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Thor665 Archon
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| THE SHATTERED BLADE - ACT 1: DESERT HEAT LIKE A FORGE http://www.thedarkcity.net/t4404-the-shattered-blade#49741 THE SHATTERED BLADE - DRAMATIS PERSONAE Venra Rhacho - Incubi Klaivex bodyguard of the late Archon Elkthrae - Spoiler:
Character Name: Venra Rhacho Klaivex
Age: 226
Equipment: His DemiKliave, Incubi Armour.
Background: It took him years to acquire the skills and weapon to challenge an Incubi. During this time he trained rigorlessly cutting out what little recreation that was in his life, learning to take joy in his kills nothing else. Finally after a trueborn with a venom blade challenged him, and losing in one strike. He finally decided he was ready. Then he watched and practiced. When he finally issued his challenge, he knew everything about this warriors moves, style and favored strikes. After a staring match with him focusing through the tormentor. The battle was a dance of killing strikes, each just missing or just parried. It was ended when his opponent twitched back to go for a decapitation, he lunged forward sliding a knife under the Incubi's helm. From there he took place in a raid against the eldar earning his place in the Incubi order. From there through duels, and other tests of skill, and raids, he earned the rank of Klaivex, with it his DemiKlaive. He is the head of the body guard unit for Archon of The Flashing Blade. His and his Incubi's loyalty is paid for for another five years. He is known for silently standing there watching, hardly moving, his Demiklaive in hand, waiting. Those who have tried to kill the upstart Archon have meet their death either to a flurry of strikes or a single cleaving blow. When ever his opinion is asked, he answers with a simple neutral tone, with tactical information only, never his personal opinion or feelings. He rarely interacts with others, beyond his Incubi unit. He personally thinks of eldar as pathetic, and dislikes the new fashion of inviting them on raids. But first and for most he is a killer, that will survive.
Personality: Most think cold statue, decoration when they talk about Venra. Except those who have seen his Demikliave draw blood. They talk about him as one would a deadly mantis. Though the conversations are short, little is known about him outside the Incubi temple. He doesn't talk about himself, ever.
Appearance: He is larger then most Dark Eldar. His Armor rigorlessly maintained from the black metal polished to a mirror shine, to each blade sharp enough to skin a mon-keigh without them feeling it. The lenses in his helmet are red mirrored, so none can see his eyes, as they drift around the room watching for anything out of place.
Skills: Finally - Weapons Alertness Athletics Might Resolve Leadership Stealth Endurance Intimidation Fists/Martial Arts Survival Art Guns Investigation Deceit Drive/Piloting Burglary Academics Engineering/Science
Gwyn - Kabalite sniper with unresolved issues. - Spoiler:
Name: Gwyn
Age: 317
Equipment: Personally modified long barreled splinter rifle with a precision scope and rangefinder, pair of splinter pistols,cameleoline cloak taken as a trophy from an eldar ranger: manual and electric lock pick, some dried meat a bottle of hydrating fluids, 2 extra clips for each pistol and only one extra for the rifle the rest having been lost, a basic weapon maintenance kit, A single toxin grenade.
Background: once saved the life of a sybarite and demanded the chance too prove himself worthy of joining the kabal as recompense. Was honored by the notice of the Archon himself for finding and shooting two eldar rangers of Craftworld Alaitoc. He is known in the kabal as a marksmen what is more commonly known is that he has no aptitude for the brawl or close kill and will surely run from a fight or shoot his opponent before he can get close. Nothing else is known about his background of where he was trained or even what his profession was before except that those who ask pointed questions are often found sometime later with a splinter single shard through an eye.
Personality: unpredictable just as likely to laugh at a jest as shoot you for it. Usually quiet and cold. keeps to the background of events as much as possible.
Unsettled score: A known fear of haemonculi and the mad sciences they perform on their and others bodies. No reason as to why is known amongst the kabalites.
Appearance: very average in all physical respects the only noticeable or even memorable trait is a stark white hair.
Skills.
Guns Stealth Survival Burglary Athletics Alertness Deceit Engineering/Science Endurance Resolve Investigation Drive/Piloting Might Art (Dance) Intimidation b Academics Leadership Weapons Fists/Martial Arts
Vecrelonis - Mandrake Assassin of the Kabal and the only member not caught in the ambush. - Spoiler:
Name: Vecrelonis
Age: 342
Equipment: Scimitar, claw, teeth, balefire and flesh robes.
