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crossoverworldtree · 2 years ago

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Batman Incorporated (Part 1)

Why, When and What: Bruce Wayne has not been Batman for quite a long time. However, the legacy he created has lived on and has expanded beyond just one man, and even beyond Gotham. In the Gotham areas of New York, most members of this team can be found, but there are agents and safe houses across the globe. They are kept in touch via the Oracle network, which can also call-in other agencies to help with cases. Each operative works alone or with a ‘cell’ of their own, but the Wayne fortune provides greater resources than they would have otherwise.

Most Batman Inc members have loose ties to the police and are 'cordial' with them, but they are also extremely hard on police corruption. The past relationship has been more turbulent, from being wanted by McCarthy in the post-war era, to being deputized officers in the 1960s, to being outlaw vigilantes in the 1980s, to the current state in the 1990s.

Some cops don't like Batman or his ilk most of the time. They feel they show them up, take all the glory, and cross the 'thin blue line' to be considered actual allies. Some officers have attempted to try and counter Batman Inc.

They are usually unprepared for the unholy hell the Batman and their allies can reign down upon their foes.

The 1990s saw a time when there was more than one Batman running around at roughly the same time, and that has not much changed in the last 30 years. Only who has worn the mantle and how much they must rely on technology in the field.

Clout: Criminal 3, Financial 5, Governmental 3, Supernatural 3 (14) Locations: Large (3), Multiple Locations (3), Physical Security (Military Level) (4), Supernatural Security (Protected) (1) (11 - 11 from Clout) Gear: Computers 4, Laboratories/Research Facilities 2, Medical Facilities 3, Workshop/Repair 3, Occult Library 2, Training Facilities (Full Gym) (2), Tricked Out Car (2), Weapons (Getting Medieval, Full Metal Jacket) (6) (15, 29-14 from Clout) Total Cost: 29

Below are the "Core" Bat-family members from 1995 until 2020. There are other Batmen and Women around the world, but much of their information has been obfuscated by official releases.

Name: Tim Drake a.k.a. Batman IV, Robin IV Date of Birth: 1977 Motivation: Fight Crime, live up to the Legacy (and pose as a socialite during the day) Critter Type: Masked Crime Fighter (Human) Attributes: Str 5, Dex 6, Con 5, Int 5, Per 5, Will 6 Ability Scores: Muscle 16, Combat 20, Brains 20 Life Points: 65 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 5, Situation Awareness, Nerves of Steel, Contacts (Governmental) 3, Contacts (Financial) 2, Contacts (Criminal) 3, Adversary (LOTS), Attractiveness +3, Honorable (Serious), Emotional Problems (Fear of Commitment), Occult Library (Important), Obligation (Bat-Family), Secret Identity, Armored Costume (AV 8), Obsession (Fight Crime), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Pain) 4, Martial Travels: Soldier, Bag of Tricks Maneuvers Name - Score - Damage - Notes Bat-arang - 19 - 12 - Bash or Slashing Bat-arang Grenade - 19 - 35 - Bash/Fire Punch - 20 - 15 - Bash Kick - 19 - 17 - Bash Arm Blade - 20 - 16 - Slashing Jump Kick - 17 - 23 - Bashing Spin Kick - 20 - 20 - Bashing Sweep Kick - 19 - 10 - Bashing, trips foe Gadget - 20 - Varies - By Device Ki - 20 - Varies - By Ability

The fourth man to take on the mantle of the bat, Tim Drake began his crime fighting career in 1992 as the Fourth Robin, but as time passed, and Bruce Wayne Jr. (the third Batman and second Robin), grew older, slower, not as fast on the recovery, and so on. So, when Bruce was in his late 50s, he passed the mantel shortly after turn of the millennium, and the rebuilding of New York was complete.

Tim Drake's Batman is far more the investigator than any of the previous bearers of the cape and cowl, preferring to solve crimes through investigation than brute force. He's also one of the most human. He still strikes terror into the hearts of criminals, but not as much as one of his allies.

Tim Drake is active as Robin from 1993 to 1995, where he took up the hood of "Red Robin". He took up the mantle of Batman proper in 1997 with Bruce Jr's retirement.

Known Ki Abilities: Acrobatic Multi-Tasking, Breather, Bullet Snatch, Disrupt Ki, Finger Poke of Doom, Flying Leap, Hail Mary Run, Hurricane of Blows, Nerve Pinch, No Need to Draw, One Inch Punch, Wall Walk (has 2 slots open).

Name: Cassandra Cain a.k.a. Batgirl III, Black Bat III Date of Birth: 1980 Motivation: Fight Crime. Atonement Critter Type: Mask Crime Fighter (Eugenic Human) Attributes: Str 4, Dex 7, Con 5, Int 3, Per 5, Will 5 Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 22, Brains 14 Life Points: 61 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Nanjin Adept, Fast Reaction, Nerves of Steel, Hard to Kill 5, Situational Awareness, Adversary (Lots, including her own Mother--sometimes), Attractiveness +3, Contacts (Financial) 5, Contacts (Criminal) 3, Contacts (Governmental) 3, Minority (Southeast Asian), Emotional Problems (Loner), Honorable (-2), Resources (Inheritor of the Wayne Fortune), Misift, Obligation (SHIELD), Secret Identity, Armored Costume (AV 8), Obsession (Atonement), Natural Toughness, Empathy, Resistance (Pain) 5, Martial Travels: Warrior, Bag of Tricks

