Requiem of Insanity
04-02-12, 01:57 AM
The Requiem of Insanity's Lyrics can be found here (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?19938-The-Requiem-of-Insanity-Fourth-Verse&highlight=). This is three updates in one, and a significant change to her considering her new status as a demi god.
Cassandra Remi's newest skill sets and upgrades shall be done in Dark Green
Name: Cassandra Remi
Age:28
Sex: Female
Height: 5'6
Weight: 127 lbs.
Occupation: Demi God of Blessed Torture
Cassandra Remi is your average brunette bombshell. She stands at that perfect height, that perfect weight where you can just pick her up and have your way with her, her hair long and flowing in that perfect way. She has that look of wildness that lures men into a false sense of security, and that infallible ability to bat her eyes in just the right way to make a man's blood churn.
Now in her Divinity Cassandra has an aura around her that is beguiling and charming. Many people find her strikingly beauty, as if she was chiseled from a god's hands. Her body is poised and elegant, and she never rushes anywhere, always walking. Her feet never touch the ground; instead red sigils of suffering are etched under her naked feet so she never has to place her flesh upon the mortal world.
~~~~~~
It had been a long, frustrating three years for the Dark Mother Cassandra Remi. One must always tell a long tale at the appropriate moment, which I suppose would be the beginning. Who am I you ask? Well let's just say I know her better than most would. She's a unique charismatic woman, but wholly terrifying as well. Her wrath is equal to a volcano, and quick to ignite, but when she is calm, she's even more so frightening.
Her tale to become a god was not a long one, but certain key elements would need to be explained. You see, it was at the end of a hunt of hers that she met Anita Orlouge, who had told the Serial Killer her life was destined to be one of Sei's Nine generals. Of course she refused, and even while being in the presence of Sei Orlouge made her uneasy, a damning sense of intrigue charmed her to think that it was indeed her right to be one of his Generals. So she reluctantly agreed, and she was tasked with Sei's assassination missions.
In a few months time, Sei Orlouge had decided that Cassandra Remi was un-savable in the eyes of the public, and staged her death. Now, in the eyes of the world the Gisela Reaper was vanquished by the Hero of Radansath. Little did they know she was given even more freedom to do her vile deeds. However eventually her sights would soar high when she came into contact with a special book.
Upon her missions, Cassandra had met interesting folk, and people who would serve her later in life, but while she made alliances with some, others had found themselves on her bad side. Names like Aislinn Orlouge, Seth Dahlios, and even the four times damned and three times cursed Jensen Ambrose. I am one of those interesting folk, a ritualist and sort of entrepreneur of power. Cassandra had a book with her that would eventually lead her to the path she seeked, but she needed one particular set of pages translated from a dead language.
There was only one in all of the Ixian Knights who could do the task, and that was Aislinn Orlouge. With trickery and false promises to bring the witch’s sister back to her human form, she obtained the pages that spelt out the process to become a god. She saw this as good, but her aspirations halted then and there when her Father Jebb Remi returned from the dead.
With that wrench in her plans, I found myself twiddling my thumbs, but soon Cassandra would regain the upper hand against her father. When she was ready to fulfill her role in the prophecy, Sei Orlouge had deemed that Cassandra was a nuisance and that he hadn’t the time or the patience to “save her soul” and kicked her out of the Knights. Annoyed, angry and alone she left the Ixians to find a remote mansion in the Concordian Forest. It was a hunter’s lounge for a group of bandits and thieves. In a matter of days she and her father managed to kill everyone inside, or make them join her cause. The first of many to form her Cult of Blessed Torture.
In time she rallied enough misfits of society to determine a plan of action that would see her become the Goddess of Blessed Torture, and hatched daring prison breaks, raids on villages, and called out to those who dwelled in the dark. Her home was a haven for the corrupt, and she cultivated her flock like a mother teaching her children. In time, she became the Dark Mother. In her name horrible projects were created like the Ghoul project, and at last the relics and artifacts to begin her journey to godhood was nearing completion.
