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Post by Frostbyte on Apr 11, 2023 17:53:58 GMT -5
GENERAL INFORMATION
NAME: Frostbyte
ALIASES: N/A
AGE: 22
GENDER: Masculine
STARTING PLANET: Earth
HOME REGION: None (for now)
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
TECHNIQUES:
STARTING LOADOUT: 24,000 PL, 1,000 Zeni stored, 1,000 Zeni to purchase an Attack Pod.
COMPANION APPLICATION: N/A
NAME: Frostbyte
ALIASES: N/A
AGE: 22
GENDER: Masculine
SPECIES: Arcosian
[SUPREMACY] - CORE
- When engaged with a foe that has sustained 100% or more damage, you gain a +10% boost to all techniques when attacking or defending against them, but you may not boost these techniques with momentum. If the target heals below 100%, this effect is lost.
[DURABILITY] - CORE
- Once per thread, after all other damage reductions, reduce an incoming attack's power by an additional 40%.
[INDESTRUCTIBLE] - OPTIONAL
- Your wound threshold is increased by +1. This extra wound is treated the same as your second for its timers. In addition, should you join a death-enabled AT with 0 wounds and die, you may instead opt to live and take 3 wounds at once. Doing this results in a Penalty timer of 6 months.
GENERAL TRAITS:
[IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY]
- You only suffer -75% HP when wounded instead of -100% HP. Once per thread you may use Second Wind even if you have already transformed.
[WEALTHY]
- You gain Zeni slightly faster! Your ZPW is raised by +0.3 if you do not have Cash Money or Favorable Contracts, and by +0.2 if you do have them.
HOME REGION: None (for now)
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
APPEARANCE:
Standing at a relatively diminutive height of 4'8" in both his True and Suppressed forms and growing in dimensions as you might expect an Arcosian to for the intermediate transformations; Frostbyte is mostly typical in build and appearance for a fighter of his race. His skin is primarily a blue-grey colour beneath his bone-white bio-armor, with the natural gems that adorn his body taking on an ashen hue, like volcanic glass. Two beady, blood-red eyes glare out from beneath the armored ridge of his brow.
He is distinguished by wickedly-sharp 'fins' sprouting from the natural armor on his forearms, lower legs and tail. He also sports one large, shark-like fin that curves up across the top of his domed skull, giving him the silhouette of an aquatic predator.
The other notable characteristic of Frostbyte's appearance is the cybernetic respirator/vocalizer that has replaced his throat and vocal cords, linked to a fearsome fanged mask that shields the lower half of his face. This apparatus serves largely to act as a modulator, enabling him to communicate verbally underwater in the environment in which he was raised, as well as allowing him to actively inhale and process oxygen from water. The mask can be removed or retracted, but this is usually reserved for mealtimes as he enjoys the intimidation factor it lends to his appearance and the metallic edge it adds to his voice.
BACKGROUND:
Frostbyte is the descendant of a nomadic clan of mutant outcasts. His mother, Icycle, taught him little about the wider Arcosian species, focusing instead on the importance of individual power and the advancement of their bloodline. The ideology of the outcasts looks down upon 'mainstream' Arcosian culture and views the Empire as a shield for those too weak to stand alone. While Frostbyte himself is not heavily-invested in this ideology, he is nevertheless a direct product of it.
He was raised among his jealous brothers and sisters in the black depths of a remote ocean planet, uncharted and nameless on most star maps. They lived among a crew of vicious pirates and alien mercenaries - for Icycle was herself a fearsome corsair captain. She amassed a considerable fortune plundering isolated trade routes in the regions surrounding their watery hideout, and the deep oceans of the nameless world made a perfect shield to obscure their operations from any passing ships or snooping law enforcement. It was the perfect place for an individualistic Arcosian to prosper, away from the prying eyes and interfering hands of the Empire.
