Post by Guardian Jacob Blade on Jan 15, 2013 13:02:10 GMT -6
BLADE, jacob carter
fighting: Like most dhampirs, he enjoys fighting as an art and a way to save lives. He took this to a personal level and trained with as many fighting masters as he could so that he was sure enough of his abilities to protect anyone he was assigned to guard, or to take out as many strigoi as he possibly could if there ever was a major attack and he was needed to fight.
learning: Even though he likes fighting and teaching, he also spends a good deal of his free time studying history and military strategy. He believes that brain power is just as good, if not better, than muscle power.
astrology: He likes spending the rest of his free time looking up at the stars at night. He dreams about going to space and getting away from all of the worries that the Moroi world has. This was always a fasination for him and so he learned every known constellation, and spends a lot of time learning about the different types stars and solar systems.
wilderness: He loves the wild, all of the different animals, plants and life that are present in the wild. Not only that, he thinks that the wilderness is a good learning tool. He enjoys going out for hikes, and even goes camping for his vaction occsionally, though never in the woods and forests around Missoula and St. Vladimirs....that's asking for trouble.[/ul]
dislikes||
strigoi: atypical for his race, he hates strigoi. He'd seen too many people killed by them to have any sympathy for them, and even though he'd heard about spirit moroi and their supposed ability to be able to change strigoi back into what they once were, he doesn't believe it. He believes that once they're strigoi, they'll always have that cool evil menace trapped in their heart, which makes the capable of anything.
humans: Sure hes a guardian, a protector of life, that sure as hell doesn't mean he has to like said life. He thinks that humans are weak and easily manipulated into doing whatever anyone else wants, and that they're characterized by severe infighting and always trying to be better than everyone else, no matter what they must do to obtain the power they desire. He especially hates those that are willing to serve the strigoi for the chance of becoming one of them. Secretly, he feels that the academy should...remove... the human threat represented by Missoula, but he won't tell anyone that belief because he's sure that he would get in a lot of trouble if he did.
guns: he HATES guns. He feels that they aren't an honorable way to fight, and are therefor a form of cheating. He doesn't mind bows and arrows, or crossbows. He realizes that they are essentially the same thing, but he also knows that there is one key difference. To shoot a bow or crossbow, a person must practice....anyone can shoot a gun.
arrogance: Another thing he absolutely hates. He attributes arrogance as a key trait of strigoi, and so thinks that anyone who is arrogant in life is much more likely to turn strigoi. Also, arrogant people tend to piss him off, which isn't good with the temper he has[/ul]
weaknesses||
loner: He lost someone very dear to him almost two years ago to the strigoi, which sent him into a depression. After he got over it, he prefered to keep to himself, though it never affected his ability to teach or love of teaching.
drinking: It's no secret, he likes to drink, especially if he's been invited to a party. Most of the time he keeps it reasonable, and doesn't drink enough to even have a hangover. There are some days though that he literally looses himself in the bottle....he still gets up and goes to work the next morning though. Even if he does have a really bad headache.
his students: He will do anything to get his students to succeed in what they do, and he would give anything for them, including his life. If any of them were to by threatened, he would do whatever it took to keep them safe.
heights: It isn't that Jake can't climb, because he can actually climb quite well. He just doesn't like being any more than four feet off the ground, so you won't find him climbing a tree or riding in a helicopter or a plane very often. At least this is something he actively tries to overcome and when needs demand won't even bother him.[/ul]
strengths||
tracking: He's spent hours and hours in the woods around St. Vladimirs on his off time learning how to track and recognize the different wildlife surrounding the Academy grounds. He doesn't have any issue tracking in different weather conditions, however he does have trouble tracking in the rain because it's so easy for tracks to be washed away.
