Sword Art Online - A Game of Life and Death - Character Thread
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				Title: <strong>Sword Art Online - A Game of Life and Death - Character Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BruceTheCat</strong> on <strong>04-01-2013, 07:09:11</strong>
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				Here is where we will post the characters!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sword Art Online - A Game of Life and Death - Character Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BruceTheCat</strong> on <strong>04-01-2013, 07:10:51</strong>
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				My character:<br><br><strong>Name:</strong> Jonathan<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Level:</strong> 74<br><strong>Sword:</strong> Katana<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs4/i/2004/205/b/1/Knight.jpg)</div></div><br><strong>Primary Skills:</strong><br><br>Two-handed Swords<br>Acrobatics<br>Tactics<br>Fishing<br><br><strong>History:</strong><br><br>After logging in and discovering that they were in a life or death scenario, Jonathan did his best to try and remain with groups and stay on the front lines as much as possible. It seemed obvious to him that staying at the front and being involved in as many boss fights as possible, obtaining the best gear was the only way that they would be able to get out of this place alive. Since then he is one of the more visible high level players on the front lines. He considers himself sociable, and even does his best to escort low level players through dungeons whenever his abilities are not required on the front lines.<br><br>Nearing the 50th floor Jonathan was actually the sole survivor of the boss fight on floor 47, barely managing to slay the enemy and escape with his own life. He earned gear of exceptional quality, however he found the event fairly traumatic, never previously being so close to dying himself. For the past few floors Jonathan remained back and refused to participate in any large scale fights that could endanger him, losing quite a bit of his assured attitude that all of them would be able to conquer this game. Recently however he has regained his composure, and returned to the battles on the front lines now that the players have reached the 51st floor.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sword Art Online - A Game of Life and Death - Character Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Niki315</strong> on <strong>04-01-2013, 11:33:01</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Skosha aka Huntress <br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Level:</strong> 75<br><strong>Sword:</strong> Heavy Greatsword<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Click for larger view: <br>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0a/Apic091.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0a/Apic091.png)(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Apic392.jpg) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Apic392.jpg)(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e3/Apic081.jpg) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e3/Apic081.jpg)</div></div><br><br><strong>Primary Skills:</strong><br><br>Two-Handed Heavy Swords<br>Sewing<br>Running<br>Parry<br><br><strong>History:</strong><br><br>Skosha was young when her family moved to Japan.&nbsp; Her father was a banking executive in Norway and was given a job offer in Japan.&nbsp; Skosha learned Japanese at an early age becoming fluent enough where she could speak without an accent.&nbsp; She grew up in Tokyo and attended a private school.&nbsp; She was mostly ostracized for being a foreigner and being taller than most of the boys, but one boy was nice to her.&nbsp; She met her boyfriend in middle school, and they started dating after graduation.&nbsp; Their high school lives went well, but they were going different directions when they started preparing for college. Their high school graduation was a difficult time and they both had apartments of their own, just in completely different areas.&nbsp; Visiting each other was difficult, a two hour train ride on a good day.<br><br>Skosha's boyfriend got her a beta pass so they could play together.&nbsp; They were going to school in different prefectures, so they didn't get to spend much time together anymore, and their relationship was on the rocks because of it.&nbsp; Playing the game together was fun for the two of them.&nbsp; They had little jokes and helped write some of the players' handbook for fun.&nbsp; They were excited for the actual release date and showed up to see what they could do on the first day.&nbsp; When it was revealed that they were trapped in the game, they felt betrayed that something like that could happen, but they worked hard together to level up.&nbsp; <br><br>Skosha and her boyfriend practiced and trained and did their best to enjoy their new life in the game.&nbsp; They kept a few floors behind the front lines, focusing on areas that had dops valuable to the clearers.&nbsp; Skosha was excited when she got her first rare drop, an outfit that improved her movement speed.&nbsp; At first she was afraid to use it because to fight without armor was suicide, but she tried out a dodge build and then an interrupt build to capitolize on her outfit.&nbsp; While her boyfriend stayed focused he leveled much faster, but he kept hinting at something special happening at level 25 that he couldn't wait for.&nbsp; He had bought a ring when he reached level 25 with almost all of the money he had.&nbsp; &nbsp;He proposed to Skosha the night she hit level 25, and they had a marriage ceremony in the safe zone.