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thefirstemperor) wrote2020-12-12 12:51 pm
thefirstemperor) wrote2020-12-12 12:51 pm
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago,
User Name/Nick: Siobhan
User DW:fiercebadrabbit
E-mail: israfel1030@gmail.com
Other Characters: Ben, Bodhi, Entrapta
Character Name: Fou-Lu
Series:Breath of Fire IV
Age: Physically early 20s, chronologically thousands (but a lot of that in an enchanted sleep)
From When?: Following his defeat by Ryu and friends, before being absorbed into a single being with his other half
Inmate: Fou-Lu wants to destroy the world because it made him too sad, so that’s a big one. He was brought into existence in a botched summoning, spent a life both all-powerful and incredibly limited forging the Fou empire, enforcing peace through war, dragged in every direction by the desires of the mortals he served, draining his limited power until he fell into a magical god sleep of some sort and was sealed in a tomb. He did not learn people skills. Faced with betrayal, the corruption of an empire he had believed in however naively, and made to watch the callous destruction of the little he had to care about, he snapped in that whole world-destroying direction particularly hard. Mass murder and such? Not how we cope.
Arrival: Taken against his will
Abilities/Powers: Fou-Lu at full power is an inhuman monster. He both can summon dragons and become them, commands guardian lions with incredible power of their own, and slays horrifying monsters with very little effort. He is stronger and faster than a human, harder to damage, and can recover from almost any injury. He can fly (as a dragon) and walk on air. He’s, well, a god (half a god, but). On the barge, some of his physical resilience persists, but he has no access to the power of the dragon or even ordinary magic. He has a strong affinity to water and ice, but while the element responds to him, it isn’t usable as a weapon, simply is intrinsic to his nature. Fire is dangerous to him.
Personality: Gods are summoned to a purpose in Fou-Lu’s world, and the needs of the mortals who call them dictate what they will become. Traditionally, this is performed by a carefully neutral, secretive sect of magicians who only use their ability according to ancient laws. Fou-Lu was not summoned accordingly. He was brought into existence through an imperfect process, which was responsible for his lack of power and half-and-half nature, but also the entire foundation of his personality.
His task was to create an empire, but he wasn’t only worshiped by the specific humans who summoned him. He was the god-emperor, the bringer of peace through conquest, the uniter of all Hesperia, and he was never allowed or even inclined to be anything else. But he was also torn at by every mortal need within the empire, unable to rest for his lack of success in satisfying every want, solving the problems intrinsic to humanity itself.
His sense of self, in other words, is rooted entirely in being the Emperor, and having failed, and when he was betrayed on top of that by his successors, the only response he knew was rage. That’s what war gods do. He is completely capable of seeing mortals as disposable, insignificant pawns or minor annoyances between him and what he wants, even as their needs and desires define him. That and he’s an arrogant bastard, physically incapable of relaxing for, like, a second.
But even gods have soft spots. Fou-Lu was close to no one but his own creations in his life as Emperor, surrounded by advisors and courtiers who saw him as both god and commander. He doesn’t quite understand things like entertainment or friendship. He knew indulgence, occasionally, but not actual fun, let alone real connection. He learned more in his few weeks of living among humans while on the run from his traitorous courtiers than in all his years of godhood. Things that are soft and pleasant and nice fascinate him, though he’s not quite able to work out how to engage. He’s human-curious.
Damned if he’ll admit to not knowing anything or wanting things he can’t immediately demand, though. Being a god emperor makes for some pretty considerable self esteem. Fou-Lu is confident to the point of extremely bad decisions, but he’s also a bit of a preening snob and a judgmental shit in general. It’s hard to tell an emperor who can vaporize you without even turning into a dragon first that he’s wrong. He is, in some ways, as spoiled as he is deprived in others. And he talks like he’s delivering a Shakespearean monologue. That’s fun.
Coming as he is from after a catastrophic series of personal tragedies such that he thought destroying his own empire and the world with it would be a good solution, Fou-Lu is also in a brittle, damaged mindset. He made his first real friend, and she died for her association with him. He returned as he promised, and his successors attempted to eliminate him. He was finally reunited with his other half and should have ascended to true godhood, and instead he got his ass kicked and his consciousness plunged into ignoble oblivion. Even striving for something better sounds like thankless work.
Barge Reactions:The barge is less weird than the world Fou-Lu comes from. Random monsters pop out of the woodwork at home. The word human pertains to just about anything sapient and bipedal, and you might walk by a frog man on the way to lunch and a fox woman chatting with a winged lady and a pom-pom with feet on the way back to work.
No, Fou-Lu’s issues will arise from the loss of his powers, again, on top of everything else. He doesn’t know how not to be a god. Reactions will range from sulky to ragey, and it’s definitely for the best that his ability to blast people out of existence is not in evidence at the moment.
Path to Redemption:Fou-Lu has been tempted successfully into friendship and gratitude pretty easily, though his own emotional extremis at the time helped. He craves connection, and to understand what the world really might be like, outside of war and ruling. He’s just painfully jaded and believes anything he cares about will either be destroyed or try to destroy him right now. He doesn’t want to be normal. He does want to be happy. And a happy Fou-Lu doesn’t have any motivation for mass murder.
History: Here
Sample Journal Entry: Here
Sample RP: Here
Special Notes: Fou-Lu is from an old school jrpg. The logic of his powers and the lack of logic in his worldbuilding reflects this.