Maneuvers Name - Score - Damage - Notes Bat-arang - 21 - 12 - Bash or Slashing Bat-arang Grenade - 21 - 36 - Bash/Fire Disarm - 20 - None - Disarms Punch - 22 - 14 - Bash Double Jump Kick - 18 - 21 - Bash, hits two targets Kick - 21 - 16 - Bash Arm Blade - 22 - 14 - Slashing Jump Kick - 19 - 20 - Bashing Spin Kick - 20 - 17 - Bashing Sweep Kick - 21 - 10 - Bashing, trips foe Grappling Hook - 20 - NA - Used to move. Wall Flip - 19 - None - +3 to next dodge Ki - 21 - Varies - By Ability

The most feared member of the bat-clan and one of the worlds greatest living martial artists. Cassandra has an origin similar to her 'uncle': Sang Chi, the legendary master of Kung Fu. Unlike Shang Chi, her father was not a Wayne, but a man who similarly achieved near physical perfection but without moral scruples: David Cain. Her mother was indeed the greatest young martial artist at the time: Sandra Wu-San. This was done at the behest of one of the most feared criminal masterminds of the 20th century: Ras Al Ghul, better known as Dr. Fu Manchu. Cassandra, like her uncle, Sang Chi, was the product of the Devil Doctor's attempts to breed a supreme fighter. However, failure struck this attempt as well as the previous one, but much sooner.

Somehow, the silent assassin grew deep empathy through her understanding of the human body's language. So, when she saw death, she was deeply traumatized and ran from her father. Since Sang Chi had apparently killed the Devil Doctor not long after Cassandra was born, she made her way to New York and was eventually noticed by the Wayne family. There, she was treated in a manner completely alien to her: with compassion.

Even with the dissolution of Si-Fan, she has unwillingly become a major player in the various attempts to re-organize it and her own mother's attempts to use her progeny as a means of suicide have proven major challenges in her life.

Publicly, Cassandra Cain is somewhat infamous as the 'Anti-Paris Hilton.' Her public persona is guarded, reclusive and beautiful heiress. She poses for pictures, but doesn't answer many questions, and only appears publicly when it is for what she feels is a good cause.

Often as part of a raid or ruse on the criminals who hide behind their wealth.

Cassandra Cain first appeared as Batgirl in 1998 and retained that role until 2003, when she shifted the role to her close friend Stephanie Brown, and became known various as Batman, The Black Bat, or simply "The Batt."

Known Ki Abilities: Acrobatic Multi-Tasking, As the Water Flows, Breather, Bullet Snatch, Disrupt Ki, Finger Poke of Doom, Flying Leap, Hail Mary Run, Hurricane of Blows, Ki Speed, Massive Blow, Nerve Pinch, No Need to Draw, One Inch Punch, Palm Shove, Wall Walk (1 Open Slot)

Name: Stephanie Brown a.k.a. Spoiler, Robin V, Batgirl IV Date of Birth: 1981 Motivation: Fight crime, have fun. Critter Type: Masked Crime Fighter (Human) Attributes: Str 3, Dex 5, Con 4, Int 3, Per 4, Will 4 Ability Scores: Muscle 12, Combat 16, Brains 15 Life Points: 53 Drama Points: 5 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 5, Secret (Identity), Nerves of Steel, Attractiveness +2, Obligation (Bat-Family), Emotional Problems (Fear of Rejection), Armored Costume (AV 8), Secret Identity, Adversary (Criminals and Costumed Madmen), Resistance (Pain) 2, Bag of Tricks, Martial Travels: Beginner

Maneuvers Name - Score - Damage - Notes Bat-arang - 15 - 8 - Bash, Slashing Punch - 16 - 10 - Bash Kick - 15 - 12 - Bash Arm Blade - 16 - 10 - Slashing Sweep Kick - 15 - 7 - Bashing, trips foe Grappling Hook - 15 - NA - Used to move. Ki - 12 - Varies - By Ability

Stephanie Brown is one of the few persons to force her way into the Bat Family proper through sheer determination and pluck (the first being the original Oracle, Barbra Gordon). Shes also suffered quite a bit for it. Originally, she donned a costume to "Spoil" her fathers own plans, and inadvertently helped the Bat-Family out in the process. She got a tremendous thrill out of it and tried to super-hero solo for a while.

The Bat family, who kept close tabs on the vigilante community, were at first skeptical of her involvement, but eventually warmed up to her (Cassandra especially, Steph being one of the few people who could make her laugh).

Like most of the Bat-clan, she's been through a lot, the terror of "No Man's Land" left great scars on them all. Running cleanup on 6ft sea lice, massive destruction, background radiation and highly mutative chemicals (King Ghidorah's blood) can leave heavy emotional scarring. However, she still keeps a rather bright front. If it's only a facade, it is hard to tell. When Cassandra moved beyond Batgirl, she took up the Batgirl slack.

Stephanie Brown first began to operate as Spoiler in 1995. She eventually gained the mantle of Robin in 2002 for about a year then took up the mantle of Batgirl a year later with Cassandra's blessing.

Known Ki Abilities: Acrobatic Multi-Tasking, Breather, Flying Leap, Hail Mary Run, Massive Blow, No Need to Draw, Wall Walk (1 slot open)

Name: Bruce Wayne Jr. a.k.a. Batman III Date of Birth: 1950 Motivation: Keep the kids out of Trouble Critter Type: Human Attributes: Str 5, Dex 4, Con 6, Int 6, Per 4, Will 6 Ability Scores: Muscle 16, Combat 19, Brains 20 Life Points: 69 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 5, Situation Awareness, Nerves of Steel, Contacts (Governmental) 4, Contacts (Financial) 4, Contacts (Criminal) 2, Adversary (LOTS), Attractiveness +2, Honorable (Serious), Emotional Problems (Fear of Commitment), Occult Library (Important), Obligation (Bat-Family), Natural Toughness, Physical Disability (Foot), Resistance (Pain) 5, Martial Travels: Soldier, Bag of Tricks

