Number X: Luxord

[servant]

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~Basic info~

Behind every great individual, there is that voice which keeps them going onward and toward their next great adventure. [/center][/i]

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Username ~ : servant

Other characters ~ : Nicholas Magnus, Thomas Magnus

Is this character canon? ~ : Yes

Link to canon thread ~ : Here

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~Character Info~

Waking up in the morning, your thoughts are cluttered. It takes a moment for you to fully become aware of your surroundings, but once you do, everything about your life comes back to you.[/center][/b][/i]

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Name ~ : Luxord

Age ~ : Appears inbetween his early twenties or late thirties, but has been in existence (or not) for four years.

Birthplace ~ : The World That Never Was (presumed)

Birthday ~ : Unknown

Gender ~ : Male

Race ~ : Nobody

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~Appearance~

As you are heading out the door of your house, a small glimmer of light catches your eye. You turn around and see a mirror, putting you face to face with your reflection.

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Physical appearance ~ :
A man that looks to be in his thirties, maybe even forties... maybe not even as old as that. It's difficult to say.

What is plainly visible is that Luxord is blond, has short hair that's combed back, and has a small beard and moustache. I estimate he is about 5'11" tall.

He has blue eyes and several rings through his left ear, as well as an earring. He has a slender body build and, at all times, wears the black Organisation XIII cloak.

What is there to say more? It's Luxord! Everyone knows Luxord.

Clothing/Accessories ~ :
As described above. I don't feel that this warrants much explanation beyond what is writ above.

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~Personality~

As you're walking through the door, you see many sights that influence your mood. The different feelings that suddenly wash over you are many, leaving you with a strange mix of emotions.

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Alignment ~ : Chaotic Evil

Behavior ~ :
Luxord, number X of the Organisation, is a number of things. Let's start with a basic observation of his mannerisms.

Luxord can be rather uncaring and unmotivated. His pursuit is mostly games of chance, rather than anything else, although he has a vested interest in progressing the Organisation's goals. Or had a vested interest anyway; since the dissolution of the Organisation, Luxord has fallen to a state where his only interest lies with the games of chance he plays, and the concepts of Fate and Time.

Both, of course, play a heavy role in his games of chance. The Nobody often ponders these things, so much that when prompted about them he may temporarily lose his train of thought and ponder about these things instead.

Luxord enjoys watching others to work out how they think, why they do what they do and how to best take advantage of this knowledge─he formulates bets based on the evidence he has gathered thusly.

He is a courteous man, showing good manners at most times. There are, of course, exceptions, but they are rare. Of course, he makes use of this courtesy for manipulative purposes, such as abusing someone's chivalrous spirit (or if a rule would demand the same courtesy back) in order to stall for time or otherwise make use of it.

Luxord is what you call a magnificent bastard. A scheming man with a broad vocabulary, strong rhetoric skills, a keen observer with a knack for manipulation and who's not afraid to roll the dice and go for a hard six.

Luxord views things as being of two different categories: something is "fun". Or something is "not fun". He leans towards doing everything in the former category and avoiding everything in the latter category. If at all possible, he'd rather have someone else do the hard work while he does the manipulation and planning.

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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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Nobody's Cards
A deck of playcards, all with the same backside and, interestingly enough, different than normal symbols on them. The cards can shrink and expand when Luxord wills it, and are controlled with magic.

Quality: Fine
Ability: See description re: size and movement.

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~Abilities~

Just as you're about to fight the creature, you feel the power of your ancestors filling you. The strength of a thousand men courses through your veins as you prepare for battle.

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AP: 0

Time Leap:
Luxord generates a distortion in the time-continuum to speed up the actions of all allies on his side. All cool-down times, excepting Luxord's own, are immediately resolved and over with when Time Leap is used. There are no other effects, and its visual effects are negligible: a swift sensation as though the entire area rippled can be briefly observed, but it may as well be unconscious observing.

Strength: Weak
Uses: Once per fight.
Limitation: Does not affect cooldowns accrued in the same turn as Time Leap is used.


Time Rewind:
Luxord temporarily resets the state of one object or body to a state of up to one hour ago. This means he can temporarily undo wounds suffered, fix broken objects or restore undone things for a limited period of time. However, anything that happens to the subject while under Time Rewind will carry through even if Time Rewind ends.

When Time Rewind ends (at Luxord's will, or after three posts, whichever happens sooner), the subject will revert back to the state it had been before Time Rewind, plus any additional damages/conditions applied to it while under Time Rewind.

Any subject under Time Rewind will appear as though rippling slightly, as light is distorted around them.

Strength: Weak
Uses: Thrice per fight.
Limitation: Only one application of Time Rewind may be active at any given time. Luxord cannot use other abilities while Time Rewind is in effect. Time Rewind cannot be used on Luxord himself.


Rift in Time:
Luxord stops time in a zone of no larger than 20ft. Anything that enters this zone will immediately be halted as well, but will resume its course and activity once Rift of Time ends. Anything includes Luxord.

