Post by Ethan O'Conner on Nov 18, 2011 12:50:47 GMT -5
Druid
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Name: Ethan O’Conner
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Age: 48
Apparent Age: 30
Birthday: July 29th
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Status: Civilian
Played by: Ewan Mcgregor
[Species]
Species Description:
A druid is a species that worships the Earth and the Moon as deities and in return is given power from them. Druids look like they are humans with no real physical marking that they are different then humans however when they use their powers their eyes flash a different color. Druid’s eyes flash gold, blue or green when their powers are activated. To be a Druid one must either be born to Druid parents or must be a reincarnated Druid Soul from a previous life. When a Druid is reincarnated a Druid can be born to either Druids or humans but no other species can a Druid be born from. Once a Druid is born they are gifted with several unique abilities that all Druids are gifted with. However other then what they are given Druids can learn different magic, mostly dealing with natural, weather and elemental manipulation. The magic of the druids comes from manipulating the living energy of earth and potions using both the natural world and supernatural world for ingredients.
The culture of the Druids is a peaceful one. They believe that fighting is the last thing they should do and only in defense of oneself or those in need. They have lived their life in hiding always afraid of what humans would do to them however Druids have a history of helping people who need it, be it farmers with a crop, curing an illness or really just trying to help solve any problem that they might come across. Most people know the Druids from Stonehenge but that was only one of many groups of Druids from across Earth. Now a day most Druids live in communities of Druids but for safety reasons because Druids don’t discriminate against any race, religion or gender usually. However they do discriminate against any undead as they feel that it goes against Mother Nature and is a crime against nature itself. Druids also are creatures of rituals; from these rituals they get their powers. For their inherited powers to be reenergized a Druid must not wear anything on his feet, put them in the dirt and gaze up at a full moon. In this moment a Druid is engulfed in a beam of energy that shoots from the Druid and connects to the moon and earth and in this moment where everything is connected the Druid is returned to his full power Only Druids, animals and those beings connected to nature can see these beams of energy. The older a Druid gets the more the Druid must do this ritual. However other then this basic ritual there are many more that give Druids magic powers such as weather, nature or elemental manipulation. This takes a lot of concentration and experience to actually do so most Druids don’t learn the ancient magic of the Druids.
Now all Druids are gifted with several powers that each one posses and only grows stronger with time. Their power stems from a field of living energy that surrounds them. The field fills up any small room easily but only really extends roughly ten feet away from a Druid but the more powerful the Druid the more the field grows. Just being around a Druid at that close for a little bit you will start to feel younger, happier, you will also see plants grow faster and most old wounds will start to feel better if not heal right before your eyes. This field of living energy also gives a shield to a Druid from most psychic and magic attacks. Also this field of living energy prevents Vampires or any undead from even touching a Druid as there is so much life energy that is repels any undead beings from touching them. However this field doesn’t stop any physical damage against a Druid such as bullets or melee weapons.
Species Strengths:Species Weaknesses:
- Living Energy Field- A shield of living energy that gives protection to a Druid and Emits a field of living energy that surrounds the Druid and others can feel
- Healing Tears- When a Druid cries his or her tears can heal almost any wound or disaese
- Recantation- When a Druid dies their soul is sent into the earth until they are reborn with the same soul but a different mind.
- Long Life- Druids live for a long time and usually age one year for every five years that pass
- Nature empathy- Druids can sense and feel both animals and plants.
- Increased Cerebral Activity- Over time a Druids IQ raises with each ritual that a Druid performs. Not only though does the intelligence increase but a druid can think 5 seconds for every one second that passes)
- Calm and Peaceful People- Druids never want to start fights but they have been known to break them up if the fight isn’t fair.
- Magic- Druids can learn ancient Druid magic that either manipulates nature, weather or an element.
- Always willing to help someone so can easily be tricked
- Depends on rituals to restore powers
- If hands or voice are hindered then their magic won’t work
- Physical Damage
- Hated by the Undead
Height: 6’0
Body type: Athletic Tone
Weight: 165 lbs
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Piercings and/or tattoos: None, his body is his temple
Ethnicity: Irish and Norwegian
Overall Appearance: Ethan is an Irish heart throb standing at 6’0 and weighting in at 165 lbs. He has short brown hair, usually buzzed as he enjoys short hair rather than long hair and hates the feeling of hair on his ears. He has blue eyes that he has been told look like the ocean at night with the reflection of the moon. He doesn’t really hit the gym so he isn’t ripped but he usually runs so he is very cardio in shape and this gives him an athletic tone to his body.
