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Post by Nightmare Darklight on Jun 27, 2011 13:08:55 GMT -5
Renovating his CS. NOTE TO STAFF: TAKE THE CODING FROM "MODIFY POST", WRAPPING IT IN CODE TAGS WILL BREAK THE CODING. ![]() | [atrb=width,275,true][atrb=border,0,true][cs=2]NAME ____________Nightmare Darklight |
[/font][/size][/color][/td] [/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Title [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525] Alpha & Omega[/font][/color][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Race [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Human[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Age [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]23[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Sex [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Male[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Battle Role [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Jack of All/Badass Freakin' Overlord[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Battle Style [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Casual, will only do LS when absolutely 100% vital, loathes Story.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Alignment [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]You don't know, cause he's so badass, handsome, and mysterious. Oooooh~[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616]Ultimate Shield |
[/color][/td] [td]     [/td] [td] 2_[/td] [td][atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616] The Master Ring[/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 1_[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616]  [/color][/td] [td]  [/td] [td] 0_[/td] [td][bg=161616] [/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 0_[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=width,500,true][cs=2][atrb=border,0,true]Racial/Leader Abilities |
[/i][/color][/size][/font][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Racial: One Step Ahead[/td] [td][bg=252525] An ability of AWESOME. What it really happens to be is a unique ability that's given Night countless victories. It's more of a mental sensory. Not a sixth sense for things like psychokinesis, but something that would allow him to perceive even minor details and act accordingly. The way this is done is by observing his opponent, looking below the surface and at the organs, bones, and the muscles.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Leader: Berserker[/td] [td][bg=252525] A nameless man in a suit of armor, Berserker is a familiar personally summoned by Nightmare. Using an old ritual, Nightmare was able to call a hero from the grave. Not one of the many Links, but a hero nonetheless. Who is he? Well, he goes by Berserker. What is clear though, is that he knows how to kill something. A master with his sword, Berserker has no trouble fighting even the most skilled of combatants. Aside from passively existing, Beserker doesn't do much. If Berserker dies, he's just put on cooldown. He's not affected by something as tiny as death! If you kill him, he shits in your face and comes back several turns later, good as new. Three turns cooldown for every two turns he's around.
Arondight
A dark purple sword with chains wrapping around the cross guard. The blade is four feet long, and quite durable. If Berserker hits you with it. It will hurt.[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=width,500,true][atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616] Weapons/Items |
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A 4 foot long... longsword. Silversnake seems to always be on Nightmare, and he's very protective of it. The blade shines and glistens like silver. It rests in a sheath, mostly wrapped in leather, however, both ends of the sheath seem to be made of silver, so it's high class for sure. Ironically, trying to steal Silversnake is actually one of the few berserk buttons that Nightmare has, as it's very precious to him. [/justify] PashupatastraA bow that Nightmare uses. The Pashupatastra is a simple black bow that shoots arrows. That's about it. Nightmare does however, keep a quiver of 15 arrows strapped to his right thigh. [/justify] AglarAn abolutely gorgeous crown that Nightmare owns. He keeps it under lock and key in his house, buried under the house, which he can access by removing a floorboard. The crown is precious to him, and it has practical meaning. The crown itself is made of pure silver, laced with gold and crystal, making it immensely valuable. If Nightmare were to ever sell it, he would never have any money problems ever again. The Evenstar [/center] A necklace that Nightmare wears around his neck. Terrible for stealth, but it's an eye catcher. Made from silver and crystal, the evenstar gleams in the light and is immediately noticable. The necklace carries immense sentimental value to him, and he hates to be seperated from it. [/font][/justify][/td] [td][bg=252525] Ultimate Shield
The finest example of Immovable Object. The Ultimate Shield is something that puts a stop to almost all physical attacks. By immediately hardening his skin into well, hardened carbon. Nightmare is able to become a frightening tank. During this state, in LS terms (as that's all people care about), all physical damage is reduced by two. In casual terms? "HAHA, GOOD LUCK SUCKER" is the way to put it. If you're trying to be a badass normal, well, then it sucks to be you. However, there is a way to stop it.
It's possible to short circuit the whole thing and cancel it out, punishing Nightmare himself. If you hit him with an actual spell, not something like weather control or anything stupid like that, you can immediately end the Ultimate Shield. Which is even worse if Nightmare's been using it a lot.
You see, Nightmare can keep it active as long as he wants, and as a result, there's a 1 turn cooldown for every turn it's used. However, if it's canceled via magic, the cooldown is doubled. If Night say, used this for 10 turns before deactivating it on his own, it'd have a 10 turn cooldown. However, if a mage caused it to short circuit, that 10 post cooldown would become 20 posts. However, once again...
Singeing his clothes and calling it a hit won't count.
Using aerokinesis to create a gentle breeze and say that Night can feel it won't count.
Hitting him with a lit torch won't count.
Has to be an actual hit.
Magic Weapons are a tricky business, because they are both physical and magical. Night's shield as a result, can only compensate for half. If someone with a fire sword that deals one point of damage hits him, Nightmare will stop the blow in its tracks, but still take 0.5 damage. This is because while he can stop the swing, he still takes the damage from the fire. The reason for this is that his body still defends against the blow itself, but the fire damage is able to ignore the shield.
Enhanced physical attacks, like a punch from a guy who cast a buff on himself to increase his strength, will deal damage to him, though the damaged will be lessened to about half of what it would normally be, depending on how strong the buff is. However, this is unique in that in some cases, the enhancement won't be counted as magical.
Magical Weapons and Enhanced Physical Attacks are the only two types of magical attacks that won't cause an immediate short circuit.
