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Character Name: Caracalla Draconis
Character Role/Affiliation: Emperor-Consul for the Bydo Empire
Age and Sex: 130/Male
Physical Description: Draconis stands nearly nine feet tall, towering over even the current forms of most bydo. His skin has a very pale blue sheen, similar to that of water, but more noticeable is the inner red light with which he glows. His eyes are a violent orange, and he is bald. Draconis' face is wrinkled, yet commanding. Unlike most Bydo in positions of authority, who emulate human appearances of beauty for propaganda purposes, Draconis adopted a scowl-prone, stern appearance.
Bio: Draconis has always been an extremely dictatorial leader. He believes that the end justifies the means, and that the most expedient path to the prosperity of the Bydo is the one that should be taken, without question, and without regard to any other consequences. Because of this, he finds the occupation of Earth and the freedoms granted to the human race to be beyond unsatisfactory. Draconis was the strongest proponent behind the enslavement of the human race, but when faced with the argument that the Stone-Like might be one of the humans, and that enslaving humanity could therefore damage it, he was forced to concede. Draconis has since grown largely impatient with the occupation of Earth, as the search for previous Stone-Like has never taken so long.
Special Abilities: Draconis' abilities focus primarily around communication and diplomacy. He possesses biomodification that amplifies his telepathic abilities and simultaneously connects his mind to each of his personal guards. He can communicate with other bydo without seeing them, although their lack of similar biomodification makes this one-way.

He is very unskilled at shapeshifting (as evidenced by his especially differing appearance compared to other bydo's attempts at mimicking human form) but he is extremely proficient at powering and interfacing with technology. This ability is so potent, that even some bydo technology has been damaged by his touch. Further amplifying his ability to interface with machines, he is capable of acquiring and analyzing information from both human and bydo databases nearly instantaneously, as opposed to being forced to "download" the information into another machine for decryption and sorting.

Character Name: Shinzui Ren
Character Role/Affiliation: Strategist of the Technocracy
Age and Sex: 42/Male
Physical Description: Ren is of average build and average height (which is slightly tall for asians.) He has perpetually short-cropped, jet-black hair, and dark brown eyes that may as well be black, as far as anyone is concerned. He has smooth, pale skin that shows no signs of aging. Ren is always seen wearing a business suit, regardless of where he is, and it never without his foci. It is painfully obvious to anyone who wishes to make the connection that he is a member of the Technocracy
Bio: Ren was born into a Chinese family of farmers. When he was 12, 6 years after the invasion of the Bydo Empire, an accident involving a tractor severed his left arm. By the time he arrived at the hospital, it was too late. However, the bydo offered to provide him with a biomechanical replacement, and to provide a superior education to that given him by his rural community. Elated by the opportunity, he and his family graciously accepted.
He has yet to see his family since leaving them, that day, nor could he care any less. The "education" was combined with an indoctrination into the technocracy, where he formed a philosophy that posited the rejection of all nonsense, especially that of "magic." Contrary to this, however, he is completely aware that his abilities are supernatural. Ren has turned down promotions to Panopticon several times before, as he believes the position of panopticon is merely symbolic, and that the hands-on approach of strategy offers him more control over the situation. Ren also believes that he and the elite of the Technocracy are best suited to control history, a belief that has also contributed to his desire not to be promoted, as a panopticon is too directly connected to Bydo leadership, and his subversive agenda would be more easily unveiled before its time if he were in such a position.
Special Abilities: Ren's arm, aside from replacing his original arm, has gone through several upgrades. At current, it conceals a compact chain gun, and can deliver an electric shock ranging from mildly painful to lethal. Both of these abilities are performed by machines in his arm, but the bullets and electricity necessary actually to perform these actions are created by magic that uses his arm as a focus. Though he has vision corrected by biomod enhancement, he wears glasses. These are actually a focus, as well, that allow him to see the probabilities of certain events playing out, which is information that proves invaluable to his job as a strategist.

