A repertoire of tales
Skills:
Perform 15 (signature skill)
Lore: Eidolons 8
Synthesis: Cooking 8
Mercantile 6
Lore: General/History 4
Awareness 3
Stealth 3
Athletics 3
Abilities:
Darkside (Innate)
Golden Gaze (character bonus - modified)
Night Sword
Heirloom
Shadeblade
Black Sky
Ninjutsu
Illusionist
Bad Blood
Words of Power (Scholar homebrew)
Sin-Eater
The Knife that Severs
Mark of Karma
Limit Abilities:
Dominate (Currently Marked: no one)
Opus
Black Magic
Novice: Twilight, Sleep, Hex, Blind
Intermediate: Melt, Bio, Zombie
Expert: Arise, Sleepaga, Advanced Illusion
Superior: X-Zone, 14
Ancient: 15
Everyone's Grudge
Limit Break
Karma - Attack:Magic (Everyone's Grudge) - 3 Points
Debilitate x2 (Shadow) - 4 Points
Elemental (Shadow) - 1 Point
Revenge (full HP loss damage) - 8 Points
Piercing - 4 Points
Area Effect - 5 Points
Status Effects (Stop, Poison, Blind) - 6 Points
Power Item (Knife and Lantern) - 1 Point Refund
Trance: As yet unnamed
Regain all 1/session and 1/combat abilities
Cured of all status effects
Gain Fastcast
+2 Damage Steps on all attacks
Darkside no longer costs HP
Special: Super Opus
Duration: 3 rounds
Tonberry Queen
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Equipment
R. Hand Weapon: Atropos (Knife): The Steel That Severs Stagnant Stories - Tier 8 Blade, Reliable Strike, Break Damage Limit, Chronopocket, Accurate (+4 to Opposed Rolls), Piercing, Triple Critical, Impact, +5 Cooking, Random Gemini (d6: 1 Arcane, 2 Brawl, 3 Concealed, 4 Huge, 5 Ranged, 6 Reach)
L. Hand Weapon: Clotho (Lantern): The Light That Leads Lustrous Legends - Tier 8 Arcane, Quick Cast, Break Damage Limit, Auto-Haste, Auto-Regen, Sentient (Chocochick perch, also 1/combat shadeblade misses allies), Job Ability (Center Stage), Job Ability (Seal Evil), Auto-Protect, Auto-Life
Armor: Lachesis (Robes): The Fabric that Fortells a Fable's Fate - Tier 8 Heavy Armor, Auto-Shell, Adamantite (resists piercing)
Accessory: Memento of Noah (Tier 8 Add-on, Fear-Proof, Charm-Proof, The Place I'll Return to Someday - Standard Action no MP teleport back to the Stray, Volatilize - cast from HP: 2 HP = 1 MP)
Food:
Current Inventory:
Real Inventory:
- Admiral's Knife (Tier 4, Blade, +2 PWR +2 Negotiation)
- Combat Scissors (Tier 4 Huge. Properties: Heavy Swing, Berserktouch, Special Ability (Paperslayer - Instant KO's any enemy made of paper, even if they would normally be immune to instant death))
- Wristband (Tier 2 Bracers, 1 AVD, SOS-Haste)
- Fancy reading glasses (Tier 2 Accurate: +2 on opposed rolls)
- Storytellers' Voice-Enhancing Herbal Tea (Job Ability: Power Chord) x4
- Hearty Chowder (Food: Earth Strike) x3
- Bottle of Lifestream
- Tonberry Training Knife (Tier 3 Blade, Shadow Enhancer)
- Fancy Chef's Hat (Tier 2 Accessory, +2 Cooking, only wear one at a time)
- Brandy-Covered Holiday Pudding (Shadow-Proof Food) x1
- Pub Style Beef Stew (+4 PWR food) x0
- Echo Screen x4
- Revivify x4
- Spicy Bomb Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (Food: Fire Strike) x2
- Antidote x5
- Stop Heal x4
- Eyedrops x5
- Hi-Potion x6
- Hi-Ether x2
- Potent Carved Bone Charm (Tier 2 Accessory, +2 PWR)
- Valkyrie Shields - Tier 4 Shield (12/12, 2 AVD, Job Ability: Shield Bearer)
- Synth Lens (Tier 2 Accessory, +2 to Synth rolls and Acc, Fragile, can only wear one)
- "Ignis Aurum Probat" - Tier 4 Heavy Armor, Fireproof (35/15)
- Prism Potion (Consumable: +4 to Lore: Eidolons check) x1
- Martyr's Mixture (Consumable: Spellburst Chivalry) x4
- Stormwatchers' Coffee (Tier 4 Food, Water-Proof, Lightning-Proof) x1
- Semi-sweet Angel Food Cake (Holy proof food) x3
- Desert Tears (perform bonus component) x1
- Mandragora Root x1
- Bard's Ale (Tier 4 Food, +4 Perform) x0
- Dancer's Draught (Consumable, +4 Perform) x1
- Vial of Ambrosia Drops x2
- Potion x4
- Espionage Espresso (+4 Stealth consumable) x2
- Curse Powder (curse-touch consumable) x5
- Sprinter's Shake (+4 Athletics consumable) x0
- Perceptive Potion (+4 Awareness consumable) x5
- Phoenix Down x5
- Energy Drink x5 (Spellburst: Sprint, for chocobos)
- shark fin with blood orange salad x1 (+4 pwr, hp drain)
- Eidolon heal x3
- Sashimi Platter (+4 MND Food) x3
- Lewd Brassiere - Tier 2 Accessory (Job Ability: Center Stage) Enchanted to help with mood lighting~
