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 Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:37 pm
Username: Soneko`
Character Name: Soneko Kodenku
Race: Leviathan/Owl Demon
Age: 2,037
Height: 5’ 10”
Weight: 197 lbs.
Appearance:
Human: The boy normally seems relaxed and laid back with long black hair that reaches just past his chin in the front slowly getting longer at an angle going backwards, where it finally stops a three quarters of the way down the back of his neck. His dark emerald eyes almost always seem to be alert, as if waiting for something to happen. His eyes don't seem to belong to somebody his age. They almost seem to belong to that of a man who lived a life full of battle and pain. A hardened look.The boy's body is proprtioned evenly with enough bulk to show that he's got strength, but not so much to be seen as a body builder. Complimenting his size, he is very well toned, cuts and distinct lines across his muscles. His skin seems to have a natural white-boy tan.
Leviathan:
Lucid: The most noticable difference between Soneko and Lucid is the change in skin tone. Lucid has a grayish blue paleness to him. His eye color changes to a a crimson red hue. The devil always seems to have a sick smille or grin on his face, as if amused by the morbid reality he lives in, which accents the fangs poking out from in between his lips. He can quickly transform from a very collected, calm and manipulative nature, acting just as a crazed human would, to a raging beast with hardly any communication skills that has been known to travel on all fours, to a schizophrenic seeming state, leaving him jittery and insane.
Owl Demon: Across the devil's body are now black and dark purple feathers, mostly gathered on his forearms, jetting out behind his elbow, forming a small wing on each arm for aerodynamics. His hair is knotted together, almost as if it had been dreaded, not not properly taken care of for a long time, and is usually pulled back. In his tangled locks are more feathers contrewed across his skull. Dark purple markings start on his temples and reach down at an angle below his eyes, where they curve upwards, stopping at the bottom of his sockets. His teeth seem to be white razorblades in his mouth, and his forearms to his fingers have taken the the shape of what at first glance could look like a black glove. However, a closer look would reveal that the 'gloves' are fading into his skin, and are a part of him, having almost doubled in size, his hands now resemble humanoid talons. On his back is a set of black feathered wings with a span twice as big as his arms'.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:14 pm
History: Raised along with his brother by their father, Soneko was a very happy child. Rarely serious about anything. Life was a game. It was a way to have fun. He never had any reason to get upset, really. He had two friends, his brother and a girl named Suya, who mysteriously disappeared not long before Soneko's eleventh birthday. But he lived a happy life with his father. He never knew his mother. She gave birth and was forced to leave from the continent, as she was a Sanctuar in the home of the Others. The Dark Sanctuars.
The Sanctuars. A clan of ritualistic beings bound to the ways of Klaed, the planet Raventh’s God. These people have been recorded in history books dating as far back as the beginning of time. The beginning of life creates curiosity as to how life began. This curiosity becomes belief in a higher power, Klaed. However, Klaed is not merely a superstition as He reveals Himself to the world ever so often, such as when he feels that His children are straying too far. The Sanctuars practice arts that some would call paranormal. But, in the Sanctuars’ eyes, it is the offerings of Klaed. The Sanctuars were also known as Angels for their service in helping those who are in need of it..
But with light comes darkness. Once the brethren of the Sanctuars are the Fallen ones, often referred to as the Dark Sanctuars, or Sinners. These were the ones who meddled too far into the powers of Klaed and became more aware of the powers of their God. And they took advantage of their new found knowledge. It was said that the Dark Sanctuars sold their souls for the ‘gifts’ they had apparently received from the knowledge of Klaed. Some saw them as profits. Others saw them as heretics. They found themselves as neither. Nor did they consider themselves Dark Sanctuars. They fancied themselves as those who were enlightened enough to grasp the powers Klaed had given humanity.
