THIS IS A LIST OF INACTIVE CHARACTERS.
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Dust (Max)

Name: Maximilian Serghei Eckhart
Title: Spectral Elementalist
Aliases: Max Heruka, Tobias Juvenal
Age: 209
Race: Vamp₀ (Null)
Gender: Male
Weight: 230 lbs.
Height: 5’ 11”
Eyes: Red
Hair: Black


~~~~~~~APPEARANCE~~~~~~~



~~~~~~~THEMES~~~~~~~
“The Leaving Song Pt. II” by AFI.
“Gentlemen (Go To Sleep)” by Far-Less.
“Wake Up, Open The Door, And Escape To The Sea” by Blaqk Audio.

~~~~~~~POWERS~~~~~~~

Ectoplasma: This talent calls on the Virtue of the remnant energies of the Dead to power Dust's movements and gives him the power to create a form of matter called Ectoplasma.

Forge- The Core Ability to turn Dead Energies into Ectoplasma.

Attributes- Ectoplasma can generate a special sort of gravitational field which can attract or repel matter from it depending on what the Caster dictates. But this isn't all. It can also change temperature, form, or shape, depending on the Caster's intention.

Copy- It can also form the possessions of a dead person if their name is known, although these are just copies of the attributes, not the items themselves and can only last for a limited period of time. Although, these copies can be used to resonate with the actual item if it is still intact.

Armor- Ectoplasma can form spikes on his knuckles, knees, and elbows during physical combat.

Replace-A technique that tears apart any non-organic matter in a certain area by integrating it with Ectoplasma, which converts it into simple and invisible Virtue Energy. If it absorbs any kind of weapon that has extended exposure to magic, however, it will only be temporary.


Feast of Virtue: The ability to absorb the virtue of blood for sustenance. This is done through absorption into Dust’s essence by his touch, but only through his skin’s touch. He cannot draw virtue through a glove. His virtue craving needs to be supplied once every three days, in order to maintain proper regeneration, sanity, and overall function. Normal food no longer tastes quite the same.

Flight:
Thanks to his new wings, Max can fly at higher speeds than he could when he just used his Psionics to carry himself. These black wings are leathery and featherless, like that of a bat. They glow green, because they were the mutation response to his close contact with the cornerstone that housed the Goddess Yunei, the source of Nediryo’s power over his lay followers.

Jaws of Ein Soph: A technique Dust used once to devour a star that Mezzo Fortuna decreed was cursed to become an anomaly that would destroy the cosmos. It appears that it was a power given to Dust for the specific purpose of fulfilling the deed. It had been dormant, but when he destroyed Yune’s Cornerstone, it brought the power back into active state from the remnant energy. Once Arimas died, it reacted with his new desolate state, the Null, to allow him to add attributes to his body temporarily by swallowing them. Or, he can simply lick them with his tongue when the technique is active to “paste” it to his body for a less effective attachment. Also, he can store things in himself this way, to replace the portal to Nexus he lost when Arimas died.
The technique is evident whenever his tongue and the inside of his mouth become a slimy black color.

Regeneration: Max can regenerate lost limbs, but it takes excessively long periods of time to do so, and if Max loses a limb, he can reattach the body part, whole or not, to accelerate the process.

Psionics: The ability to make other things float, and the ability to unlock doors without physical touch. Teleportation is included, so is the ability to push or grab objects with pure willpower.

Hypnotism: Usable to lure weak prey into a sense of false security and trance, it can also block out pain in a friend or misdirect a weak foe to make fatal mistakes. Only works by directly gazing into his one flesh eye as he slowly swings the small silver pendulum he keeps in his pocket.

Physical Superstructure: Max’s physique is reinforced by a quality of strength that expands from him like an aura of some sort which reinforces his movements in a way that his own physical body does not quite reflect his actual power. He can take hard blows that would kill a man his size, thanks to this aura.

Healing Saliva: can be used to seal small wounds, like bites, utilizing small microbes that coat tissue. These same microbes regenerate his limbs and flesh when wounded, and like him, are not so much alive as they are functional in a cancerous fashion.


~~~~~~~INVENTORY~~~~~~~

Zayin Stones:

These are small red gems implanted in the back of Dust’s hands and down his spine, which increase his attack power with each successful strike. The same shaman that gave him his false eye put them in place as his initiation into the Yuru Clan.


The Ghost Knife Merco:

The Ghost Knife is a wide short sword with a mirrored surface that only reflects subtle energies, such as spiritual power or souls. He can use it to identify others by the colors Merco reveals within its surface. No known power has been able to break it, at least not yet.

The Shaman Eye:

This is actually the stone of an aged shaman (a friend of Rando) who carved it in a shape that would fit neatly inside Max's socket to replace his lost eye. Bonded to Max's consciousness, it can see like a regular eye. When detached and placed somewhere, it can relay the information to the vampire from any distance, and can even transmit sounds received.