[/url][/size][/font] Ash nazg durbatuluk,
Ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.A ring of Nightmare's own personal creation, the Master Ring (or the One Ring, the Ring of Power, or just the Ring, any will do) is an immensely powerful artifact that while seeming small and simple when on a normal person, is quite scary with Nightmare. Particularly because he knows how to use it. The Ring has only one real effect, though it's something that he can use to absolutely devastating effect to make him even more dangerous. It doubles all his physical attributes in casual style. In LS terms, as that's apparently what all the "hip" young 'uns are doing, his damage goes up by half a level. The end. However, whenever Nightmare exerts its power, it tends to glow, brightly. Like, if you somehow don't notice the glowy shiny ring, you deserve to die forever.[/font][/td][/tr][/table][/justify] | [cs=2][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,500,true][bg=161616] Nightmare Darklight |
[/size][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=252525] AppearanceNightmare is what you could consider to be "good looking", with a nice head of blond hair and a good athletic build with a decent complexion. He can't really stand up to all the pretty boys in the war, but he does the best he can, which he feels is a pretty good job. He stands at a fairly decent height of 6'0 and weighs in at 72 kg. To be honest, a lot of people would see him as fairly cute. This is what Nightmare wears when he is off being badass and singlehandedly wiping out armies of bosses. Frankly, it doesn't look nice at all. It looks like something straight out of a horror film, something you would see on someone over with the forces of evil. That's the idea. It does help though. It's form fitting, and it provides light protection. The outfit itself consists well crafted leather, not for looks, but to provide actual protection. Claw rings that can be slipped on and off the fingers are often seen on his hands as extra weaponry. Four strips of cloth fall from the waist for aesthetic purposes. Lastly, it has a helmet with a filter and a visor. While Nightmare doesn't like wearing it as it obstructs his vision somewhat, he will if he knows there's smoke or he's up against someone who can blind people. Ignore the bearded face, I couldn't find a decent costume only picture of it. Surprisingly, Nightmare does have formal wear. Even then, the formal wear is battle ready. With a black leather jerkin with a gold and white tree adorning the chest, accented by chainmail gauntlets with light steel plating and a pair of pauldrons. With chainmail greaves and light steel plating on the boots, Nightmare is decently protected. To accomodate the looks, he wears a velvet cloak with a red color scheme on the inside.[/td] [td][bg=252525] Personality
With a name like Nightmare Darklight and a effectively having to fend for himself, you'd probably be expecting him to be broody, cold, dark, evil, that whole thing. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. Despite all shock and horror, Nightmare is in fact a human being with human feelings. He doesn't constantly reflect on some mistake or some tragedy. Yeah, if a tragedy comes by he might be depressed for a little bit. But he'll eventually accept it and move on.
He's also arrogant, very arrogant, but even that tends to be overshadowed at times in that he is essentially a troll. He'll constantly twist one's words, even an outright insult, and either turn them against the person giving him a hard time or make him look like the good guy. Needless to say, he's good with words. Failing that, he just shrugs, stops caring about what the person has to say, and moves on. If it comes to it, he has no problem just walking away. He's a rather cheerful troll.
He is somewhat fidgety. While he's talking, don't be surprised if he makes a few motions during the whole thing, whether it be something as small as leaning back or waving a hand in a dismissive manner, to full blown theatrics. Granted, he usually saves the full blown theatrics for something he finds ridiculous, or if he's just mocking someone. Yep, even his quirks help portray him as a jerk.
Boredom comes quickly. Frankly, if something stalls, it won't be long before he starts voicing displeasure about the situation. At first, it'll start with a few non verbal cues, then he'll start getting vocal about it. It can get rather annoying for those that have to put up with him throughout the entire ordeal.
Nightmare is extremely intelligent however. Able to effectively second guess someone else and get in their head, and figure out the answer to a problem rather quickly. He actually applies this to his line of work, showing that despite his jackassery and impatience, Nightmare can be an extremely tactical, calculating, and methodical man, often effectively predicting what his opponent will do, simply by the situation. An example would be creating a deliberate opening, making it look accidental, then when the opponent pounces on it, pounce on them.
One thing you may notice about him though, is that he seems to have a medium awareness of sorts. No, he's not the kind to go around shouting "NONE OF YOU ARE REAL!" but he will react, even if it's small to things that most people normally wouldn't pick up on. If you tell him your parents are dead, he won't react like a normal person. He'll instead mock you relentlessly, and declare that he has dealt with dead parents so many times it's gotten old.
He's also a bit of a motor mouth. If he has the chance, he will talk and talk and talk with the utter inability to shut up. He also tends to be somewhat polite most of the time. Even it's during a contract, he'll be polite, and maybe have a bit of friendliness. The phrase "Hello! This is the part where I kill you!" probably isn't too far off the mark.
Frankly put. You either love him or hate him.
History
God I hate these. Nightmare was born to two loving parents in the village of Kakariko. Of course, they didn't name him Nightmare. Any parents that name their kids Nightmare should have their kids taken away.
I mean, it's not like he has any kind of secret that would make him dark and mysterious. Or tall, dark and handsome. I mean, he's already exceptionally handsome, and somewhat tall, so I guess you could say he's ok. MOVING ON DAMMIT.
Anyway, there wasn't much of an eventful childhood, not one you'd want to hear. Just got some training with a sword and some unarmed combat lessons from a tutor, but that's pretty much it. Nightmare grew up, was a kid, and at age 15, was sent off to the military academy. It was there that he discovered his knack for warfare. Tactics, military training in several different areas of combat, Nightmare excelled at the academy, as he came to realize, he was one for the battlefield. One to excel.
At age 18, he graduated with extremely high marks, and was immediately placed in the military at the rank of a Sergeant. For four years he helped keep the peace, whether it was helping bring crooks to justice or actually being dispatched to take care of any insurrections.
After those four years, at 22, he was allowed to leave, and he did. Considering the world his oyster, he wandered for a year, and still is. He visits his home every now and then, updates his house with any treasure that he manages to find (his closet is full of valuable stuff), and is just generally living life.
There, over 150 words, am I done now? ಠ_ಠ [/td][/tr][/table][/justify]
FACE CLAIM,
[b]DURARARA!![/b] shizuo heiwajima
[b]FATE/ZERO[/b] lancelot
OTHER CHARACTERS,NoneHOW DID YOU FIND US,I was here since the beginning of the Sonata of Silence's predecessor, I can tell you all about the past. All of it.
PS: Go huggle Hayrey for the Template, it's hers. o3o |
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Post by Owen Enders on Jun 30, 2011 15:18:15 GMT -5
For the added Leader slot ability, you'll need to add a duration and a cool-down for it. We're suggesting a base cool-down of 2 turns for summoning Berserker, with an additional turn if it's in play for more than 3 turns with a cap of 5 turns maximum that it can be in play.
Aside from that, could you just clarify in LS terms exactly what One Step Ahead does, if anything.
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Post by Owen Enders on Jun 30, 2011 20:00:24 GMT -5
I'm good with the changes.
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Post by Ryst Seraphine on Jul 4, 2011 1:32:29 GMT -5
A C C E P T E D ! !
I hate you for all this coding. ಠ_ಠ Why must you do this to us.
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Post by Nightmare Darklight on Jul 5, 2011 14:33:06 GMT -5
Updated Phantom Craft using an upgrade I am now buying.
