Everything to Lose-Everything to Gain (Accepting)

[Zahzi]

War:

The act of combating against another for land, resources, revenge, or pure psychotic rage.

What is your excuse?

Fifteen years ago, Humanity came in contact with a demonic presence. No one knew what they wanted...They just started to kill anyone they found.



Ten years ago, humanity began to take a stand against the demonic forces for the first time, and were crushed.



Five years ago, humanity hid away in any place possible from their usurpers...

Is hiding worth such a life?

 

[Zahzi]

Rules:

By now, most of you should know the basic rules of any normal roleplay...If something occurs which is out of line, I'll just comment on something...OR just let it go and have some brilliant, violent conclusion. mrgreen

Setting:

This is a basic story of war of humans against demons with half-breeds in the mix. Choose your side, and choose your reasons.

Characters:

Humans: It shouldn't be too hard to imagine what humans are...
The only thing that they have over the demons is their knowledge of the land, giving them an edge when hiding.

Demons: They come in any variety imaginable. (Yes, I'm encouraging imagination here! USE THOSE GRAY THINGS CALLED BRAINS!!))It is not known WHY they want humanity gone, it is only known that they have the MEANS to do so...

Half-Breeds: As the name suggests, a being born of a human and a demon. Although rare, they do occur. They have human compassion, and the abilities of their demonic origins. Among humanity, they're not despised, but are always wary of. Among Demons, they are hated, and sometimes killed as if they were human.  

[Zahzi]

Character Skeleton

Username:

Name:

Race: (Human, Demon, or Half-Breed)

Age: (Humans and Half-Bloods have normal ages, but Half-Bloods are able to live for much longer.
Demons on the other hand have the capability of immortality.))

Gender:

History:

Anything Special?: ((Abilities, personality, and anything else.))

Appearance:  

[Zahzi]

Our Characters:

Username: Zahzi

Name: Omazige

Race: Half-Breed

Age: 24

Gender: Male

History: Omazige was born of a human mother and demon father-Both deceased. They were killed when he was born by his father's fellow demons as a sign.
He was raised by humans when he was found alone, wandering around a forest at the age of two. At the age of fifteen, a suit of armor and large claymore found its way to the village he lived in-The armor and weapon of his father.

Anything Special?: Omazige as an extraordinary fortitude and measure of strength, allowing him to fight longer, and at a much higher level than humans and a good amount of demons. The armor he wears is made out of an unknown material, and has proven that, even with its encumbersome weight, is impossible to destroy. Due to training with it for nearly ten years, it has become as light as normal clothing for him.

Appearance:Omazige


Username: RGI

Name: Hael

Race: Half-Breed

Age: 16

Gender: Female

History: Hael can remember very little of her parents. Just that her mother was a demon and her father a hermit of the humans. Not much could be said about her father: he raised to the age of 3 before dumping her off on someone else's doorstep, which soon her pattern of life during early childhood - being dumped off at a different doorstep once every month, sometimes even more. All she could learn about her mother was that she was a shifter of some sort, which Hael can also do, but not very much.

Anything Special?: The reason why Hael was traded off between homes was because of her shifting and the problems they cause. It was noticed when she was calm and/or unemotional she would turn into what many called a Creeper, one who lurks in the shadows and even uses them to their advantage by bending the shadows into their favor. But whenever in emotional distress she had a second transformation, one much larger and ten times more dangerous. The second transformation seemed to be more easily triggered though by anger, and like any young child Hael got angry a lot. They described the two transformations in her as her white and black sides, seeing how the two color are exact opposites just like her two transformations: one small and easily unnoticed, the other large and destructive.

Appearance: Hael
Transformation 1 - White Side
Transformation 2 - Black Side


Username: Zahzi

Name: Recht

Race: Demon

Age: Unknown.

Gender: Male.

History: Even before the demons invaded the human world, he had led them for countless millenia.
When the way to the Human World opened, he entered along with many others to see what was to behold in this new opportunity...And so far, the humans had given little opposition.


Anything Special?: His normal power revolves around fear. The ability to bring a person's fear about, and the ability to kill them with such a thing.
He is able to 'Ascend' his form if needed when something becomes a threat. Just being near him causes a person's mind to become unstable...

