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Before the Dawn AU - Squall Leonhart (long post)

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SUMMARY: (short version if AU info, due to the fact that the full length info originally written up is very long)--Squall, a WereLion of unique lineage, was raised to serve as Knight to sorceresses, but would not endure such a horrible existence of abusive training and eternal servitude to the wills and whims of a cruel sorceress forever. He finds freedom, but endures the constant threat of capture from then on, from more than one Sorceress, some wanting to make him an even greater breed of Knight than he was before. He’s endured a great deal of pain, and shed plenty of blood, on his road to freedom and understanding himself, but with aid from a few, he will eventually forge for himself a word where the cruel pay for the sins, and the innocent and tormented can strive for peace. FULL LENGTH HISTORY FOUND IN THIS LINK, IN THE VERSES SECTION OF HIS PROFILE.

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Name: Squall / Leonhart (amongst allies he helped free) / Renzokuken (of Adel) / Grief’s Heir.

Species: Were-Lion of refined and bred lineage.

Role/Profession/Job: Bred specimen, then knight, now traitor/rebel of knights.

Age: 267, physically a young adult.

Nature: Silent, withdrawn, standoffish, and closed off. He’s not extremely easy to anger, but he is easy to unease. Always moving, always avoiding notice, as well as avoiding lingering and mingling for too long, he is a wanderer with a tremendous weight upon his back. Prone to aggressive outbursts when on his own, especially in the wilds, too long. can have feral periods, can also have silent periods hidden away. Longs for a pride, yet reluctant to forge one. he is a reluctantly warrior looking for a place and time where the fighting can finally cease for him.

Personality: He is closed off and untrusting. He is, by instinct and by training, a protector, but he does not look for praise or fame. He finds he is constantly wandering and running, looking for his true, personally forged fate. Not the one others have forced upon him. He was always expected to lead, and so at times he stubbornly denies the expectation, despite being a reasonable, well rounded leader when he’s forced to try. He has a very caring heart for those who earn it, but there are a great many walls to climb to reach such.

History: A long one of pain, loneliness, manipulation, and violence. He was bred, specifically, to achieve a mix of power and bloodline that would make him a powerful weapon and/or a valuable selling point once he came of proper age, power, and training. And so obedience training, battle training, power training, lessons, and manners training were what his life was filled with for his formative years. He did not really believe that the life he was born into, and was living, was perfectly right—at least, it didn’t feel like it fit. However, he was conditioned enough to believe this was all he was allowed to have. But after the day he was presented to the masses, for random weatlhy nobles as well as royalty, where he shifted to show his were form, he had earned the interest of a rather powerful party, a fact he did not learn until weeks later. But the Sorceress Adel wanted him as he own, and so she would have him. And serving under her was the greatest hell he’d known—fighting, proving himself, against her and her greatest warriors, further training to meet her standards which involved harsh obedience training, and much more. He was to serve her, obey, her, fight her battles, perform battle in her championships—his life was war and blood. Until finally, he’d had enough. and led a rebellion—it, too, seemed to only be war and blood, but from it he tapped into a great power within himself tied to his lineage. He had awakened a berserk form, and many abilities he had yet to fully understand, and he found what freedom he could; but it was freedom on the run, and it was a lonely, cold existence, where he could trust nothing, lest he ensure his death. He met allies and more foes, constantly outrunning Adel’s forces, until he was captured again, tortured within an inch of his life only to be mended again. That is when he eventually caught the desire of another, Ultemicia, who slayed Adel who intended to kill him. He barely made it free of her grasp, but knew, this women was a greater foe and a greater cruel hand that he must keep escaping, or find a way to defeat. And that is his lifes mission, one he hopes to one day achieve, to find something greater on the other side.

POWERS/ABILITIES:

Heightened senses and greater strength (vision, hearing, smell, taste, as well as speed and strength and endurance), and animalistic instincts due to his Were genes.

