About Umbrael
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Anyway, the short of it, in case I do something crazy with this journal before finishing the profile and picture-y-stuff I'm doing:
Umbrael is a really old, dinosaur-lizard-like-thing with powers over darkness. Or... Some essence of darkness in the form of a really old, dinosaur-lizard-like-thing. Either way, he's old, and he controls darkness.
He's also a real jerk, probably because living so long has made him really bored with the world. Oh, and don't forget bitter and all that stuff that goes with your typical ancient character. His jackassery ranges from just picking on his underlings like that obnoxious relative you had, to doing crazy shit to throw off humans trying to 'slay' him (i.e., throwing a rock at them instead of actually fighting, crying, etc.), to injuring people who say the wrong thing to him. The last one, he doesn't do as often if his brother/resident healer-guy isn't around. There's a long, awkward story there, but I need to wake up in the next few hours. >.>
Yeah, but more commonly, Umbrael just uses his words to piss people off. Mostly, because he knows he's pretty much guaranteed to get away with saying anything - because he's the king of the Raahk, and the only guy with darkness powers around (another long story). Yeah, he's a bit cocky like that. But don't get him wrong - He's not going to wipe out humans or take over the world or something, nor is he a two dimensional jerkass character - see, there's kind of this problem going on with his species dying out. And various packs of were-animals trying to take advantage of this. Not to mention dissent within his own ranks, as a few packs of Raahk think Umbrael isn't really fit to rule anymore, or that Raahk are superior to humans, or something else equally crazy and distracting. And individual humans are always unpredictable. And don't forget that he has to keep tabs on the groups that are loyal to him, and make sure the rest of his systems are running smoothly. So maybe, just maybe, his snappy tongue is a defense mechanism for all the stress on his shoulders.
... No, he really is just a dick.
... oh, yeah, the lizardy-dinosaur-thing? The natural form, known as a 'Raahk'. They can kind of morph themselves into a humanoid form, buuut, like the one you see in his default avatar, they aren't... exactly human. The ears, the skin, and the weird hair/eye colours. And, the sharp teeth, but you can't see them there. They have another illusion to go over that, which makes them appear human to everyone but other Raahk. ... and some were-animals. ... and people who have stronger magic than the average human. And really observant people who scrutinize a disguised Raahk for a good period of time. Yeah, they're still working out the bugs on that.
Oh, and the morph-spell is triggered by the collar they wear, and the illusion is in the gem-thingie on it.
... PS, concentrated copper really hurts Raahk for some reason. Don't ask.
PPS, for the time being, if you need to contact me, drop a comment here. ^^;
- ... Ah, what the hell.
Legend has it that once upon a time, there were only six Raahk left in the world, each with control over an element of nature. Light, Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Darkness. Yeah.
Lonely, and, well, feeling like there should be more Raahk in the world, they decided to not be selfish, and to give up their power, lives, and souls to create more. Five of them did, one chickened out. Three guesses who, eh? In his defense, though, he would have been young at the time. If, you know, that happened.
- That said, all Raahk have at one ability, which can be categorized into one or two elements. Except, darkness. Yeah.
- He has a brother, as mentioned. He can instantly heal things. Umbrael suspects he is a previously-unknown, seventh element, life and death. I've got a prententiousy, pseudo-mystical sounding explanation to the effect of it either representing the elemental chain, or connecting it somewhere, but eh. Yeah. Either way, he doesn't know this for sure.
- He is a hypocrite. He is kind of aware of this.
- Despite his attitude, he does try to do what's best for his species. Yes, the species thing is a real big concern for him. If the myth-story is to be believed, we could explain this off as him not wanting his old 'family's' sacrifice to be in vain. Or... to just die out.
- As is family. No, his entire species is not counted as his family. Just his brother. ... and maybe the tech-guy, but that's just developing.
- Speaking of, Umbrael does actually regret the stupid and really assholish stuff he's done for what he hopes is the greater good.
- which includes isolating that tech guy at a young age due to his abilities. And killing that guy's mentor/father figure when he 'went too far'. In front of the tech-guy Yes, that's a long story too.
- Because of his superdickery, he was cursed to turn into a human for a few hundred years. It didn't magically let him understand humans or anything, but he learned that just 'cause he has the power, he doesn't have the right to ruin the party for everyone. Or something like that. I'm tired right now, shhh.
- He is a very unprofessional leader. He tends to talk like a young human. He just doesn't care about appearances.
- Plus, it sorta lets the other person's guard down a little. And provides more of a contrast when he gets serious.
- Deeeespite all these great emotional changes he went through, he's still kind of a cocky jerk. He's just more bark now than bite.
