Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Character Creation and Discussion (second reincarnation)

[Liingo]

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

This thread needs MOAR scenarios.

~MGLN RecollectionS~

~Act 1: Aurion and Almaria: The Two Aces~

Spoiler for MGLN RecollectionS prologue:

[Magic Weapons Research Facility, TSAB Naval Base] [May 17th, MC 057] [0625 hours]


Early morning. The skies were clear with only a few clouds scattered overhead. Light gusts of wind blew continuously over the lush, green fields of Langrian, one of the places with Magic Academies and Military Installations in Mid-Childa.

A group of birds flying in sync coordinately landed on one of the bigger trees at the currently unused training fields.

A perfectly serene morning for a seemingly perfect day... Only the chirping of the birds and the ruffling of leaves can be heard.

*BOOM!*

The sound of a loud explosion ripped into the air, coupled with a noticeable detonation in the center of the private forest used for Land Mage Training. The birds whom just laned instantly took off again in a rush at the sudden loud noise.

And the cause of the blast was…

“Attack!” declared a young male voice.

[Proton Buster] replied a mechanical female voice.

*BOOM!*

A second loud explosion sent another wave of dissonance into the air. Another visible blast of debris and smoke sprouted again just a short distance away from the first explosion.

And behind a tree, a young man can be seen with his back to it, holding tight to a rifle-like weapon. He was breathing heavily, but his expression belied no exhaustion, just a detached focus on the situation at hand.

“Okay…” he panted, “Two of the Giant Autospheres gone… Four more to go…” his ebon eyes turned to regard his weapon, the Intelligent Device named Vega, “Are you still up to it, Vega?”

[My condition is at 97.24% efficiency with no noticeable errors in the system.] Vega replied in her crisp and efficient mechanical female voice, [The fluctuations on the probability of passing this exercise will be largely based on your performance with your current condition.]

“Haha…” a small smirk crept up the mouth of the boy. He shook his head to rid himself of the excessive sweat and to move away his bangs that clung over his eyes. “Still as efficiently blunt as ever…”

[Does it bother you, Master?]

“No. I like your attitude.” he grinned, hefting up his device and steadying his breathing, “I wouldn’t have you any other way.” He finished, running along his other hand over her frame.

[Thank you.]

“Heh.” His free hand went up and brushed back his dark blue hair, “Alright, Vega.” he straightened up and bent his knees gamely, his muscles tight but ready to spring into action, “Time?”

[There is still around three minutes and thirty seconds remaining.]

His eyes glinted with a shine of enthusiasm for the first time, “Let’s do it in a two.” he declared with barely noticeable anticipation.

[Roger.] Vega replied with no change in her tone.

“Okay…” he jumped off his hiding place and dashed forward to the destination point assigned for the exercise, “Ikuzo!”

……

His name is Aurion Dauer, an Ace Mage of the Time Space Administration Bureau.

~…Fragments of the past…~

~MGLN RecollectionS~

~…Has begun…~

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Spoiler for Act 1: Aurion and Almaria; The Two Aces:

~COLORS~

By: FLOW

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“Three!” Aurion said under his breath as he caused another explosion, the results of a destruction of a giant training Autosphere with an energy barrier. Without losing stride, he quickly dashed behind another tree as rays of energy shot at him from different directions. As if on cue, several other smaller floating Autospheres scattered into the area

“We’ll take out two consecutively then take down the last!”

[Acknowledged.]

He quickly vacated his place and ran again as the smaller attack spheres reached his hiding place. He twisted his head slightly and pointed Vega behind him, shooting three times with all of his shots managing to hit their mark. One even took out two of the targets.

The intensity of the fire heightened as he approached the area with the Giant Autospheres with several other smaller ones placed together. He dashed sidewards and jumped towards a tree, planting his left foot firmly on its side and kicking out, propelling him towards another.

[Proton Bolt.]

Blue bolts of his own were fired just as he jumped, all on the mark as well. He quickly grabbed a lower branch of the next tree and swung himself around it, managing to land on both his feet and balance on the branch. He fired of another spell.

[Stinger Snipe.]

“Attack!”

