Era of Manipulation [OOC]
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				Title: <strong>Era of Manipulation [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ziven</strong> on <strong>17-02-2014, 22:07:14</strong>
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				<div align="center">.:|Main Thread (IC) (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=197418.0)|:.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;.:|Additional Info (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=197422)|:.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>(http://i.imgur.com/Jy7DoRP.png)</div><strong>[YES! Feel free to introduce characters into this Universe, if you wish.]</strong><br><br><strong>[This RP is a group adaptation from a forum setting that once took place elsewhere in the Internets, and thusly is a Freeform RP rather than a System, with less emphasis on Plot and more on Slice-of-Life within the setting. Until we can figure out how to proceed here, we are closed to all but a few individuals.]</strong><br><br>This is the thread that we'll be using to discuss plot information, organization and - hopefully - how to make this RP more suitable to newcomers/establish a system of RP that allows others to participate.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Era of Manipulation [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ziven</strong> on <strong>18-02-2014, 21:22:21</strong>
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				<strong>[EDIT: I have a reply from a Mod (Beguile's Mistress) in spoiler tags below regarding this issue.]</strong><br><br>The FIRST order of business, so far as I'm concerned, regards whether or not we should remain in the Light Board - because of the nature of our RP, it's likely that we're going to have references to unhappy slaves, as well as scenes where slaves are fussed at and such for their rude behavior in public.<br><br>Would light descriptions of those scenarios be enough for me to ask a Mod to move our threads? I'd like to avoid incurring any of the Mods' wraths considering how fresh-off-the-block we are. <br><br>I've noticed that the description for the Light <em>and</em> Non-Con boards reference <strong>consensual sexual situations only</strong>. Considering that the convention of slavery in this board will not include sexual situations (though you may very well create your own topics from this Universe in the appropriate boards if you so choose to engage in an individual encounter) and is actually an institution that permeates the culture rather than simply sexual context, my initial thought is 'no'.<br><br>That said, I'd still like to hear more opinions on this. For those of us already involved in the group, I don't think that it would be a problem - however, when we invite others in to play, they may have ideas and understandings that are separate from our small group.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Reply from Beguile's Mistress regarding this post</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The subject of slavery in your story does not impact the forum where you story can be posted.&nbsp; However, we usually advise members to select the forum they feel will allow the freedom they need for their story to continue.&nbsp; If you feel there is a chance for any non-consensual sexual activity you should put your story in the NC forum. <br><br>Threads can also be moved by a Staff member at any time so starting in the Light forum is fine and if activities move beyond that just ask and we'll make the move.<br><br>I hope this answers your question but I'm here if I've missed something.<br><br>Beguile's Mistress<br>for Staff</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Era of Manipulation [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Modrid Brennan</strong> on <strong>22-02-2014, 02:34:37</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Modrid Imogen Brennan.<br><strong>Age:</strong> Actual Years - 29 (Happy Birthday! February 10th~)&nbsp; Appears: Facially and physically as an 18-20 year old, having always looked older than her years.<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female. Her gender matches her sex.<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Bi-sexual, but mostly straight. <br><strong>Race:</strong> Dhamphir (half-vampire).<br><br><strong>Class:</strong> Freed Slave/Commoner<br><strong>Current Occupation:</strong> Front-of-House Manager at Pandora's <br><br><strong>Bio:</strong> Modrid was Patrick and Moira's first born child, older sister to Eithne. They were all born in Ireland, outside Shannon in rural farmland. Patrick was quite abusive to Modrid and frequently Eithne. Mod filled the protective role since Moira was pretty much useless; this lead to Patrick putting Modrid out to the farm to work long days leaving him the freedom to sexually and physically abuse her mother and sister, who had little fight left in them. Related to a family of witches, had Modrid been raised with those skills and taught, would have been a viable witch. However, due to a set of circumstances, she ended up being bitten by a vampire (who was killed during the process of turning her) and severed those ties. After Mod had awoken to her new life, she immediately went on a power trip and used her emotions and new found skill set to murder her parents. She has started to have some regret about this, as she reconnects with family and her mother's story becomes more prevalent. Eithne was lost to the woods outside the farm lands and is presumed dead.<br><br>Before her sire passed, he had told her a few tidbits about his past, and it included a dilapidated castle in France. The castle had been his before he fell into obscurity and as a vampire, an outcast among humans, he housed other "misfits" while trying to find a lost love. Having no family to remain to, she took to the castle to see what it offered her. <br>She had fallen in love with another dhamphir, and she felt like she was "complete". Both of their sides, the light and the dark, had their match. Life couldn't get much better for Modrid. Free from her father's heavy hand, in love, on her own, a teenager in possession of remarkable ability. That is, until he had a total change of heart (or lack thereof) and up and left. <br><br>She had heard a rumour that he had eventually got captured by the Slave Market and she volunteered herself. She had this ill-thought out plan to find him in the cages along the back of the markets, and devise an escape route. Yeah, as if those stories were factual and common. <br><br>She got bounced around from master to master, and she ended up back in a castle (or as he called it, a manor) owned by a werewolf. He was quite lovely and firm, a good partner for her feisty demeanor and fiery spirit(despite her cold skin). He decided to join in a merger in business and in romance, casting her aside (or, rather, how she saw the blow) both romantically and as a master. He freed her and left her to her own devices. She found comfort in a friend from the market and former employee of her master - a temp slave named Marie - and ended up being room mates. From there, she got a job as a simple bartender at the Master's Club. It was an easy transition for her as the Master's Club clientele were used to ordering subordinants s slaves - leading her to make great money on the side catering to her regular's individual needs. It might have made her a prostitute in some views - but it was still better than being a slave. She did however work her way up the corporate ladder and secured a job at Pandora's - the hottest local night club in town, and quite quickly worked her way up to Front of House Manager. She is extremely competent at her job, even leading her to have the confidence to own a slave herself. She uses this slave as a blood bag, as it's always best to be organic.<br><br><strong>Current Activities</strong> She works full time as a FOH manager and she is currently dating Devereux Dixon. She is quite thoroughly infatuated, even though she really doesn't want to be. She did undergo a "second turning" creating her a full vampire during a period of stress and grief. She has decided to undergo an experimental procedure to have that change reversed with Biotronics. <br><br><strong>Abilities, Special Skills, Weaknesses:</strong> <br>Skin tone is pale, but "normal" pale[does not look deathly]<br>Her fangs are smaller than that of a pure vampire, but noticeable when she smiles.