Appearance: Normal
Ascended Form


Username: RGI

Name: Kagu

Race: Demon

Age: Unknown

Gender: Female

History: Not much is known of Kagu, just that she is a shape shifting demon. She's different from other shifters though. Where as most Shifters are copy cats, Kagu steals the original. If she's able to strike at the chest of any enemy, an orb will suddenly appear from the victim: their soul. If consumed, Kagu not only gains their form, but their mind as well, giving her the knowledge of her victims which help lead her to more villages, or more demons. Sometimes though a soul will still fight back even after death. When another soul takes over so does their form and for a short time they can run freely in Kagu's body, but only a few have managed to do such things to her. And they were quickly broken into submission.

Anything Special?: Two very important souls were taken from Kagu, which has upset her greatly. She know who has the souls, and will stop at nothing to get her souls back.

Appearance: Kagu


Username: Zahzi

Name: Astaroth

Race biggrin emon

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

History: Astaroth has served under Recht for as long as he can remember. He has always been positioned as one of his main champions, and has, on countless occasions, led slaughtering waves against humanity.
He has no creed other than his own.

Anything Special?: Astaroth cares little for life in any extent. He only cares for what is required of him. As long as he gets the results requested, he doesn't care if an entire species is wiped off the Earth. He is in command of demonic creatures known simply as 'Demon Brutes'. The name fell upon them for obvious reasons...
The armor he wears is considered indestructible, and his helmet seems completely attached to the armor, showing that it never comes off.

Appearance: Astaroth


Username: Zahzi.

Name: Menos

Race: Demon.

Age: Unknown.

Gender: Male.

History: Menos' past is shrouded in mystery just like his race. He only appeared a short while ago after an uprising, dealing with Recht. It is rumored he is against the current overlord's reign...

Anything Special?: Menos' race of demon is almost never seen. Their existance on its own, is a mystery. Their abilities are unknown because of this...The attire he wears is a garb created by his race, The Seekers. The clothing is only able to be worn by them. If anyone else tried to put it on, their bones are liable to snap under the weight...

Appearance: Menos


Username: RGI

Name: Caius

Race: Demon

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

History: Not very much is known about Caius. He used to work for Recht just as a common foot soldier before he defected for unknown reasons. After Caius defected he went through a lot of trouble to burn up any record of his past to hide the shame he bares from it, including a name change.

Anything Special?: Caius's power lays within his weapon. If needed he can pull enegry from the blade, giving him a boost in battle when the oppent would be weak and tired. This is a rather diffecult trick as he has to give up his own enegry (or force someone else too), otherwise it's just an oridinary blade.
His blade also has the ability to change. Say a battle requires something like a dagger, his weapon can change into a dagger. Need a claymore? It can change it into and many, many other things...

Appearance: Caius


Username: SoujiAtsumi

Name: Koji Kuran

Race: Demon

Age: ???? (Looks 19-20)

Gender: Male

History: Koji has lived in the human world for as long as he can remember, he knows nothing of his parents or how he ended up in the human world. He doesn't conceder him-self a demon but a Kitsune or Inari fox insted. Unlike others of his kind he tries to help humans and will turn against his own kind if the moment calls for it.

Anything Special?: Koji can controle fire up to white flames (Yet another reason he believes he's a kitsune), he can also take the form of a nine tailed fox at will, and he's an exelent fighter when it comes to using tigerclaws. He mostly has a carefree attitude, kind, and jokefull attitude, when it comes to battle however he is cold and serious. Also he has fox ears and a tail.

Appearance: Koji (humanoid form)
Fox form


Username: SoujiAtsumi

Name: Iraaka Monako

Race: Half-Breed

Age: 17

Gender: Female

History: Iraaka was thought to be a human until the age of 13 when she started talking to animals, most of the villagers didn't notice it at first. A month after she started hearing animals other odd things happened, she could see in the dark, hear most things the others couldn't, and she moved faster and more agilely. After that she decided to leave the village so the others wouldn't be in danger. For the past 4 years she's been wondering town to town, not staying anywhere for long.

Anything Special?: Iraaka is talented at fighting with daggers but she prefers to be a medic instead of fighting. She's part cat demon so she can hear and see better then most humans, she can also move faster and with more grace then humans. Iraaka is shy when it comes to new people most of the times she's kind and gentle.

