SGPA - Young Justice - Grae

December 12, 2012.

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Last character for the

group!

MORE WILL BE ADDED LATER.
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BASIC STATS
Alias: Grae
Group / Alliance Affiliation(s): none

Secret ID: Grae the Redr
Nickname(s): (none)
Age: "30" (is actually ancient)
Gender: Masculine (no real gender, but comes off as male)
Nationality: unknown (from another dimension)
Places Lived: unknown
Current Residence: Within the Subtle Planes (usually in the Astral or Physical Planes)
Height: 6' 12"
Weight: 186 lbs
Eye Color: black iris with a gold pupil (in demon form, iris expands to cover his whole eye so you only see the gold pupil)
Hair Color: crimson with 3 black streaks on the left side.
Hair Type: straight and glossy, usually looks layered a little below shoulder length.
Skin Colour: light french grey with violet undertones
Physical Description: Check out close up of clothing here fav.me/d5pmhl4

Grae takes on a somewhat human form, but his skin usually stays a disturbing grey colour with dark circles around his eyes. He has no tongue in his mouth and the words that emanate from him sound hollow and unnatural, like an ominous wind. The voice is probably made through some kind of magic or control of the howling energy inside of him. He doesn't usually need to enunciate words through his lips, so when he "speaks" it looks very unnatural (almost like mimicry or poor lipsyncing!). If one looks closely, they will also realize he has no ears (it's just a smooth, darkened patch of skin instead).

The clothes he has on himself is actually his body shifted to look like he has clothing. What he wears usually resembles his demonic form in some way.

When he changes into demon form, his horns burst out of his head, leaving trails of blood on them and his face. His irises will widen to cover his whole sclera, making his eye look black with a gold slit pupil in the centre. His shoulders, hands, and hips seem to be covered in scales or spines, and many of his joints have protruding spines on them as well. His tail is prehensile and he is able to control it to whip people or pick up items.

His body and skin feels dense and somewhat otherworldly, like malleable granite or soft sand in a fixed structure. It is actually made of materials/atoms gathered from the environment mixed with the power of his demonic spirit and magic. His body is therefore a lot like a shell surrounding a demonic force that isn't quite part of the physical plane.


Personality
Alignment: COE - Chaotic-Offensive-Evil: The Psychopath

General Personality: Grae comes off as chaotic and destructive, doing as he pleases for his own amusement. He has no respect for authority and pretty much disregards any rules or laws. He can be aloof and flamboyant, but generally comes off as playful and arrogant with a sinister twist. He is difficult to read and reason with due to his chaotic and selfish nature. Even people who try to befriend or ally with him usually end up backstabbed in some way.

For a demon such as himself, the greatest joy is having freedom; the ability to do whatever he wants for whatever reason with no one hindering him or telling him otherwise. Therefore, the greatest sorrow for him is to be imprisoned or be tied down with consequences. Though nothing fazes him much and he usually has a cocky demeanour, mention of his past imprisonment and current oppression under a curse greatly irritates him. He suffers from momentary bouts of insanity or confusion possibly as a side effect to the long confinement period he had. Although he can feel pain, it does not faze him. He recognizes it as pain and "damage", but it doesn't link with the emotional aspect (of fear or shock or panic) like it would in most humans.

He generally nourishes himself on strong emotions in the environment, whether euphoria, rage, terror, or despair. Due to this, he likes spending time in hectic and chaotic environments where the stress causes beings to react in intense ways. Mass hysteria and confusion is probably his favourite emotion to feed from. If he's running low on mana and energy, and there is not a strong supply of emotions to power him (due to not having anyone around to troll or something), he may instead start trying to gorge on foodstuffs, even though this is very inefficient and barely converts into energy for him.

Good Traits: self-assured, intelligent, not easily fazed, energetic, playful, curious/experimental
Bad Traits: sinister, destructive, cruel, cocky, selfish, disregards consequences, amoral/immoral, corrupted mind (bouts of insanity), trolls, untrustworthy

Quirks: easily distracted by opportunities for fun (even if he's already having fun), may gorge on food and drink if he's feeling drained due to low environmental emotions even though it not very effective in restoring him, can be overcome by bouts of insanity (may be curse-related)
Hopes: to have a lot of fun destroying things and getting them twisted, to break free from all consequences
Fears: being locked away for all eternity (or a long period of time) again, confronting the entity that punished him

Memorable Quote(s):
- Let's see..

Relationships
Closest Friends: none! Though he mockingly refers to Sage and Mint as his friends since they inadvertently freed him.
Enemies: anyone that wants to hold him accountable for anything he does (mostly any hero)
Girlfriend(s)/Boyfriend(s): none. I don't think he really has a concept of these things in relation to himself.

