MistCassel said:

Name:

Anna Karlsson

Age:

22 (21 when not including her hibernation)

Gender:

Female

Appearance:

Anna has a very dark tan and a fiendish smile. Her hair is extremely shiny, pale-blond, and curled. It is trimmed (not shaved) close along her head and neck, reaching a maximum length of 4 inches towards the top of her head where it is messily parted on the side and rests in a pile above her forehead. It frames her face nicely and is undeniably cut for aesthetic appeal over practicality. Her visage is freckled sparsely across the top of her cheeks and her calculating eyes carry all-too-noticeable, striking black sclera, with ethereal metallic gold irises. Oddly enough, her eyes hold no pupils, as if two gold coins had been welded onto the edge of a void. Her face is well sculpted, with discreet cheekbones and a small, rounded nose. The resulting appearance is something one might imagine for a fae or perhaps a very conservative punk rockstar: classy, alluring, but peculiarly wild.

She is 4 feet and weighs 107 lbs. Her build is petite and moderately fit. Her left hand is badly disfigured; she is missing her forefinger and in place of what some might expect a stump is instead a hideous gash that rips into her palm and generally destroys the functionality of all but her thumb and fifth finger. She is missing her last two fingers on her right hand. A considerable chunk of her right lower torso has been torn off, along with horrible, indented, splotchy scars along her back, neck, and the base of her head. There are several scarred scratches along her legs and elbows. However, the scar tissue is not the faded pink of most humans, but rather a rippling, jagged layer of gold protects each abrasion. This makes the visual illusion that raw gold rests beneath her skin in place of flesh.

Her clothing style is expensive, to say the least, but she stole all of it. She loves a good satin collared shirt, or a soft cashmere sweater. She’ll always be covered in glittering jewelry, but never silver; jingling bracelets, the occasional anklet, chokers, necklaces, and big, extravagant, shiny earrings will always be found on her person if she has a say. She adores creamy beige, tanned yellows and golds, dark, bloody reds, deep navies, but always something with color. She doesn’t like when things are monochrome. They are depressing in her eyes. She will always, always be wearing a golden locket around her neck and a pair of stiff, red leather gloves.

Personality:

Anna is a live-to-her-fullest sort of person. She’ll seek after ways to make the most out of her spared life despite her sensory limitations, often via feeding her kleptomania. She loves crystals and mirrors and often would string shards of anything shiny into odd, squirming, spiraling wind-chimes via wire and string. She laments her inability to play the piano now that her hands have been so horribly mutilated, so her chimes serve as compensation. She dances regularly to anything musical, from the rhythmic blaring of an alarm, to the ticking of a clock, to music no one else hears, and she is quite a good dancer. When citing, she is prone to incessant fidgeting and finger tapping. She talks to herself. Anything to keep cheerful.

Her people skills are not necessarily bad, it is simply that she is far more likely to steal from you than she is to walk up to you and say ‘Hi.’It would seem the concept of a ‘heart of gold’ is relative. She generally hates the thought that she might disappoint someone, for she strongly believes she was a disappointment to her family and often sticks to those who befriend her with an attentive and friendly demeanor in the hopes of slowly making up for her wrongs. She believes heartily in and inverse of the golden rule, and will do unto others as they’ve done to her. However, she is also unconditionally forgiving after delivering her payback. In her eyes, two rights are awesome and two wrongs make a blank slate and clears the way for second chances.

Backstory (Optional):

Anna grew up in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, as a kleptomaniac. The daughter of a banker and a pianist, her family was hardly wealthy (because if you’ve looked into Icelandic news, their bank systems are struggling horribly.) She steals everything she wants and has been for as long as she can remember. When she was 9, she stole a pretty, cursed golden locket(though she never knew it was the source of her problems until she was 19). It called to her one way or another. Her parents could never find the original owner so that they might get her to return it, so much to her delight, Anna got to keep it. Slowly… she found herself changing. Her eyesight changed. It was only through the reflection off shiny objects that she could see color. No pair of glasses could help this. All in her world is monochrome unless she sees it in a mirror or off something properly polished. Her sense of touch changed too. As time passed, she could no longer smell or taste and her ability to perceive texture faded away. Only her hearing remained the same, for she always adored music and practiced the piano every day under the guidance of her mother, who would play at local restaurants. It came to be that her greed consumed her, and her kleptomania worsened. Not even her parents and the desperate efforts of a therapist could cure her hunger. Soon it became something she actively helped by planning small heists at the age of 15 at malls and local stores.

