Beowulf, Nine of Hearts

[Yuiven]

Stats

ID: SD063
Name: Beowulf
Suit: Hearts
Rank: Nine (born as a Five)
Gender: Male
Animal: Bird (Corvid)
Region: Josiggy Marsh

Note: Beo is missing the ring finger and the pinkie of his left hand. Beo's missing ring finger and pinkie of his left hand have now been replaced with two metallic fingers.

Silver Armband Effect: The SD this item is now attached to has, quite effectively, turned into what appears to be the best representation of a mythological Dragon.
Good thing only Hearts can see what he's become, right?
To himself, and any other Hearts around him, he now appears to be a towering, 9 foot-tall Goliath monster. His body covered in silver-green scales and touches of feathers sprouting artfully from joints and to form a crest... feathers that resemble what he once was.
To any other Suit, however, he still looks like his old self, no changes, even if they touch him, he will seem normal (until he breathes fire, I suppose.)
He is, though, still a Card at heart and in form, his rank and Suit still appear on his chest... he is simply the most terrifying imaginary monster most have laid eyes on. His Hearts ability has been boosted too, anything resembling a sword he now wields with more than just proficiency... but with deadly accuracy. His sword though, odd as it may seem, will always avoid striking the actual death blow, and summoned weapons are very difficult for him to force his body to fight. PM the Admin if he ever battles one.

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Abilities

Basic Magical Ability: He can ignore moderate amounts of pain for up to an hour.

Moderate Magical Ability: When activated, he gains an immediate proficiency with any weapon that he picks up. This can be activated and deactivated at will.

Summonable Sword: Even though it is not used as his King's ability (indeed, even though he is not a King) this SD is now able to pull a thick, broadsword directly from the center of his Heart marking whenever he feels the need to. The sword will feel to him as though it is a part of his body when he fights with it, and the weight will not bother him in the slightest. The sword will not work for another card, and if taken from him will dissolve into smoke in the opponents hands as he draws it once more from his Heart marking. Trying to use the sword against him is practically pointless as it will disappear if it feels another is gaining the use of it to be once more pulled to the current plane of existence by its master.

Summoned weapons are rare even in the Hearts Court and it will gain him quite a bit of respect to be able to produce one without even being a Face Card.

Silence Ability: Once a week, this SD is now capable of causing their bodies to grow an incredibly springy and light texture to the bottoms of their feet. This texture will slowly rub off and lose effectiveness as an hour goes by, but during most of that hour, they are absolutely silent on their feet. Their breathing, screams, or clothing, however will still make noise.

Strong Magical Ability: When activated, he can inflict mental pain on another card of the Suit of Spades, once per day. The degree of pain is akin to the sensation of your whole body being on fire. Panic may prompt Cards to stop, drop, and roll or seek out other means to extinguish the flames, even though they aren't actually being burned. Cards ranked Five or lower may go into shock.

Reverse spell: Once a month, whispering focus will cause an opponent’s spell to be reversed back on them. This only works on spells for the ranks King and below.

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Basic Information

Birds: Birds are seen fairly often across the Realms. They are a far cry from hard to find, yet slightly rarer than a Feline or Canine. They are usually found outside of the Marshes, which they tend to despise, and will often roost in the Highlands until chased out by the residents. Birds can be anything from predatory to a common sparrow.

Eight-Nine: Eights and Nines are seen as the well-to-do "middle class" citizens and feel that they are on pretty much the same level as their neighboring Fives, Sixes, and Sevens. Some Nines tend to get ambitious, seeing as the "upper class" of Ten is so tantalizingly close to them. They are sometimes hired as secretaries and other non-labor-intensive jobs within the Courts; many also have the freedom to become heads of trading businesses or popular entertainers.

Heart: The Claw: Hearts are a bit rarer in society, and are also the most revered. For parents to receive a Heart as a child is a blessing and a delight, as the child will probably bring them power that they do not have. The ferocity and short temper of the Suit is legendary, but not necessarily true for all in the Suit. Hearts have a tendency towards recklessness and wildness in their actions, though their ability to muster power at the snap of their fingers is most assuredly true and remarkable. It serves them well as the most feared and respected of the Suits.

