Shinsou Vaan Osiris
09-22-16, 09:33 AM
((Updates in blue. There was no level 6 update, my last approved profile was a level 5.5 update here (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?31304-Level-5-update)))
Name: Shinsou Vaan Osiris
Gender: Male
Age: 31 years old
Race: Telgradian / Jal Shey hybrid Human
Eye Color: Gold
Hair color: Brown
Height: 6’0”
Weight: 155lbs
Alignment: Neutral
Personality
Shinsou is a man with two sides to him. The first side is that of a calculating man who thinks through his actions and always seems to be looking to create something more for his future. He can be polite and caring outside of battle, befriending Philomel van der Aart, Elthas Belthasar, Joshua Cronen and even (begrudgingly) Storm Veritas.
The other side is a man who, when roused, is at his core violent, fight-loving, and a little obnoxious. With those he is familiar with, Osiris embraces a dry humored persona and can often be crass. Shinsou is also known to be quite stubborn and cocky at times.
He loves fighting so much, he is unwilling to travel anywhere without a sword, resorting to carrying Stygian when Enpera disintegrated. Osiris considers fighting his past-time and tries to get as much fun as he can out of the Citadel, even taking deadly risks to make battles as exciting as possible. He tends to limit himself in order to make fights last longer, only using his stronger abilities as a last resort against his opponents. The Telgradian constantly smiles when engaging in a fight with a formidable opponent.
Shinsou believes that his home world are planning an invasion and intends to overthrow the Brotherhood of the Castigar's criminal council and usurp control to establish a force capable of repelling such a threat. Underneath the complexities of his past, Osiris is fond of Althanas and wishes to protect it at all costs by banding together Althanas's strongest warriors in preparation.
Appearance
Shinsou appears as a mild-featured man with swept back brown scholarly hair and soft gold eyes. He has taken to wearing a white greatcoat, worn over a standard black linen shirt, and black pants. These are tied at the waist with a single crushed silver velvet sash.
Shinsou is very lean, but also quite toned from years of battle. While he’ll often wear a stark expression, his eyes are glowing and bright, set deep in his otherwise handsome face. His smooth hands extend from behind the loose cuffs of his greatcoat sleeves. The Telgradian has a commanding presence wherever he is. As a young thirty year old male, he considers himself of the absolute prime of his physical life and is beginning to have a clear sheen of arrogance that this feeling manifests itself in.
Weapons
Stygian
(Won from the Auction House here (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?28224-The-Auction-House&p=266752#post266752) for 1550 GP)
Stygian is a Mithril longsword crafted in time immemorial by a Raiaeran swordsmith who's name has been lost to obscurity. In addition to it's natural fortitude and innate mystical proclivities, the blade holds a deeper enchantment that was sung into its craft by one of the ancient High Bards.
In darkness, it glows with a faint light that provides the bearer visibility within ten feet, and faint light outside of that for another five. This cannot be stifled.
Its song resonates from deep within, and those with magical training or understanding can hear it if they concentrate. It can be invoked thrice a day/thread by utterance of the word "nightfall." Doing this will cause anyone who has been struck by the weapon within the past ten minutes to become intoxicated by "the darkest night," a nightmarish evil from Elvish lore. This state causes them to lose their wits and become thrall to the bearer of the blade for twelve hours. They will obey any command short of something that directly endangers their life.
Shira
An icecraft kurai sword created by Breaker using his water affinity to replace Enpera after "old habits die hard". It is cold to touch, though not so frigid as natural ice, and similar in dimensions to his former sword with the blade being ninety centimeters long. The sword is as strong as steel and will never melt, though it may shatter if met with a force which could break or bend steel.
Equipment
Faustus Gauntlet (Purchased from the Bazaar here ( http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?30802-Price-request-for-Shinsou))
A single leather gauntlet that contains a crystal. The crystal, upon command, can activate a shield around Shinsou capable of withstanding a single melee strike, projectile strike or magic strike up to damascus strength. Anything that hits the barrier above steel strength will break it, but the blow's severity will be lessened.
Enpera's hilt
When Enpera disintegrated and Am'aleh manifested its spirit, all that was left was Enpera's white ivory hilt. Whist the blade has been utterly destroyed, the hilt may be used to recall Enpera's spirit for transportation when having a three foot by seven foot magical beast walking besides you becomes inappropriate or inconvenient.
Skills
Swordsmanship
Shinsou has grown to be a master swordsman, allowing him to duel with even the most schooled of warriors on an equal footing.
Spirit Sense
Shinsou has recently been able to sense powerful sources of energy, and refined this skill further to allow him able to gauge the current “power level” of his opponent. For this to work, the opponent must be a living entity or have a soul of some description. He cannot sense inanimate or soul-less beings.
Abilities
Dark Matter
This Dakuatsu (Telgradian for “magic”) allows the user to call upon non-elemental dark energy that can be used as handheld weapons, molded into another shape or used as a projectile up to a range of two hundred yards. The dark energy comprises solid dark matter that can pierce or cut flesh and medium tier armor, and is the equivalent strength of titanium. Shinsou can call forth vines of dark matter to do his bidding in an area up to thirty feet away and can call upon this skill four times before exhausting it for the duration of the battle. Weapons and objects created by Dark Matter last four posts.
