Post by Melchior on Apr 5, 2007 16:21:32 GMT -5
Name: Melchior
Nickname: Angel's Song
Race: Human
Class: Support Soldier (BERGS 1st Class)
Age: 23
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 162
Hair: Blond and spiked, worn long and tied back with a black cloth ribbon.
Eyes: Light blue
Sex: Male
Build: Melchior sports a lean and muscular frame, very agile while at the same time strong. There is more than what meets the eye to this man, though.
Appearance:
He wears a skin-tight, black muscle shirt, white jeans, and black combat boots as well as black cloth armguards and a white jacket tied around his waist. A pistol is strapped in a thigh holster on his right leg and his rifle is often slung over his left shoulder.
Personality: Melchior is very blunt and honest in his speech making him seem rude at times but never says anything that isn't in some small way relevant to the situation. He is a very calm, quiet, and compassionate person but holds a darker side to him as well. Behind the stone-cold yet trusting face lies a man that is unpredictable and ruthless in his actions.
Home Country: Shussei
History:
Nikolai Darcy was born into a relatively successful family in the Equinox district of Shussei. He lived a comfortable life in an upper-class penthouse apartment with his parents, his father a highly-respected weapon manufacturer and his mother a relatively known mediator for a transport/retrieval business. He got every advantage growing up-- the best teachers, tutors, and mentors as well as the best open-palm instructor his parents could afford.
All of this was upset by a company-wide stock crash in his father's business and sent them into bankruptcy. When Nikolai was twelve, his family was forced out of their high-rise apartment complex and into the shady and disgusting shadow of the Shussei empire, Blight. They moved to the far west of Blight in attempts to get away from the worst parts of the slums and into the better areas closer to the Umberlands, but as they settled down there, a small conflict erupted nearby and the now eighteen year old Nikolai was pulled into the war as an infantryman in the Shussei army.
Once the year-long conflict ended, Nikolai went back to find his parents in the small village he once lived in. He found only ruin. Everyone in the village was killed and all the buildings were razed to the ground. At this sight, Nikolai calmly turned his back on his past and rejoined the border guard, there meeting Aaron Balaam, a very stern and outspoken young man, and becoming loyal friends. Aaron always being the one to do the close range fighting and Nikolai, now going only by his codename Melchior, backing him up with sniper fire.
The amazing trust between the two bonded them as close as brothers until a month later one near-fatal skirmish found them under strange circumstances. A small battle erupted not far west of Haikyo city, and Melchior and Aaron's unit was called to stifle it. Behind his rifle's sights, Melchior pinned down any that would come to attack his only friend Aaron with gunfire. 500m down the small embankment and across the desolate field through the rain, Aaron was laying waste to all that opposed him, his job being made simple by Melchior's support.
Crack!-ting-slide-click. Crack!-ting-slide-click. Shot after shot rang out from the muzzle of Melchior's custom-made rifle, the muzzle flash smothered much by the downpour they all fought in. A small group of enemy soldiers began to move up on Aaron's flank and Melchior began to dispatch them one by one as they came closer and closer to where Aaron and a couple other shock troops were cutting down the rest of their comrades. Pop! the sound of pistol came from behind Melchior's covered position, a sharp pain soon appearing in his side as he rolled to his left and drew his pistol, firing only three shots into his assailant before a canister spewing an odd smoke landed next to him. Melchior turned to look out over the battlefield to where Aaron was fighting, his sight obscured by the same smoke that billowed from the grenade next to him; his last sight was that of a pair of men in gas masks reaching down.
Two years later, Melchior wakes up in a small clinic in Lowtown with no recollection of the time passed between his capture and the present. The only thing he finds that tells him anything of his lost memories are the dogtags that hang from his neck that on one state his height, weight and eye colour and on the other state:
It takes some time for him to be able to walk again and to recover fully before he is allowed to leave the clinic. During this time, he becomes aware of all kinds of information he never had before as well as new power within him. He leaves the clinic in search of his lost two years, answers to what these "BERGS" are and why he's considered one of them, and the only friend he's ever had - Aaron.
Weapon of Choice: Heaven's Wrath (Personal Sniper rifle)
Skills/Powers:
Accelerated Cell Regeneration: Melchior's body heals faster than normal human flesh would, but this accelerated healing puts a strain on his body.
Optical Focus: His eyes have the ability to zoom without use of a scope and focus like those of a bird of prey.
