App for Counted Stars
Player Information:
Name or Handle: Marigold
LJ: ”marigoldsthorn”/marigoldsthorn
Email: seventhedge@hotmail.com
AIM/ MSN / Plurk name: AIM:Marigoldsthorn, Plurk: MarigoldsThorn
Any current characters here?: Nope.
Character Information:
Character Name: Harry Dresden hellsbellsharry
Age: 38
Canon: The Dresden Files
Appearance:
On an ordinary day, Harry’s the image of a quirky nerd; shoulders maybe a little hunched, moving with a long stride. His gaze flitters all over the place, never quite meeting the gaze of another for more than a split second and he speaks soft enough to keep his resonant baritone from booming.
On a crime scene, Harry seems to get twitchy, or twitchier, moving with the careful caution of someone very aware of their size, hands and feet close to his body. He speaks even quieter as if worried he’d disturb the environment and he looks more at what’s around him than anyone else, but when something catches his attention, he changes, straightening, dark eyes glittering, his gaze focused enough to start a fire.
In conflict he changed yet again, standing tall, stance broad, aggressive and confident; a powerful physical presence backed by a trumpeting voice. In such a state, Harry looks more like the wizard he is, a being of great power, tall, dark, ancient and terrifying.
Through the years, Harry’s picked up some battle damage. Two vertical scars mar the right side of his face, his left hand bears the years old scars from third degree burns. A vertical scar from his collar bone to his belly, a three inch long scar along the inside for his left forearm, and various other small signs of conflict and the most recent of which, a circular scar from a bullet he took to the chest a month ago.
Personality:
First thing people tend to notice about Harry is his gob. It’s not disfiguring but he does tend to let it run a bit wild. An irredeemable wiseass, Harry has the unfortunate habit of mouthing off the dangerous, the scary and the frustrating. Generally a coping mechanism that helps him keep focus and sometimes helps him get the one up on his foes, it does lead him to trouble on occasion with the good the bad and the freaking terrifying.
Sometimes though for kicks, he just lets his humour run wild to get a rise out of people.
Harry as a detective is observant and has a deep understanding of psychology. He’s clever, finding connections and solving problems quickly and sometimes creatively. Few things satisfy him more than solving a problem or figuring out a mystery. In his spare time he enjoys puzzles, adores books, mysteries especially, and get’s a serious kick out of figuring out new means of using magic to in his own life or even to help. He’s been known to play role playing games, and is quite the horror film and pop culture buff.
At his core, Harry is Good People. He helps people because he feels his responsibility as someone with power and knowledge; that and the right thing to do. Harry believes there is a great deal of good in the world and will fight for it. To him, Magic comes from life and as such should be used to preserve it. He’s passionate about helping people, even risking life and limb for complete strangers, literally standing and enduring an attack that reduced his left hand into something barely recognisable as a hand so that those depending on him could do what they needed to. Don’t worry it’s getting better.
Harry also has a chivalrous streak a mile wide, even if it does get him into trouble... all the time. He’s been trying to cut down on that.
He also has a soft spot for Orphans and estranged children. Having grown up an orphan without any family of his own, he values family as highly as life and hates to see them dissolve or be torn apart. As such, when it comes to the collection of friends and family by bond or blood there’s no limit to the lengths he will go to protect them and keep them safe.
Harry however is no White Knight. He has his dark side and frequently questions himself and his actions in fear of becoming the very thing he fights against. He takes his mistakes and failures seriously, slipping into depression when he believes he has caused harm him through anger, arrogance or failure to act.
Life has not been easy for Harry, and there are thing he’s experienced and monsters (human and supernatural alike) that he’s face that have left their marks upon him. He’s killed in combat and cold blood, tortured supernatural enemies both for information and as retribution for the lives they’ve claimed and has on occasion allied himself with the then lesser of two evils including vampires, mobsters, and worse. He can also be victim to his anger, lashing out with terrifying force and causing great damage to property and once maybe the lives of innocent victims of vampires. This haunts him still and as such he forces himself now to control his anger and use it to fuel his determination.
Harry holds himself to high standards because of this. There are lines he simply will not cross and others only as a last resort. However that doesn’t mean he’ll attack and ask later; Harry can be very open minded and very understanding of different perspectives.
However with hostility, he will respond in kind and enemies beware; he’s become very crafty and prepared in recent times, often planning contingency plans ahead of action.
Harry is a man you want at your side and an enemy to be cautious of. It’s his mind not his magic that makes him as dangerous as he is; cunning and deceptive opponent, taking advantage of whatever he can get being it enemy hubris or even environmental advantages. His ability to take a beating and keep standing up afterwards, his quick crafty mind and creativity and most of all, his stubborn determination has gained him victory over enemies a great deal more powerful than he.
In the end, Harry can be trusted to do what he believes is right and to do everything in his power to achieve it. And if you dear come anywhere near his loved ones, best put your affairs in order because he will tear you apart.
Background:
The Have a wiki link : http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Dresden
Canon point:
Post Ghost Story. This is a point tha holds a lot of risk but a lot of potential. Harry is freshly back from the Dead, after going through some of the biggest events in his life. He’s return to life comes with a rebirth in his perspective an greater understanding of who he is and his potential and it’s something I enjoy playing with. Harry in Cunted Stars would be amazing because he is one of the Biggest Star Wars Geeks EVER. That and he’s an interesting character to throw into strange worlds and strange situations.
