Post by Celes Chere on Jul 31, 2015 22:21:14 GMT -6
Celes Chere
"Thanks for your concern, but I'm a soldier, not some love-starved twit."
I. BASICS
FULL NAME:: Celes Chere
NICKNAMES:: General Celes
GENDER:: Female
AGE:: Nineteen
ORIENTATION:: Heterosexual
ALIGNMENT:: Harmonious
EQUIPMENT:: Runic Blade, Earrings
NICKNAMES:: General Celes
GENDER:: Female
AGE:: Nineteen
ORIENTATION:: Heterosexual
ALIGNMENT:: Harmonious
EQUIPMENT:: Runic Blade, Earrings
HEIGHT:: 5'7"
HAIR/EYES/SKIN:: Mid-length blonde hair pulled half-back, blue eyes, fair skin
DISTINGUISHING MARKS:: Long white cape, white pauldrons, green leotard, jewelry keeping her hair in place
II. PERSONA
At only the age of nineteen, Celes has the fortitude to command armies, the strength to rival the Empire's Magitek mechs, and the discipline of a soldier. She carries herself with a prideful air that reflects her high standing and does not stand for incompetency in those she works with. Though highly capable, Celes often struggles with casual socialization as she never had much experience with it as a child. For this reason, she often comes off as aloof and does not make friends easily.
Despite her cool demeanor, Celes is willing to die for what she believes to be just. While she will show little mercy to her enemies, she does not believe in killing innocent people and will not stand for seeing them slaughtered. While not compassionate, Celes commands a certain sense of justice that can't be threatened or bribed. Even in her darkest of times, she will find the strength to fight even against all odds.
After Kefka took power, Celes' distinctions and pride became suddenly irrelevant. With everything taken from her, Celes revealed her loneliness and isolation. Though she remains highly independent, she can't stand the thought of being alone in the world. She fights to remain with her friends and any who have learned to care for her.
Despite her cool demeanor, Celes is willing to die for what she believes to be just. While she will show little mercy to her enemies, she does not believe in killing innocent people and will not stand for seeing them slaughtered. While not compassionate, Celes commands a certain sense of justice that can't be threatened or bribed. Even in her darkest of times, she will find the strength to fight even against all odds.
After Kefka took power, Celes' distinctions and pride became suddenly irrelevant. With everything taken from her, Celes revealed her loneliness and isolation. Though she remains highly independent, she can't stand the thought of being alone in the world. She fights to remain with her friends and any who have learned to care for her.
III. HISTORY
At the age of two, Celes' parents were killed in the First Gestahlian Campaign for imperial dominance on the Southern Continent. Celes was taken into the care of the state of Vector with the other war orphans. As such, when the Empire began looking for candidates for magical infusion, Celes was one of the considered possibilities. She does not know how many children failed before her. She only remembers being led into the darkness of the Magitek Research Facility and being stabbed with several needles. When she awoke, she could perform magic.
The scientists worried that the magic would have a negative impact on her psychological state and that she would prove as unstable as the procedure's previous recipient, Kefka Palazzo. At first, she had trouble controlling the magic and would use it accidentally with her increased mood swings. However, these symptoms quickly passed, and with time, she grew as docile as any young child. Now thoroughly in control of her actions, Celes was deemed the first "real" success of the Magitek infusion process.
During this time, Celes was always surrounded by scientists taking various tests and monitoring her well-being. Primary among them was Doctor Cid Del Norte Marquez, a brilliant engineer and the inventor of the Magitek infusion. Because Celes was his "project," he was nearly constantly present during her childhood. Despite their professional association, Cid took a kind of protective fondness for the young girl and was the only to show her any kind of parental affection. Even when testing was not required, Cid would often speak with her and even took her to help trim his rose garden. In her younger years, Celes took to calling him "grandpa" and learned to love him like a father. In her scientifically mandated isolation, he was the only "family" she would ever know.
At the age of thirteen, Celes was deemed old enough to begin life not as a scientific curiosity, but as a soldier. With her magical enhancements, Celes excelled at her training and quickly rose through the ranks of the Gestahlian army. Among the other soldiers, she gained a reputation for her icy disregard. Still, as an attractive teenage girl, she received several romantic offers from the other soldiers. She declined them all. By the time that she took her place as a general, she had gained a particular disdain for weak men and became merciless with her training exercises should any try to approach her.
By the age of seventeen, General Celes Chere had cemented her place as one of the most prominent figures in the Empire with her capture of the last independent state of the Southern Continent - Maranda. With her status, she was allowed a voice at official meetings with the Emperor Gestahl and was one of the only people privy to their plans to recover and use the lost espers. Still the espers were not under her jurisdiction. She did not even question the use of the half-esper Terra in their plans, though she had met her more than once in the Research Facility. Celes' assignment was the subjugation of territories on the Western continent, and she left for it without hesitation.
