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Your Name: Celes
OOC Journal: losesatgo
Under 18? If yes, what is your age?: Over 18
Email + IM: celesmariaraith@hotmail.com
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CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Seth Nightlord
Canon: Trinity Blood
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: Post Reborn on Mars, volume 3
Number: 003 (alternatively 023 or anything available that offers 3 at the end)
Setting: Novels canon timeline(very basic) And a wiki link
Trinity Blood takes place in a post-Armageddon world. Most of the world has been turned into an uninhabitable wasteland save for Europe and a tiny part of Asia and Africa. The Earth now shares two races, the humans and the vampires. Due to the differences between them there's civil wars that arise between races and countries.
And a good portion more is also in her 'History' section since she was a force in what changes the world.
History:
Seth was the last of four clones created to lead a colonization project known as the "Red Mars Project". It was up to Lilith, Cain, Abel and her to lead this project under the UNASF's directive. The project was developed due to the overwhelming population of the Earth and growing strain on resources. They were sent into space and meant to first settle the foreign environment so that they could continue to send people to their alien world. Due to the fact that they were clones it earned them all a deal of hatred from the humans. Many were quick to claim that their leaders were simply designed to be thrown away at a later date. Of all the siblings Abel was the one who generally acted out when these claims were made. It made him the prime target for a later attempt on his life. Members of the colony led Abel away from the colony and intended to let him die out there. While Lilith went to save him, the vehicle she had been driving broke down. They were stranded in until they came upon an alien ship. In the ship they found mostly preserved aliens within.
The alien ship was known as "The Ark" and Seth was one of people to examine the bodies of the aliens within. In the bodies she discovered two types of nanomachines. The first would be known as the Bacillus. The latter were cross-shaped nanomachines that were called the Crusnik. Due to many failed attempts at 'growing' the crusnik, they decided to 'grow' the bacillus and spread it among the colonist. With the nanomachines the martian terrain seemed to become more durable. However one day a accident happened and her brother Cain and another colonist were fatally wounded. In an attempt to save their lives Seth injected both with the crusnik. Both of them died yet Cain came back from the dead shortly thereafter. At that point it was obvious that the crusnik only took to the genetically altered clones instead of a normal human.
The alien technology they had uncovered had been vastly superior to anything that Earth could have dreamed to come up with. Countries on Earth fought each other for it, as did their Representatives on Mars. The civil war on Mars destroyed their space ship to return home and their comm links with the Earth. What stopped the civil war is unclear, it was likely the destruction they caused on their colony that brought them to stop, but they needed to be able to return home. Using the Ark as a base they built another ship so that they should return home. The process however took nearly eighty years. The Earth had suffered terribly from the war and along with suffering from the war the colonists who returned began to show unusual side-effects to the bacillus. They began to show signs of weakness to UV light and a need for blood. Some of the former colonists ended up attacking humans and so sparked another war.
Seth, Abel and Cain all fought with the former colonists who were now known as "returners". Lilith took to the side of humanity and was able to defeat all three of them in a battle at Paris. Each one of the crusniks had killed several millions without remorse. As the war dragged on Cain had called Lilith to a negotiation for peace. It was a clever rouse as it ended in a fierce battle and Lilith's death. In the end of the war both Cain and Lilith were gone. Abel took Lilith's body and brought it to a crypt in Rome. Seth was faced with a different situation. She had to lead the returners who were still loyal to them. She brought them to a land that had been destroyed by the war. Nothing was growing and it was suppose to be uninhabitable. It's unclear by what force of nature or science she did it, but she brought life back to the land. For eight-hundred years she built and ruled an Empire. During her rule she became known as the "Mother of Methuselah". Her reign as Empress was steady and smooth. She became known as Augusta Vradica. While she ruled she not once allowed her subjects the privilege to see her face or even hear her real voice. She hid behind thick veils and voice changers.
For many centuries her way of ruling sufficed. In fact it sparked hope when she sent one of her nobles to the Outer to help capture a criminal who had fled her country. To the Outer world it showed that perhaps the reclusive and powerful Empire was willing to speak to the rest of the world or even form a true peace treaty with them. What Seth has discovered from that time was that both her brothers were alive somewhere out there. For that reason she decides it is better not to declare any war with the Outer yet since "One of them I could handle but two". Yet their brother Cain, or better yet the crusnik known as 01, was going to become a thorn in her side within the years to come. It is unclear how or when but she states to confirming his life with her own eyes.
Three years pass and things are still stable within her Empire and again more hopeful as she sent an envoy to the Vatican. Ion Fortuna and Radu Barvon were both sent to the Outer to negotiate with the Vatican. The trip would prove fatal for Radu as he was a traitor working for the Rosencruez Orden. The Orden is a small but deadly terrorist organization run by 01. Months pass and Ion is able to return to his home and capital of the Empire, the city of Byzantium. Abel and Esther had accompanied him on his trek home as envoys from the Vatican with a message for Her Majesty. Ion insists that they visit his grandmothers home first. Mirka Fortuna, the most powerful of all the boyars, was proclaimed to be killed when the mansion bursts into flames shortly after Ion's arrival. Mirka and those within the mansion are proclaimed dead and Ion is the prime suspect. After a brief skirmish with Baybars the young noble flees with the two Vatican envoys. The trio is left with no choice but to flee and Abel has an idea who to run to. Astharoshe Asran the Marquise of Keiv. The noble took them in as she received a order from Her Majesty "Protect the envoy who is soon coming from the Vatican".
