Post by Rominova on Nov 25, 2006 22:17:51 GMT -5
Real Name: Rominova Orlandu
Aliases: Orlan, Lawbringer (his rank)
Affiliation: Debuting Character, was sent to the 616 MU against his will by Baron Mordo. Indirectly knows of Stephen Vincent Strange and Victor Von Doom, due to their reputations and the armies they command in his dimension.
Occupation: Formerly a Lawbringer (akin to a Knight or a Paladin in mythos) in an alternate reality.
Age: 45
Appearance:
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: (Without armor) 180 lbs. (with armor) 300 lbs.
Eyes: Brown, can appear to be white flame, or pure light when using magic.
Hair: Auburn/Blonde
Personality: Iron-willed, with a strong sense of morals.
Abilities: After almost a full lifetime of training and war, Rominova is as fit as a human can be, and is able to dead lift 900 pounds with effort. Orlan has also been trained in multiple forms of combat, including martial arts and sword fighting since a very young age, and therefore he is an expert swordsmen and fighter. While not as agile as Nightcrawler, nor nowhere near as practiced as The Silver Samurai in Kenjutsu, Rominova would be able to hold his own in fights against some super-humans in close combat without relying on magic.
During his training he was taught how to live in the wilderness should he ever be forced to, as such Rominova knows how to hunt and forage without any starting supplies, even without starting food, water, or his sword on hand, he can get along fine in the wild. Rominova is unaffected by severe weather, can avoid getting lost, and he is able to avoid natural hazards, such as poisonous plants and animals, or quicksand.
Orlan also practices some mystical arts, and can manipulate the universe's ambient magical energy to some extent. He is able to channel magical energies to heal wounds, create shields of magical energy to protect himself or others from harm, levitate to facilitate flight, concentrate on a person to discern lies magically, or concentrate an object to sense if it's real and emitting natural magical auras, this gives him the ability to discern some illusions. Orlandu's constant exposure to powerful magical auras offer him some protection from the harmful effects of magical energies. Rominova also manipulates magical energies to almost stop the effects of aging on his body, making his life-span potentially lasting hundreds of years.
Spending a lot of time in Europe, Rominova had to learn Slavic (Russian), Dutch (German), French, and English in his campaigns though-out Europe in order to converse. Orlan also become a keen strategist due to decades fighting against the armies of Victor Von Doom.
Weapons: Rominova is able to summon and/or carries The Sword of Law, a longsword that has it's blade enchanted with arcane light and fire. Due to the blade's magical nature, the sword is able to cut though most substances made or found on earth. Orlan also posses a full plate suit, or armor that is shaped and fitted metal plates that are riveted and interlocked to cover his entire body, protecting him from most forms of injury.
Weakness: Telepathic or psychic control and/or attacks, STRONG magnetic fields when inside of his full plate armor, suffocation/drowning, powerful fields or bolts of electricity, periods of time exposed to fire or extreme cold, poisons, drugs, and noxious gases. In other words, when Rominova is caught unaware, or bested in combat, he can be hurt, incapacitated, or killed by conventional means.
History: Rominova Orlandu comes from an alternate dimension where the knowledge of the mystic arts became widespread 400 years prior to his birth. Due to the spread of knowledge in the mystic arts though-out the world, technological progression came to a crawl as efforts were put into the study and practice of magic. The world believed that anything could be accomplished with sufficient understanding of the mystic arts, and due to this shift in global progression, mechanically speaking, one of the most advanced things that currently exist in his world would be rudimentary fire-arms akin to early muskets.
Rominova was born in western Europe, and is unable to remember his parents. Orlandu often moved from place to place in his early youth along with others who lost their homes and/or families. Orlan does not know of his birthplace or if he even has living relatives. Though very poor, he was taken care of, and trained in the arts of armed combat and martial arts at a very early age by a mentor who took him in as a father figure.
Rominova's mentor himself said he was trained by The Hand, though Orlan has never been able to prove this claim. The Hand is a large group of assassins who prior to the spread of magical knowledge in the world, sought to control world governments though threats and murder for hundreds if not thousands of years. During the rise in the use of mystic arts, The Hand tried to kill the more powerful magic users to prevent the use of arcane forces, The Hand failed and their numbers were reduced from tens of thousands of people, to a few hundred in a matter of decades. Currently The Hand is acting as a small, but highly skilled army to repel the forces of Doom away from Japan.
When Rominova was 14, his mentor left without warning when Orlandu was sleeping, only leaving a small note that read, "You can take care of yourself now Orlan". Not knowing what to do, and without any currency, Rominova became a thief, stealing food, clothes, and anything else he needed. It wasn't long before Orlan was caught in a home of a soldier, the soldier took pity on Rominova, and instead of subjecting him to punishment, decided to feed and provide Orlandu with shelter. Still young and impressionable, the soldier managed to persuade Rominova to join a militaristic force with bases of operation though-out the world that would train, teach, feed, clothe, and provide shelter to Orlan for all his years of training, as well as paying Rominova well in his following years of duty.
