Kingdom Hearts: A New Dawn (OOC & SU)

Making a run for the Head Mercenary spot. Not sure I'm thrilled about being limited to light or darkness though. I was kinda drifting towards giving him nothingness as the backdrop for his powers.

 

Name: Deimos

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Created from Darkness

Role: Knight of Darkness (Sophia’s Guardian)

Personality: Loyal to a fault. Deimos is an artificial human created to serve as the Guardian of the Twilight Princess. His loyalty to the Princess has never faltered, and to the surprise of his creators, he’s begun to show signs of true feelings, rather then artificial ones. There is no doubt that Deimos would give his life to protect the Princess, and, unless ordered by the Princess herself, Deimos will never leave her side, and even then, should the situation call for it, Deimos will remain by her side even if ordered away.

When in battle, his personality is nearly identical to his normal persona, but he's extremely ruthless, and will stop at nothing to eliminate any threats to his master, Sophia.

Appearance: *Soon*

Weapons:

Sharpshooter
A keyblade custom made for Deimos. It allows him to remain close to Sophia, while also picking off enemies at a distance. The weapon itself is implemented in most of Deimos’s abilities, and it’s raw physical power is terrifying.

Powers/Abilities:

The Gauntlet of Turmoil

A powerful armored Gauntlet created by the Supreme Ruler for his knight. It grants Deimos access to the darkest and most ancient of magics.

Pain

The darkest and most ancient of magical attacks. At the cost of his own life, Deimos can inflict a curse upon any opponent he so chooses, that will drain their life away, once it has drained nearly all the life from the body, the curse will effectively cripple the opponent in all possible ways, leaving them unable to move, fight or even speak. It takes ten days for the curse to take full effect. By the fifteenth day, the afflicted is dead.

While undoubtedly powerful, the fallbacks of the ability are far from generous. They are as follows:

Pain Fallbacks
There is a cure for the Curse. But it must be administrated before the tenth day and can only be found in the Realm of Darkness.

The incantation required to use the move is brutally long, and thus easily interrupted. Should the incantation be interrupted, the user must begin from the start again.

While very hard to dodge, due to the ability being an invisible ball of darkness, it is very much avoidable.

Hit or miss, the ability kills the user. Once the incantation is finished the user gives up their life to inflict the curse upon the opponent.

The ability can only be used by Deimos if Sophia commands him to use it. He cannot use it on his own, and therefore, he(I) has(have) no control over its use. If Sophia decides never to use it, it will never be used.
(If the attack is still too overpowered for you guys I'll remove it. I'm just in a FFX ability mood)


Big Bang

Deimos unleashes a massive Graviga ball that engulfs his opponents. Once they are trapped inside, he fires off two rockets that, upon impact, detonate the Graviga ball, resulting in an earth shattering explosion. Deimos must recharge after using this move.

Oblivion
A powerful attack taught to Deimos by the Supreme Ruler himself, which is only usable if Sophia is critically injured.. It creates an artificial plane, which any enemy within a two mile radius is transported into. From there, Deimos unleashes a heavy barrage of shots from Sharpshooter that home in on their targets. Deimos then uses his Gauntlet to cause the artificial plane to implode damaging all within it. Deimos has been programmed to use this move immediately should Sophia sustain too much damage.

Dark Bomb

Deimos leaps high into the air, focusing a large amount of darkness into his gauntlet that is released in a shockwave of darkness upon impact with the ground.

Strengths: Deimos is immune to most darkness infused abilities, and his Gauntlet can absorb said abilities to heal himself. His brute strength is something to be feared, and his aim with his keyblade is practically flawless. His Gauntlet can also act as a shield, as it’s made of a very powerful dark material.

Weaknesses: Deimos is loyal to a fault, though he is not easily provoked or angered, harming the princess, or threatening her, is a surefire way to piss Deimos off enough to want to kill you on the spot. He’s also naturally weak against light magic and abilities to a certain extent, though he’s been hurt by Sophia’s attacks more then once. Fighting Deimos at a distance is bound to get you killed, while immensely powerful, he’s more efficient at long range, he’s not terrible at fighting at close range, but he’s not very good at it either.


Bio: Deimos was created on the day Sophia was born. He was created to age with Sophia, so as to remain close to her at all times. As such, he’s been by her side all his life. From a young age he’s been protecting her, helping her, and just being there for her, and the few times he was absent, including the day her parents were murdered, he would make up to her with games and toys among other things.

He was initially given mere artificial feelings, but as he grew, alongside the princess, he began to develop more then just fabricated feelings, they grew to become genuine, and to the surprise of his creator, the Supreme Ruler, Deimos began developing feelings for Sophia directly.

