Post by Jack Chapman on Dec 25, 2008 20:46:01 GMT -8
Character Name: Jonathon Chapman
Character Nickname: Jack or Jackie
Character Alias: Whatever he puts on his ID when he wants to be anonymous.
Character Race: Supernatural Human
Character Race (Cont.): Witch
Character Age: 25
Character Apparent Age: 28
Character Sex: Male
Portrayed By: Neil Gaiman (approx. 30)
Supernatural Form's Eye Color: None
Supernatural Form's Hair Color: None
Supernatural Form's Hair Style: None
Supernatural Form's Skin Color: None
Supernatural Form's Body Type: None
Supernatural Form's Height: None
Supernatural Form's Weight: None
Supernatural Form's Other Features: None
Guise/Human Form's Eye Color: Light Brown
Guise/Human Form's Hair Color: Black
Guise/Human Form's Hair Style: Long and curly
Guise/Human Form's Skin Color: Caucasian
Guise/Human Form's Body Type: Wiry
Guise/Human Form's Height: 5'9
Guise/Human Form's Weight: 135
Guise/Human Form's Other Features: Tattoo of an Ourobourous around his right arm.
Supernatural Reputation: Is often sought after from his reputation before his powers were bound when he could be counted on discreetly providing items without a paper trail. Even now he generally has a number of contacts from which he can aquire items through less than honest means.
People, however, are usually a bit hesitant to seek his help as memories of some of the things he's created while in the midst of madness still linger.
Human Reputation: A freelance writer who’ll go good work before he inevitably leaves a few months later. Possibly a little crazy, but the creative kind of crazy.
Strengths: Creative, generally friendly, very hard to upset
Weaknesses: Extremely fond of tobacco and spirits, forgets all sense when angry, occaisonally really DOES go crazy.
Likes: Spicy food, salty women, strong spirits, his smokes, good natured demons and a quiet place to read.
Dislikes: Poor spelling, mediocre rap music, women who lead men on and crusaders of any sort.
Main Supernatural Ability: Materialization: Capable of materializing whatever he can fully envision out of thin air.
First, in order to create something he must have a full and complete picture in his head and must precisely understand how something works in order for it to work. Therefore, complex machinery such as a gun or a clock is impossible for him to replicate and maintain.
Also while his powers are limited, the instant that the item leaves contact with his body it begins to quickly degrade, returning to air. The time it takes to fall apart is inversely related to how large the object is. For example, a small gemstone would last a few minutes while something human sized would take only seconds. Items are considered a part of a whole and as long as a part of the item touching him it does not degrade. These problems do not exist while the seal is broken or overcome.
Other/Minor Supernatural Abilities: None
Drawbacks To Supernatural Abilities: His powers are directly tied to his own insanity. Using them causes a positive feedback, the power causing allowing his mind to see further possibilities which can cause delusions and those delusions strengthen his powers more. When his powers are at their greatest he is highly unbalanced and dangerous. In order to stop he sought out a witch to have a limiter placed on him, which is in the form of his tattoo. His insanity is generally capped at levels enough for him to function within society without being jailed. However, under extreme emotional duress the barrier begins to crack and if he isn’t soon calmed down the restraint may be overwhelmed.
Character's Job: Freelance Author and Ghostwriter; attempting to be a novelist
Family Ties: Father: estranged
Relationships: None which he enjoys talking about.
Short Character History: Born in Portsmouth, England with his mother dying in childbirth. His father, despite having some magical skill was unable to save her. He was forced to study demonology and mythology extensively throughout his childhood, along with the works of Crowley and other magicians. His father hoped to educate him and make him the sorcerer that he could never be. However, no signs of any magical skill here detected throughout his childhood and his father gave up, completely disappointed.
When he turned fourteen he was sent to an American boarding school, his father seeing it as the easiest way to get rid of him. The experience was not a good one as the school tended to be elitist. Despite making a few friends he put himself under intense amounts of stress in his studies, experimenting with a wide array of substances to relax. It was during these years that glimmers of power began to develop as he began to create the things he saw under the effect of hallucinogens. Realizing that there was no logical explanation he decided that it had to be magical.
He continued to experiment with substances, considering them the source of his strength, even after he learned to create without them. He immediately began granting every whim, making gifts, bribes and counterfeit money as well as using them to cheat and boost his grades.
Unfortunately, he soon began to feel the effects, causing him to lose the good manners he had been taught and become gradually more disrespectful, making it hard to make it through interviews for college.
He attended NYU, majoring in English, as well as applying for citizenship as soon as he turned eighteen, using his abilities to buffer the process. He began to gain a bit of reputation among the magical community as someone who could get his hands on anything and briefly worked a side business as middleman and trader.
Gradually his powers wreaked havoc on his sanity, leading to fits of acute paranoia and delusions. During one of these episodes he attacked and nearly killed his longtime girlfriend. Feeling intense shame and remorse he sought out a Seer to strip his powers. While the seer was didn’t see any way to remove his powers he was directed to a witch who gave him his sealing tattoo. This caused all preexisting creations, which had been permanent, to fade away. As a result, if they were to be checked, many important documents would be found missing.
Since then he has wandered the country, staying in no place more than a year and a half and getting whatever work he could writing. He generally kept very loose company with multiple partners, but nothing even close to serious. On a trip to San Francisco he heard rumors of Hunters traveling up the coast, that demons were being murdered. There was something that seemed to call him, an aspect of his power that the seal was unable to stop, telling him to go to Portland.
Player Name: Jack
Player Age: 20
Time Roleplaying: About five years now.
