Post by Skulls And Pie on Nov 28, 2008 22:43:40 GMT -5
Name- Océan Maroc Perou
Age- 23
Gender- Male
Date of Birth- Nov. 24th
Homelands- Ikinna, Nehallenia
Race- Human
Ethnicity- Caucasian
Class- Thief
Final- Aura Building
A technique a mystic taught Océan in Sahasrara. The mystic specialized in aural magic, and after seeing Océan get his arse kicked trying to steal something, he decided to help him out. He taught Océan that he could build up his bright orange aura with a lot of time and concentration. Not only could it become visible, but he could solidify it into weapons, such as dangerous spikes or energy bombs. And, if he built it up enough, the aural energy could explode around him to harm anything in the area with ill intentions toward him. However, the amount of concentration and time this all takes gives the enemy ample time to attack him, and if his concentration is broken then all the energy is wasted. And if it works - or if it doesn't - he is wiped of a lot of energy.
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{Weapon Information}
Chainshot
Much like the famous Hookshot from The Legend of Zelda games, the chainshot is a brass mini-cannon. Filled with a length of chain that flings out when the trigger is pulled, a set of removable heads is kept with it. Each head may be attached to the end of the chain for a different use. Some of the gears that cause the chainshot to work can be seen through a crack on the side.
Removable Chainshot Heads
The chainshot has a set of seven heads that can be attached to the end of its chain.
-Grappling Claw – A metal claw composed of four “prongs”, it can grab things such as poles to swing off of.
-Spearhead – Shaped like the end of a spear, this head can be used to stab foes from afar.
-Hook – Jagged and resembling an oversized fishing hook, this is useful for attacking or grabbing.
-Round Weight – Useful as an anchor or wrecking ball is this sphere of extremely heavy metal
-Metal Jar – Pretty self-explanatory, a small metal container with a lid that closes itself when the chain is reeled back in.
-Spikes – Just a row of spikes to be flung at enemies.
-Capture Straps – Attached to a round metal plate, these four straps use the speed of release to wrap around the target.
Dagger
A simple brass dagger, used by Océan at close range. He doesn’t like to use it if it’s not necessary, mostly due to his attachment to his chainshot.
{Armour Information}
“Regular” Clothing
Finding it unnecessary to wear armor, Océan resorts to wear nothing but his regular outfit. A tweed blazer and a pair of patched up bronze pants is fine with him, his torso exposed to the world. Along with a pair of black pirating gauntlets and matching boots, he’s ready to go.
Goggles
The closest thing to armor Océan wears, he would feel naked without this pair of goggles. Clear lensed with a brass plate and black strap, these are wonderful for flying in.
{Accessory Information}
Poupée avec la croix (doll with the cross)
Made by a Ghedian sangoma, or witch doctor, this is an adorable little doll. It is made of black cloth with white beads for eyes, a white stitched mouth, and white thread for hair. A Maltese cross adorns its front. Océan picked it up on his travels in Ghede.
[The sangoma who sold it to Océan said that it is a protective doll. It has yet to help him in any way, but maybe it will show its use at a later date.]
{Physical Description}
Standing five-foot-eleven and weighing an approximate one-hundred-forty-five pounds, Océan is a pretty prime example of youth. Skin clear except for a scar or two, his pale skin is not necessarily smooth. Brown hair sticks up out of his head in a sort of jagged set of spikes, almost looking sharp. His matching brown eyes look bright, with a mischievous gleam, but their shape makes them look sleepy all the time. Running around as much as he does, his body stays lean but semi-muscled, and he flaunts it. A row of black stripes adorn his back, tattooed there by a friendly Azakan tribe, while some Nozamians pierced both his ears multiple times for him. A small scar can be found to the left of his mouth, while a longer one runs down the back of his ribcage. Except for his toplessness, he’s basically the average sky pirate.
{Background}
Born in a town on the plains of Ikinnia one November, was a baby boy. Named Océan, his parents learned early in his childhood never to trust him. Sent on simple farm tasks, he would come back hours later with the task still not completed. His parents lost faith in him working on the farm and sent him to school, being to only of the kids to ever attend school.
As the years went on, his siblings bullied him. They all wished to attend school and have an opportunity to do something other than farmwork for the rest of their lives, but, ironically, their parents trusted them enough to keep them working for the farm. That planted seeds of resentment among the Perou kids.
In school, Océan was the class trickster, goofing around and giving the other children a good fright. However, he worked hard and got pretty good grades, for whatever reason. School wasn’t his least favorite thing, so his parents were satisfied. His siblings, however, weren’t.