Form shifting; humanoid form with vibrant eyes and elongated fangs, scraggly hair, and occasionally sharpened nails. Were form being that of a purplish black furred, white maned, blue eyed lion with five rubies encrusted across his forehead where his mane begins, and reddish coloring at the tips of his claws, both on all fours and standing erect. Berzerk form happens to be like his Were form, generally, but erect and a few sizes larger, with blood red claws and ruby like horns extending from his head, a prehensile tail with a sharpened point, and white and black webbed yet feathered wings (can be used to fly, only on Berzerk form, which can tend to be sporadic and not greatly reliable).

Empowered by acquired or gifted magic, as well as the consumption of an age old, blessed ale. Can increase most of his abilities.

Searing bite, as well as slashing attacks—can burn or poison enemies, depending on his intent and their endurance.

Berzerk Mode—Rough Divide slash, where he uses claw or tail to slash his enemies and can tend to use an explosive fire attack with impact. Fated Circle—he can take to the air, summoning energy that it released from wings and tail, causes slashes from the tail and shockwave inducing gusts from his wings. Blasting Zone—a focus of energy sourced from the ruby horns extending from his head, collecting in five thin pillars of energy, before sent in a swirling, aimed blasted with a. roar at his enemies. Finally, Lion Heart—a speedy, rapid attack of slashes, bites, and close range energy blasts from his claws, tail, and teeth.

Grievers Gift Ability—a powerful roar, that not only empowers beasts, inspiring them, and can be dangerous when heard close range, being known to leave some enemies deaf, it is used not only to display a dominant bloodline or to gain allies, but to attack. With the greatest emotion and passion and will, it can be used to summon energy and power by the very energy and power of the users own cry/scream, causing an extremely powerful energy blast. Can only really be tapped into by well trained Were Lions of the right blood line, or through desperate times and circumstances, or even severe risks to of strength and stamina to tap into it by the user.

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Before the Dawn AU | Vincent Valentine (long post)

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In this verse, Vincent stumbled into the grasps of two elders of a rather cult-like coven, seeking to make a Feral Vampire, a demon-power gifted blood sucker of legend. He had been investigating the disappearance of his father, which led him to a beautiful woman….and between her and her cruel mate who she loved by obligation of sire-hood and despised all at once, Vincent Valentine was trapped, tormented, and eventually turned before he had a chance to understand and break free. But not just turned, he was forced through many rituals; which involved foul blood of old, much pain on his part, and a few extra ingredients, not least of which a piece of sacred crystal that his two Sires risked a great deal to get, and would eventually pay for dearly--all in hopes to make him their success. And in a way, he was. Where most others became mute and wild, or died, or were barely strong enough to go out and hunt, he was strong, and held certain abilities connected to other beings that were unlike what normal vampires could wield (instead of just increased speed and strength and endurance, and immortality and enhanced sight, etc, he came to possess influence over some predators as well as predator like deformities he could summon (claws, a tail, horns, glowing eyes), blood influence over weaker vampires to where they could be glamoured like humans, and a small level of telekinesis, and telepathy with those he chooses to share a blood connection with, or is forced to). They intended to use him, though, and after years of torment and tests, he finally broke free of their control (to some degree, it was due to the Madame Sire, Lucrecia, and the fact that she seemed torn between cruelty and a gentle regretful heart that sought to help him and free him, as well as stop further unholy experiments of their Sire Hojo). His Madam Sire was lost to him, and it was some years before he learned of her true fate. And one he came to influence the rest of the coven himself, stronger than his Lord Sire, Hojo fled, with Vincent intent on hunting him down and ending him. From that moment on, Valentine sought to liberate vampires trapped by cruel covens, making one of his own that collected strays and those in need, and he makes a point to hunt down the disgusting wretches of the world. If he was going to be a monster, he might as well be the nightmare to other monsters.

