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Character of the Season
Frail in body but dangerously quick of mind, Nikandr is the sort of character who proves that curiosity can be just as perilous as any weapon. A necromancer, inventor, and problem-solver with more ambition than self-preservation, Niki approaches the world like a puzzle box begging to be opened, even when what’s inside has teeth. Blunt, dry-witted, fiercely independent, and carrying a history best left partially buried, he has a knack for making even failure feel fascinating. Whether he’s raising the dead, moving across Caido to King's End, or experiencing a hangover for the first time, Nikandr brings a wonderfully strange spark to Caido, and we can’t wait to see what trouble his brilliant mind wanders into next.
Congratulations, Niki!
Credits
Court of the Fallen was created in October of 2018 by Odd, Honey, and Crooked.
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// tell me i'm forgiven, say you'll always be mine //
Luckily, he isn’t alone for long. Offering a nod of greeting to Deimos, dutifully ignoring the fuck out of Sunjata, he also nods and flashes a grin to both Melita and Thalassa, the latter to which he laughs and says “you have a deal, darling.” And with the little bet in place, the butcher collects his flashy sled, preps himself, wondering whether or not his history of the snow would help him in this endeavor.
The disembodied sound occurs at the starting line and the butcher hops on, sailing through the snow on the heels of Deimos and Sunjata and silently wanting nothing more than to relish in the idea of scorching the Flood’s sled. Going so far as to let the fire ball up in his free hand that isn’t on the rein of the sled before a too happy yellow sled cuts in front of him.
In a mix of both surprise and a touch of frustration, the butcher still loosens the ball of fire, trying to scorch the back of the sled in a way that might have the driver panic and spiral out of control.
Asta shoots a fireball at the back of Zavien’s sled to try and get him to lose control >.> (sorry Zavien!)
Scorch (Ancient): Can generate and manipulate flames within a 30ft radius, pulling heat from the environment or their own body.
Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
Regional Score bonus: +5 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +5 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Astaroth
// say that everything is over, tell me i'm fine //
i'm drowning in all these voices in the sea and meeting all my vices in the ring
A nod is offered to Deimos as he arrives, a polite and quiet greeting, but it’s a lopsided grin aimed at Melita as they all pick their sleds. “Hey heuningby.” He hums, snagging his sled and prepping it so that the race can begin. Taking a moment to take in the surroundings and everyone else that’s arrived, he takes note of Maea and Zavien amongst the group and before he can say hello to everyone else he knows, the Flood is cut off by the sound of the race starting.
Luckily, he was already prepped and ready, though, and he zooms down the cold hill, jaw clenched against the cold. (It’s true, he does hate snow, but he at least knows how to utilize his surroundings for a quick getaway and he thinks that’s part of the reason he’s hot on Deimos’ trail in second place.)
Unsure whether or not he really could win with Deimos’ familiarity with snow, he decides to give himself the best shot he can. Using his water magic, the Flood aims to make a path in front of him, turning the snow to ice to give him hopefully a bit more speed to overtake the Warden.
Sunjata uses his water magic to make the snow beneath his sled to ice so he can go faster!
Magic: Making Waves | Can create and control water (a full swimming pool amount). Must be within a 60ft radius.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
Regional Score bonus: +3 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +3 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
so step inside, i ain't afraid to bleed there ain't a casket strong enough for me
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Perhaps it was experience, or sheer luck, but he was mildly surprised to find himself at the head of the pack of sleds initially. Shrewd and cunning though, through a combination of all the years of war and his own amusements, he figured most of the constituents would attempt to alleviate that notion immediately – left to wonder if things were going to get bloody soon, or if it would start with a snail’s pace.
Rather than be diminished and vanquished quickly or efficiently, the Sword opted to utilize his Mastered Air, hoping to use it to push him from behind, onward in swift notations, hopefully well ahead of any pending disaster.
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Deimos tries to use his Mastered Air to push him from behind and be even faster.
Air manipulation (Abandoned/Hybrid): Can create and control the air. Must be within a 30ft radius.
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
Regional Score bonus: +13 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +13 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins
Melita was all about sabotage – and the middle of the pack was just not going to do it for her. Peering around as they all zipped down the slopes, her concentration had already left the sled itself, striving to find her next potential victim. Grabbing hold of some snow as they ventured along, her eyes narrowed, before her focus was drawn on Zavien.
Figuring he’d be able to take a joke, and he seemed out of control to begin with (but at least it looked fun), the Honeybee hurled the projectile towards the Accepted, hoping perhaps he’d be knocked off course, off balance, or whatever – enough to get an edge on the competition.