Now for Ethan’s wardrobe he thinks practical and efficient clothing. That being said he likes to wear jeans, tee shirts, sweat shirts, fleeces, and other common clothes that are practical. However at night time Ethan really does enjoy wearing a suit, actually he really loves wearing them. He loves the feel of silk and when it comes to clothes he doesn’t usually care about the price. He loves getting dolled up usually wearing expensive watches, suits and anything he can get his hands on.
[Personality]
Likes:
- King Arthur- Anything dealing with King Arthur but really he really likes Merlin, like really really likes him. Learning about Merlin and the myth of King Arthur was one of his favorite childhood memories.
- Weed- he loves to sell it but not as much as he loves to smoke it
- Books- with his increased cerebral activity his mind hungers for knowledge. On any given day Ethan can sit down and read a good on economics of the mid eighteen hundreds then read a book about current applied sciences and it won’t throw him for a loop at all. Forever he does have a fondness for anything in Gaelic and from Medieval England.
- Werewolves- One of the few creatures of the night that Ethan doesn’t mind. He likes them for they are both love full moons.
- Nature- being truly in tune with nature allows him to love nature even more. Being in the heart of nature is something that Ethan loves. One time his family went to Yellow Stone Park, the family didn’t return for four months.
- Drifting and Speed- Ethan is a speed freak, always trying to push himself to go faster speeds. Ever since he was a kid he has been fascinated with going fast probably because both his mom and dad drove ten miles under the speed limit. However when he got his first car his parents made him take a defensive driving course but the course wasn’t just defensive but also offensive. The instructor used to race rally cars so after the class Ethan asked what he could do. The instructor did a few J turns and drifting moves. As soon as his parents gave him his first car he took it back to the instructor and asked how he could do that. Since that day he has gotten better, much better and enters armature rally races all over the state and have been known to get in a street race or two.
Dislikes:
- Big Oil Companies- well any companies that pollute and abuse the resources of this planet piss Ethan off
- Debbie Downers- anyone who brings the mood down is someone that Ethan doesn’t want to be around
- Vampires- well he represents life and Vampires usually represent death or being undead and Druids look at Vampires in disgust at ruing the natural flow of the planet.
- Abuse of Magic- Being a Mage himself Ethan has seen numerous mages misuse their magic for both professional and personal reasons and then get burnt out. Therefore he hates to see magic abused like that.
- Shitty Weed- Ethan grows some of the finest bud in all of Cabal City so when he sees something that isn’t of his caliber he just laughs at it
Strengths:
- Potion Expert- Trained from a young age by family and his Sect of Druids he has become somewhat of a potent potion master. Most potions he can make though are usually either different remedies or cures for random illnesses or wounds but he has been making a few mind altering substances using his knowledge of science and magic.
- Cannabis Expert- While in college Ethan started learning to both grow and sell weed. To this day he still works as a dealer.
- Speed Freak- Ethan loves to go fast, like really fast. Growing up his parents always drove slowly but his uncle drove fast and had a Porsche and would take Ethan for rides. Since the first time his uncle took him on a ride he has been addicted. To this day Ethan has become a proficient driver and has learned to drift like an expert and has started to compete in local Rally Races.
- Weapons Training- After getting robbed in college Ethan didn’t want to ever feel threatened again. So he started to learn how to shoot a pistol. Since he started to learning he has become really good at shooting a pistol. By no means an expert or a crack shot though.
- Hand to hand combat- By no means a master of hand to hand combat, Ethan has been taking boxing classes for 3 years and has finally become good enough to actually fight someone. However this doesn’t mean that he could take on anyone, far from it but anyone who doesn’t have any form of combat training he could take.
Weaknesses:
- Physical Damage- Even though the moon restores him and even if he does die his soul will be reincarnated doesn’t mean that Ethan likes to get hit or even shot at. Almost any form of physical damage can hurt him just like an average human. Also Ethan currently enjoys his life and doesn’t want to lose it and start over.
- Weed- He smokes a large amount of Cannabis and when he smokes even more it tends to slow down his fast acting brain leading him to slower reaction time and thought process.
