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The Legend of the Mages (Started/Still Accepting)



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Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:49 am
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Plot:
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It's said that legends were made in the West, but many mages in other countries have legends of their own. Stories of their heritage and tales that define the shape of their lives. This is the Legend of the Shadow and White Mages.
Story goes that every generation in the world has an opposing pair like this. Some damned mage cursed to become either an enemy or scapegoat of the world, raiding the earth to collect crossroad contracts - magical scrolls that served as written records of signatures who signed for any deal - while a pure mage pursues the condemned one to end these raids once and for all. Many years ago, a Shadow Mage was chosen to collect a contract - which was made by a different demon - that's worth ten thousand souls and on the run from a White Mage for some reasons unknown. The Shadow Mage knew that this contract was so powerful, he couldn't let his contractor get his hands on it. So he did what no Shadow Mage has ever done before: he out-flew his contractor, gave up the contract to the White Mage, and disappeared off the face of the earth. The thing about legends is, sometimes...they're true stories.


You and four others are elemental mages, born and trained. You were told that a Shadow Mage has surfaced on the world, but none of you can tell if it's the one you heard of from your grandparents or someone new entirely. As far as you all know, a friend of yours mysteriously shows up in your hometown and befriends you within a week. You each were born in different parts of the world, but were raised in a town similar to that of a Western town - saloon and everything. The current Shadow Mage is hellbent on just one mission: destroy the predecessor Shadow Mage and retrieve the Contract of San Aradia - the biggest crossroads contract known in the history of the Shadow Mage. As it has been known even to the current generation, there's no darkness without the light to even the odds. The current White Mage also surfaced and is bent on stopping the current Shadow Mage from retrieving the powerful contract, the same one that the predecessor Shadow Mage gave up to the previous White Mage so long ago. The previous White Mage and Shadow mage were former enemies turned friends, in the past the Shadow Mage was close to giving the contract to the contractor, but the White Mage had convinced the Shadow Mage not to, and it would only destroy the world, the Shadow Mage with it. Now a new demon has contracted a new Shadow Mage to find the Contract of San Aradia. What mage are you and who will you trust? Your friends - the other mages in the group - or the mysterious friend who offers sage advice and seems to know more than he's telling you? Whatever you choose, will determine the outcome of your life as you know it.


Ranks of Magic:
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There are four ranks of a mage that can be given through training, experience, experimentation, and - if done well enough - age. The rank can be promoted or demoted at any time, but it takes a very long time to be promoted to the Sage rank - the highest rank a mage can get that's so far only been done by time when experience becomes wisdom. The rank determines one's experience in magic.
Apprentice/Rookie: the beginner's rank of magic. Many has started as an apprentice and mentored by a Knight or Sage of the same element the apprentice is born with. A rookie can be known for wooden weapons or slightly discolored hand-me-down clothes. Sometimes a Field or Knight can get demoted to an a rookie in spite of the said mage's age.
Field/Page: the intermediate rank. Field mages take time to practice their skills and experiment with their magic in hopes of inventing new spells or reviving classic spells. Although no longer a rookie, a Field mage is under the watchful eye of the Knight or Sage. Chances of being demoted to this rank are slight.
Knight: the advanced rank. Knight mages are experienced enough to be mentors of the rookies, but are carefully watched by their own mentors in case of making mistakes. Getting demoted from this rank is very likely and common. Knights are often demoted to rookies as a punishment for immaturity or disrespect. A Knight mage, as the rank suggest, is rumored to be of chivalry and follows a code of honor.
Sage: the highest and most advanced rank of magic. Sages are highly respected because of their wisdom and has been known to become mentors of new rookies. Unlike Knights, Sages have the right to demote or promote their apprentices. To become this rank is to know magic for many years, have lots of experience and discipline, and give wisdom to those who need it. Most Sages become this rank through time alone, but some mages are often ahead of their time and become Sages at an early age.


Elements of Magic:
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The elements of magic are what grant a mage their abilities. Magic is actually the fluctuation of a primal superforce known as Mana, which reacts to a mage's personality and ideology to create elemental manifestation.
There are two types of Elements: Corporeal and Incorporeal.

