Cyra Velis - Rebellious Rebel of the Rebellion (DONE)

Name: Cyra Leonidas Velis.

Gender: Female.

Age: 30 years old, biologically still in her 20's though.

Race: Vampire.

Appearance: Standing 5'10" feet tall, with stony eyes of gold and silver hair. Her build is quite slender, as her knuckles and fists are calloused as rough as leather from the amount of punching she has done. Her skin tone and complexion is milky and Caucasian pale, bade not with the sun's rays for she is a shadow-walker, that which basks in the caress of moonlight itself. Not really preferring the sunlight anyways as far as it goes.

Her body is quite athletic, flexible so to say as it has to be with fingers more used to being dexterous and nimble. Her body worked up less with strength and more to do with speed, her limbs are limber as a result and easily more accommodating to higher velocities than power when it comes to locomotive energy put into motion. Some would say being nimble is just a cowardly way of being able to run away, but Cyra would say it gets the job done, and a job is a job.

Her face tends to have a smug expression, relaxed and without trouble from the world, which reflects appropriately in her demeanor as a person. It's the constant when looking at her.

Clothing of choice: Officially, she tends to wear a tacky bomber jacket, a button up shirt, and a tank top underneath said button up shirt. Brown, red and black in that order of colors respectively. She obviously wears undergarments. Has a pair of cargo pants to put a lot of things in, a belt with a sheathe around it. Tends to carry her weapon in said specialized sheathe attached to her left waist to make things easier. Also easy to unfurl. Has a set of cotton black gloves, jackboots, but no socks for it.

Loyalty: Rebellion (More like she realized she is WAAAY in over her head at this point, and the rebellion is the only group she can affiliate with at this point.)

Occupation: Member of the Rebellion.

Personality: Sardonic and rather dubious, Cyra does not exactly conform to the idea of means, but just that the ends justify it. Whatever can be done, must be done, in the most expedient manner possible, when it counts. Usually. Probably. Sometimes. Anyways, point being, if someone expects an honorable duel, to bring a sword to a sword fight, Cyra would most likely bring a shotgun, or if she could help it, something even bigger. To take out the person IMMEDIATELY and with extreme prejudice. That's just how she operates.

Socially, she is rather sly, or merely devious, which befits her overall personality. Treachery and trickery are her games, as she holds nothing higher than herself, that to be called even an equal is something that is a great prize to behold. The world envisioned by this woman is seen as herself above all else, it doesn't help that humans are her diet, if not anything with blood flowing through their veins.

Her hobbies include stalking the night, drinking blood, playing checkers and dancing to K-Pop. Although that's a secret. Her dreams include... actually she doesn't have a coherent one. It's usually just mixed up, in fact, at the moment, she is just trying to get out of a debt, if anything, that is the one thing she holds true as a virtue to herself, to honor her commitments regardless what it takes. Ambition is the same, to get out of the damn debt owed. She HATES having obligations to another person overall. Tends to be hard to detect her mood, as she hides behind a facade of a cool headed calm person, that it is hard to tell her intentions, especially if she was to feel murderous, she would not give any hints.

Weaponry: Despite her job as a 'cleaner', Cyra keeps with her a Kusarigama, aside from the kama with steel handle and rubbery grip, it is connected by metallic chain to a spiked meteor hammer, the weapon in itself is versatile as it allows chopping as much as smashing in, if not even restraining the target with the chain.

The ability in itself that counts as Ars Magus is in fact the hammer and the scalpel, or so dubbed by Cyra. The Kama's blade can emit a compressed potent volatile energy of Seithr that acts to bifurcate enemies when need be cleanly, and the meteor hammer with extreme force upon impact as to either drive someone back or pulverize them, also utilizing Seithr.

