[[NPC Directory]]

[Admin Roc]

Some characters are oddballs. They don't really carry enough weight to be full-on RP characters, but they're definitely a few shades more interesting than your standard faceless toss-away NPC. They tend to hang around certain characters but don't really meet the requirements to be a Minion. They're cool, no doubt, but there just doesn't seem to be a spot for them...

... until now.

The NPC Directory is the thread for listing, discussing, and reviewing worthwhile NPCs. Don't feel you have to put down every goon and bystander in your character's personal storyline here; this is just record-keeping for interesting recurring characters that don't fit into any other category we have. We also provide a short-form character profile for your NPCs (see below); this isn't required, but it does make it easy to reference the character if they're going to be appearing repeatedly.

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Note that there's no hard-and-fast rules for these like there are for RP characters and Minions -- with NPCs we expect you to use common sense (and good story sense), but that's really the only guideline in effect. NPCs, by virtue of being NPCs, aren't expected to take any major part in Territory Control, player vs player battles, or Missions (unless it's as part of the Mission itself, of course), which is to say they aren't substitutes for RP characters and/or Minions. These characters are here to add flavor and the occasional plot development, not stand in during a fight.

Also, NPCs do not have to be approved before use. You can go ahead and introduce them at any time; this thread is just a quick-reference for existing NPCs.

With that... have at it!

[Admin Roc]

((Hate to respond to my own thread... but I feel these two need a bit of documentin'.))

[/b] Wyrd
RACE / GENDER / AGE: Human Demon Weapon / Male / 17
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Like all Demon Weapons of the Soul Eater universe Wyrd can take on an alternate form, both fully and in partial. Unlike other Demon Weapons, however, his weapon form isn't exactly a "weapon" -- though one could argue that transforming into a Erbacher One motorcycle is still rather intimidating. In partial form one or both of Wyrd's hands can become the motorcycle's wheels for devastating up-close strikes or, alternately, he can transform both his feet into the rear wheel and use that to drastically up his speed.[/ul]
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As mentioned, Wyrd is a Demon Weapon; he was not born this way but rather the product of experiments by the remnants of Arachne's followers. He can freely transform himself both fully or partially into a motorcycle; in partial transformation one or both of his hands can become the motorcycle's wheels or both his feet can become the bike's rear wheel. This gives him a flexible and agile approach to combat that enables him to switch from speed to damage focus on the go. He can also be ridden like a normal motorcycle when fully transformed, though he generally will only let Pariah do this.

Hell on Wheels
The scientists who experimented on Wyrd weren't satisfied just to make a hit-and-run biker -- they wanted to leave a mark, something their enemies would remember. Tweaking the nature of his "weapon" form slightly to harness and amplify the motorcycle's combustion engine proved fruitful, giving Wyrd a handful of fire-based attacks. Not only can he spit small fist-sized fireballs from his mouth, he can also "ignite" the wheels of his full or partial transformation with fire, using it to do scorching damage in melee and kick up a firewall in his wake as a motorcycle.

Her Only Friend
One of the things the Cabal's scientists ensured was that Wyrd would have no problems working together with Pariah -- for this, at least, they're both grateful. Wyrd is immune to both Pariah's Banshee Shriek and the passive effects of the chaos soul wavelength... though, if she really wanted to take a swing at him, both her bo staff and Chaos Soul Purge would work just fine.[/ul]
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NAME: Pariah
RACE / GENDER / AGE: Human Meister / Female / 19
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[/url], Pariah has a very rare, very dangerous type of soul: a "chaos" soul. So named because of its destabilizing effect on the person unlucky enough to be born with it, Pariah's chaos soul is a source of deep regret -- and terrible power -- for the girl. Conditioned mentally and physically by the Cabal's research team to endure many of the breakdowns caused by her soul, Pariah is possibly the only living example of someone who has not only outlasted the chaos effect... but actually learned to harness it. Normally, her soul emits a passive wavelength -- this not only triggers various levels of opposed psychological reactions (running the gamut from "a bad feeling" to paranoid revulsion, dependent on the psychological profile of the person(s) effected as well as their proximity to Pariah) but also has a curious side effect: it creates a "dead zone". Stretching out to an approximate radius of 150 feet, the chaos soul wavelength scrambles and masks most kinds of ambient spiritual, magical, and psychic energies, rendering abilities like Soul Perception and magical scrying (crystal balls, etc.) useless in two ways. First, anyone / anything within the field cannot be "sensed" by anyone/thing outside the field; second, anyone / anything inside the field won't be able to "sense" anything at all. Other than that, however, the passive chaos soul wavelength has no effect on magical / spiritual / psychic / supernatural powers either within or outside the field.

