London had Justin Bieber turning on its city's lights. Dublin had Michael Buble. And who did my neighbouring village Donabate have to turn on THEIR Christmas lights last Saturday evening? Why, they just had international superstar author Derek Landy drop by to ROCK. THEIR. WORLD.
And verily, their world was indeed rocked.
I was surrounded at all times by a pack of chattering girls, led by my very good friend Molly, whom I had met at the Twilight premiere a few weeks ago. 'Tis a small world indeed. A small, odd world. Filled with small, odd girls, who wouldn't stop talking.
But that's not why I'm here to talk to you today. Specifically, you people with the funny accents. Even more specifically, you people with the funny accents from Australia and New Zealand. I am here to tell YOU people that, good Lordy, we are running ANOTHER create-a-character competition just for you- because I am a kind and gracious Golden God.
I wasn't planning on running another competition quite so soon, but after talking to my publishers I decided to squeeze one last contest into the final few weeks of 2011, and it's all to do with The End Of The World, which is being published in Ireland and the UK in March as part of World Book Day. Now, I'm sure all of you know just how much I love synchronicity, how much I love releasing books at the same time across the world, so we have arranged for TEOTW to be released in Australia and New Zealand at the same time, and it was decided that it should include a brand new and exclusive short story featuring two characters that you guys will have to come up with.
But I digress.
The competition! The deadline is tight, my Australiminions, my New Zeali...minions.... (I'm not sure that works... ahem...). The deadline is 11.59 PM on New Year's Eve in whatever Time Zone you happen to be in, and not a second after!
Because we have this tight schedule, I'm going to give you a few pointers which might improve your chances of winning- pointers which look a lot like ten rules you MUST OBEY.
RULES
1. Readers from Australia- I need a female character from you lot. Readers from New Zealand- I need a male character from you.
2. There will be ONE winner from each country.
3. Be practical when giving them their powers. I couldn't use some FANTASTIC characters from the other competitions because their powers would either have needed some heavy-duty explanation, or the characters were just TOO DAMN POWERFUL.
Restrict yourselves to a discipline of magic we've already seen in the books. Don't make your character someone who can do both Elemental and Adept magic. Don't make your character half-unicorn. Don't make your character Skulduggery's long lost brother. Who is also half-unicorn. Who can do both Elemental and Adept magic.
Be practical!
4. Post your entries HERE, in the Comments Section, which is now off-limits to everyone else! (The Blog entry accompanying this one will be for the usual chatter.)
5. You can post as many times as you want.
6. Before your entry, write this: "I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work."
7. Understand that I might have to tweak your character in order to get the best fit for the story.
8. I can't think of an eighth rule.
9. Oh, oh! I thought of one!
10. Bring me... a shrubbery.
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My friend and I are obsessed...
Nice Sparky.
That's the second new page you've started...
Do you have a life away from this blog?
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Sparky Braginski!
Magic- Sparky (ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![Once again, can't stress that enough]!!!!!!!!!!!!) can make electricity stream out of her fingers, she can make it crackle around her hands so that when she punches someone they get electrocuted, if she claps a powerful shockwave throws everything in every direction off their feet but often hurts Sparky(ME!!!) more than the enemy, can make fireworks to distract the dumber opponents such as zombies, can make electricity run through her(MY) bloodstream making her run faster, when she is aggravated in a large crowd of people she can punch the ground sending a ripple of energy in every direction sending everyone except Sparky herself(ME) flying off their feet, if she splays her hands a weak wave of electricity can jumble brainwaves and send people into confusion she loves doing this in crowded shopping centres during Christmas season for some unknown reason, and the ability to manipulate people.
Appearance- Same 3/4 length jacket as Val's first one, cargo pants, t-shirt colours always red or green or black. Long straight brown hair. Freckles. Freakishly pale skin. Short. Hazel eyes.
Background- Has known about herself being magic at a young age, but unable to find anyone else with magic has trained herself. Was always interested in electricity, thus using that interest to her advantage and very recently (with Fletcher Renn's help) gotten into LOTS of trouble. Entailing, she's been kidnapped four times. Even though she is VERY Australian, she has a Russian/Irish accent with hints of English and Welsh.
Behaviour- Gets angry easily, but takes a lot to make her show it. She is normally good-natured, but can fly into a rage at a moments notice if you aren't paying attention. Often has excellent ideas. (Cause She is me) Never gives in ever. Will always bring something up at the worst times.
Wears a belt, with Makhaira hanging quite obviously from her waist.
Sparky is thirteen, as mentioned in the story. That is all.
Also Sparky (being me, can't remind you of that enough times) has...
Well, y'know FEARS...
Deathly afraid of spiders and *hides head in shame* being *mumbles something*
Everyone else: What?
Being tickled, okay? It renders Sparky (me) completely useless and that scares her(ME) more than anything else in the world. Really.
*runs into near by nursery and takes as many shrubs as possible*
Shop Owner: You can't take those.
Sparky(me!): Oh uh... *looks into shop owners eyes* You are letting me take these so that I can give them to the worlds most honourable cause. Making Derek-The-Golden-God-Landy love me and use Sparky(ME!) as a character.
S.O: KK.
When wet Sparky (ME) has a tendency to shock herself out of lack of control. When she (ME) is wet she can't touch anything because she shocks it by accident, and turning any electrical appliance on while she(ME) is wet makes all the plugs/power points in the room blow up. Sparky (once again ME. THAT IS ME.) swears only when she does something incredibly stupid. Sparky (MEMEMEMEMEME) always has her hair tied up. It varies as to how, but her hair is ALWAYS tied up. She has uncannily good balance naturally. Another thing is that Sparky (Who is me, as I be she and we be each other) is always twitching or fiddling with something. Speaking of explosions, Sparky (me) makes pebbles explode when she's bored. I also keep forgetting about this crucial part of my appearance. Sparky(me) is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. Always. It changes colours, styles and patterns, but she(ME) is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. She(I) wears one to bed, to meals, to the theatre. She never takes them off.
Catchphrase: 'I'm ready. Are you?' (with sly grin)
She is the main reason why there IS a second page
No I don't. But I did just develop a catchphrase. It can be said aggressively and nicely. And sickly and worriedly, it's multifunctional!
I happen to have several lives in different worlds with different heroic roles!
I love my lives.
i mean third i think
Yes we owe the second page to Sparky's enthusiasm!
:)
and so you should others whys you may do a form of suicide
Hey Sparks what will you do if you don't win?
I doubt there would be a second page without my help...
I'm ready. Are you?
I like that...
Yeah, my other lives are massively more satisfying than the one I was born into.
Until I start being a ninja at school...
My friends think I'm crazy. Even my christmas card says: "to the crazy one"
... I'll be sad...
I missed the last character comp by two hours, which was annoying. I say annoying, but in reality i cried for, like, two hours...
Please don't call me Sparks...
I'll be sad...
But, I'll deal and be happy for the winners.
its a bit boring making boy charectors wen im a girl :( but awell at least i get to go in a competition!!! My chosen name is Radermachera Sorrows :D
sorry...
Sorry what?
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Sparky Braginski!
Magic- Sparky (ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![Once again, can't stress that enough]!!!!!!!!!!!!) can make electricity stream out of her fingers, she can make it crackle around her hands so that when she punches someone they get electrocuted, if she claps a powerful shockwave throws everything in every direction off their feet but often hurts Sparky(ME!!!) more than the enemy, can make fireworks to distract the dumber opponents such as zombies, can make electricity run through her(MY) bloodstream making her run faster, when she is aggravated in a large crowd of people she can punch the ground sending a ripple of energy in every direction sending everyone except Sparky herself(ME) flying off their feet, if she splays her hands a weak wave of electricity can jumble brainwaves and send people into confusion she loves doing this in crowded shopping centres during Christmas season for some unknown reason, and the ability to manipulate people.
Appearance- Same 3/4 length jacket as Val's first one, cargo pants, t-shirt colours always red or green or black. Long straight brown hair. Freckles. Freakishly pale skin. Short. Hazel eyes.
Background- Has known about herself being magic at a young age, but unable to find anyone else with magic has trained herself. Was always interested in electricity, thus using that interest to her advantage and very recently (with Fletcher Renn's help) gotten into LOTS of trouble. Entailing, she's been kidnapped four times. Even though she is VERY Australian, she has a Russian/Irish accent with hints of English and Welsh.
Behaviour- Gets angry easily, but takes a lot to make her show it. She is normally good-natured, but can fly into a rage at a moments notice if you aren't paying attention. Often has excellent ideas. (Cause She is me) Never gives in ever. Will always bring something up at the worst times.
Wears a belt, with Makhaira hanging quite obviously from her waist.
Sparky is thirteen, as mentioned in the story. That is all.
Also Sparky (being me, can't remind you of that enough times) has...
Well, y'know FEARS...
Deathly afraid of spiders and *hides head in shame* being *mumbles something*
Everyone else: What?
Being tickled, okay? It renders Sparky (me) completely useless and that scares her(ME) more than anything else in the world. Really.
*runs into near by nursery and takes as many shrubs as possible*
Shop Owner: You can't take those.
Sparky(me!): Oh uh... *looks into shop owners eyes* You are letting me take these so that I can give them to the worlds most honourable cause. Making Derek-The-Golden-God-Landy love me and use Sparky(ME!) as a character.
S.O: KK.
When wet Sparky (ME) has a tendency to shock herself out of lack of control. When she (ME) is wet she can't touch anything because she shocks it by accident, and turning any electrical appliance on while she(ME) is wet makes all the plugs/power points in the room blow up. Sparky (once again ME. THAT IS ME.) swears only when she does something incredibly stupid. Sparky (MEMEMEMEMEME) always has her hair tied up. It varies as to how, but her hair is ALWAYS tied up. She has uncannily good balance naturally. Another thing is that Sparky (Who is me, as I be she and we be each other) is always twitching or fiddling with something. Speaking of explosions, Sparky (me) makes pebbles explode when she's bored. I also keep forgetting about this crucial part of my appearance. Sparky(me) is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. Always. It changes colours, styles and patterns, but she(ME) is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. She(I) wears one to bed, to meals, to the theatre. She never takes them off.
I haven't dedicated this page yet... But I've already dedicated two today...
Someone else do it.
The suspense is going to kill me. (or at least one of me)
But I am actually already dead so it doesn't matter. Oh god don't make me start explaning that....
Please do.
I DEDICATE IT TO CUPCAKES!
Thank you Christine.
Well.... maybe. I'll try. Gimme a minute to get the wording right.
my pleasure
and now we all are just sitting in silence
Hon... You realise all your spam effectively makes only one entry, right? I worry about your health over the next thirteen days. O_o
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work
Name-Litsel Dronberg
Age-looks 30 is acctually 80
German Necromancer has lived in New Zealand 5 years after he started dicovered his magic (he discovered it when he was 25) is friends with Solomon Wreath
@Lilian, yeah, I know. But I figure that if he reads it enough times, he'll get sock of me and let me win. Or understand how much I want to win. Or, alternatively, he'll just think my character(ME) is so awesome that I have to win.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Sparky Braginski!
