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jarredforlifeOUT OF CHARACTER:
Name/Handle: Ivory and Horn
Contact: ivoryandhorn @ gmail/plurk/dw
Reference: Aly
IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Barakiel
Character journal:jarredforlife
Series name: OC
Canon notes: PG (Court)
History:
In Court, Barakiel was gently prodded out of his apathy. Kind of. A little bit. The main reason for this was because he met an AU Cecil Harvey from Final Fantasy IV. Barakiel was lonely, mourning the loss of Furtur and saddened by the thought that Furtur would never know how he'd died or that he was even dead. Cecil's kindness and strength of character drew him immediately, and without really knowing or understanding how he ended up bonding with her quite strongly, especially as she took an interest in him in return.
Eventually, they cemented their bond when Barakiel agreed to become Cecil's Servant. This was a measure that he undertook because he couldn't conceive of not having a master or even taking on a Servant of his own, and he felt his choices were between a "bad master" (Gilgamesh of Fate/Zero, Stay Night fame) or a "good master" in the form of Cecil. That was about as much decision over his own fate that he could handle having and he fortunately chose Cecil.
Their friendship deepened throughout their time as Master/Servant, with Barakiel striving to hit objectives and earn silver in order to meet Cecil's request that he go up in rank so they could live closer to each other. That's not as bad as it sounds: Cecil's commands help poke Barakiel out of complacency and gently nudged him towards being more active and interactive. In return, Barakiel provided a source of unwavering and unjudgmental emotional support without the complications of sex or romance.
It was a good partnership -- until Cecil left Court, leaving all her silver to Barakiel, and Barakiel adrift.
Personality:
Once upon a time Barakiel was a naive rebel who really BELIEVED!! in the system and it took a long time for him to come to terms with being betrayed by that system. He spent a long time bitter and angry and full of rage, and then slowly lost the cans for the amount of passion and energy that required and now here he is. Barakiel towards the end of his life was pretty cynical and apathetic, pretty much resigned to being a tool forever. He wasn't even that surprised by how his death came about. By the time the whole scapegoat debacle went down, he was mostly concerned with seizing whatever scraps of enjoyment he could get out of his life.
Those scraps were few and far between, though once Barakiel finds something that makes him feel slightly less miserable he clings to it with all his might. As a result, he tends to focus very narrowly on the few things he genuinely enjoys and that make him happy. In a way, that focus ties into the fact that Barakiel does retain some tiny bit of ground down, extremely self-deprecating rebelliousness, a kind of emotional "fuck you" to his life that doesn't really shout "fuck you" so much as vaguely mumble it under its breath where it can't really be heard probably. But it's still there. The combination of "cling to what makes you happy" and "mumble-mumble-fuck-the-system-maybe-I-guess" means that he has developed a bit of a troll-y streak since he does take some enjoyment out of getting a rise out of his various superiors - even though he can't do anything more substantial against them.
Beyond that, though, there's really not much to Barakiel's life. Even though he was more or less mired for life in the Cosmic War of Heaven and Hell, his apathy was so total that he eventually lost interest and investment in even that - and given that the war dominated his life, everything else kind of paled in comparison as well. The same lack of interest applies to the humans who tend to be screwed over by the cosmic warring and so forth. Not that he has a particular hatred for humans or anything, he just doesn't particularly care about or seem anything special about human lives. He tends to be selfish in the sense of keeping an eye out on how to best preserve what peace he can get; stay out of conflict, stay out of sight, lay low.
In his heart of hearts, Barakiel does long to be free, but he's pretty much resigned himself to the fact that that's never going to happen and it would take a lot for him to really believe that he complete, totally free of his restraints. He views his life as a sad and slightly pathetic one; stuck in unpleasantness, clinging to a few petty foibles to keep himself from being slightly less miserable than he could be, still not quite dead enough inside to give up on his silly token rebellions (you'd think he'd have learned after a few millennia, after all).