- Life Energy- Without life energy to sustain him he will slowly start to fade. Being younger it takes more time then when he gets older to rely on life energy to restore him. All that has to be done is to put him in a pair of shoes and put him in a room with no windows during a full moon and you will start to starve him of life energy slowly.
- Woman- Even though he is a Druid he is still a man so when a pretty girl flashes a smile well he is almost completely under their control.
- Binding his hands or voice- By binding either his hands or voice Ethan cannot call upon his learned Druid magic resulting in him not able to form mini storm clouds and tornadoes
- That Slavery won’t end
- That there won’t be a true peace in his lifetime
- Finding his mother or father a slave.
- Always flicking a lighter
- Smoking weed when he is nervous
- He likes to grind his teeth when he is uncomfortable
Still his being a good guy most likely either comes from his hero complex which stemmed from his good nature and the fact that he is a bit of a nerd and loves reading books about heroes. From these two sources Ethan always knew he wanted to be a guy people could go to for help. He always wanted to be well a hero even if he is a hero in a different way.
Now finally Ethan is a bit of a hot head, well not a hot head as much as an adrenaline junkie. He fiends for action be it sky diving or getting into a fight. He loves the feel of adrenaline pumping through his veins. This is usually referred to as his dark side, not that he turns into another person it’s just that he usually doesn’t think things out like he normally would and goes with his gut. In this state it’s really hard to convince him not to do something and he becomes very stubborn and almost obsessed with the rush.
[History]
Father: Ryan O’Conner; Druid; 120
Mother: Lilly O’Conner; Human; Deceased
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Detailed History: Ethan O’Conner was born a Druid and lived and grew up in New York City. His father, Ryan O’Conner owned a lawn care company but more importantly was a Druid from Ireland who was an old hippie from the 60’s and still grew weed in his basement. His mother, Lilly was just a normal human from the Midwest who fell in love with a Druid and loved him to the day she died. Even before he was born the Druids of Ryan’s sect told him that this son would be Druid from the past whose soul had taken it’s time after its last death to come back to this world and they were excited to greet an old friend.
So Growing up for Ethan was a fun life, well kind of. Both his parents really didn’t apply themselves to being normal people. Ethan’s father was dubbed both the handsome Irishman by the housewives well expect the extreme Christian right housewives who dubbed him the neighborhood hippie. Now this wasn’t so bad for Ethan, his parents were both good parents and did the best they could. However in the real world all the kids assumed Ethan had weed on him and actually got beat up a few times at school by some bullies for it, he never told his parents. On top of that the sect of Druids that Ethan belonged to kept bugging him to start his training. All Ethan wanted was to be a normal kid. Finally after dodging the Druids for his first twelve years of his life he couldn’t anymore and his father took him to his first ritual. They drove out to the woods where they met a large group of druids who were chanting and they stood in a field with their arms raised and shoes off. Ethan was instructed to do the same and did as he thought this was something his hippie father did from the 60’s however when the full moon hits it’s a peak a white energy shot down from the moon and a green energy crept up from the ground. Slowly the lights started to merge as it slowly filtered through Ethan’s entire body. To this day Ethan can’t describe how it felt. However the moment the energies merged for the first time a voice spoke to him inside his head and told him to live life and not just represent it. After the ritual the Druids told Ethan that when the energy merge your last life would send you a message and that it was up to Ethan how he would want to live.
From that day on a lot of things changed for Ethan. For one he actually enjoyed being Druid and secondly he started to actually feel his power. Now he didn’t abuse his power that is something taught to all young druids that your powers are a gift that should be used to benefit everyone and not just yourself, Ethan actually believed that for the first nineteen years of his life. Still his life didn’t shift from being a normal boy to just being a Druid. Nope he still had to a normal boy most of the time. Yet after the ritual he didn’t get beat up anymore. It seemed as if the bullies just couldn’t get angry enough to beat him up for something they knew he didn’t have. He also started to get in tune with nature. He joined the boy scouts, joined nature club at a school and also found he had a natural talent to grow plants. The rest of his days in middle school were a mass of outdoor adventures and Druid training.