Character Name: Charles Thane
Character Role/Affiliation: Operative for the Technocracy
Age and Sex: 32, Male
Physical Description: Charles is tall for the average human, standing at about six feet and three inches. He is of a medium build, to say that he is bulky would probably make him chuckle, as well as saying that he is thin. His body is somewhat muscular, composed of lean muscle, which he needs for his job. Charles has blond hair, which he keeps cut short and in a sort of military fashion, and a pair of almost unnaturally blue eyes. He typically wears black, being an operative and all, but wears nothing that would really set him aside from an average person. He typically wears a black leather jacket with a plain, black button-up shirt underneath, along with a pair of black pants and black leather boots.
Bio: Charles' history is a convoluted one, and one that he only partially remembers. Charles was born in one of the smaller towns, but soon moved into one of the central hubs primarily under Bydo rule. This is where things get complicated. You see, the Technocracy sensed opportunity in the small child, whose name might not have been Charles Thane, even. The Technocracy sent in an Operative, killing Charles' parents, and took the child before the Bydo, who deemed him worthy for biomodification, shortly after giving him a memory wipe, of course, as well as a 'creative' history. Charles believes now that he was a special project, a human, raised in a lab, born from a test tube, to be the perfect Operative. He's fine with this, really, since he knows nothing else and has been literally 'born and bred' for this kind of work. He's paid well by the Technocracy, and he actually gets quite the thrill from being an Operative. He doesn't actually know any other Operatives from the Technocracy, keeping them separated and unaware of each other makes it impossible for anyone interrogating an Operative to ascertain the likeness or description of any other Operative.
Special Abilities: There are many that Charles is in possession of. A few are magic, others are actually abilities gained from biomodification. Also note that Charles has no idea that he's using magic, due to the foci used by the Technocracy.
Universal Bypass Device (UBD): The Universal Bypass Device is actually a focus for Charles' magic. It looks like a small keypad with a module on the top that looks like an infrared emission point (kind of like a small remote), that, when in proximity to security cameras and automated turrets, can bypass them by remote. It can also undo technological locks, such as doors with Keypads. In the case of locked, normal doors, it can also undo those, by emitting instead a series of magnetic pulses into the lock that cause the lock to spring open.
Hacker Glasses: One of Charles' favorites, this pair of ordinary sunglasses is actually another focus for his magic. He almost always wears them as they need to be 'activated' by thought. Once activated, Charles can mentally hack anything technological from remote. He has to be withing close proximity however, and this doesn't work on security bots, turrets, or cameras (hence the need for the UBD). This does, however, work on security terminals, personal computers, and almost anything else to that extent, possibly even ATMs or other mundane things.
Cloaking: This is actually a biomodification that was given to him by the Bydo. A subdermal layer of nanites projects a field around him which bends light ever so slightly, allowing him to become invisible, as well as anything he's carrying (the field around the hands is slightly larger, and can conceal anything of size ranging from a coin to a small rifle). This ability is not unlimited however, and he can run out of 'charge,' at which point he would have to drop out of cloaked mode. Note however that he can attack while cloaked and remain cloaked.
Other: Other than the two foci and the biomodification, Charles is quite capable. He can run near-silently, and is good with almost any weapon, ranging from a knife to a sniper rifle. He prefers to take targets down from a distance, and while he often has to take targets alive for interrogation, that doesn't bother him. Charles is sneaky, knows his stuff, and is quite dangerous to anyone he's put against. Also note that Charles has a permanent link installed in his mind that allows the heads of the Technocracy to keep in touch with him at all times. This link works both ways, and in order to send 'thoughts' back, all Charles must do is will it to do so.

Character Name: Alice Sutter
Character Role/Affiliation: Panopticon in the Technocracy
Age and Sex: 32 - Female
Physical Description: Alice is thin and frail. Regardless of circumstances, she always looks very unhealthy to the point where those who don't know her think that she might fall apart at a moment's notice. She has very thin, white hair, unnaturally white skin, and clear irises that appear red, from the blood in her retinas, all as a result of being born albino. She is also rather short, standing at barely under five and a half feet. Typically, she can be seen wearing a lab coat over otherwise ordinary clothing, although it is notable that symbols of the Bydo are often emblazoned on her clothes.