Ten years of further training in sword fighting and unarmed combat, as well as the teaching of the mystic arts were to follow. Displaying his already developed ability to fight, as well as a natural ability to control magical energies, Rominova was quick to be promoted though the ranks even while in training.
During the latter years of his training a great war started, Victor Von Doom assaulted and took over most of Russia through the use of a seemingly endless army, with animated metal and stone golems, lesser demons, other hell-spawn, thousands of powerful sorcerers who worshiped Doom, and those that were brainwashed or otherwise controlled. Victor Von Doom was thought to be the most powerful practitioner of the mystic arts, and a wave of fear gripped most of the eastern hemisphere as Doom marched his forces across Russia.
Before Rominova was pressed into the war, he met and wed a red-haired German woman three years younger then himself, and eventually Orlandu had a two sons and a daughter. After the birth of his children Orlan was then forced into the ongoing war to fight Doom, who was at the time, trying to gain a stronghold in Ukraine and Finland.
A decade into the war, a person by the name of Stephen Vincent Strange had been seen to use the mystic arts to an extent that may even surpass Doom himself. Now known as The Sorcerer Supreme, or The Master of the Mystic Arts, Stephen Vincent Strange began spearheading an allied force of many countries against the forces of Doom.
For a majority of the next 20 years following his marriage and the birth of his children, Rominova Orlandu was destined to fight, and eventually lead battalions of men in the war against Doom's armies. Despite Strange's best efforts, Doom gained ground, and the war continues to this day in Orlan's dimension. Most of eastern Europe, and China, as well as all of Russia, and Mongolia have fallen to the forces of Doom.
RP Sample:
Rominova bust though the large wooden door, and creates a luminous shield in front of him. The men under his command quickly storm into the large circular room following his lead.
"Keep on your guard!"
Orlan calls out as he views the surroundings, his shield of energy fades away as he concentrates on the flow of magical auras, trying to find the location of any hidden assassins or sorcerers. After decades of fighting the armies of Doom he is aware that nothing is as it seems.
"Half of you circle around the right side of the room, the other half take the left."
Rominova says as he continues to scan the area for any signs of life or unnatural magical energies. All of a sudden three of his men burst into flames and a black portal takes form in the center of the room.
"Janus I need you to close that portal as fast as you can, everyone close to Janus guard him with your life while he works to dispel it."
Orlan says as he draws his sword and focuses ambient magical energies around himself to propel him though the air. He flies at the portal swinging his flaming sword and cuts right though a small demon that had just passed though the rip in reality.
"Markus I need you to find the person who is keeping this portal open, I won't be able to concentrate while fighting off these hell-spawn. Cadarious and Gerrard, you should do the same, six eyes are better then two."
Rominova glances into the infinite abyss of Mephisto's Realm, fire and smoke reaches out endlessly in a sea of demonic creatures. More vile creatures claw their way into the world of men, and Orlandu puts the sword to them all. To his left Orlan sees two of his men picked of their feet and thrown by an unseen force into the ceiling at incredible speed, then they are slammed into to stone floor. As blood begins to pool around their bodies, Rominova knows the men are already dead.
"Where are you, you coward!?"
Orlandu calls out as he tries to kill any demons that set foot in his world. Slowly, his five fallen soldiers rise from the dead and begin to lurch their way twords those still living.
"I am in the very hearts of your men, and I have made their bodies a prison for their tortured souls. They are but puppets under my fingers, and I will make them kill those whom they once loved."
Baron Mordo says as he levitates into view surrounded by a rippling field of magical energies.
"If it's isn't Doom's envoy, I was hoping to slay Victor this day, but your death will be more then adequate!"
Rominova catapults himself twords Mordo in a rage, and his shimmering sword clashes into Baron's shield.
"You have been a thorn in my side for far too long Orlandu, and I would revel in killing you here and now. But I will not give you the death you deserve, the death I desire, because you would find peace in falling with your brethren, because you would welcome your death if it meant that others would be saved. I will tell you something Lawbringer, death is nothing, and I will bring nothingness itself to all those you care for, and you will be powerless to stop me!"
Orlan tries to strike out again but is unable to move at all.
"You will never find a peaceful day for the rest of your life Orlandu, I will cast you into The Great Void and you will suffer never knowing the fate of your wife, never witnessing how I kill your sons, and never being able to protect your daughter from the horrors I can subject her too."
Rominova tries to move again, and can not. Olandu tries to yell but is unable to utter a single word. With that he is thrown though the very fabric of the world and into The Great Void.....
