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Username: Darkblaven
Name: Lawrence Sunderland
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Defining Features: Silver hair and beard over tanned aged skin.
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Position: Teacher - Necromancy
【Ａ b o u t】
Likes:
-The art of necromancy
-Tea
-Cleanliness and Organization
-Symphonic Music (also enjoys metal, strangely enough)
-Inquisitive minds
Dislikes:
-Blood Magic
-Disorganized or dirty spaces
-Disruptive minds
-How modern technology has made people so lazy
Attitude: Lawrence is a man of many experiences, having lived a long life of unhealthy choices. These experiences has made him a wise and cheerful individual, who is empathetic to the plights of others while also astute enough to know when the problems stems from that person's lack of willpower or desire to change things. He is stuck in his ways, believing that modern technology is great, but has made humanity content with their own failure as long as the wi-fi is good.
Bio: Much of Lawrence's childhood is unknown, some rumors say that he is the literal son of the devil, others state that he made a deal with death to give him another life, but all of these are simply untrue. The rather boring truth is that Lawrence was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland and moved to London, England with his parents at the age of twelve. While wandering the city with some childhood friends, Lawrence came across an occult shop where an elderly woman with moles covering her face and white, lifeless eyes lived and worked. She instilled into him an interest for the occult, telling him that should he ever desire it, she could teach him the ways of communing with the dead. For years he would visit that shop, learning bits and pieces of the forbidden arts, starting with simply asking the dead for guidance to full-on cursing the local bullies with bad luck.
Years passed and Lawrence had become an adept in the ways of Necromancy, and yet, he had never once been taught the art of summoning the dead or controlling them. His master, Madam Yaga, warned him of learning the sub-school of Marrowmancy, as it leads to the path of earthly desires. Most who would study this art would become greedy, using the power of the dead to create hordes of ferocious monsters to take land from others or destroy their enemies. Irregardless, Lawrence's heart remained pure, as he constantly, asked to learn the final sub-school. Madam Yaga, exasperated with the constant bickering of the young mancer, finally allowed him to learn the art as long as he communed with the dead to be given permission to use their bones as he saw fit. She gave him a tome, made from the flesh of both man and beast and told him to study closest to the dead, so that he might progress faster than under her supervision.
Hiding away from the world, as he studied the arts within the confines of old dusty tombs, Lawrence kept his nose to the grindstone, and continued to practice Necromancy until he had eventually understood all that was written in the pages of Madam Yaga's book. Exhausted from the months of studying, Lawrence returned to the street where Madam Yaga's shop was, only to discover the store was missing... the entire building was gone, and all that remained were the footprints of a large bird stamped into the ground where the shop once laid.
From there on, Lawrence wandered the world for decades, going from Britain to Egypt to Mongolia and all over the continent, learning anything he could about the world of the living, and that of the dead. His adventures gifted him with much knowledge of Necromancy, allowing him to become a master, and without even ascending to Lichdom either. Eventually, he found himself confronted by a mysterious figure, who had heard of his exploits, the figure asked Lawrence to pass his knowledge unto a new generation, so that the world could continue to see Necromancy in the light he had cast on it.
【Ｂ a t t l e . Ｉ n f o】
Strengths:
Master of Necromancy, having studied in crypts for a good portion of his life, Lawrence is considered one of the few people to have mastered the art of Necromancy before ascending to Lichdom. There are three sub-schools of Necromancy, Spiritual Communication, Marrowmancy, and Hexes/Curses, all which are detailed below
Alchemical Adept, starting as a hobby, Lawrence has been practicing Alchemy for a few years now. Studying mainly under antidotes and poisons, than the much more beneficial curatives.
Weaknesses:
Physically frail, having spent years alone studying in the tombs of the fallen, Lawrence is not a physically fit person, making heavy lifting or other physical activities difficult on him.
Necromantic Rites, as with all types of magics, Necromancy requires the user to chant an incantion or perform a ritual. In this case, Necromancy actually requires a lot of time to cast anything, as the magic is moving from one dimension to the next.
Mortality, Lawrence is only human, fatal injuries will promptly lead to his demise. However, due to mastering the art of Necromancy, he will have one final trick up his sleeve.
Abilities:
Spiritual Communication, a sub-school of Necromancy that permits the caster the ability to commune with the souls of the deceased. This art requires that the Necromancer prepare a ritual to contact the dead subject, or in the case of the recently departed, be at the sight of their death.
Marrowmancy, a sub-school of Necromancy that grants the caster control over deceased bones, breaking them down into a fine sand to be re-animated in any form (weapons, skeletal servants, tools such as ladders/bridges/etc). Marrowmancy does however require bones to work with and the largest planned construct, the more bones are needed.
Hexes/Curses, a sub-school of Necromancy that allows the caster to place curses or hexes upon a target. These curses are generally used to inflict bad luck, dimmed senses, increased sense of feel (mainly pain), and the like. These curses can only last as long as the caster has the subject in their sights, or if the subject is not in the caster's sights, ten minutes before the hex is removed.
【e x t r a】
Theme:
Main Theme: Alchemical Lab - Killer Instinct 2013 OST
Nickname(s):
The Elder Gravelord
Death-Speaker
Old Fart
Whisperer of Malediction
Quote:
"Ahhh... You will make a fine specimen."
"I suppose we can't settle this over tea?"
"I have no desire to change the world, I am not that reckless."
"Knowledge of evil, is not evil in itself."
Extra: Lawrence is the only Necromancer to have mastered the art without ascending to Lichdom.
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