Name - Score - Damage - Notes Punch - 19 - 14 - Bash Batarang - 19 - 8 - Bash Cane - 19 - 19 - Bash Ki - 18 - Varies - By Ability

Bruce Wayne Jr. Held the mantle of Batman from around 1974 to 1997, and acted as Robin from 1967 to 1974. He is the Batman who lost Jason Todd to the Joker in the early 80s, as well as the "Robin" who served on the Teen Titans and fell for the Vigori named "Kori'ander". He suffered greatly in the mid to late 80s, becoming darker and more extreme in his methods, even towards anarchist tendencies. Conner Kent tried to step in, but--since the 'death' of his Godfather, Clark Kent (Superman), the gesture made him angrier. Helena Wayne finally managed to talk him down in the 90s...in time for his more extreme influence to saturate the rest of the wannabe heroes around and he understood the full ramifications of what he had done.

He slowly began to wind down after that until he retired.

His mind remains sharp, but his body simply couldn't recover as quickly anymore, and it hasn't recovered (and never will) from the foot injury sustained from the damage wrought on him over time, and especially Mr. Hyde, who nearly broke his spine. He remains behind but acts as an organizer for the others. Monitoring police radios and various cameras placed around New York. Because of all this and other tragedies in his life including the death of his wife, he has grown bitter about things and often has a biting remark on hand.

Known Ki Abilities: Acrobatic Multi-Tasking, Breather, Disrupt Ki, Finger Poke of Doom, Flying Leap, Hail Mary Run, Hurricane of Blows, Massive Blow, Nerve Pinch, No Need to Draw, One Inch Punch, Wall Walk (3 Open Slots)

Name: Carrie Kelly a.k.a. Robin VI, Nightwing III Date of Birth: 1970 Motivation: Live up to expectations Critter Type: Human Attributes: Str 4, Dex 6, Con 4, Int 3, Per 3, Will 4 Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 18, Brains 12 Life Points: 54 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 4, Secret (Identity), Nerves of Steel, Attractiveness +1, Obligation (Bat-Family), Mild Recklessness, Mild Showoff, Armored Costume (AV 8), Secret Identity, Adversary (Criminals and Costumed Madmen), Resistance (Pain) 2, Bag of Tricks, Martial Travels: Beginner, Impaired Senses (Sight, Glasses), Honorable (Minimal)

Name - Score - Damage – Notes Slingshot – 18 – 13 – Bash Jab – 20 – 11 – Bash Punch – 18 – 13 – Bash Haymaker – 15 – 16 – Bash Sweep Kick – 17 – 9 – Bash Kick – 17 – 15 – Bash Spin Kick – 16 – 16 – Bash Bat-Arang – 17 – 13 – Bash, thrown, can have various effects.

Carrie Kelly was Bruce Junior's first robin but graduated to Nightwing not much later. She began more as an anchor to Bruce Jr, but also as an enabler for his darker tendencies. When he was finally talked down, she switched to Nightwing. She's a bit more hardline than many of the other bat family members, but she retains an enthusiasm that helped her bond with them rather well. Still, with Bruce retired, she preferred to fly solo. Rumors of a romantic relationship between herself and Bruce Jr. really creep her out.

Carrie was Robin until 1990, taking up the Nightwing mantle until about 2010. She joined the Oracle Network afterwards.

Name: Helena Wayne-Bertinelli a.k.a. Batgirl III, Huntress I Motivation: Symbolic Revenge, fight crime Date of Birth: 1957-1995 Critter Type: Costumed Vigilante Attributes: Str 4, Dex 5, Con 5, Int 4, Per 5, Will 4 Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 18, Brains 16, Life Points: 61 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 5, Situation Awareness, Nerves of Steel, Contacts (Governmental) 2, Contacts (Financial) 3, Contacts (Criminal) 3, Adversary (Lots), Attractiveness +3, Honorable (Serious), Severe Cruelty, Obligation (Bat-Family), Secret Identity, Super Suit (AV 8/4), Obsession (Fight Crime, avenge mother's death), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Pain) 3, Minority (Half-Wakandan (Exiled)), Mild Recklessness, Bag of Tricks

Name - Score - Damage - Notes Crossbow - 18 - 21 - Slash/Stab Punch - 18 - 13 - Bash Kick - 178 - 15 - Bash Sweep Kick - 17 - 9 - Bash, Trips Spin Kick - 15 - 16 - Bash Ki - 12 - Varies - By Ability

Helena Wayne was the daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (true name Khefretari of Wakanda). She was a headstrong girl from the very beginning, first attempting to join her parents in adventuring when she was 9. Her parents quickly stopped her, telling her she needed more training--the press dubbed her Bat-Mite when they saw her. She managed to complete the rest of her training in 1970, becoming the newest Batgirl. Helena was forever scarred however in 1977 when her mother was blackmailed into performing one last job and slain in the process. Something died within Helena that day, much like the death of her grandparents had scarred her father. At the time, she was attending college and only rarely paroling a Batgirl. She blamed herself for not being there and became extremely active as a costumed adventurer-but taking on the moniker of The Huntress instead. She carried a crossbow and was not afraid to use it as effectively against criminals as pulp-vigilantes like the Spider had against their foes. This put a strain in her relationship with the rest of her family. Over the years she eventually calmed down, settled down with a former member of a Mafia family who turned in evidence and lived in hiding. She figured between the government and private protection her family brought to them, that as enough to calm her paranoia and settle down.

She and her husband were still slain by mafia hitmen, her daughter Helena Bettinelli II, witnessing the whole thing while hiding in the closet ...

