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Username: Vanitas

Have you read the rules? Yes

Character Name: Vanitas

Character Source: Canon: Kingdom Hearts

Starting Location: Mesa Roja

Character Behavior:
Vanitas only cares about himself in the long run, if he has to cooperate with others it will only be to further his own ends. Vanitas does have emotions but rarely ever uses them in a conventional way, as whenever he does 'feel' an emotion he spawns an Unversed from it. Sadness, Anger, and Joy being the most common. So most of the time he will be a very uncaring, sarcastic and cruel person whenever he feels like it. Vanitas is according to Master Xehanort a being made of all of Ventus' darkness and nothing more, yet Vanitas cannot help but notice something else is there sometimes. A remnant of Ventus still lingers within him, it yearns to return but cannot. Because of this, he may feel emotions that are not Negative as is usually the standard for Vanitas.

But in no way does he plan to let that part of himself take over, never if he can help it. Vanitas is a sadist, he gets the emotion of Joy only from hurting others, never because of something weak like compassion. Still that part that yearns for Ventus will rarely show itself in the form of images of a past life with Ventus, living as him and guiding him. These are like flashes that act almost like a Conscience, sure he can ignore them if he wants to but because of these new emotions that happened after he got here, Vanitas is starting to become more like an actual person. However his pride would never allow him to be sentimental for any reason, if he chooses to spare someone's life or help someone else in anyway it would only be to further his own ends. In the end though, Vanitas feeds off of negative emotions whether they be his own or preferably from others. These wayward feelings are what make him so strong, he has no place for positivity in his life, compassion is weakness and he does not want to be weak.

Physical Description:

Vanitas appears to be a teenage boy in both height and facial features. However he almost always has his face covered by a motorcycle-like helmet with a one-way vision visor on it. Meaning he can see out of it but no one can see what he looks like under it. His outfit consists of a black, red and some blue in terms of colors. It is a full body jumpsuit of sorts that does show off his muscles quite well. He has a tattered skirt akin to a kilt in length and it does not hinder his movement at all. Beneath his mask, should he choose to remove it or it gets broken, hides what he really looks like underneath. A black spiky haired teenage boy with golden eyes and fair peach colored skin. His look is fairly simple but it is sleek enough to let him move with ease.

Character History:

Vanitas does not remember much about his old life, if any at all. However he does remember the being simply known as Darkness who was part of Ventus as a separate consciousness from Ventus that was pure evil but still needed Ventus to live. Those memories are very hard to remember, it almost didn't feel like his own life. When he was 'born' he could physically feel himself, he was no longer just a being within Ventus as he had his own body now. His father as it were was a man named Master Xehanort, a wise old man who was also a keyblade master. Vanitas instinctively knew how to use his own keyblade without training due to his former self being inside Ventus' head. Ventus could also use the Keyblade and had lived for a very long time, ever since before the great Keyblade War happened. However those memories are very fuzzy at best and he did not care to remember something about the failure of a brother like Ventus anymore than he should have.

What he did care about was his self and how he could end the pain of loss from his separation from Ventus, even if he had to kill all of Ventus' friends in order to be at peace with his identity. But in order to re-unite with Ventus to form the X-Blade, a mystical keyblade said to the most powerful of them all, was to make Ventus as strong as or even more than Vanitas. The unification was his only goal and would be his solace. So spreading his Unversed across the worlds was what he would use to train Ventus, even if it hurt him every time they were defeated, his hatred for his brother would make it easier to endure all this pain. Some pain now for no more pain later was his ideal as it were. But in order to make Ventus grow, Vanitas had to make Ventus hate him so they could properly unite. So at every chance he got Vanitas tortured the innocent, tried to kill his friends and mocked Ventus in order to draw it out.

However when he was about to be struck down by Ventus at the fateful battle within the Keyblade Graveyard, the place where the Keyblade War took place along with where he would form the X-Blade, something happened right before it. Instead of uniting with Ventus at last he was transported somewhere else entirely. The area looked familiar but there was no sign of the battle he was in earlier, a desert like region akin to the Keyblade Graveyard, but no Ventus or his friends. Where was he? He aimed to find out.

What starting Affinity does your character have? Immortal

Abilities/Skills:

Natural Abilities:


Name: Born of Darkness
Effect - Adaptation - Variable
Modifiers:
Incredible Heat Environments (100)
Incredible Cold Environments (100)
Starvation and Thirst (50)
Need for Sleep (50)
Total Cost: 300
Description: Vanitas was not born in the normal manner, he wasn't made through child birth but from separation of the soul of another. Because of this he is inhuman in the aspects that he is immune to incredible heat and cold without feeling a thing. He does not need to eat, drink or sleep either. Not that he can't, but he doesn't need to in order to survive.


Name: Warrior's Body
Effect: Endurance 1 (100), Agility 1 (200)
Modifiers: None
Total Cost: 300
Description: Vanitas is combat ready due to his strong physical ability, it lets him move well without much restriction and with not much effort.

Name: Sharp Senses
Effect: Sense 1 Sight, Hearing and Negative Emotion (300)
Modifiers: Ongoing (100)
Total Cost: 400
Description: Vanitas is very much aware of his surroundings despite his prideful attitude, sneaking up on him is not as easy as it might seem. Along with Sight and Hearing he can literally sense any Negative Emotions aimed at him, since he thrives on those to begin with. His senses let him tell if he hears, sees or feels negative emotion from 150 feet away.