<br>Her skin and body temperature is room temp(therefore, as "normal" body temperature is 98F, her's is around 72F. To others that touch her, she will feel cold). She never feels hot, nor cold. This makes her susceptible to some hot things[ie. her baths are considered "cool" to a human, same with coffee but she is fine in all weather. <br><br>{IF YOU ARE A FREED SLAVE; SEE LINK ABOVE FOR COLLARS AND CHARMS}<br><strong>Previous Collars:</strong><br>Pink[pleasure]<br>Black[hybrid]<br>Green [vocational training]<br>Red [does not mind giving blood and may actually enjoy it]<br><br><strong>Previous Charms:</strong><br>Equal sided cross [knows first aid]<br>A paw [good with animals]<br>Ruby Raindrop [dhampire]<br>Broom [maid]<br>Whip and Handcuffs [accepts torture and being restrained]<br>Symbol of Mars and Venus combined [trained in both male and female pleasure]<br><br>Fetish Charms<br>Whip [torture fetish]<br>Blood drop [blood fetish]<br><strong>Previously Owned By:</strong> Max [Last Name Unknown], Lucian Yale<br><br><strong>Crush(es)/Lover(s):</strong> Lucian Yale, Devereaux Dixon, Shar, Zisis. <br><br><strong>Immediate Family Members:</strong> No children. No living relatives.<br><br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'7"<br><strong>Build:</strong> Hourglass. Curvy, thin, but with a healthy meat on her bones. Think Pre-Superbowl Beyonce.<br><strong>Hair Color:</strong> Red.<br><strong>Eye Color:</strong> As a Human: Blue. As a Dhamphir: Orange as like a tabby cat, not overtly bright or obvious that they're orange. As a Vampire:&nbsp; Blue.<br><strong>Markings or Birthmarks:</strong> Two small "freckles" that lie *horizontal* on her neck on the left side. <br><strong>Appearance:</strong> (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Modrid/EOM_Modrid/Favimcom-22234_large-1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Modrid/media/EOM_Modrid/Favimcom-22234_large-1.jpg.html)
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				Title: <strong>Dev's Profile</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ziven</strong> on <strong>22-02-2014, 02:50:01</strong>
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				This is just a formality, since I'm running the RP, but I'm posting Dev's profile Skeleton here before I post it in the Characters Thread. I'm adding a couple extras to the profile, so don't be alarmed if you notice them; you won't be penalized for not including them.<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/wNmVeUv.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Deveraux Silivlaniel Kiirion Dixon {commonly called Dev or Devvy}<br><strong>Age:</strong> 232 (Birthdate: July 27, 1890, 5:46 AM in Spain); he appears like a man nearing 30/in his early 30s<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Pansexual {In Dev's case, his attraction is to romantic chemistry. Regardless of whether or not he's doing the romancing, the experience of courtship in general is attractive to him.}<br><strong>Race:</strong> Demon/Elven mix; Catalan, by human standards (based in nationality), but is willing to accept Spanish.<br><br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'0"<br><strong>Build:</strong> He has more of a fading swimmer's body. His physique still shows that he was once more athletic, but the truth is that he hasn't been toning himself aggressively in recent decades. He's more lithe than anything now, his form is slender enough for him to pull off drag effectively.<br><strong>Bloodtype:</strong> B pos.<br><strong>Hair Color:</strong> Silver (he is wearing it short, at the moment; it used to be so long that it touched the floor)<br><strong>Eye Color:</strong> Periwinkle at first glance; <strong>it tends to fade in and out of pale blues and purples, like this</strong><br><strong>Markings or Birthmarks:</strong> Nothing particularly noticeable. Some small freckles here and there on his back.<br><strong>Appearance:</strong> He used to be very stately and wore only suits. Currently, he's regressed to what he refers to as "street attire" and has become more happy with being casual, particularly discovering that he enjoys "the denim trousers".<br><br><strong>Class:</strong> <span class="bbc_u">*Master*</span><br><strong>Current Occupation:</strong> He's in-between jobs at the moment.<br><br><strong>Bio:</strong> <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Deveraux's Upbringing and General History</div><div class="spoiler_body">Deveraux was born to parents Mary {short for Marilessë} and Jon {short for Eredjon} Dixon in Murcia, Spain, to a community of small Demonic settlements on the other side of the country with access to a hustling and bustling city metropolis within fifteen miles. The Dixons were a family famous for their exotic first names in comparison to their last, the fact that every child related by its blood had two middle names, and a company that had been fun by Dev's parents for a number of centuries. The community was closed to most and appearing human at most times was strictly enforced with exceptions to some private buildings specifically for that purpose.<br><br>Dixon Weavers was a company that produced high-quality hand woven threads, spun at old style wheels; experimental threads, and premium fashion clothing made from their own custom threads. For a very long time, the family only catered to business within the community and a small radius of the surrounding area. However, when Deveraux was about thirty years old, the family was approached with the idea of expanding to provide service across the Atlantic. It offered the solitude to function within their comfort zone for production but the opportunity to gain more clientele. They accepted this deal and moved.<br><br>There was a second reason why they moved--despite being a demon, Deveraux possesses bright silver hair and white, feathered wings; two features that typical demons do not have. Their features are usually based in dark colors, and he was seen as an odd sheep. His family's stature was not enough to keep children and peers from taunting and disrespecting him, and often as a child he found himself unhappy. Although he has asked his parents many times if he was a bastard of some sort, they both insisted that his wings are a side effect of elven blood. He detests them and sees them as an ill-omen, and he does not allow them to be visible unless his very life is at stake, a decision he made as a child.<br><br>Living in the countryside allowed Deveraux lots of things; room for him to help his parents and also room for him to do what he pleased as far as his hobbies and such. Mary and Jon tried their best to spend time with Deveraux and be a part of his upbringing, and they encouraged him to explore his hobbies wherever they may lead. Because of this, Dev took to a variety of artistically related hobbies when he was young, including but not limited to the playing of string instruments, modern cars, animals, painting, pottery, playing and becoming skilled at video games, and becoming acquainted with different types of cuisine. However, living and growing in an environment where most things were taken care of for him caused him to grow and be lazy; he became very self-centered around his own interests. At the time when Human children would be starting families of their own, Deveraux would be having his way with a slave or two of his parents'. <br><br>He did this for several years without his parents knowing, and considering that he contributed to the family business when asked--in the form of spinning; Deveraux is very good with his hands and does good work when he puts effort into it - he wasn't pressured to leave the home or go out on his own.<br><br>When it was discovered that he was molesting the slaves--and that they were letting him do it--he was forbidden from doing so and watched thoroughly. Deveraux resented this because of his age, and after this began to use the small amounts of money that he earned from his parents, as well as money he hadn't earned from his family's account to begin visiting brothels in town. His favorite frequented establishment was a place called "Oscar's Pit," whose logo was a peach. It was a rather upscale business, and Deveraux quickly became a regular there. Although he has perhaps three slaves there that he requests often, his favorite was a foreign girl named "Natasha." He was infatuated with her, and he wished to buy her, but she was much too expensive and he could not afford that much without his parents noticing such a large amount.