The group faces multiple challenges in an attempt to uncover the truth behind what is going on in the Empire. There's a plot to murder the Empress following the death of the Duchess of Moldova. Shortly after finding safety with the Marquise of Kiev, Esther and Ion are wandering through the Terran District of Andolu. The pair are attempting to find a certain medical shop owned by a citizen Mimarl. Within the district they are approached by Seth whose pretending to be a simple girl selling tea. After making a few smart remarks she ends up leading them to the shop. During the time she gets a good rise out of Ion by saying how bothersome it must be for Esther to date such a guy. When the trio arrives at the shop Ion picks Esther up and enters 'haste mode' only to find Mimarl fatally injured by an attacking Autojaggers. Mimarl dies but not before informing them that Raduo Barvon was part of the traitors who killed Mirka.Esther suffers a critical wound and with the situation Ion would be unable to take her to a hospital without giving their identity away. Again Seth makes a appearance. Her disposition stays close to the same it did before. The only note of serious nature shows when Ion informs her to leave. She proclaims that Esther is falling into shock and needs help. Right on cue she approaches and takes charge of the situation. Ion helps though becomes wary of her confidence and tone. He asks her what and who she is but the answer he gets is "Just a simple pretty girl".
The new trio are seen next within Seth's home. Esther's wound has been properly treated and she starts speaking in languages not common of the Empire. Languages that Seth responds to naturally. They all talk briefly until Seth teases Ion into leaving to go get food. Esther and Seth proceed to discuss the Empire. Esther points out that the racial co-existence in the Empire does relay solely on the Empress. If the Empress changes her mind or dies the co-existence that they have would fall apart. Just as Seth is applauding the woman for being so smart there's a visitor. Another Autojagger bursts through the door and sends the girl flying back. Esther attempts to grab her shotgun but she too is easily tossed aside by the monster. Before Esther loses consciousness she sees Seth standing up to face it. A ringing sound is the only thing that emits through the air before Esther fades into unconsciousness. Seth ultimately destroys the monster by using her crusnik and flees the area.
On the eve of the burial of the Duchess of Moldova, the girl is found on the Island of Her Beloved Children. Not only was she there but the group of the Marquise and her guests were there as well. She's heading to the Duchess's mausoleum. Due to circumstances Esther spots the girl and follows her. She however loses sight of the smaller girl just outside of the mausoleum. Seth pops up behind her and pulls her into better cover. A brief conversation about who she really was leads to her stating that she's really a citizen taking care of business for her master. It's a clever lie that the woman can't poke holes into because three figures leave the mausoleum. Two of the people leaving were two Autojaggers and one man that they can't place the identity to. Once that small group is a safe distance away Seth darts up, picks the locks to the building and uncovers bombs. The same type used to burn the Duchess's home. Armed with the new knowledge they leave intent on sharing their discovery. On the way they are cut off by the same three figures that had previously been there. The two Autojaggers swing their axes at the girls. Seth deflects the attack with a short-sword and slices the heads off of both of the monsters. Urging Esther to leave the last man goes to give chase to stop the terran girl. Seth cuts him off and begins to attack him. Despite the man being a methuselah he has a hard fight with her until he uses the ring of solomon. Using it he is able to force her back to a cliff and blast her off it. She falls three hundred feet to what should be her demise.
The plot continues to unfold and the mausoleum erupts into flames just as the Duchess's home did. The Empress is proclaimed to have died attending the ceremony at the tomb. Ion and Esther are captured and detained only to suffer at the hands of Dietrich, a man controlling the corpse of Radu. Meanwhile Suleyman, Duke of Tigris and the man responsible for sending Seth off the cliff, is attempting to take charge of the Empire. Astharoshe arrives to accuse Suleyman of being the traitor and being a part of the Duchess's and Empress's death. She proclaims that Ion and Esther are capable of proving his guilt but he states they killed each other in the prison. At that moment the duo arrives to proclaim that he is indeed the traitor. As chaos begins to erupt a voice calls out to end the chaos. The Empress appears and everyone falls silent.
Suleyman and the Empress have a go between where she points out that he absolutely tried to kill her. He urges that he never once tried to kill her with a bomb like the one that was used on the tomb. After continued insistence of his innocence the Empress makes a shocking choice. She brings out a woman who has nearly the exact same body size and build as her. This double removes her veil and a wig which shows that the double is the Duchess of Moldova. With this startling revelation the Empress decides to make one more move in order to secure her victory. The veil that had previously kept her identity hidden for so many centuries it pushed aside to reveal that the Empress is truly Seth. Everyone was startled but the greatest surprised came to the Suleyman, Esther and Ion. All three of them having had a run-in with the girl.
Seth expresses disappointment in his betrayal and states that she had hopes for him. In anger he proclaims that she is nothing more then a liar and attempts to use the ring of solomon to take her life. In that moment Astharoshe uses her weapon to stop him. She blows a hole through his chest while he misses the Empress and hits the throne behind her. He falls to the ground with his life ebbing away. Seth approaches him and takes the dying man into her care. They share a brief discussion where he informs that no child can hate his mother. Until he reaches his dying breath he asks her what is she, who is she and what does she plan for the methuselah. With a heavy heart she mourns the lose of one of her children but does not answer the questions he posed.