Aliases: Orlan, Lawbringer (his rank)
Affiliation: Debuting Character, was sent to the 616 MU against his will by Baron Mordo. Indirectly knows of Stephen Vincent Strange and Victor Von Doom, due to their reputations and the armies they command in his dimension.
Occupation: Formerly a Lawbringer (akin to a Knight or a Paladin in mythos) in an alternate reality.
Age: 45
Appearance:
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: (Without armor) 180 lbs. (with armor) 300 lbs.
Eyes: Brown, can appear to be white flame, or pure light when using magic.
Hair: Auburn/Blonde
Personality: Iron-willed, with a strong sense of morals.
Abilities: After almost a full lifetime of training and war, Rominova is as fit as a human can be, and is able to dead lift 900 pounds with effort. Orlan has also been trained in multiple forms of combat, including martial arts and sword fighting since a very young age, and therefore he is an expert swordsmen and fighter. While not as agile as Nightcrawler, nor nowhere near as practiced as The Silver Samurai in Kenjutsu, Rominova would be able to hold his own in fights against some super-humans in close combat without relying on magic.
During his training he was taught how to live in the wilderness should he ever be forced to, as such Rominova knows how to hunt and forage without any starting supplies, even without starting food, water, or his sword on hand, he can get along fine in the wild. Rominova is unaffected by severe weather, can avoid getting lost, and he is able to avoid natural hazards, such as poisonous plants and animals, or quicksand.
Orlan also practices some mystical arts, and can manipulate the universe's ambient magical energy to some extent. He is able to channel magical energies to heal wounds, create shields of magical energy to protect himself or others from harm, levitate to facilitate flight, concentrate on a person to discern lies magically, or concentrate an object to sense if it's real and emitting natural magical auras, this gives him the ability to discern some illusions. Orlandu's constant exposure to powerful magical auras offer him some protection from the harmful effects of magical energies. Rominova also manipulates magical energies to almost stop the effects of aging on his body, making his life-span potentially lasting hundreds of years.
Spending a lot of time in Europe, Rominova had to learn Slavic (Russian), Dutch (German), French, and English in his campaigns though-out Europe in order to converse. Orlan also become a keen strategist due to decades fighting against the armies of Victor Von Doom.
Weapons: Rominova is able to summon and/or carries The Sword of Law, a longsword that has it's blade enchanted with arcane light and fire. Due to the blade's magical nature, the sword is able to cut though most substances made or found on earth. Orlan also posses a full plate suit, or armor that is shaped and fitted metal plates that are riveted and interlocked to cover his entire body, protecting him from most forms of injury.
Weakness: Telepathic or psychic control and/or attacks, STRONG magnetic fields when inside of his full plate armor, suffocation/drowning, powerful fields or bolts of electricity, periods of time exposed to fire or extreme cold, poisons, drugs, and noxious gases. In other words, when Rominova is caught unaware, or bested in combat, he can be hurt, incapacitated, or killed by conventional means.
History: Rominova Orlandu comes from an alternate dimension where the knowledge of the mystic arts became widespread 400 years prior to his birth. Due to the spread of knowledge in the mystic arts though-out the world, technological progression came to a crawl as efforts were put into the study and practice of magic. The world believed that anything could be accomplished with sufficient understanding of the mystic arts, and due to this shift in global progression, mechanically speaking, one of the most advanced things that currently exist in his world would be rudimentary fire-arms akin to early muskets.
Rominova was born in western Europe, and is unable to remember his parents. Orlandu often moved from place to place in his early youth along with others who lost their homes and/or families. Orlan does not know of his birthplace or if he even has living relatives. Though very poor, he was taken care of, and trained in the arts of armed combat and martial arts at a very early age by a mentor who took him in as a father figure.
Rominova's mentor himself said he was trained by The Hand, though Orlan has never been able to prove this claim. The Hand is a large group of assassins who prior to the spread of magical knowledge in the world, sought to control world governments though threats and murder for hundreds if not thousands of years. During the rise in the use of mystic arts, The Hand tried to kill the more powerful magic users to prevent the use of arcane forces, The Hand failed and their numbers were reduced from tens of thousands of people, to a few hundred in a matter of decades. Currently The Hand is acting as a small, but highly skilled army to repel the forces of Doom away from Japan.
When Rominova was 14, his mentor left without warning when Orlandu was sleeping, only leaving a small note that read, "You can take care of yourself now Orlan". Not knowing what to do, and without any currency, Rominova became a thief, stealing food, clothes, and anything else he needed. It wasn't long before Orlan was caught in a home of a soldier, the soldier took pity on Rominova, and instead of subjecting him to punishment, decided to feed and provide Orlandu with shelter. Still young and impressionable, the soldier managed to persuade Rominova to join a militaristic force with bases of operation though-out the world that would train, teach, feed, clothe, and provide shelter to Orlan for all his years of training, as well as paying Rominova well in his following years of duty.