Taking Level 2 for a test run. If it works out great, I may make it its own slot. So keep a lookout for that.
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Post by Azler Wilder on Jul 6, 2011 13:52:34 GMT -5
#1, in the future, post the update separately from the first post. Your future updates should be posted in new posts, not editing the first post over and over.
#2, you need to explain how something that allows you to create weapons out of nowhere allows you to somehow alter your own molecular abilities. Magic Upgrades are supposed to upgrade your current abilities, but this upgrade sounds COMPLETELY different from your original abilities.
#3, your biasness against LS style is blinding you to the fact that LS style and Casual style are different in how the detail damage dealt and received, BUT ARE NOT different in overall power. Gohan in LS style is the same power level as Casual style, his abilities are just described differently in how they work.
Basically and straightforwardly put; Casual is too powerful.
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Post by Nightmare Darklight on Jul 6, 2011 18:50:07 GMT -5
#1. >.> Alrighty, but if they break the code, I get full rights to go into my own bio and fix it myself.
#2. I do, actually.
[/i] The guy could create life if he wanted to, but he doesn't. He ain't ready for kids yo![/quote]
That's the beauty of matter control. Fire = matter. Weapons = matter. Yo mama = matter. Because everything is made of matter, matter control (Phantom Craft) allows for an infinite amount of options, unrestricted by things like themes as no matter what, it always follows said theme.
Failing that, I could just say Phantom Craft envelops his body. >.>
#3, they are the same. In LS terms, it negates one point of physical damage, but not magic. In casual style, those who try to be magicless and normal to prove a point are completely SOL as a regular attack is half a point, if we translate back and forth meaning that those without a buff or magic of some sort are pretty screwed. Well except for bombs, bombs might be able to do something as long as you don't get a firecracker for a bomb. You want to hurt shield Night? Use those slots. xD
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Post by Azler Wilder on Jul 8, 2011 20:04:28 GMT -5
After a staff meeting, its been decided that the Phantom Craft ability needs to be edited.
Complete and utter matter control is far too powerful. Its like Omnimancy.
Make it something specific, preferably akin to the "green matter" you previously had on Req.
Also, it needs to be explicitly said in the description of the defensive ability that magically-enhanced physical attacks can still hurt him.
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Post by Azler Wilder on Jul 15, 2011 23:20:42 GMT -5
Updated~
Hopefully permanently this time lol
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Post by Nightmare Darklight on Jul 18, 2011 19:22:38 GMT -5
Replace history with this, adding tidbit about his sister. Also, if you break the coding in his CS, I get the right to edit it in myself ಠ_ಠ
God I hate these. Nightmare was born to two loving parents in the village of Kakariko. Of course, they didn't name him Nightmare. Any parents that name their kids Nightmare should have their kids taken away.
I mean, it's not like he has any kind of secret that would make him dark and mysterious. Or tall, dark and handsome. I mean, he's already exceptionally handsome, and somewhat tall, so I guess you could say he's ok. MOVING ON DAMMIT.
Anyway, there wasn't much of an eventful childhood, not one you'd want to hear. Just got some training with a sword and some unarmed combat lessons from a tutor, but that's pretty much it. Oh wait, here's something. Turns out he had a twin sister. A lovable twin sister who he rubbed off on. Yes, really.
With his sister, named Cassie, he was what you might call... overprotective. Cassie was always extremely popular among the boys, and seemed to be the only real exception to the "girls are gross" mindset of young boys. Nightmare however, being overprotective, would always chase them off in increasingly traumatizing manners. Eventually though, he would grow out of it. Kinda. Just don't talk to him about dating his siter.
Nightmare grew up, was a kid, and at age 15, was sent off to the military academy. It was there that he discovered his knack for warfare. Tactics, military training in several different areas of combat, Nightmare excelled at the academy, as he came to realize, he was one for the battlefield. One to excel.
At age 18, he graduated with extremely high marks, and was immediately placed in the military at the rank of a Sergeant. For four years he helped keep the peace, whether it was helping bring crooks to justice or actually being dispatched to take care of any insurrections.
After those four years, at 22, he was allowed to leave, and he did. Considering the world his oyster, he wandered for a year, and still is. He visits his home every now and then, updates his house with any treasure that he manages to find (his closet is full of valuable stuff), and is just generally living life.
There, over 150 words, am I done now? ಠ_ಠ
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Post by Jabberwocky on Jul 19, 2011 15:40:32 GMT -5
1/3 Accepted
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Post by Azler Wilder on Jul 22, 2011 20:29:20 GMT -5
Due to a major revamp coming from Nightmare, update has been put on hold lol
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Post by Nightmare Darklight on Jul 22, 2011 21:16:05 GMT -5
Major revamp is here biznartches! Turning him into the Monster Emperor, and remember! Copy and paste the ENTIRE CS from MODIFY, as [*code] tags would break the cs.
![]() | [atrb=width,275,true][atrb=border,0,true][cs=2]NAME ____________Nightmare Darklight |
[/font][/size][/color][/td] [/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Title [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525] Alpha & Omega[/font][/color][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Race [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Monster - Dragon[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Age [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]23[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Sex [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Male[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Battle Role [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Jack of All/Badass Freakin' Overlord[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Battle Style [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Casual, will only do LS when absolutely 100% vital, loathes Story.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Alignment [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]You don't know, cause he's so badass, handsome, and mysterious. Oooooh~[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616]Ultimate Shield |
[/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 2_[/td] [td][atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616] The Master Ring[/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 1_[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] ???[/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 0_[/td] [td][bg=161616] ???[/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 0_[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=width,500,true][cs=2][atrb=border,0,true]Racial/Leader Abilities |
[/i][/color][/size][/font][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Racial: The Dragon King[/td] [td][bg=252525] Nightmare is the Monster Emperor. As you would expect, the Monster Emperor is naturally the strongest monster, and Night's true form is proof of that. Night's true form is that of a massive black dragon, 40 ft high on his hind legs, and 20 ft wide. 50 ft wide when stretching his wings. In this state, Nightmare is naturally, a dragon, and as such, is hard as balls to beat. However, the reality is, the dragon is his NATURAL form. Here are his racials.
Human Form
Instinctively learned as an infant, Nightmare is able to freely switch between his natural form and his human form. When in human form, he can use his other slots, namely, his ring and any other magic slots along with the Ultimate Shield. However, he can't hold it forever, and when he gets directly involved in a battle a countdown starts
In battle: Duration of 5 turns
Cooldown: 5 turns
When not fighting: Duration of Unlimited (Blade Works)
Nightmare can stay in human form during a battle for 3 turns beyond the duration up to a total of 8 turns. However, doing so results in the inability to access his dragon form for the remainder of the thread.
