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BATTLE STATS

A significant part of life at Finchwood Academy revolves around honing one's Persona and preparing to do battle with the otherworldly Shadows. Fill out the form below to help the mods out and give everyone the details of your character's combat style and their other self!

Responses are screened until the mods approve the character. This must be done, along with the Application before a character will be accepted.

A summary of battle stats (by squad), levels, and additional character abilities can be found HERE.

Character Name

Character's name.

Squad

Select your character's squad. These are pre-assigned for squad leaders.

Squad Position

Select your character's position on the squad. This can be Leader, Second, Member (High/Medium/Low), or Support based on what's available. Leaders and supports are pre-determined and can be found on the Character Roster.

Primary Weapon

Select your character's weapon of choice. Supports may mark this question as N/A.

Combat Style

Outline particular combat skills here, along with their attitude in battle. Are they gung-ho? Do they try to protect their teammates at risk of themselves? Do they try to let others do the heavy lifting? For support characters, this is how they handle their role and how they generally treat their team. Do they worry all the time? Are they quick to point out things, even if they're not a threat? Are they relaxed?

Attribute

Select the attribute that best defines your character's abilities: Strength, Stamina, Speed, or Balance! This will not impact bonuses but it it will impact narrative elements and dungeon navigation.

Persona Name

Please select an available Persona listed under your house.

Persona Appearance

Provide a brief description of your Persona.

Affinity

Select one of the two elements available to your character's house. This is the element that your character will be most proficient in attacking with and defending against. Swords may choose Air or Thunder, Cups may choose Water or Ice, Wands may choose Fire or Lightning, and Coins may choose Earth or Stone.

Weakness

Please select one of the elements not associated with your character's house. This will be the element that does the most damage against your character and their Persona.

Ailment Susceptibility

Select the mental or physical ailment that your character is particularly susceptible to: Poison, Sleep, Mute, Confusion, Enervation, Rage, Fear, Forget, Charm, and Despair. All characters may get all status ailments, but this will be the one most likely to impact the character. Keep in mind that a toned down version of the ailment may, at times, linger with the character for a few days after the initial exposure.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

NAME: Thalia "Tal" Mitchell
SQUAD: 11
SQUAD POSITION: Member
PRIMARY WEAPON: Kusarigama, or chain-sickle.
COMBAT STYLE:

Tal uses her weapon to fill two roles: battlefield control and damage. The kusarigama's weighted chain can be swung around to force an enemy to keep their distance, or thrown like a lasso to grab a Shadow's weapon/limb and disable them; while the sickle can be stabbed into a Shadow to deal damage. Her magic also seems better tailored for trapping/disabling enemies than dealing hits. This works well in her favour, as Tal is a petite girl who can get knocked out with one-aimed smack.

Despite her obvious combat strengths and weaknesses, Tal's preferred strategy is still "run in and hit things," and every time she's knocked down just makes her more resolved to go harder next time. She's always impatient to get things done as fast and direct as possible. Her misguided enthusiasm can get her in trouble, but she does ultimately know that a team only works if everyone works together, and just needs a bit of reminding to slow down and think things through.

ATTRIBUTE: Balance

PERSONA NAME: Cahetel (Angel of Divine Blessings)
PERSONA APPEARANCE:

Cahetel's form is made up of flowers, stitched together like a soft shell encasing an invisible figure. Her body is humanoid but amorphous, sometimes distinctly feminine and sometimes distinctly masculine. (Despite Cahetel's androgynous appearance, Tal thinks of her Persona as a "she.") From her core, roughly where a human heart would be, emanates a very soft, natural-looking light, like afternoon sunlight streaming through a tree canopy.

The flowers covering Cahetel's invisible skin constantly bloom and change colours, in bright rainbow jewel tones. Petals fall liberally from her body when she moves. When damaged by an enemy, Cahetel shows injury by having flowers brown and die off. New flowers will always appear to fill in gaps and maintain the Persona's shape.

Beside Cahetel floats a carnival-style wheel of fortune ( see HERE for a shitty rendering ) that is made of mirrored panels: a pentagram in the center, and panels around the edge with symbols representing different battle actions. Whenever Tal takes action in battle, Cahetel spins the wheel, although she'll often "cheat" by bumping or nudging the wheel so the selected panel matches what Tal wants to do. Cahetel is 7-8 feet tall, and her wheel is 10 feet tall.

( visual references )

AFFINITY: Earth
WEAKNESS: Thunder
AILMENT SUSCEPTIBILITY: Rage

Battle Stats

Thalia Mitchell