<br><br>His joy with her was rather short-lived, as his parents discovered where he was spending his time, and he was cut from access to his parents funds and given an ultimatum--he was going to have to move out on his own or he could take a trip to culture himself. Deveraux accepted the latter offer and spent almost a century traveling the world, looking into the origins of each of his hobbies so that he would know more about them. Every two years he would visit at home, and every time he would use his time there to visit Oscar's Pit and see Natasha as well as the other two pleasure slaves that he favored. <br><br>His travels had done nothing to quell his lust for romanticism with people in general. He loved making women--and occasionally men--sigh happily upon laying eyes upon him; he loved feeling the same for another person just as much. It was during these travels that Dev developed his personal philosophy for his polyamorous nature, and he also came into his own as far as romantic encounters go, discovering his penchant for serenading. His well rounded nature landed him about as many partners as his selfishness turned away. <br><br>When he came home for the Final time, with the intention of staying home, his parents were delighted at his respect for their wishes although disappointed at his continued zest for lust and love. His next one hundred years were spent closer to home, working a bit harder for his family. He still, however, ventured to the brothels, but only once in a while and with his own money. His developed charm was keeping him satiated in between his visits. He was also more involved with his hobbies, something that his father helped him with on random whims. <br><br>His mother disapproved his sexual practices, but they were no longer her problem and he was not disturbing her personal life. She had always been cold to his lovers when seen at a dinner or family occasion, and she almost refuses to acknowledge any children that he brought home or has taken care of. As of the current time, the only person she has spoken nicely to is their neighbor, Sadame, a kitsune-jin who lives in the next house down the road. Dev believes that the reason for this is because when his family first met Sadame he was not involved with Dev at all.<br><br>Two centuries older, Dev's parents had grown tired of having a large, bustling business, and decided to move back to their old home community where things were smaller and more quaint, more centered on a small area. Deveraux has been left in charge of their estate in Murcia in their absence while they relocate the business once more. They are also lowering the amount of money that Deveraux can request within six months for his budget, which includes only a bit other than paying bills for the house. Upon the first week of their leaving, they allotted him enough to pay for five slaves, as well as requesting the family's finance manager, Mudge, to look over him for the first few months. Deveraux was looking forward to finally having slaves of his own.</div></div>[The above ↑ (in spoiler tags) is the origin of the character and his original intentions; for a summary of activity up until this current point on the RPG, please see THIS POST (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=197422.msg9628190#msg9628190).]<br><br><strong>Current Activities</strong> (timeline Apr 2622) A lover from his past is returning as a spirit, he's suddenly taking care of triplets, and Julius, his pet/bodyguard/friend is soon slated to return. For Valentine's Day he spent an enjoyable day with Simon, an old friend of his from a sex circle he once participated in, and the evening with Modrid, his current (only) girlfriend.<br><br><strong>Abilities, Special Skills, Weaknesses:</strong> <br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Dev's abilities</span></strong> (simplified or for tl;dr)<br><em>Including but not limited to:</em><br><br><span class="bbc_u">Normal Racial abilities:</span><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc"> Slightly more sensitive hearing</li><li type="disc">Super human strength (5 men)</li><li type="disc">Super human endurance (in proportion to strength)</li><li type="disc">Delayed aging</li></ul><span class="bbc_u">Magical-based abilities:</span><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Demonic form (strength increase to 8 men)</li><li type="disc">Animal form (White lion; average strength for said animal)</li><li type="disc">Magi-kinesis</li><li type="disc">Close-quarters summoning (250lbs. by .67mi.)</li><li type="disc">Conjuring (31lbs. by .125mi)</li><li type="disc">Petty healing</li><li type="disc">Small physical enhancements (including sensory)</li></ul><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">In depth information about Deveraux's abilities.</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Physically, Deveraux is a demon/elf, and as such currently has the strength capacity of four or five men, and his endurance is proportionate to this.. He also has above-human hearing and sight, although not nearly as good as nekos or werewolves. Of course, there are delayed aging effects because of the endurance factor.<br><br>As a Demon originating in the Barcelona area, he has both a demonic form, which he doesn't ever use, animal familiar form, which is rarely used:<br><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc"> His demonic form is one that he doesn't use, and hasn't since he was a teen (in the figurative sense, not literal), like his wings--and in addition to that he believes the form to be hideous, like most other demonic appearances. However, due to his lack of practice with magic, it is painful for him to transform into this form without applying a lot of concentration. His physical strength is increased to help compliment whatever magical abilities he may have (which, in essence, isn't much XD). He's gifted with claws and horns, as well as weight to throw around to his advantage/disadvantage. Strength-wise, Dev's current demonic form would only be as strong as seven or eight men put together, which is rather weak, and not at all times even twice his normal strength; potentially, and with training this could increase upward to thirty (meaning that the strength of thirty men is his personal limitation, not his race in general), which is an average number amongst younger demons.</li><li type="disc">His animal form doesn't pain him to change into, and he has suspected for a long time that this is because of his mother's blood. His animal familiar form, after having seen one in the wild, is a White Lion. Although he likes this form visually, it associates him with strong magical use and that is why he doesn't use it often. In this form, Deveraux only possesses the average strength of said animal. This could increase with training as well, but most demons of his particular community do not go through the necessary training to do so, which would include having to live as that animal for a long period fo time, and Dev is no exception of the demons NOT signing up to do this.</li></ul>While Deveraux has a generally decent aptitude for magic, he barely uses it other than for very petty practical magic, and his abilities are very heavily hindered to that effect for lack of training. <br><br>Because of his Elven background (particularly his mother's side of the family), Dev has the potential to be naturally adept at a small amount of nature-based magic, specifically int he controlling of flora. He is not aware of this, but his unexplored connection to nature is indeed the reason why he prefers neko/part-animals when it comes to sexual partners; this is also why for quite a long time in his youth his hobby was the exploration and expedition of natural wonders of the world.<br><br>However, as a magician Deveraux's skills are paltry. He can manipulate energy supplied himself for various small magical tasks, such as magi-kinesis and the accelerations of cells and tissue growth/replication in a body, something that can only qualify him for petty healing. However, Deveraux is not well-versed in the medicinal field to things other than promoting faster healing, which is not always enough and is sometimes more harmful than good. He can also create two polarized fields of magic through which to pull an item from one area to another, also known as close-quarters summoning. The farther away or heavier the object is, the more difficult the summoning is; because of his lack of magical strength, the most he can summon is an object weighing 250 pounds (approx. 114 kilograms) over the distance of 2/3 of a mile (approx. 1 kilometer), which is considered child's play particularly to those who may be well versed in teleportation or using magic to reach a similar effect.<br><br>*note: Although temporal magic is implied by this ability, it is not something Deveraux has the potential to study; he doesn't have the magical capacity for it (meaning that even if he were to train and such, his maximum magical aptitude would not be sufficient enough to actually sustain those abilities).