<strong>Name</strong>: Arioch<br/><strong>Gender</strong>: Male<br/><strong>Sexuality</strong>: Gay<br/><strong>Age</strong>:  498<br/>Appearance:<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Human Form<br/>(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6wjp32YKa1rrb43bo1_500.jpg)<br/>Preferred Form<br/>(http://www.beautifulmag.com/.a/6a00d83451cc7469e2015391ff1ab3970b-500wi)<br/>True Form<br/>(http://www.deviantart.com/download/282529198/demon_sorcerer_by_scooter782-d4o7kxa.jpg)<br/></div></div><strong>Race</strong>:Dreamer (Demon associated with dreams or the astral plane)<br/><br/><strong>Birth Circle</strong>:  8th, Fraud<br/><br/><strong>Abilities</strong>:<br/><br/><em>Perceptive</em>:  Arioch is very observant.  Not only does he pick up on the mundane things able to be detected by the normal senses, he can pick up changes and vibrations that manifest because of events on other planes of existence or from unnatural sources.<br/><br/><em>Magical Aptitude</em>: Arioch possesses a natural gift for sorcery and has been studying it since existence began for him.  His specialty is illusion while most other schools of magic have only been dabbled in.  His prolonged time of studying has given him a wealth of knowledge on the subject of magic and the occult.<br/><br/><strong>Powers</strong>:<br/><br/><em>Grand Illusion</em>: Arioch's gift of sorcery is so powerful that he can weave an illusion so real that it could entrance one or several beings inside its grasp for days on end.<br/><br/><em>Partial Manifestation</em>: Arioch does not fully manifest on any given plane of existence if he so chooses not to.  This provides him with quicker travel between planes of existence and also provides him with a physical defense against any attack upon his body.  For example, a punch directed at him would feel like hitting a cloud, in essence reducing any damage done to him.<br/><br/><em>Phantasms</em>: Arioch can summon small shadow creatures no bigger than a house cat.  Unfortunately, he has not quite grasped the art of controlling their summoning, so they seem to appear almost randomly at times.  They manifest from shadows that already exist and begin to wreak minor havoc on whomever they choose to annoy.  Their appearance is never the same, though they usually only appear as a shadowy blob with two, three, or even four eyes, multiple limbs, and no feet.  The only sound they make is laughter and it is always a laugh that you think you have heard before with a feeling of deja vu.<br/><br/><strong>Possible Club Interest</strong>:  Drama Club<br/><br/><strong>Personality</strong>:  Arioch is quiet and observant.  Most people don't even see him come or go because of his nature.  His true purpose is to disrupt the human race.  He believes that they are blind to the world around them.  They are trapped in their own illusion, so he would use his power to show them true horror and bring them to their end.<br/><br/>When dealing with fellow demons, he is civil toward them until they become a threat.  He prefers not to use physical force, but instead, he first tries to suggest to them how futile fighting would be because it either ends with the aggressor trapped in an illusion they can't escape or Arioch using a series of illusionary tactics to remain on the defensive.<br/><br/>He doesn't handle failure well as was seen with his creation as a demon.  He did not take it lightly when he was banished back to hell.<br/><br/><strong>Background Information</strong>:<br/>Arioch was born during the Italian Renaissance and spent most of his time in Rome while on Earth.  Several men and women were killed because of him.  He would use his powers of illusion to frame men and women as sorcerers and heretics to be burned at the stake by the governing powers which at the time was the Catholic church.  It was the phantasms that began to manifest that caused his discovery by a rather astute priest at the time.  An exorcism followed despite his best efforts to turn the priest and his followers against each other with his power.  Instead of being destroyed, however, he was banished back to hell where his spirit raged for a hundred years, wandering across the 8th circle where he was born.  He was so angry that he lost control of his power for an amount of time that would be akin to a week on Earth.  During that time, the landscape was twisted by raw magical energy.  Illusions ran rampant for a mile or two around him, twisting and changing around him.  When he finally regained control, the imprint he left had scarred the landscape for eternity.  Weak souls coming into the area would be trapped forever in its illusory grasp, forced to live in a hell within hell for the rest of their otherworldly existence.