Backround: No one knows where the mandrakes came from. No one knows what they are. But the people of Commoragh all know of their abilities and that they can come out of the merest shadow or reflection, track a single individual in a sprawling matropolis or let solid blows and shots pass right through them like smoke. The ancient mandrake Vecrelonis is a master of all of these and has a record of killing his targets in extremely ironic ways as those who witness it will all know.
When archon Elkthrae’s rival archons were starting to snip away at his political power piece by piece like the parasites of some great beast, he sent assassin after assassin after their necks, but each was slaughtered, discovered as they slipped a razor from a secret pocket or as they poured a drop of hypertoxin into the cup by the sharp eyes of the archons and their ever vigilant bodyguards. Pacing up and down his thrown room a crease at his brow, a shadowy figure appeared from behind the fold of a drape. His kabalite trueborn ran at the shadowy figure, surrounding him. Shocked at the upstart, Elkthrae took the mandrake as an assassin and ordered the trueborn to have him killed. They ran at him as one, shardcarbines blazing. Not one shot hit their mark. They tossed their empty weapons aside drawing their knives and pistols. The later had no effect as per the shardcarbines and all the while the figure stood there almost bored, but a grin crept across his face as a he drew the large blade from its flesh strap. He moved as a blur, one moment there and the next not as the first hit the marble in two pieces, than the next decapitated, than the next and the next. None had a chance to even react as they were cut apart. The archon drew his weapon but the figure simply sheathed the blade. Without lowering the weapon, Elkthrae demanded his purpose. The figure introduced himself as Vecrelonis, a mandrake. He then said that he could help for a price. The next night, all of Elkthrae’s rivals were found dead. Archon Vorolsque was jettisoned into space as his flagships bridge had a flicker in its atmospheric containment field, returning to a webway portal above the planet, after one of many a raid he loved to go on. Archon Shatiin was shot to pieces by her malfunctioning automated turrets as she walked her fortress walls asserting her dominance. A smile crept across Elkthrae’s face as he read the report. Vecrelonis had secured his place as top assassin in the Flashing Blade. He is now one of the inner circle members and is paid for services for some time in advance. Vecrelonis is always lurking in the shadows of his master’s throne, waiting for the request of a new hunt, thirsting for souls. Every time he does go on a hunt, he will quickly acquire information on the target, and then kill them in the most efficient and ironic way as is his calling card. He has never failed in a hunt known and will stalk them relentlessly for as long as it takes to succeed. Vecrelonis also thinks of the craftworld kin as not seeing the universe truly and being weaklings but with Biel Tann going to war with foolish hope of restoring the old empire. They think they can hide behind their paths from what they will become eventually, but no matter how far they run, they will become like the rest of their race. When the bombardment started, Vecrelonis was still infiltrating the command complex, but as soon as he heard the booming noise, he knew the battle was lost. He had no hope of being able to travel all the way back to Commoragh on his shadow teleportation as even that had some range limit, so he decided to find any survivors of the raiding party and try to find a way home. He teleported to the furthest shadow he could fit through and then started the trek through the sunbaked and shadowless waste lands.
Unsettled score: A certain high member of the hive city who he vowed to kill as part of a personal oath he takes to succeed or die trying in an assassination.
Personality: Vecrelonis is known to be completely and utterly unreadable with expressions with the only hint of emotion being his malevolent eyes. When he speaks, his voice is a low growl barely a whisper expressing deep hate. Easily provoked, he will glare fiercely at and harbours a personal hate for whoever is responsible, although he rarely takes it out on the spot. Vecrelonis also enjoys carving dark poems into the flesh of captives as a hobby.
Appearance: Vecrelonis looks like most mandrakes with sigils burning in his flesh, baleful eyes and a cloak of flesh; except that the cloak starts as a hood and works its way down to cover his entire body like an intimidating full body hoddie which he uses to conceal that his person. It parts in the middle but is tied by a thick rope to hold it up often shadowing his face completely. Most of the time, Vecrelonis sits there silently speaking only briefly when talked to but all other times silently just standing there, emotionless.
