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Player Name: Ed E-mail: wingless.icarus@gmail.com, but it's pretty useless Preferred Contact: PM or Transmutedself. Timezone: EST, which still means nothing about my tagging habits or contact times. Current Characters in Victory Road: Edward Elric
Character Name: Orion James Luis Series: Original Timeline: Shortly after the disappearance of Ivy.
Original Character Background:
There isn't much of a difference between Orion's world and our own, in fact until around 2004 they would have appeared exactly the same to almost anyone, they had to him until things began to change. Please note that due to this reality being so close to our own many of our own legends of Greek Mythology and their history are likely the same unless noted otherwise.
Legend had it for many generations that the Greek gods had been trapped away in a Labyrinth for countless years and were due to return and reclaim their rightful place again. It was sometime in the beginning of the new millennium that it became apparent such a day would likely be soon. And when the gods did come back, they would need support from their followers, whatever believers remained.
Orion was a child raised by his mother in Greece, he never met the man that fell in love with her as his father traveled for work and never settled to be with his family. An American who never stayed in one place long enough, paying the bills by being anywhere but home. A man that made his family because of his job, and in the end, chose said job over his family.
When he was little Orion spent a majority of his time in Athens with his grandparents, because his mother was too ill to care for a young child. There had been complications during the pregnancy that took a lasting toll on her overall health, and in a misguided attempt to hope he'd find strength in his namesake she chose the name of a legend for her son, having idolized the hunter during her own studies of the gods. Her wish had always been for him to be strong but what his mother had forgotten was that although Orion was a name of great strength, his soul had also been cursed in love.
For as long as he'd been alive he knew the stories, he knew that his family had come from a long lines of priests and priestesses but he'd always dismissed them as ancient history from a time where such things were still believed. He never took his family's practices seriously, considering them to be rooted in superstition and tradition more than anything, and certainly not to actual loyalty to gods that hadn't existed for centuries, if at all.
As he got older Orion no longer became a burden during his mother's illness, but her sole caretaker. He was not yet 17 when she passed, once again leaving him in the care of his grandparents. It wasn't until then that his grandmother told him the true story, the reality behind myths and legends, and how they pertained to him.
Almost everyone knew the story of Artemis, the pure Goddess who loved Orion - and even though there were different versions of the tale, as with most myths, one thing remained true. In the end, no matter the degree of any feelings the godess held, Orion's love for her is what brought about his demise. The story that didn't reach everyone, however, was that Orion was said to have been born again. Orion's heart had belonged to Artemis, but he was later born a devoted priest of Athena, and his dedication to the Goddess of War came above all else. This story his grandmother only shared with him once he was old enough to understand and take on the responsibility that was held within it.
Orion's grandmother told him that this man had met a woman, this man who scorned love all his life eventually fell for a priestess of the erotes. The two, so dedicated to their duties and their families knew that they could never be together. Despite this, their bond was strong and they felt inseparable, as such they made a promise that some day they would be born again, and when that day came they would finally be free of other burdens and be together.
Now, as interesting as his grandmother's story sounded, Orion saw it folklore, ancient myths with no bearing in reality and nothing more. He dismissed it without a second thought until his grandmother took him aside one day to reveal more of the story. They were from a long line of priests of Athena, she explained. Although he'd known that his whole life what he wasn't aware of was how much actually went into their devotion. For generations, for centuries his family had waited for a sign that their gods would return. What he'd dismissed as tradition and old habits dying hard was in reality an active following of Athena - lying in wait for her return. Telling Orion that the gods had been trapped away in a Labyrinth for countless years and would reclaim their rightful place again once freed.
More importantly, if he truly was the soul reborn, it would likely be soon. And when the gods did come back, they would need support from their followers, whatever believers remained - and he would need to make a decision about where his loyalties would lie.
Orion eventually forgot about this story, time passed and he graduated high school. Getting accepted into the famous art school of Cetanose College, he found a small apartment nearby and a job at the local dog shelter walking and fostering dogs. He tried to make a normal living there, but things began to happen. He met people that were not quite right, others that claimed to be gods, and a beautiful blind girl named Ivy. Who told him about the dreams she had of a lover she lost in a past life, her devotion to the Erotes, and Orion's own role in all of this.