Roleplay Types: Tabletop, several online forums
Roleplay Settings: Original Fantasy, fandom fantasy, fandom sci-fi
Contacts: Email/MSN: twistedgenius0@hotmail.com
Codeword: Wicker
Character Nickname: Jack or Jackie
Character Alias: Whatever he puts on his ID when he wants to be anonymous.
Character Race: Supernatural Human
Character Race (Cont.): Witch
Character Age: 25
Character Apparent Age: 28
Character Sex: Male
Portrayed By: Neil Gaiman (approx. 30)
Supernatural Form's Eye Color: None
Supernatural Form's Hair Color: None
Supernatural Form's Hair Style: None
Supernatural Form's Skin Color: None
Supernatural Form's Body Type: None
Supernatural Form's Height: None
Supernatural Form's Weight: None
Supernatural Form's Other Features: None
Guise/Human Form's Eye Color: Light Brown
Guise/Human Form's Hair Color: Black
Guise/Human Form's Hair Style: Long and curly
Guise/Human Form's Skin Color: Caucasian
Guise/Human Form's Body Type: Wiry
Guise/Human Form's Height: 5'9
Guise/Human Form's Weight: 135
Guise/Human Form's Other Features: Tattoo of an Ourobourous around his right arm.
Supernatural Reputation: Is often sought after from his reputation before his powers were bound when he could be counted on discreetly providing items without a paper trail. Even now he generally has a number of contacts from which he can aquire items through less than honest means.
People, however, are usually a bit hesitant to seek his help as memories of some of the things he's created while in the midst of madness still linger.
Human Reputation: A freelance writer who’ll go good work before he inevitably leaves a few months later. Possibly a little crazy, but the creative kind of crazy.
Strengths: Creative, generally friendly, very hard to upset
Weaknesses: Extremely fond of tobacco and spirits, forgets all sense when angry, occaisonally really DOES go crazy.
Likes: Spicy food, salty women, strong spirits, his smokes, good natured demons and a quiet place to read.
Dislikes: Poor spelling, mediocre rap music, women who lead men on and crusaders of any sort.
Main Supernatural Ability: Materialization: Capable of materializing whatever he can fully envision out of thin air.
First, in order to create something he must have a full and complete picture in his head and must precisely understand how something works in order for it to work. Therefore, complex machinery such as a gun or a clock is impossible for him to replicate and maintain.
Also while his powers are limited, the instant that the item leaves contact with his body it begins to quickly degrade, returning to air. The time it takes to fall apart is inversely related to how large the object is. For example, a small gemstone would last a few minutes while something human sized would take only seconds. Items are considered a part of a whole and as long as a part of the item touching him it does not degrade. These problems do not exist while the seal is broken or overcome.
Other/Minor Supernatural Abilities: None
Drawbacks To Supernatural Abilities: His powers are directly tied to his own insanity. Using them causes a positive feedback, the power causing allowing his mind to see further possibilities which can cause delusions and those delusions strengthen his powers more. When his powers are at their greatest he is highly unbalanced and dangerous. In order to stop he sought out a witch to have a limiter placed on him, which is in the form of his tattoo. His insanity is generally capped at levels enough for him to function within society without being jailed. However, under extreme emotional duress the barrier begins to crack and if he isn’t soon calmed down the restraint may be overwhelmed.
Character's Job: Freelance Author and Ghostwriter; attempting to be a novelist
Family Ties: Father: estranged
Relationships: None which he enjoys talking about.
Short Character History: Born in Portsmouth, England with his mother dying in childbirth. His father, despite having some magical skill was unable to save her. He was forced to study demonology and mythology extensively throughout his childhood, along with the works of Crowley and other magicians. His father hoped to educate him and make him the sorcerer that he could never be. However, no signs of any magical skill here detected throughout his childhood and his father gave up, completely disappointed.
When he turned fourteen he was sent to an American boarding school, his father seeing it as the easiest way to get rid of him. The experience was not a good one as the school tended to be elitist. Despite making a few friends he put himself under intense amounts of stress in his studies, experimenting with a wide array of substances to relax. It was during these years that glimmers of power began to develop as he began to create the things he saw under the effect of hallucinogens. Realizing that there was no logical explanation he decided that it had to be magical.
He continued to experiment with substances, considering them the source of his strength, even after he learned to create without them. He immediately began granting every whim, making gifts, bribes and counterfeit money as well as using them to cheat and boost his grades.
Unfortunately, he soon began to feel the effects, causing him to lose the good manners he had been taught and become gradually more disrespectful, making it hard to make it through interviews for college.
He attended NYU, majoring in English, as well as applying for citizenship as soon as he turned eighteen, using his abilities to buffer the process. He began to gain a bit of reputation among the magical community as someone who could get his hands on anything and briefly worked a side business as middleman and trader.
Gradually his powers wreaked havoc on his sanity, leading to fits of acute paranoia and delusions. During one of these episodes he attacked and nearly killed his longtime girlfriend. Feeling intense shame and remorse he sought out a Seer to strip his powers. While the seer was didn’t see any way to remove his powers he was directed to a witch who gave him his sealing tattoo. This caused all preexisting creations, which had been permanent, to fade away. As a result, if they were to be checked, many important documents would be found missing.
Since then he has wandered the country, staying in no place more than a year and a half and getting whatever work he could writing. He generally kept very loose company with multiple partners, but nothing even close to serious. On a trip to San Francisco he heard rumors of Hunters traveling up the coast, that demons were being murdered. There was something that seemed to call him, an aspect of his power that the seal was unable to stop, telling him to go to Portland.
Player Name: Jack
Player Age: 20
Time Roleplaying: About five years now.
Roleplay Types: Tabletop, several online forums
Roleplay Settings: Original Fantasy, fandom fantasy, fandom sci-fi
Contacts: Email/MSN: twistedgenius0@hotmail.com
Codeword: Wicker