One day, when she was 19, she was on the run from mall security, having robbed a jewelry store of as much of it’s delicate gold creations as she could. Considering she brought with her two large grocery bags, she managed to steal all of it. She hid herself in an electronic maintenance room on the third floor, but upon seeing all the shiny metal pieces, she started a fire taking the fuse box apart. Naturally, she couldn’t stay in that room, so she fled and was spotted by the guards. Fleeing, Anna fell from the third floor to the first over the railing and onto a life-sized wildlife diorama of the stalagmites on a cave floor there for decoration. She would have died upon impact, impaled in several places by the faux rocks, but her locket saved her and now her life is irrevocably tied to it. The fire slowly melted away the gold she’d stolen, and the locket used it to save her, welding it into her body where it thickened her blood and allowed her to conduct the heat rather than burn away. With great effort, she tore herself free from the diorama and fled, unsure what she had become, passing out from the pain of several holes in her body and entering a sort of hibernation under a pile of rubble. Everyone in the mall ended up fleeing the fire, and when the firemen finally managed to clear a way for the Paramedics to search the building, all that was left of Anna’s body was shreds of flesh left torn hanging from a melted mess of burning plastic, and a strange, beat up,, golden statue curled up in slumber under the concrete remains of the second floor.

She awoke a year later as… the centerpiece statue in the parking lot of the mall? It was a strange day. Luckily this odd form melted away soon enough and she looked relatively human again, save her eyes and her odd scars. She was hungry, only to find that regular food no longer did the trick. Now, she finds her diet consists solely of gold if she is to satiate herself. Her hunger for wealth was no longer metaphoric. She tried to go home, only to find her family had moved and upon asking around she heard that their mischievous daughter had passed away in a fire. She remains unsure if they’d want to see her like this, but she went looking for them anyway. It wasn’t easy to figure out where they’d gone as she tried to keep up with her feeding needs (via pickpocketing and robbery) and entering public assistance buildings under the guise of both regular humanity and legality. Finally she’d discovered they’d moved to America, and after studying english for several months, breaking through airport security and stowing away on a cargo plane, she finally made it to Pennsylvania where she wandered from state to state gaining her bearings and stealing cars to help her travels. Unable to find her parents after a couple months of searching, she decided to go see the Pacific Ocean and the moment she arrived in California... She was immediately captured by Ibex.

Family (Optional):

I might add this later

Relationship Status:

Open

Sexuality:

Bisexual

Powers/Abilities (5 Maximum || 9 Maximum for Previous Characters):

Slight of Hand: She simply has unmagical skill with pickpocketing and stealth.

Magical Ability Overview:

Anna’s abilities roughly fit under the concept of a Golden Geoshift. Gold is laced into her body and linked to her through the locket. She cannot manipulate its shape with any kind of telekinesis and has no control over gold her body hasn’t consumed. However, she can turn herself to solid gold, weighs far more than you would expect someone so small to weigh, and can slowly

1. Aided Regeneration: She is no longer completely mortal, and her wounds far slower than the average human. However, they can be welded back into place. If a wound is lethal, she will go into hibernation until either it has been repaired or until gold has re-created any missing pieces (which often takes at least six months depending on the wound). If she loses a limb, gold will slowly creep from the abrasion and form a replacement if it is not welded back on. This mechanic applies to a missing head but it will probably take decades for anything as large as a head, arm, or leg to fully return and for her to awaken. In general this means she can be incapacitated many different ways, but she will survive.
2. Golden Flesh: The gold she stole on the day she died welded into her and thanks to its preservational properties, she cannot decay. Now that her life is bound to it, she can somewhat control the way it affects her. She can harden her skin and turn into something of a golden statue to shield herself, but she cannot move any solidified sections of herself whilst using this mechanic. It often occurs beyond her control when she is frightened, angry or experiencing any strong negative emotion. This is one of the main reasons she does her best to choose forgiveness. It protects her well from fire, but makes her more vulnerable to electrocution because the gold will conduct it.
3. Enhanced Agility: This ability is accessible to Anna only when she has been lit on fire. Fire doesn’t hurt her but the added heat melts the gold in her skin and energizes her, making her faster, more flexible, but softening the gold on her skin when she uses it to shield herself. By contrast, colder environments slow her down but make her a little more durable. She has no idea being lit on fire does this for her; not since the incident with the mall fuse box has she ever been in a situation wherein she has been on fire or would choose to light herself on fire.
4. Gold absorption: As mentioned before, instead of maintaining herself by eating, she instead consumes gold. The more she eats, the more durable she becomes because she becomes denser as opposed to larger. This way, she has spare gold to stretch out when in need of regeneration. However, this does not apply to the wounds she procured when she fell in the mall, for they were inflicted before she was truly bound to the locket.