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Name: Vincent Valentine (also known as the Blood Demon, or the Galian Fang)

Species: Feral Vampire (experimentally/ritually altered)

Role/Profession/Job: Former life = Paranormal Investigator and Handler (sometimes exterminator). Mid-Life during his time with the cult = Experiment subject. Current Life = Coven Leader (of the Valentine Coven), Hunter of the Irredeemable Damned, Shadow Aid to the Lost Damned

Age: 467

Nature: Before his change, he was a serious, committed human male, a hunter, trained by his father to know a monster/creature/abnormal being when he saw it, and know what to accept of it and what not, leading him to become a somewhat firm hunter and investigator. That ended when he found himself in the United Coven. After such time, he was angry, thirsty, and wild, being a feral being as he was. He knew how to handle a being like himself, but not how to be one. There was a time of chaos, but eventually, he found his control. Now, he is very much an intense, analytical Feral Vampire, only takes the blood of the willing and consenting, or the blood of those too damned to have any right. He was at a time ashamed of his more monster like state, but has sense come to have some level of peace with it and is known to be very intimidating and animalistic when on Hunts, but patient, quiet, and kind to those who deserve it.

Personality: Before his change, he was a bit secluded and inwardly curious with a big imagination--a bit of a story teller and artist, which bred a desire to see good in the world despite his family only searching for the bad. But years progressed and his role in life shifted. Seriousness and duty drove him, and drove him too far. He wanted to do right by his late father, and was a champion for the truth and balance amongst the dark. After his change, there was a secluded selfish streak as he tried to make sense of his new life, and had to let go of most of his self disgust and rage at his fate. Now, he thrives as a hand of justice, silent and secluded as he can tend to be, and an unconventional caretaker of the lost and misunderstood. 

History: He was troubled but committed. His family had made great strides in their work as Investigative Hunters, but they’d also lost quite a lot as well. For some time, he did not wish to follow his fathers work. But his father fell to an unknown Monster, and it left Vincent to carry on the legacy or leave their line disgraced and the world without a Valentine to make right the horrors of the truly damned. So he took up the mantle and the gun mad especially for him by his father, Cerberus, and began where his father left off. He found that his father was perhaps too old school and harsh on the subjects he would hunt, and made sure to study every facet of the situation before dealing out punishment--half of his targets would be left spared with warning and offer of support as well as absolute end were they ever to betray his trust and expectations, and the other half he exterminated without hesitation when it was made clear they were irredeemable. His hunt eventually led him to the Union Coven, very questionable and so secluded that he couldn’t get information on them without finding himself within the coven that turned out to be more of a cult. In the beginning he was welcomed, and treated as an ally, but he got too comfortable, and was taken advantage of. The Coven leader, Hojo, and his mate, Lucrecia, took him in, still trying to win his favor despite trapping him, and told him nonsense about a great and powerful breed of vampire, and how they sought to birth it into the world. He was against it, and the more he struggled, the more they restricted him, until he was locked away in a dungeon, slowly being drained. When he was near death, he found himself bitten by both mates, and his transition process was put on hold until they could get everything they needed to use him as an experimental trial for the Feral Vampire--something they had thus far failed with. It took a great deal of splicing, blood, and magical artifacts, but finally...they succeeded. Amidst it all, Hojo made it clear he was without a heart or care, he simply wanted to create monstrous wonders. And Lucrecia...was a mystery. One moment she was gleefully at her mates side, toying and testing, and the next she begged Vincent’s forgiveness and tended to him in a very doting fashion. A breed of conflicted, toxic love was coaxed within Vincent, and he was never sure if it was true, or just a part of their experiments. He hated and loved her, and wanted to be free, taking her with him. But it was not to be. In time, his power developed and grew, showing he was a success...and he took advantage of their success. Lucrecia was missing the day he broke free, and Hojo escaped. All beasts, loyal or mindless, within the coven, were wiped out by Vincent. He spent time hunting Hojo to destroy him, Lucrecia to demand answers, and then time struggling to come to terms with what he had become and the hunger within him. A great deal of guilt and suffeirng came, before he found his way again. In time, he sought to make right again the imbalance, but with a broader view than he had before. Now, he fought for the innocent humane beings, as well as the misunderstood creatures, and fought against the beasts without a shred of goodness or heart. In time it turned into a habit, to collect the misunderstood that were on their own, usually Vampires but sometimes other, and so his Coven began. It is a community of true, proper, balanced and caring unity and many of this within his coven follow in his footsteps to help better the world.

Powers/Abilities:

Normal Vampire abilities like increased strength, speed, durability, immortality, and very heightened senses.