Pendulum

A handy talisman for bending others to his will. Made of silver, and hanging from a small black rope. It has no actual magical powers. Fairly ordinary item.

~~~~~~~FIGHTING STYLE ~~~~~~~

Yuru Clan Style: Max’s fighting style is far from elaborate, and even looks a little ugly. Kirkaas, brother of the infamous Rando, taught the vampire the stance and deft movements that were taught originally by their lineage founder, which had been passed down through generations to them, and their grandfather Sod Yuru before them. It revolves around quick movements that are close to his body, bringing the maximum force of the strikes in a fashion vaguely similar to Wing Chun.

~~~~~~~TECHNICAL DATA ~~~~~~~

Unusual Traits: Whenever he comes in contact with holy energy, the part of his body closest to it dissolves physically for as long as it is near. Same for demonic energy. It simply turns his body translucent whenever it comes into contact, and therefore it could be used to negate his hand to hand strikes.

Strengths: His strengths lie in his resourceful nature, his endurance, and his agility. While some characters depend more on their brute force to win, Dust's style of fighting actually operates based on the magical stones sealed along his backbone and in the backs of his hands to increase his actual force by multiplying it for every successful impact. Max cannot be harmed by Holy energy, which passes through his flesh as if it were air.

Weaknesses: Anything made of silver scars his skin, and incredibly bright light burns his bodily tissues. In addition, heat-based attacks and weapons are effective against the Devourer's strange biology, which includes fire magic and lasers of strong focus.


Personality: This formidable vampire is, believe it or not, a person like anyone else. He's been described as ruthless, and yet paradoxically easygoing. For when set to a goal, he does not hesitate, but when moving without agenda, he is personal, relaxed, and open. His personality is close to an open book, some might say, because he doesn't like to hide who he is inside, but that doesn't mean he isn't complex.

He has often struggled between different views that have become relevant in his life during all of his most painful decisions. Is it best to do the greatest good for the most amount of people? He did so when he devoured the Star of Kali to protect the cosmos, and yet he learned there were beings that inhabited that planet which died ignorant and innocent. The nature of family has also proved an issue for him. Is relativism okay when it comes to his family? He became an assassin to provide for his family. More innocents dead. What does it mean to live when it means it will cause others to die?

~~~~~~~BIOGRAPHY~~~~~~~

[Excerpt “Seer” Occult Magazine, “Rich Witch”]

Immortal Eye is a prestigious corporation that has prospered on nearly all corners of the globe. It is almost synonymous with big names like Max Eckhart, even though it seems that fellow founder Solomon Delgado was a bigger player than Maxi in the original cultivation of the company…at least as more details regarding the origins of this technological giant have become known.

However, Maximilian is perhaps the most interesting of the rare animals called millionaires that walk the Earth today. And we’re not just talking about his money. He’s declared to us in private that he is a practitioner of the arts, a fellow witch who would even go so far as divulge some of his celeb secret rites.

“I’ve been to other worlds than ours,” he confides as he talks about a realm he visited during one of his mystical journeys, where he purports he disappears for years at a time. He claims to have had another wife and twins during his time suspended there until he found a way back. He seemed very sensitive about this topic, and wanted to move to other aspects of his travels as well.

We patiently heard out his fantasies, but noted that the sexy witch wasn’t using the proper pronunciation for some of his incantations he shared with us. While we were impressed by his claims, we go purely on scientific evidence. If you can’t even pronounce your rites properly, you can’t expect us to take you THAT seriously. Especially if you tell us you’re a two-hundred-year-old vampire as well as a witch. And if he really were such a powerful being, why would he tell a publication as wide-read as us? Our demographic may be narrow, but that’s still not very intelligent of him.

His familiar of choice was standard. He drew a sketch of his spiritual guide, that of a purple monkey demon he had named “Konjiro.” I suppose the Asian flavor of Tokyo makes everything come out that way, even for a man who was born in Romania. Speaking of Romania, wasn’t that Dracula guy from there? Eh, probably just where he got that vampire thing. Pretty corny.

While we’re somewhat making him our celeb whipping boy here, we still have a lot of good things to say about Mr. Eckhart. He’s done a lot of good charity work, despite the reputation his company has for alleged illegal substance dealing. I mean, what’s cocaine to anybody when you give to starving children? Seer Magazine appreciates his work, and he isn’t bad looking either. Sure, he’s probably got more makeup on than my mother, but at least he’s got the face for it. And he’s pretty lean, too. He gave us a few shirtless poses (even though we don’t believe we asked, we appreciated it) and let’s just say this interviewer will be holding onto those images for a rainy day.


~~~~~~~FAMILIARS~~~~~~~

Doppelganger Orion, The Dark Tulpa:

Appearance:


Themes:
"Sad But True" by Metallica
"Apparition" by Most Precious Blood

Status: DEFEATED