Faustus

Notice!: Faustus very rarely gives out his real name. He does not refer to himself as Faustus, at all though there have been a VERY few times where the information has leaked and some VERY few people know his real name. You may refer to Faustus by name in the narrative but unless hammered out with me before hand, your character should not know my character's name.

Some men that fit his description have gone by the names Donovan Cutler, Martin, and Lancelot.

_____The Basics

Name: Faustus Clemens
Moniker: The Devil/ The Man In Black/ The Man With Golden Eyes
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Profession: Arbiter

_____Gist
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Type: Mesomorph
Condition: Lean; toned.
Skin Color: Pale
Tattoo: On back; Sistine Chapel – God Creates Man.

Hair ____:
____ Color: Black
____ Type: Straight
____ Texture: Rough
____ Style: Unkempt
____ Length: Variable
Eye Color: Gold
Timbre: Gravely baritone

_____Clothing
3-piece suit (fitted; all black)
White shirt
Black shoes (polished leather; custom sole for grip)
White cotton gloves
Solid red tie
Wrist-watch

_____What you need to know

Absolute Representation: Present wholly within one plane and progresses through the time-line strictly from one moment to the next. This has the curious effect of making it impossible to describe or sketch Faustus, even though their memory of Faustus remains intact.

Engineered: Conceived through genetic engineering. Strength, speed, conditioning, and agility of Olympic level athlete before puberty. Brain mapped and re-mapped for efficiency of communication between synapses, memory, and critical thinking. CPI (Congenital Pain Indifference). Electrokinesis.

Fractal: During a time of great duress where Faustus could feel his rationality slipping away from him, and after calculating just how long he had before going so insane as to be dysfunctional, Faustus came up with a plan that would at once put his future plans into motion, absolve him of his past sins and enemies, and allow him more freedom to act. He 'restored' himself to his 12 year old body (Donovan Cutler) and made 28 "fractals" of himself.

Furtive Assimilation: Faustus interacts, on a surface and subconscious level, with the collective minds of others to easily merge into a group. He can walk into a restaurant and immediately assume a waiter, or go into a crime organization and assume a the role of domestic servant. He feels the general emotions of a society or group of people by having an internal social mirror, allowing him to mingle into any situation. Prolonged or particularly 'deep' usage of this ability might cause him to become detached from his former lives, eventually assuming the role he has now become.

Guardian*: Profession that Faustus was bred for. Here is where skills and abilities beyond the innate are learned. Knowledge and intelligence fostered, martial aptitude fortified and the mind, body, and soul are cultivated for use as offensive and defensive measures.

Leogere: His lies are indeterminable from truth; divination, empathy, telepathy, scrying and any other forms beyond mere fact-checking are ineffective.

Way of the Void: In terms of awareness and control, the conscious mind is the tip of the iceberg; the subconscious mind is the rest. The Way of the Void allows the conscious mind to readily access the subconscious mind with total availability and granular control. Some benefits include holographic memory, heightened awareness, and active intuition.

Xynzicht: A neutral and internalized cauldron of power taken wholly from Terrata Legend.

____Arcana

Elementum Seal – Fire: Allows user to manipulate the element of fire, though does not allow creation of said element; branded onto Faustus’ back during his time spent with the Commission.

Flinch: At will, Faustus can cover himself in organic metal that is capable of being magnetized at his discretion. Faustus cannot move while 'flinching' and it is a short-lived tactic.

SpellCraft: The ability to cast and work spells. Faustus is capable of performing arcane magic through various mediums and with varying types of energy. Most commonly this is true the use of mana and other forms of free energy, though he is shown to be the most capable and efficient with spell-circles, runes, and glyphs.

Sun Marking: Faustus bears the Sun rune upon his hand, and can harness the cosmic power of the sun and dawn. Photomancy.

_____Equipment

¬ Scalpels: 4 scalpels knives hidden among his person; preternaturally sharp.

¬ Psicrystal Necklace: Single rope necklace with a red psicrystal attached that emits a hardened aura upon activation for physical defense; gained from Absconditus in AT IX.

Iris of the World: Psychic surgery allowed seamless replacement of his real eye for this item gained by an I Choraan Siren.
Stage One: Allows rapid perspective shift. On contact, user can gain perspective of enemies killed by current foe, allowing him first-hand knowledge of techniques used before, usable as a watered down form of recognition. Also allows user to see the battlefield from any angle.
Stage Two: Primary ability is strengthened; now capable of being summoned at will as opposed to on contact. Allows prediction of movements through behavioral patterns; advances the sense of precognition. Also allows for snapshot rendition of glyphs and spell-circles while allowing access to a higher form of arcane sight.

Spell-watch: Personal invention. Watch-face is separates into four parts, each part holistic; acting as its own spell circle and as part of a greater spell circle. Manifests four different spells.
-- Telemetry: Capable of recording all magical interference. Allows Faustus to gain knowledge of new arcane practices after a battle is finished.
-- Planar compass: Incantations used to create portals are not a language, but consonant representations of a mathematical transfiguration formula. Capable of performing the complex trigonometric functions in split-second intervals. Tracks wearer in real time and bookmarks previously visited planes.
-- Template: 8 different templates, one for each of the schools of magic. Can be empowered through use of mana fuses. Abjuration template is default.

Tyrant Flame: An ancient abomination sealed in the darkest halls of Martyrian Lore; as rumor has it, the flame offers an overwhelming power said to feed on the arcane and cast physical fire as its ash.
Stage One: A to latch onto magical pathways, enchantments, or other supernaturally empowered articles. Using that energy as a fuel, the flame spreads across the victim, converting the magic or enchantment into a physical flame and leaving any enchantment or effect wholly absolved and dispelled. If a magical bond exists between the victim and some other person, the flame can travel along that bond and engulf them with flame as well.

____Weapons
Fiktun & Iorines
Body: Revolvers
Breakdown: Two B-Class revolvers lifted from the Tower of Michael Tullin. The standard .44 Nexun rounds carry specially crafted mana-crystals that hold pre-weaved magical effects. The guns themselves carry a 1/100' to 5" absolute penetration coefficient. The crystal lacks the ability to interact with anything physical aside from the bond that holds it to the bullet; once broken, the crystal breaks and releases the spell.

Bullets: Manacrystal held in metal casing
____ Ammunition: 3 clips. Each clip contains.
A: -- 3 Inferno
-- 2 Dispel
-- 1 Ice

B: -- 3 Concussion
-- 2 Earth
-- 1 Plant

C: -- 3 Plant
-- 2 Ice
-- 1 Dispel

Edge; false
Type: Katana; backsword.
Composition: Luminal construct [Tri-planar]
Function: Spell-slicer; Remote detonation; vary shape.
Engraving: None.

____Standards

* Core: Advanced Abjuration, Fortress Defense, Guardian Spell Architecture, Spell Structure Analysis, Spell Permanency.

General education: Alchemy, Bard Song Theory, Comparative Study of Magical Races, Honors Metaphysics, Planar Cosmology, Spell Materialization, Squad-level Tactics.

Private courses: FACS, Illusionary Inferences, Blood Magic, Morphology/Anatomy, Kinesics, Psychological Profiling.

Note: I know it sounds like a lot but believe me, it only sounds like a lot. Most of the things listed here are already intuitively used by most other characters otherwise. This is just my way to add a bit of personal flavor to my character and a great deal of it Faustus has earned legitimately.