The Corporeal Elements:
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Corporeal Elements are the most common types of elements manifested, and strongly tied to the Mage's personality. The Five Corporeal Elements are:
Fire: Fire mages are dangerous when furious, but very helpful with cooking and making fire for camps. According to most fire mages, the higher the training rank, the stronger the flames in the long run. Controlling fire takes discipline and extreme caution, since a wildfire caused by a fire mage can get out of control if the mage's temper is provoked. The color of this kind of mage is red.
Water: Water mages are dual-active mages - able to control water and ice. This kind of mage known as a healer by trade. A water sage is known to be the best water-related healer in the area and rumored to be strong enough to walk on the surface of the sea. The mage of this element might be cold and unforgiving or harsh yet kind, depending on the mage itself. The color of a water mage is dark blue.
Earth: Like their water counterparts, Earth mages are healers by trade. As the element suggested, this kind of mage control the earth. Even without the use of the element of earth, an earth mage can heal by means of herbal medicine. The color of this kind of mage is yellow or brown. They're patient folks, but get them angry enough and you'll face the wrath of Mother Nature.
Wind: Mages of this element are, at best, carefree and happy-go-lucky, at worst unpredictable and destructive. Without discipline and harsh training under their belt, the destruction of buildings and fields may ensue. Even with discipline and harsh training, there's always a slight chance that destruction will happen. The color of wind mages is pale green, sometimes white.
Lightning: The color of lightning mages is electric blue-green. Just as unpredictable as wind, but as destrctive as fire. Only the truly skilled can wield Lightning, and is kept under very strict watch by a knight or sage who is skilled with Lightning. They're normally not allowed to use the magic outside of training and battle.



The Incorporeal Elements:
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Incorporeal Elements are very rare to manifest, and a mystery to most. It's rumored they're tied to a person's mind more than personality. White and Shadow Mages are Incorporeal Elementalists. Incorporeal Elementalists follow a different ranking system.
White: White Mages are overall good people, employing the powers of healing, illusions, and manipulation of light and their previous element to their advantages. They embody the positive aspects of their element. Their chosen color is a silvery-white.
Shadow: Shadow Mages are the polar opposite of White Mages- morally ambiguous, go insane over time, and selfish. They use the power of death, shade-walking, and manipulation of darkness with their previous element to pursue their goals. Their chosen color is a pale grey-black.



Character Slots:

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Fire Mage (apprentice): Marcus Bortvin (Noelle)
Fire Mage (Sage): Aquila Arcanum (hamandcheeseisation)

Water Mage (apprentice):
Water Mage (Sage): Reia Keene (summergrl13)

Earth Mage (apprentice):
Earth Mage (Sage): Mira Idenkal (megsug)

Wind Mage (apprentice): Jason Graves (ArahAkachi1)
Wind Mage (Sage): Nikita Night (Ladyofthedeathroses)

Lightning Mage (apprentice): Lycora Runiswick (Eru)
Lightning Mage (Sage): Alexandria "Zan" Dzierzega (LoyalHeart)

Predecessor Shadow Mage: Jack Pheral (Redfang18)
Predecessor White Mage: Alexandria "Zan" Dzierzega (LoyalHeart)

Current Male White Mage: William “Will” Summerstone (Xaxas96)
Current Female Shadow Mage: Alice Brightheart (ItalianIlluminist)



Profile Template:

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Name: (First and last name, no exceptions)
Mage Name: (What you call yourself, as in a title or self-made nickname)
Element: (First come, first serve, so take your pick.)
Gender: (Keep it even, folks)
Age: (16 - 29, no younger than 16 and no older than 29)
Appearance: (Describe the best you can. Pics optional, anime acceptable)
Personality: (Likes, dislikes, strengths, weaknesses - ya know the drill)
History:(Make it detailed)
Rank: (Apprentice, Field, Knight, or Sage)
Object For Magic: (Mages of any rank need one of these for harnessing their magic, so go nuts.)
Secondary Weapon:
Guardian Animal:(Every Mage has one, the animal is very loyal to it's master)
Up For Love?: (Yay or nay and what orientation.)
Theme Tune:(When the character comes around)
Other:(Anything that needs to be shared?)


Rules:
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•Romance is fine, but it has to be as far as kissing or holding hands. Never beyond that.
•No godmodding
•Keep the swearing to minimum. That means no F-bombs or such things.
•Keep gore to the minimum (if at all) necessary.
Nobody's allowed to kill off characters without the consent of the character's creator first.
•This SB is modded by LoyalHeart and Redfang18 (yours truly), so our word is law in the SB.
•Have as much fun as you can.