A larger blue sphere of energy erupted from the front of Vega’s barrel. But instead of shooting straight out, it curved towards a group of the smaller Autospheres and proceeded to destroy them all in sequence, flying towards the next target cleanly after hitting the prior one. He continued jumping towards higher branches and shooting.

[Alert!]

“!!!”

Two high-energy bolts just shot from two separate directions right at his position. His eyes narrowed as he gritted his teeth. Instead of trying to dodge, he pointed his device at the part where the branch connected with the tree and squeezed the trigger, blasting the joint and making both the branch and him to take a freefall towards the ground.

[Stinger Ray+]

Aurion spun twice in mid air and blasted a couple or so shots at the two directions of the attacks. He rolled once and regained his footing after landing on the ground and sprinted again. A grin can be seen in on his expression, “I’ve found you now.”

Another stream of attacks joined in from yet another direction, making him skid to a halt and jump towards the cover of a conveniently placed boulder.

“One load for the two and two for the last!”

[Loading Cartridge. Locks on target 4 and 5 coordinates obtained.]

A single cartridge from his rifle’s magazine loaded, instantly supplying Vega with a tremendous amount of magical energy.

Aurion jumped up and climbed over the boulder to aim. But he was met by a focused barrage of shots from three directions.

“Heh.”

However, Aurion disappeared as soon as he got hit. It was a mirage!

“Got you now!” he yelled as the real one jumped out and pointed at one of the sources, a sizable amount of energy gathered at Vega’s tip.

[Frost Cannon.]

“Attack!”

A large column of azure energy blasted towards one of his targets, the area where the beam passed quickly being engulfed in a layer of ice. Just as quickly as he fired, he gathered energy to the boots of his barrier jacket and jumped several meters in a backflip, his rifle pointed at another Giant Autosphere.

[Confirmed Kill. Load Cartridge.]

“Blaze Cannon!”

*VOOM*

This time, a beam of Cobalt heat energy was shot, heading towards the target at incredible speed and instantly causing a loud explosion.

[Guard.]

Beams approached him from behind, but Vega’s automatic protection managed to protect him from the initial hits until he managed to turn around and put up a supporting barrier.

“Thanks.” he muttered hurriedly as he was still blasted back by the relatively powerful energy bolts despite not getting hit directly. He landed on his feet and slid about a meter on the ground.

[Target 6 location, confirmed.]

Aurion’s smiled widely, “Let’s cut thru the last one, Vega!”

[Roger!]

He quickly did another magic-boosted jump and leaped towards a tree, the last target now shooting him rapidly with energy bolts. He planted his feet on the side of the tree and kicked towards the direction of the last Autosphere. He landed several meters to its side. He did a quick roll to slow his momentum and got up just as the Autosphere turned its targeting sensors towards him.

“Strike through!” Aurion shouted at the same time as the two remaining cartridges loaded, making Vega vibrate with energy. A single blade of focused magical energy formed on his device’s tip.

[MEB activated; Auxiliary Spell ready.]

Aurion pulled his arm back, Vega’s tip still pointed at the Autosphere. It started firing.

[Accel Shift.]

“GO!” he shouted as he thrust his arm forward, being accelerated to incredible speed and completely slicing thru the opposing energy bolts.

*CRASH!*

Aurion emerged on the other side of the Giant Autosphere, with the said attack module sporting a large horizontal cut and a hole at the middle. The energy barrier around it earlier apparently wasn’t enough to even so much as stall his attack.

*BOOM!!!*

The final Autosphere met it’s end in a fiery explosion.

“Haah. Ok, to the goal!” Aurion muttered as he dashed towards the goal point beyond the forest area.

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As he reached it, an audible beep sounded and the two light posts’ red lights became blue.

“…” Aurion trudged towards a bench and slumped onto it. Breathing heavily, he hung back his head and gasped out, “Good work… Vega… Time?” simultaneously, Vega returned to her portable form, a cobalt V-shaped pendant attached to a chain necklace wrapped around Aurion’s left wrist.

[Good work, Master] Vega replied, her pendant form shining [The completion time was 19 minutes and 6.567 seconds.]

“Aw.” Aurion sighed loudly and chuckled a bit, “Almost seven seconds over the objective time…” he opened his eyes, “I need to improve some more-Wha-?!” he exclaimed as his vision was blotted out with something soft. Somebody just dropped a towel on his head.

