Adrian Veiss (Endymion Persona User)

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Adrian Veiss
"That's new."

The Biography

Birth Name: Adrian Veiss
Aliases:
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Birth Day:
Arcana: Aeon
Place of Residence: Endymion
Evoker: Mental Shackles
Academy Semester: Third Year
Class:

Sorority: N/A

Part/Full Time Job: Tutor/Teacher's Aid

Appearance: Adrian wears a battered leather jacket over a collared shirt, worn jeans and generic tennis shoes. While clean, their level of wear speaks to his general lack of concern for his appearance. Physically, he's unprepossessing, standing 5'10' with an average build, and a face that would blend right into any crowd. Glasses with a slight blue tint cover, but do not conceal, gray eyes that frequently convey impatience or disappointment with those around him. His black hair is cropped short for ease of maintenance. (picture forthcoming)

Alternate Appearance: Adrian dons a white mask shaped as an idealized human face, though the eyes are replaced with small slits. Three red sigils resembling wide eyes are spaced equidistant around the mask, forming a triangle centered on a point just between where the eyes would be. A hooded coat covers part of this mask, its black fabric held together by a multitude of erratic and crudely stitched seams. Falling to just below the knee, this coat is open to reveal a pristine white shirt, buttoned to the neck and criss-crossed with black straps that disappear beneath the coat. Fitted black slacks and boots complete the outfit, the latter trimmed with silver eyelets for the laces, matching the silver snaps on the jacket. (picture forthcoming)

Personality: Until very, very recently, Adrian could best have been described with the word "insufferable." He was firmly convinced that not only had he never been wrong, he couldn't be wrong. And if anyone disagreed with him, he'd use his extensive collection of eclectic knowledge to verbally beat them into submission. When he faced his Persona, however, he had to come to the conclusion that that was exactly what he was doing - bludgeoning others into submission. Adrian is now taking his first faltering steps into according the world around him, and other people, the respect and attention he's realized they deserve all along. While he can still be arrogant, stubborn, and dismissive at times, he does his best to rein it in when he realizes what he's doing.

Adrian is focused, intelligent, and goal-oriented, although he can become distracted by some new facet of the world he'd previously ignored or dismissed. He's struggling to figure out exactly how he fits in among other people, having only recently accepted that that's something he should be doing.

The Potential

Strengths:

—Analytical
—Description: Adrian views the world as a collection of interlocking systems. For those who oppose him, he looks for ways the system can be disabled. +15% to inflict ailments.

—Go Ahead, Then
—Description: Since his personal combat experience has been exactly zero, Adrian defaults and defers to his Persona's knowledge and skill. His Ppstr is increased by 15%.

—Scholarly
—Description: Adrian has always valued intellectual pursuits highly. Begin with Rank 2 Intelligence.

—Oblivious Curiosity
—Description: Curiosity and discovery being his primary drives frequently causes Adrian to disregard dangers that would cause others to turn away. Begin at Rank 2 Courage.

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—Floating Strength Name:
—Description:

Weaknesses:

—Arrogance
—Description: Deep down, Adrian has always believed that others just aren't quite as important as he is. Believe it or not, that's an improvement. Before coming face to face with his Persona, he used to believe no one else was important at all. -15% to HP restored to allies, whether by item or skill.

—Not a Fighter
—Description: Adrian has never engaged in any sort of combat training. All attacks with soulbound weaponry (but not firearms or Persona skills) have their miss chance increased by 15%.

—Socially Maladept
—Description: Having just realized he should be paying attention to other people, Adrian isn't very good at it. Gain half the normal points in Expression.

—Oblivious
—Description: Adrian is far more focused on biological mechanics than actual mechanics, or his surroundings. Gain half the normal points in Understanding.

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—Floating Weakness Name:
—Description:

Soul Bound Weapon:

Weapon Name: Curiosity
Weapon Description: An oversized scalpel of hardened steel, commissioned by Adrian pre-awakening in the hope that the added leverage and high-grade material would add in his then-futile efforts to research demons. The handle is approximately 8 inches long, with the blade extending perhaps 5 inches beyond that. Not a practical weapon, to be sure, but Adrian has rarely been a practical man.

Weapon Image: https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/surgical-scalpel-large-isolated-white-background-37663309.jpg
Weapon Attack Type: Slash
Weapon Element:

Side-Arm Weapon:

Side-Arm Name: Glock 18C
Side-Arm Description: A matte black pistol, unremarkable in appearance, but capable of remarkably rapid fire. This variant of the 18 has slide cutouts and a ported barrel to reduce muzzle climb, thus increasing accuracy.
Side-Arm Image: https://www.pewpewtactical.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Glock-18C-with-Fun-Switch.jpg
Side-Arm Attack Type: Gun
Side-Arm Style: Machine Gun

The Background

History:
Adrian learned at a very young age that he was more talented at intellectual pursuits than his peers, and proceeded to disregard anything they might excel in over him. This attitude, of course, led to a cycle in which the more isolated he became, the more justified he felt in his decision to isolate himself, interacting with others only when they posed an impediment to his progress. Having shut himself off from mankind, Adrian took an intense interest in the supernatural - though that's not what he would call it. No, Adrian is of the "sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic" frame of mind, and believes that demons, Personas and the like can be fully understood through purely logical and scientific methods.

This preoccupied him through his school career, as he would spend his allowance and whatever money he could earn from odd jobs on buying what the sellers claimed were various pieces of demon anatomy, with the intent to dissect and study them. On the rare occasions such an item was legitimate, of course, he learned nothing, as demon material simply can't be clearly seen by mundane humans. It was this pursuit, however, that led to his awakening, both as a Persona User and to the desirability of being a decent human being. Finding himself alone at midnight with a crowd of Gaki that had decided to give this arrogant child a... personal lesson for daring to try to purchase demon flesh, Adrian came face to face with his Persona, Balor.... And didn't like what he saw in the mirror. Having quickly realized that Balor represented his sense of arrogance and superiority and his habit of using his intellect to force others in line, Adrian has determined to change himself. In the process, he's beginning to discover the wonders inherent in the world around him, now that he's taking the time to look.

Subject: Re: Adrian Veiss (Endymion Persona User) Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:38 am

Everything looks alright with the exception of a few things.

1.) Could you please give the dimensions of your Soulbound i.e. how long it is? This impacts PvP and it's important to have it listed.

2.) Your Erratic Flailing Strength would fall further in line with a Soul Skill if it effects all Physical attacks. If you'd like to keep it for only Soulbound weapon attacks you may but it will still need to change a little bit, I'd be willing to allow a 50/50 chance for Soulbound weapon attacks to be your Soulbound's listed element and another Physical element such as Pierce or Strike, not a chance to hit all three but you can keep the useless chance off of it.

3.) Not a Fighter is fine and can be accepted as a Weakness but 20% extra miss is a lot, you can drop it to 15% if you want.

Subject: Re: Adrian Veiss (Endymion Persona User) Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:49 pm

Approved.

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