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Character: Zelgadis Greywords
Series: Slayers (anime)
Age: 19
Canon: Here's the recipe. Begin by filling your blender with one part Dungeons & Dragons and one part anime. Add three cups of WTF and a dash of broken fourth wall, get a little frappe action all up ons, and now pour yourself a tall, cool glass of Slayers. The series follows the underdeveloped, oversensitive sorceress Lina Inverse as she travels across the globe with her allies, stealing from bandits, bankrupting all-you-can-eat restaurants, and -- when she can't dodge it any longer -- saving the world from evil. Zelgadis Greywords is one of the aforementioned allies (however reluctantly at times). As a younger lad, Zelgadis desperately wanted to become stronger, so he accepted a powerful priest's offer to make him stronger. Only later did Zel find it involved turning him into a "chimera" -- a magical fusion of creatures, in this case human, golem, and demon, with blue stone skin and wire hair. Monstrous? Well, not in the fangirls' opinions, but Zelgadis certainly thought so, vowing to find some way to turn himself back into a human.
Zelgadis is often the straight man of the team, although in a show like Slayers that role gets passed around like a hot potato. He claims to be a "heartless swordsman", and at first it seems true: he's cold, sharp-witted, an unsympathetic loner. But that stony exterior hides a man who is... well... topped by life. From getting innadress'd to being used as a REPLACEMENT ANCHOR FOR A SHIP, there's no indignity Zel's friends won't inflict upon him. And if he thinks it will lead to a cure, there's no indignity he won't inflict upon himself. Really, deep down, Zelgadis is just a woobie who wants to be normal again. Too bad the universe laughs at his pain.
Quick Note™: "Diem Wing" is a spell that creates a powerful gust of wind. "Fireball"... you can probably guess.
Sample Post:
A strange world overlapping our own, saturated with magic and filled with strange creatures... A place where magical transformations are so commonplace that a man may wake as a woman and barely bat an eye... Can it be I've finally found what I've sought for so long? Surely among all its "viruses", this legendary "Country Fallen Under the Depths" must hold a cure for me!
No, not a cure for "transgender issues", you blasted toucans! I get enough ridicule from my allies. I don't need it from the wildlife as well! I'm talking about this accursed stone body! All the trials I've gone through, all the suffering... I've been feared as a hideous monster, mistaken for a castle's gargoyle, used to counterbalance a trebuchet, almost mined... And let's not even discuss the recurring problem of pigeons. You couldn't possibly understand the despair and isolation I face, the torment of being... being... Er, yes, I suppose you could say "always hard", but why --
And now you dare to laugh at me! ...Heh. You should count yourselves lucky. If it were Lina you were mocking, one Fireball would leave the lot of you a fried chicken buffet. But as far as I'm concerned, you annoying pests aren't even worth killing, so... Diem Wing! Give the lake monster my regards.
Now, where was I -- damn, more of this world's insane fauna. I don't have time for this! You hear me, you monstrous gorilla? Unless you can lead me to a cure for my curse, I want nothing to do with you! ...What? You can? Honestly?! At this point I really shouldn't get my hopes up, but -- Very well! Lead the way, then. I must confess to having had second thoughts about this side trip, but if the book you're talking about is real, I will truly be in... your...
You must be joking. A giant crate held up by a stick? Don't make me laugh! Do you think I'm so stupid that I'll fall for an obvious trap like this?! Even if that book down there is titled "Curing Chimera For Dummies", there's no way that I...
...
...Well. Maybe just one glance.
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And Zel makes it in with a respectable 82%!
Series: Slayers (anime)
Age: 19
Canon: Here's the recipe. Begin by filling your blender with one part Dungeons & Dragons and one part anime. Add three cups of WTF and a dash of broken fourth wall, get a little frappe action all up ons, and now pour yourself a tall, cool glass of Slayers. The series follows the underdeveloped, oversensitive sorceress Lina Inverse as she travels across the globe with her allies, stealing from bandits, bankrupting all-you-can-eat restaurants, and -- when she can't dodge it any longer -- saving the world from evil. Zelgadis Greywords is one of the aforementioned allies (however reluctantly at times). As a younger lad, Zelgadis desperately wanted to become stronger, so he accepted a powerful priest's offer to make him stronger. Only later did Zel find it involved turning him into a "chimera" -- a magical fusion of creatures, in this case human, golem, and demon, with blue stone skin and wire hair. Monstrous? Well, not in the fangirls' opinions, but Zelgadis certainly thought so, vowing to find some way to turn himself back into a human.
Zelgadis is often the straight man of the team, although in a show like Slayers that role gets passed around like a hot potato. He claims to be a "heartless swordsman", and at first it seems true: he's cold, sharp-witted, an unsympathetic loner. But that stony exterior hides a man who is... well... topped by life. From getting innadress'd to being used as a REPLACEMENT ANCHOR FOR A SHIP, there's no indignity Zel's friends won't inflict upon him. And if he thinks it will lead to a cure, there's no indignity he won't inflict upon himself. Really, deep down, Zelgadis is just a woobie who wants to be normal again. Too bad the universe laughs at his pain.
Quick Note™: "Diem Wing" is a spell that creates a powerful gust of wind. "Fireball"... you can probably guess.
Sample Post:
A strange world overlapping our own, saturated with magic and filled with strange creatures... A place where magical transformations are so commonplace that a man may wake as a woman and barely bat an eye... Can it be I've finally found what I've sought for so long? Surely among all its "viruses", this legendary "Country Fallen Under the Depths" must hold a cure for me!
No, not a cure for "transgender issues", you blasted toucans! I get enough ridicule from my allies. I don't need it from the wildlife as well! I'm talking about this accursed stone body! All the trials I've gone through, all the suffering... I've been feared as a hideous monster, mistaken for a castle's gargoyle, used to counterbalance a trebuchet, almost mined... And let's not even discuss the recurring problem of pigeons. You couldn't possibly understand the despair and isolation I face, the torment of being... being... Er, yes, I suppose you could say "always hard", but why --
And now you dare to laugh at me! ...Heh. You should count yourselves lucky. If it were Lina you were mocking, one Fireball would leave the lot of you a fried chicken buffet. But as far as I'm concerned, you annoying pests aren't even worth killing, so... Diem Wing! Give the lake monster my regards.
Now, where was I -- damn, more of this world's insane fauna. I don't have time for this! You hear me, you monstrous gorilla? Unless you can lead me to a cure for my curse, I want nothing to do with you! ...What? You can? Honestly?! At this point I really shouldn't get my hopes up, but -- Very well! Lead the way, then. I must confess to having had second thoughts about this side trip, but if the book you're talking about is real, I will truly be in... your...
You must be joking. A giant crate held up by a stick? Don't make me laugh! Do you think I'm so stupid that I'll fall for an obvious trap like this?! Even if that book down there is titled "Curing Chimera For Dummies", there's no way that I...
...
...Well. Maybe just one glance.
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And Zel makes it in with a respectable 82%!