“Aren’t you just supposed to be glad that you passed an AAA-class Ground Division obstacle course with more than a minute to spare?” chimed a pleasant female voice. Aurion felt a slight shift of weight on the bench as someone sat beside him, “With the handicaps of no flight spells and only limited use of illusion spells?” she continued.

“I am, it would just have been nicer if I managed to finish it in my desired time, though.” came Aurion’s slightly muffled reply thru the cloth on his face. His right hand rose lazily as he rubbed his face with the towel. Without looking, he grasped the bottle of water the female gave her. He then heaved a big draft of air before removing the towel, opened the bottle and taking a long drink. Finally, his smiling face bent sideward to regard his companion, “And I was so close to some of the records set here too, Almaria.”

Enticing light blue eyes only blinked back at him exasperatedly, “Mou, you’re just as hopelessly competitive as the other males in our division.” A graceful hand rose to tuck a lock of silky lavender hair behind her ear. “And you always tell them you have nothing to prove.” she finished with a small pout.

“Hahaha!” the young boy only laughed as his Barrier jacket disappeared and reverted back to his civilian outfit, comprised of only a simple blue jacket over a white shirt with matching blue slacks and white shoes. “The thing I am competing with myself for is worlds apart from what they’re after.” He straightened his neck, finally getting a proper look at her. Past-shoulder length lavender hair framing a charming face, her light-blue eyes was full of life and seemed to draw you into them. Her slender figure was outlined decently by the simple white dress that reached to her knees. Her posture was modest yet refined, her small hands folded neatly on her lap while her legs were placed comfortably together. A small pink purse hung from her shoulder by a strap and rested on her left hip.

Her name is Almaria Corvette, Aurion’s childhood friend and a fellow mage… no, not just another fellow mage, a fellow Ace Mage as well. They’ve been together since childhood, only being separated for a few years as they took their separate paths into becoming mages. His was with the Air Force and hers was with the Navy. The both of them just got reunited recently as Aurion transferred over to the navy himself.

“……?” Almaria tilted her head curiously at his prolonged gazing. “What’s wrong?”

“…Heh.” Aurion smirked. And even more recently, the beautiful young woman beside him also became his girlfriend. On the very day that they got reunited which just also happens to be their common birthday. “Nothing.” he raised an eyebrow, “Do I need a reason to stare for as long as I want?”

“…” small tinges of red blossomed on Almaria’s rosy white cheeks as she averted her gaze, her hands shuffling once on her lap and her legs shifting slightly, “Knowing that you’re being ogled at for no reason at all is not a very good feeling, Aurion.” she declared in a mildly reprimanding tone.

“Aw, c’mon, Onee-chan.” Aurion countered humorously (he’s an entire year younger at 16 while Almaria is 17), sidling closer and wrapping his left arm around her shoulder, causing her to let out a soft gasp and blush even more, still not as used to the increased physical contact between them lately. “Lighten up a bit.”

“Mou~…” Was her only reply

[It would be ideal if you toned down the teasing.] a polite mechanical male voice resounded, making the young couple blink and set their eyes on the silver A-shaped pendant hanging from Almaria’s neck.

“Way to ruin the mood, Altair.” Aurion reprimanded the device. This is Altair, the brother device to Aurion’s Vega. He shrugged, “Oh well.”

Though still a little flushed; Almaria finally shifted her body closer and snuggled comfortably to her boyfriend’s body. However, instead of smiling, she let out a small huff and puffed her cheeks, giving Aurion a small glare (which ironically, for all it’s worth, only made her look cuter rather than imposing). “I guess it’s indeed fine, but you seem to have forgotten your promise.”

Aurion blinked, his expression confused, “Eh?”

“Ooh!” Almaria’s glare intensified (though she only managed to look even cuter instead of being more imposing) as she removed Aurion’s hand from her shoulders. Standing up, she walked to the spot in front of the bench and turned to face him, her dress spinning gracefully at her action, “You went ahead so enthusiastically to train here.” She crossed her arms, “But isn’t today our day off?!”

Aurion thought of cutting in her little spiel with his reasons, but instantly loss them as the situation hit him full-force.

