Ryst Seraphine; Lord of the Sky

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Ryst Seraphine
FORLORN SOVEREIGN

RACE,

Oocca

GENDER,

Male

BATTLE ROLE,

Melee DPS

BATTLE STYLE,

All

AGE,

24

ALLIANCE,

The City in the Sky

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PERSONALITY,

Positive

• Calm
  
• Collected
  
• Quick Wit
  
• Kind
  
• Loyal

Negative

• Cold
  
• Quiet
  
• Stubborn
  
• Distant
  
• Reckless

APPEARANCE,

PICTURE

Due to recent events Ryst has changed his appearance for multiple reasons, mostly just to disguise himself as he ventures forth. His outfit has inverted in color, going from white to a black overcoat that falls well down past his waist and just past his knees. The embroidery of the coat is white, tracing the seam and going around the high collar. Underneath that his wardrobe is very similar to what it had been before, a white shirt buttoned up.

His hair has also changed, going from blue to black. The long ponytail it used to be tied back in was cut off roughly, leaving his hair in an uneven cut that Ryst has since stopped taking care of. His features are the same, sharp and avian, with piercing blue eyes. Smiles are rare now, and his face shows the wear of fatigue, sorrow and guilt hidden behind a mask perfected by years in the court.

WEAPONS,

Ryst does not carry any remarkable weapons with him. All weapons are temporary and unremarkable. Typically it's a broad sword, as that's how he's trained, though he can vary it up (as specified in each individual thread).

ITEMS,

You can have as many items as you like.

ABILITIES,

Swift Blood

Ryst specializes in a very brutal front. Through his own uncaring ways and self-destructive attitude, Ryst is capable of launching a full force attack even through onslaughts, almost fuelled by other attacks. This ability translates Ryst’s own pain and injuries into fuel to continue fighting by turning damage in cooldown reduction. In technical terms this means that for every level of damage Ryst takes he may reduce the cooldown of any ability currently on cooldown by one post.

Blood for Blood

When this ability is activated it lasts for three posts and then goes on cooldown for three posts. All of Ryst’s attacks gain additional damage (one level in technical terms) and are capable of avoiding defenses. They do not simply break through a magical shield, but in the case that someone has defense against physical attacks the attacks become magical, and vice versa for defenses against magical. If someone has defense against both this ability will turn Ryst’s attack into whichever form would do the most damage (i.e. if someone has one level defense against magical attacks and half-level against physical, Ryst’s attacks do physical damage). All of this comes with a major drawback, however, as all attacks made against Ryst do an extra half-level of damage.

Backlash

This ability may be activated in place of the Guard ability and while it’s on cooldown Ryst may not use Guard. The turn after Ryst takes damage he may activate this ability. When he does Ryst launches a magical attack on any target that did damage to him equal to half of the damage he had received (rounded down). This ability then goes on two post cooldown and he cannot use Guard while this ability is cooling down.

Persistent Destruction (Leader Slot)

This is Ryst’s most powerful ability and the one with the potential for the most destruction, both to himself and to others. The ability lasts for five posts and then goes on six post cooldown. When Ryst activates this ability he gets a passive buff of half a level to all damage he does. This damage is boosted by another half a level for each post in which Ryst attacks while this ability is activated, and an additional half a level every time Ryst takes damage from an individual source (regardless of how much damage is done). This refers to damage as calculated after attacks are made (so if someone attacks him twice in one post, this still only counts as one individual source and so it only rises by half a level).

Spatial Science

As all Oocca are really no more than weird chickens with faces, they’ve also developed a way to … get around that biological handicap. All Oocca can switch into a humanoid form, which may or may not have bird-like characteristics (e.g. a beak, feathers … you can include stuff like that if you like, but you don’t have to), but they all have large, feathered wings. This means that they can fly, but also that they need to have hollow bones to be light enoughtofly. The frail bones, unfortunately, mean that they have a whole level of health less than normal (the most health an Oocca can ever have, barring a magical ability, is Near Perfect). Their flight lets them access to a unique third action slot: an Oocca can only use this extra action slot to fly in or out-of-range, as long as it is the last action slot they use during a turn. They also have some very potent powers, reflected in their ability to manipulate space.