- His favourite trick is to play with his victim/challenger's shadow. This doesn't control them or anything weird or mystical, just usually creeps them out if they aren't expecting it.
- He controls the absence of light, pretty much. Don't ask how. So, total darkness doesn't weaken him. But, his control is less precise.
- He isn't really weak to light, either. His eyes might be a little sensitive if you point a flashlight at him, but who isn't?
- Theoretically, if you could put him in complete light, he would be powerless then. But that's kind of hard. It's also a bit hard to completely remove light. Trust him on this.
- He can't manipulate the darkness inside people. I don't mean 'mental/spiritual darkness', but like, the absence of light within a human. There are rules about that, apparently. We wouldn't understand.
- He also cannot create darkness. Well, that is, he can't make darkness from nothing.
- That said, if he wants to make shadows and stuff into physical dark... energy or something, he's gotta roll them up until they're pure enough. Therefore, his shadow is, at best, a little knife he can make.
- When asked how his shadow manipulation is possible, since darkness is really just an absence of light, he'd tell you that the absence of light is still there, he's just... moved it away from behind an object to his hands or something. This is one of those rules that we mortals wouldn't understand.
- By the way, if he waves something off as 'something you mortals wouldn't understand', he's probably just being lazy.
- He hates birds. Don't ask him why.
- He also likes to stir shit. Not like, 'let's blow up the city to irritate a heroic guy!', but more like, 'I am going to intentionally piss off - eenie-meanie-miney-you!' ... and, uh, just harasses them with little physical harm. He likes psychological torture, apparently.
- He is also willing to do what he thinks is right for greater good, no matter how damaging or heartless or unpopular it'd be. He doesn't care if his species doesn't like him as a person, he just wants to keep 'em alive.
- Therefore, he is willing to make sacrifices. Like, in the 'save one or the other' kind of scenario, if he absolutely can't figure out a way to grab both, he'll save whoever is logically more useful in the long-term. Then he'd make whoever set up the scenario die painfully. Or... Live painfully.
- Yeah, he doesn't appreciate a ton of needless killing, or killing for a cheap thrill. Sure, he used to do that, but now he sees what a bloody waste that could be. Seriously, why kill someone when you can make them useful later? Plus, death isn't a good punishment. That's over pretty quickly. When you punish people, you want the lesson to stick, right?
-... Yeah, remember, he's a hypocrite.
Anyway, the short of it, in case I do something crazy with this journal before finishing the profile and picture-y-stuff I'm doing:
Umbrael is a really old, dinosaur-lizard-like-thing with powers over darkness. Or... Some essence of darkness in the form of a really old, dinosaur-lizard-like-thing. Either way, he's old, and he controls darkness.
He's also a real jerk, probably because living so long has made him really bored with the world. Oh, and don't forget bitter and all that stuff that goes with your typical ancient character. His jackassery ranges from just picking on his underlings like that obnoxious relative you had, to doing crazy shit to throw off humans trying to 'slay' him (i.e., throwing a rock at them instead of actually fighting, crying, etc.), to injuring people who say the wrong thing to him. The last one, he doesn't do as often if his brother/resident healer-guy isn't around. There's a long, awkward story there, but I need to wake up in the next few hours. >.>
Yeah, but more commonly, Umbrael just uses his words to piss people off. Mostly, because he knows he's pretty much guaranteed to get away with saying anything - because he's the king of the Raahk, and the only guy with darkness powers around (another long story). Yeah, he's a bit cocky like that. But don't get him wrong - He's not going to wipe out humans or take over the world or something, nor is he a two dimensional jerkass character - see, there's kind of this problem going on with his species dying out. And various packs of were-animals trying to take advantage of this. Not to mention dissent within his own ranks, as a few packs of Raahk think Umbrael isn't really fit to rule anymore, or that Raahk are superior to humans, or something else equally crazy and distracting. And individual humans are always unpredictable. And don't forget that he has to keep tabs on the groups that are loyal to him, and make sure the rest of his systems are running smoothly. So maybe, just maybe, his snappy tongue is a defense mechanism for all the stress on his shoulders.
... No, he really is just a dick.
... oh, yeah, the lizardy-dinosaur-thing? The natural form, known as a 'Raahk'. They can kind of morph themselves into a humanoid form, buuut, like the one you see in his default avatar, they aren't... exactly human. The ears, the skin, and the weird hair/eye colours. And, the sharp teeth, but you can't see them there. They have another illusion to go over that, which makes them appear human to everyone but other Raahk. ... and some were-animals. ... and people who have stronger magic than the average human. And really observant people who scrutinize a disguised Raahk for a good period of time. Yeah, they're still working out the bugs on that.
