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Valen; The Revised Demon Hunter
Topic Started: July 21, 2014, 5:27 pm (248 Views)
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Name: Valen, the Demon Hunter
Age: 21
Gender:Male

Appearance: Valen is a relatively average if short looking man with extremely tan skin, with no hair or markings on his head except for a large blue gemstone that sits just above his nose. He has a short blond beard, tracing down his jawline and under his nose that has obviously been taken care of with exceeding amount of care. He wears a basic looking white and blue tunic, with padded armguards and a leather vest underneath. Combined with a pair of rather comfortable looking blue shorts and leather greaves he seems like a rather defense minded traveler rather than a demon hunter. However, when challenged he produces a glowing aura that can transform itself into a weapon as needed.

Background:
Valen is a Demon Hunter, a relatively rare vocation within the world that specializes in the destruction of the fiends found within the various labyrinths and dungeons in the world such as Yggdrasil. Like many hunters, he was born into this life as little more than an orphan. His parents apparently died… the order was never big about talking about those things. Valen remembered since his earliest memories seeing their names on the memorial wall, seeing their picture in the hall of fallen heroes but everything but their faces are a blurr. Who they were, what they were like, if they loved him- he couldn’t know anything about that- to him they were just pictures on a wall. As far as he could tell, the Order was all that there was and all their could have ever been. At an early age he was baptized into their order by infusing himself with the blood and soul of a captured demon. During dreams, he still sometimes feels the creature’s sway within him as a ghostly image that he aptly named “Sparky.” While perhaps experiencing more as a child than he should have, there is one wonderful aspect of Valen that most people don’t consider- he doesn’t hate himself or anyone else for what he is. As a Demon Hunter, he knows that his life will be a short one.

Most demon hunters begin training at 10 years old, after first tasting the demonic blood and surviving the flowing week of fever dreams and high temperatures. There were 15 in his class that drank the blood, 12 of them lived. The other three died- they just weren’t strong enough to take the creature’s presence. From there, they spent the next five years learning martial training and to command the natural energies that surround every living being- the power of the soul. Most excelled in this- Valen wasn’t special though, merely average. He saw friends and rivals far exceed his success, but he managed to make it through. Then at 15 years old, they faced their first true challenge. Brought in groups of three, they were led to one of the various dungeons within the land by an experienced hunter who brought them face to face with a demon the first time. The goal was simple- slay the demon, or die here. Then the old demon hunter would leave the trainees to their fate.

That day, when they faced their first demon- Valen was paired with a young woman named Camilla. She was brilliant, diligent, insightful and damningly beautiful. Valen had always imagined her as something unattainable, something ethereal that flowed around him but never even noticed that he existed. The other was Balbus. Balbus had always been a slacker. He hated being in class, hated working with people and absolutely despised the idea of being a demon hunter. But he loved the power to shape and create things with his mind- it was downright amazing the things he could create. Their first foe was a large minataur like creature. The monster stood probably three heads taller than anyone in the group and was so strong- it seemed like little more than a child’s play when he grabbed ahold of Camilla’s beautiful raven black hair and crushed her head in his oversized hand. When they were going there together, Valen had hoped that he could be the hero- save her, show her how amazing that he could be too but in the end it was Balbus that killed the fiend and all Valen could do was survive and carry back the body of the girl he had always had a crush on in his arms.

Her name was added to the same memorial wall, just like his parents had before. After the first initiation, the First Hunt, four names were added to the wall in the end. There were just 8 left then. Upon returning to the Order, Valen’s life changed a little- he was put into a squad. Each squad consisted of 4 trainees. Balbus was in Valen’s squad, as was a remarkably caring girl named Drusilia. She was Hellenistic in all senses of the word, she lived, she loved, she worked for the love of all things and to avoid pain. She did everything she could to enjoy the life she had left… and thank god for her. She was the one good thing about squad azure. The other member of their squad and their deinfacto leader was Felix, who was three years older and hadn’t managed to impress the Elders enough to be promoted to a full hunter. Even at 15 years old, Valen was much taller than Felix was. Balbus could make more impressive blades and armors than he could ever imagine and even if you put all three into a bag along with a kitten, they still weren’t anywhere near as likable as Drusilla was. Felix was little more than a loser being paraded around for being older than they were- but it was something, it was the closest thing to a family that Valen had so he made the most of it.

