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Blackthorne

Blackthorne

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Name: 'John Underwood', real name Xhanatos Blackthorne. The Immortal Artisan

Gender: Male

Race: Post-Human Immortal

Lineage: Progenitor (Which is to say, he is the origin point of the lineages that formed through his sons. As such, it is assumed that he maintains the capability to produce unusual offspring, though it's best not to picture that. It is also unlikely, given his older appearance and general disinterest.)

Age: Incalculable.

Alignment: Order

Religion: N/A

Powers: Meta Regeneration- 'X' regenerates from any physical or mental damage done to him. If his body is incinerates, disintegrated, or erstwhile vaporized, he will reform in another locale. This also applies to his clothing. His consciousness appears to be fairly seperate from his physical form, and he retains memory even if he is destroyed.

Planeswalker- X has, through his own means, a manner of traveling between the infinite planes of reality. It is through this ability that he came to the present world, and was finally able to retire in peace.

Peerless Artisan- X's craftsmanship long ago exceeded that of mortal men, and now is something altogether different. Though he formerly employed his talent to forge weapons of war, he has since vowed to stay away from that path. He instead spends his time constructing toys, furniture, and other goods, to spread happiness and smiles.


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04-Apr-2016 08:05:16

Blackthorne

Blackthorne

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Talents/Skills: X's incredibly long adventures and the nigh-constant warfare sharpened his combat abilities to the point of mastery, though his subsequent acquisition of further abilities changed his style over time to one which tends to make little concern for defense.

See Peerless Artisan above.

X is also an extremely accomplished inventor, being largely responsible for inducing an industrial revolution in another timeline. He is very careful not to introduce anything related to gunpowder to the world, by and large. Having seen where that route leads, he's learned it's best not to hand that sort of power out. As such, he currently dabbles almost exclusively in clockwork constructions.

Weaknesses: The most prominent weakness is that X is very, very firmly retired. He will not intervene in wars, otherworldly invasions, or even pub fights, except to protect children. If accosted by street thugs, he is likely to leave his response at simply beating them with his cane. His fighting style also tends to leave little concern for his own defense, as he hasn't needed to worry about that for a very long time. Should someone acquire a weapon that would attack him on a conceptual level, he may not immediately recognize the danger.

Appearance: X is a man of handsome but heavily scarred features, framed by short, swept-back hair of black with strands of gray. He dresses almost exclusively in a blue trench-coat and wide brimmed hat, and is generally seen walking with a cane. Beneath his clothing, he is a patchwork of old scars and memory of wars from other timelines.

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04-Apr-2016 08:06:40

Blackthorne

Blackthorne

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"Brief" History: The tale of X began in another timeline entirely, and started very modest. He was born in a dilapidated ruin of a farmstead, the last holding of a defunct family of nobility. His family had fallen into crippling poverty, and when presented with a chance for relief, they took it. The young lad was sold to the Saradominist Inquisition, and from the age of five to thirty he was under their employ. He mastered many techniques both martial and mental, and was quickly becoming their top operative. Unfortunately however, he had started a family with a beautiful fremminik woman he had made the acquaintance of.

The misfortune in that turn of events came years later, however, when a cabal of necromancers he had investigated found his home. His family was put the to the sword, and he believed all of them dead. His grief turned into cold rage, and he spent six months hunting down every member of the cabal and killing them in drawn out, abhorrently painful ways. His revenge complete, the man was left with nothing but his sorrow, and he cloistered himself away in his studies. The precise nature of what caused the incident remains unknown, but his familial 'curse' was activated. The man lied in agony for seven days and nights without rest, and emerged from his lair changed. He was no longer strictly human. He did not require air to breathe, or food to eat. He could manipulate the energies of the world around him, and he did not rot.

His was a time of mass upheaval and destruction, as stronger and stronger villains and otherworldly armies sought entry to Gielinor, and X and his newfound colleagues of the world fought almost constantly to preserve it against their enemies. In time, his technological innovation had allowed him to send his personal army, the Vindicators, across the gulf of stars to other worlds. He sought to bring mankind to it's rightful place of dominance, and his technological marvels were endless. (Con't)

04-Apr-2016 08:07:24

Blackthorne

Blackthorne

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Over time, as belief in his supernatural nature increased, his army of millions began to view him as a god. When fighting against an immense catastrophy, X was finally slain and crumbled to dust only to rise again as a newfound deity. Deus X created incarnations of himself on the worlds of his former holdings, weaker versions of himself to maintain the long watch and guardianship. In time, even this was brought to naught by the coming of the Makers, who destroyed Gielinor for their own selfish reasons. Deus X died slaying a Maker, having possessed a colossal mechanical avatar of his own design. Most of the Incarnations were eventually destroyed in the coming calamities, but one simply...left.

