Post by Nirmata on Nov 7, 2016 22:32:40 GMT -5
Augustin (comprised of August de Luca, Guardian, and Austin Wentworth, human)
Pronouns: they/them (often refers to themself with plural pronouns, but singular nouns)
Aura
Signs: Aquarius/Aquarius/Pisces
Aura: August’s aura is light and soft, spread out over quite a large area (really, its influence reaches nearly an entire room). It smells metallic, but feels soft, except when she’s using her abilities. The center is a darkish mint green, fading into light gold that slowly fades into nothing. When she’s actively using her primary, metal pieces appear and disappear within the aura, near the core. When she uses her secondary, the center glows, becoming very bright. Connection points are spread throughout her skin, though concentrated in her hands and arms. Her blood is gold.
Austin’s aura is purple, scented with perfume, a round metal ball serving as the core. When the two are fused, Austin’s purple tint takes over the edges of the aura, while it moves into transparency, then gold as it nears the core - the metal ball. The entire aura feels hard and metallic.
Origins
Race: Guardian (Fusion)
Age: 5289 (August) | 5296 (Austin)
Backstory: August de Luca had no parents, having been made as the Creator Nirmata's last imago. She was a rush job, left in the care of Ferris Wentworth, a Lunarian blacksmith who'd moved to Akra after being divorced, to live closer to his new sweetheart. Ferris helped teach August how to work with metals, at which she was a natural due to her technopathic ability. Austin was Ferris's oldest son; five years older than August, he loved to pick on her.
August and Austin were only supposed to be a temporary fusion. August was too soft for Austin, and Austin was too uncaring for August, but Austin ended up finding August's powers useful enough, and August enjoyed the power the fusion had. Together, they were nearly unstoppable, and would have made the perfect soldier for the Great War if they'd perfected their technique before it ended. Instead, they made their living as an Aurasmith, improving Mythou for compensation (and sometimes just out of the kindness of August's heart). They never got attached, however, until they met Rascathe.
They Activated Cracus and Rilo, having chosen them in exchange for saving their and their mother's life. Because honestly, why else would you hand over two babies to what's practically a mad scientist?
Their largest and most impressive project, inspired and partially powered by Vashti, was known as the Terranet Towers. It consisted of six towers, powered by the combined auras of Vashti and Augustin, that were able to transmit data through their connections to each other, and also connect to special devices given to the Guardians which Augustin made. The towers' locations were as follows:
- Glendair. This tower is still standing, though it moves around with the rest of the city.
- The Earthsun side of Ryder.
- Halfway between Spring and Coveton.
- In the forest just Starmoon of Cricket Town.
- The Earthsun side of Frost.
- The center of Wrensby.
These towers, combined, covered most of the area of Terra, missing only a few spots - a couple gaps near the Earth side of the Owl Mountains, the Grim Cathedral and the Starside of Moon's Cove, part of Dorwright, the Starmoon edges of Amelia, Aevran and Morning, the Pelican Islands, the edges and island part of the Fishery, the Horn of Earth, and the Odd Isles.
Augustin overextended their powers to complete this project, and had to have Enñe and their youngest son and helper Teras help them to the last couple of towers. The last one - the one in Wrensby - ended up taking too much of Augustin's remaining aura, killing them.
General Strengths/Weaknesses
+ Can remember almost any piece of technology they've sensed or worked on
+ Physically strong
+ Old and experienced
* Visually/tactile minded
- Not so good at remembering much else
Abilities
Innate:
- Augustin can physically feel auras and their points of effect, meaning the parts of someone's body which their powers are linked to. Usually these are their mind and some other part of their body through which those powers manifest: for Viridan, it'd be her voice; for Tindall, her entire body; and for Freisen, his eyes. They usually need to be close enough to touch a person to feel their points of effect, but they can tell apart auras in the same room as them.
Primary:
- Technopathy - ability to innately understand how technology works and how to create devices to accomplish their own ends.
Secondary:
- Aura manipulation - can connect the Aura threads they see into other objects, giving the objects to the control of the person whose aura it is and/or linking said object to their powers. This tires Augustin out, and they will sleep for a while after doing it, depending on the size of the aura and object.
Characteristics
Appearance: Augustin is moderately tall - about 5'7 - and fairly bulky, with slight curves. Their skin is a pale sea green, their eyes a deep blue, and their long hair a pale yellow. Their face is somewhere between strong and round, and their nose is hawkish. They usually wear steampunkish clothing, most commonly rolled-up shirtsleeves under a purple vest, matched with purple pants and sea-green tie, and are never seen without a pair of heavy, metal-soled boots which clank when they walk. Often, especially when working with metal or auras, they also wear a pair of thin metal gloves, which they've modified to contain both of their abilities.
August was shorter and a bit thin, with curly brown hair tied back in a ponytail and mint-green skin. Her eyes were also brown, and she tended to wear casual work clothing.
Austin was tall, with pale skin and long blonde hair, a strong jaw and nose. He preferred to dress well, especially in purple.
Voice: Moon’s Cove accent, androgynous in pitch, smooth and friendly, though proper.