At a price, the humans of Raventh, when attaining this ‘knowledge’, would be turned into something that was indescribable. Different people had different effects bestowed upon them, but everyone would be infused with the spirit of an animal as well as becoming demons. The transformations were never too horrendous. They would have demonic growths or abilities. Though they would be turned into these creatures, their powers allowed them to take the form of any regular human. This transformation, though, was why so many looked at the Dark Sanctuars as sinners, which is how they attained their nicknames. Klaed was a holy being. Like an angel, not some Hellish monster.
The Dark Sanctuars were banished to the Dead Continent, which, as its name suggests, had no life on it whatsoever before the Sinners were sent. The Fallen ones went without a struggle, feeling no need to start a conflict. They knew that what they had done was Klaed’s will, and they knew that someday, the Sanctuars would see this as well.
The dead continent was said to have been uninhabitable. Trees would not grow, animals couldn’t survive a week, and the humans that ever tried to attempt to trek through there were never seen again. But using their knowledge of Klaed, the Dead Continent was even more of a thriving system than any other mass of land on Raventh.
Because of the fact that the Sanctuars and the Fallen Ones did not get along, they would rarely allow one of the opposite kind to stay with them. Soneko’s mother was banished to the rest of the world with the civilians. She was a Sanctuar, so she was not welcome to the Fallen ones. And she had become intimate with a Sinner, so the Sanctuars would not take her back. She was never seen again by either party.
Koshinko, Soneko’s father, taught Soneko and Ryoku everything he could. From hand-to-hand combat to how to survive in the wild. The only thing he would not teach them were the ways of the Dark Sanctuar. Nobody who didn’t know would ever guess it, but along with his brother Ryoku, Soneko was quite a talented hand-to-hand combatant. His father, a Fallen one, had trained Soneko and Ryoku in the arts of combat, though he never let them learn what the Dark Sanctuars knew. That was something that they would have to decide when they got older. Their father had always believed in choice. He would not force his children to become known as Sinners if they did not want it. Once they were mature enough, both at the age of eleven, they decided they would leave the Dead Continent and go back to Klira, the continent where the Sanctuar’s temple would be found. Koshinko figured that it would be best for his children to not be considered outcasts from society, and though it pained him to watch them go, he knew that it was the right choice. The Sanctuars did not punish people like Ryoku and Soneko for having a Fallen one for a father. So long as they had not been taught their ‘heresy’, they would be taken in.
After seven years, though the two were only eighteen, they were two of the highest ranked Sanctuar in the entire temple. Ryoku was further ahead of Soneko, but that did not affect their relationship. Soneko was proud of his brother for his achievement. The council decided that Soneko would not be ranked as a High Sanctuar due to his inquisitive nature. The High Sanctuar knew the most about Klaed’s power, next to the Fallen ones. With this power, Soneko could easily be tempted to follow the same path as the Sinners. It would be best to not make available such an opportunity.
Soneko never knew about this. All Council meetings stayed in between the High Templar. Normally, Ryoku would share the details of the latest meetings with Soneko, but that was one subject he never went into for his brother’s sake.
Not only was this a temple, it was also a kind of school for children. This was completely optional for the children to attend. Both Soneko and Ryoku were teachers there.
After a discussion, Ryoku told Soneko that the Council was going to send Soneko on a one-man mission as a sort of test. Soon after, word had come to the Sanctuars that a Fallen One had come to their continent. Soneko was to find a retrieve this Sinner and bring them back to the Temple for questioning. Soneko left, of course, but was confronted not by one Sinner, but by a large group. His skills, though sharp, were no match for the Sinners. A major difference that separated the Sanctuars from the Sinners was that the Sanctuars had to draw symbols in order to release Klaed’s powers. The Sinners did not. Also, the Sanctuars, being mere humans, had no supernatural abilities of their own and could only use what they could from Klaed’ The Sinner, being demons, had unlimited powers, it seemed. He was beaten badly, but they did not kill him. They had come to the continent for the soul purpose of finding Soneko.
The Fallen Ones could sense things such as an unnatural connection between people and the supernatural, and had felt an almost unreal amount of energy coming from Klira. As fate would have it, the one they were searching for had come to them. But this one could not awaken his potential in his human state. They needed to get this one to convert. But they knew it would take time.
