Lucian Windlass [APPROVED, 1-3]

Name: Lucian Windlass
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Appearance Age: ~20
True Age: 33
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2
Weight: 168 lbs
Appearance:


Personality: Lucian is perhaps one of the strangest people to meet on the streets of wherever he decides to be. He's tall and lanky, but that's not the reason why. You know how static electricity will slowly build up and shock a random person you bump into? Well, imagine that happening to everyone who bumps elbows with you. He's gotten used to to the noises people make, but it always brings him a bit of sick satisfaction when he does it to someone on purpose. But even that isn't why he's strange. The reason he's so strange is because of how frighteningly intelligent and observant he is. Writers envy his deft fingers, philosophers envy his odd look on life, scientists envy his thought processes, etc. He travels because people give him dirty looks when they realize that he's just better.

Lucian can not win a standard one-on-one boxing match or fight. That's just not his thing. He'll get his face smashed in. You add Arcana to the mix and he'll, quite literally, shock you with how fast he can win a fight. That is the other reason he moves. Although Arcadia is much more open to Arcana, its technological level is far behind that of the nation Lucian hates to love—the Empire of Zakat. Lucian has had to balance his desire to fuel his Arcana with his desire to fuel his technological wanderlust. It's not an easy thing to do frankly.

One of Lucian's inadvertant hobbies are bad puns. His puns and jokes are dry, and he constantly makes people think he's serious because of how deadpan his face is. He was banned from the casinos in Solai because of his pokerface. People thought he was cheating. Sarcasm also doesn't work well with him obviously. Another hobby of his is doll repair. He (somewhat) makes friends with neighbors because he has the steady hands that can repair a delicate doll or something of that nature.

Character Background: [color=#468C9E]"I will make this brief. I understand that you don't care too much about me, or my upbringing. Neither do I. ...I should point out that was a joke. This is when you are supposed to laugh. Well, if it were a funny joke I suppose. Which it wasn't. Continuing on, I was born in a hospital near the Zakat-Salaneos border. My mother was a seamstress, hence my keen eyesight, and my father was a surgeon, hence my steady hands. Now, they are not as influential on my upbringing as you may think based on what I told you. They inspired me to have those traits, but they did little to teach me themselves. Why? They were too busy fighting with one another.

I broke my family when I was born. I don't think my father was ready to be a father despite what he may have said before I was born. Alas, I can't ask him anymore. But that is not the point anymore. What is important is that while they fought, I read. If they had paid better attention to me, they would have realized that by the time I was eight, I was reading the novels assigned to students entering eighth grade. It was quite an interesting experience. I excelled in my classes, and I probably would have been sent to a school for students as gifted I was had my parents cared. But of course, they didn't.

I graduated two years earlier than normal, and my parents finally started to pay attention then. They wondered why I never went to school anymore, and I told them. They called me a liar and tried to take me to school, but the administrators told them that I had indeed graduated. When I went home, they asked why I didn't invite them. I said it was a waste of paper because they would not have come. I went into my room and finished packing. They asked where I was going, and I told them. I had been accepted into the Universitas Occulatus. That's Zakat's technological university. Very hard to get into. Unless you're someone like me, of course.

There, it was pretty straightforward. I studied, I took exams, I passed classes. Rinse, wash, repeat. I never went home again, even when they told me my parents were getting a divorce. When I heard my father died, I did take off class for a few days. I felt like I should give him a proper burial. My mother was not there. In fact, only about five people came to his funeral. As soon as it was over, I was back on my way to Hedoria. Because I took summer courses as well, I graduated early there too. I re-enrolled twice after that, earning my Master's in Electrical Engineering and an Associate's in Theoretical Particle Physics. Then, my funding ran out so I had to leave."

Magic

Type: Arcanist
Description: Lucian has quite a repertoire of electrical abilities. Much to the detriment of small children, Lucian can produce static electricity at a whim. This means if he doesn't like you, he will shock you every time he's close to you. He can also leave a charge or shoot a small charge up to 100 yards away. This means if he doesn't like you, you'll get shocked whenever he sees you. Lucian has a natural +20 to all stats except energy control because he keeps a small charge coursing through his body. He can use this stave off hunger, thirst, or even sleep. It's why he has dark bags under his eyes most of the time. The main offensive use of the power is simply shooting lightning bolts. He can also use the lightning as a sort of magnet, either pulling or pushing a conductible object up to 60 lbs.

Volt Up: Lucian can release a self-imposed limiter on his power. By doing so, he goes into what is known as 'Volt Up.' In Volt Up, Lucian's stats are increased by 60, except for Energy Control. That is reduced by 40. Volt up is very dangerous and Lucian can't control it. It's not that he doesn't know how to, he simply can't. Using Volt Up causes damage to his body over time. The longer he is in Volt Up, the more damage is done. The strength of his abilities in Volt Up increase significantly. He can now move objects up to 360 lbs and his static shock ability can hit something up to a mile away, so long as he can see it. It still is nothing more than a minor annoyance.

Combat

Equipment: Lucian carries around a lot of odd metallic objects. He always has something metallic on him, whether it be a belt buckle, a coin, or even a knife. He always has something he can launch with his abilities.
Skills: Lucian is not the best combatant, but he has strained night and day studying. He knows quite a lot about the human anatomy as well as a lot of things involving electrical engineering. He is a half-decent cook, but he likes his food quite spicy.

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Tier: 1-3
Skill Rank: Novice (30)