Now that the traitor has been dealt with she finds out from Esther that 'Radu' is still out there. She knows instantly where that the other will be so she urges Astharoshe and Esther to follow her to deal with the threat. 'Radu' is within the inner Palace and attempting to take the controls for the Ark from the console within her chambers. Abel is the first one to find him and attempt to take him down. He fails when he tries to activate the crusnik to eighty percent and they reject him. Weakened, Radu-Dietrich was keen on taking his life. Astharoshe and Esther show up in time to save Abel. Astharoshe is taken down by Radu's ability to manipulate fire. With the greater thread dealt with it was time to deal with Abel.
When the final blow is meant to be dealt and the man turned into ashes, the fire breaks apart and the man is safe. Seth shows her face which leads into Dietrich and her mocking each other. Dietrich seems to believe that with Radu's body he can claim victory. Seth activates her crusnik to finish the entire ordeal but not without one menacing threat. The body is turned into white ash and the traitors now completely dealt with. As she de-activates the crusnik Esther checks on Abel. Seth approaches and at first Esther attempts to cover her friend from the girl. Abel urges her to go make sure the Marquise is alright. Seth and Abel have a brief moment together where she expresses content in seeing her deal elder brother after so long.
The envoys stay only a short while longer in the Empire. Before they leave the siblings have one more moment together at the pier. Seth asks him if he would stay with her in the Empire. It was a chance to live together as siblings like they did so long ago. Abel rejects the notion only to her frustration. She hits a ship nearby and almost yells at him for being a stubborn, stupid man. With a sigh and a nod she appears to dismiss her anger. Since Abel was dead-set on leaving she decides to share a bit of the information she learned through the past few years. She tells him that 01 is indeed alive and out there. After that it's clear that it is time for him to leave. He and Esther leave the Empire. She is left to wonder just how many more centuries it will be until she sees her brother again.
Personality:
There are two things to remember about Seth Nightlord. One is that she would like people to believe her a simple girl and the other is that she is a very old empress. She is not a person who is overly enthralled by someone finding out both sides to her. While she may not be two completely separate people with each way of living there can be vast differences in how she could react to a situation. She could go from brushing something off to swift violence to a brief outburst and anything between. It goes to say that she can be entirely unpredictable at times.
Seth, as a girl, is little eccentric. She can be rather selfish and immature in such a way that she can completely dismiss someone trying to scold or correct her. In efforts to change the subject or derail people from their speeches she can make stupid or sarcastic commentary. Anything from pointing out hunger, pushing people's buttons or making herself a bit superior to the other. It's normally in good fun and not meant to cause harm or upset another person. She's immature at times yes but she hasn't crossed into heartless territory yet. In fact she seems to be able to show sympathy to the problems of certain others. She is always more then willing to talk to people about the Empire, any problems with it or gossip about the 'barbaric' Outer.
It isn't unusual that she loves to learn more about happenings within and outside her Empire. She is more then just Seth Nightlord. She is Empress Augusta Vradica, proclaimed the only true ruler of the Empire. Her position is best summarized by a line from one of her nobles. "She was there in the past, is here in the present and will be there in the future, so that out Empire will continue forever." To those within the Empire she is the heart and soul of it. The pillar by which they can all live as they do and the only place that can offer any form of co-existence between terran and methuselah. It is a role fitted only to someone who is not quite of the Earth and someone who takes it to heart.
While she rules as Empress she has a certain mixture of protection and detachment with her subjects. She holds a great deal of compassion for those she calls her children. Despite her compassion she rarely meets with any of them. Even if she does it is not face to face. She keeps herself hidden with her veil and voice modifier. On the outside looking in that may appear to cheapen the affection she has from them. It does not. In fact there are few things that can upset her more then anyone toying or using her children. If there is ever a situation arises where she will commit murder it is when her children or empire is threatened.
Certain traits are kept around all the time. She isn't a person whose quick to trust others despite what impression she may give. Seth is a person that can call a person a friend or a loyal subject but still keep a great deal of secrets from them. Easier then keeping the secrets is lying about all of them. No matter what role she is playing Seth is a very confident person and doesn't make much effort to hide it. She is confident in her abilities, her rule an everything that is the Methuselah Empire. The Empire is her heart and soul, the prime reason she continues to live through each century. Even though she lives through so many centuries she still holds a desire for the family she once had. She has a few old wounds from her youth and the lose of her family but she prefers to only speak or think of it within familiar company.
She is a leader when she needs to be and immature when she wants to be. Regardless of how she acts she has quite a bit of uncertainty in trusting outsiders. Seth is not a girl whose meant to grab a hold of someone and become close friends with them. She might seem a friend but she will always work to keep up an emotional distance and professional level of indifference. She will appear friendly and even call them friends but she is unlikely to ever truly consider someone her friend. Seth needs to maintain her confidence, her wits and be able to trick people into thinking that she is 'just a simple pretty girl'.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
Seth is one of four genetically enhanced humans. Due to the enhancements she is immune to diseases and any viruses that could effect or even kill a normal human being. With her viral immunity she is able to stand toe to toe with a Methuselah in terms of speed and strength. Greater then that is the crusnik nanomachines she is a host to.