One Incarnation had managed to step from his own timeline into another. His journey led through hundreds such timelines, but in every single one, he saw nothing but mass calamity, and the death of the timeline's version of himself. Over time he came to a peculiar realization; The only timelines that didn't end poorly, lacked something. They lacked him. His interventions somehow lead to catastrophe, time and again.

So he found a new one, where he never ascended. A world where he could retire, and sit quietly by the fire and watch the world grow. Even as a retiree, he was not completely idle. He founded the League of Extraordinary Retirees, a group of aggressively retired former adventurers, veterans, etc. Though the organization does not pursue any particular interests, they meet regularly to tell tales of their glory days and swap stories by the fireside, while lamenting how things were much better in their day.

He also founded Underwood's Clockwork Menagerie, a traveling show featuring mechanical animals which pops through the lands every twenty years. His other endeavors largely include mentoring young investigators and adventurers, to give them the basic skills that help them find their destiny.

04-Apr-2016 08:09:12

Elwood Tomes
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Elwood Tomes

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Name: Henry Kyles

Gender: Males

Race: Human

Lineage: N/A

Age: 34


Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Religion: None.

Grace/Racial Powers: His grace allows him to sense the graces in others, and even the potential in them. It also allows him to aide others control their graces and enhance them.

Talents/Skills: Henry is a natural born leader. And is very handy at tending for animals.

Weapons/Specialized Tools: None

Weaknesses: Henry is rather plain, with no combat experience at all. A very simple guy.

Appearance: 5’8”. Light brown hair. Dark brown eyes. A very plain, and simple appearance. Looks like a guy you’d just.. Not notice.

Brief History: Henry was born to a simple shepherd, and took to the same path when he became of age for his own flock. When the rifts opened however, he was given his own grace and noticed the potential some people gained on his journeys. When the Battle of Lumbridge took place, he lost his flock, but noticed a number of Graced and Otherworlders needing help. Soon enough, he aided in founding a Refugee group.

05-Apr-2016 05:30:33

Hobie Wan
Aug Member 2023

Hobie Wan

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Name: Robin Sherwood

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Lineage: Angelic

Age: 64

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Religion: Former Guthixian turned Godless following the death of his former god.

Grace/Racial Powers: Robin has the ability to locally manipulate the weather in a five hundred meter radius around him, or focus it directly towards one spot. Something he can only do if he can see his target and if he isn’t already changing the weather around him. This allows him to generate bolts of lightning, create cloud-cover, levitate, generate strong gusts of wind, in addition to being able to cause weather events to occur in the five hundred meter radius around him.

Talents/Skills: Robin is a very average man, and has no combat skills to speak of outside of his Grace. He has an affinity for divining the weather that preceded his Grace, and declared it was just his old bones. He also studied the art of alchemy, being a gifted crafter of potions. He is also rather nimble for his age, chalked up to a healthy lifestyle and keeping himself in shape. Finally, his greatest knowledge is in the arts of medicinal healing, having been trained in it since childhood.

Weapons/Specialized Skills: Robin has never used a weapon in his life, preferring instead to follow a life of peaceful fulfilment as a druid.


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05-Apr-2016 13:56:30

Hobie Wan
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Hobie Wan

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Weaknesses: Despite his powerful Grace, Robin is mostly a pacifist, and prefers to utilize his Grace to defend Henry Kyles and his flock or any other innocents. He is also very mortal and while he is faster than he looks, he is still old and fragile and does not have the durability or stamina of a younger man.

Appearance: Robin stands at about 5’9” and has white hair with a neatly trimmed beard, his eyes a beautiful emerald green.

Brief History: Robin’s father was a druid and his mother was a priest from Burthorpe. The two met during an old barbarian invasion while they were tending to the wounded, and this was an effort they passed on to Robin when he was born. He continued to study it into his late teens, when he decided to become a druid. It was through this process he gained a respect for Guthix and his teachings, and learned his skill for alchemy. His parents passed away in his mid-20s, a fact that brought him down to earth for a while, choosing to take a pilgrimage to the Gnome Empire, and learn from their teachings. He stayed there for a while, learning the ways of Guthixian values and the anima mundi from the gnomes. It was through this he gained a knowledge of Graces, discovering their existence and adding them to his studies, though never putting them above his medicinal and alchemical studies. Robin met his wife, Kaytlin Murphy, while staying in Catherby on his way back, and they fell to love hard and fast, marrying within months, and having children within two years. Robin Sherwood Jr (now 29), Rebecca Sherwood (now 30), and Jared Sherwood (now 27), were all born over the first years of their marriage.

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05-Apr-2016 13:57:45

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