The chaos soul also has an effect on Pariah herself, seriously reducing her body's ability to feel pain and her mind's ability to experience and process emotions. These two characteristics let her keep fighting long after a regular person, even a strong fighter, would've given up due to injuries, exhaustion, or becoming demoralized.

Chaos Soul Purge
Much like the standard Soul Purge technique made popular by the eccentric Prof. Stein, the Chaos Soul Purge draws the energies of the soul's own wavelength into a focus on one or both hands, releasing the powers as a kind of deep-penetrating electrical shock upon melee contact. The Chaos Soul Purge is no different in practice... but distinct because of what focusing and releasing a concentrated dose of the chaos soul wavelength results in. This attack, which takes the form of black "electricity" surging on and around Pariah's hand(s), is a fierce blow to take normally... but for witches, Kishin Eggs, Meisters, and Weapons it has the added benefit of "attacking" their power itself as well, as described below.

[/b] Chaos Soul Purge is an effective counter to weak or average magical attack spells and barriers, able to break them apart on contact. If a witch is struck while casting or maintaining a spell the spell will be broken instantly (unless some other power is sustaining it).

Kishin Eggs: This attack is particularly vicious against strong Madness wavelengths, causing the psychic interference / fear / hallucinations of the wavelength to be visited upon the person or creature emitting it while briefly stopping the wavelength from effecting anyone in its vicinity.

Meisters: Because of a their strong souls, the Chaos Soul Purge does twice as much damage to a Meister as to a regular human and can disrupt Soul Resonance techniques.

Weapons: In addition to the damage it does regularly, Chaos Soul Purge forces a Weapon to revert to their human / normal form on contact.[/ul]

Additionally, its disruptive characteristics make Chaos Soul Purge a potent counter verses supernatural / energy barriers and supernatural / energy projectile attacks, capable of dissipating weak ones on contact, breaking moderate ones with two or three blows, and weakening strong ones somewhat on contact.

Banshee Shriek
Pariah's most iconic ability, the Banshee Shriek takes the full nature of the chaos soul wavelength and unleashes it in a screaming shockwave of physical and psychic force. Those at the attack's outer limit of effect, a quarter mile, would feel their soul (or equivalent supernatural component, if applicable) tremble as if seized by a sudden irrational fear -- the closer someone is to the epicenter of this "bomb", the worse it gets. Banshee Shriek kicks up a solid wall of wind sheer that feels like getting hit by a compressed tornado, all while the victims' psyches are assaulted by a nauseous blend of bone-chilling terror, white-hot pain, and vertigo-inducing disorientation. To resist the physical aspect of the attack requires exemplary strength of body; to resist the mental, a mind like a steel cage (or a formidable psychic defense). To be hit with a Banshee Shriek point-blank -- to have Pariah scream into your face -- is enough to kill most people outright before their bodies can even hit the ground. Suffice it to say, the further away and better protected from this attack you are, the better.[/ul]
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[Gunner]

NAME: Rita Miles
RACE / GENDER / AGE: Human / Female / 15
APPEARANCE: Rita appears to be a frail girl of average height lacking with any physical strength, though this is mainly due to the very loose, flowing clothing she wears. Her typical outfit is a black sweater that seems a size too big, a red t-shirt dress, baggy black pants, black gloves, and red tennis shoes. She has short, messy brown hair that just barely stays out of her brown eyes and away from her ears, and usually a pair of goggles sit atop her head as well. Rita isn't muscular, but not scrawny either; she's in great shape.
PERSONALITY: Rita is a confident, sarcastic girl with a passion for learning and science. She's constantly seeking acknowledgement for both her teachers and peers, and has gained a reputation as something of a recluse, always studying or tinkering with some gadget. It's not that she's unfriendly, it's that she find very few people who she feels like she can connect with intellectually and as a result comes off as a know-it-all at best and rude at her worst.
SKILLS / ABILITIES / EQUIPMENT: Rita is skilled in Soul Perception as far as abilities go, but her skills in electronics and science is something that makes her particuarly dangerous, even without her weapon partner. She carries an assortment of chemicals in a bag with her at all times, and the effects range from creating smokescreens to acid mixtures.
HISTORY / STORY SO FAR: Rita is a Meister at Shibusen and one of Vespera Veláquez's roommates along with her weapon partner, Karen. Rita isn't fond of Vespera, finding her loud music disruptive to her study time. Ever since she started classes at Shibusen, however, she's had a very singular goal in mind: Becoming the apprentice of Professor Davian Boyle. When she's not studying, she's crafting elaborate experiments in hopes of gaining his attention.

