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Black Kingdom Rising - Anime Villain Quest [CK2 Quest]

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PurposefulZephyr said:
But could he physically do that in span of... about 15 seconds? And get enough info to do anything besides "hit him with a stick"?
I mean, he could just blast him away with his magical armaments or just punch him with full force. At this point it feels like he played the role of a normal-strength brute.
Which is good- Ando and Asuka were slightly suspicious of how calm Jacob was in his first encounter with ninjas, that's without going into his sheer skill.
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I'll point out that the moment his foe was vulnerable Jakob went on the offensive Roselyn only saw him blow past out of the corner of her eyes. Even despite mundane melee being apparently a bad idea Jacob landed 3 hits on the bad guy before he even reacted. And those three blows were enough to give an open head wound that sooner rather than later would have bled into his eyes.

Yeah, Jacob got hurled out a window it he was entirely fine- despite appearances he won that exchange. Jacob only looks like a brute that runs in, but he's consistently made the best calls with what he had. It could be as simple as learning how quickly a battle mage can move, How long it takes a Mage to do one of those melee mana bursts, and how often a Mage can throw them out. Jacob landed 3 hits in the time it took for the bad guy to blast him. It's entirely possible that Jacob could shift from maximum offense to landing a blow and backing off in order to avoid the worst of it.

Jacob acted on what he knew, and had what he'd known been correct the bad guy would have had his skull caved in- who hears 'Mage' and assumes tanky?
 
Karugus said:
I'll point out that the moment his foe was vulnerable Jakob went on the offensive Roselyn only saw him blow past out of the corner of her eyes. Even despite mundane melee being apparently a bad idea Jacob landed 3 hits on the bad guy before he even reacted. And those three blows were enough to give an open head wound that sooner rather than later would have bled into his eyes.

Yeah, Jacob got hurled out a window it he was entirely fine- despite appearances he won that exchange. Jacob only looks like a brute that runs in, but he's consistently made the best calls with what he had. It could be as simple as learning how quickly a battle mage can move, How long it takes a Mage to do one of those melee mana bursts, and how often a Mage can throw them out. Jacob landed 3 hits in the time it took for the bad guy to blast him. It's entirely possible that Jacob could shift from maximum offense to landing a blow and backing off in order to avoid the worst of it.

Jacob acted on what he knew, and had what he'd known been correct the bad guy would have had his skull caved in- who hears 'Mage' and assumes tanky?
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Yep, he's just naturally good at fighting.

From the sound of it his past was pretty much like Shizou's minus the enhanced healing and growing strength.

Hell, it sounds like he had/has Shizou's temper as well since if you recall, his monumental rage (at something) was what attracted the Ebony Emperor's attention in the first place.
shibosho said:
You were having a bad day, a very bad day that you would probably have recovered from easily enough. The negative emotions that you were feeling that day, however, were enough for the Ebon Emperor, in its broken state, to home in on you.
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BTW, great quest. Just found this sucker yesterday. Its been a fun read catching up.
 
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Valerian said:
Yep, he's just naturally good at fighting.

From the sound of it his past was pretty much like Shizou's minus the enhanced healing and growing strength.

Hell, it sounds like he had/has Shizou's temper as well since if you recall, his monumental rage (at something) wass what attracted the Ebony emperor's attention in the first place.


BTW, great quest. Just found this sucker yesterday. Its been a fun read catching up.
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I always did wonder why he never talked about what pissed him off so much, I guess if he takes after Shizuo he probably felt that way a lot.
 
Karugus said:
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I still wonder if that was the full physical power he brought to the table.
Jacob before becoming an Ebon Lord was still a battle prodigy. I wonder how would that exchange go without Ebon Power, or perhaps as a Shado...

It's the clone, isn't it? Not the original? It's the slightly-stronger-than-normal-Jacob. He's the one who handles his friends affairs after all (and there are no sisters to rescue here).
It's far more believable that it was his full power then. Ebon Lord would end this fight in literally seconds, with only physical abilities.
Hikari said:
I always did wonder why he never talked about what pissed him off so much, I guess if he takes after Shizuo he probably felt that way a lot.
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shibosho said:
Mere minutes ago, you were venting out all the day's frustrations over every stupid little misfortune that had occurred when the world suddenly froze.
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So, what's stopped the Millenium Earl from gathering his tens of thousands of akuma and attempting to commit genocide?
 