Shizukesa: Melchior's body blends in with the surroundings, the drawback is that he must be completely still and when firing, the kick of the rifle provides a moment that he can be seen. This technique is used mainly when sniping.
Wings of Tenebrion: Great wings of shadow envelope the sunlight so to cast the battlefield into a realm of darkness. (Note that this skill is mainly for major plot events and not a regular-use skill.)
Fighting Style: Melchior is highly skilled in open-palm hand-to-hand combat yet prefers to act as the man behind the scenes with his rifle in many cases.
Hand -to-hand:: He uses his svelte size to move around the opponent to issue multiple medium blows. He will also use his extensive training to disarm and subdue his foes as best he can, personally preferring not to use violent force.
Firearms:
Sidearm:: He will use his semi-automatic, high-powered, double action .40cal(9x19mm) pistol with 15-round clip to injure an opponent enough to subdue them. Rarely will he use lethal force if he can avoid it. Often, he will aim for the upper thigh or a non-lethal point in the torso.
Rifle:: (Heaven's Wrath)-- Most often used in conjunction with his partner as a support system. His custom, gas-operated, rotating bolt, semi-automatic, bullpup rifle sports a custom wood stock with double hairpin trigger and uses .40cal(7.62x51mm) or .50cal armour-piercing rounds (depending on the situation) in a 10-shot detachable box magazine. Heaven's Wrath also has a smart-camo system utilizing a special kind of refractive paint that blends it in to any environment. This is the weapon he chooses to pass lethal judgement on others with from afar.
Strengths: Due to his specialty training in his weapon, he has amazing accuracy with firearms as well as extremely quick reflexes. He is very agile and quick thinking in a tactical sense. Using his specialty BERGS techniques makes him a near-perfect marksman, though with every good comes a bad.
Weaknesses: Though he has defined muscle mass, he is not physically strong and due to his distance-specialty he hasn't the need to do much strength training. The fact that he frequently decides not to kill his opponent if face-to-face with them leaves him open to counterattacks as he would make an attempt to restrain them. Using his BERGS techniques tires his body greatly, especially the Accelerated Cell Regeneration, and afterwards makes him quite vulnerable if used too frequently or extendedly.
Notice: BERGS -- BioEngineered Resource Genome Soldier
Nickname: Angel's Song
Race: Human
Class: Support Soldier (BERGS 1st Class)
Age: 23
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 162
Hair: Blond and spiked, worn long and tied back with a black cloth ribbon.
Eyes: Light blue
Sex: Male
Build: Melchior sports a lean and muscular frame, very agile while at the same time strong. There is more than what meets the eye to this man, though.
Appearance:
He wears a skin-tight, black muscle shirt, white jeans, and black combat boots as well as black cloth armguards and a white jacket tied around his waist. A pistol is strapped in a thigh holster on his right leg and his rifle is often slung over his left shoulder.
Personality: Melchior is very blunt and honest in his speech making him seem rude at times but never says anything that isn't in some small way relevant to the situation. He is a very calm, quiet, and compassionate person but holds a darker side to him as well. Behind the stone-cold yet trusting face lies a man that is unpredictable and ruthless in his actions.
Home Country: Shussei
History:
Nikolai Darcy was born into a relatively successful family in the Equinox district of Shussei. He lived a comfortable life in an upper-class penthouse apartment with his parents, his father a highly-respected weapon manufacturer and his mother a relatively known mediator for a transport/retrieval business. He got every advantage growing up-- the best teachers, tutors, and mentors as well as the best open-palm instructor his parents could afford.
All of this was upset by a company-wide stock crash in his father's business and sent them into bankruptcy. When Nikolai was twelve, his family was forced out of their high-rise apartment complex and into the shady and disgusting shadow of the Shussei empire, Blight. They moved to the far west of Blight in attempts to get away from the worst parts of the slums and into the better areas closer to the Umberlands, but as they settled down there, a small conflict erupted nearby and the now eighteen year old Nikolai was pulled into the war as an infantryman in the Shussei army.
Once the year-long conflict ended, Nikolai went back to find his parents in the small village he once lived in. He found only ruin. Everyone in the village was killed and all the buildings were razed to the ground. At this sight, Nikolai calmly turned his back on his past and rejoined the border guard, there meeting Aaron Balaam, a very stern and outspoken young man, and becoming loyal friends. Aaron always being the one to do the close range fighting and Nikolai, now going only by his codename Melchior, backing him up with sniper fire.