Power
Nightmare is a few dozen tons of solid, sheer muscle in his dragon form. As such, I don't care if you're Link, Azler, Rwaht, or even Nightmare Darklight. You will feel it if he gets a direct hit in. Against an unprotected opponent, a direct hit from Dragon Night deals 2 damage in LS terms. Due to being big, and slow though, the first action slot for LS is used to get ready for the blow, with the second being the actual blow.
Flight
Being a winged dragon, Nightmare can fly.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Leader: The Dragon King MK II[/td] [td][bg=252525] Dragonfire
Being the King of the Dragons, Night's the most powerful of them all. Nothing shows this better than his dragonfire. Nearly every dragon can breathe fire, and this is Night's. However, Night's dragon fire isn't red, or orange, or blue, but white. It's insanely hot, and is nothing short of devastating. Against people who have taken no precautions to protect themselves magically, being caught in the blast causes severe damage. In LS terms, an unprotected person will take 2 damage. In LS terms, the first action slot is used to charge up the blast, with the second action slot used to fire. Also, it has a range of 30 ft.
Leader Upgrade: Dragonhide
Nightmare's hide is extremely resistant and hard to pierce. It can cause normal swings and even weak spells to bounce off. However, this only applies to the top. His underside is still soft and squishy, and thanks to his massive size, it's not hard to hit under there. He's best targeted when he has the high ground or when he's flying. In LS terms, Nightmare's dragon hide can negate any attacks worth 2 points of physical damage or 1 point of magical damage if it hits anything but his underbelly.[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=width,500,true][atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616] Weapons/Items |
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A 4 foot long... longsword. Silversnake seems to always be on Nightmare, and he's very protective of it. The blade shines and glistens like silver. It rests in a sheath, mostly wrapped in leather, however, both ends of the sheath seem to be made of silver, so it's high class for sure. Ironically, trying to steal Silversnake is actually one of the few berserk buttons that Nightmare has, as it's very precious to him. [/justify] PashupatastraA bow that Nightmare uses. The Pashupatastra is a simple black bow that shoots arrows. That's about it. Nightmare does however, keep a quiver of 15 arrows strapped to his right thigh. [/justify] Claws
Accessable only in dragon form. Extremely sharp claws and talons on his wings, elbows and... well, claws. [/justify] AglarAn abolutely gorgeous crown that Nightmare owns. He keeps it under lock and key in his house, buried under the house, which he can access by removing a floorboard. The crown is precious to him, and it has practical meaning. The crown itself is made of pure silver, laced with gold and crystal, making it immensely valuable. If Nightmare were to ever sell it, he would never have any money problems ever again. The Evenstar [/center] A necklace that Nightmare wears around his neck. Terrible for stealth, but it's an eye catcher. Made from silver and crystal, the evenstar gleams in the light and is immediately noticable. The necklace carries immense sentimental value to him, and he hates to be seperated from it. [/font][/justify][/td] [td][bg=252525] Ultimate Shield
The finest example of Immovable Object. The Ultimate Shield is something that puts a stop to almost all physical attacks. By immediately hardening his skin into well, hardened carbon. Nightmare is able to become a frightening tank. During this state, in LS terms (as that's all people care about), all physical damage is reduced by two. In casual terms? "HAHA, GOOD LUCK SUCKER" is the way to put it. If you're trying to be a badass normal, well, then it sucks to be you. However, there is a way to stop it.
It's possible to short circuit the whole thing and cancel it out, punishing Nightmare himself. If you hit him with an actual spell, not something like weather control or anything stupid like that, you can immediately end the Ultimate Shield. Which is even worse if Nightmare's been using it a lot.
You see, Nightmare can keep it active as long as he wants, and as a result, there's a 1 turn cooldown for every turn it's used. However, if it's canceled via magic, the cooldown is doubled. If Night say, used this for 10 turns before deactivating it on his own, it'd have a 10 turn cooldown. However, if a mage caused it to short circuit, that 10 post cooldown would become 20 posts. However, once again...
Singeing his clothes and calling it a hit won't count.
Using aerokinesis to create a gentle breeze and say that Night can feel it won't count.
Hitting him with a lit torch won't count.
Has to be an actual hit.
Magic Weapons are a tricky business, because they are both physical and magical. Night's shield as a result, can only compensate for half. If someone with a fire sword that deals one point of damage hits him, Nightmare will stop the blow in its tracks, but still take 0.5 damage. This is because while he can stop the swing, he still takes the damage from the fire. The reason for this is that his body still defends against the blow itself, but the fire damage is able to ignore the shield.
Enhanced physical attacks, like a punch from a guy who cast a buff on himself to increase his strength, will deal damage to him, though the damaged will be lessened to about half of what it would normally be, depending on how strong the buff is. However, this is unique in that in some cases, the enhancement won't be counted as magical.
Magical Weapons and Enhanced Physical Attacks are the only two types of magical attacks that won't cause an immediate short circuit.