TwistedJester said:
So, what's stopped the Millenium Earl from gathering his tens of thousands of akuma and attempting to commit genocide?
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He has only recently become active so he doesn't have hordes of Akumas yet. Plus in this universe, Akuma are vulnerable to magic and blessed weaponry in addition to innocence. Innocence are still the most effective weapon though.
 
shibosho said:
He has only recently become active so he doesn't have hordes of Akumas yet. Plus in this universe, Akuma are vulnerable to magic and blessed weaponry in addition to innocence. Innocence are still the most effective weapon though.
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Ok thanks for the clarification, for a second I thought we needed to resort to drastic measures like buying half of America using magically created gold
 
shibosho said:
He has only recently become active so he doesn't have hordes of Akumas yet. Plus in this universe, Akuma are vulnerable to magic and blessed weaponry in addition to innocence. Innocence are still the most effective weapon though.
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quick we must invent the new born baby cannon, their innocence will be our greatest weapon! I kid I kid, yeesh.
 
PurposefulZephyr said:
I still wonder if that was the full physical power he brought to the table.
Jacob before becoming an Ebon Lord was still a battle prodigy. I wonder how would that exchange go without Ebon Power, or perhaps as a Shado...

It's the clone, isn't it? Not the original? It's the slightly-stronger-than-normal-Jacob. He's the one who handles his friends affairs after all (and there are no sisters to rescue here).
It's far more believable that it was his full power then. Ebon Lord would end this fight in literally seconds, with only physical abilities.
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I'm not disagreeing, but I'm saying Jacob clone is nearly a match for a mage, and would have performed far better if he knew what he was facing.

This tangent has all been about how Jacob looks when he plays at being as Vanilla as possible. And he's basically if Murphy from the Dresden Foles was a well built male with less morals. Which to put into context means Clone!Jacobs response to a plant demon is to go at it with a chainsaw.
 
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Structure of the Soul
  • Informational
    • In this universe, the soul consists of multiple energy types - Life Energy, Mana/Magical Power, Emotional Energy, Memorum, and Soul EssenceThere are others as well but they don't matter as much as the five main ones.

    Life energy is the Soul's connection to the body. It's what keeps the soul bound to the body. It usually exists in large amounts in the human soul and also serves to keep the body functioning. A person's physical capabilities and health are usually connected to their life energy. Compare to a healthy fit person, a sickly and frail person has significantly less Life Energy. Life Energy can also be refined into what is commonly referred to as Ki or qi, which greatly raises the physical capabilities of a person. Life energy flows through the body via channels or "meridians" as described in Chinese medicine. Damage to the body usually causes damage to the meridians and thus has an adverse effect on the body's life energy.

    As a person ages, their natural life energy generation becomes weaker, causing the body to weaken as well. When Life Energy has either been depleted or rapid loss occurs, such as from a major injury, the soul's connection to the body also weakens greatly. Once physical death occurs, the soul is released from the body.

    Mana or Magical Power, a subset of Life Energy, is the spiritual fuel that allows the supernatural phenomenon that is magic to work. Every person barring a few extremely rare exceptions has a magic core, a spiritual organ within the body that works to link and manifest mana generated within themselves. A normal person has little capacity for magic due to lack of Magic Core usage. A mage on the other hand regularly exercises their magic core, thus allowing for growth through repeated depletion of their mana capacity. Due to their similarities, Mana can substitute for Life Energy if available in high enough amounts.

    As a mage becomes more powerful and rises in magical strength, the ratio of life energy and mana within the body will grow to favor mana instead of life energy. A normal person will approximately have a life energy to mana ratio of 25 to 1 while an apprentice mage will have something more along the lines of 5 to 1. Once a mage's life energy to mana ratio tilts towards the mana side (eg 1:2), they can be considered no longer fully human. When Mana exceeds the amount of Life Energy within the body, it essentially takes on the functions of Life Energy with one exception. A powerful mage becomes capable of sustaining their physical existence even after the depletion of life energy within the body. Not only that, because the connection between the soul and body is altered, allowing a mage to separate their consciousness from their body if they are powerful enough.