At age thirteen he still wasn’t showing any interest in going back to the farm. After eight years in school, they thought he’d be seeing the light and be ready to come back and work diligently. His interest in school was getting on his parents’ nerves, while their nagging was getting on his.
Soon enough, the combined frustration accumulated into a big fight. Threats were thrown, from feeding Océan to the chickens to the barn being set on fire with the horses and cattle still in it. The boy finally made a promise: to leave the house and never come back.
Though his parents took this as an idle threat, when the looked in his room the next day, they found it empty. There was no sign of him for miles, and they finally were sorry. They spoke to all the children that attended school with him and the teachers, but none had heard anything of where he had gone.
That night, Océan had been looking for a place to run off to, but nothing looked promising. He ran into city hall, and his eyes grew wide. Floating above it was a large ship. He peered inside and saw figures looting the place. With a spark of inspiration, he made the biggest decision of his life.
When the sky pirates found him in their ship, they were amazed. How did a thirteen-year-old farmboy (or so they thought) get into a skyship without its owners noticing? He soon became a new member of their crew, being the youngest they ever had. His intelligence boosted him, becoming a sub-captain in almost an instant.
The crew sailed all around the world, not only looting big towns in Ikinna, Arden, Alcoa, and Albain, but also traveling to other continents and making allies with the locals, especially tribesmen.
After a while, however, Océan got tired. Not of looting or of the crew, but the lack of anyone his age. He only saw peers of his for maybe a month at most, and then sailed off somewhere else.
As abruptly as he came, he left.
{Nehallenia Information}
Nehallenia, named after the Irish goddess of seafaring, is a steampunk planet. Stuck in a modified version of the Victorian era, it is a very rustic place. The main planet is mostly ocean – an ocean named Thalassa – with very few islands. In the troposphere, however, are floating islands, called lyftlands. Organized into twenty-four continents (based on subregions of planet Earth), the only way to get from one lyftland to another is air travel, like the skyship of the pirates Océan sailed with.
-Continents Mentioned Here:
Ikinna – a continent based on the U.S. Great Plains
Ghede – a continent based on the Carribean Islands
Azaka – a continent based on South, Central, West, and East Africa
Nozama – a continent based on the Amazon Rainforest
Arden – a continent based on the East U.S.
Alcoa – a continent based on the south-west U.S. and Northern Mesoamerica
Albain – a continent based on Britain
Sahasrara - a continent based on the Himalayas
Age- 23
Gender- Male
Date of Birth- Nov. 24th
Homelands- Ikinna, Nehallenia
Race- Human
Ethnicity- Caucasian
Class- Thief
Final- Aura Building
A technique a mystic taught Océan in Sahasrara. The mystic specialized in aural magic, and after seeing Océan get his arse kicked trying to steal something, he decided to help him out. He taught Océan that he could build up his bright orange aura with a lot of time and concentration. Not only could it become visible, but he could solidify it into weapons, such as dangerous spikes or energy bombs. And, if he built it up enough, the aural energy could explode around him to harm anything in the area with ill intentions toward him. However, the amount of concentration and time this all takes gives the enemy ample time to attack him, and if his concentration is broken then all the energy is wasted. And if it works - or if it doesn't - he is wiped of a lot of energy.
----------------------------
{Weapon Information}
Chainshot
Much like the famous Hookshot from The Legend of Zelda games, the chainshot is a brass mini-cannon. Filled with a length of chain that flings out when the trigger is pulled, a set of removable heads is kept with it. Each head may be attached to the end of the chain for a different use. Some of the gears that cause the chainshot to work can be seen through a crack on the side.
Removable Chainshot Heads
The chainshot has a set of seven heads that can be attached to the end of its chain.
-Grappling Claw – A metal claw composed of four “prongs”, it can grab things such as poles to swing off of.
-Spearhead – Shaped like the end of a spear, this head can be used to stab foes from afar.
-Hook – Jagged and resembling an oversized fishing hook, this is useful for attacking or grabbing.
-Round Weight – Useful as an anchor or wrecking ball is this sphere of extremely heavy metal
-Metal Jar – Pretty self-explanatory, a small metal container with a lid that closes itself when the chain is reeled back in.
-Spikes – Just a row of spikes to be flung at enemies.
-Capture Straps – Attached to a round metal plate, these four straps use the speed of release to wrap around the target.
Dagger
A simple brass dagger, used by Océan at close range. He doesn’t like to use it if it’s not necessary, mostly due to his attachment to his chainshot.
{Armour Information}
“Regular” Clothing
Finding it unnecessary to wear armor, Océan resorts to wear nothing but his regular outfit. A tweed blazer and a pair of patched up bronze pants is fine with him, his torso exposed to the world. Along with a pair of black pirating gauntlets and matching boots, he’s ready to go.
