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bad_addict[Last Updated: 23 June 2006]
1. What are your character's basic stats?
[Canon]
Name: Maladict
Title: Corporal of the Tenth Regiment of the Borogravian army
Species: Vampire
Blood Type: No, thank you (*rim-shot*)
Other: Slim, short, pale. When not in uniform, dressed in black and carries a sword. Aristocratic in bearing.
[Non-Canon]
Age: 18
Hair: Black
Eyes: Black
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 115
(Though Mal is described as short when first seen in canon, he is tall enough to grab a man by the throat and lift him off the ground, so.)
2. Please give some canon explanation stuff here.
Mal joined the Tenth Regiment of the Borogravian army, where he was a private under Sergeant Jackrum and Corporal Strappi. Then, when word came that they were going to be attacked, Strappi went spare, so Jackrum made Maladict corporal, due to his having a cool head and being by far the most competant combatant of the lot. Mal is fond of his regiment, all a bunch of kids like him, except much more... kid-like. He establishes himself as something of the uncle of the pack. That is, with the exception of Polly (a.k.a. "Ozzer" or "Ozz"), whom he treats much less patronizingly. As a matter of fact, he seems to genuinely respect her and be a teensy bit fascinated by her.
Also, Mal is a black ribboner -- a member of the League of Temperance, whose motto is "Not One Drop." Members of the League swear off the drinking of human blood; Mal has been a member for two years. When a vampire swears off blood, his craving is transferred onto something else. In Maladict's case, his craving was transferred onto coffee. If forced to go without coffee for an extended period of time, he will begin to go into withdrawal and eventually revert to full-blown blood-sucking vampirism.
Borogravia is a tiny, backwards country that is constantly at war with some other country or another, despire the fact that it is completely impoverished, nearly drained of young men and, overall, completely incapable of winning. It is supposedly ruled by the Duchess, who is also worshipped, though no one has seen her for decades and the more cynical types suspect that she's actually been dead for years. The god of Borogravia is Nuggan (whom the extremely and dangerously radically cynical also believe might be dead). From Nuggan comes edicts on what is abominable and forbidden, which are passed on to the people. Some examples of things which are abominable unto Nuggan are oysters, the smell of beets, women doing the work of men, the color blue and crocodiles being shown eating figures of authority. Needless to say, do not expect a citizen of Borogravia to be familiar with radical concepts such as a free press, etc..
3. What skills or powers does your character have? In particular, list any skills or powers that could be used in a combat situation.
Maladict has no magical powers, but he is stronger, faster, stealthier and more stylish than a human. He can break bones and rip people's heads off with his bare hands -- and do it without breaking a sweat. Right now, I'll estimate that he might be able to go up against a ninja and be almost evenly matched.
He carries a sword, but he doesn't know how to use it (beyond, you know, "pointy end goes there," and other such common sense things). He can use a crossbow, though.
Additionally, his senses are sharper than those of a human -- sight and smell we know of, and I suspect that hearing probably is, too. There is also that intuitive someone-is-watching/following-me sense, a personal-space sense of sorts. It's much larger in radius for a vampire than it is for a human, and it becomes especially sensitive, to the point of inducing extreme paranoia and just contributing to overall craziness, when he is going through withdrawal.
Also, a big advantage on his part is that he can undergo severe injury -- a sword through the chest, having his head cut off -- and not only not be killed, but take no more than a minute or so to heal.
He is not adversely affected by daylight, but a strong flash of intense light (such as a flash from a camera) will crumble him to dust. Pouring a drop of blood (any kind) on the dust will restore him.
We'll call garlic and silver severe allergies.
4. Quick List of Friends and Foes.
So far, Maladict has taken a shine to Kon, Swift, Cher, Umeda and Akiha.
Of the lot, he trusts Kon the most and is most intrigued by Umeda.
He has a mild negative impression of Axel, but doesn't really dislike him. And he's watching Natsuo carefully.