Enpera Butorenjin
Shinsou activates can activate this spell twice per battle to imbue Stygian or Shira with the power to cause temporary paralysis to an opponent if they are cut by its blade. If the sword cuts an arm or a leg, that limb is rendered immobile for three posts. If the sword strikes the body, the paralysis will instead attack the electrons firing to and from the brain and cause the opponent to suffer confusion and slower reactions for two posts.
The spell, once cast, remains in effect for Stygian or Shira until it either hits the opponent or is nullified after striking another surface. Enpera Butorenjin does not work on the undead or the inanimate.
Enpera Kurohitsugi
This true form of Enpera allows Shinsou to unleash a volley of five (short burst), ten (medium burst) or fifteen (full power) dark matter projectiles of Shinsou's choosing (as long as they conform to the rules of the Dark Matter dakuatsu), each with the strength of titanium, from a vortex of his creation. The vortex can be created with the wave of a hand and appears on command, usually from behind him.
This skill can be used once per battle, but once activated can be discarded and re-summoned as appropriate for a cumulative four post duration (i.e the skill may not appear or be used in more than four posts per thread). Shinsou is also able to use the weapons contained within Enpera Kurohitsugi’s vortex in the same manner as those created by his dark matter.
Enpera Kurohitsugi - Phalanx Form
By slightly changing the consistency and chemical structure of the dark matter at his command, Shinsou can turn the projectiles that Enpera Kurohitsugi usually summons into fifty centimetres long by twenty five centimetres wide curved scales of pure dark energy (in the same quantities of the remaining projectiles of Enpera Kurohitsugi - fifteen spears = fifteen scales).
Once in this form, the scales that levitate around Shinsou are controlled entirely by the Telgradian’s will. Each scale, individually, has the strength of steel. However, they can be called upon to converge in one place, forming a solid surface that can withstand a blow equating to the force of a Dehlar greathammer when all fifteen scales are interlocked. It will also halve any damage from the elements of fire, ice and lightning magic. This ability can be used three times in a battle and requires that Shinsou has already activated Enpera Kurohitsugi.
Enpera Kurohitsugi - Seraph Form
This ability taps further into the powers of Enpera Kurohitsugi and allows it to reach its full potential. By slightly changing the consistency and chemical structure of the dark matter at his command, Shinsou can turn the projectiles that Enpera Kurohitsugi usually summons into twenty five centimeter long funnels of pure dark energy.
Once in this form, the funnels that levitate around Shinsou are controlled entirely by the Telgradian’s will. Each individual funnel can be called upon to each cast a single burst of heavily damaging non-elemental magic in an orb or a long, thin beam with a range of a hundred feet.
This magic can pierce barriers designed to block magical spells up to a resistance of 10x strength and armor up to Titanium strength. This ability can summoned once per battle and is exhausted after all funnels have discharged one spell each (to a maximum of three in total).
Enpera Kurohitsugi must be activated before this can be used and must have at least two active spears still unused. It takes two spears to form one funnel, so at maximum power Shinsou can wield ten funnels assuming he has not used any spears prior.
Familiar: Enpera
At the end of Old habits die hard (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?31381-Old-habits-die-hard-(closed-to-Breaker)&p=268095#post268095), the goddess Am’aleh granted Shinsou Vaan Osiris the final release of his treasured sword Enpera. After the blade had crumbled to dust, the soul inside the sword manifested as a sentient beast composed entirely of dark matter also called Enpera, Telgradian for “Emperor”. It has a number of forms available to it but appears to Shinsou in its primary form; that of a three foot tall by seven foot long black panther. Its fur is mostly short but is known to spike up and down in tandem with the creature’s emotions. When riled, the fur will stand on end and become spiky, crackling with electrical activity (this is purely aesthetic).
Enpera has the ability to communicate with Shinsou via telepathy and also understands and speaks a variety of languages.
Enpera’s weapons
Enpera can attack an opponent directly using fangs and claws made from dark matter. These abide by the laws of Shinsou’s dark matter spell.
Enpera’s abilities
Gate of Pandemonium
Enpera, like Shinsou, can unleash a volley of five (short burst), ten (medium burst) or fifteen (full power) dark matter projectiles of Enpera's choosing (as long as they conform to the rules of dark matter), each with the strength of titanium. Unlike Shinsou, the projectiles are formed and launched instead from Enpera’s body and are guided by telepathy. Once they strike the opponent a strong electrical current is discharged. This skill can be used once per battle.
Phantom Force
Enpera is able to merge with Shinsou’s physical form to allow him to ascend past his current limitations. Upon merging with the Telgradian, Enpera will grant Shinsou’s speed, strength, endurance and reaction time a buff to 3x that of his base level. This can only be used once per battle and has a time limit of four posts.