Even Athena did not expect his loyalty, knowing who he was, but Orion took his responsibility seriously. As much as he would have preferred a normal life with no immortals at all, an obligation to Athena was still an obligation.
Just when things were starting to get too unreal, Ivy was moved away by her family and Orion never heard from her again. It wasn't long after that he found himself pulled from his own world into another, answering to a whole new set of gods that his history books hadn't explained. There he lived in an underground temple, speaking for gods that were unable to communicate directly with their followers. Away from the burdens of his own life Orion lived a relatively normal - if technologically barren - existence, finding at this point that even being uprooted from his home world to help other gods didn't surprise him. When one day those gods stopped responding too, and he was left in an unfamiliar landscape with no purpose or way to return home.
Personality:
Growing up Orion was a your typical teen with a chip on his shoulder. His mother was ill a lot of the time, his father traveled for work so he never saw him, and his grandparents seemed to live in some delusion in which following the ancient gods still mattered today. For the most part, Orion focused on living a fairly normal life, he went to school, he was raised by his grandparents where he couldn't do things on his own but he also took care of his mother once he was old enough. He was never the most social kid, preferring to go home and be with his mother when he could and generally coming off like a nerd to most of the other students his age. Orion was an artist, he preferred his notepad and pencils to the company of others his age and he spent a lot of his time absorbed in fantasies - comics, movies, tv shows and stories that he came up with himself, as explanations for his art work.
Having a quick wit was a defense mechanism he picked up early on, prone to dry sarcastic humor and a tendency to come off arrogant or condescending if he doesn't really know a person. Despite that, Orion is a dedicated and caring individual. Insisting on taking care of his mother once he was old enough, despite his grandparent's protests, he's always been a person devoted to his cause - whatever cause that may be at the time. Later, when he meets Ivy and learns of their supposed history together, he's just as stubborn about not letting her down. Due to this nature he's also quite a conflicted individual. Orion wants nothing more than to lead a normal life, be a boring regular human who goes to art school and strives to make his deceased mother proud. Instead, he's faced with the fact that his obligation to three separate women keeps him torn on many decisions. Because of this Orion has a tendency to go with the flow, little surprises him anymore after learning of his own history and involvement with the gods, and after dismissing the stories as fairy tales for his entire life he holds no devotion to either Athena or Artemis in his current carnation. Still, upon finding all of this out - and meeting them - Orion hears them out and tries to come up with a happy medium between all of his perceived obligations in this lifetime.
He takes on training with a sword and bow in order to support how serious he is about getting involved with these obligations, but his sense of duty remains torn with the desire to be a normal college kid falling in love with the girl of his dreams. At least, until Ivy is removed from the area by her family, likely in an attempt to keep her focused on her own duties and away from Orion. It's only then that he finds more of a purpose in his dedication to Athena and takes his role more seriously as a priest destined to bring believers back to the gods.
Although powers are stripped in Victory Road, Orion has many abilities that are less super-human and more natural talents, so for reference I've listed them below.
Orion has the ability to speak with and understand powers that may not be able to communicate directly with their followers. As a priest of a goddess in his own reality being able to "translate" and act as a voice piece for other gods is a genetic trait in his family. He also has an almost empathetic ability to calm animals, there is a level of understanding and mutual respect that is primarily shown with dogs, horses (or deer) and aquatic life. This was extremely useful in his line of work at an animal shelter, as he had a gift in luring out strays and relaxing animals in stressful situations, this would also be beneficial to him in catching pokemon to turn into Team Rocket. I'm not sure if this would tie into the "special exception" for characters that can communicate with animals, he can't understand normal animals like cats and dogs but he can understand powers that don't speak and I know pokemon are generally easier for humans to understand overall than real world animals.
He's taken up training in sword fighting and archery after meeting Athena, which he has a natural skill for and actually enjoys during his downtime. Due to the lore of Orion - and myth attributing him to Poseidon - he's able to walk on water, an ability that he's unaware of and wouldn't apply to this game anyway. However, he's also a natural swimmer with accelerated speed and endurance in comparison to average humans. He was definitely on the high school swim team.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Team Rocket Starter: Level 15 Deerling (Cynthia), Level 5 Houndour (Maera) Password: Atomic Fireball
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Orion Luis | OC | Not Reserved
Name: Ed
E-mail: wingless.icarus@gmail.com, but it's pretty useless
Preferred Contact: PM or
Timezone: EST, which still means nothing about my tagging habits or contact times.