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Melita throws a snowball towards Zavien!
Regional Score bonus: +17 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +17 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Letting out a loud "WHOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!" of excitement, Nova takes off down the hill - at least that's what she hopes. In reality, the glitter must be catching the snow because there's no way she's this slow. When she'd expected to be leading the pack, she finds herself annoyingly stuck in the middle - EWWW.
The most frustrating part is when a flash of red hair flies in front of her. Her anger has long since faded, but seeing Melita still reminds her of that time they'd fought by the field of lightning. If she doesn't beat anyone else, she wants to beat her. So she calls forth her magic, attempting to solidify the snow into snags of ice that might rip the demigod from her sled.
Nova tries to sabotage Melita by using her water magic to freeze the snow and trip her!
Water manipulation (Abandoned/Hybrid): Can create and control water. Must be within a 30ft radius.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
Regional Score bonus: +3 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +3 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Her sled might as well have been covered in tar for how fast she's going. While everyone else is whipping down the hill (and she's pointedly ignoring the one person behind her), she's quickly regretting her bet with Asta, but everyone will agree that Thal is too stubborn to give up that easily, especially when a free drink is on the line.
A determined furrow sets on her brows, her head lowering like she's getting ready to ram someone with her horns. Then she darts forward, shadows and darkness pulling her farther down the hill as she tries to cheat her way into speed. Even if she doesn't get faster, at least she'll gain some distance she'd lost by her poor choice in vehicle.
Thalassa tries to dart forward to gain more speed!
Dart (Ancient): Can teleport up to 15 ft away
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
Regional Score bonus: +5 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +5 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
His sled turned out to be a little too slick, the spirit obviously amused as he took off down the slope at a breakneck pace. He gripped onto the sides for dear life, his teeth chattering around the laughter that ripped from his chest. Deimos zoomed past like he did this for a living, followed closely by Sunjata, but Zavien didn't have time to admire their speed when his sled was threatening to come out from under him.
And then there were the attacks.
The unnatural heat was enough to warn him, quite certain there weren't warm gales in Deepfrost. That didn't mean he could do anything about it, definitely not without losing his balance and toppling into the snow, so he did the only thing he could: he leaned forward and hung on like his life depended on it (because it just might).
Zavien focuses on himself and tries to keep his control while avoiding the onslaught of attacks! (Rude! XD)
Regional Score bonus: +3 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +1 should be included)
The race started, and they were off. Finding herself dead last past the Start sign was more vexing than Maea had really counted on, especially since she actually wanted to go fast. As snow began to fall and turned the backs of the other contestants into blurry silhouettes, the pale Ancient shifted her weight forward in her sled, leaned down as far as she could to reduce wind resistance and fixed her gaze on the person just ahead. Recognising Thalassa, she gritted her teeth; if she could only beat her to the finish line, she'd call it a win.
Focusing on picking up her own speed seemed like the best option for the time being, and so she kicked off against the snow-white ground again and steered for tracks where the others had compacted the snow, to take advantage of the surface in her need for speed. Blinking against the snowflakes as they flurried around her, for a moment she lamented her loss of the ice magic that could have propelled her to a better lead - but then she shoved such emotions aside like the dead weight it was.
Maea focuses on her own speed, by reducing wind resistance and steering her sled into tracks of compacted snow.
It starts as a brief rumbling beneath the snow, before Damien's sled appears to have been seized by the Caido equivalent of rocket power, spraying a flurry of ice and slush at all those behind him (that's you, Thalassa and Maea).
Hurtling down the hill - and picking up even more speed thanks to gravity, he'll need to cling on with all his strength as his sled fights not to leave the ground entirely.
If the sled race ever becomes Star Wars lore, let it be known right now that Astaroth did, indeed, shoot first. And what a shot (crit) it was. With Zavien's sled already unstable from his earlier advantage, he stands no chance of dodging anyway, and he'll find himself quite literally blasted out of the race. His sled upends in a blitz of smouldering wood, and he'll go tumbling down the hill like a large abominable snowball.
There's no telling whether or not the commotion behind him is what causes Sunjata's (crit) failure, but as the Flood attempts to freeze the snow beneath him, it works perhaps a little too well. He gains phenomenal speed, just... entirely in the wrong direction. If Deimos looks, he might just spot Jata out of the corner of his eye, disappearing into the distance. Welp.