Abilities: As a vampire, that despite the stereotype associated with being one, Cyra does NOT burn in the sun though gets irritated by it, but she does get repulsed by garlic. It's rather disgusting and smells horrible, gives bad breaths and so on and so forth. Also feels nauseous around running water like rivers... and, alright, maybe she is a BIT like a stereotypical vampires in regards to those two aspects, but she also has the following benefits as well. She has the superhuman abilities associated with vampires, to that which has to do with physical attributes, able to regenerate albeit at a slow rate, which means recovery due to wounds requires time, and can be sped up with the addition of blood.

She stands out as a precise most over all, as she knows the locations to kill a person pretty easily, and has the expertise and proficiency to back it up. Be it with a melee weapon or a gun, whatever it takes, she can do it. When forced to take hand to hand stance, she would follow it up with the style of Tai Chi Quan, flowing like water. To lash and strike with grace and finesse, rather than brute force and power, and overall to keep a calm and insightful look in a battle, to take whatever advantages she can into making it better. As despite being a vampire, her strength is not exactly on par with them, rather she is only at peak physical condition relative to human prowess when it comes to it, as opposed to her speed which she prizes most over all else as overall superhuman.

History: Once upon a time there lingered a vampire, that she were hunted and hated as naught but that as an unrepentant woman. She was but a former retainer of a vampire lord, driven out for her conniving ways at grabbing power to which she no longer found a home. On the run ever since as a result because of it, disgraced and stripped of title as an outcast, she found herself making more enemies than not ever since. Away from the sheltered life of servitude underneath a lord, constrained to serving as but one in many servants in function that her treachery were unveiled.

Fleeing to the slums of a Hierarchy city, as luck had it, she was part of a few disenfranchised group in which were hateful of NOL's presence, oppression and authoritative stance in which there lacked any clemency or even room for dissent, which were punished by death. She grew closer to these anti-NOL group out of likewise hatred of authority, rather than anything else, as she had deigned to join them after making into the friendship of the rebel cell leader in what was misconstrued in killing a NOL officer sent to break up the dissent, where an argument ensued between Cyra and said officer before coming to blows.

There were many others in the slums, which were infamous for dissent that crackdowns were becoming a regular occurrence, collaborators were becoming abundant, and soon enough, Cyra herself was almost in several close calls with NOL taking out rebels in the vicinity. Growing better acquainted for it among the rebellion's doings, as she had found a new calling taking down authority as an excuse to take out her frustrations against her older lineage as a former servant. It was really nothing more than a rebellious phase that soon drew out as weeks went by, being on the run from vigilantes, and acting ineffectual in comparison to more brazen and destructive rebel groups out there, that she realized there was most likely no future for her in the rebellion, as that point she were hated as a wanted person.

Really, to get out as soon as possible, but she was way too in deep over her head, relying more on her old hatred substituting it for NOL's than anything else. Hence it pushed her to even further depths as to perhaps at least maintain a smaller profile which were all in vain. It culminated where she was led to at least act in the interests of the rebellion so to at least be free from the bounty she had on her head, than out of hate for authority she once held as reality dawned upon her.

It was the same as those days she were raised as a bodyguard for her Lord that once she sought to usurp, her role for one thing turned to another as she had been enslaved by this bounty to be a criminal all her unlife. NOT exactly something she wanted to do. Weighing in all options in question as tensions over a losing battle always sets precedence, hence why she has found a calling. To PROBABLY just help take down NOL if anything so to actually STOP having a bounty on herself, or something along those lines. The rebellion being more than ever the only place she can find friends as a result, though friends is a STROOOONG term.

The story itself while strange in its own right, has only one severe flaw within its nature: this being the Tongs and how they might survive the rather 'purge' of world domination by the N.O.L., while I rather think it amusing that a vampire would serve a sect of humans who are in things for profit (basically the story wasn't all that bad), this is something that you should address cleanly. I would believe that even a subtle influence of darkness would be found by a group as thorough as the military-structured Librarium with ease.

I mean granted they have no problem destroying single individuals, to whole family groups, and entire federations for trying to speak up or stand out against them. This is one of the more painful flaws of this profile.