Skills: • Stealth • Deceit • Weapons • Fists/Martial arts • Athletics • Intimidation • Investigation • Alertness • Endurance • Burglary • Survival • Alertness • Might • Resolve • Leadership • Guns • Art • Drive/Piloting • Academics • Engineering/Science
Vivi - masked Haemonculous servant of Archon Elkthrae - Spoiler:
Character Name: Vivi
Age: 428
Equipment: Ropes tied from his writs and ankles to his waists.
Background: Tubeborn or True? These terms mean nothing to Vivi. As a haemunculous, his concern is not with his place in life, but rather what he can learn from his experiments. He prides himself on his hellmask collection, he makes one from each of his subjects, and has never worn the same mask twice in all his years as a practitioner of the medical arts.
Unsettled Score: A haemunculous makes many enemies in their long years. Any self respecting member of the dark kin has too many enemies to count.
Personality: Vivi is a cold, calculating scientist.
Appearance: It's easy to mistake Vivi for a slave at first, due to the ropes binding his arms and ankles to his waist. To the trained eye the hellmask he is sure to be wearing acknowledges his higher position. Vivi also has a fascination with the archaic, and hence has surgically replaced parts of his body with steam machines and cogs. His vestigial arm is a grotesque steam contraption, and his right eye has been replaced with autofocusing lenses, only slightly superior to standard Dark Eldar eyesight. His kneecaps are a unholy mixture of flesh and gear, and allows his knees to bend both forward and backward.
Skills:
The ability to do what needs to be done.
Berginyon Tanthalus aka Manix - Dracon and Razorwing pilot, 3rd child of Archon Elkthrae, and destined to rule...? - Spoiler:
Character Name: Dracon Berginyon Tanthalus aka Manix
Age: young adult
Background: Third born to the Archon Elkthrae, Manix is vicious and cruel as only a dark eldar aristocrat can be. With his older siblings groomed for the roles of leadership within the kabal, Manix was been left largely to his own devices of the years which has led him to indulge in many unusual past times. Known for his wild ways and violent outbursts, Manix has had a varied life in the dark city. In his youth he spent a great deal of time with the wild hellion gangs, notably the fanged maws, learning to ride the bladed skyboards they are famed for. After a rival gang destroyed the fanged maws in a running skirmish across the lower streets of Commorragh, Manix fled back to the safety of the Kabal but by that stage the thrill of speed had hooked him.
Manix took any opportunity to learn the arts of war, especially where vehicle combat was concerned be it the skyboard he had grown fond of, a reaver jet bike or the larger venom & raider craft. The piloting of such craft would normally be left to the lesser classes but Manix revelled in the thrill of the speed. He served on a ravager crew over a number of real space raids, firstly as a gunner then as the steersman later as his skills grew. Manix has made a small name for himself in the arena where his bold and showy fighting style had made him something of a favourite to certain parts of the city. It is not uncommon for him to compete in races with the reavers when the mood takes him though he takes loosing badly and of late, he has become a target for the reaver clans looking to take out not only a rival but an upstart aristocrat. His main claim to fame involved the death of his chief rival by modifying his jetbike to carry a void mine normally deployed by Void raven bomber and then deploying the mine on the track.
Haughty and arrogant, Manix is every part the aristocrat. Despite this, when he sees the need, Manix is well spoken, composed and very well presented.
Like the Eldar of old, Manix is tall, lithe and athletic. He is the model of the eldar form with chiselled features, well proportioned physique. Dark, almost black hair frame his slightly pale skin and his flaming red eyes give him an otherworldly appearance (his eyes came from time with a haemonculus).