The amazing trust between the two bonded them as close as brothers until a month later one near-fatal skirmish found them under strange circumstances. A small battle erupted not far west of Haikyo city, and Melchior and Aaron's unit was called to stifle it. Behind his rifle's sights, Melchior pinned down any that would come to attack his only friend Aaron with gunfire. 500m down the small embankment and across the desolate field through the rain, Aaron was laying waste to all that opposed him, his job being made simple by Melchior's support.
Crack!-ting-slide-click. Crack!-ting-slide-click. Shot after shot rang out from the muzzle of Melchior's custom-made rifle, the muzzle flash smothered much by the downpour they all fought in. A small group of enemy soldiers began to move up on Aaron's flank and Melchior began to dispatch them one by one as they came closer and closer to where Aaron and a couple other shock troops were cutting down the rest of their comrades. Pop! the sound of pistol came from behind Melchior's covered position, a sharp pain soon appearing in his side as he rolled to his left and drew his pistol, firing only three shots into his assailant before a canister spewing an odd smoke landed next to him. Melchior turned to look out over the battlefield to where Aaron was fighting, his sight obscured by the same smoke that billowed from the grenade next to him; his last sight was that of a pair of men in gas masks reaching down.
Two years later, Melchior wakes up in a small clinic in Lowtown with no recollection of the time passed between his capture and the present. The only thing he finds that tells him anything of his lost memories are the dogtags that hang from his neck that on one state his height, weight and eye colour and on the other state:
MELCHIOR
BERGS 1ST CLASS
SUPPORT
BERGS 1ST CLASS
SUPPORT
It takes some time for him to be able to walk again and to recover fully before he is allowed to leave the clinic. During this time, he becomes aware of all kinds of information he never had before as well as new power within him. He leaves the clinic in search of his lost two years, answers to what these "BERGS" are and why he's considered one of them, and the only friend he's ever had - Aaron.
Weapon of Choice: Heaven's Wrath (Personal Sniper rifle)
Skills/Powers:
Accelerated Cell Regeneration: Melchior's body heals faster than normal human flesh would, but this accelerated healing puts a strain on his body.
Optical Focus: His eyes have the ability to zoom without use of a scope and focus like those of a bird of prey.
Shizukesa: Melchior's body blends in with the surroundings, the drawback is that he must be completely still and when firing, the kick of the rifle provides a moment that he can be seen. This technique is used mainly when sniping.
Wings of Tenebrion: Great wings of shadow envelope the sunlight so to cast the battlefield into a realm of darkness. (Note that this skill is mainly for major plot events and not a regular-use skill.)
Fighting Style: Melchior is highly skilled in open-palm hand-to-hand combat yet prefers to act as the man behind the scenes with his rifle in many cases.
Hand -to-hand:: He uses his svelte size to move around the opponent to issue multiple medium blows. He will also use his extensive training to disarm and subdue his foes as best he can, personally preferring not to use violent force.
Firearms:
Sidearm:: He will use his semi-automatic, high-powered, double action .40cal(9x19mm) pistol with 15-round clip to injure an opponent enough to subdue them. Rarely will he use lethal force if he can avoid it. Often, he will aim for the upper thigh or a non-lethal point in the torso.
Rifle:: (Heaven's Wrath)-- Most often used in conjunction with his partner as a support system. His custom, gas-operated, rotating bolt, semi-automatic, bullpup rifle sports a custom wood stock with double hairpin trigger and uses .40cal(7.62x51mm) or .50cal armour-piercing rounds (depending on the situation) in a 10-shot detachable box magazine. Heaven's Wrath also has a smart-camo system utilizing a special kind of refractive paint that blends it in to any environment. This is the weapon he chooses to pass lethal judgement on others with from afar.
Strengths: Due to his specialty training in his weapon, he has amazing accuracy with firearms as well as extremely quick reflexes. He is very agile and quick thinking in a tactical sense. Using his specialty BERGS techniques makes him a near-perfect marksman, though with every good comes a bad.
Weaknesses: Though he has defined muscle mass, he is not physically strong and due to his distance-specialty he hasn't the need to do much strength training. The fact that he frequently decides not to kill his opponent if face-to-face with them leaves him open to counterattacks as he would make an attempt to restrain them. Using his BERGS techniques tires his body greatly, especially the Accelerated Cell Regeneration, and afterwards makes him quite vulnerable if used too frequently or extendedly.
Notice: BERGS -- BioEngineered Resource Genome Soldier