Current Characters in Victory Road: Edward Elric
Character
Name: Orion James Luis
Series: Original
Timeline: Shortly after the disappearance of Ivy.
Original Character Background:
There isn't much of a difference between Orion's world and our own, in fact until around 2004 they would have appeared exactly the same to almost anyone, they had to him until things began to change. Please note that due to this reality being so close to our own many of our own legends of Greek Mythology and their history are likely the same unless noted otherwise.
Legend had it for many generations that the Greek gods had been trapped away in a Labyrinth for countless years and were due to return and reclaim their rightful place again. It was sometime in the beginning of the new millennium that it became apparent such a day would likely be soon. And when the gods did come back, they would need support from their followers, whatever believers remained.
Orion was a child raised by his mother in Greece, he never met the man that fell in love with her as his father traveled for work and never settled to be with his family. An American who never stayed in one place long enough, paying the bills by being anywhere but home. A man that made his family because of his job, and in the end, chose said job over his family.
When he was little Orion spent a majority of his time in Athens with his grandparents, because his mother was too ill to care for a young child. There had been complications during the pregnancy that took a lasting toll on her overall health, and in a misguided attempt to hope he'd find strength in his namesake she chose the name of a legend for her son, having idolized the hunter during her own studies of the gods. Her wish had always been for him to be strong but what his mother had forgotten was that although Orion was a name of great strength, his soul had also been cursed in love.
For as long as he'd been alive he knew the stories, he knew that his family had come from a long lines of priests and priestesses but he'd always dismissed them as ancient history from a time where such things were still believed. He never took his family's practices seriously, considering them to be rooted in superstition and tradition more than anything, and certainly not to actual loyalty to gods that hadn't existed for centuries, if at all.
As he got older Orion no longer became a burden during his mother's illness, but her sole caretaker. He was not yet 17 when she passed, once again leaving him in the care of his grandparents. It wasn't until then that his grandmother told him the true story, the reality behind myths and legends, and how they pertained to him.
Almost everyone knew the story of Artemis, the pure Goddess who loved Orion - and even though there were different versions of the tale, as with most myths, one thing remained true. In the end, no matter the degree of any feelings the godess held, Orion's love for her is what brought about his demise. The story that didn't reach everyone, however, was that Orion was said to have been born again. Orion's heart had belonged to Artemis, but he was later born a devoted priest of Athena, and his dedication to the Goddess of War came above all else. This story his grandmother only shared with him once he was old enough to understand and take on the responsibility that was held within it.
Orion's grandmother told him that this man had met a woman, this man who scorned love all his life eventually fell for a priestess of the erotes. The two, so dedicated to their duties and their families knew that they could never be together. Despite this, their bond was strong and they felt inseparable, as such they made a promise that some day they would be born again, and when that day came they would finally be free of other burdens and be together.
Now, as interesting as his grandmother's story sounded, Orion saw it folklore, ancient myths with no bearing in reality and nothing more. He dismissed it without a second thought until his grandmother took him aside one day to reveal more of the story. They were from a long line of priests of Athena, she explained. Although he'd known that his whole life what he wasn't aware of was how much actually went into their devotion. For generations, for centuries his family had waited for a sign that their gods would return. What he'd dismissed as tradition and old habits dying hard was in reality an active following of Athena - lying in wait for her return. Telling Orion that the gods had been trapped away in a Labyrinth for countless years and would reclaim their rightful place again once freed.
More importantly, if he truly was the soul reborn, it would likely be soon. And when the gods did come back, they would need support from their followers, whatever believers remained - and he would need to make a decision about where his loyalties would lie.
Orion eventually forgot about this story, time passed and he graduated high school. Getting accepted into the famous art school of Cetanose College, he found a small apartment nearby and a job at the local dog shelter walking and fostering dogs. He tried to make a normal living there, but things began to happen. He met people that were not quite right, others that claimed to be gods, and a beautiful blind girl named Ivy. Who told him about the dreams she had of a lover she lost in a past life, her devotion to the Erotes, and Orion's own role in all of this.
Even Athena did not expect his loyalty, knowing who he was, but Orion took his responsibility seriously. As much as he would have preferred a normal life with no immortals at all, an obligation to Athena was still an obligation.