He doesn't consider anyone a real friend yet.
1. What are your character's basic stats?
[Canon]
Name: Maladict
Title: Corporal of the Tenth Regiment of the Borogravian army
Species: Vampire
Blood Type: No, thank you (*rim-shot*)
Other: Slim, short, pale. When not in uniform, dressed in black and carries a sword. Aristocratic in bearing.
[Non-Canon]
Age: 18
Hair: Black
Eyes: Black
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 115
(Though Mal is described as short when first seen in canon, he is tall enough to grab a man by the throat and lift him off the ground, so.)
2. Please give some canon explanation stuff here.
Mal joined the Tenth Regiment of the Borogravian army, where he was a private under Sergeant Jackrum and Corporal Strappi. Then, when word came that they were going to be attacked, Strappi went spare, so Jackrum made Maladict corporal, due to his having a cool head and being by far the most competant combatant of the lot. Mal is fond of his regiment, all a bunch of kids like him, except much more... kid-like. He establishes himself as something of the uncle of the pack. That is, with the exception of Polly (a.k.a. "Ozzer" or "Ozz"), whom he treats much less patronizingly. As a matter of fact, he seems to genuinely respect her and be a teensy bit fascinated by her.
Also, Mal is a black ribboner -- a member of the League of Temperance, whose motto is "Not One Drop." Members of the League swear off the drinking of human blood; Mal has been a member for two years. When a vampire swears off blood, his craving is transferred onto something else. In Maladict's case, his craving was transferred onto coffee. If forced to go without coffee for an extended period of time, he will begin to go into withdrawal and eventually revert to full-blown blood-sucking vampirism.
Borogravia is a tiny, backwards country that is constantly at war with some other country or another, despire the fact that it is completely impoverished, nearly drained of young men and, overall, completely incapable of winning. It is supposedly ruled by the Duchess, who is also worshipped, though no one has seen her for decades and the more cynical types suspect that she's actually been dead for years. The god of Borogravia is Nuggan (whom the extremely and dangerously radically cynical also believe might be dead). From Nuggan comes edicts on what is abominable and forbidden, which are passed on to the people. Some examples of things which are abominable unto Nuggan are oysters, the smell of beets, women doing the work of men, the color blue and crocodiles being shown eating figures of authority. Needless to say, do not expect a citizen of Borogravia to be familiar with radical concepts such as a free press, etc..
3. What skills or powers does your character have? In particular, list any skills or powers that could be used in a combat situation.
Maladict has no magical powers, but he is stronger, faster, stealthier and more stylish than a human. He can break bones and rip people's heads off with his bare hands -- and do it without breaking a sweat. Right now, I'll estimate that he might be able to go up against a ninja and be almost evenly matched.
He carries a sword, but he doesn't know how to use it (beyond, you know, "pointy end goes there," and other such common sense things). He can use a crossbow, though.
Additionally, his senses are sharper than those of a human -- sight and smell we know of, and I suspect that hearing probably is, too. There is also that intuitive someone-is-watching/following-me sense, a personal-space sense of sorts. It's much larger in radius for a vampire than it is for a human, and it becomes especially sensitive, to the point of inducing extreme paranoia and just contributing to overall craziness, when he is going through withdrawal.
Also, a big advantage on his part is that he can undergo severe injury -- a sword through the chest, having his head cut off -- and not only not be killed, but take no more than a minute or so to heal.
He is not adversely affected by daylight, but a strong flash of intense light (such as a flash from a camera) will crumble him to dust. Pouring a drop of blood (any kind) on the dust will restore him.
We'll call garlic and silver severe allergies.
4. Quick List of Friends and Foes.
So far, Maladict has taken a shine to Kon, Swift, Cher, Umeda and Akiha.
Of the lot, he trusts Kon the most and is most intrigued by Umeda.
He has a mild negative impression of Axel, but doesn't really dislike him. And he's watching Natsuo carefully.
He doesn't consider anyone a real friend yet.