[SU/D]SFR: Empires of the Smoky Skies

Name: Alfred Joseph Hobbs

Age: 35

Race: Human (Augmented Human)

Gender: Male

Faction: Technocratic Empire of Orlina / Luddite descendant

Appearance:

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He was once a handsome, sharp dresed man with green eyes, slim build and black hair who often carried a cane to help overcome his disability with his right leg in days past and often wore garments of his family's dead race of magic practitioners, although as he aged to adulthood this has been replaced with sharp dressed robes of scholars. After his severe breakdown and psychotic lapse into his work, the flesh is nearly torn assunder and all that remains are metal, hatred, and obsession to resurrect the Luddite way. This new ideal is reflected in his new robes of black, complex wiring around his body and a mask of Luddite and Orlina fusion of symbols that grounds him to the past and the future. He now carries a shoulder cannon and his cane is augmented with various red hues of magitek and Orlina's latest technological advancements. He carries the colour red and black to show his loyalty to Orlina.


Weight: 90 kg / 98 kg after conversion


Height: 5'11 / 6'3" after conversion


Skin Tone: Brown / Pale White after conversion


Eye Color: Green / Red after conversion


Hair Color: Black / Bald after conversion


Hair Type: He had a spiky long hair tied to a ponytail in his college days up until the incident, once he emerges from his mansion he has lost all hair and hides behind an iron mask.

Body Type: He is thinly built all his life, but is extremely agile and can lift an average pace. Once he is Augmented however, his body has grown to another height and his strength is quite renowned, he artificially augments his fitness to match his intimidating prowess.


Personality:

"Your flesh is no longer required. A New future awaits you, hand over your flesh and you will see reason," - Alfred before every operation.


Prior to madness, he was kindly and knowledgable of his fields in mathematics, physics, Magitek and biology with aspirations to follow his father in Research and Development. After the incident, he has lost mind but the obsession of perfecting the world through machines and magic kept him going to the point he was not the same individual in his scholar days.


He is a brilliant scholar and a flaw of his that makes him wants to study the topic at hand from inside and out until it can be upgraded or if he can fuse his family's methods unto it. He is obsessive, influencial and charismatic in the fields of his work. Even after his breakdown, he yet retains these traits but is quite far more over the edge.


Alfred's life changing event that turned him into a cyborg augment has made him far more removed from human emotions, often not considering the losses and misery his inventions and abilities can bring unto the world. Yet for the future that will stand the test of time, he will study the key to magitek and the world's modern sciences to ensure that Orlina will triumph over the five nations.


His only tether to his past is the cane that his father left him, implied to hold arcane secrets of magitek that even Alfred cannot unlock without a proper practitioner. To this end, he burries himself obsessively with work to find the one who can open the key to unlocking his father's heirloom while influencing Orlina to spread his inventions and capture more rebels for him to meticulously turn into Golems or Armed soldiers for the fleet.


He often controls his urges to disect his test subjects and turn them into automatons and machineries without breaking the law. The government often contracts death row inmates and war criminals for him to study and convert in the most gruesome ways, controlling his urges and fuels his desires for even peering into the future's path to building the perfect Technocratic city.

Weapons:

Arcane Staff of Luddite- Orlina Desgination "Ultronium" - Alfred's father, Raynald Hobbs once carried this metallic cane and weilded it as head of the Ministry of Science. It was said that it holds one of the branches of Magic in this world and often was a historic artifct for Orlina. Many attempts were made by the Government to gain possession of it but Raynald has held them at bay by working at the Ministry of Science and Magitek Research Association to pry out the full brunt of the Staff. Raynald taught Alfred to use the stick as a means of drawing Magic from nature and converting it into offensive based magic while upgrading it constantly with Orlinian Technology as both father and son developed it. Due to the event that changed Alfred, Raynald has failed to impart the family secret of unleashing Ultronium to its maximum power. As such, Alfred studies or hunts for a Historian or a real Luddite who can unlock Ultronium's power. It has since been dimmed down due to Alfred's lack of mastery of its power, bringing to a shell of its former powerful self. Alfred uses his intellect, knowledge and mastery of his family's legacy with Orlina's government to hunt down a Historian or a Luddite capable of unlocking Ultronium's raw power just as Raynald once could. Alfred can conjure basic magic and add potency with its various technological upgrades. Its drawback is that it doesnt weild enough power at times although this is but a showcase of Alfred's deadly creativity.