The timestop is absolute and cannot be circumvented by any barriers or magical means, unless a magical means specifically aimed at disrupting Luxord's mastery over the fabrics of time.

Rift of Time can be upheld for two posts at best, and requires two turns be spent doing anything else before it can be used again.

Areas effected by Rift of Time appear monotone in colour.

Strength: Moderate
Uses: Unlimited
Limitation: Luxord cannot use this on himself (or else trap himself forever, d'oh-hoh-hoh). No more than one instance of Rift of Time can be active at any given moment. No other natural abilities can be employed while Rift of Time is used.


Time Warp:
Luxord generates a warp in time, immediately throwing all skills that have a cool down time into a one-turn cool down. Affects ally and enemy alike. If Time Leap is used after Time Warp, Time Leap will affect the enemy as well.

Strength: Weak
Uses: Once per fight.


Equips
N/A

Special Abilities
N/A

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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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Luxord's tale is one of relatively short size! Whoever he was in a past life is irrelevant to the Nobody, whose pursuit is pleasure rather than understanding.

He was, at a time, affiliated with the Organisation, although his contribution was limited, and his involvement was only up to things he thought was amusing and interesting.

After his last stand against the heroes of Light, Luxord thought his existence had been over. Yet instead, his powers over time had thrown him into a parallel period of time that ran a course straight and true with the original timezone. The catch? He was the only person in it!

Weakened from the fight with Sora, Luxord remained as he was, only to finally recover enough strength to free himself from the self-wrought predicament.

He is now returned to the worlds, although whether his affiliation remains with the Organisation or with something or somebody else remains to be seen.

One thing is still true: he bears a sizeable grudge against Sora and his cohorts, and still is the cruel gambler he was back then.

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

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~Other~

Better late than never, eh? Still hate writing bios.

[Akito]

Hm, I know it's canon but would you consider expending Weapon upgrades to let Luxord's cards 'change sizes/move on their own'? I'll let both be in a single Weak ability, aka a Fine Weapon.

You'll need to define what 'fight' is to you.

Time Rewind: How long does this last? Depending on this, I'm may be okay with it being used on himself.

Rift in Time: You'll have to detail a way to evade this. Perhaps he spends a turn 'charging it up'? As it is now, Luxord can effectively freeze a person then walk up to them and slit their throat. And be home for tea.

I am really liking your use of Time powers to mitigate cooldowns. A lot. You should be paired up with a character who uses a powerful abilities that require long cooldowns -nod-

[servant]

I have no idea what my Munny totals to, but surefine. (as an interested question--my Yuffie canon had a few abilities purchased, and I lost her. What should I do about those? )

A fight is a situation wherein two or more opposed parties engage eachother with intent to defeat the other party, and a fight is over when combat has been disengaged for x period of time. X being any number of posts you would want it to be.

Time Rewind: Lasts three posts, as described.

Rift in Time: Except he'd freeze himself in time if he walked up to someone. It's almost identical to the Stop purchase, except this is Luxord's own and I plan to personalise it more after expending AP. If you could do me the favour of looking at the "Stop" ability purchaseable in the shops, then this one and determine what the most acceptable course of action is, I'd be much obliged.

I figured I'd make Luxord a lord of Time magic, rather than make his abilities gamble-like. (too much chance cannot work in RPs) Glad you like the idea!

[Akito]

Do you still have the profile? I wouldn't mind giving you a refund.

Time Rewind: I get confused with the 'thrice per battle' and the 'three posts'. Does it mean it only lasts one post but you can use it three times and extend it to three posts? Or does it mean you can use it three times for three posts each?

Rift in Time: >.> Didn't see that. I'll let you choose, a) one post charge means he isn't affected by the rift. b) No post charge means he is affected and anything that comes in (aka projectiles) are as well.

Either way is acceptable, the Stop equip is also a good option. It depends on what you'd prefer to do. What I recommend is you go with option b). AND include a bit of a wider area and some more limitations.

This would allow for you to do something like throw knives at a person from all angles of the affected 'stop' area. True enough, the knives will freeze in time when touching it...but, once time unfreezes and you've effectively thrown knives covering all angles? ~Fufu. But that's just me being a battle maniac xD Luxord doesn't have daggers anyway...Maybe he could do what Gambit does? If you're skilled enough, throwing cards at people can actually make them bleed.

[servant]

Time Rewind: I get confused with the 'thrice per battle' and the 'three posts'. Does it mean it only lasts one post but you can use it three times and extend it to three posts? Or does it mean you can use it three times for three posts each?

Three times for at maximum three posts each. I figure not being able to use other abilities debilitates him enough when using Time Rewind.

B) appeals to me more, too, because charging is laymsauce. While I could spend the Munny to buy Stop, nothing screams "Lord of Time" more than having access to time abilities no one else does, RIGHT?

(hey i can always use my last two ap to make an ability to throw Unlimited Card Works, fufufu)

I'll go make the changes to the profile, then, and PM you when I've completed the changes.

[Akito]

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