- Dark and Stormy - Wind/Lightning/Water Proof food x2
309325 gil
Key Items:
- Stone of the Corrupt
- Bottle of Cornelian Red circa 332
- Bottle of Spring 1402
- Bottle of Ooh La La
- Formal Wear (evening gown in an earthy brown color accented by hints of green, comes with detached sleeves that end like a robe sleeve. Hem, neck and ends of sleeves have pale sections with a runic looking inscription in darker brown)
- Mist Bottle
- Tantarian Compass
- Ayane's Map - Marked: Gate of Gaia (in a mountainy area between the desert palace and the earth shrine) (There's a red teardrop next to "Gate of Gaia" that reads "get blood"), Iifa Tree, Desert Palace, Earth Shrine, Madain Sari
- Gran Grimoire
- Photo of Maliris and Kraken (?) at a dance
[16:24:13] <Kaingaskhan> It shows small, hooded figures picking away at the earth, walking through tunnels carrying lanterns, riding minecarts, gathering water from underground springs
[16:27:32] <Kaingaskhan> The relief also seems to point towards them kneeling before a ship in the sky with propellers keeping it aloft and a dragon's head cresting its front.
[16:28:05] <Kaingaskhan> The tablet seems to be a lot older than gaian airships though
A note in Ammy's journal speculates on the relationship between these two groups, whether the Tonberries were carried into Gaia by Ark, or Ark played some different savior role for the race. Perhaps Ark was their most powerful Eidolon before the collapse of their civilization, as Alexander was for the Summoner Tribe.
Fluff Inventory:
- Cutting board, small pan, spatula, other various cooking materials
- Book of stories~ (cursed with obfuscation, whitelist: herself, Noah, Nat)
- Booze (Whiskey, Wine from Aitchison cellar)
- Contraceptives
Books:
History book of the events of FFIX
[12:39:17] <Kain_> The trickiest part to any Tantarian hunt, is of course, finding one. And by no means an easy task, for the demon is known to possess almost any sort of tome or literature ranging from grand beastiaries to gentleman's newsletters. The best place to start is to find a library and begin combing. The larger the library, the more time your search will take, but the more likely the tantarian is in
[12:39:17] <Kain_> hiding there. Of note, they tend to frequent magical tomes more than others. While searching tomes, flip to around pages 150-200, as these particular pages are a tantarian's favorite hiding spot.
[12:42:25] <Kain_> You look through the book but find no sign of text indicating the tantarian has been tamed. Most of the documentation details catching one to fill an ink vial with its blood for enchantment purposes, or killing one to exorcise a haunted library, or the like.
A scrap of paper folded in the book holds a few hand-scribbled notes by Ammy. They detail the idea of originating any curse upon the book meant to house the Tantarian on page 169, which is both the square of an unlucky number (13) and a page falling within the range of a Tantarian's preferred living space.
[15:56:30] <Kain> A book of odds and ends that describes how to fashion different arcane objects
[15:56:38] <Kain> and one such instrument is the "Tantarian Compass"
[15:56:44] <Kain> which can be used to locate the closest tantarian
[15:58:21] <Kain> Fashion the bottom of pumice, the needle of a thin sliver of mithril, and the cover of Cleyran glass.
[15:58:31] <Kain> Enchant with the following ritual…
A checklist is used as a bookmark for the page of this particular recipe. So far only the mithril has been checked off.
[16:40:19] <Kaingaskhan> This book was penned specifically by Lord Alwyn and details Ark as a "surviving remnant of another world", a creature of metal that presumably secretly inspired the invention of the airship by Cid VIII. Its presence is less than other eidolons, but indeed an eidolon it is, and has even been documented by the summoner tribe of Madain Sari. It apparently possesses the ability to physically
[16:40:19] <Kaingaskhan> change between a flying ship and a humanoid form capable of incredible destruction, that if left unchecked could create an 'eternal darkness'. Alwyn theorizes that eventually Ark may change, or even lose its form if records from its world are lost, and that its appearance in recent times is an attempt to counteract that.