DT is this way.
Last edited by Redfang18 on Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:34 am, edited 20 times in total.
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Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:57 am
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Name: Jack Pheral
Mage Name: Jack has two mage names - Shadow Mage & Petalheart
Element: Formerly Earth, now Shadow
Gender: Male
Age: 26 physically, around 150 actually.
Appearance: As the Shadow Mage, he wears a black trenchcoat over a matching vest and shirt along with black denim jeans. He has boots halfway up to his knees and black snakeskin leather. To complete his appearance as the Shadow Mage, he has a pitch-black bandana hidden under a matching cowboy hat. His eyes are violet and his hair is golden-blonde. On his back is a dark green bo staff and on his left hip is a dark brown whip. He's keeping a low profile by wearing a brown cowboy suit - hat and all - and his bo staff in a case tied to the side of the saddle on his horse. When he talks, his words come out with a slight Western drawl. It's one of the few things he grew up with, but it's something he's more proud of. He doesn't really like to update his look, since he's grown used to his cowboy-like appearance and it helps him stay in touch with his roots as a former cowboy.
Personality: As himself, he's quiet yet talkative and full of wisdom about Earth magic, and enjoys a delicious puffball or two from time to time. He knows the ropes and secrets to herbal healing, and has the eyes of a hawk when it comes to hitting with his whip. He's almost impossible to crack, but it's easy to tell he's upset when he's looking at a cat almost longingly. As the Shadow Mage, he's almost out of his mind and merciless. In Shadow Mage form, he's easy to anger. The one thing to anger Jack into changing to his Shadow Mage form is to remind him that he's still under contract. What can really tick him off is seeing other mages get hurt and the blame getting pinned on him.
History: Believe it or not, Jack was born a native of the town of San Aradia. He was the only child of a cattle rancher (mother) and San Aradia's town sheriff. How did his parents meet, Jack had not a clue. His father had to put Jack behind bars four times since Jack was eighteen because he refused to accept an arranged marriage with a Fire mage. It was after the fourth time he's been in jail when his father mysteriously vanished and his mother got sick. A stranger came to Jack and offered healing to his poor sick mother. When he signed a contract, his mother was returned to full health as promised, but was ran over by a stampede on the same day she was healed. Jack tried to get away out of fright and misery, but his contractor stripped him of his panther Rose and ordered him to begin fetching contracts. Over time, Jack slowly lost his mind and was nearly insane when he was ordered to fetch a contract in San Aradia. The White Mage pursuing Jack convinced him to look into the contract and he was shocked back into his senses when he saw the signatures of both his parents among the signatures on the contract he fetched from San Aradia. Knowing that San Aradia's contract was powerful in its own right, Jack - still to his senses - turned his bo staff into a glider and out-flew his contractor with his new friend - the White Mage - at his heels. He's still a bit out of his mind, but only because he longs to have Rose back to him. In this day and age, he visits the now-reborn town of San Aradia to get in touch with his roots and often wishes he never made the deal. He's had the stallion Midnight for two years now, but is still not at all used to being without Rose.
Rank: Before now, he was a Field mage. To this day, he's still a Field mage, but talks like a Sage.
Object For Magic: His whip. Useful for lashing an opponent and leaving quite a nasty mark on the anatomy. Also excellent for swinging over pits if given the chance, or rappelling onto handy masonry. It can cause earthquakes if snapped at the ground and landslides if the whips hits a high hill or mountain.
Secondary Weapon: Bo staff. It's used as a weapon most of the time, but has once transformed into a glider since he became a Shadow Mage.
Guardian Animal: Before he was the Shadow Mage, his guardian animal was a panther he called Rose. Because he made a deal with a demon, Rose was stripped from him to prevent him from escaping the deal he made. His current temporary guardian animal is a pitch-black stallion called Midnight.
Up For Love?: Nope nope nope. Jack has feeling for Alexandria. He's hoping to begin relations with her, but has trouble making his first move.
Theme Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjzkf_UqVz8 Cartouche by Blackmore's Night (during battle or storytelling) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v80JtLKX_VY Desperado by The Eagles (during travels or flashbacks)
Other: Jack knows full well where the Contract of San Aradia is hidden, but never speaks a word about it. He keeps the location to himself, knowing very well that his contractor's after the contract and has his panther Rose as a bargaining chip.
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Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:10 am
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Name: Alice Brightheart

Mage Name: Queen of Roses

Element: Shadow; Earth

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Appearance: Alice dresses as her rank befits her, although her tastes may be a bit too extravagant for the Brightheart family: a black-and-white, goth style dress. The bodice is tight, with black-and-white lace and sequins, which match her ice-white hair. It balloons at her waist outward in a skirt, also alternating black-and-white. Her legs are covered by tight white stockings, with a rose flower at each thigh. She also wears black high-heels, which have proved uncomfortable and impractical, but she sticks to them stubbornly. Her face is heart-shaped and pale, her eyes mismatched, ice blue and amber gold. Wherever she goes, she's never seen without her umbrella, which has a spike at the end. It holds a few nasty surprises for unweary intruders, and is more resilient than it looks.
A pic.

