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Name: Kargin “Torment” Richardson and Shar`Addan
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Human (Soulfused)

Character Tier: Intermediate
Character Type: Critical Character
Allegiance: Echelon Imperium

Physical Description:
For Every Experiment, a Control: Each brother has the same basic physical design upon which his body is based, altered only slightly by the presence or absence of his soul. In a dormant state the body stands at five feet ten inches with a weight of two hundred ten pounds with an average build and a healthy balance between muscle mass and body fat. Limp ashen strands of hair sprout randomly from the scalp to produce a full head of lackluster hair that looks as though it might fall from his head at any moment. Pale blue-gray eyes stare mindlessly forward with the sclera of each tinted a pale gray only barely distinguished from a normal eye. Where each brother might have the Echelons of their specific ancestry the body in a base state has pristine flesh without a single mark anywhere.

Impossible Focus: When the intently focused mind of the elder brother infiltrates the deepest inner recesses of the body it draws power away from the maintenance of the frame to support what he considers to be a massive intellect causing the frame to be slightly more pale and plump as the muscle structure shrinks to feed the mind. Springing from his skull are long spikes of bloody crimson hair that stand at their full five inch height at nearly all times as if electrified. The pale eyes come alive with a violet light that transforms the iris into a majestic violet while the sclera takes on a pale blue sheen one might otherwise miss lest they inspect his eyes. At his neck just over his collar bone are slim lines of azure that form a stylized depiction of one half of a rose with faint crimson lines completing the other half.

Exhilarating Release: Where the base body has an average build Shar’s influence stimulates a passive growth in muscle mass and the general health of the body on average. The skin gains a healthy tan with lines of power shimmering down his limbs when he draws forth the power from within his soul. Limp hair straightens out into a sweeping sheet of blue hair that cascades down the back of his head to rest lightly upon his shoulders though it never remains absolutely still. Sickly eyes burn with an intensity only seen in his brother’s focus on any individual subject as Shar thirsts for life itself. Scarlet stains his irises as flecks of green scatter across his vision before laying down a network of bloodshot green veins running across a pure white sclera. Where most of his body is tanned his hands have an almost ghostly quality with thick blue veins as his power centers around his extremities to the point where his hands look as though they may fly apart and become one with soul based energy at any moment. In opposition to his elder brother he holds the crimson half of their Mother’s Echelon with the blue faded.

Personality Description:
A Treatise on Flawed Genius:
Before the experience in which Kargin was reconfigured and the soul of his half brother grafted onto his own he was never a very stable individual. While not prone to mood swings he seemed to lapse between intently focused to the point of ignoring all else but the subject of his current attention and fits of mad rage which would generally manifest in the form of fits where he would shatter the small clockwork machinations he designed and constructed. Occasionally these two extremes would focus into a calm unrelenting break from normal social conventions which took the form of taking pot shots at cars on the highway from the overpass with various sizes and shapes of rocks, mustard, a paste which seemed to be bird s**t, and the occasional grenade. In the aftermath of his exposure his base attitude seemed to shift closer to this focus with a general preference for tinkering with outbursts of destruction he tends to not remember. When intently focused on any sort of tinkering he tends to shun outside contact under the assumption that an increase in the number of bodies increases the chances for human error and in continuation of that he hopes to one day eliminate his body to eliminate human error. Though he is intently focused he seems to lose things easily even when he becomes focused on an event which includes said object. This happens most often when writing out notes or signing his name with such incredible intent on getting each curve and angle correct that he tends to lose track of the writing utensil he had been using. Unfortunately, he sometimes does not realize he has lost a pen until he had though he had been writing for spans so long as perhaps ten minutes.
An Exposition on Chained Ambition: Before the incident which bound the entirety of Shar’s being to his unknown half-brother he was a model citizen with an interest in maintaining the status quo while similarly hoping to avoid a terrible death at those with an immense amount of power which he would be hopeless to stop. These days he seeks to make the most of any moment in which he can steal time away from his brother’s overzealous and greedy use of their body. He has even been seen taking control of the body whilst Kargin sleeps to simply enjoy the sensation of breathing even though he sacrifices much of his personal power to give sufficient rest and invigoration to the body. He pities his brother’s deteriorating mental health and has no one to even comprehend the stresses he places upon Kargin’s mind simply by existing as a lesser part of the self-proclaimed genius. Shar seems almost deathly afraid of fire despite any resistances he might have gained to a normal flame.

