills that he had learned as a woodsman to build himself a small, isolated cottage in Concordia. He spent most of his time in Concordia alone, though he would make treks to Radasanth or Underwood when the need for companionship assailed him. It was during one of these trips that William met Jensen Ambrose, fighting the Enigmatic Immortal in the Citadel where both combatants died gruesome deaths. Another incident during this period left William with a crude hunk of mystical deadwood from a special grove north of Underwood and some of the translations that he needed to learn from Kal’Necroth’s arcane tome.
A messenger from Sei Orlouge came to the revenant once day, requesting aide. William accepted the request and in doing so unwittingly involved himself as one of the leaders in the mute mystic’s Ixian Knights. He also came face to face once again with the annoying Jensen Ambrose, now Sei’s principal bodyguard and the two of them fought again.
William bides his time with Sei, doing the mystic’s bidding while he researches translations for the arcane tome he carries from Sei’s massive library. Sei continues to do what he can to help William reconcile his conflicting nature, which has greatly aided the revenant in coming to terms with his power.
Appearance:
The ever strengthening bond between the two halves of William’s soul has started to blend the Revenant’s two physical forms. Though he still possesses two distinct states of being, it becomes ever easier for him to shift between them.
Human
In this form, William is an athletic man, tanned and muscular from his years working in the woods. Black veins of char ripple across William’s body, as if his skin were constantly cracking, a sign of the demonic power flowing through his veins. He can cause this effect to stop by concentrating, though it starts up again shortly after he stops concentrating. He keeps his coarse black hair short. Even when he is acting jovial, there is a shark-like quality to his grin and a gleam of murderous intent in his eyes which now constantly burn like cooking coals.
William has abandoned the heavy clothes that he used to wear, less self-conscious now of the power existing within him. William still prefers rugged, enduring clothes in colors that blend well with the woodlands that he frequents, and his clothes are covered in dirt and ash. William no longer bandages the parts of his body that aren’t covered by his clothes, though he continues to wear a wool scarf that covers the lower portion of his face. It’s a habit he hasn’t quite broken.
Demon:
When demonic, William’s frame swells. He grows several inches in height and his athletic build becomes thick and muscular. The molten heat of his power chars and burns his skin from inside, turning his entire body into a broken, blackened mass over red, raw flesh. Spurs of sharp charred bone cover his arms, giving him steel-hard claws that cover his hands and forearms like gauntlets. His teeth, while still sharp as the fangs of a predatory beast, are no longer twisted and jagged.
Personality:
William remains stoic and humorless in the best of situations. Though he tries to be warm and friendly when the situation demands, he comes off more as unsettling and slightly wrong, as if he is only mimicking human behavior. Though his control over him emotions is much greater know, he is still prone to mood swings, which almost always swing towards anger. This leaves those around him with the impression that he is a short fuse waiting to ignite at a moment’s notice, which of course he is.
Skills and Abilities:
Physical Stats (compared to an average human warrior) are halved in William’s human form.
Strength: 3x
Speed: 2x
Demonic Transformation: By calling on his demonic essence, William can transform himself into a demonic creature. Transforming in this manner is simple and if William is under extreme duress, can even happen unwillingly. The increasing reconciliation between human and demon selves keeps William’s power more easily within reach. William can now assume demonic form within a post and still take minor actions. Returning to human form is more difficult but has likewise become easier. William can now return to human form even if under duress, though it takes full concentration and effort to do so.
Revenant Healing: Above Average – William’s revenant physique repairs damage done to his physical form. Minor wounds can now be healed within a matter of minutes, moderate wounds within hours, and serious wounds within days. The healing time for critical and lethal wounds takes a significant amount of time and cannot be done within a single thread unless it too covers a significant time frame.
Axe: Average – Realizing that his claws are not always the best option for fighting, William has continued to work on and improve his combat capabilities with an axe and is now considered to be as proficient as a trained soldier.
Claws: Above Average – William’s claws are the revenant’s natural weapons and he uses them with good effect. They are currently as strong as steel. William’s bone claws have grown to cover his hands and arms up to his elbows, allowing him to parry and deflect light attacks.
Toughness: Leather – William’s charred skin if thick and can absorb more damage than normal flesh, acting as armor for the revenant.