<br><br>As a summary thus far: Dev can imbue most objects or physical persons with unassigned energy that he can manipulate to entice them to move or otherwise behave differently than they normally would have, so long as they are within a certain weight and distance. By this logic, the lighter the object is, the more magic he can spare to reach an object that is farther away. The closer the object is that he is affecting, the more weight he can handle manipulating at one time. They work in direct proportion to each other.<br><br>Physically forming objects, or conjuring, is something that he can do but also in extremely limited form. he needs to keep in mind whatever item it is that he wants to conjure and what it is <em>supposed</em> to do--it's a lot better to have even a sketched image for reference. Forming something from nothing is very taxing, and with the weight/distance mentioned earlier (250lbs./.67mi), Deveraux can conjure at full capacity only an object that holds an eighth of that weight at possibly an eighth of that distance (which is approx. 31lbs/14kg and .08m/.0.13 km). The more complicated an object is, the more concentration it takes to form, and therefore there are several items weighing thirty pounds that he cannot form.<br><br>*note: Once the capacities listed here are reached, his magic is depleted completely. Once depleted of magic Deveraux needs a full twelve hours to recover, and longer if he exhausts himself to the point of unconsciousness (assuming that it is before the point of death).<br><br>In regards to <strong>spellcasting</strong>: Deveraux has the ability to spellcast within his magical range--in general, spells are incantations spoken or invoked through an already existing connection (assuming that it was spoken at some point) to evoke magic in a condensed form--that is, to take a large amount of magic from a person and facilitate its usage for a predetermined period of time (according to the spell that you use and the wording). Because of this, however, using spells would expend his magic much more quickly, exempting smaller ranged spells for some physical or sensory enhancements, which Deveraux doesn't need anyway. He's never dabbled in it.</div></div><br><br><strong>Collars Preferred:</strong> {in order of importance}<br><strong>Green - Vocational training</strong>: He's got three little ones at home, now, so he very seriously needs this, even a temp slave.<br><del><strong>Pink - trained to provide pleasure</strong></del>: Usually this is true, however he's a bit too busy with children these days to be actively searching for pleasure slaves. There are also a lot of options at his disposal with now in terms of pleasure seeking, and he's not likely to look for slaves with them still about.<br><strong>Charms Preferred:</strong><br>Broom - Maid (see here (http://s4.zetaboards.com/lifeofserving/topic/8454700/1/))<br>Pacifier - Nanny, good with children<br>Ankh - Understands the theory of magic and/or can cast spells<br><del>Barbed Wire - Trained to play the dominant part in a sexual encounter<br>Symbol of Mars (circle with arrow) - trained to pleasure men</del><br><strong>Owns:</strong> <del>Zareb Raine</del>, <del>Aislin</del>, <del>Julius</del>, <del>Shar</del>, <del>Nyssa Traken</del><br><br><strong>Crush(es)/Lover(s):</strong> Modrid, <del>Jade</del>, Simon. I list of lovers can be found HERE (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=197422.msg9628253#msg9628253).<br><br><strong>Immediate Family Members:</strong> <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Family and Family-related information</div><div class="spoiler_body">(Direct - in order of occurrence, earliest first)<ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Felicia Cornell - The mother of Deveraux's very first child. She's been long deceased. The two of them had a very strained relationship - she had expected Deveraux to stop his traveling and settle down when she gave birth to Raven, and couldn't forgive the betrayal of his refusal to do so. She insisted on raising Raven by herself with as little help from Deveraux as possible, although she did not bar him from seeing her.</li><li type="disc">Raven Dixon - Deveraux's first child. Born when Deveraux was barely 85 years old, she was his pride and joy. He had never thought that having a child could be so rewarding, or that not spending every moment with her could be so stressful and worrisome. He loved her so much, and Felicia's determination to not accept his help, even when she was going through difficult times, was very painful for him. Raven was human, and the most excruciating experience he's ever had involved witnessing her death. She had worked as a high school teacher in the city, holding that position for decades. In her retirement, she developed lung cancer, but Deveraux was able to elongate her life by providing the best medical care possible. She holds a special place in his heart that no one can replace.</li><li type="disc">Isaac Pardou - A man that Dev met on his travels (particularly London, England). He has two sons, Fischer (6 when Dev met him) and Thomas (3). He was married previously for five years. He worked as an architect at a design firm. London was Dev's home while they were together, and he slowed down his exploring binges in an attempt to give Isaac a sense of security. Although they weren't married or promised to each other they were together for 30 or so years, and Deveraux didn't sleep with other men while they were together (at least while in the country). Dev was Isaac's first male lover as well as his first non-human lover, and they grew close during that time. When the two of them parted ways, it was because Deveraux wanted to do more traveling for an extended period of time. Isaac was an older man, then, and had realized that Deveraux was just as young and restless as when they had met - he'd grown further apart from his lover over the years.</li><li type="disc">Fischer Pardou - The eldest son of Isaac's and also the one that grew closest to Deveraux. He was the responsible one of the two. He grew up interested in Engineering despite his father's attempts to usher him toward artistic endeavors. Deveraux helped pay for some of his schooling and was very encouraging towards his educational goals.</li><li type="disc">Thomas Pardou- The youngest, and the most leery of Dev. He was the child most closely attached to his mother, and for a short while harbored resentment that Dev was keeping his family from being back together. Part of him doesn't trust demons, still, but he respected Dev for being the one to make his father happy for a long time.</li><li type="disc">Sarah - A water nymph. Although they were never legally married, they considered themselves to be at the time that they were together. They are still friends, even now, and they still love each other very much. Deveraux is proud that such a woman mothered two of his children.</li><li type="disc">Cielle Dixon - Dev and Sarah's youngest daughter and his (not admitted, but) favorite. She and her elder sister both teach Magic at a school for gifted children. She and Dev have a pretty good relationship.</li><li type="disc">Marie Dixon - Dev an Sarah's eldest daughter. She's closer to her mother than her father, primarily because she resents Deveraux for not marrying their mother and thusly caused the "broken" home that she was brought up in. She teaches at a school for children gifted in magics with her sister, Cielle.</li><li type="disc">Ivy, Inaria, and Isaac Dixon - Deveraux's triplets recently born by Aislin, not even a year old. Coincidentally, one of them looks a lot like Julius - Deveraux has never had bronze skin, nor does it run in his family...</li></ul>(Immediate)<ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Marilessë (Mary) Dixon - Dev's mother. The two don't really have a good relationship, as she disapproves of his choices as well as his attitude towards sexuality.</li><li type="disc">Eredjon (Jon) Dixon - Dev's father. They have a pretty good relationship. Jon appreciates the progress that Dev has made thus far in terms of maturity, and has never disliked any of the partner's his brought home to meet them (he assumes that Dev doesn't always choose great partners, but knows at least which ones are worthy of meeting the family). Although he doesn't approve of Dev's sexual lifestyle, his son has finally begun to take responsibility for himself. So long as he does that, he feels that Dev is allowed to make himself happy however he sees fit.