Re: Character List
Name: Ezykiel Yvaarden III
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Swordsman/Gunner
Height: 6'-1"
Weight: 168 lbs.
Build: Average
Hair: Maroon red. Somewhat lengthy. Most hair is tied back near the ends by a small, fine, blue silk ribbon.
Eyes: Deep blue, fairly sharp
Skin: Finely tanned
Armor/Clothing/Accessories:
- White collar shirt
- Three-piece pinstripe suit with tails reaching his lower thighs. Can be seen as either blue or purple in various lights
- Two belts. One average-sized, maroon belt that has sheath fastened to left side, and one small, midnight blue belt has holster on right side
- Heavy boots
- Set of cuff links with the initials "WT" engraved in the centers
- Silver pocket watch
- Small-chained silver necklace w/ ellipse-shaped amulet attached, bearing what looks to be a phoenix w/ a dark jewel at its belly
Weapon(s):
Wasier Rapier - A very prized, finely crafted blade handed down from generation to generation in his family. An ancestor of his, Lord Samuel Yvaarden, was said to have obtained it as a token of gratitude from a noble king of his time.
A silver blade at its tip, but as it come closer to the middle, it's entwined with gold, which covers it to the somewhat jagged base, where an embedded jewel lies. The hilt, starting from the jewel, is gold as well. Slightly curved, and rounded at the ends, spiraled tightly in toward the blade. A beautiful, yet durable cloth covers the grip, with somewhat faint silver lines that criss-cross on its surface. Whereas the butt is golden with jewels embedded on opposite sides.
Italian Triple Barrel Flintock Pistol - A weapon handed down to him by his father, before he died. It looks no different from any other one, except for the small chain with a small charm attached to the butt.
With the work of both the charm and the amulet around his neck, the pistol and rapier can form a Gun Blade.
Personality: Refined and distinguished, Ezykiel is really a quiet man at most, but when he wants his words to be heard, he'll let everyone around him know it, and any words that do come out of his mouth seem to always be carefully thought out and dignified. He's a soft-hearted one...almost to a fault, but he knows there are some in this world that deserve to feel the end of his blade seeping through them. All this entwined, he's practically always calm throughout battles, which gives his opponents really no idea on what he's thinking.
History: Growing up in a luxurious family, Ezykiel was lavished with an assortment of things ever since he was born. Even so, his father, Lord Ezykiel Yvaarden II, wanted to make sure his son would come to be someone who he could be proud of. Although his mother, Celes, wasn't to keen on some of her husband's ideas, she decided to keep to herself on the matter.
Ezykiel was quite observant as a child, and always ready to take the next step, no matter what it took. He began to train in sword fighting at the early age of four, little by little, honing the basic skills from his own father. Later learning to shoot various guns on hunting trips with his father as well. He also was schooled in various subjects a few years later, finally able to get a grasp on the world that stood outside his own. He grew a great for his teacher, Lanair. He who knew many things about the world that Ezykiel hoped to one day venture into.
Years had passed. His skills were improving day by day. His grasp of the outside world and those that lived on it was grand. He yearned to escape to that world, even if just for a short time, but his parents refused. He could feel they were hiding something from him. It continued to burn into his thoughts constantly, but he would never let it show on the outside. He would continue on with his training, as well as his studies...until his eighteenth birthday.
A wondrous party was thrown in his honor. Everything was wonderful, and it was the little break Ezykiel needed from his training. Many were there, and quite frankly, he didn't know many of the faces, and yet they seemed to be interested in him, preferably females. But all in all, he seemed to continue to drift away from them all until they, including the rest had called it a night.
He seemed to get many gifts, those that he placed in the corner of his room, still wrapped in their elegant bows and tapestry. The only one gift he decided to open was the ones given to him by his parents and Lanair. From his mother, a necklace. The amulet that hung by it was amazingly detailed, and the jewel in the center was beautiful, and yet somewhat mysterious. From Lanair, a pocket watch with the words engraved, When the time comes, use it wisely. That boggled his mind for a time, wondering exactly what he meant by it, but he figured in time he'd understand. As for his father...a rapier...and a pistol. They were both beautiful, a beauty Ezykiel had never laid eyes on before. As he fastened to two to his sides, he began to race down the corridor to thank them all until he was pulled out of nowhere into a darkened room.