Personality: Alice is a very shy, timid person. She's not used to crowds of people, and isn't very good at socializing. Being sixteen and high-born, she is somewhat arrogant, which puts off possible friendships. She tells herself she doesn't mind, but really, she desperately needs a friend. Not having real people to turn to, she enjoys reading, writing, and opera plays. She also loves gardening... well, actually she prefers admiring it rather than dirtying herself, but it's the thought that counts. As a proper lady, she was taught cooking, cleaning, knitting, and mathematics, but doesn't particularly enjoy them.

History: The Brightheart family is a very old, very respectable one. Thus, the family head, Alice's father, always expected the best from his three children. Alice's eldest brother was a fine accountant and economist; her elder brother a ladies man and a puissant warrior. And Alice was left to a side, schooled by the family staff and occasionally her mother, nothing expected of her more than to be a good wife.

Even at an early age, Alice was interested in magic. None of the current Brighthearts were magicians, but there had been powerful mages in the family. Her father was wary of it, but respected the trade, so he saw no harm in allowing her daughter the key to the arcane library. It soon became Alice's favorite spot in the house, and often skipped meals to read.

One day, when she was nine, after having been teased by her brothers, she ran to the library in tears. There, she stumbled across a book written by a certain Magnus Brightheart. It was bound in human skin and black iron, a six-pointed star embellished on the front. Arcane runes were etched everywhere. It had such a cold, dark aura she was terrorized, and instead went to play in her rose garden.

A few years later, on a fairly ordinary day, she went back into the library, and found the same book, exactly where she had left it. She had completely forgotten, but there it sat. The aura was still cold and forbidding, but this time she was determined not to be afraid. She opened the book. It was very anticlimactic: pages and pages of small, neat shorthand. Alice could read it though, and was amazed by what she found: all of Magnus' knowledge of Shadow magic, and it was quite a lot. Necromancy, shade-walking, deathspeaking, sangromancy, emotion distortion, trancing, and so much more. The last couple of hundred pages were a detailed biography of the formidable mage's life. For a time, Alice ignored the spells and read the story of Magnus' life. He had lived hundreds of years prior, but had been much like her in his youth. She came to like the man. He used his powers for justice, even bargained with a demon known as Valastro to free the Aroestan race, who would go on to become powerful mages. Near the end of his long, long lifespan, he had grown corrupt, inevitably, but recognized this and wrote it down sadly in his diary. Rather than risking causing excessive harm, he built an obsidian tower in the desert and locked himself there.

Another year passed, until Alice finally felt brave enough to study the spells Magnus had inscribed. And study she did, and learned. Practicing when nobody was looking (which was often, to tell the truth) and reading by candle-light deep into the night, Alice learned the darkest of arts. One fateful day, she stumbled upon a chapter dedicated to sangromancy. After having checked and triple-checked, making sure she hadn't misinterpreted, she flipped to the last fifty pages of the book. They were blank. By slashing her wrist over them and writing in her own blood, she could communicate with Magnus, or his final memories at least. Her apprenticeship still hasn't ended -- she's working on adding pages to the diary, to extend her time with the mage. It was from Magnus she learned of the contract of San Aradia. By obtaining it, he said, Alice could return him to life.

And so, Alice set out, on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, to San Aradia (after much persuading), armed only with a rose flower, her umbrella, Magnus' book, a horse and six thousand gold pieces. She took the long way to San Aradia, traveling around and encountering new races and places. During this travel she met Alexandria Dzierzega, only for a few days though, when they were both ignorant of each others rank. It was during this travel Magnus recommended to study Earth magic. He didn't know much, but Alice had a powerful affinity with roses, which could be extended to flowers in general. She's not a powerful Earth mage, but has a few nasty tricks, courtesy of Magnus Brightheart. And so, with her new skills, she reached San Aradia, seeking its Contract.

Rank: Sage, albeit self-taught.

Object For Magic: Her umbrella.

