Post by Creator on Dec 25, 2007 16:41:22 GMT -5
Basic Info
Name: Robert Lewis Seger
Age: Nineteen
Date of Birth: July 17, 1931
Homelands: An unnamed city near the beaches of California.
Race: Human
Class: Bard
Unique Ability: (Wish-Granting)
Seger uses music to grant wishes.
THE RULES:
1.) He cannot grant his own wishes, nor can he grant a wish if he forces someone else to make it for him.
2.) He must make a two-line song that rhymes, talking about the wish, to grant a wish.
3.) He must either sacrifice something of equal or greater value to grant the wish, or corrupt a wish by granting them something that is technically what the person asked for, though not what they truly meant.
4.) There is a definite limit to his power. He can't do something like blowing up a country, people.
Final: (Phenominal Cosmic Power)
This allows Seger to turn up his guitar's volume to eleven, to grant one extra-strong wish. He still can't affect people against their will, and he still can't grant his own wishes, but there's no cost or corruption to the wish, and there's no limit on its power. He does, however, have to come up with eight lines rather than two for this to work, and it shorts out his guitar for the rest of the roleplay, leaving him powerless. Seger has never used this ability, though he does know about it.
Items
{Weapon information}
(Ruby)
Ruby is a red electric guitar with a silver pick guard. It looks similar to a Fender Stratocaster, though anyone who actually knows much about guitars can tell it is not. Seger carries it everywhere, usually in his "sheath" on his back. It is actually attached to a sort of artificial pivot joint on its strap, rather than being attached at two points. It can lock into position, allowing it to behave normally when being played, but the lock can be released to allow it to spin around a full 360 degrees on the strap.
[Ruby is indestructible, does not get out of tune, and can play loudly at any time as if it were plugged into an amp.]
{Armour Information}
None.
{Accessory Information}
(Guitar Sheath)
A soft case on Seger's back, worn like a sword's sheath. Ruby is placed in it with the tip of the neck sticking out, allowing him to pull it out quickly and fluidly. He created Ruby's pivot strap solely for this purpose, so he can pull it out, spin it around and snap it into position, and be playing at a moment's notice.
[Only Seger can remove items from his sheath.]
Other Info
{Physical Description}
Seger is about 5'11", with wild brown hair that casts doubt as to whether or not it has actually been combed in his lifetime. It falls nearly to his shoulders, coming down around his green eyes. He's been told that he has beautiful eyelashes, which drives him insane. He's only been to a dentist once when he was a young child, so his teeth aren't perfect. He usually wears a simple white t-shirt with a pocket on the front and worn blue jeans, though he has been known to toss on a flimsy blue jacket when it's cold. He seems to have a perpetually small amount of facial hair, though he insist he shaves every morning. On a normal day, he wears a pair of black boots, into which he tucks his pant legs. As he rarely has anyone to "jam" with, he usually kicks these boots on the ground to simulate a drum beat while he plays. "They also hit pretty damn hard."
{Background}
Seger is actually from an earlier time, born in 1931, though we'll get to that later. Born and raised in western California, Seger's father made good money, though he wasn't around as much as most children would like. An only child, he was more of an obstacle to overcome than a son to his father, who served in the U.S. Navy. He was mainly brought up by his nanny, Cecilia, who seemed to care more about him than she did herself. He'd had magic within him from birth, though he never learned about it, nor did he really do anything extraordinary to arouse suspicion. Cecilia, however, knew in detail what powers were brewing within. From an early age she tested him, provoking him with different situations on a regular basis to see if there was any significant magical reaction. As a main source of stimulation, she played different kinds of music for him, as they put him through a vast array of emotions. While he loved hearing the music, it yielded no results.
She quickly grew frustrated with her inability to get a major sign of magic out of this boy in whom she sensed so much power. Seger, at that time ten years old, overheard her sobbing in her room. Of course, with such a lack of control as his, his power could be activated without a spoken wish, requiring only the will for something to happen. He unknowingly granted her wish that something would bring out his latent ability, transporting his father to a doomed Navy ship just minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Cecilia felt the magical upsurge and began trying to reproduce the effect, mistakenly thinking it was caused by her tears, rather than her willpower. Of course, she got nowhere, and gave up soon after news reached them of his father's death.
After the funeral, Cecilia immediately picked back up on her work, quickly discovering the true nature of Seger's power now that she had a general idea. She manipulated him for nearly a year before he began to realize it himself, and gained the control he needed to avoid granting her wishes unwillingly. Unforunately, Cecilia had been unaware that Seger's gifts had a price, and her sanity had been diminished slightly with every wish she made. On Seger's eleventh birthday, she explained in depth his powers, and what she wanted him to do. Furious with her for hiding this from him, Seger ran away. (Which, for an eleven-year-old, means stuffing your backpack full of pretzels and hiding in a familiar place.)
Then, something happened that to this day he does not understand. While hiding in the attic, there was a bright flash of blue light, and a stranger appeared before him, wearing what looked like a gold medallion with twelve glowing blue slashes around the edge. The man grabbed Seger and pulled at his arm, ignoring the boy's screams, and then there was a swirl of blue. Seger woke up in a grassy field in 1999, face-to-face with a strange gray boy with pointed ears.
Eight years later, Seger was good friends with the boy, Adren, and lived with him and several other "unique" people in a safe house in a different Californian city. Thorough investigation revealed nothing about his disappearance, nor did he find anything about Cecilia. She seemed to have vanished as silently as he. He had since acquired Ruby, and learned to further control his wish-granting magic. He could now choose whether or not he wanted to grant wishes, and could grant them very specifically and safely, but to do so he had to actually hear the wish. He used his guitar to channel his magic, as he had a strong connection with music in general. While the sound helped him gather energy for the wish, he was able to focus more on the finer aspects of controlling the magic, basically erasing the risk of making a mistake. He was never successful in overcoming his need to sacrifice things to fuel the wishes, or to corrupt the wishes, as he lacked the power he needed to do so.
During the years he lived with Adren, a physical combat specialist, he became adept in his own adaptation of martial arts. He attended several different classes, sitting through everything just to pick up one or two tricks of evasion. Being a kindhearted person, Seger compressed all the defensive and evasive aspects of the various martial arts he learned into his own martial art, which he appropriately called "Seger-Fu". He is highly skilled in avoiding being hit, though conversely, he has no offensive skills to give him an upper hand. A fight with Seger usually leads nowhere, with Seger unable to really attack and the enemy unable to land a hit.
When he was accepted into the Twilight Moon Academy, Adren made a series of wishes as a sort of goodbye present, giving Ruby all of its enchantments. He also gave it its eleventh volume notch, which supplied the extra power Seger needed to grant a cost-free wish. The two said their goodbyes, promised to meet again someday, and went their separate ways.
Personality: Seger has a deep love for music, and has stated on more than one occasion, if he had to choose between losing his hearing and being the last human alive, it would be a tough call. He tends to be in a good mood most of the time, which annoys his enemies when he avoids them so easily and makes light of the most serious of situations. He's fairly immature, to be honest. And yes, he was named after Bob Seger.