Some level of the traditional shapeshifting, but sometimes tied into his Feral abilities.

Influence over susceptible/weaker predators (due to an Alpha-like nature to his Feral side), as well as predator-like deformities he could summon (claws, a tail, horns, glowing eyes). 

Blood influence over weaker vampires to where they could be glamoured like humans, along with his natural influence on what few Vampires he would ever create, if any. 

A small level of telekinesis, and telepathy with those he chooses to share a blood connection with, or is forced to connect with due to other reasons.

Shroud flight.

Presence/Authority amongst lower demons.

Some minor demonic magic.

Possible unexplored link to a demon.

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Beware the Dawn AU - Reno (long post)

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Reno, the Red Noctis Incubus, is one of the more well known and high ranking Demons and Incubi out there, with such a varied pull of Sinergy (ha) from partners, as well as Deals, and Markings. He is tasked with collecting sensual energy from partners, as it gives energy and life to himself and his fellow sex demons, but he is a higher ranking sex demon, which means he is tasked with Marking--keeping a tail and connection on specific partners of interest or power (by claiming with seed), and making Deals with partners for one time or ongoing exnchanges, more often between the partners and his master, but on occasion, him. Despite some rules he doesn’t care for, Reno rather enjoys his job and is proud of his work, and seeks to see the world (and sin with every species he can).

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Name: Reno, the Red Noctis Incubus, or the Red Nightmare

Species: Incubus, Demon

Role/Profession/Job: Reasonably popular Rank 2 Incubus, under orders of the Shadow Boss from hell. Rank 2 Incubi not only bed clients/targets for their unique passion energy, to collect for use of the company as well as the demon themselves, but some targets must be Marked by the demons essence to track them for the interest of the boss, and some bedding endeavors are in search of deals for items, agreements, or business, or other such deals that might deal with more despicable circumstance.

Age: 139

Nature: Like half of his species, he was originally human (the other half being natural Incubi/Sucubi), and so there is still traces of his human baggage within the depths of him, but he has given in a great deal to the mischief, sensual freedom, and confidence of self that comes with his species. He rarely sleeps, unless he has gone a long time without sex, or has otherwise been weakened. He doesn’t each much at all, normal sentient food serving him no purpose unless specifically concocted with infusions of sensual energy that has been collected. Otherwise, he lives off of sensual energy. Without it, he wouldn’t so much die, as become too weak of body and will to do much of anything. He cares very little for trivial, human like problems, but on rare occasions, he can by forced to give in to sympathy, however rare.

Personality: He has a reputation for being very fluent in his work, and always active, which tends to raise a few eyebrows amongst the more professional, business focused Incubi. But he is one of the best, and knows his value well, and makes sure to toe the line between proper business and plentiful pleasure.  

History: Once  a gangster in his former life, struggling on the cobblestone streets to fight his way through ranks, for stability and sense of control. His conscious drove him back then, but it seemed it only drove him into the ground, and he found himself committing sins for the sake of weak and for himself, giving less and less of a damn for his future. He had a very unique, very individual honor code, that few could understand and he didn’t need them to. He found pride and that is what drove him, until he fell the blade of a supposed comrade, betrayed and his life at it’s end. But the next life welcomed him into a new self. He found he’d earned the rank and power of Incubus, and given this new, wild, wonderfully sinful life, he gave his all to it, and earned great reknown for it. He earned rank of one of the more powerful Demon Lords of hell, who ran quite a variety of Rankings, from Incubi, to Sucubi, to beast demons, to haunt demons, and many more. It took time, and a great deal of fuck ups and chances given, but he found his place as an Incubus, loving his new life, loving the way he could connect and toy with sentient, sexual beings, and the fact that he had a true functioning role in the underworld. It was purpose, without too many emotional strings, which to him, ironically, was heaven.

Powers/Abilities: 

Energy Consumption, during intercourse. 

Energy Manipulation, which is the ability to use that energy for himself, for protection or attack, or at times, to influence it within a subject.

Enhanced Sense of Smell, well honed on pheromones, but can at the very least sniff out the scent of species if he’s crossed them before.