"What the hell is goin--"
A hand flew over his mouth and he was silenced.
"Listen, Ezykiel..." It was Lanair. He calmed down, and the hand pulled away from his face. "I must get you out of here."
"But why? What does mother and father say of this?"
"They insist I do this, if we don't leave they may take your life as well."
"My life as well? Whose they? And-- wait a minute...you don't mean--"
"There's no time!!"
"But I can't just run while my parents are killed?! I have to help them!"
"Ezykiel, I'm sorry... but--"
A sudden burst of pain swelled from the back of his head, and in no time at all, Ezykiel was out cold.
Awhile later, he came to, rubbing the back of his head...and suddenly smelling smoke. He lept to his feet and noticed below, the land his father took so much pride in...the mansion...his memories...his parents...all of it was engulfed in flames. Tears swelled up in his eyes as he collapsed to his knees, driving his fist into the ground furiously. Why...why did they have to die, he thought. They didn't deserve to die. They just didn't. His eyes closed tightly, the tears gliding off his cheeks and dripping into the hole he made in the ground, which had been tainted with a the hue of blood. A hand braced his shoulder and he swiped it away with a force.
"Sir, I--"
Ezykiel rose from the ground, his head lowered, and his hands still clenched. The remaining tears in his eye fell from his face when he unclenched his hands and rose his head to oversee that ahead of him. Everything was burnt to the ground. It was no use to save anything...or anyone.
"If it takes my whole life, I shall find the culprit of this crime..."
He latched his hand around the amulet and sighed, as Lanair moved towards him again.
"I'm sorry, Ezykiel, but we must get ourselves as far as possible from here. They might have realized that you are still alive."
They had barely walked a few feet forward when Ezykiel stopped in his tracks.
"Whose 'they'?..."
Lanair looked at the young man sternly before relaying his answer.
"When I know we are out of reach, at least for a time, I shall reveal the truth."
Ezykiel stood there for a minute. And hand grasped the hilt of the sword his father had given him before he sighed once more, nodded to Lanair, and picked up his feet.
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In a small village, practically isolated from everything, a man sat quietly upon a small hill just outside. A few children sneak around through the forest near him, as to make sure they weren't heard by the one lost in his thoughts. They crept closer, and closer, until they were merely a few feet away, pushing a young girl from the back and sending her ahead to investigate. Cowardly for a minute, then gulping quick to reveal a determined look on her face, she approached him, standing by his side and looking up at his face.
"Uhmm, Zeeky? W-why are you on th-this hill on this day all the t-time?"
Ezykiel smiled a little and turned to the young one, his hand now resting on her head.
"So I can look out to in the direction where my first home was, and remember...my parents."
"But I though Lanair was your daddy."
"No, I was only his student. But...he turned out to be a great friend and an asset to me as well."
"Where's your mommy and daddy then?"
Ezykiel lowered his head for a brief moment, then looked out onto the world ahead.
"They're not in this world anymore. They haven't been for twelve years now..."
A smaller child came up from behind him and spoke up. "Then they probably know my daddy and Scruffy. They're up in heaven too."
Ezykiel smiled at him, before he pulled himself up from the ground and turned to see the others looking at him.
"Yeah, I think you're right. They probably do...Now then, why don't we all get ourselves back in the village before we get ourselves in trouble."
A husky boy in the back jumped up and down quick before saying, "Last one there's a rotten egg!"
Ezykiel made his way into a small shack in the far corner of the village. He sat down on a small chair just next to the door and pulled his boots off, letting them make a massive thud on the floor, which at that point a voice was heard.
"Another day reminiscing, ey?"
Ezykiel got up from the chair and wandered into a larger room, piled high with various books and some boxes to see Lanair sitting in a corner looking through a box filled with quite a collection of small bottles filled with...something.