“…” Almaria only stared at him expectantly, her right foot tapping the ground once… twice…

“Eh… Haha!” Aurion smiled apologetically and scratched the back of his head, “Sorry, I forgot.”

“Hmph.” Almaria looked away sharply, “Baka.”

“Ouch.”

A few seconds passed before they looked at each other again; dark black eyes meeting light blue ones in a moment of simple understanding. Both of them felt simple and honest smiles of youthful innocence forming on their lips.

Before long, two youthful peals of laughter echoed around the unoccupied training ground.

That was fun. I started writing this in my breaks between classes just today and recently finished it. I hope it's a good enough introductory chapter.^^;;

Watch out for the next chapter, Act 2: The Sniper and the Priestess.

AWWWWWWWWWW.

I can just tell this is the start of something epic... TT Pity we already know what's going to happen (more or less).

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

That wouldn't be Barrier Jacket Tech Talk #3984213753479028548951920894837583184987599813971 85420831058762438056948385947560234789327805826497 32085728496289108378694380476812546356873425623486 497435709425726913078946594.5, would it?

Originally Posted by Kha

You underestimated by a few tens.

Don't you mean a few hundreds Kha?

Mine were supposed to be rebuilt in the old thread...I kinda need to remotivate myself to work...=_=

I know the feeling all too well.

*turns to Kha*

Kha, what have you been feeding Comar???

XD

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Anyway, here's my dual-affinity idea. I put a decent amount of thought into it, and I don't think it outright violates canon...:3

Hybrid Affinity.

A normal affinity converts a mage's magic to one element. Fate's magic takes on the affinity of lightning; her spells are all electrical in nature. What a hybrid affinity does is to provide a mage with two distinct but not separate affinities to use.

Say a mage has a hybrid fire/wind affinity. That mage has access to, and this is the important part, fire/wind magic, but not fire or wind. A mage can only have one type of affinity; the loophole is that my system treats fire/wind as one type that just happens to be dual-elemental. This means the mage can only cast fire/wind magic, without being able to use fire or wind separately, which would break the rules outright.

I'm aware it's a stretch, and I don't intend at present to use this system more than once - it is a Rare Skill and not common at all. The fact that I'm making a unique heritage for the character in question adds another layer to this...

Anyway, there you have it. Pick it apart at your leisure.

*turns to mist and vanishes*

I'd say the reasoning behind it is sound, but when you say fire/wind magic, what exactly is it?
-See Cort's question.. that's pretty much mine as well.

[Kha]

Maybe a few hundreds...

[LimitedEternal]

Originally Posted by Comartemis

I like the idea of combining different elements into a single spell type, but how is fire/wind different from a wind spell with a fire effect stacked on top? What sort of limitations does this impose on the spells you can cast, and what's to prevent a fire/wind mage from chucking around ordinary fireballs backed up by a tailwind or something?

The idea is that the spell has to incorporate components of both elements. "Wind spell with fire effect stacked" is kind of what I'm going for, you just have to use both wind and fire to make it. Think flaming cyclone and the like.

Blame not the Khrackmaster, blame whoever uploaded that delicious pic of Dizzy dressed up in Justice's armor on danbooru.

Originally Posted by Kha

You underestimated by a few tens.

Oh, only a few tens!?

Arms/Prot? Don't expect to be able to hold enough threat unless you sacrifice Endless Rage, and even more if you don't have enough DR. In fact, warrior specs have trouble being maximized if you want to spec for PVE and PVP, which I do. Prolly why I also never play one past level 24.

Oh, I don't plan on trying Arms/Prot. I like maximizing one tree; my pally's straight Ret and my warrior's gonna be straight Arms.

Then again, I think trying to apply WoW specs to anime characters in general is an exercise in futility...

Sak-chan when beserk is only about as harmful as a Sheryl Nome in a Jack running loose after her stolen pantsu. Some walls may be cracked, but pPlanets won't get destroyed, and everyone gets to have a lot of fun.

That's not very comforting...-_-

I'm just the bartender, shakin' up new Khrack from the others. Go ask the true sources, good man.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiight...

I see... My only trouble here is that when I think of FW spells, I see RU or RG Magic spell cards.

