Jade
11-07-06, 06:50 PM
Hello there, i'm new to your forum and so this is my first attempt at a character I consider quite unique, feel free to let me know if anything needs to be altered/changed/etc :)
Full Name: Jade Stonegaze
Race: Demi-Gorgon (Half Gorgon, Half Nymph)
Age: 200
Eye Color: White
Hair Color: Red
Height: 5’9
Weight:120lbs
Languages: Common/Tradespeak, Gorgon, Elven
Occupation: Manipulator
Personality: Jade is a clever and resourceful woman, who’s beauty is only surpassed by her intelligence. Due to her unique heritage however, Jade also has a vast thirst for power and is prepared to manipulate or outwit anyone that stands in the way of her gaining it.
Whilst she may not be the most skilled swordsman, or the most powerful wizard, Jade manages to survive through sheer determination, devising ways out of difficult situations that would not occur to others and beneath the well polished surface of her manners, lies a fiery heart, woe be to the one that invokes this woman’s scorn.
Location: Salvar
Weapons: Jade only carries a small dagger for protection
Armour: A suit of black leather that accentuates her curves
Skills:
Seduction- Jade is very skilled in the art of seduction, be it through the use of well placed words, subtle movements of the body, or even the soft caress of attentive hands..
Innovative- Jade has talked her way out of dangerous situations before and often comes up with ideas that ordinary people would think are too crazy or too simple to actually work. Thinking outside of the box is one of her strong points and so underestimating her surely would be folly.
Unnatural Grace- Jade is by no means strong, and so, with the help of the potent mix of blood that courses through her veins, she is capable of moving alot quicker than the average human when in danger.
Magic Resistant- Part of the corrupted Gorgon blood in Jade’s body has endowed her with flesh that is resistant to magical damage, however this is both a blessing and a curse, for she also cannot be healed by restorative spells and so has to rely on more conventional means.
Currently only a resistance to projectile-like spells has manifested itself, but Jade feels that as she matures in both age and experience, further abilities could surface.
Abilities
Gorgon Gaze-Unlike the regular Gorgon, Jade’s power of petrification is not constantly active and can be turned on or off to suit her needs, however she primarily uses this ability as a defensive technique and would much rather get her underlings to do her ‘dirty work’ for her. Those of steadfast will and relentless determination however, are less suseptible to this than weaker minded creatures.
Enchanting Aura- Inheriting the ability to ‘turn heads’ with a single glance from one of her two mothers (see history) Jade constantly radiates an aura alot like the spell ‘Charm Person’, which adjusts people’s perceptions of her on a subconscious level, often allowing her to enthral weaker minded creatures and persuade them to do her bidding.
History:
The story of Jade’s life is no fairytale, but instead one of suffering and rejection, for she was not born in the regular sense of the word, but instead created in a wizards laboratory, the only one of several experiments into cross-breading mythical races, to survive, although she was not always as beautiful as she is now.
Jade spent much of her childhood crying herself to sleep as the cruel words of her creators minions churned around inside her head over and over again, they called her ”worm”, they called her “filth”, though not without good reason. Jade was perhaps one of the ugliest things to ever draw breath in the vast kingdom of Althanas, a genetic anomaly that resembled a mutated snake, rather than an attractive young girl, but as the years went on, and she grew into puberty, her other bloodline, began to manifest itself, diluting the Gorgon traits and transforming her from an ugly duckling, into a magnificent swan. The greying old wizard, who had paid her little attention since he realized how grotesque she looked, suddenly became infatuated with her, catering to her every whim and scouring the lands to please his new found love.
The requests of the young woman were simple at first, questions about the land they lived in, but soon her thoughts turned to bigger things, like the way society worked, and the proper etiquette a ‘lady’ was expected to employ. Initially, the wizard was able to procure books on the subjects that interested young Jade, but eventually she had exhausted his library so he was forced to kidnap and torture people for the information that she sought. Jade’s curiosity about the outside world, unfortunately for the wizard, did not stop there, and she constantly begged him to be able to venture out from the network of catacombs that made up his lair, but he was hesitant to share his prized treasure with the world and so denied her again and again.
During one particularly violent argument Jade’s final and most devastating power decided to manifest herself, stopping the sexual advances of the wizard dead in their tracks as he screamed in horror, realizing that his body was slowly turning to stone beneath the malicious gaze of his beloved. It was in that instant, that Jade broke free of the magical powers that had bound her to him for so long and so she decided to strike out into the world and use her unique talents to carve out a name for herself.