Magic- Sparky (ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![Once again, can't stress that enough]!!!!!!!!!!!!) can make electricity stream out of her fingers, she can make it crackle around her hands so that when she punches someone they get electrocuted, if she claps a powerful shockwave throws everything in every direction off their feet but often hurts Sparky(ME!!!) more than the enemy, can make fireworks to distract the dumber opponents such as zombies, can make electricity run through her(MY) bloodstream making her run faster, when she is aggravated in a large crowd of people she can punch the ground sending a ripple of energy in every direction sending everyone except Sparky herself(ME) flying off their feet, if she splays her hands a weak wave of electricity can jumble brainwaves and send people into confusion she loves doing this in crowded shopping centres during Christmas season for some unknown reason, and the ability to manipulate people.
Appearance- Same 3/4 length jacket as Val's first one, cargo pants, t-shirt colours always red or green or black. Long straight brown hair. Freckles. Freakishly pale skin. Short. Hazel eyes.
Background- Has known about herself being magic at a young age, but unable to find anyone else with magic has trained herself. Was always interested in electricity, thus using that interest to her advantage and very recently (with Fletcher Renn's help) gotten into LOTS of trouble. Entailing, she's been kidnapped four times. Even though she is VERY Australian, she has a Russian/Irish accent with hints of English and Welsh.
Behaviour- Gets angry easily, but takes a lot to make her show it. She is normally good-natured, but can fly into a rage at a moments notice if you aren't paying attention. Often has excellent ideas. (Cause She is me) Never gives in ever. Will always bring something up at the worst times.
Wears a belt, with Makhaira hanging quite obviously from her waist.
Sparky is thirteen, as mentioned in the story. That is all.
Also Sparky (being me, can't remind you of that enough times) has...
Well, y'know FEARS...
Deathly afraid of spiders and *hides head in shame* being *mumbles something*
Everyone else: What?
Being tickled, okay? It renders Sparky (me) completely useless and that scares her(ME) more than anything else in the world. Really.
*runs into near by nursery and takes as many shrubs as possible*
Shop Owner: You can't take those.
Sparky(me!): Oh uh... *looks into shop owners eyes* You are letting me take these so that I can give them to the worlds most honourable cause. Making Derek-The-Golden-God-Landy love me and use Sparky(ME!) as a character.
S.O: KK.
When wet Sparky (ME) has a tendency to shock herself out of lack of control. When she (ME) is wet she can't touch anything because she shocks it by accident, and turning any electrical appliance on while she(ME) is wet makes all the plugs/power points in the room blow up. Sparky (once again ME. THAT IS ME.) swears only when she does something incredibly stupid. Sparky (MEMEMEMEMEME) always has her hair tied up. It varies as to how, but her hair is ALWAYS tied up. She has uncannily good balance naturally. Another thing is that Sparky (Who is me, as I be she and we be each other) is always twitching or fiddling with something. Speaking of explosions, Sparky (me) makes pebbles explode when she's bored. I also keep forgetting about this crucial part of my appearance. Sparky(me) is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. Always. It changes colours, styles and patterns, but she(ME) is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. She(I) wears one to bed, to meals, to the theatre. She never takes them off.
Rule 1. Yes. I am Australian. Yes I/Sparky is a girl.
Rule 2. I will be the one winner from Australia.
Rule 3. Even though it's only been mentioned once, manipulation of electricity has indeed been used in the book series. I have gone into more depth certainly, but I think it needed to be done.
Rule 4. I have posted it here, like, thirty times. And I'm planning posting it like another thirty THOUSAND times.
Rule 5. I have. I have definitely posted many times.
Rule 6. I have posted that at the beginning of EVERY COMMENT.
Rule 7. Understood. If Derek was doing the tweaking I'd be more than eager to have that done.
Rule 8. ...Well...
Rule 9. Yes?
Rule 10. I did! It was excellent!
I understand your enthusiasm; I was thirteen once, too. But in the words of wise old Boromir: "One does not simply *spam* one's way into the Skulduggery Pleasant series." :P A sense of proportion, dear, all I suggest.
That and, don't call me 'hon' k?
Or 'dear'.
Ok so one day, at school, a friend of mine called Jemma was talking about skulduggery and vampires. For some reason she wanted to be a vampire from the books (Jemma is one of my friends who nearly equals my craziness).
So I can't remember why but I wanted to be a ghost. But not just any ghost. I would be the ghost of a mage and therefore have magic.
So I said "ok, you can be a vampire and I can be a ghost." and she said "great! I'll be your pet vampire!"
And so from that day on every one of my friends had to be a supernatural creature (twilight vampire, werewolf, lizard-person, etc.) and because I was the most awesome and also started the whole thing it became known that I MAKE THE RULES. A fact I am constantly exploiting. That could become a massive tangent so I'll leave it there...
But that wasn't the end of it you see.
A while later another friend (Oliviah) came up with the idea that I was a figment of her imagination and that only crazy people could see me. Then it became that I was a figment of everyone's imagination.
So the idea is:
You are imagining and dead mage controls everything!
lol i must be the winner from NZ! one of his select few kiwiminions!! oh by the way i lived in Angland from when i was 2 to wen i was 8 1/2 so i still have an english accnmt, even though im 13...any way sparky is a really cool character.
And I have my fair share of identity crisises as you can imagine.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Character: Acacia Plains
Elemental
Approximately 250 years old, but youthful appearance. Hazel eyes, light brown hair (somewhat sun bleached). Tanned. Most often seen sporting an akubra and a long, very worn oilskin driza-bone. Master horsewoman.
She spends most of her time in the Australian outback controlling the large number of native magical creatures there (eg bunyips).
While she is very proficient in the manipulation of all elements, her speciality is her power over earth. She is always immaculately clean, despite her rugged profession, as she has complete control over all dirt that should come her way. She suffered a minor mishap while training as an elemental resulting in ... Uluru. This has since been "expained away" by Australian sanctuary officials as a "landmark".
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Rana Zest
Adept
Rana Zest's magic works as a defense mechanism. If she ever feels she is in danger, or more likely if someone is coming after her, she uses her magic to repel anyone who nears the boundaries of her invisible shield. Something in their mind will tell them that going further is a bad idea, and they will walk away...hopefully. This only works when the person Rana is repelling goes with their gut feeling, and it definitely would not work if the person Rana is repelling knows what her discipline of magic is. This tells us that Rana is not a very powerful sorcerer, and, incidentally, knows to keep out of trouble.
The creator of this character was Eve, the Australiminion with the funny accent.
And that was supposed to be: You're imagining a dead mage controls everything
Not and dead mage.
But yeah that's me.
Okay, I’m a tad confused. When Derek said that we can post as many times as we like, does he mean post the same thing or enter different characters?
And I was 13 once too!! How incredible! Who would have believed it?!
That was before I turned 14...
Acacia Volt, I don't think it matters, do you?!!
Omlair, I love your character name. :D
I took it both ways. It would help if I wanted another character to be in it...
Well, if I enter a bunch of characters- and the rules were set for one, he may incinerate them all in the fiery pits of a fondue boiler.
Very nice Omlair. Very cool.
im almost 14 :D
and eat them with bread
I'm not sure if the character had to be Australian? Either way...
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Character: Aurora Tides
Elemental
30ish years old. Elemental, but has focussed majority of her energies on the manipulation of water. Her water talents come in very useful in her favourite pasttime, surfing. Typical surfer chick appearance, tanned, lean, thongs, shorts, sun bleached hair. Blue eyes. She is an amazing surfer (largely because of her control over water) however she does not compete because she feels it wouldn't be fair.
Rora has totally adopted the 'surfer' mindset and is a pacifist and free spirit. She travels the world looking for the perfect wave. She is, to her detriment, quick to trust others and a little gullible.
*sigh*
I have responsibilities in the physical world.
I'll be back another time!!
A Acacia Volt - totally didnt see your name before I chose the characters - was just googling 'australian plants' for some inspiration. Wattles are of the acacia genus. Hope this is ok!!
question you do mean thongs as in jandels rite? stupid question but people out of aussie dont really use that word ;)
as they don't use kiwi slang
no i mean in england that word is used for something else but i was younger wen i lived there so i can remeber if the word thongs were used for jandels as well
lol
thongs = flip flops in australian ;)
not the other kind ;) Though Aurora may wear them too :D
thongs remind me of something completely different...
Oh man little kid behind me... opps
lol ;) just making sure cause im not sure if people outside of aussie no the flip flop meaning for thong ;)
i know that from TV! TV is awesome
yep lol :) ive neva been to australia so i cant remeber wen i leared what flip flops/thongs meant, i learnt the other meaning wen i was 7 from a girl in my class... lol
you truly had an fantastic childhood, but i learned the "other" meaning when i was 5 and in hospital...
Long story
haha, every one was pointing to my teacher cause she was wearing really tight trousers! this is an awkward converstaion... changing the subject what is your chosen name?
My interpretation of the rules were that we could post as many different characters as we liked.. not the same over and over x.x. I'm assuming Mr Landy will read ALL comments in this post.. which is why he wanted this post to be off limits to chatter....
Probably my last one now....
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Character: Atrax Corpus
A child of the spider. Still young and not exceptionally proficient at calling forth spiders, however Atrax's spiders are funnel-webs (the deadliest freaking spider in the world!!!) She can only produce a limited number at this stage in her career (thank freaking goodness). Still unsure whether she has chosen the correct adept ability, she was a bit of a goth when she chose her path but has had a bit of a crisis of idenity.
Short dark cropped hair, green eyes. Slight build, fidgets a lot. Likes pink, in defianace to her gothic past.
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Apparently "Derek has implied that there is more to be revealed about this strange Adept discipline" (via skulpedia) so do with Atrax what you will! (or nothing at all ;))
here it is in a short version
I was sick and in hospital and a lovely lady came in, she had the wrong room. I asked her what she was wearing and she told me. And when i came home i told my Mom i wanted one. She sent me to my room.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work. :D
Name: Procellous Ress.
Powers: Procellous is an elemental. She, however, has strayed from the usual path of an elemental (Not in an evil way). She believes that because ice is an extension of water, it should be able to be manipulated by elementals too. At the time of her curiosity, she hadn’t yet gone through the surge, so, she researched and toyed with symbols. And, a few symbol carvings to her wrist later, her power is concentrated into an ice form. She is still working out the kinks, but handles the ice as well as an elemental would handle one of their elements. The carvings caused her other elemental powers to stunt and the water to be heightened.
Appearance: Slicked white dreadlocks tied up rather artistically. Sallow green eyes and rather pale, but not to an extent where she looks sick. Generally sparkly clothing.
She holds a particular fancy for the tragicomic and cameras. She freezes her tea and gnaws on the block. She says that some of the volatile flavours are diminished, but doesn’t dare to have it any other way.
