[Suzerain of Sheol]

So, whose turn is it? I feel like I should post, but if I do I'll have to contrive a way for one of my guys to wake up...

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Could always have one of them sort of come around and then pass out again?

I think Lev is still floating in a pile of zombie goo, but otherwise it's anyone's turn.

[Lawtan]

I'll post tonight in an hour or so...

[Espy]

Filling out my character sheet...I remember Lev being significantly taller than Dante.

[Espy]

Dante

Originally "Lucifer Dante Kaan", but then more realistic names happened and it's /technically/ "Lucas Dante Cabral" because of Brazilian/Portuguese heritage. His parents usually called him "Luke", and in an effort to move on, he started to refer to himself as Dante.

Age: 26
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180lbs
Hair: Gray/dark silver, almost shoulder-length and swept over his right eye.
Eyes: Milky green (originally green)
Build: Lean (think swimmer)

Generally this, but the references here are from the first Esch, and Natsura is non-canon. He now has shorter hair and slightly different equips.

Spiritual Presence: Poor
Psychic Presence: Average
Combat Ability: Average
Arcane Knowledge: Deficient
Mechanical Aptitude: Poor
Other: Has the ability to see aura, affected by the target's spiritual presence and ability; first aid; only semi-literate. Developing telekinetic ability.

Possessions:

-tank, leather pants, scarf (all black)
-bulletproof undershirt (only protects torso, obv)
-his mother's wedding band

-segmented whip-blade (3.5ft/100cm "collapsed", ~10ft extended)
-Ti-Ag alloy blade (1.5ft/45cm)
-psychic-disrupting glove (left arm)
-ethereal-sensitive pistol (from Mithaias)
-switchblade
-handgun (DE)

-Water of Eden (x2)
-Succor Capsule (x60)

Biography:

(Bulletpointed because I can't think right now)
-Homeschooled; was good at running off to do whatever so it's a wonder he ever got through what learning he actually did.
-Learned martial arts and firearms operation with his friends; couldn't be assed to join any sort of armed forces, mostly out of his disdain for authority and orders.
-House, along with almost the whole neighborhood, burned down when he was ten; he carried his brother out while his father ran back in to save his mother, who was ill. Neither of them made it out. Dante was blinded by a falling burning rafter while shielding his brother Gabriel.
-Lived off stolen food and money for the next few years because neither of them was literate enough to find a decent job, or had any sort of useful skills. (Dante also liked the thrill of it.)
-Promised Gabe that he'd eventually get rich/well-known enough to get the two of them out of their impoverished state and create a better life where they could live without being in constant fear.
-Gabe fell sick when he was 17; had never been particularly healthy (Dante was 21 a the time), and died shortly thereafter. Dante has blamed himself ever since for not having the money to buy proper medication and food.
-Took on bounty hunting as a means by which to earn a bit more money, but is horrendously bad at saving said money and would rather splurge it on food and brothels.
-Might have also caused other people to be on the search for him, because killing people in bouts of rage usually isn't a good, respectable thing.

Personality:

Mostly solitary by nature, Dante usually prefers to be left alone, but does occasionally enjoy the company of one or two others. He is also hotheaded and at times enjoys showing off, although he favors keeping a low profile.

He has a strong desire to be acknowledged by others, and is fully willing to forfeit his own life to save another, if only out of guilt for his brother's death, but he refuses to admit this and has shoved it far into the dark recesses of his mind. At the same time, he is determined to stay alive in order to make a better life for himself, a promise he had made to Gabe years back.

One of the things he regrets the most, besides his "failure" to save his brother, is his inability to enjoy sunsets.

[Suzerain of Sheol]

Thank you, Espy, though for a second there I thought you meant he owned a *tank*. Like an Abrams. :P

Also, Lawtan, just thought I'd mention, that was an engaging post; more like that please. :)

Though, I should note, the asylum we've landed in doesn't look even remotely religious, no statues or torch sconces, just filthy concrete and flickering lights. Not a huge deal though, you don't need to edit, I wasn't evens sure if you meant she landed in another area and was making her way to the rest of the party or not.

[Lawtan]

She landed in an outside area - it is Hell, portals should be a bit chaotic.
Thanks, I'll try to keep it up

(I now know a few kinds of marble)

Dante the tank commander!