In Court, Barakiel arrived at an emotional low, which is part of what made him more receptive to Cecil's friendship and later Cecil's command over him. Through her influence (and he influence of other CR) he began making slow steps out of his habitual apathy. That increase in activity was very much driven by what he felt he owed her as his Master, however, and while he made and effort to change for the sake of Cecil's desires, overall Barakiel stayed more or less the same throughout Court. The biggest change was really the fact that he became attached to Cecil at all: never one to become attached to mortal things (they die so quickly), the strength of his (platonic) affection for her is something that took him by surprise. And after she left, well...he's not entirely sure he cares for the feeling.
Abilities:
- Elemental control over electricity. So he can do things like absorb it, generate it, call lightning strikes, create magical electromagnets in order to manipulate metals, power electronics, etc...
- His body functions at maximum human endurance/speed/strength/etc. It can regen from pretty much anything (forcing his regen rate up wears the body out faster, however). Doesn't need food/water/sleep but he likes to nap sometimes anyway.
- Has various holy sigils and seals and so on carved into him. They keep him stuck in his physical body and can do other things to him if someone is powerful/knowledgeable enough to take control of them. They can be detected but most people can't seem them.
The only power I plan to dampen is his elemental affinity to electricity. Specifically:
- The fleet will be immune to any manipulation by him, both positive and negative. So he can't tear open a metal hull, but he can't hold a hull rip shut, either.
- No lightning storms in spaaaace stuff that might destroy spaceships.
Augment Skillset: civilian cook
Sample: test drive post
Name/Handle: Ivory and Horn
Contact: ivoryandhorn @ gmail/plurk/dw
Reference: Aly
IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Barakiel
Character journal:
jarredforlifeSeries name: OC
Canon notes: PG (Court)
History:
- Lucifer rebels, Lucifer's army is cast down to hell, tense war/detente between Heaven and Hell ensues.
- In this universe, though, Heaven and Hell are multi-dimensional or whatever and fighting for control over humans existing in multiple worlds. They use vessels (magically treated human corpses) to appear as, interact with, and influence humans of varying worlds.
- Over time Hell became more chaotic and might-makes-right but they were still bureaucratic in their own . . . corrupt fashion. Heaven meanwhile became more and more uptight and about order and conformity and all those things.
- A long time ago but still quite a while after the Fall, Barakiel was an angelic agent who really believed that order = good but was nonetheless the rebellious type, which he justifed with a martyr-like "be bad for the greater good!!" philosophy. He was loyal, just kinda unruly.
- Eventually he was deemed too much of a risk, kidnapped and tortured, and covered in tracker/control magic whatsits, and then used as a secret tool against other unruly angels (some of them also put into the same position as him), demons, humans, etc.
- He became increasingly cynical and apathetic and resigned to being a tool forever as time passed and he gained a more nuanced understanding of the war. He also gained a frenemy in the form of a Very Old demon named Furtur, which was kinda nice.
- Then one of his superiors fucked up and used Barakiel as a scapegoat. Not allowed to and rendered incapable of speaking in his own defense, Barakiel was quickly accused of the crime and sentenced to execution.
- Spent a few millennia suffering and slowly dying because angels don't die easily until he, well, died (or in the case of Court, happened upon an option to leave.).
In Court, Barakiel was gently prodded out of his apathy. Kind of. A little bit. The main reason for this was because he met an AU Cecil Harvey from Final Fantasy IV. Barakiel was lonely, mourning the loss of Furtur and saddened by the thought that Furtur would never know how he'd died or that he was even dead. Cecil's kindness and strength of character drew him immediately, and without really knowing or understanding how he ended up bonding with her quite strongly, especially as she took an interest in him in return.
Eventually, they cemented their bond when Barakiel agreed to become Cecil's Servant. This was a measure that he undertook because he couldn't conceive of not having a master or even taking on a Servant of his own, and he felt his choices were between a "bad master" (Gilgamesh of Fate/Zero, Stay Night fame) or a "good master" in the form of Cecil. That was about as much decision over his own fate that he could handle having and he fortunately chose Cecil.
Their friendship deepened throughout their time as Master/Servant, with Barakiel striving to hit objectives and earn silver in order to meet Cecil's request that he go up in rank so they could live closer to each other. That's not as bad as it sounds: Cecil's commands help poke Barakiel out of complacency and gently nudged him towards being more active and interactive. In return, Barakiel provided a source of unwavering and unjudgmental emotional support without the complications of sex or romance.