All she needed to do was kill one soul with the blessing of a god. Stephanie Odara, soon to be wife of hated Jensen Ambrose, had recently visited the Thayne Draconus to extend her life to live longer for her lover. But in so doing she earned Cassandra’s attentions, and in time she was put under the knife in a ritual that harvested her divine blessing and gave it to Cassandra to use to spark her life as a demi god.
Time began to march forwards as Cassandra continued to grow her cult. Soon she had more refugees and sadists than her mansion could handle, but she still called more to her. She struck a pact with the Concordian Spider Queen, as well as tortured a giant to bend to her will. Terror and Agony were synonymous with her deeds and name and eventually the Cult worshiped her as a divine being.
She has gathered an army, prepared her ascension, and needs but one more piece to the puzzle. A piece she plans to collect at the Castle of Sei Orlouge. While she assaults there, I have completed the preparations for her rise to godhood, and wait for the day the world will hear her twisted song; the Requiem of Insanity.
~~~~~
Skills:
Alchemy and Poisons: There is not a thing Cassandra doesn’t know about Poisons, and her time studying the rituals of Godhood as well as the tutelage of Alexander “Memnar” Rayz and Amelie Boheme have made her an Expert on both subjects.
Swordplay: Cassandra has used enough of her Butcher’s Bill to know how to swing it effectively, but she is far from perfect. Cassandra is Average with a blade.
Devoted Love: Cassandra cannot and will not be fooled by someone’s charming nature, nor will she fall in love with another even with a potent love potion. She is completely enthralled to her Dark Companion, and loves him and him only.
Divine Grace: Cassandra cannot, and will never be able to touch the earth again. As a divine being she always floats above the ground about an inch or so. This ability doesn’t grant her the option to walk over chasms or traps or other things, but is purely cosmetic.
Obsession (Torture): This is a passive Character quirk. She MUST if in the realm of being reasonable pursue and/or ask questions in the art of Torture. IE: If there is a man who delights in the ways of torture, she can't kill him unless she learns all there is to learn from him. If somebody has a book about unique techniques to inflict harm she will go to almost any length (including stealing if able) to obtain that knowledge. Hell she may even kidnap the person and torture them about how to torture them.
Obsession (Urges): This is a passive character quirk. Cassandra can't go long before she begins to bubble up with the need to kill again. If there is a rumor of someone who has murdered enough innocents, and she thinks the dead in the area have good enough reason to summon her, she WILL NOT pursue another quarry until the hunt is done. This could take years or days. Rest assured...she'll get her target eventually. If no rumors are present she has nothing to focus on, and immediately reverts to A Monster Lurks Within. (see below.)
A Monster Lurks Within: A passive character quirk. Cassandra’s death and her time singing the Song of Damned has allowed her to overcome her hunger, and the dark companion’s need to feed has been sated long enough that they can go for long periods of time without worrying about going insane.
Obsession (Dark Companion): A Passive Character Quirk. Cassandra is OBSESSED with her dark desires, a manifestation to her of her darker, deeper insanity. She sees it as a beautiful, charming, guile, vane man who she is devoted to lovingly. Her love is so strong that the thought of any one else in her life makes her angry and moody. As such she is completely immune to mind control effects and love potions. You cannot charm her, trick her, drug her, nothing will make her stop loving her dark companion. And she has only room in her heart for one man. Her Dark Companion.
- Her Dark Companion is able to be seen by those who have the ability to see spirits. If you have a dark desire, or a voice in your head, or anything that is just not normal and is a separate entity inside you, her dark desires can communicate, fight (HTH only), ect, etc against it. He is seen by others as a shadow form of a man, a head taller than Cassandra.
Mistress of Torment: To be able to inflict the poetic justice she so rightly administers she must be well versed in the art of punishment. Her past has given a good head start on how to inflict harm, and she has no problems with learning more. Now her skills have been tested against foes far stronger than herself, and she has learned much from them, including from the dark sinister book of Catrina Ferman. Cassandra in short knows how to hurt people for maximum effect.
Abilities:
Divinity: Cassandra is a demi god now, and has since been elevated from normal status as a human. She’s exceeded the peak of humanity and risen to be something more. This means her stats are boosted in the following ways of the average human.