Background:
Early years and the Telgradian Civil War
Shinsou Vaan Osiris, a Telgradian / Jal Shey hybrid, was believed to have been born in the Outer Territories of the Planet Telgradia in year 515 and studied under a number of different Telgradian masters as a student of the elite Council of Five, a powerful warrior force that protected the Telgradian Royal Family, with the sole intention of being Telgradia’s finest warrior. His biological father, Telos Soltair, was one such master. During his upbringing he became fast friends with a fellow student named Jaeger Keats, who with Shinsou (known at that time as Atlas Revaan) graduated from the Telgradian military academy with the highest honours. The young Shinsou became a respected commander of a Telgradian division and was a vocal critic of the Council of Five's inactivity in the ongoing war between the nations of Telgradia and the Kratas Outlands, home to the Jal Shey sect. This criticism stretched to fury when Telgradia’s princess Rhovani, Shinsou’s love interest, was kidnapped and taken by the Jal Shey to the Kratas Outlands without meeting the slightest bit of resistance.
Choosing to go against the Council’s wishes and wanting to wait no longer to take action, the now powerful Shinsou gathered a small, ragtag guerrilla force together in defiance of the overwhelming Jal Shey numbers and waged a relentless campaign against the Kratas Outlands. However, when Shinsou eventually defeated the Jal Shey lords at the Battle of Gaus VII in Telgradian year 535, he and his friend Keats followed the trail of a mysterious dark influence to the far reaches of Kratas. Here, the two discovered a reconstituted Jal Shey Empire and learned of four great powers that had been controlling events from the very beginning; Temperance, Hierophant, Chariot and Justice. Temperance, being the most powerful of the four great lords, had devoured Rhovani’s soul after needing a source of energy to continue to live. As Shinsou arrived at his temple, the Telgradian could only watch as the remnants of his love were scattered like ash into an abyss by the terrible beast. A chaotic battle ensued that destroyed Temperance’s temple, but even with Shinsou’s full power he could not match the beast’s supernatural abilities. Temperance saw the power that Shinsou possessed and chose to take possession of his and Jaeger’s bodies to further the Jal Shey goals. Both men were forced against their will to betray Telgradia, declaring themselves Emperor and Servant to the new Jal Shey Empire and declared war against the Royal State of Telgradia and the Council of Five.
Sent back to Telgradia as Temperance’s agents of death, the newly anointed Emperor Shinsou Vaan Osiris (having discarded his old moniker of Revaan) and Keats broke the ranks of the Telgradian forces with relative ease. However, a matter of miles from Telgradia’s capital city, Garah, Shinsou and Keats were separated. All five members of the Council of Five appeared to stop the possessed Shinsou from obliterating the capital, Telos Soltair included, and after a gruelling battle Shinsou was subsequently captured and sentenced to imprisonment in the high security facility Kokushi for his crimes. The Telgradian, considered too powerful and dangerous for a normal incareration, was also sentenced to a process known as razing – used only on the most violent and profound of criminals – which strips the soul of an offender from their body completely and imprisons it inside a crystal artefact known as a Pillar. His body was then cleansed over a period of three years and Shinsou’s mind, along with Temperance’s influence, was eradicated.
The Council of Five believed that was the end of Shinsou.
The Gnarled Roots of Osiris (click to read (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?29522-The-Gnarled-Roots-of-Osiris))
With his memory wiped, three years later Osiris was visited by the Council of Five commander, Dxun Ra, at Kokushi’s most secure level. As the captain-commander released the seals on Shinsou’s body, the Telgradian remarked that he recognised the magic that Dxun had used to release him. Intrigued by how Shinsou was able to remember anything at all, Dxun Ra promised that they would meet again soon and left him in the hands of Kokushi’s guards and the lower Telgradian Council. Now restored to the name of Atlas Revaan and unaware as to his previous identity, Shinsou was summoned by councillor Flexton Ra for an important mission that the Council of Five wished him to undertake. After leading Atlas to believe he had been a heroic general who had fought Shinsou Vaan Osiris’s empire before being gravely injured and had been “healing” in Kokushi, Flexton told the man that, overnight, the Pillar artefact containing Shinsou’s original soul had been stolen and he wanted Atlas to retrieve it. Reluctantly, Atlas agreed to the mission, which lead him to once again, unknowingly, cross paths with his old friend Jaeger Keats (now a member of the Telgradian Royal Guard and still under Temperance’s influence).
After cryptic meetings with Keats, and with Atlas becoming more suspicious of his own identity, the mission proceeded as planned. Atlas Revaan and a prison guard that included Gnarloc within its ranks landed on Althanas, where the Pillar of Osiris had been tracked. It was then that Jaeger Keats appeared and revealed his true colours to Atlas, bringing with him both the head of Atlas’s murdered commanding officer General Osho and the Pillar of Osiris. In a flash, Keats used the pillar to restore Shinsou back to his “original self”.
With his memory somewhat restored, Shinsou initially appeared to be his old self. Recognising the fortress they were in as the one containing the legendary Cartographer (a building containing the seal of Temperance, who had lay dormant since Shinsou’s incarceration), the Telgradian revealed himself to be free of Temperance’s influence and now instead turned on Keats, who was attempting to convince Shinsou to help him revive Temperance and lay waste to Telgradia once again. Shinsou’s refusal led to the former allies duelling and, after intervention by Gnarloc, the Telgradian succeeded in killing his former right hand man. This chain of events helped to shape Shinsou to be something encompassing both of his identities and, with his business concluded and no further desire to return to his home planet, the Telgradian began to settle on Althanas, making the restoration of his mostly sealed power his top priority.
