Post by Heroic Bilby on Jul 21, 2007 23:06:38 GMT -5
Original profile: Somebody
Allow me to make a brief explanation. Upon joining this forum I completed my character's profile because I wanted to get in to the party threads before the plot revelations were over. However, I was still thinking about my character's future at the time and deciding how I would develop it using the shop features, etc. Now, when my final goals for the character in my mind were finally solidified I realized that it's profile was now lacking in proper details in many parts. That, however, wasn't the real problem. The biggest problem I discovered is in what I've been role playing. I realized that I've been playing a Heartless as if I were the only one playing that race. I've been portraying their instincts and senses in the ways I thought they are without actually getting those details approved for use. So, to make up for my mistake, I'm here using the save point to resubmit my character's profile in it's proper form. Sorry for this inconvenience.
Edited Profile
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Other Character(s)
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General Character Information
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Character Name: Somebody
Character Age: 0
Character Gender: N/A
Character Race: Heartless
Character Position: Evil
Character Personality: Somebody's former personality is completely repressed by it's lack of a heart. What it does have now is manifested into something of a curious nature that is always seeking answers to questions it doesn't understand, which is many things.
Unlike most Heartless, Somebody is capable of questioning whether it wants to seek out hearts or try to destroy the Key Bearers. Eventually, however, the eternal struggle will force it to find a victim and plunge their heart into complete darkness. Somebody's only driving goal beyond it's Heartless instincts is to find out what it used to be.
The Heartless side of Somebody is simple. It can not take the light and so follows darkness. It is also instinctively drawn to the darkness in people's hearts, which it preys on in order to turn them in to Heartless as well. Somebody's weak personality can take dominance over these instincts while they are dampened by it's special ability.
Character's Appearance: A human male of six feet tall with narrow shoulders and a fairly athletic body. Somebody's hair is black and short, but completely messed up as if it just spent a whole day in bed and hasn't combed yet. The only feature that truly gives it away as anything but a human being are his eyes, which are empty pools of eerie yellow, and the emblem of the Heartless clearly emblazoned over it's chest.
Somebody is clothed in a pair of ordinary black pants and a cape-like cloak draped over his shoulders. The cloak is tied at his neck, revealing that he wears no shirt underneath by the opening where the two ends meet at his front. It doesn't always wear the cloak, though. It may remove it in times of physical combat or for other possible reasons.
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Battle Information
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Weapon Name: N/A
Weapon Appearance: The weapon's design makes it look more like a tall, sharply edged triangle with a hilt than it does a sword. The weapon has absolutely no decoration or design imprinted upon it, and is coloured pitch black all around. The sword is about one hundred and thirty centimeters in total length, with a thirty centimeter handle and a meter-long blade.
The sword's material is actually pure darkness, tightly concentrated into a dense physical form. Because of it's density the weapon is heavier than the average sword it's size and can only be wielded properly because of Somebody's Heartless strength being greater than an ordinary human's. The sword can be formed or dispelled at any time by Somebody's will, like many dark weapons.
Abilities:
Heartless Seal
Somebody's true form as a Heartless is considerably stronger and faster than the average human being, as well as having access to a few special powers. Unlike other Heartless, however, Somebody has a special ability that exists as a by-product of it's accidental existence and the strange sense of self it created. Somebody has the power to seal up all of it's dark powers inside of itself, draining it of all enhanced abilities that go beyond an ordinary mortal man. In doing so the emblem on it's chest seems to be sucked in to it's body and disappear completely, leaving only it's yellow eyes as a physical clue to it's true nature.
Besides those eyes Somebody becomes indistinguishable from a human being, and it's lack of a heart makes it almost identical to a Nobody. Only those with an especially keen sense for the type of darkness that dwells within Heartless would be able to detect it's powers while in this sealed form.
In addition to losing all of it's Heartless powers and weapons, Somebody also severely dampens it's natural instincts. This allows it's weak thoughts to play a stronger role over what actions it takes and makes it able to operate on a slightly higher level in the struggle between good and evil than others of it's kind. Obviously this power is not an ability for battle, but rather it is the exact opposite and allows Somebody to exist amongst people with hearts for extended periods of time.
Shadow Walking
Like any Heartless, Somebody can become incorporeal and meld into the ground to merge with shadows, allowing for fast long-distance travel even between worlds. Shadow Walking can be used to escape a dangerous situation and flee by becoming intangible, but its nature does not allow for rapid uses, as only the Shadow Heartless are capable of using it repeatedly for short-distance travel through the ground. This means that Somebody can not use this ability during a fight to repeatedly escape single threats. While coming up out of the ground Somebody's form is pitch black until it becomes corporeal again, but the transition is not immediate and can be noticed by others with time to react as they wish. Luckily the process is a silent one so it can not be detected via sound.