[/url][/size][/font] Ash nazg durbatuluk,
Ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.A ring of Nightmare's own personal creation, the Master Ring (or the One Ring, the Ring of Power, or just the Ring, any will do) is an immensely powerful artifact that while seeming small and simple when on a normal person, is quite scary with Nightmare. Particularly because he knows how to use it. The Ring has only one real effect, though it's something that he can use to absolutely devastating effect to make him even more dangerous. It doubles all his physical attributes in casual style. In LS terms, as that's apparently what all the "hip" young 'uns are doing, his damage goes up by half a level. The end. However, whenever Nightmare exerts its power, it tends to glow, brightly. Like, if you somehow don't notice the glowy shiny ring, you deserve to die forever.[/font][/td][/tr][/table][/justify] | [cs=2][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,500,true][bg=161616] Nightmare Darklight |
[/size][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=252525] AppearanceDue to his lineage, Nightmare has a bit of a boost to his human appearance. To be frank, Nightmare is nothing short of otherworldly, with looks that would give a certain Hylian Hero a run for his money. With somewhat fair, lightly colored skin, with blue eyes and blonde hair, he completes it all with a nicely toned body. He stands at a fairly decent height of 6'0 and weighs in at 72 kg. With all this, Nightmare looks like he came right out of a bishoujo anime. This is what Nightmare wears when he is off being badass and singlehandedly wiping out armies of bosses. Frankly, it doesn't look nice at all. It looks like something straight out of a horror film, something you would see on someone over with the forces of evil. That's the idea. It does help though. It's form fitting, and it provides light protection. The outfit itself consists well crafted leather, not for looks, but to provide actual protection. Claw rings that can be slipped on and off the fingers are often seen on his hands as extra weaponry. Four strips of cloth fall from the waist for aesthetic purposes. Lastly, it has a helmet with a filter and a visor. While Nightmare doesn't like wearing it as it obstructs his vision somewhat, he will if he knows there's smoke or he's up against someone who can blind people. Ignore the bearded face, I couldn't find a decent costume only picture of it. Surprisingly, Nightmare does have formal wear. Even then, the formal wear is battle ready. With a black leather jerkin with a gold and white tree adorning the chest, accented by chainmail gauntlets with light steel plating and a pair of pauldrons. With chainmail greaves and light steel plating on the boots, Nightmare is decently protected. To accomodate the looks, he wears a velvet cloak with a red color scheme on the inside. Nightmare is in actuality, a dragon. Not just any dragon, the Dragon King. The Monster Emperor. As such, Nightmare's monster form is the absolute, uncontested strongest beast in Hyrule. A massive black dragon, 40 ft high when standing on his hind legs, just a little over half a football field. He's 20 ft wide as well, the size of a pretty decent house, 50 ft wide when stretching his wings. Plates of dragonscales and dragon hide cover his body, and his appearance strikes fear into the hearts of his opponents. Even the dauntless must be forced to face such a leader.[/td] [td][bg=252525] Personality
With a name like Nightmare Darklight and a effectively having to fend for himself, you'd probably be expecting him to be broody, cold, dark, evil, that whole thing. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. Despite all shock and horror, Nightmare is in fact a human being with human feelings. He doesn't constantly reflect on some mistake or some tragedy. Yeah, if a tragedy comes by he might be depressed for a little bit. But he'll eventually accept it and move on.
He's also arrogant, very arrogant, but even that tends to be overshadowed at times in that he is essentially a troll. He'll constantly twist one's words, even an outright insult, and either turn them against the person giving him a hard time or make him look like the good guy. Needless to say, he's good with words. Failing that, he just shrugs, stops caring about what the person has to say, and moves on. If it comes to it, he has no problem just walking away. He's a rather cheerful troll.
He is somewhat fidgety. While he's talking, don't be surprised if he makes a few motions during the whole thing, whether it be something as small as leaning back or waving a hand in a dismissive manner, to full blown theatrics. Granted, he usually saves the full blown theatrics for something he finds ridiculous, or if he's just mocking someone. Yep, even his quirks help portray him as a jerk.
Boredom comes quickly. Frankly, if something stalls, it won't be long before he starts voicing displeasure about the situation. At first, it'll start with a few non verbal cues, then he'll start getting vocal about it. It can get rather annoying for those that have to put up with him throughout the entire ordeal.
Nightmare is extremely intelligent however. Able to effectively second guess someone else and get in their head, and figure out the answer to a problem rather quickly. He actually applies this to his line of work, showing that despite his jackassery and impatience, Nightmare can be an extremely tactical, calculating, and methodical man, often effectively predicting what his opponent will do, simply by the situation. An example would be creating a deliberate opening, making it look accidental, then when the opponent pounces on it, pounce on them.
One thing you may notice about him though, is that he seems to have a medium awareness of sorts. No, he's not the kind to go around shouting "NONE OF YOU ARE REAL!" but he will react, even if it's small to things that most people normally wouldn't pick up on. If you tell him your parents are dead, he won't react like a normal person. He'll instead mock you relentlessly, and declare that he has dealt with dead parents so many times it's gotten old.
He's also a bit of a motor mouth. If he has the chance, he will talk and talk and talk with the utter inability to shut up. He also tends to be somewhat polite most of the time. Even it's during a contract, he'll be polite, and maybe have a bit of friendliness. The phrase "Hello! This is the part where I kill you!" probably isn't too far off the mark.
Frankly put. You either love him or hate him.
History
God I hate these. Nightmare was born to two loving parents in the village of Kakariko, as a dragon. However, despite what the reptilian expert Ondore would have you know, dragons are able to give birth in the mammilian fashion. Of course, they didn't name him Nightmare. Any parents that name their kids Nightmare should have their kids taken away. Rather, it was Alexander.
I mean, it's not like he has any kind of secret that would make him dark and mysterious. Or tall, dark and handsome. I mean, he's already exceptionally handsome, and somewhat tall, so I guess you could say he's ok. MOVING ON DAMMIT.
With his sister, named Cassie, he was what you might call... overprotective. Cassie was always extremely popular among the boys, and seemed to be the only real exception to the "girls are gross" mindset of young boys. Nightmare however, being overprotective, would always chase them off in increasingly traumatizing manners. Eventually though, he would grow out of it. Kinda. Just don't talk to him about dating his siter.
Anyway, there wasn't much of an eventful childhood, not one you'd want to hear. The only thing of interest being he figured out how to turn into his human form fairly quickly. Other than that, he just got some training with a sword and some unarmed combat lessons from a tutor, but that's pretty much it. Nightmare grew up, was a kid, and at age 15, was sent off to the military academy. It was there that he discovered his knack for warfare. Tactics, military training in several different areas of combat, Nightmare excelled at the academy, as he came to realize, he was one for the battlefield. One to excel.
At age 18, he graduated with extremely high marks, and was immediately placed in the military at the rank of a Sergeant. For four years he helped keep the peace, whether it was helping bring crooks to justice or actually being dispatched to take care of any insurrections.
After those four years, at 22, he was allowed to leave, and he did. Considering the world his oyster. However, shortly after, he was seriously wounded after being caught off guard. One would think Rangers would try to help, but nooooo, they shot him and almost sent him into tragedy mode. However, he managed to escape, and had been eventually picked up by one Aerith Gainsborough.
For six months, he stayed with with Aerith to recuperate and try and pay her back. He'd never admit it, but he actually enjoyed staying with her. One day, after teasing her on her flowers, he got her a nice basket, though he denied any involvement with it.
After those six months though, he couldn't take it anymore. He was a motherfucking dragon, he had to spread his wings! He told Aerith he was leaving, and the next day, he did, but not before getting a kiss from Aerith. He'd never really admit it, but that was his first kiss. Surprising, I know. Even then though, throughout those six months, he had kept his dragon side hidden.