Oh, and, uh… Do frozen shrubs count? :)
LOL!!! haha!!! whats your chosen name?
Omlair, I couldn’t be more flattered.
No way! I was totally going to do a Child of the Spider character! :D Would you deem it fair if I made one too?
Okay... I probably won't be sticking to this but... This is the last time I post anything about my character on this page. Next page, I'll be back.
My finishing addition is that occasionally, when Sparky is REALLY jazzed off, she will have a conversation with herself under her breath...
That does in fact happen occasionally in real life...
Jazzed? I meant wazzed.
hey blubber were you talking to me?
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name-Admingus Shane
Elemental
fought on 'the bad' side in the war but then went into hiding when he realised how truly evil his side was.
Is a chef in one of the top restaurants in Auckland
powers are a bit out of practise as he has not used them in 100 years. Is average height, has pale green eyes and has short blonde hair appears to be in mid 30's
yep, but i may of said a stupid question as it is quite obvious what your chosen name is i was just randomly trying to not talk about thongs anymore ;)
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
ok, one more, because I think this is a cool idea and how awesome was the Captain America movie?
Character: Gadi Waganha
Elemental
Again, most proficient in the earth power. Has just woken up from spending the last 100 years as a statue. Gadi was attempting to save her family when she had to take statue form to save herself. Everyone she knew and loved is now gone, and she isn't happy about it.
Out of her time, she is technologically inept and looking for meaning in her life.
Of aboriginal descent, Gadi has dark skin and hair.
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nb: I am not of aboriginal descent and just googled for some interesting words for the name. Someone like you, oh Golden God, might want to check my accuracy LOL. I just like the waking up after 100 ears idea :D
fair enough, my chosen name is
wait for it...
wait for it...
CHRISTINE NIGHT!
Go for it acacia :D
also nb: Gadi Waganha is "Snake Dancing" according to the almighty Wikipedia.
yep hence the kind of obvious what it statment :p mines Randermachia Sorrows
Like China?
yep i dont no it just fitted
:)
"I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work."
My female character is Florence Quaint
Florence has a rather 'quaint' personality and is an intelligent, budding, rebellious and rouge necromancer after the death bringer incident...and now is having second thoughts about the discipline. She is currently looking for a job. The object that contains her power is a mysterious key that hangs around her neck.
She enjoys singing nursery rhymes at strange times, when she nervous or excited. she also has an aunt who is a crazy cat lady that speaks to her cats.
She has long brown curly hair and bright blue eyes. She has a good fashion sense.
and for some reason she's got something against journalists.
Kenny's finally got an arch nemesis! hooray!
YAY!
My Chosen Name is.....
Formidable Snake
nice, my first one was Midnight Rose but that sounded a bit... I don't know Christine Night just sounds better
My Taken Name is… wow. I truly forgot. ;D
isnt that Emma Watsons new perfume name?
and yeah Christine night sounds awesome :)
wait i mean midnight rose is her new perfume name ;) lol gtg bye :)
WWOOO!
Bye!
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work, if he deems it worthy. :D
Name: Mordant Tchaikovsky.
Powers: Is a member of The Children of the Spider. The thing is, she can’t vomit black gunk and spiders like the rest of The Children. She has tried to many times before, but her gag reflex works differently to the way The Children of the Spider’s usually do. So, basically, she ends up vomiting for real, instead. She can still transform into a spider, but prefers the ‘halfway’ form, thinking that it’s far more intimidating. She has a black tongue because the previous vomited gunk has stained it.
Appearance: A colour scheme of white and black; extravagant strapless gowns. The dresses are hemmed short before they brush the ground. Underneath those gowns are mechanic boots that she hides timidly from prying eyes. She is approximately five foot. Dull grey eyes.
Mordant is a lot happier than most Children of the Spider; basically meaning that she smiles a lot more than most, but not much more than that.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work
my character is Melody Haunting
A 15 year old Adept with the ability to sing anyone to sleep or even death if given the time. She's half english on her dads side. she can also play most instruments, but prefers to sing.
p.s. im australian :)
p.p.s. im afraid i have no shrubbery, but you can have one of our spider plants (they're overtaking)
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Drucilla Nox
Adept
Drucilla Nox has enhanced vision. She can see exeptionally clearly at night and in dark places, and in the day she can see things from great distances, and can spot the tiniest details. Incidentally, this makes her exceedingly expert at Spot The Difference.
The creator of this character was Eve, the Australiminion with the funny accent.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
From Australia, so a female!
Name: Raspid Calceronia
Appearance: Dirty blonde hair, tied up in a ponytail. Normally wears a half cut leather jacket, a brand-name t-shirt, dark grey or black jeans and black converse chuck taylors.
Age: 67, but looks like an 18 year old.
Attitude: Peaceful, but stands strong in what she believes in.
Abilities: Elemental, practices fire and air the most as she believes they are the most valuable elements. Skilled at hand to hand combat, has an 'in-your-face' style of fighting. When she sees fit, she will carry a colt m1911 in the inside pocket of her jacket.
Nicely done, Ivory. :)
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Horris Tuskon
Adept
Horris has the ability to turn into a walrus within half a second.
The creator of this character was Eve the ROCK's little brother, Shaun the PEBBLE.
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Calamity Ariolus
Adept
Calamity, is a sensitive amongst other things, she learnt a couple of useful adept tricks. She is a pacifist, prefering to study then to fight but when there's a battle to be had.... she will most likely not be there....
She has hoarded a collection of artifacts, a astonishing amount of literature, Magical and otherwise, This collection and how she obtained it has afforded her a reputation and also built a rivalry with china sorrows.
Background
Calamity is over 100 years though as a matter of
vanity she won't reveal her exact age.
During the start of the war, she was a child and
her entire family was killed by the followers
of Mevolent, which no doubt led aversion to battle.
*woops typo led to her aversion to battle...
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Orenda Magan
Adept
Orenda Magan never underestimates or overestimates ANYONE. She can tell mage from mortal by just one glance. She'll know if you're Elemental or Adept with just one look. And, uh....she can generally tell what your Adept discipline is, uh, just one look...YEAH. Anywho, you can never hide your magic from Orenda Magan. Unless you've got, like, a magic-hiding power or something.....um, ORENDA'S AWESOME YEAH!
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The creator of this character was Eve, the Australiminion with the funny accent.
I, Lilian Thai, hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
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Raggedy blonde hair - expected. Green eyes and a sort of flat nose - standard. Nice teal-coloured glass pendant - okay. A woollen coat at the beach - hmm. The left sleeve flapped in the wind, empty up to the elbow. That was... a bit *less* than expected.
She laughed, a genuine flash of straigh white teeth. "Shark off the coast of New South Wales. A bit north from here."
"Not an injury from the line of duty, then?"
"Bugger tried to escape on a lifeguard's boat. I decided orders was orders; I had to arrest him *somehow*."
"Did you get him?" A furtive glance at the cuff without a hand.
"Oh, the *shark* got *him*. I was lucky. Can still do magic with my right hand, you see." She scraped the white sand with her boot and held her hand above the mark, until saltwater bubbled up between the grains and darkened the sand.
"I see you don't give up quite as easily as I expected, Felicity Gaudere," I said, as the gritty water began to creep into my shoe.
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Name-Trimene Evangelist
Elemental
works at the the New Zealand sanctuary (is there such thing as a Nz sactuary???) wife killed in the Christchurch earthquakes, has a 6 year old son who is a teleporter. Is 1/4 Maori, has very light brown skin, brown eyes as very short dark hair.
is 30 years old, has only been using magic for 5 years
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Evan Flavinir
Adept
Evan is a spy for Russia who's mission is to spy on the Ireland sanctuary. No one really knows what he looks like because he has one of those tattoos like Skulduggery has that changes his face. He can cast bright light that stuns people for a few seconds.
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Must. Not. Add. ANYTHING...
I have something new... But I'll wait till the next page like I said...
I like Evan. Evan' Russian. Being Russian automatically puts people in my good books.
If Evan wins, I'll be happy.
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Name: Jasmine Right
Powers: Adept; More specifically the powers of agility, being able to jump high and not hurt herself when falling. Basically a female SpringHeel Jack
Profession: Jasmine is a Bounty Hunter/Bodyguard for the sanctuary. She chases after criminals that have escaped from captivity or she tracks down the medium level criminals (For example medium level criminals would be like dusk or SpingHeel Jack
Age: Unknown but she is fairly old since she fought in the war against malevolent
Connections: She didn't fight with skulduggery but has always looked up to him and admired him. She fought against Jason Gallow once in Rome when the war was going on and was also assigned to spy on Eliza Scorn. She hardly made it out alive.
She had a brief encounter with SpringHeel Jack who attempted to flirt with her. Her response was a hard punch to the face.
Clothes: To work she wears a trench coat and combat boots. Underneath the trench coat she wears leathers and on her back, a sheath holds a uniques double bladed sword that she'll only use in an emergency.
Out of work Jasmine will try and look immaculate and she almost always does. She will only wear the prettiest dresses and the priciest jewellery. Some have said that men had lost there love for China Sorrows when Jasmine walked into the room.
Jasmine has light chocolate hair that during work hours is tied in a ponytail but during her free time fall freely behind her back down to her shoulders. Her eyes are an emerald green and her teeth are always white.
Traits: Jasmine is a perfectionist, some say thats why she always looks so good. Jasmine won't settle for half right or good enough everything has to be perfect.
Jasmine despite her history is an optimistic person. She tries to look on the bright side no matter how grim a situation may be. As well as being nearly as witty as skulduggery she is smart and likes to be the one to figure the problem out.
Though she is an optimist she won't go easy on an enemy, or a friend during combat training. Being one of the toughest woman in the magical world she won't go easy on anyone.
Jacob Parker
I like an ass-kicking character as much as the next person but sometimes the quiet, funnier side characters are cool as well so I choose to give you Aunt Tizzy (yes that is her name and it suits her). She's a sweet, slightly dotty seer, or mystic, one or the other and ill get to her powers in a minute. She looks fourty, acts eighty and remembers being a little girl in the early eighteenth century. Every positive about Tizzy comes with a 'but' so it's best to describe her in point form.
She mothers everyone she comes into contact but has a memory so unreliable and unexpected it takes her down some unusual tangents.
Tizzy welcomes everyone into her home but expects impeccable manners while they are in her presence.
She can remember specific incidents involving all sorts, even quoting them word for word, but she can't tell you when they happened or why.
She reads and collects books extensively, but only romance novels and paperbacks the more unusual the couple or raunchy the story the better. (China has taken advantage of this hobby by offering to swap any magical items for any romance novels she comes across, but refuses to see tizzy in person. Chinas beauty has a different affect on Tizzy. Instead of fawning over her and giving her anything she wants, she rushes over, pinches her cheeks and calls her an 'adooooooorable little girly' then tries to set her up with anyone male and breathing, single or not.)