Dark Breath
Somebody can breathe out black gas that lingers in the air for a few moments. At any time before it completely dissipates, however, the gas can be detonated by Somebody's will. it will also automatically detonate if physically ignited or disturbed by special powers such as magic. The strength of the explosions is similar to that of a series of Firaga spells. Somebody is not immune to the effects of the blasts. Somebody's maximum range with Dark Breath reached out about four meters in length for initial momentum, but the gas itself can then billow forward at a slower pace on it's own before vanishing.
Additional Abilities:
Special Abilities:
Items:
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Character History
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Somebody came into existence when a world was attacked by the Heartless some time ago. one man in particular had been attacked by a Shadow and robbed of his heart, not too long before the world itself was lost to the darkness along with most of it's inhabitants. While many people were turned in to Heartless and awoke to their new existences at the End of the World that day, this particular specimen was different from the rest.
This Heartless was self-aware.
It knew that it hadn't always been a Heartless. It just didn't know what it was before that. In fact, it didn't know much of anything. Just that... it wasn't always like this. True it had been proven in the past that some extreme few people may retain their memories after becoming a Heartless, but this was some sort of half-way cosmic mistake. In addition, as if a result of this awareness, even the creature's body still bore a near-perfect resemblance to it's original shape in terms of humankind. The appearance it now had however, despite it also being proven in the past that some individuals may retain their exact physical appearance even after losing their hearts, was far different than the face and body it once had as a man.
If the being could retrieve it's memories it would only discover that it was once an ordinary forty-one year-old man who lived life as a farmer. He had friends, a wife, two sons... nothing extraordinary or special. Just a man with a strong and satisfied heart who somehow left a lingering presence of it within the now empty darkness. not enough for his now Heartless self to have memories of the past life or even to be as intelligent as a grown man. It was just enough of an impression to awaken the new being's mind to free thought and condemn it to a pointless quest of searching for it's former self. So, without any other known purpose for these thoughts which it knew it shouldn't have in the first place, the Heartless decided to do just that and started out on it's journey across worlds. It sought not only the secret to it's past life, but even without knowing it the creature also sought for a purpose this ability to think could be used for. One that it, as a Heartless, would have an actual interest in.
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Other
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Armour Properties: The black and red Heartless emblem that covers Somebody's chest in it's unsealed state is the same type of densely concentrated darkness that it's sword is made of. Although it is simply a part of the creature's body, this quality allows the emblem to act as a protective armour against many kinds of enemy attacks. The rest of this heartless' skin is left no more durable than a human's.
Mind Capacity
Somebody has a fairly poor memory for many things. Heartless weren't meant to have the gift of free thought, after all. It has the ability to understand languages and speak for itself, but when it does so it generally uses as few words as possible. The more words it has to think of to speak with the longer it takes the Heartless to finish a sentence. This can create many communication problems when it chooses to use fewer words. Somebody's intelligence is the major factors that set it apart from humans and Nobodies while it is in it's sealed state.
Obviously, without a heart the creature has no emotions to affect it's thoughts. Unlike sentient Nobodies, however, it also has no memories of personality to affect it's thoughts either. This leaves the Heartless in a strange state of mind where instinct is the key factor that tries to influence it's ideas beyond whatever logic it is capable of.
One of the Heartless' only combat advantages that comes from this cosmic mistake is it's ability to learn. It is not set to the limited attacking patterns that it knows by instinct based on it's form, but can adjust and gain new techniques as any thinking being can. Though it has a poor memory, new fighting styles can be imprinted on to it's Heartless instincts over time, allowing it to slowly grow in skill.
Heartless Senses
Somebody's yellow eyes are not different from a human's just because of their colour. Through them it sees the world the way the Heartless do. It's sight is based on defining the differences it can see between darkness and light, viewing all of existence as masses of shadow.
To the eyes of the Heartless hearts appear as lights, shining brighter the more light held within them. Hearts are naturally attractive to the Heartless' instincts, but light causes them great discomfort when viewed upon.
To the Heartless darkness has a scent that becomes more potent the stronger that darkness is. The darkness in hearts has a powerful effect on the Heartless because of that, drawing them in where they prey upon the heart and create another of their kind. Those who know how to control the darkness in their hearts rather than the other away around therefore have the ability to control the Heartless themselves by taking advantage of this instinctive attraction. Such an act is dangerous though, as one slip of control and the darkness will invite the Heartless in to do as they do.
Somebody also has this instinct to be drawn to dark hearts, but because of it's ability to think it has become far more resistant to control than other Heartless. When it's instincts are dampened by it's sealing ability this resistance is even stronger, making it almost impossible to fully control through this means alone.
