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crowley eusford | owari no seraph | not reserved

[personal profile] eusford 2016-12-10 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)

Player



Name: Ashe

Age: 22

Contact: PM for the most part, [plurk.com profile] vongaribaldi

Preferred Pronouns: She/Her
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[personal profile] eusford 2016-12-10 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)

Character



Name: Crowley Eusford

Age: 825 (Physically 25)

Memory Option: 1

Established Status: He's been here for four years! So technically in game everyone will think he's 29.

Canon: Owari no Seraph

Canon Point: Chapter 52

Citizenship: Qreshi

Job: Being rich and not having to worry about jobs aka currently unemployed.

Abilities:

PASSIVE

Biologically as a vampire Crowley is much stronger than the average human in terms of physical strength, health regeneration, and speed.

In terms of strength he is capable of stopping large vehicles going full speed and tearing down with a single hand easily. He is also capable of jumping to and from high obstacles without suffering any damage; vampires are immortal and capable of reattaching limbs (Crowley easily snapped his own neck back in place) and the only notable ways of killing them is through sun exposure and using cursed demon gear. Starving themselves of blood and even tearing their heart out of their chest only turns them into a demon, so technically they still do not die. As for speed he can appear behind someone a few meters away within a blink of an eye.

MINOR

His stamina is also exceptionally high, however vampires due experience some form of fatigue when running on little blood. Vampires can go three days before their desire for blood drives them insane and they need to drink.

Finally, his senses (sight, smell, hearing) are seven times stronger than a humans. He can hear the heartbeat of individuals from far distances and in the light novels Crowley himself notes that he can hear the rats within a mansion. He can also smell blood even if it's being contained and determine if it is or not spoiled.

MAJOR

With his weapon in canon Crowley can enhance his strength by offering his blood, which will pierce through his palm and the back of his hand, and enhancing his strength. He's shown to be able to swing his blade in a horizontal or vertical motion and send a dangerous blast, stopping attacks and blasting enemies away from him.
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[personal profile] eusford 2016-12-10 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Personality:

“There is no hero. And no God either.”


Crowley Eusford is a man who is rarely seen without a smile on his face. In fact he does tend to come off as calm, down-to-earth kind of guy despite his first introduction, and honestly one wouldn't be too far off the mark considering Crowley doesn't use his pleasantries as a façade. Even when his arm is cut off by the main protagonist he keeps smiling, speaking in a friendly tone that's accompanied with his usual vocal drawl. If he takes interest in someone he doesn't hesitate to make the typical vampire-like comment (example being when he said that he wanted to 'bite' Yuuichirou Hyakuya, mainly in situations where they're fighting), and is incredibly blunt. He's not wishy-washy and is an incredibly honest individual, which may seem intimidating to some people but this is a trait he's had even before becoming a vampire. When speaking with Ferid Bathory, who Crowley knew as a human, he doesn't hesitate to cut him down in conversations and state when he's disinterested in something.

With Crowley and Ferid on topic it should be noted that their relationship is incredibly shallow, and notably one of the few relationships he has where he's relatively close to someone else. Despite his aides, Chess Belle and Horn Skuld, voicing their opinions that the other vampire is 'sneaky and tricky', Crowley can only laugh and agree with them. However what keeps him at Ferid's side and remaining in his faction is the fact that Crowley is kept entertained. While he openly admits that Ferid is a character who he cannot fully trust due to the fact that he never can figure out what he's thinking, he also says that there's "never a dull moment" at his side. (Honestly when you're over eight hundred years old you would want to find something that keeps you entertained, especially with vampire activities being so limited.) Even when his location was leaked by Ferid, which lead to the death of five other noble vampires, Crowley wasn't the least bit upset. In fact when he was asked whether or not he was entertained he only paused for a second before agreeing that he did have some fun.