The Gnarled Roots of Osiris II: The Council of Five (click to read (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?30136-The-Gnarled-Roots-of-Osiris-II-The-Council-of-Five-%28solo%29))
Shortly after the events of the Gnarled Roots of Osiris, word had reached Telgradia that Shinsou Vaan Osiris had been resurrected. With this news alarming the general public, Dxun Ra calls a special assembly of the Council of Five, of which Telos Soltair (Shinsou’s father), Remy Krystantia and Riisa Endymeon attend. A priority one kill order is made against both Osiris and Keats (who, unknown to them, is dead) and for the first time in Council history Dxun sends the entire force to Althanas to kill the exiled Telgradian and his right hand man, something to which Remy felt extremely uncomfortable with due to conflicts with the Council’s code of conduct. Nonetheless, the captains obey their orders and set off to their respective locations on Althanas: Corone, Raiaera and Salvar.
In the meantime, Shinsou had hired former ranger Bane Stark and his men to provide him protection whilst he traversed Althanas in an attempt to restore his power. However, the Kinshara Assassin’s Guild, an organisation with a grudge against Bane and his men, assaulted the campsite they were staying at during the night. Shinsou fought admirably against the ambush alongside his burly counterpart, but was unable to save any of the other rangers, leaving Bane without a purpose and Shinsou without a bodyguard. Grateful to Shinsou for his assistance, Bane pledged his sword to protect the man who would become his friend, whilst Shinsou decided he would forge a new Kurai sword to replace his original one, Enpera.
Current events
After re-forging Enpera, Shinsou received intelligence that Temperance had re-awoken from its five year slumber earlier than planned and was using the evil Jal Shey to set up warp portals connecting Telgradia and Althanas with the intention of conquering the planet. On top of this, Osiris was also made aware that the Council of Five (including his father, Telos Soltair) were preparing an invasion to quell the threat they believed Shinsou posed to peace in Telgradia. Shinsou and Bane traveled together to the wastes north of Salvar where they discovered the Jal Shey had already stepped foot on Althanas and resolved to halt them.
Killing the small advance invasion force, Osiris and Bane were about to destroy the portal to Telgradia when a phantom of Temperance tore through the membrane of the gate and murdered Bane with a brutal attack. Enraged at the loss of his friend, Shinsou obliterated the portal in a frenzy of dark magic before passing out in the snow. He was later rescued at the last minute by Sorian and Elite Optic.
From then on, believing that Sorian and Elite Optic could afford him some protection from the threat of the Council of Five until more of his powers returned, Shinsou traveled with and undertook contracts for Sorian. This line of work took him often to the Citadel where he participated in gladiatorial duels and culminated with a battle against the powerful Elijah Belov and the wanderer Nanashi. Despite being outclassed, Shinsou was able to defeat Nanashi with his Enpera Kurohitsugi before himself succumbing to wounds sustained.
The next contract took Shinsou to the Twilight Mountains, where a cohort of warriors fought to suppress the mighty dragon Sunwing that had been terrorizing the area. It was here that the Telgradian first met Storm Veritas, a man with whom he would have both a conflict and an uneasy alliance with in future.
His next and final contract with Sorian and Elite Optic took the Telgradian to the streets of Radasanth, outside of the protective healing powers of the Ai'bronne monks. Storm Veritas and Rayse Valentino had undertaken a contract on a Radasanthian official's life and whilst attempting to flee the scene had engaged Elite Optic in a dangerous and public fight in the city center. Shinsou, realizing what would happen if the skirmish was allowed to continue but not wishing to engage Storm, attempted to quickly defeat Veritas to end the battle but was incapacitated by the extreme power of Valentino. Unknown to Storm and Rayse, only the power of Cavum Ira, his Jal Shey persona that had laid dormant for years, revived the fallen Telgradian before dissipating entirely from Shinsou's being.
After breaking ties with Sorian and Elite Optic, Shinsou was approached by the Brotherhood of the Castigars, a modern-day revival of the Castigar clan that had been led by Arius Mephisto centuries ago. Seeing opportunity in being involved in such a powerful organization, Osiris became the Brotherhood's enforcer and set a plan into motion. He would rise in their ranks and usurp power from the council when the time was right, allowing him to take control of their vast resources and create a force capable of repelling the threat of the Council of Five.
The start of his tenure was marked with success after success but this changed after the Brotherhood decided to pursue political interests in Corone. Plotting to overthrow the imperials, they set Shinsou the task of getting their representative Oliver Kadar into the senate after a spate of murders (perpetrated by none other than Storm Veritas) opened up a number of positions. Sir Augustus Bannon (leader of the house) refused to patronize Kadar on grounds of neutrality and left Shinsou with little option but to commence a smear campaign from the shadows against Kadar's opposition, wanting to keep the uprising subtle and blood-less.
After a chance meeting with Veritas, who had been chosen by the Brotherhood to become their latest asset, it turned out that the Brotherhood had run out of patience with the men. They framed Storm Veritas for Augustus's untimely murder and charged Shinsou and Storm with directly assassinating Kadar's competition. Failure to adhere to this would result in Shinsou and Storm being incarcerated by corrupt police and murdered. Success meant Storm's induction into the Brotherhood and the murder charged wiped from his record.