Other:

1. Her locket took her soul when she near-died and it is now the source of her life. Destroying it with a silver tool is the only way to permanently kill her.
2. Silver weapons are especially effective against her and when used against her, they start a sort of infection that hardens the gold in her flesh around the wound(s) that will spread unless forcefully cut out.
3. Whoever is in possession of her locket is in possession of her soul and can therefore control her. She retains her mind and will certainly speak it if not ordered to stay silent or to think differently, but in general whatever the holder of the locket says goes.
4. I love Birb

Plague Doctor said:

Name:

Eriks Smirnov

Name Meaning:

Eriks: Eternal Ruler

Smirnov: Peaceful

Nicknames:

The Runaway Prince

Levushka Jr.

Age:

Unborn (currently)

12 (future)

Gender:

Male

Apperance:

Eriks is the average height and weight for a 12-year-old. He weighs 91.5 lbs (41.5 kg), and his height is 59.0" (149.8 cm). The color of his skin is in-between warm ivory and pale, the exact color unclear. He has a lean body and is well-muscled, considering his age. His hair is golden in color, but it also has strands of dark hair -making his hair dirty blonde sort of color. Like his mother and aunts, his eyes are sectoral and complete heterochromatic, a gentic trait he got from his mom's side of the family. The base of his eyes is a golden color (thanks to Levushka), but his left eye has a bit of neon yellow and the stunning dark blue in his right.

A genetic trait coming from his dad's side of the family is the red birthmark. Eriks' birthmark is in the shape of a star and located on his cheek - but it's small, making it hard to see. His outfit is more biker style than anything - leather jackets, dark-grey to black clothing colors, and boots that can help knock teeth out. Indeed, he became the creator of the term 'punk kid'.

Personality:

Eriks is a calm kid with calculating eyes, rarely speaking to anyone he finds annoying. Distant from anyone -not liking physical or verbal contact with people. His eyes are cold - emotionless, some might say. He's disgusted by the thought of human contact and would avoid it as much as possible. Never try to hug him, or you might get stabbed in the ribs. A calm complexion most of the time, rarely lashing out unless someone or something ticks him off for too much.

When he snaps, he goes into full-blown killer mode and won't stop trying to kill you until you're dead. Like his mother, he's a ticking time bomb, but he has a longer fuse. In other words, he has more patience than his mother, but that doesn't mean he won't lash out. Oddly enough, he does give respect to those older than him and would nod his head before continuing.

Secretly, he has a soft spot for stuffed animals, so if you want to distract him, give him a bear. He loves eating sweets, enjoying the taste of it on his tongue, and craves affection. He doesn't want to admit that, and he would gladly kill you to keep the secret safe.

Backstory (optional):

Unknown

Family:

Nyx (Mother; Alive)

Levushka (Father; Alive)

Dakota (Aunt; Alive)

Glory (Aunt; Alive)

Zaphara (Mentor; Alive)

So many others...

Relationship Status:

Relationships are for sinners

Sexuality:

A child!

Abilities/Powers:

Absorption

Can absorb anything/everything, including matter/energy, power, concepts, etc., while removing it from the source, into their body and using it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as a power source, etc., either temporarily or permanently.

Weapon Manipulation

Create, summon, shape, manipulate and use any kind of weapons with perfect skill, whether pre-modern, modern, or even futuristic using laser, plasma, antimatter, or even more exotic ammunition/attacks. If it is a weapon or could be improvised as one, they are completely proficient with it.

Gravity Manipulation

Create, shape, move, control, interact and manipulate gravity, a natural phenomenon in which all things with mass or energy — including planets, stars, galaxies, and light — attract (or gravitate toward) one another.

Ability Learning

Copy other powers simply by learning how to use them. By observing the desired ability and focusing upon it, the user will be able to copy it.

Combat Adaption

Fighting style, tactics, and abilities automatically adapt to be equal or superior to the opponent's style of fighting, whether armed or unarmed, making an opponent's attacks useless after the first few strikes.

Other:

Birb is my new stuffed toy.