Known Ki Abilities: Acrobatic Multi-Tasking, Breather, Bullet Disarm, Bullet Snatch, Disrupt Ki, Finger Poke of Doom, Flying Leap, Hail Mary Run, Hurricane of Blows, Nerve Pinch, No Need to Draw, One Inch Punch, Wall Walk

Name: Helena Bertinelli Jr. a.k.a. Huntress II Motivation: Fight Crime, get revenge Date of Birth: 1980 Critter Type: Costumed Vigilante Attributes: Str 4, Dex 5, Con 5, Int 3, Per 4, Will 6 Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 20, Brains 14, Life Points: 61 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 5, Situation Awareness, Nerves of Steel, Contacts (Governmental) 2, Contacts (Financial) 2, Contacts (Criminal) 4, Adversary (Lots), Attractiveness +3, Honorable (Serious), Severe Cruelty, Obligation (Bat-Family), Secret Identity, Super Suit (AV 8/4), Obsession (Fight Crime, avenge parent's death), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Pain) 2, Minority (1/4-Wakandan (Exiled)), Mild Recklessness, Bag of Tricks, Wild Card (Teaching) +2

Name - Score - Damage - Notes Crossbow - 20 - 21 - Slash/Stab Punch - 20 - 13 - Bash Kick - 19 - 15 - Bash Sweep Kick - 19 - 9 - Bash, Trips Spin Kick - 17 - 17 - Bash Ki - 12 - Varies - By Ability

Name: Jean-Paul Valley a.k.a. Batman IV, Azrael Date of Birth: 1972 Motivation: Punish Sinners, Atone for Sin Critter Type: Masked Crime Fighter (Eugenic Human) Attributes: Str 6, Dex 5, Con 5, Int 3, Per 5, Will 5 Ability Scores: Muscle 16, Combat 20, Brains 16 Life Points: 65 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 5, Situation Awareness, Nerves of Steel, Contacts (Governmental) 2, Contacts (Financial) 1, Contacts (Criminal) 2, Contacts (Supernatural) 4, Adversary (LOTS), Attractiveness +3, Honorable (Rigid), Emotional Problems (Fear of Rejection), Occult Library (Important), Obligation (Bat-Family), Secret Identity, Armored Costume (AV 8), Obsession (Fight Crime), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Pain) 4, Martial Travels: Soldier, Bag of Tricks, Magical Philosophy (Theosophy), Mental Problems (MPD)

Maneuvers Name - Score - Damage - Notes Bat-arang - 19 - 12 - Bash or Slashing Bat-arang Grenade - 19 - 35 - Bash/Fire Jab - 22 - 12 - Bash Punch - 20 - 15 - Bash Kick - 19 - 17 - Bash Arm Blade - 20 - 16 - Slashing + 1 per SL Fire, Blessed Jump Kick - 17 - 23 - Bashing Spin Kick - 20 - 20 - Bashing Sweep Kick - 19 - 10 - Bashing, trips foe Gadget - 20 - Varies - By Device Ki - 20 - Varies - By Ability Prayer - 16 - Varies - By Spell Jean-Paul Valley was once a member of Iscariot, the Vatican's elite hit squad to hunt monsters and 'heretics'. To that end, he was trained in religious piety, monster hunting, and enhanced with some chemical treatments and harsh conditioning to make him a weapon of the church. Encounters with the Batfamily caused him to change his ideals towards Justice, though he could be extremely vicious when dealing with "Sinners." When Batman (III) was injured by Bane, he helped fill in for the man more than others at the time -- and it caused him to have a psychotic episode. He spent over a decade in recovery but has since returned to help the people of Gotham primarily from supernatural evils.

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, meaning some will turn to dark arts when push comes to shove. When they do, the avenging angel Azrael is there to serve justice.

Name: Kate Kane a.k.a. Batwoman III Motivation: The Mission Date of Birth: 1980 Critter Type: Costumed Vigilante Attributes: Str 4, Dex 6, Con 6, Int 3, Per 4, Will 5 Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 18, Brains 14, Life Points: 61 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Hard to Kill 5, Situation Awareness, Nerves of Steel, Contacts (Governmental) 4, Contacts (Financial) 2, Contacts (Criminal) 2, Contacts (Supernatural) 3, Adversary (Lots), Attractiveness +4, Honorable (Serious), Mild Cruelty, Obligation (Bat-Family), Secret Identity, Super Suit (AV 8/4), Obsession (Fight ), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Pain) 2, Minority (Lesbian), Mild Recklessness, Bag of Tricks, Wild Card (Military Protocol) +2, Martial Travels (Soldier) Maneuvers Name - Score - Damage - Notes Jab - 20 - 9 - Bash Punch - 18 - 13 - Bash Haymaker - 15 - 16 - Bash Sweep Kick - 17 - 9 - Bash, Knockover Kick - 17 - 15 - Bash Spin Kick - 16 - 16 - Bash Taser Knuckle - 18 - 15 - Bash, +5 Electrical, Knockout Effect Bat-arang - 18 - 12 - Bash or Slashing Bat-arang Grenade - 18 - 35 - Bash/Fire Kate Kane's grandmother, Kathy, was once Batwoman for a hot second. Kate was utterly ignorant of this until she joined herself. Kate's twin sister Alice died when they were young, lost with their mother in a hostage situation. Her father, who was a career military man, took 'command' in her life, and she did her best to follow in his footsteps. And she was good, really good.

But she was also a lesbian when Don't Ask Don't Tell was in full force. So, when she was outed, she quit the military. She lost her moorings until an encounter with Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) made her realize the opportunities to 'serve' were still out there. She became Batwoman and eventually joined the rest of her extended family in "the business", though she herself often joins Azrael in hunting down monsters and supernatural threats to Gotham.

She has a particular enmity against Vampires.