I find her to be fairly rounded in her talents, she's not overly strong despite being a vampire; she favors speed and a martial art that are better suited to her strong points. While smart, she has some rather strategic weaknesses that would affect her somewhat even in battle (granted her opponent figures them out). Tis a bit much though for the weapon lacking (possessing no specific weapon-set is a tad unusual, you may wish to give her some kind reliable tool, since a majority of the characters possess some dangerous weapon able to at least hold their own against Armagus/Nox Nyctores).

So my issues are:

-Tongs managing their existence under N.O.L. authority (lest you can give me a good argument, I'm always game to listen; I'd hope you to solve this issue)
-Lack of a weapon (even with a hitwoman's skill set it does hurt for not having something to fall back to.)

Just a quick clarification, mind telling me what a purge is? Since I was going for the whole bribe people, corruption, and trying to keep their existence low key deal for the Tongs. Or at least keep their presence in areas where NOL does not pay any heed to, where they are disliked but likewise the Tongs are the parasites that feeds off of them.

As for the weapon, what about improvised explosives? To even the odds and whatnot.

Explosives seem a bit much (if only for being an attention getting, even the quiet kind would leave a bit of splash damage, I might figure it very visible and unhelpful in a close range combat), something involving concussive force might be possible. :o

What about a Kusarigama modified to have one end be a meteor hammer, and the other one a Japanese sickle? Probably going to make it an Ars Magus, illegally obtained though and without a license.

Even though all seems fine, I wonder if she even has a place here. If she's a hitwoman, what purpose does she serve? I mean, a hitman is paid by a client to kill a target. But how such a thing could even exist considering the NOL and the vigilante system (yep, the NOL and the NOL only puts bounties up, and vigilantes catch criminals to get them) are essentially the same thing gives me pause. Would the NOL allow for an organization besides themselves to try and run things? I don't think so. That's the idea of the purge: nothing that isn't in check is meant to die.

Besides, the almighty janitor thing is a bit cliché to me, and this character lives in a universe of its own, and doesn't give a feel that it belongs. That, and the lack of development potential is a bit jarring: what can she do here and how would she even evolve?

Besides, in the old RP, the idea of a group that worked solely for money was rejected, because the idea feels flat. There, it feels just as flat to me, so I am not approving.

You misconstrue the idea that she is an Almighty Janitor when that in fact is not a trope at mind, as it implies she is merely someone who acts within her own interests, beyond the supervision of a boss and lowly in rank despite receiving an income, when in fact it is the opposite despite what your perception suggests. She corresponds to the Tong's boss as her underling, and works directly for her, doing jobs that requires them being done in the dark kind of business, which given NOL's background against crime gangs, it pits her directly against them as a result and subsequently against Cyra due to affiliations. The Tongs in practice are an Underground Resistance with criminal elements folded within, similar to the Heaven and Earth societies of Qing Dynasty China, which Kageo can enlighten you so, with the more specific aim of diminishing NOL's control without provoking them into a manhunt as the more notorious organizations like Sector Seven do, as they are hunted vigorously.

The group is in the background, and only facilitates a place of income, that despite what you suggest over flatness due to feelings, offers far more potentials to be in places to pertains to her profession at hand. Development is clear and concise, if you cannot see it, then that is unfortunate, but should not factor into the overall judgement given it's a problem I should worry about, if indeed that were the case.

Anyways, I already discussed their existence with Kageo, and he seems fine with the fact they are around, that if anything, is an existence that centers around the impoverished and neglected regions that NOL overlooks, and otherwise acts similar to what was mentioned prior.

Bumpity bump.

As a note, thrown in the Ars Magus weapon as per Kageo's advice, and gave it an Ars Magus ability as well.