Laser Cannon Magicita - Orlina Designation "Stark" - Alfred's original invention, based on Ultronium's design and has since fused to his body (specifically his left shoulder) after his madness overcame him. This rechargable beauty would go on to be Orlina's primary development into Laser technology, at a burst, she can unleash the fury of the sun's heat in a straight light and incinerate targets for up to 12 meters if targeting is primed correctly. The flaw is, that the recharge time is consistently after 2 minutes while the burst shot has been recently customized by Alfred to fire consistent shots up to 6 and 7 times before a recharge time is in effect. Stark depends highly on Ultronium's mystical power to recharge it or else Alfred resorts to his various inventions such as the Electrical Breakers of Orlina to recharge this miniaturized super weapon.

EMP automaton - Orlina Desgination "Milena Storm" - Alfred's latest invention, a robot that is fitted with a brain of a dedicated student named Milena Faye that follows him loyally. Due to her frail body and dying of an unknown ailment, she volunteered to be immortalized by her teacher and follow him all throughout his progression for the Industrial evolution. She is a round shaped automaton that secretes high voltage of red matter electricity that is harmful and deadly to all but machinery. She is also outfitted with Magitek hover capabilties and a newly created EMP blaster that allow her to remain afloat and cause destructive results to machines of rival nations. She often acts as she was when a human ; by her teacher's side and all the more fiesty and intelligent. She has accomplished her dream to be her mentor's weapon and loyally follows it to the letter.

Skills & Abilities:

Alfred is a futurist, and thus like his father before him, thinks about a century's worth of inventions after further analysis of current era technology. With the dawn of Magic returning, his madness often directs him to turn what was once magical into a scientific advancement and has no qualms or morals with the idea of upgrading humanity into his image: Totalitarian Technocracy, an age where emotions can be controlled and every living man and woman fits his image of Magitek beings.

He is a skilled inventor in building various advanced weaponry, traps and civilian type inventions on the conceptualized idea of what is needed by his country and what his soldiers need. There is also his manic obsession with upgrading humanity and thus his knowledge of the human body is quite unique in order for his work to go further.

Alfred is a skilled mathematician and physicist, based on most of the country's studies and has graduated Magna Cumm Laude in his fields. Even as madness takes him at times, his skills are as sharp as ever.

He is a skilled Theater Actor and Orator, able to present complex inventions to simply and inspire his country.

His madness allows him to eerily calm his victims before turning them into Automatons permanently and allows them to be comfortable with their new bodies.

Inventions -

Orlinian Automatons - Metal men and Machines powered by Magitek and created by Alfred to aid the men and women of his country. Often used as heavy soldiers and guards to the Leader. In truth, they are either former humans who are branded enemy to the Empire, war criminals, death row prisoners and even spies. They loyally serve the Emperor and Alfred due to his ability to control them. They retain their memories of their former lives and often work alongside the Empire under false hope that Alfred can return them to normal. Their lifespan reaches to estimated 250 years without damage to their parts. They act often as body guards and are flawlessly programmed to shut down if signs of dissent appears within the brain of the complex machinery. Alfred notes this is one of his finest works as it reduces casualties to his people by using enemies against their own kind and causes psychological terror to their enemies.

Orlinian Prosthetics - One of his least favourite inventions as it does not do anything other than help save lives. It is the basics of his family's legacy and is often used by The Empire's hospitals.

Orlinian Medicinal Magicite - One of a few Machineries that can help heal a patient and is excessively used with hospitals. This technology can be weaponized to create biometric fields and Electromagnetic pulse if he can recustomize it. This meager looking device is put to use by Orlina's finest and often saved more lives than it took, bolstering a significant rate of healthcare in Orlina.

Orlinian Boosters - These are contributions to the Sky Fleet of Orlina that can bolster its speed to advance and flank enemy Air Ships. It is often used commercially by Civilian Air ships to navigate through skies and its thrust power runs on Coal as customized by the


Story:

Born to a very wealthy family who rose to the top of the government by studying their technology and adding forms of magic unto them, The Hobbs prominently rose to greater heights after the war that killed his father's former people.


Alfred was often disciplined by his mother and father to remember the loss of their people while living in Orlina to grow into a renowned Magicologist (at that time, was rare and controversial) by fusing Morden technology with Magitek. Alfred soared to great heights when at the age of 8, created the first cyborg dog after it was mortally wounded in a crash. His talents were finally acknowledged by his father and their bond grew stronger into his teens, wherein he finalyl shared the secret of their success: Ultronium.