When the background of their relationship is thoroughly explained it may come to a surprise that Crowley would even entertain Ferid. In the past, before he was even a vampire, Crowley lost his friends due to a 'bloodsucking monster' and suffered from post traumatic stress after the war. Things only continue to get worse when Ferid turns Crowley and he spends a hundred years searching for the other vampire, only for his humanity to have waned so much that he had forgotten just what his goal was. It was a frustrating reality for him, to admit that he was a monster among men and he could never return to who he was before--he no longer had the initial hatred he held before because those emotions slowly dwindled for his newly found desire, his desire for blood. With that acceptance he changed, became less angry and more calm, and this is the Crowley Eusford that we see today. However it's later in canon that he reveals that there is some bitterness in that heart of his for being turned into a vampire. Threatening Ferid that he would exact his revenge on him and not the vampire's blood he actually drank when he's again left in the dark during one of Ferid's plans.

Also he takes the fact of them drinking the blood from the same vampire means that they're siblings, and later slams on the brakes of the truck he's driving and sends Ferid straight out of the front window. So all-in-all being relatively close to Crowley, even if it's on a "we just don't hate each other" basis, is a dangerous one if you're not immortal. (And even if you are that doesn't save you. He laughs when Ferid is sent to three days of sun exposure and suggests that they don't save him, stating that he's a "troublesome annoyance" and that him dying would allow him to "be free for awhile".) He playfully fought with Shinoa Hiiragi's squad multiple times, and while he states he went easy on them each time they all ended up completely exhausted on the ground.

Crowley is a individual who enjoys fighting and it's obvious just based off of his appearance alone; his smile grows, his eyes go wide, and his voice may even grow to be above his usual tone if he's entertained enough. He teases and downright mocks his enemies, unwilling to drag out a fight if his opponent becomes too predictable and doesn't entertain him. Unsurprisingly enough Crowley shows a high level of apathy towards the things he doesn't care for, cutting down the individuals who bore him without a second thought. In his perspective they're livestock that aren't even significant enough to be used as food anymore. In these situations you can see that Crowley's decision making isn't measured or calculated; he simply does things because he wants to.

But those are all based on entertainment value. Crowley himself is quite strategic in battle and has no interest in fighting something that has already been lost (as he's done plenty of times before at war), so he knows when to fight and when to call it quits without it denting his confidence. He has also gone through with the act of pretending to be weaker than he is, taking the role of a Thirteenth Progenitor despite having the strength to be Seventh or Eighth. Higher ranked vampires and humans would then predict him to be weaker and ultimately let their guard down, which can be called out as "fighting dirty" from someone else's perspective but he's not the least bit concerned. It has been working out for him for years now, after all.

And considering he's a vampire, a monster to the human eye, he's not above cutting down both women and teenagers, even stating that a human life is not worth much. He finds humans greedy, believing that they are hypocrites for eating beef, pork, and other lifeforms but the moment there is a being above them in the food chain they immediately feel threatened. This leads to him becoming curious in their weapons, noticing that humans have been becoming stronger in their world far too quickly, but not entirely surprised since "humans have always had a lust for power". He does find that part of them to be admirable considering he was once a human who lacked ambition after a wave of unfortunate events, they still continue to strive despite having an enemy they can't defeat with their own power.

That being said Crowley does retain a certain moral code in some aspects--when told by Ferid that he's free to drink from Mikaela Hyakuya, who at the time was a child, Crowley immediately rejects citing that the act of doing so was "illegal"; when learning about the cursed demon weapons and causing their healing factors to be rendered useless he tells his aides to be careful--and these have been a trait of his even as a Knight Templar. Even now Crowley has the same, if not more, amount of respect from lower and higher ranked vampires, just as he did when he was human, and holds a number of responsibilities on his shoulders with confidence. He's trusted by many individuals and it's something that he personally enjoys knowing, reminding him of days when he was human.