The symbol of the Hearts, the Claw, is most fitting, as there is nothing more brutal than to be hit in the face with something sharp; be it their wit, their magic, or their fist, the experience won't be pleasant. Hearts tend to delight in the fact that they are represented as ruthless and unkind. Some of them feel that power cannot truly be gained with kindness, though others resent the fact that their friendships are all superficial and that their lovers are all two-faced. They may attempt to make themselves seem different.

Basic Magical Ability: All Hearts can ignore moderate amounts of pain for up to an hour, depending on the willpower of the individual.

Josiggy Marsh: Residents are usually olive green with a yellow and cream brindle patterning along their backs or extremities. On occasion, a lighter shade of cream will make a "belly" marking.

The Josiggy Marsh is a surprisingly rich land; its means of trade are quite lovely and job opportunities seem never to end. A beautiful place, it dips down in the valley of the Sorgaire Range, and the residents generally live in harmony with one another. Interbreeding between residents of the Sorgaire and the Josiggy are some of the most commonly seen mixes in the world. The Josiggy Marsh is full of waterlogged meadows and fertile fields that produce bountiful amounts of rice, corn, and other vegetable and fruit crops most of the year round. It is a popular vacation spot and the residents are only too glad to attract these "tourists" to their Realm for additional income. It rains heavily once every three months for about five days, so many residents own small boats or have exceedingly durable houses. Some will even construct houses out of boats. The residents of the Josiggy have a long-standing cold war going on between themselves and the Lowlands, though no one could now tell you who started the feud. Josiggy dwellers tend to take more offense to the Lowlanders than the other Realm does to them and will sometimes attack a passing Lowlander for little to no reason. Josiggy dwellers are often rich enough to move about where they please and many travel to the Courts or the Capitol in order to pursue a new and interesting job or to seek their fortune. They are often of reliable intelligence and friendly enough with most other Realms, especially those from the Selkie Lakes, whom they regard as fellow traders.

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Current Forms

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Animal

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[Yuiven]

Name: Skule
ID: HM002
Gender: Male
Type: Waif

Notes: This strange creature is monstrous to behold and stands about two and a half feet high at the shoulder. It exudes an overpowering aura of complete and utter wrongness that makes even the most hardened villains' hair stand on end as before them stands something that should not be. Only Queens, Jokers, and some Jacks (Rabbits) will be able to resist turning their heads away in disgust, and most Leverets and Cards ranked Ten or lower will run in terror when they hear it's muffled, pain-filled groans.

Its body is made out of mechanical links and bits but the eyes and hands are fleshy and alive looking. Its face is an absolute wreck, a horrid combination of protruding bone and slimy coating. It is able to speak and happily tells its master of its origins. It was half created by a monster that creaked as it moved (or so it says), it was abandoned quickly, making it think its creator ran in fear, leaving it near an egg. It heaved its half formed body over to...and then into the egg, repairing the shell after itself. Once inside, it fused itself with the half-formed fetus to complete its body, giving it the serpentine appearance and the skull. The Homunculous cannot survive for more than five days without a master and detaching oneself from it can be used as a form of punishment to it. Once detached, all abilities and aura gained from the creature are lost to the owner, they are regained when reattached.

Its slender body, though it looks wasted and pathetic, allows it to travel at speeds of up to 25 mph for up to 15 minutes without needing a break.

The Homunculous can communicate with its master through telepathy, but no one else; this monster can talk to everyone else with its horrible, lisping mouth. It has very few emotions and is often confused and, at the moment, not too bright. About the level of an average Ace, though it has a mean sense of humor.

The Homunculous is able to use its frightening presence if it's around its owner when they are accosted, but cannot be summoned. (It will hardly ever leave its master's side though, as this will cause it emotional and physical anguish.) It is also able, once a month, to paralyze a Card ranked Jack or lower and most Rabbits for a full hour by slowly walking up to them and lifting the front cover of its chest, exposing something extremely horrible to the other creature. No one knows what is under the cover as those who see it forget or perish, and it will not show its master. Once paralyzed, the victim will remain so for a full hour, their bodies hard and impregnable as though they were made of stone. They cannot be hurt while like this, but they will be experiencing some of the most horrifying and twisted nightmares ever invented. Upon waking they can shake some of the effects, but most remain horrified for quite some time.

