Leonalinda de Truda

[Beaver Dude]

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~Basic info~

"...I don't believe in gods or devils. Just people." [/center][/i]

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Username ~ : deiexmachinis

Other characters ~ : Devil Dance, Shera, Xaldin, Bishop

Is this character canon? ~ : Nyet

Link to audition thread ~ : Nyet

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~Character Info~

"If you're impressed by a name, you're more of a fool than I thought."[/center][/b][/i]

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Name ~ : Leonalinda de Truda

Age ~ : Unknown, appears to be early to mid 40s

Birthplace ~ : Librorum

Gender ~ : Female

Race ~ : Human

Special Class ~ : None

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~Appearance~

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Physical appearance ~ :

Leo's missing her left eye.

It's her most striking and arresting feature - she's refused to put an eyepatch over it, and the loose fold of skin that was once her eyelid looks like nothing more than a papier-mâché blind put over a cardboard window. Whether disease or the result of the wound that took the organ from her in the first place, the eyelid's been rent in two and is the color of a day-old bruise. From far it almost looks fake. A fine grid-like mesh of paper-thin scars adorn her right arm and extend all the way up to the nape of her neck.

She doesn't entertain questions about how she got them.

Even without the wounds, she'd cut a homely figure at best. A long, hard life has made her lean and sinewy and without any notable curves. She's lost her hair somewhere on the road and hasn't bothered to get it back. Only her eyebrows and the eyelashes on her intact eye betray her to have once had black-brown hair. Her skin is so weathered and tanned that it nearly feels like hide. The calluses on her hands and feet are almost bony.

Leo's of slightly less than average height, around five feet give or take a few inches. Muscle makes her surprisingly heavy for her lack of girth, but she's still less than a hundred and twenty pounds while soaking wet.

Clothing/Accessories ~ : Leo tends to dress in the same fashion as the worlds she visits. General rules of thumb are as follows: some sort of outer garment to ward off the chill, a hood or hat to ward off questions about scars, a belt or token with the emblem of a wolf, and at least one long sleeve for the right arm as well as a glove.

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~Personality~

"Pffffft. Like people ever stay the same."

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Alignment ~ : ...

Behavior ~ : World-weary is probably the easiest way to describe her. When Leo chooses to speak she's usually caustic, a little bit of acid and a lot of cynicism. It's almost reflexive - Leo's tried to be 'kind,' but can really only manage it when training someone to fight. And there it's the kindness of honesty that's mixed in with the brutality of the lecture. She's a lot like a shy little kid bluffing her way into being a big bad adult - but being a big bad adult, she can get away with pretending not to care about hurting other people's feelings.

She does though. It's not something she's ever managed to fix.

Strictly speaking, she's supposed to be 'good.' Mercenary work and catch-22's have made it so that she's been forced to stand by her morals only to watch them fail her more than once. It's left her a jaded person and she's likely to interpret a situation as she sees it, and not how it's been told to her no matter who it is doing the telling. This doesn't stop her from making mistakes, of course, but for the most part she is a fair arbiter.

In combat, she's an excellent tactician, but more than that she has the potential to be an excellent leader as well. Despite her extraordinary combat ability, she has been known to be perceptive enough to spot the weaknesses and strengths of her comrades and shore them up in such a way that they complement rather than disrupt each other. Her tendency to say things bluntly, however, usually makes it difficult for other to take orders from her, blunting any advantages that might accrue.

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~Weapons~

Suddenly, a Heartless appears in front of you, brandishing its claws and threatening to attack. You reach for your weapon and equip it, ready to defend yourself.

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Primary Weapon(s)

ID: Helluones Index Prohibotorum [Devourers of the Forbidden List, the Index for short]
Quality: Fine
The Helluones Index Prohibotorum appears, at first glance, to be nothing more than a prosthetic arm. It is less ostentatious than many such artefacts and most closely resembles a silver, sleekly armored gauntlet that extends up to Leo's elbow when fully revealed. However, despite its compact design its obvious function hides its main one: it has been built to digitize and store objects. Originally conceived of as a library for books and writings too important to be lost, but too dangerous to be freely disseminated it was stolen by a weapons collector who abused the Index in order to steal priceless weapons. Leo retrieved it twice - first from the thief, and then from the museum that housed it after the world began to fall apart.