Teleport: The Oocca can teleport, moving them in-range, out-of-range, or without changing range; either way, the act of teleporting avoids one physical or magical attack. Cooldown of three posts.

Telekinesis: The Oocca can use a form of magic which allows them to manipulate objects, which comes in three ranges: Weak, Moderate, and Strong. Weak Telekinesis can either deal one level of damage to an opponent (by way of a sort of “force push”, or by flinging a small object at them) or can block a physical projectile that would deal up to one level of damage. Moderate Telekinesis can either deal two levels of damage to an opponent (same as Weak, but with a stronger push/larger object) or block a physical projectile that would deal up to two levels of damage. Strong Telekinesis, meanwhile, can deal three levels of damage to an opponent (same method as Weak or Moderate), three levels divided up among separate opponents, block a projectile that would deal three levels of damage, or block up to three projectiles that would deal one level of damage. Weak Telekinesis puts the whole ability on cooldown for one post, Moderate puts it on cooldown for two posts, Strong puts it on cooldown for three posts, but also consumes two action slots instead of the usual one.

Ryst was born the first son of Lord Jyshra III, the Oocca Lord and Lady Eyr, his wife. That immediately promised him a luxurious upbringing and a spot as leader of the Oocca when the time came and his father passed. But from an early age that wasn’t the life for him, and he was constantly wandering away from his lessons, getting into trouble around the Ooccan palace and being a general troublemaker.

But as he grew older he began to fall into the role of the prince, showing true leadership when necessary and the wit to hold the crown when the time came. He still got into trouble, living a double life as a bit of a vagrant, and gaining quite a reputation for himself all across the City in the Sky. Things were looking up, for the most part. His parents didn’t really approve of his second life, but he got results when it came to the courtly proceedings and the Ooccan people were fond of him, so there was little they could do to stop it.

Then Lord Jyshra spawned a bastard child. That was the end of the happy times amongst Ryst’s family, though things didn’t implode immediately. Ryst rose to the occasion, looking out for his younger half-sister with an uncharacteristic caring, but Lady Eyr was against even acknowledging his existence. With Ryst standing for the child and Lady Eyr against, it put Lord Jyshra in a sticky situation as he loved them both. The peculiar thing was he loved the child, too, making it harder still.

Lady Eyr was having none of it, and made life a living Hell for the woman who charges money for special services and the bastard child. This created some animosity between Ryst and his mother, and slowly began to tear the family apart. Eventually, in order to stop all this from reaching a disastrous climax, Lord Jyshra exiled the young bastard from the City in the Sky.

Ryst wasn’t too pleased with that and the animosity continued. He never forgave his mother for what she did, and began to grow colder and distant in his dealings. He was still an efficient leader, almost frighteningly efficient. His reputation grew, going from vagrant to prince now, and he proceeded to alienate his mother entirely.

Lord Jyshra fell ill, then, as his age and the stress of his torn family bore down on him. Ryst stepped up and took control of the Oocca Lordship as steward while Jyshra was bedridden. Using the newfound authority, Ryst subtly moved his mother to the court sidelines, taking full command. It wasn’t long after that that Lord Jyshra gave in to his sickness and passed on, leaving Ryst as his only heir and the new Oocca Lord.

And so he reigned, his mother soon learning that she wasn’t welcome in his presence. Lady Eyr stepped down and Lord Ryst ruled unconditionally, and rule he did, becoming quite renowned for his cold, detached nature and neutral rulings, the single-minded way he looked out for his people, and the absence of the old vagrant Ryst.

Then one day under his rule a calamity hit the City and an entire section of it was dropped out of the sky, killing hundreds of oocca people. Blaming himself for this attack, and for not being able to save the people, Ryst passed his title of Oocca Lord on to his half-sister and casting himself into exile from the City, brought down by guilt. Now he ventures with his companion Ayameru, looking, searching.

Ryst still technically holds the Leader Slot for the Oocca because Vriska held a Lieutenant Slot for the Hybrids.

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