In Ethan’s summer before high school he needed cash so he started to do landscaping work in the neighborhood for his dads company, just like his dad he loved it being outdoors and with plants. Ethan’s dad company started to become one of the number one companies especially since Ethan and his father could almost communicate with the grass. Ethan loved his job and loved his life. He had a good paying job and worked with his dad. Then Ethan’s father got a job from an Italian Family, however this Italian Family happened to be part of the mafia. When Ryan found out he wanted to quit but the money was excellent and they always gave big tips. Usually whenever they went to a yard of a mafia member a man would always call Ethan’s father in for a private conference while Ethan and the other workers started their work. Whenever his father would return he would see him shake the hand of the mob boss and hear him say “if you ever change your mind Ryan please let me know”. For the longest time Ethan had no idea what this meant.
However right before Ethan turned sixteen in the summer before his Junior year of high school he went on a job by himself to one of the Mob’s underlings who asked if Ethan could talk to him for a second. Ethan agreed as he knew the man, well kind of. The two went to his office and the man asked where his father was. Ethan explained that something had come up and he was gone for about a month but that Ethan would be able to take care of the yard in his father’s absence. The man smiled and asked him if there was anything he wanted. Ethan just chuckled but said a new car but his job doesn’t pay enough. The mafia member put on a sly smile and started to explain that if he wanted a new car that he could get one if he worked for him. Ethan still didn’t understand what he was saying so the man led Ethan to his grow op. The man explained that he was one of the chief suppliers of weed for the surrounding area but even with all the money he didn’t have the expertise to grow in the quantities needed for his clients. So all Ethan had to do was take care of the plants and that when the harvest is done he would get a brand new car. Ethan wasn’t sure but as he watched the humans work on the grow op he could feel the plants screaming for proper treatment. After feeling the plants he agreed and so Ethan endeavor into the pot industry started.
For the next month Ethan did an amazing job of juggling school, keeping up his dad’s business and finding time to maintain the grow op. When his father returned after a month the harvest was almost done but he started to suspect things but couldn’t prove anything. Finally with the crop harvested Ethan was so proud of himself. A few days after the weed had dried out the man from the mafia called Ethan to his house to talk about the harvest. He wasn’t sure what to expect when he arrived. When Ethan arrived he was brought to the garage of the man. He took out some of the weed and rolled it into a joint. He handed the joint to Ethan and told him to smoke it. Ethan had never smoked before but he felt like he didn’t really have a choice so he did was he was told. On the first hit he just coughed but on the second he started to feel his body tingle and with the third hit he could tell something was altering his mind. The man just smiled and told him that Ethan had done a good job and that if he wanted to continue working at the grow op he could and this time make money but he just wanted to know that Ethan had done good and gave him a roll of hundreds that equaled two thousand dollars. Ethan was blown away; he had never had that much money. The next day Ethan and his father returned to the man’s house for yard work when the two men were called inside the house. The man shook his father’s hand and told him that the yard looked great and for a reward he got Ethan a new brand new Ford Mustang. Ethan was blown away but Ryan thought that this was a little too much and thanked him but said no. The man said No wasn’t an answer he would accept and gave Ethan the car to do whatever he wanted. His father couldn’t really say anything so Ethan kept the car. From that point on Ethan never worked at that house again, well not with his father.
The rest of Ethan’s high school years went by in a blur for him. He worked for a known mobster so no one bothered him. He started selling weed at school and became popular out of nowhere and somehow kept up both his studies at school and with the Druids. Also after getting the Mustang he slowly started to get into underground street races and finally started to enter amateur rally races and various other legitimate racing circles. Needless to say Ethan became a super star at his school as he was a street racer, who dealt weed and worked for an established mobster. Finally when he turned eighteen and graduated from high school he was accepted into Columbia University to get a degree in Horticulture. Pretty much Ethan stayed in New York so he could keep growing weed for the Mafia and to start his college career.
At college things really changed for Ethan. For the first time he was free of his parents. He started having more fun, usually in the form of alcohol, various mind altering drugs and some pretty girls. His freshmen year flew by; looking back Ethan doesn’t even really remember it. In his second year he started to grow less and less for the Mafia as he finally found a challenge, horticulture. He always knew what plants wanted and could feel them but he never understood why the plants wanted what they did. For the first time ever science was more impressive than being a druid. He started to focus and having a normal life since his childhood. After his first semester of his second year at college he stopped growing for the Mafia and started growing a much smaller op for himself. However this led to a problem that occurred his junior year when a couple of butt holes broke into Ethan’s place where they hit him a bat to the head, took his money and his weed. Much to Ethan’s disgrace he went back to the Mafia for help, needless to say the two assholes were never seen again but because of this reason Ethan didn’t have a choice but to start growing for the Mafia again. However ever since that day Ethan took a bat to the head he has taken it very personal. In fact he started taking courses in using a pistol. However members of the Mafia urged him to learn how to fight hand to hand and they introduced him to boxing. So after the attack and robbing his interest went away from girls and drugs to learning how to fight and survive. Still even with his new found training in combat his social life soared at his college as the bad butt gangster weed grower who both fights and drives fast cars. As far as his classmates thought Ethan was a bad butt. Needless to say his senior year was very busy but he managed to get by without failing a single class. Finally after getting his first college degree he continued getting his education with getting a masters degree in botany and finally getting his PhD in Horticulture. Of course he only really got these degrees to further his weed growing operation.