NAME: Karen Gardner
RACE / GENDER / AGE: Human / Female / 15
APPEARANCE: Karen is a slender girl with long, elegant purple hair and blue eyes. Her outfits almost always consist of a dress over a pair of shorts, as well as knee-high socks and slide-on shoes. As a weapon, she takes the form of a very standard morning star.
PERSONALITY: Karen is very conscientious about appearances, in both physical and in personality. She's extremely polite in even the most stressful situations, and reserves what's really on her mind for when she's around friends. That being said, she's very envious of how care-free and relaxed her roommate Vespera acts and shares her love of music. She also has to play peacekeeper between her roommates constantly, being the middle ground between Vespera's laid back attitude and Rita's strict attitude. She gets along with Rita quite well despite their different personalities because Karen is extremely analytical and intelligent, something which Rita respects immensely.
SKILLS / ABILITIES / EQUIPMENT: Karen is able to transform her hand into the spiked ball of her weapon form, but has great difficulty in using it effectively due to the weight of it.
HISTORY / STORY SO FAR: Karen is a Weapon that comes from a rich American family that, while caring and understanding, did expect her to follow a rigid code of conduct. The only thing she ever did that was considered "rebellious" to her parents was dyeing her hair purple, and their anger at that did not last long. As Rita's partner she makes a perfect counterpart, being the reserved and thoughtful type where as Rita will charge right in. They work very effectively together, being able to come up with battle plans in seconds. She's become good friends with her Meister as well as their roommate, Vespera Velázquez, often coming between them in their arguments.

NAME: Kazuki Wakahisa
RACE / GENDER / AGE: Human / Male / 46
APPEARANCE: Kazuki is an average-height Asian man in prime physical shape, appearing to be in his thirties and not his fourties due to how well he's taken care of himself. He has a very intimidating muscular structure; he isn't bulging with muscles but he still looks very powerful. He maintains a clean-shaven face and his black hair is very short, nearly looking like a crew cut. His skin is a standard Asian complexion, and his eyes are narrow in shape and brown in color. In terms of clothing Kazuki dresses very professionally normally, wearing a suit and tie, as well as square-frame glasses. Whenever he's giving lessons he wears a white kimono and black hakama, still wearing a t-shirt under the kimono.
PERSONALITY: Kazuki is a self-styled Samurai, following his own form of Bushido that he claims to have "modernized" though he hasn't really shared what he means by this. As expected of a Samurai, he's polite, respectful, loyal, and above all else: honorable. His code of honor means everything to him. As a swordsmanship instructor, he's got two faces: The vicious master swordsman and the fatherly instructor. He uses both of these approaches to weed out any students who are "unworthy" by starting with the fatherly approach, and then starting to become ruthless. He can be a serious hard-ass when he's training his students, but so far everyone who's made it through his training has become a force to be reckoned with. He can count on one hand the number of students who have made it.
SKILLS / ABILITIES / EQUIPMENT: Kazuki is a master swordsman, having studied several forms of swordsmanship, but his speciality is in Battojutsu. Kazuki can draw his sword at such a speed that it nearly becomes invisible as it glides through the air, and his normal slashing speed is nearly as fast. He's a very patient fighter, relying on counter-attacking more than anything due to his age. While he's still quite strong, he isn't as fast as he use to be. He carries a very standard katana with a black scabbard and handle, as well as a golden crossguard.
HISTORY / STORY SO FAR: Kazuki is a swordsmanship instructor strait from Japan, called in by the Exorcists to help train students in melee combat. While he's been effective at this so far, he did not have any true students for swordsmanship. That is, until the day Iris Walker was recruited. Kazuki was thrilled to see someone not only taking an interest in the Samurai outside of entertainment, but one capable of forging their own sword. While Kazuki respects Iris's natural talents with a blade, he is incredibly harsh on her persuit of Iaido has her primary form of swordsmanship. While Battojutsu and Iaijutsu are similar, he considers Battojutsu to be more practical and Iaijutsu to simply be "A tecnhinque used by people more interested in putting on a show rather than winning a fight." Iris has promised to learn Battojutsu from him after she completes training with Iaido, which he sees as a fair trade.