Post by Apillis on Aug 4, 2010 5:10:27 GMT -5
((Note: What is listed as "Character Music", is music that is played or listened to when writing/RPing that character.))
Writer's Summary: ((Coming Soon))
Character Music
Purple Rain
Writer's Summary: This is what amuses me about this character: everything was done on a whim. It was literally one day I was like, "I feel like making a Mando... hm... They're damn near all friggin' SpecOps... well... THEN I'M MAKING ONE THAT'S A FRIGGIN' ACE PILOT--IN THE DAMN NAAAVY!!!" And then BOOM, I just started writing whatever the hell popped into my head from what I could recall of Mandalorian canon from reading/watching Star Wars shiz for the past... well over 20 years now. And alakazahm motherflippins Shannon Bralor was born. I often like to joke that she's "the best Mando", but all things being honest--she's pretty par for the course. Not even going to bother with her tropes really, because of it.
Writer's Summary: A blatant and obvious drawn inspiration from Lightning, and to a lesser extent, Faith. Which doing that with famous characters of narratives that are not your own I tend to think is a bit Sue-ish (or at least can be), but eh, I'll cop to the hypocrisy. My design for her was to be a more subded variation of Rin personality-wise, and yet still be her own character, I like to think I succeeded, but that's all in the eye of the beholder. Admittedly they fall under several of the same tropes: a Kuudere, She-Fu, Kung-Fu Wizard, Deadpan Snarker, Combat Pragmatist; soooo they're definitely similar. However, a big part of her character is her lineage, and from it draws a lot of inner-strength. She's a crack pilot that wanders the galaxy appearing as just another wayfarer. While often in combat, she appears at first to main using a gun in one hand and blade in the other, but it's all just a front...
Writer's Summary: This is a case of having a concept, compiling it all together--getting it out, and then being uncertain what the hell to do with it once you got it. I have several ideas for which direction to Sheilo. Problem is... struggling with how the hell I'm going to do it. BUT! With time and as various plot threads grow and expand, and some character development gets going--it'll come with time.
Writer's Summary: This is another case where I'm not certain where to go or take things, but then again I have to admit that I have not tried all that hard. Way back the original incarnation of this character I have a very clear vision with what I was going to do. But unfortunately a set of circumstances occurred while I was gone for awhile where I lost everything I had on the character. And so, I had to recompile everything from memory, most of which I couldn't/can't exactly recall because quite a bit of time had/has past, and so she's no longer within the original concept I had in mind. SO! Since completing her, it's left me with kinda' trying to figure out what to do with the character. Once I stop procrastinating and really decide to focus on the character, she'll be fleshed out in time.
Writer's Summary: It's funny, I haven't used this character in RP yet, but irregardless of what thread she will be in, I already have numerous ideas of what I'm going to do with her. There is nothing unknown to me of what and where I'm going to take this character, I love it. The inspiration should be immediately obvious for anyone who has played the Imperial Agent within Star Wars: The Old Republic, which in the game is by far my most favorite storyline with the Sith Warrior as a very, very close second. But, I came up with the character after I think my 5th or 6th build of the game during beta (every month and a half or so BioWare was launching a new build during beta wiping everything). But, while I was having an absolute blast playing my little sniper one day, it dawned me... "Why don't the Sith in SWU have any military spy-types?", and BOOM, pretty much ripped off/adapted a few things from TOR Imp Agent, and begun writing up Six. Went with a whole kinda' sexy smooth talkin', marksman, whose morality and sexuality are entirely fluid to do what she needs to, to infiltrate the enemy unnoticed. Why? If she has one conviction it's patriotism.
Writer's Summary: At first she was a Berserker I'd play at various FSN RP sites, because Hervor was a Norse/Viking mythological figure. In fact, she is one of the rare cases where an entire saga is devoted to a leading female protagonist within their mythology. She was a war chief, berserker, shieldmaiden, and even became a queen of giants; and on top of which was the wielder of the legendary cursed sword, Tyrfing... Perfect background to adapt to be a Servant in an FSN RP setting... But, like with Six, a bit of inspiration struck me while I was playing the Sith Warrior in SWTOR, largely because my Sith Warrior was named... yup... Hervor. Then it dawned on me, if I just kept the personality I RPed her as, but completely rewrote the background... it can still work. And with Acalya's death approaching at the time, I was like, well, now I know who to replace her with. There are point in her background where I had an idea but it would get away from me as I would go along with something else... But eh... What was most important to me was the essence of her personality remaining in tact. Which is that she is a berserker willing to throw down on the spot no matter the challenger. The amount of death in war, losing what she loved and clung to most of all, and in the end causing atrocities as she dives headlong into the darkness for power; thereby becoming a monster in the process. But then also there's the aspect Hervor always has Tyrfing.
