[[ OOC; Shadow Plot infostuffs ]]
Arcana
Death;
"The Death card speaks of a major conclusion in an area of our lives. Often when this card shows up in a reading it means the querent has had, or will have a change that is monumental - an ending of circumstances that were dragging on for far too long and the only way to make a clean break is to have a sharp ending. The key point to remember here is that where there is an ending, there is also a beginning.
The Death card also exposes us to the inevitabilities in our lives. Everyone has heard the old adage "the only thing you can count on is death and taxes." The quote left out one other inevitable occurance: Change. We can alway count on change. No matter how long we've been at our jobs, how long we've been married, or how long we've lived in one location - fact of the matter is that everything changes. We may remain in the same house all of our lives, but our lives will always change. Life is in constant motion and this is the irony of the Death card. Death is never the end - it is simply a motion in a different direction."
Some frequent keywords used by card readers are:
>Change
>Exposure
>Transition
>Termination
>Inevitability
Shadow
Name: White
Description: Still the same young man he always looks to be, but less....held together? He doesn't bother holding his power in check, and that leaves him looking everything as his nature implies; filthy, sickly, and probably very much like he's been thrashed around and tossed into a ditch. Surprisingly enough, the biker gear he wears is fairly pristine compared to rest of him.
Personality: He's a prick, plain and simple. In his own world, Pollution is often able to escape the attention of people around him, and after becoming to used to being ignored over the years he's always surprised and a little thrilled when someone actually is paying attention to him. And his shadow? Revels in it. While it rarely shows unless he's pushed/encouraged to it, Pollution's a pretty smug little bastard when it comes right down to it, and proud of what he is, his horseman nature giving way to a slight superiority complex over most other beings. All of which the shadow amps up to the nth degree, unfortunately, leading to a total lack of care for power control, and a very vocal dislike of humans. He's also a bit of a brat, and while entirely too easy to push to violence he's quicker still to run when it looks like things aren't quite working out to his favor.
Dungeon/Environment: I'm thinking nuclear-plant ruins, or something along those lines.
The Shadow's 'True Form':
Name: The Conquered Crown (?)
Description: A large, skeletal like creature wearing a corroded silver crown, just barely retaining a humanoid appearence under the thick layers of sludgey grim that seems to flow from it. Tends to prefer inflicting opponents with a number of status ailments rather than actually fighting head on, so expect him to be a nasty little pain in the ass.
Level: 67
Persona
Name: The White Rider
Description: Pestilence, the (former) fourth horseman of the Apocalypse.
Level: 71
Role/Category: Scanner
Elemental Resistance:
Resist: None
Block: Fire, Light
Absorb: None
Reflect: Dark
Weak: Ice
Skills/Spells:
I dunno why I'm listing these when he'll never fight, but eh.
Analysis----------------Reveals an enemy's stats and weak points.
Arrow Rain------------Inflicts a large amount of Physical damage twice on all enemies.
Mamudoon------------40% chance of instant death from the power of Darkness on all enemies.
Blight--------------------Inflicts a large amount of Physical damage with a chance of Poison on all enemies.
Evil Smile--------------25% chance of inflicting the Fear ailment on all enemies.
Old One----------------25% chance of inflicting the Enervation ailment on all enemies.
Foolish Whisper-----25% chance of inflicting the Silence ailment on all enemies.