Oh, and the morph-spell is triggered by the collar they wear, and the illusion is in the gem-thingie on it.
... PS, concentrated copper really hurts Raahk for some reason. Don't ask.
PPS, for the time being, if you need to contact me, drop a comment here. ^^;
- ... Ah, what the hell.
Legend has it that once upon a time, there were only six Raahk left in the world, each with control over an element of nature. Light, Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Darkness. Yeah.
Lonely, and, well, feeling like there should be more Raahk in the world, they decided to not be selfish, and to give up their power, lives, and souls to create more. Five of them did, one chickened out. Three guesses who, eh? In his defense, though, he would have been young at the time. If, you know, that happened.
- That said, all Raahk have at one ability, which can be categorized into one or two elements. Except, darkness. Yeah.
- He has a brother, as mentioned. He can instantly heal things. Umbrael suspects he is a previously-unknown, seventh element, life and death. I've got a prententiousy, pseudo-mystical sounding explanation to the effect of it either representing the elemental chain, or connecting it somewhere, but eh. Yeah. Either way, he doesn't know this for sure.
- He is a hypocrite. He is kind of aware of this.
- Despite his attitude, he does try to do what's best for his species. Yes, the species thing is a real big concern for him. If the myth-story is to be believed, we could explain this off as him not wanting his old 'family's' sacrifice to be in vain. Or... to just die out.
- As is family. No, his entire species is not counted as his family. Just his brother. ... and maybe the tech-guy, but that's just developing.
- Speaking of, Umbrael does actually regret the stupid and really assholish stuff he's done for what he hopes is the greater good.
- which includes isolating that tech guy at a young age due to his abilities. And killing that guy's mentor/father figure when he 'went too far'. In front of the tech-guy Yes, that's a long story too.
- Because of his superdickery, he was cursed to turn into a human for a few hundred years. It didn't magically let him understand humans or anything, but he learned that just 'cause he has the power, he doesn't have the right to ruin the party for everyone. Or something like that. I'm tired right now, shhh.
- He is a very unprofessional leader. He tends to talk like a young human. He just doesn't care about appearances.
- Plus, it sorta lets the other person's guard down a little. And provides more of a contrast when he gets serious.
- Deeeespite all these great emotional changes he went through, he's still kind of a cocky jerk. He's just more bark now than bite.
- His favourite trick is to play with his victim/challenger's shadow. This doesn't control them or anything weird or mystical, just usually creeps them out if they aren't expecting it.
- He controls the absence of light, pretty much. Don't ask how. So, total darkness doesn't weaken him. But, his control is less precise.
- He isn't really weak to light, either. His eyes might be a little sensitive if you point a flashlight at him, but who isn't?
- Theoretically, if you could put him in complete light, he would be powerless then. But that's kind of hard. It's also a bit hard to completely remove light. Trust him on this.
- He can't manipulate the darkness inside people. I don't mean 'mental/spiritual darkness', but like, the absence of light within a human. There are rules about that, apparently. We wouldn't understand.
- He also cannot create darkness. Well, that is, he can't make darkness from nothing.
- That said, if he wants to make shadows and stuff into physical dark... energy or something, he's gotta roll them up until they're pure enough. Therefore, his shadow is, at best, a little knife he can make.
- When asked how his shadow manipulation is possible, since darkness is really just an absence of light, he'd tell you that the absence of light is still there, he's just... moved it away from behind an object to his hands or something. This is one of those rules that we mortals wouldn't understand.
- By the way, if he waves something off as 'something you mortals wouldn't understand', he's probably just being lazy.
- He hates birds. Don't ask him why.
- He also likes to stir shit. Not like, 'let's blow up the city to irritate a heroic guy!', but more like, 'I am going to intentionally piss off - eenie-meanie-miney-you!' ... and, uh, just harasses them with little physical harm. He likes psychological torture, apparently.
- He is also willing to do what he thinks is right for greater good, no matter how damaging or heartless or unpopular it'd be. He doesn't care if his species doesn't like him as a person, he just wants to keep 'em alive.
- Therefore, he is willing to make sacrifices. Like, in the 'save one or the other' kind of scenario, if he absolutely can't figure out a way to grab both, he'll save whoever is logically more useful in the long-term. Then he'd make whoever set up the scenario die painfully. Or... Live painfully.
- Yeah, he doesn't appreciate a ton of needless killing, or killing for a cheap thrill. Sure, he used to do that, but now he sees what a bloody waste that could be. Seriously, why kill someone when you can make them useful later? Plus, death isn't a good punishment. That's over pretty quickly. When you punish people, you want the lesson to stick, right?
-... Yeah, remember, he's a hypocrite.