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t | Dia, being demon enough for Darkflame (demon sorcery) and human enough for Gallurdi (a near-extinct human wizardry), is in a unique position in terms of magic use. She has the versatility of being able to access both sides, and can "double up" on the small overlap in function to effectively be more powerful than any pure demon. | ||
Demon sorcery is powerful on its own, but only demons (with few exceptions, such as half-demons) can physically use it. Demon sorcery, sometimes referred to as Darkflame, has two real uses. The first is to augment the user's strength and speed. This can be as subtle or obvious as the user wishes, though most pure demons don't have a reason to hide their magic. When lightly used, there is rarely any visible tell (aside from the user possibly achieving things they usually couldn't). With heavier use however (such as that of most pure demons), visible Darkflame residue will be left behind after quick movements. | |||
The second use of Darkflame is manipulation of the sorcerous energy itself. Users can draw Darkflame from their body and fully control it within a range dependant on their magical aptitude (ranging from 1m to around 7m, Dia can reach about 4m), with it becoming significantly harder to control nearer the limit of their range. Dia's main use of this power is simply utility, creating a small blade to cut open boxes. In combat, she falls back on the more common demonic technique of coating her fists in Darkflame and letting that be a simple destructive addition to her enhanced agility. Other traditional techniques exist, but she ignores them. | |||
Gallurdi, a form of wizardry originally devised to fight demons, is the opposite in that anything completely inhuman that attempts to use it dies. The core of the style is built around amplifying the user's own physical abilities, just like one can with demon sorcery. Unlike demon sorcery, there is absolutely no visual effect. Gallurdi also includes miscellaneous other spells, but of these Dia only had time to learn three: A glorified flashlight, a glorified lighter, and a simple healing aura. | |||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
Dia is around 160cm (5ft3in) tall and quite thin, usually relying more on magic than physical strength. She has straight red-brown hair that goes just past the shoulder, in an asymmetrical style that usually covers her left eye. During her more 'active' Chiennes d'Armes days, she would often cover her face with a black disposable medical mask and tie her hair back (though strangely not the part that actually got in the way). | Dia is around 160cm (5ft3in) tall and quite thin, usually relying more on magic than physical strength. She has straight red-brown hair that goes just past the shoulder, in an asymmetrical style that usually covers her left eye. During her more 'active' Chiennes d'Armes days, she would often cover her face with a black disposable medical mask and tie her hair back (though strangely not the part that actually got in the way). | ||
Dia usually wears light-grey trousers and lightweight floral shirts, finding appearance and comfort more important than function as the latter can always be supplemented by magic. | Dia usually wears light-grey trousers and lightweight floral shirts, finding appearance and comfort more important than function as the latter can always be supplemented by magic. | ||
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Background
Early Activity
Dia graduated high school with grades that weren't anything special. With difficulties finding a traditional job, she and a few friends turned to shoplifting. Over the next few years, this small organisation grew in notoriety as Dia realised she was far too talented to limit her stealing to supermarkets. After one job ended in her blocking a police car via the use of magic, a journalist caught up to her and asked for her organisation's name. Dia just told him to fuck off, but the "fuck off mafia" ended up becoming the only known name for another two years until Dia signed off a letter as "Chiennes d'Armes". It was under this name that the group made their public (but little-cared-about) declaration that they would be protecting Offetstine's communities and small businesses.
Post-Coalition and Disbandment
After more of the same for a while, the fall of the Coalition in Offetstine opened some new opportunities for the Chiennes d'Armes. During this time, Dia started to focus less on theft and more on importing foreign goods (most notably subtitled VHS tapes of foreign movies and TV shows). While she did this, the other founding members made deals with some local businesses to regularly report information on the Ringleaders, a new organisation formed from Coalition remnants. As more time passed and more Chiennes d'Armes members left, Dia grew more personally attached to these few business owners as they started to feed more varied information back to her. Shortly afterwards, the Chiennes d'Armes formally disbanded and Dia was left alone to handle her information and imports.
Abilities
Dia, being demon enough for Darkflame (demon sorcery) and human enough for Gallurdi (a near-extinct human wizardry), is in a unique position in terms of magic use. She has the versatility of being able to access both sides, and can "double up" on the small overlap in function to effectively be more powerful than any pure demon.
Demon sorcery is powerful on its own, but only demons (with few exceptions, such as half-demons) can physically use it. Demon sorcery, sometimes referred to as Darkflame, has two real uses. The first is to augment the user's strength and speed. This can be as subtle or obvious as the user wishes, though most pure demons don't have a reason to hide their magic. When lightly used, there is rarely any visible tell (aside from the user possibly achieving things they usually couldn't). With heavier use however (such as that of most pure demons), visible Darkflame residue will be left behind after quick movements.
The second use of Darkflame is manipulation of the sorcerous energy itself. Users can draw Darkflame from their body and fully control it within a range dependant on their magical aptitude (ranging from 1m to around 7m, Dia can reach about 4m), with it becoming significantly harder to control nearer the limit of their range. Dia's main use of this power is simply utility, creating a small blade to cut open boxes. In combat, she falls back on the more common demonic technique of coating her fists in Darkflame and letting that be a simple destructive addition to her enhanced agility. Other traditional techniques exist, but she ignores them.
Gallurdi, a form of wizardry originally devised to fight demons, is the opposite in that anything completely inhuman that attempts to use it dies. The core of the style is built around amplifying the user's own physical abilities, just like one can with demon sorcery. Unlike demon sorcery, there is absolutely no visual effect. Gallurdi also includes miscellaneous other spells, but of these Dia only had time to learn three: A glorified flashlight, a glorified lighter, and a simple healing aura.
Appearance
Dia is around 160cm (5ft3in) tall and quite thin, usually relying more on magic than physical strength. She has straight red-brown hair that goes just past the shoulder, in an asymmetrical style that usually covers her left eye. During her more 'active' Chiennes d'Armes days, she would often cover her face with a black disposable medical mask and tie her hair back (though strangely not the part that actually got in the way). Dia usually wears light-grey trousers and lightweight floral shirts, finding appearance and comfort more important than function as the latter can always be supplemented by magic.