Fantasy Blackwood High: The Gods Walk Among Us Character Sheet

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With the gods, try to go more obscure- I’d rather not have a dozen Greek gods. Preferably, no more than two gods from any one pantheon. There’s thousands of gods to choose from- go wild!

Something to keep in mind is that although the gods are modestly superhuman in most physical ways, they aren’t typically bulletproof or strong enough to casually flip a truck. Keep things relatively grounded- even the powerhouse gods like Pele, Zeus, or Thor are not invulnerable to all damage, and they are not as powerful as their mythic counterparts. No mountain flipping here.

Character Sheet
Subject to alteration in the future

Name: Both your godly name, and the name your adoptive parents gave you. Although it’s expected that all of your characters are still using their human names, many gods choose to shed those names and take their old ones.

Appearance: Realistic face-claims only please. Cite the person where possible. Try to stick specifically to the ethnic group your god came from, when possible.

Age: 16 to 18

Garb/Tattoos/Piercings: Anything along these lines. What they usually wear. Do recall that Blackwood is a pretty expensive private school, and that there is a dress code, so nothing wildly outrageous for daily wear.

Personality: Remember, each life has a different development, and personalities can vary wildly depending on their circumstances. Preferably about 3/5 paragraphs, including at least three likes and dislikes. Flesh ‘em out.

Backstory: 3/5 paragraphs, including childhood details, parent details, and some information on their godly status through the eons.

Powers:
Only 1/2 powers of modest scale for now- as time goes on, you will train your abilities and develop new ones. Some gods, powerhouses like Pele, can crack the ground and summon hurricanes at their peaks.

However, not every god gets so much more powerful- some cap out early. Such gods instead refine their instincts and skill, giving them a finessed edge over their brute-force brethren. An example might be a winged deity with only flight as his special ability- he’ll get faster, more agile, and far more annoying, while still being able to damage a stronger god due to their physical limitations.

No power gaming or attempting to break the game is acceptable. No god is inherently going to succeed against another- even Persephone can take out Thor, if she’s lucky and clever.

Quotes: go hog-wild.

Theme Song: Essential.

Role: This is more of a personalized thing to discuss with me privately- each role has a specific set of instructions that they must fulfill.

 

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• Shen Jin

  TRUE NAME

  Huxian
  

  ROLE

  classified
  

  ALIGNMENT

  unknown
  

  
  

  GENDER

  Female
  

  AGE

  17 years old
  

  COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

  China
  

  CURRENT RESIDENTIAL

  (somewhere in the US)
  

  
  

  POWER

  Qi (inner energy)
  

  SKILLS/ABILITIES

  Shapeshifting
  

  CREDIT

  Ming Xi

  DESCRIPTION

  
  A typical Chinese woman, pale tone, and lean, standing proudly at 5'7''.
  Shen typically wears a qipao top paired with silk wide pants. The colour depends on her mood in the morning. Rarely she'll wear a knee-length qipao unless it's to events, but she will rock a shirt and pants any time of day.
  She also has a fox-shaped half mask tattoo, decorated with simple flowers and a crescent moon, siting on her upper left thigh.
  
  

  PERSONALITY

  
  You wouldn't know it from her deadpan face and spoken words, but true to her godly name, Shen is mischievous and sports a sort of rebellious streak. Her outlook on life is to enjoy it smiling, even if her body seems to reflect the opposite. Able to keep her wits about her, Shen has managed to get out of almost all troubles she's gotten into, even if it meant resorting to manipulation. After suffering a tumultuous childhood, her experiences have shaped her to be a cunning yet blank-faced person; her wisdom, charisma, and maturity are her weapons to survival. This, however, has left her craving for connection and attention deep inside.
  Shen has a sharp tongue for quips and counters, and she likes anyone who can dish it back.
• THE PERSON

  HISTORY

  
  As the immortal fox of China, Huxian has been able to exist due to her ever present worship in China - reincarnating throughout the ages in different forms, different genders. They will not have a goal, except to enjoy life. Sometimes they will bring peace. Other times, mischief and mayhem.
  
  In this current reincarnation, Huxian is a Chinese female, born during China's one-child policy in an age of rapid growth. Unfortunately, females are not favoured, and like every other unforunate daughter born to heartless parents, she was discarded in a dumpster, abandoned and left alone to die. However, fate found the baby, picked up by two tourists who could not ignore the baby's cries. Though a long process, the married tourists adopted Shen, her name to honour her origins, and lived in the state of Ohio, USA, for a time.
  It was fate, again, that decided to cruelly strip her parents away from her in a traffic accident. Unable to recover their lives or their fortune, 7 year-old Shen eventually had to bounce around non-blood relatives, kicked out for 'being difficult' or an 'emotionless child'.
  
