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APPLICATION ( SALTBURNT ).
OUT OF CHARACTER
IN CHARACTER
CHARACTER NAME: Mia Corvere
CHARACTER AGE: ~20
CHARACTER CANON: The Nevernight Chronicle
CANON POINT: Darkdawn, Chapter 48. Mia is dead, and she has passed on the God of the Moon, Anais, to the throne he deserves, as a father passes his daughter to become a bride.
ABILITIES:
ASSASSIN | Mia has spent nearly eight years of her life training to kill three men who destroyed her life. She was trained for six by her mentor Mercurio in combat, survival, research and stealth and for another year by the Red Church. Throughout her years, she has further honed that
— FITNESS - Mia relies on speed over strength, and for opponents to underestimate her. She is described as lithe, with lean muscle, and can hold her own against a grown man. However, she relies on finesse over brute strength.
— WEAPONS TRAINING - Though she possesses experience with many different weapons, Mia specializes in two-handed combat - including rapiers, shortswords and daggers, which she shows obvious preferential treatment. She is a master of the Carravaggio style, which is performed with rapier and dagger; she also knows how to use gladii (gladiator-esque shortswords). While they are not her favorites, Mia is also able to use a bow and a sword-and-board (shield) combination of weapons, though she truly despises shields.
— MASKS & SECRETS - Taught by Shahiid Aalea, Mia is adept at the art of using intimacy, deception and manipulation to gain access to her targets, charm them into complacency and eliminate them without giving herself away.
— GLADIATII SKILLS - Gladiator-style combat, showmanship/theatrical performance and oration from her time as a gladiatii with the Remus Collegium.
— VENOMCRAFT - One of her more exceptional talents, Mia showed proficiency with poisons and toxins, the identifying and crafting of such in particular. She has shown skill at identifying toxins based only on the biomedical reactions of someone who has been inflicted with them, and craft effective antidotes even within the prior knowledge of such.
— OTHER ABILITIES - Political knowledge, the ability to pass and function among the upper echelon, a passion for literature (history, Arkemical studies, etc.), the common ability to pickpocket, understanding of Itreyan and Old Ashkhai and the ability to study and learn languages faster than most, mental fortitude and physical grace.
DARKIN | As a darkin (lit. "dark" "kin", kindred with the darkness), Mia has the ability to shape and control shadows. Little is known about darkin, aside from that Mia uncovers in the series. Her abilities appear to be strengthened by the absence of light, or the presence of truedark; Mia's ability wane as the day breaks and wax as night falls. She is crippled and weakened by the presence of sunlight, and anything blessed by the followers of Aa, who is the antithesis of Niah - her goddess.
The abilities granted to a darkin, that Mia knows of, are as follows:
— ACCESS TO DAEMONS - Not all darkin have a daemon, also known as a passenger or familiar. A daemon takes a quasi-physical form, can talk with their darkin and consume their fears. Without her daemons, Mia is often crippled by her fears, though she is learning to overcome them and handle them -- she is usually numbed to them by the daemons that dine upon them.
Mia's original daemon is a shadow-cat she calls Mister Kindly, who may have taken shape due to her childhood relationship with a protective, beloved cat she called Captain Puddles. Daemons appear to have unique personalities and independence, as well as the ability to transfer from darkin to darkin (akin to inheriting), as seen when Eclipse, the wolf-daemon of the Lord of Blades, passed into Mia's service following his death.
— TRAPPING - If she comes into contact with someone else's shadow, and only if, Mia has the ability to trap them in place, constricting their movement. She uses this ability often in combat, allowing her to grab the base of the shadow and imbalance them.
— CLOAKING - Mia can wrap the shadows around herself, becoming nearly invisible. This ability comes at the cost of her being able to see well, if at all, while cloaked.
— TRAVELING - With this ability, Mia can step into the shadows and reappear through another one within her line of sight. This ability is the most costly, leaving her dizzy and ill. She cannot readily perform this ability when there is light.
— MANIPULATION - An extreme feat of control, where she uses the shadows to do her bidding and physically interact with her environment. This ability is absolutely impossible for her when in light, or in the sun. The only time Mia managed to actually control the dark was at the height of her power, during the last truedark.
— LESSER ABILITIES - Her ability to "merge consciousness" with other darkin, where their shadows intertwine and they feel one another as if the other were themselves, and sometimes control one another. When killing another Darkin, they are essentially taking the fragment of Anais ( God of the Moon ) that is buried in every daemon or Darkin, for themselves and making Anais whole again.
CHARACTER AGE: ~20
CHARACTER CANON: The Nevernight Chronicle
CANON POINT: Darkdawn, Chapter 48. Mia is dead, and she has passed on the God of the Moon, Anais, to the throne he deserves, as a father passes his daughter to become a bride.
ABILITIES:
ASSASSIN | Mia has spent nearly eight years of her life training to kill three men who destroyed her life. She was trained for six by her mentor Mercurio in combat, survival, research and stealth and for another year by the Red Church. Throughout her years, she has further honed that
— FITNESS - Mia relies on speed over strength, and for opponents to underestimate her. She is described as lithe, with lean muscle, and can hold her own against a grown man. However, she relies on finesse over brute strength.
— WEAPONS TRAINING - Though she possesses experience with many different weapons, Mia specializes in two-handed combat - including rapiers, shortswords and daggers, which she shows obvious preferential treatment. She is a master of the Carravaggio style, which is performed with rapier and dagger; she also knows how to use gladii (gladiator-esque shortswords). While they are not her favorites, Mia is also able to use a bow and a sword-and-board (shield) combination of weapons, though she truly despises shields.