[Yuiven]

Birthday Present 2007
Silver Armband: A silver armband that has a blue stone set onto a lovely carving of a dragon's head. Even though the head is not well detailed it still gives the owner an odd sense of sentience when looking at it. When an SD puts this item on, they will feel a strange tingling sensation shoot down their arm and will find themselves unable to remove it. Their heart may very suddenly feel as though it's speeding and they may get slightly dizzy, however the feeling will pass after about ten minutes.

One to two days later... they will begin to notice odd changes...scales growing up their limbs and on their neck...
Two weeks later... perhaps even... wings.
This SD will also gain the ability to breathe fire.
The transformation will take two weeks to complete and the effect is permanent.

This item will permanently alter your SD, do not use on a crit that you are particularly attached to the looks of.

Valentine's Day 2011
Valentines Shot: This tiny bottle contains a shot of what smells like burbon? Huh, lucky find. Once swallowed, it will give this Card the ability to, once a month, conjure a living form of their own imagination's ideal person. The person they create will act exactly as they would wish them to and will exist for one full hour before vanishing. Whew...that could become debilitating if the person comes to depend on it, a bit like alcohol, actually...

Birthday Present 2010
Dark Vial of Cold Vapor: This little vial is about the size of a Human hand and is eerily cold to the touch. Inside appears to be a thick black cloud of swirling, purple-tinged smog.
Its sickly appearance is a little off-putting to anyone and its consistency is so strange...little bits of it seem to stick wetly to odd points inside the glass.
If uncorked, the smog will flow out only to the orders given from its owner, the first person to lay hands on it after its capture. Once "freed" it expands to fill an entire area for up to a mile with completely impenetrable smog.
The smog cannot be seen through by anyone except for the master of the smog, any direct relations, and people of the Suit of Clubs (who can only see about five feet in front of them, but it's better than nothing.)
While in it, small figures and shadowy forms of people, often resembling the others who were with the attacker, or their friends and family, begin to stalk around, uttering sad little lost cries and filling the air with unease and fear. The smog has one of three effects on the victim it is mainly being cast on (though the screening and fear and images affect everyone in the mile-wide radius) chosen by the caster:
1. Numb all of their limbs, immobilizing them for up to 30 seconds.
2. Cause them to revert to being 5 years old for a full minute, though they'll retain memories, their thought processes will be younger and less coherent and mature.
3. Deprive them of oxygen for a full minute. Cards ranked 10 and under WILL pass out, others have it up to their player whether they do or not and will be left weak and gasping.
This vapor will only exist outside of its container for three hours before returning to it, and can be released effectively once a week.

Metallic Fingers: These new fingers are Corvie made and were placed on by the infamous Hearts Court doctor, Temmin. Strong enough that they cannot be broken by anything other than a 300p or more fire-attack, they also protect the remainder of the hand they are attached to from any physical damage.

Easter Contest Secret Prize 2009

Notes: This strange egg has very unusual markings... It could be eaten, cracked on someone, used in a breeding,.....or.....hatched, though whoever is hatching it might have to "give something up" to hatch it...... The egg shall hatch shortly. In the meantime, Beo's lost the use of the ring finger and pinkie on his left hand and feels the egg pulsing oddly... The egg has hatched-- Beowulf has a new pet, Skule. <3

Christmas 2008
Pine Cone: This tiny pine cone can be tucked secretly almost anywhere on the chosen SD's person. Once equipped, it will twist itself neatly and decoratively wherever it was placed into the flesh. After a strange tingling sensation, they will discover that they are now able to cause five pounds of sharp, spiny pine cones to blast out of the air with enough force to knock most people over once a week. These pine cones will crumble to dust after having struck their target and the dust is very slippery to the opponent in Biped and Human forms, Animal forms are a bit more adept at holding their ground, but not by much.