Songblade
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| Songblade | |
| Player: @zxEcho | |
| Origin: | Blaster, Scrapper |
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| Archetype: | Technology, Science |
| Security Level: | Confidential |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Songblade |
| Known Aliases: | Song, Songy, Prince of Ze Stars, Rat |
| Species: | Saturian |
| Age: | 2X (24 Earth Years) |
| Height: | 5'10 |
| Weight: | 190 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | Purple (Neutral), Pink (Shy, Lovestruck), Clear (Aggravation, Evolution) |
| Hair Color: | Black & Purple |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Black/Saturian |
| Occupation: | Assassin for Hire |
| Place of Birth: | Saturia |
| Base of Operations: | Tekknoh |
| Marital Status: | Poly, Single |
| Known Relatives: | Deceased |
| Known Powers | |
| Dark Magic, Teleportation, Stealth, Technology | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Cosmic Nose, Cosmic Wink, Fortune Coins, Aura Reading | |
| Equipment | |
| Whisper (Katana), Umbra & Luna (Twin Pistols), ALiVE (Living Suit, Sword & Shield) | |
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Brief Summary
< "He handed the familiar a golden coin, with a planet on the front. The planet had rings!" >
Songblade, the cocky, and somewhat overzealous assassin, hails from Saturia, a planet in the galaxy cluster 'XX0337'. Brown skinned, with sharp, purple eyes, most would consider him a 'foxy', flirtatious warrior. If you're not careful, you would assume he is either glaring through your soul, or trying to touch your heart at a first glance. However, his challenging aura would not be without merit. Born from a family of secluded, Saturian assassins, He would be trained in multiple forms of martial combat. He learned most forms of Saturian martial arts and swordsmanship, as well as the inherited traits of their mammalian kind. By training to the utmost fullest, every daycycle and every nightcycle, he would learn to sniff out familiar scents up to 500 clicks away.
While training at his in home martial studio, he would catch the attention of a strong, level-headed leader of the League of Warriors. This group would take him in at a teen age, training him to be the vicious, murderous defender of his people that he so proudly claims to be. After training with them for years, his body would merge with the cybernetic enhancements of their world, heightening his strength and agility almost tenfold!
Songblade also contains hints of the curse from his planet, with multiple, purple veins showing on different parts of his skin and face. While not retroactive, it is still slowly affecting his body, and his mind every time he uses the abilities hidden within him.
Saturia
Saturia, far away from Paragon's typical universe, is a lush, green and purple planet followed by three separate moons. The ecosystems was comprised of mostly valleys, rainforests, evergreen forests, vast oceans of different colors, deserts, and other exciting terrain similar to Earth's. Saturia's main eye-catcher, however, is it's collection of galactically large rings, filled with asteroids and space dust that floats graciously around the planet. They can even be seen by the planet's patrons, who regularly use the celestial body's outer rings as emblems and symbols throughout the land in some way. Most notably, on their currency, which would show Saturia on the front of their coins. The life there is a mix between bipedal, anthropomorphic creatures, and the fauna that walks on the ground, similar to dogs and cats.
The mainland of Saturia, Tekknoh, was ruled with an iron fist by a leader known as the "High King". Only one may reign at a time throughout the land, delegated by the people from a select group of candidates to rule after the last King passes. Most of the civilization throughout the land can be best described at oriental, cultured, and still technologically advanced. Fine minerals like gold and silver are prominent in the planet's crust, caves, and core, with even rarer minerals like diamond, and the appropriately named Saturinite only found on -this- planet, could also be excavated, if one searched hard enough. While most of the mainland was split into separate colonies, following the same principles the High King would order, some of the factions would split, and delegate their own leaders for their own villages, hamlets, and even the other separate continents. While these other politically-led factions remained neutral to the Tekknoh's main order, many wars and acts of espionage have caused the tides to shift, causing border development and harsher restrictions on intermingling with the other cultures. This did however spark a booming trade system across all of Saturia's colonized continents and isles.