    Emotional Energy exists in all sentient beings. Emotional energy can be divided into positive and negative emotions. In order to function as a normal person, a balance of positive and negative emotional energy is needed. Postive Emotional Energy usually manifests as joy, interest, hope, confidence, kindness, satisfaction, optimism and so on. Negative Emotional Energy on the other hand often manifests as fear, anger, hatred, guilt, sadness, jealousy, anxiety and so on. Without one or the other, a person becomes distorted. Without fear, a person becomes reckless and do things without consideration of the consequences. Without hope, fear becomes despair leading down to spiral that ends in suicide. While emotional energy is not an integral part of the soul, it is needed in order to be alive instead of just merely existing.

    Memorum is an energy that contains the soul's memories. Unlike the body's memory, the soul doesn't forget anything. However, the body's connections to Memorum can degrade over time if unused. Important memories usually continue to be linked to the body and be unlikely to be forgotten while trivial memories will have their connection to the body degrade due to insignificance and the likes. Memorum tends to get tinged in emotional energy due to their nature. The quality of Memorum depends on both the age of the memory as well as the importance it holds to the person. An important memory such as holding one's child for the first time would become high-quality Memorum especially if it is never forgotten. Fresher memories also hold better quality though importance usually takes precedent over age. Without Memorum, the body's memories degrade rapidly. After death, Memorum will slowly degrade as time passes. If a soul is left in the world for too long, a soul will eventually lose all their memories.

    Soul Essense is energy that essentially acts as the glue that holds the other energy together into one coherent soul. Without it, the soul would deteriorate and dissipate into nothing. It is also what allows the soul to exist after physical death. Soul Essence grows in proportion to the sum of the soul's other energies - the more life energy, mana, emotional energy a person has, the greater soul essence they have as well, memorum is not included when defining the amount of soul essence the soul has. Due to its nature, soul essence is very valuable amongst mages and when a soul passes onto the after life, it leaves behind Soul essence that unless captured and stored properly will fade away on its own.


    After the death of the physical body, the soul exists for a time after being released from its physical connection to the body. Depending on the potency of the remaining energy within the soul, the soul may become a ghost. Mages have a high likelihood of existing after death due to their mana. Certain souls may continue to exists thanks to particularly strong feelings and memories. A particularly Strong Soul Essence will also result in a spirit or ghost.
     
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    • Hmm...


    Life Energy = HP (Cast from HP is possible via Ki Techniques)

    Mana = MP (Magicals are harder to knock out due to their magic passively protecting their bodies, like MP Barriers)

    Emotional Energy = Morale (high is good, but balance is important)

    Memorum = Skills/Motivations (they are what defines and molds a person)

    Soul Essence = Spiritual Containers (be strong enough and you won't lose coherence when you die... or be summoned as a Servant)
     
    Pred1059 said:
    What's currently happening is that the QM has dropped a term in-quest exclusive to the Anime Negima. Right now, the questgoers are afraid of the possibility of a particularly powerful character appearing called Jack Rakan. He is so powerful that he is able to, as mentioned before, will himself back to existence after having been erased from it.

    I am skeptical of his presence, given that he would doom the quest before it started. Or at the very least, there is some way to counteract him.



    Yes, as well as Ninjas from Senran Kagura. However, the extent of the transplant has yet to be seen. The DM may just be taking characters and a few basic concepts, as working out the interacting cosmologies and politics would be a herculean undertaking. Not to mention fitting in the Black Kingdom into said history and politics.

    Until we get some concrete verdict, either by evidence in Quest or the DM deciding to stop the mania and letting us know, Jack Rakan's presence in the quest is unknown. For now, all of this is conjecture.
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    More reasons to GIT GOOD
     
    Pred1059 said:
    Yes, as well as Ninjas from Senran Kagura. However, the extent of the transplant has yet to be seen. The DM may just be taking characters and a few basic concepts, as working out the interacting cosmologies and politics would be a herculean undertaking. Not to mention fitting in the Black Kingdom into said history and politics.

    Until we get some concrete verdict, either by evidence in Quest or the DM deciding to stop the mania and letting us know, Jack Rakan's presence in the quest is unknown. For now, all of this is conjecture.
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    Quite.

    Indeed, it's never been anything more than that; simple conjecture.

    A man can dream, though... A man can dream...


    ... Anyway. For something more constructive... How many other settings have been hinted at for potential cross over silliness now? D.Gray-Man, Senran Kagura, Negima, Dresden(?)... What else?
     
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