Shortly after that, Nightmare killed the Emperor and his Lieutenants in an epic battle that will be shown in a quest, and then eventually linked back here when it's done.
And then they made him their king!
The first thing to happen, was that he was shown the treasury, large enough to match the absolutely massive treasury sitting in Hyrule Castle. Immediately, his dragon side took over, and he transformed. With a room large enough to hold him, and piles of gold large enough for him to sleep on, Nightmare immediately took a nap. On the treasure.
They say he has yet to actually use his bed.
Since then, he's been ruling the monsters. Nightmare's rule has been rather unique in that no one's challenged him yet. Wiping out the previous emperor and all his lieutenants, singlehandedly and at the same time seemed to dissuade a few possible assassins.
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OTHER CHARACTERS,NoneHOW DID YOU FIND US,I was here since the beginning of the Sonata of Silence's predecessor, I can tell you all about the past. All of it.
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TITLE CHAAAAAANGE~!
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Post by Nightmare Darklight on Aug 20, 2011 20:52:01 GMT -5
You know the drill, copy whole CS. Just adding the Drossling I got from Reign of Rust, and a dagger for Night (Carnwennan). Yes, Mjrn is ok with the dagger.
![]() | [atrb=width,275,true][atrb=border,0,true][cs=2]NAME ____________Nightmare Darklight |
[/font][/size][/color][/td] [/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Title [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525] Requiem of Twliight[/color][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Race [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Monster - Dragon[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Age [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]23[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Sex [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Male[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Battle Role [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Jack of All/Badass Freakin' Overlord[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Battle Style [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]Casual, will only do LS when absolutely 100% vital, loathes Story.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Alignment [/color][/size][/center][/td] [td][bg=252525]You don't know, cause he's so badass, handsome, and mysterious. Oooooh~[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616]Ultimate Shield |
[/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 2_[/td] [td][atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616] The Master Ring[/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 1_[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] [/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 0_[/td] [td][bg=161616] [/color][/td] [td] [/td] [td] 0_[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=width,500,true][cs=2][atrb=border,0,true]Racial/Leader Abilities |
[/i][/color][/size][/font][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Racial: The Dragon King[/td] [td][bg=252525] Nightmare is the Monster Emperor. As you would expect, the Monster Emperor is naturally the strongest monster, and Night's true form is proof of that. Night's true form is that of a massive black dragon, 40 ft high on his hind legs, and 20 ft wide. 50 ft wide when stretching his wings. In this state, Nightmare is naturally, a dragon, and as such, is hard as balls to beat. However, the reality is, the dragon is his NATURAL form. Here are his racials.
Human Form
Instinctively learned as an infant, Nightmare is able to freely switch between his natural form and his human form. When in human form, he can use his other slots, namely, his ring and any other magic slots along with the Ultimate Shield. However, he can't hold it forever, and when he gets directly involved in a battle a countdown starts
In battle: Duration of 5 turns
Cooldown: 5 turns
When not fighting: Duration of Unlimited (Blade Works)
Nightmare can stay in human form during a battle for 3 turns beyond the duration up to a total of 8 turns. However, doing so results in the inability to access his dragon form for the remainder of the thread.
Power
Nightmare is a few dozen tons of solid, sheer muscle in his dragon form. As such, I don't care if you're Link, Azler, Rwaht, or even Nightmare Darklight. You will feel it if he gets a direct hit in. Against an unprotected opponent, a direct hit from Dragon Night deals 2 damage in LS terms. Due to being big, and slow though, the first action slot for LS is used to get ready for the blow, with the second being the actual blow.
Flight
Being a winged dragon, Nightmare can fly.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Leader: The Dragon King MK II[/td] [td][bg=252525] Dragonfire
Being the King of the Dragons, Night's the most powerful of them all. Nothing shows this better than his dragonfire. Nearly every dragon can breathe fire, and this is Night's. However, Night's dragon fire isn't red, or orange, or blue, but white. It's insanely hot, and is nothing short of devastating. Against people who have taken no precautions to protect themselves magically, being caught in the blast causes severe damage. In LS terms, an unprotected person will take 2 damage. In LS terms, the first action slot is used to charge up the blast, with the second action slot used to fire. Also, it has a range of 30 ft.
Leader Upgrade: Dragonhide
Nightmare's hide is extremely resistant and hard to pierce. It can cause normal swings and even weak spells to bounce off. However, this only applies to the top. His underside is still soft and squishy, and thanks to his massive size, it's not hard to hit under there. He's best targeted when he has the high ground or when he's flying. In LS terms, Nightmare's dragon hide can negate any attacks worth 2 points of physical damage or 1 point of magical damage if it hits anything but his underbelly.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=161616] Plot: The Drossling[/td] [td][bg=252525] Adorable little critter, isn’t he? For such a small guy, the Drossling is fairly tough, and has three levels of health; while he can be targeted by enemies, any damage he takes above moderate from any one attack is automatically reduced to moderate. But all those lights on him aren’t just for show. As a matter of point the little guy contains within him raw, unadulterated power, and while it may take a more direct path in the future, for now he only knows to do whatever he’s told. Whenever his owner has an action which does not damage, protect, heal, or buff/debuff anyone, the Drossling will be able to take one action, whenever his owner chooses, as long as it isn't on the same turn that the Drossling received that slot. When he does so is completely up to his owner, but he can only ever have one action available to him; after he uses one action, he cannot do anything until he gains another one. When he does, he may take one of three actions; these actions are, again, at the choice of his owner.
Pure Chaos
The gem resting in its nose glowing black as a brief warning, the Drossling summons an explosion of magical energy on its target, dealing heavy damage, and knocking them in or out of range, as its owner chooses.
Widespread Destruction
The Drossling lets out a small cry, then the gem on its nose glows a bright red and forked lightning streaks from the sky, striking as many targets as its owner chooses for moderate damage; it cannot target any one enemy more than once. All targets suffer a disorienting effect, as well; in LS, this means they cannot Guard or Manoeuvre in their next post.