Meanwhile towards the back of the race, Nova does her best to freeze the snow and sabotage Melita's journey, but whether it's bad luck or they're just moving too quickly, she doesn't quite manage it and remains behind the Honeybee.
As for Thalassa and Maea, it's an exercise in physics. On the one hand, perhaps slow and steady will work in Maea's favour, because she keeps on keeping on. On the other, darting 15ft forward when the sleds are moving faster than that ironically puts Thal in last place. Oops! (Please see Odd for the physics of this, I will not be taking any questions).
He almost literally FLIES through the other competitors, leaving a spray of snow and ice and magic in his wake, and thanks to a truly spectacular set of rolls some incredible luck, finds himself at the front of the pack!
Zavien and Sunjata are OUT of the drop! The leaderboard now looks like THIS:
She blinked once, and suddenly the sled in front of her vanished. Somewhere behind her Maea could hear the thud of a sled reconnecting with the ground, and a whoop of excitement left her as she realized she was no longer dead last. However it happened, she would not complain, especially not since the person immediately ahead of her proved to be yet another person she didn't want to lose to.
Gripping the sled hard as she could, the pale ancient summoned a spark of fire and attempted to compress the flames behind her back, so that the resulting thrust would push her even faster forward. If it didn't work as intended, at least she might still cause some trouble for Thalassa by melting the snow in her wake. Squinting ahead at Nova's back, her focus remained more on speed than messing with the others, at the end of the day, and the sharp toothed grin on her face spoke volumes of the fun she was getting out of the chase - like the underdog she'd been for most of her life.
Maea uses Scorch to try and jet thrust herself forward faster, and won't be sorry if that messes up the snow for Thalassa.
If Deimos lost his spot for laughing at Sunjata’s expense, so be it (amidst a combination of other factors, of course). Spotting the Flood just from the corner of his eye, his concentration waned as a deep chuckle roamed from his chest, exuded outwards, indifferent as Damien went careening by, well worth the effort.
Though, he had a decision to make – and his calculations were rendered against amidst the amusements. Leaning forward, he unfurled a combination of his Water and Earth magic, hoping he’d be close enough to Damien’s sled to manifest the portions properly. Though his goal was to form an icy, snowy blockade in front of the Accepted, perhaps stopping or slowing the fellow Halovian, if it made for a nice jump too, more power to the other.
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Deimos tries to get use his Mastered Water and Earth to form an icy/snowy blockade directly in front of Damien.
• Water manipulation (Abandoned/Hybrid): Can create and control water. Must be within a 30ft radius.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
• Earth Manipulation (Abandoned/Hybrid): Can create and control the earth. Must be within a 30ft radius.
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
Regional Score bonus: +13 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +13 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins
Unaware of Nova’s intentions (had she been, that probably wouldn’t have gone well – or would’ve been amidst at least a flash of her middle finger), Melita concentrated on the road ahead. Well, the individuals in front of her, at the very least. Watching as her uncle veered off into the next continent, and Zavien blasted away, her attention altered to Astaroth, Damien, and Deimos.
It would be very fun to throw snowballs at Maea or Nova, but, in the grand scheme of things, she wasn’t certain how that would help her current circumstances (amuse, sure, but the eye was on the prize instead of pettiness for this round). Snagging at more snow, she balled up another one in her grasp, and launched it towards Damien, hoping she was close enough and accurate to matter.
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Melita throws a snowball at Damien.
Regional Score bonus: +17 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +17 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
// tell me i'm forgiven, say you'll always be mine //
The butcher’s quite pleased with himself, if all honesty, as he watches the fireball land against the back of Zavien’s sled and sends him careening into gods knew where. And as if in better news, the butcher watches as Sunjata’s sled also goes careening, leaving him and Deimos to continue the race from this vantage point. Smug as can be, it’s when he spots the sudden lead of Damien – someone he doesn’t know or regonize – the butcher’s competitive nature returns tenfold.
He'd grumble about losing to Deimos, but at least he knows him. Damien on the other hand is unknown and Asta, figuring that the first fireball had gone so well, has zero qualms sending another one out for the sled in first place. It erupts with heat as it leaves his hand, launching toward the sled with the same intent he had for Zavien’s sled.
Asta shoots a fireball at Damien’s sled >.>
Scorch (Ancient): Can generate and manipulate flames within a 30ft radius, pulling heat from the environment or their own body.
Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered | Cost: Action
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
Regional Score bonus: +5 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +5 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Astaroth
// say that everything is over, tell me i'm fine //
