Riven
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| ~Character Information~Name: Riven Nickname/Alias: Ghost (by authorities), Sightless (by the criminal underworld) Height: 5 foot 10 Weight: 141lbs Age: Looks 19. Is just over two hundred. Appearance: - Spoiler:
Riven's skin is almost flawless. If you were to view the parts he showed, you'd see nothing but smooth skin, perfect by nature and design. To touch it is like touching silk. It's smooth, and always seems to be warm at all times during the day and year. His thighs, left collarbone, and back tell a different story though. Marred by scar after scar, they tell a horrifying tale of his life to date. How he came to be who he is today. The palms of his hand and soles of his feet are the same way as well. Marred to the point where the lines in both areas have been replaced by scar tissue. His collarbone area has been branded by a Chi-roh (see Fullbring app for a picture). He usually keeps these areas covered, but every now and then they show themselves for the public to see. Honestly, Riven forgets they are even damaged some days. Most of the time he goes about his evenings and days, should they be exposed, like nothing is wrong despite the horrified look on some people's face. Really, those scars mean very little to him and thus they get ignored. If one were to inquire about them, he'd simply dismiss them as "a lesson in obedience". His hair is short, soft, and almost always messy unless he went through the effort to straighten it. It is an easy going brown color, nothing dark, but not too light either. There are some sandy colored highlights in his hair as well. Despite being blind, his eyes are not gray. They are a beautiful shade of sapphire. Despite his pretty little peepers, his blindness is how people identify him. Most who request his services usually only say "The blind one" People either know him or they don't. His long eyelashes often get him teased as most comment on his "girlish appearance" those are the same people who usually hire him to do their dirty work. So he puts up with it. His body as a whole is rather lean. Those who first look at him wouldn't expect him to be able to lift half his weight let alone wreck a building. Of course, such a thought is usually put to rest after fighting him. Despite his lithe form, this male is capable of throwing quite the punch...or kick. The muscle definition under those clothes is clear. He worked hard to make sure they stood out on his body as per his orders. Now, he's not like a muscle bound junkie or anything like that. But at this stage in his life he does take pride in what he has, and works to maintain it. Clothing:- Spoiler:
Personality: Riven is a quiet sort. He doesn't like being disturbed and often gets lost in his own mind. He is the kind of guy who would remain silent among a crowd, observing, learning, but rarely speaking. It's not that Riven is going for the whole...coy, "I'm a badass, and you're a piece of trash." vibe. No. He's just rather introverted. He feels exhausted by being around a group of people, and he really hates working in teams. He is incredibly loyal to his friends though, which comes from his history of being forced into submission. He rarely speaks out against orders, and always completes them to the letter. Which just means people need to be very specific when they tell him to do something. Riven will not alter or change plans based upon anything, willing to follow them to the bitter end. Riven has trouble adjusting to situations where he has free will, he often suffers from panic attacks from such situations. Suffering from a need of control, it's why he has become a thief and a hitman. He needs a sense of direction, someone to tell him what to do. The only other piece missing is someone to punish him should he fail. Riven's past as a slave has made him rather...strong willed. This is nothing more than a ruse though. Riven is not dominant or controlling in the least bit. He can barely make choices for himself, let alone tell others what to do. Put him in a position of power and he will collapse. Give him a choice to make and he will suddenly find it hard to breathe. Now. This is not to say that Riven cannot make ANY choice for himself. An example would be he is capable of choosing HOW to kill, or ways inside buildings, other such things like that. Most other things, however, this boy needs someone to tell him what to do and how to do it. Anger isn't something he understands. He has never felt angry in his life. Even when watching people who he would call "friends" die, he felt no anger. He was never taught anger. Only submission. In fact, emotions as a whole make very little sense to him. He doesn't get how people could be so carefree or insubordinate. This doesn't mean he cannot experience emotions. He knows what it's like to be happy, or sad, or jealous. Anger, defiance, those kinds of things are unknown to him. Beaten out of him to the point of no return. His body has physical reactions when he feels these things. So at this point in time his body and mind reject thoughts of such emotions. They simply will not be felt. ~Abilities~Special Abilities:Soul Sight: Riven, due to being blind, developed his senses to such a heightened degree that it effected his Fullbringer abilities. He can now see souls. He can see the truth inside of people, basically meaning that he can see one's true intentions as it pertains to him. He can deduce one's nature based upon their soul. It is how he sees if one is worthy of being his master. Soul Sight applies for everything. He can see objects, elements, people, animals, etc etc. Rank: 1-3 Specialties: Soul Manipulation: Riven is incredibly gifted in this aspect of his life. As a Fullbringer of his caliber, he is incredibly adept at manipulating the souls of objects. This has it's advantages in the form amplifying his attack powers, his speed, running, jumping, etc etc. IT also allows him to change the shape or properties of an object, which allows him for...comfy living to to speak. Through Soul Manipulation he can better understand and use objects. Having been subjugated to training with this ability since he was little, it goes without saying that at this point in his life he is a master at his art (again, for his level). The battlefield is his weapon. Assassination - Spoiler:
Riven has, over the years, perfected the art of suppressing his reiryoku to the point where it is no higher than your average human allowing him to blend in with your everyday person. This allows for him to slip in and out of a place, kill a person, and leave without being detected. Killing is a favorite past time of his, and stealth is his new mistress.