*Crusnik nanomachines-
Positive:
-Regenerative abilities. She is capable of regrowing lost limbs, gaping holes in a body or any most any wound that could be fatal. In an way to regenerate it can be either completely reforming the what was lost or by their blood feasting on itself and rebuilding what was lost.
-Extended lifespan. The lifespan is uncertain but each of the present hosts is moving their way towards 1000.
-Each host of the crusnik is also granted with their own weapon and ability unique to them. For Seth she has two tuning forks(each about the length of a sword) which she uses to create what she calls "Flames of sound". It is described as bundling supersonic wave beams with a uniform wavelength at an arbitrary point. It will burn what it's directed to into nothing but a pile of white ash and if used on a living person, render them unable to flee from this attack.
-At a higher level of release they can use a base level of telepathy to project their thoughts into someone's head and touch base with the general feel of the person they're directed on.
Negative:
Most of the negative side-effects from a host not feeding. The crusnik use the bacillus found in the methuselah as their primary source of food.
-If a host goes without eating they can suffer from a temporary illness akin to a virus. The length of the weakened state can vary depending on the starvation of the host.
-When in that weakened state it's shown that the host can feel the destructive urges of the crusnik more then any other time before.
-The nanomachines can forcibly shut down if pushed past their limits. The shut down results in crippling pain for the host momentarily.
-They use the crusnik be releasing their activity levels. The higher the release the greater chance they have of losing control and the crusnik overtaking them. Should such an event come to pass it means ultimately the 'death' of the host as a person.
*As I player I am aware that the crusnik will likely have to be nerfed and am working on ideas for that.
Inventory:
One short sword
Half a dozen darts
Appearance:
Empress Student Crusnik Seth is just under average height, probably about five foot three inches with a rather slender frame. Notably she has somewhat long limbs and has been described as having a fairy-like body. Most days she spends dressed in her elaborate Empress outfits. The imperial color of jade dresses decorated with whites, golds and shades of red. These outfits come with heeled ivory boots that are about knee-length in height and various stocking to match with the outfit. Her hair is somewhat unkempt black mess that falls just below her chin. Notably she has very bright green eyes said to be akin to the greens seen in spring. (As a note since it does come from the novels she does have a PB. Zoeey Deschenal actually with eye color edits).
Age: 965
AU Clarification: n/a
SAMPLES
Log Sample:
Seth did not enjoy it when things didn't go as planned. The recent betrayal by one of her trusted boyars was one such event but it had nothing on this. She was torn from her Empire and her duty only to be wasting her time in space. It was an insult. It was ridiculous. It was downright insane. That some force or person truly believed she had nothing better to do then to cater to whatever whims would surely be demanded of her and any others dragged onto the ship. Her frustration was almost visible. She had an image to keep, at least to herself, so she kept it under wraps. It would stay under the surface were it could fester quietly. One day it would make itself apparent but there were always more important things. The ship she was on was first on the list. She had to familiarize herself with whatever place she was held captive in. Sadly it was not any sort of ship that had been used to in such a long time. She had long since been on a spaceship.
By the time her mind was up to speed with what little she had already learned there was a knot in her stomach. She had no found feelings for space or anything to do with it. She admitted to herself that with the crusnik she may not be perfectly fit for Earth but to be put back into space. Worse yet she spotted no signs of anyone she knew. No natives from the Empire or even her brother. She cursed in the imperial tongue of the Empire multiple times. There was a nation that needed her. She had to be there and had to lead them. Whatever the ship needed from her could be met by someone else. Yet she knew the truth of the situation. She couldn't leave even if she wanted to. She had no idea where in space they were or if she could even find a shuttle off the ship. To her it was just like a rat in a trap. Seth didn't want to be a rat again. People had made her time in space a less then pleasant moment and not one she wants to repeat anytime soon.
If she could approach the whole situation diplomatically she might be able to get a way out. Someone on the ship had to be reasonable. People understood what it meant to have a duty that surpassed all else. Her duty was her Empire and it was not a duty she was willing to abandon. The Methuselah, her children, were not at a prime moment to be without her. She had shown too much too them for her to simply disappear without another incident starting. If her land was to fall or be damaged because she was taken from it there would be no mercy. That was not something to focus on. As angry as she would like to be she had to get down to the basics. Find any others, share information and see who she could use to get away. Patience, she reminded herself. Patience would be key.
Comms Sample:
[ Audio ]
[When she first turns in the device there's a stretch of silence. Somehow the situation has made it more then uncomfortable to broadcast herself to anyone. Realizing how silly it must be to keep it on and be silent she quickly turns the device off. She exhales softly and works to gather her nerve. She's so frustrated by being torn away from her Empire that it makes it much more difficult to approach the situation rationally.
Ten minutes pass before she actives the device again. Again there's a brief moment of silence where words seem to fail her. Finally she shakes her head and decides it's either now or never.]
Hey I don't suppose anyone has learned anything aside from the basics, has they? No secrets uncovered or anything like that? It would be rather rude of one of us to simply keep any information we discovered to themselves. We are here to help one another. [Well maybe she's not but best intentions.]
On the off-chance we are all on the same page we should instead focus on something else. I got an idea. Any legends or fascinating stories from your home? I'm sure we would all love to hear them and anyone who doesn't can just shut their device off and go on their own business.