Last year, squad azure finally received the chance to finish their training. Together, they went into a dungeon on the far eastern island chains and managed to clear a single stratum alongside the other teams. There was impressively no causalities on this run on team azure. Team vert though, only two of their team survived... So in the end out of the 12 children who were born into the Order, only 6 survived long enough to become full-fledged Demon Hunters. But quickly after that, the ‘real’ missions started. Balbus was sent northward… he died six month after that, supposedly going down into an abandoned mine with a group of adventures and never came back. Felix died almost immediately after being promoted. His first mission, he was sent to protect an outlying settlement from the possibility of an entrance way opening up into an ancient ruin found nearby. He went down into the caves after finding out that the monsters were coming up from there and tried to seal it up… reports from the few survivors in the town report that they saw him being laid into by something like 20 demons, who tore him apart in seconds and then charged straight out the caverns into the town to destroy it and every civilian left in town.

Valen alternatively was relatively lucky; he spent the majority of his first mission on a dead end. He was sent to secure a sealed entrance to a catacomb in the far western seas. Upon arriving, he found that the “demonic entities” that had been reported were little more than local kids, terrifying their own town because they were bored and wanted attention. Pathetic really, but at least he never saw any real action beyond a tavern with a scared waitress and the displeasure of turning those kids in to the local guards. They probably aren’t too happy right now, but overall they should be alive still. On the way back, his journey wasn’t that much more interesting except for coming across a tiny fishing boat stranded at sea.

Apparently attacked by pirates, they had half way destroyed the ship, took all the goods and left the few members of the crew who survived afloat in the ocean. By the time that Valen got there, it was down to less than five. One was a cabin boy, who had spent nearly a week hidden in a barrel. Another had been the cook, who was smart enough to throw himself overboard near the beginning of the raid along with a life boat. We found him about half a day after that, going back to the mainland. There were three passengers who survived- a family named the Volnutt. All three were merchants and probably the main targets of the raid. The first two Valen met was an older couple in their 50s who had been robbed blind and beaten half to death- on the way back to the ship, the woman… her name had been Marge- died from her injuries. Her husband, Garret… he made it through though. And their granddaughter Rebecca, thank God, was ok too. She was actually rather impressive on their first meeting. Walking through the abandoned hallway, she came busting out of the storage room with a makeshift spear shooting contraption that nearly impaled Valen. If it wasn’t for that summoning a sword at will thing being used defensively to stop it- she would have succeeded. After that, a rather painful smoke bomb followed that stank so bad that the Demon Hunter spent most of his journey home with puffy eyes and coughing. Not too bad for a merchant, let alone one his age.

After getting the five survivors onto their ship, Valen took the journey make to the Order on Chronos Isle, where he had been born and raised. The cabin boy, he had nowhere to go… so he brought him to the orphanage. As of now, he seems to be doing ok with training. Just before Valen left, the boy managed to create a Soul Blade- although it was probably closer to a Soul Steak Knife at this point. The cook chose to stay on with the boat crew before making port and leaving again. But the Volnutts, they stayed around. Marge was really hurt by the time they got back to Chronos and stayed in the hospital for almost a week before finally succumbing to her injuries. Old man Garret didn’t have the heart to leave her- so the Elders let him stay for a while and grieve. Rebecca though, she took a liking to the place. She couldn’t do a thing with the spiritual training, but the woman had a nack when it came to fixing things up. For as long as Valen could remember, the roof always leaked a little but with her there less than a month, there wasn’t a single drop to be found. The indoor oven finally had a way to be set to the correct temperature instead of just “eye balling it” as Drusilla always joked. Even the great clock in the center hall, which had died at least fifteen years ago was clicking again thanks to her. All she seemed to do was fix things… looking back, that was probably her way of grieving too.