moving silently (A.K.A. stalking): He wouldn't be a good tracker if he wasn't any good at moving silently. This is something else he spent hours practicing, with no better practice dummies than the wildlife in the forests. He's gotten good enough that he can get within four feet of a rabbit before the animal takes off running. He doesn't like randomly popping up behind someone without them knowing, so don't be surprise if you look over your shoulder and he's there.
fighting: Again, he loves fighting, and has spent a lot of time and effort learning and practicing to be the best he possibly an be at fighting. This is another reason why the academy has him teaching the fighting classes: he can show his students six different ways to accomplish the same thing
tactics: This guy seriously spends too much time working on his time off... Jake has studied many of the different attacks on the separate academies, or at least what little there was to study, as well as many different military strategy books and texts written over the centuries. As such he's an excellent tactician and strategist, and uses this knowledge to develop practice war-games for his students to teach them how to think and counter different types of attacks.[/ul]
fears||
falling: This goes with his weakness of heights. This is his real problem because he's deathly afraid of the sudden stop after the drop, which is why he doesn't like being any more than four feet off of the ground.[/ul]
secrets||
dreams||
key traits||
quick-witted || Every since he was a toddler in the academies day care he was quick to learn and figure stuff out. It's a trait that has helped him throughout his life from becoming a fantastic fighter to planning strategies and tactics.
pessimist || Jake prefers to see the negative and practical side of life, feeling that if he acknowledges the truth, he won't be as fooled by half-baked hopes.
withdrawn || Because of the loss of his father, and the uncertainty of the fate of his mother and younger brother, he prefers to spend his time alone away from other people except for his sister when he's not on duty. He thinks that by keeping to himself, he won't get attached to anyone and so can't be hurt if something were to happen to them.
eager to learn || Jake loves to learn and spends a lot of his off time studying different things or whatever happened to catch his interest. He enjoys studying history more than anything else.[/ul]
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Right now........really I just want to be close to you. He spoke softly, his eyes tender and twinkling. She didn't say anything in return, but he understood what her eyes were saying. He saw her open her mouth to say something, and that's when some random girl interrupted her, or at least he thought it was some random girl. And she looked pissed. He decided to do what he didn't do often, look at peoples auras. This newcomer was glowing gold and ringed in red..... Extremely pissed, and so was Taylor. He was pretty sure he looked the same to this unknown spirit user as she looked to him.
Hey Guys!!! So....have something you want to tell me? He went back to just looking at people. Looking at auras was starting to give him a headache. He looked at this girl, and contorted his face in anger. Then he looked over at Taylor, who he thought looked guilty, but he only had one thought ringing through his head: Who the hell is this? his thoughts were answered a few seconds later by Taylor. Um, Summer this is- ah the friend she was talking about, some friend...... he narrowed his eyes, obviously not liking the way this Summer cut Taylor off, again. Who are you? Summer was glaring at him. He was glaring right back, ever defiant when some random person he knew he'd never done anything too came up and treated him or someone he cared about like that. He decided not to answer her.
Summer this is- Hey! You and me should watch a movie tonight! once is enough, twice is pushing it, interrupt her one more time..... I dare you..... his eyes turned flinty, his hands itching to knock the daylights out of her, but instead were gripping the chair so hard his knuckles were already white. He glanced over at Taylor, saw her grin at Summer, but he could tell she was angry too. Ya sure that would be great, but this is- Summer did it again. It was only because Taylor was there that Xavier didn't move a muscle, but his entire body turned extremely still, his eyes never wavering from Summer and were as cold as ice. So far from what he'd seen, he didn't like this girl at all. Not one little bit, and he didn't think that was gonna change anytime soon.
Your a spirit user! Oh my gosh me too! This is amazing! Another spirit user! We're going to be amazing friends! Yeah right..... Maybe if you hadn't come over here like the queen of England....... he didn't finish that thought. She'd ran over and tried to give him a hug, but he was still stiff and unresponsive. He saw Taylor, trying to tell him sorry with her eyes. He tried to tell her it was totally not her fault with his. He also saw Taylor relax and laugh a little. Only then did he loosen up a bit....imitating a board was just to uncomfortable. Ignoring the pain caused when Summer slammed into his injured ribs was worse, and he winced in pain, though he still didn't make a sound.
