Skaia's Bandwagoning Character Thread

[Alaina]

Yes, yes. It is that time of the year where I finally decide to make one of these for myself. Why? You may be wondering. Well, truth be told I have no idea myself, just was hit with sudden motivation to do one of these threads. 

 

Like you would expect from a database thread, this will be a compendium for all characters Skaia. Whether they be RP, NPCs from RPs, Story Characters, some other fourth thing and etc. However, at least in regards to RP characters, I will only post characters from finished RPs or dead ones. This is because here, I want to not only discuss who a character was, but what they became or what they would've become. I wish to give my thoughts on them as characters and how they might've influenced me or how I think they ended up. Obviously this means I'll probably update and rewrite some of the app if I feel the need to.

 

Furthermore, because thou who art reading mine thread have probably seen me in most of the RPs I've been in here, I more than likely won't be posting characters from RPs on YCM that I've done in the near future. Instead, I'll be using characters from other sites, as no one here has seen them and a few of them have been pretty influential in my writing. Another note is that not all of these characters will have a bio, as when they were created on the site there was no bio section for the app so I never actually troubled myself with one for pretty much all that I needed to. And as both a lazy person and don't want to just BS a bio into existence for a character that functioned without one, I more than likely won't. Such apps will be marked with a "Offsite" tag before their place of origin. 

 

With all that said and out of the way, prepare yourself for characters. Characters everywhere. 

[spoiler=Character List]

Jackie Alba - The Spirit of Adventure

 

 

[Alaina]

Act 1

The Spirit of Adventure

[spoiler=Jackie Alba]

Name: Jackie Alba 

Age: 15

Origin: Offsite - Light vs Darkness: The Hero's Return. 

[spoiler=Appearance]

Jackie is a somewhat short girl at the height of 5'3". This all too imposing height is only backed by a rather lanky and thin build, though with muscles slightly developed due to her constant exercise and adventure. She has little care for her actual appearance. This is shown by her constant casual attire and ever present grime and dirt on her from extended spelunking and adventuring.  

[spoiler=Personality]

If there was an embodiment of air headed pep it would be found in Jackie. A girl with only a go button, she pressed forward with single minded determination in anything she sets mind to. Often times incredibly confident in her own capabilities, regardless of how lacking they actually are. Despite her rather upbeat and chipper demeanor, she actually has little regard for others and those around her. She possesses very little way in regards to tact and even less in care of what others think about her, only ever really talking with people when she needs them to help her in her goal. This selfish attitude and her often misconstruing meaning behind words or coming to blatantly false conclusions causes her to have difficulty in making any real form of friends. 

 

The only one thing that Jackie ever truly cares about is adventure. Since she was a small child, the girl had been enamored with stories of old. Heroes seeking out magical artifacts, ancient beasts that prowled the lands, bountiful treasure that laid hidden away, etc. Whether real or false, ancient or new, these stories had always resonated with the girl. While she was chided at and made of fun by others, the girl wished only to go out and explore the world for herself and find these stories. 

 

Jackie possesses an incredible wanderlust and curiosity for the world around her, merely seeking out any story or ancient treasure she can find. While most of the stories she had been emulating were heroes and while some of her adventures might have lead her to help others out, Jackie has no real desire to be regarded as a hero. Put simply, she merely adventures for adventure's sake. She doesn't really care what the end result of her adventures are, she merely goes about it with a want to prove that these myths are real, or debunk them. As such, when a group was assembling together to find an ancient hero to topple an evil goddess, the only question she had was where to sign up. 

 

[spoiler=Weapons and Abilities]

Athleticism:

Due to her tendency to spelunk and other such forms of exploration, Jackie is quite the spry spring chicken and is quite athletic when it comes to climbing, swimming, running, etc. 

 

Swordplay:

No self respecting adventurer would ever be caught off guard. As such, Jackie carries a longsword around with her to fight against any monsters she might find herself against. She is not actually trained nor skilled in fighting with said sword, but it's better than nothing. 

 

Aura Shift:

Jackie has the ability to use an innate magical ability of hers to create an aura around her in order to increase her power in some way. Whether this be a boost to something like strength or speed, or simply an elemental affinity/boost to her weapons (such as adding fire to her sword.) She is able to shift through these Auras at will. 

Other: 

 

[spoiler=Thoughts]

Jackie is probably one of my favorite characters that I have ever RPed as and I think it shows in some of my writing. Those who read this might be familiar with other characters such as Xia, Meiko or Tsetseg that all follow a similar type of Genki Girl archetype, with minor variations here and there to fit a setting better and differentiate them. Jackie was the first of this archetype for my writing, or at least the first that I cared about, and I often try to emulate her wacky and slightly bizarre mindset in these characters that I have since made. 

 

The RP that Jackie originates from was one that was a sequel to one RP taking place around 300 years or so after it, though still somehow retaining at least half the same cast. As one might expect there were a lot of overpowered edgelords and the like, and so Jackie was created out of a want to make someone who felt incredibly unburdened by any of life's issues and be just a spirit of ongoing pep. Laser focused on a singular goal. While she was most definitely supposed to be an embodiment of "It's about the Journey not the Destination," as she had no real care for what the destination even was, just getting there. I suppose she probably ended up a lot more sociopathic than I had probably initially wanted, but it was all good fun overall. She was also easily the weakest character in this group, though that was intentionally so. Also she's a lot younger than I remember. 