And it would. Soneko, though he’d never really had to use it because of his free spirit, had the will of a boulder: It would take a lot to get it to even budge. Because of this, the Fallen Ones sent in somebody who knew Soneko personally. His childhood friend, Suya. They did this in order to gain his trust. They took him in, but did not ask him to convert. They said that they would take care of him. He took their hospitality. In the time that he was staying in the temple, he became friends with the leader of the Sinners. But one friendship would not keep him there, and tried to escape several time, but not only could they pinpoint his exact location at any time, but they also had powers that could paralyze him and create a barrier around their Temple’s perimeter that stopped him from leaving. Coming up with a plan, Soneko figured he would get as far as he could with their teachings without fully converting, that way he could still be human. He would still be allowed back so long as he didn’t transform.
The Dark Sanctuars could sense this, but it didn’t matter. Once he got a taste of the indescribable powers of the Dark Sanctuars, he would never want to go back. And he would be able to see that the Dark Sanctuars were not heretics, they were only taking advantage of what they had been blessed with.
They were right. Once Soneko had started, he couldn’t get enough. And in time, he willingly went through the transformation. It was at that point that Soneko realized that the power they had unlocked was greater than any he had ever even dreamed of. But this transformation made him hardly human. Luckily, he could lock that part of him away with the power he’d attained. He was let into the circle of the highest of the Sinners. He now matched his brother in rank, but he knew he could blow him away in battle with his new strength. He then realized that he was beginning to think things that he knew he shouldn’t. He had urges to test out his new powers on people…On innocent people.
The leader had said that those urges were only his eagerness to use his new powers and once he explored himself that they would pass. Surely enough, the urges were gone after he used his new strengths, but he was still fascinated.
All of this had taken place over the course of seven months, and the Sanctuars back on Klira sent Ryoku out to find his brother. Finding nothing, he returned to the Temple and addressed the Council. It was then decided that he would infiltrate the Fallen Ones’ Temple and would find their weaknesses so they could strike and find out what they had done with Soneko. He was also ordered to kill anybody who stood in his way.
Soneko, sensing his brother, went out to greet him. The two spoke for a little while before Ryoku asked what Soneko was doing there. Soneko explained what had happened to Ryoku and things suddenly went rotten as the two began to argue. Soneko finally asked what Ryoku was doing there. Ryoku told his story. Soneko asked if Ryoku would resort to killing him if he stopped him from accessing their Temple. Ryoku had said that there was no alternative. Soneko was enraged by the fact that his orders meant more than family and the two fought. He let Ryoku live and transported him back to the Sanctuar’s Temple on Klira.
When he returned to the Dead Continent, he overheard the Sinner’s leader talking with another of the higher ups and found that the leader was, in fact, planning on absorbing Soneko, which would multiply his powers beyond belief. Soneko was finally able to use his full power as he confronted the leader. Soneko came out victorious, and was named the new leader. He didn’t like this, but he’d play along for now.
Not long after, a full-out attack was launched against the Fallen Ones by the Sanctuars. Ryoku still betrayed him even after he’d spared his life. The Sanctuars were wiped out with ease, but Ryoku was still left. The two faced off yet again. Soneko pummeled his brother through the stone walls of the Dark Temple. Directly into the chamber where the transformations take place. Ryoku wounds seeped blood into the floor. The floor had inscriptions on it that, when a being’s blood found it way into those inscriptions, it would transform them into a demon. A Dark Sanctuar. Now being transformed and with the Sanctuars gone, Ryoku blamed his brother for wrecking everything he’d ever believed in.