Now it is not uncommon for Crowley to reminisce on the past. When he overhears Shinoa's squad talking about formation plans he responds saying that he misses the act of formulating actions within the battlefield alongside his comrades. This may seem to contradict his view on humans as a whole, but it's a simple drive down memory lane and nothing else. He's willing to aide humans in situations where they have similar goals, but his opinions remain the same and they probably will not change anytime soon.

However this doesn't exactly balance out his morality, despite being a Knight Templar in the past Crowley never followed everything perfectly to the 't' and he continues to display that now--He took an oath of chastity when he was human and did he keep that promise? Of course not. Vampires have laws and drinking the blood of their own kind is considered taboo, does he share with Chess and Horn from time to time? Of course. Ultimately this reflects back on Crowley being the type of person to do things because he wants to, however he does keep these two facts in particular a secret. You can say that he's a man who isn't keen on telling others his life story and if there's no harm in them not knowing he'll keep his lips sealed.

Finally, Crowley was a man who believed heavily in God and lost that faith in the chain of misfortune that happened to him during the war. While he kept the cross of his commander with him he stopped going to church, stopped praying, and all because in his perspective God never answered his pleas once. To this day he believes this and it's all due to the fact that he was turned into a vampire, that despite wanting to die on the battlefield with his friends he was sparred, that Ferid completely changed his life for reasons still unknown to him, and that he continued to live on while his friends died one-by-one. Crowley definitely experienced survivor's guilt in his time, but as centuries went by and it was confirmed that those friends of his wouldn't be rising from the grave he decided to continue forward.
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[personal profile] eusford 2016-12-10 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
AU History:

Qresh and the Simms have been Crowley's home since he was born, living life luxuriously and with joy. However experiencing the same events day-by-day was a bore, he had no problems considering he wasn't particularly interested in political affairs and his responsibilities were the size of an ant in comparison to other members of the family. It was clear as day from the day he was born that he was no immediate heir and to be perfectly frank as he grew older he was glad for that fact. It meant less worrying and coming from a man who openly complains about running when he doesn't feel like no one would want him with too much power.

Perhaps it was for better or for worse, but somewhere between the past and present he was met with a life changing experience. Scarbacks were common folk in Qresh as they were invited to bless any new land, and the night Crowley would lose his human self would happen when he reached the age of twenty-five. What was once immense respect he held for the Scarbacks was all blown away the moment he put his trust in an Uncle and ended up with a "disease". (He uses this term loosely around family members, never around strangers.) For all he knows the man that changed him was still roaming the Quad and that idea alone enrages him, but his family cages the newly made beast in hopes that a cure would be attainable. However, just like the Uncle who had changed him, fate was cruel and Crowley had remained a vampire.

Honestly the Simms desire to keep him and his disease a secret in Qresh--and ultimately the Quad--was confusing pill to swallow. He opted that they had plans to use him in the years to come somehow, and what keeps Crowley rooted there was the interest for that day to come. The Simms were allies to the Kendry and while Crowley's presence was often overlooked that didn't mean he was completely unaware of the world around him. For all he knows the Kendry may be aware of his "illness" and possibly have the Simms hands tied on terms of what to do with him.

However his family, especially his father, makes sure that Crowley now lives comfortably with his illness. He's given separate housing and all the servants that tend to his daily needs are mainly there for the sole purpose for him to drink from them, and surprisingly enough he's only had three situations where he came close to drinking someone dry! (Listen that's an accomplishment worth boasting about.) But he abides by the rules his family left him not to kill anyone, to stay on Qresh, and to keep his illness a secret--but for how long will he continue to allow this before he gets bored? Time will only tell.


CRAU: N/A

Original History: Here!

Inventory: The clothes on his back, a ring that fits around his arm allowing him to go out in the sun, and his sword.

Samples: Here!

Miscellaneous Notes:

thenine: (serving the quad)

REVISIONS REQUESTED

[personal profile] thenine 2016-12-11 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
 
 

Thank you for applying to Overjoyed. The moderation team has reviewed your application and found it to be very strong. However, we would like to request some revision(s) before we can accept your application.