 

While the RP crashed and burned, as one might expect, were it to go on through its course Jackie was to grow outside of this mindset. Since the hero they would be releasing would turn out to be the main antagonist, and as a result everything would go to sheet, the main idea was to have Jackie think about the consequences of her actions. Try to realize that her adventures could cause harm to those around her if she wasn't cautious about what the goal was and try to become a more caring individual, though still having that same adventurous pep behind her. 

 

 

[Alaina]

Act 2

God's Command

 

[spoiler=Salvatore Osorio]

Name: Salvatore "Sal" Osorio 

Angel: Zachariel- Archangel: God's Command

RP of Origin: Offsite - The Fallen

[spoiler=Appearance]

Sal stands at a height of 5'10. Build wise he is somewhat thinner side, though while he is in shape, he is not overly so and thus it doesn't really show that much. 

Age: 25

Location: Castelo Branco, Portugal

Occupation: Unemployed

[spoiler=Personality]

Salvatore, often going by Sal, always seem to have a rather chilled demeanor to him. He has an almost ever present clam to his face, giving him a near unrivaled poker face amongst his allies, which is only packed by his steady tone of voice. Not much ever seems to take him off his game, and even less seems able to actually rile him. While his expression and casual demeanor would make him seem approachable and friendly he is a remarkably blunt and scathing person. He is quite analytical about others, and often able to quickly point out there faults and what it is they need to work on. He does not really have any sense of fear in regards to who he's talking to and as such is never really prone to nerves when speaking to others. 

 

In spite of all of this, Sal is shown to be a natural born leader. He is shown to be intelligent, and with calm levelheadedness is generally able to make sensible decisions regardless of the situation. Furthermore, these very same traits cause him to be the most eligible for a group diplomat, often times forcing himself into such a position. Possessing a natural charisma, people tend to follow the ideas and plans he formulates, though he is not a compassionate person and is more concerned with overall success then other's safety. 

[spoiler=Abilities]

Swordplay:

Due to having the spirit of a fallen angel in him, Sal is able to wield the sword that originally belonged to his respective angel, Zachariel. When not in use, the sword takes the form of an ivory wand. Once activated it takes the form of a bastard sword, silvered hilt and white blade. While Sal is not actually an expert in sword wielding, due to the spirit of Zachariel within him he does not act completely inexperienced. 

 

Aerokinesis: 

Using the powers innate to his angel, Sal is able to control the air around him. This is never used in any major degree, more so just creating small blasts of wind more than anything else. 

 

Angel Spirit: 

By tapping into the full power of Zachariel, Sal is able to temporarily exceed all natural parameters and limitations over himself. During this time his physical capabilities drastically increase and his ability of Aerokinesis is increased as well. When this period ends there is a significant backlash, proportionate to the time spent in it, and if held active for too long it can kill the user. 

 

 

[spoiler=Thoughts]

This is Salvatore, or Sal. Sometimes going by Salvador because I apparently forgot how I spelled his full name every now and then, but it's ok because he only ever went by Sal. Some context behind the RP he appeared in. Modern day, demons and sheet are starting to go on the move and begin their plot to basically destroy everything. The only thing that can stop them are these people who have the spirit of fallen angels slumbering inside of them, unbeknownst to them. In order to awaken said spirits, you basically just need to be made aware they are there, and once you do you can basically speak with them and start to gain their power as yours. Cool RP, nothing special as it was just us traveling around the world, fighting demons, dark angels and tracking down MacGuffins, but it finished and it was all good fun.

 

Sal is probably the character I am the second most proud of from that RP and was the third, of four, characters that I made for it. As one would expect from being number 3, he came a bit midwayish into the RP and had a very specific purpose in mind. One that, I might add, he failed spectacularly at. So, in this RP the hosts character pretty much knew more about the given scenario than most anyone else, and was the one that had gathered the fallen angels in the first place. Naturally they were the leader. Both the host and the character themselves didn't want to  be one, it made the group a tad directionless and was a bit awkward. 

 

Sal was made with the purpose of pointing this out to the group, in character, and teaching them how to direct themselves and express their opinions on such matters. However, because no one had much in way of direction anyway, and Sal had a good head on his shoulders and aforementioned reasonable decision making skills, this instead promoted him to group leader. He held this position for a good majority of the rest of the RP, until someone else finally took the reigns. This is where the second half of his personality came in from, not actually intentional and just something I realized while RPing him. Ironic, I know. 

 

In regards to angels, because they were different characters than our own entirely, they did appear as NPCs to interact with. They were controlled by the player and given a personality by them, but were ultimately optional to flesh out and even play. Nevertheless, some of them were cool, but Zachariel was not one of them. First off, the angels we could pick from were all from a large list that only had the name and title to them, and it was mostly up to the player to interpret what their powers would be and pretty much everything about the angel unless the host had a specific idea in mind, and even that was only a minor thing. I have no idea where I got Wind powers from, given Zachariel's title was "God's Command" or "Command of God" and I saw that they were related with the Sun and Earth, so your guess is as good as mine. As for the character Zachariel themselves, they only appeared like a few times, if that, and had a pretty monotone and, intentionally, robotic personality. But I have an image for them if you wanted to ogle it.  

 

As for how he's affected me while RPing, he pretty much defines the base of this archetype of characters that I do every now and then. The calm, collected, kind of strong, kind of knowledgeable but passive and more about observing then acting. The only character I can think of, from YCM at least, that I think fits this archetype would be Nine from Gijinka but only really in circumstance and base idea. Other than that, he deviates quite a bit from Sal.