Allow me to make a brief explanation. Upon joining this forum I completed my character's profile because I wanted to get in to the party threads before the plot revelations were over. However, I was still thinking about my character's future at the time and deciding how I would develop it using the shop features, etc. Now, when my final goals for the character in my mind were finally solidified I realized that it's profile was now lacking in proper details in many parts. That, however, wasn't the real problem. The biggest problem I discovered is in what I've been role playing. I realized that I've been playing a Heartless as if I were the only one playing that race. I've been portraying their instincts and senses in the ways I thought they are without actually getting those details approved for use. So, to make up for my mistake, I'm here using the save point to resubmit my character's profile in it's proper form. Sorry for this inconvenience.
Edited Profile
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Other Character(s)
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Canon Characters
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General Character Information
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Character Name: Somebody
Character Age: 0
Character Gender: N/A
Character Race: Heartless
Character Position: Evil
Character Personality: Somebody's former personality is completely repressed by it's lack of a heart. What it does have now is manifested into something of a curious nature that is always seeking answers to questions it doesn't understand, which is many things.
Unlike most Heartless, Somebody is capable of questioning whether it wants to seek out hearts or try to destroy the Key Bearers. Eventually, however, the eternal struggle will force it to find a victim and plunge their heart into complete darkness. Somebody's only driving goal beyond it's Heartless instincts is to find out what it used to be.
The Heartless side of Somebody is simple. It can not take the light and so follows darkness. It is also instinctively drawn to the darkness in people's hearts, which it preys on in order to turn them in to Heartless as well. Somebody's weak personality can take dominance over these instincts while they are dampened by it's special ability.
Character's Appearance: A human male of six feet tall with narrow shoulders and a fairly athletic body. Somebody's hair is black and short, but completely messed up as if it just spent a whole day in bed and hasn't combed yet. The only feature that truly gives it away as anything but a human being are his eyes, which are empty pools of eerie yellow, and the emblem of the Heartless clearly emblazoned over it's chest.
Somebody is clothed in a pair of ordinary black pants and a cape-like cloak draped over his shoulders. The cloak is tied at his neck, revealing that he wears no shirt underneath by the opening where the two ends meet at his front. It doesn't always wear the cloak, though. It may remove it in times of physical combat or for other possible reasons.
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Battle Information
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Weapon Name: N/A
Weapon Appearance: The weapon's design makes it look more like a tall, sharply edged triangle with a hilt than it does a sword. The weapon has absolutely no decoration or design imprinted upon it, and is coloured pitch black all around. The sword is about one hundred and thirty centimeters in total length, with a thirty centimeter handle and a meter-long blade.
The sword's material is actually pure darkness, tightly concentrated into a dense physical form. Because of it's density the weapon is heavier than the average sword it's size and can only be wielded properly because of Somebody's Heartless strength being greater than an ordinary human's. The sword can be formed or dispelled at any time by Somebody's will, like many dark weapons.
Abilities:
Heartless Seal
Somebody's true form as a Heartless is considerably stronger and faster than the average human being, as well as having access to a few special powers. Unlike other Heartless, however, Somebody has a special ability that exists as a by-product of it's accidental existence and the strange sense of self it created. Somebody has the power to seal up all of it's dark powers inside of itself, draining it of all enhanced abilities that go beyond an ordinary mortal man. In doing so the emblem on it's chest seems to be sucked in to it's body and disappear completely, leaving only it's yellow eyes as a physical clue to it's true nature.
Besides those eyes Somebody becomes indistinguishable from a human being, and it's lack of a heart makes it almost identical to a Nobody. Only those with an especially keen sense for the type of darkness that dwells within Heartless would be able to detect it's powers while in this sealed form.
In addition to losing all of it's Heartless powers and weapons, Somebody also severely dampens it's natural instincts. This allows it's weak thoughts to play a stronger role over what actions it takes and makes it able to operate on a slightly higher level in the struggle between good and evil than others of it's kind. Obviously this power is not an ability for battle, but rather it is the exact opposite and allows Somebody to exist amongst people with hearts for extended periods of time.
Shadow Walking
Like any Heartless, Somebody can become incorporeal and meld into the ground to merge with shadows, allowing for fast long-distance travel even between worlds. Shadow Walking can be used to escape a dangerous situation and flee by becoming intangible, but its nature does not allow for rapid uses, as only the Shadow Heartless are capable of using it repeatedly for short-distance travel through the ground. This means that Somebody can not use this ability during a fight to repeatedly escape single threats. While coming up out of the ground Somebody's form is pitch black until it becomes corporeal again, but the transition is not immediate and can be noticed by others with time to react as they wish. Luckily the process is a silent one so it can not be detected via sound.