To be honest, I get a lot of inspiration from the game...I told you I was an MTG player. I just took an idea similar to what I already had and am adapting it to the Nanohaverse. I needed a way to make multiple affinities work, and this was the best one I could come up with.

Red/blue, BTW, is the best one.

Originally Posted by Mirron

So I may be able to be trained by Vita, or Sigrun. That's nice to know. Keroko, I read the Gungnir weapon, and it sounds nice, although I'll need to go over it later. However, if you already have Gungnir, I'll probably try and find another weapon to use, as I'm trying to avoid reusing designs.

Did you maybe mean "Signum"? :3

Just teasing ya You should try some kind of left-field weapon, surprise us all. :3

Originally Posted by Liingo

AWWWWWWWWWW.

I can just tell this is the start of something epic... TT Pity we already know what's going to happen (more or less).

Maybe it's a good thing I've forgotten...

Don't you mean a few hundreds Kha?

I know the feeling all too well.

See, it's not that I don't want to; I just can't get in the right mood to do it...

I'd say the reasoning behind it is sound, but when you say fire/wind magic, what exactly is it?
-See Cort's question.. that's pretty much mine as well.

I guess if Liingo is saying it's an okay idea it can't be all bad...

I'm also pretty sure the whole mixing of elements is something that one has to visualize, myself included. My vision of a fire/wind spell would be a tunnel of air with flames; earth/water would be rocks and bubbles...that kind of thing.

It's very fantasy-magic, which i guess clashes with what we have. Assuming nobody has issue with it, I'll work more and try to nail it down.

[Comartemis]

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

This is Dizzy, a cute-as-all-get-out character from the Guilty Gear series. Here she's dressed up like Justice, the final enemy of the first game. I'm porting her character design to use for Iris, an amnesiac girl connected to the Carpathan Syndicate. She's an unwilling test subject being used as a guinea pig in illegal experiments in artificial linker core enhancements and equally illegal unison device research.

Iris and her unison partner (the source of her wings and tail), after suffering a great deal of abuse at the hands of their captors, engaged in what is known as a Perfect Unison, a special type of Unison Accident wherein the personas of Device and Meister merge into a single being. They're still joined together in Unison and theoretically they can be disengaged from each other by outside interference, but they can't disengage on their own because there's not really a "they" in Iris's head. It would be kind of like trying to move an arm you didn't know you had.

*EDIT*
Hmm, I seem to have misplaced my image somehow...

[Mirron]

While an odd weapon is possible, it doesn't seem like something a Velka system would use. I could see a Mid system using it for an alternate mode, perhaps, but Velka seems to use more standard weapons.

Also, I just finished episode 17. That was very action-packed, and horrible to watch. I was actually worried for a while as to the fate of some of the characters. Glad to know that Shamal and Zafira survived, as they were the only ones that I thought might have died.

[Kha]

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

Oh, I don't plan on trying Arms/Prot. I like maximizing one tree; my pally's straight Ret and my warrior's gonna be straight Arms.

Then again, I think trying to apply WoW specs to anime characters in general is an exercise in futility...

Of course. This rule only applies if the character was built with that in mind from the start!

Which is why we have Protection/Retribution/Holy Cleric-Knights, Arcaic/Technical/Elemental Runescribes and Affliction Suppression/Demonology Summoning/Destruction Inquisitors for OCs, but no clear specializations for CCs, which are NPCs anyway.

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

That's not very comforting...-_-

Relatively speaking, it is.

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

To be honest, I get a lot of inspiration from the game...I told you I was an MTG player. I just took an idea similar to what I already had and am adapting it to the Nanohaverse. I needed a way to make multiple affinities work, and this was the best one I could come up with.

Red/blue, BTW, is the best one.

Yes indeed.

[Saint X]

Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ

"The Shot" as powerful as a Divine Buster in A's? Are you sure?
Sure, it's a dangerous card, but it doesn't look that powerful, it's just fast...and gradually becomes even faster if not stopped...but powerful...don't think so.

well in my ficverse with Teen!Cardcaptor Sakura has that much power

*shuts up before he spills any more*

Originally Posted by Sheba

Can't get creepier, alright =D

It does compute for such a person

The Claw Man was also a gardener as well as a madman

Originally Posted by Kha

They didn't impound the Book of the Night Sky. Or the Raising Heart. I guess once the LL is certified "safe" its pressed into service under their charge.