When the time came, Valen was sent on his current assignment- to go to Damir and purge the creatures found in the second strata. Some claim that the labyrinth there is bigger than most, but they have managed to uncover at least one floor so chances are at least one more. If those monsters were allowed to escape and enter the nearby town- the city there would be gone within hours and the surrounding area lost within days. Packing up, Valen said goodbye to the friends that he made up to this point and set sail for the mainland, for Damir… and what would probably be his first and last real mission.

Equipment:
Simple Clothes: A pair of white shorts, a blue and white hoodie and some socks.
Azure Gemstone: A less common sapphire stuck on Valen’s forehead. While it doesn’t have any ‘magical’ powers, it does help him focus on bringing out the most of his magical power.
Leather Pads: Armguards, leg pads, a vest- basically the essentials package for protection all hidden underneath the simple white and blue hoddie.

Role/Specialty: Demon Hunter: A Demon Hunter is designed to destroy the various monsters found within the hidden places of the world. To cleanse the human race of these fiendish foes, they have learned to contain and use the souls of the creatures they destroy in order to augment their offensive capabilities. Because of commonly facing stiff odds against creatures far more powerful than they are, Demon Hunters are often at a facing an uphill battle against their foes and must rely on a mixture between intelligence, luck and what few advantages they can obtain by using their specialized powers to overcome these fiendish foes and save humanity from the darkness by using the very fiendish powers they possess against them.

Level:
Abilities:

  • 1. Soul Blade: Conjuration: Level 1
    As a regular action, Valen can transform his natural energies into a physical form of any weapon that is small to medium sized (aka daggers to sword size). This weapon possesses no weight and is made from magical energy. The damage it inflicts is less than that of a “real” weapon, however because of its conjurable nature it allows Valen to summon it ‘instantly’ allowing for a few fun tricks and techniques that ‘real’ weapon users could never accomplish.
  • The Soul Blade usually takes the form of a gauntlet or slapstick like form such as a boxing glove (for non-lethal damage purposes), a knife, dagger, hand axe or short sword depending on design or need of Valen.
  • 2. Reforged In the Ether: Augmentation: Level 1
    As a regular action, Valen can imbue his Soul Blade with one of the major elements. At level 1, it allows him to grant his weapon another element resulting in a change of color within the blade along with transforming it visually as well. When used, it will cause the Soul Blade to destabilize after 3 turns and require resummoning.
  • Sky Forged: Lightning: When this technique is triggered, it will cause the desired weapon to electrify along with elongating the Soul Blade resulting in it becoming sharper and easier to command. This sudden rush of electrical energy will also illuminate the weapon brightly.
  • 3. Endowment: Augmentation: Level 1
    By channeling the natural energies swirling around during battle, Valen can funnel it into his weapon resulting in it growing much larger and more powerful than before as an average action. For example, it might transform a short sword into a longsword or an axe into a lance. This increase in size and shape will allow Valen to inflict additional damage, however this comes at the cost of decreasing the stability of the weapon down by 2 turns.
  • Endowment + Soul Blade creates a larger version of the Soul Blade, usually a pair of gauntlets, a spike to appear on the gauntlets, two daggers etc to increase his moveset to dual wield or construct a longsword, a hammer, a large stone or a spear to use a two handed style instead.
  • 4. Power Overwhelming: Weapon: Level 2
    Whenever the Soul Blade is at its least stable, that is when the energy is at its peak. Some Demon Hunters have the ability to use this overwhelming amounts of energy constantly in battle but Valen- in his inexperience- can only make use of it for a glistening moment before it is lost. When used normally, it causes above average damage (200%) and causes the Soul Blade to be destroyed. However if this move is combined with the technique Endowment, it creates an area wide explosion upon release causing damage to the target but will also harm Valen. If used alongside Reforged in the Ether, it will cause the attack decrease the target’s resistance against that element for the next three turns, however the same detriment is also granted to Valen. If both of these augmentation techniques are used together, it will cause all three effects to be used along with inflicting 400% damage. However Valen will be unable to summon his weapon again for 3 turns.
Edited by NTNP, August 16, 2014, 6:17 pm.
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