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Necro-Knight -> RE: =EC 2013= Applications are open! (7/1/2013 20:00:25)
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Approved - May Rowan find some peace in the heat of battle.
Name: Rowan Moonstone
Race: Human
Gender:Male
Age: Appears to be in his late 20’s
Element: Darkness
Appearance: Around 5’9, Rowan is a decently fit young man, with the build of someone who’s worked with both spell and sword on a regular basis. His skin sports a few simple weapon-based scars from training or accident, and his skin is a pale color, since he spends most of his time in the light-absent DoomWood and AmityVale. Rowan’s armor that is extremely similar to that of Artix the Paladin or the trademark Death Knight, save for a few personal modifications. Two “Death-Knight Gold” horned skulls adorn Rowan’s Pauldrons, and two non-horned skulls of the same design are placed on the lower forearms of his arms. Besides that, the armor is identical to that of a Death Knight. His hair is a solid black, with a few streaks of dark brown beneath, if one were to look close enough and a pair of deep, ocean-blue eyes compliment the young appearance.
History: A young man whose father was a Necromancer of the darkest kind, and mother was a High Priestess of Swordhaven, Rowan moonstone has been shown both the Light and Darkness of Lore, and that the two do, in fact, attract one another. His mother kept his Father, Tomas, from the madness of the shadows and he kept Solara Moonstone from being blinded by the light too severely. After his father’s murder by an over-zealous Paladin while on a task from Alteon himself, Solara clung to the only thing she had left. Her son, who reminded her so much of her lost love. While Rowan himself was too young at the time to truly understand the loss of a parent… he did always wonder why his father never came home.
A few years of peace followed and despite their loss, the Moonstone’s had moved on and found a new happiness…until the darkness once again came to snatch away a loved one. When a viscous Necromantress assaulted SwordHaven, Rowan found himself watching from his cottage window, in terror, as the undead fought the Pactagonal Knights and his mother fought the twisted Necromantress herself. Just when he thought his mother was going to succeed, the evil woman released a power like he’d never seen and ended his mother right before his eyes, then fled. The Knights never did figure out the woman’s true reason for attacking the Kingdom. Now alone and sobbing at his mothers corpse, Rowan had seen the Light fail to protect his mother and he didn’t understand why.
So, as darkness pressed at the young man’s mind as he grew older, alone and lost, he saw only one solution. If the Light was not strong enough to defeat the Darkness, then he would use the darkness itself. “Fight fire with fire…” he called it. The young man trained with sword and martial combat from the Pactagonal Knights around SwordHaven, showing a ferocity in combat that the Knights were often shocked by. Once Rowan felt he was ready and had earned enough funds to travel from various jobs around SwordHaven, the young man set off for DoomWood. There, he planned to hunt for the fabled Necropolis and Necromancy University.
The years pass, and Rowans skill with magic soon matched his martial abilities. While summoning was a part of his education, Rowan’s abilities were more focused on pure Shadow manipulation. After a full 6-year education at the Necro U, Rowan began his journey as one to fight the Darkness…using the Darkness itself.
At hearing about an elemental championship, Rowan at first dis-regarded it as an entertaining waste of time…until he heard of the reward, a wish granted to the victor. His first and only thought…was he could wish for his family back, those who the darkness had taken from him.
Personality: Rowan wears a polite, moderately friendly composure, one of manner that his mother taught him. He’ll occasionally use his dry-bone humor and have a little fun, but he never lets joys distract him from his task of locating the Necromantress who killed his mother. In combat, Rowan is relentless. His repressed anger and emotions pour from him like the shadows from his blade, and while for most this would cause the person to become reckless, with Rowan it creates a needle-sharp accuracy and focus.
Weapons
Undead Sword of Necrosis: A blade that shares a design with the Necrotic Sword of Doom, while lacking the incredible power, it still sports the wicked blade design and was forged with light-weight materials. This allows Rowan to either throw or swing the sword with quick, precise movements.
Abilities
Necrotic Throw: Rowan tosses his sword at his opponent for a ranged attack and then pulls the weapon back to its owner with a shadow bolt, returning the weapon to him.
Shadow Claws: Rowan forms shadows around his gauntlets, creating a thick skin of darkness and short but sharp claws. This requires little mana and is one of Rowan’s go-to’s for close-quarters combat.
Skulls will Roll: Rowan forms a skull made from raw, volatile shadows and launches them at his target, where if they should make contact, will release their shadowy contents with impressive force. This also uses little mana, but if used enough, this can be an easy way to suck himself dry.
Shadow Bolt: Rowan launches a bolt of darkness from either his sword or his palm, though its incredibly easier to use this ability when he has his sword as a channel, like a Caster would use a staff or wand. When using his palm, the bolt is still useful, though can tend to be a little inaccurate.
Martial Skills: Having trained with the Pactagonal Knights for quite a while, Rowan sports a little above average swordsmanship, but where his true strength lies is in his hands. If deprived of sword and spell, Rowan will not fail to resort to basic but merciless blows, jabs and hooks to attempt to defeat his foe.
Shadow-Step: Rowan sacrifices a decent amount of mana to shift his body into a shadowy form and quickly move from one location to another. As quickly as this is done, it's very taxing on the user’s mana and cannot be done many times without totally exhausting the Caster.
Necrotic Orb: Rowan sacrifices all mana to form a sphere of swirling shadows around himself. The quickly moving energy will attempt to dissolve any spells that attempt to harm the character, but are less effective versus melee blows. Light spells can pass right through with no difficulty.
Weaknesses
-Rowan, despite having had a High Priestess for a mother, is severely weak to light magic and has sensitive eyes if the Light is severe enough, since he spent so long in DoomWood and AmityVale.
-Rowan is not the most agile fighter, and relies on his armor to protect him if he fails to either dodge or block a blow.
-Prefers to be up close and personal, often putting himself at odds with a Spell-based enemy.
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