Bio: Alice is, and has always been, devoted to the Bydo. As a child, she was unable to go outside, falling deathly ill if she stayed in the sun for long. However, the bydo biomodification nanotechnology changed this, altering her skin structure so that, while she still appeared disfigured and pale, she could safely feel the warmth and see the light of day. She truly and wholly feels that cooperation with the Bydo is the one true path toward prosperity for both the bydo and humanity.
Alice was one of the upper ranking members of the technocracy who wanted to fool people into joining by convincing them of rejecting faith in exchange for reason. She is also responsible for the internal policies that keep many lower ranking technocrats blissfully unaware that they, and not their foci, are the source of their abilities.
Special Abilities:Alice has no special biomodification beyond that which preserves her health in sunlight. She does, however, have three abilities closely linked to two foci.
She carries with her, at all times, a small notepad. The notepad provides an endless supply of paper. When she has questions, she can begin writing on the paper and the answer will come to her, not as a result of inspiration sparked by writing, but as the words she has written on the paper. It appears to others that she has simply written and organized her thoughts.
Alice also carries around a small neckbrace that, when worn, interfaces with her brain stem and functions as a means of stabilizing and amplifying mental activities, but also serves as a focus for detecting and reading surface thoughts.
Lastly, and much more simply, alice carries a handgun which looks, functions, and for all intents and purposes, is an ordinary handgun, except that it never requires reloading.She is proficient in its use.

Character Name: Jurgen Diederich
Character Role/Affiliation: Squad Leader for the Technocracy
Age and Sex: Male, 37
Physical Description: Jurgen's age has yet to truly catch up to him. Upon first glance, it seems as if he were in his mid to early twenties, due to a youthful, clean-shaven gleam that comes from his face. He is almost always wearing a smirk, his green eyes always sharp and keen. His hair is brown, kept trimmed short but not in a standard military style. He typically wears unassuming clothes, generally favoring button-up shirts, jackets, and slacks, usually of a midnight blue colour. He also wears military-grade leather boots, as per his profession, and also typically wears a pair of sunglasses, though not usually on night missions.
Bio: Jurgen's history might not have been so long had the Bydo not intervened. During the course of his life, he was rendered brain-dead by a car wreck. Had it not been for Bydo biomodification, which not only repaired but enhanced his brain (among other things), Jurgen would've died before his twenty-fifth year of life. Because of this, he became a member of the Technocracy, swearing to uphold the Bydo, those he sees as saviors and near-godlike figures. He has been further biomodified by the Bydo, having deemed him worthy of such, and he has been serving the Technocracy for some time, but became a Squad Leader almost immediately when assigned his first mission, due to the death of the former Squad Leader and his almost natural takeover of the position. Jurgen has demonstrated numerous times that he is a brilliant strategist, and has only kept the position of Squad Leader because he likes to be on the field. Also note that in addition to Squad Leader, Jurgen also has the job of being the Technocracy's Quartermaster (one of few) and distributes weapons and ammunition to Operatives who have no 'personal' arms. Note that he also frequently works with Charles Thane, and has a mental link with him.
Special Abilities: Jurgen has few magical foci upon his person, but does have a few biomodifications.
Telescopic Vision: This makes any scope upon Jurgen's weapon superfluous. Merely by thought and will, Jurgen can zoom in on a point due to a biomodification placed within his eyes, and also can mentally assess and gather information about anything within his sight (for example, he can assess thickness of armor, strength of weapons, etc.).