Summer apparently caught on with his mood, because she tried to apologize to him. Sorry for being so harsh.......[/color] She trailed off, leaving her apology unfinished. He finally spoke, though his voice had yet to regain it's warmth from earlier, instead it was rumbling and low. Harsh? You interrupted Taylor three times in a row. Three times that she tried to explain everything to you. I could see you doing that to me, because we don't know each other, but your best friend? I'll let it pass this time though. He let his voice regain it's easy going qualities by the end, but he still wanted her to see just how angry he had been.
He saw Taylor smile, get up, and move around the table to stand beside Summer. Move it Blondey he's mine Summer got up and Taylor say down leaning her head against his shoulder. Admittedly he like the way Taylor called Summer blondey, even if it was a joke. He relaxed completely now that Taylor was beside him, unable to hold on to his anger when the one he cared about so much was sitting beside him. Summer, this is Matt. he heard her say. He was wearly watching the other spirit user accross from then now, but felt her reach up and kiss him on the cheek. He felt her breath against his ear. Don't worry.... We'll sneak away later.
He laughed for the first time since Summer had come over, then leaned over and kissed her. I suppose we at least owe her an explanation...... He tried to tell Taylor he was ready to ditch Summer now if she wanted, but that he felt Summer should at least know what was going on. He looked away from Taylor and over at Summer, and offered a small smile.... He was still on guard toward her though.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess part of your reaction to seeing us is because you thought we'd been keeping our relationship a secret for a while? I took an early morning stroll through the woods this morning and ran into this one. he paused and smiled at Taylor, pouring his love into that smile and his eyes, Or rather she ran into me... Anyways we started talking, and realized we were in a bunch of classes together. Then Taylor invited me to breakfast after slicing er finger open to prove to herself she wasn't dreaming. Then she kisses me on the cheek before running off. How could I refuse? I showed up to breakfast, she drags me off to the feeders. Then we go outside and she falls asleep. I carried her to the library and found a nice comfy couch and sat down with hed in my lap and fell asleep too, when she woke, she woke me up too. For sone reason Taylor thought she was still dreaming...... But we ended up kissing, and stayed there for a while. Then we went to the gym and practiced our combat skills and beat each other up, and by the time we finished there was only half an hour till dinner. By the time we were ready, dinner had long since started, but we figured we'd be fine being late. On the way here, we said we loved each other. Then we got here and were just trying to figure out what we were gonna do the rest of the day when you walked up. he had to admit, at time he sounded a little harsh even to himself, but he also laughed and smiled a lot while he told their tale for the day. He saved his sweetest smile for Taylor every time he looked at her.
He actually hadn't thought about a movie, so he considered that idea. Besides, nothing like a movie to provide a lot of cuddle time........ Now he looked at Taylor. Do you want to watch a movie? His eyes showed he hoped shed say yes.....
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”..I'm about to break, I need a little room to breathe, cause I'm one step closer to the edge, and I'm about to break.” -One Step Closer, Linkin Park
| Jason Statham |
| Jason Statham |
[/i]: he's always had a soft spot for younger people, and he understands the wisdom of passing along all of his knowledge of fighting to the younger generations. As such, he loves to teach and is a very strict, though quite fair instructor when he's allowed to teach classes. Occasionally he has also been known to take on a student and mentor them, but he usually only does this when he finds someone who was like himself when he was younger.full name|| Jacob Carter Blade
allias|| Blade
gender|| Male
age|| 28
sexuality|| straight
race|| dhampir
special|| none
occupation|| guardian, fighting instructor
grade|| N/A
character|| Jake is an originaleye color|| Hazel
hair|| Very short black hair
height|| He is five foot eleven
weight|| he weighs a hundred and seventy-eight pounds
build|| he's stalky, like most dhampirs, and well muscled, though he also looks wiry and and agile
nationality|| American
permanent marks|| guardian promise mark and 4 molnija marks. Jake also has a scar running along his left side from a knife fight where he didn't dodge the blade in time
other|| N/Alikes||
fighting: Like most dhampirs, he enjoys fighting as an art and a way to save lives. He took this to a personal level and trained with as many fighting masters as he could so that he was sure enough of his abilities to protect anyone he was assigned to guard, or to take out as many strigoi as he possibly could if there ever was a major attack and he was needed to fight.