User DW:
fiercebadrabbitE-mail: israfel1030@gmail.com
Other Characters: Ben, Bodhi, Entrapta
Character Name: Fou-Lu
Series:Breath of Fire IV
Age: Physically early 20s, chronologically thousands (but a lot of that in an enchanted sleep)
From When?: Following his defeat by Ryu and friends, before being absorbed into a single being with his other half
Inmate: Fou-Lu wants to destroy the world because it made him too sad, so that’s a big one. He was brought into existence in a botched summoning, spent a life both all-powerful and incredibly limited forging the Fou empire, enforcing peace through war, dragged in every direction by the desires of the mortals he served, draining his limited power until he fell into a magical god sleep of some sort and was sealed in a tomb. He did not learn people skills. Faced with betrayal, the corruption of an empire he had believed in however naively, and made to watch the callous destruction of the little he had to care about, he snapped in that whole world-destroying direction particularly hard. Mass murder and such? Not how we cope.
Arrival: Taken against his will
Abilities/Powers: Fou-Lu at full power is an inhuman monster. He both can summon dragons and become them, commands guardian lions with incredible power of their own, and slays horrifying monsters with very little effort. He is stronger and faster than a human, harder to damage, and can recover from almost any injury. He can fly (as a dragon) and walk on air. He’s, well, a god (half a god, but). On the barge, some of his physical resilience persists, but he has no access to the power of the dragon or even ordinary magic. He has a strong affinity to water and ice, but while the element responds to him, it isn’t usable as a weapon, simply is intrinsic to his nature. Fire is dangerous to him.
Personality: Gods are summoned to a purpose in Fou-Lu’s world, and the needs of the mortals who call them dictate what they will become. Traditionally, this is performed by a carefully neutral, secretive sect of magicians who only use their ability according to ancient laws. Fou-Lu was not summoned accordingly. He was brought into existence through an imperfect process, which was responsible for his lack of power and half-and-half nature, but also the entire foundation of his personality.
His task was to create an empire, but he wasn’t only worshiped by the specific humans who summoned him. He was the god-emperor, the bringer of peace through conquest, the uniter of all Hesperia, and he was never allowed or even inclined to be anything else. But he was also torn at by every mortal need within the empire, unable to rest for his lack of success in satisfying every want, solving the problems intrinsic to humanity itself.
His sense of self, in other words, is rooted entirely in being the Emperor, and having failed, and when he was betrayed on top of that by his successors, the only response he knew was rage. That’s what war gods do. He is completely capable of seeing mortals as disposable, insignificant pawns or minor annoyances between him and what he wants, even as their needs and desires define him. That and he’s an arrogant bastard, physically incapable of relaxing for, like, a second.
But even gods have soft spots. Fou-Lu was close to no one but his own creations in his life as Emperor, surrounded by advisors and courtiers who saw him as both god and commander. He doesn’t quite understand things like entertainment or friendship. He knew indulgence, occasionally, but not actual fun, let alone real connection. He learned more in his few weeks of living among humans while on the run from his traitorous courtiers than in all his years of godhood. Things that are soft and pleasant and nice fascinate him, though he’s not quite able to work out how to engage. He’s human-curious.
Damned if he’ll admit to not knowing anything or wanting things he can’t immediately demand, though. Being a god emperor makes for some pretty considerable self esteem. Fou-Lu is confident to the point of extremely bad decisions, but he’s also a bit of a preening snob and a judgmental shit in general. It’s hard to tell an emperor who can vaporize you without even turning into a dragon first that he’s wrong. He is, in some ways, as spoiled as he is deprived in others. And he talks like he’s delivering a Shakespearean monologue. That’s fun.
Coming as he is from after a catastrophic series of personal tragedies such that he thought destroying his own empire and the world with it would be a good solution, Fou-Lu is also in a brittle, damaged mindset. He made his first real friend, and she died for her association with him. He returned as he promised, and his successors attempted to eliminate him. He was finally reunited with his other half and should have ascended to true godhood, and instead he got his ass kicked and his consciousness plunged into ignoble oblivion. Even striving for something better sounds like thankless work.
Barge Reactions:The barge is less weird than the world Fou-Lu comes from. Random monsters pop out of the woodwork at home. The word human pertains to just about anything sapient and bipedal, and you might walk by a frog man on the way to lunch and a fox woman chatting with a winged lady and a pom-pom with feet on the way back to work.
No, Fou-Lu’s issues will arise from the loss of his powers, again, on top of everything else. He doesn’t know how not to be a god. Reactions will range from sulky to ragey, and it’s definitely for the best that his ability to blast people out of existence is not in evidence at the moment.
Path to Redemption:Fou-Lu has been tempted successfully into friendship and gratitude pretty easily, though his own emotional extremis at the time helped. He craves connection, and to understand what the world really might be like, outside of war and ruling. He’s just painfully jaded and believes anything he cares about will either be destroyed or try to destroy him right now. He doesn’t want to be normal. He does want to be happy. And a happy Fou-Lu doesn’t have any motivation for mass murder.
History: Here
Sample Journal Entry: Here
Sample RP: Here
Special Notes: Fou-Lu is from an old school jrpg. The logic of his powers and the lack of logic in his worldbuilding reflects this.