Civilization & Basic Life
Saturia's civilization would be split up by eleven different continents, each with a different respective ecosystem, and colony. Tekknoh, the largest hub on it's planet, was housed on the 'Main Land', the most lush and habitable continent on the planet. The vast stretches of oceans made the landscape even more explorable, and dangerous. Because of the Main Land's habitability, many of the cultures surrounding each other consistently deal with trade, and deal with conflict. However, Saturia itself rolled in harmony with the four distinguishable seasons; Frost Season, Solstice Season, Sunny Season, and Nightfall Season. With all of the minerals and rare resources at an abundance, the planet became intertwined with it's own cybernetic enhancements, becoming both an organic and mechanical orbital body. This wasn't discovered until 185X, when scientists eventually discovered the planet's deeper core had an electromagnetic field inside of it, housing a large compound of magick and radioactive atoms. It would be one of the first in its Solar System.
With all of this technology, one great alliance that formed was known as the League of Warriors, a band of some of the strongest and fiercest combatants that Saturia would have to offer. Mostly dealing with intergalactic conflict, this group would consist of high-class Bounty Hunters, Knights, Soldiers, Magick Wielders, and many other interesting fighters. These proud men and women of battle would use their skills to defend Saturia from conflicts -outside- of the Saturian political discourse, focusing mainly on imposing threats to the government, incoming asteroids, and alien menaces who have threatened to take over their solar system. Only the strongest, most valiant, and most profitable warriors may join this League.
Upbringing
Songblade was born in the heated days of Saturia's "Sunny Season", known better on Earth as Summer. His parents served in the militant forces during the first Dark Wave, the war that sparked due to the dark magick that swept the land. Born to a secluded, concentrated forest-tribe, Songblade spent his most of his early years training, developing his physique, but mainly his character! Unlike most of the battle-hardened, uptight members of the society, Songblade had a tendency to be jovial and upbeat, laughing and singing songs with his friends. He preferred the open air of the wilds, and preferred to explore the land rather than stay put. While some called him a trickster and a thief, both of which he will agree too, most people knew him as a sweetheart, with a charismatic mindset. In his teen years, he would also be known as a natural flirt, being able to charm his way out of many problems.
Songblade's parents would both agree that he was a "Momma's Boy", but they would also agree that the curse over his eye was there since birth. They never tried to explain to him why he was cursed until his teen years, where Songblade would grow a hatred for his scar. When Songblade joined the League of Warriors in his earlier teen years, his persona would shift from the intense disciplinary training the League would give him. As a member of the Seventh Iteration of the League of Warriors (League VII), he would be sharpened, both physically, and mentally. His mentality would shift to a more serious tone, though he still kept that joyous persona on hand when he needed it.
The Darkness
< "He exposed his other eye, revealing the purple, crack-like veins in over his face. They pulsed, and thumped, like a heartbeat..." >
During the year 19ZX, the beautiful planet would be attacked by a mysterious plague. This plague would be a giant, looming cloud of dark magicks, unstoppable by the natural willpower of the Saturians, or their so-proud "League of Heroes". Up until this point in time, the only magicks used on this planet were Fire, Water, Lightning, Wind, and Divine. However, there were not enough Divine users on the planet at the time to ward of the darkness, and so, it overtook the entire planet. Tekknoh, the epicenter of the planets bustling economy and commerce, was hit the hardest, with most of its population at the time either dying, or becoming cursed. Those who died were reanimated into cursed, zombified versions of themself, some even retaining their powers. In mild cases, the curse causes headaches, mood swings, and occasionally just some unfortunate dreams. In the most extreme cases, the darkness would overtake their entire body, removing them from their moral state of being, causing them to go mad with rage. This would cause havoc on the planet until 19ZZ, where the League of Warriors at that time (League VI) would do their absolute best at fighting the darkness back. While unable to permanently rid the planet of it's ailment, the darkness -would- seep into the underdepths of the planet, hiding and swirling around in it's core in a dormant state.