PERDITION IV - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - Spoiler:
None...yet
=================================================================================================== PERDITION IV Type Hive World Temperature 38 C Population 23 Billion Planetary Governor His Most Righteous Eminence Montique Bladdarch System Perdition System Sector Orpheus Sector Segmentum Segmentum Tempestous ======================================================================================================= The Kabal of the Flashing Blade was known for its lightning fast raids. Archon Elkthrae, known as 'Gorach Marg' The Laughing Death' was considered something of a young upstart still, but his success was noted. The power of his Kabal, and the ferocity and success of their raids brought him much fame and fortune all while he laughed. It was not surprising when he plotted a raid on Perdition IV, planning to claim the lives within the Hive City of Purgatori. It was not surprising when his forces took the field, deadly, prepared, and moving at speed. It did come as a surprise when the bombardment started. No one knows if Archon Elkthrae laughed. But even the clinical heavy handed butchery of the Imperium can make mistakes. From the ruins of the raiding party crawled figures, warriors yet filled with life. A handful of Dark Eldar. Alone on an Imperial World. No way home. No Kabal left. No chance. And already the hunger gnaws within them. For those who thought the matter settled - they are about to discover; The shattered blade can still cut. ======================================================================================================= The Shattered Blade will be a cooperative roleplaying game for, I conceive, about 5 players. It will span from the ash deserts, to the Hive Cities, and (perhaps) beyond. Rules Yes, there are rules. 1. I expect every player to be able to commit to a one post per week minimum - I really do not think that is asking too much. If you can do more - great! If there are the occasional special circumstance periods where you cannot meet the minimum, that can work too - just make sure you do your best to alert me and the other players that this is happening. Otherwise I get peevish and characters loose limbs or other important body parts 2. Generally speaking your character is competent, and things that you are good at you can accomplish easily. Occasionally there will be tasks that I do a bit of dicing for and announce your success on - I will tend to inform you when those actions occur. 3. Keep all OOC posts to the appropriate thread, at the end of the day I'd like the adventure thread to read like a...well, maybe (slightly) disjointed story. 4. Feel free to introduce and describe aspects of the game world as long as you keep them thematically appropriate (e.g. if you're in a kitchen, feel free to leap on a counter, or grab up a knife, or pocket some meat. No need to seek GM approval for such) If you create a character o provide a personality to a character I created - just make sure it makes sense within the story. I will frown upon a xenos loving nobleman sweeping in to save you with all of his personal retainers, I will not begrudge you a greedy nobleman you manage to bribe with lies and clever wordplay to provide you minor help that puts him at little to no risk. 5. I am a petty and changeable child of whim - this is an all encompassing rule that will allow me to add or remove rules as I see fit to maintain the story flow and (hopefully) fair and fun for all. 6. To 'sign-up' for this roleplay, I am certainly fine with you calling 'dibs!' But the official sign up will be considered only upon presenting a finished character sheet *and* getting my approval for it. Character Development - Your core character concept is this - you are a member of the Kabal of the Flashing Blade. - I would actually like one or more of you to be fairly high placed members in the Kabal (members of the Archon's Court, a Dracon, part of his personal bodyguard, a daughter or son, ect. ect.) - It is also fine if you want to be a member of some obvious mercenary outfit (a Wych Cult, a Coven, a Scourge, a Hellion Ganger) but you are obligated to make sure that you have a solid reason to care about Flashing Blade (you can be a member of a hired Hellion Gang, for instance - but it should be a Hellion Gang that was, perhaps, founded by the Kabal or maybe was a prime recruitment source, or has served with them for centuries and the power of the Kabal and Gang are strongly connected - ect, ect, ect.) - However, I would like no more than TWO members from non-Kabal sources - the core of the team should be Kabal members. - Clever characters and stories may entice me to ignore any of the above limitations though. So if you think you can have a blast and roleplay a Grotesque really well...I'm all ears What I'll want to see in your character synopsis is the following; Character Name: (self explanatory, I hope...if it isn't then I probably don't want you in my game...) Age: (a bit of a can of worms, I'll admit, but probably fun to know - I leave it to each of you to