Saeras (BZPRPG)

Saeras
	[[\|350px]] ; Saeras as drawn by The Captain.
Species	Toa
Equipment & Traits
History & Relationships
Group	The Kin
OOC Information
Creator	Moutekea

Saeras, in a nutshell, is the spiritual leader and figurehead of the Light-side faction known to the world as 'The Kin'. Under his guidance, the Kin had grown from a handful of renegade Toa Cadets fleeing from the totalitarian Academy into a powerful faction fighting on the frontlines of the perpetual battle between Light and Shadow. He is assumed to be very powerful in regards to his innate Mask and Toa Powers, as well as bearing a proficiency in the knowledge of the Ancient Ways and of the spiritual link the Kin have taken to calling 'the Bloodbrand'. Saeras has also displayed proficiencies in other more esoteric abilities since he joined the anti-Academy Rebels who would later become the 'First-Generation' of the Kin.

Powers and Abilities

Toa Power

Saeras is a rare 'Animation' Toa. As an Animation Toa, Saeras is capable of manipulating, controlling, and 'breathing life' into any and all forms of physical matter, including plasma.

During his tenure as a mortal Toa, Saeras has brought to life various inanimate objects, including a 20-foot protosteel statue, and has the capacity to re-animate corpses in a similar manner. One of Saeras's favorite moves involving the animation of inanimate objects is his 'Pebble Storm' attack (see below). Saeras does tend to expend a lot of energy when he is animating a large quantity of inanimate objects (if they are larger than pebbles), and usually doesn't resort to animating such large objects like statues and corpses, or metric tons of dust and sand, unless necessary.

While on his own, and not augmented by channeling other spirits, Saeras pretty much has access to all the matter-based/dependent elements as an Animation Toa. However, he tends to favor the basic elements of Earth, Air, and Water when utilizing his Animation powers. In a pinch in battle, or to help train other Toa, he can 'animate' other matter-based/dependent elements to suit.

As rare as Saeras is as a Toa, he isn't the only Animation Toa in existence during the BZPRPG Era. However, all the Animation Toa that currently exist (and there are less than 20 such Toa) in the BZPRPG era at this point, save for Saeras, are laughably weak and next to powerless element-wise. Most, if not all, of these 'powerless' Animation Toa have either left the Academy or cybernetically enhanced themselves to augment what little power over Animation they have. It is widely known that most of these 'powerless' Animation Toa are now 'Sci-Toa' and work on various projects, like the now defunct 'Project: Soulless Enforcer'.

Being the rare exception to the consistently weak Animation-type Toa, Saeras could attribute his unusual potency in Animation to his connections in the Spirit Realm and the Ancient Ways...

Moveset

Pebble Storm

Saeras animates various objects around him (usually pebbles, but just about anything will do) into a swirling hail. This is both a defensive technique and an attack. He can use the animated objects as a hail of projectiles to pelt down an opponent, or uses the swirling hail to keep assailants from getting too close. Saeras has used this move at a large scale once or twice before, once to construct a massive golem of protosteel and another to animate a massive sandstorm shell to protect the Kin's Islet Base from a siege.

Solid Air

Another one of Saeras's favorite moves. Saeras can animate the air around him, increasing its density into a nearly solid state. Solidified air is often used as a shield, force-field, containment unit, blunt-force trauma, and a means to reflect an opponent's attack.

Tendrils

Usually a water- or earth-based ability. Saeras is able to conjure tendrils out of the ground or out of the surrounding walls/matter in the environment, and use them for attacks or to restrain his opponent. It's also a useful field technique when trying to reach up to difficult places.

(More to be added later)

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Mask Power

The Kanohi Kaniru, the Great Mask of Change. On a potent and skilled wearer, the Kaniru can alter the state, shape, density, properties, and molecular structure of any and all matter. For example: cubes turn to spheres, flesh can be turned to stone, steel reduced to jelly, and nuclear waste can be transformed into pure and harmless water... and vice versa. Accessing the Kaniru's powers does take a lot of focus and effort on the part of the wearer, though, and most Kaniru wearers exhaust themselves very quickly with even the most basic skills.

When paired with a potent wielder of Animation powers, like Saeras, the Kaniru can transform a normally team-dependent wielder into a walking one-man army. After much practice, the use of the Kaniru literally allows its wearer to conjure the elements he needs right out of the air on a whim.

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Secondary Abilities and Attributes/Learned Skills

Advanced Telekinesis

Straight-forward ability, and predictably potent.

Limited Telepathy

Beyond the other Bloodbrand users, Saeras can communicate via telepathy. He can only speak to one person at a time, though, and those with potent mental willpower can shut out Saeras's telepathic whispers.

Spiritlink/Bloodbrand(True-Type)

An obvious cornerstone of his faction, it'd be shame if Saeras were the first Kin and not the most proficient in utilizing this facet of the Spirit Realms. He bears a 'True-Type' Bloodbrand, allowing not only for the basic functions of being able to speak in telepathic style with other Bloodbrand-bearers, but also greater access to the Spirit Realms, where the Bloodbrand-bearing Kin draw their potency from. From this Spiritlink, Saeras has obtained attributes that depend on the Bloodbrand/Spiritlink to properly function. Examples of these attributes are Healing Touch, Inhabitation, and Trans-Spiritual Augmentation.

Healing Touch