Goggles
The closest thing to armor Océan wears, he would feel naked without this pair of goggles. Clear lensed with a brass plate and black strap, these are wonderful for flying in.
{Accessory Information}
Poupée avec la croix (doll with the cross)
Made by a Ghedian sangoma, or witch doctor, this is an adorable little doll. It is made of black cloth with white beads for eyes, a white stitched mouth, and white thread for hair. A Maltese cross adorns its front. Océan picked it up on his travels in Ghede.
[The sangoma who sold it to Océan said that it is a protective doll. It has yet to help him in any way, but maybe it will show its use at a later date.]
{Physical Description}
Standing five-foot-eleven and weighing an approximate one-hundred-forty-five pounds, Océan is a pretty prime example of youth. Skin clear except for a scar or two, his pale skin is not necessarily smooth. Brown hair sticks up out of his head in a sort of jagged set of spikes, almost looking sharp. His matching brown eyes look bright, with a mischievous gleam, but their shape makes them look sleepy all the time. Running around as much as he does, his body stays lean but semi-muscled, and he flaunts it. A row of black stripes adorn his back, tattooed there by a friendly Azakan tribe, while some Nozamians pierced both his ears multiple times for him. A small scar can be found to the left of his mouth, while a longer one runs down the back of his ribcage. Except for his toplessness, he’s basically the average sky pirate.
{Background}
Born in a town on the plains of Ikinnia one November, was a baby boy. Named Océan, his parents learned early in his childhood never to trust him. Sent on simple farm tasks, he would come back hours later with the task still not completed. His parents lost faith in him working on the farm and sent him to school, being to only of the kids to ever attend school.
As the years went on, his siblings bullied him. They all wished to attend school and have an opportunity to do something other than farmwork for the rest of their lives, but, ironically, their parents trusted them enough to keep them working for the farm. That planted seeds of resentment among the Perou kids.
In school, Océan was the class trickster, goofing around and giving the other children a good fright. However, he worked hard and got pretty good grades, for whatever reason. School wasn’t his least favorite thing, so his parents were satisfied. His siblings, however, weren’t.
At age thirteen he still wasn’t showing any interest in going back to the farm. After eight years in school, they thought he’d be seeing the light and be ready to come back and work diligently. His interest in school was getting on his parents’ nerves, while their nagging was getting on his.
Soon enough, the combined frustration accumulated into a big fight. Threats were thrown, from feeding Océan to the chickens to the barn being set on fire with the horses and cattle still in it. The boy finally made a promise: to leave the house and never come back.
Though his parents took this as an idle threat, when the looked in his room the next day, they found it empty. There was no sign of him for miles, and they finally were sorry. They spoke to all the children that attended school with him and the teachers, but none had heard anything of where he had gone.
That night, Océan had been looking for a place to run off to, but nothing looked promising. He ran into city hall, and his eyes grew wide. Floating above it was a large ship. He peered inside and saw figures looting the place. With a spark of inspiration, he made the biggest decision of his life.
When the sky pirates found him in their ship, they were amazed. How did a thirteen-year-old farmboy (or so they thought) get into a skyship without its owners noticing? He soon became a new member of their crew, being the youngest they ever had. His intelligence boosted him, becoming a sub-captain in almost an instant.
The crew sailed all around the world, not only looting big towns in Ikinna, Arden, Alcoa, and Albain, but also traveling to other continents and making allies with the locals, especially tribesmen.
After a while, however, Océan got tired. Not of looting or of the crew, but the lack of anyone his age. He only saw peers of his for maybe a month at most, and then sailed off somewhere else.
As abruptly as he came, he left.
{Nehallenia Information}
Nehallenia, named after the Irish goddess of seafaring, is a steampunk planet. Stuck in a modified version of the Victorian era, it is a very rustic place. The main planet is mostly ocean – an ocean named Thalassa – with very few islands. In the troposphere, however, are floating islands, called lyftlands. Organized into twenty-four continents (based on subregions of planet Earth), the only way to get from one lyftland to another is air travel, like the skyship of the pirates Océan sailed with.
-Continents Mentioned Here:
Ikinna – a continent based on the U.S. Great Plains
Ghede – a continent based on the Carribean Islands
Azaka – a continent based on South, Central, West, and East Africa
Nozama – a continent based on the Amazon Rainforest
Arden – a continent based on the East U.S.
Alcoa – a continent based on the south-west U.S. and Northern Mesoamerica
Albain – a continent based on Britain
Sahasrara - a continent based on the Himalayas