"Heh, yeah, can you blame me though?"
"Of course not.." He looked carefully at the bottle in his hand, then placed it back into the box before closing it and setting it to the side. "But if you want to do something about it, sitting in isolation here won't get you anywhere."
"Lanair...but what if they--"
"You shouldn't worry about me, I'd be quite all right here. We've been here for nine years now, with no reason for running, don't you think that's enough?"
"...I guess you're right."
"Yes. Lord Gallan and his men are only after you, but they're nowhere in sight when it comes to this village. Nothing but mountains and forest around this quiet little place. You've grown a lot since that terrible night. Both your intelligence and your fighting skills are remarkable compared to when you were a child."
"That's true..." Ezykiel unlatched his necklace from the back and stared at the amulet that lay in his hands. "But why of all things would they want this? Minus how detailed it is, seems fairly ordinary."
"Because Ezykiel..." Linair got up from his seat. "That jewel in the center of that amulet, brings out the greatest power out of its wielder. An amazing power, that anyone would gladly kill to get their hands on."
Ezykiel looked up from the amulet to Lanair with a somewhat odd expression on his face, "You're not serious, are you?"
"Think about how you've strengthen greatly in the past twelve years in your training, and compare that to before, and tell me you don't see the whole picture."
Ezykiel looked back down at the amulet and sighed, now clenching it in his fist.
"No matter how long it takes...I'll finish this."
"Don't get hasty though." Lanair went back to the same box he was examining and grabbed onto a small satchel, placing as many bottles he could into it before closing up the box and handing the satchel over to Ezykiel.
"You remember the words engraved on the back of the pocket watch I gave you?"
"Yeah...what about that anyway?"
"If you open up the watch there's a latch near the eight. Pulling that will open up the back to reveal the workings, as well as three slots holding small pills. I had come across making these to revitalize the body and heal any wound imaginable."
"Damn, Lanair. You could be rich yourself with something like this!"
"Maybe so, but then I'd probably be one running to save my life if this was known to the public. At least if they knew I was the one that created it."
Ezykiel thought about that for a second and laughed, "Yeah, I guess you wouldn't want to be in my position."
It wasn't long till Ezykiel set off from the village. A new strength, A new idea, but the same goal in mind twelve years ago. He would set out on the world, right the wrongs as much as possible, and reveal more of his family's past.
Strengths: His skills with the rapier and gun are hard to counter, considering he can pull out multiple techniques of his without much of any break in between them at all. Speed and strength are two of his most excellent battle qualities. With the three pills tucked away in his watch, he has the option to heal himself three times in battle, if desired.
Weaknesses: Besides defending with his rapier, there's not much else to him when it comes to defense. He possesses no armor, minus the boots strapped to his feet, which isn't all that helpful anywhere else. He tends to strategies out his battles, looking for weaknesses in his opponent, which isn't much of a weakness, but sometimes he can get lost in those thoughts, which can cost him. It's quite the rarity, but it happens. Not to mention, his soft-heartiness can sometimes get the best of him.
Sword Techs:
Gallant Thrust - Level 1 Tech. Thrusting the rapier several times fold. The final thrust has the ability to blow away opponent.
Yvaarden Cross - Level 2 Tech. Crossing the blade at several diagonals until making a final slash down that emits light energy.
Hallin Devastation - Level 3 Tech. Slashing the opponent in 6 various areas of the body, then slamming the hilt into the chest, ripping the wounds open even wider. Hilt attack can be performed twice after to continue opening said wounds.
Baron's Judgment - Level 4 Tech. Calling the power of the amulet by particular sword thrusts, to hold opponent into place for several moments. Once they have control of their body, each step they take, a gash somewhere on their body appears.
Gun Blade Techs:
Punishment Divine - Level 5 Tech. Three shots fired simutaneously. Any bullet that touches opponent's flesh, seeps deep into the body, then splits into 6 different directions, exiting the body.
Revenge - Level 6 Tech. A mixed form of Gallant Thrust, Baron's Judgment, and Punishment Divine.