Post by Dominik Dankovski on Nov 21, 2012 6:24:29 GMT -5
Player: triskaideka
Contact: Steam: Triskaidekathon
Intentions: I don't make distinctions between heroes and villains, and leave it up to each player to decide how they will classify Dominik.
Background
Name: Dominik Dankovski
Race: Common
Species: Human
Age: 25
Tier: 3
Social
Place of Birth: Piotrgrad, Ruthenia
Allegiances: Ruthenian Government
Aspirations: Mastery of magic.
Nicknames: Vipera (vipyera), “The Viper”
Titles: Secretary to the Minister of the Interior
Relatives: Inquisitor Prosita Donkovski (Mother, living), Doctor of Medicine Daniel Dankovski (Father, missing, declared dead).
Significant Other: None.
Mental
Personality: Stoic, sarcastic, caustic, inquisitive, intellectual, cultured, severe.
Likes: Magic, academia, high culture, luxury, sex, efficiency, technology, intelligence.
Dislikes: Religion, prudishness, unquestioning adherence to moral conventions, inefficiency, stupidity.
Strengths: Intelligent, strong abstract thinker, diplomatic, morally flexible, cultured, educated.
Weaknesses: Unfriendly, impatient with people, decadent.
Physical
Major Details: Straight black hair, amber eyes, average height, pale skin, slim build.
Appearance: Dominik is a young man in his mid-twenties. A typical Ruthenian, he is pale and dark haired, distinctive only due to his bright amber eyes, an unusual but wholly mundane feature. His black hair is kept very short and has a tendency to spike forward. His features could be described as severe- thin eyes and a flat, narrow nose that have alternatingly been described as ‘cat’ or ‘snake’ like. He could have been described as pleasant to look at, maybe even handsome, if it weren’t for the fact that none of his expressions are pleasant. Government training, and a mix of health-consciousness and vanity has shaped his body into a trim, lightly muscled figure, but an experienced fighter can tell he has only minimal combat training.
Natural Abilities: Dominik’s natural abilities are the same as any human’s.
Natural Traits: Dominik’s natural traits are the same as any human’s.
Strengths: Healthy, fit, slight figure, somewhat strong, flexible. Visually intimidating.
Weaknesses: Not extensively combat trained. He has some very basic marksmanship and melee skill but only enough to defend himself against someone without. Otherwise very average by human standards. Visually not attractive by conventional standards (may still appeal to some with unique tastes).
Magical
Specializations:
- Tier 1: Written (Necromancy), 4
- Tier 2: Spoken (Necromancy), 4
- Tier 3: Mental (Necromancy), 4
- Tier 4:
- Tier 5:
Visual Display: “Glowing” black arcs of electricity. For major rituals, a circular seal or sigil in acid green light, rotating on the ground; unique to each spell.
Special Abilities: Psychometry, Telepathy, Teleportation, Shapeshifting; Humanoid (Rank 1) (undeclared)
Bonus Special Abilities: Hypnosis (sclera turns black), Insight
Unique Abilities: N/A
Strengths: Mental domination; Dominik’s special abilities synergize well with eachother and enhance his Hypnosis ability. His ability to accurately read minds and auras gives him an edge in dominating someone he has successfully Hypnotized. A useful skill, for someone in a dictatorship. Souls and the Undead; Dominik’s interest in the more obscure facets of Necromancy enhance his ability to control the undead and harness souls.
Weaknesses: Decay; Dominik’s Necromancy has an unusually strong aura of decay to it. His undead quickly rot to the bone, unless he mummifies them beforehand. Consequently he employs mostly skeletons and rarely mummies. Skeletons are more nimble and slightly cleverer than zombies, but lack a zombie’s ‘sturdieness’. Utility: Dominik’s magic is more focused on utility than comabt. His repertoire of offensive and defensive spells is therefore limited.
Inventory
Mundane: A handgun, government I.D., “Swiss” army knife, small knife in boot or shoe, small knife in either sleeve, mechanical pen, pocket watch, wallet, chalk, oil crayons, pastels, notebook.
Magical:
Reanimation Slips – Written (perpetual). A slip of paper covered in tightly written cuneiform. Placed in a corpse (where doesn’t matter), after a brief ritual to activate the slip it reanimates the corpse under Dominik’s control. The creation of the slip is taxing, and Dominik only makes one a week, but he has been creating them for several years now, and has amassed a small stock-pile. He usually only carries 20 at a time though. A small item.
Ring of Dominion – Written (activated). A gold ring with a cabochon ruby on the top. Inscribed inside the band with cuneiform. Dominik twists the ring to activate it, and then focuses on a specific undead construct or group of undead construct he has reanimated. He then verbally issues a command, or series of commands. The undead carries out his orders as if he were there in person to issue the order. A small item.