learning: Even though he likes fighting and teaching, he also spends a good deal of his free time studying history and military strategy. He believes that brain power is just as good, if not better, than muscle power.
astrology: He likes spending the rest of his free time looking up at the stars at night. He dreams about going to space and getting away from all of the worries that the Moroi world has. This was always a fasination for him and so he learned every known constellation, and spends a lot of time learning about the different types stars and solar systems.
wilderness: He loves the wild, all of the different animals, plants and life that are present in the wild. Not only that, he thinks that the wilderness is a good learning tool. He enjoys going out for hikes, and even goes camping for his vaction occsionally, though never in the woods and forests around Missoula and St. Vladimirs....that's asking for trouble.[/ul]
dislikes||
strigoi: atypical for his race, he hates strigoi. He'd seen too many people killed by them to have any sympathy for them, and even though he'd heard about spirit moroi and their supposed ability to be able to change strigoi back into what they once were, he doesn't believe it. He believes that once they're strigoi, they'll always have that cool evil menace trapped in their heart, which makes the capable of anything.
humans: Sure hes a guardian, a protector of life, that sure as hell doesn't mean he has to like said life. He thinks that humans are weak and easily manipulated into doing whatever anyone else wants, and that they're characterized by severe infighting and always trying to be better than everyone else, no matter what they must do to obtain the power they desire. He especially hates those that are willing to serve the strigoi for the chance of becoming one of them. Secretly, he feels that the academy should...remove... the human threat represented by Missoula, but he won't tell anyone that belief because he's sure that he would get in a lot of trouble if he did.
guns: he HATES guns. He feels that they aren't an honorable way to fight, and are therefor a form of cheating. He doesn't mind bows and arrows, or crossbows. He realizes that they are essentially the same thing, but he also knows that there is one key difference. To shoot a bow or crossbow, a person must practice....anyone can shoot a gun.
arrogance: Another thing he absolutely hates. He attributes arrogance as a key trait of strigoi, and so thinks that anyone who is arrogant in life is much more likely to turn strigoi. Also, arrogant people tend to piss him off, which isn't good with the temper he has[/ul]
weaknesses||
loner: He lost someone very dear to him almost two years ago to the strigoi, which sent him into a depression. After he got over it, he prefered to keep to himself, though it never affected his ability to teach or love of teaching.
drinking: It's no secret, he likes to drink, especially if he's been invited to a party. Most of the time he keeps it reasonable, and doesn't drink enough to even have a hangover. There are some days though that he literally looses himself in the bottle....he still gets up and goes to work the next morning though. Even if he does have a really bad headache.
his students: He will do anything to get his students to succeed in what they do, and he would give anything for them, including his life. If any of them were to by threatened, he would do whatever it took to keep them safe.
heights: It isn't that Jake can't climb, because he can actually climb quite well. He just doesn't like being any more than four feet off the ground, so you won't find him climbing a tree or riding in a helicopter or a plane very often. At least this is something he actively tries to overcome and when needs demand won't even bother him.[/ul]
strengths||
tracking: He's spent hours and hours in the woods around St. Vladimirs on his off time learning how to track and recognize the different wildlife surrounding the Academy grounds. He doesn't have any issue tracking in different weather conditions, however he does have trouble tracking in the rain because it's so easy for tracks to be washed away.