The Arcane Staff looked different from when he first saw it as a child, due to the various upgrades his father had conducted constantly from time to time to appear even more far removed from its descended people yet its potent magic is unrivalled as of the era. Only his father could access such weaponry and only he can harness the power Alfred so longed to weild for the sake of Science and Magic.

At the age of 20 he graduated Magna Cumm Laude in the University and immediately drafted to his father's Research and Development Department within the Kingdom. To his dismay, his father had meticulously ripped most of his inventions off and enhanced them even further, setting a rift between him and his father.

At 24, tragedy struck the Hobbs after spies from one of the 5 nations attacked the department. Almost everyone was killed in the struggle as well as his own father, who was mortally wounded. Alfred hesitated to save the man who stole most of his ideas and took credit, yet held hand due to longing to earn the love of his father.

His father, at the time of desperation, insulted him greatly and told him to release him so he can further invent and take whatever means was needed to succeed, revealing that he hated his son's intelligence and he was good for nothing but to only take advantage for his own genius mind as well as his developing ideas in the field of magic. Realizing that Greed was all that consumed his father and showed no real love, combined with the events of that time snapped Alfred and warped his personality into a madman. Without pause, he allowed the debris to kill his father and took all the inventions that was stolen from him along with others he had in mind. Seizing Ultronium and running to his family's mansion where he remained for 4 years.

No one knew of the Hobbs incident at RnD and pinned Alfred as missing while his father declared dead. His mother had long escaped Orlina to settle elsewhere, leaving him further deranged and broken. After investigators returned to the mansion of the Hobbs estate, they find it to be filled with various unknown technology for its time. Alfred emerges, now half man and machine underneath the seal of Orlina and a mask that hides the deformed face of Orlina's shining minds.

Alfred was seized and trialed before the Ministry for dessertion, until it was revealed that all the missin criminals or spies that had been lost to the authorities of the Empire were actually imprisoned in a fate far crueler than death. The council was in doubt whether to execute Alfred for crimes against humanity or dessertion but it was revealed that he spent the years also developing advances in technology and the long lost Magitek that his father once weilded.

Realizing that Orlina's gold mine of advancement remains, they secured a position for Alfred Hobbs in his father's former position. And not wanting to replicated the events that drove him to madness, he demanded more of the criminals of Orlina for mass conversion if he was to succeed further. Under reluctance, they complied and within a month, their military ranks were bolstered by additional Automatons invented by Alfred. Years progressed grandly for Orlina as The former brilliant scholar descended into derange science to further advance his ambition for him alone. Ultronium remains in his possession as of today, seeking a Scholar or a Luddite who can unlock its power just as his pathetic father once did. With his student Milena as his aide, he will Show Orlina a new Industrialized Evolution.
 
Izanagi, Mikasa, I have to admit...your bios is quite amazing to look at. I can very well imagine what you have in store for your characters in the adventures ahead. Both of your bios are now accepted. Welcome to Empire of the Smoky Skies.
 
Kev, my bio is done. I look forward to hearing your critique as always. Let me know if I need to add more or scrap the whole thing completely!
 
Bio is finally complete~

I hope it's okay if my character learns combat over the course of the RP. He's meant to be a bit inexperienced in that department. :hmmm:
 
Bio is finally complete~

I hope it's okay if my character learns combat over the course of the RP. He's meant to be a bit inexperienced in that department. :hmmm:

Ooh, quite the hunk of a character. Can't speak for Noblesse, but my character isn't exactly inclined towards combat as well, so I'm sure it'll be fine for your character as well.
 
Mine is done as well. Levont is, given his profession, but Eile isn't well versed in combat. That will be interesting for me to rp.
 
Alfred is a Magicologist! He uses Magic shit to break you! He is not a combatant but his use of his staff and laser canon will put him at enough balance. He can do some stick play but sticks to using ranged attacks than go man to man.
 
My reaction to all this:

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Alright, I'll check your bios tonight...if everyone checks out, we might see the RP start as early as Friday.
 
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Your bios check out, They are all accepted.

Due to my internet cutting out, the start date will be pushed back to Monday at the earliest (assuming I can get the internet back at a reasonable time)
 
Name: Yin

Age: 4,874

Race: Demon. He possessed a human body in the forests of Gallica, but he doesn't need a body to roam the world.