Increased Speed and Strength

Levitation/Minor Flight, can only go so high, and can only fly for a certain amount of time

Demon Deal/Contract Ritual magic

Marking Magic, requires an incantation during intercourse to Mark

Adjustable Vision--simple wording for the fact that his vision, for the most part, is fairly clear in normal light, day light, and night time.

Arousal Manipulation, caused by touch usually, but for those particularly susceptible to his influence, for whatever reason, it can take just his gaze or his voice.

Demon attacks/blasts/protections, via demonic incantations.

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Before the Dawn AU - Sephiroth (long post)

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Sephiroth is the only one of his kind--many a Dryad there have been, and some birthed forth from his home land, but none like him. He himself is bound to the Mother Crystal found within the Great Woods in the Forgotten City. For many years, he believed himself a pure being, created to protect his Mother and all that was pure and good that she created or reigned over in the City and at its edges. He knew she hated the weak, the powerless, just as much as she hated those greedy with power and arrogant with toxic ego. And so he hated them as well. For why would he not, if mother did? He protected the City, and roamed within it. But when the day came that a dark Vampire came strolling through, intent on clawing out one of the mothers resting within the crystal (as the form of two women seemed to rest within the great large crystals core), something in him changed. By nature and nurture, he was intent on fighting this Vampire off, but he spewed nonsense about being his true creator, and that his Mothers were useless and greedy wenches. Argument and battle ensued, and what few friends Sephiroth may have gained from the very small population of beings and descendants of Ancients (the original elvenesque people of the Forgotten City and keepers of the crystals and the pure energy of the woods), they tried to aid him, to reason with him. But this Vampire, Hojo, seemed to tear assunder the very fabric of the life the Dryad had lived--He tore too deep into the crystal, and into Sephiroth’s own belief of his existence, and both made Sephiroth susceptible to control….from the very one he trusted most, his great mother Jenova, who’s power had finally been freed enough by the damage to the crystal to reach him. From then on out, she used him like her very tool of will. A great many inhabitants of the City died at his hand, as holy fire wrought throughout it, only a few fae and ancient descendants escaping, seemingly by Sephiroths failure to seize them… Jenova would seek to continue using him as her own puppet, building his power, his strength, twisting him into a possible vessel if she could ever have him free her from the crystal without absolutely destroying it. But Jenova wasn’t the only one in the crystal--no, when Sephiroth was to be made, by Hojo and his mate, Lucrecia, using a shart of Jenova’s crystal, conflict grew between them all, jenova influencing them without their know, breeding Hojo’s greed further, and Lucrecia’s love for those innocents who did not deserve his cruel actions (both the vampire pawn Hojo intended to create, and the back up they saw their claimed son would be). During a confrontation, Lucrecia was stabbed by the shard, which Hojo still used, thinking the ordeal only gave it more power, unknowing of the fact that it had corrupted his mate. Throughout their time developing Sephiroth, she found herself twisted between a cruel darkness akin to Hojo’s, and her true heart shining through. She was almost consumed by that darkness, but escaped with what seemed to be a crystalized egg, holding a small toddler within, and she begged Jenova to make it right, to forgive her her sins in what she’d done to the crystal, and help her give Sephiroth a chance to live. Jenova took advantage of this plea, took Lucrecia into her crystal under the pretense it would prevent her corruption, which it did, but it also locked her away, and she took advantage of having her. Sephiroth was made a monster, by a corrupted Ancient locked away in the Great Crystal, meant to lock and purify her, but it could only bind her for so long. He was a nightmare upon the world, making victims of many beings, from werewolves, to vampires, to demons, to fae, to humans. It mattered not, so long as Jenova saw weakness that needed to be snuffed out. It seemed as if he would either end the world, or have to end himself. It was by the will of warriors that he was finally stopped, and the faint influence of the mother who sacrificed herself for his best chest, Lucrecia, that he found his end….and began again. He returned to the Forgotten City, forging from it’s waters anew, stronger, and wiser, and wearing his crimes and cruelty and truth like a weight upon his shoulders. He now wanders the world looking to purify crystals by a ritual taught to him by a tender ancient decadent girl from before his wreckage upon the City--he wanted to ensure Jenova’s reach would not continue, that she would be removed, never to harm anyone again (unbeknownst to him, his rebirth after defeat at the hands of a specific warrior would produce Jenova’s last attempt at presence, a Water Nymph in their combined visage). He is seen as a monster by most, and does not deny it, but he carries on, to make the world better from the damage he did to it. His natural form involves pale skin, very little clothing if any, minor horns sprouting backward from his bangs, discoloration of the skin around his, elongated nails, markings upon his skin that look like tattoos made to look like cracks in his skin, a few embedded crystals in certain patterns here and there over his upper body. He also has a feral form which involves glowing eyes, discoloured, iridescent skin, crystal embedded horns as opposed to his normal horns that look similar to dull and half dead branches of the trees of the Great Forest of the Forgotten City, a wing of Crystal and light, and slightly increased size. (timeline of his story is dependent entirely on what we as rp partners decide).