Appearance: Iraaka



Username: Zahzi

Name: Zero

Race: Demon

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

History: Zero is the only pureblood of his existence. Unlike all other life, he has existed since the very beginning. He seems to have disappeared awhile ago, with no trace to his location...

Anything Special?: He has the capability to fly, and even move things with an invisible force, resembling The Seekers. His abdomen appears to have a large zipper going diagonally down from the right shoulder to the left hip. The use of this is unknown.

Appearance: Zero


Username: SoujiAtsumi

Name: Valentine

Race: Demon

Age: unknown

Gender: Male

History: Valentine is a ice demon, he was trained by his father to fight before joining Recht. He specializes in fencing and always keeps his rapier with him. Over the past few years he's single handidly destroyed several villages with out much trouble, most of his victims are frozen before they can get away and those who fight back are quickly killed.

Anything Special?: Valentine usually takes advantage of using his power to create ice in battle,his father taught him chivalry and to be a gentleman so he doesn't usually turn down a challenge. He kills demons and halflings by freezing them slowly, but for women he gives what he calls a death kiss for a quicker death.

Appearance: X


Username: RGI

Name: Akito

Race: Human

Age: 36

Gender: Male

History: Akito has done many things during his time that make him regret most of his life. Out of all the things he's done though, one mistake has haunted him ever since he was a young man: his daughter.
When Akito reached the age of 23, he seemed to have fallen off the face of the earth. No one heard or seen from him again. It was believed he was killed in the demon attack upon his house. He has only recently came back into existence as a quiet but deadly man.

Anything Special?: Not very much can be said about Akito. For as long as anyone can remember - IF anyone can remember him - he's been a quiet man who kept to himself. The only notable thing is he seems to takes on a fatherly role towards children and is extremely over protective of them, especially girls.
Akito has also gone under serious training. For anyone who sees him fight, they describe Akito as a bit of an Assassin now, though he's not in the business of taking contracts and killing others.

Appearance: Akito



Username: Zahzi

Name: Zahlah-Rell; Rell to those who know him personally, and any name relating to the Reaper to others.

Race: Demon.

Age: Unknown.

Gender: Male.

History: Typically seen as the Grim Reaper, Zahlah-Rell is one of the last remaining of his kind. Their purpose, ironically, is the same as commonly seen in both the Human and Demon worlds. His kind, the Kuolema, take the souls of the dead, as well as the living, yet no one knows what happens to these souls afterward...When any of their kind appear in the open on the Demon world, any and all take notice, and not even the leaders of the Demons could stop whatever they want.

Anything Special?: Zahlah-Rell's Scythe, aptly named the 'River Styx' does not appear to go by the laws of reality. Armor, shielding, or anything else will be torn through as if it didn't even exist...
His body seems to be more Ethereal than physical. Any sort of attack just goes through him as if he were a ghost. This also works in the same fashion with solid objects.
His scythe's energy seems to come from nothing normal on either the Demon world, or the human world...

Appearance: Zahlah-Rell

Username: RGI

Name: Tabari

Race: Demon

Age: Estimated 1,000 years. Doesn't look a day over 18.

Gender: Female

History: Much like many of Kagu's children, Tabari was quickly rejected by her mother when she was unable to wield her mysterious scythe making her utterly useless to the woman. With her father being unknown, Tabari was left to raise herself at the age of three. She wandered in the Demonic Realm for about a year, before being found by a group of Seekers. Tabari stayed with the Seekers for the next five hundred years, before finally breaking free of them, and setting out on her own.

Anything Special?: Much like her mother, Tabari has the ability to shape shift. However, she is a 'copycat'. While her mother takes the original form, Tabari takes on the image of whatever she is seeing (or imagining).

Appearance: Tabari  

[Zahzi]

On a clear, sunny day inside a lush, thick forest, was a village hidden from the scouring eyes of demons.

Most of the buildings were connected to a mountain, in which caves made the majority of. All smoke carried into the mountain, and into the summit, making it look natural.

A small commotion was coming from one of the buildings-A tavern. Where else WOULD a commotion be..?

Some drunks, most likely...Getting too much alcohol in their systems in the middle of the day...

A man was suddenly thrown through one of the windows, and hitting the ground, making him bounce and roll before hitting the ground, groaning in pain.

...Maybe not.