It was then Shinsou realized that this was the moment he had been waiting for. Enlisting his one time ally and enemy Storm Veritas's help, the pair head for Whitevale to overthrow the council before it is too late...
Name: Shinsou Vaan Osiris
Gender: Male
Age: 31 years old
Race: Telgradian / Jal Shey hybrid Human
Eye Color: Gold
Hair color: Brown
Height: 6’0”
Weight: 155lbs
Alignment: Neutral
Personality
Shinsou is a man with two sides to him. The first side is that of a calculating man who thinks through his actions and always seems to be looking to create something more for his future. He can be polite and caring outside of battle, befriending Philomel van der Aart, Elthas Belthasar, Joshua Cronen and even (begrudgingly) Storm Veritas.
The other side is a man who, when roused, is at his core violent, fight-loving, and a little obnoxious. With those he is familiar with, Osiris embraces a dry humored persona and can often be crass. Shinsou is also known to be quite stubborn and cocky at times.
He loves fighting so much, he is unwilling to travel anywhere without a sword, resorting to carrying Stygian when Enpera disintegrated. Osiris considers fighting his past-time and tries to get as much fun as he can out of the Citadel, even taking deadly risks to make battles as exciting as possible. He tends to limit himself in order to make fights last longer, only using his stronger abilities as a last resort against his opponents. The Telgradian constantly smiles when engaging in a fight with a formidable opponent.
Shinsou believes that his home world are planning an invasion and intends to overthrow the Brotherhood of the Castigar's criminal council and usurp control to establish a force capable of repelling such a threat. Underneath the complexities of his past, Osiris is fond of Althanas and wishes to protect it at all costs by banding together Althanas's strongest warriors in preparation.
Appearance
Shinsou appears as a mild-featured man with swept back brown scholarly hair and soft gold eyes. He has taken to wearing a white greatcoat, worn over a standard black linen shirt, and black pants. These are tied at the waist with a single crushed silver velvet sash.
Shinsou is very lean, but also quite toned from years of battle. While he’ll often wear a stark expression, his eyes are glowing and bright, set deep in his otherwise handsome face. His smooth hands extend from behind the loose cuffs of his greatcoat sleeves. The Telgradian has a commanding presence wherever he is. As a young thirty year old male, he considers himself of the absolute prime of his physical life and is beginning to have a clear sheen of arrogance that this feeling manifests itself in.
Weapons
Stygian
(Won from the Auction House here (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?28224-The-Auction-House&p=266752#post266752) for 1550 GP)
Stygian is a Mithril longsword crafted in time immemorial by a Raiaeran swordsmith who's name has been lost to obscurity. In addition to it's natural fortitude and innate mystical proclivities, the blade holds a deeper enchantment that was sung into its craft by one of the ancient High Bards.
In darkness, it glows with a faint light that provides the bearer visibility within ten feet, and faint light outside of that for another five. This cannot be stifled.
Its song resonates from deep within, and those with magical training or understanding can hear it if they concentrate. It can be invoked thrice a day/thread by utterance of the word "nightfall." Doing this will cause anyone who has been struck by the weapon within the past ten minutes to become intoxicated by "the darkest night," a nightmarish evil from Elvish lore. This state causes them to lose their wits and become thrall to the bearer of the blade for twelve hours. They will obey any command short of something that directly endangers their life.
Shira
An icecraft kurai sword created by Breaker using his water affinity to replace Enpera after "old habits die hard". It is cold to touch, though not so frigid as natural ice, and similar in dimensions to his former sword with the blade being ninety centimeters long. The sword is as strong as steel and will never melt, though it may shatter if met with a force which could break or bend steel.
Equipment
Faustus Gauntlet (Purchased from the Bazaar here ( http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?30802-Price-request-for-Shinsou))
A single leather gauntlet that contains a crystal. The crystal, upon command, can activate a shield around Shinsou capable of withstanding a single melee strike, projectile strike or magic strike up to damascus strength. Anything that hits the barrier above steel strength will break it, but the blow's severity will be lessened.
Enpera's hilt
When Enpera disintegrated and Am'aleh manifested its spirit, all that was left was Enpera's white ivory hilt. Whist the blade has been utterly destroyed, the hilt may be used to recall Enpera's spirit for transportation when having a three foot by seven foot magical beast walking besides you becomes inappropriate or inconvenient.
Skills
Swordsmanship
Shinsou has grown to be a master swordsman, allowing him to duel with even the most schooled of warriors on an equal footing.
Spirit Sense
Shinsou has recently been able to sense powerful sources of energy, and refined this skill further to allow him able to gauge the current “power level” of his opponent. For this to work, the opponent must be a living entity or have a soul of some description. He cannot sense inanimate or soul-less beings.
Abilities
Dark Matter
This Dakuatsu (Telgradian for “magic”) allows the user to call upon non-elemental dark energy that can be used as handheld weapons, molded into another shape or used as a projectile up to a range of two hundred yards. The dark energy comprises solid dark matter that can pierce or cut flesh and medium tier armor, and is the equivalent strength of titanium. Shinsou can call forth vines of dark matter to do his bidding in an area up to thirty feet away and can call upon this skill four times before exhausting it for the duration of the battle. Weapons and objects created by Dark Matter last four posts.