This was the one and only time Deimos would speak out against his creator, telling the Supreme Ruler that he would not attempt to make Sophia fall in love with him just so she would have a reason to side with the Darkness. If she fell in love with him, it’d be natural, and, with a straight face, Deimos bluntly stated that the Princess wouldn’t be falling in love with him anyway, because it wasn’t her, she’s far to innocent. After he spoke, Deimos up and left, leaving the Supreme Ruler to question what just happened, because he hadn’t planned on getting involved in her personal affairs.

Deimos returned to Sophia’s side, and has remained there day in and day out for the past three years. Deimos lives to serve her, he lives to protect her. He would die for her, bleed for her, sacrifice anything and everything for her well being. That’s just who he is, he has been, and always will be, Sophia’s faithful Guardian.

Theme: (None yet)

Other: Don’t bother trying to sleep in the same room as Sophia. If Deimos isn’t inside the room with her, he’s guarding the door. Nobody sees the princess without him knowing, and he will allow nobody, not even him, to sleep with her, unless she directly permits it.

Deimos is very protective of Sophia, and he’s also very untrusting of the Knight of Light, not because he’s from the opposite realm however, but because he doesn’t know his motives. He’s aware that he’s to protect Sophia under the King of Light’s orders, but what is the King’s motive? Until he knows for sure, Deimos will remain cautious of the other Knight.

 

My work thus far. I see that Curtis' merc character got accepted as the Keybearer... but I figured since I had a back story idea for that I'd pitch it anyways and see what KoD thinks; I've italicized the segment of his biography that covers that much. Still working out how I'm going to word out his personality and powers; stealing time for that as I can with final exams/projects in swing.

Name: Nils | Faust Bage
Age: Roughly 60; appears in his mid-twenties
Role: Head Mercenary
Born of: Light
Reborn of: Naught

Appearance:http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com...m/YAOI/silver_chaos_image_4pKr6kgt3i5800z.jpg

Personality: In the lack of a Heart, Nils is completely devoid of any sense of emotion or feeling. While he can recall the state of most emotions and replicate those states flawlessly, he relies little on such antics and pretending, preferring to stay true to his unfeeling nature. On the rare occasions that he shows a glimmer of emotion over anything, it's usually done for the purpose of rhetoric to get his point across. He is commonly witnessed as a cold and somewhat callous man, showing no empathy for the pains and tribulations of others. What he lacks in emotion is covered by pure, hard logic. He sees himself as an being unclouded by the limiting constraints of feeling, which cause the mind to drift away from "true ideals" in favor of what brings the Heart its pleasure. He believes himself to be capable of seeing past the dictations of pleasuring the Heart and seeing through to what constitutes the greater good of true moral standard.

Biography:

Early Life​

Born of the Realm of Light, Faust was descended from two great bloodlines. From his father’s side he was the son of a long line of nobles and prior Knights of Light that had stood by the King of Light. On his mother’s side, he bore an indirect blood relation to the royal family itself; by order of succession, he would have been around the twentieth in line to take the throne. Despite the nature of bloodlines and succession pushing him further down the list as new children were born ahead of him, he was destined to reach great heights without the throne.

Faust began his rise to greatness at age 17, when he followed in the footsteps of his father’s line as a conscript in the Light King’s armies. As could be expected, he excelled in his training. By age 18 he was cleared for active service. With the realms of Light and Darkness still at war with each other, without any victory to be seen on either side, there was plenty of work to be done. As a fresh recruit from the barracks he was sent out to the front lines to battle against the forces of Darkness on the edge of the Realm of Light; there, the Dark armies were strongest and most persistent, and the Light Knights needed to leave an impression early.

Military Rise​

And leave an impression they did.

Faust became a valuable member of the team from the outset of his tour of duty, offering numerous victories in single combat and often aiding his comrades, particularly those that had been injured. Through skill, strength and pure willpower, Faust managed to survive slew after slew of combat. Impressively, the young warrior managed to survive over the course of years battling on the outer worlds against some of the most powerful and massive armies of Darkness. By age 22, Faust was both up for promotion to the Rank of Lieutenant Captain and scheduled for a reassignment. The long story short of both events: Faust received his promotion and was moved to his new assignment.

His new station was the world of Traverse Town, a fortified city so close to the Darkness that it was caught eternally amongst a starry night. Being a significant military garrison, it was under an almost constant siege by the armies of Darkness, which had, on several occasions, managed to breach the gate into the town's First District. The battles that followed proved to be the most grueling and disturbing of Faust's military career. On more than one instance he witnessed the near demise of the garrison, before valiantly staving its attackers off. The tolls of lost comrades had an even harsher effect on him; only a month into his stay, he was fighting in the name of more and more fallen brethren.