Character Equipment: Kargin carries very little in terms of equipment, keeping only the bare essentials and losing the rest.

[3] Pens, pencils, quills, and chisels: Kargin always has at least seven writing utensils stashed about his body, including one on a spring loaded mechanism on his right inner wrist, with a small notebook on the left inner wrist. The mechanism is extremely hard to damage and reloads with a thought while the booklet is resistant to tearing and fluid damage without hindering normal writing.

[2] Guns? Ew.: The brothers carry the scraps of a damaged 7.62mm assault rifle with grenade launcher upgrade rather precariously attached through a method of trial and mostly error. Designs have included a targeting correction system that basically lets the wielder paint the target he wants to hit and hope to god that when he fires the correction system will make a stray bullet a near miss instead. Basic grenades include flash-bang, fragmentation, smoke, and an odd one that sprays a substance of Kargin's own design, much like the adhesive version of a spider’s silk. He carries one of each on his belt or in various pockets if he is unable to build one on site, and even without the weapon intact these grenades may still be used.

[4] Brother: This is a simple staff of exquisite craftsmanship painstakingly constructed by Kargin over a lengthy period of time which has recently begun to radiate powerful spiritual energy. A sturdy staff of heavily worked steel wrapped in bands of leather it not only gathers errant wisps of spiritual energy from its surroundings to process them into workable energy but focuses the spiritual energy of the brothers. Though it appears to be steel it is augmented to resist common mana streams and the elements while being particularly resistant to various forms of control by mental effort and magnetism.
-The Elder: By focusing captured spiritual energy the staff passively increases Kargin’s spellcasting abilities by amplifying the trapped energy and that of his ancestors. This conduit greatly reduces the overall drain on the elder and further reinforces the staff while energy is contained therein.
-The Younger: Shar utilizes this staff to build his larger weapons around and even to focus his energy into effects such as directed energy shock waves or hemispherical blast pulses. When building pole arms and even ridiculously sized weapons with a haft or hilt it greatly increases his coordination with the weapon to allow ease of use with such weapons as a sword twice his size. When focusing energy into blast type attacks he is unable to create weapons with it but the staff itself great increases any damage dealt when charged because of the resonance of the energy within. This not only causes the strike to release kinetic force beyond that determined by skill and strength but can disrupt some life force in localized areas due to the chaotic release.

Character History:
Prologue
From the moment air was forced into his lungs with a swift strike against his backside, Kargin’s life has been filled with alternating heights and devastating lows. The first in the long line of celebrations and tragedies came with his birth and the sign of a new life for his parents Mark and Renesa Richardson. The next moment was accompanied by a devastating blow he would feel for the rest of his life and with that moment came the name Kargin spilling from the lips of his father. The next exhilarating high was the discovery of cake and all its deliciousness in any form whether it happens to be chocolate, carrot, plain, or liver. This high would be short lived as when he was enjoying a particularly delicious example of cake his mother quite rudely interrupted him and ushered him off to hide in a cupboard. He wouldn’t have minded nearly so much if he had been able to take his cake with him, but a young boy must always listen to mommy. He didn't understand why they broke into the house nor did he understand why they were wrestling with mother. They roughed her up and ravaged the house, looking for daddy. She didn't know where he was, but he did, but he was hidden, and wasn't going to tell anyway. They dragged her off and when daddy came home, he wasn't happy. Kargin was left home alone for a couple days...then a couple weeks. When they turned off the lights and the water he decided he'd better find someplace else to go, and that’s when Diamond found him. She was a nice lady, gave him food and a warm coat that smelled like flowers. He liked flowers.