Personality: Augustin is devious and logical. August's empathy is still there, just buried deeply. They're very self-serving, only doing work for what they can get in return, though they can seem kind on the surface.
Pronouns: they/them (often refers to themself with plural pronouns, but singular nouns)
Aura
Signs: Aquarius/Aquarius/Pisces
Aura: August’s aura is light and soft, spread out over quite a large area (really, its influence reaches nearly an entire room). It smells metallic, but feels soft, except when she’s using her abilities. The center is a darkish mint green, fading into light gold that slowly fades into nothing. When she’s actively using her primary, metal pieces appear and disappear within the aura, near the core. When she uses her secondary, the center glows, becoming very bright. Connection points are spread throughout her skin, though concentrated in her hands and arms. Her blood is gold.
Austin’s aura is purple, scented with perfume, a round metal ball serving as the core. When the two are fused, Austin’s purple tint takes over the edges of the aura, while it moves into transparency, then gold as it nears the core - the metal ball. The entire aura feels hard and metallic.
Origins
Race: Guardian (Fusion)
Age: 5289 (August) | 5296 (Austin)
Backstory: August de Luca had no parents, having been made as the Creator Nirmata's last imago. She was a rush job, left in the care of Ferris Wentworth, a Lunarian blacksmith who'd moved to Akra after being divorced, to live closer to his new sweetheart. Ferris helped teach August how to work with metals, at which she was a natural due to her technopathic ability. Austin was Ferris's oldest son; five years older than August, he loved to pick on her.
August and Austin were only supposed to be a temporary fusion. August was too soft for Austin, and Austin was too uncaring for August, but Austin ended up finding August's powers useful enough, and August enjoyed the power the fusion had. Together, they were nearly unstoppable, and would have made the perfect soldier for the Great War if they'd perfected their technique before it ended. Instead, they made their living as an Aurasmith, improving Mythou for compensation (and sometimes just out of the kindness of August's heart). They never got attached, however, until they met Rascathe.
They Activated Cracus and Rilo, having chosen them in exchange for saving their and their mother's life. Because honestly, why else would you hand over two babies to what's practically a mad scientist?
Their largest and most impressive project, inspired and partially powered by Vashti, was known as the Terranet Towers. It consisted of six towers, powered by the combined auras of Vashti and Augustin, that were able to transmit data through their connections to each other, and also connect to special devices given to the Guardians which Augustin made. The towers' locations were as follows:
- Glendair. This tower is still standing, though it moves around with the rest of the city.
- The Earthsun side of Ryder.
- Halfway between Spring and Coveton.
- In the forest just Starmoon of Cricket Town.
- The Earthsun side of Frost.
- The center of Wrensby.
These towers, combined, covered most of the area of Terra, missing only a few spots - a couple gaps near the Earth side of the Owl Mountains, the Grim Cathedral and the Starside of Moon's Cove, part of Dorwright, the Starmoon edges of Amelia, Aevran and Morning, the Pelican Islands, the edges and island part of the Fishery, the Horn of Earth, and the Odd Isles.
Augustin overextended their powers to complete this project, and had to have Enñe and their youngest son and helper Teras help them to the last couple of towers. The last one - the one in Wrensby - ended up taking too much of Augustin's remaining aura, killing them.
General Strengths/Weaknesses
+ Can remember almost any piece of technology they've sensed or worked on
+ Physically strong
+ Old and experienced
* Visually/tactile minded
- Not so good at remembering much else
Abilities
Innate:
- Augustin can physically feel auras and their points of effect, meaning the parts of someone's body which their powers are linked to. Usually these are their mind and some other part of their body through which those powers manifest: for Viridan, it'd be her voice; for Tindall, her entire body; and for Freisen, his eyes. They usually need to be close enough to touch a person to feel their points of effect, but they can tell apart auras in the same room as them.
Primary:
- Technopathy - ability to innately understand how technology works and how to create devices to accomplish their own ends.
Secondary:
- Aura manipulation - can connect the Aura threads they see into other objects, giving the objects to the control of the person whose aura it is and/or linking said object to their powers. This tires Augustin out, and they will sleep for a while after doing it, depending on the size of the aura and object.
Characteristics
Appearance: Augustin is moderately tall - about 5'7 - and fairly bulky, with slight curves. Their skin is a pale sea green, their eyes a deep blue, and their long hair a pale yellow. Their face is somewhere between strong and round, and their nose is hawkish. They usually wear steampunkish clothing, most commonly rolled-up shirtsleeves under a purple vest, matched with purple pants and sea-green tie, and are never seen without a pair of heavy, metal-soled boots which clank when they walk. Often, especially when working with metal or auras, they also wear a pair of thin metal gloves, which they've modified to contain both of their abilities.
August was shorter and a bit thin, with curly brown hair tied back in a ponytail and mint-green skin. Her eyes were also brown, and she tended to wear casual work clothing.
Austin was tall, with pale skin and long blonde hair, a strong jaw and nose. He preferred to dress well, especially in purple.
Voice: Moon’s Cove accent, androgynous in pitch, smooth and friendly, though proper.
Personality: Augustin is devious and logical. August's empathy is still there, just buried deeply. They're very self-serving, only doing work for what they can get in return, though they can seem kind on the surface.