PLAYER NAME: mal PRONOUNS: she/her CONTACT:resurrectionist or resurrectionist#2222 on discord; gmt+2; feel free to add at will. i mostly yell about school most recently (i'm doing a bachelor's degree with a dual major in english studies and psychology) with the occasional break to yell about whatever i'm reading or watching at the time.
Character;
CHARACTER NAME: the darkling | "aleksander kirigan" CANON: shadow & bone (netflix adaptation) JOURNAL:morozova
INFO: the cliffnotes version is think fantasy russia magneto, except instead of controlling magnetic fields, he controls shadows. oh, and he's a 500+ eldritch horror that sacrificed his humanity in a quest for power.
the slightly longer version is that the darkling is the military leader of a country called ravka, leading a military regiment known as the second army, which is composed entirely of what is referred to as "grisha". grisha are a lot like the benders in avatar. the darkling is a shadow summoner, a rare breed of grisha, and considered one of the strongest of his kind. for this reason, he's lived an unnaturally long life and has essentially been pretending to be his descendants on and off for centuries. why does this matter? because he's also the grisha that created the shadow fold, a dark swath of shadow (populated by gargoyle-like monsters) that separates east and west ravka. right now he's been telling everyone he wants to destroy it, but what he really wants is to weaponize it and use it to help him overthrow the ravkan monarchy and establish a grisha sovereign state.
SKILLS: he's coming in from a military and scholarly background, though his scholarly interests are largely in the field of esoteric magical bullshit. he's got some hand-to-hand skills but will largely default to using his powers to cut things in half.
AREAS OF INTEREST: exploration and investigation right now. he wants to know what's out there beyond the camp but he also wants to learn as much as he can about the chrysalis and the dragon, itself.
PLANS/GOALS: his current goal is to figure out just what the hell has happened and if there's a way to reverse it, because he has a war to win. side perk is if he can convince his ex that he's actually not done an incredibly stupid thing while simultaneously convincing her that the stupid thing is maybe not that stupid?
otherwise my longer term goal is to have him pitch in and help, genuinely. right now he's in a weird place where he's gradually finding himself questioning some of his ideas about people and the world and i'd like to dig into that and see just where that goes.
CR PREFERENCES: i'm fairly open at the moment.
MISC HOOKS: given that ravka's sort of on the cusp of becoming a steampunk world (or is it there already? idk) his knowledge of technology will be limited to start, but he adapts quickly. also see again the weird esoteric magic knowledge. oh, he's an amplifier? i'm not sure if this would work with non-grisha but it would be fun to try anyway???
NOTES: i do draw a little from the books (mostly the short stories and language of thorns) to pad out backstory but i do go out of my way to avoid spoilers.
MAL
PRONOUNS: she/her
CONTACT:
CANON: shadow & bone (netflix adaptation)
JOURNAL:
INFO: the cliffnotes version is think fantasy russia magneto, except instead of controlling magnetic fields, he controls shadows. oh, and he's a 500+ eldritch horror that sacrificed his humanity in a quest for power.
the slightly longer version is that the darkling is the military leader of a country called ravka, leading a military regiment known as the second army, which is composed entirely of what is referred to as "grisha". grisha are a lot like the benders in avatar. the darkling is a shadow summoner, a rare breed of grisha, and considered one of the strongest of his kind. for this reason, he's lived an unnaturally long life and has essentially been pretending to be his descendants on and off for centuries. why does this matter? because he's also the grisha that created the shadow fold, a dark swath of shadow (populated by gargoyle-like monsters) that separates east and west ravka. right now he's been telling everyone he wants to destroy it, but what he really wants is to weaponize it and use it to help him overthrow the ravkan monarchy and establish a grisha sovereign state.
he is ...just thrilled to be here, honestly.
here are some handy dandy links for anyone who would like to know more: the darkling | grisha | shadow fold | second army |
SKILLS: he's coming in from a military and scholarly background, though his scholarly interests are largely in the field of esoteric magical bullshit. he's got some hand-to-hand skills but will largely default to using his powers to cut things in half.
PLANS/GOALS: his current goal is to figure out just what the hell has happened and if there's a way to reverse it, because he has a war to win. side perk is if he can convince his ex that he's actually not done an incredibly stupid thing while simultaneously convincing her that the stupid thing is maybe not that stupid?
otherwise my longer term goal is to have him pitch in and help, genuinely. right now he's in a weird place where he's gradually finding himself questioning some of his ideas about people and the world and i'd like to dig into that and see just where that goes.
CR PREFERENCES: i'm fairly open at the moment.
MISC HOOKS: given that ravka's sort of on the cusp of becoming a steampunk world (or is it there already? idk) his knowledge of technology will be limited to start, but he adapts quickly. also see again the weird esoteric magic knowledge. oh, he's an amplifier? i'm not sure if this would work with non-grisha but it would be fun to try anyway???
NOTES: i do draw a little from the books (mostly the short stories and language of thorns) to pad out backstory but i do go out of my way to avoid spoilers.