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Ovan Hellgate: Cursed Child of Blessing

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:36 pm
by Ovan Hellgate
Name: Ovan Hellgate

Tribe: Horus Hellgate

Pillars:
Central: Heart of gold that bleeds for humanity
Contrast: Has always been too perceptive for his own good
Crossing: Fenri, Diamond Dust
Active: Searching for the strength to fell a Leviathan.

Anthem: Orojo Nouveau - Horus Hellgates possess vision far beyond what we call the electromagnetic spectrum. Their unfathomable sight has given them perception of energies and entities on the Unseen and all the special frequencies that bind them.

Traits:

Spirit Alchemist: Horus have an extensive study of the alchemic arts, developing process and tools only they can repeat with their Anthem. Because of this, they command a wealth of respect in the scientific community all across Vescrutia. From astronomy to geology, both in the Seen and Unseen and all the disciplines in-between, the Horus have crafted tools and techniques that have caused paradigm shifts in their respective arenas. Horus work with the transmutation of matter to matter, energy to energy, in accordance with the natural order as their gifts have allowed them.

Shamanic Rites: Their access to energies and applications of the Unseen realm have cemented them as the clan that handles the passage of Hellgates from one world to the next. They have special rituals and tools with which they "cleanse" the bodies and souls of the Hellgates before they are conferred to death and pass on.

Birthrune: Varien: Undiscovered

Curse of Self Doubt: Ovan 's nature is that of an explorer and learner, always grateful for the next experience to broaden his horizons. His pragmatic nature and relative celebrity status haunts him with the spirit of a spiteful entity. For almost as long as he can remember traveling, this feeling of unease followed him, no matter how otherwise well he felt, and the feeling ebbs and flows, growing magnitudes more powerful when he is the center of praise and adoration he is likely to receive.

Faction: Horus Hellgate - The Horus are a very secretive family that are different from many of the other branches of the Hellgate in their distaste for violence. They pride themselves on their destructive strength last and their uncanny insight first and foremost. Among the Hellgate, the Horus intuition reigns supreme, bordering on prophetic through the creation and mastery of instruments and traits they use to carry out their study. The Horus are gifted with sight beyond sight, vision of entities and energies deeper than other Human tribes and as such are tasked with the conferment of the dead and funeral rites for the Hellgate Clan. Their abilities allow their insight to transcend just superstition or faith, shedding light on an ever expanding world gone mostly Unseen by much of Vescrutia.


Arbiters:

Blink
Ava Class
Type: Orojo Nouveau
Ovan blinks so he can focus his intent, priming his focus on the wavelength designated

Mudra of Separation
Ava Class
Type: Shamanic RItes
This mudra is sacred to the Horus, channeling the energy they use to work with their brethren and ferrying them to the other side.

Fathom Sight
Bea Class
Type: Orojo Nouveau
Ovan can perceive entities who reside on the Unseen. Ghosts, specters, spirits, Naten, all can be perceived and interacted with as if on the physical plane

Scrying Blade
Cea Class
Type: Shamanic Rites
Prep: Mudra of Separation
A technique that affects things within the Unseen without causing damage to the physical plane. Like an ethereal scalpel, Ovan can carve fissures between the unseen and the seen, severing connections between the Seen and Unseen

Venosonic
Cea Class
Type: Spirit Alchemist, Shamanic Rites
Prep: Blink, Mudra of Separation
A technique that leverages low frequency wavelengths (sound), expanding and amplifying them to damaging levels

Unique Marks: Long, dark purple hair that drapes down his back in a giant ponytail. A hooded robe with lovely embroidered accents. A pair of glasses he rarely looks through, but always has on.

Bio: The Horus culture was known for their work in astronomy, skilled at tracking, recording, and interpreting movement in the celestial sky with artisanal skill and equipment. Ovan rarely used these tools and could make similar reading with his naked eye. This gift made him an icon amongst the Horus community, drawing attention to him wherever he traveled. With that attention came the pressure to use his gifts to advance their sacred sciences, something his parents touted as his ancestral calling. The clan placed his gifts on a pedestal and elevated the child to prodigal status.

Ovan appreciated his upbringing, understanding the importance of family and using his gifts to assist the clan in their studies. After the death of his parents, he devoted himself fully to the astral sciences and traveled from laboratory to laboratory, atelier to atelier, sharing his unique insight with scholars all over. His reach extended beyond the scope of the Hellgate clan and he made connections with Schools of Academia from all corners of Vescrutia. He spent centuries learning and teaching, living free as a master mage scholar, amassing a following and building an apprenticeship program dedicated to furthering the study of the stars through his network of academics.

His apprentices saw him as a celebrity, a philanthropist to be emulated to bring about a new era in human development. Their adoration brought with them a new vision in the Unseen, something he hadn't ever perceived in such a strong concentration within his circle. They brought a specter of greed, an intense desire to be just like him and do the things his gifts allowed him to do. After centuries of good work, the fruits of his labor produced a haunting entity, one that follows him throughout his travels, casting a shadow on him and his workings.

The Specter of Greed has been with Ovan for 100 years and has only grown with time. The more good Ovan brings, the deeper the adoration for him grows and the more menacing the Specter becomes. He knows he cannot escape it and to destroy it is to deconstruct centuries of good work and insight his gift brings to Vescrutia. Nothing is worth negating the fruits his gifted tree, not even at the expense of an uncontrollable spirit that casts a shadow over his every thought. For the sake of his family, his work, and the clan, he would endure and stay the course, no matter the questionable end he foresees for himself.

Now, the congregational ritual of the Hellgate nears and Ovan is presented with an invitation to compete, representing the whole of the Horus branch of the clan. Although he knows he is expected to appear, the Specter of Greed has been growing exponentially faster since the invite was made. It's power has grown so much, it has a field of influence that can be felt on the seen plane by those around him, draining them of their vitality just by being too close to him. It has also worn on his own jovial demeanor, torn between doing good that comes naturally to him and cultivating a malevolent force he can't control.

Whatever the case, Ovan heads to the competition ready to fulfill his duty and suffer the consequences, no matter the cost.