Enpera Butorenjin
Shinsou activates can activate this spell twice per battle to imbue Stygian or Shira with the power to cause temporary paralysis to an opponent if they are cut by its blade. If the sword cuts an arm or a leg, that limb is rendered immobile for three posts. If the sword strikes the body, the paralysis will instead attack the electrons firing to and from the brain and cause the opponent to suffer confusion and slower reactions for two posts.
The spell, once cast, remains in effect for Stygian or Shira until it either hits the opponent or is nullified after striking another surface. Enpera Butorenjin does not work on the undead or the inanimate.
Enpera Kurohitsugi
This true form of Enpera allows Shinsou to unleash a volley of five (short burst), ten (medium burst) or fifteen (full power) dark matter projectiles of Shinsou's choosing (as long as they conform to the rules of the Dark Matter dakuatsu), each with the strength of titanium, from a vortex of his creation. The vortex can be created with the wave of a hand and appears on command, usually from behind him.
This skill can be used once per battle, but once activated can be discarded and re-summoned as appropriate for a cumulative four post duration (i.e the skill may not appear or be used in more than four posts per thread). Shinsou is also able to use the weapons contained within Enpera Kurohitsugi’s vortex in the same manner as those created by his dark matter.
Enpera Kurohitsugi - Phalanx Form
By slightly changing the consistency and chemical structure of the dark matter at his command, Shinsou can turn the projectiles that Enpera Kurohitsugi usually summons into fifty centimetres long by twenty five centimetres wide curved scales of pure dark energy (in the same quantities of the remaining projectiles of Enpera Kurohitsugi - fifteen spears = fifteen scales).
Once in this form, the scales that levitate around Shinsou are controlled entirely by the Telgradian’s will. Each scale, individually, has the strength of steel. However, they can be called upon to converge in one place, forming a solid surface that can withstand a blow equating to the force of a Dehlar greathammer when all fifteen scales are interlocked. It will also halve any damage from the elements of fire, ice and lightning magic. This ability can be used three times in a battle and requires that Shinsou has already activated Enpera Kurohitsugi.
Enpera Kurohitsugi - Seraph Form
This ability taps further into the powers of Enpera Kurohitsugi and allows it to reach its full potential. By slightly changing the consistency and chemical structure of the dark matter at his command, Shinsou can turn the projectiles that Enpera Kurohitsugi usually summons into twenty five centimeter long funnels of pure dark energy.
Once in this form, the funnels that levitate around Shinsou are controlled entirely by the Telgradian’s will. Each individual funnel can be called upon to each cast a single burst of heavily damaging non-elemental magic in an orb or a long, thin beam with a range of a hundred feet.
This magic can pierce barriers designed to block magical spells up to a resistance of 10x strength and armor up to Titanium strength. This ability can summoned once per battle and is exhausted after all funnels have discharged one spell each (to a maximum of three in total).
Enpera Kurohitsugi must be activated before this can be used and must have at least two active spears still unused. It takes two spears to form one funnel, so at maximum power Shinsou can wield ten funnels assuming he has not used any spears prior.
Familiar: Enpera
At the end of Old habits die hard (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?31381-Old-habits-die-hard-(closed-to-Breaker)&p=268095#post268095), the goddess Am’aleh granted Shinsou Vaan Osiris the final release of his treasured sword Enpera. After the blade had crumbled to dust, the soul inside the sword manifested as a sentient beast composed entirely of dark matter also called Enpera, Telgradian for “Emperor”. It has a number of forms available to it but appears to Shinsou in its primary form; that of a three foot tall by seven foot long black panther. Its fur is mostly short but is known to spike up and down in tandem with the creature’s emotions. When riled, the fur will stand on end and become spiky, crackling with electrical activity (this is purely aesthetic).
Enpera has the ability to communicate with Shinsou via telepathy and also understands and speaks a variety of languages.
Enpera’s weapons
Enpera can attack an opponent directly using fangs and claws made from dark matter. These abide by the laws of Shinsou’s dark matter spell.
Enpera’s abilities
Gate of Pandemonium
Enpera, like Shinsou, can unleash a volley of five (short burst), ten (medium burst) or fifteen (full power) dark matter projectiles of Enpera's choosing (as long as they conform to the rules of dark matter), each with the strength of titanium. Unlike Shinsou, the projectiles are formed and launched instead from Enpera’s body and are guided by telepathy. Once they strike the opponent a strong electrical current is discharged. This skill can be used once per battle.
Phantom Force
Enpera is able to merge with Shinsou’s physical form to allow him to ascend past his current limitations. Upon merging with the Telgradian, Enpera will grant Shinsou’s speed, strength, endurance and reaction time a buff to 3x that of his base level. This can only be used once per battle and has a time limit of four posts.
Background:
Early years and the Telgradian Civil War
Shinsou Vaan Osiris, a Telgradian / Jal Shey hybrid, was believed to have been born in the Outer Territories of the Planet Telgradia in year 515 and studied under a number of different Telgradian masters as a student of the elite Council of Five, a powerful warrior force that protected the Telgradian Royal Family, with the sole intention of being Telgradia’s finest warrior. His biological father, Telos Soltair, was one such master. During his upbringing he became fast friends with a fellow student named Jaeger Keats, who with Shinsou (known at that time as Atlas Revaan) graduated from the Telgradian military academy with the highest honours. The young Shinsou became a respected commander of a Telgradian division and was a vocal critic of the Council of Five's inactivity in the ongoing war between the nations of Telgradia and the Kratas Outlands, home to the Jal Shey sect. This criticism stretched to fury when Telgradia’s princess Rhovani, Shinsou’s love interest, was kidnapped and taken by the Jal Shey to the Kratas Outlands without meeting the slightest bit of resistance.