And SaintX and I have been using safe LL ever since... ever.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

This is Dizzy, a cute-as-all-get-out character from the Guilty Gear series. Here she's dressed up like Justice, the final enemy of the first game. I'm porting her character design to use for Iris, an amnesiac girl connected to the Carpathan Syndicate. She's an unwilling test subject being used as a guinea pig in illegal experiments in artificial linker core enhancements and equally illegal unison device research.

Iris and her unison partner (the source of her wings and tail), after suffering a great deal of abuse at the hands of their captors, engaged in what is known as a Perfect Unison, a special type of Unison Accident wherein the personas of Device and Meister merge into a single being. They're still joined together in Unison and theoretically they can be disengaged from each other by outside interference, but they can't disengage on their own because there's not really a "they" in Iris's head. It would be kind of like trying to move an arm you didn't know you had.

That reminds me of my base image for my upcoming "Dei Originator" Milleva- though more mechaish armoring and wings.

@Kha:

well i have done a "classing" of all OCs and CCs- though some are undefined at the moment

[FlameSparkZ]

Originally Posted by haiz123321

@FlameSparkz: Did you make any new sketches while i was gone? Nice riviera avy + sig btw

I did, but not really related to the OC thread

Originally Posted by Saint X

well in my ficverse with Teen!Cardcaptor Sakura has that much power

*shuts up before he spills any more*

Originally Posted by Saint X

@Kha:

well i have done a "classing" of all OCs and CCs- though some are undefined at the moment

"majissu ka?"

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Ok...Let's see if I can get some work done today
Maybe I'll even post it

*warps away*

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

Gungnir, AKA "the most overused name for a polearm-class weapon in existence..."

[lameexcuse]I was first![/lameexcuse]

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

That's like my brother...one of my friends was telling me about TF2 and he was saying, "Oh, the Scout's fast and carries a bat, your brother's gonna love playing as him!"

That damn bat has killed me (I play Heavy :3) more times that I care to admit...

"Boink!" :3

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

7Arcs sure takes some chances...lot of suspension of disbelief for a group of enlightened 20-somethings (plus a few teens!) to take...:3

*shrug* I don't have much of a problem with it.

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

To be fair, Nanoha is a shooter; she doesn't care as much about high-speed combat.

But I don't think the cuffs are that bad; I bet we're just not used to siing them on a Jacket.

Trust me, you don't want to start analyzing Barrier Jackets on the base of their realism.

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

Anyway, here's my dual-affinity idea. I put a decent amount of thought into it, and I don't think it outright violates canon...:3

Hybrid Affinity.

A normal affinity converts a mage's magic to one element. Fate's magic takes on the affinity of lightning; her spells are all electrical in nature. What a hybrid affinity does is to provide a mage with two distinct but not separate affinities to use.

Say a mage has a hybrid fire/wind affinity. That mage has access to, and this is the important part, fire/wind magic, but not fire or wind. A mage can only have one type of affinity; the loophole is that my system treats fire/wind as one type that just happens to be dual-elemental. This means the mage can only cast fire/wind magic, without being able to use fire or wind separately, which would break the rules outright.

I'm aware it's a stretch, and I don't intend at present to use this system more than once - it is a Rare Skill and not common at all. The fact that I'm making a unique heritage for the character in question adds another layer to this...

Anyway, there you have it. Pick it apart at your leisure.

*turns to mist and vanishes*

Hmm, makes sense I guess. Technically he still has only one affinity. He can't use fire without the wind, and he can't use wind without the fire. You could have used a better analogy (Wind/lightning, for example, since those two are closely related anyway for example) I don't see much problems with it.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

I like the idea of combining different elements into a single spell type, but how is fire/wind different from a wind spell with a fire effect stacked on top? What sort of limitations does this impose on the spells you can cast, and what's to prevent a fire/wind mage from chucking around ordinary fireballs backed up by a tailwind or something?

The difference would be none, except that it is easier for the mage with the fire/wind affinity to cast such a spell then someone who doesn't, or only has one affinity. The limitations would be that he can't cast anything but fire/wind combinations, otherwise he'll have to resort back to the incanted spells normal mages use.