&nbsp; They lived together on the 10th floor, but his build was advantageous for clearing floors, so they ended up spending quite a bit of time apart.&nbsp; One day, she received a message.&nbsp; Unfortunately, her boyfriend was killed while exploring a dangerous floor.&nbsp; <br><br>After a month she was tracked down and attacked by someone trying to gain access to her inventory.&nbsp; She was still mourning, but she managed to fight off her attackers.&nbsp; Their attempts to demoralize her gave her the idea that they were after something of her boyfriend's.&nbsp; She escaped the attackers and found what she was targeted for.&nbsp; A rare item drop that her boyfriend had obtained was in her inventory, and she discovered that her boyfriend was killed by the player killers for this item.&nbsp; She equipped the gloves and found they increased her strength stat by ten and doubled her damage resistance when parrying.&nbsp; Since then she has tailored her stats for speed and resistance and has become a force to be reckoned with.&nbsp; When not training herself, she was often on the front lines aiding with the effort to clear the game.<br><br>Skosha had an unusual taste in training grounds as well as her stat and equip build.&nbsp; The lava pits on floor 40 were one of the most dreaded zones to date.&nbsp; Most players avoided it since it was particularly lethal, and sections of it were never fully mapped before the boss was beaten.&nbsp; Skosha found the silence and the heat relaxing, so trained there regularly.&nbsp; She continued wandering the floor and carefully explored the rest of the area, including the other half of a massive loop that made up the majority of the floor.&nbsp; Her unusual turns in fortune kept up when a rare monster appeared on the floor, a torture devil.&nbsp; It was far more powerful than she should have been able to handle at her level, but her knowledge of the zone aided her a great deal.&nbsp; The devil's attacks had a huge delay and it was pretty slow, allowing Skosha enough time to move in and attack and then continue running.&nbsp; She ran the loop over a dozen times before she wore it down enough to kill it.&nbsp; The sword that it dropped was incredible and one of the most impressive-looking swords around.&nbsp; The only problem was, the abilities didn't unlock until level 90.&nbsp; <br><br>Her skillset, though useful for clearing floors, was actually better for fighting PKers.&nbsp; Her parrying skill was maxed for her level, her parrying DR was doubled, and her strength stat made her quite a heavy hitter when her enemy's stamina wore out. Her main focus is to capture PKers and bring them to the authorities.&nbsp; She is considered a PK hunter and is working to put together a guild of Player Killer Hunters.&nbsp; When clearing difficult floors, she is often called in to help since her speed stat and run skill is high and she can fend for herself until reinforcements arrive.&nbsp; With her specialty being so versatile she made quite a few friends on the front and among people looking to get revenge on PKers.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sword Art Online - A Game of Life and Death - Character Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mysterica</strong> on <strong>05-01-2013, 22:33:29</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Rose<br><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br><strong>Level:</strong> 70<br><strong>Sword:</strong> Katana<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://wallpaperscraft.com/image/anime_girl_red_hair_sword_background_19351_1152x864.jpg)</div></div><br><strong>Primary Skills:</strong><br>Cooking<br>Kenjutsu<br>Alchemy<br>Dodge<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Rose was never fond of MMOs.&nbsp; In fact, the only reason she had ever logged on in the first place was to get her boyfriend to shut up.&nbsp; She had been harassing him for months about spending more time online playing video games than he spent with her.&nbsp; He had always been trying to get her to play as well so she could see what it was all about and finally she agreed that if he got her a game she would try it once so long as she wouldn't have to hear about it anymore should she not like it.<br><br>It seemed like such a nightmare when the news was broken to her that she was trapped inside until someone beat the game and that if she died in the game she would die in real life.<br><br>She eagerly accepted her boyfriend's need to play the game now as it was her only way out.&nbsp; She certainly wasn't going to be able to do anything about it!&nbsp; Instead she spent her time simply existing.&nbsp; Trying to make herself and her boyfriend comfortable despite the horrible situation.&nbsp; But that came to an end at the end of the first month.&nbsp; During the boss battle, Rose's boyfriend was one of the unfortunate ones who died.<br><br>Horrified at the fact, Rose simply broke.&nbsp; Her boyfriend had been the only thing keeping her going, the knowledge that she was with someone who was fighting for her and knew he would come back to her to let her know how things were going on the field.&nbsp; For half a year not a day went by without Rose considering just ending it all.&nbsp; Finally though, six months from the day that changed her, she had an epiphany.&nbsp; She shouldn't be sitting around having thoughts of killing herself to deal with the fact that her boyfriend had died in the line of duty!&nbsp; She should be out there fighting the good fight!&nbsp; She should honor his memory by getting stronger and getting up to the front lines!
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