It was a good partnership -- until Cecil left Court, leaving all her silver to Barakiel, and Barakiel adrift.
Personality:
Once upon a time Barakiel was a naive rebel who really BELIEVED!! in the system and it took a long time for him to come to terms with being betrayed by that system. He spent a long time bitter and angry and full of rage, and then slowly lost the cans for the amount of passion and energy that required and now here he is. Barakiel towards the end of his life was pretty cynical and apathetic, pretty much resigned to being a tool forever. He wasn't even that surprised by how his death came about. By the time the whole scapegoat debacle went down, he was mostly concerned with seizing whatever scraps of enjoyment he could get out of his life.
Those scraps were few and far between, though once Barakiel finds something that makes him feel slightly less miserable he clings to it with all his might. As a result, he tends to focus very narrowly on the few things he genuinely enjoys and that make him happy. In a way, that focus ties into the fact that Barakiel does retain some tiny bit of ground down, extremely self-deprecating rebelliousness, a kind of emotional "fuck you" to his life that doesn't really shout "fuck you" so much as vaguely mumble it under its breath where it can't really be heard probably. But it's still there. The combination of "cling to what makes you happy" and "mumble-mumble-fuck-the-system-maybe-I-guess" means that he has developed a bit of a troll-y streak since he does take some enjoyment out of getting a rise out of his various superiors - even though he can't do anything more substantial against them.
Beyond that, though, there's really not much to Barakiel's life. Even though he was more or less mired for life in the Cosmic War of Heaven and Hell, his apathy was so total that he eventually lost interest and investment in even that - and given that the war dominated his life, everything else kind of paled in comparison as well. The same lack of interest applies to the humans who tend to be screwed over by the cosmic warring and so forth. Not that he has a particular hatred for humans or anything, he just doesn't particularly care about or seem anything special about human lives. He tends to be selfish in the sense of keeping an eye out on how to best preserve what peace he can get; stay out of conflict, stay out of sight, lay low.
In his heart of hearts, Barakiel does long to be free, but he's pretty much resigned himself to the fact that that's never going to happen and it would take a lot for him to really believe that he complete, totally free of his restraints. He views his life as a sad and slightly pathetic one; stuck in unpleasantness, clinging to a few petty foibles to keep himself from being slightly less miserable than he could be, still not quite dead enough inside to give up on his silly token rebellions (you'd think he'd have learned after a few millennia, after all).
In Court, Barakiel arrived at an emotional low, which is part of what made him more receptive to Cecil's friendship and later Cecil's command over him. Through her influence (and he influence of other CR) he began making slow steps out of his habitual apathy. That increase in activity was very much driven by what he felt he owed her as his Master, however, and while he made and effort to change for the sake of Cecil's desires, overall Barakiel stayed more or less the same throughout Court. The biggest change was really the fact that he became attached to Cecil at all: never one to become attached to mortal things (they die so quickly), the strength of his (platonic) affection for her is something that took him by surprise. And after she left, well...he's not entirely sure he cares for the feeling.
Abilities:
- Elemental control over electricity. So he can do things like absorb it, generate it, call lightning strikes, create magical electromagnets in order to manipulate metals, power electronics, etc...
- His body functions at maximum human endurance/speed/strength/etc. It can regen from pretty much anything (forcing his regen rate up wears the body out faster, however). Doesn't need food/water/sleep but he likes to nap sometimes anyway.
- Has various holy sigils and seals and so on carved into him. They keep him stuck in his physical body and can do other things to him if someone is powerful/knowledgeable enough to take control of them. They can be detected but most people can't seem them.
The only power I plan to dampen is his elemental affinity to electricity. Specifically:
- The fleet will be immune to any manipulation by him, both positive and negative. So he can't tear open a metal hull, but he can't hold a hull rip shut, either.
- No lightning storms in spaaaace stuff that might destroy spaceships.
Augment Skillset: civilian cook
Sample: test drive post