STR: x6
END: x2
SPD: x4
AGI: x4
In addition she also has Divine Regeneration: Scratches, and minor wounds will heal instantly on her and more signicant wounds will gradually heal over time. and she is immune to all poisons and potions as befitting a higher being (unless specifically designed for a god.) Also, for purely cosmetic reasons and HAS NO BEARING IN COMBAT: If Cassandra is left enough time after a battle, she will fully heal quickly and succinctly. (It’s just a neat way when a battle is over for her to quick heal her wounds, but obviously in battles that last more than the one fight this will need Opponent’s permission to pull off.) However, she is still very much mortal, and will be killed by several mortal means.
Demi God of Blessed Torture: Cassandra, being all that embodies torture, can make blood seep out her fingernails and perform various functions. Each one is capable of being done only once a day, unless otherwise stated. Also, as a divine being, Cassandra’s blood is considered holy, and will harm those that are harmed by such things if made contact.
-Poison - Cassandra can channel any of the poisons she mastered over the years into her weapons like the Butcher's Bill or her nails including:
Poison- a low based poison, only designed to make an opponent feel nauseated.
Love Potion: (Only works on PC’s with permission) creates a stimulation and attraction to the first logical thing the person can love.
Twilight- A poison designed to make it so the effects of Vampiric disintegration in daylight now affects vampires in the moonlight, making it safe for them outside only in the twilight hours. (PC permission only.)
The Howling- A poison designed to overflow the sense filters in your body when the moon hits your skin. It's overloaded super like feeling shuts the brain down to an animalistic like state where you’re in a permanent combat high and lose all cognitive thought. (Need player permission to use.)
Umbra- A poison that deadens the nerves that make muscles move, incapacitating the target. However, they can still feel all pain they receive. (Need player permission to use)
Blood Sire – A vicious poison that actually signals all the nerves in the body to feel as if they are burning, followed by stimulation to the brain to hallucinate that bugs or other such horrors are crawling under your skin. Excessive will power is needed to not succumb to ripping your own skin out to stop the pain, and takes forty eight hours to leave the system. For those with weak wills, it is only safe to tie them down and wait it out. (For PC to roleplay out, but if they choose to ignore the effects, they will still feel at least the burning sensation.)
-Rend – With a swipe of her hand the blood creates a slash in the air no wider than a sword’s width, and flies out like a wave and hits the target as if she had swung her sword at them. In short, it’s a long ranged attack that works exactly as if she had swung her blade at them. She can perform this attack 4X a day.
- Wave of Dread (Dark Companion): Cassandra's dark companion can release a wave of dread that can literally stop the movements of the iciest killers. On NPC's it prevents them from moving. On player characters three levels below her they move at 1/4 their normal speed. 4 levels below they move at 1/2 their normal speed. At 3 levels below they move at 3/4 of their normal movement. At equal or higher level this ability just makes them feel really, really uncomfortable.
Equipment:
- A jet black sneaking suit made of Vlince. It can reflect all light when in a predominantly shadowy area. Purchased in the bazaar.
-Make up kit for stage performance, a satchel to hold her belongings.
-Set of knives, all varying in types, no stronger than Dehlar with a few Titanium and all but three items really usable for combat. Those would be The cat's claws (A wooden pole with blades that come out like a pair of claws(STEEL), Foot long dagger(STEEL), and a parrying knife (STEEL) for two dagger fighting.
Since incorporating her father’s own knives she tossed a few of her cutlery in favor of new ones, her utensils of death now include the following:
-Titanium Butcher's Knife
-Titanium Fillet Knife
-Dehlar Serrated Steak Knife
-Dehlar Iron Potato Peeler
-Dehlar Butterfly Knife
-Dehlar Searing Knife
-Steel Basic Cooks Utensils.
-Dehlar Santoku Knife
-The Butcher's Bill- A Dehlar Blade that is three and half feet long, the tip angled down in a diagonal and is extremely sharp. It is most excellent used as a giant's butchers knife, the metal and sharpness strong enough to cut through bone.
-Hope's Requiem: The Axe of Tabitha has runic charms upon it to keep the edge razor sharp, and it always shines brightly and never tarnishes it. A nifty Titanium axe with a dehalr handle and masterwork leather hilt.