  Accumulating rage from the mistreatment and constant instability, something in Shen's mind finally clicked when she was 13. She didn't know where it came from, or how she knew, but she managed to secure a good life from seducing old money and deceiving people with the trick of light. She managed to make a living as a 'medium', using her powers to make people see loved ones or confess their guilt to dead people, evading authorities and people in black, until recently, an invitation to a boarding school came in. Her curiousity got to the better of her. She needed to know - what was she exactly?
  
  

  LIKES/DISLIKES

  
  Likes:
  - Fried tofu
  
  Dislikes:
  - Small children and babies
  - Alcohol or other things that disorientate her
  
  
• RELATIONS

  UNUS

  TRUE NAME

  classified
  

  ROLE

  classified
  

  RELATIONSHIP

  
  unknown
  

  ARTIST

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  DUO

  TRUE NAME

  classfied
  

  ROLE

  classified
  

  RELATIONSHIP

  
  unknown
  

  ARTIST

  ---

  TRES

  TRUE NAME

  classified
  

  ROLE

  classified
  

  RELATIONSHIP

  
  unknown
  

  ARTIST

  ---
• OTHER

  QUOTES

  
  "Sometimes I wonder why I'm here, then I realise that it doesn't really matter. No-one cares, so you're just left to enjoy life as is."
  "Wisdom is made from pain, or senile old fogeys who think they know better."
  "You're an idiot." *turns to another person* "And you're thoughtless, which isn't much better, but that's because you can't think."
  "If you stay around me too long, you'll forget who you are."
  "I can make your wet dreams come true, for a price."
  "I've about seen everything," *motions towards the body* "-and trust me, it's nothing."
  

  
  

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Kalyani

Chanda

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• PROFILE

  FULL NAME

  Kalyani Alexis Chanda-Frei

  BIRTHNAME

  Kalyani Chanda

  NICKNAMES

  Alexis, Lexi, Kala (by birth parents)
  

  GODLY NAME

  Kali

  Age

  17

  ROLE

  classified

  Name Meaning

  Kalyani: "beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit. It is also another name of the Hindu goddess Parvati.
  Alexis: From the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help".
  Kala: "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.
  Chanda: Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá) meaning "moon".
  Frei: "free" in German.
  

  Inside every woman there is a Kali. Do not mistake the exterior for the interior.

  APPEARANCE

  BASICS

  HEIGHT

  5'5" / 165cm

  WEIGHT

  125lbs / 56kg

  body type

  slim

  HAIR

  Brown (naturally black), armpit length

  EYE COLOR

  Black

  faceclaim

  Mansi Ugale

  Garb/Tattoos/Piercings

  Kala has 2 lobe and 1 helix piercings on each ear, a nose piercing and septum. She often wears gold jewelry a lot, though most of the time she keeps it simple, sometimes she will wear ones as a note to her Indian heritage, such as nose rings, jhumkas, and (not jewellery, but) bindis.
  She dresses pretty modestly most of the time. Her clothing style can be summarized as academia: shirts and vests, turtlenecks, skirts, pants, jackets. Doesn't mean she's shy and hates dresses, these are just what she can be seen most often wearing. [More in extra]

  PERSONALITY

  Kali represents "Durga's personified wrath, her embodied fury".

