Iron Aegis (characters and discussions)

[JW%]

Modified version of Velveteen Aegis. Obviously, no Velveteen Rabbit... instead we have the Iron Giant.

The setting is based on Dante's Inferno(and if we get that far, the rest of the Divine Comedy). Our heroes arrive there in the "Vestibule Asphodel" a dark forest on the side of a mountain. There they will find a giant robot to pilot in order to fight off the beasts and monsters that lurk in the forest. At the foot of the mountain is the city of Limbo(technically also part of the vestibule, and built on the Asphodel meadows), a war torn city of free spirited angels and the souls of those who do not deserve hell. A city often besieged by demons(on par with a 'monster of the week' for the giant robots to battle). Beyond that the first ring of hell, and onward and downward in the crater to the ninth layer where Satan waits, keeping barred the only way into heaven.

The robots are in fact representations of all the other lives that have touched the character, thus are pretty much powered by love and/or burning justice. I honestly don't care to stat them out because I want them, in story, to do the impossible and be the drill that pierces the heavens. Also, I leave it up to you to decide if your heroes are actually dead, or just in a coma, or whatever.

Pilot Name:
Pilot Appearance:
Personality Sketch:
Motivation:
Mecha Name:
Mecha Appearance:
Mecha Fighting Style:
Additional Notes:

I'm not going to stress on this being filled out, so works in progress are fully acceptable, but best for you to think enough to get it in your head what you want your character to be when you start writing.

Also, this thread is going to be for discussion on upcoming demons. Some of them should be personal demons for the characters to confront, so consider them part of your character write up(just... ones that you don't have to fill out immediately).

Link to the story thread: tsdcv3.proboards.com/thread/5895/iron-aegis-adventure-thread

[JW%]

Pilot Name: Jonathan Winslow
Pilot Appearance: Light skinned, long brown hair, clean cut facial hair(mustache and soul patch, reasonably tall, probably in his late 20s/early 30s.
Personality Sketch: John is a hard worker who sometimes talks to himself. He's not particularly good with people.
Motivation: Seeking the truth and defending others
Mecha Name: Warkinger Jay
Mecha Appearance: Big O crossed with Gaiking (and a few other parts from other sources tossed in)
Mecha Fighting Style: Melee brawler, highly defensive, energy blasts.
Additional Notes: Not sure if this character is going to make another appearance after the initial start up, I'm just posting him as an example.

[Penny Royals]

Pilot Name: Alexandria Walker
Pilot Appearance: static.tumblr.com/1c62fe78727da77794f14208c8683db8/b6owugs/Mqlnq1ot7/tumblr_static_1a4dnxw7sxwk8k8kgg8s000c4.jpg
Personality Sketch: Shy, skittish, but with biting sarcasm.
Motivation: Gaining her autonomy/agency, being her own person.
Mecha Name: Jupiter
Mecha Appearance: static.zerochan.net/Zone.of.the.Enders.full.186631.jpg
Mecha Fighting Style: Defensive, shields, best suited for range combat or things that don't require punching/kicking (so, for example, if they need to choke... well maybe that would work)
Additional Notes:

[Alastor]

Pilot Name: Judicael Cyprus
Pilot Appearance: Judicael is a fair skinned man of someone in probably mid thirties, although one of deceptively frail build. He has very light, and rather long, blond hair with soft blue eyes. An eye patch covers his left eye, having lost it in, quote, 'A fairly nasty incident involving hot scrap metal flying about'. Presumably, this incident is also where his peculiar, diamond-shaped scar on his forehead is from.
Personality Sketch: This man is either insane, or an incredibly good liar. Judicael is a man who is fond of telling tales of his 'various adventures', which are seemingly impossible. The man also bleeds a sense of charisma that sales these tales, as well a having little respect for most social morals.
Motivation: Finds that life is one, long adventure- and this is merely the next stop.
Mecha Name: Arioch
Mecha Appearance: www.mahq.net/mecha/dragonsheaven/dh-oav/elmedine.jpg
Mecha Fighting Style: Fights by wailing on it's foes with it's long arms. The tips of it's 'hands' are sharpened like claws, which are jointed like fingers and fold in on each other. Slowly repairs from it's wounds in combats by slaying foes, though the repairs mostly are healed in between fights. These repairs take a physical toll on Judicael.
Additional Notes: Potentially sentient. At the very least, it whispers dark temptations to the pilot. Arioch moves in strange, jittery movements- like one only sees half of each movement.

[JW%]

Both look great. Feel free to post in the story thread their arrival in the forest and how they picked up their mecha, battled the beasts, or, y'know, whatever you want to add.

One point... for Arioch being "potentially sentient"... the Mecha are extensions of the pilot, metaphorically the mecha are the souls of everyone who touched/was touched by the pilot in their life. So they're all 'potentially' sentient(Arioch just apparently likes to show it off, with the other mecha not expressing this potential?).

Also, damage done to the mecha transfers to the pilot, and presumably the healing done by the pilot heals the mecha(So the paint scratches would be healed in a few hours. Which isn't to say a mecha can't be put in for repairs and get the benefit from that((Limbo is a city of "mad geniuses", some of whom are fictional people given form, with an angelic workforce)) pin down and tear apart an Angel, or a Fallen Angel IE Demon, and eat it's Super Solenoid Organ to gain a power up...) Exactly how far you want to take this is up to you, it could be purely psychosomatic with the pilot being fine so long as the cockpit isn't crushed. So far it's just been written that "paint scratching" causes a slight reddening marks in the pilot.

... mostly I didn't want to bog things down with "the mecha is damaged, guess he can't fight"... nope, this is hot blooded justice, a pilot will push the boundaries and discover there are no limits to what they can do! Or at least it should be. This ain't supposed to be dark. It's set in Hell so you have absolutely no moral qualms about smashing the giant monsters.

I'm going to be a bit busy for a bit... I had a third RP I was going to start(with a theme of fantasy heroes as teachers and playing the numbers... not sure if I want to go with Princess Maker or Wizards School) but it's on hold. Br2 and IA are going to be it for what I can handle at the moment.

[JW%]

... yes, liberties were taken on the translation of the full text of the gate. I would have included Virgils added comments about 'beyond this point, no cowards shall go' but honestly, the city of Limbo itself is depicted as the least hellish of all things in hell.

For some reason I pictured the Guardian of Forever, from Star Trek, speaking the lines(even though they're meant to be written text). Might be that whole "Before all things were, I was. Created as the last eternal creation." line. And yes, I know, the gates are meant to be the gates of hell itself, not of Limbo, but Limbo qualifies as the city of woe and as part of hell.

Going to be in a holding pattern until everyone gets to Limbo and can mill about, maybe join up together.

First monster after leaving the city: King Minos(stepfather of the minotaur. His wife cheated on him with... nevermind) who stands in judgement of any who would venture beyond Limbo. Any ideas on how to deal with Minos? I've seen woodcut prints for this scene with Minos as giant, naked(everyone is naked, let's be honest), and having a massive snake coiling about him as he passes judgement(from a sitting position, directly contradicting the text)... I was thinking something a little more... dramatic maybe?