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Name: Sephiroth, the Crystal Dryad, the Silver Fae, the Fae Curse.

Species: Crystal Dryad, only one of a species never seen before him. (Much like a Dryad of the forests and its soul tree, but he is bound to a Great Crystal of the old Ancients culture).

Role/Profession/Job: Originally protector of the Forgotten City of the Ancients, and indirect Knight of the Mother Crystal. Then, the will and hand of Corrupt Jenova bound in Crystal, he became a curse upon all. Now, he wanders alone to mend the world, to help it heal from the damage he caused. 

Age: 30′s

Nature: As a Dryad, he is drawn to protect, care for, and stay near his connection source, and so he was very much a proud dweller of the Forgotten City and it’s forest. He mingled within the trees and smaller crystals, explored, tended to nature, and took down harmful beasts sent to taint the land. He was a peaceful being, but as he got older, he got restless and more protective, more intense, more closed off. He secluded himself. And then all connection and concern was twisted up and locked away inside him as intense loyalty turned into corrupt loyalty, leading him to harm others and lands beyond. But, his true nature is explorative, curious, intense and valiant, willing to fight as much as he is willing to stand by.

Personality: Curious, loyal, restraint with his empathy but yearning to reach it out to more in the world. He is a being seeking experiences but bound by loyalty for much of his life, and so he resigns himself to that existence and how it requires him to be, personally. But he begins to loose his free will, and control, and seemingly all chance at a free life to experience a great many things. In the throws of Jenova’s worst influence, he is cruel, angry, and seeking what he feels is vengeance and righteous cleansing. But it is not what he truly feels nor how he wished to live. When freedom comes once again, he finds himself experiencing the world with the weight of his crimes on his shoulders.  

History: Unknown to him for a great many years, and still a bit of a mystery in the present, he was the result of a cultist covens experiments and their desires to make a powerful supernatural being under their will. It was a failure, of course, as they delved too deep into their desperation and used the power of a cruel locked soul to aid their work. Through the greedy pride of Hojo, the conflicted coerced efforts of Lucrecia, and the cells of another experiment as well as the cells of the crystal mother, a new being was forged. His crystal cocoon holding his toddler sized, beginning form was carried forth to Jenova by Lucrecia, who begged for salvation for her son. His formative years was full of wonder and pride and appreciation of his land, respect and bonding with the locals within the town, and curiosity of what was beyond. He always found himself coming back to rest at the foot of the Mother crystal, where he felt at home, cradled, watched over by Mother Jenova, glowing and beautiful, and Mother Lucrecia, gentle and soft. His teen and adult years grew with troubles and problems, and more responsibilities, but he sought to do right by all. But, without his awareness and willingness, he felt that desire shrinking and narrowing, and slowly the world seemed to become toxic, the cruelties endless and festering, and he found himself haunted by visions of a doomed, decaying future. And he found himself followed Mother Jenova’s pleas for him to cleanse lands of the cruelty waiting to ruin the world. His bloodshed began in his home, the Forgotten City, but it stretched beyond, for only a few years, before a few warriors and one in particular stood against him, breaking through some part of him (or was it the influence of Mother Lucrecia, or both?), and taking him down, freeing him from the fate of being a dark hand any longer. By will of the mother that loved him truly, he found himself reborn for a second chance, and so he has taken it, to make amends and find where he once was again.