Nobody Ever Makes Tizzy Mad (capitals intentional) for two reasons. The first is her handbag. Tizzy carries around a giant handbag covered with several symbols. She can fit anything she wants into that bag be it a half-tonn of bricks or a dead body and still have room for her purse, and be able to lift it, but only cause of the bracelet on her other hand. If you don't wear the bracelet you can't carry the bag, that also goes for being hit by the bag. Without the bracelet you will feel every brick in that half tonn as it smacks across your face.
The second reason is because when Tizzy gets mad she tends to loose control of her tongue and start talking in absolutes. This is Tizzy's power, where predictions are concerned SHE IS NEVER WRONG. She first started to train herself for this unusual talent in the early ninteenth century cause she was tired of having to guess the weather, and always being wrong. So she thought if someone could only predict absolutes, her roses would be prepared for anything. Of course she didn't realise the flaw in this until later. Once someone tried to steal her handbag (and cracked his head open when it took him straight to the ground) she lost her temper and told the very dizzy man she hoped he liked his middle cooking while his head looked on. Turned out the failed thief worked in a big kitchen and due to some unfortunate accidents while hanging up hams to cure, fell arse first into a small deep fryer and was wedged there. His bottom half and insides cooked instantly while the whole kitchen heard him scream.
So from that day on Tizzy never spoke or looked for absolutes, but she had gotten so good at predicting these that she couldn't see anything else. So not many people go to Tizzy anymore for prophecy, the more unpleasant futures can still be avoided most of the time and to avoid a self-fulfilling one you only have to forget the prediction (there are ways) but what can you do if you don't like your future and it's non hundred percent unavoidable? Most people like Aunt Tizzy, but not what she has to say.
forgot to add the permission. So I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character, Aunt Tizzy and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name: Jess Field
Power: Adept; An extremely powerful physic when she was young but as she gets older her powers have started to weaken. She had predicted the war with malevolent before it began and she was the first to know about Darquesse.
Connections: She helped the deadmen track down some enemy's during the war and briefly dated Erskine Ravel when she was much younger.
Clothes: To put it frankly Jess wears old peoples clothes. She has a baggy old dress and dirty white tights that she loves to wear. Over the tights she wears boots and her grey hair is cut shortly.
The dress is a beige colour with a strap acting like a belt. She often wears white gloves and she always wears a heart locket around her neck given to her by her husband before he died in the war against malevolent. She hates the idea of makeup and overuse of jewellery.
Traits: Some peoples grandmothers are warm and fuzzy like a teddy bear, making cookies and giving presents to there grandsons and daughters. These are the grandmothers that Jess absolutely despises.
Jess is cranky, moody and bitter. She is deaf in one of her ears and always shouts. She sleeps for most of the day and people try not to bother her.
Jess is a tad bit crazy and rambles a lot. She drools and finds it hard to walk to the bathroom but being the stubborn person she is she takes care of herself.
Jacob Parker
I'm an AUSSIE, by the way. I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Her name is Lara Nightshade. She is fifteen, nearly sixteen, and is an Adept with the power to make people hallucinate.
She was born in England and is now living in Ireland.
Appearance- Long black and white hair. She dresses quite casually despite the many dangers she gets into. She usually wears a black T-Shirt, blue jeans and knee-high black boots. She is almost never seen without her fingerless gloves.
She has striking blue eyes and a reckless smile.
Lara is kind-natured, honest ans straightforward and often jokes around. She is also a little reckless. Lara can sometimes get TOO reckless and that may lead her into trouble.
Lara's Adept power can only be demonstrated with the correct amount of concentration. (e.g. If she were to have people hallucinate one small spider, that would take little concentration. If she were to envison say a huge spider, it would take more effort.) This means that in the heat of battle, she wouldn't be able to use her power.
To make up for this weakness, she is quite proficient in martial arts techniques.
Oh, yes, the shrubbery... (There's always one detail isn't there?)
Ummm...I'll send you an imaginary one for now...if that'll do?
The last thing I want to say is.....
I hope I win. :)
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Name: Saskia Daily
Powers: Adept; The power to temporarily blind people. By temporarily I mean about 20 seconds. She blinds people by shooting and I know how silly this sounds but laser beams out of her hands
Profession: During the war she acted as a nurse for the first part but as the war drew to an end she fought up at the front line fuelled with rage at her sisters loss.
Nowadays Saskia acts as a psychiatrist for mages that are traumatised by experiences.
Age: As old or older than skulduggery
Connections: Was skulduggery's wife's twin sister. She was commended for her bravery during the war alongside the deadmen. She also helped Erskine Ravel when he was injured and ended up having a 6 month relationship with him.
Clothes: Saskia still looks young so she dressed like a young person. She wears a faded green skirt and a pale yellow blouse. She often wears a beige jacket over the blouse and wears a necklace of shells around her neck.
Her hair is a dark brown and goes down to her shoulders. Her lips are as red as blood and her eyes as blue as sapphires. She wears comfortable loafers and an average amount of makeup.
Traits: Saskia is as happy and sad as a normal person. After the war she has buried her rage inside of her. She hates skulduggery because he was the reason for his sisters death.
She recently heard that her sisters death was also the cause of China Sorrows. Saskia has never liked China and is now extremely angry at her. Despite being a physiatrist Saskia has been overcome with her own rage.
Saskia has contacts, she's discovered where China is and she's now on a mission to avenge her sister
I am submitting my character again.
Because I can.
And if I don't win.....
WELL I BETTER WIN THIS GODAMN COMPETITION!!!!
Ahem *I'm not crazy....I hope*
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Name (taken name, obviously): Victi Timorous (in Latin Victi means overcome, yes I used Google translate)
Powers: Adept, to cause illusions of peoples greatest fears by accident; she has no control over her power. To use her power she has to touch someone, but her power is always popping up when least welcome and vanishing when she needs it most.
Age: 15
Personality: Shy and timid, VERY hard to gain her trust, easily surprised or intimidated, patient…to a limit, quiet, dreams of bravery and adventure and hopes to overcome her shyness, kind, forgiving, often blames things on herself, lonely, rare to see laughing or smiling, is quick to give up without even trying, is good at hiding her feelings.
Appearance: Short and skinny, Victi Timorous is childlike in appearance. She has long, straight hair black in colour. She often uses her hair to hide her face behind. When she is nervous or embarrassed she runs her fingers through her hair. She has purple eyes, and when she shows them to you it is a sign of her beginning to trust you. Once she trusts you fully she ties her hair back when she’s around you, so you can see her face.
Backstory: Victi Once belonged to a family but when she was five her strange powers surfaced and when she touched her parents it caused an illusion. Soon the sanctuary got involved and even though they modified her families’ memories they soon discovered Victi couldn’t control her powers. She lived in the Sanctuary ever since then. Few people know her because she is rarely seen outside. She tries to help with interrogations sometimes but her powers don’t always work, so she is only called in as a last resort.
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I am from the red neck land we call Australia so here is my character.
Her name is Brenda Lumin.
She is the ultimate master of disguise in a limited capacity.
She is an adept and can turn herself into her male counterpart Brendan Lumin.
She is a middle-grade assasin, as every sanctuary has both of her faces on file.
Although, because of this fact noone takes her seriously.
She is a brilliant fighter, although nowhere near the same level as Skullduggery or Tanith.
And she holds Tanith as an idol. Hearing that Tanith had gone insane and turned evil, she went on a quest to find her, hoping that Tanith could help train her some more(And fit her in similar clothes)
Also, I'm appealing to your amazing sense of humour that has kept me so enthralled in your stories.
My best friend's name is Brendan.
And we have a joke in our friendship group that whenever something goes wrong we yell, "DAMNIT BRENDAN!"
If you do decide to use my elequently thought out character, could you please, say the words "Damnit Brendan" at least once, as it can be either male or female, "Damnit Brenda" is also acceptable, as I have also used that one.
...
Isobel, you are NOT insane compared to me.
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Name-Nigel Harrisan
age-looks 60-70 is 1000
adept-Necromancer
works for the New Zealand sanctuary
appears to be the typical kiwi/Aussie man
actually New Zealand's most powerful necromancer and is a sort of detective/informant person
Has tanned (wrinkled)skin, bright blue eyes and not alot of brown hair. Wears singlets, shorts and Gumboots. Keeps power in a gun which he keeps hidden in his right gumboot
@sir, i have a friend called Brittany and wen ever something goes wrong my frends and i turn to her and say in unison,-it Britts fault lol haha
Sparky, you have a point.
Insanity is my middle name!
Actually come to think of it I don't HAVE a middle name!
But if I did!..
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work. Mordor Latter
Is a 180 year old(with the looks of a 20 year old)
adept who only just came to Ireland
from England. He came to pursue Tanith,
(who he briefly dated in England) because
his life had begun to get very dull and he new
that Tanith was the go to gal for danger and excitement.
Instead,he stumbled upon skullduggery and val and realizes what happened.
With no where else to turn,
he joins them on their mission for.........
His power is to shape shift in to any thing
or one,but only if he has come in contact with it.
He is quite tall,with tousled brown hair and eyes that never
seem to stay the same color. He is a trained fighter,
and quite handy with a sword. He is natural cheery,
which is a contrast with the fact the both his parents
were killed by serpine when he was 18.
oh,and he doesn’t mind ghastly.(but wouldn't mind if he
was maimed.Or killed.
ps this is just my idea on how (if picked) Mordor could be used. I'm sure that you could do a much better job of being creative with him.
pps ,just to let you know,its been sooooo hard to make an acount on here,and i got soo fustrated that i started crying and wanting to kill something .I'm just saying i put alot of effort into this.ALOT.
hi whats up?
A ceiling fan
I wish this page would finish.
Of course you do.
...
True.
Did you finish the story?
You know how I entered two characters...
Yes.
hi people
Well the second one was inspired by a real person.
trying to make friends here *blushes*
um,i read your guys posts and they are cool!
And that real person has found out....
Cool! Hey, Izz, Valrox, If you come onto 'Err...' We can talk more.
Sweet, awesome idea!
I'll be over there...
soooooooo,you guys big fans of of Dereks books?
umm,*felling stupid*onto what?
His most recent post.
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There. Hope you're happy.
My character is called Isaiah Sunday (Adept). People don't really like to talk to him because he's a little bit deranged. He's been around for quite some time, but chose not to play a part in the war against Mevolent after Skulduggery and his family were killed. He lives in a small shack on a cliff far away from anywhere (inspired by someone I know).
He has the ability to make electricity run across his body. This is handy because if anyone comes into contact with him aggressively he can electrocute them. He has also been known to have electricity explode outwards from his body and harm everyone within (up to) a 0.5 mile radius in the event of him experiencing extreme emotion. This makes him quite uncontrollable because he can't decide who he hurts.
He's quite a non-violent person, that's why whenever he uses his power it has damaging effects on his psychological state. He tries to use it as less as possible, but he is already on the road to insanity. So to speak.