Writer's Summary: ((Coming Soon))
Character Music
The Dragon
Writer's Summary: Acalya was actually inspired by a throwback character to my old PnP days when I would play the Star Wars PnP table top game with my big brothers back in the mid to late 90s. That throughback character being the character that I derived my forum name from, "Apillis". But with the setting and climate of the site, making Apillis here just would not work, so Acalya was created as an off-shoot. But all the essentials are there--an Evil Sorceress with her own mantra and belief structure she sticks by unwaveringly. Whether on the fringe as a Dark Jedi or as a Sith Lord, she was always drunk with power, and enjoyed corrupting and bringing others down into the darkness with her. In short: she was a mean, mean lady.
Writer's Summary: Well, while Acalya may have existed on this site before Lamilia did (by a day). But, Lamilia actually existed years before Acalya did and in fact, years before the character that inspired Acalya's creation "Apillis". Funny thing is, Lamilia is basically an inverse of a very old DnD character I would repeatedly make for my big brothers campaigns starting back in '90 (yeah, think about that for a second, been playing this char for 22 years, that's longer than some of you been alive
). Funny thing, though, she was always an evil elf cleric. Her back story would be variations of her starting out as a good monk, but then turn into being an evil cleric through each DnD edition/campaign over the years. But, here, I decided to completely turn that on its head by very simply having her start out good... and stay good... Novel idea, right? Initially it was just to keep her as a sweet-natured kid, but then decided to have her be an adult yet unlike the past (again) she remains good. Of course, like, with Acalya--varying central themes remain the same. Such as, she's a very traditional and refined woman of feminine grace, yeeet with a bit of an edge to her. Though, the original variants tended to be willing to engage in violence, yet once again for the sake of turning the status quo on its head, I made her a pacifist, at least to an extent. But just like all her past incarnations, she's the designated healer of the group. That's right, she's your White Mage... and nobody $%@&s with the White Mage.
Writer's Summary: Originally a character I created to RP with my dearest and bestest beloved friend in the whole-wide world, Dee. Though, initially, I ran into a snag of having too many concepts and sub-plots running at once, but eventually I purged it all and distilled the character into the simplistic essentials of what I set out to do with her. Basically she's a broken Jedi trying to recover from a vicious experience. Hiding behind a severe, cold facade, she can be a bit snarky while trying to keep what can set her off in check. While in combat she falls back on acrobatics and speed, and is not above fighting dirty if need be.
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Writer's Summary: ((Coming Soon))
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Character Music
Purple Rain
Writer's Summary: This is what amuses me about this character: everything was done on a whim. It was literally one day I was like, "I feel like making a Mando... hm... They're damn near all friggin' SpecOps... well... THEN I'M MAKING ONE THAT'S A FRIGGIN' ACE PILOT--IN THE DAMN NAAAVY!!!" And then BOOM, I just started writing whatever the hell popped into my head from what I could recall of Mandalorian canon from reading/watching Star Wars shiz for the past... well over 20 years now. And alakazahm motherflippins Shannon Bralor was born. I often like to joke that she's "the best Mando", but all things being honest--she's pretty par for the course. Not even going to bother with her tropes really, because of it.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Character Music
A Warden of the Sky
Exploration as the Last of Her Line
Self-reflection
Conflict
She's Not Left-Handed
Solitude
Character Music
A Warden of the Sky
Exploration as the Last of Her Line
Self-reflection
Conflict
She's Not Left-Handed
Solitude
Writer's Summary: A blatant and obvious drawn inspiration from Lightning, and to a lesser extent, Faith. Which doing that with famous characters of narratives that are not your own I tend to think is a bit Sue-ish (or at least can be), but eh, I'll cop to the hypocrisy. My design for her was to be a more subded variation of Rin personality-wise, and yet still be her own character, I like to think I succeeded, but that's all in the eye of the beholder. Admittedly they fall under several of the same tropes: a Kuudere, She-Fu, Kung-Fu Wizard, Deadpan Snarker, Combat Pragmatist; soooo they're definitely similar. However, a big part of her character is her lineage, and from it draws a lot of inner-strength. She's a crack pilot that wanders the galaxy appearing as just another wayfarer. While often in combat, she appears at first to main using a gun in one hand and blade in the other, but it's all just a front...
Writer's Summary: This is a case of having a concept, compiling it all together--getting it out, and then being uncertain what the hell to do with it once you got it. I have several ideas for which direction to Sheilo. Problem is... struggling with how the hell I'm going to do it. BUT! With time and as various plot threads grow and expand, and some character development gets going--it'll come with time.
Writer's Summary: This is another case where I'm not certain where to go or take things, but then again I have to admit that I have not tried all that hard. Way back the original incarnation of this character I have a very clear vision with what I was going to do. But unfortunately a set of circumstances occurred while I was gone for awhile where I lost everything I had on the character. And so, I had to recompile everything from memory, most of which I couldn't/can't exactly recall because quite a bit of time had/has past, and so she's no longer within the original concept I had in mind. SO! Since completing her, it's left me with kinda' trying to figure out what to do with the character. Once I stop procrastinating and really decide to focus on the character, she'll be fleshed out in time.