Chapter One: The Spark
18 years pass and Kargin is found standing in a bed of flowers let grow on their own, weeds mixed in among them and choking the very life from their roots. A few hundred feet ahead of him is where a house should have been. A shift of a few feet, that’s where the driveway had been; that’s the tree his tire swing had been in. That burning wreck on the new freeway is where his room used to be. He let out a sigh as he lowered the rifle, cursing to himself. He always missed and hit the wrong car, despite the lessons Diamond had been giving him in the use of firearms.
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He’d been spending the early parts of his life living with a lovely young woman some odd ten years older than himself, and had hardly suspected anything sinister about her until the day his innocence was shattered. A rival gang came to Diamond demanding payment for protection for what they claimed to be their turf. Diamond resisted, being the companion of one of the upper level members of the gang that she knew to rule the area. With no one around but Kargin to resist them they attempted to rape the poor young woman but when Kargin saw what was happening he attempted to drive them off. In his furious focus on driving them away something inside him snapped, tearing his psyche as a destructive power flooded from within and slowly ripped apart the soul of one of her assailants.
After that day Diamond never quite treated Kargin the same but never mentioned that day or even tried to help him remember the events of that day. When she finally drew him into the gang and sponsored his involvement she proposed a name for him that had sat in the back of her mind since she had watched the young boy tear apart the man’s mind and soul in the most agonizing way she had ever seen. From that day she forced herself to forget the young boy she had taken in and saw him only as one of the killers her patron kept on the payroll, nothing more than a punk kid named Torment.
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In the days following his latest attempt at target practice his own life among the gang began to become strained as they feared his recklessness might bring down the wrath of the militaristic police, or worse one of the immensely powerful beings that roamed the land whom might have known the family he killed. The third day thereafter a rookie cop was dispatched to find the cause of the attack and dispatch it with extreme prejudice. Kargin didn't even give the kid the time of day till he tried to arrest him, but try as he might he could not find it in himself to kill the boy. It may have been the eyes or the shape of his face, but he was absolutely sure that he recognized the young man sent against him with murderous intent. With both bloodied and weary the younger, a brat named Shar, finally pinned Torment to the ground and was ready to snuff the life from the Elder’s body. They didn’t even notice the growing sound of chaos in the distance as the two drew forth the identity from the other through recognition and extrapolation…

…and then the world exploded.

The growing chaos surged up around them and continued through the city as two of the many beings of incredible power let the city fall to their pleasures and as casualties in their godly war on one another. The brunt of the initial blast was taken by Shar as he was poised over his elder half-brother in a way to effectively shield the eccentric man. It was not the blast alone that killed Shar`Addan, but the fallout from the heavy magic left pulsating in the air threatening to rip apart the very fabric of reality. His body tore itself apart in the magical stresses generated by the field that consumed every last bit of his flesh and released it in a furious storm of energy. However, not everyone just shrivels up and dies from the radiation, some have a spark. This can be compared to the chosen few, the planeswalker spark, whatever would prefer to compare it to. Most on Kargin's world have this spark, but few actually embrace it and evolve beyond simple thugs or champions into true beings of immense power. Where Shar was nearly obliterated in the fallout Kargin lived, and the intense magical aura caressed his spark, nurtured it, and grafted what little remained of Shar`Addan onto the very fabric of his being by the sheer desire of Torment to maintain at least one connection with something that resembled family. This started the process of expanding just what each could do with their combined soul, pushing forth beyond the simple fusion of a single being into something not even Torment could predict.