Molten Core: The demonic power that flows through William burns like fire, which is the reason for William’s charred flesh in demonic form. As he has strengthened his ties with his revenant nature, this aura of heat has become more prevalent. The air surrounding William for up to three feet is intensely warm, though not uncomfortable. This warmth can slowly melt frost or ice around William and shelters him from low levels of heat though it does not prevent him from being frozen or burned.
Equipment:
Heavy Traveling Clothes – Tough wool and denim apparel that wards off the rigors of travel and bad weather.
Tome of Kal’Necroth: The tome of ancient magic that Kal’Necroth used to create William’s Revenant body. William doesn’t understand it, but keeps it with him in hopes that one day he can learn its secrets and perhaps undo what was done to him. It is highly resistant to heat and is waterproof.
Translations of Kal’Necroth’s Tome (1 of 4) (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=20796) – Through his travels, William has found various methods of translating the words and symbols of the ancient tome that he carries. Once he has gathered enough translations, he will be able to unlock the secrets of the infernal sorcerer who created him.
Deadwood Rod (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=20796): This rough hewn, bone white rod is long enough to function as a walking cane and is fashioned from the wood of a special grove a day’s march north of the town of Underwood. This wood has roughly the same strength and toughness as Akashima Redwood but with the added property that it absorbs blood that comes into contact with it. The wood becomes warmer as more blood is absorbed, and can grow hot enough to burn bare skin if enough blood is fed into it over a long enough period of time. This wood is also highly susceptible to magical enchantment, using its stored blood reserves to fuel any magic enhancement placed upon it. This rod has no magical properties at this time and has only absorbed enough blood to make it slightly warm to the touch.
Age: 35
Race: Revenant
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Glowing Red-Orange
Height: 5’ 11”
Weight: 178 lbs.
Occupation: Wanderer
Level – 0 (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=19186)
Level – 1 (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=20437)
History:
William's Early History (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=19261)
William wandered for years as a revenant, consistently locked in a cycle of fighting against the demon inside him until the demon became too strong, broke free and killed again and again. William wandered, hoping that by traveling he would find a way to control the demon within him. He was partially right.
Learning of the Citadel in Radasanth, William journeyed there to try and gain control of the demon within him through combat. In the Citadel, William learned that he could control the demon’s power if he called upon it instead of fighting against it. The joy of this realization was tempered by his newfound knowledge that he hadn’t been possessed by a demonic entity, but that he and the demon had been merged into one being, inseparable.
William resumed his wandering, departing from Corone to once again return to Scara Brae. Things there took a turn for the worse and he left, knowing that he would never find the peace and control that he sought on the island nation, and returned to Corone. William used the skills that he had learned as a woodsman to build himself a small, isolated cottage in Concordia. He spent most of his time in Concordia alone, though he would make treks to Radasanth or Underwood when the need for companionship assailed him. It was during one of these trips that William met Jensen Ambrose, fighting the Enigmatic Immortal in the Citadel where both combatants died gruesome deaths. Another incident during this period left William with a crude hunk of mystical deadwood from a special grove north of Underwood and some of the translations that he needed to learn from Kal’Necroth’s arcane tome.
A messenger from Sei Orlouge came to the revenant once day, requesting aide. William accepted the request and in doing so unwittingly involved himself as one of the leaders in the mute mystic’s Ixian Knights. He also came face to face once again with the annoying Jensen Ambrose, now Sei’s principal bodyguard and the two of them fought again.
William bides his time with Sei, doing the mystic’s bidding while he researches translations for the arcane tome he carries from Sei’s massive library. Sei continues to do what he can to help William reconcile his conflicting nature, which has greatly aided the revenant in coming to terms with his power.
Appearance:
The ever strengthening bond between the two halves of William’s soul has started to blend the Revenant’s two physical forms. Though he still possesses two distinct states of being, it becomes ever easier for him to shift between them.
Human
In this form, William is an athletic man, tanned and muscular from his years working in the woods. Black veins of char ripple across William’s body, as if his skin were constantly cracking, a sign of the demonic power flowing through his veins. He can cause this effect to stop by concentrating, though it starts up again shortly after he stops concentrating. He keeps his coarse black hair short. Even when he is acting jovial, there is a shark-like quality to his grin and a gleam of murderous intent in his eyes which now constantly burn like cooking coals.