</li><li type="disc">Jean-Danielle (Vera) Dixon - Dev's younger brother. He's "the manly one" as his mother puts it. He's a bit misogynistic, and doesn't appreciate his brother being a "poof". It's very vexing and confusing for him, as he appreciates his brother's ability to snag women. Despite this difference, he and Dev get along pretty well. He's interested in the family business, and feels like Dev was made to take it over, being a "pansy" and all. (he hates spinning thread)</li></ul>(Indirect)<ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Shar'ze Zur - The closest Deveraux has ever come to wanting to settle down has been with this slave. It was love at first sight. While Dev has experienced it before, it was not quite the same as with this slave. Alas, Dev didn't get to know this lover the way that he wanted. Their love, despite the brief time in which they knew each other, was intense.</li><li type="disc">Aislin - Deveraux's first slave. He was attracted to her, but over time came to see her as more of an aggressive younger sibling. Not necessarily family in terms of how he felt about her, but in their relationship. Despite her irritation at him she took care of him and performed her duties as ordered. Their difficulty was when Deveraux tried to force his attraction on her, and it didn't work out well for either of them.</li><li type="disc">Zareb Rain - The younger brother of the family, Dev wasn't attracted to him so much as Sadame was. He was obedient, kind, and always thinking of what Deveraux would want or would like to see out of him. He was one of the most cooperative slaves Dev could have - he was very distressed and worried about his health when he fell ill.</li><li type="disc">Julius - Although they got off to quite the rocky start, Dev appreciates Julius's presence, however trying it may be. Knowing that Julius was so protective of his premises was because he'd come to see them as his home grounds created oddly mixed feelings about the canine (positive, though), and now he feels closer to the canine than either of them will admit.</li></ul></div></div><span class="bbc_u"><strong>HERE is a time line of all of Deveraux's familial activity.</strong></span> (http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/deverauxs-family-timeline)<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Hobbies revealed to have been had at this point:</div><div class="spoiler_body">Thread Spinning - [the equipment is currently housed in the basement]<br>Constructing Model Boats - [used to do this with his dad]<br>Gardening - [used to do this with Sadame]<br>Pottery - [equipment currently housed in the basement]<br>Exploration - [known locations: a small portion of the amazon rainforest; some marine exploration]<br>Video Games - [still owns a few consoles, though they are not used nearly as much now]<br>Fencing - [a few training supplies housed in the basement]<br>Cars - [a garage on the left side of mansion still houses four cars; three others are kept at Sadame's home]<br>Painting - [a few of the pieces in the home are his own]<br><del>Owning Pleasure Slaves - [Er--this one isn't working out so well...]</del><br>Collecting Rare Teas - [something that he began doing to impress Sadame. Although he doesn't drink tea nearly as often, he still has a larger collection than expected, and is interested in types he's never seen before.]<br>Horses and Riding - [currently owns a ranch and a few horses are scattered in his backyard with Zareb and Wren taking care of them]<br>Operatic Performances - He's been a fan of them for quite some time.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Era of Manipulation [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>EndQuest</strong> on <strong>02-04-2014, 00:22:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Shar’ze Zur<br><strong>Age:</strong> He’s dead, though if we’re getting technical it’s in the triple digits by now<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> His preference remains with males, though the fairer sex has its pleasures.<br><strong>Race:</strong> Ghost, Spirit, Shade ~ He’s not picky<br><br><strong>Height:</strong> An even six feet in height, though he has a tendency to appear shorter when unattended. Mostly because he drifts into the floor.<br><strong>Build:</strong> Never built to be particularly strong, there is a graceful sort of fluidity to his body. Muscle is subtle in such a way that it could be otherwise mistaken for softness. <br><strong>Hair Color:</strong> Pale, nearer to white than any proper color<br><strong>Eye Color:</strong> Stormy blues, circling in the sea.<br><strong>Markings or Birthmarks:</strong> His ethereal form bears all the marks of his former physical one, including deep furrows in the flesh of his shoulders<br><strong>Appearance:</strong> <br><div align="center">(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3395/sharla.png)<br>[Please note he no longer wears the collars of slavery, having exchanged them for an equal number of silver chains that are tightly wound about his neck.]</div><br><strong>Class:</strong> Freed Slave<br><strong>Current Occupation:</strong> None<br><br><strong>Bio:</strong> Most people only expect to die once, that’s what they say all the living is about. You spend the entirety of your life, living it as you’re taught, usually to be well-behaved and polite though that’s depending upon where you’re brought up. You grow and learn, experience the world and its wonders with the thought that eventually it will in fact end and anything you have forgotten to do, will remain forever merely what-if’s or might have beens. <br><br>In the case of Shar’ze, death came not once, but twice. The first was in his early years, succumbed to illness that the medicine of the times could not combat. The second was to poison, meant for the lips of another, two others truth be told. The former was tragic while the latter would typically appear to be heroic. Except when one does the heroic deed, it is typically thought that they ought not regret the choice, but Shar did not welcome the second embrace of death. For his selfless deed he might’ve been welcome into the afterlife with great honor and instead he begged to be returned to that life he’d left behind. <br><br>His body had long since fallen to rot by the time he was allowed to return and his spirit was forced to wander many days before fate saw fit to give him opportunity to live again. This chance came in the form not of his own body, but in that of another. It was borrowed time, living pressed up against another soul, half alive in the sense that he continued to exist without actually existing. <br><br><strong>Current Activities</strong> Haunting his previous master. <br><br><strong>Abilities, Special Skills, Weaknesses:</strong> There are both benefits and rather substantial disadvantages when it comes to continuing life after death. For the first part, as a ghost, Shar lacks a true body or form that most, if not all, other creatures boast. While his base form remains the same as his living body, he can manipulate what he wears. He can become corporeal at will, though it requires some sort of controlled thought. In this way he can interact with the world and people around him on a more personal level. On the flip of that coin, when he is surprised or even if his thoughts drift he can lose that physical form and drift back into his usual translucent form, more usually attributed to one with his...condition. With practice it comes more easily to him, but there are certain things that tend to draw him out of the physical world more often than not. <br><br>Sleeping for instance, is one of the many things he must practice as he finds himself too often lodged in the bed itself or under it or even over it. He can phase out entirely if he desires to, disappearing from sight though he doesn’t teleport or anything like that. It’s not nearly that interesting. He just exists invisibly, exerting very little of his own energy and in this state he can “re-charge” so to speak, drawing more strength to return to being visible. <br><br>Aside from the actual day to day existence as a ghost, Shar retains very little of his magical gifts from his life as an angel. While he recalls how the magic is done, he finds himself without the proper connection to the world to do it. Most would assume that as a spirit he would be more in tune with magic, but in truth he is less. He would however make an excellent tutor in most theoretical magic, in that he can explain the basics behind the actual casting and set up. What does remain to him is a form of his previous healing abilities, using his essence to curb pain and injury. He can accurately determine the extent of injury using his ability to slip into nothingness. Alas - his healing is a shade of its previous ability, more useful in the diagnosis that the actual healing. Anything strenuous sets him to nothingness.