Two years after leaving college he started his own grow op just outside of New York City on some land he had bought. His business was picking up and even sold some of his stuff to the mafia for a constant flow of money. Then it happened Ethan had heard about rumors of supernatural forces getting together but he never actually believed it would happen but in what seemed like a flash of an eye the world changed, he helped those humans he could. He kept them on his land and kept them from being seen. Being a Druid Ethan was given his space by the other supernatural species but after the war ended a group of supernatural creatures came to his home in search of humans. Ethan tried to refuse them but he knew he didn’t have a choice. Once the humans were found in his house the men were killed, the woman and children were taken as slaves. Ethan once again tried to help but was overpowered by the other creatures and knocked out. When he woke his house and crop were on fire and the humans he was helping were dead or gone.
After leaving his home in New York he tried to live with his family again but after the war his family had spread out and he couldn’t locate any of them. He heard rumors of his father and extended family going to a Druid Community. He tried to find but never could so he traveled the world for the first time and this time as an upper class citizen. Even though he hated seeing the humans enslaved he couldn’t help but feel a little happy to be himself for the first time ever. Everywhere he went he was given great treatment as the bond between the races was at an all time high. However as time went on Ethan started to feel the resentment starting to form and knew it was time to settle down. Finally he relocated to Corpus Christi once again finding some land just outside of the city that he turned into a small farm. As the times changed so did Ethan and he adapted to his new clients. He kept growing weed and selling it, it was what he was good at. Still he couldn’t help but feel sad for the humans and other species that were now enslaved. Given any chance Ethan tries to help the slaves be it as small as giving them some food or water or as big as him trying to help them escape. Still though he fears ever being caught and tries to stay under the radar living in to Corpus Christi.
RP Example:
Ethan walked the streets of Corpus Christi, he had come to find the streets calming, even with all the noise and excitement of the city he wasn’t moving around anymore, this was his new home. Now all he had to really worry about was getting hit by a car while he tried to figure where he was going and how this city set up their road system. Still in all his time in Corpus Christi all he could think about were the damn roads and how he didn’t really know where he was going well he did think about all the beautiful woman that he could easily seduce or at least he thought he could. Yet he kept walking and kept waiting. He didn’t know what for but he just kept doing what he always did and waited for something to happen when finally he saw a sight that him smile. He walked, no he skipped up to the building that had caught his eye down the street, it was O’Malley’s Pub.
O’Malley’s Pub was an establishment that Ethan liked to think the most Irish Pub in town and therefore the best bar in town. As he walked in he was greeted by the bar tender with a big smile as he had recognized Ethan from previous experiences and already had a shot of Irish whiskey poured as Ethan sat down at the bar.
“Isn’t it a bit early for a drink O’Conner?” said the bartender with a chuckle as he took out another shot glass and poured himself a shot as well.
“It’s never too early for a drink Patrick” responded Ethan with a bit old smile on his face as an Irish Whisky shot was drunken and the two men cheered.
“So what brings you in today?” asked Patrick
”Just thought it was a good idea” said Ethan with a big smile as he thought back to his days of his family and their Irish heritage his father had pushed on him. With that another person entered the bar and Patrick left Ethan to help the other person. Ethan looked over the person, it was a female, an attractive female, he liked attractive females, if she had even a little bit of intelligence then Ethan was ready for a fun night. So he walked over to the woman and gave a wink to Patrick who left to go to the back of the bar for a few minutes.
”Hello there” said Ethan putting on his swagger“I’m Ethan, Ethan O’Conner and you are” Ethan said putting his hand to shake and just knowing that he was prepared for the worst but hoped for the best, well he always hoped for the best and with a bit of his Irish Luck it usually happened that way.
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