make some personal calls on proper Eldar lifespans - just remember that being too old can definitely increase your need for life energy to stay at your trimmest) Equipment: You'll have survived the destruction of the Raiding party and will probably need to scavenge, but feel free to list some personal effects and weapons you would have kept a hold onto here. Do you braind monofiliment wire in your hair? Are you never far from your Dark Lance? Do you have an elaborate helm? Background: Tubeborn or True? Born into riches, or working up from the bottom? Give us some history, who is your character, what have they done, what were they known for in the Kabal, what was their relationship with Archon Elkthrae? I would also encourage you to think of what your character's thoughts are towards Eldar, specifically the Eldar of Biel Tann. Not that I'm saying they will show up but...y'know, just in case... Unsettled Score: I want an enemy from you. Something from your past. A debt that went unsettled. An opponent who went unbeaten. A vow that has gone unfulfilled. No one is good enough to have a clean record, I want to know an unfinished bit of trouble that may come back to haunt your character - it can be someone within the Kabal, or without, or even back in distant Commoragh (because, certainly, Thor isn't taking you back there for the story...or is he ) Personality: How would others describe your behavior? Cold, sarcastic, jovial, nervous, brave, foolhardy? How would your character describe himself? Appearance: What does your character look like? Skills: Finally - I want you to rank these skills in order of least to greatest. The skill at the top of the list is what your character is very best at, and few on this planet of mon'keigh are likely to be able to better him in this field. Conversely, the skill at the bottom is something your character is almost laughably bad at, and would probably harm himself and others if it was important and he had to do it. Yeah, these might be used to affect dice rolls in the game for my own personal amusement. For your ease in copy/pasta I'll list the skills, and then list them again behind a spoiler tag with brief explanations. Academics Alertness Art Athletics Burglary Deceit Drive/Piloting Endurance Engineering/Science Fists/Martial Arts Guns Intimidation Investigation Leadership Might Resolve Stealth Survival Weapons - Spoiler:
Academics - How learned your character is, knowing languages, knowing information about an alien species, a sub-sector, human customs, ect.
Alertness - A general level of awareness, your characters ability to sense danger, spot something from a distance, or notice subtle tricks (hidden doors, a concealed weapon, ect.)
Art - How skilled your character is in a performance art of some kind. Can they dance, sing, paint?
Athletics - A general level of physical health, can affect their ability to run fast, dodge quickly, and leap high.
Burglary - all the skills needed to enter places you are not wanted, and also perhaps to take things that are not yours...as though anything qualifies for that with a Dark Eldar! Deceit - your ability to be glib of tongue and convince people of things that are not....necessarily true.
Drive/Piloting - Okay, you have a Raider/Razorwing/Imperial Cruiser/Ork Trukk...what can you do with it now?
Endurance - Just as it says, Athletics is how fast you run, Endurance is how long you can do it. I'm sure starting in a desert that this will be a unneeded skill.
Engineering/Science - If you build it, they will come. Your character knows how to hold a wrench and understands the scientific principles around dark light containment.
Fists/Martial Arts - So you don't have a splinter pistol or knife, and some Ash Waste Nomads have you cornered, do you start weeping for mercy, or do you go Bruce Lee on their backsides?
Guns - Can you not hit the broad side of a barn, or can you pick the wings off a gnat at fifty paces? Also covers your knowledge of basic care and maintenance of most firearms.
Intimidation - With a curled lip and an icy stare, or perhaps a menacing flex of your fists, or maybe just a calm conversation explaining exactly what you'll do to them - you know how to fill your opponents with fear.
Investigation - You know what questions to ask, and can usually find the right person to ask them to, and are pretty good about casing a room and spotting all sorts of hidden details.
Leadership - You can get people to follow you from more than just fear or obligation, and you also even understand what the difference between tactic and strategy is.
Might - Raw physical strength, if it's heavy, can you lift it?
Resolve - A mental endurance, how strong is your inner will?
Stealth - When you hide in the shadows or try to sneak across the rooftops, how many people notice you?
Survival - You are trained to live off the land, find food and water where none should be, and also to track animals and vehicles by scent, sight, and sound.
Weapons - blade, bludgeon, whip, or spear, if you can hold it in your hands and wield it in close combat this shows your character's skill with the item in question.