[16:41:58] <Kaingaskhan> it's mostly been spotted in the western hemisphere of the world, around the southern forgotten continent near Oeilvert and the holy city of Esto Gaza.
Ammy has added her own notes, including a brief descriptor of the draconic visage on the front of the ship form and its shadow element alignment. There's also the transcribed quote: "ARK embodies Terra's hopes and dreams, as we migrate from crystal to crystal, so shall it, carrying us, sheltering us."
Beneath that there is a brief morphological bit on dragons, as well as a brief description of Bahamut's transformation from beast to fish to dragon over time.
The morphological notes on dragons are accompanied by a set of etymological notes detailing how and why the insect "dragonfly" got its name.
Underneath the note on its spottings: "Why not Mt. Gulug and Ipsen's Castle too? Perhaps there have simply been fewer near those areas to observe it."
There is a set of notes on the rites and ceremonies used in christening ships, in particular the practice of spilling wine over the bow or deck. "Collect a goblet from Mt. Gulug" is scribbed in the margins here.
There's also a little diagram upon which is marked "blood of kin" in a circle with an arrow pointed to "egg of tales", and then a similar set of circles, though the arrow has question marks over it, and the first circle says "blood of an associated legend" instead of "blood of kin".
"If the records of current Ark fade away, will it not be forced to find a new vessel? Or if it is compelled to a vessel that better suits its origin story."
Another set of diagrams in circles: "Hopes and dreams of Terra" —> "Genomes and soul transfer?"
"Hopes and dreams of Gaia" —> "Eidolons and their birth and rebirth?"
There's a note 'Covenant of the Ark' which has a lot of empty space under it to be filled in. Only "sought by the Returners" is written at the moment.
A scrap of paper or post-it holds the reminder "Speak to Summoner Garnet when time permits."
[15:45:39] <Kain> "Evidence exists on Lost Terra and Elir - more commonly called the Lost Continent and the Forgotten Continent these days by those who don't know better - of a primarily underground civilization of miners that shied away from the light of the sun, living deep within Mt. Gulug and in other rocky regions. Crude drawings have led scholars to estimate that these people were comprised of now-extinct
[15:45:39] <Kain> 'mole-men', but none have been able to explain the odd patterns found in the associated ruins apart from religious quirks. In truth, however, these are not the remains of moles, but of Tonberries, who once practiced the summoning arts much as a certain tribe does today."
[15:58:58] <Kain> If you were curious about Mt. Gulug itself, it's written that the structure is definitely of Terran origin and got fused with a volcanic cavern by accident some thousands of years prior.
[15:59:19] <Kain> The Tonberries apparently migrated there from parts unknown and made it theirs.
Many pages are dog-eared, and there is a scrap of map folded into the tome as a bookmark. Two locations are circled in red, accompanied by a large bold scrawl with several underline marks: "VISIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"
1. "The butcher's knife is to feed our families. The lantern is to remember the dead, and guide their souls. For each action, an equal and opposite reaction occurs - this is not only true for nature, but for society as well. We are what remain of the Tonberries. Dishonor not your ancestors by comitting dark deeds, nor venture forth to help others without self. If you do receive such a kindness, however, repay it in kind. That is our way."
2. "Each Tonberry must come to grips with the primal darkness within. Within each of us there is a monster, waiting to strike at the vulnerable and weary. But within each of us is also an avenger, ready to cry foul at base murder. Remember to rule your darkness, do not let it rule you."
3. The third tablet reads a brief history of their people - a shortened version of their account when their home suddenly merged with a volcano in an unknown world. How many tonberries left, abandoning old traditions, and others left to attempt to spread them, instead. The remaining ones stayed and lived as best they could in the mountain, venturing to the surface very rarely, as they seemed to hate light, but timber was valuable for building new homes without having to carve deeper into the mountains. They did mine as well, extracting new metal from the ground to forge new knives and lanterns, among other things.
4. The fourth tablet is simple a long incantation in a foreign language. It's a powerful Blue Magic called Everyone's Grudge. It's a powerful smite to destroy those with blood on their hands.
Darkside Variants
while some focus on trying to embody darkness entirely, that the dark sword is best accentuated by holding on to some of one's inner light and manipulating that.
those who master this particular brand of dark sword don't injure themselves quite as badly as others.
There's the Betraying Sword, which rips lifeforce out of allies, the Sword of the Beast, which utilizes some strange art that actually transforms them into a different creature altogether, there are some styles that focus on variations of Darkside, like one that comes out in a wave, or poisons the user for a constant boost. And there's a particularly forbidden style that combines the dark sword with the summoning arts, the Way of the Dark Eidolon.
The way of the dark eidolon is forbidden because it unnaturally creates and draws out a tonberry-like 'inner beast' within an eidolon, corrupting them but increasing their power up to tenfold.
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