[Other FULL] Guilds of Atria: Phoenix Nest [T] [OOC]

[Geras]

Every once in a while I'll write a little side thing that can't really go in the IC without looking messy with everything else, so from now on I'll put those things here. Everyone else is free to do the same if they come up with random, perhaps even non-canon stories and interactions involving their characters or the world.

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The plant creature mindlessly flipped through the radio channels as Sarah rushed to finish the day's paperwork. It was late and the rest of the guild had already gone to sleep. Normally she'd be asleep as well, but she hadn't expected this work to be so much... work, and had regrettably put a lot of it off for later.

The radio was mostly background noise so she wouldn't fall asleep reviewing what felt like the hundredth stupid request. It was nice to see that so many people were coming to the guild for help already, but did they really need a wizard to help them clean their rooms or fetch their groceries? Whatever. It was her job, so she had to deal with it.

She probably shouldn't have been expending energy on a minion, but the radio was on the other side of the room and she couldn't be bothered to get up. She listened to the channels as it went through them. Too soft, it'll put me to sleep. Too jumpy, it's really distracting. Ugh, what even is this one? Eventually she gave up the search for the perfect station and settled on an inoffensive talk show, even if she didn't actually pay attention to the show itself. It was just background noise, after all.

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Static…

"–halfway to the games now, and this year is looking to be the biggest one yet. I'm your host, Jim Allman, joined today by my co-host Daryl Urich and our special guest, Sorcerer Weekly's own Joan Halls. How are you doing today, Joan?"

"GMG season is coming up soon, and I couldn't be more excited, Jim. Everyone is looking for new members to shake things up, and there's already a few standouts."

"Before we get into that, we should start with the big question. Is Gryphon Gale gonna come out on top again this year? So far Egan Lynch has been absolutely unstoppable, and all the other members excel at both offense and defense, with the magic power to back it up. Four years, people. Four years! Does anyone stand a chance?

"Well Jim, at the moment all eyes are on the Chimeras after last year's incredible finale that was Egan Lynch versus Tiran Enabosk. There's even people saying that Tiran is stronger than Egan, if you can believe that!"

"You rooting for the Chimeras, Daryl?"

"Tiran is definitely impressive, but I can't say the same for the others. Malk is a one-trick pony, Nilli can't play with the team, and the others might as well not even be there. Fox is the only other Chimera worth a damn. They'll need some new blood if they wanna take home the trophy this year. It's not like their master is gonna work up the members they already have."

"You say all that, but they still made it to second last year, even above the more well-rounded spirits. And in our recent interview with him, Enabosk said he'd come up with an even stronger spell than his Lightning Spear. You don't think that's enough?"

"Enabosk doesn't need to be working on new spells, he needs to work on what he's already got! Last year he only lost because he ran out of ether before Lynch, it didn't matter that he could finally get through his armor!"

"What about Tavidell?"

"What about Tavidell? Her whole guild's just been doing worse every year. Sure, she was impressive the first year, but I'm starting to think that was all because of Celia Burgess, not her. It's a real shame she left."

"I think that's a good segue into all the newbies Joan mentioned. There's been talk of a new member that's gone and kicked the Sirens' asses in gear. Natalie Oaks, right?"

"Oh yeah, I heard about that. Picked a fight with an S-Class on her first day. Heard Tavidell kicked her ass, but she didn't make it easy. It'd be nice for Gildas to have something to cheer for, but they've been slacking for so long that I can't imagine them suddenly shooting to the top after a little extra effort. Not without getting Burgess back, anyway."

"Especially when the Gryphons have newbies of their own. Simon Jules and Harmonia. Harmonia's only been on a couple of jobs, though, and we haven't seen anything from Jules."

"Jules is just a kid, he probably won't be taking any spots on the team for a couple years, maybe. And I've heard that Harmonia isn't bad, but I still don't like her."

"Is this about the magitech again?"