Most of the planets inhabitants from that time remained cursed to this day, but the darkness itself would do very little to the people of Saturia any longer... So is to be believed. Most of anyone born from the years 19ZX to 19XX contained traces of the Dark Curse in their bloodstream, trickling it down the bloodline. The sons and daughters of warrior families would have a constant reminder of the battle they once fought, and the war that continues to wage against their natural order...
Even after such terrible events had happened, many of the commonfolk have grown accustomed to the subsided darkness, as it had now become one of the key magicks used by the Magick Wielders. This took time, however, as a lack of medical knowledge and magicakal understanding led most of the townspeople across the land to assume that those with a 'remaining curse' could spread their disease to others, restarting the war all over again. This caused some of the factions to excommunicate, or separate entirely, with the community of those afflicted. It wasn't until the High King of Tekknoh at the time (High King Alrius Kane VX) offered a report all of the land about the benefits that Dark Magick can do, when used properly for the right reasons. His report detailed military officials, governing assistants, and even some members of the League of Warriors, who had used their obtained curse for a greater good. This dampened the hatred for the dark plague, and generated some much-needed morale across the planet that still wavers back and forth to this day.
Songblade's Rise
Songblade became known by the League of Warriors (League of Warriors VII) when he had just turned 19X. While he had to learn some much-needed discipline, his skills as a warrior were unmatched. The High King (High King Alrius Kane XIX) was pleased with young Song's performances in minor hand-to-hand combat, as well the few infiltration missions he had been sent on. Immediately, the High King set him up to be a permanent member of the Seventh Iteration of the League of Heroes, and would serve as the King's personal bodyguard, assassin, right-hand political delegate, and personal photographer. Yes, Songblade had to do -all- of these jobs. Months after his hard work, Songblade was sent on an intergalactic mission to protect their Solar System from a dangerous, alien threat. He wouldn't know what it was, but he would do his damnedest to find out. Upon reaching contact with the alien spaceship, he infiltrated and single-handedly assassinate every single member on the ship... Except one, who begged and pleaded for a peaceful surrender. This would be Songblade's first moral decision against outright slaughtering an enemy. This act of moral ambiguity would've been seen as treason, had Songblade not solidified his case with the High King. The shift in Song's character gave the High King a different perspective on him, and while they peacefully imprisoned the alien, Songblade received many accolades and awards for his work against the threat either way.
On a mission with another fellow member of the League, Songblade and his teammate went into one of the many plates in the planet's crust. In it described as a "technological disturbance unlike anything anyone had ever seen". When entering to this location, Songblade was immediately attacked by an unknown cosmic entity, causing a battle that lasted a total of two days. His partner risked their life to try and help slay the terrifying deity, but it would only be to their demise. Songblade's partner, who he won't say the name of, was vaporized under the intense pressure of the unknown foe, but after a well-fought battle, the deity refused to fight Song any longer. Instead, it communicated with him telepathically, and would introduce him to the inner workings of the planet. It called itself, "EON", and gave Songblade a set of cybernetic enhancements to his body permanently to his legs, arms, hands, and some of his chest. He would recall a bright, flashing light over his eyes, only to awaken back on the top of the cave he had spent so long in. In the official report, "[REDACTED] suffered greatly at the hands of the unknown evil, but Songblade sacrificed his body for the greatest of good, and as a reminder to the cost of what it takes to uphold tranquility."