Speed - Spoiler:
For his class, he is almost without a match in speed. This is partially to do with his beatings. They trained his body to move quickly and his mind to be quicker. As for other things, it has to do with his Soul Manipulation. He does it usually without thinking, simply to get something done. He is capable of walking a full two steps faster than most because he manipulates the ground beneath him.
Masochism - Spoiler:
While not technically a strength, it is a trait. Pain means absolutely nothing to him as he equates pain to pleasure...and lessons. It, to him, is something to be felt, stored, and remembered for a later use.
Lack of Mental Stability - Spoiler:
This is Riven's greatest...set back, so to speak. He is almost incapable of functioning properly without a master. He requires someone to grip him and force him into submission. Not just anyone though. He knows what kind of master he needs. Those who try to force themselves upon him, and are unworthy, he kills with an almost sadistic enjoyment. Without a dominus, as he says, he is in something similar to a...manic state. Constantly acting on impulse which drives others to be almost afraid of him...
Other InformationHollow arc:- Spoiler:
The Hollow that fathered him (so to speak) was an adjucha by the name of Dev. Short for Devastator. The Hollow had no business or issue with the parents of Riven. In fact, there was absolutely no reason for the Hollow to attack his parents. It was just a wrong place wrong time situation.
The Hollow was running about town trying to get away from his Shinigami chasers. His parents were doing some shopping when reports of buildings falling over and powerful tremors were coming in. Everyone was supposed to evacuate the streets and stores and get to safety for a while there wasn't much panic. Not until Devastator activated his abilities. An earthquake hit and now the city was in full panic mode. People ran for their lives as buildings wobbled before collapsing and parts of the earth split open to swallow up cars and people. His father was the "target" of this Hollow. He tried to save a little girl from falling into the earth. In the process though, the Hollow took the man as a hostage. Holding him in his grip. The Hollow made an attempt to separate the soul from the body. A Shinigami slew the Hollow in the process. It was all very anticlimactic.
The event left Riven's father in the hospital for a year. He was a coma patient.
Child Arc: - Spoiler:
One year after his father was released from the hospital, he still had tons of Hollow reiryoku in his system. It had made him rather ill, but nothing that medication couldn't help. His father, while ill, was not without his...drive. Him and his mother had one roll in the sack, and nine months later...Riven was born. When he was born, he cried for all of thirty seconds. It was soon discovered that he was, however, blind. It was a diagnosis that kept him in the hospital for a few days longer than usual while the parents prepared the house for their new blind bouncing baby boy.
Let's fast forward to his second birthday. It was here that his powers first showed up on the scene. He had gently pushed a car forward, gently, but rather than gracefully roll across the floor, it sped like a bullet straight into the wall. He didn't make it three hours before men came into the house, slaughtered his family (in front of him of course), and took him away. To this day he does not remember what his parents looked like. The men were Fullbring Extremists who wanted to raise Riven as their own. It was at this point that he was given his name: Riven.