Full Name: Jade Stonegaze
Race: Demi-Gorgon (Half Gorgon, Half Nymph)
Age: 200
Eye Color: White
Hair Color: Red
Height: 5’9
Weight:120lbs
Languages: Common/Tradespeak, Gorgon, Elven
Occupation: Manipulator
Personality: Jade is a clever and resourceful woman, who’s beauty is only surpassed by her intelligence. Due to her unique heritage however, Jade also has a vast thirst for power and is prepared to manipulate or outwit anyone that stands in the way of her gaining it.
Whilst she may not be the most skilled swordsman, or the most powerful wizard, Jade manages to survive through sheer determination, devising ways out of difficult situations that would not occur to others and beneath the well polished surface of her manners, lies a fiery heart, woe be to the one that invokes this woman’s scorn.
Location: Salvar
Weapons: Jade only carries a small dagger for protection
Armour: A suit of black leather that accentuates her curves
Skills:
Seduction- Jade is very skilled in the art of seduction, be it through the use of well placed words, subtle movements of the body, or even the soft caress of attentive hands..
Innovative- Jade has talked her way out of dangerous situations before and often comes up with ideas that ordinary people would think are too crazy or too simple to actually work. Thinking outside of the box is one of her strong points and so underestimating her surely would be folly.
Unnatural Grace- Jade is by no means strong, and so, with the help of the potent mix of blood that courses through her veins, she is capable of moving alot quicker than the average human when in danger.
Magic Resistant- Part of the corrupted Gorgon blood in Jade’s body has endowed her with flesh that is resistant to magical damage, however this is both a blessing and a curse, for she also cannot be healed by restorative spells and so has to rely on more conventional means.
Currently only a resistance to projectile-like spells has manifested itself, but Jade feels that as she matures in both age and experience, further abilities could surface.
Abilities
Gorgon Gaze-Unlike the regular Gorgon, Jade’s power of petrification is not constantly active and can be turned on or off to suit her needs, however she primarily uses this ability as a defensive technique and would much rather get her underlings to do her ‘dirty work’ for her. Those of steadfast will and relentless determination however, are less suseptible to this than weaker minded creatures.
Enchanting Aura- Inheriting the ability to ‘turn heads’ with a single glance from one of her two mothers (see history) Jade constantly radiates an aura alot like the spell ‘Charm Person’, which adjusts people’s perceptions of her on a subconscious level, often allowing her to enthral weaker minded creatures and persuade them to do her bidding.
History:
The story of Jade’s life is no fairytale, but instead one of suffering and rejection, for she was not born in the regular sense of the word, but instead created in a wizards laboratory, the only one of several experiments into cross-breading mythical races, to survive, although she was not always as beautiful as she is now.
Jade spent much of her childhood crying herself to sleep as the cruel words of her creators minions churned around inside her head over and over again, they called her ”worm”, they called her “filth”, though not without good reason. Jade was perhaps one of the ugliest things to ever draw breath in the vast kingdom of Althanas, a genetic anomaly that resembled a mutated snake, rather than an attractive young girl, but as the years went on, and she grew into puberty, her other bloodline, began to manifest itself, diluting the Gorgon traits and transforming her from an ugly duckling, into a magnificent swan. The greying old wizard, who had paid her little attention since he realized how grotesque she looked, suddenly became infatuated with her, catering to her every whim and scouring the lands to please his new found love.
The requests of the young woman were simple at first, questions about the land they lived in, but soon her thoughts turned to bigger things, like the way society worked, and the proper etiquette a ‘lady’ was expected to employ. Initially, the wizard was able to procure books on the subjects that interested young Jade, but eventually she had exhausted his library so he was forced to kidnap and torture people for the information that she sought. Jade’s curiosity about the outside world, unfortunately for the wizard, did not stop there, and she constantly begged him to be able to venture out from the network of catacombs that made up his lair, but he was hesitant to share his prized treasure with the world and so denied her again and again.
During one particularly violent argument Jade’s final and most devastating power decided to manifest herself, stopping the sexual advances of the wizard dead in their tracks as he screamed in horror, realizing that his body was slowly turning to stone beneath the malicious gaze of his beloved. It was in that instant, that Jade broke free of the magical powers that had bound her to him for so long and so she decided to strike out into the world and use her unique talents to carve out a name for herself.