Please clarify how his vampirism works in the Overjoyed universe in the abilities section as discussed via PM with player. Thank you!


If you’d like to discuss the specifics or need clarity, please feel free to PM the mod account. You have 48 hours after the app window closes to submit the requested changes.

Additionally, looking over Overjoyed's FAQ, Premise, Culture/Factions, Powers, & Memory Mechanics might be of help to you during your revisions.

Thank you again for your interest in Overjoyed, and we look forward to seeing your revised application!

Yours,
Overjoyed Mods

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Re: REVISIONS REQUESTED

[personal profile] eusford 2016-12-12 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Abilities:

PASSIVE

Biologically as a vampire Crowley is much stronger than the average human in terms of physical strength, health regeneration, and speed.

In terms of strength he is capable of stopping large vehicles going full speed and tearing down with a single hand easily. He is also capable of jumping to and from high obstacles without suffering any damage; vampires are immortal and capable of reattaching limbs (Crowley easily snapped his own neck back in place) and the only notable ways of killing them is through sun exposure and using cursed demon gear. Starving themselves of blood and even tearing their heart out of their chest only turns them into a demon, so technically they still do not die. As for speed he can appear behind someone a few meters away within a blink of an eye.

However in game his immortality won't leave him absolutely unstoppable, and this "disease" of his is inherited directly from another vampire and thus he cannot be stronger than the one who turned him. In fact his strength is cut to that of a fourth of what the original vampire is capable of, much like in canon, making him weaker and easier to kill. A direct shot to the head and continuous amount of heavy damage will do the trick, and since he's separated from canon tearing his heart out of his chest will result into an immediate death. His regeneration will still be in place however it won't act immediately, severed limbs will need a few hours to a day, depending how damaged the nerves are, and will require major blood intake (at least two people so he doesn't accidentally drink one dry). He still will be unable to age and will physically remain the same.

MINOR

His stamina is also exceptionally high, however vampires due experience some form of fatigue when running on little blood. Vampires can go three days before their desire for blood drives them insane and they need to drink.

Finally, his senses (sight, smell, hearing) are seven times stronger than a humans. He can hear the heartbeat of individuals from far distances and in the light novels Crowley himself notes that he can hear the rats within a mansion. He can also smell blood even if it's being contained and determine if it is or not spoiled. Both of these enhancements are also are physical alterations that happened after coming in contact with the disease in becoming a vampire.

MAJOR

With his weapon in canon Crowley can enhance his strength by offering his blood, which will pierce through his palm and the back of his hand, and enhancing his strength. He's shown to be able to swing his blade in a horizontal or vertical motion and send a dangerous blast, stopping attacks and blasting enemies away from him. This isn't stated to be a work of magic but vampire blood being used to enhance said weapon; in game it will have a similar mechanic and it would be due to his blood being both enhanced and strengthened after being infected.
thenine: (serving the quad)

ACCEPTED

[personal profile] thenine 2016-12-12 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
 
 

Congratulations! You've been accepted into Overjoyed.

We’re so excited to have you join our community. Before we can get started, please do the following:

  1. Request to join the following communities: Logs · Network · OOC · Memes

  2. Friend the mod account, thenine, and respond to the player contact page.

  3. Reply to the taken page.

  4. Fill out the job registry.

  5. (Optional) Follow the mod plurk here to stay up to date about upcoming plots, community discussions, and more!

  6. (Optional) Put your application, IC contact/inbox, and permissions post in your journal, then introduce yourself to the OOC community!

  7. First Round Only: See welcome post on the OOC community for more information on pre-game start activity.

All characters will start with a balance of 100 bonus HP. This balance can be used towards AC bank purchases, but may not be used for satisfying monthly AC requirements.

If you have any further questions or comments, please don't hesitate to reach out to us by PM or on the contact page.

Once again, we’re so happy to have you, and thanks for joining us!

Yours,
Overjoyed Mods
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