Choosing to go against the Council’s wishes and wanting to wait no longer to take action, the now powerful Shinsou gathered a small, ragtag guerrilla force together in defiance of the overwhelming Jal Shey numbers and waged a relentless campaign against the Kratas Outlands. However, when Shinsou eventually defeated the Jal Shey lords at the Battle of Gaus VII in Telgradian year 535, he and his friend Keats followed the trail of a mysterious dark influence to the far reaches of Kratas. Here, the two discovered a reconstituted Jal Shey Empire and learned of four great powers that had been controlling events from the very beginning; Temperance, Hierophant, Chariot and Justice. Temperance, being the most powerful of the four great lords, had devoured Rhovani’s soul after needing a source of energy to continue to live. As Shinsou arrived at his temple, the Telgradian could only watch as the remnants of his love were scattered like ash into an abyss by the terrible beast. A chaotic battle ensued that destroyed Temperance’s temple, but even with Shinsou’s full power he could not match the beast’s supernatural abilities. Temperance saw the power that Shinsou possessed and chose to take possession of his and Jaeger’s bodies to further the Jal Shey goals. Both men were forced against their will to betray Telgradia, declaring themselves Emperor and Servant to the new Jal Shey Empire and declared war against the Royal State of Telgradia and the Council of Five.
Sent back to Telgradia as Temperance’s agents of death, the newly anointed Emperor Shinsou Vaan Osiris (having discarded his old moniker of Revaan) and Keats broke the ranks of the Telgradian forces with relative ease. However, a matter of miles from Telgradia’s capital city, Garah, Shinsou and Keats were separated. All five members of the Council of Five appeared to stop the possessed Shinsou from obliterating the capital, Telos Soltair included, and after a gruelling battle Shinsou was subsequently captured and sentenced to imprisonment in the high security facility Kokushi for his crimes. The Telgradian, considered too powerful and dangerous for a normal incareration, was also sentenced to a process known as razing – used only on the most violent and profound of criminals – which strips the soul of an offender from their body completely and imprisons it inside a crystal artefact known as a Pillar. His body was then cleansed over a period of three years and Shinsou’s mind, along with Temperance’s influence, was eradicated.
The Council of Five believed that was the end of Shinsou.
The Gnarled Roots of Osiris (click to read (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?29522-The-Gnarled-Roots-of-Osiris))
With his memory wiped, three years later Osiris was visited by the Council of Five commander, Dxun Ra, at Kokushi’s most secure level. As the captain-commander released the seals on Shinsou’s body, the Telgradian remarked that he recognised the magic that Dxun had used to release him. Intrigued by how Shinsou was able to remember anything at all, Dxun Ra promised that they would meet again soon and left him in the hands of Kokushi’s guards and the lower Telgradian Council. Now restored to the name of Atlas Revaan and unaware as to his previous identity, Shinsou was summoned by councillor Flexton Ra for an important mission that the Council of Five wished him to undertake. After leading Atlas to believe he had been a heroic general who had fought Shinsou Vaan Osiris’s empire before being gravely injured and had been “healing” in Kokushi, Flexton told the man that, overnight, the Pillar artefact containing Shinsou’s original soul had been stolen and he wanted Atlas to retrieve it. Reluctantly, Atlas agreed to the mission, which lead him to once again, unknowingly, cross paths with his old friend Jaeger Keats (now a member of the Telgradian Royal Guard and still under Temperance’s influence).
After cryptic meetings with Keats, and with Atlas becoming more suspicious of his own identity, the mission proceeded as planned. Atlas Revaan and a prison guard that included Gnarloc within its ranks landed on Althanas, where the Pillar of Osiris had been tracked. It was then that Jaeger Keats appeared and revealed his true colours to Atlas, bringing with him both the head of Atlas’s murdered commanding officer General Osho and the Pillar of Osiris. In a flash, Keats used the pillar to restore Shinsou back to his “original self”.
With his memory somewhat restored, Shinsou initially appeared to be his old self. Recognising the fortress they were in as the one containing the legendary Cartographer (a building containing the seal of Temperance, who had lay dormant since Shinsou’s incarceration), the Telgradian revealed himself to be free of Temperance’s influence and now instead turned on Keats, who was attempting to convince Shinsou to help him revive Temperance and lay waste to Telgradia once again. Shinsou’s refusal led to the former allies duelling and, after intervention by Gnarloc, the Telgradian succeeded in killing his former right hand man. This chain of events helped to shape Shinsou to be something encompassing both of his identities and, with his business concluded and no further desire to return to his home planet, the Telgradian began to settle on Althanas, making the restoration of his mostly sealed power his top priority.
