Deus Ex Machina: The Xenogears Tale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PERSONA SHEET ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Player Information ------------------ Name or Alias: LEGION Age (optional): 18 Sex: Male E-mail address: Shepard440@rocketmail.com ICQ/AIM/Yahoo! Pager/etc. (if applicable): ICQ: 25919841 Character Information --------------------- -Name: Amen. Also known by the designation Child 8 -Age: 18 -Sex: Male -Occupation(s): Voice of the Father, Prototype of the "True Human" -Substitutes which Xenogears Character? (if applicable): -Birthdate: Was created on 25 Dec 480. -Height: 5 foot 8 inches -Weight: 130 pounds -Eyes (colour and shape): Dark violet eyes with long eyelashes -Build: Slender, with a toned and muscled body -Complexion: Pale -Facial Features: Well-defined facial features. Long, thin and sharp face. Thin, slanted and hooded eyes with thick lashes. His eyes seem to burn with an inner light. His eyes seem to reflect his mood which for most part is rather murderous. Thin eyebrows and full lips. -Identifying Marks: There is a numerical [the number 8] in old Solarian and coloured crimson red, that seems to be a birthmark. His violet hair. -Hair (colour and style): Light violet with streaks of dark blues, short and wavy with long wavy bangs framing his face. -Voice: Soft and melodious normally with a hint of wild madness. -Dress/Attire: Wears a long loose fitting poncho. Beneath this he wears a form-fitting dark grey jumpsuit that fits his body like a glove. Wears matching black form-fited boots. Has no identifiable markings except for a simple logo of a crimson eye on a black triangle on the back of the poncho. -Jewelry (if any): A simple armoured neckguard studded with small jade-green gems. -Weapons/Tools (if any): None -Armour (if any): None -Personality: Quietly arrogant, cold and remorseless and self-confident; however he feels a great need and void within him. Holds all humans and other creations of LEGION in contempt and disgust. Hates his two genetic brothers, Child 7 [Ashur] and Child 9. Has barely held back inner rage and anger [cause of these emotions are unknown], however they seem to subside and fade altogether when near Myaru [Miang]. -Background and History: Amen was created as part of a sibling genetic pool. He is one of the three Children of LEGION created from that genetic material [perhaps there are others?], as part of an experiment. Each product of the experiment underwent a different tests to gain data on how different variables affect strains from the same genetic pool. Child 7 was tested extensively for human compatibility with machines; Child 9 became a living host for many different new nanotech and mutant [Wel] cells. Child 8 however was made into the prototype of a "true human". Unfortunately his natual animosity and hostility to others soon led LEGION to test him out as a warrior, the results were tremendous! He proved to be a great warrior and his ether powers proved to be vast. However there was still a problem regarding his psychological mindset. Amen it seemed had inheirited LEGION's long buried need for maternal love. This in addition to the emotional storm that rages within him, causes great both mental and physical pain. This constant pain causes him to lash out at people when he does not actively control himself. This pain however subsides and is replaced by a feeling of calm and contentedness when near Miang. In addition, recently he has been overtaken by the compulsion to seek out his mother [Miang]. He is totally loyal to LEGION, but the cries of his soul may make him choose his "mother" over LEGION. Despite all this [or prehaps because of this] LEGION uses Amen as an extension of his will and as such Amen can be found wherever LEGION need a "trustworthy" agent. [LEGION is still trying to analyse this problem that Amen is experiencing, but has yet to find a solution.] Although he knows much of LEGION's activities and networks of agents, he does not know or realise the full extent to which LEGION's tendrils have spread. -Birthplace: Unknown, but believed to be Solaris -Mother: N/A, however feels a strange driving need for one. -Father: N/A, however sees LEGION as the "Father". -Siblings: N/A, direct genetic relatives are Child 7 & 9 -Mate: N/A -Children: N/A -Other relations: N/A, but can consider all or most creations of LEGION [except for hosts] to be minor relatives. -Secondary Skills: Nothing much of note beyond combat and warfare. Cares little for everthing else save that. However he does have minor skills such as computer operation, and so on. In the field of combat however