Heart of Virtue
The Drossling is bound fiercely to its master, and will give anything up for that individual to continue fighting. The Drossling lets out a low, gentle chirp, then the gem in its nose glows brightly green, then black, then white again: after it does so, the Drossling loses all health, while its owner receives massive healing. If this healing would restore them past their normal health, any extra health is instead transferred to a light-shield, which will block as much damage as extra health would have been produced, before it is destroyed (it basically gives him extra health).[/td][/tr] [/table] | [atrb=width,500,true][atrb=border,0,true][bg=161616] Weapons/Items |
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A 4 foot long... longsword. Silversnake seems to always be on Nightmare, and he's very protective of it. The blade shines and glistens like silver. It rests in a sheath, mostly wrapped in leather, however, both ends of the sheath seem to be made of silver, so it's high class for sure. Ironically, trying to steal Silversnake is actually one of the few berserk buttons that Nightmare has, as it's very precious to him. [/justify]
A gorgeous dagger that had been gifted to him by Zelda. With an ornate 10 inch long blade, Nightmare has no trouble hiding it somewhere for quick access. As a little extra from Zelda, the weapon is a rather unique piece of work, with the blade, the handle, and the sheath having some gold dust thrown in, though the gold dust is really only apparent on the sheath and handle. Its curved blade enhances slicing capabilities, and its unique point gives it little trouble when trying to puncture flesh.
A bow that Nightmare uses. The Pashupatastra is a simple black bow that shoots arrows. That's about it. Nightmare does however, keep a quiver of 15 arrows strapped to his right thigh. [/justify] Claws
Accessable only in dragon form. Extremely sharp claws and talons on his wings, elbows and... well, claws. [/justify] AglarAn abolutely gorgeous crown that Nightmare owns. He keeps it under lock and key in his house, buried under the house, which he can access by removing a floorboard. The crown is precious to him, and it has practical meaning. The crown itself is made of pure silver, laced with gold and crystal, making it immensely valuable. If Nightmare were to ever sell it, he would never have any money problems ever again. The Evenstar [/center] A necklace that Nightmare wears around his neck. Terrible for stealth, but it's an eye catcher. Made from silver and crystal, the evenstar gleams in the light and is immediately noticable. The necklace carries immense sentimental value to him, and he hates to be seperated from it. [/font][/justify][/td] [td][bg=252525] Ultimate Shield
The finest example of Immovable Object. The Ultimate Shield is something that puts a stop to almost all physical attacks. By immediately hardening his skin into well, hardened carbon. Nightmare is able to become a frightening tank. During this state, in LS terms (as that's all people care about), all physical damage is reduced by two. In casual terms? "HAHA, GOOD LUCK SUCKER" is the way to put it. If you're trying to be a badass normal, well, then it sucks to be you. However, there is a way to stop it.
It's possible to short circuit the whole thing and cancel it out, punishing Nightmare himself. If you hit him with an actual spell, not something like weather control or anything stupid like that, you can immediately end the Ultimate Shield. Which is even worse if Nightmare's been using it a lot.
You see, Nightmare can keep it active as long as he wants, and as a result, there's a 1 turn cooldown for every turn it's used. However, if it's canceled via magic, the cooldown is doubled. If Night say, used this for 10 turns before deactivating it on his own, it'd have a 10 turn cooldown. However, if a mage caused it to short circuit, that 10 post cooldown would become 20 posts. However, once again...
Singeing his clothes and calling it a hit won't count.
Using aerokinesis to create a gentle breeze and say that Night can feel it won't count.
Hitting him with a lit torch won't count.
Has to be an actual hit.
Magic Weapons are a tricky business, because they are both physical and magical. Night's shield as a result, can only compensate for half. If someone with a fire sword that deals one point of damage hits him, Nightmare will stop the blow in its tracks, but still take 0.5 damage. This is because while he can stop the swing, he still takes the damage from the fire. The reason for this is that his body still defends against the blow itself, but the fire damage is able to ignore the shield.
Enhanced physical attacks, like a punch from a guy who cast a buff on himself to increase his strength, will deal damage to him, though the damaged will be lessened to about half of what it would normally be, depending on how strong the buff is. However, this is unique in that in some cases, the enhancement won't be counted as magical.
Magical Weapons and Enhanced Physical Attacks are the only two types of magical attacks that won't cause an immediate short circuit.
[/url][/size][/font] Ash nazg durbatuluk,
Ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.A ring of Nightmare's own personal creation, the Master Ring (or the One Ring, the Ring of Power, or just the Ring, any will do) is an immensely powerful artifact that while seeming small and simple when on a normal person, is quite scary with Nightmare. Particularly because he knows how to use it. The Ring has only one real effect, though it's something that he can use to absolutely devastating effect to make him even more dangerous. It doubles all his physical attributes in casual style. In LS terms, as that's apparently what all the "hip" young 'uns are doing, his damage goes up by half a level. The end. However, whenever Nightmare exerts its power, it tends to glow, brightly. Like, if you somehow don't notice the glowy shiny ring, you deserve to die forever.[/font][/td][/tr][/table][/justify] | [cs=2][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,500,true][bg=161616] Nightmare Darklight |
[/size][/td][/tr] [tr][td][bg=252525] AppearanceDue to his lineage, Nightmare has a bit of a boost to his human appearance. To be frank, Nightmare is nothing short of otherworldly, with looks that would give a certain Hylian Hero a run for his money. With somewhat fair, lightly colored skin, with blue eyes and blonde hair, he completes it all with a nicely toned body. He stands at a fairly decent height of 6'0 and weighs in at 72 kg. With all this, Nightmare looks like he came right out of a bishoujo anime. This is what Nightmare wears when he is off being badass and singlehandedly wiping out armies of bosses. Frankly, it doesn't look nice at all. It looks like something straight out of a horror film, something you would see on someone over with the forces of evil. That's the idea. It does help though. It's form fitting, and it provides light protection. The outfit itself consists well crafted leather, not for looks, but to provide actual protection. Claw rings that can be slipped on and off the fingers are often seen on his hands as extra weaponry. Four strips of cloth fall from the waist for aesthetic purposes. Lastly, it has a helmet with a filter and a visor. While Nightmare doesn't like wearing it as it obstructs his vision somewhat, he will if he knows there's smoke or he's up against someone who can blind people. Ignore the bearded face, I couldn't find a decent costume only picture of it. Surprisingly, Nightmare does have formal wear. Even then, the formal wear is battle ready. With a black leather jerkin with a gold and white tree adorning the chest, accented by chainmail gauntlets with light steel plating and a pair of pauldrons. With chainmail greaves and light steel plating on the boots, Nightmare is decently protected. To accomodate the looks, he wears a velvet cloak with a red color scheme on the inside. Nightmare is in actuality, a dragon. Not just any dragon, the Dragon King. The Monster Emperor. As such, Nightmare's monster form is the absolute, uncontested strongest beast in Hyrule. A massive black dragon, 40 ft high when standing on his hind legs, just a little over half a football field. He's 20 ft wide as well, the size of a pretty decent house, 50 ft wide when stretching his wings. Plates of dragonscales and dragon hide cover his body, and his appearance strikes fear into the hearts of his opponents. Even the dauntless must be forced to face such a leader.[/td] [td][bg=252525] Personality
With a name like Nightmare Darklight and a effectively having to fend for himself, you'd probably be expecting him to be broody, cold, dark, evil, that whole thing. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. Despite all shock and horror, Nightmare is in fact a human being with human feelings. He doesn't constantly reflect on some mistake or some tragedy. Yeah, if a tragedy comes by he might be depressed for a little bit. But he'll eventually accept it and move on.
