Samael the Runemaster
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Samael the Runemaster
Name: Samael
Age: 201
Ethnicity: European - Germanic
Race: Human
Allegiance: Villains
Origins: Magic User
Powers:
- Rune Magic:
- Samael's mastery over rune circles, arrays and stones, gathered over countless years worth of study, have given him a wide and varied range of abilities.
Barriers and seals are his to summon, manifest and control. He has spent numerous rituals enhancing his own self beyond that of a mere man's, even exceeding his mortality by far. But he has a preference to bind his opponents using the coveted Letters of Enkidu. While his own pool of magic is a scant few magnitudes above average, with his level of foresight, planning, knowledge and experience he is a fearsome battle mage.
- Eyes of Providence:
- His only other unique gift besides his unequalled aptitude for runes is his Divine Eyes. They perceive all forms of external magic as strands of intent and power. The Eyes grant the user the ability to snap the link between the two which leads to the magic ceasing to be. However this is only possible within the range of his perception and the higher level a magic is, the more strands that are needed to be broken and therefore more energy and time is expended doing. This effect, under the right conditions, can shut down any magic effect that has been cast. The opponent must recast said magic effect outside of the Eyes of Providence's range to be effective.
Appearance:
Strengths:
- Well learned in countless sorts of cultures, mystical and mundane, after nearly two hundred years worth of travel.
- An accomplished collector of sorts, another added benefit from his travels; from several tomes of the Library of Alexandria to the Crown of Christ. His knowledge is well founded and extends to other artifacts left unclaimed to him.
- And also an experienced veteran of a handful of major wars, most notable include: the Crimean War, Franco-Prussian War and World War I.
Weaknesses:
- Avoids using modern-day technology, namely the Internet, computers, mobile phones, anything past the telegram.
- Any misuse of his runes would incur a heavy backslash, despite his unparalleled mastery of the magical arts.
- Medically-diagnosed narcoleptic with a habit to fall asleep without notice, and his state of sleep may last for days.
- Spectrophobic, freezes in place when facing any reflective surfaces in fear of his own reflection.
Personality: Senility of old age must have forgotten Samael, his mind is as sharp, calculating and cryptic as ever but his compassion, temper and joy has faded away. He enjoys reminding people of his prolonged lifetime, his own method of near-immortality, which he guards fiercely. Uncaring for human life, seeing the futility of such an act and how short-lived people are.
History: Not much is known of his past, anyone who could have long since withered to dust and ashes. He was born in Münster, Germany in 1816, the Year Without Summer, as an orphan born with nothing and to die with nothing. However he chose to deny such a fate, his innate ability for runes had earned him the attention of an elderly wizard who saw a kindred spirit in the orphan boy. Taken under his apprenticeship, gifted with the name 'Samael' the wizard would teach him everything he knew, years of arcane knowledge regarding the runic arts. Alas the old man would soon depart to the afterlife and in his absence Samael grew cynical of humanity, years of war, death and famine would wear him down. Surviving past the centuries into the 21st, he thinks little of the Fusion Invasion, the alien force merely another drop into the vast ocean of bloodshed he had witnessed over the years and he cares even less for his fellow man.
Last edited by 17th Day on Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:16 am; edited 2 times in total
17th Day- Posts : 10
Join date : 2017-10-07
Re: Samael the Runemaster
The eye seem rather OP even for the RP. It pretty much renders him immune to other magic users that might go against him who use some form of mid tier magic.
Ok, I can see how being learned in countless cultures and what not is a strength, but how is being a collector seen a strength?
As for this third strength you mean he's experienced with combat and understand war well?
why he is distrustful of the tech? What you have is a personality trait not a reason to why he distrusts it.
I'd like to see at least one more negative personality trait please
Can you expand the history please, to include more about him being teaching, his involvement in the wars of europe, how the hell he can live so long
Ok, I can see how being learned in countless cultures and what not is a strength, but how is being a collector seen a strength?
As for this third strength you mean he's experienced with combat and understand war well?
why he is distrustful of the tech? What you have is a personality trait not a reason to why he distrusts it.
I'd like to see at least one more negative personality trait please
Can you expand the history please, to include more about him being teaching, his involvement in the wars of europe, how the hell he can live so long
zerowing21- Posts : 7958
Join date : 2013-06-15
Re: Samael the Runemaster
For the Eyes of Providence I'd like to believe I heavily nerfed it down to the RP's level, Samael is far from immune to magic as any competent magic user with a reasonably fast attack is able to land a hit before he can unweave it. The more complicated a magic, more time and power it takes to snap the threads between intent and power.
He has a collection of artifacts, trinkets and all manner of items that are considered to be ancient, I can't see why this couldn't be a strength of his.
Yes, apologies if I did not make this clear.
My poor choice of words, perhaps 'avoid using' would have been better.
Will do.
A character must have some anonymity for himself, no? I'll do so anyways.
He has a collection of artifacts, trinkets and all manner of items that are considered to be ancient, I can't see why this couldn't be a strength of his.
Yes, apologies if I did not make this clear.
My poor choice of words, perhaps 'avoid using' would have been better.
Will do.
A character must have some anonymity for himself, no? I'll do so anyways.
17th Day- Posts : 10
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Re: Samael the Runemaster
But how is it a personal strength to him to have collected the artifacts? Is he able to identified artifact easily thus why he has such a large collection?
As for the eyes, I've never been a fan of visual based powers. But I will confer with the other admin to see what they think of this. I would still like a limit to how much these eyes can be used during day.
As for the eyes, I've never been a fan of visual based powers. But I will confer with the other admin to see what they think of this. I would still like a limit to how much these eyes can be used during day.
zerowing21- Posts : 7958
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Re: Samael the Runemaster
Interesting power set. Haven't seen a Runes individual in a while, so it'll be fun to see.
Something about the Eyes of Providence (fun name, by the way) has me stumped though. In your description, you write "The Eyes grant the user the ability to snap the link between the two which leads to the magic ceasing to be." I would like some further clarification to dispel any confusion I have with it. Based on this writing, are you implying that the magic he severs from his opponent is gone forever?
Something about the Eyes of Providence (fun name, by the way) has me stumped though. In your description, you write "The Eyes grant the user the ability to snap the link between the two which leads to the magic ceasing to be." I would like some further clarification to dispel any confusion I have with it. Based on this writing, are you implying that the magic he severs from his opponent is gone forever?
Re: Samael the Runemaster
I'll give a tentative approval. you need one more.
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