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| | | Massaen Klaivex
Posts : 2268 Join date : 2011-07-05 Location : Western Australia
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Wed Oct 03 2012, 06:01 | |
| Very keen for this but I gave a few questions around some character ideas... Will pm later when not on my phone _________________ Objective Secured - Western Australia's Premier 40k Event Organisers and Website OBJECTIVE SECURED
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| | | Cavash Lord of the Chat
Posts : 3237 Join date : 2012-04-15 Location : Stuck in an air vent spying on plotters
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Fri Oct 05 2012, 11:37 | |
| This looks very sparkly and very promising, Thor. Give me a day and I will start writing my character sheet! _________________ Welcome to Commorragh! | |
| | | Thor665 Archon
Posts : 5546 Join date : 2011-06-10 Location : Venice, FL
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Fri Oct 05 2012, 19:39 | |
| Cool - just fyi to those making characters who don't want too much cross-over, I have received the first entry of an Incubi Klaivex focused on (wait for it...armed melee combat) I'm still working over it but my first glance says I rather like the character and he'll likely be included. _________________ The Title Troupe! - Nom fellow posters for custom titles. | |
| | | Ruke Wych
Posts : 731 Join date : 2012-02-18 Location : WayX
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Fri Oct 05 2012, 22:20 | |
| Thor, I would love to join, but am in the process of unpacking, having just moved and all. I should be able to manage one post a week starting next Monday or thereabouts, but will probably need through the weekend before I would be able to post a character. Acceptable? _________________ No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
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| | | Thor665 Archon
Posts : 5546 Join date : 2011-06-10 Location : Venice, FL
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 05:40 | |
| I suspect that will work out - even if everyone, besides you, who has expressed interest zapped in a character right this instant and had them approved I'd still have 2 slots open. _________________ The Title Troupe! - Nom fellow posters for custom titles. | |
| | | Ruke Wych
Posts : 731 Join date : 2012-02-18 Location : WayX
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 05:48 | |
| I would like to run a haemunculai, would that be acceptable thor? _________________ No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
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| | | Thor665 Archon
Posts : 5546 Join date : 2011-06-10 Location : Venice, FL
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 05:56 | |
| I'm not intrinsically against it, but to a certain degree Haems can be kind of like Succubi or Archons - and I'd be against one of those. So I'll be curious how the character works within the guidelines of "you are obligated to make sure that you have a solid reason to care about Flashing Blade"
Now, of course, "care" can mean a lot of things for DE, but I foresee that as the biggest hurdle.
Also, I'm prone to be sold by interesting characters and back stories. _________________ The Title Troupe! - Nom fellow posters for custom titles. | |
| | | Ruke Wych
Posts : 731 Join date : 2012-02-18 Location : WayX
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 06:18 | |
| Well, the Archon died in the fight, correct? A haem that was the personal retainer of the archon would have likely been on the raid with the kabal. When the raid went sour, the haem wouldn't personally care about the flashing blade, but he would care about staying alive to see that the archon was reborn (or perhaps not so much as far as the reborn thing goes...), but to those ends would likely band together with other DE before turning to the humans... _________________ No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
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| | | Thor665 Archon
Posts : 5546 Join date : 2011-06-10 Location : Venice, FL
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 06:39 | |
| A personal retainer Haem does not fill me with dread or worry - I'll look forward to the character writeup. _________________ The Title Troupe! - Nom fellow posters for custom titles. | |
| | | soulthirster8 Hellion
Posts : 79 Join date : 2012-09-17 Location : Infiltrating culexus temple
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 11:44 | |
| I'm thinking of a hulking rare breed of sslyth with six arms in the 13ft category who use to be the alpha in the courts sslyth bodyguards with a blood pact or something to bring back his master no mater the cost. Not something to meet in a dark ally at midnight. I want criticisim here.
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| | | Cavash Lord of the Chat
Posts : 3237 Join date : 2012-04-15 Location : Stuck in an air vent spying on plotters
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 11:54 | |
| Also, I would just like to say thanks, Thor. I know that it hasn't started yet, but I can see that you have put a lot of effort into this. _________________ Welcome to Commorragh! | |
| | | Thor665 Archon
Posts : 5546 Join date : 2011-06-10 Location : Venice, FL
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 15:41 | |
| - soulthirster8 wrote:
- I'm thinking of a hulking rare breed of sslyth with six arms in the 10ft category who use to be the alpha in the courts sslyth bodyguards with a blood pact or something to bring back his master no mater the cost. Not something to meet in a dark ally at midnight.
I want criticisim here. Why not just a regular Sslyth? _________________ The Title Troupe! - Nom fellow posters for custom titles. | |
| | | ravengoescaw Heamonculi
Posts : 215 Join date : 2012-09-27 Location : Corvallis, OR
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 19:12 | |
| Two bodyguards with oaths to bring him back, could be interesting... _________________ The new army and it's fluff
http://www.thedarkcity.net/t12640-band-of-the-unbending-thorn#142250
Still fighting the world and saving damsels in distress. ~Raven
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| | | ravengoescaw Heamonculi
Posts : 215 Join date : 2012-09-27 Location : Corvallis, OR
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sat Oct 06 2012, 22:34 | |
| Character Name: Venra Rhacho Klaivex
Age: 226
Equipment: His DemiKliave, Incubi Armour.