It was during this stay in Traverse Town that Faust would come into possession of a most valuable asset to defeating the Darkness: A Keyblade. When the locally stationed Keybearer was upon his deathbed, mortally wounded from a rare breach into the Second District, he called upon the young officer, and passed his Keyblade onto him, ensuring that the next warrior to wield it was both young and skilled enough to make good, long term use out of the weapon. This event marked the next great period for Faust's career; as the resident Keybearer in Traverse Town, he became the rallying point for many of the future battles.

The next several years would see the new Keybearer receiving a string of promotions, in a steady effort to keep the most inspiring figure in the Traverse Town Armies in noticeable position to boost morale. From his promotion to Captain to fill his predecessor's place, he was later promoted to Lt. Colonel, to Colonel and so on. By age 26, Faust Bage was entitled as "General Officer of the Traverse Town Defensive," or simply "General Bage." It was this rank that he would hold for several years to follow. It was also after this promotion that the Darkness seemed to lighten its offensives, taking a series of glancing blows against the town, but ultimately steering clear of open conflict on any large scale; the fame of General Bage, the Keybearer of Traverse Town, had leaked into the enemy lines, prompting a period of war of attrition.

Defense of Traverse Town​

This all came to a head four years later, when, after surmising the new General's assets and prowess, the Dark Armies made the move that Faust had been waiting for: an all out assault on the Traverse Town garrison. It was the largest invasion force Faust, or anyone on the world, had seen on the horizon, numbering in the tens of thousands. With only several thousand troops at his disposal, Faust put in a call to his superior off-world to send reinforcements, stressing Traverse Town as a crucial stronghold to keep the Darkness from freely entering the Realm of Light. "Its fall would provide the Dark Armies a mature garrison directly over the boundary between the two Realms," he wrote. "If we're to make any stand, we must do so here and now."

His response from the General Commander was less than pleasing: “We cannot, at this time in the war, sacrifice more of our ranks for a lost cause.” Receiving provisions but no additional support, Faust was left to lead his forces into battle against an enemy that outnumbered his own ten-to-one.

The ensuing conflict was, by far, the most vicious that anyone stationed on Traverse Town had witnessed first hand. Faust’s army of fewer than five thousand mounted its most impressive defense, maintaining the outer walls against several waves Heartless and human soldiers double their size. Two waves of attack saw the defenses persist. However, by the third wave of the invasion finally broke walls and smashed through the gate into the First District. With his numbers halved by the previous waves, Faust called for a retreat into the Second District, where his army, once more proved itself resilient, springing back from a morale deficit. But the damage had been dealt, and the third wave’s momentum allowed it to break through the gate into the Second District. Again, Faust’s army was halved in numbers.

He called for retreat a second time, pulling back into the Third District, where the bulk of his army prepared to stand ground, intending to use the small space to restrict the effectiveness of the Dark Army’s size. Meanwhile, Faust ordered a detachment to the alleyways leading into the Second District in an attempt to ambush the enemy from behind. Both strategies proved useful. With the aid of a small contingent of a citizen militia joining from the evacuation zone in the Zero District, force in the Third District toppled their clustered enemies; the ambush unit’s efforts managed to keep the enemy’s rear guard surprised long enough to break through to join the main force.

Strategy, it seemed, was about to win the day for the Armies of Light.

Last Ditch Effort​

The battle against the enemy’s third wave ended in victory for Faust’s army. Through his army’s resilience and strategy, the day was won. However, one look beyond the walls and the broken gate revealed that a fourth wave was preparing to mount the final assault on the town. Had Faust’s army been larger, he would have stood ground and defended Traverse Town from Third District and Zero District. But that wasn’t in the cards. With less than one thousand troops left at his disposal, and the militia evacuated in the lull after the third wave, Faust resolved to take the battle into a final a stand.

He moved his forces to the First District, setting up his last line of defense at the broken gate. There, his force, then consisting of five hundred warriors, used another bottlenecking tactic, meeting the Dark Army as it moved to enter the town. All the while, they maintained position just inside of the wall in effort to force their enemy’s hand into only sending so many troops in at once. But the overwhelming tide against them pushed the small unit back into the district, allowing more invaders to flood in.

At that point, the battle was resolved as a lost cause. Yet, as Faust ordered, the Army of Light took “as many of them with them as they could.”