Ten years of further training in sword fighting and unarmed combat, as well as the teaching of the mystic arts were to follow. Displaying his already developed ability to fight, as well as a natural ability to control magical energies, Rominova was quick to be promoted though the ranks even while in training.
During the latter years of his training a great war started, Victor Von Doom assaulted and took over most of Russia through the use of a seemingly endless army, with animated metal and stone golems, lesser demons, other hell-spawn, thousands of powerful sorcerers who worshiped Doom, and those that were brainwashed or otherwise controlled. Victor Von Doom was thought to be the most powerful practitioner of the mystic arts, and a wave of fear gripped most of the eastern hemisphere as Doom marched his forces across Russia.
Before Rominova was pressed into the war, he met and wed a red-haired German woman three years younger then himself, and eventually Orlandu had a two sons and a daughter. After the birth of his children Orlan was then forced into the ongoing war to fight Doom, who was at the time, trying to gain a stronghold in Ukraine and Finland.
A decade into the war, a person by the name of Stephen Vincent Strange had been seen to use the mystic arts to an extent that may even surpass Doom himself. Now known as The Sorcerer Supreme, or The Master of the Mystic Arts, Stephen Vincent Strange began spearheading an allied force of many countries against the forces of Doom.
For a majority of the next 20 years following his marriage and the birth of his children, Rominova Orlandu was destined to fight, and eventually lead battalions of men in the war against Doom's armies. Despite Strange's best efforts, Doom gained ground, and the war continues to this day in Orlan's dimension. Most of eastern Europe, and China, as well as all of Russia, and Mongolia have fallen to the forces of Doom.
RP Sample:
Rominova bust though the large wooden door, and creates a luminous shield in front of him. The men under his command quickly storm into the large circular room following his lead.
"Keep on your guard!"
Orlan calls out as he views the surroundings, his shield of energy fades away as he concentrates on the flow of magical auras, trying to find the location of any hidden assassins or sorcerers. After decades of fighting the armies of Doom he is aware that nothing is as it seems.
"Half of you circle around the right side of the room, the other half take the left."
Rominova says as he continues to scan the area for any signs of life or unnatural magical energies. All of a sudden three of his men burst into flames and a black portal takes form in the center of the room.
"Janus I need you to close that portal as fast as you can, everyone close to Janus guard him with your life while he works to dispel it."
Orlan says as he draws his sword and focuses ambient magical energies around himself to propel him though the air. He flies at the portal swinging his flaming sword and cuts right though a small demon that had just passed though the rip in reality.
"Markus I need you to find the person who is keeping this portal open, I won't be able to concentrate while fighting off these hell-spawn. Cadarious and Gerrard, you should do the same, six eyes are better then two."
Rominova glances into the infinite abyss of Mephisto's Realm, fire and smoke reaches out endlessly in a sea of demonic creatures. More vile creatures claw their way into the world of men, and Orlandu puts the sword to them all. To his left Orlan sees two of his men picked of their feet and thrown by an unseen force into the ceiling at incredible speed, then they are slammed into to stone floor. As blood begins to pool around their bodies, Rominova knows the men are already dead.
"Where are you, you coward!?"
Orlandu calls out as he tries to kill any demons that set foot in his world. Slowly, his five fallen soldiers rise from the dead and begin to lurch their way twords those still living.
"I am in the very hearts of your men, and I have made their bodies a prison for their tortured souls. They are but puppets under my fingers, and I will make them kill those whom they once loved."
Baron Mordo says as he levitates into view surrounded by a rippling field of magical energies.
"If it's isn't Doom's envoy, I was hoping to slay Victor this day, but your death will be more then adequate!"
Rominova catapults himself twords Mordo in a rage, and his shimmering sword clashes into Baron's shield.
"You have been a thorn in my side for far too long Orlandu, and I would revel in killing you here and now. But I will not give you the death you deserve, the death I desire, because you would find peace in falling with your brethren, because you would welcome your death if it meant that others would be saved. I will tell you something Lawbringer, death is nothing, and I will bring nothingness itself to all those you care for, and you will be powerless to stop me!"
Orlan tries to strike out again but is unable to move at all.
"You will never find a peaceful day for the rest of your life Orlandu, I will cast you into The Great Void and you will suffer never knowing the fate of your wife, never witnessing how I kill your sons, and never being able to protect your daughter from the horrors I can subject her too."
Rominova tries to move again, and can not. Olandu tries to yell but is unable to utter a single word. With that he is thrown though the very fabric of the world and into The Great Void.....