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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:00 pm
IntroDUctiOns ThRead
This is simple enough. If you're new, jump on this thread and break the ice with a few words about your character.
No, people, this is NOT the place for mindless chatter. This is a good place to browse and get to know other residents, and a good place to start building that rep you want your character to get.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:09 pm
Nathanael "Nate" Nevermore... Governor of Crosshaven (nearing the end of his term)
He jumped into the position when the previous Governor---his beloved father, Nicholi Nevermore---was assassinated.
Nate's a young pragmatist; he is dedicated to restoring the peace and stability to Crosshaven. The events of the past him make him more and more paranoid, and he surrounds himself with loyal badasses to combat whatever may leap at him out of the unknown.
He is also saddled with holding together the once notoriously powerful Nevermore Family.... not an easy task.
He loves the memory of his father, but he never visits the man's grave...
In public, Nate is quiet, stoic, outspoken, and perfectly calm; but when the lights are out, and it's just him and a glass of SoCo in the dark, he sits and wonders which he has more of: loyal friends, or brutal enemies. At the next election, he may just find out.
Arcane Gift: Nate can sense the spirits of the dead, and sometimes communicate with them.
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Nathanael Nevermore Captain
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:34 pm
Doris Lang knows well enough that Nate counts her among those brutal enemies. She is an outcast and a criminal, with deadly connections. She wasn't the one that whacked his father, but she fits the profile, and likes to flirt with his suspicions.
She's content to let him struggle with his power for now, too-big-for-his-britches-little-s**t. But the underworld, that's another story.
"Just... don't come up in my house, Nate."
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:03 pm
"Officer Hollow" lives on the fringes of society, guarding Nate and standing in the background for when he is needed. He's a quiet shadow in the town's dark places, watching over it with the diligence and care of a mother hawk.
He isn't aftaid to do the dirty work, the cleaning work, the illegal work. He isn't afraid to go to great lengths, to do what every situation requires. He isn't afraid of rejection, he isn't afraid of death, he isn't afraid of anything... but the thing. The only thing, and it scares him to death. He's afraid that people will find out his secret....
Arcane Gift: Hollow can become insubstantial/non-material for short amounts of time. When he is insubstantial, he cannot be seen, and he can move through solid objects and hover. When he transitions between the material world and the immaterial world, he presents a startling display of matter crawling out of nothingness. When he is non-material, he cannot be harmed by the physical world, but he cannot affect it either.
At times, he can pull objects, and even people, into this nothingness with him.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:47 pm
Now is the winter of our discontent -Shakespeare, Richard III
Nina peacefully passes the days, quiet at heart. Now, Crosshaven, that great land of her fathers, where her ancestors dwelled in tribal huts and built piles of stone to reach towards the Gods, is in the turmoil of a power transition.
She thinks, perhaps, that in the midst of our modern tradition, we have all lost sight of the wisdom of the past. She is dedicated to keeping it alive and well in the Crosshaven of the future.Gift: Nina can create false emotions in people for short periods of time, and even long periods of time if she puts the effort into keeping it up.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:52 pm
There's not enough art in the world.
Not enough poetry. Not enough music. Not enough dance. Not enough happiness.
But there's plenty of beer and sex!
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:00 pm
When the priest picked up his limp, 15-year-old body, and shoved some air into his lungs, the pipe rolled out of his hand. Who says that resurrection is impossible? Not Jourdaine. He has a new life, above all the sirens and broken glass, the drugs and gangs and ******** pills. No doubt that he was shaped by the past, but he's not pinned to it. The future may be grey and smell bad, but he's got one now. .................................if he doesn't ******** it up. Arcane business: Jourdaine's body secretes substances that act like drugs. His sweat is adrenaline-laced, his saliva is a muscle relaxant, and his blood is the highest form of extacy. Unfortunately he's now immune to the effects of almost all drugs, including good medicines.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:04 pm
Screw Jourdaine and his holier-than-thou "I found Jesus!" BULLSHIT.
I know he'll be back. Back to dance under the lights with me. Back to find a new thrill, back, and this time, addicted to his own body.
I'm not sweating it. It's time for a change in Crosshaven, all right. It's time to light the fires and blow apart the doors, time to light the night on fire!
Arcane Gift: Still don't know.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:11 pm
Father Domenic is a gentle father-figure who resides near the Church of the Saints and teaches at the University.
Though he is penitent and meek, at times he can be pushed over the limit. But he is known throughout the land for giving haven and sanctuary for all of those in need.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:17 pm
I don't know the first thing about why all of these people seem so angsty.
My job is to help them get drunk and forget about it.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:53 pm
A life long loner Ed Matthews moved into crosshaven only rather recently though he has managed to make a life long friend with the barman due to his drinking and tipping habits, but despite all this he is quiet a nice guy if he isnt having a bad day or if some one is wanting something for nothing.
Arcane Gift:Ed is naturaly a charmer, he has no problem attracting people to him, he puts it down to a nice easy going demenour though this is the complete opposite to actuality. He has an amazing talent for getting his own way, nomatter how mch of a resistance people put up.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:34 pm
Cameron is a more outspoken member of the priesthood. He's young, and still adjusting to a life of poverty, chastity, and pennance.
His remaining vices: smoking, gambling, and drinking, remain intact and he doesn't plan to separate from them any time soon.
Cameron has a sixth sense, so-to-speak. He is mildly clairvoiant, able to sense changes, disturbances, and the auras of the people around him. He can also sense otherworldly things and unnatural things; they express themselves in chills and emotions that he goes through.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 4:39 pm
Dorien Cross traces his ancestral liniage back to the original founders of Crosshaven. He is distant from modern society, taking his comfort in the simple reminders of how quiet life here used to be.
Gift: Dorien can change his appearance at will; he can even mimic the appearances of others. He looks about 25, even though he 67. In spite of this, it is only an illusion, and he is always the same inside.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:22 pm
I'm Ricky Jones, the Constable (chief of law enforcement) of Crosshaven.
I'm mostly concerned with tending to my duties, catching and handling criminals, and protecting Crosshaven from invasion.
You will rarely find me in a casual or joking mood. My work is my life.
Arcane Gift: The Constable can give a simple command to a person that makes eye-contact with him. To do this, he spins the color wheel and tries to land on green or blue. If he succeeds, the command must be followed. (But he can't command someone to do something that goes radically against their nature, or to harm themselves: he can't order a pro-lifer to have an abortion or order a husband to kill his beloved wife. Not that he would, anyway.)
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:38 pm
Note lives a carefree, Bohemian artists lifestyle. Usually unemployed, is supported by his current lover. If has none, he lives on the street. He never thinks before he speaks, so he is constantantly offending someone.
Arcane Gift: He can manipulate soundwaves.
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