Dark Breath
Somebody can breathe out black gas that lingers in the air for a few moments. At any time before it completely dissipates, however, the gas can be detonated by Somebody's will. it will also automatically detonate if physically ignited or disturbed by special powers such as magic. The strength of the explosions is similar to that of a series of Firaga spells. Somebody is not immune to the effects of the blasts. Somebody's maximum range with Dark Breath reached out about four meters in length for initial momentum, but the gas itself can then billow forward at a slower pace on it's own before vanishing.
Additional Abilities:
Special Abilities:
Items:
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Character History
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Somebody came into existence when a world was attacked by the Heartless some time ago. one man in particular had been attacked by a Shadow and robbed of his heart, not too long before the world itself was lost to the darkness along with most of it's inhabitants. While many people were turned in to Heartless and awoke to their new existences at the End of the World that day, this particular specimen was different from the rest.
This Heartless was self-aware.
It knew that it hadn't always been a Heartless. It just didn't know what it was before that. In fact, it didn't know much of anything. Just that... it wasn't always like this. True it had been proven in the past that some extreme few people may retain their memories after becoming a Heartless, but this was some sort of half-way cosmic mistake. In addition, as if a result of this awareness, even the creature's body still bore a near-perfect resemblance to it's original shape in terms of humankind. The appearance it now had however, despite it also being proven in the past that some individuals may retain their exact physical appearance even after losing their hearts, was far different than the face and body it once had as a man.
If the being could retrieve it's memories it would only discover that it was once an ordinary forty-one year-old man who lived life as a farmer. He had friends, a wife, two sons... nothing extraordinary or special. Just a man with a strong and satisfied heart who somehow left a lingering presence of it within the now empty darkness. not enough for his now Heartless self to have memories of the past life or even to be as intelligent as a grown man. It was just enough of an impression to awaken the new being's mind to free thought and condemn it to a pointless quest of searching for it's former self. So, without any other known purpose for these thoughts which it knew it shouldn't have in the first place, the Heartless decided to do just that and started out on it's journey across worlds. It sought not only the secret to it's past life, but even without knowing it the creature also sought for a purpose this ability to think could be used for. One that it, as a Heartless, would have an actual interest in.
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Other
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Armour Properties: The black and red Heartless emblem that covers Somebody's chest in it's unsealed state is the same type of densely concentrated darkness that it's sword is made of. Although it is simply a part of the creature's body, this quality allows the emblem to act as a protective armour against many kinds of enemy attacks. The rest of this heartless' skin is left no more durable than a human's.
Mind Capacity
Somebody has a fairly poor memory for many things. Heartless weren't meant to have the gift of free thought, after all. It has the ability to understand languages and speak for itself, but when it does so it generally uses as few words as possible. The more words it has to think of to speak with the longer it takes the Heartless to finish a sentence. This can create many communication problems when it chooses to use fewer words. Somebody's intelligence is the major factors that set it apart from humans and Nobodies while it is in it's sealed state.
Obviously, without a heart the creature has no emotions to affect it's thoughts. Unlike sentient Nobodies, however, it also has no memories of personality to affect it's thoughts either. This leaves the Heartless in a strange state of mind where instinct is the key factor that tries to influence it's ideas beyond whatever logic it is capable of.
One of the Heartless' only combat advantages that comes from this cosmic mistake is it's ability to learn. It is not set to the limited attacking patterns that it knows by instinct based on it's form, but can adjust and gain new techniques as any thinking being can. Though it has a poor memory, new fighting styles can be imprinted on to it's Heartless instincts over time, allowing it to slowly grow in skill.
Heartless Senses
Somebody's yellow eyes are not different from a human's just because of their colour. Through them it sees the world the way the Heartless do. It's sight is based on defining the differences it can see between darkness and light, viewing all of existence as masses of shadow.
To the eyes of the Heartless hearts appear as lights, shining brighter the more light held within them. Hearts are naturally attractive to the Heartless' instincts, but light causes them great discomfort when viewed upon.
To the Heartless darkness has a scent that becomes more potent the stronger that darkness is. The darkness in hearts has a powerful effect on the Heartless because of that, drawing them in where they prey upon the heart and create another of their kind. Those who know how to control the darkness in their hearts rather than the other away around therefore have the ability to control the Heartless themselves by taking advantage of this instinctive attraction. Such an act is dangerous though, as one slip of control and the darkness will invite the Heartless in to do as they do.
Somebody also has this instinct to be drawn to dark hearts, but because of it's ability to think it has become far more resistant to control than other Heartless. When it's instincts are dampened by it's sealing ability this resistance is even stronger, making it almost impossible to fully control through this means alone.
I did post in shades of grey if anyone even remembers that lmao