Originally Posted by Mirron

So I may be able to be trained by Vita, or Sigrun. That's nice to know. Keroko, I read the Gungnir weapon, and it sounds nice, although I'll need to go over it later. However, if you already have Gungnir, I'll probably try and find another weapon to use, as I'm trying to avoid reusing designs.

Signum would be harder, since she doesn't teach. Though if you can make a believable scenario, then by all means go ahead. Heck, we already have Koji, who was trained by Signum. A good backstory helps a great deal.

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Keroko

"Boink!" :3

"If you promise not to bleed on my suit I will kill you quickly. "

For days when being a medic isn't too smart. :3

[Mirron]

Well, personally I'd rather have my character trained by Vita. I like her character a lot, and can personally identify with it, and how I am usually carries over into the characters I make. Having just finished the series, I should get to work on my character. A spear wielder, with three modes, and the element of water. This should be interesting to try. As well, the name of the spear is Malte.

[Keroko]

All the better then, Vita is already an instructor, so you don't even have to find a specific reason for he rto train your OC. As long as your OC was in a batch of Vita's students, it should work out.

[dkellis]

Is there a translation of the Sound Stage for StrikerS where Arisa and Suzuka were around? I need to know as many details as I can about their current life.

Also, what do we know about the Saint Church's religion? As in, as specific as possible.

[haiz123321]

Originally Posted by Mirron

Glad to know that Shamal and Zafira survived, as they were the only ones that I thought might have died.

They did get owned badly

Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ

I did, but not really related to the OC thread

Aw damn...So how far did Koji was it? and Maren go in terms of relationship?

Originally Posted by Mirron

Well, personally I'd rather have my character trained by Vita. I like her character a lot, and can personally identify with it, and how I am usually carries over into the characters I make. Having just finished the series, I should get to work on my character. A spear wielder, with three modes, and the element of water. This should be interesting to try. As well, the name of the spear is Malte.

Hmm water spear eh? Btw trained by Vita as in, personal training or maybe Vita focuses more on your character instead? I might be mistaken but in the show, The forwards were trained by Nanoha, Fate, Vita and Signum with Nanoha focusing more on Subaru and Tia and Fate on Erio and Caro and also Signum on Erio, i think. I guess for you it'll be personal training?

[Keroko]

In the forwards case it was mainly Nanoha and Vita training the forwards (they are the ones with training credentials) with Fate and Signum pitching in ocasionally.

[Kha]

As for Saint Church's religion, it is a rather liberal one centered on the principles set forth/embodied by the Sankt Kaiser, the last and most well-loved of the Belka Kaisers. This "Saint King Movement" even till present day remains widespread, being the largest set of beliefs on Midchilda and Ordered Space as a whole. And so Monarch Church, on top of being a scenic tourist spot, is very popular for pilgrims and newly-weds alike.

Would you like to know more? Cos while this is the DVD booklet translation, the rest of the literature on Belka religion are all my theories... ^^;

[dkellis]

Originally Posted by Kha

As for Saint Church's religion, it is a rather liberal one centered on the principles set forth/embodied by the Sankt Kaiser, the last and most well-loved of the Belka Kaisers. This "Saint King Movement" even till present day remains widespread, being the largest set of beliefs on Midchilda and Ordered Space as a whole. And so Monarch Church, on top of being a scenic tourist spot, is very popular for pilgrims and newly-weds alike.

Would you like to know more? Cos the rest is all my theories... ^^;

Depends on how reference-heavy it is. And if so, how much you're willing to explain the references to fit into the canon.

Currently I'm trying to work out all the various modes of address and language and writing style of a Saint Church scholar. I've cribbed a lot of stylistic quirks from the various Elder Scrolls games, for lack of anything more immediately available in that vein.

[Mirron]

I'd like my character to be more personally trained, but I'm not sure how likely that would be. It is the only logical way I can think of that my character would learn Ancient Velkan without it being a family thing. Or the most logical, I think.