"Of course it's about the magitech. I didn't like it when it was just magitech weapons, and I sure as hell don't like it when someone's walking around in a full suit of it! I watch the games to see wizards showing off their skills, and pushing a button on a piece of magitech doesn't exactly take skill. Unless they ban it, it's only a matter of time before you don't stand a chance without it."

"But it's not just 'pushing a button', is it? I think magitech is good for the health of the games. Nobody who's at the top right now uses any magitech, do they? It's more to help the people at the bottom be competitive sooner, so we can see more fresh faces every year."

"Well I don't want to see those faces if they haven't earned their places on the team."

"Can we get back on topic?"

"Oh, right. Newbies, yeah?"

"Let's talk about the whole guild of newbies. What does everyone think of Phoenix Nest?"

"Well there's not much I can say when they haven't done anything yet. I haven't heard of any of their members besides Myeloch Latare, and masters aren't allowed to join the games. And Myeloch's been gone for what, like forty years, give or take a few?"

"He's the stuff of legends, though. Surely if it's his guild we can expect a lot, can't we?"

"I mean yeah, he's the strongest wizard ever if you can believe the history books. But if you can believe the history books, he's also a pacifist. Yvonne Avila takes on her Gryphons herself all the time for training, but something tells me Myeloch won't be turning his members into fighting machines the same way."

"It's not just about fighting, though. Latare invented the pillars of magic. Maybe his guild will just end up really good at magic? You mentioned last year's finals. It didn't end up that way just because Lynch had a bigger ether pool. It's because he's more efficient. He's better with the pillars."

"I guess we'll just have to wait and see. If they're real contenders for the top, I'm sure we'll here more about them soon."

 

[Sapphire Rose]

Writing up a second character in accordance with Geras

Liam Julius von Howell​

Male | 17 | Wizard

Appearance

Liam is a lean yet slightly muscular boy with an interest in attires that match his blonde, messy hair with faded out blonde tips and his yellow irises. You would not easily see him wearing other colours besides the sun bright yellow, orange, white or black and that's exactly what his favourite pair of clothing consists of. He's usually seen wearing his black jacket with golden details on his shoulders, upper arm and zipper with underneath a white blouse with yellow stripes over the button area and a black sleeveless shirt. He usually wears dark blue jeans and black sneakers to finish his outfit.

Liam listens to music often and is sometimes seen wearing his headphones with a lacrima implemented. His guild mark goes in the right side of his neck, slightly overlapping his collarbone so it isn't directly in his face, in an orange colouring

Magic

Affinity: Mimicry

Pillars:
Body: 7/10
Mind: 9/10
Spirit: 5/10​

Liam has a special form of magic that he has been developing well in the years after his mother's death. Liam is able to copy someone's elses affinity for a few hours a day and use it his own during that time. He developed this kind of magic because he couldn't choose which affinity would cause his old man the most trouble, so he decided on all of them. The only downside he currently faces is that he can only contain one affinity currently and it will wear off the more he uses it. One powerful spell could cause the affinity to disappear within him and he can only use small spells other than the affinity that he has copied. If the affinity he uses is a body changing affinity, it will wear off quicker as well as it uses more ether and concentration from Liam. There it no limit to what kind of affinity Liam can copy, however, it's entirely possible Liam might copy an affinity he is not able to use at all due to his own incapabiity or due to the amount of ether he has already used.

Liam needs physical contact to be able to copy someone's magic. It doesn't matter if he touches someone or if he is being touched. In the first stages of his affinty, he would sometimes copy someone's affinity on accident but he has learned to only copy an affinity when he wants to. He has used almost every affinity available in Shessalie for the purpose of troublemaking but as Shessalie doesn't have many affinities available, he sometimes would go off to neighbouring towns or wizards that would stay in the inn. Yes, that means he has broken into rooms to touch people, in their sleep, for the soul purpose of copying an affinity.

Copying an affinity can tire Liam to some extend. He has been trying to deal with it and improve it as he copied a strong affinity once and was left with little energy to use it. It's currently unknown how much something like that will tire him.

