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| Alvar the undying; An experiment in more ways than one... | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 10 2009, 04:27 PM (96 Views) | |
| Alvar | Aug 10 2009, 04:27 PM Post #1 |
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Name – Alvar Age – Appears to be in his mid to late 20's, actually many thousands of years old. Gender – Male... Just Alignment – Chaotic Evil Social Class – Originally, he was a Lord. Now... He isn't really anything Occupation – See above Race – ??? Formally a Dark Elf (or Drow), Alvar was something of a genius in both the arts of magic, and technology. He experiemented day and night. The vast majority of these on himself. The results are who he is now. Great chunks of his body are now made of the strange metal/ magic hybrid he has created. His left arm is completely artificial, as are both his legs from below the knees. Some of his internal organs have also been affected, whilst his brain... Nobody wants to know what he did to that, but the effects are that his pain threshold and resistance to poison are markedly increased, whilst his need for air is much lower that it should be for a dark elf. The strength in artificial joints can match trolls. Weapons – Repeater crossbow: Loads 15 bolts at a time, and fires them as fast as the trigger is pulled. Takes time to change cartridge. Blades attached to the underside of his left arm, and back of his left shoulder. As in welded attached. His left fist- In essence a knuckleduster Physical Appearance – In many ways, Alvar is repulsive. His face is thin, and goes down into a point for his chin, whilst his eyes are sunken. One of them remains dull at all times, whilst the others is a deep shade of green. His hair is white, but in the sunlight has a purple tinge to it, and it falls to his waist. His skin is a light, sickly shade of lavender, although often it is paler, becoming white. He is covered in a criss cross of scars all over from where he has operated on himself. There is a small metal plate above his left eye (the dull one). His left arm is unique. A mess of metal plating, with the purple black of dark magic seeping from the joints and lending it a eerie glow, cover an assortent of cogs, wires, and, at the very heart, a faint slither of arm. It is not his arm, and from where he got it... Nobody knows, and Alvar does not care. Along the bottom of the lower part of the arm there is a thin seam, from which he can have a blade emerge from, likewise on the back of his shoulder (going down his back) is another hidden blade. His lower legs are also fake. However, where as pains where taken to make the arm look, some would say beautiful as it glows softly, these are purely functional. They do have the signs of magic on them, just as they have other small delicate bits of metalwork which were, in life, Alvar's specialty. ALar tends to wear a long purple robe, much like a scientist would (albeit in white...). It is tied up from his mid torso, letting the whole world see his slightly developed musclature and signs of self experimentation. He also wears long black trousers, which are cut off above the knee. Likewise, his left arm is completely exposed, although at times he wears boots to cover his feets, and wears a cloak over his left hand side to cover his arm, whilst his hair is pulled over part of his face. This hides his... Work. Personality – Alvar sees everything, literally everything, as a result of a process. With people, he tries to work out the process which makes them work, and then maniupulate that process, often for no other reason to see if his theory was correct. For example, he may predict how a man would react is he burnt down his house with his family inside. Often his theories are a little sadistic like this, but they are meant more to test his skills at understanding and logic. He also can be a little cold at times, caring only from his logical viewpoint. He also often tests his theories by dismantling (often quite complex) objects, sometimes he puts them back together again, if he feels he did not learn all he needed to in the dismantling. He regards himself as a genius, and thirsts for understanding. However, a good part of his genius is dead, and madness is perhaps as strong an influence. He delights in torture, seeing how far he can push a victim, creating more and more barbaric methods to see how long he can keep a victim alive before they perish. Often they don't, and his labs have always been filled with his latest 'experiments', mutants and things who are cursed to look at, and when released will try and kill anything thats sees their wretched form, matching this fervour only with their attempts at ending their own lives. He has little interest in power for its own sake, and is content to let others rule as long as he is not disturbed in performing his master work. It is probable he no longer knows what this is, but it is most likely safer for the world that way, as he is limited to only emerging into the world at large for victim hunts, and to see how his latest creation fares. When disturbed, he is truly a wrathful creature, but as is his way, takes time over revenge, enjoying the despair as whoever wronged him feels everything slip away from them, seeing them beg for death, and then only grating it once every last morsel of what made them them is gone. History – Many years ago, in a place which no longer exists as anything meaningful, there was a man called Alvar. He was a genius at all he turned his hand to, his magic created rains in drought, and his systems of storage kept that water so that it would not need to rain again for many months. Disease was cured, and all in all, every village remotely near him lived an easy life. Of course, his genius in matters arcane and physical was reported on, and soon, he was forced to turn his hand to weaponry. Glady he complied, seeing the lives saved by having such weapons in the world, making all war futile as his king would own such a