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Lucky Bane
Average height, strawberry blonde hair, brown eyes, well tanned, black t-shirt, leather jacket, army style track pants, work boots, conceals a Swiss army knife in boots. Is a werewolf. From Australia, looks about Fletcher's age, is usually a passive person and tries to stay in peoples good graces. Doesn't have a sense of humour, acts just like any other teenage boy. He just likes his steak a bit more rare.
hehe valrox is my sister ;)
Name: Throe Cimmerian
Power: Necromancy. Throe has the ability to see the light and the darkness fighting inside someone. (Light and dark isn’t necessarily good and evil.) Once the light and the dark cease fighting to overtake one another, it is a sign that the person is dead.
Appearance: Long blonde hair hidden underneath her Necromancer robes. Approximately 5”2.
Enjoys dancing. (I don’t even…)
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Anselma Gauze
Adept
Anselma Gauze uses her magic to conjure up an almost invisible sheild anywhere within eyeshot. Anselma uses it for delay more than anything, as her sheild is not very strong and can be broken through if you put in the effort.
The creator of this character was Eve, the Australiminion with the funny accent.
This is the first time I've ever commented here. I've been reading the blogs for a while, but hadn't worked up the courage to post. Then I saw this contest and, being from Australia, couldn't resist!
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Fluorescent Pondering
Adept
106 years old
Fluorescent Pondering grew up in an isolated community of sorcerers. All of her relatives were Elementals, but after accidentally setting her own hair on fire when first learning Elemental magic, she decided that she wanted to do something different to the rest of her family. She ended up discovering her unique ability to manipulate and create light-sources by herself (light sources made by her radiate no heat). The first time she revealed her power was in the local Pub, and a drunken sorcerer laughed at her.
His eyesight eventually recovered from the flash of light that she unwittingly generated.
Nowadays Fluorescent takes pilgrimaging sorcerers into the depths of the Earth, using her ability to generate light and her finely-tuned sense of direction to safely guide them to their destination and back out again. Her formidable Aikido skills and her policy to “blind with flash-flare first, pet the murderous beasties later” may play some small part in the safe journey, though.
Ms Pondering has light brown hair that she wears down all the time, no matter what, pale skin and shockingly golden irises – an adaptation that makes her immune to being blinded by the bright lights that she uses against her enemies. Her typical attire consists of three-quarter length denim jeans, a plain grey tank-top, dog-tags draped around her neck with green string and no shoes whatsoever, the only exception being if she’s forced to eat out at an expensive restaurant by her brother, the one member of her family that she’s still in contact with.
As a person, Fluorescent is, for the most part, amiable and pleasant, albeit a tad distracted and distant at times. Beneath that friendly exterior, though, she has a deep, burning hatred for shoes, shoes and mosquitos, and is prone to sudden bursts of anger, generally hidden deep within her, which are only noticeable if they become too overwhelming and she ends up releasing a flash-flare of light, blinding the unfortunate people in the nearby vicinity. Due to these unfortunate happenings, all of her friends have taken to wearing sunglasses when they’re near her.
Hi Derek! Over the next few days I'll give you five decent characters that you could pick and choose from if you so desire! :)
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These characters are all going to come from different backgrounds and beliefs but since I'm from Australia I though I may as well start with an Australian character.
So basically I've wondered what it would be like living rurally in outback Australia and realising you have creepy special powers...
Name: Devastina Trick
She's lived in an outback cattle station all her life until Necromancers discovered she had magic. She was taken into the Necromancer Temple in Melbourne in the 1950's (located there because it has the worst weather in Australia, perfect for Necromancers).
Her greatest treasure is a black cockatoo tail feather she found on the station when she was young and tucked into the band of her black stetson, (stetson's are cool) it is where she stores her power.
Personality: Generally outgoing which is strange for a Necromancer, She has a sense of humour but mainly expresses her thoughts and opinions through a deep level of sarcasm. She has a tendancy to lie to people to get her way and is a very formidable intellectual foe.
After her stint in the Necromancer Temple she got tired of Melbourne and the Necromancer's dreary way of life and ended up going to Queensland where she currently works as an undercover agent for the Australian Sanctuary. She spends most of her days chilling on a beach in Mooloolaba but if the Sanctuary needs her she's an efficient and deadly operative.
Looks: I imagine her as average height, very tanned, brown long hair plaited down her back, looks about 19 or 20, freckles, quite honestly looks like the opposite of a stereotypical model of a Necromancer. She generally always has a smile on her face. She has an Australian accent (der...) but its not at all like the horrible ones in the movies. She likes wearing clothes that suit the weather (if its hot she's not going to wear jeans because that's stupid) and she hates the cold.
So there you have it. Character number 1.
I'll be back with more :)
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Euridice Quoll
Adept
Euridice Quoll's Adept discipline is that she can tell if you're lying or not. Euridice lives in Roarhaven and has declined many requests to help with Sanctuary interrogations due to her shared hate for the Sanctuary. But now that the Sanctuary has been moved to Roarhaven....
The creator of this character was Eve, the Australiminion with the funny accent.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Piper Solace
adept
Piper Solace is anything but comfort. Piper chose her name so she could con people into thinking she was a great person that was relief in tough times.
Piper has the same power as Billy-Ray Sanguine so she can pass through walls, floors and solid things altogether. Like Sanguine she has no eyes. Piper unlike Sanguine is not an assassin she is a thief and con artist. She kills if she must.
This young Australian sorcerer (sorceress) is one you don't want to mess with.
Piper is a twenty-three year old with a mission, steal precious items without leaving a trace.
Piper Solace has light brown hair, shoulder length, that is curled in large ringlets. She is tall and skinny.
Piper wears dark blue jeans and long sleeved button up shirts (sun safety). Her boots are just plain black but she pulls her jeans over them.
Piper steals anything she can get her hands on, no matter how hard to reach. The only flaw to Piper's power is that as she is still young she can get stuck and she has to be completely calm to use her powers. She can only manage to do seven whole body disappearing acts each day, before she can't move any further. When she does get stuck in the ground she has to stay calm and wait ten minutes after moving every meter. This isn't good if your wanting a quick getaway.
Piper Solace also has trouble with getting nervous quickly, making her magic unavailable to her.
We are the knights who say ni, NI. Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one not too expensive.
I have been to see Rodger the shrubbier... and I have brought you a shrubbery.
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/images/591175/title/knights-who-ni-screencap
Australians don't have funny accents that's just ridiculous be cause I'm AUSTRALIAN!
I completely agree with you, SilverMist. But Derek doesn't. :D I suppose we don't think our accents are funny because they're OUR accents. For example, I think Irish accents are funny, but the Irish would probably disagree.
Ditto.
Aaaaaaaah! Oh No! (with capitals.) I made another screw up on my entry! Where it says that Marco Guile is '5ft5"' it should really say '6ft5"'! Oh No! READ THIS!
PS: Sparky, find help.
Irish accents are amazing, though. You can listen to them forever.
@Acacia, true.
@somebody, I said I wouldn't post anything else this page, and I'm tempted to wait until there are at least 100 comments on the next page as well.
I want to win.
A lot.
I completely agree with you, Acacia.
...I say that a lot.
You do, actually. :)
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Tassal Sly
Adept
She's invisible! What more is there to say?
The creator of this character was Eve, the Australiminion with the funny accent.
Sparky, it’s obvious that you want to win. ;D
I completely agree with you, Acacia.
Mm. I need to stop saying that.
I'm well aware of that Acacia.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy full rights to take this character and adapt it to his brain explodingly brilliant work.
Influence Waters
looks about sixty, has coop cut grey hair, stormy grey eyes, well respected by the Dead Men, telekinetic, lives in Scotland with wife,Autumn. Well disciplined, radiates power.
His weapon of choice: Duel daggers and throwing knives.
I'm not sure if telekinesis is allowed, so if not, he's a lightning manipulator.
Obviously, you said it yourself… I need tea.
Should I put in another character?
I'm writing a story about her but I changed it a little
You should. It’s another chance to win. :D
...
Trying to gets a friends permission...
Not another person just a story but my mum wants to READ IT!
Stories a good idea.
And I lost Be An Author. I'm so Sad! But I might be school captain or house captain!
I'm from NewZealand
"I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work."
Cyrus Glass aka "Purloin," Elemental
Recently fired from his job as a businessman, Cyrus is a wanderer of many personalities and words. He earns money on the streets by filling puppets with water and manipulating them to pickpocket the public. Cyrus’s greater skill is to manipulate the water in peoples bodies to control them although his power is still growing as he is around Valkyries age. He earned his nickname "Purloin" when he manipulated a man to steal for him. He controlled that man for 3 months. The man took his own life one night, his last words "Purloin! Purlion!" The mans last whisper of grammar proved immaculate to Cyrus so a new persona was born. Purlion. Cyrus has a rugged but cut frame with brown hair and green eyes. His attire consists of a dark blue pinstriped suit which has grown old and withered just like his smile. His past is rotted with deception and loss, his present rotted with murder and his future..... no idea obviously because its the future.
Feel free to mould and alter this character as you please, oh golden god of brain exploding brilliance.
Character Name: Alison, (Alice) Vary
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Alison is an adept mage, who can touch anything and transform or vary anything into something else. She can then operate this anything by using her mind. She can transform any object into any form of fake identification, weapon, etc. However, in order to do so, she needs to picture the original object transforming into her desired item in her mind. For example, if she transforms something into a type of gun, she can control what type of bullets it fires using her mind. So the bullets may vary from basic things, like tiny diamond arrows or to more complex things of her own creation, or to complex things like energy draining darts that obviously drain or suck the energy from the victim, causing them to collapse into a state of unconsciousness. The only limitations to her ability are that the object that she wants to transform has to be inanimate to start off with and she has to touch it in order to transform it.
Here is thy shrubbery:
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=Australian+Shrubberies&um=1&hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4TSHN_enAU355AU356&biw=1046&bih=452&tbm=isch&tbnid=rkrvOJADIdHxoM:&imgrefurl=http://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/plant-index-page.php%3Fcommon-name%3DGrevilleas%26genus%3DGrevillea&docid=5ET3Qzcpna-4gM&imgurl=http://findaplant.com.au/plant-images/Grevillea-Lollypops!.jpg&w=600&h=450&ei=vwPvTpGFKefOmAWJ2IT3CQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=747&vpy=138&dur=1867&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=144&ty=114&sig=112279583383411125737&page=1&tbnh=116&tbnw=173&start=0&ndsp=11&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work."
Name: Caitlin Heath
Power: Elemental
Profession:Part time interrogator full time explorer. Caitlin is an unorthodox approach that sanctuaries use when a criminal isn't revealing something. Caitlin takes drastic measures when trying to get information from some particularly stubborn criminals.
Age: Caitlin is a newbie in the magical community aged only 200 or so years old.
Connections: Caitlin doesn't personally know any of the well known skulduggery pleasant characters. She has many enemies who have made many attempts to kill or harm her.