Your Name: Celes
OOC Journal: losesatgo
Under 18? If yes, what is your age?: Over 18
Email + IM: celesmariaraith@hotmail.com
aim: celesraith
Characters Played at Ataraxion: n/a
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Seth Nightlord
Canon: Trinity Blood
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: Post Reborn on Mars, volume 3
Number: 003 (alternatively 023 or anything available that offers 3 at the end)
Setting: Novels canon timeline(very basic) And a wiki link
Trinity Blood takes place in a post-Armageddon world. Most of the world has been turned into an uninhabitable wasteland save for Europe and a tiny part of Asia and Africa. The Earth now shares two races, the humans and the vampires. Due to the differences between them there's civil wars that arise between races and countries.
And a good portion more is also in her 'History' section since she was a force in what changes the world.
History:
Seth was the last of four clones created to lead a colonization project known as the "Red Mars Project". It was up to Lilith, Cain, Abel and her to lead this project under the UNASF's directive. The project was developed due to the overwhelming population of the Earth and growing strain on resources. They were sent into space and meant to first settle the foreign environment so that they could continue to send people to their alien world. Due to the fact that they were clones it earned them all a deal of hatred from the humans. Many were quick to claim that their leaders were simply designed to be thrown away at a later date. Of all the siblings Abel was the one who generally acted out when these claims were made. It made him the prime target for a later attempt on his life. Members of the colony led Abel away from the colony and intended to let him die out there. While Lilith went to save him, the vehicle she had been driving broke down. They were stranded in until they came upon an alien ship. In the ship they found mostly preserved aliens within.
The alien ship was known as "The Ark" and Seth was one of people to examine the bodies of the aliens within. In the bodies she discovered two types of nanomachines. The first would be known as the Bacillus. The latter were cross-shaped nanomachines that were called the Crusnik. Due to many failed attempts at 'growing' the crusnik, they decided to 'grow' the bacillus and spread it among the colonist. With the nanomachines the martian terrain seemed to become more durable. However one day a accident happened and her brother Cain and another colonist were fatally wounded. In an attempt to save their lives Seth injected both with the crusnik. Both of them died yet Cain came back from the dead shortly thereafter. At that point it was obvious that the crusnik only took to the genetically altered clones instead of a normal human.
The alien technology they had uncovered had been vastly superior to anything that Earth could have dreamed to come up with. Countries on Earth fought each other for it, as did their Representatives on Mars. The civil war on Mars destroyed their space ship to return home and their comm links with the Earth. What stopped the civil war is unclear, it was likely the destruction they caused on their colony that brought them to stop, but they needed to be able to return home. Using the Ark as a base they built another ship so that they should return home. The process however took nearly eighty years. The Earth had suffered terribly from the war and along with suffering from the war the colonists who returned began to show unusual side-effects to the bacillus. They began to show signs of weakness to UV light and a need for blood. Some of the former colonists ended up attacking humans and so sparked another war.
Seth, Abel and Cain all fought with the former colonists who were now known as "returners". Lilith took to the side of humanity and was able to defeat all three of them in a battle at Paris. Each one of the crusniks had killed several millions without remorse. As the war dragged on Cain had called Lilith to a negotiation for peace. It was a clever rouse as it ended in a fierce battle and Lilith's death. In the end of the war both Cain and Lilith were gone. Abel took Lilith's body and brought it to a crypt in Rome. Seth was faced with a different situation. She had to lead the returners who were still loyal to them. She brought them to a land that had been destroyed by the war. Nothing was growing and it was suppose to be uninhabitable. It's unclear by what force of nature or science she did it, but she brought life back to the land. For eight-hundred years she built and ruled an Empire. During her rule she became known as the "Mother of Methuselah". Her reign as Empress was steady and smooth. She became known as Augusta Vradica. While she ruled she not once allowed her subjects the privilege to see her face or even hear her real voice. She hid behind thick veils and voice changers.
For many centuries her way of ruling sufficed. In fact it sparked hope when she sent one of her nobles to the Outer to help capture a criminal who had fled her country. To the Outer world it showed that perhaps the reclusive and powerful Empire was willing to speak to the rest of the world or even form a true peace treaty with them. What Seth has discovered from that time was that both her brothers were alive somewhere out there. For that reason she decides it is better not to declare any war with the Outer yet since "One of them I could handle but two". Yet their brother Cain, or better yet the crusnik known as 01, was going to become a thorn in her side within the years to come. It is unclear how or when but she states to confirming his life with her own eyes.
Three years pass and things are still stable within her Empire and again more hopeful as she sent an envoy to the Vatican. Ion Fortuna and Radu Barvon were both sent to the Outer to negotiate with the Vatican. The trip would prove fatal for Radu as he was a traitor working for the Rosencruez Orden. The Orden is a small but deadly terrorist organization run by 01. Months pass and Ion is able to return to his home and capital of the Empire, the city of Byzantium. Abel and Esther had accompanied him on his trek home as envoys from the Vatican with a message for Her Majesty. Ion insists that they visit his grandmothers home first. Mirka Fortuna, the most powerful of all the boyars, was proclaimed to be killed when the mansion bursts into flames shortly after Ion's arrival. Mirka and those within the mansion are proclaimed dead and Ion is the prime suspect. After a brief skirmish with Baybars the young noble flees with the two Vatican envoys. The trio is left with no choice but to flee and Abel has an idea who to run to. Astharoshe Asran the Marquise of Keiv. The noble took them in as she received a order from Her Majesty "Protect the envoy who is soon coming from the Vatican".
