Elite: Year One (Discussion)

[Samnell]

BTW if you really want to play a younger version of a Legacy character let me know... and we can work that out

Well Mark would be six... But that wouldn't be much fun even if it met the requirements. Must think...must remember how to think...School has made stupider...

 

[Tokiwong]

Well Mark would be six... But that wouldn't be much fun even if it met the requirements. Must think...must remember how to think...School has made stupider...

LOL meant the older characters already established in Legacy... like some asked about Kensei... LOL but yeah take your time, I will be much more selective then in the past

 

[Agamon]

And I'm the one who wants to be Kensai. Everything we know about him so far comes from since he joined JE, so I'll try and fill in some of the earlier stuff. A more formal concept to come...

 

[Rybaer]

I just missed the sign-up for your most recent game. Gimme a couple hours to try to come up with something interesting for this one. Sounds like fun, and not entirely different from the game I'm running in which super abilities are a very new phenomenon.

 

[Shalimar]

Aine Dannon

The character, Aine, is a Lady of an Irish Noble family dating back to the Celtic Ard Tiarna, with an arranged marriage that she has managed to put off in order for her to finish her residency and earn her Psychology degree in New York. She is sort of living out her last hurrah before she has to return home and marry Lord Amon Gavin. She and her roommate, Morgan, live in a rather spacious apartment paid for by Lord Gareth Dannon, who has also been paying Morgan's tuition, since a Lady alone in New York would be unseemly. They are both resident's at the same hospital, going through their Pediatric Obstetrics rotation.

Aine's powers play into her heritage and appearance. Her power is Illusion, and a few tricks that she can do with it, like enhancing her beauty, or invisibility. Her weakness is psychological, rather humorous for a psychologist, at any rate, she believes her powers come to her from the Sidhe, or High Court of Faerie. She cannot speak a single word that is false, though she may attempt to shade the truth, or leave things out. She also cannot use her powers against those holding salt, or if salt is touching her, (salt is a purifying object in celtic mythology). Also, Iron gives her problems, if she believes something is Iron, she cannot use her powers while it is touching her skin.

 

[Samnell]

LOL meant the older characters already established in Legacy... like some asked about Kensei... LOL but yeah take your time, I will be much more selective then in the past

I've got the germ of an idea, but it'll need some work. Should be up tomorrow, most likely.

 

[Rybaer]

Okay, here goes...

Gordon Aster, 28, is a brilliant untenured post-doc and rising star in the field of theoretical physics. His studies (mostly mathimatical models and gedanken experiments) focus on such things as string theory, dimensional folding, and quantum mechanics. Shortly after Earth passed through the comet's tail, everything became clear to Gordon - he can comprehend and manipulate the spatial nature of the universe at its most fundamental level. He can fold space in such a way as to observe distant places or momentarily join them.

(In game terms, Gordon has ESP and teleportation abilities.)

The revelation rocked Gordon to the core and essentially short-circuited his career by making his research useless. He fears to publish his knowledge, however, as it is so comprehensive and so powerful that it could easily be used as a weapon long before peaceful applications would be developed. He is left at a cross-roads in life, unsure as to how to proceed.

Parents are still alive - father is a high school science teacher and his mother teaches art part time at a community college. Gordon married while in grad school, but he and his wife are separated and on opposite coasts of the US, each pursuing their own research. Gordon knows deep down that it is a prelude to divorce, but he keeps holding out hope that they'll reconcile. (Hook #1 - relationship woes and/or his wife's research subject...open ended...could come into play.)

(Hook #2) - Part of Gordon's doctoral research was done at Los Alamos National Laboratory under a DOD grant. While the subject matter was mostly theoretical and compartmentalized, Gordon saw enough things during his tenure there that he is starting to piece together a more distressing picture of some black military programs. And being a former employee of this project, certain operatives may periodically check up on him.

 

[Calinon]

Two hours until I have two days off! Weee! I'll probably get a chance to post a concept thingy later this afternoon.

 

[Velmont]

The feas are cool, but you need to ask yourself.. do you intend for those characters to be invlved in the story a great deal or just be background filler...

Good question. And I would answer, yeah, I want them to be more than background, but not something in first plan. I think I would take only Minions (the lieutenant being the highest level minion...). I don't think they will ever enter a fight if there is one, I see them more like some human ressources that I don't need a favor to use. Anyway, I'll first write down the full background, and see the real use after that.

 

[Calinon]

Jason McAllister

Jason is a hard working construction worker for Maynard Construction, a large development firm that has divisions engaged in construction contracts from home-building to factories to skyscrapers. Showing good promise in the field, the company is paying for Jason to be schooled as an engineer, something he is applying himself to. While his boss, Melvin Maynard, and various supervisors have taken Jason under their wings, so-to-speak, in recent weeks, they have taken more than their normal interest since Jason's powers, the ability to change his form to substances harder than flesh and bone (alternate form), have surfaced. The strength he adds has improved his productivity... and suddenly decreased the need for a fair number of construction workers on projects Jason is involved in. (That'd be hook #1)

Jason (25) takes care of his kid brother Alan (16) who is living with him instead of their disfunctional family. His father (Mark) is an abusive alcoholic, and their mother (Melissa) much the same. All of them live in New York. His parents are not very supportive regarding Jason's sudden powers; his kid brother thinks it's way cool. Jason's grandfather, Micky, is exceedingly well-to-do, wealthy through clever business arrangements and dealings that Jason is not privy to. They have a good relationship, and Micky considers Jason the only one of his immediate family worth a damn. Jason doesn't rely on Micky financially however, and hasn't ever asked for handouts. (That'd be a nice big family hook #2).

And for fun, Jason has served a term in the Army, and is currently a member of the reserves (Hook #3).

Hope that covers the basics