The Reliquary – Written (activated). A colorless, transparent, hollow crystal with eight sides and a pyramid tip. The open end is capped by a grotesque, alien head wrought of black iron with a hinged maw. Tentacles extend from the head and wrap the length of the crystal. A small chain usually attaches it to Dominik’s belt. It is filled with swirling, acid green light. When Dominik succesfully strikes another with offensive necromantic magic, a portion of their life-force is drained into the Reliquary. Even more is drained if he manages to kill someone. He can use collected lifeforce to power some of his spells for him, in part or in full, or to fuel the enchantment of magical items. The Reliquary does have a capacity limit to the quantity of life force that it can hold, though luckily it simply refuses to absorb more than it can handle.
History
Dominik’s parents met out in the steppes of Ruthenia, conducting an investigation into a deadly plague that had been sweeping isolated towns. The events of the plague have long since been covered up by the Ruthenian government, but apparently the two Ruthenians left the situation with a deep respect for one another. Both considered themselves rationalists and advocates of science and reason, and neither was particularly loyal to government, though they never considered treason acceptable. Ruthenia was still their home. Gradually their mutual respect became love, and the married. They had a child, Dominik.
Their work pulled them apart though, and eventually the Ruthenian government sent Daniel across the barrier and outside of the country to pursue his research on a secret expedition. What was supposed to be a two year expedition into the Obsidian Wilds turned into three years… Then four. Then five. Over a decade passed from when Daniel should have reported in and the government was forced to declare him dead. Dominik would grow up having never known his father.
His upbringing was a rather sheltered one though. His parent’s combined estates left him and his mother very comfortable, and though her work frequently called her away from home, Dominik always had at least a nanny on hand to watch over him. Eventually, his mother noted his unusual control over the family servants, and further investigation showed he had inherited his mother’s hypnotic powers. Dominik was packed off to a government boarding school to encourage his abilities, and under the tutelage of the state he excelled, further developing mental powers and Necromantic magic that the Ruthenian state found desirable.
With his family connections, clear magical talent and excellent academic record, Dominik was placed into a prominent position as one of the Secretaries to the Minister of the Interior. Today he continues to pursue his magical education while working to make the Ruthenian government efficient and streamlined.
Contact: Steam: Triskaidekathon
Intentions: I don't make distinctions between heroes and villains, and leave it up to each player to decide how they will classify Dominik.
Background
Name: Dominik Dankovski
Race: Common
Species: Human
Age: 25
Tier: 3
Social
Place of Birth: Piotrgrad, Ruthenia
Allegiances: Ruthenian Government
Aspirations: Mastery of magic.
Nicknames: Vipera (vipyera), “The Viper”
Titles: Secretary to the Minister of the Interior
Relatives: Inquisitor Prosita Donkovski (Mother, living), Doctor of Medicine Daniel Dankovski (Father, missing, declared dead).
Significant Other: None.
Mental
Personality: Stoic, sarcastic, caustic, inquisitive, intellectual, cultured, severe.
Likes: Magic, academia, high culture, luxury, sex, efficiency, technology, intelligence.
Dislikes: Religion, prudishness, unquestioning adherence to moral conventions, inefficiency, stupidity.
Strengths: Intelligent, strong abstract thinker, diplomatic, morally flexible, cultured, educated.
Weaknesses: Unfriendly, impatient with people, decadent.
Physical
Major Details: Straight black hair, amber eyes, average height, pale skin, slim build.
Appearance: Dominik is a young man in his mid-twenties. A typical Ruthenian, he is pale and dark haired, distinctive only due to his bright amber eyes, an unusual but wholly mundane feature. His black hair is kept very short and has a tendency to spike forward. His features could be described as severe- thin eyes and a flat, narrow nose that have alternatingly been described as ‘cat’ or ‘snake’ like. He could have been described as pleasant to look at, maybe even handsome, if it weren’t for the fact that none of his expressions are pleasant. Government training, and a mix of health-consciousness and vanity has shaped his body into a trim, lightly muscled figure, but an experienced fighter can tell he has only minimal combat training.
Natural Abilities: Dominik’s natural abilities are the same as any human’s.
Natural Traits: Dominik’s natural traits are the same as any human’s.
Strengths: Healthy, fit, slight figure, somewhat strong, flexible. Visually intimidating.
Weaknesses: Not extensively combat trained. He has some very basic marksmanship and melee skill but only enough to defend himself against someone without. Otherwise very average by human standards. Visually not attractive by conventional standards (may still appeal to some with unique tastes).
