Schwartz, the Black Plague

[Marigold Darkson]

Name: Schwartz

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Race: Human/Somebody

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Description:
Schwartz is short, brown-skinned, small-framed young girl, with shoulder length pale-blue hair. She has big, round eyes, that are all black in color and has elf-like ears, with small, full lips. Most of her features are covered by her hair and large blue-scarf that she wears over her nose and mouth. Schwartz wears a blue and white poncho with sleeves of the same color scheme. On her hands, she wears a pair of black gloves with metal on the knuckles and back of the hand. Beneath the poncho, she wears a black crop-top that has multiple belt buckles that run vertically and are attached to a pair of black shorts. The shorts stop at her mid-thighs and fit loosely to her. For her legs, Schwartz wears a pair of black knee-high socks, with metal knee-pads that are the same color as her poncho. She wears a pair of blue and white boots, with metallic shin guards with the same blue and white color scheme.

Spoiler:

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Equipment:
Ice Queen's Reverence- A pair of daggers used by Schwartz. They take on a blue, intricate crystalline look, but are anything if fragile.
History:
Schwartz was a young girl, when Alexander and Elizabeth Darkson found her naked and beaten body, on the side of a road. The husband and wife took the young girl into their home and introduced her to their eldest daughter, Marigold Darkson. At first, Schwartz remained silent and stoic whenever she was around people and didn't much care for Marigold. She had a one-sided rivalry with the young girl, who didn't give the rivalry the time of day, because of the fact she was naturally better than the young Schwartz in the first place. Schwartz didn't dare allow herself to be useless in the eyes of the Darkson family and wanted nothing more than to defeat Marigold in everything she could do. She begged Mari's family to train her in the heart of assassination and they did so without any second thoughts. Schwartz nor Marigold hadn't seen each other since Schwartz's training began.

After some years, Schwartz came to realize that she wouldn't be on par with Marigold. There was a moment where the young woman humbled herself and she personally went to apologize to Marigold, for being pathetic and nuisance. Instead of getting forgiveness, however, Marigold accosted the woman for being so broken before her. Mari had always watched Schwartz since she first started living with them, watched through her training and until that moment. She offered Schwartz her hand and declared that from then on, she'd be the left hand that dealt out death, while she worked with her right hand that dealt out domination. Since then, Schwartz became the personal assassin of Marigold and worked alongside Ysl'Dae. This triumvirate would soon travel to the new world of Radiant Garden, where they would attempt to sow the seeds of Darkson rule into the people.

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Primary Elements
1.) Darkness
2.) Time
3.) Plant
4.) Lightning

[Eno Vale]

Base Ability: Shadow of the Queen- Schwartz appears out of the shadow of Marigold from any distance, but when she does so, a large plume of poisonous, black smoke. The smoke travels up to 20 feet on its own, but this range can be increased with help from wind or a strong wind-like force that acts on the smoke and blows it forward. The max range would be 40 feet, should any force act on it.
Base Ability Cool Down: 5 post cooldown

For this ability to cover ANY distance is too much. As it is, it could be inferred that Schwartz could be on an entirely different world, and could come immediately to Marigold’s shadow. If you give it a limit to the two being on the same world, then any distance will be acceptable.

Also, there are many different types of poisons out there, with many different effects. I’d strongly suggest keeping them in mind. Also, looking over your party member in further detail, you don’t want to poison someone, and not let them know exactly what will happen. If you do it could cause a problem with whomever you’re roleplaying with. While IC they don’t need to know, OOC they have to, so they know what to write when their time comes, and from there they’d incorporate their resistances or immunities if they have any at all. You want as little confusion as possible dealing with the broad spectrum known as poisons. It would be horrible if you wanted their nervous system to shut down, and instead they're afflicted with nausea or blurred vision.

I’ll be providing you with a link so that you’ll get to see just how extensive certain venoms, enzymes, neurotoxins, and the like are, and this just covers snake bites.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/stoneley/types.htm


2nd Skill: Crippled- Schwartz coats her weapons in Atrophy. Anything struck by her blades begins to decay over the course of 4 posts. The effect on the blade lasts for 3 posts, the decaying state, if the opponent is hit is 4 posts and cooldown is 7 posts.

Please specify what would begin to decay, the entire body (meaning this effect can travel through the bloodstream), or the wound itself. If you wish for it to have the entire body decay, you will need to increase the amount of posts it’d take for it to decay. Also, how far into the state of decay would it go? Are we talking discoloration of the skin, rotting flesh, or something so far gone flies will come to the area to lay their eggs so their spawn can snack on the decaying flesh?

3rd Skill: Blades are my Friend- Schwartz can manipulate the density of any grass and leaves she's around, to make them into miniature blades on a field. Her field of manipulation is 40 feet in radius. The grass maintains its manipulated form for 3 posts ad has a cooldown of 5 posts.

How sharp are the blades? You must take into consideration that there is the possibility of your opponent wearing armor during combat. Will the increase in density make them sharp enough to slice through, let’s say, leather? If someone trips and falls do they risk impalement should their endurance be too low? Please specify.

4th Skill: Pungent Bloom- Schwartz touches the ground and plants a seed in the area she touches. After 2 posts, the seed blooms into a flower filled with toxic gas. However, for ever 2 posts the flower is left alone, it grows in size with its maximum size being around 5 feet in height. The flower reaches its maximum height at 6 posts after bloom. The poison's amount, as well as how far it travels, is dependent on the height. At 1-2 feet, the flower's poison is minuscule in amount and travels up to 10 feet, 3-4 feet the poison becomes abundant and travels up to 30 feet, 5 feet and the poison reaches a large overflow and travels up to 50 feet. The flower itself can be destroyed before it reaches a certain size, but this will also release the poison. Only one flower an be planted at a time and after its destruction, goes on a 5 post cooldown.

How durable is the flower? As it is, someone might just accidentally step on it, stopping it’s effects. Also, what kind of poison? Is the poison able to be perceived normally or will someone have to have enhanced vision to see the cloud of poison? Also, what type of poison is it? Is it something that attacks the nerves, or internal organs, or what? How long does someone have to breathe in the poison before it becomes a problem for them? Does it take longer the smaller the flower is?

6th Skill: Flytrap's Hunger- Schwartz coats her blade in razor sharp thorns. These thorns, should they slice into an opponent, create a wound that doesn't clot and causes continuing bleeding over time. The thorns last for 3 posts and have a 5 post cooldown.

There are some pesky ways to get around this, so I’ll give you a little help on this. Add in that while the wound also bleeds, those matching Schwartz ‘s tier or lower will have healing effects reduced by half for the duration of the bleed. Also, I need to know how long the bleeding effect lasts.

8th Skill: Slow Field- Schwartz designates an area and slows down all time in that 30 foot area for 3 posts. Has a cool down of 5 posts.

Alright, how slow are they? Does this reduce their speed by half? Is this dropping their speed by half a tier,  will they lose a whole tier to this slow? Am I to assume they’ll be moving in slow motion? Also, whatever answer you choose, I’ll let you add in the effect that, if an ally of Schwartz should happen to pass through the field, they will be sped up by the same amount one would lose should an enemy step through.

[Marigold Darkson]

Alrighty, I have edited everything you pointed out in your post, Eno, plus tweaked the decay posting time on my second skill and flower skill!~

[Eno Vale]

APPROVED

[Marigold Darkson]

Making her into a standalone character.

[Veara]

acknowledged

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