Special Abilities:
Harry is a wizard. A spell slinging, element conjuring powerhouse. I’m not sure what would be acceptable in regards to adaptation so I’ll spell it all out here.
Harry’s a wizard so magic is his shtick. His magic is the culmination of intense focus, will and belief fuelled by emotion. He lacks the focus to be delicate and as such tends to wield magic as a more blunt force weapon. It can get tiring really fast if he’s not careful.
Skills
Harry’s mind is his greatest asset. Through his focus he’s able to Listen, essentially blocking out excess noise to extend his hearing. Very intelligent and well trained in observation; he often catches details others would miss and making connections. Over time he’s become skilled at coming up with plans (and at least one contingency) on the fly and has a knack for coming up with creative solutions to his problems, whether in a moment of peace of while running away from the latest bad guy after him. As a fully licensed Private Detective, Harry has thorough knowledge of legal systems, psychology, investigation methods and procedures and the supernatural.
Taking advantage of his long legs, Harry’s taken up jogging so that when he needs to run, he can run fast. Over time he’s gained a surprising amount of agility. While no expert he has in recent years taken some training in martial arts, Aikido specifically, and has vast amounts of experience in brawling and can definitely hold is own in a fist fight. He knows how to use a gun and is an above average shot and has experience in wielding a sword or a staff both as a physical weapon and as a magical tool.
Harry has an extraordinary amount of endurance, whether this is due to magic or just pure stubborn Harry, this allows him to continue on in the face of hunger, sleep deprivation, exhaustion and pain. The man can take a serious beating and keep going, but not forever; he can and will succumb to his injuries.
Powers
Harry is a Wizard and as such can manipulate and generate magic for use. He’s got a knack for tracking spells and can find just about anything within the range of a city provided he has what he needs to do so. He also has developed the skills and focus necessary to create stable veils to hide his self from sight.
Also, as a Wizard he has some biological differences from humans; a longer life span, highly efficient cell reproduction and greatly improved long term healing process and using magic. Aside from that, they’re perfectly ordinary humans. By the effort of his mother, Harry was born under fairly prestigious signs that allow for his great potential and his ability to destroy or banish outsiders, extraordinarily powerful beings that exist beyond normal reality and have immunity to the physical and mortal.
He also has Wizards Sight, which allows him to strip away illusions and see the true nature of things and places beneath, though it’s often very metaphoric and requires some interpretation. This is an ability that comes with risk, as whatever is seen is fully experiences and can and will never be forgotten. All it takes is a glimpse of something terrible to drive one mad.
Currently now Harry is amongst the top Wizards in the World and as the new Winter Knight, he’s even stronger BUT... he’s still nut’s to a great many things and his main strength remains his mind.
Here I’d like to make a brief note on his foci. Harry carries with him a Silver Pentacle Necklace that acts as a symbol of faith, sets of rings on his right hand that gather, contain and unleash kinetic force, a shield bracelet on his left wrist that focuses his magic into a barrier and his staff and blasting rod. These take time and concentration to create and help aid and focus his magic.
Currently, Harry only has his pentacle and rings.
So all in all I think he’d make a damn powerful Jedi. If slightly rougish and rule breaking.
Sect:
Jedi. No Question.
Job:
Consular or Sentinel... minus the techwork.
Samples:
First Person:
[The feed clicks on to a mans face. It’s angular, unshaven and distinctively scarred. And he studies the screen with dark intense eyes to match his hair.]
Alright, this is new... [He tilts the device to the side and peers at it with narrowed eyes before straightening it.]
Alright Magic Mirror, I’m assuming I’m no longer in Kansas any more so the question is... Where the hell am I?
Anyone? ... Hellooooo? [He taps at the glass and waits for a moment before sighing.] Mab is going to kill me.
[Feed end]
Third Person:
The Blue Beatle complained as Harry shifted gear, urging the car to pick up speed.
4 am on a Sunday, and he’d been woken up by the shrill ringing of his phone. He prayed for telemarketers to chew out. It was Murphy and at this time of the morning, Harry was certain that meant there was something nasty waiting for him when he arrived at her location.
Squinting through his windshield, Harry suppressed a yawn, wincing as his jaw cracked. Things had been thankfully quiet for the past few months, giving him time to recover from... bad things. Turning from a main road to a quiet side street, Harry slowed the Beatle down, sparing only a cursory glance at the housing on either side of the street.
Then he looked again and hit the brakes jerking the car to a stop. To his right a filthy looking apartment building lurched over head, windows dark and street below filthy. To his left another, a faded and filthy sign mounted above the street level access. He could just make out the words ‘Antiques and Second Hand’.
This was meant to be a cosy neat and clean little street. Somewhere people would want to get a house and raise their kids. This was not meant to be the bad side of down given a thorough rubdown of extra grime. A shiver skittered down Harry’s back, and he grabbed the blasting rod he’d tossed into the back.
The feel of sturdy carved wood beneath his fingers was a comforting familiarity as Harry slipped out of his car stretching his senses are far as her could. The air stank of garbage and motor oil, the smell crawling up his nose, making him gag.
Raising the rod, Harry peered into the night. Silence and darkness pressed back, something that felt... sentient, malicious. Harry shivered again. This wasn’t Chicago.
“Oh, crap.”
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