Magical
Specializations:
- Tier 1: Written (Necromancy), 4
- Tier 2: Spoken (Necromancy), 4
- Tier 3: Mental (Necromancy), 4
- Tier 4:
- Tier 5:
Visual Display: “Glowing” black arcs of electricity. For major rituals, a circular seal or sigil in acid green light, rotating on the ground; unique to each spell.
Special Abilities: Psychometry, Telepathy, Teleportation, Shapeshifting; Humanoid (Rank 1) (undeclared)
Bonus Special Abilities: Hypnosis (sclera turns black), Insight
Unique Abilities: N/A
Strengths: Mental domination; Dominik’s special abilities synergize well with eachother and enhance his Hypnosis ability. His ability to accurately read minds and auras gives him an edge in dominating someone he has successfully Hypnotized. A useful skill, for someone in a dictatorship. Souls and the Undead; Dominik’s interest in the more obscure facets of Necromancy enhance his ability to control the undead and harness souls.
Weaknesses: Decay; Dominik’s Necromancy has an unusually strong aura of decay to it. His undead quickly rot to the bone, unless he mummifies them beforehand. Consequently he employs mostly skeletons and rarely mummies. Skeletons are more nimble and slightly cleverer than zombies, but lack a zombie’s ‘sturdieness’. Utility: Dominik’s magic is more focused on utility than comabt. His repertoire of offensive and defensive spells is therefore limited.
Inventory
Mundane: A handgun, government I.D., “Swiss” army knife, small knife in boot or shoe, small knife in either sleeve, mechanical pen, pocket watch, wallet, chalk, oil crayons, pastels, notebook.
Magical:
Reanimation Slips – Written (perpetual). A slip of paper covered in tightly written cuneiform. Placed in a corpse (where doesn’t matter), after a brief ritual to activate the slip it reanimates the corpse under Dominik’s control. The creation of the slip is taxing, and Dominik only makes one a week, but he has been creating them for several years now, and has amassed a small stock-pile. He usually only carries 20 at a time though. A small item.
Ring of Dominion – Written (activated). A gold ring with a cabochon ruby on the top. Inscribed inside the band with cuneiform. Dominik twists the ring to activate it, and then focuses on a specific undead construct or group of undead construct he has reanimated. He then verbally issues a command, or series of commands. The undead carries out his orders as if he were there in person to issue the order. A small item.
The Reliquary – Written (activated). A colorless, transparent, hollow crystal with eight sides and a pyramid tip. The open end is capped by a grotesque, alien head wrought of black iron with a hinged maw. Tentacles extend from the head and wrap the length of the crystal. A small chain usually attaches it to Dominik’s belt. It is filled with swirling, acid green light. When Dominik succesfully strikes another with offensive necromantic magic, a portion of their life-force is drained into the Reliquary. Even more is drained if he manages to kill someone. He can use collected lifeforce to power some of his spells for him, in part or in full, or to fuel the enchantment of magical items. The Reliquary does have a capacity limit to the quantity of life force that it can hold, though luckily it simply refuses to absorb more than it can handle.
History
Dominik’s parents met out in the steppes of Ruthenia, conducting an investigation into a deadly plague that had been sweeping isolated towns. The events of the plague have long since been covered up by the Ruthenian government, but apparently the two Ruthenians left the situation with a deep respect for one another. Both considered themselves rationalists and advocates of science and reason, and neither was particularly loyal to government, though they never considered treason acceptable. Ruthenia was still their home. Gradually their mutual respect became love, and the married. They had a child, Dominik.
Their work pulled them apart though, and eventually the Ruthenian government sent Daniel across the barrier and outside of the country to pursue his research on a secret expedition. What was supposed to be a two year expedition into the Obsidian Wilds turned into three years… Then four. Then five. Over a decade passed from when Daniel should have reported in and the government was forced to declare him dead. Dominik would grow up having never known his father.
His upbringing was a rather sheltered one though. His parent’s combined estates left him and his mother very comfortable, and though her work frequently called her away from home, Dominik always had at least a nanny on hand to watch over him. Eventually, his mother noted his unusual control over the family servants, and further investigation showed he had inherited his mother’s hypnotic powers. Dominik was packed off to a government boarding school to encourage his abilities, and under the tutelage of the state he excelled, further developing mental powers and Necromantic magic that the Ruthenian state found desirable.
With his family connections, clear magical talent and excellent academic record, Dominik was placed into a prominent position as one of the Secretaries to the Minister of the Interior. Today he continues to pursue his magical education while working to make the Ruthenian government efficient and streamlined.