<br><br><br><strong>Previous Collars:</strong><br>Pink - Trained to provide pleasure<br>Black - Not human even if he/she looks like it<br>Red - Does not mind giving blood and may actually enjoy it<br>Green - Vocational training<br>Spikes - Dark red spiked - Accepts extreme torture<br><strong>Previous Charms:</strong><br>Symbols of Mars and Venus combined - Trained to pleasure both men and women<br>Whip - Accepts torture willingly<br>Handcuffs - likes to be tied up<br>Paw - Can handle animals (often - but not always - includes the ability to ride)<br>Calculator - Good with numbers, trained in office work<br>Pacifier - Nanny, good with children<br>Equal-sided Cross - Knows medicine or is good at first aid (again only if you are good at it. Think paramedic or doctor here.)<br>Harp - Entertainer (be it singer, dancer, or actor)<br>Open Lips - Speaks at least one foreign language fluently [Russian]<br>Ankh - Understands the theory of magic and/or can cast spells<br><br><strong>Previously Owned By:</strong> Deveraux Dixon<br><br><strong>Crush(es)/Lover(s):</strong> Deveraux Dixon, though he has had other interests in the past. Some are remembered more fondly than others, notably Modrid Brennan and Draiton Ieshitah.<br><br><strong>Immediate Family Members:</strong> None living.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Era of Manipulation [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Julius Thorne</strong> on <strong>07-04-2014, 09:00:05</strong>
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				(http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag211/mayo1127/Julius-1_zpsjbudqhwy.jpg) (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/mayo1127/media/Julius-1_zpsjbudqhwy.jpg.html)<br>(http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag211/mayo1127/Semi-HumanJulius_zpswtldki6x.jpg) (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/mayo1127/media/Semi-HumanJulius_zpswtldki6x.jpg.html)<br>Red Moon Pendant Julius<br><br><strong>Name</strong> - Julius Thorne<br><br><strong>Age</strong> - 151 years old<br><br><strong>Sexual Orientation</strong> - Heterosexual, although past events have led some to believe otherwise. <br><br><strong>Species</strong> - Wolf Demon<br><br><strong>Height</strong> - 7´10¨. With the Red Moon Pendant, he's 6' even. <br><br><strong>Weight</strong> - 435 lbs, 210 with the help of the Red Moon Pendant<br><br><strong>Hair Color</strong> - The majority of his fur is black, but around his paws going up to his elbows and from his feet to his knees, muzzle as well as his neck, and his stomach has white fur.&nbsp; In conjunction with the Red Moon Pendant, his hair, ears and tail all have black fur, and his skin is chocolate. <br><br><strong>Collars</strong> (laws in the region Julius formerly resided in required all creatures (humans included) unable to provide for themselves financially to be collared as 'slaves')<br>Blue spiked<br><br>Collars he wore upon his initial arrival to the slave market, before he ripped them off and disposed of them. No one ever had enough courage to attempt recollaring him. <br>Teal<br>Steel blue<br><strong>Charms</strong> (various charms were used to openly display what any particular slave was capable of without resorting to the paperwork behind said slave)<br>The following are charms that Julius would wear, if he were to actually wear any. <br>Black bow- (fighting ability, ranked from 1-10) 10 Black Tiger Kung Fu, Koppojutsu, Koshijutsu, Hapkido, and Bushido<br>Skull+Crossbones (dangerous)<br>Horse shoe (can be ridden)<br>Black upside down cross (demonic origin)<br><br>Natural form abilities:<br><br>-Physical abilities that exponentially exceed his species standards that include: <br>~strength (think a few notches shy of The Incredible Hulk) <br>~stamina (capable of outlasting most independent battery or gas-operated machinery)<br>~reflex time (can skillfully dodge low-caliber bullets at &gt;100 feet)<br>~coordination/agility (moves like a cat, despite his size)<br><br>Although his physical abilities are drastically reduced with his transfomation, Julius picks up a few more "tricks" in his human form to compensate for his physical abbreviation:<br>~visual perception<br>~danger perception<br>~spiritual energy manipulation (limited to his own spiritual energy)<br>~even greater agility<br><br><strong>History</strong><br><br>Julius was the last born of his kind, a wolf demon. Unlike most other demons, Julius had no outward "special" powers or anything of the sort. In fact, there was absolutely nothing overtly special about him at all. While others were gifted with the typical "demonic" powers, such as telepathy or telekinesis, he was without such traits, making him feel as an outcast within his own clan. Add to that the fact that he was the youngest, and as such could bear no offspring, and Julius was truly the odd wolf out. <br><br>Over the years, Julius learned to cope with being "different" among his peoples, and began the slow process of fitting in. To compensate for his lack of "special abilities", Julius was taught various martial arts. It was a long road, but one that would allow him to eventually participate in the annual festival, where he would meet the young snow leopard who would be his love, Rose. During the festival's competitions, the demonic powers that the young wolf was blessed with began to show themselves. The young wolves would test their endurance with laps around the arena, and while most would tire at 10 or 15 laps, the seemingly powerless Julius would sprint well over 100 laps with ease. Those in the festival would test their strength by splitting small logs with their bare paws, and as most would successfully split the small logs, Julius would splinter not only the log, but the thick stump it was sitting on and pummel several feet of ground around the log. It was then discovered what his demonic power was, Julius was physically the strongest member of his clan by leaps and bounds.&nbsp; Life began to look bright for the young wolf demon as he became more of a normal part of his society. <br><br>With all going well, Julius anxiously awaited the arrival of the next year's annual festival honoring the many clans of the nation, where he would enjoy the rare chance to spend time close to Rose. This particular year was different from the rest. This year was the year the wolves would not only be honored, but the year where the centennial "Red Moon" would appear. Initially being an outcast, he wasn't thoroughly informed of the history of his people, or why the Red Moon held such significance, but his crash course would begin. <br><br>Being suddenly overtaken by a mysterious force, the young Julius undergoes a transformation that alters his physical appearance, as well as those of the rest of his clan. In much the same way a werewolf transforms under the light of a full moon, a wolf demon undergoes the exact opposite transformation under the magical light of the Red Moon. Everyone was prepared. Everyone but Julius. Not only had he felt supreme embarrassment for not knowing a critical part of his lineage and of himself, but he felt physically weaker than he did in his natural feral state. In his shame, Julius fled from the festival and into the forest. <br><br>Rose followed Julius through the forest, moreso out of curiosity than out of fear for his safety. Initially, Julius shied away from her out of shame, but after her continual persistence eventually warmed up to her and expressed his feelings to her, and surprisingly, she shared the same sentiment. They had spent several days in the red-hued forest together as Julius waited for this "curse" to reverse itself. As the magic of the Red Moon began to fade, once again granting the wolf with his original appearance and strength, he and Rose returned to his clan. Upon their arrival, they witnessed what would be one of the worse sights in Julius's life. <br><br>Everything was ablaze, and chaos was abound. The other clans had attacked the wolves in an attempt to exterminate them. Not knowing what to do or where to go, Julius and Rose try to help the surviving wolves in whatever way they can, only to be eventually overtaken. Everyone was maliciously massacred right before the young wolf's eyes, and it came with a message. "The Lord decrees that from this day forth, wolves will be no more!" Feeling an intense