Known Ki Abilities: Acrobatic Multi-Tasking, Breather, Bullet Snatch, Disrupt Ki, Finger Poke of Doom, Flying Leap, Hail Mary Run, Hurricane of Blows, Nerve Pinch, No Need to Draw, Wall Walk,

Name: Duke Thomas a.k.a Luke Fox, Jace Fox, Robin VI, The Signal, Batwing, Batman V Motivation: Help People Date of Birth: 1995 Critter Type: Costumed Vigilante Attributes: Str 3, Dex 5, Con 5, Int 3, Per 4, Will 5 Ability Scores: Muscle 12, Combat 20, Brains 14, Life Points: 57 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Nanjin Adept, Hard to Kill 5, Situation Awareness, Nerves of Steel, Contacts (Governmental) 2, Contacts (Financial) 3, Contacts (Criminal) 2, Contacts (Supernatural) 1, Adversary (Lots), Attractiveness +3, Honorable (Serious), Mild Cruelty, Obligation (Bat-Family), Secret Identity, Super Suit (AV 8/4), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Pain) 3, Minority (Black), Bag of Tricks Maneuvers Name - Score - Damage - Notes Jab - 22 - 10 - Bash Punch - 20 - 11 - Bash Haymaker - 17 -14 - Bash Sweep Kick - 19 - 8 - Bash, knock over Kick - 19 - 13 - Bash Spin Kick - 18 - 15 - Bash Bat-arang - 18 - 11 - Bash or Slashing Bat-arang Grenade - 18 - 35 - Bash/Fire Formerly a member of a gang/community outreach organization known as the Robins. The Bat Family didn't create them, but the gang formed anyway, and Duke Thomas stood out among them as a leader and how he held himself. His parents had been driven mad by Joker Venom and never fully recovered, driving his time in the Robins. Cassandra noticed he had a talent for martial arts and has become his teacher in the martial arts and often partners in the field when Stephanie Brown or Tim Drake are otherwise occupied. Tim has become his legal guardian and does his best to support him.

#DC Comics #Batman #Organization #Batman Family #NPC #Hero #Tim Drake #Jean-Paul Valley #Cassandra Cain #Stephanie Brown #Carrie Kelly #Kate Kane #Duke Thomas #Helena Bertinelli #Helena Wayne #Bruce Wayne Jr

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silvermuffins · 3 years ago

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NieR:Automata: Because Let's Not Pokemon Today

Been a couple of days, time for shit to get weird. Wait first I need to get BBS outta here. That's on the list of to-finish too. But right now is sad robot time. As soon as this thing updates, goddammit. Ten million small delays.

AH, FINALLY, I CAN PLAY.

Where were we? I did the carnival place and got taken to a like, machine village?

- Let's fuckin' go, let's get weird

- I have no idea what I'm supposed to do or who I talk to to progress plot. I know I only just got here.

- watches 9S go flying to catch up with me while I wander around exploring

- everyone in town is committed to waving white flags and not fighting like "HOLY SHIT BITCH INCOMING PLEASE DO NOT MURDER US WE JUST WANNA TALK"

- are these lyrics is this a language

- what's with the makeup? who is jean-paul?

- oh no i found a philosopher

- oh THAT'S jean-paul

- this is a sidequest?

- i have already been distracted from whatever the main plot was supposed to be

- i just helped an operator feel a little better after her crush dumped her. i ship it now,

- i am now a mail person bc i need to deliver some shit to jean-paul and a thingy to anemone

- commerce! I honestly don't have tons of commentary rn i'll be back when shit gets weird

- i forgot one of the npcs says something about the moon and this area not having a proper nighttime. explain????

- "Listen to her problem" or "Ignore the hint" snrrrrrk

- 9S is a very bouncy lad

- ???? i am supposed to look for sidequest clues in this area but there are none clues to be had with my left beef

- plays leapfrog with 9S a bit. finds One Clue but it's more of a dead end....

- ig i'll go wander around looking for other sidequests and goals

- how did pascal get my number

- really wish i knew what these ??? points on my map were or how to get to them

- huh the humans know about the flag-bearing machines??? maybe the humans are less dead than i thought

- android battle fever is apparently similar to human love......ok that's weird.

- jackass is pretty rude but then, i'm not sure what i was expecting

- and then i had to build a whole new chip setup to complete her quest

- whatever, i did it, time to scour the desert for shit

- how!!! did pascal!!!! get my number!!!!!!!!!

- oh great, an escort mission....and 9S playing teacher. Androids have pretty good customer service and bedside manner considering these are supposed to be combat units????

- it's actually really fucking hard to keep up with this chick when i keep sliding down the dunes

- OH MY GOD 9S ALMOST HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GIVE THE BIRDS AND THE BEES TALK TO A ROBOT

- though i don't know if it's accurate to say machines can't make children, actually

- what else could ken doll sephiroth have been????

- oh thank god i don't need to take her all the way back

- okay i found the other machine im after in the desert

- she is surrounded by "wife machine" npcs......robot polygamy??? lesbian robot polygamy??????

- she is sniffing me. i need an adult,

- i try to find my own way out of the desert, having done this in the least efficient manner possible.....

- i finally got to the amusement park and located jean-paul's third groupie. just gotta find music box and that'll be another sidequest down...

- i have encountered another sidequest on the long way back to the village

- hold up my dude wants money

- okay i threw some cash at him but this is one of those ongoing things like improving the dojo in Isle of Armor, I'll get back to him when I am less strapped for cash

- whee time to talk to everyone in town AGAIN bc they're gonna say different shit this time

- i love how 2B always manages the most clinical and objective reassurances like bitch i KNOW you care

- oh i already have the thingy they need? neato

- i appreciate how this game wastes absolutely no time before making you question everything it tells you about the setting

- i forgot to talk to jean-paul before progressing plot and now it won't let me give him the quest items?