Writer's Summary: It's funny, I haven't used this character in RP yet, but irregardless of what thread she will be in, I already have numerous ideas of what I'm going to do with her. There is nothing unknown to me of what and where I'm going to take this character, I love it. The inspiration should be immediately obvious for anyone who has played the Imperial Agent within Star Wars: The Old Republic, which in the game is by far my most favorite storyline with the Sith Warrior as a very, very close second. But, I came up with the character after I think my 5th or 6th build of the game during beta (every month and a half or so BioWare was launching a new build during beta wiping everything). But, while I was having an absolute blast playing my little sniper one day, it dawned me... "Why don't the Sith in SWU have any military spy-types?", and BOOM, pretty much ripped off/adapted a few things from TOR Imp Agent, and begun writing up Six. Went with a whole kinda' sexy smooth talkin', marksman, whose morality and sexuality are entirely fluid to do what she needs to, to infiltrate the enemy unnoticed. Why? If she has one conviction it's patriotism.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Character Music
Once a Knight, Now a Marauder
Fighting Another Uprising of a Society of Warriors
Clashing with the Master, and Diving After the Fall
Xica and Hervor, Love and Death
Character Biography NPC Pictures
Xica
Character Music
Once a Knight, Now a Marauder
Fighting Another Uprising of a Society of Warriors
Clashing with the Master, and Diving After the Fall
Xica and Hervor, Love and Death
Character Biography NPC Pictures
Xica
Writer's Summary: At first she was a Berserker I'd play at various FSN RP sites, because Hervor was a Norse/Viking mythological figure. In fact, she is one of the rare cases where an entire saga is devoted to a leading female protagonist within their mythology. She was a war chief, berserker, shieldmaiden, and even became a queen of giants; and on top of which was the wielder of the legendary cursed sword, Tyrfing... Perfect background to adapt to be a Servant in an FSN RP setting... But, like with Six, a bit of inspiration struck me while I was playing the Sith Warrior in SWTOR, largely because my Sith Warrior was named... yup... Hervor. Then it dawned on me, if I just kept the personality I RPed her as, but completely rewrote the background... it can still work. And with Acalya's death approaching at the time, I was like, well, now I know who to replace her with. There are point in her background where I had an idea but it would get away from me as I would go along with something else... But eh... What was most important to me was the essence of her personality remaining in tact. Which is that she is a berserker willing to throw down on the spot no matter the challenger. The amount of death in war, losing what she loved and clung to most of all, and in the end causing atrocities as she dives headlong into the darkness for power; thereby becoming a monster in the process. But then also there's the aspect Hervor always has Tyrfing.
Writer's Summary: ((Coming Soon))
Retired/Departed Characters
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Character Music
The Dragon
Writer's Summary: Acalya was actually inspired by a throwback character to my old PnP days when I would play the Star Wars PnP table top game with my big brothers back in the mid to late 90s. That throughback character being the character that I derived my forum name from, "Apillis". But with the setting and climate of the site, making Apillis here just would not work, so Acalya was created as an off-shoot. But all the essentials are there--an Evil Sorceress with her own mantra and belief structure she sticks by unwaveringly. Whether on the fringe as a Dark Jedi or as a Sith Lord, she was always drunk with power, and enjoyed corrupting and bringing others down into the darkness with her. In short: she was a mean, mean lady.
Writer's Summary: Well, while Acalya may have existed on this site before Lamilia did (by a day). But, Lamilia actually existed years before Acalya did and in fact, years before the character that inspired Acalya's creation "Apillis". Funny thing is, Lamilia is basically an inverse of a very old DnD character I would repeatedly make for my big brothers campaigns starting back in '90 (yeah, think about that for a second, been playing this char for 22 years, that's longer than some of you been alive
). Funny thing, though, she was always an evil elf cleric. Her back story would be variations of her starting out as a good monk, but then turn into being an evil cleric through each DnD edition/campaign over the years. But, here, I decided to completely turn that on its head by very simply having her start out good... and stay good... Novel idea, right? Initially it was just to keep her as a sweet-natured kid, but then decided to have her be an adult yet unlike the past (again) she remains good. Of course, like, with Acalya--varying central themes remain the same. Such as, she's a very traditional and refined woman of feminine grace, yeeet with a bit of an edge to her. Though, the original variants tended to be willing to engage in violence, yet once again for the sake of turning the status quo on its head, I made her a pacifist, at least to an extent. But just like all her past incarnations, she's the designated healer of the group. That's right, she's your White Mage... and nobody $%@&s with the White Mage.Alignment: Neutral Good (Though whoever wrote the first segment of the trope doesn't really seem to know what they're talking about.)
Character Music
Rin's Disposition
Striving for Recovery
Rin and Acalya
Rin and Jia
Character Music
Rin's Disposition
Striving for Recovery
Rin and Acalya
Rin and Jia
Writer's Summary: Originally a character I created to RP with my dearest and bestest beloved friend in the whole-wide world, Dee. Though, initially, I ran into a snag of having too many concepts and sub-plots running at once, but eventually I purged it all and distilled the character into the simplistic essentials of what I set out to do with her. Basically she's a broken Jedi trying to recover from a vicious experience. Hiding behind a severe, cold facade, she can be a bit snarky while trying to keep what can set her off in check. While in combat she falls back on acrobatics and speed, and is not above fighting dirty if need be.