Chapter Two
Awakwening
Waking upon a strange world the two stumbled between dominance based solely on the efforts of survival and instinct in an atmosphere much too rich in oxygen. The elder panicked and passed out which allowed the younger to expand his mind through the body and take control. He did not recognize any that also seemed to awake in the strange environs with him but from the moment they came into full consciousness they were thrown into battle. Without knowing what to do Shar kept back and moved swiftly into the defensive which may well have saved his life when a flash fire ignited the surrounding portion of atmosphere of the appropriately named quagmire of a planet: Mire. The situation quickly began to look dire between a hostile being just before them and a threat of death from what seemed to be the planet itself.

It was in his moment of great need that Shar`Addan was visited by an apparition from beyond the veil, a presence that called to him, both him and his brother. This spirit was not a woman he had ever seen but a powerful force drew him to her and even through the ethereal haze the ancestral spirit's eyes gazed into his own, a perfect match. Their salvation had come not in the form of the Gods on High or a crutch of Machines and Mechanisms but the bond of their combined lineage reaching out to their bound souls. They joined the messenger from beyond and by the power of the Echelon Imperium were whisked away to safety. The Imperium held promises of unlocking the gateways to their bloodline and the realization of the self in terms of the soul and their progenitors.

Chapter Three
A New Life
“You are no ancestor of mine, but if you are willing to aid the both of us then please, take us from this wasteland and quite literal quagmire of a world for something even marginally better.”
It was the last thing either of the two could remember before being enveloped by a portal of coruscating lights and a flurry of spiritual energy designed to convey their mortal frame to places unknown. The elder had hoped to be whisked away to a world where at least the atmosphere was breathable to the average man and where the skies themselves were not susceptible to devolving into a raging firestorm at any moment. While the efforts of Azura and the Ancestor had been able to draw the two away from Mire the brothers were left to languish in a place beyond space and beyond time itself. While to them it may have seemed as though several days had passed their transition between the hellish world of Mire and the serenity of Sahure was almost instantaneous. In the perceived time betwixt worlds the brothers did their best to sort out what had happened to them and merely wonder at what lay ahead.

Their time on Reverie, while short, was of critical importance to their new future. Not only did Empress Ruby Kalahari herself complete the rituals and grant them their echelons but the brothers began to develop a schism in their views of their new faith. Despite the body itself being marked for echelons of all ancestors of either none seemed willing to step forth other than their mother. Distrust was brewing between the two family lines and it was only being aggravated by the stubbornness of the two half-brothers. Shar may have been willing to accept the ancestry of Kargin but the elder would have none of it and locked the two in a feud beyond simple sibling rivalry.

However, Reverie was not marked merely by the opening of their souls to strife but also to new opportunities. For the briefest moment Kargin glimpsed something he might call a future or goal, ascension beyond his weak mortal frame into something better, a higher plane of existence. His dreams of ascension were quickly interrupted and forgotten for the time being but the seeds of ingenuity were planted in his subconscious. He could only dwell on something beyond his mortal frame for a moment before his reality merged with his daydreams. Between a heated exchange of words with another new Echelonian that was only calmed by the intervention of Empress Kalahari herself and an unrelated incident sprouting up because of this other man the brothers were far too busy to consider the future.

The violent return of the young princess Xiria wracked the mind of the younger brother and thrust the elder back into the limelight. However, due to the new acquisition of his alternate means of sensation the mere presence of the princess pained his mind and his very soul. With thoughts being boxed in by strain the Elder could only force out a single desire: to leave. Between the power echoing through his staff and this desire his mind pushed out against the pressure and exploded into a newfound strength. With this explosion the body was dissolved to nothing and funneled into the nearby Dream Pools to send the pair hurtling through the multiverse to places unknown.