Transparency: Similar to Thane's Cloaking ability, though Transparency is useless against living eyes (unless they're wearing thermal goggles). This 'Transparency' is activated by thought and completely nullifies Jurgen's heat signature, as well as allowing certain waves used for detection (radar waves, for example) to pass through him, rather than bounce back, thus making him effectively invisible to patrol bots, which typically acquire targets through heat signatures. This also nullifies any kind of heat signature made by his weapons, though of course exceptions would be, say, a flamethrower, though Jurgen wouldn't be stupid enough to use one during Transparency mode, if at all. Like Cloak, Transparency can also run out of 'charge,' but Jurgen can still attack and not drop out of Transparency.
Cutter Gloves: The only focus Jurgen carries, and he has no idea he's using magic. These are two ordinary gloves with small 'power packs' (actually just placed there to look pretty and glow somewhat with red lights) upon the backs, these gloves, when activated, can cut (through the 'miracles of fusion') through metal, all the while the wearer is immune to the heat produced by such energy. It can cut through near any kind of metal, with few being able to resist. The only thing that can stop these gloves typically is the thickness of the metal, reducing the purpose of these gloves to cutting grates and the occasional door. Note these gloves are activated by thought, and therefore pose no danger to anything he may hold. He usually takes them off anyways.

Character Name: Scyrix Mordaen
Character Role/Affiliation: Resistance spy/assassin
Age and Sex: Male (26 years)
Physical Description: Scyrix stands five foot seven inches tall, his greasy, dull black hair is scraggly, and hangs limply over his chalk-white face. His right eye is a particularly fierce shade of amber, while his left is scarred and dull. While his face is beautifully structured, the left side of it is littered with intricate black tattoos, which render his visage at once demonic and otherworldly. The brand of magic he uses has caused mild body alterations, which--aside from the five thin black, whiplike tentacles protruding from his shoulder blades--are hardly noticeable. His arms and legs are a bit longer than normal, for example. The aforementioned "whips" allow Scyrix to climb on walls and ceilings. The tips of them are serrated and needle-sharp. Scyrix wears graying denim jeans tucked into knee-length belt-buckled military boots. Underneath a black leather trench-coat, he wears a wrinkled tanktop. Gold dogtags hang about his neck. His hands are gloved.
Bio: Originally, Scyrix was a member of the Technocracy. It was said that he sided with the resistance after discovering that his abilities were not due to the technology the Bydo had bestowed upon him. Up until he turned eighteen, he had served them faithfully. At this age, however, Scyrix began to question why the Bydo had come to Earth. He left the Technocracy shortly thereafter.
Upon being found by the Resistance, he met his now closest friend, Kari Felder. Scyrix's magical abilities are somewhat weak in comparison with other humans' and so Scyrix, attempting to push the bounds, tried to focus his magic to become more powerful. This led to his consummate insanity, and the loss of sight in his left eye. Since becoming insane however, he has gained a measure of telepathic ability. He does not speak, except mentally with Kari, whom he follows around like a lost shadow.
Special Abilities: Scyrix is a perfectly designed assassin. Along with the ability to control the deadly bladed whips extending from his back, Scyrix also has the ability to bend the light waves around him to camouflage himself (though he must stay perfectly still in order to do this). He has been trained to move in nearly perfect silence, as well as in several styles of martial arts. He trains daily, and uses unorthodox techniques to take down his targets.

Character Name: Kari Felder
Character Role/Affiliation: Resistance Operative
Age and Sex: Female (31 years)
Physical Description: Kari is somewhat short, only around five foot three inches in height. Her eyes are a bright brown, her skin a dusty tan. Her short, highlighted red hair is tousled and wavy. She can be seen wearing a myriad of outfits. Her favorite clothes include army camo pants with brightly colored turtleneck sweaters. She wears a lot of random jewelry, including a necklace of paper clips. However, always hidden on her person, she has a silver charm bracelet, which serves as the focus for her magic. Kari tries to keep an optimistic outlook on life, especially since meeting Scyrix. She does have a bit of a temper, however.