Weak Weapon Ability Tertiary Contingency A : Energy Vial
The least important of the three contingencies coded within the Index, the Tertiary Contingency relates to the ability of the Index to detect when the primary user has expended some or much of its energy. In order to ensure that the Index does not fall into inappropriate hands, it will synthesize a high-energy mixture in the form of a 500mL bottle that can restore a single use of any ability, including a warrior's pulse aura. Whoever uses it may do anything they would normally be able to do while downing approximately half a liter of fluids (combat would be rather unlikely though it's possible they might be able to run) but must drink it all at once.
Strength: Weak
Use: Infinite, four post cool-down

Secondary Weapon(s)

ID: Parabellum - He Who Mocks Peace


The Thousand Fangs
Stored in digitized format inside the Index are weapons. There are hundreds, if not thousands of them. Though Leo could theoretically summon all of them simultaneously, this would likely overload the Index and she thus is restricted to summoning five at a time – they drop directly in front of her when summoned in such a way. When summoned individually, they can be summoned as per normal weapon summoning rules. Though most of the weapons are blades of medieval make and manufacture, some are of particularly high quality and are listed below. All of the fangs are ‘average’ level weapons and are inherently destructible and expendable.


… “The Sword In the Stone” …
A sword straight out of legend, its appearance certainly speaks of refinement, grace, and beauty. With a pure gold grip and guard, its craftsmanship is more than merely mundane and was clearly forged by either divinity or a blacksmith of superhuman skill. Its blade is sharper than any forged by purely mundane means though it curiously seems to lack the bloodlust associated with most such weapons. Inscribed upon the blade itself are the words: Who so pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of England.


...Teacher's Blade...
Though relatively nondescript, this blade was passed down through generations of Lectums. Incompatible with Leo's fighting style, it is still nonetheless of superior make and manufacture. Restored by a blacksmith during a trip to Traverse Town.

ID: Folder 2. Cruor Sanguis - She Who Mocks War

The Circled Deaths
Though the content of the forbidden texts is largely indecipherable, these writings were once considered the most dangerous of all of Librorum. No doubt some awesome secrets lie within...

[Leo is currently reading Taceo Tacuitacitum Lamina, [the unmentioned blade]]

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~Abilities~
"Ars Arma y Ars Corporis. There is no finer way to kill."

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Ars Arma [Weapon Techniques]

Letum Ter Ictus [Death in Three Blows]

Leo was the best warrior of her generation and for that was named Letum, Death in human form. It's not a title she ever bore comfortably, and at one point relinquished it altogether, but it was one she earned. She defeated the previous Letum in three strikes making her Death in three blows. It's a feat unique to her way of fighting and a product of skill, dedication and genius.

Quite simply, Letum Ter Ictus increases the force of Leo's attacks three thousand fold letting her cut through bone, stone and even steel. Those who are cut may not even feel the attack and have been known to walk a few steps or voice a word before perishing, such is its force and swiftness. Any weapon, no matter how finely honed, cannot possibly withstand such incredible technique and will invariably break - usually within three successful hits, if not less. This applies to Leo's weapons, not the opponent's weapons.

When employing edged weapons, the force of the blow is such that her blade will 'fly' - a secondary attack will manifest if the blade itself is not blocked, equivalent in damage to a moderate attack and has a range of six meters though it can be contained so as to not appear.

This ability is fractionally more powerful than a generic strength enhancement, equivalent to a passive strength enhancement + a weak strength enhancement but only applies to weapon blows (aka, when going toe-to-toe with someone with a single passive strength enhancement, Leo's slightly stronger but only while wielding weapons).

Though Leo could theoretically increase the force of her fists and feet, they'd come under the same stress her metal weapons normally would and would break down in short order making this technique both more dangerous and less versatile than generic passive strength enhancements.

Strength: Strong
Uses: Passive

Taceo Tacuitacitum Lamina [The Unmentioned Blade]

A forgotten art, Taceo Tacuitacitum Lamina is an ancient tome of weapon theory that was archived in the Index and the first of the restricted texts that Leo read, having chosen it at random for idle perusal. The weapons master quickly realized precisely why none of the readings available in the Index were intended for public consumption.