Secondary Weapon: N/A

Guardian Animal: a Desert Phase, Scylla, whom she found half-dead on the road (after having met Alexandria). Alice brought her back to life with necromancy, and it hasn't left her side yet. Scylla is hard to spot because her scales are black and white. In other words, careful where you touch Alice.
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Up For Love?: ja, straight

Theme Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEeZBIhlsck
(Behemoth - The Oak Between the Snows)

Other: she's somewhat agoraphobic and meteopathic.
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Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:47 pm
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Name: (First and last name, no exceptions) Alexandria "Zan" Dzierzega

Mage Name: (What you call yourself, as in a title or self-made nickname) White Lightning

Element: (First come, first serve, so take your pick.) Lightning and White

Gender: (Keep it even, folks) Female

Age: (16 - 29, no younger than 16 and no older than 29) 24

Appearance: (Describe the best you can. Pics optional, anime acceptable)
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This is Alexandria "Zan" Dzierzega
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Personality: (Likes, dislikes, strengths, weaknesses - ya know the drill) Zan tends to joke around normally, not taking anything seriously. But that's how everyone likes her, joking around laughing at just about anything. But when she gets serious its a whole different deal, Zan is one of the smartest Sage's known and presumably the most powerful. She leads the Order of Magic, ever watchful and vigilant in her duties, she knows of the new Shadow Mage. But plans to turn the Shadow Mage like she did with Jack. But she has a terrible weakness to Shadow and Earth Magic, she's also claustrophobic and will quickly pass out if left in a tight space for to long.

Object For Magic: (Mages of any rank need one of these for harnessing their magic, so go nuts.) Her guns Rose and Twilight, she uses her lightning magic to give herself an infinite supply of ammo. Is also very good with Gun Play.
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She has two that she charges with lightning.


Secondary Weapon: Her Ivory sword known as Silver Fang, it used to belong to her father, she channels a lot of purifying magic into her slashes, and is very good with Sword play.
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Her fathers Sword: Silver Fang


Guardian Animal(Every Mage has one, the animal is very loyal to it's master): A large white Alpha wolf that can use healing magic's on Zan if its truly needed.

Up For Love?: (Yay or nay and what orientation.) Nay has a crush on Jack

Theme Tune(When the character comes around.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBdf7E6FSxs&feature=relmfu

Rank (Apprentice, Field, Knight, or Sage): Sage Leader of the Order of Magic

History(Make it detailed): Zan was the daughter of the previous White Mage and daughter of a Lightning Mage, together they formed an incrediply powerful child, known as Alexandria, Zan for short. Her mother and father always called her "Alex" or by her full name most just know her now as Zan or White Lightning, she named herself that after the combination of being able to use White and Lightning magic. At the age of twelve, her father and mother began to train her in the way of magic and weapons. Her father was preparing her to take over the Order of Magic, she was given Rose and Twilight by her mother, the guns were made to accommodated magic, and to make an unlimited supply of magical lightning bullets.

Silver Fang was given to her by her father, Silver Fang was made specifically to channel White Magic, it was also her fathers old sword in which he crafted himself. When Rose turned eighteen, her parents allowed themselves to become magic and channeled themselves into Zan, boosting her power over Lightning and White making her immune to those two elements. But gaining an extreme weakness over Shadow and Earth, realizing this weakness, she set out for a Guardian Animal, finding a large alpha named Sif, Sif is able to use healing magic on Zan if she is heavily wounded. when Zan turned eighteen she had fought Jack numerous times constantly ducking it out while at the same time trying to convince him not to do it, not to trade in the contract. In a last ditch effort Zan had snatched the contract away and forced him to see his parents signatures on the contract.

With this startling revelation, but Zan and Jack outran Valastro, but Zan knows her duties, this isn't over until either Valastro or Zan are dead. And Zan won't go down without a fight. The road to the future shall be paved in blood, and one shall reign supreme in the future.

Other(Anything that needs to be shared?): None.
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Sat Sep 29, 2012 4:17 pm
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Name: Aquila M. Arcanum

Mage Name: Aquila, One of the Mist, He-Eagle

Element: Fire

Gender: Male

Age: Around 20, although his exact age is not known.