Background: It took him years to acquire the skills and weapon to challenge an Incubi. During this time he trained rigorlessly cutting out what little recreation that was in his life, learning to take joy in his kills nothing else. Finally after a trueborn with a venom blade challenged him, and losing in one strike. He finally decided he was ready. Then he watched and practiced. When he finally issued his challenge, he knew everything about this warriors moves, style and favored strikes. After a staring match with him focusing through the tormentor. The battle was a dance of killing strikes, each just missing or just parried. It was ended when his opponent twitched back to go for a decapitation, he lunged forward sliding a knife under the Incubi's helm. From there he took place in a raid against the eldar earning his place in the Incubi order. From there through duels, and other tests of skill, and raids, he earned the rank of Klaivex, with it his DemiKlaive. He is the head of the body guard unit for Archon of The Flashing Blade. His and his Incubi's loyalty is paid for for another five years. He is known for silently standing there watching, hardly moving, his Demiklaive in hand, waiting. Those who have tried to kill the upstart Archon have meet their death either to a flurry of strikes or a single cleaving blow. When ever his opinion is asked, he answers with a simple neutral tone, with tactical information only, never his personal opinion or feelings. He rarely interacts with others, beyond his Incubi unit. He personally thinks of eldar as pathetic, and dislikes the new fashion of inviting them on raids. But first and for most he is a killer, that will survive.
Personality: Most think cold statue, decoration when they talk about Venra. Except those who have seen his Demikliave draw blood. They talk about him as one would a deadly mantis. Though the conversations are short, little is known about him outside the Incubi temple. He doesn't talk about himself, ever.
Appearance: He is larger then most Dark Eldar. His Armor rigorlessly maintained from the black metal polished to a mirror shine, to each blade sharp enough to skin a mon-keigh without them feeling it. The lenses in his helmet are red mirrored, so none can see his eyes, as they drift around the room watching for anything out of place.
Skills: Finally - Weapons Alertness Athletics Might Resolve Leadership Stealth Endurance Intimidation Fists/Martial Arts Survival Art Guns Investigation Deceit Drive/Piloting Burglary Academics Engineering/Science
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| | | Thor665 Archon
Posts : 5546 Join date : 2011-06-10 Location : Venice, FL
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 01:07 | |
| Raven is approved, he did a full sheet but chose to edit out stuff he didn't think others would know about him.
I approve of such subtle maneuverings. _________________ The Title Troupe! - Nom fellow posters for custom titles. | |
| | | soulthirster8 Hellion
Posts : 79 Join date : 2012-09-17 Location : Infiltrating culexus temple
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 03:14 | |
| I like personality in my guys. I didn't want to be just another sslyth.
Name: Verson Selathoni
Age: 294
Equipment: Dual wield splinter pistols, two handed spiked chainwhip, shardcarbine, ghostplate armour, fangs and tail.
Backround: The moment Verson Selathoni burst from his egg in the hatching chambers, the sslyth elders saw hatred in his eyes as they blinked into the twilight of the stolen suns. As soon as the meat hit the floor, Verson was moving. Any of his siblings that got in the way to the food were turned into puncturd copses as his fangs flashed crimson in the twilight. The survivors scattered, shaking with fear of their sibling. The elders waited for him to finish his fill and then lifted him from the pit. He was counted trully as a blessing that outweighed the loss of so many young.