Taceo Tacuitacitum Lamina, the unmentioned blade, is an assassination art. With the proper application of inner ki, weapons will vibrate at the precise frequency necessary to create a sympathetic resonance with flesh itself: when attacked by such a blade, wounds inflicted are made more difficult to staunch and can become excessively gory in short order. More troubling, however, is the pain inflicted: even a blocked attack will cause excruciating pain for one doing the blocking as the vibrations travel from the weapon to the shield to the body behind it. Magical shields are perhaps worse - linked either directly or indirectly to the mage's magic as they are, the attack will directly impinge upon the mage's mental fortifications. When the attack is not blocked, it can become completely disabling. These attacks can be used against fleshless, heartless and other such unnatural beings though not all at once.

While Leo recognizes the obvious value of such a technique, she is at loathe to use it and has modified it somewhat. Instead of affecting the user, the frequency her weapons vibrate will affect weapons and shields and armor - when hit with such an attack, they will temporarily be affected by a force effect that most closely resembles a vigorous handshake - weapons will be difficult to hold onto, let alone attack with, shields will shake uncontrollably, armor will be difficult to move in, etc. If affected, the combatant will be unable to move from where they are standing for three posts if they wish to retain combat effectiveness (the combatant is free to choose what combat effectiveness means seeing as the situation can greatly change from weapon to armor and even from weapon to weapon, or depending on what sort of passive enhancement they have, but is reminded to act reasonably). Floating weapons, shields and etc. will be similarly affected and will move at only half speed for three posts.

Strength: Weak
Uses: 3 per battle

Lamina Lacuna [The Absent Blade]

There are few things as terrifying as the absence of knowledge. Lamina Lacuna is a technique that represses all killing intent, cloaking the body in a technique that defies supernatural and technological detection. For a brief moment, the only way to detect the wielder of Lamina Lacuna is through mundane senses - sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing and even at that, these senses will only be of human level (aka, those who have racial or ability-enhanced senses will have them dulled). Abilities that warn of an impending attack will not be triggered, abilities that enhance reflexes, dodging or blocking abilities will not engage, special aiming abilities whether granted through some form of technology or magic will be ineffective, those that can sense ambient magic will have not sense a user of Lamina Lacuna, nor will they notice the sudden absence of magic. The user can maintain this state until the first blow - whether blocked or not, the technique is then dispelled.

Strength: Weak
Use: Once

Ars Corporis [Body Art]

Verus Vestigia [True Footsteps]

Strength: Strong
Uses: See each section

Aureus Oculus [Golden Eye]

The golden eye. Though her left eye socket is devoid of a true eye, Leo has somehow gained the ability to see with an inner eye. This manifests as a golden orb with a strange M-like motif where the pupil would normally be. At the moment, it doesn't appear to be useful for anything other than depth perception vision-wise.

However, the Golden Eye is capable of purifying inner ki and once per battle it can be forced into high gear, rendering Leo immune to passive non-damage abilities and status effects for two posts. If an ability is passive but with an activated component, the Golden Eye will not protect against the activated component. If an ability is passive with a damage and non-damage component, only the damage effects need be accounted for. The Golden Eye may be engaged even if a status effect or non-damage passive ability would normally not allow for such activation and will dispel even successfully applied status effects.

Strength: Weak
Uses: Once, lasts two posts

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Equips

1. Dream Sword - Prize from The Sword in the Stone
This equip boosts the power of the Pulse Aura class ability, allowing it to break bones and knock people back ten feet. Its range is also increased to three meters. This boosted form of Pulse Aura can also shatter through enemy defences generated either by character/weapon abilities or even equips. The Guardian's Shell Aura can also be broken, but not if they are equipped with a Dream Shield. In exchange this equip enforces a period of three of your turns between each use of Pulse Aura. Warriors with a Dream Sword must only wait one of their turns between uses.

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Special Abilities

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Minions

Summons

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~History~

As you slay the last of the beasts, you put your weapon aside, and walk away, knowing your tale of bravery will be told for thousands of years to come.

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~Class~

Before you embark on your journey a vision comes upon you. You see three weapons in front of you.

~ A sword of terrible destruction - The power of the warrior: Invincible courage.

~ A shield to repel all - The power of the guardian: Kindness to aid friends.

~ A staff of wonder and ruin - The power of the mystic: Inner strength.

You know that one of them must be chosen. What power will you seek?

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~Other~

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