Once in Australia a powerful mage who's brother had been interrogated by Caitlin. Caitlin had been driving down the harbour bridge when the mage had tried to shoot her down with a rocket launcher.
Luckily the Mans aim was bad and he was thrown in a prison cell shortly after.
Clothes: Dressed sleekly in tight shorts and always wears a snakeskin jacket. She also has combat boots that she wears no matter what the occasion is. Her black hair has a purple streak through it.
Traits: Some might say Caitlin is a dislikable person, some might say its hard to get along with her some might say its impossible. She is stubborn, scary and her mind might need some spring cleaning.
She is smart but most of the time angry and when she gets in a mood you'll know. She yells and shouts and won't listen to anyone else. If you do something to annoy her you better hope that you can run faster than a fireball as big as yourself
Being an adventurer Caitlin has been all over the world. From escaping tombs filling with sand like hourglasses in egypt to dodging poison darts in poland.
I hereby give my golden god, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name: Xzenya Capaldi
Description: Xzenya Capaldi has one blue eye and one green eye. She has pale skin and shoulder length pure- almost white- blonde hair. Xzenya wears jeans and t- shirts with things written on them such as- I saved NY- or even- Bedraggled? Yep that’s the look I’m going for. Much to her disappointment she never gets tanned or even burnt under the hot Australian sun. She loves her cherry red Doc Martians but wanders around with bare feet because all her other shoes are, what she’d describe as ‘overrated.’ She has a six shooter gun that she found in her dad’s closet in a box full of... fun things.
Xzenya is the most trusted sensitive in Australia even though she is only 11 years old. Xzenya has a short attention span and goes with the flow. She hates being referred to as ‘Capaldi’ because what is the point of having a first taken name if you’re going to be called by your last name. Xzenya unfortunately, is always doing something and sometimes the something she does gets her in deep water.
She lives with her parents who are two of the sanctuaries best prison guards. Usually it’s just the three of them in their house (she makes the grand mage’s son stay outside when they come for dinner.) Recently though it’s been just Xzenya and her father because her mother has been told to look after an Irish boy who is staying in the sanctuary’s apartment block- Fletcher Renn. Xzenya can’t stand him; he disappears and appears at the best of times, he has blonde spiky hair and a silly accent. She especially hates him now as her mother is thinking of letting him stay in the spare room.
She knows about Skulduggery Pleasant the famous detective and his partners in crime Valkyrie Cain, Tanith Low and Ghastly bespoke because her parents wont be quiet about them and she had a vision that Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery pleasant would die, horribly.
I hereby give my golden god, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name: Lois Spectrum
Description: Lois Spectrum has light blue eyes and curly fire red hair. Although most people say that she’d suit dresses she wears ¾ cut of jeans and black t- shirts. People also say she’d look good in an elegant pair of high heels she wears slip on shoes. Lois Spectrum has a scar on her shoulder, people look at it and faint. Lois Spectrum has an exception for her don’t wear the colour of your hair rule; her red hoddie. She has a sword the length of her arm; she calls it ‘Excalibur’
Lois Spectrum is the Australian sanctuary’s best detective in both physical and mental ways. She is only 15 and feels more than privileged to be meeting Skulduggery pleasant the most known agent around the globe from the most known sanctuary around the globe- Ireland. She lives in the sanctuary’s apartment block by herself and is happy that she doesn’t have to walk to far for work. Lois is an adept; she specifies in symbols.
Lois likes punching people in the face to- what she calls- get rid of the bad energy. She often says ‘if you can’t beat them join them, if you can’t join them go beat them up.’ She’s surprised when not only Skulduggery Pleasant arrives but his accomplices’ as well. Tanith Low Valkyrie Cain, Fletcher Renn and strangely Elder Bespoke. When Skulduggery pays more attention to a new case then her she begins to feel her fist drawn to his face.
Niamh
I am submitting my character again.
Because I can.
And if I don't win.....
WELL I BETTER WIN THIS GODAMN COMPETITION!!!!
Ahem *I'm not crazy....I hope*
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name (taken name, obviously): Victi Timorous (in Latin Victi means overcome, yes I used Google translate)
Powers: Adept, to cause illusions of peoples greatest fears by accident; she has no control over her power. To use her power she has to touch someone, but her power is always popping up when least welcome and vanishing when she needs it most.
Age: 15
Personality: Shy and timid, VERY hard to gain her trust, easily surprised or intimidated, patient…to a limit, quiet, dreams of bravery and adventure and hopes to overcome her shyness, kind, forgiving, often blames things on herself, lonely, rare to see laughing or smiling, is quick to give up without even trying, is good at hiding her feelings.
Appearance: Short and skinny, Victi Timorous is childlike in appearance. She has long, straight hair black in colour. She often uses her hair to hide her face behind. When she is nervous or embarrassed she runs her fingers through her hair. She has purple eyes, and when she shows them to you it is a sign of her beginning to trust you. Once she trusts you fully she ties her hair back when she’s around you, so you can see her face.
Backstory: Victi Once belonged to a family but when she was five her strange powers surfaced and when she touched her parents it caused an illusion. Soon the sanctuary got involved and even though they modified her families’ memories they soon discovered Victi couldn’t control her powers. She lived in the Sanctuary ever since then. Few people know her because she is rarely seen outside. She tries to help with interrogations sometimes but her powers don’t always work, so she is only called in as a last resort.
Oh...I forgot to mention I'm australian....I would've thought that'd be obvious though but whateva..
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this characte and adapt it to his brain explodingly brilliant work.
Helix Tye
Dark skinned, brown eyes, stubbly hair, tall and broad, well muscled, adept magic is super strength- like Bliss, wears a checked shirt, black jeans, and red sneakers. (or running shoes) Likes to run, swim, hike, and travel. Has a long dagger for battle.
I am submitting my character again.
Because I can.
And if I don't win.....
WELL I BETTER WIN THIS GODAMN COMPETITION!!!!
Ahem *I'm not crazy....I hope*
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name (taken name, obviously): Victi Timorous (in Latin Victi means overcome, yes I used Google translate)
Powers: Adept, to cause illusions of peoples greatest fears by accident; she has no control over her power. To use her power she has to touch someone, but her power is always popping up when least welcome and vanishing when she needs it most.
Age: 15
Personality: Shy and timid, VERY hard to gain her trust, easily surprised or intimidated, patient…to a limit, quiet, dreams of bravery and adventure and hopes to overcome her shyness, kind, forgiving, often blames things on herself, lonely, rare to see laughing or smiling, is quick to give up without even trying, is good at hiding her feelings.
Appearance: Short and skinny, Victi Timorous is childlike in appearance. She has long, straight hair black in colour. She often uses her hair to hide her face behind. When she is nervous or embarrassed she runs her fingers through her hair. She has purple eyes, and when she shows them to you it is a sign of her beginning to trust you. Once she trusts you fully she ties her hair back when she’s around you, so you can see her face.
Backstory: Victi Once belonged to a family but when she was five her strange powers surfaced and when she touched her parents it caused an illusion. Soon the sanctuary got involved and even though they modified her families’ memories they soon discovered Victi couldn’t control her powers. She lived in the Sanctuary ever since then. Few people know her because she is rarely seen outside. She tries to help with interrogations sometimes but her powers don’t always work, so she is only called in as a last resort.
I am spamming now. Because I can.
I am submitting my character again.
Because I can.
And if I don't win.....
WELL I BETTER WIN THIS GODAMN COMPETITION!!!!
Ahem *I'm not crazy....I hope*
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name (taken name, obviously): Victi Timorous (in Latin Victi means overcome, yes I used Google translate)
Powers: Adept, to cause illusions of peoples greatest fears by accident; she has no control over her power. To use her power she has to touch someone, but her power is always popping up when least welcome and vanishing when she needs it most.
Age: 15
Personality: Shy and timid, VERY hard to gain her trust, easily surprised or intimidated, patient…to a limit, quiet, dreams of bravery and adventure and hopes to overcome her shyness, kind, forgiving, often blames things on herself, lonely, rare to see laughing or smiling, is quick to give up without even trying, is good at hiding her feelings.
Appearance: Short and skinny, Victi Timorous is childlike in appearance. She has long, straight hair black in colour. She often uses her hair to hide her face behind. When she is nervous or embarrassed she runs her fingers through her hair. She has purple eyes, and when she shows them to you it is a sign of her beginning to trust you. Once she trusts you fully she ties her hair back when she’s around you, so you can see her face.
Backstory: Victi Once belonged to a family but when she was five her strange powers surfaced and when she touched her parents it caused an illusion. Soon the sanctuary got involved and even though they modified her families’ memories they soon discovered Victi couldn’t control her powers. She lived in the Sanctuary ever since then. Few people know her because she is rarely seen outside. She tries to help with interrogations sometimes but her powers don’t always work, so she is only called in as a last resort.
MORE SPAM NYE HEH HEHE HEHEHEHEHEh
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work :) (Sorry it's WAY long and in two parts. The character got away from me)
The man was tea-kettle shaped, to say the least. Squat and round with a thatch of oily black hair that seemed beaten back by shiny bald patches. He was middle aged and seemed inconspicuous enough in his stained blue jeans, singlet and leather coat. It was the way he ate that was making Andrew stare. There were a few meat pies on the bench beside him, and a pile of empty wrappers littering the grass. He would take a pie out of its plastic, heft it to his tiny mouth, and then it would vanish. Andrew could not fathom how the man achieved this feat. He glanced down at Diesel who had finally finished doing his business on the dark, wet grass of the park.
“Are we going now?” he asked the dog. Diesel looked up and wagged his tail.
“Come on then,” said Andrew, giving the lead a tug. He took a few steps along the path and glanced back up at the man. He had another pie in his hands, but he was now gazing at Andrew, who stopped abruptly. He gave a small smile.
“G’day,” he said. Andrew frowned. The stranger’s smile lengthened.
“Get a lot of those looks when I open me mouth,” he said with a thick drawl. Andrew noticed that he barely opened his mouth to speak.
“Are you Australian?” he asked, then regretted it, feeling a bit rude. The stranger seemed as though he was trying not to smile now.
“Yep. Fair dinkum Aussie,” he replied. Andrew smiled uncertainly, not sure how to reply. The man sighed, looking back at his pie.
“Ah. You don’t get many of these around here. You can get ‘em in wheelbarrows where I come from, so when I found these, I took the whole lot. Nothing like a good taste of home to settle your belly. They need a bit of sauce though. You ain’t got any dead horse on ya’ mate?”
Andrew stared at him open mouthed. The man slapped his thigh and tried not to laugh.
“Dead horse. Slang for red sauce. Y’know, tomato sauce? Ket-chup if you’re a yank.”
Andrew finally got the message and smiled shakily. “Sorry. I have no sauce,” he said. “But I think you can get it in little sachets from the cafe up the street.”