It was while attending to the resistance in South Figaro that Celes heard of Kefka's plot. Kefka had stopped there after his failure at Figaro Castle and, upon reassignment to Doma castle, loudly confided his intentions to "just poison them all." While Celes might have assumed this to be an exaggeration from anyone else, his violent nature and the sudden request for several gallons' worth of arsenic proved him genuine. Alarmed, Celes demanded that he cease and claimed that she would force him down if need be. When she proved quite serious, Kefka pulled rank and had her arrested as a traitor. His report passed to the Emperor, and her execution was slated for a week later.
The day before her would-be death, Celes was found by Locke Cole, a treasure hunter and member of a resistance group against the Empire -- the Returners. Though she insisted that she was too weakened to escape and that she be allowed to die with dignity, Locke refused to leave her and brought her to the gathering of Returners in Narshe. Though they did not trust a former general to join them, Locke defended her and she was allowed to stay. From then on, Celes worked to help the Returners in their struggle against the Gestahlian Empire, particularly in their raid of the Magitek Research Facility. When she was confronted by Kefka and the Emperor, however, she was framed as a double-agent against the Returners. To prove her honesty, Celes used magic to help her new friends escape, but was left behind in the process and arrested.
Once the espers overtook Vector and Kefka was arrested for his crimes. , Emperor Gestahl gave her another chance to join them. Her reconciliation with the Empire was short-lived, however, as the change of heart was proven false and the Emperor and Kefka sought to harness the power of the Warring Triad, the source of magic itself. She joined the Returners to stop them, but hesitated upon confronting the Emperor. The Emperor offered her power and a place beside him as he ruled the world. Frustrated and confused, Celes turned down his offer by stabbing Kefka through the stomach. This prompted the madman to destroy the Warring Triad and potentially himself.
As the world was torn apart by the conflicting pulls of magic, Celes fell from the deck of their destroyed airship and landed in the sea. She was joined by Cid who pulled her out from the water and cared for her sickness and injuries for nearly a year, even as the other survivors had died. When Celes awoke from her illness, the two of them were alone. With everything lost, Celes reverted back to her childhood self and remembered her love for the man she had once called her grandfather. When he fell ill, she did everything she could to save him, but it wasn't enough. Without home, position, family, friends, or any conceivable future, Celes attempted suicide. Still, she could not yet die, and when she awoke on the beach of her deserted island, she found a bird with a bandanna wrapped like a bandage around its leg. Though she couldn't be sure, it looked much like the ones Locke had once worn. With the possibility that Locke still lived, Celes was able to muster enough strength to carry on. She found a raft that Cid had completed and drifted to the next deserted waste of a continent and began to search for the friends she had made in her time as a traitor.
While Celes sought to restore the world, the others (who had lived for nearly a year under Kefka's reign) had little hope. With Kefka as their god, every major settlement was destroyed at a whim, sometimes for infractions against him and sometimes for no reason at all. The vast plains and forests of the world had shriveled to deserted waste in which nothing ever grew. The once great city of Vector had been completely dismantled and reassembled into a hideous tower that reached far above the clouds. Throngs of desperate refugees sought to worship Kefka as a god so as to appease his wrath. In a world like this, survivors could only protect the few things worth living for and still others wasted away with nothing left at all. One by one, Celes rounded them up for one last assault against the mad god. It took a force of fourteen elite fighters to ascend the tower and confront him, but at last, they defeated Kefka and ended his reign of death upon the world.
As the repulsive tower crumbled, the fighters knew that the world would never return to normal. What had been taken could not be returned and none of them would ever be the same again. What they fought for was not the chance to protect the world, but rather, the opportunity to rebuild. As her friends separated to begin their own lives, Celes remained with Locke who had twice saved her life. They remained together for a long time, wandering the world and seeking the treasure he so loved. Celes is uncertain as to what her future may hold, but she knows what she will always hold most precious.
"Someone willing to accept me for who I am."
The scientists worried that the magic would have a negative impact on her psychological state and that she would prove as unstable as the procedure's previous recipient, Kefka Palazzo. At first, she had trouble controlling the magic and would use it accidentally with her increased mood swings. However, these symptoms quickly passed, and with time, she grew as docile as any young child. Now thoroughly in control of her actions, Celes was deemed the first "real" success of the Magitek infusion process.
During this time, Celes was always surrounded by scientists taking various tests and monitoring her well-being. Primary among them was Doctor Cid Del Norte Marquez, a brilliant engineer and the inventor of the Magitek infusion. Because Celes was his "project," he was nearly constantly present during her childhood. Despite their professional association, Cid took a kind of protective fondness for the young girl and was the only to show her any kind of parental affection. Even when testing was not required, Cid would often speak with her and even took her to help trim his rose garden. In her younger years, Celes took to calling him "grandpa" and learned to love him like a father. In her scientifically mandated isolation, he was the only "family" she would ever know.
At the age of thirteen, Celes was deemed old enough to begin life not as a scientific curiosity, but as a soldier. With her magical enhancements, Celes excelled at her training and quickly rose through the ranks of the Gestahlian army. Among the other soldiers, she gained a reputation for her icy disregard. Still, as an attractive teenage girl, she received several romantic offers from the other soldiers. She declined them all. By the time that she took her place as a general, she had gained a particular disdain for weak men and became merciless with her training exercises should any try to approach her.