- guess i'll come back later. for now, goliath in the city ruins, i should....save and prep for a nasty one.

- where the fuck did the color go

- the poor moose......

- got through the legs fine. elevator shaft ladder is bogus so I guess we're taking the stairs!

- how the frick frack do i get to the roof

- OH, RUBBLE BRIDGE

- teehee, amber obtained <3

- WELL THAT SURE HAPPENED

- *UNDERGROUND*

- heigh ho heigh ho

- okay we need to do.....shit. idk what we need to do.

- where am i? near the desert?

- yeah looks like it

- jesus fuck. giant-ass crater in the middle of the city ruins.

- guess i'll be getting lost less often

- we can hope, anyway

- yes i am stalling i need to process

- also my browser doesn't scroll so i accidentally a lot of empty bulletpoints to fill in

- this was objectively not the weirdest thing to happen so far

#letty plays shit #letty plays nier automata #should i tag these with just the name of the canon too?#im gonna try that #nier automata #palletred #since i promised you electric sheep #question for you chaps #if a coworker who doesn't anime or video games or anything were to ask you #what's weird about nier automata?#how would you answer that?#where would you even begin?

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jackambrosemodeling · 4 years ago

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In Queery News: The Gossip Site by Gay People for Gay People!

Jack Ambrose is On The Prowl, and Not Just On The Runway

While ex-fiancé Sage Patterson says “I’m working on myself,” Ambrose seems to have other plans. The 32-year-old model, who uses they/them pronouns, has been spotted out and about with an abundance of pretty faces, both in Santa Monica and abroad. The question of the hour is: which one is Ambrose’s new boo?

While rumors about Ambrose and 24-year-old fashion designer and boutique owner Brandon Kelly have been swirling around for a while. Rumors about Kelly and Ambrose have been swirling around for a while now, Santa Monica’s infamous gossip columnist Gossip God seems to believe this ship has sunken after Ambrose was spotted with 27-year-old dance studio owner Vivian Compton at Bergamot Station’s Masquerade Ball. Ambrose has also been seen around the streets of Santa Monica with 25-year-old London-born fashion designer Vanessa Maldette and 27-year-old up-and-coming pop musician Mayaliyah, whose real name is Maya Jameel. During Paris Fashion Week, Ambrose was spotted again with Maldette, as well as with 37-year-old French model Jean-Paul Bochart and 40-year-old Italian fashion designer Cosimo di Antonio. Which beau or belle do you think Ambrose has their sights set on? Let us know in the comments!

**Disclaimer: The following article was created for roleplay purposes. None of the people mentioned are intended to reflect real people. All of the muns gave consent for their characters to be mentioned, and the remaining characters mentioned are NPCs. PSD was provided by Frenchie.**

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literal-fashion-souls · 6 years ago

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What a Sealer of New Londo would wear.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring - Summer 2019.

Model: Zhenya Katava.

#dark souls #enemies/npcs #clerics #red #tunics/capes #jean paul gaultier

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sturmvcgel · 4 years ago

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Forged in Flames, Forged in Darknes: Gabriel Corday // NPC Bio.

tw: Death, Suicide, Body Horror, War, Blood, Violence, Gabriel Corday is his own trigger warning at this point tbh.

It began with Gabriel Corday, born August 5th 1791 in Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries, Écorches, Normandy, France. A young soldier that fought for Napoleon in Waterloo (18th June, 1815) after he spend several years in the Kingdom of Westphalia.

Coming from a minor aristocratic family not much was known about his parents. It was his aunt Charlotte that made the Corday name immortal when she assassinated Jacobine leader Jean-Paul Marat and died on the guillotine. Gabriel was only two years old when the Revolution ate its children and he has not many memories of his family. He grew up without any roots, being tossed between friends of his grandfather. No one understood why but his grandfather Jaques made sure that Gabriel was raised on the ideals of equality and brotherhood, dreaming of freedom and power for the people, without ever meeting his cousins or any other member of his family. He knew only that his mother Eloise-Marie de Corday handed on her dark hair color onto him and then died shortly after he was born through tragic circumstances. Of his father he knew nothing.

It was in 1809, when Gabriel was eighteen years of age and ready to join the efforts of Napoleon in bringing their French ideals to all of Europe. He was about to join the army when a stranger approached him, a friend of his mother. He told Gabriel to run from the fight and rather go to the Kingdom of Westphalia, were Napoleon's brother was truly changing the world and progressively working on the future. This stranger, a brown haired woman that appeared to be not more than ten years older than he was, also spoke of his mother. She told him, if he wanted to find the truth he needed to look for Isla Le Maingre rather than Eloise-Marie de Corday.

And so Gabriel left his grandfather and all these well-kept secrets behind to find the truth on the other side of the Rhine.

In Westphalia he had no trouble mixing with the local aristocrats, ignoring the poverty that swept through the streets outside their grand halls like a ghost whispering of Russian soil and endless winter. There was no sign of the woman that had pointed him in this direction and whenever he spoke of Isla Le Maingre he was met with a wall of silence until he met Savannah during a ball one night. She sensed some spark of ancient magic within his soul and suddenly Gabriel was thrown into the arms of the Nocta and while the Children of Pandora showed him a world he had only dreamed of before, filled with liberal rights and a new-found equality it seemed as if the boundaries of reality became more fleeting with every passing day.