Death and Rebirth​

At the end of the day, Faust Bage was the last man standing amid the slew of standing foes and fallen comrades. Within his Heart, Darkness had formulated from his rage and frustration at his commander for having left him against such odds, costing the lives of an entire world’s worth of military. This proved to be his final downfall. As he continued to stave off the invasion single-handedly, he took blade to his Heart. The Darkness within him welled up. He tried to use that Darkness for his own gain, to try and take an upper hand. But his Light could not support the Darkness that had grown within. After one, last, howling blast of power, Faust Bage fell to the ground. His Heart tore out of his body, surrounded by the very Darkness that had taken it.

He was dead…

Or was he?

Not long after his apparent death, Faust found himself floating through a void, feeling strangely… empty. He heard a voice in the distance, disembodied yet somehow still resonating through the space, or lack thereof. “You’re Nobody now, Faust Bage. And as such, you work for me.”

After some time drifting through that void, he was spat out of that void, and into the Realm of Darkness. Different in appearance and lacking his Heart, his memories remained in tact. He was unaware of the cruel irony that his King had heard of his plight and sent reinforcements to aid him; they had arrived shortly after his defeat, flushing out the Dark Army and retaking Traverse Town. His thoughts only drifted towards one thing: Exacting justice; upon the Realm of Darkness for their greed, and upon the Realm of Light for their lack of urgency that left his entire army dead. Adopting the moniker of “Nils” in expression of his practically non-existent nature, he scoured the Realms of Light and Darkness in search of recruits to aid him in his exacting of justice.

Weapon: Touch of the Void - When Faust's Heart was consumed and taken by the Darkness, something went wrong. The Darkness was able to rip the Heart from his body. What it couldn't seem to do was take the Heart unto itself. In the final seconds of his fall, Faust's Heart managed to formulate a defensive measure, gathering the very essence of his Light. Encased in and filled with this Light as a protection, the Heart has persisted, drifting through parts unknown.

Somehow, Nils has managed to reestablish some connection to his old Heart, which is, in itself, reaching out for its former owner. Through this connection, Nils is able to continue the summoning of a Keyblade. The Keyblade, however, has changed in form and on many accounts function. Now taking a form inherent of the Realm of Nothingness, Touch of the Void stems many of the old magic an abilities, channeling them through the Realm of Nothingness, imbuing and amplifying traditional applications with the the essence of Naught.

Powers & Abilities: Rendered by the Realm of Nothingness to carry with him the essence of Naught itself, Nils stands as an antithesis to existence. With the powers of Light and Darkness being the prominent essences of existence or the root natures of life, Naught is then the essence of non-existence and the nature of death. Expressed as a neutralized force or energy, Naught functions as null against the elements of existence; as Darkness meeting an equal amount of Light will result in a cancellation, so too would a matched exertion of Nothingness serve to undo a force of Light, Darkness or any other energy or force projected against it.

Nils, as the product of a Realm and essence to which notions of time and space have little to no meaning, is unbound by such forces. He is ageless (thus his young appearance despite his actual age) and is unaffected by such magic as relating to time. He is able to freely travel throughout the Realms almost instantaneously, even without the use of actual portals. As of now, he is the only person understood to have access to enter the Realm of Nothingness.

Nils projects this power in many of the common forms, in particular using projectiles of a sort of anti-energy and as fields, shields and base forms of telekinesis. To take a blast of Nothingness or meet a shield of it directly is to subject oneself to direct unraveling as its power results in the negation of the existent forces that bind the physical energy and material of the Realms together.

Weakness: Nils is working against the clock these days, even with his timeless nature. The Realm of Nothingness is being slowly phased from the cosmic makeup of the universe. Because of the formation of the Realm of Twilight, in which the forces of Light and Darkness have been able to coexist peacefully without actually negating each other and rebuffing the void, the Realm of Nothingness is losing ground and power. Nils alone is aware of this fact. The stronger the Realm of Twilight grows, the weaker the Realm of Nothingness becomes. Nils' ability to stem his Realm's power fluctuates based on this condition. As with the Realm of Darkness in the old days, the Realm of Nothingness needs sustenance to continue on. When Nils renders something or someone unto Naught, it assimilates into that Realm, thus providing it power proportional to that which was undone. Nils must be at constant work to maintain himself and his Realm, or otherwise see it and himself fade away.

 

I thought only Knights, Royalty, and one Merc were supposed to have a keyblade? Or am I missing something here lol

 

I've actually been thinking about that ever since you posted Valdus without a Keyblade. I've come up with a few solutions, the most prominent being that he just found it on a dead body and took it as his own. Honestly, I may take his keyblade away altogether if I can't think of some viable way he could have one.

 

I'll be taking tonight to put the finishing touches on Nils.