“Oh really? That’s nifty. Thanks mate. Oh, where’re me manners? The name’s Ball. Marrow Ball.”
“Andrew. I’m Andrew Dayton,” he replied, mulling over what an odd name the stranger possessed.
“Nice to meet ya’ Andrew. Now you best get on your way, I think your mutt’s getting a bit uppity,” said Marrow. Andrew, ever the comedian as his wife described him, tried to make a joke of the situation.
“Maybe he likes you Mr. Ball. He certainly loves chasing them around the yard at home.”
Marrow slapped his knees again and began laughing fit to burst. Andrew smiled weakly. It hadn’t been that good a joke. His smile withered even more as Marrow sat back up, grinning widely now.
“Oh dear,” he said, looking at Andrew’s pale face. “I seem to have opened me mouth again. I always do get the strangest of looks when I do that.” He smiled even wider, revealing rows upon rows of sharp, serrated shark teeth. Marrow opened his great maw and swallowed his last pie. Andrew began backing slowly away. Diesel was whimpering now. Marrow was watching them with dark, gleaming eyes.
“Sorry fellas. Can’t let you go blabbing my little secret now,” he said, teeth clicking.
Andrew didn’t care what the little shark man said, he was getting out of there. He turned and ran. Marrow growled and leapt after them. Andrew heard a ripping, roaring sound behind him as he ran, Diesel skittering along beside him. He glanced back to see what he could only describe as a whirling tornado of teeth, bearing down on him.
The police chief stepped under the security tape, brushing the rain off his jacket.
“Another one?” he asked the detective, who was already there, looking bleary eyed and holding a steaming cup of coffee.
“Yes.” He said simply, stepping around the police vehicles that blocked the view from the public. The chief followed and recoiled at the sight.
“A body. Well, two bodies, but only one human, completely stripped of flesh, surrounded by what we can only describe as localised tornado damage.”
Andrew’s remains were lying on the ground and had been picked almost, while most of Diesel’s skeleton hung from it’s leash which had been caught around a tree branch. The sight was grisly.
“What the hell are we dealing with detective?” asked the chief, glancing up just in time to see a dark-haired girl and a tall man in an overcoat, hat and glasses slide into a huge black car.
And I am a shrub!! You can have me! :D
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
I'm going to get straight to the point with my character.
Her name (Just a quick note, I'm sure that through your infinite wisdom, Golden God, that you have deduced already that I am an Australian, as is my character, from my use of the word "Her", so I'll end this with a "G'day Derek" and get back to my entry,) is Emalee Belkind. She appears, and acts, to be in her early twenties but is in reality closer to 57, she describes her hair colour sometimes as a light brown or sometimes as a dark blonde, her eyes are a stunning blue and she wears clothes with plenty of pockets for concealment of gadgets and a satchel that holds her phone and weapon (I'll get back to that later). Although presented with both elemental and adept she eventually chose to use an adept discipline that allows her to influence, and most importantly, understand technology, from an iPhone to a wagon-wheel she can figure out how to use it to her advantage.
She is the type of person who will rather capture her enemies than kill them, she is a joker and gets along well with just about everyone but when faced with a task she will become incredibly focused until the job is done (even if it requires a little rule "bending") speaking of rules, she has respect for the Sanctuary's laws, she just believes her rules are better.
Emalee loves gadgets; she uses them and invents them quite often. One of her favourite gadgets is her security drones which she has used in her workshop located underneath the local toy-store, she created the drones using her adept discipline in the form of cute, cuddly teddy bears (with kung-fu grips).
She has some experience in hand-to-hand combat but is far from perfect although being in excellent physical condition and a parqor enthusiest. she thinks that if the hero was unbeatable at fighting then things would just be boring and over too quickly. Although she sometimes fakes tears to distract enemies to get the jump on them she can take a punch and can dish 'em out as well.
Her weapon (see, promised I'd get to it!) is kept at the ready in her satchel along with its attachments. She made it out of a modified toy dart gun (A NERF maverick to be precise) to fire tranquilizer darts at high velocity and to be compatible with a grappling hook attachment.
She will often talk to herself when inventing often about the universe or something totaly random like the meaning of the colour teal. Even when in a scuffle she will often try to start conversations with her oponents.
Her main inspiration for heroism is her older brother who was viewed as a hero and was in Ireland at the time of Serpine's attack on the Irish Sanctuary. Emalee feels that her brother was robbed of the life he could have lived and has taken it on as her responsibility to live up to his name.
Right, now that I've finished my character bio I must admit that I promised I'd be straight to the point with Emalee's description, and I was... it just took me seven paragraphs to do it.
Oops! Sorry, I forgot to describe Alice Vary's physical appearance. She is of average height, with long slightly wavy brunette hair that comes to about halfway down her back. She is also thin with bluey-greeny eyes and a soft and pale complexion. She is also very stubborn and willful, and she hates people who are arrogant, disdainful, patronising or condescending.
Oh Golden God, also occasionaly known as Derek! I attempted to post a scene featuring my character Emalee Belkind but it wouldn't fit in the comment section (bugger), so here's a link: http://mightwork15.blogspot.com/2011/12/character-scene.html
Also after reading your post about toys I thought youd enjoy these!
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/287705
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/287706
Have an absolutley smashing day!
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name: Silver "Sylvie" Filigree
Her real name shall remain unknown, although you can go ahead and make one up for her if you want. She is arrogant, stuck up and always looking down on people, very perceptive, and always pointing out people's flaws, but she knows when to stop before things get too out of hand. She's mischievous and seems a bit shady, but she would NEVER stab a person in the back. She holds honour high and refuses to stoop to underhanded methods. So yes, she is fiercely loyal.
She is very proud, stresses elegance and composure at all times and hates self-pity and her own weakness.
She has a love of jewellery, and can always be seen wearing an assortment of bangles, necklaces and earrings, but her most prized possession is a large, wire-wrapped sapphire pendant, which she always keeps somewhere on her.
In regards to her power: She is an adept who specialises in using crystals/gems in the same way that symbols are used. The strength of the crystal directly correlates to how much power she can draw from it (e.g. Diamond is strongest, while quartz is one of the weakest) If she tries to draw too much power from a crystal it will shatter, the magic will kind of explode and she'll end up harming herself. Once a crystal is out of power it loses it's shine and starts cracking.
Dear Mr Landy, you have every right to take this character and do whatsoever you wish with her (coming from Australia, if you haven't realised). I wasn't very sure how much info you wanted here, so if there's too much or too little, well, you're free to go crazy with whatever you've got and I'll understand if you don't choose my character.
As for shrubbery... Wiki says pomegranate trees are shrubs and I have one in my backyard, but here's the Wiki link anyway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate
Hi I'm Sooooooo bored! MY MUM READ MY BE AN AUTHOR,!
Still writing the story I'm gonna put it on my blog when it's finished
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
my characters name is spectre damned. he is nineteen years old from london and is a trainee for the order of necromancers and currently lives in haggard alone and drives a black mustang. his necromancer item ( cause i realized they all had one!!!) is a black armoured leather vambrace that can manipulate darkness and death and stuff. he wears black skinny jeans, black combat boots, a red and black striped v neck and to top it off is a black leather jacket. he has dark eyes and black hair. he has olive skin and has a distinctive set of scars that runs up his right arm which is his vambrace arm. he is a black belt in 12 different martial arts. his dad was a golden glove championship winner. he knows 68 ways to break someones neck. his given name was jason smokesin
ps im from nz and my name is izaak glynn and i love ur books so much and u r my fav author ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am submitting my character again.
Because I can.
And if I don't win.....
WELL I BETTER WIN THIS GODAMN COMPETITION!!!!
Ahem *I'm not crazy....I hope*
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Name (taken name, obviously): Victi Timorous (in Latin Victi means overcome, yes I used Google translate)
Powers: Adept, to cause illusions of peoples greatest fears by accident; she has no control over her power. To use her power she has to touch someone, but her power is always popping up when least welcome and vanishing when she needs it most.
Age: 15
Personality: Shy and timid, VERY hard to gain her trust, easily surprised or intimidated, patient…to a limit, quiet, dreams of bravery and adventure and hopes to overcome her shyness, kind, forgiving, often blames things on herself, lonely, rare to see laughing or smiling, is quick to give up without even trying, is good at hiding her feelings.
Appearance: Short and skinny, Victi Timorous is childlike in appearance. She has long, straight hair black in colour. She often uses her hair to hide her face behind. When she is nervous or embarrassed she runs her fingers through her hair. She has purple eyes, and when she shows them to you it is a sign of her beginning to trust you. Once she trusts you fully she ties her hair back when she’s around you, so you can see her face.
Backstory: Victi Once belonged to a family but when she was five her strange powers surfaced and when she touched her parents it caused an illusion. Soon the sanctuary got involved and even though they modified her families’ memories they soon discovered Victi couldn’t control her powers. She lived in the Sanctuary ever since then. Few people know her because she is rarely seen outside. She tries to help with interrogations sometimes but her powers don’t always work, so she is only called in as a last resort.
I have no idea how submitting my entry heaps of times will help me win......
Tell me about it Isobel.
"I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work"
I'm from Australia
-Jennifer Miscreant
-Adept
-She can change her appearance by will, making her a useful person to have on a team (whether she is good or bad is not known). She plays both teams and her exact motives are not clear. She must have seen the person or a photo of them to change into them. Jennifer is quite tough and does not care about other people's well being. Along with her power, she has quite a criminal record...
And here is the shrubbery... http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=shrubbery&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=599&tbm=isch&tbnid=DgDgw91GMEoCzM:&imgrefurl=http://domo--kun.deviantart.com/art/A-Shrubbery-17885630&docid=OVav3YxFVVpOlM&imgurl=http://th00.deviantart.net/fs5/PRE/i/2005/122/2/8/A_Shrubbery_by_Domo__Kun.jpg&w=774&h=1032&ei=fdTvTvjbL-2uiQfr5q2LBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=572&vpy=226&dur=79&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=125&ty=250&sig=116341754576860928768&page=2&tbnh=115&tbnw=86&start=20&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:20
Quite a long link no?
"I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work."
Butch (cant think of a last name)
She is the only one that can use the Earth power beyond turning into a statue. She can do things such as cause tremors, Mould rocks and has complete control over the statue thing which gives her more strength and makes her difficult to kill. Drawback to this is however that because she has spent so much time mastering the Earth aspect she has forgotten how to use the other elements.
Her personality is manly Kind of like Mother in matthew reilly books (without the swearing) and her physique is that of a body builder.
hi i'm just getting used to the blog. well the writing book anyway. does anyone like xzenya or Lois. if derek doesnt use them i will.
P.S 2 question my holy golden god, Derek Landy.
when are you coming to australia? why do you want a shrubbery?
This is my story (so far) for my character Caitlin Heath
The mans hair stood on edge as he slumped back in the chair. He had given up struggling a long time ago but he hadn’t given in yet. The mans name was Francis Grind, a criminal notorious for his assassin abilities. He was nicknamed the cat killer, for his nimbleness, his strength and his sheer brutalness. And yet the cat killer was at the mercy of someone else.
