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Novus - Magnus - 11-26-2010 08:28 AM
Name: Novus
Age: Early twenties (Novus is not quite sure himself)
Sex: M
Species: Human
Faction: Mercenary
Alignment: Villain
Appearance: Novus is 6 feet tall with a muscular build forged on the battlefield. He wears a dark green trench coat over a suit of black leather armor, thick steel toed combat boots, greaves that come up to his knees, and metal knuckled gloves. Novus has long dark red hair that he keeps braided, and a wide brimmed hat that matches his trench coat in color. Novus has dark silver colored eyes and a wide grin that he is never without. Novus always has his sword, an over-sized Dao strapped to his back, and his 30 caliber blackhawk revolvers strapped to his belt, one on each side.
Personality: Novus has a very conflicted personality with a casual light side that shows most of the time and a merciless dark side seen mostly on the battlefield. Novus likes to make light of most any situation with humor and his signature grin, and can irritate others by not seeming serious, thought he is almost always thinking about how the current situation can benefit him. The only time he can be seen as deadly serious is when he is openly challenged, because as a mercenary, he must maintain his reputation as a powerful combatant. Novus is notorious for more than just his battle experience and pride, he is also quite greedy and vengeful and will not hesitate to threaten someone on their life should they not live up to the price he's set. When not working Novus seems like a carefree vagabond, just looking for a good time and fortune. Novus only picks clients that are interesting to him, or that can get him something he really wants (in other words he's looking for fun or treasure). Once Novus has selected a client, his loyalty will remain with that client until said contract expires, unless they breach the contract. Novus prefers to work for shady characters, because they usually can offer better rewards and offer more battles. And as a result of his preferences for treasure and battles, Novus is mostly shunned by forces of good and probably has a bounty comparable to the profit he's made as a mercenary in the last 5 years.
Family: Novus is an orphan, doesn't know if he has any living family and doesn't care
Transport: Whatever is most convenient.
Biography:
Novus was born into a time not so far behind this one, in a dimension where war and politics ravaged his world. Novus was orphaned at a young age and cannot remember anything of his parents or anyone else he might have know for that matter, his first memory however was of himself walking down a dirt road surrounded by ruined houses, this leads him to believe he may indeed be a war orphan. Eventually, a small group of travelers came by and fed him and took him to the next town. Here, he wound up at an orphanage in this town where travelers often came through from one place or another, and as a result became quickly fascinated by tales of adventure and battles from around the world.
One day a group of mercenaries came through the town and Novus saw them sparring outside the hotel they were staying at and Novus demanded they teach him, they agreed but only if he agree to leave with them and never look back, Novus had nothing to loose so happily agreed. Novus spent the next five years learning to fight from the mercenaries while cooking for them and cleaning their weapons and armor to pay them back.
When he was ready for his first real battle, the mercenaries brought him on a mission with them to subdue a group of bandits who were becoming a nuisance, whatever they had on them or in their base was also theirs for the taking as a bonus. This is the fondest memory that Novus can remember and the day his love of combat and loot and the day his never ending smile came to pass.
Over the next decade, Novus saw battle after battle, wandering from one land to another, working for many kinds of clients and alongside many great warriors. He watched as eventually all of the mercenaries who once trained and stood beside him fell on one battlefield or another, this only strengthened his resolve to become the strongest and to never fall to such a fate.
Novus eventually became a respected, accomplished, and feared mercenary whose reputation preceded him as being both a fearsome warrior and a fun loving seeker of adventure and treasure, most likely at someone else's expense. This has resulted in his being hired by mostly shady characters and shunned by forces of good, Novus doesn't care though, bad guys usually pay more and this suits Novus quite fine.
Now that the dimensional merge has come to pass, Novus has only one thing on his mind, there are new adventures to be had, and most assuredly great battles on the horizon.
Moves/Combat Style: Novus is a combat specialist, having little care for anything else. He is a master swordsman and marksman and keeps his weapons with him at all times, a sword made from tempered carbon steel sharpened to perfection and his 30 caliber revolvers, with a couple reloads and a load of armor piercing rounds coming to a total of 36 regular bullets and 6 armor piercing. Novus fights by quickly dashing from opponent to opponent dispatching them in the quickest and most efficient manner, usually by parrying or evading their attack and getting to their side or behind them for a lethal finishing blow, and repeating until the one or many opponents are defeated.
Reload- Magnus reloads his guns with normal ammunition or loads one of his guns with armor piercing rounds(takes a turn to load before he can fire).
Vacuum Sword- Novus stances himself and pulls his sword close to his body, and slashes the air in a super fast perfect slice and creates a vacuum that can cut the opponent for up to 7 feet, Novus has to strike hard and as a result leaves an opening after this attack. Can be dodged if opponent can move while Novus readies himself(takes a turn)
Helm Splitter- Novus Jumps high into the air and slices down on the enemies in an attempt to cut through harder armor. Novus takes a moment to recover from the high jump after hitting his enemy, if he misses he can roll and negate the force of the fall. Can be dodged while Novus is in midair(takes a turn).
Slayer- Novus throws his sword at his opponent to distract them and fires his revolvers at them while they are trying to guard against the lethal blade spinning through the air. Novus has to retrieve his sword after this attack(one turn between the sword attack and gun attack).
-CS Move-
Berserk- Novus fills himself the energy from the crystal shards and glows with a fiery aura, he becomes much faster and stronger but leaves bigger openings with his attacks, lasts for a very short time, 2 posts.
Skills:
Novus is a master combatant with skills honed from years on various battlefields.
Novus is an adept tactician from his experience leading attacks with other mercenaries.
Novus can easily read people's emotions or size up their combat ability, this was developed as a necessity to judge his opponents and clients alike.
Novus is an excellent cook, someone on the battlefield has to learn to cook or risk eating terrible meals for weeks or months at a time.
Strengths:
Combat Specialized
Can move very fast over short distances of about 15 feet.
Deceptively clever and perceptive.
Weaknesses:
Not good at much else besides combat and planning.
Leaves openings if he misses.
If openly challenged, Novus will not run from a fight, even if it means endangering himself or his mission.
RE: Novus - Nail Strafer - 11-30-2010 01:23 PM
Approved by Nail and Rose.