"You heard the lady..." a deep voice said with a groan of his own.
"I wasn't hired to be the bouncer here to just let people like you harass the customers..." the man said, exiting the tavern with another man over his shoulder.

"Omazige....." Another man groaned, walking out of the tavern as well.

"Uhm...Yes, sir..?"

"I applaud your enthusiasm...But did you have to throw him through the window??"

Omazige looked over at the human-shaped hole in the building.
"Ahh hah...Hah hah hah...This coming out of my pay..?"

"Ya think..?"

"...Dammit."  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"We can't keep her." A male voice hissed somewhere on the otherside of the door. Most likely on the other end of the house. He liked to think his loud voice couldn't echo down to Hael's bedroom.

There was a pause of silence; the wife pleading to keep Hael, her voice to soft to be heard unless you listened hard enough. But Hael was feeling lazy today.

"She's wrecking this place constantly! It's a wonder there hasn't been any demons noticing her chaotic fits whenever she goes into that black transformation." He growled again, saying the color used to describe Hael's more darker side like it was some sort of forbidden word.

Another pause. But Hael didn't wait to hear anymore. She knows what it'll come to eventually. He'll tell her, "Get out of my house and stay out of my sight." Maybe he'd tell her tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe next week. Maybe even after another one of her black episodes. It would be soon though. The beatings had been doing on for at least a week now, and these things always ended in the same way: first two-three weeks life was good, aside from the shaky relationship Hael would build with her "father" out of fear and bad experiences with previous fathers. Then the beatings would begin, terminating any chance of a good relationship being built with the "father". Some even tried to rape her, but her black form would save her from that. Then, soon the "father" would grow tired and bored of the beatings seeing how the only affect they would have on Hael were bruises and scratches, and she'd hear the one line that was said to her at the end of every month.
Hael sighed. Too bad this was the last house in the village. This one was hard enough to find on its own. She couldn't even find it. Not on her own. No, this time, she only got lucky. A trader stumbled on her unconcious body and brought her to the village, leaving her behind in the streets for the first unforunate couple of the village to pick her up and start her destructive trend.
With another sigh, she slipped out from behind the door, thankful her bedroom was located next to the front door. There would be no need to turn into her Creeper form, though.. it wouldn't hurt.. Might keep her "mother's" friends from seeing her and snatching her, forcefully dragging her back to her "mother's" doorstep and reporting she was trying to run away again. So she wanted to leave before the "line" was spoken. Was that a crime? If only they could see the bruises, then they'd let her go without trying to stop her or anything.
Hael smirked once she was outside, no one around that her "mother" knew well. Maybe this time she would get away.
If there was ever one thing Hael was greatful for, it was for the fact that she had nothing but the cloths on her back. This made switching homes easy, aside from the emotional toll. But she had run dry of emotions years ago. Or so she liked to lie to herself.
Much to Hael's delight, the village was quiet, aside from the tavern which was never quiet. Of course. Hael smirked, turning into the Creeper as she was hiding between two houses, the shadows just right for her to be unnoticed. A hop there, a quick sprint there. No one paid much attention to a shadow. Not when there's much more scarier things lurking about.
Even with no mouth on the Creeper, Hael hissed at the man suddenly thrown out, nearly hitting her during a sprint across the road. "Watch it!" She growled at him, her mouthless face emerging from the side of a building across from the tavern she jumped back towards to avoid being hit. Her unblinking eyes moved up, staring at the village's other halfa and what appeared to be his boss.
...She should have known it was his doing...  

[Zahzi]

"Omazige, do you realize how hard it is to replace windows at a busy place like a tavern??" The Tavern Master said, looking up at Omazige with a dull expression.

"Heeeey...If I didn't do something the guy would have been harassing the barmaid for the entire night..." Omazige said, looking down at him with the same expression. Right now, the only thing that showed that he was a half-breed was his eyes and ears. Sure, if he was wearing his armor it would be a dead giveaway, but most didn't even seem intimidated by Omazige, since he had been here since a young child.

"Fine, fine...I'll just make this guy pay it then." The Tavern Master said, prodding the unconscious drunk with his shoe.
"You're done for the day, Zige. Here." he said, tossing him a bag of coins. Payment for his work.