moving silently (A.K.A. stalking): He wouldn't be a good tracker if he wasn't any good at moving silently. This is something else he spent hours practicing, with no better practice dummies than the wildlife in the forests. He's gotten good enough that he can get within four feet of a rabbit before the animal takes off running. He doesn't like randomly popping up behind someone without them knowing, so don't be surprise if you look over your shoulder and he's there.
fighting: Again, he loves fighting, and has spent a lot of time and effort learning and practicing to be the best he possibly an be at fighting. This is another reason why the academy has him teaching the fighting classes: he can show his students six different ways to accomplish the same thing
tactics: This guy seriously spends too much time working on his time off... Jake has studied many of the different attacks on the separate academies, or at least what little there was to study, as well as many different military strategy books and texts written over the centuries. As such he's an excellent tactician and strategist, and uses this knowledge to develop practice war-games for his students to teach them how to think and counter different types of attacks.[/ul]
fears||
falling: This goes with his weakness of heights. This is his real problem because he's deathly afraid of the sudden stop after the drop, which is why he doesn't like being any more than four feet off of the ground.[/ul]
secrets||
dreams||
key traits||
quick-witted || Every since he was a toddler in the academies day care he was quick to learn and figure stuff out. It's a trait that has helped him throughout his life from becoming a fantastic fighter to planning strategies and tactics.
pessimist || Jake prefers to see the negative and practical side of life, feeling that if he acknowledges the truth, he won't be as fooled by half-baked hopes.
withdrawn || Because of the loss of his father, and the uncertainty of the fate of his mother and younger brother, he prefers to spend his time alone away from other people except for his sister when he's not on duty. He thinks that by keeping to himself, he won't get attached to anyone and so can't be hurt if something were to happen to them.
eager to learn || Jake loves to learn and spends a lot of his off time studying different things or whatever happened to catch his interest. He enjoys studying history more than anything else.[/ul]
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mother|| Taylor Anne Blade (Dhampir, Guardian, 48, MIA)
father|| Zane Ivashkov (24, deceased)
siblings|| Ashley Taylor Blade (Dhampir, Guardian, 25, stationed at St. Vladimirs)
Ryan Michael Blade (Dhampir, Guardian, 23, MIA)
David Grey Blade (Dhampir, Guardian, 23, MIA)
other|| none
history||
name|| Panther[/i]
age|| 19
experience|| 2 years or so
how you found us || been on the previos version of SVA
other characters|| n/a
role play sample||
Right now........really I just want to be close to you. He spoke softly, his eyes tender and twinkling. She didn't say anything in return, but he understood what her eyes were saying. He saw her open her mouth to say something, and that's when some random girl interrupted her, or at least he thought it was some random girl. And she looked pissed. He decided to do what he didn't do often, look at peoples auras. This newcomer was glowing gold and ringed in red..... Extremely pissed, and so was Taylor. He was pretty sure he looked the same to this unknown spirit user as she looked to him.
Hey Guys!!! So....have something you want to tell me? He went back to just looking at people. Looking at auras was starting to give him a headache. He looked at this girl, and contorted his face in anger. Then he looked over at Taylor, who he thought looked guilty, but he only had one thought ringing through his head: Who the hell is this? his thoughts were answered a few seconds later by Taylor. Um, Summer this is- ah the friend she was talking about, some friend...... he narrowed his eyes, obviously not liking the way this Summer cut Taylor off, again. Who are you? Summer was glaring at him. He was glaring right back, ever defiant when some random person he knew he'd never done anything too came up and treated him or someone he cared about like that. He decided not to answer her.