The two fought once more. For the last time. With a large amount of trouble, Soneko killed Ryoku once and for all. Filled with rage and sorrow, Soneko felt something snap inside of him. He slowly began to lose himself to insanity. It started with small things: seeing the occasional person that wasn't there, forgetting certain parts of his life. But slowly the visions became more and more frequent and less subtle. He would sometimes snap out of a daydream, thinking he had been senselessly killing people, torturing them, tearing them apart. And from time to time, his mangled brother would appear, blaming Soneko for his death. Calling him a monster, saying he had no soul. Soneko's worst fears slowly started to come true in daydreams that he couldn't control. And soon, Soneko was no longer in control of his body.
Calling himself 'Lucid', he seemed to gain abilities he had never even dreamt of. He was able to manipulate a person's mind, letting them see whatever he wished them to see. It was how he tortured people. And he did it for shits and giggles.
Using his newfound abilities, he created a castle nested in the now forever darkened skies of the Dead Continent. Suya, having sensed Soneko's powers multiply, set off to search for her friend, hoping to bring him back to the Dark Sanctuars. But she was not welcomed with open arms. While Lucid was familiar with the girl, he, unlike Soneko, had no attachments to the girl whatsoever. Suya, who, ever since Soneko had joined the ranks of the Fallen Ones, had been able to best Soneko, found much difficulty in bringing him down. And it cost her her life.
The sight of his dead friend and lover brought Soneko back to his original self. Angry, scared, and filled with sorrow, Soneko left his castle and went to his birthplace, Tatowaki Village. He stayed there for a few years before being confronted by five other demons who knew who he was and were wanting to be taken under his wing. In order to test their strength, Soneko battled them one at a time, leaving each beaten soundly underfoot, not harmed enough to be fatal. Understanding that they all had potential. They all created a large tiled mass with a building in the center. Using his magic, Soneko cast a permanent lifting spell on the mass, sending it fifteen miles in the air and casting clouds that would forever hide their Haven.
He lived with his clan of Sinners for 2019 years before they all set out to do their own things for awhile. While everybody was gone, Soneko fled Raventh in search for a new planet for a new challenge. Traveling through empty space, he stumbled across an obviously inhabitable planet called Earth. And he did. He met a boy named Sky who was fairly strong, but not too much for him to handle. He then ran across a man named Taliman who put him to shame. From there he began training vigorously in hopes of beating Taliman. He later met Tali’s brother, who was a much nicer person and Soneko didn’t have a problem with this one’s attitude.
Almost completely forgetting about his home planet, Soneko stayed on Earth for four years. Having finally remembered his home planet, he went back to check up on the Haven. Finding nobody, he was left by himself to think. He visited his home village and finally decided that it would be best to forget about this place for good. He summoned the others and held a conference telling him that he would be leaving this planet for good, having nothing further to do on this planet. He then destroyed his home village before finally leaving the planet.
Not long after, Soneko was burdened by sudden bursts of memories that he didn’t wish to have. And then he was awoken by a pack of wolf demons, not remembering anything from his past. Amnesia from emotional stress. He became leader of the pack, but soon picked up an old scent of his, leading to a place he didn’t remember. He then headed to that place in order to find out a clue to his past.
Not long after arriving at the place called Club Orion, Soneko was struck by his memories yet again in a dream. Waking in a sweat, his memories slowly returned to him and he made his way out of the club to gather himself. After sitting in the cold woods for almost two days, trying to figure out who he was, his memory slowly came back to him. Along with his lust for power. In an attempt to find a way to become the most powerful demon ever known, Soneko took off from the planet Earth and headed back to Raventh, his home planet.
He arrived on Raventh with one goal: Find a greater power. Upon doing some research, Soneko discovered that there was a forbidden power locked away in the moutain range on the Dead Continent. He found this 'forbidden power' to be a sword. He found it's resting place with relative ease, and even found something else he didn't expect. A draw symbol which would allow somebody to extract and ability from any given person or scroll. Unfortunately for Soneko, the symbol backfired on him and enveloped his body in a massive energy containment feild. His body being put under unbearable pain, he blacked out.