I would like to add more, if only it was allowed, so please be nice and tell me if I can. And I feasibly could if I lost one or two things to add more abilities. Thanks!
Cassandra Remi's newest skill sets and upgrades shall be done in Dark Green
Name: Cassandra Remi
Age:28
Sex: Female
Height: 5'6
Weight: 127 lbs.
Occupation: Demi God of Blessed Torture
Cassandra Remi is your average brunette bombshell. She stands at that perfect height, that perfect weight where you can just pick her up and have your way with her, her hair long and flowing in that perfect way. She has that look of wildness that lures men into a false sense of security, and that infallible ability to bat her eyes in just the right way to make a man's blood churn.
Now in her Divinity Cassandra has an aura around her that is beguiling and charming. Many people find her strikingly beauty, as if she was chiseled from a god's hands. Her body is poised and elegant, and she never rushes anywhere, always walking. Her feet never touch the ground; instead red sigils of suffering are etched under her naked feet so she never has to place her flesh upon the mortal world.
~~~~~~
It had been a long, frustrating three years for the Dark Mother Cassandra Remi. One must always tell a long tale at the appropriate moment, which I suppose would be the beginning. Who am I you ask? Well let's just say I know her better than most would. She's a unique charismatic woman, but wholly terrifying as well. Her wrath is equal to a volcano, and quick to ignite, but when she is calm, she's even more so frightening.
Her tale to become a god was not a long one, but certain key elements would need to be explained. You see, it was at the end of a hunt of hers that she met Anita Orlouge, who had told the Serial Killer her life was destined to be one of Sei's Nine generals. Of course she refused, and even while being in the presence of Sei Orlouge made her uneasy, a damning sense of intrigue charmed her to think that it was indeed her right to be one of his Generals. So she reluctantly agreed, and she was tasked with Sei's assassination missions.
In a few months time, Sei Orlouge had decided that Cassandra Remi was un-savable in the eyes of the public, and staged her death. Now, in the eyes of the world the Gisela Reaper was vanquished by the Hero of Radansath. Little did they know she was given even more freedom to do her vile deeds. However eventually her sights would soar high when she came into contact with a special book.
Upon her missions, Cassandra had met interesting folk, and people who would serve her later in life, but while she made alliances with some, others had found themselves on her bad side. Names like Aislinn Orlouge, Seth Dahlios, and even the four times damned and three times cursed Jensen Ambrose. I am one of those interesting folk, a ritualist and sort of entrepreneur of power. Cassandra had a book with her that would eventually lead her to the path she seeked, but she needed one particular set of pages translated from a dead language.
There was only one in all of the Ixian Knights who could do the task, and that was Aislinn Orlouge. With trickery and false promises to bring the witch’s sister back to her human form, she obtained the pages that spelt out the process to become a god. She saw this as good, but her aspirations halted then and there when her Father Jebb Remi returned from the dead.
With that wrench in her plans, I found myself twiddling my thumbs, but soon Cassandra would regain the upper hand against her father. When she was ready to fulfill her role in the prophecy, Sei Orlouge had deemed that Cassandra was a nuisance and that he hadn’t the time or the patience to “save her soul” and kicked her out of the Knights. Annoyed, angry and alone she left the Ixians to find a remote mansion in the Concordian Forest. It was a hunter’s lounge for a group of bandits and thieves. In a matter of days she and her father managed to kill everyone inside, or make them join her cause. The first of many to form her Cult of Blessed Torture.
In time she rallied enough misfits of society to determine a plan of action that would see her become the Goddess of Blessed Torture, and hatched daring prison breaks, raids on villages, and called out to those who dwelled in the dark. Her home was a haven for the corrupt, and she cultivated her flock like a mother teaching her children. In time, she became the Dark Mother. In her name horrible projects were created like the Ghoul project, and at last the relics and artifacts to begin her journey to godhood was nearing completion.
All she needed to do was kill one soul with the blessing of a god. Stephanie Odara, soon to be wife of hated Jensen Ambrose, had recently visited the Thayne Draconus to extend her life to live longer for her lover. But in so doing she earned Cassandra’s attentions, and in time she was put under the knife in a ritual that harvested her divine blessing and gave it to Cassandra to use to spark her life as a demi god.
