Post by thekiwikitten on Dec 29, 2008 2:29:22 GMT -7
The Handler
Name: Xian-Li Fu Ouyang.
Nickname: Either Xi or Fu.
Classification: Qilin/Kirin.
Gender: Female.
Age & Birthday: 102, December 5th. Has the appearance of a 20-something.
Appearance: Xian-Li stands at the average height of 5'5", weighing in at 166lbs. She is by no means heavy, having a dancers build on top of wide hips and long, lean legs. Her hair is a black as night and grown out long, the ends reaching to the base of her spine. It's nearly always kept up and adorned with beautiful clips, ribbons, and jewels, with only shortly cropped bangs escaping to frame her face. Her eyes are a lovely shade of green that are accentuated by long dark lashes and high arched brows. She has a lovely cream-colored skin tone, marred only by a collective of reddish-black scales traversing the lower section of her spine and the base of her neck.
In desperate times, Xian-Li has little choice but to revert to her original form. Green eyes remain the same, only with slitted pupils and rimmed in red. Her body becomes long and lean, coated in a thick layer of reddish-black scales across her back and hide, while her long legs are coarsely furred in tan and orange, ending in black, silken fur over golden hooves. A long snout with green-tipped, long and thin whiskers replaces her sanguine face, with a pair of golden antlers curling upward and outward. Her hair turns to yellow, red, and green all intermixed along her neck, sprouting once again at the base of her spine into a long tail of tan and yellow. At her tallest, Xian-Li now stands over 7" and weighs half a tonne.
Attire: Xian-Li has a preference for relaxed clothing. Most often her wardrobe consists of varying colored tank tops paired with dark capris and comfortable sneakers. Occasionally she'll cover up with a long-sleeved buttoned shirt in either white or black. When at work, she wears long, elegant Chinese-styled robes known as cheongsam(qipao) worn over delicately woven, intricately designed silk skirts and paired with heels of same color/texture as the cheongsam.
The Creation
Name: Lady Luck.
Power List: Shapeshifter(Animal), Pyrokinetic.
Detailed Power: Shapeshifter(Animal): As a Qilin, she is a most revered creature in ancient mythology. However, in this day and age the idea of walking around in her true form is not a bright idea, so she has, from a very young age, been studying transformation. At this point in her life, she has mastered the shift between a human form and her true form(that of a chimera-like quadruped).
Pyrokinetic: Qilin are depicted as destroying the sinful by breathing fire in lore. Though not quite living up to that image, she does have a certain control over fire. When provoked into combat, she can modify her weaponry to have the added element of fire(IE; if she uses a gun her bullets have a blazing tail when fired, if she uses her swords they burn the air and anything the metal comes in contact with). At other times, she uses flames to protect herself and those around her.
The Potential
Alignment/Occupation: Unaffiliated
Weapons: Despite her inherit dislike of violence, she is adapt with firearms(if she must use one, she owns a customized Beretta 92 Combat semi-automatic handgun, fitted with a seventeen round magazine of hollow-point 9 mm ammunition) and sword fighting(owning a pair of dao-- or 'Butterfly Swords'-- etched with pinwheels).
Personality: Calm. Kind. Generous. Xian-Li is the type of person who would sit with a perfect stranger in utter silence, just so they don't feel alone. Ever since childhood, she's been a ray of sunshine with a carefully concealed mischievous side. She enjoys meeting people, never shy unless in the presence of filth, but even then, her ever-kind nature gives her cause to keep a smile upon her face. Xian-Li is prone to bouts of sadness, however she finds it weak in her eyes, thus she bottles it up and puts on a charismatic smile for those around her.
Despite being a creature of myth remembered for their desire of purity, Xian-Li does have her share of bad habits, ranging from thievery to extortion, from possession to gambling. She hungers for information and is obsessed with wisdom-- for wisdom is power and power is what she embodies. Having never been owned before, Xian-Li has always and will always be free, and that is what gives her the most joy out of life.
She is neither good nor evil, simply neutral. But a simple member of the audience for this lavish play between light and darkness, with no bets yet placed on the last act.
Skills: Xian-Li is quite adept at shapeshifting, as well as the art of traditional sword fighting and sword dancing, however her main skills are information gathering and her incredible 'luck'. Her primary languages are English and Chinese, though she has some skill in German, Russian, and French.
Strengths: Because of her nature as a creature of serenity and prosperity, she has an amazing ability to calm, charm, and protect those around her.
Weaknesses: Qilin are loathe to engage in battle, thus her fighting skills are not nearly as well trained as they should be in her line of work. It also takes a lot of effort to force herself into a position of combat, leaving her vulnerable to attack.
The Story
History: (Basically from birth to start of game)