Summary

Liam has lived in the town of Shessalie since the age of 12. Having lived with his caretaker in a small yet cosy house at the outer parts of town, he wasn't seen by the folks of the town often but he was infamous for the trouble he always caused. Even though Liam never left Shessalie, he knew a great deal of the outer world.

You see, Liam was born from a former noble that was unfaithful to his wife and made love to a woman from the city. It was a one-time only event, the noble couldn't contain the lust he had for her, and so he made her fall head over heels for him under a false name. They spend the night together and after the deed was done, the noble's attitude towards the woman changed significantly. The woman made many attempts to visit him at the inn he was staying at the time but was always send away because the name she was given by him, was not staying there.

They had made love only once but it was enough to make the young lady pregnant, something she only discovered weeks later. Fortunately for her, the former noble was back in the city and she ran into him while he was on his way towards important matters. He was angry, furious in fact, because this would mean she was going to deliver a child that could possibly ruin his reputation and his wife would surely leave him. That's when the young woman found out about his real identity. The noble demanded that she'd move to a small town, that she would not mention their affair to anyone and the child was not allowed to do anythin that could make people suspicious of him or have their eyes on him. If those demands were met, he would send a monthly fee to pay for their living.

That's how Liam lived his life until the age of 12, with his mother in a small town as a bastard child of a former noble. His mother never spoke ill of his father but didn't tell much about him either, leaving Liam with curiosity. When Liam's mother got terribly sick and was on the verge of leaving her son behind, she sent sir former noble a letter telling him about her health that was decreasing and begged to take good care of Liam. This letter was never answered. It was only weeks later when Liam's mother passed away. Liam left the town to meet his father that had never bathed an eye in his direction. At the von Howell manor Liam stated who he was towards one of the maids so he was let inside but left a train of confusion in the progress. Liam's father went to meet him as soon as possible but not for a proper meeting, it was to send him away as soon as possible. While being brought outside, he catched a glimpse of two of his supposed to be siblings. This was the first and last time Liam had met his father.

The next months were hard extremely for Liam as he lost his mother and was forced to move to Shessalie to live with an old lady he did not know. The old lady introduced herself as Emma, a retired maid that had served the von Howell family for a long time. She had volunteered to take care of Liam and for that he was grateful, but he was extremely angry as well. He had always wanted a father and he had rejected him, the realization of that was painful. Liam developed an "I-don't-care" attitude with a little bit or arrogance and felt nothing for the occasional letters he got from his old man to scold him. Liam realized that making trouble was the best way to annoy his dad.

And that's how Liam, as he got older, got infamous for his pranks and troublemaking throughout the town of Shessalie. His latest addition was getting cats caught up in trees.

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[Groc]

Our loveable new member:

Name: Vor

Age: 24. Kobolds are considered adults by age 6, and mentally and physically mature by 8 or 9, on average. It is believed they can live up to 150 years, but this is not proven. Vor is approaching old age by kobold standards.

Race: Kobold

Sex: Male

Appearance:

Vor wears the guild symbol proudly, bright red in the center of his chest.

Magic: None.

Summary: Vor is unusually intelligent for a kobold. Most don't consider kobolds sentient, seeing them as animals at best and pests at worst. But Vor is smart. He learns. Physically weak, lacking in social grace, and cowardly, he nonetheless has a predatory wit and doesn't pass up a golden opportunity when it presents itself. Members of the guild showed him kindness and mercy, so he sticks around. Besides, the old hall has a bit of a rat problem, and rat meat tastes better than bug meat.

 

[Jay]

CSS ready! WIP

Viero
> 20
> Male
> Valbestian
> Touched
> Forge Magic

"My magic is an art of forging, a creation of weapons, none of which are mine. Forgeries one and all."​

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Magic:

Forge Magic - i.e. Relic Magic: Recreation​

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Z: Rebirth - "Mastery: Jackson's Power"