Plague Doctor said:

Name:

Ankoku Bushida

Name Meaning:

Ankoku: dark, gloomy, shadow, darkness

Bushida: samurai, warrior

Nicknames:

Nakao's Heir (by everyone)

The Dark Samurai of Japan (by Japanese civilians)

Ko (preferred nickname)

Age:

18

Gender:

Male

Apperance:

Ankoku is 6'2 in height and weighs 175 lbs - he's quite a lightweight for a guy his age. His skin is a pale yellowish tint, eyes monolid, and his face more triangular than round. If he's in Japan, he would be called handsome or beautiful - much to his embarrassment. He seems like a common Japanese man, but his eyes tell a whole other story. His eyes are unique - instead of his eyes a dull brown or black, it's a rainbow. Strange, I know. His rainbow eyes make him peculiar, bringing in unwanted attention. So, you won't see him without some sort of dark-tinted glasses and don't point out his eyes. You'll make him blush in embarrassment.

He has scars all over his body from the training he went through with Nakao. Oh boy, is the man's training methods brutal. Every inch of his body is covered in scars - caused by various weapons that Nakao used to train him. Indeed, poor him for having such a crazed mentor. Although, Ankoku bears no grudge towards his mentor, instead, he appreciates him for helping him get stronger. He hides his scars under layers of bandages, not wanting to scare others who gaze upon him. Not to mention, he does have tattoos of the Japanese mythological creatures on his body.

Personality:

Ankoku is an extremely polite male that's incredibly shy around people, mainly women. He easily gets flustered from compliments or talking to others in broken English - yes, he speaks English, but he needs lots of practice. That doesn't mean insulting the poor young man, he can understand you quite well, and he would insult you in Japanese. He has a kind heart, willing to help anyone that needs it, much to Nakao's annoyance. You would expect him to be like his mentor: sleeping around, an asshole, and extremely violet. Making Ankoku the complete opposite of Nakao; yes, he's a sweet innocent baby boy that needs to be protected.

He never draws his weapons on an innocent, preferring to talk it out before shedding blood. When talking doesn't work, he has no choice but to unsheathe his katana. Once it's out, start calling the funeral services. He'll go full-blown murder mode and would show no mercy toward his opponent. Nakao would be proud. He's extremely protective over his allies and friends - mess with them, you mess with him. Yes, innocent as can be, but he won't shed blood for the sake of his friends.

Backstory (optional):

Ankoku had the same fate as Nakao, an orphaned child stuck in the chaotic black market trade. Starved and berated, he had no hope in living - let alone consider living, until he met his guardian demon. Nakao bought the boy without hesitation, taking him under his wing and pushing him through serious training. Ankoku had lost such dark thoughts, considering Nakao to be a fatherly figure, much to Nakao's disgust. It all changed when Nakao vanished, making the now teenager depressed again. He wandered Japan aimlessly, searching for his vanished father figure while protecting the innocents. When he received word that Nakao was in America, he instantly smuggled himself on a boat to find him. While searching around in America, he was captured by Ibex - leading him to get experimented.

Family:

Nakao (Mentor; Dead)

Unnamed Parents (Unknown)

Sexuality:

Straight

Relationship Status?:

Single

Weapons:

Nakao's katana, Daku (dark)

His katana, Riku (wise sky)

Abilities/Powers:

Katana Proficiency

Take on multiple opponents at once, deflecting incoming physical attacks and countering with optimal skill and finesse. With their supreme proficiency in wielding katanas, they can not only wield multiple katanas (each being slightly different than another) but also perform graceful and phenomenal actions and feats, like cutting a bullet in half. With the user's superior knowledge of katanas, they would be able to possess an extremely deep understanding of them inside out, knowing when exactly to strike to optimize their full potential or how to prevent an attempt to break them in battle.

Rainbow Manipulation

Create, shape, and manipulate rainbows, an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets in the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky in the form of a multicolored arc.

Sheathed Blade Proficiency

Skilled with a bladed weapon to such a degree that they do not need the unsheathe the blade to cut or stab anything that they target.

Blade Storm Generation

Generate a blizzard of blades, and use them to attack, blind, confuse targets, capture enemies, counter attacks, etc.

Elemental Infusion

Infuse objects (usually a weapon), beings, or powers with elemental forces, empowering and energizing them and allowing the user to manipulate their qualities and efficiency. Depending on the type of element that the object is infused, it can possess a variety of abilities and be very effective in both offensive and defensive combat.

Others:

*befriends all birbs*