monopoly on power. The crossbow was one of his, and combined with the pike (which he had no claim to) he created tactics to use it to allow tens to defend against thousands. But the King wanted weapons. Alvar toiled and toiled, new spells were made, better armour, better everything. In the end, he visited the King, who thanked him for his efforts, and bade him choose anything he wished from the castle to be his own. Alvar choose the King's daughter in marriage, a beautiful girl whom he had spoke with in brief, and who had captured his heart. Likewise, the girl was fascinated by Alvar, his knowledge, his energy and his compassion. They had decided upon this years ago, and Alvar only made much of what he did to gain her hand. Simply put, the King was furious, and Alvar was sent to the dungeons, held in place by traps and bars he built. However, soon the King's enemies managed to copy these new weapons, looting battlefiels and springing ambushes. Alvar was ordered to work again, under the watch of armed guards. Guards armed with HIS weapons, HIS armour. Long he worked, until one day, he escaped in the middle of the night, the guards slain. And then, he went to work. Alone, isolated, none knew quite what went through his mind, but he was desperate to see his beloved, to get revenge upon his slavery and imprisonment. Risking his life he took what he had and made himself... Different. He made spells to alter him, and made himself new limbs. He stopped being a Dark Elf, and at the same time embraced it, for he had not been typical of the species before. He fought his way to the capital, his crossbow, upgraded more so, spat bolts, his arms crushed armour like paper, his magic levelled battalions. And he got to the castle. He ran to the highest room, his beloved's room. And she hated him. She feared what he had done to himself, she could not love what he had become, eyes which loved him now showed hate, the mouth that kissed him shouted abuse and bile. He fell to his knees there and then, as the King arrived and began to attack. He was no match, and was crushed and broken, and as he lay, pleadin for his life, as Alvar readied himself for revenge... He felt something touch the back of his head, he turned, to the now crying princess. Silently she leaned forwards, and kissed him. As Alvar's mind struggled to understand this, his logic deserting him as it always did with her, she cast a spell through her hands which were on either side of his head. The explosion of light inside his head damaged his brain terribly, and he was thought dead, and was buried, before a thousand horses ran over the grave so it would never be found. Many years later, his body finished its repais, and Alvar pulled himself from the earth. Into the side of a mountain he carved a lair, and began to abduct people to experiment on. His original quest was vengance, or he knew not how long had passed. However, he swiftly found he did not know what for entirely, and became obsessed with continuing as he did for the sheer fun of it. This profile has been approved by Shadow! Edited by MidnightShadow, Aug 10 2009, 08:32 PM.
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| Alvar | Aug 11 2009, 10:01 AM Post #2 |
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Alvar's abilities First five Unstoppable! -Having experimented on himself perhaps more than many would believe possible, Alvar's ability to resist pain and recover is above that of a usual mortal. Firstly, he feels pain to a markedly lesser extent, and can totally ignore most minor cuts and bruises, whilst the pain he would fell from most other injuries is downgraded accordingly. He also can heal the same minor wounds he can ignore within about an hour to six hours, although there is a delay of a further six hours between recieving the wound and it healing. Enchantment: Pandemic Shot - Aside from being an excpetionally well made repeater crossbow, Alvar's crossbow also carries an enchantment. The enchanment is on the crossbow, not the bolts. When hit by a bolt, the victim suffers from a small drop in their will/ ability to fight, tiring at an above average rate (when combined with the fact they are likely still fighting), this effect grows more pronouced over time, or if they are hit by a great many bolts. However, by removing the bolt from them, this effect is removed, and is soon recovered from with rest. Obliterate (level 1) – A spell which is like dark magic in pretty much every way, although technically is not. Dark flames form around the target of the spell, burning targets. It has a range of about 20 metres, and the flames remain for about five minutes after being cast. Typically, this can be cast about once every hour or so without ill side effects, but also to avoid exhaustion it may only be cast about 4 times a day. Summon failed experiements – Alvar can magically summon to him some of the millions of wretched creatures he has in captivity. Upon arriving they will lash out at the world, striking at anything, although usually their fear of Alvar will make them leave him alone, usually. He may summon 3 such experiments over a 24 hour period, whether one at a time or all together. If he does this repeatedly for many days, however, he will tire significantly. These experiments typically could take down a single unarmed human, but little more than that. Cogs turning... – Alvar can deduce how things work with ease, this applies to motives as well as things such as winch systems and other technological works. Simple abilities Self Improvement - Alvar has replaced some of his body with new, improved alternatives. In addtion to housing his blades, they also have markedly increased strength and durability. His left arm and lower legs can stop standard weapons, although very heavy weapons (Two handed axes and such) can damage them still, and enchantments are unaffected. They also have about three times the strength of normal limbs. Edited by Alvar, Sep 12 2009, 04:35 PM.
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