By the age of seventeen, General Celes Chere had cemented her place as one of the most prominent figures in the Empire with her capture of the last independent state of the Southern Continent - Maranda. With her status, she was allowed a voice at official meetings with the Emperor Gestahl and was one of the only people privy to their plans to recover and use the lost espers. Still the espers were not under her jurisdiction. She did not even question the use of the half-esper Terra in their plans, though she had met her more than once in the Research Facility. Celes' assignment was the subjugation of territories on the Western continent, and she left for it without hesitation.
It was while attending to the resistance in South Figaro that Celes heard of Kefka's plot. Kefka had stopped there after his failure at Figaro Castle and, upon reassignment to Doma castle, loudly confided his intentions to "just poison them all." While Celes might have assumed this to be an exaggeration from anyone else, his violent nature and the sudden request for several gallons' worth of arsenic proved him genuine. Alarmed, Celes demanded that he cease and claimed that she would force him down if need be. When she proved quite serious, Kefka pulled rank and had her arrested as a traitor. His report passed to the Emperor, and her execution was slated for a week later.
The day before her would-be death, Celes was found by Locke Cole, a treasure hunter and member of a resistance group against the Empire -- the Returners. Though she insisted that she was too weakened to escape and that she be allowed to die with dignity, Locke refused to leave her and brought her to the gathering of Returners in Narshe. Though they did not trust a former general to join them, Locke defended her and she was allowed to stay. From then on, Celes worked to help the Returners in their struggle against the Gestahlian Empire, particularly in their raid of the Magitek Research Facility. When she was confronted by Kefka and the Emperor, however, she was framed as a double-agent against the Returners. To prove her honesty, Celes used magic to help her new friends escape, but was left behind in the process and arrested.
Once the espers overtook Vector and Kefka was arrested for his crimes. , Emperor Gestahl gave her another chance to join them. Her reconciliation with the Empire was short-lived, however, as the change of heart was proven false and the Emperor and Kefka sought to harness the power of the Warring Triad, the source of magic itself. She joined the Returners to stop them, but hesitated upon confronting the Emperor. The Emperor offered her power and a place beside him as he ruled the world. Frustrated and confused, Celes turned down his offer by stabbing Kefka through the stomach. This prompted the madman to destroy the Warring Triad and potentially himself.
As the world was torn apart by the conflicting pulls of magic, Celes fell from the deck of their destroyed airship and landed in the sea. She was joined by Cid who pulled her out from the water and cared for her sickness and injuries for nearly a year, even as the other survivors had died. When Celes awoke from her illness, the two of them were alone. With everything lost, Celes reverted back to her childhood self and remembered her love for the man she had once called her grandfather. When he fell ill, she did everything she could to save him, but it wasn't enough. Without home, position, family, friends, or any conceivable future, Celes attempted suicide. Still, she could not yet die, and when she awoke on the beach of her deserted island, she found a bird with a bandanna wrapped like a bandage around its leg. Though she couldn't be sure, it looked much like the ones Locke had once worn. With the possibility that Locke still lived, Celes was able to muster enough strength to carry on. She found a raft that Cid had completed and drifted to the next deserted waste of a continent and began to search for the friends she had made in her time as a traitor.
While Celes sought to restore the world, the others (who had lived for nearly a year under Kefka's reign) had little hope. With Kefka as their god, every major settlement was destroyed at a whim, sometimes for infractions against him and sometimes for no reason at all. The vast plains and forests of the world had shriveled to deserted waste in which nothing ever grew. The once great city of Vector had been completely dismantled and reassembled into a hideous tower that reached far above the clouds. Throngs of desperate refugees sought to worship Kefka as a god so as to appease his wrath. In a world like this, survivors could only protect the few things worth living for and still others wasted away with nothing left at all. One by one, Celes rounded them up for one last assault against the mad god. It took a force of fourteen elite fighters to ascend the tower and confront him, but at last, they defeated Kefka and ended his reign of death upon the world.
As the repulsive tower crumbled, the fighters knew that the world would never return to normal. What had been taken could not be returned and none of them would ever be the same again. What they fought for was not the chance to protect the world, but rather, the opportunity to rebuild. As her friends separated to begin their own lives, Celes remained with Locke who had twice saved her life. They remained together for a long time, wandering the world and seeking the treasure he so loved. Celes is uncertain as to what her future may hold, but she knows what she will always hold most precious.
"Someone willing to accept me for who I am."
IV. AUTHOR
PLAYER ALIAS:: Fin
OTHER CHARACTERS:: Kuja
ROLE-PLAYING EXPERIENCE:: 10+ years
HOW YOU FOUND US::
NOTES FOR CONSIDERATION:: Already did a writing sample, so...
ROLE-PLAY SAMPLE::
OTHER CHARACTERS:: Kuja
ROLE-PLAYING EXPERIENCE:: 10+ years
HOW YOU FOUND US::
NOTES FOR CONSIDERATION:: Already did a writing sample, so...
ROLE-PLAY SAMPLE::