Omazige caught it and dropped the other drunk. Hard.
"Well, least that's over..." Omazige groaned, slumping over.
"Why can't I just train the villagers how to fight!?"

"Ehh, this is more of the 'Hide and Survive' kind of town then the 'Fight and Die'..."

"True...I don't think any of the villagers here could even hold a sword correctly." Omazige said coyly, walking away towards his home, deeper in the forest than the rest of the village.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

((Sorry about the long first post sweatdrop ))

"That and the only sword in this entire village is your giant a** claymore." Hael hissed under her breath, before returning back to her blend in with the shadows. She had to keep away from The Tavern Master. She had wrecked his place several times when she went Black. Not to mention he knew her "mother" quite well from all the nights spent trying to drag out her "father." No doubt he'd drag her back to the house she was doomed to be thrown out of.
A dark thought suddenly popped into her head. The other halfa had some gold. Gold she was going to need.. a big fella like him wouldn't notice a small little Creeper.. Not until it was to late anyway. Not like people didn't like him anyway. The Tavern Master would probably just give him a second pay, curse Hael for stealing and they'd all go on with their perfect little lives.
It can't be that hard. She told herself, now beginning to stalk the elder halfa. Big guy like him... this steal would be easy...  

[Zahzi]

((Not a problem))

It took fifteen minutes, and a steep incline on slippery ridges to just come in sight of Omazige's home. He had set it in a place where it would be a trek on its own for normal people just to get there...It was just morning exercise for him...

When he finally reached his home...Ten minutes after it came into sight due to the decline and thick underbrush surrounding it, he opened the door and walked in, still carrying the money. He shut the door behind him and sat down in a chair, setting the bag in front of him.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

Hael sat up against the door, panting. Shadow hopping was a lot easier than just walking. Took a lot less enegry and was faster. But she was still surprised to find herself out breath just trying to get to house. On her third break too. She wasn't even so sure stealing his pay was worth the work out.
Hael clenched her teeth. No, it had to be done. The chances of running into a trader while she looked for another village were low, but she would not be caught without gold like last time and nearly die from stravation. No, not again.
The steal seemed easy enough. Slip under the door, grab the money and run outside, go back to being Hael and not a Creeper and fly out of here. Simple. Right?
As planned sneaking in underneth the door was easy. Slipping past him was easy. It was all TOO easy. But now for the hard part. How does one slip a black hand over a bag of money without being noticed..? Hael didn't want to waste time figuring it out. With a sudden change in shape, she was once again herself, snatching the bag from across the table and away from the halfa. She then turned on her heel and made a dead run for the door, not wanting to waste time waiting to see his reaction.  

[Zahzi]

The door was suddenly slammed close, and the gap in the door's bottom sealed at it connected with the ground.
"You know...It's not nice to steal from people who haven't done anything to deserve that..." Omazige said, looking down at whatever had stolen his money.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

Hael gritted her teeth. So much for an easy steal. She didn't even see him move. One minute he's in the chair, the next he's blocking her only way out. Well, there always was the window but if the giant could move as fast as she was beginning to believe he could, then the window was scratched out.
Wordlessly, she bowed her head down to stare at the floor below, holding up the stolen bag for him to take. Looks like it was going to be another rough trip of hunting failures while on her way to ruin yet another village.  

[Zahzi]

Omazige looked down at her with an eyebrow raised. He then gently took the bag before placing a good amount of the contents in her hands.

"Aren't you the other Half-Breed in the village..?" he asked, coming to that conclusion, since if she were a full demon, she would have attacked.

"What are you doing trying to steal? You have a family..."  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

Hael stiffen, feeling something being replaced in her hands. She looked up, staring at the gold in her hands in a puzzled manner as he spoke.

"...They're fighting over me... again..." She said after a few moments of silence, still staring at the gold. "He's going to kick me out. It's been a week since he's started beating me, and I'm about due to be thrown out. My month's up." She explained, offering him back the gold.  

[Zahzi]

Omazige shook his head when she tried giving him back the gold. In actuality, he didn't even need any of it.

He then walked over to the back of the house, where his armor and claymore lay. He stared at it for awhile before speaking up.

"You are at least fortunate enough to have people you can call 'parents'. he said before looking back at her.

"Me? Never knew them. They were killed the day I was born. I spent two years on my own in this forest before the villagers found me.