William has abandoned the heavy clothes that he used to wear, less self-conscious now of the power existing within him. William still prefers rugged, enduring clothes in colors that blend well with the woodlands that he frequents, and his clothes are covered in dirt and ash. William no longer bandages the parts of his body that aren’t covered by his clothes, though he continues to wear a wool scarf that covers the lower portion of his face. It’s a habit he hasn’t quite broken.
Demon:
When demonic, William’s frame swells. He grows several inches in height and his athletic build becomes thick and muscular. The molten heat of his power chars and burns his skin from inside, turning his entire body into a broken, blackened mass over red, raw flesh. Spurs of sharp charred bone cover his arms, giving him steel-hard claws that cover his hands and forearms like gauntlets. His teeth, while still sharp as the fangs of a predatory beast, are no longer twisted and jagged.
Personality:
William remains stoic and humorless in the best of situations. Though he tries to be warm and friendly when the situation demands, he comes off more as unsettling and slightly wrong, as if he is only mimicking human behavior. Though his control over him emotions is much greater know, he is still prone to mood swings, which almost always swing towards anger. This leaves those around him with the impression that he is a short fuse waiting to ignite at a moment’s notice, which of course he is.
Skills and Abilities:
Physical Stats (compared to an average human warrior) are halved in William’s human form.
Strength: 3x
Speed: 2x
Demonic Transformation: By calling on his demonic essence, William can transform himself into a demonic creature. Transforming in this manner is simple and if William is under extreme duress, can even happen unwillingly. The increasing reconciliation between human and demon selves keeps William’s power more easily within reach. William can now assume demonic form within a post and still take minor actions. Returning to human form is more difficult but has likewise become easier. William can now return to human form even if under duress, though it takes full concentration and effort to do so.
Revenant Healing: Above Average – William’s revenant physique repairs damage done to his physical form. Minor wounds can now be healed within a matter of minutes, moderate wounds within hours, and serious wounds within days. The healing time for critical and lethal wounds takes a significant amount of time and cannot be done within a single thread unless it too covers a significant time frame.
Axe: Average – Realizing that his claws are not always the best option for fighting, William has continued to work on and improve his combat capabilities with an axe and is now considered to be as proficient as a trained soldier.
Claws: Above Average – William’s claws are the revenant’s natural weapons and he uses them with good effect. They are currently as strong as steel. William’s bone claws have grown to cover his hands and arms up to his elbows, allowing him to parry and deflect light attacks.
Toughness: Leather – William’s charred skin if thick and can absorb more damage than normal flesh, acting as armor for the revenant.
Molten Core: The demonic power that flows through William burns like fire, which is the reason for William’s charred flesh in demonic form. As he has strengthened his ties with his revenant nature, this aura of heat has become more prevalent. The air surrounding William for up to three feet is intensely warm, though not uncomfortable. This warmth can slowly melt frost or ice around William and shelters him from low levels of heat though it does not prevent him from being frozen or burned.
Equipment:
Heavy Traveling Clothes – Tough wool and denim apparel that wards off the rigors of travel and bad weather.
Tome of Kal’Necroth: The tome of ancient magic that Kal’Necroth used to create William’s Revenant body. William doesn’t understand it, but keeps it with him in hopes that one day he can learn its secrets and perhaps undo what was done to him. It is highly resistant to heat and is waterproof.
Translations of Kal’Necroth’s Tome (1 of 4) (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=20796) – Through his travels, William has found various methods of translating the words and symbols of the ancient tome that he carries. Once he has gathered enough translations, he will be able to unlock the secrets of the infernal sorcerer who created him.
Deadwood Rod (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=20796): This rough hewn, bone white rod is long enough to function as a walking cane and is fashioned from the wood of a special grove a day’s march north of the town of Underwood. This wood has roughly the same strength and toughness as Akashima Redwood but with the added property that it absorbs blood that comes into contact with it. The wood becomes warmer as more blood is absorbed, and can grow hot enough to burn bare skin if enough blood is fed into it over a long enough period of time. This wood is also highly susceptible to magical enchantment, using its stored blood reserves to fuel any magic enhancement placed upon it. This rod has no magical properties at this time and has only absorbed enough blood to make it slightly warm to the touch.