Gender: Male

Faction: Gallica

Appearance: Yin in his natural form looks like a human with a bull's head. He has 6 arms, 2 legs, and a reptilian tail. His skin is beige and partially scaly. His hair is purple. The human body he possessed has shaggy black hair and a clean shaven face. His skin is white, which is covered in dried blood and dirt. Strange black symbols are written across his skin, but his clothes cover most of his body. He moves like he has joint problems. His steampunk style outfit is made out of linen and leather. His leather jacket has burn marks and holes. He looks like he's been living in the wild for a while. His eyes look infected with disease.

Personality: Yin is spooky to most people who come near him. Somebody might think he's part of a cult or homeless. He doesn't move like most people. He can switch his voice between the human body he possessed and himself. Yin is completely evil, but he sometimes shows he has principles. He also shows an interest in human society since he was released from his realm.

Weapons:
  • 7 Demons - a staff made of wood and bone. The head is made of bone spikes and bull skin straps. It has a primitive design, but it's effectively swung with one or two hands.
  • Electric Chainsaw - a chainsaw that has been very popular among people in Gallica. It uses a fuel cell.
  • Fishing Knife - a fishing knife with a single edge and bone handle.
  • .38 Revolver - a blue steel revolver. The cylinder has 6 rounds. It's usually carried on the belt.

Skills:
  • Language - Demonic, Sanskrit, Gallican, and Britannian.
  • Demonology - the study and knowledge of demons, evil, dead, possession, supernatural law, and rituals.
  • Stonework - ancient study and craftsmanship of stone cutting and construction.
  • Sculpting - useful skill in crafting anything from pottery to handmade weapons.
  • Fishing - skill in various ways of catching and trapping fish. It also involves cleaning and cooking fish when not planted under crops.
  • Gardening - skill in various ways of growing and taking care of plants. It's a basic skill used in creating small farms used to grow plants for the home.
  • Acting - performance skill of acting as a character in storytelling, a theater, or a saloon.
  • Art - knowledge and skill of creating art.
  • Staff - weapon proficiency involving the use of wood based weapons with a long shaft.
  • Dagger - weapon proficiency in any small sharp blade from a knife to a bayonet.
  • Improvisation - the skill of improvising with anything picked up to use as a weapon.
  • Warfare - knowledge of ancient warfare and battle strategy.
  • Tanning - a craftsman trade working with leather. Tanners also cure and dye leather used in everyday life.
  • Brewing - skill in making various drinks using rice, berries, honey, or grain.
  • Basic Mechanics - basic knowledge of various machines and their operation.

Abilities:
  • Alchemy - an ability learned in the hells, but a few people know about alchemy. Black symbols are written across the skin that allow the demon to perform alchemy. Some demons focus on a specific effect. Yin's alchemy is the ability to burn or freeze by touch. The effect's strength depends on the environment.
  • Damage Resistance - resistant to some types of damage depending on form. Bullets and piercing damage are nullified when possessing a human body. Slashing damage does 35% of full damage when possessing a human body. All damage is normal when materialized in normal form. Magic and magitek weapons do full damage.
  • Materialization - can become corporeal or incorporeal in normal form. An incorporeal state causes invisibility.
  • Resist Pain - resistant to pain. Pain is sometimes inflicted on the possessed human body.
  • Resist Fear - the effects of fear are nullified.
  • Cloud Magic - the ability to start and manipulate the rain when desired. It can come in the form of water, blood, or acid.
  • Telekinesis - the ability to move matter with one's mind. This can effect objects with the size of a ship.
  • Hypnotic Suggestion - a verbal command is spoken to a target. Any command can be given except commands that would put the target in immediate danger.
  • Possession - control a body from the inside and get access to the host's memories. Humans are the preferred targets. The body looks fresh and unharmed when it's not possessed anymore.
  • Supernatural Strength - limited supernatural strength in each form.
  • Plant Control - the ability to grow and manipulate plant life in the area.
  • Sonic Flight - fly at the speed of sound while possessing a human body. Flight speed is greatly increased when not possessing a human body.