Just when things were starting to get too unreal, Ivy was moved away by her family and Orion never heard from her again. It wasn't long after that he found himself pulled from his own world into another, answering to a whole new set of gods that his history books hadn't explained. There he lived in an underground temple, speaking for gods that were unable to communicate directly with their followers. Away from the burdens of his own life Orion lived a relatively normal - if technologically barren - existence, finding at this point that even being uprooted from his home world to help other gods didn't surprise him. When one day those gods stopped responding too, and he was left in an unfamiliar landscape with no purpose or way to return home.
Personality:
Growing up Orion was a your typical teen with a chip on his shoulder. His mother was ill a lot of the time, his father traveled for work so he never saw him, and his grandparents seemed to live in some delusion in which following the ancient gods still mattered today. For the most part, Orion focused on living a fairly normal life, he went to school, he was raised by his grandparents where he couldn't do things on his own but he also took care of his mother once he was old enough. He was never the most social kid, preferring to go home and be with his mother when he could and generally coming off like a nerd to most of the other students his age. Orion was an artist, he preferred his notepad and pencils to the company of others his age and he spent a lot of his time absorbed in fantasies - comics, movies, tv shows and stories that he came up with himself, as explanations for his art work.
Having a quick wit was a defense mechanism he picked up early on, prone to dry sarcastic humor and a tendency to come off arrogant or condescending if he doesn't really know a person. Despite that, Orion is a dedicated and caring individual. Insisting on taking care of his mother once he was old enough, despite his grandparent's protests, he's always been a person devoted to his cause - whatever cause that may be at the time. Later, when he meets Ivy and learns of their supposed history together, he's just as stubborn about not letting her down. Due to this nature he's also quite a conflicted individual. Orion wants nothing more than to lead a normal life, be a boring regular human who goes to art school and strives to make his deceased mother proud. Instead, he's faced with the fact that his obligation to three separate women keeps him torn on many decisions. Because of this Orion has a tendency to go with the flow, little surprises him anymore after learning of his own history and involvement with the gods, and after dismissing the stories as fairy tales for his entire life he holds no devotion to either Athena or Artemis in his current carnation. Still, upon finding all of this out - and meeting them - Orion hears them out and tries to come up with a happy medium between all of his perceived obligations in this lifetime.
He takes on training with a sword and bow in order to support how serious he is about getting involved with these obligations, but his sense of duty remains torn with the desire to be a normal college kid falling in love with the girl of his dreams. At least, until Ivy is removed from the area by her family, likely in an attempt to keep her focused on her own duties and away from Orion. It's only then that he finds more of a purpose in his dedication to Athena and takes his role more seriously as a priest destined to bring believers back to the gods.
Although powers are stripped in Victory Road, Orion has many abilities that are less super-human and more natural talents, so for reference I've listed them below.
Orion has the ability to speak with and understand powers that may not be able to communicate directly with their followers. As a priest of a goddess in his own reality being able to "translate" and act as a voice piece for other gods is a genetic trait in his family. He also has an almost empathetic ability to calm animals, there is a level of understanding and mutual respect that is primarily shown with dogs, horses (or deer) and aquatic life. This was extremely useful in his line of work at an animal shelter, as he had a gift in luring out strays and relaxing animals in stressful situations, this would also be beneficial to him in catching pokemon to turn into Team Rocket. I'm not sure if this would tie into the "special exception" for characters that can communicate with animals, he can't understand normal animals like cats and dogs but he can understand powers that don't speak and I know pokemon are generally easier for humans to understand overall than real world animals.
He's taken up training in sword fighting and archery after meeting Athena, which he has a natural skill for and actually enjoys during his downtime. Due to the lore of Orion - and myth attributing him to Poseidon -
he's able to walk on water, an ability that he's unaware of and wouldn't apply to this game anyway. However,he's also a natural swimmer with accelerated speed and endurance in comparison to average humans. He was definitely on the high school swim team.Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Team Rocket
Starter: Level 15 Deerling (Cynthia), Level 5 Houndour (Maera)
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples Network/Text Sample
Victory Road Sample: TDM
ACCEPTED! Happy New Year!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.
Now that you've been accepted...
[○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must!
[○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: # thru G, H thru O, or P thru Z.
[○] Join the following communities:
Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places.
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We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!
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