[Kha]

For the holy scriptures, I've basically crafted a long line of dusty, outmoded Old Testament which were all pre-Sankt Kaiser propaganda. When Sankt Kaiser came along, she flat out refused to take a leaf from the old books and set out to rule her kingdom in her own way. Over time, her popularity grew, and by the time she died tragically, the Kaiser had won over her people and more with her heart.

And so, as legends say, she returned to the living 3 days after her passing, declaring a new epoch for the Belka peoples, and that they must have faith and weather the Great Apocalypse. This Ressurection is evidenced by the Parchment being left behind.

One year after her passing, she appeared to Prophet Johann, and spoke Her Word to him so that it be written. The result was, after six hundred and sixty six days, the New Testament. Its writing was a complete departure from the Old Testament, professing principles and a way of life in service of the Light. Scholars would reinterpret this miracle as evidence that their beloved Kaiser had ascended into the Light, where she now remains as their beacon through their darkest hours. And so ironically, her wish for her people to not worship her but live well ended up winning her even more followers.

This New Testament is rather liberal in wording, and is the adopted canon for the Saint Church. As for the rest of the Church's practices, its quite like a Roman Catholic church, but much much much more liberal; Sunday Mass is more like a gathering where people come to hear stories and messages of the Day for example.

So basically Modern Belka people "worship" the Light that the Sankt Kaiser embodied, and live life according to the Way, which would lead to peace in the mortal realms and harmony in the heavens.

Now what else...

*resumes picking through the pile of WH40K references...*

...I'll keep looking but don't worry, the 40Kness is all for the structure and function of the Belka self defence forces, so if I can recall another piece about Belka religion it shouldn't be weighed down by references.

*recalls something*

Oh yes! The Old Testament. Warring books, much like the rough bits in our Terran equivalents. Essentially centered around the Kaiser, these books also had guidelines for Holy Edicts (often used to declare war) and waging Crusades. As such, radical Belka elements cling to this script, and the most organized of them all is the Brotherhood of Nod, headed by Skane. But from here on, it gets rather reference heavy, drawing from C&C, 40K and real world politics, so I'll stop for now.

Or do you want me to continue?

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Kha

For the holy scriptures, I've basically crafted a long line of dusty, outmoded Old Testament which were all pre-Sankt Kaiser propaganda. When Sankt Kaiser came along, she flat out refused to take a leaf from the old books and set out to rule her kingdom in her own way. Over time, her popularity grew, and by the time she died tragically, the Kaiser had won over her people and more with her heart.

And so, as legends say, she returned to the living 3 days after her passing, declaring a new epoch for the Belka peoples, and that they must have faith and weather the Great Apocalypse. This Ressurection is evidenced by the Parchment being left behind.

One year after her passing, she appeared to Prophet Johann, and spoke Her Word to him so that it be written. The result was, after six hundred and sixty six days, the New Testament. Its writing was a complete departure from the Old Testament, professing principles and a way of life in service of the Light. Scholars would reinterpret this miracle as evidence that their beloved Kaiser had ascended into the Light, where she now remains as their beacon through their darkest hours. And so ironically, her wish for her people to not worship her but live well ended up winning her even more followers.

This New Testament is rather liberal in wording, and is the adopted canon for the Saint Church. As for the rest of the Church's practices, its quite like a Roman Catholic church, but much much much more liberal; Sunday Mass is more like a gathering where people come to hear stories and messages of the Day for example.

So basically Modern Belka people "worship" the Light that the Sankt Kaiser embodied, and live life according to the Way, which would lead to peace in the mortal realms and harmony in the heavens.

Now what else...

*resumes picking through the pile of WH40K references...*

...I'll keep looking but don't worry, the 40Kness is all for the structure and function of the Belka self defence forces, so if I can recall another piece about Belka religion it shouldn't be weighed down by references.

*recalls something*

Oh yes! The Old Testament. Warring books, much like the rough bits in our Terran equivalents. Essentially centered around the Kaiser, these books also had guidelines for Holy Edicts (often used to declare war) and waging Crusades. As such, radical Belka elements cling to this script, and the most organized of them all is the Brotherhood of Nod, headed by Skane. But from here on, it gets rather reference heavy, drawing from C&C, 40K and real world politics, so I'll stop for now.

Or do you want me to continue?

Kha, Dk want pure canon, not your unholy 40k C&C child >:P