Over the next few decades, he was subjected to exhausting physical treatment, survival in hostile environments, weapons training in every weapon that the sponsor kabal of the flashing blade had and more. The warriors life became all he knew. He never once begged for mercy or gave up. Instead, he responded with pure hate and malice. Over the cource of his final training exams, he and the elders began to see sudden growth spurts when they should have finished and two stumps at the sides of his body. The elders knew well what it was. A rare occurance in sslyths that made them massive even for sslyths and an extra set of arms. He was to become a praeatorian sslyth. He soon loomed over the elders that had been towers to him in that hatching chamber
After the training was finished, archon Elkthrae had his eye grbbed by a massive sslyth when he was browsing for a new bodyguard. He certainly lacked subtlety but he looked like he could go toe to toe with a super-human mon-keigh or monstrous ork warlord and not only survive, but win. He and the others who Elkthrae picked versed each other in a combat arena to the death and soon, six bodies lie face down in the blooded sand either slashed apart by his monstrous chain whip, poisoned by his natural bite, constricted with a bone crushing tail or pepperd by spliner rounds. It was that day that he entered the archons inner circle, acting as the largest of the guards and champions there were in the retinue and sighning a blood oath to protect the master no mater the cost.
Unsettled debt: Blood oath to bring back Elkthrae.
Personality: Verson is gruff, no nonsenses and down to the point. He is loyal to nobody except Elkthrae himself and the sslyth ancients. He is suspicious about everything and everyone. When he fights he dose it with cold, silent, methodical effciency that is terrifying beyond the roars of the crude races in realspace. A blur of whip, tail and fang. He stares at allcomers with baelful eyes and a hiss that makes everyone in the vicinity lower in rank to him whimper inwardly. When he does speak, its a slow, grinding and slightly irritated snarl of a voice that comes from a life of hate
Apperance: Verson wears ornate ghostplate the colour of Commoragh midnight forged by his ancestors and given to the most gifted and only them. It repels his combatants blows easily and absorbs light rather than reflect it. His scales are the color of near black with a hint of crimson. His eyes are frost blue and stand out in shocking contrast to his other atire. His chain whip goes into a backpack that can extend it up to seven metres in length and is nearly unbreakable.
Skills: • Intimidation • Fists/Martial arts • Weapons • Guns • Might • Athletics • Endurance • Alertness • Investigation • Leadership • Survival • Academics • Resolve • Burglary • Deceit • Stealth • Engineering/Science • Drive/ Piloting • Art
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| | | Massaen Klaivex
Posts : 2268 Join date : 2011-07-05 Location : Western Australia
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 03:34 | |
| Argh! Stole my sslyth idea... Back to the drawing board _________________ Objective Secured - Western Australia's Premier 40k Event Organisers and Website OBJECTIVE SECURED
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| | | Ruke Wych
Posts : 731 Join date : 2012-02-18 Location : WayX
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 03:41 | |
| at this rate, theres not going to be a single member of the actual kabal... _________________ No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
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| | | soulthirster8 Hellion
Posts : 79 Join date : 2012-09-17 Location : Infiltrating culexus temple
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 03:44 | |
| Sslyths are kabal as long as their payed. | |
| | | ravengoescaw Heamonculi
Posts : 215 Join date : 2012-09-27 Location : Corvallis, OR
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 04:11 | |
| Hey thor said two none kabal.... Why do you think I hurried to get my char to him. Granted my Char is loyal to the kabal... for another five years. If there isn't an archon to renew the contract, not a moment longer...... _________________ The new army and it's fluff
http://www.thedarkcity.net/t12640-band-of-the-unbending-thorn#142250
Still fighting the world and saving damsels in distress. ~Raven
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| | | Ruke Wych
Posts : 731 Join date : 2012-02-18 Location : WayX
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 05:06 | |
| true... _________________ No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
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| | | soulthirster8 Hellion
Posts : 79 Join date : 2012-09-17 Location : Infiltrating culexus temple
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 05:47 | |
| Same here with Verson. Wait! Am I the second guy in? I'm confused. | |
| | | ravengoescaw Heamonculi
Posts : 215 Join date : 2012-09-27 Location : Corvallis, OR
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 06:01 | |
| - soulthirster8 wrote:
- Same here with Verson.
Wait! Am I the second guy in? I'm confused. I believe you are. Do to your char not being in OCC. Did you PM your Char sheet to Thor? I PMed mine and did not put a post in the thread till I was accepted. | |
| | | soulthirster8 Hellion
Posts : 79 Join date : 2012-09-17 Location : Infiltrating culexus temple
| Subject: Re: The Shattered Blade - OOC (Signups currently full - Accepting replacement queue interest) Sun Oct 07 2012, 09:14 | |
| Wait, tell me if I'm ametur but what does OCC mean. | |
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