Dante the Oddball!

[Espy]

I can edit in the picture and bio stuff when I don't have two midterms to worry about.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I'm liking Rurik so far. :). But I'm of the belief that fleshed out animal buddies make for much more engaging reading and character support than "brown horse A."

[Lawtan]

Hmm...
How can I improve on him?

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Oh I wasn't saying you needed to. I think he's fine so far for what we've seen. He's got something of a personality, and a like the pseudo android "speak" he seems to have going.

[Lawtan]

Oh, I was looking for improvement. Rurik is sort of half baked right now...

Anywho, I've been thinking (I should stop there before I hurt myself, but I won't XD
Shadowrun vs what I know of NeoEsch.
Shadowrun:

Has "magical" races due to magic getting into the genetics of newborns during the time of the Awakening, along with a slew of people becoming wizards, and Dragons awakening from the mountains in which they slept.

Is set in mid-21st century - we're 2/5 of the way there. (NeoEsch seems more "mid-future" than "near-future")

I do not know, but a lot more seemed to orient around the politics and technical skills of the parties in the books (computer hacking, corporate wars, presidential assassinations, healing members)

Also, I think the "magic/aura-verse" of NeoEsch is different. If you've read the Bartimaeus trilogy, it works much more on that method - there is another series of "worlds" from which you call magic/can sense people.

I am still new to NeoEsch, but those may be differences between the worlds. Shadowrun seems simultaneously more "hard sci-fi" - the Vampires/zombies are genetic mutations/cancers, if I recall, and more "modern"

*disclaimer: I usually don't know what I am talking about.

[Suzerain of Sheol]

You're not wrong at all. (also you can just call it Esch, the Neo was cause we restarted. :P)

If I had to pin it down, we don't really have the "punk" of the cyberpunk genre going on here. It's closer to... whatever genre the terrestrial stories of Warhammer 40k are, really.

One of the main differences, I think, is the sort of infrastructure that's around in Shadowrun with all the super-corps competing against each other in digital espionage, and whatever, whereas here... everything (relevant) is under a unified iron-fisted dictatorial rule. (Again, similar to 40k...)

Even still, I think there's enough of a similarity in something like the Arcology Shutdown that we could do something at least similar in theme without upsetting any of the established setting elements.

No? :)

[Lawtan]

Hmm...
Well, in 40k and similar places, how that works is that a single hand had extreme difficulty grasping a lot of stuff, especially with barbarians (demons) at the gate *see Fall of Rome*
As such, an "underground" is established that would act that way...actually, Kadia came from that.
So, in an imperium, we have
A) Imperium vs. Common folk
B) Templar vs. Demons
C) Police vs. Underground

I think if you mixed B) with C) you'd be good...
Actually, I can reference another source that is similar to this - Hex Coda. Essentially, one large Corporation owns everything, but the Hex Coders try to make freeware and the like illegally and compete with these guys.
Hex Coda

[Suzerain of Sheol]

Well, it's not quite like that for a couple reasons. The main one being that "the Imperium" doesn't actually cover a whole lot of ground here, maybe 6 or 7 major cities that are part of the alliance, at most, with various smaller outposts primarily for military purposes. So their power is more concentrated, but it doesn't reach very far, and in the wastes beyond, there's no real rule of law whatsoever.

Beyond that, though, at least here it Thyati'ra (which is admittedly the most extreme and puritanical of the strongholds of humanity by far), the presence of the Iron Scepter alone makes an active resistance nearly impossible to get going, not to mention that they have absolutely no tolerance for disobedience and will readily black-bag dissenters and mind-wipe them for experimental fodder. And there's the nuke satellite, too, which may be a bit *obvious* of a policing mechanism, but certainly effective as a threat. :P

But mostly because if the government *were* overthrown, human extinction would follow in short order. There's a precarious balance of power between the Antichrist, Abaddon, the human alliance, and the fallen angels in Hell -- right now, they're all in a stalemate, if one acts against the other, the other two will pounce, but if one crumbles from within, it'd be open season and you're looking at Armageddon 2.0

So, a resistance movement would have to be centered in slightly more wild regions... but then, the Saints' stronghold in France is a lot less totalitarian and just as safe, so dissidents would really be better off just relocating there.

[Gallagher]

TIL: being a rebel little shit will destroy humanity.