Powers/Abilities:

Energy influence over some nature and weather. The darkness or light of his influence is dependent on his state of mind.

Crystal energy connection, manipulation, energy flow.

Crystal influence as a part of him, meaning he naturally influences shards as a part of himself, and sometimes they can grow into sort of guards or simple crystal sources embedded in his skin.

Super speed, strength, extra senses especially connected to the awareness of the planet.

Energy warping for various purposes, from light display, to energizing, to healing, to blasts or shields.

Feral Form Powers; specific attacks linked to his claws, increased crystalizing, flight due to the wing upon his back made of crystals and energy, stronger levels of all other influences, can tap into the energy of the planets crystals for devestating power, if he so chooses.

Fae magic and Ancient magic spells and treatments.

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Before the Dawn AU | Kadaj (long post)

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Kadaj is the only Darq Nymph of the Moon-Touched waters of the Forgotten City, and it’s Great Forests, born forth from the miracle return of the Crystal Dryad Sephiroth, after the powerful defeat at the hands of a blond warrior--it is unknown to him why he came into being, nor is anyone aware of his existence apart from the one who willed him into being, but he seems to be a reflection of the world-shaking power resulting from the clash of Sephiroth and Cloud, and unbeknownst to him, the will of the cruel mother he has yet to understand from within the crystal, as Sephiroth has yet to know him to teach him about Jenova. He feels that all he has is the forest, and the energy of a mother he finds there, but there is something unnerving he feels from her, despite her desperate attempts to manipulate his obedience and loyalty. He intends to seek her out...eventually, and he feels her call, constantly, but first he must seek out what the world holds, specifically the two he is drawn to with little known of them other than looks and nature. He longs to understand why he came to be, and what he’s meant for, and his fate depends solely upon who reaches his heart first and turns it to their desire, as while he seeks out his own independent curiosities, he is finding himself influenced and coaxed by the Mother desperate for another tool to use, and make perhaps into another eventual vessel.

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Name: Kadaj, Remnant of the Crystal.

Species: Darq Water Nymph (of miraculous creation).

Role/Profession/Job: No real role, he was a sudden creation, forged by accident, and influenced by a corrupt Ancient. That presence in his life intends to use him as a pawn and vessel, but his future is unknown.

Age: Physically 18, age undefinable as he came into being in an unnatural fashion.

Nature: Secluded, skittish, curious. Secluded to protect himself, skittish because he knows little of the world, and curious for the same reason. Withdrawn and mystic nature at times, wandering the waters, tempting company in with him to play with.

Personality: Curious, secluded, erratic, energetic. He is very much like a child in energy and curiosity, yet a teenager in emotional stability. He is lost, and yearning to find answers, to find connection. The moment he thinks he’s found someone to trust, he latches on intensely. Can be a bit erratic and emotionally angry, when hurt, or otherwise influenced by the negative hold on his existence.

History: There’s not much history to his life, as he came into being without a friend or presence in the world. All he had were visions of faces that left him yearning to travel beyond his birth city to seek these people out, and the feeling of a presence always behind him, always there. At times it felt like a comfort, and others, it felt full of dread. But as he steps out into the world to make sense of who he is and what he feels and yearns to seek, that presence begins gripping harder, leaving him to potentially give way to a new darkness upon the world.

Powers/Abilities:

Hydrokinesis, using it in various ways, and in its various states and temperatures, as well as it’s healing abilities.

Breathing underwater and above water.

Minor aquatic transformation, eyes shift to a glossy color rather than just the shining slit pupils, and his skin becomes even more iridescent and shining under water.

Some level of untrained hypnosis as a Nymph, given it’s a defense mechanism similar to a sirens ability, and can be used through vocals or simple through locking eyes.

Darq water conversion and manipulation.

In his states of control through the Mother crystal, he might have influence over some level of weather, like storms, through Darq energy of the planet.

Along with this, he wields Darq touch to other parts to nature, corrupting it with his dark water, whether it be land, plants, crystals, people, etc.

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