Song would also go through great lengths to "obtain" as much technological information from his comrades as he can, learning from his peers to become a student and technical scientist. By learning the ins and outs of different computers, components, and even supercolliders, Songblade would start to develop his own mechanical suit that could help him withstand impacts, channel energies, and just might make him look cooler in the process. It took him just over a few months to properly configure everything, but after some test runs, Songblade had made a prototype suit. Upon another mission into the planets caves, Songblade stumbled into a trap set by an enemy faction, causing him to fall deep into the planets mantle. A cave-system would show to him, with a pool of briny, pulsating, dark-magick surrounding an unfamiliar cube. Curiously, he approached the cube and gave it a touch. This touch would jumpstart an electro-magnetic pulse of signals into Songblade's mind, bonding him permanently to the unfamiliar obelisk. This cube morphed to life in front of Song's very eyes, wrapping around his arms and flowing into his bloodstream. That being would be known as "ALiVE", an "Autonomous Living Intellectual Vampiric Entity" that required organic blood to remain active. How the cube stayed dormant for so long was beyond comprehension... But after some hard work, and a bit of technical re-tuning, Songblade would turn ALiVE into his friend, who would bond with his suit to make it everything it should've been.
Songblade's Fall
In the year 20XX, the Dark Magick swarmed the planet once again, but stronger than the last time. The League of Warriors, joined by Songblade, would do their best to try to purge this threat from the mainland. Tekknoh, once again, was the first to be attacked. The High King was cursed by the looming magick, but not in the same way as before. This time, the curse influenced his mind, attacking the morals and decisons of King Alrius XIX. The dark magick inside of his brain forced the King to make more rash decisons, setting the League of Warriors up to attack their own allies under the guise of them being cursed as well. Villages, entire towns, even other planets were reaped and destroyed from the tyranny that the High King would start to enact. This difference in character made Songblade anxious...
Songblade, being the right-hand to the throne at the time, was sent to numerous different assassination missions, excavation projects, and even a full demolition for one of the planets richest gold mines. All of these indescribable acts forced Songblade's hand, as most of the people of Tekknoh had now secluded themselves to curfews and smaller towns to avoid both conflicts. Song's last straw was a recon mission involving an undisclosed set of coordinates, to which he followed accordingly. It would be his hometown, desolate and broken apart by the League of Warriors, who followed their King's rule with no forethought and slaughtered most of the townsfolk. Revenge, vengeance, desperation. All of these emotions ran through Songblade's mind... He had to take the fight to the King himself.
The Portal
< "God, I f***ing hate portals..." ~Songblade >
Songblade, fueled by a vengeful rage in his heart, knew that it was time to take matters into his own two, cybernetically enhanced hands, and fight to reclaim Saturia from the clutches of their evil dictator. By breaking into the High King's palace, where he would usually sleep and fellowship, he had started a war on himself, causing both the High King's guards /and/ the League of Heroes to turn him into a threat. It took a long, hard battle, but he eventually made it to the King's chambers, where King Alruis XIV, poisoned by corruption, had turned his own castle into a ritual alter. Songblade, righteous with his hatred for the dark arts, would draw his sword and fight the High King himself! This battle raged on for, as is reported in the Saturian Chronicles, five days. On the sixth day, with Songblade's armor and heart broken, Songblade purged his blade into the King's chest, in an attempt to kill him. This attempt did not work, and would only halter the King's progress to their final mission: Ridding Songblade from the planet. With a great summoning spell, King Alrius XIX created a portal as big as the castle corridor, and threw Songblade inside of it, to what he hoped would be the last he had ever seen of the Saturian assassin, and shut it completely. Dust and ash settled over the land of Tekknoh, and a dense silence could be felt across the entire planet... ..This portal was not completely sound, however. What the King thought he summoned was a portal to a void, one that many of the Saturain Wielders could do. What he /actually/ summoned was a extra-dimensional portal, one that would catapult Songblade through a wormhole of galaxies and universes at once! The immense pressure, had Songblade lasted in the portal any longer, /would/ have split his body into intergalactic atoms, but was instead thrusted into the oxygenated surface of Paragon, right into the heart of Atlas City. Now, broken, beaten, and homesick, Songblade begins his journey into this new world... Hopefully with a better conscience than before. Due to this trauma he suffered, Songblade thoroughly -despises- portals, and hates even looking at one. Even though Song consistently uses his dark magick to call out pocket voids and travel with teleportation and flight, he still gags and retches going through one.