Time began to march forwards as Cassandra continued to grow her cult. Soon she had more refugees and sadists than her mansion could handle, but she still called more to her. She struck a pact with the Concordian Spider Queen, as well as tortured a giant to bend to her will. Terror and Agony were synonymous with her deeds and name and eventually the Cult worshiped her as a divine being.
She has gathered an army, prepared her ascension, and needs but one more piece to the puzzle. A piece she plans to collect at the Castle of Sei Orlouge. While she assaults there, I have completed the preparations for her rise to godhood, and wait for the day the world will hear her twisted song; the Requiem of Insanity.
~~~~~
Skills:
Alchemy and Poisons: There is not a thing Cassandra doesn’t know about Poisons, and her time studying the rituals of Godhood as well as the tutelage of Alexander “Memnar” Rayz and Amelie Boheme have made her an Expert on both subjects.
Swordplay: Cassandra has used enough of her Butcher’s Bill to know how to swing it effectively, but she is far from perfect. Cassandra is Average with a blade.
Devoted Love: Cassandra cannot and will not be fooled by someone’s charming nature, nor will she fall in love with another even with a potent love potion. She is completely enthralled to her Dark Companion, and loves him and him only.
Divine Grace: Cassandra cannot, and will never be able to touch the earth again. As a divine being she always floats above the ground about an inch or so. This ability doesn’t grant her the option to walk over chasms or traps or other things, but is purely cosmetic.
Obsession (Torture): This is a passive Character quirk. She MUST if in the realm of being reasonable pursue and/or ask questions in the art of Torture. IE: If there is a man who delights in the ways of torture, she can't kill him unless she learns all there is to learn from him. If somebody has a book about unique techniques to inflict harm she will go to almost any length (including stealing if able) to obtain that knowledge. Hell she may even kidnap the person and torture them about how to torture them.
Obsession (Urges): This is a passive character quirk. Cassandra can't go long before she begins to bubble up with the need to kill again. If there is a rumor of someone who has murdered enough innocents, and she thinks the dead in the area have good enough reason to summon her, she WILL NOT pursue another quarry until the hunt is done. This could take years or days. Rest assured...she'll get her target eventually. If no rumors are present she has nothing to focus on, and immediately reverts to A Monster Lurks Within. (see below.)
A Monster Lurks Within: A passive character quirk. Cassandra’s death and her time singing the Song of Damned has allowed her to overcome her hunger, and the dark companion’s need to feed has been sated long enough that they can go for long periods of time without worrying about going insane.
Obsession (Dark Companion): A Passive Character Quirk. Cassandra is OBSESSED with her dark desires, a manifestation to her of her darker, deeper insanity. She sees it as a beautiful, charming, guile, vane man who she is devoted to lovingly. Her love is so strong that the thought of any one else in her life makes her angry and moody. As such she is completely immune to mind control effects and love potions. You cannot charm her, trick her, drug her, nothing will make her stop loving her dark companion. And she has only room in her heart for one man. Her Dark Companion.
- Her Dark Companion is able to be seen by those who have the ability to see spirits. If you have a dark desire, or a voice in your head, or anything that is just not normal and is a separate entity inside you, her dark desires can communicate, fight (HTH only), ect, etc against it. He is seen by others as a shadow form of a man, a head taller than Cassandra.
Mistress of Torment: To be able to inflict the poetic justice she so rightly administers she must be well versed in the art of punishment. Her past has given a good head start on how to inflict harm, and she has no problems with learning more. Now her skills have been tested against foes far stronger than herself, and she has learned much from them, including from the dark sinister book of Catrina Ferman. Cassandra in short knows how to hurt people for maximum effect.
Abilities:
Divinity: Cassandra is a demi god now, and has since been elevated from normal status as a human. She’s exceeded the peak of humanity and risen to be something more. This means her stats are boosted in the following ways of the average human.