He's also arrogant, very arrogant, but even that tends to be overshadowed at times in that he is essentially a troll. He'll constantly twist one's words, even an outright insult, and either turn them against the person giving him a hard time or make him look like the good guy. Needless to say, he's good with words. Failing that, he just shrugs, stops caring about what the person has to say, and moves on. If it comes to it, he has no problem just walking away. He's a rather cheerful troll.
He is somewhat fidgety. While he's talking, don't be surprised if he makes a few motions during the whole thing, whether it be something as small as leaning back or waving a hand in a dismissive manner, to full blown theatrics. Granted, he usually saves the full blown theatrics for something he finds ridiculous, or if he's just mocking someone. Yep, even his quirks help portray him as a jerk.
Boredom comes quickly. Frankly, if something stalls, it won't be long before he starts voicing displeasure about the situation. At first, it'll start with a few non verbal cues, then he'll start getting vocal about it. It can get rather annoying for those that have to put up with him throughout the entire ordeal.
Nightmare is extremely intelligent however. Able to effectively second guess someone else and get in their head, and figure out the answer to a problem rather quickly. He actually applies this to his line of work, showing that despite his jackassery and impatience, Nightmare can be an extremely tactical, calculating, and methodical man, often effectively predicting what his opponent will do, simply by the situation. An example would be creating a deliberate opening, making it look accidental, then when the opponent pounces on it, pounce on them.
One thing you may notice about him though, is that he seems to have a medium awareness of sorts. No, he's not the kind to go around shouting "NONE OF YOU ARE REAL!" but he will react, even if it's small to things that most people normally wouldn't pick up on. If you tell him your parents are dead, he won't react like a normal person. He'll instead mock you relentlessly, and declare that he has dealt with dead parents so many times it's gotten old.
He's also a bit of a motor mouth. If he has the chance, he will talk and talk and talk with the utter inability to shut up. He also tends to be somewhat polite most of the time. Even it's during a contract, he'll be polite, and maybe have a bit of friendliness. The phrase "Hello! This is the part where I kill you!" probably isn't too far off the mark.
Frankly put. You either love him or hate him.
History
God I hate these. Nightmare was born to two loving parents in the village of Kakariko, as a dragon. However, despite what the reptilian expert Ondore would have you know, dragons are able to give birth in the mammilian fashion. Of course, they didn't name him Nightmare. Any parents that name their kids Nightmare should have their kids taken away. Rather, it was Alexander.
I mean, it's not like he has any kind of secret that would make him dark and mysterious. Or tall, dark and handsome. I mean, he's already exceptionally handsome, and somewhat tall, so I guess you could say he's ok. MOVING ON DAMMIT.
With his sister, named Cassie, he was what you might call... overprotective. Cassie was always extremely popular among the boys, and seemed to be the only real exception to the "girls are gross" mindset of young boys. Nightmare however, being overprotective, would always chase them off in increasingly traumatizing manners. Eventually though, he would grow out of it. Kinda. Just don't talk to him about dating his siter.
Anyway, there wasn't much of an eventful childhood, not one you'd want to hear. The only thing of interest being he figured out how to turn into his human form fairly quickly. Other than that, he just got some training with a sword and some unarmed combat lessons from a tutor, but that's pretty much it. Nightmare grew up, was a kid, and at age 15, was sent off to the military academy. It was there that he discovered his knack for warfare. Tactics, military training in several different areas of combat, Nightmare excelled at the academy, as he came to realize, he was one for the battlefield. One to excel.
At age 18, he graduated with extremely high marks, and was immediately placed in the military at the rank of a Sergeant. For four years he helped keep the peace, whether it was helping bring crooks to justice or actually being dispatched to take care of any insurrections.
After those four years, at 22, he was allowed to leave, and he did. Considering the world his oyster. However, shortly after, he was seriously wounded after being caught off guard. One would think Rangers would try to help, but nooooo, they shot him and almost sent him into tragedy mode. However, he managed to escape, and had been eventually picked up by one Aerith Gainsborough.
For six months, he stayed with with Aerith to recuperate and try and pay her back. He'd never admit it, but he actually enjoyed staying with her. One day, after teasing her on her flowers, he got her a nice basket, though he denied any involvement with it.
After those six months though, he couldn't take it anymore. He was a motherfucking dragon, he had to spread his wings! He told Aerith he was leaving, and the next day, he did, but not before getting a kiss from Aerith. He'd never really admit it, but that was his first kiss. Surprising, I know. Even then though, throughout those six months, he had kept his dragon side hidden.
Shortly after that, Nightmare killed the Emperor and his Lieutenants in an epic battle that will be shown in a quest, and then eventually linked back here when it's done.
And then they made him their king!
The first thing to happen, was that he was shown the treasury, large enough to match the absolutely massive treasury sitting in Hyrule Castle. Immediately, his dragon side took over, and he transformed. With a room large enough to hold him, and piles of gold large enough for him to sleep on, Nightmare immediately took a nap. On the treasure.
They say he has yet to actually use his bed.
Since then, he's been ruling the monsters. Nightmare's rule has been rather unique in that no one's challenged him yet. Wiping out the previous emperor and all his lieutenants, singlehandedly and at the same time seemed to dissuade a few possible assassins.
There, over 150 words, am I done now? ಠ_ಠ [/td][/tr][/table][/justify]
FACE CLAIM,
[b]DURARARA!![/b] shizuo heiwajima
OTHER CHARACTERS,NoneHOW DID YOU FIND US,I was here since the beginning of the Sonata of Silence's predecessor, I can tell you all about the past. All of it.
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Post by Rwaht on Aug 20, 2011 22:01:24 GMT -5
I designed the Drossling as yer reward so ... here ya go. Edit'd.
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