sense of betrayal from everyone he once considered friends, the demeanor of Julius changed in almost an instant. No longer the gentle pup that would gladly aid any who needed it any many who didn't, now he was out only for his own survival and that of the one person who he still felt he could trust, Rose. <br><br>With nothing left for Julius at his home, he and the young snow leopard immediately set out through the forest on a trek toward the kingdom of Caineghis, Lord of the Mountain Region, and Rose's father. Not too long after embarking, the duo runs into yet another ambush aimed at wiping out the wolves. The second life-altering tragedy then befell Julius. Instead of the traps snaring and killing their intended target, they caught Rose, and again Julius was forced to watch as the last remaining being he cared about died in front of him. It was then that the last bit of "humanity" was stolen from the wolf, leaving nothing but a shell filled with violence, rage, and more strength than anyone knew what to do with. <br><br>On his path toward the kingdom of Caineghis, the wrathful Julius encountered many different kinds of foes, all of which suffered brutal defeats at the hands of the now savage martial arts wielding wolf. Even the five gate guardians eventually succumbed to the seemingly infinite wrath of this lone wolf, but their individual skills prevented the wolf from killing them all. Upon reaching the hall of Caineghis, at which time only he and his advisor currently occupied. The Lord's advisor, who also happened to be a fallen angel, tried to persuade Julius to end his tirade there using methods of persuasion that only he was capable of. It was at that time that Caineghis, who was under the mental control of his advisor, learned of why his advisor had ordered the destruction of the wolves under the pretense of one of his own orders. <br><br>The fallen angel had successfully commandeered the body of Julius, forcing the wolf to carry out his wishes. Controlling such power caused the control over Caineghis to break, at which time the snow leopard Lord went on an offensive of his own, exhibiting a power that surpassed even that of Julius. In order to save himself, the fallen angel had to once again commandeer the body of Lord Caineghis, effectively freeing Julius once more. Although each of them still had complete control of their thoughts, and could still rationally comprehend what was happening, they had absolutely no control over their bodies while under the control of the fallen angel. Julius quickly caught on to the tactic the fallen angel was trying to employ, and went on his own offensive, redirecting his rage toward him. <br><br>It wasn't long before the fallen angel was soon overtaken by both Julius and Lord Caineghis, but while the Lord wanted to imprison the traitorous advisor, the last survivor of the wolves had another idea. Before punishment could be set, Julius took punishment into his own paws and viciously mutilated the fallen angel to the point where the only way to successfully collect what was left of the advisor was with shovels and buckets. The death of his clan had been avenged, but that wouldn't bring them back. That wouldn't change the fact that he was now alone in the world as the last surviving wolf demon. Lord Caineghis offered refuge to the last surviving Thorne, but Julius refused and bolted out of the hall and kingdom to live the remainder of his life alone in the forest. <br><br>Julius had successfully lived close to 100 years in solitude, and was surviving quite well given his skill. He had grown far stronger over the years, and although he very rarely had opponents to physically fight, also honed his already superior martial arts and hunting skills. Little did he know, he was about to get a very rude awakening one morning.<br><br>Being a natural predator, Julius could sense an ambush being prepared for him, and acted accordingly. The hunters who were sent out to capture potential slaves were skilled, but their training hadn't prepared them for the savagery and prowess that Julius exhibited, and many of them lost their lives. As more and more hunters were called and came pouring in, Julius found himself slowly accumulating darts across his body. His movements became more and more sluggish, until finally he blacked out. <br><br>Waking up to find himself in a large and heavily reinforced cage, Julius goes into another frenzy and attempts his escape, unsuccessfully. The moments he was quiet allowed him to overhear not only other captives, but guards talking as well. Come to find out, Julius was in a slave market in the hopes that someone would come along and buy him, but with the damage he had already inflicted and the manpower the slavers had expended in trying to capture him had put a rather exorbitant price tag on him to compensate for their losses. <br><br>Spending a few weeks in the market, Julius gained not only a reputation as the most feared slave there, but the least likely to be bought, for he threatened death upon anyone who ventured near with his looks and actions. That is, until a young feline happened across his cell. Intrigued by his ferociousness, this feline, whose name was Aislin, decided to test the fates and approach the wolf's cell. Of course Julius snapped, and the young feline stopped short, but she didn't run away. This little spectacle alarmed the guard who was responsible for Julius, causing a reaction that didn't elude the wolf. In a display of cunning and agility that was thought impossible by a savage creature, Julius reached through the wide bars and snatched Aislin into his cell, where she resided unafraid of the much larger wolf. <br><br>During the short time that Aislin was in the cell with Julius, she gained his trust and eventually turned the vicious wolf into a friend. She would visit him occasionally for days at a time, sneaking away from the Dixon Manor where she resided with her master, Deveraux. Sympathizing with the wolf demon's plight, Aislin pleads with her master to buy Julius, who vehemently refused. None of this came as a surprise to the wolf, who impatiently waited for the white-haired man to approach his cell to experience mutilation. After a rather heated but brief exchange, Sadame, the kitsune who had close relations with Deveraux, stepped in to intervene, eventually buying Julius on Deveraux's behalf. <br><br>The reluctant agreement between Julius and Sadame to ensure the wolf's eventual freedom was that he wouldn't return to the slave market to exact his revenge, or kill anyone else for that matter, for three days. During those initial three days, Julius roamed freely around the Dixon Manor, and even grew close to Aislin. As a result, he ended up staying even after the three days had passed, and had grown to tolerate the homeowner and even treat the manor as his very own territory. He got his first experience with domesticated canines when Deveraux invited one of his companions to his home, and she brought a mixed group of dogs with her. Although the initial meeting was amusing, things slowly went downhill for the feral canine and the other domestic ones, causing a rift between them. <br><br>&nbsp;As time passed, the three of them, since the wolf had very little experience with Zareb, began to mingle with one another more and more. Then another slave was introduced, one who seemed overtly terrified of the wolf, Shar. Yet another white-haired man was of little consequence to Julius, and didn't really give him much more than a passing glance on the rare occasion that they crossed paths. <br><br>Julius had been in the comforting presence of Aislin for so long that he was beginning to show a more passive side, although it never lasted long. He began to speak more, was more playful, and had even given Aislin rides on his back on occasion. It had seemed that the former Julius would once again emerge. And with that former Julius would come that former curse that plagued him once every hundred years. During the second Red Moon occurrence for the wolf demon, he fled the manor to avoid the possible ridicule of the others and to prevent anyone from finding out about his seeming handicap. He had stayed in the forest for so long that eventually both Aislin and Deveraux ventured out in search for him, and after running out of area to flee, was eventually overtaken by the two of them. Much to his surprise, they were supportive of his change to the point of admiration, and offered to help him through his time of increased physical and mental vulnerability. During this time of increased vulnerability for Julius, Aislin so happened to be in heat, which put Deveraux in a prime position to manipulate events in his favor, which he did to the unexpected and immediate satisfaction of all three of them. <br><br>Despite Julius's friendship with Deveraux slowly growing, a brawl between the wolf and a guest-thought-intruder enraged Deveraux to the point where Julius left/was put out. While roaming the streets, the violence and corruption around Julius caused him to regress back to his more violent ways, and even ran into the vampire Draiton and fought him for the second time in the streets, this time without the intervention of Deveraux. After a rather vicious fight, Julius found himself admiring the strength and skill that Draiton had shown, and thus the vampire had earned the wolf's respect.