Her name was Caitlin Heath, number one interrogator in the magical world. She had already been working on Francis for an hour and he hadn’t let anything slip. Her assistant, a measly, weedy man called Noah Beaver suggested that she should call in Scrutinous. She slapped him and he cried.
After Noah left the room, tears running down his cheeks and sniffling Caitlin put her knifes down.
“Ah” she said not looking directly at Francis “The Cat Killer. I’ve heard a lot about you, things you’ve done, people you’ve killed and I bet you’ve heard a lot about me, haven’t you”
“You call me” said francis bitterly in a thick russian accent “the criminal, but it is you! If you weren’t working for these sanctuary, you’d be in my chair right now!” Francis spoke these insults and threats in broken english but Caitlin didn’t care what he said or how he said it.
“Yes Dear” Caitlin said sweetly “But I do work for the sanctuary so I get to be the interrogator. Speaking of interrogating we better get started shouldn’t we my little Cat Killer.” Francis tried to spit on Caitlin but she dodged the saliva. “Now thats not very nice, is it Francis. If you were anyone else you would be begging on your hands and knees for forgiveness, but your a tough cookie aren’t you?”
“Release me you ignorant woman! When I get free, and yes I’ll get free, i’ll track you down and I’ll do this too you. Your screams will echo through the halls of your own house and your walls will be painted with blood!”
“Oh I don’t fancy that indeed” Caitlin said “Well thats all for the future me to enjoy but my job right now is to find out the information you know. So what do you know that could aid us in our investigation of Massacre Blue?”
“I haven’t heard of him”
“He’s your father”
“I might have heard rumours”
“Like?”
“Why would i tell you! You filthy, dirty...” “Go on?”
“Sanctuary Agent!”
“So your not telling”
“Not till I hit the grave”
“Well then this is when the fun begins” Caitlin held both her hands outwards towards Francis. With one hand she pushed upwards and the chair rose of the ground.
“I hate you” said Francis as Caitlin flexed her other hand. The air went away from Francis’ head. Francis tried to take a breath but couldn’t draw any air in. He tried to shout but couldn’t. Caitlin held this for one minute before releasing.
The chair hit the ground and fell on its side and Caitlin threw it into the wall with the air. Francis grunted and using the air Caitlin pulled it back upright.
“Still not telling?” Caitlin asked Francis “If so let the torture commence”
“Try me” snapped Francis. Blood was running down his forehead from when he had hit the wall. Caitlin clenched her hand and Francis’ whole body went stiff. The drop of blood on his forehead froze like the water in Francis’ body. Caitlin unclenched her fist and Francis unfroze.
“Where is he!” Caitlin shouted. Francis started looking afraid, he knew that she wouldn’t stop until she found out the information she wanted. “Every assassin is secretly a coward” He thought “Why would they risk there life for someone that had hired them. To be fair in this case the employer was his dad but his dad had abandoned him. There was no connection, there was no point keeping up this torture”
“Fine” Francis sighed “He’s in Russia”
“We know that but where be specific!” Caitlin yelled
“Moscow, Don’t know the address but we met in a bar”
“Whats the bar name and address”
“Don’t know the address but I’m pretty sure it was called the Snuggly Puppy”
“Seriously?” Francis didn’t reply. Two cleavers entered the room and unbound him as Caitlin got out her phone. The cleavers and francis left the room as Caitlin finished dialing the number.
“Hello” She said “Is this Skulduggery Pleasant?”
Russia...
Awesome.
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work. Now that thats over. I made a character on a roleplay forum so I will be using that bio I already made By The way, I am an aussie and my character is a chick
- Taken Name: Willow Crow
- Pronunciation of the Name: Will-o Cr-o
- Given Name: Danni Reed
- Pronunciation of the Name: Dan-e Read
- Character Job: She works in a clock shop in Ireland.
- Character Personality: Tries to not talk to most, is very good at pretending to be happy, she hates small talk or talking in general, Smart, has a sense of humour at times
- Character Likes: The dark, cold, rain.
- Character Dislikes: Sunlight, colours (Except Red and black)
- Mental Traits: Is observant, and can use that against people. She has Insomnia
- Race and Nationality: White, Australian
- Allegiance: Neutral
- Reasons for Allegiance: N/A
- Allies: People who are not trying to kill me
- Enemies: Only people who try to kill me.
- True Age: 90
- Appearance Age: 16-19, no one can tell because of my height
- Character Birthday: 14/11
- Character Skin Colour/Ethnicity: Very pale, She is pale because she does not spend much time in sunlight, This is because of her eyes, if to much light gets to her eyes it burns them, Atheist
- Character Height: 6' 2"
- Character Hair Colour: Charcoal Black with crimson red highlights through it.
- Character Hair Length/ Style: In a ponytail with some left out to form a fringe that covers the left side of her face (her left) .
- Character Eye Colour: Full black, no white, no pupil, no iris, just all black (it was a birth defect).
- Character Description: Very skinny, very pale, Freakishly long arms and legs, The arms reach passed her knees and her legs are nearly half her height, average bust.
- Character Attire: Big black doc martin's, ripped jeans, a black corrset like top, big black over coat, Black fingerless gloves and snake bite piercings
- Large Equipment: None, that kinda stuff slows her down.
- Small Equipment: A Swiss Army knife.
- Pocket Items: A small notebook filled with sketches
- Ammunition: N/A
- Weaponry: 2 black handled daggers
- Magical Equipment/Artifacts: --
- Other: An Pre-owned black 1967 Chevy Impala
- Magic: Shape-shifter
- Specialization: Shapeshiftering
- Ability Specific Info: She can only form very small parts of an animal, like claws or if she is lucky maybe a snout of a wolf but only if I am strong enough
- Signature Ability: Forming large claws on her hands
- Strengths: she can better fight her foes
- Weaknesses: But she needs to be calm to do it and if she is very angry it can happen, if she morphs any part of her face or a major part of her body she gets a splitting headache
- Training: N/A
- Fitting In: she has to wear sunglasses to hide her eyes.
- Major Goal: To find out who her parents were, why they abandoned her and if they are sill alive.
- Minor Goals: None at the moment.
- Reasoning behind goal: Because she wants to know more about her past .
- Motivation: To know who her parents are/were.
Yes I know there is no Shape Shifting, or it may of appeared in DB, so if you wish you may change this as you wish, I really hope you choose my character. Have a merry Christmas
Hayley Skirmish
Appearance- 17, Athletic build, Taller than average. Wears a leather jacket at all times. Blue eyes. Her hair is brown with blondes streaks. Has perfectly white teeth. Wears scuffed jeans. Never wears shoes.
Magic- The ability to run up walls and and upside down. She can also flip with ease. Basically her magic is and combination of Tanith's and Springheeled Jack's.
Personality- Has very strong opinions, and you can't change what she believes in. Always says what she thinks, regardless of how other will respond. She is Australian and has an Aussie accent. She is good, but is involved in a feud against the Aussie Sanctuary, because she's a bit like a modern Robin Hood.
STORY COMING SOON!
1st!
I DEDICATE THIS PAGE TO ME KEEPING MY PROMISE ON THE LAST PAGE!!!!
And that I can do this again!
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Sparky Braginski!
Magic- Sparky can make electricity stream out of her fingers, she can make it crackle around her hands so that when she punches someone they get electrocuted, if she claps a powerful shockwave throws everything in every direction off their feet but often hurts Sparky more than the enemy, can make fireworks to distract the dumber opponents such as zombies, can make electricity run through her bloodstream making her run faster, when she is aggravated in a large crowd of people she can punch the ground sending a ripple of energy in every direction sending everyone except Sparky herself flying off their feet, if she splays her hands a weak wave of electricity can jumble brainwaves and send people into confusion she loves doing this in crowded shopping centres during Christmas season for some unknown reason, and the ability to manipulate people.
Appearance- Same 3/4 length jacket as Val's first one, cargo pants, t-shirt colours always red or green or black. Long straight brown hair. Freckles. Freakishly pale skin. Short. Hazel eyes.
Background- Has known about herself being magic at a young age, but unable to find anyone else with magic has trained herself. Was always interested in electricity, thus using that interest to her advantage and very recently (with Fletcher Renn's help) gotten into LOTS of trouble. Entailing, she's been kidnapped four times. Even though she is VERY Australian, she has a Russian/Irish accent with hints of English and Welsh.
Behaviour- Gets angry easily, but takes a lot to make her show it. She is normally good-natured, but can fly into a rage at a moments notice if you aren't paying attention. Often has excellent ideas. Never gives in ever. Will always bring something up at the worst times.
Wears a belt, with Makhaira hanging quite obviously from her waist.
Sparky is thirteen, as mentioned in the story. That is all.
Also Sparky has...
Well, y'know FEARS...
Deathly afraid of spiders and *hides head in shame* being *mumbles something*
Everyone else: What?
Being tickled, okay? It renders Sparky completely useless and that scares her more than anything else in the world. Really.
*runs into near by nursery and takes as many shrubs as possible*
Shop Owner: You can't take those.
Sparky: Oh uh... *looks into shop owners eyes* You are letting me take these so that I can give them to the worlds most honourable cause. Making Derek-The-Golden-God-Landy love me and use Sparky(ME!) as a character.
S.O: KK.
When wet Sparky has a tendency to shock herself out of lack of control. When she is wet she can't touch anything because she shocks it by accident, and turning any electrical appliance on while she is wet makes all the plugs/power points in the room blow up. Sparky swears only when she does something incredibly stupid. Sparky always has her hair tied up. It varies as to how, but her hair is ALWAYS tied up. She has uncannily good balance naturally. Another thing is that Sparky is always twitching or fiddling with something. Speaking of explosions, Sparky makes pebbles explode when she's bored. I also keep forgetting about this crucial part of my appearance. Sparky is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. Always. It changes colours, styles and patterns, but she is ALWAYS wearing a scarf. She wears one to bed, to meals, to the theatre. She never takes them off.
Catchphrase: 'I'm ready. Are you?' (with sly grin)
I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full rights to take this character and adapt it into his brain-explodingly brilliant work.
Hayley Skirmish
Appearance- 17, Athletic build, Taller than average. Wears a leather jacket at all times. Blue eyes. Her hair is brown with blondes streaks. Has perfectly white teeth. Wears scuffed jeans. Never wears shoes.
Magic- The ability to run up walls and and upside down. She can also flip with ease. Basically her magic is and combination of Tanith's and Springheeled Jack's.
Personality- Has very strong opinions, and you can't change what she believes in. Always says what she thinks, regardless of how other will respond. She is Australian and has an Aussie accent. She is good, but is involved in a feud against the Aussie Sanctuary, because she's a bit like a modern Robin Hood.
Sparky PLEASE POST THE STORY SOON!
I haven't WRITTEN it yet!
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