— MASKS & SECRETS - Taught by Shahiid Aalea, Mia is adept at the art of using intimacy, deception and manipulation to gain access to her targets, charm them into complacency and eliminate them without giving herself away.
— GLADIATII SKILLS - Gladiator-style combat, showmanship/theatrical performance and oration from her time as a gladiatii with the Remus Collegium.
— VENOMCRAFT - One of her more exceptional talents, Mia showed proficiency with poisons and toxins, the identifying and crafting of such in particular. She has shown skill at identifying toxins based only on the biomedical reactions of someone who has been inflicted with them, and craft effective antidotes even within the prior knowledge of such.
— OTHER ABILITIES - Political knowledge, the ability to pass and function among the upper echelon, a passion for literature (history, Arkemical studies, etc.), the common ability to pickpocket, understanding of Itreyan and Old Ashkhai and the ability to study and learn languages faster than most, mental fortitude and physical grace.
DARKIN | As a darkin (lit. "dark" "kin", kindred with the darkness), Mia has the ability to shape and control shadows. Little is known about darkin, aside from that Mia uncovers in the series. Her abilities appear to be strengthened by the absence of light, or the presence of truedark; Mia's ability wane as the day breaks and wax as night falls. She is crippled and weakened by the presence of sunlight, and anything blessed by the followers of Aa, who is the antithesis of Niah - her goddess.
The abilities granted to a darkin, that Mia knows of, are as follows:
— ACCESS TO DAEMONS - Not all darkin have a daemon, also known as a passenger or familiar. A daemon takes a quasi-physical form, can talk with their darkin and consume their fears. Without her daemons, Mia is often crippled by her fears, though she is learning to overcome them and handle them -- she is usually numbed to them by the daemons that dine upon them.
Mia's original daemon is a shadow-cat she calls Mister Kindly, who may have taken shape due to her childhood relationship with a protective, beloved cat she called Captain Puddles. Daemons appear to have unique personalities and independence, as well as the ability to transfer from darkin to darkin (akin to inheriting), as seen when Eclipse, the wolf-daemon of the Lord of Blades, passed into Mia's service following his death.
— TRAPPING - If she comes into contact with someone else's shadow, and only if, Mia has the ability to trap them in place, constricting their movement. She uses this ability often in combat, allowing her to grab the base of the shadow and imbalance them.
— CLOAKING - Mia can wrap the shadows around herself, becoming nearly invisible. This ability comes at the cost of her being able to see well, if at all, while cloaked.
— TRAVELING - With this ability, Mia can step into the shadows and reappear through another one within her line of sight. This ability is the most costly, leaving her dizzy and ill. She cannot readily perform this ability when there is light.
— MANIPULATION - An extreme feat of control, where she uses the shadows to do her bidding and physically interact with her environment. This ability is absolutely impossible for her when in light, or in the sun. The only time Mia managed to actually control the dark was at the height of her power, during the last truedark.
— LESSER ABILITIES - Her ability to "merge consciousness" with other darkin, where their shadows intertwine and they feel one another as if the other were themselves, and sometimes control one another. When killing another Darkin, they are essentially taking the fragment of Anais ( God of the Moon ) that is buried in every daemon or Darkin, for themselves and making Anais whole again.
SURVEY
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND? WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WEALTH?:
Mia was born to a wealthy, noble family of the Republic. Status in the Republic is dictated not only by nobility, but a family's proximity to the First Rib — as the capital city of Itreya, Godsgrave, is built from the bones of a dead god. :) Mia's family had their homes in the Second Rib. So, filthy fucking rich and influential at that.
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?:
Toxicology, on account of being a toxic gal and also a poison aficionado. :)
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?:
Probably the most interesting thing is the event that kickstarted her entire life of interesting, horrible things: her father and his gay lover tried to overthrow the monarchy, failed and were put to death before her eyes. Her family was condemned as traitors, imprisoned and killed, and she pledged to avenge them because some bitch-ass man failed to kill her.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S:
ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID by t.A.T.u.!!!!!
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN:
The Holy Trinity of SMOKING. DRINKING. FUCKING.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?:
She's a straight bourbon gal, right from the bottle.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?:
Expensive.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?:
Pay her, and she'll do whatever the fuck you want. Drink bathwater? Cool, fine. She'll drink it while someone's still in there making soup.
Mia was born to a wealthy, noble family of the Republic. Status in the Republic is dictated not only by nobility, but a family's proximity to the First Rib — as the capital city of Itreya, Godsgrave, is built from the bones of a dead god. :) Mia's family had their homes in the Second Rib. So, filthy fucking rich and influential at that.
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?:
Toxicology, on account of being a toxic gal and also a poison aficionado. :)
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?:
Probably the most interesting thing is the event that kickstarted her entire life of interesting, horrible things: her father and his gay lover tried to overthrow the monarchy, failed and were put to death before her eyes. Her family was condemned as traitors, imprisoned and killed, and she pledged to avenge them because some bitch-ass man failed to kill her.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S:
ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID by t.A.T.u.!!!!!
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN:
The Holy Trinity of SMOKING. DRINKING. FUCKING.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?:
She's a straight bourbon gal, right from the bottle.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?:
Expensive.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?:
Pay her, and she'll do whatever the fuck you want. Drink bathwater? Cool, fine. She'll drink it while someone's still in there making soup.