Appearance: With most of his face hidden by a chainmail cowl and usually wearing a hood, the true appearance of Aquila is not often seen to many.
His hair is a dark red, not light enough to be red, not dark enough to be brown. His eyes are a bright green, which entrances many - women and men alike.
He has barely pointed ears, and on his left, a purple earring.
Aquila is usually found in clothes which are easy to move around in - a simple maroon silk t-shirt hugging his body, silver and red genie pants, and black shoes similar to combat/army boots.
Attached to his pants is a chain which is draped around the waist, similar to a belt. This chain is in fact his kusarigama, or, 'chain sickle', and the sickle at the end of the chain is concealed in a hidden pocket in his pants. He also uses the chain to hold up his rapier.
Aquila uses an eyepatch. His right eye was severely burnt during one of his explosions, and although hindered in sight, the patch attracts the women, which he doesn’'t mind at all.
He often wears fingerless gloves, which protects the most of his hand when wielding his rapier.
Aquila may wear a bright red cape, but it is usually just for show.
When he talks, his voice is rather deep, and quiet.
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Personality: True to his name, Aquila is intelligent and secretive to most. Only to his dearest friends is he more open and trusting. He is very stubborn and defensive, often getting him into scrapes. Aquila is also deeply loyal to the people he cares about. He has a soft spot for animals.
He has a short temper, especially when one of his friends, or an animal, is threatened, he tends to lash out, and has destroyed many things in that way.

History: His parents were not on very good terms. When he was concieved, his father left his mother because he found out that his unborn son was a fire mage, being a water mage himself.
As soon as he was able to fend for himself - particularly, finding his own food, his mother ran off with an unknown cowboy with visions to 'get out of this dump'.
Growing up in the darker side of the town meant he was not noticed by many people, and, deciding that being unnoticed was the best course, kept it that way. One old mage did notice him, though, a mysterious fire mage who observed him from day to day.
On one day when Aquila was having trouble finding a meal, the old mage approached him with a deal - he'd feed him, clothe him, take him in, as long as Aquila let him teach him. To Aquila, it seemed like a good deal. It turned out that he was under the care of the old Fire Sage, and became the apprentice. During the years he was under his care, the ideas of life as a fire mage were slowly embedded in his mind.
In later years, the old man was suddenly killed by a demon by the name of Valastro. Aquila had just become a Sage, and, thinking to revenge the death of his 'father' and mentor, roams the lands looking for him.
Now, reaching San Aradia, there are a few things - and women - he has his eye on.

Rank: Sage. Although lacking in experience, Aquila makes up for it in his intelligence.

Object For Magic: Rapier. Being brought up by a dueler, Aquila learnt of fighting with pride - ranged weapons were for apprentices, and women. Aquila's favourite rapier is his 'Ripper', which, when wielded by him, is covered in flames.
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Secondary Weapon: Kusarigama ("chain-sickle")

Guardian Animal: Faerah, an eagle loyal to his master. Brought up with Aquila, Faerah knows no owner but him.
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Up For Love?: Yes, straight.

Theme Tune:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETwoZ7ta4OA&feature=relmfu The 13th Struggle from Kingdom Hearts 2


Other: Often teased by fellow mages for his names – they are female names. He retaliates by burning them.
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Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:54 am
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Name: Jason Graves

Mage Name: Hyp-Wind (Short for Hyper-Wind)

Element: Wind

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Appearance: Jason is an average height guy, about 5 foot even, and weighs almost 105 lbs. He has black hair with purple highlights. He has blue eyes. He is usually wearing purple, but will wear green. He loves skinny jeans. He carries a small backpack full of rope, food, and books. He always has one book in his hand or bag, a spell book, and a staff in the other.
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This is Jason


Personality: Jason loves to read, drink coffee, or eat. He is extremely hyper, no matter what. He has trouble falling asleep. He can be annoying sometimes, but not all the time. If something becomes serious, he tries his best to be serious, and sometimes starts laughing randomly.

Strengths: The stronger the breeze is around him, the stronger he is. He is stronger the more focused he is.

Weaknesses: Fire. Fire gets stronger with wind. Without a breeze, Jason is weak.

History: Jason was born uneducated on his destiny. At the young age of 2 and a half, there was a fire one night. He had to move with his aunt and uncle, who were murdered as well, only 2 years later. He was forced to move again to his grandparents. Even after 2 years, nothing happened and he felt safer than ever.

He soon became obsessed with the song I will Survive after he heard it one night. He whistles that tune wherever he goes. His grandparents told him about his destiny, and he didn't like it. He tried running away, but he always seemed to find his way back home, whether he wanted to or not. One day, a woman named Tenebrosi Ventus came and announced herself as the Wind Sage.

Tenebrosi taught him how to use his powers. She gave him the Book of Magic, named Kolom, and told him to write everything down dealing with his powers. Jason was required to write stuff like how to activate his powers and how to do his techniques. He started writing in it. He was also given a staff made of oak wood.