Bio: Kari grew up during the Bydo invasion, and had seen and heard of many of their atrocities. She watched as the aliens tried to capture her older brother. He put up a fight, discovering his own magical ability in the process: the ability to channel the air around himself into various weapons. The Bydo were forced to kill him. Horrorstruck, Kari ran through the city, calling for help, and was heartbroken when no one listened. The only thing she had left of her previous home was a small charm bracelet her brother had given her on her birthday. She was taken in by an orphanage soon afterward.
At the age of twenty, Kari discovered the focus for her power. While walking home one night from her day job, a thief leaped out of a dark alleyway in an attempt to mug her. Already in a foul mood, Kari turned to face him. As he leaped for her purse, Kari remembered her brother's ability. She focused on the silver bracelet he had given her long ago. Grasping it in her hand, she swung upward, and the air around her became a solid hammer, knocking the thief unconscious.
The Resistance caught up with her eventually, and it was here that she first met Scyrix Mordaen.
Special Abilities: Kari, since learning of her magical ability, has trained with it for many years. With the air about her, she has been able to shape a myriad of lethal weapons, including knuckle blades and swords. She is trained in various sword techniques. However, when close combat fails to help her, she resorts to using the pistol she carries around on her person at all times.

Character Name: Radus Crossbone
Character Role/Affiliation: Agent of the Resistance
Age and Sex: 23/Male
Physical Description: Radus is slightly under six feet tall, but has an extremely robust build. It appears plainly obvious that he works out frequently and eats well, paying close attention to his personal appearance. His skin is a light tan color, and his eyes are different colors, one being a radiant green, the other being an unusual hazel of the same green color that turns brown closer to the pupil. Most notable of his appearance, though, is the fact that his hair is a brilliant hot pink color. Attempts to dye his hair to something more passably human-looking have uniformly resulted in the dye merely slipping off the hair. Elsewhere on his body, his hair is brown.
Radus is always seen wearing a brown leather dog collar, for whatever reason.
Bio: Radus' original last name was Zimmerman. He was born into a family of fierce Bydo loyalists, who had pledged allegiance to the Bydo for "saving them from poverty." Radus, however, was far more perceptive than the rest of his family and long suspected the presence of the bydo to be the result of ulterior motives.
At the age of 16, Radus was thrown out of his family's house after a heated argument. While he was certain they would take him back, he chose not to return, living in bydo-funded housing until he awakened to his abilities and joined the resistance.
Radus' focuses his efforts mainly on attempting to awaken sleepers. He believes that, if enough are awakened and join the cause of the resistance, victory will be achieved without the need for strategy and sabotage.
Special Abilities: Radus has only one magical ability. He has vast control over the functions of his body, particularly that of healing ability, though he is not limited to this. Wounds that would normally be permanently damaging or scarring heal within minutes. He can even control the bodily functions of people he comes in touch with for an extended period of time, as long as he continues to touch them. The focus for this amazing power, however, is live music or music in MP3 format representing at least one electic guitar, and playing in excess of 60 beats per minute.
Radus also has extensive training in Jeet Kune Do and Combatives from the gym where he holds a day job, although he prefers not to use these when possible.

Character Name: Nellesethai Aum
Character Role/Affiliation: Resistance Affiliate
Age and Sex: 12 / Female
Physical Description: A spirit, the purest form of energy, just like the true form of the Bydo. How else could anyone see her? One of the extremely rare cases where a subject’s entire bodily structure and outward appearance weren’t just slightly altered but completely changed. Nel has many forms due to lack of any true shape, but when she is “nude” no matter what appearance is the current, it is but a shape, featureless. This energy that once was a girl is seen as a sphere, as bright as the sun or as dim as a dying star, swirling, scintillating. Despite appearance or shape of a being, one does still feel quite naked and uncomfortable without its’ skin, this one especially, as a young lady used to the civilized world shouldn’t prance around with nothing on. More often than not, the core, which is the live being itself, hides in a self made shell, consisting of whatever materials are around. The shell itself is usually altered through a few abilities, to look just right. Nel is still a child, despite her current state, and a child’s imagination is a wonderful thing. If anything good came out of the cruel experiments of the Bydo, it was that the lass could be anything she desired. The hardest part of maintaining a perfect shell is the need to show emotion… which the girl can do, with some difficulty.
