Author: Demonakos. Posted At: 03/01/2006 at 11:06 PM
Full Name: Demonakos (aka: Lord of Chaos, The Dark One) Race: Karred Age: Unknown
Physical Description:
(quotes from the intro RP he is in rather then rewrite it all) It was a shiny black in color; the head bore no eyes and a domed forehead that had a short spire curving sharply out and down. On top it's head was a crown of a total of seven horns, the lowest pair sweeping down and slightly forward past it's jaw line, while the rest splayed out in gentle 'S' curves, their color fading to silver at the tips. This head was connected to a somewhat short, but strong neck and it's torso was covered by what looked like a thick stylish carapace. From this torso sprouted six of it's limbs: a pair of leathery wings on the dorsal size, and two pairs of forearms on the lower part. The front most pair of forearms was only half the size of the others, sporting three long fingers each and each tipped with a sharp claw.
The second, and larger, pair of arms rested on the ground, propping it's massive torso up. These had three fingers much like the smaller pair, but in addition to those was an additional digit on the inner most side of the hand that sported a wicked looking large claw shaped like a sickle. The rest of the body looked lizard-like, almost draconic, in appearance, but also looked too long and ungainly to function well. The belly was covered in hard plates and the dorsal side had short, large, silver spikes. The hind legs, digitigrade in shape, had three clawed toes and the tail was long and split until uneven duel tails roughly two-thirds of the way down: both tails baring a large, blade-like claw at the end. The overall creature looked to be roughly ten feet tall starting from the tip of the horns on down and it's length seemed to be somewhere around twenty feet long.
History
Literally came from another universe, though a tear in the essence of the Force itself, against the orders of his superiors on his home plane. He saw the rift as an opportunity to escape the laws of his kind so he could wreck havoc elsewhere unhindered, but upon seeing the state of this universe he realized there could be no universe to rule in if the damage isn’t reversed. So with a rare incentive to do actual good for once, he has set out on a quest to discover the cause of damage and put a stop to it by any means necessary.
Species Info
Karreds are one of the three prime astral races, which make their home on the astral plane and, depending on their whims, take a corporal form and walk upon the material plane. The forms they take can be anything imaginable, but they usually limit themselves to forms that match the species on whatever planet they are visiting. Being beings from a plane that has no real concept of time, they are essentially ageless and immortal, though their physical forms can take damage through mortal means: if enough damage is dealt to the physical form they are forcefully returned to their home plane.
Most Karreds are content to merely observe and not interfere with the lives of mortals. However there are some, Demonakos being one of them, that feel mortals are inferior beings that should worship them as gods. Demonakos in fact, despises any sense of law and order and finds great joy in causing total chaos among the mortals. This has of course gotten him into trouble with the head Karred, Staros and his Uota ally, Azuwezia, many times, but Demonakos knows that eventually Staros and others that oppose him are ‘old’ for their kind and will eventually fade back into the essence of the universe itself, leaving him free to do as he wished. Such as the nature of a being that liked to live in chaos, he sometimes grows impatient with waiting and the rift that suddenly and inexplicably opened to a totally different universe gave him the opportunity to literally escape the influence of his rivals completely. This has not come without a cost however…
By so willfully separating himself completely from his home plane, he reduced his powers by a great amount. He is still formidable however and it would be only a matter of time before he mastered the essence (the Force) of this universe. What is uncertain though is what would happen to him if his chosen form was damaged to the point where he would normally be forced back to his home plane. Would he be evicted from this universe back to his home one, kicked to the astral equivalent of this universe, or suddenly cease to exist altogether? If these uncertainly ever weighed on his mind, he doesn’t show it…
Author: Titus. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 02:29 AM
Interesting ideas. Good luck with them, and welcome to TRF. One question, when in our Galaxy, is he trapped in his physical form (the one he chose)?
Author: Demonakos. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 02:48 AM
That's something I haven't decided yet, as I was more concerned in ensuring this guy wasn't 'too' powerful for this board. Not an easy feat...
Author: Titus. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 02:56 AM
I dunno, looks pretty good to me. Others might have an issue, but I can't say much. My first character was pretty much god....
Author: Beff Pike. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 03:02 AM
All Player Characters at TRF are gods... The rules make it so.
Although, considering the issue regarding the time-traversing Jedi I have feeling that folks may have a few critisisms for this character biography.
Author: Demonakos. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 03:34 AM
Yes...I remember that fiasco, though I consider dimentional travel a bit different and less conflicting then time travel. Plus, the only reason he even 'got' to this universe was because a 'portal' (in this case a tear in the Force) opened between his and this one. This means he can't travel between dimentions at will and the closest ability he'll have to it is teleportation (but only within this universe: say to go from Tatoonie to Naboo instantly).
Of course if that will be an issue (the teleporting) I'll drop that ability without a fuss and think of another way for him to get around.
Author: Michael. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 03:40 AM
I came back from the dead.
You'll be fine.
Author: Beff Pike. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 03:50 AM
Understood. I wasn't speaking against this submission. It's really quite good. Just making the observation that perhaps the two are not all that different. Though I must say that I favor your approach and application.
Good luck.
Author: Silus. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 04:43 AM
Not quite up to giving a detailed response right now, but there's something about 'teleportation' that... just rubs me the wrong way.
I understand that, being some sort of astral plane dragon thingy, he might have strange 'powers' like this. However this just seems too much. Even if it's just the ability to teleport from the bakery to home, it's too much in my opinion.
Hells, it would be too strong an ability if some long-running Master-rank force user used it, so I hope you understand.
Welcome to TRF! I'll try and get a longer evaluation of the bio up when/if I feel up to.
Author: Demonakos. Posted At: 03/02/2006 at 10:04 PM
I really wanted to see if people would figure it out, but considering the potential problem I may have here I'd thought I should point out that I'm not 'new' to the board.
I am not trying to use that as an 'excuse' to try to keep the teleportation thing if it really bothers people, as I am already thinking of reasons 'why' he could no longer teleport if I have to drop it. The same with shapeshifting if I decide to include that as an ability (though I doubt shapeshifting would be frowned upon here as there is a race of shapeshifters in the SW universe).
Author: Beff Pike. Posted At: 03/03/2006 at 02:10 AM
Beff gets frequent cosmetic surgery. Does that count?
Author: Demonakos. Posted At: 03/04/2006 at 12:36 AM
Demonakos wrote:I really wanted to see if people would figure it out, but considering the potential problem I may have here I'd thought I should point out that I'm not 'new' to the board.
I am not trying to use that as an 'excuse' to try to keep the teleportation thing if it really bothers people, as I am already thinking of reasons 'why' he could no longer teleport if I have to drop it. The same with shapeshifting if I decide to include that as an ability (though I doubt shapeshifting would be frowned upon here as there is a race of shapeshifters in the SW universe).
Shapeshifting is fine with me. It's something that occurs in the universe and I'm sure you can write it without godmodding in any way.
Just stay mindful of the rules regarding the Force, don't create random flaming bunny rabbits of doom to fall from the sky, blah blah yada yada and all things associated with that. Good luck with the character.