STR: x6
END: x2
SPD: x4
AGI: x4
In addition she also has Divine Regeneration: Scratches, and minor wounds will heal instantly on her and more signicant wounds will gradually heal over time. and she is immune to all poisons and potions as befitting a higher being (unless specifically designed for a god.) Also, for purely cosmetic reasons and HAS NO BEARING IN COMBAT: If Cassandra is left enough time after a battle, she will fully heal quickly and succinctly. (It’s just a neat way when a battle is over for her to quick heal her wounds, but obviously in battles that last more than the one fight this will need Opponent’s permission to pull off.) However, she is still very much mortal, and will be killed by several mortal means.
Demi God of Blessed Torture: Cassandra, being all that embodies torture, can make blood seep out her fingernails and perform various functions. Each one is capable of being done only once a day, unless otherwise stated. Also, as a divine being, Cassandra’s blood is considered holy, and will harm those that are harmed by such things if made contact.
-Poison - Cassandra can channel any of the poisons she mastered over the years into her weapons like the Butcher's Bill or her nails including:
Poison- a low based poison, only designed to make an opponent feel nauseated.
Love Potion: (Only works on PC’s with permission) creates a stimulation and attraction to the first logical thing the person can love.
Twilight- A poison designed to make it so the effects of Vampiric disintegration in daylight now affects vampires in the moonlight, making it safe for them outside only in the twilight hours. (PC permission only.)
The Howling- A poison designed to overflow the sense filters in your body when the moon hits your skin. It's overloaded super like feeling shuts the brain down to an animalistic like state where you’re in a permanent combat high and lose all cognitive thought. (Need player permission to use.)
Umbra- A poison that deadens the nerves that make muscles move, incapacitating the target. However, they can still feel all pain they receive. (Need player permission to use)
Blood Sire – A vicious poison that actually signals all the nerves in the body to feel as if they are burning, followed by stimulation to the brain to hallucinate that bugs or other such horrors are crawling under your skin. Excessive will power is needed to not succumb to ripping your own skin out to stop the pain, and takes forty eight hours to leave the system. For those with weak wills, it is only safe to tie them down and wait it out. (For PC to roleplay out, but if they choose to ignore the effects, they will still feel at least the burning sensation.)
-Rend – With a swipe of her hand the blood creates a slash in the air no wider than a sword’s width, and flies out like a wave and hits the target as if she had swung her sword at them. In short, it’s a long ranged attack that works exactly as if she had swung her blade at them. She can perform this attack 4X a day.
- Wave of Dread (Dark Companion): Cassandra's dark companion can release a wave of dread that can literally stop the movements of the iciest killers. On NPC's it prevents them from moving. On player characters three levels below her they move at 1/4 their normal speed. 4 levels below they move at 1/2 their normal speed. At 3 levels below they move at 3/4 of their normal movement. At equal or higher level this ability just makes them feel really, really uncomfortable.
Equipment:
- A jet black sneaking suit made of Vlince. It can reflect all light when in a predominantly shadowy area. Purchased in the bazaar.
-Make up kit for stage performance, a satchel to hold her belongings.
-Set of knives, all varying in types, no stronger than Dehlar with a few Titanium and all but three items really usable for combat. Those would be The cat's claws (A wooden pole with blades that come out like a pair of claws(STEEL), Foot long dagger(STEEL), and a parrying knife (STEEL) for two dagger fighting.
Since incorporating her father’s own knives she tossed a few of her cutlery in favor of new ones, her utensils of death now include the following:
-Titanium Butcher's Knife
-Titanium Fillet Knife
-Dehlar Serrated Steak Knife
-Dehlar Iron Potato Peeler
-Dehlar Butterfly Knife
-Dehlar Searing Knife
-Steel Basic Cooks Utensils.
-Dehlar Santoku Knife
-The Butcher's Bill- A Dehlar Blade that is three and half feet long, the tip angled down in a diagonal and is extremely sharp. It is most excellent used as a giant's butchers knife, the metal and sharpness strong enough to cut through bone.
-Hope's Requiem: The Axe of Tabitha has runic charms upon it to keep the edge razor sharp, and it always shines brightly and never tarnishes it. A nifty Titanium axe with a dehalr handle and masterwork leather hilt.
I would like to add more, if only it was allowed, so please be nice and tell me if I can. And I feasibly could if I lost one or two things to add more abilities. Thanks!