The group faces multiple challenges in an attempt to uncover the truth behind what is going on in the Empire. There's a plot to murder the Empress following the death of the Duchess of Moldova. Shortly after finding safety with the Marquise of Kiev, Esther and Ion are wandering through the Terran District of Andolu. The pair are attempting to find a certain medical shop owned by a citizen Mimarl. Within the district they are approached by Seth whose pretending to be a simple girl selling tea. After making a few smart remarks she ends up leading them to the shop. During the time she gets a good rise out of Ion by saying how bothersome it must be for Esther to date such a guy. When the trio arrives at the shop Ion picks Esther up and enters 'haste mode' only to find Mimarl fatally injured by an attacking Autojaggers. Mimarl dies but not before informing them that Raduo Barvon was part of the traitors who killed Mirka.Esther suffers a critical wound and with the situation Ion would be unable to take her to a hospital without giving their identity away. Again Seth makes a appearance. Her disposition stays close to the same it did before. The only note of serious nature shows when Ion informs her to leave. She proclaims that Esther is falling into shock and needs help. Right on cue she approaches and takes charge of the situation. Ion helps though becomes wary of her confidence and tone. He asks her what and who she is but the answer he gets is "Just a simple pretty girl".
The new trio are seen next within Seth's home. Esther's wound has been properly treated and she starts speaking in languages not common of the Empire. Languages that Seth responds to naturally. They all talk briefly until Seth teases Ion into leaving to go get food. Esther and Seth proceed to discuss the Empire. Esther points out that the racial co-existence in the Empire does relay solely on the Empress. If the Empress changes her mind or dies the co-existence that they have would fall apart. Just as Seth is applauding the woman for being so smart there's a visitor. Another Autojagger bursts through the door and sends the girl flying back. Esther attempts to grab her shotgun but she too is easily tossed aside by the monster. Before Esther loses consciousness she sees Seth standing up to face it. A ringing sound is the only thing that emits through the air before Esther fades into unconsciousness. Seth ultimately destroys the monster by using her crusnik and flees the area.
On the eve of the burial of the Duchess of Moldova, the girl is found on the Island of Her Beloved Children. Not only was she there but the group of the Marquise and her guests were there as well. She's heading to the Duchess's mausoleum. Due to circumstances Esther spots the girl and follows her. She however loses sight of the smaller girl just outside of the mausoleum. Seth pops up behind her and pulls her into better cover. A brief conversation about who she really was leads to her stating that she's really a citizen taking care of business for her master. It's a clever lie that the woman can't poke holes into because three figures leave the mausoleum. Two of the people leaving were two Autojaggers and one man that they can't place the identity to. Once that small group is a safe distance away Seth darts up, picks the locks to the building and uncovers bombs. The same type used to burn the Duchess's home. Armed with the new knowledge they leave intent on sharing their discovery. On the way they are cut off by the same three figures that had previously been there. The two Autojaggers swing their axes at the girls. Seth deflects the attack with a short-sword and slices the heads off of both of the monsters. Urging Esther to leave the last man goes to give chase to stop the terran girl. Seth cuts him off and begins to attack him. Despite the man being a methuselah he has a hard fight with her until he uses the ring of solomon. Using it he is able to force her back to a cliff and blast her off it. She falls three hundred feet to what should be her demise.
The plot continues to unfold and the mausoleum erupts into flames just as the Duchess's home did. The Empress is proclaimed to have died attending the ceremony at the tomb. Ion and Esther are captured and detained only to suffer at the hands of Dietrich, a man controlling the corpse of Radu. Meanwhile Suleyman, Duke of Tigris and the man responsible for sending Seth off the cliff, is attempting to take charge of the Empire. Astharoshe arrives to accuse Suleyman of being the traitor and being a part of the Duchess's and Empress's death. She proclaims that Ion and Esther are capable of proving his guilt but he states they killed each other in the prison. At that moment the duo arrives to proclaim that he is indeed the traitor. As chaos begins to erupt a voice calls out to end the chaos. The Empress appears and everyone falls silent.
Suleyman and the Empress have a go between where she points out that he absolutely tried to kill her. He urges that he never once tried to kill her with a bomb like the one that was used on the tomb. After continued insistence of his innocence the Empress makes a shocking choice. She brings out a woman who has nearly the exact same body size and build as her. This double removes her veil and a wig which shows that the double is the Duchess of Moldova. With this startling revelation the Empress decides to make one more move in order to secure her victory. The veil that had previously kept her identity hidden for so many centuries it pushed aside to reveal that the Empress is truly Seth. Everyone was startled but the greatest surprised came to the Suleyman, Esther and Ion. All three of them having had a run-in with the girl.
Seth expresses disappointment in his betrayal and states that she had hopes for him. In anger he proclaims that she is nothing more then a liar and attempts to use the ring of solomon to take her life. In that moment Astharoshe uses her weapon to stop him. She blows a hole through his chest while he misses the Empress and hits the throne behind her. He falls to the ground with his life ebbing away. Seth approaches him and takes the dying man into her care. They share a brief discussion where he informs that no child can hate his mother. Until he reaches his dying breath he asks her what is she, who is she and what does she plan for the methuselah. With a heavy heart she mourns the lose of one of her children but does not answer the questions he posed.