Battle
Power(s): He will usually fight physically even though he's not completely adept at doing so because while his magic is very potent, it has major drawbacks on himself.

Forge:
Grae has a powerful ability to locally lock or merge dimensions (space-time and subtle planes) together. This leads to chaotic and random effects, usually destructive to anything and anyone in the vicinity because existence collapses on itself. This entanglement is a corruption that is very difficult to undo, and will usually leave whatever he entangled crippled. His power to do this used to be on a much higher and destructive level, able to destroy the very gods themselves. However, he has since been locked with a curse that causes this skill to be a double-edged sword. Although he is able to endure and reverse minor negative effects on him, the potential for causing himself great suffering makes him limit his use of this ability.
Some effects of a person: general damage, death, skills being sealed, corruption of mind/soul/spirit, change destiny, crippled in some way, thrown to a different dimension, imprisoned in limbo
PROS: Powerful and destructive, leading to chaos for anything he uses it on. Has the potential to wreck havoc on entire worlds and dimensions, even disabling gods. Can also be used in small ways to prank and cause general chaos.
CONS: Uses more energy the more entangled/locked he wants to forge things together. Due to the curse locked on him, whatever he locks will lead to a random lock on his own body. The difficulty in coming out of a lock is the same level as the one he places. If he were ever ambitious enough to lock away an entire world or god again, he would likely lock himself away for centuries.

Form Shifting:
Grae can change his body structure so that it looks physically different. This means he can form clothing and other physical features to disguise himself or just show off. The physical extensions are still part of his body. If they are damaged, he is damaged. Being in a form similar to his demon form reduces the amount of concentration he has to hold and the amount of energy it takes.
PROS: looks however he wants~!
CONS: drains mana over time, takes concentration especially if form is very different from demon form, if extraneous parts get damaged his actual body gets damaged

Dimensional Phasing:
Grae's body is not exactly normal and he is able to easily phase into other dimensions, especially the different states in the Physical Plane and lower levels of the Astral Plane (see here for more info: fav.me/d5pf93t ). By entering in and out of different planes, Grae can "shortcut" to places, making it look like he's teleporting.
PROS: Easily escape and also ambush people.
CONS: It's not as instantaneous as he would like (takes a few seconds to complete), and it takes a lot of energy to phase or break into more heavily guarded planes. His body is weakened between phasing because it is split/dissolved as he phases, so phasing leaves him open for attack. Being severely disrupted during phasing by being attacked may cancel his phasing, cause him to go into an unintended plane, and generally makes reassembling his body take longer.

Weapon(s): None. He just uses his body and tail usually.
Style: Melee fighting usually, since using his magical skill can cripple himself as well. He's not totally proficient at physically fighting, but he has high defence and good strength, and his body and tail could easily damage and slash through leathers and hides (and humans~!). He can phase to escape if he ever gets bored or doesn't like how the battle is going. Though it's just as likely for him to phase back to ambush a person.
Strengths: Powerful and destructive, and anyone that knows about his skills will be rightfully afraid.
Weaknesses: Greatly hindered by the curse locked on him so that he can't use his powers without a backlash. Phasing too much will leave him weakened and exposed. He also doesn't make allies or friends, so he'll usually be fighting alone.

Background:
Grae was an ancient demon who was released into the universe when a great event caused the Subtle Planes to become locked. Grae then tried to future-proof and guarantee his freedom by destroying or locking away beings he thought could hinder his freedom. He then continued on his way to destroy and befoul whatever he wanted.

One entity he locked away and bound for aeons eventually regained freedom, arising as Nemesis. As reprisal for his deed against her, she punished and imprisoned him for aeons. One day in a spell misfire by Ennes, a rift to Grae's prison opened and he was able to regain his freedom. However, to his great horror, he found himself still bound in chains of fate, holding him to consequences he before could hardly comprehend.

He eventually tested and learned the limits of his abilities and continued to have fun with his newfound freedom. He's currently buzzing around Sage and Mint, thinking that whatever they did the last time could be replicated to help him break out of his other bonds and curses. Of course, this means that he's wrecking havoc around them and becoming a great source of anguish for everyone in the SGPA.

Villainous Motivations:
Grae is a true demon that revels in the chaos he causes. Suffering and hysteria is amusing to him, so he likes causing it. It's pretty simple. He has no true goal besides continuing to be free to do whatever he wants, and he generally doesn't care what anything thinks.

The best way to get me to RP? Draw pictures of my OCs interacting with your OCs and I'll feel obligated to write a comment, fave, and have my character react. LOL