Upon awaking, he felt no different. But he still had the sword. When reaching out to touch the sword, he was knocked back against the wall and then the sword, of its own free-will, stabbed him in the arm. Withdrawing the sword from his shoulder, he read an inscription on the wall. It was a clue that there was another power hidden in this land. The clue seemed to point to a place he was all too familiar with.
He headed for the continent of Klira. The continent of the Sanctuars. Hidden in the mountain range, yet again, was another sword. No attacks on him were made this time around. Not even thinking to visit his childhood friend, he immediately left Raventh and headed back to Earth.
Soneko has been isolation since he came back to Earth, preparing himself, learning his new abilities, and getting an overall feel for what he was now capable of. And while he has been feeling almost unstoppable lately, something inside of him has begun to stir. And something he hasn't felt in over two thousand years has begun to re-surface.
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:17 pm
Abilities Abyss: This is the most devastating, and most rarely used ability in Soneko’s arsenal. The manifestation of this attack is a hovering sphere no bigger than two basketballs. In the center of the sphere is a light blue glowing energy, with what seems to be whips or vines of black energy moving throughout the sphere. This sphere will not detonate until Soneko sees fit. When that happens, a bright blue light will be seen in the middle of the explosion, surrounded by a much darker hue of blue. The ‘whips’ from the inside of the sphere seem to have multiplied countlessly and move around, tearing, smashing, and cutting through anything in their path. When at full power, this blast can easily engulf an entire planet.
Accelerated Healing: A trait common among most demons. Soneko’s body heals much quicker than that of a human. Minor cuts, scrapes, etc. will finish healing within a few hours. More serious injuries, i.e. gashes, stab wounds, and broken bones will heal within a day or two.
Aeromancy: As an owl demon, one of Soneko's greatest allies is the wind. As such, he was granted the ability ton control the winds to his choosing. This can be something as simple as slowing a breeze or as devastating as creating a cyclone
After-image: A common ability among skilled fighters, one can move at such speeds that it can leave behind a slightly transparent trail, or a standing image, of their physical being. This image fades after a few seconds.
Blue Crush: This attack can only be used underwater. Manipulating the currents to a practically unfathomable force, Soneko drags his opponent into the depths of any body of water, trapping them there, at which point a blue energy wraps itself around his opponent detonates. While the release of this energy may not have a wide range, the shear amount of energy put into this attack is only bested by the Abyss.
Breakdown: This ability can only be used under two conditions: One, Soneko must be intoxicated with the Plague. Two, he must take on the true form of the Leviathan. The energy is gathered and released by the mouth. As the name suggests, it breaks down or destroys anything it comes into contact with. Due to the raw destructive power that this attack contains, it is rarely used. This can only be used in full-force when Soneko takes the form of the dragon of the sea.
Channeling: Soneko is able to channel his energy into any part of his anatomy, which is what allows his blows to be more devastating than a regular demon. Upon making contact with a surface, he can release this energy either as an unseen force, or as an explosion of pure energy.
Chaos Vortex: This attack is made up of three different energy beams. A black energy orb forms itself a few inches away from the center of his chest while red and dark purple orbs form in the palm of each of his hands. The three energies are released at the same time, the black ray traveling straight at the opponent while the red and purple corkscrew around the black center. Upon contact with any surface, the three rays will detonate in a devastating explosion.
Clone: In a burst of dark purple flame, Soneko can summon an exact replica of himself, equal in size, strength and energy. He can only create two of these at a time.
Dark Torrent: This is a mixture between his abilities as a leviathan and those of the Dark Sanctuar. After manipulating water to surround an opponent and envelope them, he fuses an almost paralyzingly painful dark energy that seems to swim around the water. This mixture can cause the flesh to sear, not only because of the abundance of energy throughout the water, but because the energy released heats the water to over 2700 degrees Celsius.
Dematerialization: As a creature of the water, he can not only manipulate it, but can also take the form of it. This means his body can change from a solid being to a mist, or even a puddle.