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Era of Manipulation [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cassandra LeMay</strong> on <strong>22-04-2014, 07:53:29</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Cassandra LeMay</span></strong></div><strong>Name:</strong> Cassandra LeMay&nbsp; <br><strong>Age:</strong> Appears to be in her late twenties and has the paperwork to claim she is 29 (as of late 2121).<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Lesbian. Men are food. Sex with them can be entertaining, but she could never form a true bond with a man<br><strong>Race:</strong>&nbsp; Demon (Succubus)<br><strong>Master or Hunter:</strong> Mistress<br><br><strong>Bio:</strong> <br>Cassandra was born to a succubus living in Puerto Rico at the time, and to a human father she never knew. When a succubus decides to create offspring, the human father contributes his DNA only as a catalyst to set the pregnancy in motion, and nothing more, more often than not serving as a meal for the future mother, once his job is done.<br><br>She matured quickly, much faster than any human, at first sustaining herself on male energy her mother provided, but before she reached her second birthday she had grown into an attractive teenage girl, and had developed all the instincts her predatory nature required for survival. But a small city was too limited for two succubi, one still growing into powers and instincts that sometimes tended to overwhelm such a young demon. So after about a year, Cassandra's mother decided to leave Puerto Rico and tour South America and Europe with her daughter. <br><br>For the next few years, mother and daughter traveled a lot, living a few months here, a few months there. During those years, Cassandra grew into the woman she now is, reaching the looks of someone in her late 20s by the time she was seven, before her physical aging stopped, leaving her with a body close enough to her mother's that they could have been sisters. <br><br>It was an act they pulled of quite often while mother and daughter lived together, but eventually both women agreed that sharing the same hunting grounds put them both at risk, created too many dead in too limited an area, so her mother provided with ample funds and set Cassandra loose on the world unsupervised, an opportunity the young succubus grasped with both hands and much enthusiasm. Perhaps a bit too much enthusiasm, as she had to leave her domicile in Venezuela in a bit of a hurry, once her feeding became a bit too much of a killing spree. Her name was never associated with it, even if the law came close to her, so she decided on a change of scenery and headed to Europe. <br><br>It was there that she met Dinah Anderson, a sixteen year old girl at the time, who was just beginning to explore her interest in women - an interest Cassandra was happy to inform with knowledge and demonstrations, to satisfy the young woman's curiosity. From there on the two have stayed in loose contact, with a phone call here, an email there. But as Cassandra never misses an opportunity, she tried her best to keep in touch with a woman who was wealthy beyond dreams and was a good partner in bed, while she accumulated her own wealth from men she easily seduced.<br><br>Naturally the succubus jumped at the opportunity to do some "mansion sitting" for Dinah, and between her own wealth and custody of Dinah's bank accounts and mansion she now feels on top of the world, able to do anything she wants. <br><br><strong>Current Activities:</strong> Enjoying life and figuring out what to do with her time. Trying to befriend her recently-hired housekeeper Marie (the same Marie as mentioned in Modrid's profile), in part to see how much she can manipulate the young woman, and in part because she is beginning to really like her.<br><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>At the time of Cassandra's birth, her mother gave her name as Angela Marietta Salgado, but she has changed it so often since, that Cassandra has no idea what her mother calls herself now, or where she might live.<br><br><strong>Succubus Abilities, <em>based on Cassandra's current level of power and experience</em>:</strong> <br>Succubi are demons that derive nourishment from draining the life and soul away from a man.<br><br>Succubi are not much (if any) faster or stronger than an average human, but they do enjoy an increased lifespan, being practically immortal in terms humans understand. They posses some resilience to physical punishment and a greater-than-human endurance, but hardly on par with warrior demons or naturally strong creatures like (e.g.) lycans.<br><br>A succubus can charm pretty much any male. This ability works through a combination of body language, a mesmerizing voice, and plain magic. A succubus can read someone's carnal desires (if of the opposite sex) and act out the role required to fulfill those desires completely, even changing appearance to become their target's dream lover. In addition they can "read" the strength of a persons lifeforce and identify the species of someone by the differences in their auras. When it comes to women a succubus is much more limited in her powers, but can still use a mesmerizing voice and natural acting talents to greatly enhance her seductive potential.<br><br>A succubus can drain someone's life with a simple kiss, but most prefer to only take a life during sex, as that makes a person's energy taste sweeter to them. A succubus can go weeks, without feeding, but might well decide to feed more often for the sheer pleasure of it.<br><br>Can hide her succubus nature behind a completely human facade. (A demon will still be able to identify her as a demon while she appears human; those with superior sense of smell (lycans and vampires mostly)&nbsp; might pick up that she is not human. A magic-user actively scrying for someone's aura or true nature should also be able to determine her true nature.)<br><br><strong>Collars Preferred:</strong> Green and Pink<br><strong>Charms Preferred:</strong> Broom, Calculator, Computer Mouse, Ankh, Open Lips, Mouth with tongue licking its lips, Symbol of Venus<br><br><strong>Crush/Lover:</strong> No one at the moment, but she is beginning to feel a little lonely these days.<br><strong>Own's:</strong>&nbsp; Jocelyn Starflare (NPC), a Neko slave she 'inherited' from Dinah. While Jocelyn is primarily used to keep Cassandra's bed warm she is also a trained fighter and sometimes serves a Cassandra's bodyguard, but her orange collar has been taken off, in order to keep potential attackers unaware of what they might be facing. Her collars and charms are: <br>Pink with a Symbol of <del>Mars</del> Venus (Cassandra changed it after her and Jocelyn got to... know each other better, and to send a clear signal to everyone who sees her with her slave that she is only interested in women.)<br>Orange with Two Bullets and Two Swords <em>(currently not worn)</em><br>Green with Paw, Broom, Computer Mouse, Harp, Pacifier, Open Lips, Spanner<br><br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'7"<br><strong>Hair Color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye Color:</strong> Glowing orange-red. Dark brown if she wants to appear human<br><strong>Markings or Birthmarks:</strong> In her succubus form has glowing eyes, large bat-like wings, and a long, thin, black forked tongue<br><strong>Appearance:</strong><br>(http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz183/Ann_1888/DinahS/110420_DS.jpg)<br><strong><br>Size and shape of wings (to scale):</strong><br>(http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz183/Ann_1888/DinahS/110421_Wings.jpg)<br><br><hr><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="bbc_size"><em>OOC: I may edit in some parts about her real history later. Not sure yet if it will be necessary to touch on that or not.</em></span>
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