Marian crossed his path and changed his life forever. They fell in love, helplessly, completely. A love that was greater than the both of them, greater than their mortal lives for it had been foreseen in ancient times. At least that was what they believed. The world could not bring them apart, the war and Napoleon's defeat in Russia could not darken their mood, not even the Kingdom of Westphalia crumbling into dust only six years after it was founded seemed to be worth their attention. It was them against everyone else.

But Marian was destined to die, a sacrifice for the gods, death giving way to life. It was too late to save her, everyone was sure of it. But in all his life Gabriel had learned about progressive rights, about magic and fate, he had learned about the gods and even came close to finding out the truth about his mother - how one gave up had never been part of his lessons. He finally joined the war, fighting for Napoleon and against the Nocta that refused to help him in his quest against the gods. He and Savannah gathered knowledge, gathered power, their alliances ever shifting and in the end not even Marian understood what was happening.

She loved Gabriel still, she trusted him. And she allowed Savannah to perform magic on her, to stop the sacrifice from happening. Napoelon was defeated at Waterloo and thousands found their end in blood and mud. But the true tragedy struck a year later. For 1816 was the year without summer, when temperatures dropped and then refused to rise. Spring never came and in the end thousands more died of hunger because crops could not grow and flowers never blossomed. Marian knew it had been Savannah's spell, it had been their love that caused all this. And she wanted to rectify that mistake. But Gabriel was not finished yet and he finally declared war against the gods, an army of ghosts at his heel.

Now the thing is, gods are not gods for nothing. And if you spend aeons fighting titans and the things that live between the stars one mortal, may his love be ever so strong, is no adversary for you. He dreamed of revolution but it was rebellion he caused, a speck of dust that is nothing in the eye of the mighty.

So it ended with Gabriel Corday, died December 21st 1816, Verdun, France, aged 25.

The gods are not known for their kindness, especially not those that were forced into the annals of history and almost forgotten. So death was not enough of a punishment and instead they cast him down into the deepest and darkest pit they could find, the shadows of Tartarus. For a hundred years he was locked up in darkness, with nothing but pain and his own regrets for company. Slowly but surely his mind succumbed to that darkness and then, when he had almost lost all sense of himself, a whisper made it through the haze in his skull. Kronos, the god of time, the titan that had been imprisoned aeons ago spoke to the mortal of vengeance, of rising against the gods once more. If Gabriel was to be freed, if he was to return for the titans and break their chains they would make him one of them when they marched against Mount Olympus.

Gabriel agreed and when Kronos reached for him to seal their deal with blood the boy used all his rage, all his madness, that ancient spark of fire that his once distant father had given him and forced his own heart to burst. He devoured the shadow of Kronos, he devoured what was left of the mighty titan after aeons of darkness. And he became a titan himself.

It began again, with Gabriel Corday, clawing his way out of tartarus and onto the blood soaked remains of Verdun, on March 15, 1916.

Gabriel stumbled into a world of violence and war, he became a soldier once more, spending the better half of a century dying and returning, a Wiedergänger in the trenches of two world wars, wondering what had caused humanity to reach a point of greater madness than he had achieved in the deepest depths of hell. He knew who to blame, the gods that had abandoned all of them, turned their backs on their own creations. He knew which magic he needed to use, he felt it burning through his veins now that he had stolen it from Kronos. And most of all he knew who should fight beside him in the second and final rebellion against the gods. Arise dear Spring, he thought when the battles of mortals had finally ended and we walked away from the fields of slaughter to find her. His love, his heart, his Marian.

mortal, timeless, nurture, no affiliation but himself, Wiedergänger

#I really don't know how to tag Gabe devouring a fucking god but I hope this is enough #I love him so much I hate it #xx silent is the call of my ocean and the sirens washed ashore xx Gabriel Corday #I call this 'quick overview'#x priestess of death and daughter of spring x backstory

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severalspoons · 4 years ago

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“Wolfwood Mood” quotes

To be updated as I find more.

God may judge you, but His sins outnumber your own. -- @afabbaeddel

“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.” ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.” ― Bill Watterson

“An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite; he becomes more independent.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy

They're going to have to glue you back together, IN HELL! -- Demoman in Team Fortress 2

Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” ― Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

“Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”- Epictetus

“When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me. --Fallout New Vegas NPC

“We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.” ― Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Man can get used to anything, the scoundrel. --Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“And what's strange, what would be marvelous, is not that God should really exist; the marvel is that such an idea, the idea of the necessity of God, could enter the head of such a savage, vicious beast as man.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“The soul is healed by being with children.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man

“Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano key.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

“One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders men!” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” ― George Carlin

“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face” ― Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice

“There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.” ― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre

“Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.” ― Jean Paul Sartre

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre

“There is no reality except in action.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism

“Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse.” ― Joseph Brodsky

“mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.” ― Joseph Heller

“Do you know what it means to be a survivor? It means that not only do you have to live through things, you have to live with them as well. The second part is much harder and sometimes it takes the rest of your life to learn how to do it. But at least you have the rest of your life…” ― Josephine Angelini, Firewalker

“Someone has to be stoic, for the sake of, in spite of, and in the face of all those who are, not. Someone, has to be serious. Someone has to choose to forgo choice, so that there is an option left for others to consider. Everyone can't be, someone.” ― Justin K. McFarlane Beau

“Loving someone always requires you to not love others.” ― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” ― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

“We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive. We do not apologize for them,” she says quietly, eyes never leaving mine. “Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.” ― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“People are petty, spiteful creatures. What they can't use, hurt, steal, or control, they'll usually destroy.” ― Lorna Reid, Darkwalkers

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.” ― Malcom X

“Think of it! We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.” ― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival.” ― May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.

--Maya Angelou

You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.