For two centuries, Icycle sought to produce worthy heirs, as their clan's extreme beliefs dictated. She recruited eccentric and immoral scientists to aid in the process, deliberately mutating her genome in an attempt to breed a son or daughter that would be more fearsome than she was, and bring glory to her legacy in centuries to come. Of her first six children, four were abject failures, with power levels that left them worthy of little more than grunt-work. Two were more successful, but not a significant enough improvement on herself to satisfy Icycle's obssession. Only with the birth of Frostbyte, the seventh child, did she finally have an heir whose power level at birth so clearly outstripped any of his predecessors, including her own. She doted on her youngest child, neglecting her other six offspring and largely leaving their education and training to her crew from that point on.
Icycle personally tutored Frostbyte in everything she felt he would need to know to continue her legacy, from martial arts and ki manipulation, to black market business acumen and criminal strategy. He demonstrated a good mind, but his power was where he truly shone. Not only was he the strongest warrior their bloodline had produced, but he possessed a natural toughness and durability that allowed him to withstand punishment that would kill a lesser Arcosian - an ability Icycle tested thoroughly in brutal training regimes that would push him to the limits of his endurance. Even as a child, the inside of a healing chamber was a familiar sight to Frostbyte. She was utterly committed to her youngest child taking the reins of her operation and allowing her to spend her final centuries of life in retirement. But alas, her intense focus on that goal was ultimately its undoing.
Spurned by her favoritism, two of her older children - who were still powerful in their own right - led a violent and bloody coup. They secured the allegiance of almost half the crew and slaughtered any resistance while Frostbyte was out leading his first raid. When he returned with his handful of crew, their once-imposing underwater lair was a ruin, half of its chambers flooded through great blast-holes in the bulkheads. Bodies of dead fighters drifted in the black waters, and Icycle was dead. Only two of Frostbyte's weakest siblings had survived along with a few non-combatants who had taken refuge in a disused storage area. The insurrectionists had looted all the wealth stored up by Icycle over the centuries, and left Frostbyte with a handful of rejects and no ships large enough to bear them all away to safety.
With the once-secret location of their lair now known by an enemy of his mother's own making, Frostbyte had no choice but to assume command and depart at once to find a new base of operations. He would need resources to re-establish what little remained of his organisation, and perhaps one day quench the burning rage he felt at being robbed of his birthright. But for the time being, he would be reduced to little more than a petty gang boss, scrounging for whatever money and influence he could in a universe he suddenly felt ill-prepared to face.
COMBAT INFORMATION
Light Defensive || ZanzōkenADDITIONAL NOTES: Saving my Sparking technique for later
Moving with super-speed, Frostbyte evades danger, leaving behind a brief after-image of himself as he does so.
Power: 60%
KP Cost: 2 KP
Variants: Evasive (2TP)
Heavy Defensive || Ki Barrier (Heavy)
Projecting a ki bubble around himself, Frostbyte can repel intense firepower. If it is broken, the incoming Bleedthrough is reduced by 30% of the remaining power.
Power: 60%
KP Cost: 5 KP
Variants: Shield (2TP)
Medium Attack || Corsair Claymore
Creating a potent blade of blood-red ki around one hand, Frostbyte lashes out with a flurry of piercing attacks designed to penetrate enemy defenses! Halves the power of all non-evasive defensive techniques.
Power: 50%
KP Cost: 4 KP
Variants: Piercing (2TP)
Medium Attack || Corsair Cutlass
A crimson ki blade bursts to life around Frostbyte's hand, as he launches into a string of vicious slashes, slicing at his opponents with intent to draw blood! If this attack deals over 20% damage, it will inflict the bleed status.
Power: 50%
KP Cost: 4 KP
Variants: Bleed (2TP)
Light Attack || Broadside (Light)
Forming red spheres of ki at his outstretched fingertips, Frostbyte launches a barrage of energy bullets to soften up his opponents.
Power: 20%
KP Cost: 1 KP
Variants: None
Utility Technique || Ki Suppression
Skilled control over ki allows Frostbyte to suppress his Power Level to a minimum of 1 PL to either hide or use this lower PL to fight weaker characters on even footing. This technique is passive and does not require KP use.
Utility Technique || Flight
Like most of his kind, Frostbyte was taught to fly using ki from a very young age.
STARTING LOADOUT: 24,000 PL, 1,000 Zeni stored, 1,000 Zeni to purchase an Attack Pod.
COMPANION APPLICATION: N/A