The staff is his main source of attack, while the Kolom is his source of magic He almost always has the book in his left hand, and the staff in his right hand. Tenebrosi mentioned other mages he had to find, but kept the purpose of finding the others a secret. Jason needed to find the others, but didn't know why...

Rank: Apprentice

Object For Magic: Book of Magic. This book Jason carries everywhere. He writes in it how to control his powers, and how to do spells.

Secondary Weapon: His Staff. Main weapon, and is powered up by the Book of Magic.

Guardian Animal:A squirrel named Joshua.
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This is Joshua


Up For Love?: Yes, Bi

Theme Tune:
Spoiler! :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I I will Survive by Gloria Gaynor


Other:Nah, nothing else.
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Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:17 am
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Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:32 pm
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Name: Mira Idenkal

Mage Name: The Eyes of the Forest

Element: Earth

Gender: Female

Age: 23

Appearance: She has vibrant green eyes and shoulder length brown hair with bangs that she carelessly pulls up most of the time. She's tall and slim with darker skin. She has a wild look about her that is only emphasized by the tattoos she has all on her arms, legs, stomach, and back. Most of her tattoos are in vibrant primary colors with some green and are tribal patterns. She wears exotic outfits of loud colors. Unless she is travelling, she wears skirts that are short in the front and long in the back with a tight, vest-like top. If she is travelling she wears loose pants that make movement easy. Either way she has a belt of golden disks around her waist. She never has shoes on. She always has some jangling golden earrings that are unabashedly showy. She has several rings on each finger of different widths, all of them golden, some with jewels. She has bangles on her wrists and ankles, also golden. She only has one necklace. It's a simple chain with a plain silver orb that comes to her midriff. Her speech is affected with a slight accent that would equate to a Eastern European with very good English.
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Personality: She's fairly quiet, watching everything and everybody carefully. This doesn't make her shy though. She's perfectly happy to speak to others and is willing to speak up in front of a crowd but doesn't see the need to talk when she has nothing to say. She's fearless to a point of worry and strikingly independent. Instead of getting in conflicts, she merely appears to agree, only to go her own way when she can do so without causing a riot. If forced into conflict, she's rather quick to spark, getting loud. She doesn't like getting angry, so she's gone to all extents to control her temper. She's very skilled with the herbal side of her gift, being able to kill someone with her knowledge of plants as quickly as she could heal them, but has always struggled with the magic portion. She can do it, but it takes a lot of focus and energy to do the smallest things. When she's alone she often practices. It's a sore point with her. Otherwise, she's very learned of plants, of course, but also, of human and animal anatomy. She even knows a bit of psychology. She's done a lot of study on the etiquette in this society, mortally afraid of making a mistake. She's quick to care for anyone though she isn't showy about it. You're probably not going to know if she likes you or not unless you're in mortal danger. She likes to laugh. That's about the most emotion ever openly displayed. Perhaps because of this humor, she is a bit of a con-woman, using her gypsy appearance and fairly good acting skills to trick unsuspecting people into paying for 'fortune readings.' She hates feeling trapped literally or figuratively. It makes her lash out. She's also taken many superstitious traditions from her people.

History: She was part of a gypsy caravan into her teen years and learned all of the tricks of performing for a willing audience to get money. This is where she learned to 'tell fortunes' and other such performances like dancing. Her people are very superstitious though, and when she discovered her gift, completely by accident, she was kicked out of the caravan.

For a year she wandered by herself, foraging and sometimes conning or stealing for survival. During this period, she saved a stag from a hunter's bow, one of the few times her power has actually amounted to something positive, and the stag hasn't left her side.

Soon after that, she ran across an old Earth sage who lived alone in a hovel basically. He took her in and taught her. Having never had any education before that, she took full advantage.He didn't only teach her academics and magic but basic morals. Despite her difficulties in magic, which puzzled her mentor, she moved forward with great velocity, barely reaching sage based on her herbal abilities.

After five years of peaceful scholarship, a group of gypsies raided the small hut for mere enjoyment. The old sage protected her and was killed in the process. Mira was essentially unscathed. She tracked down the gypsies and slipped some hemlock in their stew pot. Miraculously, every single one of them survived. She woke to find their camp deserted.

Ever since then she has gone from town to town, conning her living. She normally stays around a town where there's a lot happening or where she meets a fellow mage. Her main quest in life is to track down these gypsies and extract her revenge.