--Maya Angelou

“Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.” ― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.” ― Mike Royko

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore

“Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our needs. ― Rachel Caine, Total Eclipse

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To have endured horrors, to have seen the worst of humanity and have your life made unrecognizable by it, to come out of all that honorable and brave— that was magical.” ― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

“We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.” ― Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave

“I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent—no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.” – Seneca

I will fight you in Hell upon a mound of bones. -- @shitmygaywifesays

“As long as there’s two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead.” -- Sniper, Team Fortress 2

"If God had wanted you to live, he would not have created me!” -- Soldier, Team Fortress 2

babies cry because they are alive and that is the saddest thing to be. — spencer madsen (@spencermadsen) December 15, 2011

Do you think God stays in heaven because He, too, lives in fear of what He’s created? --Spykids 2nd movie

“No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side. Or you don't.” -- Stephen King, The Stand

“The only thing that matters in the end is your own survival. It's what humans and cockroaches are best at.” ― Susan Ee, World After

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn’t as cynical as real life. --Terry Pratchett, Guards, Guards!

“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.” ― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. --Unknown

if you stay alive for no other reason at all, please do it for spite. -- Unknown

Hell is empty, and all the devils are here. -- Unknown Tumblr post

“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” ― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

...I WILL FACE GOD AND WALK BACKWARDS INTO HELL— wint ( @dril ) May 22, 2012

#Yes I will put Shakespeare side by side with Dril #fight me

#quotes #nicholas d. wolfwood #what it means to be badass #free will #making choices #choices #philosophy #terry pratchett #tolstoyevsky #princess bride #trigun #everything is trigun

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nightiingaled-a · 5 years ago

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NPCs of the Veil.

Elisiel.

Alsial, or Elisiel, was once one of Heaven’s youngest angels. Originally created to be a member of the order of angels known as the Powers, he was too young to fight during the War of Heaven and was traumatized by the event. Soon after, the ache began. Eli felt drawn to the soul of a young mortal girl—to the point of discomfort for ignoring it. Without realizing it, nearly three centuries passed before he answered the call.

Falling from the Powers, Elisiel became a simple guardian angel so that he could go to Earth and find the mortal calling him. He found her a few months after she exited the Doorway, staying in the background, unsure how to take care of a human child, guiding and protecting her from the side-lines until Moros revealed himself. Now one of her closest friends, Elisiel has proven that he will protect Mel from all he can, even after having his wings destroyed for disobeying orders to let her be killed. Unfortunately, his powers and lifeforce have been fading recently for unknown reasons.

Thanatos.

Thanatos, or Mortimer Pace as he’s come to call himself in the human world, is a less known psychopomp often mixed up with Hades, the Lord of the Dead. The personification of Death itself, Thanatos was once known to serve Hades, guiding souls of the dead to the Underworld.

Nevertheless, as the Western world has shoved out the Old Gods, so too has their power waned. Now Thanatos and his brothers can no longer go between the Mortal world and the Underworld as often as they once did. Over the years his duty to the souls of the dying has changed but he still does what he must to maintain the balance.

He chose to settle down and stay in the Mortal world when he started a family with a mortal woman. In doing this he infuriated his elder brother Moros, for reasons that haven’t fully come to light.

Since the supposed death of his daughter some 300 years ago, he has become less peaceful than he once was and is constantly feuding with his brother and rarely in contact with the rest of his immortal family. Recently he discovered his daughter very much alive and calling herself Melinda Walker; their relationship is very strained.

Moros.

Moros, the personification of impending doom, took to staying in the mortal world near-permanently since traveling between the Mortal World and the Underworld has become more difficult. Known to the mortals as ‘Tristan Doyle’, the God found the world to be an excellent playground for his mischief.

Acting out as if jealous of his younger brother, he is constantly looking for ways to one-up Thanatos, going so far as to kidnap the other’s daughter with the intention of taking her in as his own. Things didn’t go as planned but that didn’t deter him from making mischief for Thanatos and his daughter.

He often tests his followers (or Mel herself) by sending them after the demigod but rarely outright goes after her suggesting that either he can’t or that he has other motives which make him less inclined to kill her. Thanatos theorizes that it’s all just a game to Moros—like they played as children.

Joan de Quincy.

A French-English noblewoman and notable swordfighter in the 17th century. She was strong headed and stubborn, known as a hero to her subjects and a rascal by her family. She fell in love, entering into a tryst with a primordial God.

She gave birth to one child, but lost her life in the process to unknown complications. Thanatos guided her soul to Hades himself.

Maker.

A cryptic immortal entity, Maker occupies a place outside of time and space called the Place Where All Roads Meet. While Alexandrie existed in his domain, he claimed that he was cursed to live, to watch the world go on without him for thousands of years. He has never explained his purpose but Mel never forgets him or his power.

Duke Edward de Quincy.

Duke Edward de Quincy, half-brother to Joan de Quincy and uncle to Alexandrie. He ran his sister’s estate on her daughter’s behalf after Joan’s death in childbirth.

He loathed Thanatos and the lack of etiquette taught to his niece and resolved as the master of the house to bring Alexandrie to live with him in England to learn to control her estate and become a respectful lady. He made the grave mistake trying to do so, unknowingly angering the God of Death, and died on his horse the day he was to come for Alex.

Jean-Paul Huet.

Despite her uncle’s belief that she received no tutoring at all, Alexandrie was taught by Jean-Paul Huet. A gruff, yet kindly man, he served the Quincy household since Joan herself had been a small girl. Knowing Alexandrie had no aptitude or desire to learn etiquette, he spent more time teaching her how to read and about philosophy and similar subjects.

He attempted to stop Moros’ men from taking Alex but was struck down and died later from his wounds.

#♜ facts ⇾ mel.#elisiel & moros were ALSO muses on my old blog #that may make appearances but right now they can stay on this list

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