he is a monster, his entire being seems to be geared towards warfare. He is a master of over a thousand ways of killing or maiming a living creature with his bare hands, as well as a master of several forms of martial arts. In addition he has a good grasp of his extensive ether powers. Although he has knowledge regarding the usage of small arms and energy weapons, he dispises them and totally refuses to use them. He uses ether attacks and martial arts as his chosen weapons. -Abilities/Disabilities: In hand-to-hand combat, he's a master with few peers in the ranks of the Elite or Children. His senses and reflexes although are not as great as Ashur's are still impressive. His ether powers are very elemental and unrefined in nature; however they are powerful and pack a punch [Note that like his brother Ashur, Amen is dependant on ether to live. If ever ALL of it is drained away or used he will most probably die. Even if he survives, he will be howling mad as he has been stripped of his powers]. Both his physical and ether strength rely on the reserves that he has. The more ether he uses the weaker he becomes. His overconfidence and arrogance can get him into a lot of trouble as well. Furthermore music soothes this savage beast and none more so than Miang's haunting songs. Her songs have a very large influence on Amen, depending on the song he can be lulled to sleep, be worked into a furious rage or cooled to icy calm. -Hobbies: When he is not on duty, he searches for an end to the pain and need that he experiences [he searches for his "mother"]. The yearnings and emptyness within him grows by the day and his search becomes more relentless. Otherwise he sleeps within his cyrochamber or gear [the cockpit is a cyrochamber as well]. -Current residence: Unknown, but believed to hide out somewhere in Solaris. -Current Life Conflicts: See hobbies. What is LEGION's and Miang's problems are his as well. If forced to choose he will probably choose Miang [if she treats him well]. -Other notes: Like all Childs of LEGION he has nanotech within him that allow LEGION to monitor and "control" [through prolonged suggestions] him. In addition LEGION can if he wants to *attempt* to shut Amen down [by draining all of Amen's ether]... however this is quite hard for LEGION to do unless Amen is within the vacinity of the gates or in Solaris. -Gear name: Eliha -Gear description: Appears to be a very slim humanoid with a heavy and wide neck, shoulder and chest guard, also a heavy carapace covers the rear of the gear. The headpeice seems to be shaped as an armoured face with a mask covering it's mouth area, the headgear also sports two large white feathered wings that sweep to the back and above. It has four metallic ribbons that stream down from the rear of the large carapace that are actually nanotech colonies, these give the ribbons their clothlike appearance and razor sharp edge. The ribbons are dark red in colour with gold insriptions running down them. The gear itself is coloured dark-green with red and gold highlights and seams. -Class: Light-attack, Heavy Ether Attack -Primary function: Ether Channeling and Magnification -Weapon(s): Amen has been known to use a form of ether-blade formed around Eliha's fists. In addition the ribbons can be willed to attack the enemy at short ranges. -Abilities/Disabilities: The entire construct of the Eliha is made of a strange ceramic-crystal compound. Within each molecule there seems to be a serpentine helix that channels ether through the gear's entire body. As a result the high durability of the armour is not from the metal used, rather the pilot charges a energy "skin" above the gear's normal armour to lessen impact. This means that Eliha is made from lighter alloys then other gears of it's class and hence is faster, however when the pilot becomes exhausted or loses focus then woe betide him if even a light attack lands. As said above the Eliha is very dependant on the pilot for it's armour. This extends to weaponry as well. The ribbons, ether-blades and general strength of the gear depends on the pilot's ability to focus and are useless or severely weakened if the pilot becomes exhausted. However for flight and general movement and power it depends on two fusion core engines which feed four replusor lift generators. This ensure that the gear is highly agile and can still run away when the pilot is weakened. -How your character acquired the gear: One of the few Gears that LEGION has designed and built. The Elite uses poor imitations of the Eliha, in addition to their normal gears [mostly Solarian make or limited specially designed ones by LEGION].