The Gnarled Roots of Osiris II: The Council of Five (click to read (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?30136-The-Gnarled-Roots-of-Osiris-II-The-Council-of-Five-%28solo%29))
Shortly after the events of the Gnarled Roots of Osiris, word had reached Telgradia that Shinsou Vaan Osiris had been resurrected. With this news alarming the general public, Dxun Ra calls a special assembly of the Council of Five, of which Telos Soltair (Shinsou’s father), Remy Krystantia and Riisa Endymeon attend. A priority one kill order is made against both Osiris and Keats (who, unknown to them, is dead) and for the first time in Council history Dxun sends the entire force to Althanas to kill the exiled Telgradian and his right hand man, something to which Remy felt extremely uncomfortable with due to conflicts with the Council’s code of conduct. Nonetheless, the captains obey their orders and set off to their respective locations on Althanas: Corone, Raiaera and Salvar.
In the meantime, Shinsou had hired former ranger Bane Stark and his men to provide him protection whilst he traversed Althanas in an attempt to restore his power. However, the Kinshara Assassin’s Guild, an organisation with a grudge against Bane and his men, assaulted the campsite they were staying at during the night. Shinsou fought admirably against the ambush alongside his burly counterpart, but was unable to save any of the other rangers, leaving Bane without a purpose and Shinsou without a bodyguard. Grateful to Shinsou for his assistance, Bane pledged his sword to protect the man who would become his friend, whilst Shinsou decided he would forge a new Kurai sword to replace his original one, Enpera.
Current events
After re-forging Enpera, Shinsou received intelligence that Temperance had re-awoken from its five year slumber earlier than planned and was using the evil Jal Shey to set up warp portals connecting Telgradia and Althanas with the intention of conquering the planet. On top of this, Osiris was also made aware that the Council of Five (including his father, Telos Soltair) were preparing an invasion to quell the threat they believed Shinsou posed to peace in Telgradia. Shinsou and Bane traveled together to the wastes north of Salvar where they discovered the Jal Shey had already stepped foot on Althanas and resolved to halt them.
Killing the small advance invasion force, Osiris and Bane were about to destroy the portal to Telgradia when a phantom of Temperance tore through the membrane of the gate and murdered Bane with a brutal attack. Enraged at the loss of his friend, Shinsou obliterated the portal in a frenzy of dark magic before passing out in the snow. He was later rescued at the last minute by Sorian and Elite Optic.
From then on, believing that Sorian and Elite Optic could afford him some protection from the threat of the Council of Five until more of his powers returned, Shinsou traveled with and undertook contracts for Sorian. This line of work took him often to the Citadel where he participated in gladiatorial duels and culminated with a battle against the powerful Elijah Belov and the wanderer Nanashi. Despite being outclassed, Shinsou was able to defeat Nanashi with his Enpera Kurohitsugi before himself succumbing to wounds sustained.
The next contract took Shinsou to the Twilight Mountains, where a cohort of warriors fought to suppress the mighty dragon Sunwing that had been terrorizing the area. It was here that the Telgradian first met Storm Veritas, a man with whom he would have both a conflict and an uneasy alliance with in future.
His next and final contract with Sorian and Elite Optic took the Telgradian to the streets of Radasanth, outside of the protective healing powers of the Ai'bronne monks. Storm Veritas and Rayse Valentino had undertaken a contract on a Radasanthian official's life and whilst attempting to flee the scene had engaged Elite Optic in a dangerous and public fight in the city center. Shinsou, realizing what would happen if the skirmish was allowed to continue but not wishing to engage Storm, attempted to quickly defeat Veritas to end the battle but was incapacitated by the extreme power of Valentino. Unknown to Storm and Rayse, only the power of Cavum Ira, his Jal Shey persona that had laid dormant for years, revived the fallen Telgradian before dissipating entirely from Shinsou's being.
After breaking ties with Sorian and Elite Optic, Shinsou was approached by the Brotherhood of the Castigars, a modern-day revival of the Castigar clan that had been led by Arius Mephisto centuries ago. Seeing opportunity in being involved in such a powerful organization, Osiris became the Brotherhood's enforcer and set a plan into motion. He would rise in their ranks and usurp power from the council when the time was right, allowing him to take control of their vast resources and create a force capable of repelling the threat of the Council of Five.
The start of his tenure was marked with success after success but this changed after the Brotherhood decided to pursue political interests in Corone. Plotting to overthrow the imperials, they set Shinsou the task of getting their representative Oliver Kadar into the senate after a spate of murders (perpetrated by none other than Storm Veritas) opened up a number of positions. Sir Augustus Bannon (leader of the house) refused to patronize Kadar on grounds of neutrality and left Shinsou with little option but to commence a smear campaign from the shadows against Kadar's opposition, wanting to keep the uprising subtle and blood-less.
After a chance meeting with Veritas, who had been chosen by the Brotherhood to become their latest asset, it turned out that the Brotherhood had run out of patience with the men. They framed Storm Veritas for Augustus's untimely murder and charged Shinsou and Storm with directly assassinating Kadar's competition. Failure to adhere to this would result in Shinsou and Storm being incarcerated by corrupt police and murdered. Success meant Storm's induction into the Brotherhood and the murder charged wiped from his record.
It was then Shinsou realized that this was the moment he had been waiting for. Enlisting his one time ally and enemy Storm Veritas's help, the pair head for Whitevale to overthrow the council before it is too late...