Summer this is- Hey! You and me should watch a movie tonight! once is enough, twice is pushing it, interrupt her one more time..... I dare you..... his eyes turned flinty, his hands itching to knock the daylights out of her, but instead were gripping the chair so hard his knuckles were already white. He glanced over at Taylor, saw her grin at Summer, but he could tell she was angry too. Ya sure that would be great, but this is- Summer did it again. It was only because Taylor was there that Xavier didn't move a muscle, but his entire body turned extremely still, his eyes never wavering from Summer and were as cold as ice. So far from what he'd seen, he didn't like this girl at all. Not one little bit, and he didn't think that was gonna change anytime soon.
Your a spirit user! Oh my gosh me too! This is amazing! Another spirit user! We're going to be amazing friends! Yeah right..... Maybe if you hadn't come over here like the queen of England....... he didn't finish that thought. She'd ran over and tried to give him a hug, but he was still stiff and unresponsive. He saw Taylor, trying to tell him sorry with her eyes. He tried to tell her it was totally not her fault with his. He also saw Taylor relax and laugh a little. Only then did he loosen up a bit....imitating a board was just to uncomfortable. Ignoring the pain caused when Summer slammed into his injured ribs was worse, and he winced in pain, though he still didn't make a sound.
Summer apparently caught on with his mood, because she tried to apologize to him. Sorry for being so harsh.......[/color] She trailed off, leaving her apology unfinished. He finally spoke, though his voice had yet to regain it's warmth from earlier, instead it was rumbling and low. Harsh? You interrupted Taylor three times in a row. Three times that she tried to explain everything to you. I could see you doing that to me, because we don't know each other, but your best friend? I'll let it pass this time though. He let his voice regain it's easy going qualities by the end, but he still wanted her to see just how angry he had been.
He saw Taylor smile, get up, and move around the table to stand beside Summer. Move it Blondey he's mine Summer got up and Taylor say down leaning her head against his shoulder. Admittedly he like the way Taylor called Summer blondey, even if it was a joke. He relaxed completely now that Taylor was beside him, unable to hold on to his anger when the one he cared about so much was sitting beside him. Summer, this is Matt. he heard her say. He was wearly watching the other spirit user accross from then now, but felt her reach up and kiss him on the cheek. He felt her breath against his ear. Don't worry.... We'll sneak away later.
He laughed for the first time since Summer had come over, then leaned over and kissed her. I suppose we at least owe her an explanation...... He tried to tell Taylor he was ready to ditch Summer now if she wanted, but that he felt Summer should at least know what was going on. He looked away from Taylor and over at Summer, and offered a small smile.... He was still on guard toward her though.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess part of your reaction to seeing us is because you thought we'd been keeping our relationship a secret for a while? I took an early morning stroll through the woods this morning and ran into this one. he paused and smiled at Taylor, pouring his love into that smile and his eyes, Or rather she ran into me... Anyways we started talking, and realized we were in a bunch of classes together. Then Taylor invited me to breakfast after slicing er finger open to prove to herself she wasn't dreaming. Then she kisses me on the cheek before running off. How could I refuse? I showed up to breakfast, she drags me off to the feeders. Then we go outside and she falls asleep. I carried her to the library and found a nice comfy couch and sat down with hed in my lap and fell asleep too, when she woke, she woke me up too. For sone reason Taylor thought she was still dreaming...... But we ended up kissing, and stayed there for a while. Then we went to the gym and practiced our combat skills and beat each other up, and by the time we finished there was only half an hour till dinner. By the time we were ready, dinner had long since started, but we figured we'd be fine being late. On the way here, we said we loved each other. Then we got here and were just trying to figure out what we were gonna do the rest of the day when you walked up. he had to admit, at time he sounded a little harsh even to himself, but he also laughed and smiled a lot while he told their tale for the day. He saved his sweetest smile for Taylor every time he looked at her.
He actually hadn't thought about a movie, so he considered that idea. Besides, nothing like a movie to provide a lot of cuddle time........ Now he looked at Taylor. Do you want to watch a movie? His eyes showed he hoped shed say yes.....
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