  As a kid, pre adoption: Kala was a timid kid, stereotypically quiet, would prefer to be read stories by her mom. She was a crybaby, and a very cuddly kid, never wanting to separate from her mom. Though whenever she was teased, she's quick to anger, often striking first in retaliation.
  After moving to the states, she was still quiet, especially the first year, adjusting to the life there, learning a whole new language, and also of course, processing her parents' deaths. She was often in a dissociative state, always "far away", staring blankly at nothing in particular. Through therapy, her real personality was slowly emerging to the surface once more. She was still clearly introverted, preferring to be buried in books, either fiction or school-work. But she became more often, more cheerful, and dissociate less and less as time goes. Though she still has difficulties controlling her anger, and her response to anger is bottling it up now. This causes her to have explosive and destructive episodes, where it seems like even the littlest thing could set her off. Journaling seems to help keep that emotion at bay, and also having a literal punching bag nearby has helped tremendously.
  Aside from that, she's a friendly, warm, and kind soul. She's always prepared to land a helping hand, to strangers and especially people close to her. That doesn't mean she'd let herself be stepped on, she's never had difficulties setting boundaries, as she's not a pushover. She knows when to be honest, when a little white lie doesn't hurt. She likes keeping herself busy, and schedules her life down to the minutes. She's a punctual gal, and doesn't appreciate people who wastes her time. She's loyal, but won't hesitate cutting people off if she doesn't like how they treat her or other people. In an emergency situation, you could count on her to stay calm and collected, and deal with the situation at hand, while directing people on what to do at the same time. She's the type to have an emergency bag, know where the first aid kit is, packs a medicine box in her bag, looking out for the emergency exits. She also keep up with the news, locally and globally. She is pretty impatient, and can be rather stubborn. She often believes that she's in the right, as she has a broad knowledge in almost everything, though she won't blatantly show it. But she will still hear other people's perspective first, still, she won't hesitate to shut you down if she thinks you're wrong. She's protective, doesn't tolerate bullying, and won't hesitate to report it if she knows of it happening. She's quite slow to forgive, but isn't one to be vengeful either. She just has a hard time forgetting people's wrongdoings. She's high-strung, but hides it relatively well. Aside from her family and a couple close friends, she tends to hold people at arm's length instinctively, fear of able to snap at them anytime overwhelms her, because she believes she could never truly know someone. She's not insecure of herself, either in her looks or academically, and it helps that her adoptive parents give her positive affirmations daily, especially during her childhood.
  Outwardly, she's polite, looks put together and quite mature, and reliable. People look up to her, and wonders how she always seem ready for anything. She's a model student, active in student unions and always eager to usurp leadership positions. She's not a tyrant, firm but not harsh, and her critiques are more helpful than judgmental. She may come off as snotty to a hateful crowd.

  Likes

  autumn, kickboxing, reading, smell of books, libraries, debates, trophies, gold jewelries, Holi, cafes, matcha, tea, schedules, making schedules, planning / making lists, dancing, documentaries, pancakes, cakes, wind chimes, bells, work / keeping busy, sound of gongs, (smell of; burning) incense, snow, writing, journaling, learning languages / cultures, pottery, sunsets, sunrise, tidiness

  Dislikes

  running, summer, poetry, insomnia, heights, deep sea animals, horror movies, caramel, training pets to do tricks, shirtlessness, talking during movies, silence, embarrassing moments, being teased, coming in second place, skyscrapers, bugs, cicadas, gossip/gossiping, real leather / furs, old movies, sitcoms, historical and factual inaccuracies, witchcraft / cryptids / mythologies believers, water transportations, wearing skimpy clothing
• BACKSTORY

  Kali is the goddess of destruction, the Clawed Hands, the Blood Drinker... And that's one side of her, as it is for any god. If you knew her for thousands of years you'd know she could be all colors. The sky is black at night, but if your eyes were good enough, they could see the different lights of a million stars. Death is part of her because death is part of life.

  Kala doesn't remember much of her childhood in India. She remembered the night of her 5th birthday, after an extended family dinner celebrating her birthday, where her tragedy begins. She was still up, still high on happiness, so many gifts and so many birthday wishes for her the whole day, especially from her mom. She overheard her parents talking, her dad being angrier than usual, complaining about the same old stuff, and her mom who seemed nervous but managed to speak up of her wish to continue school, as she immediately married after graduating high-school, and now she wanted to pursue her dreams too, all the while taking care of Kala, still. Apparently that was the last straw for Nadeem, as he brutally beat up Devika right after, causing Kala to come out of where she was peeking from, and take action with her little hands. Her dad hit her to the side, still blinded with rage, causing Kala to hit the wall, her hand holding her throbbing cheek, tears flowing freely now. Perhaps she inherited her father's rage, as she didn't back down nor keep quiet, instead started screaming, throwing stuff at him. During all that, she noticed her dad finally stop hitting her mom, though he was standing over her still, huffing and puffing. Kala approached her mom, hugging her unconscious body on the floor, bruised and bloodied. That was when she noticed her mom was no longer breathing, and she started to panic, but not for long before it turned to wrath, so much rage in her tiny form. That was the first time Kala called forth her power as the goddess Kali, causing the death of her father. Their neighbor found her the next day, as they came over after Kala's teacher called their home number repeatedly, causing them to come over. Instead, they found Kala sat hugging her knees in front of her mother's dead body, covered in blood herself, staring daggers at her dad's shriveled cadaver a few feet away, as if ready to attack once more if he came back to life, shielding her mother from her father.
  A few months after that tragedy, Kala was adopted by a nice older couple in the states, who wanted a child but no longer able to produce one themselves. Kala was given additions to her name, becoming Kalyani Alexis Chanda-Frei now. They respected her enough to not completely give her a new identity, respecting her heritage. Or maybe it was because she was no longer a baby. The Freis had already adopted two children prior to Kala, a boy three-years older, and a girl two-years older. They were such a nice, warm, couple, so full of love for each other and their adopted kids. They sent Kala, now Alexis, or Lexi, to therapy immediately, and she has continued seeing one still, though not as frequent now. Lexi grew up in a loving family, and was sent to the best schools possible, alongside her siblings, as the Freis were among the wealthy population. The Freis gave freedom to their kids to be whomever they want to be, and supported them through ups and downs.
  Lexi was a dilligent, happy kid, who excelled in her classes. She was not big on sports, though she was also good at them. Her after-school activities were mostly wall-climbing, fencing, dance, and debate. She also was a spelling-bee champion. She's won her school trophies, always came on the top three in all her classes, just the picture perfect student. That's why her parents was surprised when she asked to move to Blackwood High, an isolated boarding school in the Pacific Northwest. Though they believed in her daughter, trust her to make the best decisions for herself, so they let her go. She herself wonders why she gravitates towards that school, and is a bit worried that it'll put a dent in her future resume, but she's unable to resist the urge to go there anymore.
  