Book of the Dead:
  • The book cover is made of human skin.
  • The pages are written with blood. Some pages have illustrations, diagrams, symbols, and rituals.
  • Passage - chapter about the passage to the land of the dead.
  • Binding - a spell that binds a person or spirit.
  • Ritual of the Hunt - diagrams of how to cleanse the body of possession by the dismemberment of the infected body part.
  • Ritual of the Cleansing - diagrams of how to cleanse the body of possession by a trial by fire or ice.
  • Ritual of the Burial - diagrams of how to cleanse the body of possession by burying the person alive in the ground without a coffin. The body must be exposed to the soil. The body will need the means of bringing it back from the brink of death.
  • Blessing of the Funeral - chapter with diagrams on cleansing and blessing the body for burial, so the body isn't disturbed by other beings from the land of the dead.
  • Burial Arrangements - making plants and flowers look pretty for funerals.
  • Evil, Dead, and You - a comprehensive guide to what it means to be evil, the different types of evil, and the dead.
  • Calling the Land of the Dead - opening a portal to another space-time to communicate with the dead.
  • Invocation of the Spirit - a ritual involving a circle created by a coven to call the elements and make a pact with all magic. This makes one more aware of magical beings and the supernatural world.
  • Runes of Warding - a chapter that discusses different runes that can ward away different types of beings.
  • Alchemy - instructions on how to create runes, various materials, and their effects.
  • Summon Dead - a circle that allows the person to summon the dead or a known dead person.
  • Summon Demon - a circle that summons a demon.

Story: There were 2 houses next to a lake near Dalmacea, Gallica. The house next to the lake had a waterwheel and was used for the local fish market. It had freezers for the fish. A local Gallican who lived there kept boats and fish nets. The house in the field had a windmill and was owned by another local Gallican and his family. The family kept livestock and farmed small crops including soy, potatoes, and chilies. The farmer lived a good life. He enjoyed living in the middle of nowhere because it was easy to avoid trouble there. Then, the meteor came. Fragments of the meteor fell from the sky. The farmer's wife was stood. A fragment hit the ground and started sliding. It moved too fast for the woman to react. She was immediately killed when it hit.

The farmer, son, and 2 daughters were devastated. A lot of people who survived the Thanatos Disaster became desperate and tried a lot of different things to find answers. The eldest daughter was very gifted in magic, but she always kept it to herself. She tried using spells to bring back the dead, but nothing worked. She went to sleep one night after weeks of trying different combinations of alchemy and magic. She was exhausted. She didn't know what to try. You still need a soul when you bring back the dead. Something came that night, but it was far from what she was expecting. She accidentally summoned a demon. It flew through the forest and went into the house. It violently jumped down her throat.

Her back was bent backwards and above the bed. She faced up with her legs on the bed. Blood and vomit came from her mouth. She became possessed by the demon and started moving around the house in an odd manner. She killed her family and livestock with a knife. Then, she sat at the table in her room and started writing a book. The book cover was made from human skin. The pages were written in blood. Some pages had illustrations, diagrams, symbols, and rituals. It was written by the dead. 2 spells were cast from the book after it was completed. The first opened a portal to another space and time to communicate with the dead. The second summoned a demon. The demon didn't come to her. It went to the fisher's house.

The fisher's body was floating in the air when the demon possessed him. He was spitting blood everywhere and yelling loud enough to shake the house. He picked up a piece of coal and drew black runes across his skin hard enough to start bleeding. He got dressed in the fisher's other cloths and walked out of the house. Then, he went to the woman who summoned him. She was still communicating with the dead, but her time fell short. The demon stopped her. He picked her up and threw her through the window. It has been 4,800 years since he was in this world, and he wasn't going to let a tart wearing a farmer's daughter meat sack suit ruin his time by trying to end the world. She was swallowed by the portal and has never returned.

Time went by. Many places were lost since the Thanatos Disaster. Only a few people remember the houses next to the lake. The only people who come by the area anymore are those in search of thanatium. They're either never seen again or forced to buy thanatium by the only person who lives in the area. A man named Yin claims he owns the area and all thanatium in his land. Yin also owns a cafe named Duchess in Dalmacea. The cafe was started by Yin who arrived one day in Dalmacea with a lot of thanatium. A brunette woman named Belle Madalene de Souse met him and said she wanted to start a cafe where people get to see shows and dances. She never asked why Yin looked the way he did. He offered her enough thanatium to start and manage the cafe.
 
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To all who are interested:

I apologize for having not been able to make a post in response to anything for so long, I was largely paralyzed from action due to midterms. I will however be posting the start of the RP immediately after this post.
 
Ah lucky you, having some rather patient participants~ :P Don't worry too much about it! At least it started now... Better late than never, was it?
 
Thank the gods this is finally alive! I will work on my entry immediately tonight.
 
Due to the fact that I'm currently on my four days on work, I will not be able to post until the 23rd. I apologize for any inconvenience.
 
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