Durability: Needless to say that Soneko’s body can withstand things that would be unfathomable to a human. This includes extreme temperatures, collisions with hard objects, etc. While his skin can be penetrated by things such as a blade, his bones are a different story, as they have been enhanced by the power of a devil. This comes from not only his heritage as a leviathan, but was increased once the transformation into a Dark Sanctuar was finished.
Electrical Discharge: While his ability to manipulate water came with his bloodline as a leviathan, his ability to manipulate and create lightning was granted when he became a demon. At any given time, Soneko can create strands of lightning and guide it towards a target. Should he decide to fuse his own energy into the lightning, the strands will create a large explosion upon contact with any resisting force. Should two strands of lightning cross paths while infused with Soneko’s own energy, the results could be catastrophic.
Energy Control: Soneko’s energy attack arsenal has a wide variety in shapes and sizes. Energy beams, energy balls, waves, barriers, and explosive energy outputs are among this list.
Mind Control: Though he can’t take over a person’s mind and take control over their body, he can, however, make them see things that aren’t really there. Essentially, he can trap a person in their own mind and cause their senses to go haywire. Pain, touch, sight, smell, etc. He can use this ability on himself as well in order to forget about the pain from a wound, rendering him almost completely incapable of pain. However, he does not use this on himself often, as he could risk locking himself into his own mind, allowing the monster within to re-surface.
Minefield: Soneko smashes the palms of his hands into the ground, which can cause the ground to split, only to be followed by geysers of energy spewing from the cracks in the ground. While his hands are on the ground, he slips several self-detonating energy orbs into the ground. They will reside there until somebody makes contact with the ground above where they rest. When that happens, the ground will erupt into a flaming explosion.
Plague: Before the leviathans died on out his planet, it was said that a plague of sorts would be unleashed when the leviathans became angry. The plague took form of an almost gaseous mist. As a leviathan, Soneko’s body can discharge this mist, though he isn’t sure how to do it. It comes only when he is in a state of insane fury, or if Lucid should take control. This plague increases a leviathan’s powers exponentially when taken in. For this reason, Soneko will from time to time carry a gas mask with him into battle, though the purpose is not to keep the gas out. Having loaded the mask with the plague, he uses it in battle as an aid. But because Soneko’s human soul still resides in his body, the gas causes him to lose his grip on reality, and in high doses can awaken Lucid. Because of this, Soneko rarely wears the mask. The effects last for thirty minutes until he returns back to his normal self, unless Lucid has taken control of his body. The mist seems to give him an unlimited supply of energy and numbs the body from any pain.
Psychokinesis: This ability allows Soneko to move objects without having to actually touch them. This is basically an invisible, but solid energy. He can also use this as a barrier to defend himself, or he can create a wall of this unseen energy and hurl it at his opponent.
Regeneration: Due to the leviathan’s reptilian nature, Soneko’s appendages, obviously excluding the head, can grow back. Due to his ability to heal faster than most, these appendages can grow back in a few minutes.
Shadow Ripper: Soneko gathers a dark energy around his hand, slashing it through the air. In doing so, this releases the energy from his claws, sending five jagged energy beams towards his opponent. This energy is not explosive; however, in Soneko’s past experience, it hasn’t failed to slice through any object he’s come across.
Summon: Defying the laws of physics, Soneko is able to create matter. This can be used to find an article of clothing, or a weapon. He can also use this ability to call an object from point A to point B.
Telepathy: With this, Soneko can dig into a person’s mind to find certain pieces of information, which can lead to his seemingly impossible reflexes. He can read a person’s mind in battle. In the same second that his opponent knows how they will attack, Soneko is normally already preparing a counter or evasive technique.
Water Manipulation: An ability that comes with being a leviathan, Soneko has grown quite attached to this particular skill. Not only is he able to manipulate any body of water (i.e. tidal waves, pillars of water, etc.), but he can also condense hydrogen and oxygen molecules at any given time, giving him the advantage of an endless supply of an element that can be used for defensive or offensive purposes. Soneko does not have to be near a body of water in order to manipulate it.
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