Now that the traitor has been dealt with she finds out from Esther that 'Radu' is still out there. She knows instantly where that the other will be so she urges Astharoshe and Esther to follow her to deal with the threat. 'Radu' is within the inner Palace and attempting to take the controls for the Ark from the console within her chambers. Abel is the first one to find him and attempt to take him down. He fails when he tries to activate the crusnik to eighty percent and they reject him. Weakened, Radu-Dietrich was keen on taking his life. Astharoshe and Esther show up in time to save Abel. Astharoshe is taken down by Radu's ability to manipulate fire. With the greater thread dealt with it was time to deal with Abel.
When the final blow is meant to be dealt and the man turned into ashes, the fire breaks apart and the man is safe. Seth shows her face which leads into Dietrich and her mocking each other. Dietrich seems to believe that with Radu's body he can claim victory. Seth activates her crusnik to finish the entire ordeal but not without one menacing threat. The body is turned into white ash and the traitors now completely dealt with. As she de-activates the crusnik Esther checks on Abel. Seth approaches and at first Esther attempts to cover her friend from the girl. Abel urges her to go make sure the Marquise is alright. Seth and Abel have a brief moment together where she expresses content in seeing her deal elder brother after so long.
The envoys stay only a short while longer in the Empire. Before they leave the siblings have one more moment together at the pier. Seth asks him if he would stay with her in the Empire. It was a chance to live together as siblings like they did so long ago. Abel rejects the notion only to her frustration. She hits a ship nearby and almost yells at him for being a stubborn, stupid man. With a sigh and a nod she appears to dismiss her anger. Since Abel was dead-set on leaving she decides to share a bit of the information she learned through the past few years. She tells him that 01 is indeed alive and out there. After that it's clear that it is time for him to leave. He and Esther leave the Empire. She is left to wonder just how many more centuries it will be until she sees her brother again.
Personality:
There are two things to remember about Seth Nightlord. One is that she would like people to believe her a simple girl and the other is that she is a very old empress. She is not a person who is overly enthralled by someone finding out both sides to her. While she may not be two completely separate people with each way of living there can be vast differences in how she could react to a situation. She could go from brushing something off to swift violence to a brief outburst and anything between. It goes to say that she can be entirely unpredictable at times.
Seth, as a girl, is little eccentric. She can be rather selfish and immature in such a way that she can completely dismiss someone trying to scold or correct her. In efforts to change the subject or derail people from their speeches she can make stupid or sarcastic commentary. Anything from pointing out hunger, pushing people's buttons or making herself a bit superior to the other. It's normally in good fun and not meant to cause harm or upset another person. She's immature at times yes but she hasn't crossed into heartless territory yet. In fact she seems to be able to show sympathy to the problems of certain others. She is always more then willing to talk to people about the Empire, any problems with it or gossip about the 'barbaric' Outer.
It isn't unusual that she loves to learn more about happenings within and outside her Empire. She is more then just Seth Nightlord. She is Empress Augusta Vradica, proclaimed the only true ruler of the Empire. Her position is best summarized by a line from one of her nobles. "She was there in the past, is here in the present and will be there in the future, so that out Empire will continue forever." To those within the Empire she is the heart and soul of it. The pillar by which they can all live as they do and the only place that can offer any form of co-existence between terran and methuselah. It is a role fitted only to someone who is not quite of the Earth and someone who takes it to heart.
While she rules as Empress she has a certain mixture of protection and detachment with her subjects. She holds a great deal of compassion for those she calls her children. Despite her compassion she rarely meets with any of them. Even if she does it is not face to face. She keeps herself hidden with her veil and voice modifier. On the outside looking in that may appear to cheapen the affection she has from them. It does not. In fact there are few things that can upset her more then anyone toying or using her children. If there is ever a situation arises where she will commit murder it is when her children or empire is threatened.
Certain traits are kept around all the time. She isn't a person whose quick to trust others despite what impression she may give. Seth is a person that can call a person a friend or a loyal subject but still keep a great deal of secrets from them. Easier then keeping the secrets is lying about all of them. No matter what role she is playing Seth is a very confident person and doesn't make much effort to hide it. She is confident in her abilities, her rule an everything that is the Methuselah Empire. The Empire is her heart and soul, the prime reason she continues to live through each century. Even though she lives through so many centuries she still holds a desire for the family she once had. She has a few old wounds from her youth and the lose of her family but she prefers to only speak or think of it within familiar company.
She is a leader when she needs to be and immature when she wants to be. Regardless of how she acts she has quite a bit of uncertainty in trusting outsiders. Seth is not a girl whose meant to grab a hold of someone and become close friends with them. She might seem a friend but she will always work to keep up an emotional distance and professional level of indifference. She will appear friendly and even call them friends but she is unlikely to ever truly consider someone her friend. Seth needs to maintain her confidence, her wits and be able to trick people into thinking that she is 'just a simple pretty girl'.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
Seth is one of four genetically enhanced humans. Due to the enhancements she is immune to diseases and any viruses that could effect or even kill a normal human being. With her viral immunity she is able to stand toe to toe with a Methuselah in terms of speed and strength. Greater then that is the crusnik nanomachines she is a host to.