By age fourteen, Riven knew nothing of free will. Only slavery and servitude. He was beaten if he didn't act quickly enough, he was sleep and food deprived if he didn't obey orders down to the letter, he was forced to sleep on nails and beds of coal. The scars that cover his face and hands are all from this point in his life. He obeyed three men, but only one of them was supreme. It was he who Riven adored, obeyed, and followed. The man was only known as X. Over those twelve years, Riven became his personal slave, and Riven became...dependent on it. He justified the beatings and even offered ideas on how to be punished. By the tender age of 14, he was a submissive little bitch in every sense of the word. He was never away from his master's side. It was X who showed Riven how to see souls...Who "cured" him of his blindness.
Riven had been taught how to use his powers and what they mean. He was, however, a mere slave to these extremists. So he didn't do much fighting, thus he never really had a need to fully develop his Fullbring ability, merely work on his Soul Manipulation.
During his time with them, Riven learned how to extend his age (and the age of other humans) with special soul treatment. Basically healing the soul so that one may continue existing. He has compared it to something like the healing kido Shinigami used, but with better results in his opinion. X, upon the first application of this treatment, ordered Riven to It was this technique that caused X to make a very...bold choice. A choice that Riven follows to this day, and one he will never stray from.
Fifty years. Fifty years of fighting the Hollow and Shinigami. Trying to protect their home, their world. X realized that their attempts were going nowhere. He needed a fresh start, he needed something to happen to...give them a new beginning. He needed Riven. X, late at night, used his power to slaughter every last member of his little party. He walked into Riven's room and woke the male up. His hands and face were covered with blood. Riven knew better than to ask what happened. X told Riven the last order he would ever give him.
"Go. Live your life. Remember what we have done...what we tried to do...And build again." It was at that moment that X used his Fullbring to brand Riven. Not a tear was shed. Riven never saw X again.
To Now Arc: - Spoiler:
For the past hundred years or so, Riven has been looking for a new master. A master with a will strong enough to crush his own. A will with a passion that would not be easily put out. Someone like X. He was looking for X's soul in the bodies of others. He knew he was out there somewhere. Riven sold himself as a while for sex. He killed and stole and slept for money, and it's how he's made his mark on the world. Sightless is his alias. The underworld knows him and his work. While he still is a novice when it comes to his actual ability, he now has an item to channel his powers through. His brand. The brand of his one true master.
RP Sample:This post IS NOT one I made up on the spot. Hope that's okay. I took it from a previous RP I did. It's still basically the same detail and post length I'll post here. - Spoiler:
Anyone looking would have assumed Nikki would be dead within a matter of moment. That dark lifeless glare he got from Zeno could have shattered rocks. Thankfully, Nikitio was not a rock. He was a Vizard, and therefore did not shatter. No, where most would have shrank back he merely giggled taking pleasure in the look. He knew Zeno well enough to know he didn't mean it, and so he took no offense to it at all. He assumed he was trying to put on a tough guy act for the new kid on the block, or maybe just trying to see if he could scare him. Whatever his reasons were Nikitio only giggled, as if he didn't even notice the dark look in his eyes. He was happy to have a new member with them. Zeno and Nikki had known each other for a while, but new, and powerful, faces were always welcomed and a must when your race is borderline dead.
Nikitio had been worried for some time that he and Zeno were the only Vizards. A silly concern when you think about it logically. After the all out brawl between various races though it made him worry. It was only a matter of time before they were called upon for an alliance or for death. The two of them against ten Espada, or fifteen captains, or who knows how many Quincy and Superhumans, would not go over well. He had heard reports of Zeikke back at the Soul Society. They all assumed he was dead. Nobody found his body though, and so nobody had reason to believe he was alive. Records indicated he was a fine Shinigami, very reliable, and got the job done. Nikitio was happy to have this man with them now. Now that the man was a bit closer he could feel the slight unbalance within him.
He sensed more Hollow-like reiatsu in him than Shinigami. It did not bother him much. It was his business, and if he wanted to show his colors then he would. Besides, they would all fight some day, and when that day comes he would be there to watch him fight. It was Nikitio's belief that that's the only way to see someone's true colors. Words cannot express everything that battle can. When Zeno asked, he was not surprised. Nikitio merely sat down about two feet away from Zeno and Zeikke, forming a sort of triangle. He placed Pacchiri in his lap so he didn't have to alter his sitting. He placed his right elbow on his right knee and placed his chin on the back of his hand. He looked up at Zeikke awaiting his answer. He was curious of course, but he wouldn't ask him outright. He didn't know him like that yet. Had it been Zeno, he would have asked flat out.
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