Name: Void Gear Keyblade
Effect - Damage 3 (300)
Modifiers: None
Total Cost: 300
Description: Vanitas can summon his keyblade, a specific weapon shaped like a key that can do damage equal to that of small arms. He can also use both darkness and elemental magic that can be fired at his foes at the same damage amount within 10 feet of him. His elemental magic consists of fire, ice and lightning types.

Name: Warp Counter
Effect: Teleport 2 (600)
Modifiers: Triggered (100)
Total Cost: 700
Description: Vanitas enters a guarding stance with his Void Gear Keyblade, if something hits him during this stance such as a physical or magical attack within 40 feet of him; he will counter by teleporting near or behind the one who did the attack so long as they are within 40 feet of course. This opens up the ability for Vanitas to make an attack of his own should he choose to.

How much Essence did you spend? 2000

How much Essence do you have left? Zero

Were you referred by an existing member? Jay

What is your Discord name? jadecallisto
 
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Hey there again! Let's take a look...

This is pretty good overall, there are just a few hiccups that I'm seeing.

Name: Born of Darkness
Effect - Adaptation - Variable
Modifiers:
Incredible Heat Environments (100)
Incredible Cold Environments (100)
Starvation and Thirst (50)
Need for Sleep (50)
Total Cost: 200
Description: Vanitas was not born in the normal manner, he wasn't made through child birth but from separation of the soul of another. Because of this he is inhuman in the aspects that he is immune to incredible heat and cold without feeling a thing. He does not need to eat, drink or sleep either. Not that he can't, but he doesn't need to in order to survive.

This totals 300 Essence

Name: Void Gear Keyblade
Effect - Damage 3 (300)
Modifiers: None
Total Cost: 300
Description: Vanitas can summon his keyblade, a specific weapon shaped like a key that can do damage equal to that of small arms. He can also use both darkness and elemental magic that can be fired at his foes at the same damage amount within 10 feet of him.

This is fine, mechanically, I think it could use just a scoooooch more description to define what energy types he can specifically fire. This is important, since certain characters have Defense abilities that are stronger against certain flavors of damage.

Name: Flood Scouting
Effect - Sense 3 (300) Damage 1 (100)
Modifiers: Ongoing (100)
Total Cost: 500
Description: Vanitas summons as many Flood Unversed as he wishes then spreads them out 300 feet in all directions. Vanitas can see & hear through any of them should he wish which are akin to security cameras with him as the monitor within his mind. These Floods can barely defend themselves with their claws because they are very weak and can be taken out quite easily. They cannot think on their own as the Flood Unversed are nothing but extensions of Vanitas' will.

This is a fairly complex ability that is going to need some more modifiers, and remember that we need to apply Modifiers individually to separate Effects. Here are some itemized thoughts:

- Since Vanitas can see AND hear through the Flood, that will double the price of this Sense effect.
- Both the Damage and Sensing effect should have Indirect, since they come from a source that is not directly Vanitas.
- The Damage Effect should have Affects Multiple, if these little guys are spreading out and biting ankles in all directions.
- Remember to apply Ongoing to both Effects individually.
- Detail what the Flood look like and how they move; other writers might not know the deal with these dudes.
- Can Vanitas command the flood swarm to move/stay on its own, or does it always stay within 300 feet of him, moving as he does?
- There's probably a bunch of negative modifiers you can use to reduce these costs; depends how you want the ability to perform narratively.

If it helps, Elise has a similar ability that uses her familiar summon:

Communication: Telepathy (100)
Limited: Greenstripes (-50)

Sense: Greenstripes' Sight & Hearing 1 (200)
- Indirect (100)
- Concentration (-50)
- Limited: Greenstripes (-50)
- Side Effect: Override (-50)
Total Cost: 200

Being that Greenstripes is a being created from Elise's own magical power, she has an intuitive and personal connection with her little familiar. She can, at any time, communicate telepathically with the Terratopus as long as he is summoned.

She can also focus her full attention on the magical bond with her familiar, Elise can tap into Greenstripes' perception of his environment from a distance of 150 feet away. This obviously requires Greenstripes to be manifested, and within range. Additionally, the sights and sounds around Greenstripes completely override her own as long as she maintains this concentration, leaving her effectively unaware of her surroundings.
 

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Allllmost.

Name: Sharp Senses
Effect: Sense 3 (300)
Modifiers: Ongoing (100)
Total Cost: 400
Description: Vanitas is very much aware of his surroundings despite his prideful attitude, sneaking up on him is not as easy as it might seem.

You still need to specify which type of Sense is sharpened by this effect. Remember that the Sense effect's rank cost is multiplied by the number of Senses being enhanced. Modifiers will only apply to overall rank of those senses, however.

For example:

Sense 2: Sight and Hearing (400)
Ongoing (200)
 

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Name: Sharp Senses
Effect: Sense 1 Sight, Hearing and Negative Emotion (300)
Modifiers: Ongoing (100)
Total Cost: 400
Description: Vanitas is very much aware of his surroundings despite his prideful attitude, sneaking up on him is not as easy as it might seem. Along with Sight and Hearing he can literally sense any Negative Emotions aimed at him, since he thrives on those to begin with. His senses let him tell if he hears, sees or feels negative emotion from 300 feet away.

You just need to update the effective range in the description, but everything else looks good at this point. You can post Vanitas in the Character Roster after making the necessary edit.

Approved!
 
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