*Crusnik nanomachines-
Positive:
-Regenerative abilities. She is capable of regrowing lost limbs, gaping holes in a body or any most any wound that could be fatal. In an way to regenerate it can be either completely reforming the what was lost or by their blood feasting on itself and rebuilding what was lost.
-Extended lifespan. The lifespan is uncertain but each of the present hosts is moving their way towards 1000.
-Each host of the crusnik is also granted with their own weapon and ability unique to them. For Seth she has two tuning forks(each about the length of a sword) which she uses to create what she calls "Flames of sound". It is described as bundling supersonic wave beams with a uniform wavelength at an arbitrary point. It will burn what it's directed to into nothing but a pile of white ash and if used on a living person, render them unable to flee from this attack.
-At a higher level of release they can use a base level of telepathy to project their thoughts into someone's head and touch base with the general feel of the person they're directed on.
Negative:
Most of the negative side-effects from a host not feeding. The crusnik use the bacillus found in the methuselah as their primary source of food.
-If a host goes without eating they can suffer from a temporary illness akin to a virus. The length of the weakened state can vary depending on the starvation of the host.
-When in that weakened state it's shown that the host can feel the destructive urges of the crusnik more then any other time before.
-The nanomachines can forcibly shut down if pushed past their limits. The shut down results in crippling pain for the host momentarily.
-They use the crusnik be releasing their activity levels. The higher the release the greater chance they have of losing control and the crusnik overtaking them. Should such an event come to pass it means ultimately the 'death' of the host as a person.
*As I player I am aware that the crusnik will likely have to be nerfed and am working on ideas for that.
Inventory:
One short sword
Half a dozen darts
Appearance:
Empress Student Crusnik Seth is just under average height, probably about five foot three inches with a rather slender frame. Notably she has somewhat long limbs and has been described as having a fairy-like body. Most days she spends dressed in her elaborate Empress outfits. The imperial color of jade dresses decorated with whites, golds and shades of red. These outfits come with heeled ivory boots that are about knee-length in height and various stocking to match with the outfit. Her hair is somewhat unkempt black mess that falls just below her chin. Notably she has very bright green eyes said to be akin to the greens seen in spring. (As a note since it does come from the novels she does have a PB. Zoeey Deschenal actually with eye color edits).
Age: 965
AU Clarification: n/a
SAMPLES
Log Sample:
Seth did not enjoy it when things didn't go as planned. The recent betrayal by one of her trusted boyars was one such event but it had nothing on this. She was torn from her Empire and her duty only to be wasting her time in space. It was an insult. It was ridiculous. It was downright insane. That some force or person truly believed she had nothing better to do then to cater to whatever whims would surely be demanded of her and any others dragged onto the ship. Her frustration was almost visible. She had an image to keep, at least to herself, so she kept it under wraps. It would stay under the surface were it could fester quietly. One day it would make itself apparent but there were always more important things. The ship she was on was first on the list. She had to familiarize herself with whatever place she was held captive in. Sadly it was not any sort of ship that had been used to in such a long time. She had long since been on a spaceship.
By the time her mind was up to speed with what little she had already learned there was a knot in her stomach. She had no found feelings for space or anything to do with it. She admitted to herself that with the crusnik she may not be perfectly fit for Earth but to be put back into space. Worse yet she spotted no signs of anyone she knew. No natives from the Empire or even her brother. She cursed in the imperial tongue of the Empire multiple times. There was a nation that needed her. She had to be there and had to lead them. Whatever the ship needed from her could be met by someone else. Yet she knew the truth of the situation. She couldn't leave even if she wanted to. She had no idea where in space they were or if she could even find a shuttle off the ship. To her it was just like a rat in a trap. Seth didn't want to be a rat again. People had made her time in space a less then pleasant moment and not one she wants to repeat anytime soon.
If she could approach the whole situation diplomatically she might be able to get a way out. Someone on the ship had to be reasonable. People understood what it meant to have a duty that surpassed all else. Her duty was her Empire and it was not a duty she was willing to abandon. The Methuselah, her children, were not at a prime moment to be without her. She had shown too much too them for her to simply disappear without another incident starting. If her land was to fall or be damaged because she was taken from it there would be no mercy. That was not something to focus on. As angry as she would like to be she had to get down to the basics. Find any others, share information and see who she could use to get away. Patience, she reminded herself. Patience would be key.
Comms Sample:
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[When she first turns in the device there's a stretch of silence. Somehow the situation has made it more then uncomfortable to broadcast herself to anyone. Realizing how silly it must be to keep it on and be silent she quickly turns the device off. She exhales softly and works to gather her nerve. She's so frustrated by being torn away from her Empire that it makes it much more difficult to approach the situation rationally.
Ten minutes pass before she actives the device again. Again there's a brief moment of silence where words seem to fail her. Finally she shakes her head and decides it's either now or never.]
Hey I don't suppose anyone has learned anything aside from the basics, has they? No secrets uncovered or anything like that? It would be rather rude of one of us to simply keep any information we discovered to themselves. We are here to help one another. [Well maybe she's not but best intentions.]
On the off-chance we are all on the same page we should instead focus on something else. I got an idea. Any legends or fascinating stories from your home? I'm sure we would all love to hear them and anyone who doesn't can just shut their device off and go on their own business.