  

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  Often depicted as villains, the goddess Kali is one of the major Hindu deities, associated with time, power, change, death and destruction. She is often depicted with her tongue out, lolling, a symbolism for her bloodthirst, with small fangs sometimes protrude out of her mouth, four arms, her skin either blue or black, her eyes red with intoxication and rage, her hair disheveled. Sometimes she dons a skirt made of human arms and a garland of human heads. Other times, she is seen wearing a tiger skin. Her four hands carries variously a Khadga (crescent-shaped sword or a giant sickle), a trishul (trident), a severed head, and a bowl or skull-cup (kapāla) collecting the blood of the severed head. In the ten-armed form of Mahakali, she is depicted as shining like a blue stone, having ten faces, ten feet, and three eyes for each head, with ornaments decked on all her limbs.
  Kali's earliest appearance is when she emerged from Durga*. The goddess is stated to destroy evil in order to defend the innocent. Kali is also seen as the divine protector and the one who bestows moksha, or liberation. Worshipped throughout India but particularly in Kashmir, South India, Bengal, and Assam, Kali is both geographically and culturally marginal. Kālī is the feminine form of Kāla (an epithet of Shiva) and thus the consort of Shiva. Kāli is first mentioned in Hindu tradition as a distinct goddess around 600 AD, and these texts "usually place her on the periphery of Hindu society or on the battlefield."  She is often regarded as the Shakti** of Shiva, and is closely associated with him in various Puranas***. In Kāli's most famous legend, Durga and her assistants, the Matrikas****, wound the demon Raktabīja, in various ways and with a variety of weapons in an attempt to destroy him. They soon find that they have worsened the situation for with every drop of blood that is dripped from Raktabīja, he reproduces a duplicate of himself. The battlefield becomes increasingly filled with his duplicates. Durga summons Kāli to combat the demons. The Devi Mahatmyam describes: Out of the surface of her (Durga's) forehead, fierce with frown, issued suddenly Kali of terrible countenance, armed with a sword and noose. Bearing the strange khatvanga (skull-topped staff), decorated with a garland of skulls, clad in a tiger's skin, very appalling owing to her emaciated flesh, with gaping mouth, fearful with her tongue lolling out, having deep reddish eyes, filling the regions of the sky with her roars, falling upon impetuously and slaughtering the great asuras in that army, she devoured those hordes of the foes of the devas and caught the blood of Raktabīja before it could fall to the ground, stopping him from creating more duplicates.
  * Durga (Sanskrit: दुर्गा, IAST: Durgā) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars.
  ** In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy, female in aspect and is a goddess that comes in many forms. Shakti represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the universe. Shakti often refers to the wife of Shiva.
  *** Purana (/pʊˈrɑːnə/; Sanskrit: पुराण, purāṇa; literally meaning "ancient, old") is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore. The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories.
  **** Matrikas (Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST: mātṝkās, lit. "divine mothers") also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted together in Hinduism. The Matrikas are often depicted in a group of seven, the Saptamatrika(s) (Seven Mothers). However, they are also depicted as a group of eight, the Ashtamatrika(s). They are associated with these gods as their spouses or their energies (Shaktis).

  POWERS

  Time Manipulation

  Kala seems to be able to slow time down, at times by pure accident.

  Death Manipulation

  Kala had accidentally killed before. She was extremely enraged, and seemed to cause the blood to be sucked out of the victim's body, leaving him deceased in a pool of his own blood, his body shriveled.
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