Skills : Even before the merger the two brothers had their own unique skills they practiced each and every day.
[4]Martial Training: Shar`Addan is adept with all basic forms of archaic weaponry, modern personal combat arms, and a great deal of firearms. When building any object as a weapon from his personal Soul Forge his skill with the item increases significantly. His incredible skill also allows him to use strange objects as weapons that might not otherwise be intended for such use, such as table legs or unbalanced weapons.
[3]Tinker: Though he finds a focus on the less precise flows of magic more to his liking, Torment is a genius when it comes to repairing or augmenting simple devices. Any low tier item he comes across takes only moments for him to understand and with time he can reverse engineer the item and even enhance upon the original design. This skill can be augmented by his Soul Forge to ease the process of working with the item and can passively strengthen materials.

Racial Abilities: The few details that come with being a being composed of two souls bound to a single body.
[6] Soultouched Body: The latent soul energies laying dormant between the brothers infuses their body with greater strength and presence of mind. Shar is adept at increasing his physical attributes while Kargin is adept at bolstering his mystical and intellectual attributes. Regardless of which brother is in control of the body their wounds seem to heal at a significant rate and their bolstered immune system passively resists poison and disease. As a side effect Kargin has noticed that their body is not aging at the same rate it once had, likely slowed by the infusion.
[6] Bond of Brotherhood: The two brothers are bound to one another by an ethereal tether which allows each to slide along the link to switch between which brother occupies the body at any given time and even leave the flesh behind entirely, as described in the Powers section. This process is aided greatly by their mother. This tether strengthens with every moment the two are bound together from the moment of its initial creation as the two souls slowly merge into one greater entity. This does not indicate, however, that the two will ever literally merge into one soul. With this bond each soul gains the ability to project thoughts into the other’s consciousness, transfer base knowledge or training, and give instinctual understanding. Their minds and souls are so closely linked at this point that they can ‘deflect’ attempts at mental domination or other mind influencing effects. Furthermore, as a result of this tether they are able to circumvent attempts to drain their life force or damage their spiritual essence by either offsetting it onto the other brother or dissipating it through the bond in a sort of metaphysical tug-of-war.

Powers: Upon the building blocks of a new connection an Empire of new strengths is constructed.
[4] Soul Forge: Both have learned to give pieces of their soul a physical form, and while Shar utilizes this to manufacture simple weapons that do not last very long, Kargin builds aura that acts as a forge. This effect can assist him in making actual weapons of a more supernatural variety by infusing components through a process which breaks them down and combines them with the base structure of an object similarly to alloying metals. At this time Kargin has no serious offensive capabilities with the Soul Forge specifically. When utilizing a nonphysical version of the Soul Forge Kargin, exclusively, is able to manifest his dreams and desires in a manner akin to spellcasting, see below.
Each subset to the Soul Forge does not have an ability level as they are common uses for ease of reference. The brother that utilizes the subset is marked by a [K] or descriptor.
-Soul Forge Subset [K]: Spiritual Hammer-This hammer is built entirely from spiritual energy and acts as a focus to force spiritual energy into objects in bursts. This allows for Kargin to work on objects as though he were working with a literal forge along with a hammer and anvil.
-Soul Forge Subset [K]: Spiritual Stylus-This small pen is built of light but will not leave any lasting mark and therefore is useless for signing documents and cannot solve Kargin’s problem of leaving writing instruments everywhere. What it can do, however, is draw on any surface, even water, air, or a complete vacuum. The Stylus trails a streamer of light behind it that is adjustable in size and color, tweaking itself slightly to match the mental image of Kargin. Any magical forces that require symbols or runes can focus on objects drawn by the Stylus without penalty in case another medium is required.
[4] Mana Synthesis: Utilizing a process of channeling energy though the nonphysical Soul Forge Kargin -exclusively- is able to break down energy components and restructure them. This process amplifies his dreams and desires by gathering whatever energy is provided to synthesize a reaction similar to a spell. Synthesizing these reactions is extremely taxing on the system and generally disallows anything but supportive additions from the back lines of combat, the strain making it -at this time- unusable for practical combat purposes. Outside of combat the process can be lengthened to reduce strain to a near zero point. Drawing upon spiritual energy from his Ancestors and the world around him greatly reduces the strain upon himself.
[6*] Clairvoyance/Clairaudience: The brothers have progressed their extrasensory perception to the point where they can see and hear what others certainly might not. Their sight combined with the possessor’s counterpart’s existence outside the physical realm grant the ability to pierce many forms of illusion. In conjunction with Karign’s Soul Forge this can be shaped and refined into a scrying effect to view far off locations for short periods of time. This would not allow him to directly find objects, individuals, or locations he does not otherwise know already. This effect would allow him to locate something he knows or to create an ethereal 'eye' with which to explore, much like a scout or a probe.
[6*] Soul Passage: With an enhanced link to the spiritual world the brothers are able to move their souls close to the state of being maintained by their ancestors. At these points in time the body is left behind entirely whereby the soul can enter into a new (unoccupied) body or pass through the 'verse as a ghost-like entity.