Rank: Sage because of her herbal skill, but magically speaking she has the skill of a Field Mage.

Object For Magic: The silver orb on her chain. It was given to her by her mentor. Until then she had been having uncontrolled bouts of magic. Supposedly, a powerful talisman from her people is encased within, but she hasn't found a way to open the orb.

Secondary Weapon: She has a hunting knife, but she prefers poisons.

Guardian Animal: Stag. She calls him Brother.

Up For Love?: Yay, straight

Theme Tune: Fast as You Can by Fiona Apple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_z58EZdsHE

Other: Nope
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Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:19 am
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Can I reserve a shadow apprentice?
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Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:21 am
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No apprentice's maybe take the White Mage.
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ok then how bout a lightning sage but she'd also be a white apprentice?
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Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:22 am
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OOC posts have to be in the DT, folks. I don't like the SB swamped in OOC posts.
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Name: Reia Keene

Mage Name: Lady of the Lilies

Element: Water

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Appearance: She has long, blackish-brown wavy hair that goes down to her mid-back. Her eyes are large and dark blue with thick, black eyelashes. She's very fair (she blushes a lot) and her mouth is small with very light pink lips. She has long, graceful legs and she's very tall and lean, standing at about 5'9". She's very graceful and moves very fluidly, whether walking, running, or swimming. She both of her ears have been pierced three times and the left one has a silver hoop in the cartilage. Her nose also has a small piercing on the left side. She typically wears long, flowy dresses in blues, greens, purples, or white and tall black boots and she likes to wear rings.

Personality: She's a little reserved but very smart and humble. She's very giggly and sweet, but always seems to be holding something back. She has a sense of adventure but without being too bold. She's pretty easy to get along with and tends to make friends fast. She gets passive aggressive when she's angry though, and holds grudges. She loves to dance and swim, and spends most of her free time doing one or the other. She's laid-back and not too stress-y.

History: She was raised by her grandmother when she was young, as her parents both died from pneumonia when she was two. When Reia began to discover her powers around the age of six, her grandmother was happy that she had powers, but disappointed that she wasn't a wind sage like herself. Her grandmother had her friend Abenthy, another water sage, teach Reia. She learned quickly and he soon taught her basic combat, medicine, and how to use a bow and arrow.

Reia's grandmother died when she was 12 and she was taken in by Abenthy. She became a full-fledged sage at the age of 14, and, being very young, she preferred to help Abenthy with his apprentices rather than take one of her own. It was only when Abenthy died when she was 17 that she finally got her own apprentice. Between her parents, grandmother, and Abenthy she has a substancial amount of money and lives very comfortably.

Rank: Sage

Object For Magic: A silver ring on her right index finger. There's a sapphire in the center.

Secondary Weapon: A set of bow and arrows Abenthy made for her. They're made of oak wood and have red and gold leather accents. The arrows are made of flint with eagle feathers and they're all dipped in poison.

Guardian Animal: A linx named Sephira. She found Sephira as a cub after her mother was killed by hunters. Sephira actually stays in the house with Reia and follows her around.

Up For Love?: Yes, straight

Theme Tune: Gypsy by Shakira
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Name: Nikita Night
Mage Name: Tenebrosi Ventus (Latin for Dark Wind)
Element: Wind
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Appearance: Nikita has dark brown almost black hair to her waist, 5'9, she weighs an even 125 pounds, she is very flexible, her eyes are a tawny gold, and has evenly tan skin along with a very bright smile.
Personality: Nikita is very artistic and has a love for music. She is always singing whether aloud or under her breath. As for drawing she stores everything inside her head to put it on paper later. She is afraid of spiders and holds no love for snakes either but can deal with them better than spiders. She is beside that extremely calm and soft spoken and also very compassionate.
Likes: Music, singing, writing, drawing, and guitars.
Dislikes: Rude people, cruelty to animals, and ignorant people.
History: Nikita had a very normal upbringing with the exception that her parents were Wiccan. She was raised immersed in the religion and the culture. She was labeled as different from age five when her powers emerged she saved her mother from falling with a cushion of air. They didn't emerge again until she was 14 she was trained and after her master died became a Sage.
Rank: Sage
Object For Magic: A piece of amber shaped like a teardrop on a silver necklace.
Secondary Weapon: Shuriken.
Guardian Animal:A grey and black barn owl named Athens.
Up For Love?: Yes Straight
Theme Tune: The Circle by Blackmore's Night
Other: Nothing really.
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