Cyra wrote:

You misconstrue the idea that she is an Almighty Janitor when that in fact is not a trope at mind, as it implies she is merely someone who acts within her own interests, beyond the supervision of a boss and lowly in rank despite receiving an income, when in fact it is the opposite despite what your perception suggests. She corresponds to the Tong's boss as her underling, and works directly for her, doing jobs that requires them being done in the dark kind of business, which given NOL's background against crime gangs, it pits her directly against them as a result and subsequently against Cyra due to affiliations. The Tongs in practice are an Underground Resistance with criminal elements folded within, similar to the Heaven and Earth societies of Qing Dynasty China, which Kageo can enlighten you so, with the more specific aim of diminishing NOL's control without provoking them into a manhunt as the more notorious organizations like Sector Seven do, as they are hunted vigorously.

The group is in the background, and only facilitates a place of income, that despite what you suggest over flatness due to feelings, offers far more potentials to be in places to pertains to her profession at hand. Development is clear and concise, if you cannot see it, then that is unfortunate, but should not factor into the overall judgement given it's a problem I should worry about, if indeed that were the case.

Anyways, I already discussed their existence with Kageo, and he seems fine with the fact they are around, that if anything, is an existence that centers around the impoverished and neglected regions that NOL overlooks, and otherwise acts similar to what was mentioned prior.

The sentence "almighty janitor" was to be taken literally, not wisecracked around with. Also, it doesn't matter what the Tongs are, at the very least not to me, because things of the past should stay there and by BlazBlue standards, the Tongs should be long-gone. Besides, a hitwoman needs a contract to have a target, and she has noone to either provide a contract or even be a correct target. Besides, you didn't give an answer as to how comes such a concept as hitmen still exist while the NOL has the vigilante system up. You just tried to make a point by drowning me under a wall of text. You could've just told me that some mafia resistance-wannabe popped out of nowhere and she's in it.
Besides, it's not only the character that I disapprove, but given the ChatBox curriculum vitae (namely, trying to use every information and lack thereof to the advantage of your character), it's almost the person behind that I would disapprove. With things loose as they are with the character, we're sure to have fights over 15 posts long, and that's before even a single hit lands.
And I've had enough of seeing this, so I'll leave the thing to the other mods, and even leave a disapproval in case someone else has the same distaste as me regarding this character in the back of their minds.
APPROVALS = 00
DISAPPROVALS = 01

While i agree with most of Jin`s points about the Tongs being long gone in the 2200s, and assassins not working that way, you really cannot judge a character by its cbox behavior. If that was the case, Lambda would have 45 disapprovals and most of my characters 84. We don´t even have that many members.
I also agree that Cyra has been an annoyance on the chatbox (The whole vampire-turning stuff, for instance, or stealing Ragna´s sword for another instance) but chatbox is chatbox and RP is RP. We need to seperate that.

Personally, i´m torn between an "Its a disapproval because there`s things wrong with it" and a "There are some things wrong with it but not enough that it would be disapproved, with the amount of effort and the grade of character we`re working with here considered".
As a second disapproval would render this character disapproved instantly and an approval would not reflect my opinion on it, i will simply hold my vote for now and give the word to Kageo, or Tron.

I'll fix those aspects in the history as I've been told by Mato. Anyways, as for the annoyance bit, that is not REALLY necessary to point out on the sheet of all places, the whole problem schtick. Thought you were in tight with me, Caelica.

Point aside, revisions that'll follow will be from Tongs to rebel group rather, and from hitwoman to rebellion infiltrator. Yep, now that's off the list, I'll be editing. Suit will follow soon with a bump.

Bump. Fixed the outlying issues with the bio as ordered by mon Kapitan Mato.

Actually done?

Yes. Unless I need to throw in other details?

Apporvals 1.

Disapprovals 0.

Although she´s really young for a vampire, she´s about at the point where i would consider her an even match for the other characters.

After the review of this fixed sheet, there are no issues that I personally have here. While young, a vampire is indeed a vampire :o, she seems to be quite evened out and I am pleased with the armagus in possession~. I vote a positive.

Approval: 02
Disapproval: 00

Let's drop her into action.