*: Indicates Group Ability

Initiation Training: No (Endured Mire)

Name: Torment, Shameless Pain, etc

Name you want to be identified by: Vini [pronounced Vinny]

Appearance: Vini towers over most at eight feet in height, his body a piecemeal construction of plates and components from many eras, even

mideival times. Some of his armor plating is magically oriented, and others is a technological construction, reinforcing the duality of his existance.
His head seems nearly humanoid, but is obviously of pure robotic design, appearing much like that of a bird's head, sans the feathers. One eye
glows a bright red while the other is a neon green, components fro two different eras in the future.

Age: Irrelevant, components vary in ages. Chronometer logs Venificus as having been active for over two and a half million flight hours.

Sex: N/A-Male based consciousness

Race: Technowizardry construct

Weapon of choice: Vini prefers a laser rifle of sorts that fires solid slugs in two modes. The first mode magnetically propels smaller slugs at
insanely high velocities while the second mode fires large slugs charged with magical energies to induce flame, freezing, and a variet of other
effects. Vini also carries an array of grenades constructed within his body from nanites. He consumes food as a human would, and this is converted
to fuel for his energy core or components for his grenades by the nanites.

Class: Technowizard

Short bio: Vini is a unique being in that he is a cyborg of unique origin. He started as a unique Gundam given to Torment Nusradai by Ushida Fujima, Owner of the Shogitai Corporation. The neural interface was modified and enhanced so as to funnel magical energies through a sort of amplifier and allow a Gundam to cast spells. Torment used Venificus once, and it was heavily damaged in the attempt. Once repaired, Venificus was modified once more, his power core altered to serve as the phylactery for Torment's living lichdom, a vessel for souls, two of which he still contains.
An illusion of indescribable strength was placed within Vini's cockpit and bound to the neural interface, becoming one with it. This illusion was
melded into Vini to create a new being, a conscious Gundam which could cast spells and obey orders unerringly. In the civil war between the forces of Torment and Soulscour Vini was lost to timelessness, just as was IV and Redemption. He skipped though different times, gaining upgrades and a considerable reduction in size.

Any Special Power?: Vini has the ability to cast a large variety of spells, but the main significance is that by expending energy from his core he can boost these spells or cut down casting time. Vini's technological nature renders him imune to pain, polymorphing, paralysis, fear, compulsion, disease, poison, and illusion, but gives him several key weaknesses based on the fact he is an electronic being. Vini's magical components immunize him against EMP, hacking, glitching, and other key elements. This duality means that in either an EMP field or an Antimagic area he can still operate, but not while under the influence of both. Tied to his consciousness are nanites that were installed in one of his layovers in the future, allowing him to repair. All components are shielded against heavy intereferance from tech or magic, keeping his duality in check. The Venificus AI core has knowledge of the Spacial Fold technology within him, but the illusionary consciousness does not fully know how to activate it yet.

Area of living or position desired: Shield of the East