Bio: A child of an old and high ranking family in England that became business with the Bydo when they first set foot on Earth. Having large amounts of money, and being blind to the truth that so little knew, the family willingly donated a huge sum to the Bydo for developing technology, as a sign or friendship and to “help the world”. The current couple, the owners of the whole empire however were growing rather old and found themselves incapable of producing an heir. Because of this, the couple was forced to ask the Bydo for their assistance with this rather embarrassing matter. The Bydo who have long been close business partners of the family accepted. Within a year’s time, a girl had joined the great family… but this wasn’t as joyous an event as many would think. A female. That was the problem. She would get married and the empire would fall into the hands of some lesser family as it was the custom for males to claim ownership… not to mention a rather hefty dowry was to be expected. Kissing up to their associates, the family decided to ask the Bydo to “remake her in their image” so that this little one could serve as a “sign of peace and unification” between the two races. Like everyone else, the entire family did know what the true form of the Bydo was, what they saw before their eyes was true to them. The Bydo researchers took the request seriously and altered the girl into their image. After this lengthy two year process, the child was returned to the family… who at that time was pampering and bringing up a new heir… a male, who would further conquer and bring more power to the already impressive industry. The lass was beautiful, with flowing white hair, light cyan skin and shining eyes of gold. Even with such exotic features, the girl was a reject, although she was responsible for the trend of humans adopting Bydo names. Within the month, Nellesethai’s features began to crack… her skin, like a broken down wall, her hair just like a fire’s tongues. Appalled and disgusted by this, here family could do nothing as this was after all the symbol of peace and unification between the humans and the Bydo. Any harm to this child could have dishonored the great race and stirred up a plethora of problems. No physical harm ever came to the child who now only appeared as a bright shining sphere that stood on a pedestal within a pink room, covered with toys and silence. Though the humans considered the sphere unaware of it’s surrounding, all of the harsh words uttered, pierced the child’s spirit. Nel was simply not developed enough to do anything at this point. Five years and one day old, the symbol had vanished. The Bydo and the entire nation were concerned. The family, feigned sorrow and crisis. The next few months brought stories of unexplained killing, mass fires and stories of ghosts from children and the superstitious folk and then, without any warning, all of them ceased. Around four years spend in solitude… the powers and the mental state of the child have developed. Through her powers the lass had managed to assume a form of herself, of what she would have looked like if the Bydo had never tampered with her body. The pigmentation and the shaping is perfect the facial expressions exist… almost like a real human but as the shell itself is of metal the body is significantly heavier and harder. To this day, Nel harbors feelings of hate for her family, not so much the Bydo as they only did what was asked of them. She never did join the resistance officially, but many people from the faction do know her. Very few had seen her without the shell… but rumors of a renegade Bydo sprang from those that did. They were never confirmed by either race.
Special Abilities: Although she was forged into their image, Nel’s abilities are very different from that of the Bydo. If anything, she resembles a planet more than a living thing. Nellesethai burns just as the sun, but much less wild. The fire of her soul, her anger and passion can be released and suppressed at will, but, there are certain times when emotions grow strong where control is difficult. As the energy that the lass uses is a part of her, using it wounds and tires her, however, it is well known that heat energy can produce kinetic energy and in turn, sometimes kinetic energy can produce heat energy, which the symbol can absorb. Just like with a normal person, she can’t take more than her limit. Just like the brightest star, the lass attracts others… not in the tradition sense but rather she has her own gravitational pull, with which she maintains her “shells”. The pull may be reversed or even completely nullified, as desired. It is well known that immense heat and pressure produce diamonds and it is no different with this one, however, due to the amount of power required, this process can take up to several days… using up a lot of energy. Due to the fact that the Bydo made the girl into their image all the way through, she can communicate telepathically and intercept area wide communications between the Bydo, however, she lacks any ability or knowledge in regards to interfacing.